OAKLAND, Calif. (KRON) — More than a dozen residents living in an encampment near 6th and Webster streets in Oakland say they have been forced to move three times in the past week. The group reports being displaced from state, city and private land with no alternative housing options provided.
Caltrans confirmed that it began the Oakland Alameda Access Project in the area this week, a project that requires the clearing of the current encampment. Residents and advocates state that they are being pushed between different properties as officials from various agencies attempt to clear the site for the construction project.
Sathya Baskaran, an advocate for the unhoused community in Oakland, confirmed that the group has faced a continuous cycle of displacement between various jurisdictions over the past seven days…