PRESS: Confusion and false alarm as West Oakland homeless shelters close

The city-funded RV park and “community cabins” on Wood Street, where dozens of unhoused people lived, are shutting down, that much is certain. But a conflict between the shelter operator and the city has repeatedly caused confusion around the timeline and the fate of the people living and working at the site.

The Wood Street RV parking program and the Community Cabins shelter are closing June 30. Credit: Natalie Orenstein

Now, it’s clear that the shelters, which collectively had space for over 100 residents, will close for good at the end of the month. The city is preparing to return the West Oakland property back to the private owner it’s leased from. However, there are about 37 people still living there, according to the city. 

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“We just could no longer provide services there without being paid for our services,” Frazier told The Oaklandside this week, after BOSS vacated the site. Waiting until the end of June would have meant “another month of carrying the cost of those programs” — around $400,000.

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Source, Oaklandside, by Natalie Orenstein, June 4, 2025, 11:37 a.m.

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