BERKELEY (CBS SF) — A group of people camping out around Berkeley’s (California) historic post office in protest of plans to close it have been warned to move off U.S. Postal Service property, officials said Friday.

A group of postal inspectors and postal police visited the protesters Friday and warned them that they needed to remove their tents from the steps of the historic post office at 2000 Allston Way, U.S. Postal Inspector Jeff Fitch said.

Protesters, who are camped and gathered on three sides of the building, were also asked to remove signs they had attached to the building itself.

Fitch said the visit Friday was “low key” and that protesters are welcome to express their views from the sidewalk adjacent to the post office, which is city property. He noted that the group is blocking the steps and setting up tables and serving food in the area, all of which pose safety hazards.

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