When the City of Berkeley started its sweep of the Harrison Street corridor homeless encampment last week, the sidewalks of Eighth Street were filled with tents.
We met Jacqueline Mendoza that day, cleaning up her space in hopes of staying put. On Monday, we found her still there but with a lot fewer tents around her.
“If I needed bread I’d go over here. If I needed dog food I’d go over there. Now we are all spread out. It’s just like you are kind of lost.”…