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  City of Alameda (Verified Official)

  City of Alameda assigned this issue to Florence Lopez

  08/30/2018 · Flag Flagged
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  David Coleman (Registered User)

  Please remove the tweaker fort and please do not send them back to Oakland we are overfull.

  08/30/2018 · Flag Flagged
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  Jose Luis (Registered User)

  Please know this has been noted for 8 months. The issue is reported and homeless minicamps return. Please post signage and clean area. Thank you for managing this issue.

  08/31/2018 · Flag Flagged
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  ThisS1TECensorsPeopleForNoReason (Registered User)

  Unfortunately it looks like Alameda is gradually beginning to transform into Oakland. While the island is still a much nicer place than Oakland, if things continue at this rate it will become just like Oakland within the next couple of decades. Unfortunately, our local police department has grown dangerously lenient in recent years and are now allowing all manner of unlawfulness to take root on the island, in stark contrast to their stunning track record for being tough on crime in the past. I am not sure why this happened, perhaps a new chief took over? Or all of the veteran officers retired and were replaced by young new, inexperienced and overly lib.eral recruits? I do not know exactly what happened but I know that this change seems to have occurred sometime after 2010. Prior to that, crime and homelessness in Alameda was virtually unheard of. I've written to the chief requesting that they do something about it. I advise everyone else who lives on the island to do the same. Join forces with your fellow residents, stand tall and make your voices heard. We may need to rally up and head to city hall and demand change. Please, do not let Alameda become another Oakland!

  08/31/2018 · Flag Flagged
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  a94501er (Registered User)

  Defecating in public is a constitutional right, according to APD. So it's unlikely anything will be done to fix these encampments.

  See note from Lt Durani: https://seeclickfix.com/issues/4742989

  08/31/2018 · Flag Flagged
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  Candace (Registered User)

  How can defecating in public be a constitutional right? It is against the law to throw a cigarette butt out your car window (my friend's son got a $50 ticket even though he explained to the officer he did not know and would pick it up.) I feel compassion for many of the homeless however they should not any different laws to go by than we do, at least for the most part. The area in which some of the encampments are growing is dangerous because of traffic coming in and out of the tube, open fires and needles and the mound of garbage that is being scattered is also dangerous, each for different reasons. We should at minimum not allow any danger situations and maybe the city needs to allocate a clean up crew so that we do not have to live with and near the filth.

  08/31/2018 · Flag Flagged
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  Closed Florence Lopez (Registered User)

  Thank you for your notification.

  The Alameda Police Department strives to provide quality service to all community members with respect, concern, care, dignity, and equal treatment. We are aware of the on-going complaints regarding homeless encampments and the Alameda Police Department is working closely with the City’s Community Development Department to address, understand, and act on issues involving homelessness in Alameda. Homeless, in itself, is not a crime, although we are aware of the community impacts a homeless encampment creates. The Alameda Police Department strictly adheres to legal requirements before displacing a homeless encampment and simultaneously provides community and County resources in an effort to achieve a functioning zero homeless population for Alameda. The City of Alameda’s Coalition Advancing Resources, Efforts, and Support (CARES) for Alameda’s homeless was initiated in early 2018 (formerly the Homeless Outreach Team) with the purpose of bringing together Alameda organizations with the combined goal of addressing homelessness. These groups include the Community Paramedics Program, Homeless Liaison Officer program, Community Development Department, community-based social service providers, faith-based coalitions, and the Alameda Housing Authority. In an effort to keep the Alameda community informed of the City’s efforts to address our homeless challenges, please reference the below link. If you are reporting an emergency, or potential hazard to the community, contact our non-emergency line at 510-337-8340 or dial 911.

  https://alamedaca.gov/homelesinitiatives

  09/13/2018 · Flag Flagged
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  JM (Registered User)

  I totally agree.

  09/13/2018 · Flag Flagged
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  Reopened Jose Luis (Registered User)

  Please keep open. The fort and other encampments at the posey tub going and coming shows an increase homeless encampant and trash. Going to Oakland via posey tube has a red shopping cart and coming from Oakland we have a homeless encampant.

  09/13/2018 · Flag Flagged
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  Candace (Registered User)

  Trash is spilling into the tube coming from Oakland. Yesterday there was a person in the street talking to voices and cars were driving around him at 5 pm commute time. The encampment on Webster St before entering the tube is a danger and Alameda will have the same problem if it is allowed to continue and grow. Not safe, please do something Alameda police.

  09/13/2018 · Flag Flagged
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  Alamedaan (Registered User)

  

  Still see at least one tent there.

  10/13/2018 · Flag Flagged
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  Lt. Hosh Durani (Verified Official)

  Assigned to HLOs

  10/16/2018 · Flag Flagged
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  Acknowledged Lt. Hosh Durani (Verified Official)

  Assigned to HLOs

  10/16/2018 · Flag Flagged
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  David Diaz (Registered User)

  This needs to be cleaned up and removed. If I threw garbage out of my car window I would expect to be cited. Why are we not all equally accountable?

  03/02/2019 · Flag Flagged

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