Winery, brewery, bagel shop team up to call out Berkeley's permissiveness of homeless encampments
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Several Berkeley, California, businesses filed a lawsuit this week against the city for failing to remove homeless encampments, which have become a nuisance.
The plaintiffs allege the case is about the City of Berkeley being required to follow the same nuisance laws private landowners must follow, while also owing an obligation to its citizens to maintain its streets and other public rights of way free from obstructions. Greg Wehner is a breaking news reporter for Fox News Digital.
Over the past few years, the businesses claim, the city has allowed homeless encampments to remain on Harrison Street between Fifth, Sixth, Seventh, Eighth and Ninth Streets; along Codornices Creek; and in the Lower Dwight neighborhood. Story tips and can be sent to Greg.Wehner@Fox.com and on Twitter @GregWehner.