Not surprising, they've gotten away with it far to long and until city leaders wake up from their deep sleep it's not changing. So if u want feel free to start contacting the Mayor until she realizes that Oakland has issues that need to be addressed.

Thank you for your request. According to our system, we already have an open service request of this kind at this location. Your request has been combined with service request #589074. If you would like to check the status of the request, please contact the Public Works Call Center at 510-615-5566 or pwacallcenter@oaklandnet.com. This issue can also be followed by watching http://seeclickfix.com/issues/1927996.

City of Oakland Public Works Department addressed this issue on 01/25/2016, service request # 589074.

Hope so