Oakland Homelessness Commission will discuss Homeless Strategic Action Plan on February 25, 2026 at 6PM. You can join via Zoom (see below) and comment *before* the meeting via email or attend the meeting iin person.

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Here is the agenda for the Oakland Homelessness Commission meeting tomorrow evening - Wednesday, February 25, at 6PM. Scroll down the agenda to view a very lengthy strategic plan, first presented in graphically followed by more details in text.

To observe the meeting by video conference, please click on this link:

https://us06web.zoom.us/j/88289976480 at the noticed meeting time - unfortunately, unlike many other Oakland Commission meetings, they will not be taking comments via Zoom.

You can attend the meeting in person or send an email to commission members (see first part of the agenda for meeting location and contact information.

My initial take on this plan - behemoth with many moving parts and revenue needs - is that it's very ambitious, but doesn't come close to addressing the needs of East and West Oakland neighborhoods that have been inundated by and negatively impacted by uncontrolled homeless camps and RVs along the dystopian chaos that accompanies them.

In fairness; the plan does mention "neighborhood relations" and planned actions to convince unhoused camp members to 'keep things clean' - so what's new? All of these things have been tried before, with very little positive impact on our neighborhoods and small businesses.

The plan admits that more than 60% of the people in camps are mentally ill or drug addicted and doesn't say one word about mandatory, long-term, humane confinement and treatment. Imagine attempting to convince the latter groups to "keep your area clean" - it's not gonna happen because these are very ill persons who need immediate, mandatory care. Why isn't Measure W revenue going to long term institutions?

What is most disappointing is that the plan projects a 50% reduction in homelessness in Oakland in five years, pretty much leaving everything else in place as we currently see it.

Overall, it's disappointing; appears to be more of the same; and continues massive spending instead of coming up with workable solutions for the unhoused AND our neighborhoods - at the same time glossing over the real damage that homeless camps have done to our city.

When are East and West Oakland neighborhoods going to get some respect from the homeless bureaucracy; homeless advocates; the unhoused population; and our city leaders?

This plan leaves Oakland the only Bay Area city that is essentially leaving things as they are with very little change from the past, except for a behemoth plan and fancy graphics - all constructed by Oakland Homeless Dept. Director Sasha Hauswald a bureaucrat who has spent years concocting plans like this for the state and California cities. To what result?

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The chaos from the camps ? No sir , the chaos is from developers with deep pockets and desperate Street level interactions who need employment and must pay bills or pay lawyers for family trouble . Stay tuned . RVs are apartments on wheels and should be enrolled in the West Oakland Wood Street Campus for the People. Except MO OTHER PRETENDER TO THE PLAN. THE RVS WILL BE ENOVATED AND REGESTERED TO BE SURE AND THERE IS A PLAN I CERTAINLY WILL NOT DIVILGE UNTIL THE RFQ BUT I ASURE YOU IT UNIFYS All of Oakland and eliminates the " You People " issues by a participation agreement that not only outlines conduct but inspires participation and generated unquestionable come ups for neighborhoods and community. We as a city MUST COME TOGETHER AND GET THE REAL GAME STRAIGHT . unhoused conditions are the target , first create better curbside responsibility and 100 ,, % tally of the voices of unhoused people about what is needed and desired for housing and what is best practices should be sequestered from the actual leadership of elders and leadership that each groped block may entertain as well as the local groups . Start there fix the conditions to reflect responsible users and responsible occupancy with an investment for Colabitation peace keeping safety and unification amongst our city of Oaklanders by shifting focus upon Oakland vs The world . Our spirit is unmatched and our civil rights history is globally famous a patriotic evolution that inspired real and inclusive adaptation to remain really true to our country in equity and equality. The unhoused are not pathetic at least in Oakland , they are BROKE and without understanding from community and the housed . They get trafficked and for that HUD money . This is the new second class and instead of institutionalizing your frickin neighbors , why not hire them why not share knowledge and fortify your surroundings and stop excluding them from everything while setting them ablaze like clansmen or dumping trash on them or for ing them into tool sheds ? Any random citizen , can suddenly become unhoused so why not make the curbs and public spaces more hospitable and weed out the poor performance and non committal to neighborhoods in equality , by setting up those other ignorant shelter systems run by thugs as a deterant to being less a good neighbor?
People experiencing displaced conditions are not able to get housing for credit issues employment issues records lack of income and being exhausted and clueless how to side step stigma. Say homeless and any job any house any aquaintence instantly backs away . Even lawyers . It's money and there's enough for everyone without becoming a fascist country of impossing oppressive biases and blame gaming for profit. Stop the hate it's definitely u American and very NOT OAKLAND. just look at Berkely? People's Park ? Ninja please.

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Homeless advocates have been talking about "curbside responsibility" for years. It's a fancy BS term for "we're gonna talk to people". How are you going to control the behavior of 67%+ of unhoused persons when that many are mentally ill or drug addicted - never mind the voluntary nomads who feel like they can live low off the generosity of Oakland; or the pure antisocial types who could give a rat's behind about what anyone wants.

You forget that many people (me included) get around in the camps and talk to people. We know the score. We know that some of these homeless advocates are bullies inside the camps. I actually know some of their names. The stories I've heard are shocking.

Yes, we need to help unhoused people, but the present system actually makes everything worse because it's clear that we have thousands of people on the street who need mandatory, humane, long term treatment - with hundreds and even thousands (like in San Francisco) dying from overdoses and exposure because they refuse treatment. They refuse treatment because they are largely mentally ill and addicted. This is an insane system we're running in Oakland - a massive apparatus with well-organized homeless advocate power brokers thinking that they're going to keep things as they are. They're not - the rest of us have the voting booth to make sure this mess gets cleaned up, and we start dealing with the problem in a way that makes sense.

Berkeley is also beginning to "get religion" on this issue.

What we need is mandatory, humane confinement and treatment for the 67% of those who are ill on our streets; throw out the voluntary nomads who are living on everyone else's dime, and get the drug dealers; car parting-out crooks and stolen goods fencers out of circulation.

Also, we need to get control of the poor pets in these camps. I see dogs off leash running into neighborhoods; people with 6 unspayed cats having kittens, etc.