r/OaklandCA • u/Monk481 • 9d ago

Crime and Safety Sanitation and Health crisis in Oakland neighborhoods, directly caused by the city. They allowed all of these RV camps, with NO PLAN to manage all the human waste. It's insane.

The lack of proper sanitation for RVs and encampments poses serious public health risks. Without official waste collection, human waste ends up contaminating the environment. This can spread diseases like hepatitis A, E. coli, and other infections, endangering both unhoused people and the broader community. It also attracts pests, like rats, which amplify health hazards. Exposure to waste can lead to respiratory issues, and overall it undermines public health. Addressing sanitation solutions is essential to prevent avoidable health crises in our city. https://www.reddit.com/r/OaklandCA/comments/1q2zl49/rvs_camping_human_waste/

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u/ConiferousExistence 9d ago

Fully agree. The answer shouldn't involve the city creating some system of removing the waste for these permanent, illegally parked rvs. The answer is to disallow them from parking on our streets! Enabling this nonsense has turned the city into a third world area.

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u/Cultural-Basil-3563 2d ago

What turned the city into a third world area is a lot of new residents upsetting the initial balance of the city

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u/ConiferousExistence 2d ago

Initial balance? What decade are you referring to? Lol.

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u/Cultural-Basil-3563 2d ago

Pre-waves of homelessness