In August, the Gateway Pundit brought you a story a couple of lady who was horrified to see an enormous homeless encampment outdoors of her son’s school dorm in Berkeley when she was dropping him off for varsity. The story and the girl’s video tweet went viral.
A number of weeks later, it was discovered that the town had been making an attempt to wash up the encampment however was being stopped by the so-called ‘Berkeley Homeless Union’ which was suing the town to maintain it intact.
The town has lastly managed to clear it. Higher late than by no means, proper?
The College Fix reviews:
‘Bulldozers and hazmat fits’: Giant, disease-ridden homeless camp close to UC Berkeley lastly cleared
Berkeley metropolis officers have been making an attempt for years to close down a big and disease-ridden homeless encampment subsequent to UC Berkeley. They lastly bought their want.
Earlier this week, “police and metropolis officers descended on the controversial web site with bulldozers and hazmat fits to evict 21 unhoused Berkeley residents following a courtroom order from a federal decide stemming from a longstanding authorized battle,” the Day by day Californian scholar newspaper reported.
The notorious encampment had gone viral as soon as once more in late August because of a video taken by a father or mother dropping her son off at UC Berkeley that confirmed massive tenting tents, trash, sleeping luggage, rubbish, tarps, soiled mattresses, bikes and different particles piled up in heaps and spilling out into the road for a number of blocks.
The encampment had been formally deemed a hearth hazard by public officers, with group providers additionally noting “useless rats all around the streets,” in addition to common situations of “seen bodily fluids and feces” on the bottom, as The Faculty Repair reported.
It was additionally the placement of a leptospirosis outbreak.
See some movies under:
The Metropolis of Berkeley is clearing an encampment alongside the Harrison hall on Tuesday after a decide allowed the eviction to maneuver ahead. For extra data, click on the hyperlink under https://t.co/JH32zXYf4H https://t.co/OM5JD7yVJL pic.twitter.com/tOSFey6Yva
— ABC7 Information (@abc7newsbayarea) September 16, 2026
WATCH: Berkeley is sweeping the controversial eighth & Harrison streets homeless encampment with a bulldozer.
The town and police are within the strategy of evicting roughly 21 residents since officers arrived somewhat after 6 a.m. to clear the location. pic.twitter.com/gGagOeDOgI
— The Day by day Californian (@dailycal) September 15, 2026
It’s an excellent factor Berkeley lastly bought their act collectively on this.
It actually took lengthy sufficient.
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