The full-scale clearing out of Oakland's largest homeless camp just wrapped up its fourth day.
Caltrans is moving some 200 people out of the Wood Street encampment, which stretches for nearly three-quarters of a mile along Interstate 880.
"My first job was working on a soundstage when I was like five years old," said Ron McGowan, who was working on a truss assembly ahead of a corporate event."During the pandemic we were the first ones to get hit," he recalled."A lot of other industries could pivot. You could not pivot as a stagehand."
"On and off for two years," he said of his time in the encampment."It has definitely been traumatic over there.""The city found me a spot at The Holland," McGowan said.McGowan says he's grateful for the shelter, but it does come with some cost.