Oakland will be making a more aggressive push to clear homeless encampments in the city following an executive order issued by Mayor Sheng Thao.

Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao announced that Monday she has given an executive order to city departments to fully remove people living in homeless encampments, enforcing the Encampment Management Policy. “Being unhoused is not a crime in Oakland,

Closures won’t be “delayed for shelter availability,” Sheng Thao announced today. Her order follows a controversial Supreme Court ruling and comes as the mayor faces a recall election.