We the undersigned ask the City of Oakland to move tent/RV encampments off city streets, from under freeways, along BART lines, and dead-end streets and into specified and supported dwelling areas that are not streets, sidewalks, or public thoroughfares; to where health, sanitation, and other, necessary services can be provided to homeless populations. Where those efforts are underway, we ask that they be accelerated. Leaving the encampments in place on city streets defaults the problem to vulnerable neighborhoods that are totally without resources or authority structures to do anything to either help the people so housed or abate the blight they cause. Oakland neighborhoods are forced to accept squalor, trash, unsafe streets, impassable sidewalks, a lack of sanitation, and odor. Our city is better than this.
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June 10, 2017
The gathering momentum behind this petition confirms that many residents share a vision for a cleaner and more functional city. This level of engagement signals that the current state of our public spaces is no longer acceptable to the community. We are now preparing to ensure these concerns reach the appropriate offices for formal consideration.
Reached 100 supporters
June 10, 2017
42 Comments
I was followed to BART the other morning by a person on a bike who is residing in an encampment down the street from me. he made some disgusting comments to me. Streets in every direction from where I live are piled with needles, garbage, and worse. I am tired of the City doing absolutely nothing about this crisis.
Elected officials...it's a shameful and embarrassing situation for residents, business owners and also the victims of this homeless dilemma. Why are we encouraging people to come to Oakland when this is what we have to show our visitors or potential business investors!
My family and I live a block away from the 880 encampments in a single family home. My heart goes out to these people but the trash and crime is getting too much for us to bear - both from BART and Caltrans land. We have had our cars and house broken into and my fiance was once chased by homeless woman with a hatchet. Please help. We are losing hope that anyone cares.
The public health is threatened by the lack of sanitation and the human waste / bio-hazards going onto the land and storm drains and into the Bay
These encampments pose a serious safety hazard to our streets, neighborhoods, and children. Currently, we are unable to walk to the grocery due to the encampments near Peralta and Magnolia Streets.
Help them
Please help. The homeless encampments seem to be alarmingly growing. One man was violently throwing trash around in anger on my way home. It's not safe to be just coming home.
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We the undersigned ask the City of Oakland to move tent/RV encampments off city streets, from under freeways, along BART lines, and dead-end streets and into specified and supported dwelling areas that are not streets, sidewalks, or public thoroughfares; to where health, sanitation, and other, necessary services can be provided to homeless populations. Where those efforts are underway, we ask that they be accelerated. Leaving the encampments in place on city streets defaults the problem to vulnerable neighborhoods that are totally without resources or authority structures to do anything to either help the people so housed or abate the blight they cause. Oakland neighborhoods are forced to accept squalor, trash, unsafe streets, impassable sidewalks, a lack of sanitation, and odor. Our city is better than this.
Updates
June 10, 2017
The gathering momentum behind this petition confirms that many residents share a vision for a cleaner and more functional city. This level of engagement signals that the current state of our public spaces is no longer acceptable to the community. We are now preparing to ensure these concerns reach the appropriate offices for formal consideration.
Reached 100 supporters
June 10, 2017
42 Comments
Being poor should not be a crime. Being mentally ill should not be a crime. It is a punishment to be cast out in the streets due to factors one cannot sometimes affect. Everyone should have access to more shelter than a cyclone fence or bush. We are a rich nation - and this is a very sad commentary on our investments.
I was followed to BART the other morning by a person on a bike who is residing in an encampment down the street from me. he made some disgusting comments to me. Streets in every direction from where I live are piled with needles, garbage, and worse. I am tired of the City doing absolutely nothing about this crisis.
Elected officials...it's a shameful and embarrassing situation for residents, business owners and also the victims of this homeless dilemma. Why are we encouraging people to come to Oakland when this is what we have to show our visitors or potential business investors!
My family and I live a block away from the 880 encampments in a single family home. My heart goes out to these people but the trash and crime is getting too much for us to bear - both from BART and Caltrans land. We have had our cars and house broken into and my fiance was once chased by homeless woman with a hatchet. Please help. We are losing hope that anyone cares.
The public health is threatened by the lack of sanitation and the human waste / bio-hazards going onto the land and storm drains and into the Bay
These encampments pose a serious safety hazard to our streets, neighborhoods, and children. Currently, we are unable to walk to the grocery due to the encampments near Peralta and Magnolia Streets.
Help them
Please help. The homeless encampments seem to be alarmingly growing. One man was violently throwing trash around in anger on my way home. It's not safe to be just coming home.
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Being poor should not be a crime. Being mentally ill should not be a crime. It is a punishment to be cast out in the streets due to factors one cannot sometimes affect. Everyone should have access to more shelter than a cyclone fence or bush. We are a rich nation - and this is a very sad commentary on our investments.