BERKELEY, Calif. - A Berkeley homeless encampment is being called a public health hazard. So on Wednesday morning, police and city workers took it down.

But hours later, a federal judge stepped in and put a stop to the removal.

On Wednesday afternoon, people returned to the area of 8th and Harrison streets.

They pitched tents and re-settled this afternoon, soon after the judge issued the order.

But Matthau Chakko, the spokesperson for the city of Berkeley, said the removal of the encampment was intended to create a safe environment for the area's homeless, residents and businesses.

And that means the area's residents, businesses and the homeless

Erin Spencer lived in his makeshift home on wheels.

He said he scrambled to move it around 6am on Wednesday from where he usually parks

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