“Occupy Oakland has a new home at 19th and Telegraph,” organizers said in a message to supporters, adding there would be a big “housewarming” party. “Bring tents!”…

The lot and adjacent park are in a rapidly gentrifying area, and protesters said establishing a camp there would be a symbolic move in a city they complained looked out most “for the interests of big business and developers” over ordinary residents.

Oakland police had said they had a “non-confrontational strategy” for preventing a new campsite from being established, but did not elaborate…

One nearby resident expressed unhappiness about the new site.

“I supported Occupy Oakland,” Sherbeam Wright told the San Francisco Chronicle. “At this point I don’t know what they stand for anymore.”