A judge has taken away the temporary restraining order that prevented the city of Berkeley from sweeping a homeless encampment.
Yesica Prado lives in the encampment at 8th and Harrison. She is one of several people who sued the city of Berkeley to stop them from sweeping the encampment.
While their lawsuit successfully delayed that sweep, a judge ruled this week the city would be allowed to sweep the camp. The sweep can take place as long as they provided a long list of services to those impacted including temporary housing, storage for personal items and allow people to come back to the site when the sweep is over.
"I appreciate the judge's ruling because we have significant health and safety hazards at the encampment located at Harrison and 8th Street. We have raw sewage, spoiled food that is attracting rats and risking the spread of disease to individuals," said Kesarwani.
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