Tents and belongings were staying in place late Wednesday on the deadline for a large homeless encampment to be cleared at Berkeley's Ohlone Park. The delay in removing the encampment has left some ...
BERKELEY — Berkeley’s Homeless Response Team staff say they’re prepared to implement transparency and data-keeping recommendations made by the city auditor — but bigger financial problems loom. More ...
After initially preventing Berkeley from clearing two of its largest homeless camps, judges have allowed the city to move forward with the sweeps, a sign that courts are less willing to halt ...
BERKELEY, Calif. - Business owners in Berkeley joined forces to file a lawsuit against the city over sprawling homeless encampments, claiming the sites are hurting their bottom line. The lawsuit filed ...
A widening crackdown on RV and vehicle homelessness is spreading across the Bay Area as cities tighten rules, increase towing ...
As Berkeley looks to address their homeless crisis, the city council is laying down new rules to make it easier to clear homeless encampments. Advocates for the unsheltered say their criminalizing ...
A buyback program offering cash to people living in their RVs may become a model after the City of Berkeley effectively cleared out a homeless encampment this past January. It was so successful that ...
A group of homeless people in West Berkeley was awakened Wednesday morning by a swarm of police and city workers, arriving to clear out a long-standing encampment. No notice was given that the sweep ...
Berkeley, Calif., once a bastion of liberal idealism, currently mirrors the lawlessness of the Wild West. Its streets resemble an open-air drug den, overrun by homeless encampments. Tents block ...
Berkeley may soon become the latest Bay Area city to crack down on homeless encampments under expanded authority granted to local governments by a recent Supreme Court ruling. Legislation proposed by ...