This property is a serious, daily hazard, with constant drug dealing and prostitution, people lolling on the sidewalk too drugged to stand up. Constant defecating in the area and relentless dumping of trash.
It is a huge health hazard. The owner of 3135 has let some people camp there for many months and it makes the sidewalk and the street at times impassable. There are children who live on this block and I am terrified for them.

This has been going on for over a year now - why can't the City cite the property owner for blight, maintaining drug nuisance, etc. There are multiple violations here

This situation would not be happening in "other" parts of Oakland. It is harmful to everyone on the block, including the encampment residents themselves. Removing the "debris", which Public Works has done many times over the past few years, is only the tip of the problem and is not a long term solution. Fining the property owner is a start, but the bigger issue stems from St. Andrew's Park, which stems from OPD not enforcing the basic laws and needs of the community.

I do know the owner of 3135 and will contact him directly. Interesting that he has removed or covered up the address numbers on his facade. And as to how long this has been going on, it is way more than a year. It is also correct that the park is the issue, but repeated emails to the mayor, chief of police (not the most current one), city attorney, supervisors, have gone unanswered.

Let's get traction and keep the pressure going on. I'm down to put video of this corner and post daily videos.

West Oakland Neighbors meets tonight from 6-8 at Willie Keyes Rec Center, 3131 Union. Please come. This is the kind of community matters we discuss.

City of Oakland Public Works Agency referred this issue to OPD, PWA CONTACT service request # 466093. Please contact that agency to follow-up. For more information, please visit the "Helpful Links to Other Resource Partners" at the link below.
http://www2.oaklandnet.com/Government/o/PWA/Connect/ReportaProblem/index.htm
Thank you.

Very late notice! cannot be there, unfortunately. And I'm the person who knows who owns the house at
3135 Filbert St. Maybe one of my neighbors can attend. thanks!

Dear Disgusted,
Please email me at m5fan@yahoo.com and I'll be sure you get on our mailing list for West Oakland Neighbors. Everyone who reads these updates is welcome to email me also. We meet the third Thursday of every month (next meeting July 18) from 6-8 p.m. at Willie Keyes Rec Center, 3131 Union. The July meeting is also our joint NCPC ( Neighborhood Crime Prevention Council) meeting, at which we set neighborhood priorities for OPD.
Betty Tyler

This has gotten worse and the same folks are set up across the street now too.

I think the people across the street are displaced from a foreclosed home they were squatting in which was recently sealed up tight by the bank who owns it. This is way more than an illegal dumping problem. It is a human services issue in a city and state without much to offer. Some of these people have mental illnesses, all of them have drug addictions of course. If the drugs were not so available in this area, they would not be living on our block. If drugs were easy to buy on Piedmont Ave. they would be living there.

There is nothing 'recent' about the people living on the sidewalk, except that their ranks have increased.
At least two have been there for at least two years. It IS a human services issue but there are none that
have been able to address this street. The drug dealers come into this neighborhood because they know this is where the interest is. Recently the name of the owner of the black house which is the site of the homeless encampment has been found - but we have no further info on him and taxes are paid up.
Can it be cited as a nuisance property?