The city of Oakland continued cleaning up a large encampment on Tuesday near Martin Luther King Way and 23rd Street.
The focus was on the area around MLK and West Grand, but at the city council meeting later that night, council members will decide whether to take the drastic step of closing part of 23rd Street between Brush St and West Street. The city says the street closure is part of an effort to curb illegal dumping. 'This is straight up a sweep, not a cleanup,' said Tena Harvey.
A recent double murder and other criminal activity were also pointed to as reason for the encampment to be closed.'They don't want to go in for shelter. They just want to be out here doing drugs and tearing up the streets and that's not fair to taxpayers,' said Akilah McHenry, who owns a condo a few blocks away.'They always refer you to 211 and 211 refers you to the non-emergency number.
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