https://www.siliconvalley.com/2021/04/30/homeless-oaklanders-bring-hot-showers-medical-care-and-a-pizza-oven-to-their-encampment/

Sick of living without basic resources and tired of waiting for the city to help, a group of homeless Oaklanders and activists have built their own unsanctioned community center from the ground up — creating a kitchen, shower, toilet, health clinic, free store and more.

The grassroots project is expanding the limits of what a homeless encampment can look like in the Bay Area. But it also raises myriad new questions. Among them: How will the authorities handle these attractive and functional — but illegal — new structures?