The Humanitarian Crisis In Plain Sight On The Streets Of L.A. | NBC News 

They are coming.....!

Yikes...

yeah more to come.

Yeaaaaaa bring em on in!!!!!

@Truth Holder - Yup, so give up your home, your rights, and your job. (If you even have one.) You now have zero rights as an American citizen, so an illegal immigrant can take your place. We no longer care to take care of Americans like you, so we can help people from other failed countries. Because that's our problem.

We live in a greedy culture that blames the victims of capitalism, because it's capitalistic in nature, it's an animalistic system.

Agreed can happen to anyone

CRMcGee2 just because you live in a trailer does not make you trailer trash. Men that have children with multiple women and don't take care of any of them. Same goes for women who keep having babies with no father's around to take care of them. People too lazy to work. I think this is what is what people think of as trailer trash. What happened to you could happen to any of us. I am very aware it could happen to me. This is why I live very frugally. I know if I were to lose my job I would also lose my home. I mean I could live for about 4 or 5 months paying my bills but after that I'd be in trouble. Nobody should be going through your grocery cart ever. You have the right to eat and that Link Card was meant for people in your situation. A situation that could happen to any of us. I hope things improve for you in this new year.

Stay strong and keep your head up. Things will get better if you are persistent.

@@stevekambiski6752 No, crony capitalism is the problem. A socialized version of capitalism is the best mixture because socialism and communism have never worked if you want to be honest with yourself! The problem is apathy in this country and the government is run by corrupt people who use it to gain capital instead of what it's supposed to be for which is helping the country. The founding fathers gave the citizens checks and balances but everyone's too busy shopping or watching football to care, this country is done for, it's just a matter of time it's already ruined.

How many homeless 100.000 or more 620 million say spent in 15 years on homeless would go fast.

for real dude.. talk about corruption

Eric garcetti went to Maui.

The city audit shows the money went to families of politicians under the guise of "contractors"

@@trafficjon400 Has it made a difference? Los Angeles officials are bracing for the release of a report that's likely to show little or no progress in reining in homelessness, despite the $619 million they spent last year to grapple with the crisis

Lol wow

💯

true lol

Facts

​@Mr. Bob Then throw them in jail. Don't dare to discipline is the new norm.

After gun control laws, they would be shocked to learn: "Most people who commit murder did not respect gun registration laws for some strange reason. The laws only succeeded in disarming decent homeowners who got robbed and beaten."

@@DexterHaven .

Las Vegas just implemented a $1000 fine for sleeping on the street.... WTF!?

@@peterpalffy9302 Good for them! Ever walk near Freemont St. lately? Bums on cardboard on the sidewalk is not Vegas, baby. Go back to LA.

@@DexterHaven or maybe if the homeless had $1000 they wouldn't sleep on the street? How will they pay that fine?

Manny rodriguez this is your liberal socialist system destroying it's self. This is what is happening in France. The difference is the French didn't let it get this bad. You are right, people that don't live there don't know how bad it is.

It's out of control everywhere. A apt in SC where I live that just 5 years ago was $500 is now $900 to $1200. It's insane & more & more people are becoming homeless. Smh

@@erichuff6945 What are you talking about? Whats going on in France and the homeless situation in L.A are two totally different things. The reason this is now an epidemic compared to NY is because Ronald Reagan shut down all the shelters and Mental hospitals across California

Lunchbox it's all related to socialism.

Lunchbox a large amount of social services that require high taxes to fund. Extra cost to utilities and fuel do to government regulations. Large influx of unskilled immigrants that can not support the economy, immigrants that keep wages low because they will work for low incomes. Single party political control. Implementing bandaid fixes like minimum wage hikes that puts the middle class farther away from middle class wages. That are the similarities. Then you have to put on top of that no health care, including mental health, for the poor. The very liberal view on illicit drugs and the acceptance of gangs and organized crime. It's a powder keg just waiting to discharge. It's not only France now that is revolting against socialism it is all of Europe and it's not just the right wing, but everyone that works for a living. The wealthy see no problem and the welfare recipients do not see a problem. However the working class tax payers are a little upset with funding the Socialist agenda. Many people see California as the starting point in the US for this same movement.

I'm sorry but being out at 2am is a dangerous notion no matter where you are in the globe, sounds like you thought the US was a utopia.

@@gregsanchez1930 here in hawaii u still can jog on the streets even midnight.but ofcourse theres a certain locations here that homeless are living.but most of the homeless here are from mainland that thought they can survive the high cost of living and high tax,so when they arrived here they have money,but within a couple months or years,it started to crumble especially if they dont have a family or relatives here.worse if they are a drug users to begin with.

Most homeless people do not do drugs.

@@nunyabiznez6381 In my country (I'm not American) most of the homeless get where they are BECAUSE OF drugs.

If this reply is too long skip to the bottom paragraph. The third. paragraph shows the numbersBased on the picture in your icon I assumed you were American. No matter, while I concede that a great many people do become homeless as a result, most homeless are that way for other reasons. Here in the United States, unless you are deemed dangerous or you are wealthy, or have good insurance, if you are mentally ill you do not get to stay in a mental hospital. It is difficult for mentally ill people to get employment so most end up as homeless people. That is the number one category. The next largest group of people in my state are ex convicts. Since 99% of landlords will not rent to anyone who has ever been convicted of a crime, even minor ones. When a convict is done serving their sentence the are released. If they don't have family they end up living on the street here. If they are on parole they end up back in prison since the law requires them to live indoors. If they were released without a parole obligation they usually spend the rest of their life living on the street. The third largest category are those addicted to drugs or alcohol. They require no additional explanation. The fourth largest category are people who just simply refuse to work and earn an income and so have no money for rent. This comes to: 39% mentally ill31% ex convicts19% drug and alcohol users 18% refuse to work4% undeterminedThe above numbers add up to more than 100% due to the fact that many people belong to more than one category and more than one reason may have contributed to their being homeless.These are the combined statistics for the three urban counties in Florida where I have volunteered at homeless support agencies/homeless shelters. They are between 3 and 10 years old so possibly some progression in some of these numbers has occurred since then. Also Florida may be unique in this mix as other regions in the U.S. may have a different combination of problems. I should also note that about 20% of the above statistics were also military veterans who are not well cared for in the United States. Many countries have comprehensive help for the mentally ill. The United States does not and Florida is among the worst of the states in this regard. While some states have laws restricting a landlord's ability to discriminate against an ex convict looking for housing, Florida's laws strongly favor landlords and landlords can prevent nearly anyone from moving in for reasons that other states and countries may prohibit. In the United States we do not have laws requiring people to work. Some countries have such laws. If you don't wish to work you don't have to. But then you also may have to face the consequences which usually means you don't have an income and therefore can't have a place to live, especially if you have no family. About 5-10% of the population of the Unites States consists of people who have no family and therefore have no support system if they fall on hard times. A great many people are in this category. All the places where I volunteer only serviced homeless men and the above statistics only apply to males. Females make up less than 5% of the U.S. homeless population. Children make up less than 1%. About 90% of what little support systems are in place to help the homeless only help homeless females and homeless families. Homeless men are almost completely ignored by all private and government agencies. Also, all benefits issuing agencies will only issue benefits by mailing them to your legal address. If you don't have a legal address you don't get any benefits. So those who need benefits the most won't get what little is available. In my county there are approximately 20,000 homeless people. There is one homeless shelter providing a total of 40 beds and only to single mothers and their children and only to those children under 16. There is one private agency that provides individual "cottages" (tiny homes) for homeless vets. There are a total of 16 of those. Five of the 300+ churches in our county let homeless sleep in their sanctuaries when temperatures outdoors are bellow 10 degrees f which usually only happens in December-February here in Florida. I know this is a lot of information you probably didn't want to read but I think it is important since the topic was brought up that any American who reads this reply understands the reality of the situation.

@@nunyabiznez6381 Pic is of Haydn, not George Washington (lol). I will read your reply when I get a chance - it seems interesting (and carefully written).

@@nunyabiznez6381 Can’t argue with stats; however, the video focusses on L.A., which I feel needs to be examined separately. Will you at least agree with that?

Yeah Drew has a good take on the problem.

Pinsky says it’s a drug addiction issue

@@lovelyeyessee Watch the video "Seattle is Dying" and you'll see EXACTLY that.....

The talk Dr. Drew had with Seth Green about this situation was eye opening. Not only is it drug driven, just as long as theft isn’t more than $900/day it’s now a misdemeanor. Wow. I feel terrible for the homeless people. Dr. Drew is right, politicians created the perfect storm for homelessness to escalate. They aren’t doing anything to help fix it, they just want to clean/clear them out like garbage. The majority of these people have mental and/or physical ailments that go untreated (because they can’t afford it or have no support system) so they leave their state and choose to self medicate in California. It’s only going to take a few people getting really ill to infect a huge area. Sadly, that is going to be the real wake up call for big money in California. That’s probably why so many big businesses, especially tech, have left the state and moved to places like Texas.

@@lovelyeyessee If they aint doing the drugs, they are surely selling them!!

Susan Foley yes. Also tho like where do they even go?

Susan, a lot of the homeless people have a full time job. They pay taxes also.

"I pay my taxes" lol head right in the sand. It's passed that, it's corruption

Plus, they get their cars stolen from and houses robbed by bums.

@Dwight Cook How many homeless are partying and living with you at your house right now? ...just askin'

We don't want you here, stay in Alabama

@@RedLineShortFilms stay on your lane boi

No no no, they can't do anything to help the homeless Whassa matta you

Yeah paying $6 an hour. They would still be homeless genius

@@jeffreyjewell75 so what do you propose

Entitlement, it’s rampant these days.

Norwindian let’s do it!!! Devoted to LA!

@Trevor Phillips See what they did in St.Petersburg,FLA.

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He is an/the advocate/activist for the people in skid row area. Check him out on other videos.

Mexicans are almost as bad as the cops to homeless

@l.t. Evaro illegal detected

l.t. Evaro all the Mexicans I see are lazy, they all just have government assistance and shop at the dollar store.

Bryan Taylor Because we started a drug war in their country to benefit for-profit prison companies in our country. You can’t really help your own country when you’re at risk of dying.

@@BPTtech low wages and crime usually scares them to the USA

Hugh 100% correct!

Oh My You Can't Say That !

The illegals actually willing to work. I say we trade

Ones an asset the other is liability

Protecting? U mean locking them up?

The best way to help the homeless is to cut them off Welfare, and force them to get a job. Also, the employer should have drug tests as a requirement of employment.

That won't stop mental illness and addiction... solve that problem and the homelessness just might decrease.

New York City is democratic and you don’t see that there. We give everyone who asks for shelter someplace to live in New York City.

There a bunch of FAKES!

C H 😲

What help is he receiving?

THE WILL TO DO THINGS.. THE RIGHT WAY....I KNOW PPL LIKE THAT....

It sounds so simple, but being homeless long term is about complicated issues with relationships, circumstances, mental health, employment, depression, Substance abuse. There’s no one solution.

That's because liberals GIVE THEM free housing, free education...

These people have an addiction or mental problem

Ooooooooo

the refugees work a lot harder than these homeless people, heck homeless people in other nations work a lot harder. in East Asia homeless people wake up before sunrise and work long hours. they read, try to put children to school and they keep their area clean and city clean. their children study harder than the majority of other students. hard for me to feel sorry for these hobos.

True

@Giretto Outlaw IF ONLY RED STATES CARED MORE ABOUT THEIR HUMAN REFUSE INSTEAD OF JUST SHIPPING THEM OFF TO CALIFORNIA. Those "IMMIGRANTS" are NOT causing health problems like skid row 'homeless' are. ALL immigrants actively search for and find jobs which, BTW, very damned few 'homeless' People are willing to take or are even capable of doing. Most immigrants do not create or live in or amongst Skid Row type infestation areas. The OVERWHELMING majority, of these useless 'homeless' People, are simply the overflow from Trump's Red States, and should go back to where they came from, because, unlike immigrants, skid row 'homeless' have proven themselves, overwhelmingly, to be a useless and hazardous draw on the economy of hard working Californians.

@@hzhang1228 Sorry, that doesn't justify having an open border. if you love refugees so much. then STFU, and clothe, feed and house as many refugees as you want buddy! go have at it!

That's not the only reason, but still true. Same in Hawaii.

What about the southern states?

@@randojones2030 Plenty of southern states still rain and snow. Los Angeles is ideal because it's in a chronic state of drought, thus the water is imported from Colorado. There're also no tornadoes or hurricanes. And because it's the bluest state, there're also more people with money, compassion, and tolerance for the homeless. LA is the place to be if there was ever an optimal city to be homeless.

How do they manage to migrate

@@htownsmookie6004 Contrary to popular belief, people don't turn homeless over night. There's a reason why most beggars look relatively clean. It starts off with part time panhandling, before going full-time. All they need to do is link up with other homeless networks and do what's trending: catch a Greyhound to Los Angeles.

Wanna hear a joke. It's called personal responsibility for your actions and life.

True Makes me think whoever brought this world into life has bad taste...

@@thegeminiguy1065 Such a weak statement, some people have mental health issues and can't deal with every day life issues. But yeah they should take responsibility for there actions

Wanna hear God laugh? Tell him your plan. ~The Great Cosmic Giggle

@@leonhenry4861 FAE

Exactly

@@batboy3746 We can call them Internment Camps! We also have plenty of prisons that disproportionately takes away the rights of minorities and the less fortunate. So I think they already started your little idea. We need to give people dignity and a helping hand. Offering housing, mental health services, health care and education will make a difference with this crisis. Not everyone will want this help, but every person has the freedom to choose.

Vega Prototype you lose your self worth. You develop more mental problems, traumas, haunting thoughts and mostly importantly no hope. No hope means a soul that has given up.

Tong Po You don’t has the slightest reason why people become junkies.

There are shelters, but they don’t allow animals, girlfriends, and a lot of their possessions. Basically tells them to not come. We need to give them the ability to choose their own path. Either assisted mental health care facility, free housing and job placement, or other viable means. Instead they’re stigmatized further and policy only help to dig them deeper. Or we can send them to Australia like our British cousins.

that's wtf i wanna know i live in Los Angeles and i kid u not there's human feces everywhere, we need more shelters this is crazy.

@Jill D. Nailed it!! In real,they house stuff,no people?? nonsense.bless us all.

craig eliot in the pockets of Feinstein and boxer😲

Jill D. Oh no my friend evil does not go away

Jill D. I was a public safety officer for 30 years of my life believe me these people are doing more harm than good to use folks that are homeless

Could it also be an actor?

If their "strategy" doesn't involve getting rid of illegals and welfare, especially access to drugs it's an epic fail.

Or maybe it’s a strategy to get the homeless to stop being homeless and get their life together to find a place to rent and get a job.

N. Jacobs the housing prices are too high. Denver and colorado has become a communist state

That's right. I had to walk through that neighborhood, and it was scary because they looked mentally unstable. Who wouldn't think that of somebody who chose a life like that?

@@qweqqweq2090 Most people live where they can afford. These homeless poor people with no jobs go to one of the most expensive cities in the US. Super responsible!

For real and see how they like it.

@@neo_9568 God forgives you but I don't

@@t500010000 So!

So they could die?

😂

ticket the homeless who couldn't pay the fine if they tried. Perfect Liberal common sense.

But he didn't want to disrespect him either. LMAO

@@thegeminiguy1065 He was angry. Very angry. And still rational.

If he was BLACK he would’ve been shot !🤬

I could just compare blue & red states. Sadly, big part is political. I was in NYC under Mayor Dinkins when homeless people in subways, Grand Central Station, anywhere they can rest and sleep and harass the public. Gone when Mayor R Guilliani took over. Dig further or those people you will dig our graves.

@@imlew7853 it doesn't matter whether red or blue, believe me I live in a very red area and It's the same the only thing they came up with was to give the homeless people a few bucks and a bus ticket to wherever they would like to go. That is not a solution that is saying that the homeless people they got rid of are someone elses problem.

@@nazariog.1155 nah go to any red rural state. Then go to any blue populated city. Diversity, welfare, and immigrants= shithole.

@@nazariog.1155 What State you in? You know those tickets are to California?

Núm 4 exactly. ppl come from other states because its easier to be homeless due to the weather. the real problem is economical though. when working 2 jobs can barely get you a one bedroom apt, ppl will end up homeless.

lol think about what u are proposing, if they could do that, they would've already been fully integrated into our society, they wouldn't be homeless now. people only become homeless because of mental illness or drug addiction; neither of those conditions would make someone a productive contributing member of society.

MENTAL COUNCILING

need dignity and emotional support reform or MAKE RENT A LITTLE MORE AFFORDABLE to the average person

@@sharonbell8895 Doesn't matter if you'd rather spend the money on drugs than on rent. Those who want to get off the street do and usually fairly quickly, but you can't help people who refuse to help themselves.

Because it would waste tax money and not be used. Most homeless people are junkies or have some mental issue. Some other videos that you may find in the video thread said that the shelters the city did invest tax money to build ended up being vacant, because they have strict no drug or alcohol policies and curfews. Simply put, most of these people would rather get high than to live under a roof and be fed regularly. It’s the sad truth 🤷🏻‍♂️

Most homeless people won’t live IN a shelter , but around it, on the streets in tents. Why? Because the shelter prohibits drug use and has a curfew. But if they stay around the shelter, they can still get the services of the shelter (food, clothing, computers, etc)

A lot of times they also have bed bugs and lice infestations so take your pick of that or the rats outside.

Ban plastic straws? pass out free needles that cost a couple million per year . mind blown !

But they don't ban styrofoam which is more dangerous to the environment.

Thats why I dissolve Styrofoam into gasoline and burn it. Makes a huge black cloud of carbon. Dont know what else to do with the stuff.

So true. The beautiful people fight for causes like no plastic straws yet their limos never drive pass the camp cities. Homeless advocates are laughable they also address issues like belongs but diseases, drugs, violence, and other citizens must tolerate and understand only their issues. California is one messed state and I don’t think it’s an accident. Also watch for the return and rise of plagues and illnesses we haven’t dealt with in ages.

They don't. Where would they go

@@Tk-iz2ws Where would they go? To work.

That's because most of these people want to live this way and don't want to change, they do not want help to change they want hand outs

They are mentally ill hoarders!

@DD123 I'm sure he arrived at it by observing homeless people his whole life. I have been down in skid row over a 1000 times. I have seen how they live. They are not seeking jobs. They are poor broken people who have accepted that their lot in life is to live in the street. If you believe different, go talk to them. They'll change your mind quick.

I homeless and do not do drugs unless you been around them but the drugs do hurt the the street and you all just past a law to let people do wed and not the other drugs that the government is not doing to much on that fight not everybody homeless people have drug problem

Or enabler

Lazy drug addicts

🤣😂🤣😂

Activists, need not have to work for years, they are paid protesters from soros account for the socialist dems. But the poor citizens have to work very hard to pay income taxas and vacate their homes to stay in tents, no matter how rich they are, unless they know how to carry the dems' balls.

Stay school little one, the mind is a terrible thing to waste.

James 2:14 What doth it profit, my brethren, though a man say he hath faith, and have not works? can faith save him? [15] If a brother or sister be naked, and destitute of daily food, [16] And one of you say unto them, Depart in peace, be ye warmed and filled; notwithstanding ye give them not those things which are needful to the body; what doth it profit? [17] Even so faith, if it hath not works, is dead, being alone. | By actually helping the homeless and having interactive conversations with some of them, you will find that you share some common ground together; also, homeless veterans can find housing easier if they don't have a history of alcohol, drugs, or violent behavior through the VA. | I Peter 4:8 And above all things have fervent charity among yourselves: for charity shall cover the multitude of sins. | Acts 17:30

Christians are the number one donators for the poor across the world. we just dont brag about it because the bible told us to be humble and kind in secret. but I know what you mean. lots of mega churches you see in media are not doing enough and they are the wrong faces that represent many smaller churches out there doing good

We help the homeless at our church! We have a homeless ministry and food drive as well.

Roxanne needham You are trying to blame Christians in a liberal, secular city? How convenient...

@@Ur2ez4me81 oh boofuckinhoo it's everyones fault.im old enough to remember when reagan turned all the mentally ill out into the streets.i remember when rev.ottwell was feeding the poor in texass and was arrested. Get your shorts out of you're crack, stop whinning.Its Everyone fault!!!

It's February 26 2020 and nothing has changed.

I'm saving this quote! Well said!

Agreed. Except a lot of times they ignore refuse deny hate dismiss want them arrested jailed moved. None of it fixing anything but making matters worse.

Sophie Louis administrative costs I’d bet a high percentage of that went to some guy pushing paperwork

It went to the staff of agencies and their "pensions" and health care while they stood around the water cooler and gossiped about Donald Trump and their next vacation days. That's government bureaucracy, where the staff comes first.

Nancy pelosi drank it

@P. Spit Government complains about business corruption to distract from its own, it seems. And businesses use the money they earn. Government uses the money it takes from business. Government is far more unethical and corrupt. The more wasteful government gets, the more they deflect blame and raise taxes too. People need to call out the real source of trouble.

Keep asking... follow the money trail

I know.

Then why vote? We elected representatives to represent us. Isn't it my right to bemoan the issues, so the politicians are informed on what what needs to be done to satisfy their constituents.

They do go too far, I know of a gentleman whose medicine for heart problems was destroyed and he died because he didn’t have his medicine.

@Bambamrubble Not shelters, homes, or some kind. Gotta be cheaper.

@Blue Finally Gets A Clue Isn't it always the way? The rich way - first & only. Dang!😡

devaluation of currency and inflation are the "larger problem"s

Agreed

@Blue Finally Gets A Clue Ppl need to make any polit that wants your vote to prove they don't get money 💰💲from sources you don't approve. There are enough like minded ppl to have an impact. Even if incremental. Don't throw the baby out with the bathwater. 👶

william richardson the homeless problem in California is caused by a few factors. The over night influx of high paying tech jobs. People coming in needing housing and have top dollar to pay. On the other hand minimum wage going up but other wages not matching the rise. Lager amounts of illegal immigrants taking jobs and undercutting the pay. Strick restrictions on energy raises the cost of utilities. More and more social services keep raising taxes, including property taxes. Not to mention political corruption never seen on this level in American history. So keep supporting open boarders and mass immigration. Keep demanding the government create more social programs. Keep implementing heave restrictions on business and industry and I'm sure everything will work out fine.

How could you confuse Beautiful Venezuela To Los Angeles

Yeah. America is all about manufactured hype.

@Phil Hall "the hitler demorats" No offense, but hitler's belief's and ideological world view does not even align with the democrats one bit.

i saw it on Google maps images

Liberals think it's great!

The who why what when where. Q&A's. People need to see for themselves before anyone can act professionally about anything.

I follow two homeless youtubers and they talk about all the stuff going on with the homeless community and how they get by as a homeless.

Very good comment!

@tyler ramsey sure does come around...ask trump voters

Chris Bunch of celebrities in LA in their air conditioned mansion with slaves and they don’t care.

I think she could careless

@bass reemer You're blaming illegals for the homeless?? How stupid is that??? How many of the homeless are illegals? It's an opioid crisis Moron Go down and check it out for yourself before you make stupid asinine comments

It's LA, there aren't any empty apartment buildings. And if there were, they could charge $4000/mo in rent for them.

The Wayshower rehab doesnt always work. I had to go to a mental facility and they didnt have room upstairs so i had to spend the day downstairs in the rehab unit. The people were kind but they were also sober. They dont want to leave the facility and be homeless again so they stay until they get kicked out and go back or hope for another sponsor to pay for them to go back. They bragged to me about stealing clothes and instead of washing them, they would just steal new clothes. One was on probation and had to charge the tracker on his ankle every few hours. It was mind boggling. Im sure its not always that way tho. I was only there for a day thankfully. They didnt let me leave the same day.

@@heretictom i just passed a big one today on 7th st and i can think of one in hollywood off the 101

Build from the ground down.

@@fredflintstone6338 lol

This homeless are lazy they don't wanna work, that's why they became homeless, most of them are Drug addicts

No, PELOSI'S MANSIONS!

Malibu

...in the ( Hollywood ) hills and Malibu

In in a gated community in the hills where no one can come in if they don't belong

West of the 405 fwy and North of the 10 fwy LA county is massive dude. There are nearly 19 million people living in the greater Los Angeles area taking up 39,000 sq miles of land area. Skid row takes up 0.431 sq miles of that area. Imagine that

They forget were they come from 💯

IKR? and they're storing it... lunatics.

@@cortedemico The courts made them store the property when the homeless advocates took the city to court Some anger might be directed at those folks. L.A. has a homeless and rat infestation problem because they tolerate it. Build a tent city like Sheriff Joe had in Phoenix and let them live there if they don't want to get clean and sober and get a job.

@@slundgr lunatics... they are running the asylum and the rats are infesting texas now...

@@cortedemico When I read about the boy's father being ordered by the court to let the mother give the 7 year old boy medicine that would help with his transgender conversion in Texas, I realized we had jumped the shark. God help us if Texas goes blue.

@@slundgr indeed. will be precipitated by weed legalization. unless it goes legal countrywide.

Wendy Her But they have to WANT the help

That was a lot of floor space, lol

Invite them to your house. No? Didnt think so.

That's what I was thinking. And also how much is this costing? Could those funds not be better spent elsewhere? Also ticketing a homeless person? What's the point? That ticket's not going to get paid and all you've done is added to the jail population.

@@e.m.w.1808 Maybe we should all pretend to be homeless so we dont have a responsibility to pay our bills and to do our part for society. The logic of not paying a fine because your homeless holds no actual logic at all.

I had a bin there. Its a rouse., to keep people's stuff mostly be stuff but sometimes they score. I lost 2 bins to them.for not reporting weekly. I was working. And couldn't make it there. Got my stuff back 1 but not the other 2

move somewhere else

50k a year here in indianapolis youd be living top of society

Willie Vanderlaan simple solutions come from simple minds smh

Your welcome to live in Canada

Willie Vanderlaan yea move somewhere else and make $25,000 a year lol

So GOD could have made them Successful in Life instead of homeless and addicted to drugs.

Exactly lol if god was real then he wouldn’t allow these people to end up on the wrong path and become junkies

@@DanielW607 Authoritarian dictator is the definition of a Democrat, not God. When people want to live without law/rules, they've rejected God and He is under no obligation to help them.

Well, if that’s the case.....then “god” is a real a**hole...he could just snap his “god” fingers and give them a home, couldn’t he?

They didn't geT thaT way by working 6days a week4years&church on Sunday. They r career criminaLs and thaT(crime doesn't pay)aLong wiTh heavy drug use caughT up wiTh them. LeT one Live wiTh u and u wiLL c thaT your Life as you knew iT wiLL be over. They donT deserve heLp.

It goes to false pride. People who do public bowel moment, demand respect for this and that. Only in USA, it's fascinating.

Spot on

I understand that drugs make the brain believe the body cannot survive without the drug. It’s a mindset of people and the combination of no affordable housing. But pooping in the street and sleeping in their own poop isn’t the answer. Getting off drugs would be a huge step in getting off the street.

Lmao...yes thank you

Humble yourself,, know it’s only by Gods grace it’s not you.

You know it impeach the mayor

Dont bring them over here. Keepem all right there and let California succeed from the union. It'll be 3rd world over night. It's almost there now

Like shopping carts!

Jd F I’m sorry, but people who are too mentally ill to realize they need help for their addiction will not get better. The thing is, they don’t have to listen to anyone and are responsible for themselves as they are over 18. The sad truth is that even if these activist groups want to convert the people into productive members of society and help get them clean, it won’t work unless they want to change themselves. And most of the time that won’t happen because they are too ill to even want to get help for their addictions

Yup, the illegals get free housing.

@@edweiser63 what world do u live in? NOTHING IS FREE! Dumb trump K supporters

@@willyboi3038 it is for illegals. Cost tax payers millions

Send all the illegal aliens back to where they come from and there would be housing in California 😋

@@willyboi3038 you are stupid...and it shows.😋

Nor does it define the denizens of our nation as liberals or conservatives, dems or repubs, or by color.

says nothing about a wall either or drugs. and where does it say homeless are criminals for being homeless? like the wall, border patrol has been givin billions to build a million dollar wall. where's the money????????

In Austin there exists a sausage stand, which sells sausage on 6th street from time to time, called the best wurst, and when people have change leftover from their sausage fest, they give their change to the gutter dwellers, out of kindness and compassion, AND Greg Abbott, Ken Paxton, Don the con, AND the rest of the GOP, HATE the liberal leftists, like AOC, for exhibiting such horrible, patriotic, behavior.

@the jaywezee have you ever imagined having a conversation with God, wherein you tried to lie your way into heaven, after you justified treating other people UNEQUALLY, while you lived on earth, simply because you owned "private property"?

Our constitution has been subverted by the u.n charter.

We in California.. Glad you left!!

Only go to California to go fishing

keep 'em in that small space and one small nuke could fix it.

@Jay if you had no shelter, why wouldn't at least live somewhere where you won't die without it? Also, undocumented immigrants don't recieve any welfare or social services genius.

Hey naive person, drug addicts will not work, much less clean streets. Your nonsensical talk is part of the problem. We need real solutions.

@@cooganalaska3249 Who's to say these people are "drug addicts". -There are tons of different people on the streets. Anyone who doesn’t want to pay extortion rents or mortgages.. and do not have enough money resources to buy land and built. A lot of the people do not come from money and do not have assets in the family. So they only option is to work every day of their life to try to afford a place that they will never really be in or see because they will have to work so much just to pay for it; Use YOUR common sense, you nonsensical/ naive person.

Vital Chance The people who actually volunteer to protect the vagrants and transients of the homeless population in Los Angeles, CA. They’re the one who actually have the right to say “drug addicts”.

@@cooganalaska3249 sure drug addicts work, are you that stupid. Most people who work for day labor agencies are on drugs. Get a clue

Not so easy when they don’t want to work or be clean

Most of those people were likely abused. There's a lot of explanations for why and how people end up on the streets.

I see homeless with pets and usually the pets are better fed because people donate dog food all the time.

Its not as easy as just putting them on medication, also thats expensive and take resources

You are a good person.

I agree with you to a point, my great aunt had mental issues lived with her sister (my grandmother) her whole life until she was in her 80s and had to go to an institution for aging people. BUT! She was never a danger to anyone in our family, she helped with household duties, etc. My point is it would be shortsighted to say every situation can be amended by simply taking in your mentally I'll relative. Some are violent, prone to auditory and visual hallucinations which can put caregivers in precarious situations. I agree that in some cases more family Interventions would help but mental illness is not a one size fits all solutions. Congratulations to your family.

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HA. The only thing he was noted for was getting capped.

Capped lol that screams middle age white guy lmao

Jonathan Rosales one man’s trash is another man’s treasure. It doesn’t seem you heard that’s one before.

If you want the used up needles, pee bottles, and all other infectious garments be my guest mate

They need to round up all the homeless and dump them in the middle of the ocean

@@slasher6547 you sound like a crappy human being

@@slasher6547 Since you lack empathy, and clearly any strand of humanity, how about you go live in the middle of the ocean. I'm sure you'd be much happier with your own cold blooded kind.

joshua huff some are drug addicts, and some are not. I used to work graveyard hours at a 24 HR convenience store in Ventura. You’d be surprised by how many actually have jobs, but just can’t afford rent. Some people are working 2 and 3 jobs to to try to stay afloat.

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Yes my former room mate started drinking when he was 12years old. He kept drinking and lost his job and separated from his wife. He moved in with me and he had a few part time jobs but his drinking got him in trouble and he ended up back on the streets.

You don't put everyone together

We can just invite other people from south of the border with no place to go will fix it.

if you house them, the situation is no longer on the streets, Out of sight out of mind.

You're wayyy wrong, and devoid of compassion and the FACTS first off most long term homeless are mentally ill combined with physically disabled etc, and THAT'S the reason 9/10 times they can't keep job down not drugs almost all also are sick diseases like tuberculosis hepatitis etc which also causes loss of ability to hold down job and EVERY credible expert substance abuse professional etc will tell you the FACT that ALL long term drug addicts and alcoholics are self medicating for either mental or physical disability. And the mental or physical issues that cause the drug use is also why they can't successfully keep job. So save the nonsense about them just being lazy drug users and have some compassion.

How about just put them down like rabid dogs. Save the resources and money for people working to better themselves in society? @@fishncapt26

Less than 20% of the people on skid row are from California. This is what happens when politicians enact laws to turn a city into a Mecha for the homeless.

photonrayswaves so what? The earned there privacy. I’m pretty sure you have space for at least one person in your home but choose not to open your doors.

Muh communism

You are spoiled photon

@@trustingvirus6998 No one man should have all that space. We no longer live in a world where we can afford to live selfishly. If we don't begin to compromise and "sacrifice" our millionaire pipe dreams then our world, our nations will burn.

Ok and what's the point? I don't want someone messing up what I worked for. You wouldn't allow someone you don't know to stay in your house...it's just not logical. Dangers aside they're going to be doing whatever they want. If they were clean, respectable, and pulled their weight...maybe they wouldn't be there. IT doesn't cover all cases, but there's normally a reason.

Which are all DEMOCRATS.

The homeless ARE in front of the city hall. And the colleges. And the elementary schools. And everywhere else but Beverly Hills.

Jimmie Long Or turn it into a stinky garbage dump. 🙄

Sad but true

It's going to be a whole lot worse since now Coronavirus is entering this mix.

Really easy to stay sane without a home or shelter am i right?

Go Kermit And they were all sane when they lost their home in the first place??

@@iloveamerica53 most likely not stress and debt will make any human insane when there is no way out of it. But the world runs on money so what will you do cave and end up homeless if you have no help from family or continue on depressed in a job u hate to barely get by.

Exactly this is a drug and mental health problem more than a housing crisis.

@@ws8061 people live paycheck to paycheck in the working class and when the paycheck stops or gets cut short sacrafices need to be made until you get back to work. If you cant get back to work within a month u already miss rent and bills. Its so easy to be homeless its ridiculous how you guys think homes wont help and drugs are the only problem.

Yes. And taking our taxes to feed the homeless industrial complex.

Doña Bárbara PRAY AND BLESS GOD,HOW DID THIS HAPPEN?THIS IS AMERICA.ITS SO SAD I CAN'T SEE FOR THE TEARS .THERE PEOPLE ARE CHILDREN OF GOD ,AND DISREPAIR AND MENTAL ILLNESS HAS TAKEN OVER .GOD BLESS AMERICA,AND ITS PEOPLE.

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wow nice point there

Yeah but the city and "homeless advocates" think anything less than a luxury condo is inhumane for the homeless. They're completely fine letting the homeless die and wait for their expensive, over budget, and timely condos to be built instead of building rapid shelters that would house tens of thousands in a short amount of time for a fraction of the cost.