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[Editor's Note: as this is being posted we have received word by email that residents of the tent city are being evicted by City of Berkeley employees. From a correspondent: "Just got word from a phone call from the camp that police have showed up with wrist-ties and are threatening arrests.Any and all support is requested at the site!! (Adeline & Stuart)." Later report from Nanci Armstrong-Temple: "Encampment has been moved across the street for now. No arrests." More information will be added as we get it.]

A tent city for the homeless has been established on the median in the middle of Adeline Street between Ward and Stuart streets. It is drug-free and alcohol-free.

If people wish to help, the organizers of the tent city have asked people to have blankets, sleeping bags, warm clothing and tents set aside in their houses so that when the call comes for these supplies, they can receive them readily. People could use me as their contact to the tent city organizers. They do not have accommodations to store the extra supplies - that is why they have asked people to store them in a corner in their own homes.

It would also be kind if people could bring over food and water to help the people who are living there. Just go to their camp and give them your support and food. 

Their campground is very clean and they constantly monitor the area so that no one disrespects the property or the people. Folks, it is the 1930s again and we have to help one another.