Berkeley to Start Clearing Out Ohlone Park Homeless Encampment

Berkeley to start clearing out Ohlone Park homeless encampment

Berkeley city crews are planning to start clearing a long-debated homeless encampment at Ohlone Park.

Update: Ohlone Park encampment residents must clear out by Thursday, city says

A judge ruled last week that the city could clear the encampment as long as it gave residents 72 hours notice.

Judges clear way for Berkeley to close two of its largest homeless camps

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 encampment closures in the Bay Area since a landmark U.S. Supreme Court ruling last year granted cities broad authority to clamp down on homelessness. Neighbors have demanded the city disband the two camps, located in Northwest Berkeley and near downtown, an…

Berkeley says campers must leave Ohlone Park by Thursday

The city of Berkeley has ordered all campers staying in Ohlone Park to leave by Thursday or risk citation or arrest.

Council applies for eviction notice of 'unauthorised encampment' set up at Leeds nature reserve

Leeds City Council has applied for an eviction notice after several caravans were set up on a green space and nature reserve.