Dear Sir or Madam,

Thank you for contacting the Oakland Call Center, but additional information will be needed before your service request can be processed. Is the odor related to a possible sewer issue or is related to garbage?This information will help us better process your request. Your assistance in this matter is greatly appreciated.

Thank you

the stench is due to several dozen people living in tents w/out toilets at underpass between MLK and Telegraph Ave

Thank you for your request. According to our system, we already have an open service request of this kind at this location. Your request has been combined with service request #752220. If you would like to check the status of the request, please contact the Public Works Call Center at 510-615-5566 or pwacallcenter@oaklandnet.com. This issue can also be followed by watching http://seeclickfix.com/issues/3636370.

Letting people turn the streets and sidewalks into a toxic waste dump is not compassion, it's a lazy and pathetic lack of governance.

This is what happens when our collective governments work in a reactive way. Just another disaster waiting to happen. Fires, drug and alcohol ODs, raw sewage polluting everything. Our mayor and the city council will once again throw the hands in the air and gasp if we only knew there was a problem.