Federal judge rules some people can stay at Berkeley homeless encampment

Federal Judge Says Berkeley Can Sweep Large Homeless Encampment, But That People With Disabilities Can Stay

A mixed bag in a new legal ruling about a big and contentious Berkeley homeless encampment, as a judge says the encampment can be swept, but people with disabilities camping there are allowed to stay put and leave their stuff.From the looks of this Google Street View image of a certain North Berkeley encampment captured in August 2024, the encampment was indeed quite sprawling, taking up a whole city block and definitely strewn with a substantia…

Federal judge rules some people can stay at Berkeley homeless encampment

The judge ruled the dozen or so people with disabilities can stay put for the next two months - while also ordering the city of Berkeley to help find them shelter.