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Oakland mayor seeks to scale back homeless encampment sweeps as others push crackdown

Behind closed doors, Lee is planning a new course: The mayor and a top official want to remove fewer camps and improve sanitation around them, they said in an interview with this news organization - a recognition that people will continue to live beneath overpasses and on sidewalks in a city with diminishing resources to provide shelter. That's because two years of intense sweeps haven't moved homeless residents indoors, Hauswald said.

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Ken Houston's controversial encampment proposal wouldn't jeopardize state funds

Oakland's revised Encampment Abatement Policy removes the mandatory offer-of-shelter requirement, grants broader authority to tow occupied vehicles, and meets state guidance minimums per Cal ICH.

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Oakland mayor seeks to scale back homeless encampment sweeps as others push crackdown

Ken Houston's controversial encampment proposal wouldn't jeopardize state funds

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