Mom rages after passing disgusting homeless camp near elite California college
A SoCal mother has blasted Berkeley officials over a massive homeless encampment near her son’s UC Berkeley housing unit — filled with rows of tents, piles of trash and debris. “I just dropped my son off at @UCBerkeley housing and as we were approaching we saw this behind his apartments.
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A SoCal mother has blasted Berkeley officials over a massive homeless encampment near her son’s UC Berkeley housing unit — filled with rows of tents, piles of trash and debris. “I just dropped my son off at @UCBerkeley housing and as we were approaching we saw this behind his apartments. Shame on @CityofBerkeley @CityofAlbanyCA @UCBerkeleyNews,” TV reporter and mom Lyanne Melendez wrote on X. Melendez shared video of the sprawling encampment along the 1150 block of Harrison Street, near student housing and businesses frequented by students, less than three miles from the university’s main campus.
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- A SoCal mother has blasted Berkeley officials over a massive homeless encampment near her son’s UC Berkeley housing unit — filled with rows of tents, piles of trash and debris. “I just dropped my son off at @UCBerkeley housing and as we were approaching we saw this behind his apartments.
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Mom rages after passing disgusting homeless camp near elite California college
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