Berkeley to close homeless camp by giving street to Bayer

Berkeley officials voted Tuesday night to give a dead-end street to one of the city’s largest taxpayers in response to concerns about a sprawling homeless encampment there.

Bayer, which already owns the property on both sides of the block, said it plans to build a stormwater treatment feature on Carleton Street west of Seventh Street where the camp is now located.

Tuesday night, a Bayer spokeswoman said there had been “multiple fires” on the block and that its quality control workers had reported smoke in their building nearby…

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