Salt Lake City homeless camp cleanup 

The precursor to Soylent Green is Today!

Going to a lot more homeless here with OPEN BORDERS and GREEN NEW DEALS the liberals have dropped on us.

I agree 👍 💯

And nothing beats self respect and being able to support yourself!

I used to work 60-80 hours a week to support myself.

Most people doing "van life" are upper middle class white kids

@@patrickmcpartland1398 most of those people doing "van life" have a house or apartment they go home too after going on a road trip in their vans.

@@patrickmcpartland1398 or older women like me that aren't upper middle class...

@@Adroit1911 not all...js

@@Adroit1911 you aren't knowledgeable on van life I see...start looking into it before commenting...all I ask 🤝

The problem is that they would result in the same unkept/dangerous situation with high crime. Better to put these folks in camps where they can earn their way and someone is there to enforce rules.

Most people would call that "enabling them", and demand harsher supervision for these people, which, of course, will only make them "choose to live outdoors", as the health worker chose to phrase it. If you are an addict, for example, especially if you are an addict due to untreated medical or psychiatric issues, your need to take drugs will make it impossible for you to live under the "Big Brother" rules of many of the "homeless programs". Worse, for people who have been terribly abused by the medical or psychiatric systems, these programs amount to little more than literal torture. They aren't going to volunteer for such a fate. They'd rather die in the hills, and, having personally seen just how cruel doctors can be, I can't blame them for that. Furthermore, Utah is well-known for having high property values, meaning that many people are priced out of the market and onto the streets. All that being said, I, too, think that camping areas with proper sanitation are a better option than just having homeless squatters being shoved out as their makeshift homes are destroyed. Where are these people supposed to go where they can live free from harassment? They have no money, or they wouldn't BE homeless in the first place. Thus, they can't buy land on which to live. Surely, in all the land we have here in the US, there's somewhere these people can live without someone standing over them with a stick ready to proverbially beat them for putting a toe out line.

I'm afraid it would all be destroyed. Just take Pioneer Park as a small example. Nice restrooms were made available, but had to be shut down due to them being misused and trashed.

They should stop spoiling those useless animals. Put them down, theyre just a burden to society and economy

They charge for that, people are trying to save money to get ahead. They won’t pay it.

Divide the homeless. People who use drugs and alcohol should be placed in special detainment centers.

@@drjanebeatty exactly like the customs camps make them dry out for a while.

drugs and freeloading find a way

Exactly what system are these people going to work with when the system doesn't work.

No they're not. There is plenty of housing in UTAH to fit a budget. The Valley has exploded in population, and housing demands, and prices are reflective. The Valley is not a place for the shirtless any longer.

this

Homelessness is a choice everytime

@@keith1617 Yup like the 2008 crash. You sir are a tool

@@keith1617 that's a fools perspective you have there.

@@ThereIsNoTime1986 touche'

@@keith1617 I respectfully disagree. I do not think it would be someone’s choice to not be able to afford to stay in their homes if they’re making payments on time, but rent shoots up.

Absolutely 💯.

Great. We will take 5% off your church tithing for it.

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Yes, build a shelter there for EVERYONE. No terms and conditions, just an urban campground. Trash and recycle bins, bathrooms, and a few shelters. Heck, pay someone who lives there to be a property manager and give them a phone so they can report if anything needs fixed. It could easily run itself with next to no upkeep. Could even exchange trash and recycling for cash like I saw them do somewhere else. Help people out.

But that makes to much sense!

What are you waiting for? How many of the homeless people can you move into your house today and tomorrow? Or is YOUR love and compassion in short supply

@@clemsmith8799 I don't have a home. Now, what's your excuse?

cool, set it up near your home?

Looks like Ballard in Seattle under the bridge.

Imagine, coming from LA (or anywhere in California for that matter) and thinking you have any business giving advice to other states on how to handle homelessness. What a joke. Part of the reason California is basically overrun with this vermin is because they've enabled it. Those portable toilets and showers get trashed within days, because that's how these people treat hand-outs. Quit giving them Narcan; let them OD. Arrest them--they're already breaking the law--and throw them in institutional drug treatment programs.

They will never do anything like California here. So most likely everything's going to get a lot worse before it gets better, it already has instead of having one big homeless encampment downtown in the Rio Grande area now they have at least a hundred of them all over the place because of operation Rio Grande and I think that operation cost 10 million taxpayer money

amen

The Republicans won't allowcate or at least stop blocking the effort to do so! the needed funds for it!

themselves

Do you imagine that because someone is homeless that they are not taking responsibility for themselves? Have YOU ever been homeless? People become homeless for many reasons. Some are homeless for addictions and mental illness which they need help with and some are homeless due to many other circumstances. Don’t judge and don’t label people lazy and irresponsible because they don’t have what you have.

@@spoonfullofsugar6247 you got no clue what you talking about but you are more than welcome to take a couple of them home just don't put it on taxpayer tab

You can't be that clueless! Well; if your political leaning is to the right; I guess you can!

It's worse here.

Agreed. If we're talking about fox news being the filth

@@ghbrttjvstj2947 nice try snowflake.

Just let them roam the trails like we do here in Ogden! IN TWO YEARS I HAVE NOT SEEN ONE COP ON THE OGDEN RIVER TRAIL. OPD says they patrol it all the time. LIARS.

That's true it wasn't long after the 911 when I first started seeing it on a small scale in Northern Utah. But in the 70's 80's and 90's, before the massive build up and invasion, that wasn't seen at all in my area.

When you have 1 million plus new to be absorbed every year some will be squeezed out

They're sent here from California

LIBERAL MAYOR.

Real campers don't throw garbage around !

@@collenflarity7856 And I hear smokes are about ten dollars!

millions of homes under $75k. They just need some work.

Completely Shut down Economy, destroy small businesses, print trillions apon trillions of dollars., I just can't figure out what went wrong....

Yeah it's really a problem of rental companies (who are often owned by huge corporate conglomerates) don't want to rent to poor people. Too much risk for them, and they can't sue or really do anything if a poor person trashes the house. But their policy creates an issue. Even if you're making 15$ an hour, that's only 2k a month after taxes. By their standards, that's not even enough to qualify for the cheapest studio apartment. Their 3x income and other arbitrary stipulations are part of what causes homelessness. We really should have regulation in housing. Companies shouldn't be able to discriminate against the poor so long as they make enough to pay the rent.

$1200/month is high? i think the issue is that people are not willing to expand their skill set and increase their education in order to afford to live the life they desire. its all hard work. we all choose the path we desire. no victims here. just poor choices.

Walmart doesn’t pay you enough to own a home that’s a false statement right there it’s Walmart firing the poor man in the wheelchair. That’s why he’s homeless.

Hard to get any job when you don't have an address!

@@devilsatan2973 that is a misconception that houseless people do not have an address. first of all, when they start the process with an end homelessness type service, they provide you with an address to use. if one does not, i just did a simple google search and the USPS gives you an address for people who are transient. there is no excuse except the one you make.

Yes. Exactly.

Yup, most are out of state, drug addicted , violent, rude, no respect, dirty criminals who refuse offered help, as the man said, they choose this lifestyle

They have money for tattoos, hair dye, and drugs, however.

@@keith1617 I am sure they could scrape up money for ice cream and tithing.

That special underwear has gotten more expensive, too.

We do. Many homeless unfortunately won’t accept help. 😕

You're having a very narrow view Jan. Btw, only 40 percent is Mormon. Not that it has anything to do with this issue

@@markbrinton6790 its 60%

Looks like rich grandma and grandpa didn’t wanna buy them houses 😂

@@hi-lx7wr no, it isn't. The reported numbers might suggest close to 60, but people like me who used to be members of the church are still counted in that 60 percent, simply because there's really no reason to write the church to have your name removed. And there are tens and tens of thousands who fit that exact thing. Active church members sit around 40 percent of the state's population.

theres already a ton there. hawaii governer even had a program a few years back where he bought the plane tickets of homeless mainlanders and sent them back to their hometowns for their families to deal with

It's definitely a problem and there is a lot of calloused attitude toward them. Admittedly I am a bit calloused after living downtown for six years and living through the frustration of the lack of respect shown by some homeless folks. It's a complicated situation. As reported, many of them will not accept help so no matter how many resources are made available, there will always be a population with nowhere to go.

So being frustrated justifies throwing another persons belongs away and forcing them into the elements? Then make excuses like “the problem will never be solved” to soothe the conscience of committing evil acts. Sorry, but I disagree. These are all terrible excuses

@@pamelaarana1942 I think they are given notice prior to the breakdown of these camps so they can retrieve their belongings if they want to. Since these camps simply cannot be left as they are, what would you suggest be done?

Maybe the church could take some of that 10 billion untaxable dollars they make every year and actually help some people out and change their lives

@@Decay611 They do.

There is no reason to pile up all this trash and Bio-Waste ! you can have a camp site and keep it clean !

@@richardg1426 exactly !

They look motivated.

Well said! LDS church is the biggest cult in the world. It’s so sad how brainwashed it’s members are. I lived in Utah for 3 years and the Mormons were the least compassionate, unfriendly, arrogant, bigoted group of people I ever met. They will never donate a dime to the homeless because the poor people will never be able to donate money back into their cult!

Agreed! Put up some tiny homes, then help them to find a job! They can then start working their way back into the general population. But keep in mind that a lot of these folks also have drug issues, as well as mental health to deal with. So those things need to be dealt with too.

SLC is not a conservative town.

Tweakers fym

They defecate the city

Well, think of how your neighborhood would fair with human waste and trash all over, seeping into the ground. We've all been taught since we were children that littering is bad for the environment. Would you go up to the mountains to camp and then leave behind all of your waste and garbage?

Let some other neighborhood deal with it for awhile. I saw that in Seattle.

Yep, just like the people of Missouri did to Joseph Smith

Amen!!

That is what I have been wanting to say for ever but I don't know what the state would or country would say to me I have a disability and I make so little money each month that I was Homeless for 4 months tell I found another place and I still have a hard time paying rent, gas, extric, water, sewer, and garbage I only get foodstamps from the state the rest I have to learn how to pay on my own and I don't even have a job because I am on SSI and I was told if I get a job my SSI will get taken away and it is hard paying medical bills and 9 different seizures medications too

@@meaganmoore7094 The people on SSI can't afford a house on a fixed income they found houses for refugees and Ukrainians before they found tents for Utahians what the heck... saying they have a choice. They have no choice. UTAH should be helping the ones they been shoving aside and killing for many years. The lds church sent millions to Ukraine but didn't give a single penny to the poor here. Housing market is charging millions for a single bedroom house. Something needs to change. Not the mormon capital taking away the warmth from the homeless.

That is what I have been saying I have been not happy that they are helping the Refugees first before the US Citizen cause we are in as much trouble as the Refugees there are so many Homeless People and poor people and disability people who can't afford a home or can't afford rent each month

Being homeless, doesn't stop anyone from using a trash bag. You dont have to live like a pig.

NOT FOR YOU OR THEM!

Because their fakes!

The MORMONS are helping THEIR empire.

@@devilsatan2973 Hey, devil satan. Big fail on the the word their.

@@larryhinze2330 🤣

Biden's recession is slowing housing.

By all means go hand your money over to people who just want to slam it in their veins

Ship these folks to Ukraine

Hey, as long as Joe can keep his kids on drugs as he compromises our country with his kid's computer(s)...I think we should be thankful!

Kinda hard to get a job with no address!

It isnt the rest of the states job to pay for these people's decisions.

Leslie, just shut up and give ten percent to your church. LOL!

Allowing people the freedoms of adults when they take no personal responsibility is a crime against humanity.

where do you suggest they go?

@@801westvalley4 amen!! So many people just want to shovel them away with the trash like they're not human beings and don't want to see them but we still need to treat them as such give them help give them a place to be and survive

@@ils360 well, they shoved themselves into an area so why not shove them somewhere else? Funding only exacerbates the issue. It’s like a virus that you refuse to eliminate because “studies” make money, but the the virus continues to grow.

When did it become illegal to be homeless & most of them don't CHOOSE to live like that......All it takes is 1 bad break to put you there! Ignorant idiots think its that simple to get out of that situation, switch places for a week & see how that goes.....

You’ve spoken like a true white Christian

If 90 percent are not on drugs, give your church ten percent and fix the problem!!

That's what I say. Makes me sick. You don't have to be so filthy. Make them clean it up. There is such a thing as organized chaos.

@Antonio Sender 😔

The tiny house communities in Los Angeles are in high demand. They offer laundry facilities, mail boxes, and more, and people really want to be there. It's a great stepping stone to get a lot of people back on their feet, because a lot of people just need that small boost to help them. Furthermore, they don't cost all that much, or take up a lot of land. Utah really needs to follow California's lead.

These people will not live there

All this sounds great but none of this will work unless they get help with their drug addictions. Biggest key factor you missed.

Why would you spoil and give commodities to useless druggies?

@@ktc3733 Sociology twits are only interested in stroking their egos, and no interest in actually helping anyone.

What do you suggest?

@@keith1617 let's see if I can answer that question?, well I've got a very simple answer for that question and that is four states Across America not to send their homeless to California a very simple answer .

Then why you smearing Utah?

@@keith1617 from where I stand you people of Utah just like every other state across the Union or should I say Across America when they send all your homeless people to California and Oregon and Washington State as the old saying goes if you have a problem in your own state go out and fix it but just don't go and send the problem out to other states because the other states are sending their problems to your state .

@@garyquail4996 you're talking in circles, Harpo.