LA is spending hundreds of millions of dollars to get the homeless off the streets, but there is little help and housing for those with chronic addiction and mental health issues. The I-Team's Joel Glover reports on Feb. 26, 2024.
In 2013, I was homeless, got into drugs went to prison, and then I got to know Jesus and he changed my life...Heaven came through for me in my finances too, getting $50,000 in 2months. I can support God's work and give back to my community. God is more than enough! Now I have a new identity and am a child of God
The city also coddles Gang members who sell drugs to the most vulnerable making treating mental illness an impossibility. Make no mistake, there's money being made by these so-called "non profits"
@@lissyalcala7729Maybe they died in terrible car crash that Caleb survived and is haunted by to this day and that's why he takes drugs. Any number of things could have happened. Show some compassion like a human being and stop acting like a slithering reptile.
Yeah, I understand that mental hospitals still have a very bad stigma, but at least these people would be housed and fed and not left to rot on the streets. The main problem is funding and finding enough people willing to work at places like that. They'll be understaffed and more likely to hire underqualified people and opportunistic monsters.
@@firstlast8258What should be done for severely disabled people? They need 24/7 mental care. A mental hospital is what is most beneficial to people like that
FYI, nobody grows up WANTING to become a drug addict. I know i most certainly didnt dream of growing up to become one, or to struggle with homelessness! A life of addiction is pure hell, & i wouldnt wish it upon my worst enemy 👌 💯
@@mistypfitzer111The point being made is that nobody forced them to do drugs to begin with. They chose that themselves knowing the dangers yet proceeded with the bad decision. Their situation is a result of their actions. I'm not saying that they can't change but they must make that choice themselves.
"We failed them" as a statement does not absolve them of responsibility. It is referring to the fact that the state decided many years ago to close state mental hospitals and instead rely on an army of small local agencies. This policy change has proven to be a failure. The main reason, in my opinion, as a long-time employee in the financial department of one such agency, is that they are desperately underfunded. In fact, the state actually gives us an incentive to pay no more than minimum wage to caregivers!
Part of the problem is the money goes to non-profit organizations that waste the money. They don't pay the employees enough to do the work, and they overload them with clients. But the upper management makes big money. But to try and help people like Caleb that are so far gone they would have to be locked up and treatment forced on them.
I'm not sure about all your points, but I will back you up on one thing, the front line caregivers are underpaid. I worked for a similar local agency for 7 years in the financial department and what really frustrated and angered me is how the state (our funder) gave us an incentive to pay no more than minimum wage. Of course that makes it hard to hire enough caregivers to serve your population properly.
stfu, go speak to the homelss and really hear what they have to say,,,,more than likely they came from another state cuz cali has good weather and they love drugs and the street.
Problem is you can't help someone who doesn't want it. Last thing we need is the government involved in our mental health leading to forced treatment for perceived instability. This is a gateway to mind control. Just like the plastic bag bans which has resulted in more plastic usage, it will produce negative effect. It won't work for obvious reasons others listed. To keep receiving funding from feds, state will procure patients whether they are truly mentally ill or not. Please vote NO on PROP 1!
they voted for all that.....this include the homeless people. Newsom never got recalled and got voted in twice. They voted for the DA and agreed to the useless LAPD.
"The surprised followers ask when they did these things for Him, and Jesus replies, “The King will answer them, 'Truly, I say to you, as you did it to one of the least of these my brothers, you did it to me. " (Matthew 25:40)
@all1soul Perhaps people should stop being "followers" and start taking ownership of their own actions. Hopefully, Mathew won't become a drug addict and ask Jesus why his life is all Fcked up. Each individual needs to take accountability of their own lives and stop blaming their poor choices on others.
@all1soul No "hardships" to report here, im doing very well Im in my late 30s, have my own business, 3 properties (2 are rentals) I have never been incarcerated or addicted to anything. Hard work, sacrifice, and commitment got me here. I also donate to my local orphanage as well as my local children's hospital. Drug use is a CHOICE. It doesn't hurt me one bit to see people struggling because THEY 100% decided to consume and end up in their current situation. We as taxpayers should NOT be responsible for idiots who decide to consume drugs. If you dont agree, by all means, care for them yourself!!! I lost my mother when I was 3. My father abandoned my brother and I shortly after that. Does that give me a "pass" to become a junkie???... NO!!! People need to stop crying and get their (S) together, stop blaming their choice to consume drugs on a rough past! 1 Party 2 rough past 3 influence boyfriend/girlfriend (Top 3 reasons why people consume)
"as a community we failed him" - no he failed himself the multiple times you've tried to help him and he's ended up back to smoking meth, that's HIS choice not the community!
Primitive man was doing fine living outdoors. Then one day one man built a humble home for his family. When he finished his mud hut, that man became responsible for making everyone else on the planet 'homeless.' The moral of the story is, unless are going to build a home for everyone, don't bother building anything.
The surprised followers ask when they did these things for Him, and Jesus replies, “The King will answer them, 'Truly, I say to you, as you did it to one of the least of these my brothers, you did it to me. '” (Matthew 25:40)
He is not welcome inside the program either. The rest can't live with him, because he constantly makes noise, won't sleep, and probably does drugs in secret. He needs to go to a mental hospital where he can get more help.
The Great Flood in 2013 was a great example where NORMAL people (and seniors and even families) were homeless for awhile in Calgary, Alberta. The community centres opened wide, food was free, but I also had to get to WORK in the early a.m. All night, the ones who didn't work were horkling snot, coughing, getting up to go smoke outside every hour on the hour. You couldn't GET you ZZZZ's, and like Mike Arhmentrait in BB, I NEED my sleep!! Buddy and I went up to Franklin Station transit and camped on the hill. Thank God it was summer, and due to the flood the cops were supportive. Now, to work. You are correct: he'll f....k it up for everyone else, and disrupt everyone else. That's the problem with druggies, even those not nut cases: self absorbed, no awareness of their impact .
The City of LA will spend $250M on the Inside Safe program, which translates inside the politicians' pockets where it is safe. Homelessness is a billion-dollar business for CA.
"The surprised followers ask when they did these things for Him, and Jesus replies, “The King will answer them, 'Truly, I say to you, as you did it to one of the least of these my brothers, you did it to me. " (Matthew 25:40)
"The surprised followers ask when they did these things for Him, and Jesus replies, “The King will answer them, 'Truly, I say to you, as you did it to one of the least of these my brothers, you did it to me. " (Matthew 25:40)
I can tell you personally that almost ALL the homeless/druggies in Vancouver are from other provinces or the interior. Media and govt. TRY to refute that, but the boots on the ground say no.
We failed NO ONE! Their comes a time when adults need to take responsibility for themselves! These homeless people have become so self entitled. I got one harassing me at a McDonald's once demanding a hamburger from me. Calling me all sorts of names, the nutter left when I turned my phone on him to cuss out the person behind me in the drive thru. Mental health? Everyone and their dog is mentally ill, I myself suffer with OCD but I still go work everyday to pay my bills.
@@Network126 And assholes like @Tallacus support laws which directly CRIMINALIZE people like you, simply based on the actions of Tweakers. Gotta love Collectivism.
@@Network126 Yet you smoke weed in your rank @ss trailer with missyfoo. Poor baby cat, hopefully he doesnt become more of a waste yute like her daddy 🤑🤑🤑
We need more journalists like Joel Grover. It opened my eyes when NBCLA showed the Streets of Shame series. It's unbelievable if you see those stories.
$250 mill, thats for one program, lets not forget the billions spent per year, BTW they are trying to raise sales tax again for more money for the homeless
@@ZelenoffPromotions "The surprised followers ask when they did these things for Him, and Jesus replies, “The King will answer them, 'Truly, I say to you, as you did it to one of the least of these my brothers, you did it to me. " (Matthew 25:40)
"The surprised followers ask when they did these things for Him, and Jesus replies, “The King will answer them, 'Truly, I say to you, as you did it to one of the least of these my brothers, you did it to me. " (Matthew 25:40)
Los Angeles is ridiculous! My grandpa just got a letter in the mail from the city that he will be getting 500 fine a day plus misdemeanor charges if a vehicle isn’t moved from his driveway. The car is at the back of the driveway out of site and they are doing that to a retired elderly man
I lived in NYC and I can tell you why. Because a city will always after money from the people who obey laws and pay their bills, (like your grandpa) when they inevitably need money to do things for people who don't do either.
The problem is addiction that leads to mental health problems. It’s hard to help those who don’t want to be helped. California has a lot of desert. Make a city in the desert for the homeless, and if they want to rejoin society then they will have to get clean and learn a trade. Rather than force them to to live along us which they obviously won’t do in their state
Problems is also Bureaucrats purposely stalling. It takes 2 months for homeless to even receive housing while illegal migrants are able to get prepaid cards and shelter in weeks. You have a corrupt syatem for profit who claim non profit org.
In China, whoever sells drugs over 50grams (2 ounces) is subject to death penalty. That's why they don't have serious drug problems. Be tough on crimes, be tough on drugs.
China, Japan, etc have sensible drug laws. 1000s of years old civilizations. It's weird being in the "West" and knowing I'm in the middle of a dying civilization.
maybe newsome will create an exemption for homeless people, like he created exemptions for hig High School friend billionaire who owns all those Panera restaurants. $$$ a little backroom deal or two to fix the problem
The surprised followers ask when they did these things for Him, and Jesus replies, “The King will answer them, 'Truly, I say to you, as you did it to one of the least of these my brothers, you did it to me. '” (Matthew 25:40)
"The surprised followers ask when they did these things for Him, and Jesus replies, “The King will answer them, 'Truly, I say to you, as you did it to one of the least of these my brothers, you did it to me. " (Matthew 25:40)
The surprised followers ask when they did these things for Him, and Jesus replies, “The King will answer them, 'Truly, I say to you, as you did it to one of the least of these my brothers, you did it to me. '” (Matthew 25:40)
And with an attitude like that you will most likely reincarnate into an addict into your next lifetime so you can learn compassion the hard way. Either that, or if you;re seriously cold hearted enough, maybe you'll get to reincarnate into being a cockroach over and over for a few billion years before you can earn your way up to being a cricket or a housefly for another billion years. According to our Heavenly Father, as it is written in the Epistles of John, we are here to love and help each other and to actively serve each day as good stewards to the planet and to all the creatures residing upon our Earth Mother.
100 % NOT TRUE ITS THE SYSTEMS FAULT THEY ARE LOCKED INTO JAIL LIKE CENTRE'S AND TREATED LIKE CRMINALS WITH THE indignity of getting all your stuff stolen
This might be a hot take, but I think they actually should be last line. There are limited resources and they should first be spent on the people who show the most potential for being able to improve their situation and stay off the streets. There are some genuinely upstanding and hardworking who fall on hard times and just need a break to get back on their feet.i think we should focus on them first and then the crackheads.
I gave up on homeless housing services, and bought a 24 year old Toyota Sienna instead. I work and I'm not on drugs. They just kept trying to shove me into shelters full of alcoholics and drug addicts, without any privacy. I can't live like that. I kept asking about motel rooms and tiny homes, to no avail. There's just no help available, even for hose of us who are mentally stable, actively working, and actually trying to fix our lives. It's ridiculous. The system is severely broken.
@@Network126You're right. I have been scouring for resources, calling around, googling and I still haven't found any resources for average Americans who may have hit tough times and need help to prevent homelessness.
@@That6ftChick Yes, it's very sad and frustrating. I ended up putting a 100 watt solar panel on the roof of my van. Now I've got something of a bedroom on wheels.
There is no solution to homelessness based on how we are doing things. We basically need to ask them nicely to get off the street and provide treatment. Some people either are to addicted to drugs or they are to mentally unstable to even make that choice.
I gave up on homeless housing services, and bought a 24 year old Toyota Sienna instead. I work and I'm not on drugs. They just kept trying to shove me into shelters full of alcoholics and drug addicts, without any privacy. I can't live like that. I kept asking about motel rooms and tiny homes, to no avail. There's just no help available, even for hose of us who are mentally stable, actively working, and actually trying to fix our lives. It's ridiculous. The system is severely broken.
The surprised followers ask when they did these things for Him, and Jesus replies, “The King will answer them, 'Truly, I say to you, as you did it to one of the least of these my brothers, you did it to me. '” (Matthew 25:40)
They come from all over America to Hollywood looking for fame but end up on the street. Because it hard to break into showbiz and LA is expensive. That's why LA has a huge homeless issue.
The surprised followers ask when they did these things for Him, and Jesus replies, “The King will answer them, 'Truly, I say to you, as you did it to one of the least of these my brothers, you did it to me. '” (Matthew 25:40)
"The surprised followers ask when they did these things for Him, and Jesus replies, “The King will answer them, 'Truly, I say to you, as you did it to one of the least of these my brothers, you did it to me. " (Matthew 25:40)
Looks just like the Tenderloin in San Francisco. The government is the problem and has enabled the issue. Police being defunding did not help and not allowing the police to enforce the law doesn’t help. Politicians with their lies and failed policies are the problem. All the empty commercial buildings in downtown LA that have been vacant for decades need to be torn down and rezoned for residential housing affordable housing. It’s that simple the politicians can have the city of LA purchase these properties. They don’t want to do they would rather continue to profit off of people living in poverty. That’s beyond horrible. Smh
They didnt even ask him if he WANTED to live off the streets, or if he WANTED to get clean...:/ he has to want to change & want to better his life, & have at least a little faith that it will happen..i know how crappy our systems are in regards to helping the homeless permanent housing.. ive struggled with homelessness all my adult life almost, & addiction as well as comorbity, & chronic illness/ physical limitations.. not anywhere near as severe as that case, but ive slipped thru the cracks too & youre so easily forgotten once u do 😢😢
@ntYes, we can. "The surprised followers ask when they did these things for Him, and Jesus replies, “The King will answer them, 'Truly, I say to you, as you did it to one of the least of these my brothers, you did it to me. " (Matthew 25:40)
Yeap, all those 65 BILLION would help build tens of thousands of apartments for low income people and for the homeless as well ... But, we are better off throwing it elsewhere... Apparently, all in the name of national security... 🤔🤔😋😋😋😋😋
Wouldn't have mattered, we've been throwing money at this problem for decades now and it's done absolutely nothing. The only difference now is it's gotten much worse.
Over where i am in Canada b.c housing and many other services are available but alot of the time, the addiction is so bad that they refuse treatment and would rather die high than get well, so in the sence this story is suggesting to have them institutionalized, forced off the streets against thier will and force medicated, which may be the only real option, when you are so completly sick you cannot help yourself...
The surprised followers ask when they did these things for Him, and Jesus replies, “The King will answer them, 'Truly, I say to you, as you did it to one of the least of these my brothers, you did it to me. '” (Matthew 25:40)
@a287 True. Yet, once we awaken to our enslavement to our own egos and gain the wisdom to surrender our will over to God's will this is the beginning of true wisdom and discovering the Heaven within Christ spoke of.
"The surprised followers ask when they did these things for Him, and Jesus replies, “The King will answer them, 'Truly, I say to you, as you did it to one of the least of these my brothers, you did it to me. '” (Matthew 25:40)
Money doesn't make a difference because we still let the homeless make the *choice* to remain homeless. Homelessness has to be made illegal once and for all, with housing available for everyone. If they refuse, they need to pack up and leave town. No more of this expensive, out of control nonsense.
“Pack up and leave town” with a destination to where exactly? No matter where they go there will be a you. The consequence of creating societies is that the governing bodies are responsible for all people.. not just the ones that they prefer.
Throwing them in jail is also a big waste of money? County government should pay homeless to pick up trash and whatnot, if theyblow their whole paycheck that's their own fault. Maybe even give them discount living quarters or something like rent out some cheap apartments. There's lots of work out there, just it's alot harder getting jobs when you smell like a dumpster and look all scruffy. Hell make be even rentout a big field and put up tents, charge em like 400$ a month, put in some bathrooms and solar chargers.
@@zulutimeproductions3143let's start by sending them back to where they came from. Ohio for example in Caleb's case. If you got rid of all of these California dream chaser's, there would be few homeless and drug addicts on the street. Every time they do the homeless count they find that like 90% of these people are from other places .... So pack up and go back to wherever the hell you came from. Be a crackhead in Ohio
Rent NEEDS to be tied to the actual INCOME of people who live in a place. If rent is unaffordable for the average INCOME in a neighborhood, it needs to be illegal to charge more than what is reasonable.
Most of the homeless i interviewed in Los angeles arent even from California. They are from small towns in in the east coast where they committed a crime and were banished and told to go yo California. We should bill those states and ship them back ! People forget that there is those who were once special needs kids, parents die and they are left alone. Where is the funding for a program for those who when the parents pass their special needs grown adults are still housed.
All theyd have to do is lessen these unnecessary tax burden get the inflation down by drilling for oil. Once the inflation improves stop these programs and special interests.
The surprised followers ask when they did these things for Him, and Jesus replies, “The King will answer them, 'Truly, I say to you, as you did it to one of the least of these my brothers, you did it to me. '” (Matthew 25:40)
All hard street drugs should be banned ,but when corrupt politicians are in charge, there's is little hope that 250 million dollar will be used to actually help the people. Also, the problem with hard street drugs and how it ruins people ' s life's ,mind, body and soul, should be a topic of education in schools ! It only takes 1 wrong,fake,manipulative friend to drag a person down the wrong path of self destruction!! If someone offers a young person drugs, run the other way!
Ronald Reagan closed the mental asylums and other facilities for people like Caleb back in the 1980s. Learn your history before you go spouting nonsense.
At some point, it might be beneficial for America to ask itself why so many of its citizens choose to use drugs like Meth as an activity...my sense is that the guys' situation in the clip is more of a symptom of the problem than the actual problem.
@@thejuicerr Trying drugs is a choice ,,, lits less of a choice once one is addicted. What I was getting at was wondering what has led to so many in this county making the choice to try something as potentially damaging as Meth? That is the real core of the issue.
As a community we failed NO ONE lady. We didn't make him addicted to meth....HE DID THAT TO HIMSELF. THE ONES HOOKED ON DRUGS DO NOT WANT THE HELP especially if it means getting clean and withdrawals. WAKE UP Drug addiction IS CAUSING THE MENTAL ILLNESS. These addicts are NOT my problem. Caleb should have had better parents 🤷♀️ blame them.
I wish recovered people from drug abuse, mental illnesses could volunteer to talk to these homeless people housed in recovery living to help them get back on their feet.
No, it was ever since Ronald Reagan closed the mental asylums and other places these people used to get help so he and his friends could get a little bit richer.
@@geoff3103 No, it's correct. There was little homelessness (with certain exceptions) in the US before deinstitutionalization. This began under Carter, but Reagan increased the pace and finished the job.
"The surprised followers ask when they did these things for Him, and Jesus replies, “The King will answer them, 'Truly, I say to you, as you did it to one of the least of these my brothers, you did it to me. '” (Matthew 25:40)
Gawd! I visited California several times, Los Angeles Area and San Fransisco Bay Area. They have a lot of homeless people all over their cities and a lot of homeless encampments. Also, a lot of the homeless I encountered had mental problems. I could tell because my late uncle, my dad's oldest brother, had mental problems. There's nothing California can do really. Homelessness is universal. I'm from Chicago and I also visited Paris, France twice also and those cities have their own homeless problems also. It so happens California, Hawaii, Texas, and Florida has a lot of homeless people because it's warm over there compared to Chicago. In Chicago, the weather can be minus -10 to -19 degrees below freezing here with massive snowstorms and a lot of heavy rains. If I was homeless, I wouldn't stick around Chicago. I would migrate to southern California or southern Florida.
You failed yourself by writing these sentences. God sees what's in your heart. The surprised followers ask when they did these things for Him, and Jesus replies, “The King will answer them, 'Truly, I say to you, as you did it to one of the least of these my brothers, you did it to me. '” (Matthew 25:40)
I was almost homeless a couple of weeks ago when it was raining guess what ? Rhere was no space for me so mich for the shelter inside not only that rhe people who atrend you wheb you tey to get help are heartless
"The surprised followers ask when they did these things for Him, and Jesus replies, “The King will answer them, 'Truly, I say to you, as you did it to one of the least of these my brothers, you did it to me. " (Matthew 25:40)
Republicans aren't going to fix anything. They're just going to make the economy worse and give more money to rich in the form of tax cuts while they destroy basic infrastructure to save money, and then spend the rest of their time screeching about how all women should only be stay at home housewives and be pumping out 10 kids.
@@newtrollaccount384 You're right, but this isn't the same GOP. There's loads of answers if you do just a little research. The progressive experiment is failing in California.
How about you learn to put yourself in his shoes and others like him and try to understand that he's probably suffered from many factors that causes one to turn to drugs to ease their emotional pain and suffering. How about considering what awful things he's been through and how awful it is to have to sleep on the streets. I'd like to see you try and survive a week on the streets with no money and a terrible drug habit.
I gave up on homeless housing services, and bought a 24 year old Toyota Sienna instead. I work and I'm not on drugs. They just kept trying to shove me into shelters full of alcoholics and drug addicts, without any privacy. I can't live like that. I kept asking about motel rooms and tiny homes, to no avail. There's just no help available, even for hose of us who are mentally stable, actively working, and actually trying to fix our lives. It's ridiculous. The system is severely broken.
@@all1soul youre mentally ill. seriouosly go get checked out by a doc. it seems your ability to percieve and analyze reality is being hindered by something. im not even joking there is something seriously wrong with the way you view things. it seems to be completely void of any logic or learned principals. its like you live in fuzzy wuzzy land where everything can be solved with some comppasion or good intentions.
Nobody can help them but themselves, they choose to stay in that situation period. I've been through it and know plenty of other people who have and that is just how it works, throwing money at the situation is never the answer. It's not a coincidence that all the places that spend the most on "helping" drug addicts have the biggest population of them.
Build a giant facility in the desert that can house thousands of homeless with mental health treatment available. build high speed rail to allow access to job sites in the la region. There will never be enough units in LA, so the city should by land elsewhere and force these people to get treatment.
there absolutely can be enough units in LA if they're allowed to actually build housing that isn't a bunch of tract homes. they need to allow people to build more apartments instead of zoning for single family residences everywhere. in fact we need to get rid of zoning beyond very simple categories of "residential/light commercial", "office space", and "heavy/hazardous industry". no more of this single-family-dwelling only nonsense that only forces prices up because there's not enough land for detached homes everywhere
There should be a mental health intervention law. If you cause enough of a scene that requires police involvement, you are given the choice of rehab or jail. You don't get a choice to walk.
The surprised followers ask when they did these things for Him, and Jesus replies, “The King will answer them, 'Truly, I say to you, as you did it to one of the least of these my brothers, you did it to me. '” (Matthew 25:40)
That happened in SF not long ago, a homeless man climbed up on some wires over our Caltrains station, and wouldnt come down for many hours. All transportation stopped because of this one man.
The surprised followers ask when they did these things for Him, and Jesus replies, “The King will answer them, 'Truly, I say to you, as you did it to one of the least of these my brothers, you did it to me. '” (Matthew 25:40)
Common sense - you can not rehab the in the same location they buy drugs. They need to be rehabilitated in a new setting far away from the drug dealers under a strict conservatorship.
I saw a few videos from 3rd world countries, similar to this. When a situation like this arises, the community gets together to take out the trash. That is the right way.
People in their sixties can look back at life in America and remember about when it was where we as a nation gave up on our experiment in civilization building and began sliding backwards. Now we have enormously expensive programs which squander billions on a problem like having drug-addled loons wandering the streets of a city and, before the money disappears, the politicians have made the problem much worse. If the goal of the state was to dramatically increase the out-of-control homeless population, then these programs must be deemed a huge success.
The leniency is not helping. Letting them do the dope in the open, giving them tickets for possession and they don't appear in court, or when they do get arrested they get probation and just out on the street again....allowing them to put down their tents there, just allowing them to be there, is not helping. They need to change the laws back to being more strict. Arrest them. If they have to, build more jails. Or build some kind of institutions for them. The general public must be the priority in all these cases. They are the taxpayer. Look at it from that standpoint! If they want help, then there is help for them. But they don't seem to want help!
I think the backslide began in '92. The USSR had just fallen. We had no big enemy uniting us anymore, so they have tried to fill that role by inventing and exaggerating new boogeymen.
My brother has been missing for 1 week. His name is Ranulfo he's 39 years old. He's mentally ill. He doesn't have his phone and doesn't know his way home. If anyone sees him, please call 911. He has a big mole on his left elbow
