This is very unsafe for adults and children to walk by, Please consider having a permanent solution to this problem.

It is very unsafe and unhygienic.

City of Oakland Public Works Agency referred this issue to CALTRANS TRAFFIC, service request # 506212.Please contact that agency to follow-up, see “Other Helpful Links” at:
http://www2.oaklandnet.com/Government/o/PWA/Connect/ReportaProblem/index.htm#Links.

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.

This issue has not been addressed. In fact, the encampment has grown in size. Please remove the encampment before innocent neighbors and passersby are victims of the fray.

For a while I accepted this encampment as just a neighborhood reality, but it has grown beyond reasonable levels. It is now blocking the sidewalk on both sides of 23rd St, so you can't get by it without walking in the middle of the street. I worry that if it is allowed to grow and become more permanent an eviction becomes more and more difficult. The area is also strewn with used needles and smells of human waste.

@TravelingChuck You're right. The encampment is growing weekly. Not sure why the City is ignoring our reports :-(

They are burning mattresses now.

Thanks for the video @SuperChuck. I'm going to forward it to KTVU. Yesterday they did a report about the underpass at Broadway & 7th Street…they reported that businesses and pedestrians are concerned about the homeless hanging out there and filth. THIS video shows Oakland has another BIG problem at 23rd & MLK Jr Way.

Now after what the City of Albany has offered they will all be suing to get paid to go away. I have zero respect after dealing with the filth and debris they create and leave behind. Not all but most.

Thanks LQ37!

I refused to walk through that so I have to drive to work everyday. I work one mile from my home and my teenagers don't feel safe. The problem is growing and getting out of control. The city is not doing their job!!