Berkeley can clear the encampment of homeless residents at Ohlone Park with three days’ notice, a federal judge has ordered.
Berkeley first posted notice April 14 that encampment residents had two weeks to clear out of the park, but the Berkeley Homeless Union filed a lawsuit May 27, the day before the deadline, seeking to block the sweep.
In the immediate term the union asked for a temporary restraining order and, in the longer term, a preliminary injunction, both aimed at preventing a sweep. The union’s attorney, Anthony D. Prince, accused Berkeley of improperly neglecting campers’ Fourth Amendment and disability protections, and argued that an ouster would put campers in danger…