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OAKLAND — Oakland Public Works Department employees cleared a homeless encampment Tuesday at Mosswood Park, forcing dozens to look for other living arrangements.

At least 50 people lived in the encampment on Broadway across from Kaiser Permanente Medical Center that was hidden from view by a fence with a green tarp. Liquor bottles, syringes, and a dead gopher were spotted in the mud among other debris as people prepared to leave.

Residents were offered temporary motel rooms or city-provided Tuff Sheds, but some didn’t know where they would end up tonight. Sue Zeek, with her Miniature Pinscher Chihuahua mix Saucy, was sorting her belongings on the sidewalk, hoping for a motel room.

“It sucks. It’s hard,” Zeek said. “We don’t have nothing as it is, and they’re taking what we have.”

Before the clearing, local grassroots organizations including the Roots Community Health Center’s mobile van, which provided supplies and medical help, offered a variety of services. The City of Oakland, Kaiser Permanente, and Operation Dignity are providing interim housing and support services to the residents of the encampment.

Kaiser Permanente is one of the donors that help fund Keep Oakland Housed, a partnership between Bay Area Community Services, Catholic Charities of the East Bay and East Bay Community Law Center. The new program designed to reach Oakland residents before they become homeless has served more than 2,100 households since its inception, according to Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf.

“We need to act swiftly and with a sense of urgency to keep the residents and families of Oakland housed in the midst of the Bay Area housing crisis,” Schaaf said.

David Peeler, who has lived in the park for several years, also dragged his belongings to the sidewalk as city workers filled a garbage truck with debris. “I deserve to have hot water,” Peeler said.