East Bay Area Real Estate

Albany Clean up at The Bulb

John Curley, of North Gate News Online, reporting from UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism, writes about the reasons for the clean up… “According to Assistant City Administrator Judy Lieberman, the coming of winter, and a recent medical situation that left one Bulb resident immobile and in need of greater ambulance access, were motivators for beginning the project now. She added, “It’s good to tell people they have other choices.”

A similar clean-up project in 1999 was met with harsh public criticism and lawsuits pertaining to the removal of the bulb’s homeless population, at the time much larger than today’s. Concerns pertained to Albany’s lack of a homeless shelter or useful infrastructure to help residents deal with the move.
Read the full article at North Gate News Online