Let's be clear about what's going on here. Thousands of ordinary Oakland residents have been living next to encampments for years — dealing with safety concerns, sanitation nightmares, and a general erosion of the neighborhoods they've poured their savings into. The government's response? Largely a shrug and a pamphlet about "compassion."

But the moment Beast Mode's block is affected? Suddenly the governor's office is making phone calls.

This isn't about begrudging Marshawn Lynch a clean, safe neighborhood. He deserves one. Everyone deserves one. That's the whole point. The selective urgency is what stings. It suggests that Sacramento and City Hall have always had the tools and the authority to address dangerous encampments — they just lacked the political will to use them for regular taxpayers.

Newsom has, to his credit, taken a harder line on encampments statewide after the Supreme Court's Grants Pass decision last year gave cities more legal footing. But the pattern of celebrity-driven governance is hard to ignore. It's the same energy as a pothole getting fixed the week after a council member moves onto the street.

If the governor's office can pick up the phone for one address in Oakland, it can pick up the phone for all of them. The single mom on 82nd Avenue deserves the same responsiveness as an NFL star. Public safety and clean streets shouldn't be a perk of fame — they should be the baseline of competent government.

Clear the encampment near Lynch's home. Then keep going.