Thank you for your request. According to our system, we already have an open service request at this location. Your service request has been combined with service request # 461388 . 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.
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City of Oakland Public Works Agency referred this issue to FIRE (GRIFFEN, LEROY) service request # 461388.Please contact that agency to follow-up, see “Other Helpful Links” at:
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Here are some important City of Oakland contact points:

Abandoned Autos: (510) 777-8622 (abandoned vehicles on the public street after 3 days)

Animal Control (510) 535-5602 (live animals); (510) 535-4888 (dead animals)

Code Enforcement: (510) 238-3381 (blighted private properties, deteriorated buildings, inoperable vehicles on private property)

Drug Hotline: (510) 238-3784 (tips); (510) 777-3211 (in progress)

Parking Citations (800) 500-6484 (parking citation assistance center, pay or appeal a citation); (510) 238-3099 (enforcement)

Prostitution Hotline: (510) 238-2373 (tips); (510) 777-3211 (in progress)

Thank you.

After making many calls on my own, in october (i think) I was able to finally get someone on the phone. For months I was just leaving voicemails that were never acted on. I called every 2-3 weeks since this was first reported. I followed up with public works and they gave me mr. Griffen's contact info. It was a very frustrating experience to have this issue open for so long. But It has been taken care of. This was done back in October of 2013. There was no followup on what was in the containers, but they could have been hazardous. I would really hope that we would be notified if there was anything of concern in the containers.

I am stunned and completely upset as to how many times I had to call to get this addressed. This was an unknown open container of liquids that were murky and UN-identifiable. Should that not get an immediate hazmat response to check if it is toxic?

I am closing this issue now, but please review this process, it is totally ineffective to just turf this issue to a department that does not respond to these kinds of requests.