@@thedude5040 I feel you but idk when u say drugs if u mean street drug or the ones they get from thier doctor, bc if your talkin about street drug then im here to tell u thats wishfull thinkin bc Drug Dealers just care about profit/money & simple math meaning if the come outside with $500 worth of drugs then wanna go in with 0 & thats the Gospel truth!!!
When we lived in Germany, the city literally hunted the homeless to provide them with the food and housing, especially in winter. Within a few days, they were back on the streets because, as they said to us, they didn't like the rules. You can bring the horse to the river but you can't force it to drink
"We're very deeply invested in our neighborhood" lmao, how she said that with a straight face knowing that placed could have been mistaken for a landfill is beyond me.
The fourth tech boom in the Bay Area (prior to covid), caused greedy landlords and real estate speculators (a lot of them Chinese companies that have no interest in the actual Bay Area communities) to price out anyone that wasn't making a six figure salary. Studio apartments went from $7-800 a month to approaching $2k per month. If you have a family and need a 2bd apartment or something, forget it. It's not just the city of Oakland or SF, it's certain big companies that caused this and have left the Bay a mess after people started moving back to Kansas or wherever they came from. It's also driven out the arts, music, and culture that was here because artists and musicians can't afford to live here anymore.
@Max Million no. They don't get taught how to cope with life and end up giving up or don't have the capability of working. Most homeless people are disabled.
I served 19 consecutive years in the Alabama Department of Corrections (2002-2021). Around ten days after release, I took a Greyhound from Montgomery, Alabama to Spokane, Washington, where I have been living here since release. When I first arrived in Spokane on 09/01/21, I sought shelter at House of Charity. They took me straight in, not once was I forced to sleep in the streets. There were (and always will be) places across Spokane to get a free meal, not just a bag of snacks. The VA, Goodwill, plus other agencies got me stable shelter, and I have not been homeless since. The point is, to get blessed with what I got, the person wanting to escape the streets MUST go all out to make the f***ing difference. No more excuse-making, smoking that fentapoison, casinos, and other BS. Keep all of your appointments with the VA, Goodwill, the Salvation Army--whomever!! You can’t give up on yourself!! Your victory off the streets encourages others to go for it.
I agree 100%. But I question the outcome of those with mental illness. It's probably very difficult to trust places like those mentioned when the voices in your head say otherwise. The fact is, I don't think our country knows exactly what to do, or how to help the unfortunate souls who suffer from this. God Bless to all who need or want it.
@@McChrister Thank you for the response and your sincerity. I do consider myself extremely fortunate to have made it through that sentence, yet many others out there have done the same and longer. I drilled it into my soul that I was going to give it my best after release. Hence, I left Montgomery plus the remaining old surviving crowd. No matter where I moved to, I was determined to get my life back. No more alcohol, clubs, parties, river get-togethers, none of it. There have been setbacks, aortic dissection surgery, but I’m still blessed by God and others.
CORRECT! I very much doubt this has anything to do with any political party. One commenter states "Democrat politicians have been failing them for years" and the next commenter states "Liberals are doing their damndest to destroy this state". The laws are NOT being upheld. BLAME THE POLICE FOR LETTING THESE DRUG USERS "SETTLE". We have exactly the same problem in Canada. There are all sorts of laws all across Canada, not much different from the U.S. ....and they are ALL very similarly written. It is related to "loitering" to varying degrees. Someone sets up a tent on a sidewalk in the downtown core of a major city and within minutes a second tent is set up .....MINUTES. That action is planned out by these people ....who turn out to be drug addicts. No surprise there. And a few days later, there are 30, 40, 50, 80 tents all set up, blocking doorways, blocking pedestrians .....ALL VERY MUCH ILLEGAL .....AND THE POLICE DO NOTHING. No different from the video above. In Canada, it is illegal to park ANYWHERE like above ....."OVER NIGHT". This is a POLICING RESPONSIBILITY to force these vehicles to move. It can become a "game" .....which it probably is ......but the police have no choice but to keep these vehicles moving. However, back to the comment ......what do these drug addicts have to do with "politics" or any political party? NOTHING! There are ALWAYS going to be the demographic who choose or don't know any better ....to get into drugs ......no matter which political party is in power. No point in feeling sorry for these people. They make their choices. Usually starts out being "cool" or joining their "friends". .
Some of these people seem to have more invested in their nose rings, hairdos, makeup and tattoos than I do in basic necessities like transportation, water, taxes, food, etc.
That woman is a prime example of a homeless person whom no matter how much money or oppurtunity you give her, she has no intention of leaving the street. Stop giving them free food and d.ope and they will leave.
Shows how delusional and mentally ill these ppl truly are! Exactly what the democrat politicians want America to be! LOW LIFE CITIZENS THAT LIVE AND DEPEND ON THE GOVERNMENT
All these advocates should just go buy some land and shelter the homeless if they feel so strongly. I bet they’ll think twice when its coming from their own pockets and not the cities…which is all tax payers money.
The woman who said, “Glorified prisons they’re inadequate to feed the basic human needs and rights of a person” might not understand what being homeless means! The transition homes are a step up from sleeping on the sidewalk or living in a tent.
The problem was, she wanted the city to build pent houses with all the amenities for all the homeless people there, you ask high and the city bargains low, then you meet in the middle somewhere, lol
"inadequate to feed the basic human needs and rights of a person” Beiung feed is not a basic human right, neither is being sheltered. No where is it written that you have a right to food or shelter or even medical care.
She literally won't go to a city shelter because they won't let her sit there and smoke meth or do dope that's why they won't go to City programs because they are not allowed to be drug addict little lives inside of shelters
I volunteer at a shelter. We always have open beds available but most of the homeless don't come here because we have an 11:00pm curfew, no drugs or alcohol, and no cohabitating with someone who they're not married to. They say they'd rather live on the streets where they can be 'free'.
What you neglect to mention is that many shelters are not safe. Especially for women. They are often disease-ridden places where the noise is constant. Drug dealers and scammers hang around and harass residents. In many areas outside and hidden is definitely safer.
Same in city near me. Nice housing with community dining, job resources, bus route provided for getting to and from work, no drugs, no alcohol, free counseling, and curfew. Still have openings available. There has to be a distinction for the truly homeless through not fault of their own, and the homeless by choice that choose drugs over housing and the accompanying lifestyle that goes along with drugs. There will be the next step coming and the druggies won't be happy as they will miss their squalor lifestyle they themselves created to just be the drug addict tic burden on normal society. Some just want to lose all just to sht on the sidewalks and throw their diseased needles on the street. They will be relocated by forced relocation, they will never be happy again, who cares, stop catering to them under the heading of "homeless"
@@Areawatch that is as it should be, very good rules .However here in Huntsville there's been a worrying trend razing down block of "projects' for the poor then yrs later you see expensive condos come up in their place.
In my 67 years, I have been poor at times but there was never trash or litter allowed in my living area. This is what disturbs me about the homeless, everything about them becomes filthy filthy filthy. There’s something disgusting about a person who won’t stay clean. You may not have water or soap but you can pick up your trash and keep your area clean.
I absolutely agree I was brought up poor we didn't have a lot but it was clean and taken care of and mom didn't let us have holes in our clothes seems there's no pride in any of those homeless living in dump conditions maybe if it wasn't so dumpy the city wouldn't have to relocate the mess
My Grandmom used to say "there is no shame in having a dirty face, the shame comes when you choose to leave it dirty". Lots of people can match sob stories, myself included but I would never live like this. The problem is drugs. I can't speak for Oakland, but I know for a fact that when municipalities here in SoCal attempt to locate the homeless into shelters, very few are willing to go. Why not? They can't use drugs or alcohol in the shelters. In Anaheim, there was a large group of people living along the Santa Ana river channel by Anaheim Stadium, which is also a popular bike path. After an untold number of complaints about crime, sanitation issues, drug use, the City sent people to help, nothing happened. Finally, the City arranged shelter for them, arranged to move peoples belongings, arranged food, clothing, employment assistance, education assistance, you name it. (with taxpayer money, of course) They went around the camps and delivered notices of when busses would be coming to move them. That morning when the busses arrived, they had all left, apparently because they knew they couldn't use drugs in the new housing. They would rather live like animals than give up the meth, so they moved on to somewhere else. understand how difficult it can be to fight addiction, but you don't fight it with this liberal, permissive, enabling bullshit. At some point you have to regain enough pride to wash your face.
So where are they going to take it? They do not have a for profit waste disposal service. I would like to know what would you do without money and with all your garbage if your waste provider stopped service. You don't have to tell me, I have seen nice neighborhoods full of trash when garbage collection was not available. Don't blame the people, you are one of them, blame the inept system we have in the US.
@@waltbroedner4754Huh? You are so single minded . “Where are they going to take it” , it’s called finding a trash can , you know maybe a garbage bin behind almost every commercial store ?? Getting a garbage bag and clean up after yourself ? There are so many ways to get rid of trash you just don’t be lazy . I can go on and on but no point . Just know you can definitely be homeless and clean 😮
So you think everyone can afford 2500 plus rent ? You think stress and drug use aren’t connected? You think that a lack of morality and dog eat dog culture and drug use aren’t connected?
When that lady said, "They can't get rid of us, were DUG IN like TICKS." I spit my drink out 😂. "We're part of the spine of tree of Oakland." "We're deeply invested in the community." Oh boy...😂😂
Many, many years ago, I worked in Phoenix as a mental health social worker. The company I worked for started a new outreach unit for the homeless people - helping them with housing, mental health services, bringing free lunches, clothing etc. 99.9% of these people refused services - although they did take the free lunches. A lot of excuses were given.......didn't want handouts, didn't want to be a part of the system, wanted to be free to do what they wanted, wanted to be left alone, do drugs and so on. When I was in the child/adolescent mental health social worker - I had a few clients that were Section 8 housing. One home I went to was absolutely filthy. The 2 boys had an infestation of head lice, roaches/ants/flies in the home, garbage strewn about, dirty diapers...... Instead of funneling millions and millions of dollars into projects for these people - help the middle class and elderly who are struggling. People who would be eternally thankful for a place to live, food on the table, medical care, assistance in day care. These are the people who need it and would appreciate it.
I find your career as a social worker as an absolutly usless job and a waste of resources, but im glad you got a taste of reality, you dont read those in your books dont you? 90% of homless are just lazy ass addicts, low life criminals that want to live for free getting high all day
im pretty sure we have the resources to help both the poor and "middle" classes but dont let that stop you from victim-blaming anyone who didnt want to, or simply couldnt, jump thru all the hoops required to receive the barest amount of social services humanly possible. only in america! for some reason
@@Wedge7 Right? Who are these scumbag people who think the homeless are LOUNGING COMFY siping expensive champagne at taxpayers expenses!?!?!? Ever shit in a bucket and not have access to running water? It ABSOLUTELY SUCKS. I am actually surprised I survived living in a tent in Oakland for 4.5 years without developing an abuse or drinking problem. I worked FULL TIME when I was homeless. My partner and I got royally a raw deal by the landlord who saw rents going up around Lake Merritt andif she got us out and remodeled the apartment a little she could charge double to new rentors! She had a powerful expensive lawyer and manipulated Berkeley FOOD and HOUSING to help evict us and so much political and legal fuckery went on it was ridiculous. WE NEVER WANTED TO BE OUTSIDE for one night let alone jump through hoops and looops to appease a greedy landlord that was pissed that we called codes and regulations about very serious dangerous health conditions and many building code violations.
Yes they seem super entitled, I'm in a small town and they insist on living here despite there being no recycling or anything to rummage through, because almost all the businesses are gone. I see them walking at night with a little grocery bag with 2 or 3 items in it, and the nearest recycling place is 5 miles away. I don't get why they bother. I guess breaking car windows and stealing change gets them by.
The problem is that shelters don't allow the crime and filth they want to live in. It is not about housing or basic human needs; it comes down to antisocial behavior.
Actually many shelters kick people out in the morning. Imagine having to lug all your belongings during the day and only being able to be in a shelter at night from 5pm-9am. Would suck. We need more 24 hour shelters.
I was homeless as a kid growing up for a time because of my parents choices. I prayed to God to get out. Anything to get away from their BS. I was able to leave them at 15yo and made it on my own. I now have family of my own and I wish for my children to NEVER have to experience those hardships that I endured.
You overcame life's obstacles with courage , determination and intelligence. No one should be homeless. Having said that many in this are there of their own volition. You ovecame your own trials yourself, it's not up to a city or government to provide housing or these people. Homeless shelters are for those who like you were there not of their own doing. My heartfelt congratulations on making a big success of your life!
kind of, but that philosophy means anyone who cant find their feet in this life, gets exterminated. And the rest of us wouldnt miss those folks, but thats not human kind surely...
Meisterly manu,that overlooks the fact that there are dozens and dozens-if not hundreds-of organizations founded specifically to help these people. They mostly have mental health or drug issues, let’s not beat around the bush. I am all for helping every fellow human, but that doesn’t mean we have to give and give and give and give, if what we’ve already tried to give was refused. Some people just don’t want to have to conform to any structure, and if that’s how a person wants to live, nothing will ever satisfy them.
There are more than enough resources available for the homeless. Many of them simply don’t want to take advantage of them. They would rather be homeless and live however they want than be exposed to any amount of accountability.
I think as regular Americans we think that everyone wants to always improve their status or climb the ladder. But I've realized over my lifetime that many are actually unmotivated. I knew a homeless guy when I was a college student. He was a really nice man but wasn't interested in having a job or anything. He was happy crashing on someone's sofa for free. Didn't want much out of life. What we would consider survival conditions some folks think are regular accommodations.
@@RR-hb7nj very well put. My father was homeless for a period of time in his life. A very short period. He went from having nothing to having a full time job and his own apartment in a year. He is very liberal. He told me himself “In this country, if you are able bodied and able minded and you don’t have food, or clothes, or shelter, you can’t blame anyone but yourself”. Many people are simply ok with the bare minimum.
That's why I never give them anything. They're all around my neighborhood and they just leave their garbage out everywhere, despite there being trash cans and dumpsters around that anyone can use. Funny thing about this is, they have stolen my trash can once. I even have my address on it. Had to go up the street to circle K where they hang out to get it. Why would they need to steal a trash can when they don't use trash cans anyway?
@@derekcarney You make no sense. You being in a bad place doesn't give you the right to ruin a city's visage. It doesn't give you the right to break the law. Both of these things are more important. Either way you shouldn't need a reason to try and tighty up and organize your living space. Any decent self respecting human should want that, but in spite of what you people want to believe; Your sort, who seems to believe that personal responsibility is not a thing and that these people are all somehow victims, never at fault for their own situation; these arent decent human beings. They are mostly drug heads and criminals, and they should be dealt with, less all America's great cities be reduced to the state of Los Angeles.
It's actually quite funny how I can throw one single piece of trash on the ground be demonized for polluting "mother earth" and they don't even bat an eye at the 3rd world level of disgustingness these "unhoused" people cause.
When have you ever seen a well organized/clean homeless person? These people have nothing to put their stuff in. No shelves, closets, drawers, etc so of course things are going to pile up and take up space
I've been homeless and not for a single second did I allow myself to trash the places I was staying. I kept myself clean and made sure that no one could tell I was living in my car. Why ANYONE, homeless or not, would treat the place where they live so horribly and just dump their trash all around them baffles me. And for anyone who uses the "They're on drugs" BS excuse I can only say that just because you're on drugs does not make it ok. Simply put, if you're homeless and worried you might get tossed away keep the place you're living in better condition than you found it in and chances are most people won't look your way.
Same here. I tried my best to be clean and respectful everywhere I went while I was homeless. It's puzzling how so many people make excuses about their nastiness. I have family that was never homeless but kept their home in a permanent state of filth. I counted over 30 piles of cat and dog poop on their kitchen floor.
I agree. I clean up garbage in my neighborhood every time I go out and so do all my neighbors. There's no excuse for that. They don't have to be nasty. I was homeless once too for 8 months, did everything I could to get myself out of that and I did. I also didn't live like that either. And I can honestly say that about 80% of the people at that time wanted to live like that on drugs or alcohol and not wanting any responsibilities or accountability. And those same people are still homeless 12 years later or dead.
Same. This new "generation" of homeless is over the top filthy,like disgusting,trashing anywhere they go,and with a sense of entitlement about it too. People really need to work together to push them out if they can't function in civil society,homeless or not,and if the police are going to continue being pretty much useless at doing THEIR job.
I was homeless myself, from South Carolina to North Dakota. And the overwhelming majority of homeless people don't wanna change. They aren't gonna work hard to not be homeless.
Ive been homeless as well in my younger years and (at least where Im from) your wrong. Many homeless people have mental health issues or some other form of disability and cant work or live a normal life, never got the help they needed and ended up on the street (this includes drug and alcohol addictions). There are definitely some that have the capacity to better themselves and just dont want to but is that because of the addictions they have or just because they are "lazy"?
@scott vallieres this isn't 1990. In modern America, they have more than enough social programs to help people get back. Especially if your a veteran. So I somewhat understand the mental health aspect. I can only speak on what I saw. Being homeless for 36 months.
@@scottvallieres6173 But so many never received the help they needed? We're talking tens if not hundreds of thousands of people. The more help there is for these people, the more homeless there are....the less help, less homeless....just look at other countries in the world.
@@MrAbrock123 You dont make any sense. Less help for the mentally ill will result in less homelessness? If anything we need more (and more competent) help for the mentally ill.
I just don't understand that mentality. I lived as a student renting a room in basement with 3 other students for about 300 bucks a month (back in 2006) I made around 800$ working half time on minimum wage. I'm sure I could and would go back to that lifestyle if the ONLY other alternative was homelessness. It was hard work but only because of university If I didn't have to study and just aimed to get by it's not a lot of work to put in, and these entry level jobs are everywhere. Just take a shotgun approach and send out your resume or apply in person literally everywhere you can within a 20 mile radius of where you live. You'll have a job within a week.
I was homeless in 1981 . I thank God for providing miracles. I worked at a 24 hour coffee shop in a safe neighborhood on El Camino in between Menlo Park and Redwood City. I slept I’m my car in the back parking lot . I was able to wash up in the employees wash room . And eat in the coffee shop. Being a waiter provided cash in tips everyday . I had to dress with a vest and tie . Best of all I could meet nice people . One night a young couple came in late 2am . Very nice , I got to know them through playing guitar . They invited me to be a room mate . What a miracle! No more homelessness. I was not a drug or alcohol user , neither were they 😊
@frederickhaaken456 No luck involved. I was born again by the grace of God. Alive and Activated to the word of God. Brought into a relationship with him by the power of the Holy Spirit.
I’m from Thailand and I look what’s happening to the United States in amazement. In Thailand we don’t have a homeless problem, it’s simply if you’re not willing to work and support yourself, Society will not put up with you.
Well they still have a point and that is, you should be able to sleep and live anywhere you want but government keeps society enslaved to expenses and bills.
I lived in a shelter for 2 months with 4 children. I had to follow rules, get counseling and do chores, but it was safe for me and my kids, I had town bathroom, I had 3 meals a day. We need to stop worrying about what everyone wants to happen and do what’s right We need to teach hard work and responsibility. We need to stop giving handouts to everyone. We must teach people that the only respectful way to get a better life for ourselves is through hard work and being responsible.. even if we loose some people. We can’t save the world. At some point we have to teach people to save themselves
Until I got my own home, I found myself with 'no home' two times. Both times, I swallowed my pride, kept my thoughts to myself, and made sure I caused no trouble so that not just one but multiple family members were willing to take me in and let me stay until I got back up again. People cannot act like demons and expect their families and friends to let them stay.
Currently homeless and living out of my pickup while I wait on my new apartment to open up. I've been homeless a few times from living in a storm drain to staying in a shelter and I can 100% vouch that these people 9/10 times don't want help or a way out, they want a handout and get mad when you wont give them one. I have risen out of the hole each time through hard work and frugal spending until I can reach a place of stability. You gotta want it, you gotta earn it
I was homeless in Arizona and many others didn't ask for alms that I noticed. They just chilled in the library, park until meal times in soup kitchens. Some were thieves. Others were homeless minimum wage workers, even security guards. Others were people who were kicked out or left home.
LMAO the cope in the comments. Like they never heard of direct deposit. Keep your head up, you're right, they don't want help, because they've resigned, too far gone mentally or they just don't want to quit the shit because the programs don't accept the junkies that won't even put in the effort to get off the shit.
The city shelters aren't adequate, but living on the streets amid trash and sewage is fine? These people are absolutely insane. The problem is the LACK OF PERSONAL ACCOUNTABILITY.
There is no incentive to be a functional citizen. You get free food, free needles, and don't pay rent or taxes. They just get high all day and sleep on the street and the state pays for it.
They lack many things to be a decent normal hard working individual. Some lost everything in between especially their dignity and responsibility to earn a living.
As someone that literally was homeless in the bay area at one point in my life. These people just want to live for free and avoid responsibilities. She literally called all her neighbors, "ticks." We all know how much ticks are healthy for us. Actually disease of humanity
@@americanmade-1 LMAO Reagan was 40 years ago. How come it keeps getting worse under democrats in Cali -- for multiple decades? They don't have any real solutions it seems.
Permanent affordable housing? Yeah, OK. All I will say is that years ago before the Barclays center was constructed in downtown Brooklyn, the city promised residents in the affected area , permanent, affordable housing, not only did it never happen, but the value of the condos that was eventually constructed by the Barclays center has skyrocketed in value, not to mention the major skyscraper. They also built right down the street.
Permanent affordable housing. If it is being run by government it will be a slum. Lowest possible quality and the costs will be through the roof, just like everything else the government does
Maybe a "tick" on the tree but not the "spine" as the woman said. The taxpayer is the spine. You want permanent housing, at least apply for low income housing with the City or local nonprofits. If none is available in Oakland, then move to a place where housing is available or get a job.
I have been homeless with my son bc of bad decisions I made..but if you have a positive mind frame you can turn it around. I worked, we lived in a studio apartment, got government help like welfare and foodstamps, now my son is 16 and we have a good clean simple life. You can turn it around if you want to but you have to try and want it!
@@cjhoward409 yepp that’s on them to seek help and fix. It really all begins with good decision making and making the right friends to avoid ending in such a deep rabbit hole of addiction in the first place
Many, if not most, of those on the streets are mentally ill and will not accept treatment even if it’s available. That truth is why America used to have psychiatric hospitals , taxpayer funded, and laws that allowed law enforcement to remove such people from the streets. It is a public safety issue, always has been.
what's unfortunate is that many of those homeless don't want to accept help or have no intention of changing their living situation. Good on the city for finally getting the opportunity to clean up.
In fact, one lady described public housing for homeless as “prisons”. Our society in North America is screwed. People have such an insane sense of entitlement now, without giving squat in return to society. Take, take, take and what are you going to do for me? While most other citizens are stressed and absolutely stretched beyond their limits as a human being just trying to feed and house their families and selves with the basics of life.
You need money to get an address and an address to get a job. Where are people supposed to go? Do you think people live like this because they like it?
@@puppyresidue Yes, I think they do. That camp is not a group of down-on-their-luck people trying to get back on their feet. If it were, this would be a very different story. But when a group utterly destroys an area to the point it looks like a tornado went through; where you cannot even see the ground for all the trash and garbage strewn around; when they refuse to use offered shelters because they don't get free electricity and running water 24/7 (as if they did there unless they were somehow steeling that as well?); then no - they are indeed CHOOSING do live this way and that is not acceptable in any functioning society. High cost of living is indeed a problem in Oakland, the greater bay area, and much of the country. However that is not give a person the right to simply take over and destroy somebody else's property because they aren't willing to make the effort to become a functioning part of society. Americans in general are more than willing to help those who are willing to help themselves. But even in the most liberal areas we're finally beginning to see crackdowns on this extreme abuse of the system. All I can say is about time.
In the 1980s i went to visit my aunt and cousins from here and back than i was like wow this city is nice ect. Plus had an enjoyful time with my fam. But years later ! And recently 1 month ago passing through on greyhound to San Fran. I was devastated!! To see how horrible the streets were i didnt even want to get off the bus for a quick drink of water it totally was a sad sight to see at the sametime no exaggeration i felt sorry for the nearby people who struggle by working a job everyday to pay bills rent ect. Oakland as well as other cities need help and prayer a MIRACLE 😢
That woman said the shelters don't provide her the necessary things humans need, but she's living in a DUMP! I don't get it. She's already NOT getting the essentials she needs 😂
It speaks volumes if they rather live on streets than shelters. I’ve heard shelters are very bad don’t judge people if you don’t know what they are going through. All homeless people aren’t drug addicts
@KingAce TheBull not all shelters are bad either. I'm sorry, it's not sanitary to live in that dump. I'm not making fun of them, but I am pointing out that stupid comment she made
@KingAce TheBull the only thing it tells me is that they'd rather live like this than follow any sort of rules. No not all homeless ppl are addicts but MOST are....that's is fact.
And whose cars did they steal? Which of the denizens of this sh*thole were the ones stealing cars? And how about the guy who wakes up in the morning to go to work and finds his car gone? Anyone care about that?
They are homeless and live in these disgusting conditions for a reason. As much as they'd like you to believe, it's not because they are sensible people. They are lazy drug addicts in most cases. In other cases, they have mental illness or they are hiding from something terrible they've done. The ones who refuse to go to shelter probably refuse to go because they'll be IDed and caught up on something.
And they do not pay taxes towards the workings of a city either. They are only there for the state's social services-FREE everything except housing. Free food vouchers, free medical, free dental
A country built on forced servitude where every inch of land is "claimed" there is nowhere you can go to escape being harassed by the hands of greed that demand payment.
"They can't get rid of us, we're dug in like tics." What an apt description. I agree with her, they are a parasite sucking the blood from the community.
You posses so much compassion. There are many reasons a hardworking, decent human being could become homeless in the U.S..I do know an American that had your attitude and due to a run of bad luck almost ended up homeless himself ,if not for the generosity of a caring individual.
On top of which, you can not be "evicted" from a place that you pay no rent or mortgage on. These are squatters, the media needs to stop calling these "evictions" since it is not required that the city notify each person and get court processed eviction proceedings. By calling them "residents" and these "evictions" it is just another way to make us feel sympathy for these people. Example: If I am at the beach past 10pm (official closing time, very clearly stated on signage) and the police tell me I have to leave, that ain't an eviction!
@@patrickplayspokerbadly6230 very very well said..but sadly people vote people in that allow THIS. I never have understood why they have to hoard and live in trash and squalor..I'm very poor myself, but i still pay for garbage pickup..and keep my living quarters clean. ( I'm not trying to judge) just trying understand why they have to be so gross? If I were homeless I would be traveling very light.
This situation will only get worse, as Biden is letting in tens of thousands of illegals, who will take priority over America's homeless. I'd bet large sums that the illegals coming across our borders get more benefits by far than any of these homeless people.
Apply for low income housing! Get a job! Never, why would they? They are being given everything. Why would they work for it? They're not working at a time when the job market is wide open. They're not paying taxes. They're not paying rent, and they have the nerve to complain! Make it make sense!
@@edeny6560 Oh BS, there are plenty of workaround for people who actually try. I know that for a facts as I have been without housing myself more than once in my adult life.
Most of these people are severely mentally ill and/or drug addicted. You and I wouldn't be in this situation for very long, we'd couch surf, get a job, and very quickly find a new apartment or room with roommates. That's why it's so hard to deal with, we aren't dealing with rational adults here. It's a balance between giving these people the right to live as they see fit, and recognizing that the way they choose to live is decreasing the quality of life for everyone else, and endangering their own health and safety. Here in NYC they just gave cops the right to remove mentally ill homeless off the street against their will again, but we can't lock them up in an institution indefinitely without violating their human rights, so they just end up back out there again. Some can hopefully get treated and choose a better path while institutionalized, but there really isn't a way to permanently solve it for all of them.
Amen brother, I used to be very liberal in my views of homelessness but it's changed drastically after dealing with homeless for a while now. Fuck em, seriously. Force them to contribute to society like the rest of us.
she was angry. She hates society all the while dependent on social handouts. She doesnt see the irony. You have to support yourself or your neighbors will tire of you stealing and squatting because you dont want to work.
@@geraldbennett7035 this was most ignorant comment. Majority of these people do want to work. You need a home to get most jobs Einstein, but it's not your fault. (I hope). We've been propagandized so hard. People against helping the poor vs the rich are so ignorant. Every financial issue this country has is because of the rich. We fund Ukraine 100b no questions or complaints, while Ukrainians oligarchs jus raking in our money. You're ok with that, but mad at homeless camp for a 8million dollar project that won't help because it's 8million with a M, but Ukraine gets 100Billion with a B. So point is, this country is doomed, unless we course correct. Help people vs killing them. So get your priorities straight. Idk how true it is, but Dr. Drew said it's California laws and a federal law that ended a lot of mental health facilities is reason for this rise in homeless. But what i do know, news doesn't complain when my tax dollars are used to kill people, only when it's to help people.
It's not really that odd. If you listen to enough people who are perpetually living on the streets, they're very honest, unlike the people who are always making excuses for them. We all know what needs to be done to an animal that's infected with ticks to save it. You get rid of the ticks permanently.
I use to feel sorry for homeless people, then, finding that I pay taxes and go to work at 5AM. What really made my “give a damn” bust, guy, young, standing with a sign “Homeless, please help.”. Company I work for was hiring, told him to go to the company I work for. Swear to God, he told me, “I don’t want no job! Just give me money!”. That comment changed my whole perspective on the homeless.
I can relate. I stopped giving money to homeless after I came back from London. In a transit station, I gave a guy 5 pounds ($6 USD). He literally walked to a drug dealer steps away and bought drugs. As an American tourist, that really shocked me because I thought I was doing something beneficial for his well-being NOT enabling his drug abuse and addiction. Also he approached me as if he was starving for food, come to find out he was JUST NEEDING HIS NEXT HIT. Most of the time now I just offer food or clothing or water. Or I just leave packaged food next to a person as they are sleeping. MONEY is not always the answer, especially if said money is not being used for ESSENTIALS.
@@mjg239 You probably shouldn't be giving them anything at all. Most of them aren't interested in getting off the streets because they're extraordinarily lazy. The only thing that will force them to get a job is the awful feeling of severe starvation.
“……dug in like ticks…. my family and neighbors are invested in our neighborhood..” Calling that a neighborhood and considering stolen shopping carts & cars as “being invested” exposes the level of mental illness that many of these people have . Years of drug abuse makes them lose perspective but preferring to live among the trash and rats to shelters is so sad. That someone can sink that far into delusion shows the need for govt assistance. I hope they all accept help.
Many won't take help. Some say they don't ever want to pay rent, or have anyone tell them what to do. They don't want to be "controlled by an employer" and get caught up in the rat race. They will take what you give them, but they refuse to earn anything for themselves. I know, I had a friend like that in Los Angele that I had to get away from because he was always coming to take a shower in my place and wanted to sleep on my sofa every night. He had friends just like him. They just didn't want to conform to society.
"They can't get rid of us...", you're not being evicted, you're being trespassed and removed. Their entire 'encampment' needs to be burned to the ground.
The lede was completely buried on this story when they slipped it in that the homeless shelters being offered were more like a closed camp WITHOUT WATER AND ELECTRICITY. 6 tiny houses were recently built in my neighborhood for the homeless, I hope it works out well.
And then what do you do with the people? Help the ones that are sick get healthy? Help people who are in addiction? Or do nothing and wait for this to spill on your front porch. Help your fellow man or our society will have more issues. It's that simple. It's funny how much money we have for war. It's sickening that we live in a society so scared of socialism that we can't even help our own countrymen.
It doesn't matter if they have homes or not, they create the same environment for themselves regardless. A neighbor of mine owned a nice house but lived like she was homeless - never cleaned up after herself, abused drugs and alcohol, didn't work, then she died of a drug OD and her body turned into a skeleton by the time anyone realized she was dead.
They should have let them start this in first place. They got use to it, there is no jobs, high price housing. The family is broken, family use to help and neighbors? NO1 we let all these migrants come and they putting them in hotels. American people should be able to have place to live and have work. I believe we all will becoming, homeless before it’s over with. Even if Trump got in, he cannot clean this mess up? Trump is in for his family, he is for self. If you do not believe me you will see.
I'm shocked that condoning drug use, giving out free hypodermic needles to addicts, providing free food and allowing mentally ill people to roam the streets while ignoring rampant crime haven't cured the homeless problems in Oakland and other cities. Who would have imagined that encouraging, condoning and enabling crime and destructive, anti-social behavior would result in more homelessness, crime and destructive, anti-social behavior?
I'm shocked at your astounding ignorance, giving addicts equipment to use is used in countries like Portugal and they don't have this issue, they have actually decriminalised drugs, you have no idea what you're talking about, the problem here is lack of healthcare and government support.
The system we have to care for them isn't enough. They need housing (nothing luxurious) they can stay in to have an address to get jobs, better pathways to get off drugs instead of just telling them to stop because it makes Jesus cry or whatever, and to treat their addiction as a health crisis instead of a criminal one (of course still go to prison or jail for other crimes they may have committed). Finland greatly reduced their homeless numbers simply by making housing more affordable for everyone.
@@TheSilael I don't think addicts should be jailed for things like shoplifting anyway. Obviously robbery and such is different, but tbh the prison system needs to change aswell, prison should be like a secure hospital and school.
@Universal Unificationism you are part of the problem, our once beautiful cities look like the 3rd world because of this type of regressive backwards thinking
We don't have places like this where I live. We'd NEVER put up with it. It's selfish to trash the place you live and expecting normal people to deal with it. I was homeless and admit it was due to _my own choices_ . I took ownership. I have my own home now that nobody can take away from me. The key is I *work for it* . NOTHING is free in life. It's dog eat dog. You gotta be your own heroes.
We don't have places like that where I live either. But not everyone is born equal and not everyone is capable of making reasoned decisions. We're complex creatures, us humans. Some are complex beyond understanding.
I use to intern at a homeless shelter. Homeless people are some of the most ungrateful people I know. Literally 80% did t want to help themselves. They were given every kind of help to help them get back on their feet or help them learn basic things to sustain their lives but they wouldn't take it they wanted everything to be given to them.
Yes, i work in a detox center. They are by far the worst bunch... they are rude, entitled, demanding... throwing tantrums and never say thank you. Im disgusted by it
Then perhaps another line of work would be better for you. I can’t imagine you’re doing much good with that perspective. I can imagine it’s frustrating, even more so when you likely have your own unhealed trauma to contend with. Seeing them the way you described, I imagine it’s hard for you to even have compassion for yourself.
@@brianam4372 I continue to help others in need, but many do come across as being self-deserving. I don't expect a thank you, but I would like respect. A family sent by a charity organization once came in my house to pick up a free dining room table and sofa. They didn't want the sofa, but proceeded to go through my kitchen cabinets to take what they wanted. As they drove away, I had to stop their truck and remove items that I told them that they couldn't have.
I understand that. Most people treated us like a parasite...even though I worked full time and went around and picked up litter and made friends with the people that lived in the area so an old man AL who lives a few blocks from highland Hispital said as long as we put it right back, we could fill up water from his hose anytime we needed it. I did some yardwork for him to show him sone gratitude. his neighbor Brenda then hired me to paint the interior of her apartment. She is the COOLEST most badass woman in Oakland. And I appreciate her trusting me and believing in me. Then another neighbor who had a broken down vehicle said that she would run an extension cord and power strip out of her garage and into the unlocked trunk of the car that isnt drivable. So we then could charge our phones and our backup batteries in the trunk and said we could either sit in the car so no one would steal our phones and stuff...or make sure no one is around when you aer coming or going and she doubted abyone would notice the cord. But then someone also set our tent on fire with me and the 3 dogs inside... so there;s that!
“We’re deeply invested in our community.” If she’s speaking about being invested in the drug market that might be true. I feel for those elderly and disabled that need a hand up. But in this woman’s own words she describes the homeless as parasites buried in like ticks.
To them, that’s guaranteed votes, and cleaning the trash out which they absolutely consider everything and every one involved in this as trash to be pushed out of the way will also help their image of a well kept community. They only care about the narrative.
@drewstevens5771 Most if not all social services are run by so-called democrats. Billions of dollars funneled into failed programs. These people don't want to fix the problem, They would lose their cushy jobs. Let's be honest.
The entitlement is unbelievable with these drug addicts. Look at the squalor they are ok living in, but refuse a clean place to sleep....wow. What's the old saying, beggars can't be......?
The entitlement is what gets me, too. The nerve of these bums. They just "expect" me to hand over the hard earned money my parents send to me every week. You leeches should just GET A JOB!
The ignorance you show is unbelievable. Most people in America are a massive illness and calamity away from homelessness and many of the homeless work.
I used to feel sorry for homeless people,then I reflect back on the 20+ yrs I have been having to wake up at 4am to go to work and my sympathy for them flies out the window
then you don't know any homeless people. you're coming from the assumption that they are lazy. some homeless work. many are disabled or mentally ill. many worked for many years. put some thought beyond yourself.
Exactly, I never really ever had sympathy for the poor or the homeless. Pretty simply get a job, pay bills, make money, and have everything within reason I could ever need and stay out of trouble, big one there this has worked for millions I just don't get it
In my 20’s I was liberal because I thought with my heart but in my thirties I thought with my tax payments which was in reality. Hence I became an adult aka a Republican
If you're sleeping on someone's couch, but aren't on their lease, you're still considered homeless, but not unhoused. Also, people living in weekly motels are considered homeless, since it isn't an apartment or a house... but they aren't unhoused. People living in RVs... same, homeless but not unhoused.
It’s a technical term to describe people on the streets. There are also homeless people in shelters, which the government calls housed homeless. These are unhoused homeless.
Right now financial security should be at the top of everyone's priority list. I just heard on the news that In eviction cases in the U.S, about 13% of the U.S. population which represents over 40 million people is at risk of losing their homes this year. it’s going to be a very, very difficult time and I don’t want to be a doom and gloom person. I have roughly $100,000 in lifesaving funds that I need to grow quickly because the dream of retiring is starting to seem like a fairy tale. Please leave a comment if you can help.
@@liambracey6708 It's all down to your own tolerance for risk and there are trained investment advisor that can help you get through this. Our grandson & his family (4) are set to lose their townhouse, thanks to unexpected layoffs at his company and increasing HOA fees and homeowner's insurance. We told them to SELL NOW in order to secure as much EQUITY as possible before they get hit with FORCLOSURE, invest the proceeds in safer, higher-yielding investments.
@@richardsoncuthel810 Please tell me how I can rely on the advisor who assisted you. I'm retiring in five months and I'm worried about how I'll keep up with my increasing living expenses. I have at least £378,000 to invest profitably.
@@richardsoncuthel810 Thanks for this mate. Her website popped up on the first page immediately I searched her, I read through her resume and Did my due diligence on her before leaving a message. So, hopefully she replies soon.
The thing is they have to DO SOMETHING with these people, because no one wants them around but they continue to exist. You can't help them. You can't leave them as they are. You can't just put them in prison for life and you can't kill all either. You can't ship them to another country. So what do you do with them? You gotta do SOMETHING eventually, but you're stuck in a catch 22.
@@BologneyT Stop paying them to not work and they will get a job at McDonalds or die. It is the only way to save future generations. You keep giving people "assistance", and that is what our future children will know they can count on. Even a squirrel knows to store nuts in a log for the winter.
Leaving mounds and mounds of trash and filth. Knowing it will be “ every one else’s “ problem to clean up after them. Quite a large number of those people likely have relatives that would help, but they don’t because the drugs create $hit tons of problems that come with these people.
I have been homeless (no family no friends no car) I never let it get to this, I worked my @$$ off slept at work and just kept going until I made enough to escape it all and make a beautiful life for myself. everyone suffers from hard times at some point in there lives, but these people are the example of what you DONT want to end up as. SO KEEP GOING and dont give up, there is NO EXCUSE
The first thing I did when I finally got housing after being homeless for 4.5 years was make breakfast and take it out to a homeless woman that would sleep on the sidewalk outside my building in East Oakland. She was so grateful and cool! I run into here every few months and she is usisally kicking garbage around and having schizophrinic episodes talking or yelling to herself and then the minute she sees me she instantly smiles and the schizo disappears- like I somehow snap her out of her mental loops. A few simple moments of compassion can cure things that scientists haven't been able to cure. I really do not believe you...because if you were ever homeless you wouldn't be putting "THESE PEOPLE" down. You would be more understanding since you know what it is like for EVERYONE to automatically think you are a junky lazy lowlife wanting a handout etc etc victim blaming is such a low blow. And to say that you did it so everyone else can belittles and disreaguards each individual and their own demons or bad luck or the fact that some people get their lives destroyed by things BEYOND THEIR CONTROL. EVERY bad situation is not some punishment from God for sins a person committed or some nonsense. Sometimes people reap what they sow and sometimes other people have been fucked up absolutely by evil people fucking with them stealing from them or hurting them and there are a range of reasons of how they got outside and there are a range of homeless. They do not ALL just sit around lazy and do drugs. You and I are apparently examples of that. You just worrying about youself and solving your situation and then saying FUCK THEM I helped myself and then just worrying about yourself and trying to justify that is a TERRIBLE TERRIBLE take. People showed me compasion and patience and kindness and so once I got out of the streets and into my apt I go out and do what I can to help those that need help. THAT is how things get better. Just saying I got mine and so fuck anyone else let them fend for themselves is a seriously shitty attititude.; Things are getting worse not better. People better start to wise up and HELP and treat people who need help with compassion and deignity. Stop judgeing people. There are people in suits and mansions that have cause countless deaths through corporate fuckery and banking scandals and arms deals...and there are people in tents that have never hurt a fly...and youidolize the rich evil ones and dont give a fuck about the person who could use a little compassion. WTF?! Shame on you,
Exactly!! There is no excuse for being a worthless bum, a lowlife degenerate, and a filthy junkie. These people lie, steal, con, and manipulate. They deserve exactly what they are getting.
Free housing is a prison? I guess the hobo life is pretty good. I've been homeless before. It took getting arrested and put on probation for me to realize there are no free rides. If you stay at my house, it's not a democracy. I have rules. Rules are how I got myself into a good job and under a roof. I'm grateful to myself and the people who gave me the choice to get over myself. Just because we like in a constitutional democracy doesn't mean we are free to forget simple facts. Nobody owes you a thing. You take the opportunities, and you earn your way. People like me a lot more now that I understand it. I like them more , too.
When I was 12 years old, I told my father that 25 cent allowance every 2 weeks was not enough. He looked me straight in the face and said you want more go earn it. So what can a 12 year old do to make money. A friend and I started mowing yards on the weekends. I was making about 25 dollars a week. 50 years later of working, I have retired in my home that I paid for. NOT GIVEN. THANKS DAD
I tell you the first time I heard the word allowance...was on 'Leave it to Beaver' when I was about 9 or so yrs old. I never got an allowance, but I had no clue what that was anyway. If I wanted money, I hoed/chopped cotton, cut broomcorn, or breaking rows for broomcorn, and milked the neighbors cow for milk and cash too. Mowed 2 yards, 1 old widow woman had a reel mower, and the other had a push-mower. I got $2.00 each on the yards. .75 cents an hour doing the other jobs. My place is paid for too.
Explain each one of those people's path to that site. I know how I got sent there when I was out there from 2013 to 2018. And when we actually listened to the OPD nd moved us and our three dogs to WOOD st. it was a week or two when these four dudes that terrorized everyone down there waited til i went to do our laundry for an afternoon to stab my partner in the face, untie out three dogs and chased them down the street, slashed up our tent, and stole most of our camping stuff, food, electronics, gas stoe, gas heater... bike, htich...wagon... car charger.... backup batteries... phones.... nearly everything. I got there and the four guys flashed a knife at me and said keep walking down the street. So i found John bleeding and got the dogs safely rounded up and called an ambulance. The polikce showed up not in any hurry and we were just far enough away where if we walked for a minute down the street wed be able to see them. So all these cops show up and they start asking me about these guys in a slow ridiculous manner. I'm like they are literally a half a block away why dont we all head down the block? WTF? Oh... ok. Well do they have any weapons??? Yeah... liekly besides the large knife...ah. hmmm...mmm. hmmm. ok. well we sent your friend to the hospital and we bet its safe to go back down to oyur tent have a nice night. WOW! Go fuck yourselves. Thanks for NOTHING. And now I probably have been or will be many of those cops kid's substitute teacher. SMH.
@Aaron of Ruth when society norms rubuke those who don’t want to conform they for sure would rather choose a life harder living then one of compliance. Drugs and mental illnesses is not the problem. The perception of them is. Mental illness can be treated and there can be treatments for hard drugs but people in these situations are looked down upon. There are so many videos of homeless people being shot ,stoned,sprayed with water in freezing conditions and set on fire. I give my local homeless funds because they are human and we should all respect each other. It does not matter if you are religious or not either everyone needs to treat each other a lil better and maybe we can one day be thankful that people around us are different and enjoy living
@@aaronofruth2088 It's true to call them enablers but the part about mental illness and addiction is also true. You can't help someone unless they choose to help themselves.
@@SergyMilitaryRankings Nah, civilization is messed up. The way we live screws up people. Back in the day it took people about 3-4 hours a day living in small family groups to meet their needs. Now over half the people in the USA will die in debt to some greedy rich person or the other. Some homeless people have addiction problems... some do not. Some people simply choose to be homeless because living amongst civilized people is so onerous. Some homeless people have at least one full time job, and still can't afford to live in a house. NAFTA. I'm an old man now, and I have a community and a place to live. But if I didn't? I have a pocket knife and this is the world I evolved to live on... I can still walk out the door and live on what I find even at my age. There is a profound freedom to that that most "civilized" people never know. Homeless people are urban hunter gatherers. Any market economy hates hunter gatherers. If you aren't part of the market you are in the way. Just ask all the people who used to be here.
140 UNITS OF LOW COST HOUSING??? WHO IS GOING TO PAY THE MILLIONS TO BUILD IT/ YOU GUESED IT YOU AND I, THE TAXPAYERS, THESE PEOPLE WON'T PAY A DIME FOR THEM.
I spent a year of my life in Homeless Shelters in LA. The guys who got mad when you said it was "like prison" were the guys who just got out of prison. Rainbow Barbie doesn't know what she's talking about.
For someone with no criminal record, it will seem like prison. Someone who has never broken a law shouldn't have to live under rules just to get housing.
The majority of us work for a living. What makes them so special? Edit: I went to Target today and a young girl was sitting on a blanket near the front door. She looked homeless and probably hoping people would give her money. Upon leaving the store, she was talking on a cell phone and there was a bunch of pennies scattered on the ground near her. I imagine pennies are not good enough for her.
Recently i gave a guy outside 711 my change. He threw it at me and demanded dollars only... This was in Richmond. Living here most people accept 3 cents if thats all you got... But the new generation is unaware & entitled
@@SergyMilitaryRankings did you even understand what I said? If you are invested on something would you trash the place or thing? Maybe instead of rushing to think to defend or fight against something you need to understand first what is going on!
@@baboytablo5735 How is anyone supposed to understand what you said when you can't use basic grammar correctly? You don't invest "on" something. You invest "in" something Most of those people have lived in the neighborhood their entire lives. They're far more invested in the community than the vast majority of residents. The fact we call homeless who have lived in Oakland their entire lives "transient" and not the people only there for a year or two is ridiculous. They're homeless, but they know all their neighbors and help them out any way they can. Yeah, the encampments are a mess, but they have no where else to put stuff. They have no garbage collection system, no sewage, no other utilities that help them keep a place clean
alot of talk but again how are they invested? what do they bring to the community? pretty sure they were offered countless places with all those things you mentioned they lacked but choose not to. You can defend all you want but ultimately what you see is what you get.
