Thank you for your request. According to our system, we already have an open service request of this kind at this location. Your request has been combined with service request #725977. If you would like to check the status of the request, please contact the Public Works Call Center at 510-615-5566 or pwacallcenter@oaklandnet.com. This issue can also be followed by watching http://seeclickfix.com/issues/3463844.

I keep seeing that this is an acknowledged issue, however, the problem remains and continues to grow as it's been this way for MONTHS! Get it cleaned up and keep the homeless out of there! It's disgusting to have to see this daily. If they are homeless, I'd like to know where they get the money for drugs??!!? It's pathetic to have to pay super high property taxes to live near this filth. GET IT TAKEN CARE OF ONCE AND FOR ALL!!!!

We all need to write emails and call Councilmember Kalb (this area is in his district) about this challenge. He also has open community meetings once per month so meeting with him in person will help even more. The more he is pushed on this public health and safety challenge, the quicker change will occur!

Police at community meeting said they were told to 'back off' of this issue. Sounds like there's something going on that the city doesn't want to share with the neighbors. Anyone know when the next Kalb meeting is?

Councilmember Kalb has open community meetings with the public on 8/5/17 from 10am to 1230pm at 4150 Piedmont Ave (Gaylord’s Caffe) and on 10/7/17 from 10am to 1230pm at 6500 Shattuck Ave (Nomad Cafe). If you want to talk to Councilmember Kalk directly about this issue, you can reserve a 20 minute slot by emailing Monica Harris at mmharris@oaklandnet.com. You can also meet Councilmember Kalb every third Sunday at the Temescal Farmer's Market. Meetings with the Councilmember to talk about the frustrations within his district will eventually make change happen!

Thanks for this information! I'll be there. And this is the response I just received from Monica for all of you that are interested:

Thank you for contacting Dan about this. The City of Oakland in conjunction with Alameda County and several other municipalities have been doing a number of things to address the historically high homeless problem that we are seeing.

We are aware of the issues at 42nd Street and have reported this to Public Works several times over the past few weeks. I was told by the Call Center Manager of Public Works that 42nd Street has been added to the priority list for clean-up but we have not been given a date certain for when action will be taken. We hope to see changes very soon.

Public Works is overwhelmed with a large backlog of requests to abate homeless encampments because as you know, the numbers are greater than anything we have seen in the past and Oakland Public Works is understaffed on top of that.

The larger issue is that the homeless individuals are very likely to find another nearby park or underpass to set up camp and we will be in the same situation, at a different location. We need to work on permanent solutions to this problem.

Dan has stated publicly that one of his biggest budget priorities is to address not only short-term solutions of services that our homeless population needs but also the long term solution- housing for the homeless. Please see Dan’s budget priorities here: http://www2.oaklandnet.com/government/o/CityCouncil/o/District1/Issues/Budget/index.htm

The City of Oakland’s Human Services Department has also completed a report, requested by Councilmember Kalb, that details what our options are given our current budget and what we could possibly see in the future if we partner with other entities. The fact is, the City of Oakland cannot take on all of these costs independently. The initial and supplemental reports can be seen here. Please also see the Alameda County homelessness report:

http://everyonehome.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/Everyone-Counts_Alameda-ES-5_12.pdf

I hope this adds a bit of perspective. This is an issue that requires a vast amount of coordination throughout multiple agencies within Alameda County and beyond. We are hoping to get state and federal grants as well because the problem is so massive that we cannot solve this issue without additional assistance.

This area remains too dangerous for residents to pass through yet school is starting in two weeks. How will the children attending NOCC, Park Day or Oakland Tech get to their classes? Do we want elementary children walking through this area?

42nd St. Underpass. Homeless encampments,
Trash everywhere on both sidewalks
FYI the Transients have manipulated the metal doors inside of under pass and are living behind the concrete walls.
Bart must be notified as this is under the Bart tracks and Freeway access.
Abandoned broken tent trailer nobody living inside just junked on street needs to be moved
Person shot under under pass 2 weeks ago make shift memorial
Drugs being sold clean Our Streets
9/25/2017
42nd St underpass below Martin Luther King