A frustrated resident of Beverly Grove took matters into her own hands after reporting criminal activity in her neighborhood involving a homeless person. READ MORE: abc7.com/beverly-grove-los-an...
I was watching a Dateline where this unstable abuser who beat and threatened his wife went on a killing spree against people who were involved in his divorce. He killed two secretaries at a law office, a nationally recognized psychiatrist and a couple of others. At the very end a person said something that has stuck with me: “this is such a tragedy, these were people were honest, kind, hard working , law abiding, contributing citizens……”. I look at what is happening now and it truly seems that politicians, the activist left, and the judicial system all hate those qualities and truly sympathize with and actively encourage those who have the exact opposite qualities. What is happening?
I saw a neighbor who’s the type that walks down the street with a broom and dustpan. When a dude started setting up a tent near his block I knew he’d have an issue. He waited for the guy who was setting up camp near his neighborhood to leave and once he did the neighbor took all his stuff. It happened once more and no one has tried to set up camp since.
I would think the police would try to arrest to neighbor for “stealing” the homeless guys stuff. Seems like the homeless have more rights then tax payers these days
Throwing away homeless stuff is legal. Especially if on private property. The owner of the property technically owns the stuff when the homeless leaves it unattended. Owner has rights to get homeless arrested for trespassing too So PSA for good anyone who wants to clean up the community of the city won't: If the homeless encampment is unattended, do you part in cleaning it up
A friend of mine had a drug dealer living, then squatting after he had been evicted, in the house across the alleyway from him. He and the neighbors called the Seattle police and city hall, and fought with city attorneys to do something for over two years. One of the neighbors was threatened with a gun. But they wouldn’t do anything. People would come by at all hours of day and night to buy drugs, the alley was littered with needles, there were two overdoses at the house. My friend and other neighbors would call 911 and the response was “We know they are dealing drugs. We know they are receiving stolen goods and cars. What do you want us to do?” Really, we want you to serve and protect the people who pay taxes and abide by the law.
Well, one of the problems is if you call the police, these people are not gonna comply and a lot of people are gonna get mad if the police use force. Do you want them to fix the problem but you don’t want them to use force that is exactly what this is all about.
@@cyberianwolf790 Frankly, I don't care. Bus them to Texas, maybe. Or the desert. But we sure do not have to accept tents on our sidewalks. The police should be permitted to move anyone who sets up a tent or blocks sidewalks.
I know more than a few working homeless and I am close to homelessness myself due to a renoviction and cost of rent. I was always very sympathetic but it takes one bad experience to change that. I was assaulted by a homeless addict a couple months ago. Right outside my building door. I was quick enough to get the knife away from him but it took a toll. I always have to tell myself that theres some good people that are homeless (especially now considering its 2300 a month rent for a one bed apartment) but the bad ones ruin it for many.
@NotoriousEmu There are different groups of homeless. Some are temporary -- lost a job, lost a house, but are working and will be back on their feet. They are not mentally ill. They are not druggies. Sometimes they have kids with them, but they keep the kids clean and fed and in school. If offered housing they will jump at the offer. The other kind are long term homeless. About 80% are mentally ill. Nearly 100% are druggies, many self-medicating for their symptoms, and their habits are expensive, so they frequently turn to theft, extortion of other homeless, and prostitution. They share needles and spread diseases. They fight amongst themselves and with non-homeless neighbors and passers-by. If offered housing they will reluctantly go, but will move out or be asked to leave within the month. Why, oh why, do we give these two groups the same care and attention? I am very sad when people are mentally ill but won't take their meds. Likewise with those who are drug addicts. But the contrast of people who want to help themselves, and people who don't, is glaring. You can't do anything for people who refuse your help. Spend the available money and resources on the homeless who want help and will use it to get out of homelessness.
@NotoriousEmu There are different groups of homeless. Some are temporary -- lost a job, lost a house, but are working and will be back on their feet. They are not mentally ill. They are not druggies. Sometimes they have kids with them, but they keep the kids clean and fed and in school. If offered housing they will jump at the offer. The other kind are long term homeless. About 80% are mentally ill. Nearly 100% are druggies, many self-medicating for their symptoms, and their habits are expensive, so they frequently turn to theft, extortion of other homeless, and prostitution. They share needles and spread diseases. They fight amongst themselves and with non-homeless neighbors and passers-by. If offered housing they will reluctantly go, but will move out or be asked to leave within the month. Why, oh why, do we give these two groups the same care and attention? I am very sad when people are mentally ill but won't take their meds. Likewise with those who are drug addicts. But the contrast of people who want to help themselves, and people who don't, is glaring. You can't do anything for people who refuse your help. Spend the available money and resources on the homeless who want help and will use it to get out of homelessness.
@NotoriousEmu There are different groups of homeless. Some are temporary -- lost a job, lost a house, but are working and will be back on their feet. They are not mentally ill. They are not druggies. Sometimes they have kids with them, but they keep the kids clean and fed and in school. If offered housing they will jump at the offer. The other kind are long term homeless. About 80% are mentally ill. Nearly 100% are druggies, many self-medicating for their symptoms, and their habits are expensive, so they frequently turn to theft, extortion of other homeless, and prostitution. They share needles and spread diseases. They fight amongst themselves and with non-homeless neighbors and passers-by. If offered housing they will reluctantly go, but will move out or be asked to leave within the month. Why, oh why, do we give these two groups the same care and attention? I am very sad when people are mentally ill but won't take their meds. Likewise with those who are drug addicts. But the contrast of people who want to help themselves, and people who don't, is glaring. You can't do anything for people who refuse your help. Spend the available money and resources on the homeless who want help and will use it to get out of homelessness.
I live in Tokyo, Japan. In the city proper, we have a population of 14 million people. The greater metro area has nearly 40 million people. The entire country of Japan has 123 million people. Yet, the entire country of Japan has less than half as many homeless as the city of Sacramento, which has a population of 500,000. Japan's open secret to having almost no homelessness or crime is no drugs. Japan has never allowed drugs to get into society, and with no drugs, you don't have the myriad social problems caused by drugs and addiction. How does Japan keep drugs out of society? Simple, Japan harshly punishes drug users. Get caught with a joint, and you get a year or more in prison, and a lifelong conviction as a drug offender. By going after users, there is no market for dealers or distributors. America's so-called "War on Drugs" focused on dealers and distributors, not users. This actually caused an increase in demand, higher drug prices, and more people become drug dealers. But liberal cities in America are not trying to prevent addiction, by decriminalizing or legalizing drugs, they are increasing the addiction problem, and making the homeless situation works. Drugs turn people into animals, as you can see in the video. Japan also doesn't tolerate theft or property crime. Steal a bottle of water from a store, your first offense will get you 5 weeks in jail.
@@ixfxi Except that crime is so rare in Japan that very few people ever get arrested. Japan’s prison incarceration rate is 25 times lower than America’s. More than a few innocent people have been wrongfully convicted, but many times more people have been wrongfully convicted in America.
I know the homeless need to stay somewhere but they don’t have to destroy everything in their wake. I’ve been homeless myself many years ago & this is unacceptable!
@@jeanblaaaI was homeless for 6 months after falling victim to a rental scam. It's difficult living on the streets, but there's no reason to make a mess wherever you go. I also didn't panhandle; instead I would dumpster-dive to find stuff to sell, sometimes I'd find discarded car batteries that I could take to auto part stores for store credit from the core charges, and that would get me things like candy bars and beef jerky. Other times I would wait until "fast-food row" shut down for the night to walk the drive-thrus and pick up change that fell from peoples car windows. I could make $5-20/night doing that, especially near the nightclubs, and I'd get clearance food from WalMart after to make the most of it. I also knew of buildings with unlocked doors, and one was a bathroom that had a network programmable thermostat on the wall (with no buttons). I'd sleep there during the winter because I could take a paper towel, wet it in the sink, then leave it outside to freeze. I'd then take it and rubber band it around the thermostat, tricking it into kicking the heat on so I wouldn't freeze. Eventually I got back on my feet after a while, and I do have empathy, but it bothers me still seeing others use their setback as a justification for breaking the law. You can get by just fine without stealing or being a nuisance.
The homeless in LA are awful. Just today I tried to use a bathroom at a store, and they said they had to repair the toilets bc one time they normally said yes to the homeless but said no one time, then the next time they allowed them to use the restroom they destroyed the toilet and smashed it in and the sinks. They are awful here. Entitled and a different breed of people.
April Silverman articulated well what could have been described in a vague and gray manner and left sounding simply like "I don't want him here." Rather, Ms Silverman detailed key points that made known a real threat for the community.
VOTE BOTH PARTIES OUT!!! I’d take my chances with Independents and 3rd party candidates before I vote for another Democrat or Republican EVER AGAIN!!! City, County, State and Federal! Vote BOTH MAJOR PARTIES OUT!!! Nothing else will work.
Good for her!!! It’s disgusting what people have to put up with nowadays…… she also did the right thing by getting this on the news, that’s the only time that the city does something about it when they get exposed. Junkie needs rehab not housing.
Exactly. I'm in AZ now. I noticed that AZ has a lot of rehab centers and little homelessness. AZ is rehabilitating drug addicts. CA is giving them needles and places to shoot up. What could go wrong?
@@Bidenfriend I'm a liberal who strongly believes in liberal principles, but most Democrats lack moral clarity and ignorantly follow liberal ideology. This political situation is maddening. A lot of Republicans are selfish and abuse their inherited privilege, but I'd still rather have Republicans making the laws than Democrats.
This is a problem in Western Cities. Seattle has become a lawless city. I see men exposing themselves every day on the bus and walking down the street, open drug use, people defacating and urinating openly on the sidewalks in downtown, drug sales aren't conducted "in hidding" because there is no fear of arrest, graffiti sprayed during the day with people walking by, bodies layed out on the sidewalk every block you walk, people getting assaulted, stabbed and shot at all hours of the day and night. Fires in abandoned buildings, lots of those now because businesses are leaving like crazy. It is straight out of a horror movie. The city does absolutely nothing.
There was a homeless camp that popped up overnight on the outher side of the brick wall behind my grandmothers house. The folks there turned her yard into their trashcan and bathroom after she shut off the pipe they had been stealing her water from. So in response they started tossing so much trash, used drug needles and sacks of human waste into her yard. Her garden died an she couldn't let her own dogs out in her yard anymore after she found snail poison an glass in dog food. She called the police over an over an they didn't little to nothing because they were technically not on her property. They took over a spillway owned by the city. But still nothing, cops said unless she had proof they can't do much. She spent 2k on setting up cameras an alarms to gather proof. She recorded them tossing things in her yard, catching then when they broke into one of her neighbors houses that was in-between renters, they broke in an took it over for a whole week. But no, it took a murder before the police finally forced them to move on! It was a hellish year for her.
@@windsofmarchjourneyperrytr2823 She actually had two Bull Mastiff/Akitas an for a while they worked after the water stealing fiasco. She let me loose when they were trying to hook the hose back up at 6am and it sent the guy scuttling right back over the wall so fast he caught an ripped his shirt off. But unfortunately that's when the snail poison started being chucked over the wall as well.
that happened to us in San Fernando Valley, it took us 5 months of hell but we did it with 15 neighbors calling the police day and night. called our council representative little help !!!
I live in the Valley. As soon as one homeless car shows up our neighborhood, it won't last 24 hours before it's made to leave. These people should've never allowed the tent in the first place.
There was a old guy who slept under the pine tree's,, never bothered anyone, did it for years, then the punks & druggies started camping there & city ran everyone off..
@@sapien2291 Just stop the BS, these people aren't on the street because they can't afford a house. They are on the street due to their substance abuse and mental illness problems. Stop being so naive and learn to live with the truth.
@aprilsilverman1571 you did a great job helping keep your neighborhood safe and to get it cleaned up. May God continue to Bless you and keep you safe. Have a Blessed Day. 😊
She's a good example of how many in the community (instead of her doing it all herself) working towards the same goal can get it done 👍. Too bad there isn't more like her.❤
Actually more of a delusional example of people who caused this to happen with their own bad voting then crying victim when time comes to reap what they sow.
@@user-lb1qn2hd4i You're right. It's the gov't's responsibility to do their jobs, not rely on a private citizen to do it for them. Vote out mayors, sheriffs and council members that won't motivate the law enforcement arm of the gov't to DO THEIR JOBS!
And she is not elected in to the government with the large pay and set retirement package that come with it. I agree. This is a good woman looking out for her own.
Utterly disgusting that the mayor and city officials are allowing this to happen. Not just here but in other states! BUT thank goodness this lady did something about it!
This is exactly why we moved to Northern California from LA 2 years ago. We tried everything to get our neighborhood cleaned up, for years, to no avail.
It’s a shame that a tax payer has to take matters into their own hands. This kind of abhorrent behavior needs dealt with by city/govt officials…who are worthless!
This is what their community voted for and has cost LA taxpayers Billions of dollars. Not sure what they did with all that money to solve the homeless problem.
Broken window theory at work , it began with one tent and the neighborhood went downhill from there . Homelessness is a matter for the state to manage , inaction or just being slow to act is unforgivable and communities should not be forced to suffer the consequences.
Taking matters into your own hands and issuing vigilante justice is the only way to solve these problems. The government is complicit and against the citizens.
Working people have their property stolen, vandalized and destroyed and OUR government only cares about setting violent criminals free to hurt more people. Our leaders will issue the usual vacuous, "We care" statements but they don't care. We, the workers, are the bad people now and the powers-that-be will no longer help us.
I hope RU-vid does something abut these foreign agents pretending to be American fostering some very unamerican anti-government sentiments. A bunch of right wing nut jobs are going to think these are real people and they'll smear feces on the halls of congress when their dictator for life mysteriously doesn't win in 2024. IT LITERALLY HAPPENED IN 2020. OP did not say OUR hands. he said YOUR hands. He's Russian bot. Do not side with Vladimir Putin in American politics. He and the GOP he runs just want to see America finally fail.
I tell you what y’all are some patient and graceful people! If that crap was going on around my neighborhood it wouldn’t be us calling the cops on them! They would leave one way or the other! But that’s why you don’t see that sh!t around here!
@@benmartinez8443its been 10 years since someone i know paid in or filed. 😉 They sent 2 letters looking for 2017 several years ago but nothing since. 🤷♂️
If you dont pay your property taxes someone else will pay them for you. Its called a tax certificate. You are then forced to pay them back plus interest . If you dont pay them back in a certain amount of time. Your house will be auctioned off at a tax sale, to repay the investor. The county will get their money as right away, you lose even more.
“Director of homelessness strategys” That right there is why this will never end. I wonder what her salary is??Every citizen should by any and all means take matters into their own hands. ANY MEANS!!!!
Thats how you handle it. People are done with being nice to these folks. I agree we need real solutions to the houseless, but this is how you step up for your neighborhood when dealing with a drug dealer. More power to everyone in LA who take this route..
Then we need to build houses in Los Angeles and every city in California and only give them to people that don't have houses and sell them for $100,000. That way these people can pay under $1,000 for mortgage, a set of paying over $4,000, a mortgage and the people that do have a house that it's already paid off. They're property taxes don't even put a dollar back in their parks or cities. So when are they going to wake up and realize their house ain't not worth $500,000?
No, not "houses". "Homeless shelters" is what you meant to say. No one is entitled to special housing privileges if they cannot afford to procure it on their own. As someone who was homeless in Las Vegas for 4 months in the Summer heat, I couldn't even fathom having the nerve to ask my local government for my own single family home. Are you serious? A bunk bed inside of a building with heating & air conditioning & a shower is all that I or any homeless person needs. And I'm a completely sane, educated, and drug-free person. @@sapien2291
He wasn’t homeless, he’s an entrepreneur. He’s moving up in the world, free advertising and now he lives in his car at the same great location. Location is everything.
Yes excellent strong work she did here! The response from the council woman was awful! They literally just let them do what ever they want! Eventually people are going to take action and end this scourge for themselves through networking perseverence and conviction! Loved seeing this story! Now can someone please on earth clean up alameda blvd. in the Florence-Firestone district of LA?
Tough situation. Politicians wont do anything, the police wont do anything. If you do anything you will get arrested. They can sit out there and deal drugs all day and cops do nothing. But of you make their tent vanish, you get arrested.
It’s really sad but it’s getting worse where we are and the public is left to deal with what the city/govt doesn’t. Our grocery store has filthy shopping carts, people wandering in that smell like urine, and theft. Our local park wreaks of human/dog urine and sidewalks littered with dog feces.
This woman needs to be the Governor of CA or run for higher office. Actions, not words! Ms. Silverman has my vote! I monitor the property which I live but have been mostly unsuccessful getting cooperation from the city where I live (San Diego Co) dealing with homeless, drug dealers, and problem tenants at a neighboring property. And so it goes!
Too busy buying botox and $800 sun glasses LOL! Randy Newman summed up LA bunch of uber creeps and grifters at all levels. Some huge well off drug dealers in LA and Hollywood importing the crap that gets to street or ordering it from China chemical companies etc.
@@aprilsilverman8744 Thank You, April! Just to let you know, you are not alone. Many people are afraid to get involved for whatever reasons, but more will support you if you make the effort. Just make intelligent decisions! And of course Be safe and Be strong!
Thank you Karen Bass for not even coming close on delivering your promises. This area has gotten so bad.... it's not just the residents... we have all these people that are supposed to get help. People voted for the wrong mouth breathing giddy smiling mayor. More of the same in this city.
All politicians are crap. They need to be held accountable for their false promises. People need to wake up and realize that politicians are not here to help. They just help themselves.
Great job of this woman! I had to do something similar in my neighborhood with a slum landlord next to me. Unfortunately if you don't take matters yourself, nothing gets done since city leaders are worried about homeless rights rather than homeowners rights especially if you are witnessing drug activity. Makes my blood boil.
They keep talking about housing- these types of homeless dont want homes, they want to live in tents, sell drugs, sex and litter trash everywhere. it is so dangerous to walk past these "sites" !!!
A home has to be cleaned and maintained and several bills come along with it for electricity, water,garbage, insurance etc... Most of these people would destroy a house in just a few months.... then what?
@@christopherconcept926yeah perhaps being at the shelter at 7 PM or get kicked out but your job has you out til 10 is a rule many struggle to follow. Not to mention you aren’t allowed to even smoke weed which is legal yet they’ll make them pick up cigarettes from other people as part of the chores. Just too many things that aren’t right about shelter life. Being around coughing sick people and getting bit by a spider isn’t very appealing either.
We had a homeless situation where I live for about 2 months. They all ended up leaving probably because of the cold weather. The city then came out and cleaned up the whole area.
Matthew 25:40 “whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.’ This lady just kicked Jesus out of her neighborhood.
Start your own podcast if time permits, April. You're a smart, passionate, & photogenic woman with a lot to report on here, & you're not the only one dealing with this. Interview politicians. Keep this matter in the public eye by reaching out to media. Take your show on the road & cover other neighborhoods experiencing this, too. Go for it. @@aprilsilverman8744
@sometea4741 you'd like to believe that, but no, no, there isn't if your actually trying to become not homeless you won't even be in this situation so has some common sense and don't defend the obvious losers sleeping in tents begging for money everyday to keep doing the same thing day after day you don't help by being ignorant.
this is what we're having to do, come up with our own solutions. Last week we met with our cd13 councilman, it's as if they're not that concerned about the safety concerns we have with these encampments
@@DavianSinneryes, because this requires that she can make complete sentences and use a phone. ...and judging by many comments, she is above average simply by not being obese and by being able to communicate.
This is ridiculous. We have people that live in a couple of places and they are allowed to stay there in their cars but they are not allowed to have anything outside their cars. Their cars also have to be legal. I have legal tags and insurance. You would never know people slept in their cars and lived there but of course, these people have jobs and go to work every day. They use their cars. They’re not just sitting on their big butts screwing up The area and doing drugs. if you live somewhere where this is allowed, then your public officials are not representing you and they could care less about your quality of life. You need to elect some new people, and make sure that this type of thing is not going to happen.
It sucks that here hard earned time and money need to be used for something we taxpayers pay for anyways. Good for her bad for the hard working law abiding citizens of California!!
A vast majority of LA homeless do not truly want to get shelter, and actively avoid and refuse it. They want to live in their car or tent doing drugs and committing petty crime to finance it. While we make any theft under $950 a non-prosecution offense. Notice an incentive or perhaps a problem given current circumstance? Either make living on the street illegal, or make theft illegal. Tolerating both is why we get, both.
THIS IS WHAT IS OUR NEW REALITY IN L.A. ! THE CITY AND POLICE DONT WORK FOR US ANYMORE ! WE HAVE TO TAKE CARE OF IT OURSELVES! AND WE MUST GET RID OF THESE CORRUPT Government workers!!
The problem is Liberal Demonrats. I started out as a Dumbocrat "early 70's" and for 20 years I watched the party morph into the Liberal Demonrat Party "mid 90's". Now I'm Republican the party isn't perfect but what party is in all reality? If a politician sucks then it's time to rotate, don't leave them in office.
@@tired7140problem is republicans are even worse. No values of freedom. Just “do what we tell you and don’t do what we don’t tell you”. That’s the whole platform. Imagine voting to be bossed around by holier than thou jerks who secretly are more evil than any democrat. I mean just look at all the religious leaders and Republican politicians who get caught with children. These people vote Republican. Imagine finding out that “clean cut Republican congressman” you thought was going to clean up your city did something like that. Would make you never trust them again.
Homelessness isn't even the main problem. The main issue is that many of those individuals have no desire to work, no desire to give up drugs and no desire to end their homelessness if it means making any actual effort on their part.
So does a Rottweiler. Lol. This is an immensely smart dog that isn't having it. They don't have to bite or growl, they just stare at you. That's enough.
WTF! The residents pay city taxes and should not being having all these homeless issues! I am glad that she took the matter in her hands, also involving the news on it really works.
It's getting bad here in Las Vegas too. I live in North Las Vegas and when Caroline Goodman decided that Main Street wasn't going to look like this, they all packed up moved to North Las Vegas and the surrounding areas. They tried to set up a camp near my neighborhood but that was shut down immediately after they started wandering around and stealing from our yards. Not sure if the police actually did something or if the people in the neighborhood said something to them, but they all packed up and left.
we don't have the problem at Buffalo NY. #1 they would get robbed #2 their cars would be illegally parked and impounded #3 they would be kicked out of the neighborhood or bad things would happen to them. We don't play that in Buffalo NY, that why you don't see the homeless problem on the streets. We have couple of shelters. Plus during the winters in NY is very cold and even if you did have a hot tent with a stove in it, someone would call the fire depeartment and your fire put out and you would be in jail, lose everything you got, forced into the shelter.
She's nice. If I felt that threatened I feel like the homeless guy would mysteriously go missing if this happened in my neighborhood. And that would just be awful.
Dear Government (and April Silverman), How much does it cost to maintain a shelter/soup kitchen, anually? How much does it cost to rehabilitate a homeless person to become a functioning member of society? Get them sheltered, clothed, fed, employed. Once employed, they pay the government, like we all do.
Absolutely agree! Get them out of YOUR neighborhood and into someone else's neighborhood! Lets not help the individual get OFF the street, let's get them to someone else's street.
That's sooooo wild that the tax paying homeowners have to go through all of that and even erect a structure just to keep the tents,homeless,drugs and God knows what away from family. It seems many cities and many states have lost the way to and for the the people.
I live in a van. I never stay in one place. I never litter. I don't use drugs. I don't make noise. I have a toilet I empty in an appropriate place. And I work. These people in the video and all the others like them are not in need of housing, they are in need of recovery and healing. For authorities to act like this is Ok is a disgrace to all citizens. They make people like me look bad and make it difficult to survive out here the right way, with respect for myself and others.
