People in East Oakland say a growing homeless encampment on MacArthur Boulevard near 106th Avenue is becoming more unsanitary and unsafe. And now, it's starting to spill into the street.

"We shouldn't have to live like this," said Staci, a woman who lives in East Oakland and frequents Sports Page, a bar just feet away from the encampment.

She said in the last few years, it's continued to get worse.

"The smell is horrific," said Staci. "It's the smell, then there's rats and rodents and the rats are coming across the street."

She worries about the health and safety hazards. She said you can't use the sidewalk and some cars and buses have to swerve out of the way of the trash.

"It's been close calls," Staci explained. "I've seen it. You can see it. You have to go out into the street, it'

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