Update Friday: Well that was quick. From Bay City News last night:
One protester was arrested and more than a dozen were cited for trespassing when police raided an Occupy Oakland camp in West Oakland this evening.
Police responded to the encampment, located at a lot in the 2000 block of Peralta Street in West Oakland, at around 5 p.m.
Police were informed this morning by a Peralta Street property owner that protesters were camping on the property without permission, police spokeswoman Johnna Watson said.
Officers issued written and verbal notices asking protesters to leave the property, according to Watson.
Three protesters voluntarily left, 14 did not leave and were issued citations for trespassing and one protester, who could not be cited because he or she lacked identification, was arrested, Watson said.
The Oakland Tribune has more on the story.
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Occupy Oakland has set up a new camp, in an empty lot on the 2000 block of Peralta near Mandela Parkway and 20th Street. The West Oakland lot is in an industrial area with a lot of warehouses.
"There are about 20-25 people coming and going, and a bunch of dogs," says our reporter Caitlin Esch, who visited the camp today. About a dozen tents have been put up, some makeshift. But camp members have big plans for the lot, as a lot more unoccupied space exists at the new location. The protesters said they want the camp to grow and that they hope to hold general assembly meetings, which at the height of the camp at Frank Ogawa Plaza drew hundreds of participants.