Protesters push back on new city policy allowing encampment sweeps when public health and safety is at risk. Advocates say the policy will further traumatize a vulnerable community while city offic…
Signs at a homeless encampment at the old Berkeley City Hall on Martin Luther King Jr. Way in Berkeley, Calif., on Tuesday, Oct. 2, 2024. The camp was established in protest of the city’s recently adopted policy allowing staff to clear encampments if they’re deemed to pose a risk to public safety. BERKELEY — Tents and canopies now cover the lawn of Berkeley’s Old City Hall, forming an encampment in center of the city to protest a new policy allowing encampment sweeps without offering shelter.
Maceo Clardy, 67, moves into a tent at a homeless encampment at the old Berkeley City Hall on Martin Luther King Jr. Way in Berkeley, Calif., on Tuesday, Oct. 2, 2024. The camp was established in protest of the city’s recently adopted policy allowing staff to clear encampments if they’re deemed to pose a risk to public safety.
City officials, on the other hand, say the policy, brought forward by Councilmember Rashi Kesarwani, is narrowly drafted to apply to the most extreme cases that pose serious public safety risks to both those living in the encampment and their neighbors. The owners claim in the lawsuit that their businesses are struggling because patrons avoid the area where sidewalks are blocked by makeshift shelters and riddled with trash, used needles, combustible materials and human feces. Instances of harassment and vehicle theft have made owners, patrons and employees feeling unsafe, according to the suit.
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