A federal judge has ordered the city and Berkeley Homeless Union to spend a day walking local streets together to find tent sites for up to 23 people before their encampment is cleared.
The ruling comes as Berkeley prepares yet again to clear the encampment, at Eighth and Harrison streets, after declaring it a fire hazard and public nuisance in recent weeks.
Last weekend, records show, authorities put out an arson fire at the encampment, the latest of dozens of blazes reported in the area this year…