Vanessa Rancano

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Ericka Cruz GuevarraVanessa RancañoMel VelasquezAlan MontecilloJessica KariisaJun 18Failed to save articlePlease try againA stretch of Harrison Street in northwest Berkeley on May 20, 2025, home to an unhoused population. (Beth LaBerge/KQED)After the city of Berkeley ordered the clearing of RV encampments on Second Street, the city began offering cash to people living in their RVs in addition to a room at a motel shelter.

1 week ago | berkeleyside.org | Vanessa Rancano

In January, three generations of the Hall family were living in a pair of RVs, tucked into a corner of industrial West Berkeley. Fannie Hall shared her blue-and-white 29-footer with her adult daughter and granddaughter, plus a pack of yapping Chihuahuas — Hall’s beloved Tutti, her daughter’s Blu, and nine puppies. Across the street, Hall’s son lived in a second camper.

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Jun 11Failed to save articlePlease try againResident Letty Guzman looks out of the window in her room at Horizon Community Village at the Capri Motel on University Avenue in Berkeley on May 20, 2025. The site, operated by Dorothy Day House, provides transitional housing and supportive services for unhoused individuals in Berkeley.

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Jun 6Failed to save articlePlease try againA stretch of Harrison Street in northwest Berkeley on May 20, 2025, home to an unhoused population. The city moved in without giving residents advanced notice, leading a judge to order the city to stop the sweep, citing due process concerns. (Beth LaBerge/KQED)Witnesses say Berkeley police threatened residents with less lethal weapons during a cleanup Wednesday of an encampment that has been the source of conflict for years.

1 month ago | kqed.org | Vanessa Rancano

May 12Failed to save articlePlease try againAn unhoused resident carefully folds a blanket while packing up his encampment in the Tenderloin in San Francisco on Aug. 8, 2024. To urge more California cities and counties to ban encampments, Gov. Gavin Newsom released a model ordinance on Monday to use as a template for barring camping on public property.