California “Progressives” vs. New Affordable Housing Project | Ben Meets America 

“We’d like to acknowledge this colonized land. Now that we’ve got that out of the way, we’d still like to completely control it. Also BTW poor people can’t make good choices on their own. I know better because I wear a red turtleneck”.

"Better they have no housing than cheap housing"

Wonder what they say about immigration. "Let them freely come but live somewhere else."

"Concerned citizen" - def. A concerned citizen is someone who already has his house built.

This is hysterical🤣🤣🤣. First they want to give away the land, then they want to house the homeless, now they realize it’s their backyard and NO WAY, this can’t work. Just hilarious how they created this mess themselves 😂😂🤣🤣

We _acknowledge_ that we stole land, but we're not going to uh give it back. Yay! Be KIND!

The hypocrisy is predictable

I'd much prefer to live in a 300 sq ft apartment with a toilet, kitchen and running water than a tent under an overpass, with apologies to the church next door if the light display from their stained glass window is ever so slightly diminished.

Much appreciation to all TFP team! And as I say from time to time, I'm such a big fan of Ben. It's incredible to see someone say "I'm an adult, I can think for myself, and I want to live in this house" and then see someone else say "no you don't, trust me". The nerve. Wow.

The royalty like their servants, they just don't want them living in the castle.

Everyone wants to "help" create affordable housing until it's in their neighborhood? Weird right?

This really captures the heart of the problem with humor. Such a good job Ben.

Do as I say, not as I do.

Is this a SNL skit?

The hypocrisy is astounding. How do they live with themselves?

These people feel entitled to tell everyone else where they can or cannot live, but they only person they actually have control over is themselves. If they don't want to live in a dense city, nothing is stopping them from leaving. After these homes get built, none of these weirdos will mind it.

OMG. It just occurred to me that the people grooving on the float ARE city council members. Perhaps I'm wrong. If they feel so guilty about occupying Gabrielino land, why not give it back?

Way to quickly triple the price of land in single-family zones ✌️

Acknowledgement of traditional ownership has been standard in Australia for a long time, but it usually stops short of this. I'm not sure what native populations gain by having you state how egregious the colonization was, but not give the land back. You might as well accept that you're just being diplomatic and uttering the incantation. But in practice, it's not much different to 'sorry, not sorry'.

I 💗Ben Meets America.

As a civilization we have made great strides in technology especially as computers and modern medicine arrived. However we are struggling to advance as a society. We think population growth is the answer to so many things but in reality our rampant growth over the last half century has led to rampant homelessness, wildlife decline, and global warming. We have fake compassion for our fellow man like these nimby’s and even less compassion for the non-humans we displace everyday.

I would say this is a California issue but seems like the whole country is acting this way. I don't mind, let people who work and do services that you don't want to do, not afford to live anywhere near where they work and see how long that last! Maybe these wealthy people will get their hands and feet dirty or get AI I don't care! They want to pay crap$$ for those jobs that help there fancy comunties look plasent and have those workers live where?? Underground🙆

It’s a drug problem. You can build all the housing you want, if you don’t treat the addiction it’s not really solving anything. If anything the affordable housing will become drug infested.

It's too bad those "affordable housing" units won't have affordable rents. Rents will be based on average median income level of approx $70,000 a year. Those units will cost $1800+ for a studio--still unaffordable for most of those workers who came to that meeting. This type of development is a boon for developers who will charge market price units for 90% of these units, not build enough parking, and a project like this will negatively impact the entire WeHo community.

I own a home, and I have that same gut reaction of NO. But in the end I support it, because we need it for the greater good long term.

'Progressive' is a synonym for 'hypocrite'.

"Not at the expense of the quality of the people already living in the neighborhood/country" should be the keystone of the Republican platform, and it's good to know that Democrats secretly agree. It should have been the guiding principle after 1965, as it was before 1965. Too late now to stop the civilizational decline.

Gimme, gimme gimme! Let them work like everyone else and live where they can afford it. Next they’ll be demanding mansions all paid for.

This is brilliant!! There's also a documentary called "Liberal Hypocrisy Fuels Inequality" (free on RU-vid) that explores this issue in greater detail.

Affordable housing is not necessary in the most expensive areas of the country. Build affordable housing in places where it’s less expensive and in line with the needs of the people it is supposed to serve. Build public transportation not housing middle class tax payers can’t afford. There are couples with two college degrees and a six figure salary that can’t afford to live in this community but they are going to build housing for low income people to live here. What is wrong with this picture? CA is losing population so let’s drive out more people with such policies.

Everyone wants affordable housing and increased density unless it is next to their house.

Everyone is a ding dong

The people living in the neighborhood complaining about the number of units are correct. California has spent billions on the homeless situation and nothing has changed maybe got worse. You all get what you deserve, crap politics, but hey the weather is great(it really is nice, lived in San Diego 19 years).

One side: I need you to give me what I want! Other side: Yeah, they need to have what they want given to them! Just not here... Look, I understand not wanting the neighborhood you worked hard to buy a home in change drastically, especially if you'd be unable to find/afford another home that fits what you were looking for that well. Just don't get on your soapbox and tell everyone else to do it then.

What a bunch of hipocrits!

I think most people aren't against the size, they're against it being low income projects they'll have to subsidize.

Lol that burn at the end.

I am so grateful to live in Alabama

America. Please sort your shit out! The rest of us want you to be normal again!

Gee, good thing Sacramento can decide what homes go into every neighborhood, more reasons to leave.

If the GOP wants to win, they need to articulate a detailed plan to increase housing supply. This is the single biggest issue for two generations of voters.

Rich people should pay workers more so they can afford to live in West Hollywood.

Only about 1700 Gabrieleño exist today, but they want to import millions from Mexico and Central America who have nothing in common with past tribes or America. You see people who may not even be legal in the USA.

Didn’t Steve Jobs wear red turtleneck?

The Spaniards colonized the South West as did Russian and British north west. Alta California was looking to be annexed by British or American after 10 years from the Mexican Revolution.

AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA - center-right independent and TFP subscriber. Sorry, this stuff just cracks me up. I'm all for affordable housing.! whispers "but not really"

We ALL know what happens at and to low-income housing.

Gay bosses get real conservative when you ask for a raise also.

Perhaps, if they were to make it a boy's home, it would alleviate most opposition?

Surprise Bastion OST in 0:45! (Bynn the Breaker)

I see them building apartments all over the place and wonder who is going to live in them and umm yeah.. I think I know...

We already have affordable housing. It's called section 8. No one really wants to live there on purpose.

Why don’t they just cede the land back to a the Indians they “stole” it from

One problem is immigrants get more section 😅8 & hud apartments than natural citizens. Also people migrate here from other states just for this. They should serve California citizens first. Also one giant problem is they don't do anything about the drug addicts, criminals, and the alcoholics . They give him the section 8 then they they get to spend a tiny amount on rent and a huge amount on drugs and alcohol ...they don't do anything to force them to get straight. I lived in one of those buildings for 1 year & in one year, there was 11 fires caused by heroin addicts and alcoholics and criminals and they were all bringing in women and having prostitution and illegally breathing little poor dogs and it was just disgusting I thought I wanted to die.

Its sad that everyone here thinks they know everything about this situation from a 4 minute clip. Do any of you know that in the last 5 years CA has spent $17.5 billion on homelessness and all they have to show for it is 50,000 more homeless? They spent $3.5 billion renovating 29 hotel and commercisl poperties for low income housing like this one and in less than 2 years all 29 had to be evacuated due to drugs and crime. Karen Bass (LA mayor) spent $67 million to house homeless. All of that money is gone in less than 2 years and she has housed 400 out of 46,000 homeless. A federal judge last month had to order the state of CA to audit the $17.5 billion bc they didnt track how it was spent. The people running the programs and spending the money like Newsom, Gascon, Bass, Pamela Price, are crooks and hell Pelosi's district in SF has already broken the record for piles o human feces they had last year this month. They avg of 10k piles of sh*t per month in SF. Unfortunately The biased free press has an agenda that is most likely backed by Newsom or some of the others. There are current recalls in place for Newsom, Price, Tang, and a few others in the SoCal area. No one is happy unless your in Newsom's back pocket. During lockdown while everyone was stuck at home Newsom celebrated the bday of his favorite lobbyist with a 10 course tasting meal at $350/person at The French Laundry. He is the most evil classless man in politics. Gavin 'the butcher' Newsom. CA as also lost 11 fortune 1000 companies, 356 coporate HQ's, and 1 million+ residents but the homeless flood in bc the can do Fentanyl in public and not go to jail after bail reform finished destroying the rest of the soul of SoCal.

I am sorry but I dont know what to think of Ben Katterwalling. The issue has been festering and growing for 30+ years, and has come to a head or close. Homelessness is, in my estimate, a personal decision that folks have control over. Sure there are a few exceptions, buy you manage the exceptions. Drug addiction, mental illness (from drug addiction), are the leading causes of homelessness. The folks who want help have plenty of resources to get help. Those who want to continue down the path of self destruction, make that choice themselves, for the most part. Some are assisted by drug dependency and alcohol abuse etc. It is a viscous circle. Planting a homeless village in the middle of a somewhat functioning town (I use that loosely for West hollywood), makes no sense, NIMBY or not. Civilized people need to be around other civilized people. WE must require those who want help, to take the help we offer, or they dont get any privileges of a functioning society. Sorry, hardballs hurt when you are hit with a fast pitch.

Good job, Ben. Keep them coming.

yimbys arent always building affordable housing. they often want to push through luxury projects and are funded by developers. the housing crisis is caused by greed. theres tons of empty units. the owners dont want to lower their rents.

let the homeless go there and setup tents.

Cringe comedy gold.

Soviet Style apartments. That will fix everything. 😞

NIMBY

the land should be owned by the government. not by private parties motivated by profits.

aint this rich.

Hypocricy in action

In Kalifornia, “affordable housing” = 1.5 million

Arrive illegally, then complain about the conditions

why don they just build in all the completely empty land in america. why build tower blocks in residential neighbourhoods

If they really felt bad for taking the land they would build affordable housing for tribal members. It’s just more BS virtue signaling.

so who hear thinks those homeless encampment people will be able to manage their own home, forget even affording it ... Anyone...Anyone? Didn't think so. Affordable housing isn't going to house the homeless on the streets.

So the state wants the poors to live near me?

Wait liberals are hypocrites? Noooooo. Who knew? Oh wait anyone with a brain

The ambient light in the church ? What would Jesus do? He'd go into the church and sm#sh that window.

😂🤪

If you truly believe in cheap housing, back the builds with your own money? Housing problems can only be solved by fixing the wage problems!

Agenda 2030

Typical of liberals

Looks like citizenship test of English is optional

I never knew so many lesbians hated poor people.....