COVID-19 UPDATE – Where do we go? Berkeley

From: Andrea Henson <ajohnlaw19@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 18 Mar 2020 16:41:39 -0700
Subject: COVID-19 UPDATE – Where do we go? Berkeley

Thank you to all of our donors! We made our goal of $15,000! We want to let everyone know that during the COVID-19 pandemic, we are protecting our residents. We could not do this without your generous contributions and support.

Tomorrow we will install 4 more porta potties for a total of 6 at the 4 encampments. Seabreeze encampment will have 2 upstairs and 2 downstairs. We will put a porta potty at Gilman and at Ashby/Shellmound. Each porta potty will have a dispenser for hand sanitizer so that residents will have their own supply.

We will not wait for the city because the health of our residents is far too important. However, we are working with the city on how to best serve the residents of the encampment. Our goal is to collaborate to protect the health of all.

We are working on trash removal at all of the encampments. We will provide some with tents. The camps are overrun with rats. The rats are eating through the tents. Many have had to move in together because rats have moved into their tents. That makes it hard to self-isolate or practice social distancing. We are working with various agencies to come up with a solution to our trash problem.

We have approached a city council member in Emeryville to help us provide resources to our residents at Ashby/Shellmound. This encampment is partially in Berkeley and partially in Emeryville. It is time to work together on services at this location.

We are working on lots of solutions and ways to mitigate risk posed to residents in the encampments. We are so very grateful for all of the donations. We are working very hard to protect all Berkeley residents. More updates to come. Thank you again for all of your help, donations, assistance and support.
https://www.gofundme.com/f/where-do-we-go-berk-ca