The new parking law allows vehicles a four-hour time limit, which would force unhoused people to find other spaces to park.
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Gilman Street underpass: For many, the poster child of Berkeley homeless camps
Bood, 37, lives by the Gilman underpass. He makes $30 to $40 a day scavenging. He finds lots of food (people throw away a lot from Trader Joe’s) as well as things like scooters, skateboards, etc. When Caltrans and Berkeley recently cleaned out the camp, he just went across the street and returned when they […]
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Would a homeless mayor in Berkeley make a difference for the homeless?
Mike Lee, right, a homeless activist who is running for mayor, spoke out during a demonstration in the winter of 2015 to say he wouldn’t be pushed out of Berkeley on charges that made no sense. At left, Councilman Jesse Arreguín, and Michael Diehl, of BOSS, another advocate for the homeless. Photo: Ted Friedman Guy […]
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Homelessness in Berkeley: The fact sheet
Berkeleyside readers asked a number of questions about homelessness in the city. We try to answer some of them below. Photo: Quinn Dombrowski You asked and we did our best to address some of the basic questions that came up for readers last week about homelessness in Berkeley. Many of the inquiries have and will help […]
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Berkeley mayoral hopefuls weigh in on homelessness
Old City Hall is set to have a new mayor come November. How will he or she approach homelessness? Photo: Melati Citrawireja With longtime Berkeley Mayor Tom Bates completing what he says will be his last term, six people have expressed interest in running for his seat come November 2016. Berkeleyside asked each of them to share their […]
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Photos: Living on the streets of Berkeley
A homeless person sleeps on a Berkeley street on May 20. Photo: Ted Friedman Walk down any street in Berkeley, from the shores of the Marina up to the UC Berkeley campus, and chances are good you will spot someone living on the street. Sometimes they are sleeping. Sometimes they are playing music. Sometimes they […]
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Berkeley seeks to house those most in need at The Hub
Call takers at The Hub field inquiries about shelter beds, housing and other issues as part of a process to determine who is most in need. Photo: Emilie Raguso It used to be that those who were homeless in Berkeley had to navigate a complex tangle of services to try to find help. In January, the city launched what it hopes […]
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Berkeley homelessness: A timeline from 1982 to 2016
A photo of a “Reaganville” encampment in Berkeley in 1982. Photo: KQED Many people trace the roots of the current homeless crisis back to the presidency of Ronald Reagan. He came into office in 1981 with a mandate to cut federal spending. And cut he did. Early in his term Reagan halved the budget for […]
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Homelessness in Berkeley: An overview
University Avenue and Oxford: For more than 25 years, people without permanent housing have panhandled on the street. It was such a novel idea that newspapers around the country wrote about it. To help cut down on panhandling, Berkeley merchants would sell 25-cent vouchers in packets of four to customers, who could then hand them […]
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Berkeleyside will focus on homelessness Wednesday
Sleeping it off. Photo: Film&PhotoArchivist On Wednesday, Berkeleyside will devote the entire day to stories about the homeless. We are joining 70 media organizations around the Bay Area to do a “deep dive” into the complex issue. The group of newspapers, TV and radio stations, websites and community newspapers is calling the endeavor the San […]
