Yes, that is exactly what we need. Another rich real estate developer without any political experience getting into politics so that he can shape the laws in his favor. Because that worked so well the first time.
There needs to be checks and balances, ACTUAL C & B, when a developer holds an elected office that may influence planning commissions and local government construction bids. We've already witnessed a POTUS walking all over the Emoluments Clause without any repercussions.
I can't believe how easily people believe multi-millionaires telling them to vote for a billionaire. You actually think Caruso will take care of YOU??!?
Really stubborn, You enjoy the state of La at this moment? It’s absolutely trash and Karen has contributed to it by doing absolutely nothing in congress, WAKE UP!!! And be open minded. FACE THE FACTS TAMARA
But..but...that makes...sense! this is muriKKKa! nonsense makes sense. that's why no one wants health care! it's...bad for your health or something. less testing right? (bangs head on desk).
He has already spent$40 Million for the General Primary. If he gets the Dem nomination and spends even half that between now and November, it makes me wonder just how much he (and his donors) plan to make from the power that comes with the position.
Wasn't there a bill someone was trying to get passed so that you could fund your own campaign and then get reimbursed? That's how I see this 40 million is going to go...
LA city budget for 2021/22 is about $11.5bn and real estate projects can easily reach several hundred million each. there should be ample opportunities to recoup $50m or $100m for the new mayor - several times over
Please note that most of the Democrat base in California are centrist dems and liberal Republicans and not just progressives.. progressives are just 35 to 40% of the Democrat base.
@@brbjk.m.846 More like you're naive. Every study done on the issue shows that giving people free homes is cheaper for the government than tossing them in and out of jail for the crime of sleeping under a bridge or whatever. And, well, having an address and a private shower also helps people get jobs so it's win-win. But I'm sure you'd rather waste tax dollars criminalizing poverty than even risk accidentally helping someone.
A lifelong Republican's idea of ending homelessness is putting them into camps. A real estate developer's idea of ending homelessness is building the camps.
As a general principle, if rich people really like a candidate, the rest of us should vote for their opponent. Rich celebrities liking a candidate is no different.
Bull💩 Rick Caruso will be tough on crime and homeless encampments. We want someone who will be tough. Karen Bass wants to put therapists instead of police officers. These thugs with guns are not going to listen to a therapist. Rick Caruso for Mayor
If Caruso wanted to make more money the last thing he should do is run for mayor. It’s a bad job, so the only reason he wants it is probably because he genuinely cares.
LA city audit finds $1.2 billion dollar program spends $837,000 to house a single homeless person. democrats just want to steal peoples money and squander it all into oblivion
Caruso is bad news for the Gen Pop here in LA. Yet, with so many redevelopments and investors reinventing the city for the upper echelon, he just might win... Ultimately, money seems to dictate most things.
He’s not bad news for Angelenos. What are you talking about? We want someone to add cops on the streets to fight rising crime. We want someone who is going to put a stop to homeless encampments. If the homeless don’t abide by the rules, they will face consequences.
Bad news? So you want Karen Bass who is going to be the same thing we have been having in LA for the past few years. Easy on crime and vagrants/homelessness.
@@imalwaysright.6663 From a guy that isn't from LA, or anywhere close by, you don't stop crime by just putting more officers on the street, nor do you stop the homeless's problem by stopping their encampments. This is a social problem that will require a complex approach in many fields, whoever says the answers is just more cops or give simple answers, they're most likely wrong. But hey, that's just my 2 cents.
@@MyToranja he is for having more cops on the streets since there is a shortage. Karen wants social workers and therapists to tell criminals to not steal and attack innocent people. That’s not going to work. Criminals need to be held accountable. Caruso will have shelter built for the homeless and they will have to take it. If they don’t take it, it will be an issue. If there are homeless that are causing chaos on the streets, they will be placed in conservatorships. Karen says she feels safe on the streets.. because she’s planning on being soft on the homeless and we want them off the streets.
The irony of this situation is that if he really wanted to "get the homeless off the streets" he could have used that 40 million dollars to have: bought some land, built some apartment buildings, started a charity so that he'd have more cash coming in for the cause, moved some homeless into the buildings rent free for the first year of their stay, help them rehabilitate into society by the end of that year, keep the rent low so that they can afford to live there after the first year is up and use any profits from the rent he gets to help more people! But he's more interested in ads and "getting the message out there" than actually doing something to the people he claims to want to help. 😮💨🙄
LA city audit finds $1.2 billion dollar program spends $837,000 to house a single homeless person. democrats just want to steal peoples money and squander it all into oblivion
Now imagine if Biden decided to use the 40 billion dollars he sent to corrupt Ukraine to build housing for homeless people all across America, the irony how he decided to use FEDERAL money to help citizens of a foreign country instead of helping his own citizens, Caruso has the right on how he can spend his OWN money, no one has the right to tell a person how they can spend their OWN money
Homelessness covers many different situations from families that face eviction or foreclosure with no recourse to youth who have left or been forced out of a bad situation to people with a variety of illnesses. Suppose we wanted to solve the problem for families by providing small two bedroom apartments. IF you could build at $100/sq ft and IF the av. unit is 500 sq ft. only and IF you can get the land donated by the city or the govt. or some other donor then each unit would cost 50K and you could build 800 units. More likely it would cost twice that, or more, and you could build 400 units for $40 M. If you go for single bedroom+ bath only, no cooking facilities , which might be a strategy for single youth, veterans, etc., you might be able to get shelter built for as little as 20-25K/unit (but don't count on it) and 40M would pay for as many as 2000 bedrooms. Neither would make a dent in the homeless problem in LA, which has been in the 40,000 range for several years now. HOWEVER - homelessness costs might decline if we could get people sheltered and cities might actually save money building housing for the (chronically) homeless rather then leaving them to suffer (medical costs are a big part of the public costs of allowing people to be without shelter.)
Rick Caruso is getting Celebrity Endorsements that means he is even more out of touch he is too close to the Fame and Wealthy if you live in L.A vote for Karen Bass
Nonsense. Caruso actually volunteers at charitable organizations and goes to Church. How many celebrities do that? He is a man of faith and humility. The celebs just want on the bandwagon.
The key in LA is to vote for anyone but Caruso. Caruso is the most likely to get to the 50% cut off to avoid a runoff, so a vote for anyone else prevents him from sweeping the election.
He has already spent$40 Million for the General Primary. If he gets the Dem nomination and spends even half that between now and November, it makes me wonder just how much he (and his donors) plan to make from the power that comes with the position.
@@55Days Huh? I wans't talking about "him" per se. I was referring to all politicians in America. You don't win elections unless you already have money. For the most part. And those that are in stay in because of donor money. Pay to play is illegal but goes unchecked. Just wish I had the money to run because I would clean house and mop the floors with these jerks.
@@55Days I am giving him credit -- it's OBVIOUS he was/is successful to sink $40 million of his own dollars just to win the primary. He's running on a platform that has "Homelessness" as one of, if not, the biggest issue. I'd love to know how much he's put in to "fix" this issue over the last 2-3 years. Call me skeptical of politicians.... but I cannot overlook the fact that areas with ”homeless camps"are a huge obstacle for commercial developers. Perhaps, it's only commercial developers running for public office that cause my brain to flash "Alert!"
If I had 40 million. I would start rehabilitation centres/ hotels Free of cost for the people on the streets. I don't want those people to get off the streets. I want them to get back on the right path.
@@pinhead35 Caruso reduced crime as head of the police commission in the 90s through community policing. I hope he does the same because military style tactics don't work. By the way, Bass will also increase LAPD funding. It's up to the community to hold them accountable for safe and fair policing, which I know will never be safe and fair for some, but that's not just an LA thing, and I think Bass or Caruso will do what they can to make that better.
Would but doesn't care. He says things like private and public investments should be used to stem homelessness.... Okay, where are the private funds, Rick?????? Lying trash.
LA city audit finds $1.2 billion dollar program spends $837,000 to house a single homeless person. democrats just want to steal peoples money and squander it all into oblivion
Some quick math says that's $600 for every homeless person in LA. Edit: I guess you should double it to $1200 since he's paying all that to only get 50-50 odds of winning.
@@brbjk.m.846 11 million jobs and nowhere to live becuase if you get a job paying 16$ an hour and the average rental is 2000$ a month for a 1 bedroom apartment in LA leaving them with only 560$ for food and bills. So they need to create affordable housing there or give them an option to move to another part of the country.
He's rich enough to have made a difference in the homelessness epidemic in LA way before now. People are so gullible, it's obvious him becoming Mayor will benefit him and his rich friends in some capacity. Not to mention he's a life-long republican, his agenda won't coincide with the constituents.
40 million could have gone towards non-profit companies that actually help the homeless instead of ads that are just to get someone elected into a position of power...
LA city audit finds $1.2 billion dollar program spends $837,000 to house a single homeless person. democrats just want to steal peoples money and squander it all into oblivion
It Caruso really has heart for the people he'd take that 40mil and put into affordable housing. You don't have to be in office to make significant change, especially if you're a multi-millionare.
@@chita4114 yes all the buildable land in LA has already been taken. the only way to create more space is to bulldoze single family houses and build high density apartments. then you have to build infrastructure to support those apartments
@@imalwaysright.6663 Being "tough" on those who are unhoused is not a solution to the problem as no one says to themselves "I enjoy being without a roof over my head, and a warm bed to sleep in". Bass's approach is correct as it seems to get to the root while Caruso is only going after the symptom. You should care for people while also rooting out criminal elements that are detrimental to society as a whole.
I live in LA and don't have cable but have gotten a Rick Carusso mailer every single day. It makes me sick, that a lot of people will see that and vote for it.
I agree with you ..Bass is the right candidate but I won’t be surprised if he wins because a lot of clueless people will vote based on ad and if Trump can become president….the
At the height of the pandemic when both Gavin Newsom and Eric Garcetti were on tv DAILY I still had to remind people who did which job. Something about politics just shuts some people down, it's infuriating.
People with that much money will not spend millions to help others. They will use that money to get power so they get more money and stay rich. And get richer. 🤷🏻♀️
LA city audit finds $1.2 billion dollar program spends $837,000 to house a single homeless person. democrats just want to steal peoples money and squander it all into oblivion
You mean how LA keeps spending 10 million a year on homeless related programs and nothing happens? In 2016 when HHH was signed with 1.2 billion for housing and yet only a third of the 10K units have been built after 6 years? Bass was a part of all of that... what's going to change if she's mayor?
LA city audit finds $1.2 billion dollar program spends $837,000 to house a single homeless person. democrats just want to steal peoples money and squander it all into oblivion
He will build more shelters and make them mandatory. Currently most shelter beds are empty because the streets are filled with drunks and junkies. This is all most LA natives want. No camping laws enforced.
LA has turned a mini houses project for the homeless into an impossibility. Somehow, after the tiny house is built, it will cost around $325-$350k. Sticky fingers? More like sticky arms and legs to take as much funding possible and jack the cost up to build. $$$ wasted.
"Never vote for a business man. Seriously it's ALWAYS business for them. Even philanthropy is business for them, what is politics." -Me. I said it first.
Carusso's solution to the homeless crisis is gonna be what he's always done - gentrify all those areas and ship the homeless to san francisco its not a solution so much as NIMBY (not in my backyard)
6:54 this reminds me of the time in the 2016 Repulican Primary in Indiana when Ted Cruz begged and pressured Mike Pence for an endorsement, and Mike Pence reluctantly went on TV and said "I voted for Ted Cruz."
@@Sammich4839 Cost of living increases -- economy growing too fast. Not everyone can keep up. Beats living in Deadendsville for those who can. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
@@Sammich4839 There are rather few "conservative cities" worth living in. (Small towns and right-wing suburbs, maybe, but actual cities?) Note that Caruso, like the Republican he actually is, has no credible plan to solve the problem - he just uses it as voter bait.
It's almost like he actually doesn't care about homelessness and is only using the mayoral race to boost a potential run for governor, senate, or presidency in the future. Not saying Bass (or the other candidates) aren't doing that either, but they're at least politicians so you know that's at least in the equation for them.
@@JuanWayTrips Caruso is a billionaire who lived in LA in whole life. He wants to be Mayor and help the city. If he wins and runs for governor, I'll Venmo you $20. Just reply to this comment.
That's nowhere near what it would take. LA is set to invest $3 billion over the next 5 years. It still might not make a dent, as there have been plenty of resources and money spent to try to solve this problem. The issue is not money, it's the people in charge of spending the money: politicians.
LA city audit finds $1.2 billion dollar program spends $837,000 to house a single homeless person. democrats just want to steal peoples money and squander it all into oblivion
"I wanna take the Democratic party back to what it was 30 years ago!" Does he realise 30 years ago was 1992? Does he remember who was elected President and what happened? Get this man a cigar.
30 years is nothing in the grand scheme of the universe, no point getting so worked up over something that minute. what difference you really think that’s gonna make on the expiration date of our solar system when the sun finally collapses?
Too late…we passed the point of no return many many years ago. Politicians meet many times to discuss the crisis…but, never any concrete effective actions to reverse the problem. We are doomed as a planet….very soon !
@@Sammich4839 Trump's refusal to acknowledge COVID as a threat and calling it a "Democrat hoax" even though he was aware in January 2020 how deadly it was caused mass death - about 400,000.
@@Sammich4839 The needless deaths occurred at that time because the alt-right media questioned the efficacy of the vaccines. And, of course, the word "freedom" became the rallying cry of those who resisted being vaccinated, mostly Republicans. Boebert recommended that no one get their "ouchy Fauci". The fault lies not in our stars, but in the Republican Party.
Yep Caruso is gonna be rough for LA, but luckily a lot of people don’t know that the controller has the most powerful job in LA as they hold the mayor and city council accountable by approving budgets, so hopefully a sellout won’t win and someone who has a spine can take that seat.
He could simply push his associates to run for city council, put money behind them and shift the power to a council of yes people who support his motives. City council is the least of his worries.
Wait, I just voted, but is there both a city controller AND a state controller? Just wondering if there's this election in addition to another one back to back.
@@portsyde3466 yes there is a city and state controller, the city controller has the most power. Don’t vote for Galperin, he had a whole scandal with DWP and is just absolutely spineless and corrupt
LA city audit finds $1.2 billion dollar program spends $837,000 to house a single homeless person. democrats just want to steal peoples money and squander it all into oblivion
Yup let me know to definitely not vote for Caruso. They are gonna make the housing situation worse. Red flag is when he said I want to go back to how it was but doesn't specify.
LA city audit finds $1.2 billion dollar program spends $837,000 to house a single homeless person. democrats just want to steal peoples money and squander it all into oblivion
To end the homeless problem, you don’t have to be mayor. He could simply put money behind programs to prove they work then run on the successes of those programs. Who spends $40 million to promote ending homelessness and doesn’t apply any of the existing resources ACTUALLY ending it?
LA city audit finds $1.2 billion dollar program spends $837,000 to house a single homeless person. democrats just want to steal peoples money and squander it all into oblivion
How come no one ever asks these candidates what they’ve done on the record about these issues that they say they’re going to solve? It’s not that no one prior to them nor their efforts, if any, have solved the problem already…duh? But I’m just a pastor in Jersey City …blessings
When are people going to learn from experience that politicans promise many things in adds and campaigns but never actually get anything done but only feed their own pockets
There is an expression in the Wasteland: "Old World Blues. It refers to those so obsessed with the past they can't see the present, much less the future, for what it is. They stare into the what-was, eyes like pilot lights, guttering and spent, as the realities of their world continue on around them. Science is a long, steady progression into the future. What may seem a sudden event often isn't felt for years, even centuries, to come.
Anybody else thinking he could've spent $40 million helping homeless people instead of buying ads? Also, getting endorsements from the wealthiest, most powerful people in the city that you're running in? That's like straight out of the playbook for corruption.
LA city audit finds $1.2 billion dollar program spends $837,000 to house a single homeless person. democrats just want to steal peoples money and squander it all into oblivion
I don't care if he switched parties, the current democrats in office hasn't made things any better. Bass' district is plagued with trash, homelessness and crime. If she can't clean up her own district, she can't do it for all of Los Angeles.
@@paulg6527 Yes. Let us choose the dishonesty of the super weathly to lead the way to a fair and perfect future for us all. That's the way to go. What could possibly go wrong?
"He thinks the biggest issue in LA is..." "...getting these people off the streets." "And you think Caruso will do that." "Yeah." Did the reporter then ask, "HOW will Caruso do that?" Nope. Instead of spending $40 million on his campaign for Mayor, maybe Caruso should donate a billion dollars to build homeless shelters and public housing.
As a Californian, I always wonder why we always some of the most loony candidates such as Larry Elder, Rick Caruso, Ronald Reagan and Omar Navarro? It's frankly embarrassing.
@@imalwaysright.6663 Excuse me? Is that supposed to be an insult? I'll have you know that I live in a home. Caruso wants a police state which has shown to fail many times. L.A.'s budget mostly goes to the police.
@@anibalhyrulesantihero7021 there is a cop shortage. The criminals are stealing and attacking because they know nobody will do anything about it. Clearly, there need to be more people to enforce the law.
Always amusing when people want change so badly that they'll resort to electing people who have obviously succeeded with everything the way it's been, thinking they'll want to change anything that made them successful. Rich people aren't going to change the game to help you. They're going to further consolidate their power at your expense (or in this case, criminalize homelessness and continue to throw *more* money at police).
1st off kudos that but about "we already tried the past" is straight genius....I'm mad we still have people thinking Politicians can get "stuff" done because of a commercial 🤦🏿♂️🤦🏿♂️🤦🏿♂️
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