‘It was an eyesore’: City of Oakland clears homeless encampment, relocating 70 people to state-funded shelter — but advocates say crews moved too fast without offering sufficient supports

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The City of Oakland has cleared a large homeless encampment on East 12th Street, relocating about 70 people to the Mandela House — a former hotel turned shelter, now funded through a state grant.

The move marks one of the city’s most visible steps toward addressing homelessness, a crisis that has more than doubled in Oakland over the past decade…

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