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# Watch: City crews clear Berkeley homeless camp
- URL: https://www.berkeleyscanner.com/2026/09/16/community/video-city-crews-harrison-homeless-camp/
- Published: 2026-09-16T20:23:45.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-16T20:59:34.000Z
- Description: Heavy equipment rolled in Wednesday as the Harrison Street encampment closure continued.
- Author: Emilie Raguso
- Tags: Community, Harrison Street corridor, Homeless encampments, Northwest Berkeley, Courts, Berkeley Homeless Union, #articles

City of Berkeley crews continued work to close a large, longstanding homeless camp in the [Harrison Street corridor](https://www.berkeleyscanner.com/topic/harrison-street-corridor/) Wednesday.

Footage from the scene showed workers with heavy equipment clearing debris around 11 a.m.

Photographer Ariel Nava shared videos of the work underway. They appear in the playlist above.

Homeless residents and their supporters have decried the encampment closure and say they will be worse off if they're forced to scatter.

The [operation began Tuesday](https://www.berkeleyscanner.com/2026/09/15/community/berkeley-clears-harrison-street-homeless-camp-citing-hazards/). The city has not said how long it will last. About 80 people were living in the encampment before it closed.

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/8e/3b/8e3bb516-9b88-46c2-aa85-566ed9c3647c/content/images/2026/09/IMG_0565.jpg)

The Harrison Street corridor encampment on Tuesday at about 4 p.m. [**Ariel Nava Photo*](https://x.com/arielnavaphoto?ref=berkeleyscanner.com)

The city spent much of Tuesday cleaning up side streets, leaving the bulk of the work on Harrison Street itself for later.

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/8e/3b/8e3bb516-9b88-46c2-aa85-566ed9c3647c/content/images/2026/09/IMG_0567.jpg)

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![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/8e/3b/8e3bb516-9b88-46c2-aa85-566ed9c3647c/content/images/2026/09/IMG_0564.jpg)

The Harrison Street corridor encampment on Tuesday at about 4 p.m. [**Ariel Nava Photo*](https://x.com/arielnavaphoto?ref=berkeleyscanner.com)

By Wednesday morning, the closure was in full swing.

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/8e/3b/8e3bb516-9b88-46c2-aa85-566ed9c3647c/content/images/2026/09/Photo-Sep-16-2026--10-43-25-AM.jpg)

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/8e/3b/8e3bb516-9b88-46c2-aa85-566ed9c3647c/content/images/2026/09/Photo-Sep-16-2026--10-34-28-AM.jpg)

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/8e/3b/8e3bb516-9b88-46c2-aa85-566ed9c3647c/content/images/2026/09/Photo-Sep-16-2026--10-30-59-AM.jpg)

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/8e/3b/8e3bb516-9b88-46c2-aa85-566ed9c3647c/content/images/2026/09/Photo-Sep-16-2026--10-35-02-AM.jpg)

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/8e/3b/8e3bb516-9b88-46c2-aa85-566ed9c3647c/content/images/2026/09/Photo-Sep-16-2026--10-42-55-AM.jpg)

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/8e/3b/8e3bb516-9b88-46c2-aa85-566ed9c3647c/content/images/2026/09/Photo-Sep-16-2026--10-31-32-AM.jpg)

![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/8e/3b/8e3bb516-9b88-46c2-aa85-566ed9c3647c/content/images/2026/09/Photo-Sep-16-2026--10-30-44-AM.jpg)

The Harrison Street corridor encampment on Tuesday at about 11 a.m. [**Ariel Nava Photo*](https://x.com/arielnavaphoto?ref=berkeleyscanner.com)

Stay tuned for updates from the scene.

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