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St. Louis Betrand Catholic Church school basement to talk trash."We need to live in a society where our children feel safe...from trash," said Reverend Davita Davis-Howard of First Mt. Sinai church.Mountains of trash are being illegally dumped daily on Oakland streets. At a community meeting Thursday residents of District Seven in East Oakland told the mayor and city officials they've had enough.Jose Diaz says last Friday they found trash outside their home on 102nd street."One day we just wake up and I was going to work and I find out that there was a mattress outside of our house," said Diaz.Diaz said it took four days before a city crew came to remove it."We called and they said we can't do anything until we have some more calls from your neighbors," said Diaz.Neighbors have partnered with the interfaith Oakland Community Organizers group to hold volunteer clean-up crews every third Saturday. Residents say so far this year they have collected more than 67,000 pounds of illegally dumped trash."Construction debris, you see marijuana garbage, mattresses, people like might have moved out of their homes and dumped everything. You see dead animals, human feces," said Angel Patino an Oakland resident who... (Story | KTVU - KTVU San Francisco)