I thought the homeless were accusing caltran of taking away their belongings. All these homeless people do i trash our city. How do we stop this? I'm sick of it and of them.

All the homeless do is whine about everything, while the rest of us pay their bills. They already think they are entitled and it needs to stop

These items are gone, so either the city got them or someone came back for them after 3 days. There is still a mess of hypodermic needles on the ground on the same corner at Castro and 20th st... and someone pooped in my yard.
I agree that the problem has gotten out of control and the city isn't doing enough to deal with this unsafe situation; however I don't think it's OK to demonize an entire population that is already suffering due to a lack of resources and oversight. It's part of the city's job to clean up this mess AND to take care of these people, and would be an effective use of our property taxes. Please stay on top of it Public Works! I appreciate the work you do.

City of Oakland Public Works Department addressed this issue on 09/12/2016, service request #676702.