{"id":25075,"date":"2023-02-06T21:55:40","date_gmt":"2023-02-07T05:55:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/?p=25075"},"modified":"2023-02-06T21:55:42","modified_gmt":"2023-02-07T05:55:42","slug":"oakland-allowed-to-remove-last-residents-from-wood-street-homeless-encampment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/2023\/02\/06\/oakland-allowed-to-remove-last-residents-from-wood-street-homeless-encampment\/","title":{"rendered":"Oakland allowed to remove last residents from Wood Street homeless encampment"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

<\/a>Sarah Ravani<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Feb. 3, 2023 Updated: Feb. 5, 2023 (SFChronicle.com)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A dwelling at the Wood Street encampment in Oakland on Jan. 12, 2023. A federal judge decided Friday that Oakland could remove the last remaining residents of the camp after the city argued it could lose much-needed state funding to build affordable housing.Gabrielle Lurie \/ The Chronicle<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Oakland can remove the last remaining homeless residents from the once-sprawling Wood Street homeless<\/a> encampment this week, after a federal judge ruled in the city\u2019s favor late Friday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Oakland had appealed to the courts for permission to evict the residents, arguing that it could lose much-needed state funding for affordable housing if it didn\u2019t clear the site soon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Judge William H. Orrick said Friday that while he understands that \u201ceviction is irreparable,\u201d he will allow the city to move forward with removing nearly 60 residents still living at the site at 8 a.m. on Feb. 10.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThough the eviction will inevitably cause hardship for the plaintiffs, that hardship is mitigated by the available shelter beds and the improved weather conditions,\u201d Orrick wrote in his order.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The decision comes as the city has struggled with what to do about the encampment, which was once the largest in Northern California. City and state officials have long sought to clear the site, which has been the scene of rodent infestations, unsanitary conditions, more than 100 fires, and other health and safety hazards.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At one point, the camp took up nearly 25 city blocks, with almost 300 residents living on land owned by the city, state, railroad companies and other government agencies. After months of evictions by Caltrans,<\/a> the population has shrunk to about 60 people.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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