Wow! I hope the City removes this thing before someone moves in.

It may already be too late, Sentinel. Here in the West Oakland Kampgrounds of America franchise, we have campers beyond counting, and it's apparently OK with the city of Oakland. Dumping, selling drugs, tagging, camping on the street - all are approved by the Quan administration.

I've counted over 50 now, Betty, and I'm sure I've just scratched the surface.

To Betty, With the number of illegal dumping and grafitti complaints from West Oakland on Ckick Fix, I would say you guys are fogotten by the politicians downtown. It's a tradegy.

Eileen, we should make a map.
Sentinel, we beg and beg for help. Can you imagine if a spray-painted broken-down RV parked on the mayor's street and people started dealing drugs, stripping recyclables, slinging booty and defecating next to her house?

I love your posts, Betty. I do need to sit down with a map of Oakland and mark the encampments I've counted on the map. I could put the map up on a webpage and people could add to it.

Eileen, I'd be glad to plot camps, could probably find more mappers out here on Oakland's West Coast.

I need some East Oakland mappers, too. My count is way to low to be at all accurate.

I love it. Slinging booty. Betty, you are getting your chops on here!

Carol, sometimes you've just had it up to here! All the piles of dumped junk and garbage begin to tower over you and threaten to collapse. Can lead to extreme language!

It was hilarious and very descriptive, Betty!