Organizer and campus senior Cierra Cardenas said the goal of the event was to fund efforts to provide food, shelter, clothing and harm reduction resources to park residents. She said the group was able to raise more than $2,000.
The destruction that occurred at People's Park in August after the campus attempted to begin construction on student housing cost the university over $4 million worth of damage, as first reported by East Bay Times.
Three organizations filed a petition against campus and city, alleging that they failed to hold a public comment session for negotiations about city plans.