I Went To Every Single Homeless Camp In Los Angeles

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  • @NickJohnson
    @NickJohnson  2 роки тому +246

    Here's the entire California Road trip here: ua-cam.com/play/PLq-_cmf3H6yoGM0mmbTCTmMa9zMFvvDeG.html

    • @DeepsongProductions
      @DeepsongProductions 2 роки тому +12

      Just curious;
      When you were in McCarther Park did you see any homeless persons leave their cake out in the rain??
      Cheers...

    • @paulbainjr
      @paulbainjr 2 роки тому +9

      @@DeepsongProductions revealing your age 🤣

    • @SouLoveReal
      @SouLoveReal 2 роки тому +7

      With the price of land, real estate, etc, in California, and in particular large cities such as Los Angeles (the Wall Street Of The West Coast), you wonder how much money (especially taxes) is being LOST and/or just NOT being made with all of these homeless people blocking entrances to buildings, taking up sidewalk space, keeping businesses from opening, etc.

    • @seandolan5803
      @seandolan5803 2 роки тому +9

      California is a shell of what it was in the 80s and 90s, it is insane, no more walking the beaches barefoot with needles sticking up through the sand...what we witnessed on Hollywood strip was insane...I'm not sure if you can go more than a few blocks without homeless in L.A....We now have a huge population in phx of around 30,000 spread out...downtown has many blocks of tent city, the open air phentynol use in phx is also insane!

    • @seandolan5803
      @seandolan5803 2 роки тому +6

      @@DeepsongProductions mccarther park also has ms÷13 problem and have been responsible for alot of the murdered homeless.

  • @ryankottke8120
    @ryankottke8120 2 роки тому +2295

    Was homeless for 3 years from drugs, crazy thing is I bet are many Americans that are a couple paychecks and/or bad decisions away from facing the same dilemma. Got clean and sober and have remained strong since February 2018 and will never forget the cold nights, hungry days and hopeless mentality.

    • @HeyitsChar532
      @HeyitsChar532 2 роки тому +160

      Congratulations! You rock! Keep up the great work!

    • @Borat_Kazakh
      @Borat_Kazakh 2 роки тому +2

      So you were a substance abuser. Then you say many Americans are only one paycheck away from being in the streets? No, dude, you had a problem that was 99% responsible for your homelessness. Addicts, who gave into drugs and alcohol, are not normal. People with only financial problems find a different path. You are part the excuse making-crowd that enables all this chaos. And each person in this video has made a personal choice (other than the psychotics, who should be institutionalized.)

    • @ryankottke8120
      @ryankottke8120 2 роки тому +74

      @@Borat_Kazakh Yes you right, used money as an excuse along with other past traumas I refused to let go of

    • @NickJohnson
      @NickJohnson  2 роки тому +113

      Ryan email me I'd love to hear more NickJohnsonNC18@gmail

    • @tpndgo2061
      @tpndgo2061 2 роки тому +45

      Bad decisions " you said it.

  • @jamesofbmore
    @jamesofbmore 2 роки тому +419

    I am 58 years old, I have been a truck driver for the past 30 years, and a war veteran in Kuwait in 1990, and I have made great money. I have saved money, but last year I had a stroke, which wiped out my savings, I have had to use my 401K, and I don't qualify for disability, or early retirement. Doctors say I can work, I can do desk work. I can't drive I can bearly walk. I calculate that by May 2023 I will be homeless. Sometimes it is not drugs, and it's not because we don't want to work but no one will give you work because you are now a liability. I Have lost everything I earned over my lifetime due to a stroke. I have a house now, but I don't see myself having a home in 6 to 8 months.

    • @certifiedfinest5065
      @certifiedfinest5065 2 роки тому +44

      Dam bro I shouldn't you qualify for some sort of help? Reach out to some services before you lose everything

    • @aWitness33
      @aWitness33 2 роки тому +68

      You're not alone. I know exactly what you mean. I was the provider for many years. When my back was hurt in Healthcare, my spouse and teens told me in the daily to get out. My own blood. People have no idea while they're young, in good health, and starry-eyed. It can change in a second, and you realize all that mattered eas your relationships that got neglected because you were too busy working. It's all madness. This is so sad the lack of empathy and compassion.

    • @certifiedfinest5065
      @certifiedfinest5065 2 роки тому +68

      @@aWitness33 that’s why there’s high rates of homelessness in America versus those other countries - the strong emphasis on “independence” and less on strong family bonds

    • @FU.dems.left.blm.antifa.l9btq
      @FU.dems.left.blm.antifa.l9btq 2 роки тому

      Best thing to do is pack you bags and leave democrat shithole state. You have a better chance of life in Republican states.

    • @kathyborthwick6738LakotaEmoji
      @kathyborthwick6738LakotaEmoji 2 роки тому +23

      Prayers sent 🍃🌸🍃🙏🏽🍃🌸🍃

  • @CapAnson12345
    @CapAnson12345 2 роки тому +414

    The beauty of LA is if you don't go visit the homeless camps sooner or later they'll come visit you.

    • @sarbantz
      @sarbantz 2 роки тому

      Sadly, nowadays street homeless are drugs addicts, and they are addicted to cocktail of nasty chemicals such as fentanyl, horse tranquilizer, elephant tranquilizer, sedative benzo, rat poison, nitazenes chemicals, P2P based meth, wasp dope, and other nasty stuff. That is in the pills they smoke all the time. They are quickly damaged mentally and physically beyond the point of repair. Street addicts gradually destroy everything around themselves. The only thing they really wanna is to be as close as possible to their fentanyl dealers. We will never reduce street homelessness without reducing the amount of fentanyl and other nasty drugs available on our streets.

    • @steve41557
      @steve41557 2 роки тому +13

      Yes, they'll even come to your doorstep!

    • @OptimusPrinceps_Augustus
      @OptimusPrinceps_Augustus 2 роки тому +9

      Fentynl ☠️ Final Solution to homelessness

    • @sarbantz
      @sarbantz 2 роки тому +6

      @@OptimusPrinceps_Augustus ot really. New , ever younger, fentanyl addicts are recruited daily.

    • @metalmike570
      @metalmike570 2 роки тому +4

      Yeah, everyone wake up!

  • @everythingbeautiful-xc9qt
    @everythingbeautiful-xc9qt 6 місяців тому +59

    I’m a teacher in Los Angeles, my apartment rent was raised to $3,000 a month ! Forced to move out on my 50K salary, I’m teaching middle school and paying $1900 to live in a neighbor’s camper trailer !
    I have students who live with their parents in tents outside my school …. And the sad thing is, these kids get written up and detention for coming to school in a dirty school uniform ( charter school ) … I tell the principal - “ they live in a tent !” --
    I’m quitting and moving out of state.

    • @karenharrison5502
      @karenharrison5502 5 місяців тому +3

      Sad to hear this. It's getting that way here in Brisbane, Australia 😢

    • @briang.7206
      @briang.7206 4 місяці тому +3

      You should be able to find a 1 bdm apt for $1990. And rooms are available for $750 - $1000. Go to Craig's list

    • @keithd7043
      @keithd7043 3 місяці тому

      You serious?😂😂😂

    • @gilalejandro-f9x
      @gilalejandro-f9x 2 місяці тому +1

      Excelent, do not come to mexico

  • @pi-sx3mb
    @pi-sx3mb 2 роки тому +1608

    I'm an aircrew member - been traveling the entire U.S. for some 4 decades. Anywhere in California was historically the most desirable layover you could bid. That and Portland OR, Seattle, and Denver which are now CA lite. Most of my adult life I figured I'd like to eventually live anywhere in the state. About 10 years ago things started to drastically decline, and now you couldn't pay me to move there. Most major cities are disgustingly filthy insane asylums without walls. It's completely out of control. I avoid going there to the extent that I can. Once-gorgeous places like San Fran, LA, and San Diego are post-apocalyptic sh*tholes. The few nice places are shrinking safe havens floating in a sea of human detritus. I feel bad for the sane people in CA who are not responsible for the decline. Most CA residents who defend the place are the proverbial boiled frog not realizing how dire it is. I remember a time when it was clean, safe, fun, civilized, and a land of opportunity. So sad.

    • @yamama7265
      @yamama7265 2 роки тому +3

      Was very strange because newsome pays every single one of those homeless to stay in their tents they all get a lot of money a phone food stamps everything they want they're free dope just like Colorado he'll pay any guy $1,000 a month to live in a tent but they have to be tranny or converting to be a tranny they won't pay any straight guy it's all very strange

    • @Tonymanero1960
      @Tonymanero1960 2 роки тому +12

      I use the ''Stockholm Syndrome ' analogy,... whereas you used the ''boiled frog '' analogy,.....these people have been brainwashed for so long that they have started to bond with their captors(politicians, homeless advocates etc,etc). Their state is an embarrassment,........and they think it is paradise.

    • @robertmanley2687
      @robertmanley2687 2 роки тому +51

      Stranger in a Strange land.

    • @wil7228
      @wil7228 2 роки тому +91

      Very true , Corruption has got to stop .I'm in Silicon valley work everyday and can only afford a room which I am grateful for.

    • @landscapingspecialist
      @landscapingspecialist 2 роки тому +82

      I visited CA when I was 8 back in 1989. Yosemite, and San Fran. I remember thinking what a beautiful place. This must be why people move out west I thought. Haven’t been there since then. And now watching this I can’t believe my eyes 🫣

  • @JMarel
    @JMarel 2 роки тому +523

    I took my daughter to LA for her 21st birthday earlier this year. We were both excited to go for the first time. We were unprepared and in shock at the state of this place. It was so sad. You have these million dollars homes and cars and expensive shops and homeless people all on the same corner. The beautiful ocean, and many homeless tents on the sand. It was unreal to see. Half way across the country and months later I still think about those moments, and those people.

    • @oldsalt8011
      @oldsalt8011 2 роки тому +42

      Great educational experience for your daughter.

    • @jonnydanger7181
      @jonnydanger7181 2 роки тому +66

      Hollywood is about as depressing and hollow as ever.

    • @JitzyJT
      @JitzyJT 2 роки тому +10

      @@nooglenoodle1398 I agree....I love how Islam saved Syria, Yemen, Somalia, Mali and lately Afghanistan.

    • @myrnaanchores1636
      @myrnaanchores1636 2 роки тому +11

      Sorry what's the gvrnmnt doing or Mayor in every place of America bcz here in UK homeless so lucky fr Africa Muslim Country and Ukraine 🇺🇦 The UK gvrnmnt gave them nice place to live w allowance n mostly w housing benefits or in the homeless buildings w allowance and free foods coming from all the supermarkets America so popular in mny things and vry rich Country too so why they cannot do it desame law of UK 🇬🇧 and where are all actress and actors and businessmen and rich people to collect money for them and all kinds of religions there need to cooperate and doing smthng for them Life so short everyone there need to cook some foods for them and God wl be vry happy if all the rich people there wl share the blessings they are receiving everyday and bcz wtht God we are nothing and he gave us life and breath to live and mny blessings so please share and donate each other Wish all d best Our love and prayers from UK and

    • @admiralsemmes6939
      @admiralsemmes6939 2 роки тому

      I live near Los Angeles. The entire state of California is infested by illegal aliens with no job skills & thousands of homeless. The state government encourages this as our taxes shoot up and our services shrink. This used to be the most successful state in the union under Republican government.

  • @moonshinefuel
    @moonshinefuel 2 роки тому +289

    She's pointing out the problem, the city is using homeless people as a way to make money. That's what it is, the money they get allocated to them but never seems to get dispersed properly or solved. If they want to bring back Los Angeles to a beautiful city again, they would truck all of the homeless out to slab city areas, and give the billion dollars to the local municipal government there to deal with it, and then make it illegal to sleep or camp in public. But they won't do that because a few are enriching themselves and sacrificing the entire city and everyone that lives there. They'd rather destroy their own city and make and retain into the billions of dollars and live in a bubble. I am not optimistic about this ever being solved.

    • @Corrie-Lee
      @Corrie-Lee 2 роки тому +18

      Recently (within the past 3 years) we've had homeless people shipped to our city from larger ones and just this year, they took funding away for mental health. So people are dying more frequently and still have no place to go. I don't get it myself because we have a huge vacant mental hospital that was great when in use but they have next to nothing now. Not only that but now our crime rate has skyrocketed and the cops have this thing called catch and release so they're just let out no matter what they do

    • @Puffathena
      @Puffathena 2 роки тому +12

      @@Corrie-Lee No cops thing it’s DA Gascon thing

    • @dalepxp8963
      @dalepxp8963 2 роки тому

      Don’t forget brandon has an open borders policy to allow millions more homeless and crazy inside the USA from all over the WORLD.

    • @Corrie-Lee
      @Corrie-Lee 2 роки тому +7

      @@Puffathena oh, that's unfortunate. I live in Canada so I suppose ours is more of a Doug Ford thing tbh. Either way it's sad

    • @gumbie007
      @gumbie007 2 роки тому

      That’s also happening on a national and on the Federal level….across many industries. The USA is becoming a failed state and it has been sold out by many people in power! 🤨🤔🤦‍♂️

  • @thedappercook
    @thedappercook Рік тому +107

    I'm a new Zealander living in Australia and it drives me bonkers when I hear Kiwis (New Zealanders) and Aussies whinging and moaning about their country and governments. We live in the garden of Eden in comparison to most of the places seen on this channel. We are truly truly blessed.
    Love this channel Nick. Thanks for everything

    • @paspep
      @paspep Рік тому +2

      And i guess tou want to keep it that way ???
      Take notes, make sure you guys dont make the same mistakes

    • @thedappercook
      @thedappercook Рік тому +7

      @@paspep yes. Well first thing we don't have Ghettos, what we have done in Australia and New Zealand especially is intergrate everyone together housing wise, so you will have wealthy suburbs with state housing in those suburbs and this works well.

    • @investia
      @investia Рік тому +10

      YES Sydney is truly a paradise for homeless people because I saw them sleeping on queen size mattress in front of department store and the train station downtown Sydney!

    • @BrandyTexas214
      @BrandyTexas214 8 місяців тому

      As an American, I look at this and I can’t believe it. This def is a problem in liberal cities, this is not allowed where I live. Hell, if you’re sleeping in your car the cops will make you leave the area. We will have a civil war someday I promise, me and others like me won’t ever allow this to happen to our areas without a fight

    • @MrCJHamill
      @MrCJHamill 8 місяців тому +2

      There's shocking areas here in Sydney. Not on the same level as LA but still very bad.

  • @MissUnderstood_Mom
    @MissUnderstood_Mom 2 роки тому +203

    I've lived in Los Angeles for almost 30 years and it is the worst ever been and I don't see it getting any better. The homeless here don't want housing. Completely agree with this woman. As long as rich people are making money off the system, it won't change. It is not an affordable place to live unless you're wealthy.

    • @bid84
      @bid84 2 роки тому +7

      Why would you want to live there? If I had money I’d be out of there,

    • @MissUnderstood_Mom
      @MissUnderstood_Mom 2 роки тому +3

      @@bid84 I'm stuck because I work in the entertainment industry.

    • @bid84
      @bid84 2 роки тому +6

      @@MissUnderstood_Mom Ah ok, well I’m sure you live in a nice area. Absolute shame what has been allowed to happen in many US states though. Where will it bottom out?

    • @MissUnderstood_Mom
      @MissUnderstood_Mom 2 роки тому +5

      @@bid84 I hope soon. It's way past a state of emergency. :(

    • @BennieTarrMusic
      @BennieTarrMusic 2 роки тому +3

      America is obsolete.

  • @Network126
    @Network126 2 роки тому +370

    I fell into a mess of debt and homelessness during covid and nobody can seem to help me. I'm actually paying $400/mo now to illegally live in an old broken down RV on the street without electricity or running water. Yes, that's actually a thing out here. It's difficult to function like this. I'm doing all I can, yet I still owe my dad over $3k for a transmission rebuild from 2 years ago. I don't want to live like this. I'm trying to work as much as I can, but keep having so many problems and car issues, which also keep me broke/in debt. A lot of people don't understand. It's not all drugs or mental illness.

    • @aflaz171
      @aflaz171 Рік тому +60

      They don't all understand. In fact they really are cruel about it. I am starting to think people with harsh attitudes towards homeless are themselves deeply afraid it may happen to them.

    • @grandmaoil2079
      @grandmaoil2079 Рік тому +14

      @@aflaz171 homelessness doesnt just magically happen...

    • @tehja-alexandraorcherton541
      @tehja-alexandraorcherton541 Рік тому +31

      This is very true. I dislike that the creator of this video refers to homeless people as bums . Homeless people are people abd deserve dignity and respect. How we refer to people shapes how we think of them. I 100% agree with you. I do have an issue with how the creator of this channel tackles homelessness. I mean was he ever homeless himself?? If not I don't think he should talk so freely about what homeless people do .

    • @joebudi5136
      @joebudi5136 Рік тому +37

      Restaurants are the answer. Go to the same 10 restaurants a day at the same time every day and ask them if they need a dishwasher or porter. If they say no, thank them and leave. Come back every day and ask again. You WILL get work and more importantly food. Also if you are one of the last to leave the restaurant at night you can clean up good in the bathroom and them mop it spotless right then and there. If you don't get full time, go the same other restaurants at the same time every day until you get enough work.. It will work. Good luck.

    • @aflaz171
      @aflaz171 Рік тому +14

      @@joebudi5136Well Joe that's a great post! You're not judgemental in anyway and you offer a really good solution for someone out there who chooses to take your excellant advice!

  • @CP_Guy
    @CP_Guy 2 роки тому +88

    Nick, I usually skip most of your "local interviews," but this one was worth spending my time to hear all her comments. As a social worker, she is compassionate and also realistic about solving the problems that CAUSE homelessness. I also learned a new description: homelessness industrial complex - something that I was unaware of living in the Midwest. One of your best videos!

    • @NickJohnson
      @NickJohnson  2 роки тому +10

      Why do you skip the interviews??? 😢

    • @CP_Guy
      @CP_Guy 2 роки тому +3

      @@NickJohnsoni feel that SOME interviewees offer commentary without much evidence to support their opinions...others are are just repetitious. I suspect you want to add some local color, so please pardon my armchair critique...your vidoes have are one of my favorites.

    • @neilsaunders6009
      @neilsaunders6009 2 роки тому +5

      @@CP_Guy Yes. There have been some good interviewees, but also some rather weak ones. This lady was interesting, thoughtful, genuinely constructive and knew her stuff.

    • @Jazzy-BG
      @Jazzy-BG 2 роки тому +1

      I agree!

    • @ironlung2323
      @ironlung2323 2 роки тому +4

      Her interview was pretty telling. Her mentality is why it's gotten so bad. When you put the needs and wants of people who dgaf above those of who pay taxes and are trying to build a life, this is what you get. They spend all this money and energy trying to figure out how to coax the homeless into homes when the only solution is zero tolerance.

  • @johnpace2089
    @johnpace2089 Рік тому +9

    Nick Johnson, you do amazing work. Thank you and your guests.

  • @bkgourmet
    @bkgourmet 2 роки тому +188

    In 2010, I was briefly homeless in Venice Beach -after divorce, losing job and bad economy in 2009. I survived on selling some art work and eating at food banks. I couldn't stand this life style. I kept looking for work all over, until I was back on my feet a month later. It's terrible life. YES, some homeless went down on their luck, but there is a big percentage who got themselves there and have been homeless for over 10 years. NO WAY. I'll work anything and NOT remain homeless.

    • @NickJohnson
      @NickJohnson  2 роки тому +13

      You did it!!

    • @mikeb6232
      @mikeb6232 Рік тому +7

      In 2012 I moved to an oil field water hauling job in Wyoming for employment, because I could not get a job in the state I lived at the time, at least one that would pay bills and gasoline for commuting. The oil field was booming at the time, so I had to live in a combination of out of the back of my SUV with periodic motel stays, for six weeks. I got on an apartment list and it took that long for one to be available. It is far easier to work and rent a place, than be ‘homeless’. During days off the only place to park not in the sun was under the main drive’s bridge over the river. You can’t just park in front of someone’s residence under the shade tree by their sidewalk. You can’t refrigerate anything. Motels are too expensive. During nights for that time I parked in the corner of the company truck and frac tank yard. I slept very well because of the dropping temperature at night. There was one night somebody broke into my vehicle while I was asleep, but they didn’t remove anything, probably got scared off, were probably another truck driving, and realized I was one of the truck drivers and would recognize them. Normal life is easier than homeless life. People who are homeless make it harder for themselves if they stay that way.

    • @franklopez3616
      @franklopez3616 Рік тому +3

      That's the spirit that we are raised up on. By our parents do not loose never the dignity
      And thriving to earn our daily breed
      amen?
      And may god keep on blessing you

    • @doreen6659
      @doreen6659 Рік тому +1

      Congratulations. Not everyone homeless is a junkie*, drunk, mental- etc. The $ for Govt programs under Oberry./Biden took down so many Americans, and went where? Off shore- other Countries. Fast forward to present---->Trillion$ went to whom? Immigrant resettling, in politicks pockets, and foreign interests, not US!

    • @Yahson11
      @Yahson11 Рік тому

      @@franklopez3616 p

  • @caramontana4948
    @caramontana4948 2 роки тому +783

    A society that accepts this situation impassively is a society that has failed terribly.

    • @seansmith445
      @seansmith445 2 роки тому +45

      Failure or intentional planned degradation

    • @CanuckTony
      @CanuckTony 2 роки тому +16

      And solution is?

    • @seansmith445
      @seansmith445 2 роки тому +25

      @@CanuckTony a revolution

    • @backcountyrpilot
      @backcountyrpilot 2 роки тому +25

      So, it’s “societies’s” fault when an individual chooses to be a street person?

    • @caramontana4948
      @caramontana4948 2 роки тому +38

      @@backcountyrpilot Your understanding is extremely limited

  • @iwilson6651
    @iwilson6651 2 роки тому +64

    Awesome video! I worked in LA for 3 months earlier this year and the homeless camps were insane. Lets not forget that they're also open air drug markets, millions are made every day thus motivating other actors to keep this complex going.

    • @ericaallispn3079
      @ericaallispn3079 Рік тому +1

      What a waste of time people know what's going on

  • @raulsanchez9795
    @raulsanchez9795 Рік тому +8

    Here in Houston Texas, downtown is a mess, the homeless took over the subway rail system, the yelling and the skin exposure is quiet frequent. Everytime I get out of downtown, my head heals from all the noise and innuendos these homeless throw at me. Not only at subrails, yet also inside places., parks, it all concentrates at downtown.

    • @raulsanchez9795
      @raulsanchez9795 Рік тому +2

      most of these tents are often seen empty, or spotted with different people in it. they get mad if you are looking in it or at them

  • @murraydyck2127
    @murraydyck2127 Рік тому +174

    I was homeless once and I had two jobs and I still couldn’t pay rent because it was just too expensive. I stayed in an abandoned old car a station wagon. I finally got housing by sharing a basement apartment with a guy I met. I stayed in a small storage room in the apartment. I was so happy to get out of the station wagon that had been my home for so long.

    • @RajKumar-qg9iv
      @RajKumar-qg9iv Рік тому

      By seeing your profile Pic, it seems you have survived greatly from all these shit

    • @phajeb001
      @phajeb001 Рік тому +6

      Health insurance alone is around $300 a month for a premium plan

    • @ikp4success
      @ikp4success Рік тому +1

      Why didn't you just leave to another affordable state, like Ohio?

    • @marioashford2057
      @marioashford2057 Рік тому +3

      Most people wish they could live in California even though it's expensive. Some of these homeless people tried to move here and failed to survive because they cannot think for themselves.

    • @frankbalazs8816
      @frankbalazs8816 Рік тому +1

      God bless you!❤

  • @Ret_Chrogames
    @Ret_Chrogames 2 роки тому +128

    To challenge what your guest was saying, I don’t think the compassion is gone, the compassion is there- it’s just the compassion can only go so far in trying to help. Once you learn their stories, then what? It’s still up to that person to want to make a change, to want to get sober - to want to live in shelters where there is a roof over their heads and a warm bed, to follow shelter rules…. This is why it seems like the compassion isn’t there anymore, because the helpers eventually burn out running in circles to help people who are still resistant to change.
    I do agree with her about the homeless industrial complex though.

    • @Charless_Martel
      @Charless_Martel 2 роки тому +7

      The compassion is the problem.

    • @debbie9792
      @debbie9792 2 роки тому +4

      Most of those people do not need a government controlled shelter. They need an address..like they used to have before ick happened with decision makers..
      The gov ran banks need to give up their bankrupt abandoned hotels and buildings, to them so they have an address to go forward..per gov. Ie; school, job, unemployment etc.
      Those who don't want this service will be the ones that are ok with their situation and have no desire to go forward.
      Nowdays, in the homeless world you will find EVERY SINGLE PROFESSION IN THE WORLD. This could work.
      Btw..the banks can collect the final payout from their insurance companies from their total loss, instead of just the omg I lost my prop cuz of whatever reason, getting that check. 😁 they are all gov.
      I LOVE your guest Nick.. please tell her thank you.❤️

    • @soniavos3127
      @soniavos3127 2 роки тому +5

      You can lead a man to knowledge but you can't make him think.
      God helps those who helps themselves. 🙏

    • @kandycepeterson2482
      @kandycepeterson2482 2 роки тому

      Ah, but what comes first? Homelessness or drugs? When the govt betrays you, and gives SSI you paid into, to non citizens, so they can get a home, as you watch from a tent, and your son was killed fighting for the country, and our president just gives in, and gives the people who killed him state of the art artillery worth millions, and the land of equality creates classes, and gives other citizens we call landlords, make rules you have to follow, and at any moment, can do this to you on a whim, make you lose all your belongings, and have no even chance to get another place, and you go to work all tired and disheveled, your kids get teased at school, drugs look pretty good suddenly, because you can't win.

    • @catface3473
      @catface3473 2 роки тому +2

      Any compassion I had is long gone...

  • @richardt1792
    @richardt1792 2 роки тому +99

    A couple of things to be aware of, in downtown Los Angeles, the county jail releases hundreds of criminals and many end up living in downtown. I remember talking to a homeless woman and she told me that every single homeless person carries a knife. You can walk into any dollar store and walk out with an 8 inch knife, a lethal weapon. It is best to assume that every homeless person has a knife on them at all times.

    • @debbiemyers2944
      @debbiemyers2944 2 роки тому +15

      Build more jails and keep them in. Or mental institutions. If they rehabilitate they can go to affordable housing.

    • @jacobtennyson9213
      @jacobtennyson9213 2 роки тому +8

      @@debbiemyers2944 ... But build mentally ill treatment centers, Christian organizations, and work programs.
      It's never to late to mend.

    • @michaeloconnor1479
      @michaeloconnor1479 2 роки тому

      @@jacobtennyson9213 I totally did not understand that.

    • @mE-zx7pt
      @mE-zx7pt 2 роки тому +8

      @@debbiemyers2944 What to say to someone like you. 🙄 "Affordable housing" is great if you can find it. Harder & harder to do these days. You can build all the jails your sadistic heart desires but if rents are unaffordable, people are going to be homeless.

    • @cassiusdio6048
      @cassiusdio6048 2 роки тому +2

      That’s one reason I carry a gun.

  • @olliesgrandad
    @olliesgrandad Рік тому +6

    My wife and I visited California in December 2003. The stay in LA was probably the wettest day possible. We did a mini bus tour and I remember downtown seeing a few 'igloo' type fibreglass domes which we were tod were for homeless people. To see the state of LA now is scary. I certainly wouldn't feel safe coming back to visit.

  • @cathylocke9454
    @cathylocke9454 2 роки тому +92

    I live in San Diego, and it is awful. The politicians don't have a clue and just talk but it is worse than ever. Everyone is leaving.

    • @charleshoang566
      @charleshoang566 2 роки тому +10

      I live in Mira Mesa,I don't go to downtown anymore.

    • @hstone39
      @hstone39 2 роки тому +18

      The politicians do know, trust me. They're not doing shit about it.

    • @AwkwardSappho
      @AwkwardSappho 2 роки тому +8

      Yep, we're on our way to being just like Los Angeles.

    • @deb8119
      @deb8119 2 роки тому +1

      What is so bad is those people that move away take their crazy beliefs with them and move to common sense places but vote for more of the same of what they left. It will be like a virus…destroying EVERYTHING in its liberal path.

    • @Americafirst-i8q
      @Americafirst-i8q 2 роки тому +6

      The Smart Ones leave but the majority of Mexicans are staying because they want to keep the state all to themselves

  • @satch_urated
    @satch_urated 2 роки тому +113

    Nick that was an inspirational interview with Jessica. She describes very clearly the orchestration behind the scenes creating the situation but yet has a very positive prognosis for the eventual outcome.

    • @BoilaFrog
      @BoilaFrog 2 роки тому +5

      If you call shifting the corruption a positive prognosis.

    • @NickJohnson
      @NickJohnson  2 роки тому +13

      Steve she's a lovely person

    • @leonardbrinkman4410
      @leonardbrinkman4410 2 роки тому +8

      At least Nick got it right. As a matter of fact he has an exactly right the mayor of Los Angeles has really ruined the city. And now all of a sudden people are wondering why they want to move there? That doesn't make a lot of sense. But he did get one thing right a lot of the problem dealing with the homeless is simple they want to try to get a homeless encampment van as soon as possible. And that's what we should do here in the Seattle area start pushing the homeless out of the city with a homeless encampment man. And here's the reason why some of those people do not want to go get a job or to go seek help because they would much better basically live that lifestyle by begging on the street corner and sleeping in their own filth. It's very sick. And that's why Nick has it the way he has it and Nick hit it right on the head. I mean if you can beg for money on the street to go buy drugs and the burner phone? Then basically you're in the wrong part. Because that's what they have done down in Los Angeles and in San Diego as well as Seattle Washington Portland Oregon Miami Florida and other major cities they have let their cities basically decay and the total destruction. So basically the bottom line is, there's got to be a way to put it into this. Well here's the whole point. Here in the Seattle area we've got homeless people coming in here and they're getting what are called a free wireless phone from the government. So bottom line is we're going to start seeing a lot more of that and all major cities that have problems. Especially in blue States and blue what I see happening is basically what I see here. And it won't be long before these cities are completely destroyed and there's going to be much we can do about it right now. Except getting some new politicians within the next couple of years. Because we need to start flipping these States from Blue to red. Because this is basically insulting the people like me. That's why we need to start voting these politicians out and replace them with politicians that know what they can do about the homeless issue! But right there there's too many homeless people wanting to move out of the area. Because basically if you give him a bus ticket and the prepaid wireless phone? Guess what they'll be on their way to another major city and basically leaving the city where they got the phone in and the area code which is in the same city. So basically the bottom line is I think we are going to see a lot more damage being done to our cities!

    • @DeaLThomas
      @DeaLThomas 2 роки тому +2

      I guess we shouldn’t be surprised that people will figure out how to skim money off of any horrible situation. Greed always leaves a sector of humanity behind.

    • @drmidnight2419
      @drmidnight2419 2 роки тому

      @@leonardbrinkman4410 elections have consequences.

  • @spiritwalker341
    @spiritwalker341 Рік тому +122

    I was born in LA, and I grew up in Long Beach. I remember the homeless in downtown, but it was never, ever this bad. I am so thankful for your exposure to this atrocity.
    I also have a brother, who is a full blown alcoholic, whom I house, and it's not easy, but I could never picture him living on the streets. We, as a society are responsible for our loved ones, or at least we should try to be.
    Thank you

    • @mikeb6232
      @mikeb6232 Рік тому +2

      You should watch "One Little Pill" by Claudia Christian, available free on UA-cam.

    • @kevindecker9444
      @kevindecker9444 Рік тому +4

      You brother brought it on himself. If you werent there to bail him out, he would be homeless begging people to feed him.

    • @spiritwalker341
      @spiritwalker341 Рік тому +8

      @@kevindecker9444 I understand, and you are correct. That is exactly what I don't want, but it is a sacrifice that I have been willing to undergo.

    • @adrianakusieluskus8941
      @adrianakusieluskus8941 Рік тому +7

      Greetings from Italy.
      In Italy we don’t have this problem 🙏

    • @ellenreasonover9945
      @ellenreasonover9945 Рік тому +3

      Love your brother

  • @TERRORHEAD4LIFE
    @TERRORHEAD4LIFE 7 місяців тому +8

    As an ex homeless person for over five years here in California,, it was the most toughest thing I've ever been through, the constant moving around because of the loitering laws from business's living life like a pinball machine,, I thank God everyday that I got myself help from drug addiction and alcohol abuse and now living in sober living,, it can be done,, you just gotta want it enough and be tired,

  • @djhbr
    @djhbr 2 роки тому +172

    Only one Word can explain this mess,
    CORRUPTION.

    • @albrtajc2002
      @albrtajc2002 2 роки тому +3

      No, poverty.

    • @lotusgrl444
      @lotusgrl444 2 роки тому +10

      No personal accountability...politics play a huge factor but no one forces them to stay hooked on drugs

    • @Chaz4543
      @Chaz4543 2 роки тому +9

      @@albrtajc2002 Unfettered Capitalism

    • @jmcnally647
      @jmcnally647 2 роки тому +1

      Exactly, the same type of corruption that is witnessed on Indian reservations. The homeless are an exploited class.

    • @djhbr
      @djhbr 2 роки тому +3

      Politics as usual...

  • @pamiejay
    @pamiejay 2 роки тому +59

    I wish I knew you were coming to Los Angeles. I was born and raised in LA. I would have shown you all of the places homeless people are. I’ve seen the changes in neighborhoods and cities. I know how they use to be. I have a lot to say about it. You actually were near my house - near Olympic and Rimpau. Although there are homeless people near me, they haven’t started camping on my block - I hope it never happens. It’s a sad situation. Next time you are in Los Angeles, I’d be happy to assist you.

    • @NickJohnson
      @NickJohnson  2 роки тому +5

      Ok!! And hopefully they don't make it to your block 🫰🏼

    • @Americafirst-i8q
      @Americafirst-i8q 2 роки тому

      @@NickJohnson eventually they will it's just a matter of time

    • @michaeloconnor1479
      @michaeloconnor1479 2 роки тому

      ya, you could start a new tourist biz showing people around to all the homeless camps. all that past history would make for some interesting hindsight as well.

  • @DavidHauserLoveGuide
    @DavidHauserLoveGuide 2 роки тому +54

    What Jessica brings is straight up sober information that reveals the elephant in the room! Thanks for bringing her information to light.

  • @jeromeblack9905
    @jeromeblack9905 Рік тому

    Thanks!

  • @jules-Johnson
    @jules-Johnson 2 роки тому +19

    This video has been the MOST informative and in depth accurate description of the problem and solution. THANK you for this video. Jessica seems to really have the inside insight to the root of the problem. So Sad.

  • @ryanvideooo
    @ryanvideooo 2 роки тому +143

    For the longest time when I lived in LA, 5th street downtown aka Skid Row was basically the only place you would see a tents. These days it is everywhere in LA. The problem exploded in the last 6-7 years. It's happening in a lot of places.

    • @jglee6721
      @jglee6721 2 роки тому +8

      When Nick showed the map I looked to see if it's 10 times the size of the former Skid Row and I wasn't disappointed.

    • @Jeff-zx6rt
      @Jeff-zx6rt 2 роки тому +13

      I live in oc. I remember in the 00s we went to an LA kings game took a wrong turn and wound up on skid row. We were tripping a little and were looking for the quickest way out of that pocket of town. All of la is pretty much like that now. And most of orange county in all honesty

    • @sarbantz
      @sarbantz 2 роки тому

      Sadly, nowadays street homeless are drugs addicts, and they are addicted to cocktail of nasty chemicals such as fentanyl, horse tranquilizer, elephant tranquilizer, sedative benzo, rat poison, nitazenes chemicals, P2P based meth, wasp dope, and other nasty stuff. That is in the pills they smoke all the time. They are quickly damaged mentally and physically beyond the point of repair. Street addicts gradually destroy everything around themselves. The only thing they really wanna is to be as close as possible to their fentanyl dealers. We will never reduce street homelessness without reducing the amount of fentanyl and other nasty drugs available on our streets.

    • @sarbantz
      @sarbantz 2 роки тому

      @Mac fentanyl and plethora of other nasty chemicals destroy humans mentally and physically beyond the point of repair very quickly. Sam Quinones talks about it in great details. His interviews are all over UA-cam. Michael Shellenberger talks about it, too.

    • @Rockerlady
      @Rockerlady 2 роки тому +8

      @Mac Possible reasons are the politcians were influenced by activists to let them be. Also, word got out what cities were doing this. A lot of cops/authorities in other states started putting homeless people on buses to CA. It is wrong but still goes on.

  • @Bandit-Iggy
    @Bandit-Iggy Рік тому +104

    This is unreal, i used to be an over the road trucker across Canada and the US , something is wrong with our society, i have never seen this, things must have changed, but i think greed is leading to this. Thanks for this video👍

    • @geraldboykin6159
      @geraldboykin6159 Рік тому +1

      Same Here - Kenworth W900L - Class of '97

    • @rudychavez2019
      @rudychavez2019 Рік тому +8

      you really have to open ur eyes cause not everyone out there is trying to get off the streets some people want to live like that. They don't want to worry about bills, rent gas food, cause they dont have to work for it them knowing that it will be handed to them so they get comfortable. I know i lived on the street for almost five years.

    • @castorkat4868
      @castorkat4868 Рік тому

      @cheryllovewingzup the majority of homeless now are elderly, disabled. NOT TRUE. Majority are drug addicts -mentally insane

    • @edevos3108
      @edevos3108 Рік тому +2

      You are right. GREED is what has led to the current homeless problems.

    • @doddt2002
      @doddt2002 Рік тому

      Our nation has been silently took over by an Elite over 100 years ago. There’s a book about it “The Creature from Jekyl Island”. This is why things are not getting better and only worse.

  • @J.C.Ky.ridgerunner1955
    @J.C.Ky.ridgerunner1955 Рік тому +21

    It's not the homelessness is getting worst, it's the corruption keeps getting worst

    • @lauriedeering4725
      @lauriedeering4725 7 місяців тому +3

      Agree

    • @latinking9793
      @latinking9793 6 місяців тому +3

      Your right because there actually keeping the money for themselves & not helping
      the Homeless people at all

    • @asullivan4047
      @asullivan4047 6 місяців тому

      Either way it's here to stay-!!!😭. Diabolically destructive democratic cess pool😈.. " New World🌎 " disorder ideology syndrome conspiracy theory-!!! 😳.

  • @mikefleck98
    @mikefleck98 Рік тому +182

    Every dime those agencies receive needs to be accounted for. Those who illegally receive those funds should be charged with fraud.

    • @doreen6659
      @doreen6659 Рік тому +17

      100%. There's no accountability, therefore the $ goes to criminals ruining- running the States- Counties, and nonprofits.
      They've gotten away with this for years!$

    • @katej.velvet4609
      @katej.velvet4609 Рік тому

      Suuuuure (Epstein, maxwell, Bush 1,a Bush2 Iraq again, Trump, Silvrestein the cia, all of bilderberg group, The fbi, interpol, all who were involved in jfk, malcom x and doctor king assassinations, several war lords and gun dealers from south americo to africa and beyond) they will al pay for what the do sure
      nihil sub sole novum

    • @dragunovbushcraft152
      @dragunovbushcraft152 Рік тому +8

      That won't happens. Dems, will DEM.

    • @elizabethleon2409
      @elizabethleon2409 Рік тому +4

      Totally!!

    • @kimberlys.t.7206
      @kimberlys.t.7206 Рік тому +10

      That’s a lot of the problems . Donations the people who’s running Charities ! one of the biggest frauds around. It’s a dam shame .

  • @Dulcimerea
    @Dulcimerea 2 роки тому +21

    Incredible journalism, thank you.
    I've been working with the homeless in Lawrence, Kansas, the past few years after my son, who had gotten into bad drugs, died.
    Since February I've been knocked out with a club, jailed on a false charge, attacked and bit by a pit bull, robbed of tools, and robbed of money via a forged check, and left in the woods with no food or water for a week- unable to stand and walk due to dehydration, and delerious; I was close to death but survived- while the homeless woman who dumped me there borrowed my car and kept it though posters of me missing were everywhere and in the newspaper and on FB. She kept the car. So they will do anything, even to their benefactors.
    So I'm trying to disengage from my little help the homeless project by now. It's cost me too much in several ways.
    I love them all, but you know, it's the drugs, and what the drugs compel them to do, and the tragic way the dope makes them insane, and even evil.
    They don't have houses because they cannot work, due to addiction; around here that is the primary, almost universal cause of the tent camps.
    And by drugs I mean meth. Although it's not the only one, every homeless person I've gotten to know uses meth above all other things.
    And they break doors trying to get at each other. Etcetera.
    Really, I think only the federal government is capable of treating the combined drug/homelessness problem, which is a horror and a shame upon our country.
    Homelessness is one thing, but combined with meth or other addictions, it is perhaps the largest public health problem we have.
    Sure, there are a few sane sober homeless.
    But from what I've observed, they are rare.
    Mostly it is a dope culture because anyone can get meth somehow these days. And of course the homeless women always have a way they can pay for it.
    Anyway, keep up the good work

    • @mikehayne538
      @mikehayne538 2 роки тому +3

      You are amazing! I am living among the poor in Las Vegas and had similar experiences. I always wonder if when I passed put on a city street it might have been a club from behind. They can do it without you seeing them, I think.

  • @barbaratatton8047
    @barbaratatton8047 2 роки тому +44

    At about 17 minutes, Nick interviewed a woman that maybe has shed more insight on this homeless epidemic than during any interview thus far. Thank you both. She makes strong valid points about where this problem sits and the factors playing into it. This maybe his best piece regarding homelessness. I hope people share this a lot. To point it is viral and not forgotten - and most of All, that it hits otherwise deaf ears and prompts needed changes where they will address this head on for benefit of all effected in our nation by this problem. There are solutions. They are solutions that are oppressed leaving people to suffer and endure a very nasty mix of circumstances for the sake of greed, power and control. Thank you.

    • @barbaratatton8047
      @barbaratatton8047 Рік тому

      @@dprtmailmain stream media and news gear with slant and opinions. He is not disrespectful or sugar coating. In what ways do you think could this might be improved? Not meant be funky .or attitude, but I am just curious and because improved methods and considerations are great and may help generate more awareness and delivery in this or any series. Thanks.

    • @coreytierney4078
      @coreytierney4078 Рік тому +1

      @@dprtmailmaybe the problem is we are way to soft and that’s why we are where we are today.

    • @barbaratatton8047
      @barbaratatton8047 Рік тому

      @@coreytierney4078 for some, agree. Good point.

    • @mikeb6232
      @mikeb6232 Рік тому +2

      For every good and service, each input going into it is taxed and those taxes by and large end up passed on to the final purchaser of the good or service. The same thing happens with the interest cost on borrowed money.
      If we got rid of 80% of government, at least at the federal level, but really it is needed at the state level, too, in a very short time people would be able to support a good-sized family on one income per month, and working only part-time.
      How would you like to be able to buy land and have your own house built for only about 20% of what it currently costs to do such a thing?
      And if the superrich control freak families and governments would let loose with the 4,500 or so patents that they hold and never allow to be used, and among other things we had basically free electricity being generated at every home, business, and factory, and had no electric or natural gas or other energy bills, it would be even more surreal and excellent.
      And in addition, as Thomas Renz was quoted as saying recently, paraphrasing from memory, “All the problems this country has are due to corruption.

    • @kimberlys.t.7206
      @kimberlys.t.7206 Рік тому

      Greed power control well said.

  • @johnrodriguez9977
    @johnrodriguez9977 11 місяців тому +1

    Thank you first of all for this eye opener of a video. It takes courage to say the truth, as I'm impressed as to the amount of information that you have given us. I'd like to comment on a grade schoolteacher I know in the Bay Area. Who posted on FB and said that last semester she had 10 homeless children in her class. This year she has 15. This number seems to be going up. It is most important to keep minor children safe. I wonder what their living conditions are like and what are they exposed to? We need to expose this ongoing tragedy because someone is making money on this vicious cycle. Thank you again.

  • @pattiann502
    @pattiann502 2 роки тому +31

    It is always about the money. Politics=money and power. Never about the people who vote these politicians into these positions. This video has opened my eyes to how bad this abuse of power really is! Thank you for caring!

  • @QCDoggies
    @QCDoggies Рік тому +228

    So eye-opening, the Homeless Industrial Complex rings completely true. I've see the same damn thing in animal rescue groups. Their executives suck up huge salaries, layer upon layer of admin expenses, exorbitant mismanagement of donations and grants, and policies that actually exacerbate the core problems. It's the same situation here.

    • @pebblepod30
      @pebblepod30 Рік тому +4

      That's maximizing profit and inheriant to any capitalist organization, inc if govt owned or funded.
      Fixed by a law that management salaries must reasonable, and the CEO & Board elected by those who work on the ground or are effected by it.

    • @davidcollins2648
      @davidcollins2648 Рік тому +11

      Capitalizing on tragedy. Very sick business model.

    • @DrakoElargo7722
      @DrakoElargo7722 Рік тому +5

      Nobody should be relying on someone else for their security and or housing. It’s a privilege to have a place to stay and sleep. If you choose to slam drugs and live a homeless lifestyle, that’s what you get. It’s really no one else’s fault but themselves. Nobody should be jobless when fast food places are paying $18.00 an hour

    • @jenbenton6884
      @jenbenton6884 Рік тому

      It’s the truth behind the original movie, “The Matrix.” And it is biblical.
      Behind it all, is the well-educated, well-connected, multi-generational, “international” khazarian mafia. The same arrogant folks at the wef and davos. They sold America out so that they could hand the reins of their new world order to china, and communism. It’s their “great reset.”

    • @larrysmith2655
      @larrysmith2655 Рік тому +2

      @@DrakoElargo7722 I agree but LA is expensive as hell.. they are better off leaving the politics of LA ain't working.

  • @ericafrieson3464
    @ericafrieson3464 Рік тому +75

    I gave my California home of 51 years up after my spouse died. I knew I would be living under a bridge, in a box, with only my income if I stayed. The expense I seriously got sick of, was the california car smogging requirements. Every other year you have to pay an arm to keep your ageing car legally on the road. What a terrible shame it is to see what has happened to home sweet home.

    • @shubham943
      @shubham943 Рік тому +11

      I hope you'll be financially fine soon. Take care of urself 🙂

    • @jjwright8041
      @jjwright8041 Рік тому +1

      What do you mean by car smogging charges?

    • @helenooft9664
      @helenooft9664 Рік тому +2

      That is terrible, the home crisis is everywhere, also in my country house prices and rent are extremely high. But when you have a low salary, the Dutch government will help you with your rent. And if you loose your job, you will never loose your home and be homeless. It is time that compagnies pays a lot more taxes. So that the government can build cheap houses.

    • @Debbie-zy9vb
      @Debbie-zy9vb Рік тому +1

      @@helenooft9664
      I and my Boyfriend both love you dearly for that idea.
      But as sad 😢 as We both hate to say it:
      That will never happen in this "SOCIALIST COUNTRY",
      And no we're not talking about "CHINA, YEMEN, NORTH KOREA, or even the former U.S.S.R, ETC".
      No it's called:
      "The U.S.A".

    • @jerrydonquixote5927
      @jerrydonquixote5927 11 місяців тому

      ​@@Debbie-zy9vbDemocrats

  • @beachtrash1852
    @beachtrash1852 9 місяців тому +1

    The interview with that social worker was the most moving, honest, educated I've ever heard anyone speak on this crisis! That really give me some hope. I live about 35 miles from LA and there isn't one city block between here and there without a tent or 100. It infuriates me to know that the scumbag politicians are getting rich off of this! I am middle aged and I believe this problem has gotten so big that I don't see it getting resolved in my lifetime! That is truly depressing to me!

  • @hollyhinman9818
    @hollyhinman9818 Рік тому +86

    Jessica said it, secret is out! The industrial homeless complex IS why this will not end. I worked 6 months at a non profit naively thinking I am helping homeless people. It was just a place where people were being "warehoused", fed non nutritional food and allowed to be under the influence of their substance of choice. There was no mental health or substance counseling, there wasn't even a nurse on site. There were diabetics, elliptic incidents and other health issues staff were not trained to handle! Meanwhile upper management wore expensive suits and lived in beautiful homes. I'd name the organization if I didn't feel paranoid about backlash! God please save us all, we need a real shake-up in this country! When will the rich realize getting richer is their addiction and money won't keep them safer, happier or in a bigger bubble, it will eventually POP!!

    • @electrictofumuffins6384
      @electrictofumuffins6384 Рік тому +4

      Dont use your real name social media and they wont know who you are. But I guess likes are more important

    • @waza9986
      @waza9986 Рік тому

      Tak wygladał komunizm w Związku Radzieckim. Żyjecie w państwie komunistycznym, w którym rozdawnictwo publicznych pieniędzy zasila klasę pasożytów.

    • @brainwashingdetergent4128
      @brainwashingdetergent4128 Рік тому +3

      I like your comment except the part about the rich. Rich people work hard and do things and they keep working hard and keep doing things thats why they keep getting richer. Like poor people they keep not doing anything and get poorer its the exact same concept stop blaming rich people for things they dont do.

    • @lisao6928
      @lisao6928 Рік тому +4

      Some rich people work hard and some do not. Some poor people work very hard. It's not always that they are lazy.

    • @brainwashingdetergent4128
      @brainwashingdetergent4128 Рік тому

      @@lisao6928 if you are going to work hard you better be smart about it otherwise you are a willful slave.

  • @kimgow7671
    @kimgow7671 2 роки тому +326

    This is Merica 😪🙏🏻✝️💙🥺 so devastating! I was homeless and it's not always drugs, I had a surgery that left me in hospital for 3 mths in 2010. Left me homeless for 3 1/2 yrs. Happy you're not in this situation and don't understand that shit happens. Be humble and grateful bc you don't know ppl's stories

    • @janellcrews6108
      @janellcrews6108 2 роки тому +23

      I'm dealing with it now I'm in a family shelter it took a few years to get into, it's not the same as a little apartment for my family and I but it's a heck of a step up. We went from car to RV to fithwheel to this. They check rooms every other day but it's just a walk through, they make sure we're not hoarding or having people here things like that. We never did drugs ou anything.

    • @carlmorgan8452
      @carlmorgan8452 2 роки тому +3

      Got it made leaching off society right

    • @JohnS-il1dr
      @JohnS-il1dr 2 роки тому

      @@angeladavis6425 get off that high horse already. We get it that not everyone is a leech.

    • @deathkeepur
      @deathkeepur 2 роки тому

      @@carlmorgan8452 you sir, are a Royal turd.
      :p

    • @jedipanda333
      @jedipanda333 2 роки тому +8

      That is so unfair and sad. I'm so sorry that happened to you.

  • @mojorising1
    @mojorising1 2 роки тому +35

    I left my homestate 10 years ago and praise God for showing me the way out then. I sold and donated all of my possessions then had to jump through hoops to be allowed to move with a court move away order because I had a child custody agreement. I told the judge I didn't want to end up homeless and on food stamps with no jobs in my town there and that was enough to get the approval.

    • @NickJohnson
      @NickJohnson  2 роки тому +5

      So what happened??

    • @J.S.3259
      @J.S.3259 2 роки тому +1

      God isn’t real

    • @mikeb6232
      @mikeb6232 Рік тому

      @@J.S.3259 He is. Creation testifies to Him. The Bible does, too. He showed me His love once, too, after I tried to witness the Gospel to a dying relative. There is no love like that in this world.

  • @greg1493
    @greg1493 Рік тому +2

    “Like cattle ranchers, sending their herds across the plains…” 😂 😂

  • @lucast3006
    @lucast3006 2 роки тому +155

    You’re absolutely right about a massive percentage of them actively choosing to live that life and/or rejecting help. You can watch hundreds of hours of interviews on YT and so many of them admit that. A lot of people have trouble wrapping their mind around that-including me. But it’s reality.

    • @michaelhenderson2657
      @michaelhenderson2657 2 роки тому +3

      Maybe they like the idea of communism....or anti materialism....I think they should investigate them just checking out of society...

    • @michaelhenderson2657
      @michaelhenderson2657 2 роки тому

      It is like they are going back to hunters and gathering society...the hunters part is just stealing from their neighbors....idk but this mentality coming from the far left ie Bernie Sanders....but certainly no expert in his ideas

    • @fmcevoy1
      @fmcevoy1 2 роки тому +9

      Lucas, you don't understand addiction. (I think I do: I'm an alcoholic in long-term recovery.) If I go before an judge, and the judge says, "I'm going to send you to prison for two years or to a rehab for 90 days," my response is, "Can I get back to you?"

    • @smileygladhands
      @smileygladhands 2 роки тому

      Mental illness

    • @AlexHand
      @AlexHand 2 роки тому +39

      Actually that's the main thing Nick is wrong about, here, and I'm confused why that idea has caught on. It's actually very simple why there are so many homeless. The minimum wage is $14/hr. That's $2240/mo before taxes if you work a full time, 40 hr work week every month. Let's say tax is 20% (fed and state), then the take home is $1792. The average apartment rent in LA in 2022 is $2734, so even if there was no tax, working full time doesn't get you into a tiny one bedroom apartment. Many of these people don't have any connections outside of California, and without a car their only means to leave is to grab what can fit in a backpack, take a Greyhound to another state and hope it works out better there, but the truth is the places that are affordable to live generally don't have a lot of economic opportunity. There are addicts, and there are mentally ill, but not this many, and I think a lot of them go crazy or become addicts after having to deal with life on the street so long.

  • @barbaragalbreth4429
    @barbaragalbreth4429 2 роки тому +78

    I can't believe businesses actually operate in these hopeless areas.

  • @missyk1477
    @missyk1477 2 роки тому +83

    Wow, wow, and wow. I'm feeling very, very, very blessed after watching your videos. My son wanted to move to California for a long time. His senior year of high school he got to go to California for a class trip. After a week, he came home. First thing he said coming off the plane: "That place is CRAZY. I do NOT want to live there."

    • @sewer_8512
      @sewer_8512 2 роки тому +5

      I grew up in Northern California and homelessness became normalized there. Every park was full of tents. Seen them holding blades having mental breakdowns and clothes barely on. It’s dangerous imo on many levels

    • @kevindecker9444
      @kevindecker9444 Рік тому +2

      I lived in LA in the 1970s. It was a sh-thole back then. I can't imagine what it is like now.

  • @frankassispereira
    @frankassispereira 10 місяців тому +3

    Authentic trash everywhere how can someone visit L.A.!!! I used to go there shopping in the eighties for shoes good clothing etc. no more I stop going I'd be scare even to walk along. Thanks for taking your time showing

  • @bluespruce786
    @bluespruce786 Рік тому +27

    I've been thinking about this for a few years now, wondering why homelessness keeps getting more common. "The industrial homeless complex." The idea that some people; officials and not for profits, are actually profiting from homelessness. That rings true, not for all of it, but it explains the acceleration and scale and the concentration in certain area's. Great expose, thanks for posting it up.

  • @dannyg5446
    @dannyg5446 2 роки тому +33

    One thing I noticed was the RV with Georgia plates. It seems like people from other states come there to be homeless, and that might be proof

    • @dharmaram7527
      @dharmaram7527 2 роки тому +12

      Yes, you are correct. A majority of the transients are from out of state. They come here specifically because they get tax payers benefits and are allowed to tent anywhere, shoplift freely and not get busted for it.

    • @bramlintrent1145
      @bramlintrent1145 2 роки тому +10

      @@dharmaram7527 If I were facing homelessness, I'd likely go to Los Angeles as well --- not for the taxpayer benefits or the shoplifting, but because of the climate that's more conducive to living outdoors. The summer highs in LA aren't nearly as humid and stifling as they are in the Southeastern USA, and the winter nights aren't as cold in LA as they are in the Midwest or the Northeast.

    • @JC111WPB
      @JC111WPB 2 роки тому +7

      @@bramlintrent1145 what you just said made me grateful for Florida humidity like never before.

    • @carlfenger
      @carlfenger 2 роки тому +2

      They call themselves "Vanlifers"

  • @amysanchez3699
    @amysanchez3699 2 роки тому +37

    I used to live in Prague, CZ. I'd never seen so many homeless before living there. Some I really did pity, like the newly homeless who had defaulted on loans just sitting there surrounded by suitcases.
    The others, the drunks and drug addicts... they fought in public regularly. You couldn't even sit in the park because they were sleeping on every bench. Needles everywhere. Smell of piss. They would ride the metro and trams all day, too. One guy died and no one knew all day long, tyey thought he was a sleeping homeless guy. I saw police only once throw a homeless lady off the metro. My god the smell... and Czech Rep has very good social programs. They just don't want to get clean. In winter, I saw a few dead in the snow, but most sneaked into apartment buildings and set up in the basements or stairwells. I can't tell you how terrifying it is to see an addict leap out at you in your own building.
    I imagine this is somewhat what it must be like in LA.

    • @art-ux5ff
      @art-ux5ff 2 роки тому +1

      its worse, they dont only fight with each other, they attack and stab innocent old ladies now then you get robbed down the street

    • @no_soy_rubio
      @no_soy_rubio Рік тому

      I've been to both more than once and LA is far worse

  • @laurencemartin2797
    @laurencemartin2797 Рік тому +1

    You are so talented and insightful. Thank You.

  • @bruceb444
    @bruceb444 2 роки тому +43

    I moved from Los Angeles to Michigan in 2000. Every once in a while I get homesick for LA. It makes me really sick to see what my LA has become.
    My last apt. was on Regent street just a block north of Venice Blvd. Is there much homeless camping in this area? I do love your videos. Thanks, Bruce

    • @NickJohnson
      @NickJohnson  2 роки тому +14

      Bruce yes Venice is overwhelmed. I like Michigan! I'm here now actually.

    • @NewHaven203
      @NewHaven203 2 роки тому +5

      etmusic2813 Don’t forget the brutal Michigan winters lol

    • @charleshoang566
      @charleshoang566 2 роки тому +4

      I worked in Great lake region for 20 years, the winter is more worse than the homeless problem in California.

    • @silverforest4682
      @silverforest4682 2 роки тому

      @@ErikThomasMusic last I saw, Michigan was republican and we couldn't figure out why poor rural towns were voting red. Put the blame where it lies. There are corrupt greedy people every where. The rich in Michigan don't care about the poor.

    • @jacobtennyson9213
      @jacobtennyson9213 2 роки тому +4

      I left LA. It looks like Detroit, MI.

  • @OnTheHorizonSomewhere
    @OnTheHorizonSomewhere 2 роки тому +74

    I live in one of these cities on the west coast. Here's my solution:
    - criminalize possession of meth, fentanyl, heroin, punishable by a minimum sentence of 1 year in jail. 1 year in a cell gets you clean and gives you some time to reflect on you mistakes. Plus it gets these dangerous people off the streets. Build jails, not luxury condos.
    - Each county in the USA gets a designated camping ground with toilets, fresh water and access to free food, courtesy of the richest nation on earth. Camping outside of these designated areas shall be illegal because the camps exist as an alternative.
    - Designate a city sanitation department whose sole purpose is to maintain clean and safe streets. Trust me, LA can afford this. Provide jobs first to the homeless.
    - bring back the "projects", high-rises with rock-bottom rent to catch those just hanging on from ending up in the streets.
    The politicians in the west coast cities have failed miserably. There are some changes in the air but holy shit its too little too late. The bleeding hearts let in the low-lifes in with open arms and now they are robbing us blind and causing chaos.
    Thanks for continuing to shine a light on this Nick.

    • @NickJohnson
      @NickJohnson  2 роки тому +11

      I think they'd want jail so they can have a warm place with food

    • @NoName-to5xl
      @NoName-to5xl 2 роки тому +4

      Jail idea is untenable. The rest sounds pretty good

    • @drivelikejoewho
      @drivelikejoewho 2 роки тому +1

      Yeah so there is 50 years of evidence to prove that doesn't work. The drug war has been going on since nixon and the problem continues to get worse every year. The drug war has cost taxpayers billions and the problem has only gotten worse. Go back to the drawing board. By the way, it cost taxpayers $77,000 a year to put someone in jail.

    • @sarbantz
      @sarbantz 2 роки тому

      Sadly, nowadays street homeless are drugs addicts, and they are addicted to cocktail of nasty chemicals such as fentanyl, horse tranquilizer, elephant tranquilizer, sedative benzo, rat poison, nitazenes chemicals, P2P based meth, wasp dope, and other nasty stuff. That is in the pills they smoke all the time. They are quickly damaged mentally and physically beyond the point of repair. Street addicts gradually destroy everything around themselves. The only thing they really wanna is to be as close as possible to their fentanyl dealers. We will never reduce street homelessness without reducing the amount of fentanyl and other nasty drugs available on our streets.

    • @drivelikejoewho
      @drivelikejoewho 2 роки тому

      @@sarbantz and you'll never reduce the supply without reducing the demand which is why the drug war is a colossal failure. Our government has proven they're not capable of eradicating drugs by criminalizing them and by chasing dealers and cartels. Drugs treatment and prevention is the only effective method to reducing drug use.

  • @Agent311
    @Agent311 2 роки тому +45

    I was just here a few weeks ago and the problem has gotten a lot worse. I used to live in a bad part of LA which didn't have that many homeless back then, so I was a bit surprised to see a lot of tents and people out on the streets.

    • @NickJohnson
      @NickJohnson  2 роки тому +4

      It's worse within a few weeks?

    • @Agent311
      @Agent311 2 роки тому +7

      @@NickJohnson I meant since the time I lived there, moved just over two years ago.

  • @yvonnegonzalez5616
    @yvonnegonzalez5616 4 місяці тому +2

    Thanx Nick J.,4-taken me on Tourz; Acrost- America,& Bak -Again! Peace ❤🎉!

  • @juliamaxwellmarin
    @juliamaxwellmarin 2 роки тому +45

    This nice lady is not only courageously outspoken, but also somehow still optimistic
    and maintains her sense of humor despite this horribly grim and terribly serious situation.

    • @juliamaxwellmarin
      @juliamaxwellmarin 2 роки тому

      @@thecandyman9308 Good Morning. Can you please explain further about this? "the past couple generations have been indoctrined to view this as "illiberal" and therefore a "1930s Germany" approach" - you lost me a little there and I'm curious. Thanks!

    • @juliamaxwellmarin
      @juliamaxwellmarin 2 роки тому +1

      @@thecandyman9308 Well maybe that's a part of the reason why the governor recently even said on the news that the immigration problem is an actual problem that has to be dealt with...I don't think he said it that way before.

  • @hollybigelow5337
    @hollybigelow5337 2 роки тому +55

    This partly makes me sick because here is Salt Lake City we had a program that actually worked really well (so of course they discontinued it) that was called Housing First. It sounds like they are deliberately naming it the same thing so they can discredit the program that actually works. It's obviously only a tiny side issue. In Housing First the whole idea was we will focus on helping you find housing first rather than making you get clean and sober first because it's easier to get clean and sober if you aren't also homeless. They would ask the people using the program to give something back - often charging rent of say $20 per month, but it worked really well because the person was at least contributing something and thus weren't robbed completely of their dignity, but they also were able to get reasonable housing they could actually afford and feel human again without having to prove they were basically morally perfect enough to deserve help.

    • @johnspinelli9396
      @johnspinelli9396 2 роки тому +5

      Really sad and more cities should do programs like that

    • @leftykeys6944
      @leftykeys6944 2 роки тому +1

      B R A V O !!!

    • @dextermcgrubbin
      @dextermcgrubbin Рік тому

      I heard the free houses eventually devolve into drug & prostitution dens. Perhaps it was better run in Salt Lake- but I've heard in other cities Housing First was a failed idea

    • @hollybigelow5337
      @hollybigelow5337 Рік тому +5

      @@dextermcgrubbin Well, first the Salt Lake program wasn’t free housing. Perhaps it should have been called “Trust First” instead of “Housing First” because the first 3 months all the volunteers did was build trust with the homeless and get to know their situations. Then if they wanted it, each person was offered help that was tailored to their specific situation.
      The housing offered wasn’t actually free. It was based on what the person could reasonably pay that wasn’t overwhelming, but that still allowed them to retain some dignity. The most common amount was $20 per month. If they couldn’t afford anything, they might be asked to do some volunteer work instead.
      It also wasn’t “Housing Only.” Volunteers were still following up once a week to check in with landlords and the homeless to see how the arrangement was working out and to see if the person needed help with any other goals. Although the rules were fairly forgiving, if the person was causing major trouble that threatened anyone’s safety and they weren’t trying to improve they could lose access to the program temporarily or even permanently.

    • @dextermcgrubbin
      @dextermcgrubbin Рік тому

      @@hollybigelow5337 thanks for clarifying : )

  • @DollyPardonMe701
    @DollyPardonMe701 2 роки тому +192

    This is so incredibly heartbreaking! It seems like all large cities are starting to look like this. What kind of world are we leaving to our children? 😢

    • @blakebortles6098
      @blakebortles6098 2 роки тому +14

      Georgia guide stones

    • @Americafirst-i8q
      @Americafirst-i8q 2 роки тому

      It's the Democrats California is a democratic hellhole

    • @koilamaoh4238
      @koilamaoh4238 2 роки тому

      Well, its nature... natural selection.. its why you are suppose to breed a lot of children, if those children die out and fail, the others succeed.. Not everyone is going to survive this harsh reality. Not like we are gonna have some sort of jesus kind of socialist hand holding utopia, hahah yea right.
      The real issue with these large dense cities, its tooo MANY people to care for. And wealth gaps are TOO HUGE from dirt poor to super rich, which creates "gentrification" super high cost of living. If you want a simple way, go the authoritarian "right" wing dictatorship, as most conservative countries, they tend to die out naturally without any free handouts; survival of the fittest;s. Lot of them are taking advantage of our laws and free handouts, free welfare, free food, as they dont have to work anymore and some of them DONT WANT A HOME; i remember some mentioning, whats the point of working, when everything is free from drugs, food, living outdoors..
      I had simple theory ship them off to slab city or a welfare red state where its cheap to live. But you know, they'll reject moving to a red state cause they'll torture them in prison lol and no free handouts Lot of the homeless have "parents" with homes, and the drugs addicts too.. and your out of town natives. Working with them can be a pain in the arse, once their mental health cause south, they are a lost cause.

    • @antievil
      @antievil 2 роки тому +1

      Hitlers dreams world baby. He invented meth. All these scum are on meth.

    • @mr.chocob3880
      @mr.chocob3880 2 роки тому +6

      Other countries receive WHO tents, why not the 3rd World US Cities?

  • @jeulihonodel7626
    @jeulihonodel7626 10 місяців тому +1

    Great reporting!!!

  • @glofly100
    @glofly100 2 роки тому +266

    This isn't just happening in Los Angeles.. It's happening everywhere.

    • @m1kcan1
      @m1kcan1 2 роки тому +55

      More so in Democrat states

    • @JDAbelRN
      @JDAbelRN 2 роки тому

      Not like this POS Los Angeles is. I'd be ashamed if I called Los Angeles my hometown. Don't Californians care that their state is the laughingstock of the world.

    • @kerryxo3999
      @kerryxo3999 2 роки тому +9

      Yes true but not this amount of people.

    • @kathleengivant-taylor2277
      @kathleengivant-taylor2277 2 роки тому +13

      Well I guess it’s good Nevada decided they did not want too be a democrat state anymore

    • @yaosio
      @yaosio 2 роки тому +27

      @@m1kcan1 It's happening everywhere capitalism has been tried.

  • @kevi5641
    @kevi5641 Рік тому +32

    I don`t know the answer to this problem but my heart goes out to the homeless. Rents in L.A. are so so over scale who can afford them. Don`t get me wrong, I also (being a property owner) can really understand the points of view of the general public. It seems as though the middle class has seriously eroded and affordable housing has disappeared. I`m seventy years old and never thought I would live to see the day where things would get so bad and hopeless.

    • @royharper2003
      @royharper2003 Рік тому +2

      do you think the people on skid row are working?

    • @kevi5641
      @kevi5641 Рік тому +3

      @@royharper2003 I know California has very serious problems with homelessness. I think when you are homeless like this you are to busy fighting for day to day survival to look for steady work. These people don`t have access to showers and clean cloths. I`m sure so many of them have given up hope and just don`t care anymore. Who would hire them? I wish someone like FDR would come on and organize them and start labor camps (as was done during the great depression). I see such opulent wealth in California and such great poverty. Were is the family and the middle class. This is becoming a nightmare world to live in. To so many of these people death would be a merciful escape from there misery.

    • @ey67
      @ey67 Рік тому

      Thanks to saint Ronny reagan' and demorats and rethuglicans. All the same and predatory capitalism.

    • @musikguru1
      @musikguru1 11 місяців тому +3

      The answer is: VOTE SMART! VOTE RED!! VOTE MAGA 2024!!!

    • @KittenBowl1
      @KittenBowl1 11 місяців тому +2

      @@royharper2003do you think you would be saying this if your loved ones are on drugs or homelessness? Don’t be ridiculous. You can’t get a job if you look like homeless even if you don’t do drugs. What are you gonna put as a home address when you are homeless on your application? Most people don’t want to live like this. They need our support not shame. No one can do well with being blamed and shamed they need our sympathy and support to do well.

  • @Bleyluige
    @Bleyluige Рік тому +5

    I am leaving CA next week. I can't leave here anymore. Rent and gas is very expensive and you are 2 o 3 paychecks away from becoming homeless

  • @valeriependelton5819
    @valeriependelton5819 2 роки тому +66

    Hi Nick, I can truthfully say that staying in a shelter does come with it rules. I've had to stay in one when I couldn't live with Mothe ( Husband was abusive he has since passed away so I'm living with her). In a shelter your up every morning @ 6AM no exceptions. We had to be out of the shelter by 7:45AM. And there are other rules. You must be back 10PM curfew. It can be tough but you have: toilets, a place to do laundry, warm bed, the place I was at was ok except the women were so crazy. Personal accountability which I feel most of the homeless just refuse to do along with rolling up their sleeves & putting in some effort.

    • @jasonjames4254
      @jasonjames4254 2 роки тому +3

      Strangely, there were no rules about: enrolling in drug treatment, submitting to drug testing, finding a job, seeking treatment for mental health issues and participating in a treatment plan, attending a job training program, etc. So it was basically just a place that enabled addicts to continue their addiction.

    • @bobbybooker2123
      @bobbybooker2123 2 роки тому +12

      What if they had picked you up on a bus at 8AM and taken you to do public work such as cleaning the streets and sidewalks and parking lots, clearing brush from the forest to prevent wild fires, picking fruits and vegetables or mistletoe, building reservoirs to end the lack of water, etc. thereby giving you a sense of and an actual purpose and as a way of letting you earn your way out of the situation?

    • @jasonjames4254
      @jasonjames4254 2 роки тому +9

      @@bobbybooker2123 That's a GREAT idea! That should be compulsory if you're homeless and jobless!

    • @cathyw7067
      @cathyw7067 2 роки тому

      Yeah, No Drugs, No alcohol! Pathetic I will never visit the shitty west( left) coast!

    • @DennisMartinezCalifornia
      @DennisMartinezCalifornia 2 роки тому

      @@jasonjames4254 you just described a labor camp like the Soviet Union. Jesus fucking Christ get a grip

  • @MB-ib5ji
    @MB-ib5ji 2 роки тому +89

    She hit it right on the head at 26:50 if they're just going to break even and not make profit and just make the world a better place there's nothing in it for them!

    • @wil7228
      @wil7228 2 роки тому +17

      Them meaning corrupt politicians

    • @fmcevoy1
      @fmcevoy1 2 роки тому +5

      There's a reason St. Francis of Assisi called money "donkey dung."

    • @MB-ib5ji
      @MB-ib5ji 2 роки тому +9

      @@fmcevoy1 we don't live to make money
      we have money to live. people get so carried away with the importance of artificial and material things

    • @DeflatingAtheism
      @DeflatingAtheism 2 роки тому

      Never trust bureaucrats to put themselves out of a job.

  • @angelawierda760
    @angelawierda760 2 роки тому +129

    I had met someone through an acquaintance. His goal was to go to California, collect the benefits and let them pay for housing for him. He proudly claimed that he was a sovereign citizen and never paid one cent into taxes. Totally free loader vibes.

    • @qram281
      @qram281 2 роки тому

      U mad? I mean u can leave our land and or acknowledge being the offspring of invaders b4 u title others free loaders...better being a free leader than not being American and pretending to be...white cargo

    • @OptimusPrinceps_Augustus
      @OptimusPrinceps_Augustus 2 роки тому +14

      Fentanyl ☠️ Final Solution to the Homeless situation

    • @DistanTThunder2
      @DistanTThunder2 2 роки тому +5

      @@OptimusPrinceps_Augustus what about the cleanup process?

    • @OptimusPrinceps_Augustus
      @OptimusPrinceps_Augustus 2 роки тому +8

      @@DistanTThunder2 Scoops and then the landfill I guess...

    • @100perdido
      @100perdido 2 роки тому +12

      By far the best way to grift off the system is to get a good education and learn to collect tax subsidies and unearned income like the rich people do.

  • @graveyardghost2603
    @graveyardghost2603 8 місяців тому +4

    If you look it up on Wikipedia, housing shortages and unaffordable housing are more the reason for homelessness than mental illness or addiction. Please stop calling them bums, it could be you one day.

  • @frednugent2310
    @frednugent2310 2 роки тому +52

    I live in the north Dallas suburbs and the homeless camps started migrating in from Dallas using the trains to get here. The city I live in enacted a no camping in the city limits ordinance. It worked because I no longer see homeless people unless I go downtown. Downtown Dallas is nowhere near as bad as L.A. but it's still a zoo.

    • @jacobtennyson9213
      @jacobtennyson9213 2 роки тому

      Texas is a rich strong Republican State. They always hate poor people illegal immigrants and homeless trash in their doorsteps.

    • @kevintewey1157
      @kevintewey1157 2 роки тому +4

      You would literally ship them around the country continuously until they died of exhaust
      I wonder if any of your ancestors did that to the Native Americans too

    • @frednugent2310
      @frednugent2310 2 роки тому

      @@kevintewey1157 im not talking about illegal immigrants, I'm talking about the domestic homeless here. Most are severely mentally ill and drug addicts or both. Don't take my word for it, come see for yourself.

    • @DontUputThatEvilOnMe
      @DontUputThatEvilOnMe 2 роки тому +9

      @@kevintewey1157 if every city does this and doesn’t tolerate it. It would be more inconvenient to be homeless then actually have a job.

    • @Jess1234
      @Jess1234 2 роки тому

      @@jacobtennyson9213basic common sense little Jacob ,you should take in everyone you mentioned

  • @luciac9123
    @luciac9123 2 роки тому +30

    Wow. Welcome to Long Beach! I've lived here my whole life. Unbelievable what has happened to parts of our beautiful city. Homelessness out of control. Our previous mayor, Robert Garcia, did nothing to help the homeless, as far as I can tell. He was too busy building more high rises near the downtown/beach area. He had his sights on moving on to bigger & better. He's outta here now. Hopefully the new mayor will care about this city!

    • @tertiary7
      @tertiary7 2 роки тому +2

      i wouldn't hold your breath. rex is part of the machine next to garcia. now we have a female version of him taking his old spot. it never ends

    • @luciac9123
      @luciac9123 2 роки тому +1

      @@tertiary7hey neighbor! totally agree with you!!! Glad someone else is seeing what's is happening around here!

    • @FU.dems.left.blm.antifa.l9btq
      @FU.dems.left.blm.antifa.l9btq 2 роки тому +4

      Start voting for Republicans folks.
      Republicans is the future to better life, NOT DEMONcrats

    • @spinmoney101
      @spinmoney101 2 роки тому +1

      Ah Long Beach my city. It was always bad but also had really beautiful areas…sadly those areas are getting bad too. Wish it the best but I had to move out

    • @keyissues1027
      @keyissues1027 Рік тому

      What is even more out of control are unaffordable housings.

  • @REACTIONSUNLIMITED
    @REACTIONSUNLIMITED 2 роки тому +23

    When I was a little child growing up in a third world country many years ago, I usually see LA as a beautiful city seeing it in movies. It was so sad that when I saw it years ago in reality, it was not the most beautiful city anymore that I aspire to live when I was a child.

    • @caringheart34
      @caringheart34 2 роки тому +2

      it's actually sad since in the movies, they always show parts of LA (i.e. Beverly Hills) that don't have these kinds of problems, and saying how being a "gangster" is cool

    • @katierose1893
      @katierose1893 Рік тому +1

      But you still came to the US didn't you.. and did you help the US?

    • @Gfysimpletons
      @Gfysimpletons Рік тому +1

      @@caringheart34 😂😂😂😂Colors, Menace to Society, Boys in The Hood, Friday, Falling Down, etc…….dozens of movies showing real L.A……

    • @Zrich98
      @Zrich98 Рік тому +1

      I lived in LA, absolutely the worst place in the US. I’d move to Detroit before moving back to LA. LA has a permanent smog that is only filtered out in the movies. LA is so bad with trash and homelessness movies are actually stopping filming in LA.

    • @katierose1893
      @katierose1893 Рік тому

      @@Zrich98 the rich areas are nice though like Redondo beach. Still saw some smog though. But amazing people there.. happy and rich. I want to go back every year.

  • @rosalynmartin519
    @rosalynmartin519 Рік тому +23

    I was attacked by a homeless man years ago… & threatened by one recently and I still have more concern for the homeless than you do. Everyone’s story is not the same (drugs and mental illness). I have seen employed, sober ,college graduates homeless because the cost of living is so high. Heck every other “vanlife” story on UA-cam tales a tale. Peace and prayers for those struggling…

    • @AB-nj4ex
      @AB-nj4ex 11 місяців тому

      90% of the people are druggies or mentally ill from drugs. Regular people clean themselves, maintain cleanliness and wouldn’t park a tent next to some random homeless guy lol they are all chillen together not working and using the system for free checks thst don’t last. A train ticket is like 25$

  • @catamish9338
    @catamish9338 2 роки тому +66

    I traveled for work in the LA area for almost three years. I’ve lived all over the US and seen how every part lives. The US is struggling spiritually and economically.
    I’m glad you made this video. I was pushing my Filmmaker family to do a documentary on this tragedy too.
    The cost of housing has pushed people to the street. There are different types of homeless . Addicted, mental health issues and those that just got behind and lost employment and then evicted. One terrible tragedy and there is no safety net there. Sometimes thiS last group just just leaves the real estate lifestyle b/c it has been oppressive to live and pay the greedy rentees. Typical rent is around 2400/ mo for 7-900 square Ft in the new complexes .
    It’s probably more now in the last 6 mos. People pay virtually nothing for utilities. Food prices seemed descent. Quality retail shopping is ridiculous and gas really!!!
    For someone to get back to normal living is a miracle for someone who has no resources, family or higher education. You will work 80 hours+ at minimum wage jobs to earn enough to live a basic life.
    Who can be chained to minimum wage life to just to pay someone else rent. Absolute enslavement.
    These folks are either organically mental, escaping and dying from the drug crisis and/or are anarchists who are bitter and won’t/can’t pay outrageous rents.
    Give a man a fish he will keep returning for food. Teach a man to fish and he will eat for a lifetime.
    Homelessness in LA is a reflection of how the greedy ad powerful treat its disadvantaged inhabitants.
    I also want o say there are numerous types of criminals on the streets of LA with and w/o jobs. Over 20k have been released from numerous prisons to release the Justice system of numerous tax dollars to house these folks. Be very aware of what your signing and what the terms of payment are. I left LA and was swindled by American Movibng company. They packed my mstuff up and then held for ransom when my my plans changed and asked for immediate return of goods. I reported tge extortion to the police and my insurance company and basically I had to devise a plan to get my whole apt back. They changed the terms of payment and demanded cash for services not rendered. In the end I had to pay cash and my stuff was never moved out of LA and they lost my dining room set!!! They moved my stuff to Ontario and wouldn’t let me pick it up. They didn’t even pack my belongings, I did! I was willing to pay half the agreement but the my insisted on payment of a full cross country move! Said they had my table but never delivered it. If your leaving the state rent your own truck and higher men to pack it and lift if you can’t do it yourself. I ended up driving all my stuff out of the state due to extortionate costs. It’s easy to go but to leave Is another story. It’s like people were clawing at me on my way out. My ex landlord kept 50% of my deposit stating my apt in terrible condition. I left iicleaner and neater then I found it. I was lucky to have had the “safe apt” as water was running through the light fixtures and ceilings caving in the one next door. This place was run by the spoiled son
    Who did not keep the apts and gaslit everybody or tried to intimidate the renters when things were seriously failing. I can proudly say I paid my rent on time every month while I watched and was told by others that they weren’t paying their rent and taking gov’t money to spend on frivolous items. I planted a garden and beautified my surroundings while others left their designer bag trash on the entrance way steps to blow all over the front yard. I was disgusted m. My bike locks were cut in the subterranean parking and bikes stolen. Interestingly the neighbors kid just got a new bike. He started swiping people’s u er eat food a groceries cause he could. He had money in his pocket. He was just a POS. I had so many government statements delivered to my mailbox with names I have never known. All unemployed check envelops of the peopke who didn’t change their addresss! Like literally 5 a week. Letters sent to me asking for money too!
    I left LA as soon as I could after the pandemic hit. It is a disaster I’ll never live there b/c it is truly a death sentence. People there think they have no impact on their surroundings and have virtually destroyed what could be a beautiful place to live.
    The healthcare system is overwhelmed, the streets and highways are overcrowded, constant traffic day and night. Air pollution is thick. the housing is run down and extortionate, the crime is out of control tge schools are not safe, disease runs rampant there. Gangs run all over LA robbing private and commercial businesses. The police have been reduced and unempowered ad disarmed that they g’have no authority as even politically they raise a hand to protect and they are sued their life away. It’s out of control chaos. Every weekend the news broadcast a car chase thru LA as prime entertainment and people watch this and laugh!
    There are pockets of beautiful places but that will end by the lack of WATER!!! LA is a Hollywood set , a desert that has abused all its resources and destroyed many people in many ways. It has become the safe haven for many who enter illegally and for criminals. LA is so overcrowded you literally can’t move. I met many people some actually were moving out of tge state. Some were living working and drinking the weekends away. Some were working every hour and young and having to suppor the elders in their family. Some rented all their lives. Some sold their hones and made a hell of a profit and left for another state.
    This is not a golden opportunity but a golden trap. Fools gold.
    The homeless need mental and spiritual rehab , education and relocation to paying jobs. Addicts and mentally unstable need institutional rehab. Criminals need punishment equal to the crime.
    America needs to address their greed and disregard if the human condition

    • @aaronsanchez1795
      @aaronsanchez1795 Рік тому +5

      Wow! Thanks for sharing your escape from Los Angeles and extortion experience... 🤔

    • @yotojojo522
      @yotojojo522 Рік тому +4

      Well, said . Most Americans just care about themselves.

    • @timeisup6844
      @timeisup6844 Рік тому +1

      This is what happens when you abandon the true God and bring all pagan gods to the country..

    • @Micismine_
      @Micismine_ Рік тому

      These need seif sufficent Land and tiny homes. our crooked gov. Don't want you to be selfsuffieciest. They want to bring us down. While they live in luxury

    • @UFC_Buffalo
      @UFC_Buffalo Рік тому

      @@yotojojo522 well, the people who handle their own business and their own families first are the ones that help...

  • @mritzs5142
    @mritzs5142 2 роки тому +22

    Hi Nick I left Los Angeles a year and a 1/2 Ago. I lived in North Hollywood and that has become the new downtown area. A total mess Panera Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf had to close because you were stepping over bodies to go in ..unbelievable but a lot of these people I saw were mothers and children I even saw a boy working at a school desk that they had found somewhere and he was doing his homework underneath the freeway on Vineland and Riverside Drive .. You are so right in your assumption that the homeless most of them anyway do not want to be in a shelter and do not want help. I worked with homeless for many many years in different settings ,they come in when they run out of their money they say they are suicidal but when the SSI comes into their accounts they are gone , if not on an involuntary hold. But many are suicidal and homicidal, delusional, I had my life seriously threatened across from Mac Arthur park. I know he was paranoid and delusional, I was taking a photo of a billbord of an exhibit of Helmut Newton. It was over many sleeping in tents and on the benches. I think he believed I was photographing them ...he threatened to slam a case of 24 Monster drinks over my head, that he was selling to the women who sell their tamales out of coolers ...I believe I started reslizing maybe leave? this is not a real city it is a mess of neighborhoods that suffer all the drawbacks of a city but none of the perks.. Transportation in LA is A JOKE The "subway" is so limited it goes to only a few places they waited a half century to build it because OIL money did want the whole of LA in their cars driving their life away.. that is why I was at Mac Arthur park I had to get off the train and take a bus then walk 20 minutes My job was 13.5 miles from my home. That is not a well planned anything! From what I am seeing in your video today is a progression of adaptation.The makeshift shelters boxes tents or movable tiny homes have become more sophisticated. You are bringing up something painfully true, the drug life the culture its appealing..most do not want to struggle and never catch up

    • @kimvanhowe852
      @kimvanhowe852 2 роки тому

      Thankyou for explaining
      ..your experiences and knowledge.,💛

  • @caramelbilquees
    @caramelbilquees 2 роки тому +18

    The shelter system is very bad and corrupt in LA. You really don't know I was abused, pushed, bullied by staff just for them to find a pathetic excuse to kick me out, and they stole all my value belongings like Laptop, bike etc. I was back on the street this time with nothing. I'm never going back would rather be on the street in a tent lost all trust in the system.

    • @visualcues
      @visualcues 2 роки тому +1

      Are you still homeless

  • @garettpatria
    @garettpatria 4 дні тому

    Great video and interview!

  • @Romanesquire
    @Romanesquire 2 роки тому +12

    That “living in a bubble” metaphor seems to be the norm in California. People are jaded and will never leave that dump.
    With open borders it’ll only get worse.
    This is what they voted for.

  • @theresekirkpatrick3337
    @theresekirkpatrick3337 2 роки тому +24

    We are worse than third world nations because they stay together multi generations in one home. We throw children and difficult family out to the wolves. 😢

    • @jpjp3873
      @jpjp3873 2 роки тому +4

      Encouraging you kids to be self sufficient is our way. Well, used to be. There is definitely a thing called helping your kids too much.

    • @nidaaazeez691
      @nidaaazeez691 2 роки тому +2

      Yes , it is about learning independently , but they ended homelessness
      Even there parents have a good place to live with them
      But in eastern culture we still help our kids , youth , relative.. not to end homelessness
      It is about survival.. we never lay on government.. our governments don’t , didn’t
      Care , never they have any responsibility to the
      People
      Here in USA I can say the greedy companies
      That garnished your wages ( car insurance
      Health insurance , rent … etc)
      What ever u work , u can’t stand all the payments 🙏

    • @jpjp3873
      @jpjp3873 2 роки тому

      @@nidaaazeez691 Yes, it is expensive to live here In The U.S. We do have unlimited opportunity for success here though.

    • @nidaaazeez691
      @nidaaazeez691 2 роки тому

      قوانين الاسلام من حد الردة وقتل الاخر
      تردع الناس من الخروج من الدين
      اما حديثك عن ايات العهد القديم
      المسلم يقع فى مطب لانه لا يعرف كيف يقراء التوراة
      ويقراء التوراة كانه يقراء القراءن ويتصور ان كل الايات مقدسة
      اخي المسلم لا تجلب المسطرة الاسلامية وتقارن بقية
      الكتب بها مسطرتك غير قياسية ويتيمة
      التوراة. احداث تاريخية حصلت ل الشعب اليهودي قبل ٣٠٠٠ سنة تعبر عن كيف الله كان معهم عندما كانوا مع الله
      وكيف الله بعد عنهم بسبب البعد عن الله
      والاحداث تاريخية وليست لان تعتبريها قانون
      المقدس الوحيد فى التوراة هو هو هو الوصايا العشر
      التى انزلت على موسى
      والتى كسرها نبيك جميعها
      وهناك ال لاويين وهو مخصص ل الكهنة اعمل الطقوس
      وماعدا ذلك كله تاريخ وتوثيق ل الشعب اليهودي ومعاناته
      مع الامم الوثنية المحاط ب اليهود
      لذلك المسلم لا يعرف كيف يقراء الكتب ويقدس الاحداث
      وبذلك يريد ان يقول ليس الاسلام فقط من يقتل ولكن العهد القديم فيه قتل
      ونسى ان الوصية تقول لا تقتل لا تزن لا تشته مقتنى غيرك
      لا تشته امراءة غيرك لا تحلف البتة. لا تشهد ب الزور
      لا يكن لك اله غيره . اكرم ايام وامك واحفظ بوم الرب
      داود الملك داود الملك. داود الملك كسر احد هذه الوصايا وبكى وندم وكى وندم ولكن نبيك
      كسر ١٠ وصايا ولم يندم
      الوصايا لا يجب ان تهدم ب مجيء الاسلام
      الوصايا نزلت من الله على موسى ولا يمكن ل الاديان ان تتراجع الى الوراء

    • @cL-bf2ug
      @cL-bf2ug 2 роки тому

      @@jpjp3873
      That is a horrible way to raise children. No wonder american children don’t honor their parents, instead they put them in a home when they’re old. If you essentially kick out your child at 18 or whatever you’re a horrible parent.
      People need to wake up. This isn’t the damn 1950’s where you can buy a home from working at a gas station. You’re setting up your children up for failure.
      Why do you think Indian-American families are so successful? They don’t have these idiotic american ideals on family.

  • @boitoiful
    @boitoiful 2 роки тому +23

    Hi Nick. I noticed that you stayed at the Hollywood Hotel at H&Vine. Many people lived there when they came to Hollywood before they were entrenched in the Movie Business. Doris Day, for example, lived there in the late 40's and early 1950. It is such a shame this has happened to all of our cities. Before that, she lived in a trailer park! Who would ever suspect that 100k a year would be low income! Thanks for your vids on these subjects. J

    • @mariondazo5737
      @mariondazo5737 2 роки тому +4

      Hi i am from the Philippines.... when typhoon Haiyan strike us your country helped us build houses overnight. I am wondering why you cant do that in your own country. Maybe some of the reasons are corrupt city officials, laws/regulations on buying drugs, toleraring NGOs and other Gov. Offices in providing those homeless people free food and money. here in the Philippines it is against the law if one will give money to a beggar or homeless person because if you will give those people food, money and other material things YOU ARE JUST LETTING THEM DEPEND ON YOU BY NOT WORKING AND they will continue on using drugs because gov. always give them without letting sweat for it.

  • @seabrookcity8778
    @seabrookcity8778 Рік тому +1

    Love your videos.

  • @lorimchair2190
    @lorimchair2190 2 роки тому +17

    Wow… this lady tells the truth. Like it IS. It’s really a mess there…so much needs to be done. And as usual the politicians support each other becoming millionaires while not supporting the people.😡

  • @Robnord1
    @Robnord1 2 роки тому +110

    Sad to see, and it's because they are enabled. I have interviewed street people while traveling through California. The honest and coherent among them all agree; The handouts, the weather, and the softness on crime makes California the place to be. THIS is truth. All the other talk is nonsense and distraction from reality.

    • @jasonjames4254
      @jasonjames4254 2 роки тому +8

      💯

    • @kentmccoy592
      @kentmccoy592 2 роки тому +5

      So what's your solution?

    • @Robnord1
      @Robnord1 2 роки тому +10

      @@kentmccoy592 My solution is to speak to them with kindness and encouragement to better themselves, move on, and end up back home in my small community that will not tolerate their behavior.
      It is not my job or desire to fix them, or the overpopulated wastelands they inhabit.

    • @Americafirst-i8q
      @Americafirst-i8q 2 роки тому +9

      Honestly these homeless people do not want any help and I know that for a fact I used to live in Anaheim California

    • @nagratna793
      @nagratna793 2 роки тому +3

      @@Americafirst-i8q exactly..they are kind of gone regressive and they might get hostile if anyone provide them such thing .

  • @TamaraChing
    @TamaraChing 2 роки тому +18

    Thank you for having that beautiful and knowledgeable woman to give insight. I have known her for over 20 years and I am so proud of her achievements. Yes there is a lot of money in people's woes, a lot of people made money off of the AIDS crisis and now a lot of people are making money off of the homeless crisis. Times are changing for the worst and the worst is going to come very soon.

    • @NickJohnson
      @NickJohnson  2 роки тому +1

      She's a neat person Tamara :)

  • @RandomBoxingGuy
    @RandomBoxingGuy Рік тому +2

    If you want the entire country to mirror California… NEWSOME FOR PRESIDENT!😂😂😂

  • @nancyhopple750
    @nancyhopple750 2 роки тому +80

    Born and raised in Southern Cal and after 74 years, my husband and I relocated to the South where we feel much safer and both political parties are represented. Seeing your vlog has me in tears as I see a decline since we left 18 months ago. I loved my state and swore never to leave but here we are and I cry amost every day knowing "my" California is rotting from the inside. This is beyond heartbreaking. p.s. I see where this young lady said everyone is a Democrat living in California. NOT TRUE. There are plenty of conservative people living in California with different views on how a city and state should be run. Many of those, are leaving in large numbers and you can clearly see why. Open borders all adds to this mess.

    • @nancyhopple750
      @nancyhopple750 2 роки тому

      @@ErikThomasMusic true ?

    • @kentmccoy592
      @kentmccoy592 2 роки тому +6

      So what is the conservative solution for the homeless problem in Los Angeles?

    • @orochimarukishimoto6509
      @orochimarukishimoto6509 2 роки тому +3

      @@kentmccoy592 my guess would be the same as the democratic solution...I dunno know

    • @RawOlympia
      @RawOlympia 2 роки тому

      @@kentmccoy592 get rid of libtards for starters, then it will fix itself. libtards create homelessness.

    • @Americafirst-i8q
      @Americafirst-i8q 2 роки тому +1

      You're not missing out on anything it's not going to get any better either

  • @curiousone6435
    @curiousone6435 Рік тому +30

    What she says about the contracting grift is REAL -- this is a big thing out here in DC. Here in DC, city officials decided that vouchers were the solution. Sounds good in theory -- give people homes. It's been a disaster in some cases. Whole buildings in the nicer parts of town are being taken over by people who are vouchered and not good neighbors (not all of them, to be clear). As a result, landlords are jacking up the rents and rent-controlled units are disappearing to voucher holders, never to be returned to rent controlled units once vouchered tenants move in. I believe the corruption is coming from the city in collusion with the landlord lobby. I am one of many residents who will be leaving after 10 years because I can't keep paying the inflated rent due to the vouchers; additionally, crime has swelled in my otherwise safe and boring part of town. It isn't worth it anymore. A lot of the public can't fully be aware of the corruption surrounding the solutions if they're so desensitized they barely notice, yet when they do, they just want to throw money at the problem with a lot of grifters waiting in the wings ready to cash in.
    Also, I like what she said about wanting to tie money and rewarding people for HEALING. This is important! There need to be better metrics and tracking for how this money is appropriated so we can see whether the solutions presented are giving us sustainable results.

    • @waza9986
      @waza9986 Рік тому

      Na tym polega komunizm. Żyjecie w komunistycznym kraju, w którym państwo o wszystko dotuje i z którym nie da się konkurować. Tak Żydzi zarządzali ZSRR.

  • @cindyburnside731
    @cindyburnside731 2 роки тому +44

    When they closed the state mental hospitals they were supposed to build and provide outreach community service centers for the mentally ill as a safety net 😒 I'm not even aware of the existence of such " clubhouses" and community service centers providing shelter and services for the severely mentally ill. It's inhumane.

    • @Gfysimpletons
      @Gfysimpletons Рік тому

      ? The governor invited all the dregs to come there! So apparently it’s an Open Air treatment center. And it’s working as planned…..

    • @tricia007100
      @tricia007100 9 місяців тому

      The crazy thing is that being homeless for awhile will make you mentally ill too. There really needs to be housing for humans who experience unfortunate life events and mental illness.

    • @Suzannecor
      @Suzannecor 9 місяців тому

      Ronald Reagan did that. A republican president

  • @Stoic-xm7uo
    @Stoic-xm7uo Рік тому +1

    One of the main reason why homelessness has grown in LA is many come from states not having ideal weather all year long, and second California has more resources than most East coast states(Bible belt).

  • @thekurtcobainfoundation4200
    @thekurtcobainfoundation4200 Рік тому +6

    I'm so glad your there to HELP the situation instead of doing NOTHING and just talking about the situation in some sickening sarcastic tone. God have mercy. On YOU.

  • @chuckyanus3563
    @chuckyanus3563 Рік тому +17

    "You can feel the energy change. And you can certainly smell it." Classic.

  • @carlapierle8623
    @carlapierle8623 Рік тому +53

    The scary thing is, MANY of us here in America are one bad situation away from homelessness. The difference perhaps is, if given the chance or opportunity we would work our way back out of it. Throwing money at stuff isn't always the answer. Some people desperately need rehab and/or the willingness to better themselves. Otherwise they'll just keep trashing up everywhere they go.

    • @BoleDaPole
      @BoleDaPole Рік тому +1

      You're really not.. most big and medium sized cities have plenty of resources to help you get back on your feet.
      -free food
      - free clothes
      - free job training/placement
      -free/reduced rent and bills
      -free/reduced Healthcare
      -free cell phones
      The list goes on. Plenty of temp jobs too, I'm not saying it's easy to lose a job and have to downsize but it's far easier than ever before.

    • @candaceshadowen790
      @candaceshadowen790 Рік тому +3

      Not true, Casimir.

    • @candaceshadowen790
      @candaceshadowen790 Рік тому +3

      @@BoleDaPoleNot true at all.

    • @carlapierle8623
      @carlapierle8623 Рік тому +8

      @@BoleDaPole Just ask anyone who has tried to access that "free" stuff and they'll tell you otherwise. Nothing works in real life like it appears on paper.

    • @omcincy7622
      @omcincy7622 Рік тому

      @@carlapierle8623 Yep, it also doesn't work like some UA-camrs and media would have you believe. There are a lot of broken people wandering the streets these days, and maybe, just maybe, our fearless leaders in both parties will come to realize it's cheaper and better for all to fix as many as they can, detox and counseling for alcoholics and addicts and therapy for the mentally damaged, many from trauma, PTSD, molested as young kids, depression etc etc..Yeah, there are some 'free riders', but there are a bunch in our state capitols and DC too, just better dressed and slicker. One of the few people I'll actually call a hero, Winston Churchill, said many decades ago "Americans will always do the right thing AFTER they have exhausted every other option".

  • @coachontheroad
    @coachontheroad Рік тому +1

    It's scary to look at the numbers. I'm from a really nice small town that is now experiencing homeless tents popping up on a bridge over the highway. Never would have thought I'd see that in my lifetime.

  • @susanmurphy958
    @susanmurphy958 2 роки тому +18

    I have lived in Los Angeles since 1984. And things were great. For a while anyway. Now, with this non-ending homeless crap, the bloom is definitely off the rose.

    • @jacobtennyson9213
      @jacobtennyson9213 2 роки тому +1

      Homeless problem in L.A. is transforming into a instant slums and ghettos. This will cause rich folks to flight to other cities.

    • @lindamoses3697
      @lindamoses3697 2 роки тому

      Beautiful LA county has really gone.

  • @GenXfrom75
    @GenXfrom75 2 роки тому +16

    I slept under a freeway bridge for 6 weeks in LA when I was 14, in Jan 1990. 💔 I guess technically it was Hollywood. There were little "rooms" created between the concrete under the bridge. It was rough.

  • @male42nfree
    @male42nfree 2 роки тому +30

    Hello Nick, This is one of the best videos I have seen documenting what is happening across the US in "Blue state" cities. Your guest - Jessica Rogers - her insights, opinions and experiences were truly enlightening and I commend her for her honesty and willingness to share them.

    • @Jazzy-BG
      @Jazzy-BG 2 роки тому +1

      Jessica was speaking the truth 👏🏽

    • @jerryalston5897
      @jerryalston5897 2 роки тому +1

      Red states too

    • @Argyle302
      @Argyle302 2 роки тому +2

      Yet something tells me that Jessica is still voting for Democrats.

    • @twinflames6441
      @twinflames6441 2 роки тому +4

      only thing that makes me upset is how much taxpayers money is taken and isn't used to actually help the people it's said to be used for. what is politics and government here for if they aren't here to help the people?

    • @gumbie007
      @gumbie007 2 роки тому

      @@Argyle302 Don’t think so since she used the term “Blue States, cities….” early in the interview. Most Democrats never refer to themselves as “Blue states, cities” when referencing a negative story. 🤔🤨

  • @yvonneconte3040
    @yvonneconte3040 Рік тому +2

    Do you realize the current medical/mental health, drug addiction out/in patient rehab treatment modalities has a 3% success rate, yes 3%! Changes need to be made it has been this way for decades

  • @bonniecurrie4906
    @bonniecurrie4906 2 роки тому +54

    First time I saw a homeless person was in the 70s, in my hometown of Hayward, California. After Ronald Reagan closed the State mental hospitals (Napa, etc.), I saw people pushing grocery carts, wearing literal rags, and talking to themselves. I can only assume now as an adult, "patient dumping" was happening then. As a kid who rode the BART train to San Francisco to watch the karate/Kung fu movies that aired for $1 on Saturdays... So much has changed. The City (SF) is no longer clean and safe, and the theater that played matinees on the weekend, is now a porn theatre on Market Street, along with the mentally ill, and drug addicts openly using on the streets 😥. Maybe it's time to bring the assylums back...

    • @loisaustin6200
      @loisaustin6200 2 роки тому +9

      I ran into my first homeless person (a senior lady) one January morning walking from the bus a few blocks close to the White House to my office in Washington, DC. It was early morning, still not quite light out and I saw this lady curled up on the sidewalk. It really alarmed me and I bent down and asked her if she was ok, did she need help? She said "no, honey I'm okay, I sometimes sleep here on this grate to keep warm at night." I gave her a few dollars and told her to get some hot coffee and I almost cried all day thinking about that, how she seemed so grateful for the heat coming up from that grate in the sidewalk. The year was 1979 and I never saw her again, but I still remember her.

    • @slee2819
      @slee2819 2 роки тому

      You are misinformed. Reagan did not close the mental hospitals, the Democratic controlled Assembly and Senate passed a law doing so. He merely signed the law passed by the people's representatives.

    • @mritzs5142
      @mritzs5142 2 роки тому +3

      yes I remember that one mental health facility Can name them in succession closed until 1988 there was almost nothing and yes the streets insidiously started filling in the spaces with wandering souls

    • @GoodyGoody534
      @GoodyGoody534 2 роки тому +1

      I agree. During the Trump era closed all the mental institutions. It’s Definitely time to bring those institutions back. Maybe the mass murder rates would go down as well homelessness and it would also give people jobs. A win win trifecta.

    • @nancyhopple750
      @nancyhopple750 2 роки тому +11

      @@GoodyGoody534 Where did you learn that Trump era closed mental institutions ? NEVER heard this. Facts please.

  • @milo007pop
    @milo007pop 2 роки тому +10

    Hey Nick... I hope you are doing well ... Damn those homeless shelters looks terrible.... Thanks for updating man .... Keep doing

  • @hooponoponogirlz
    @hooponoponogirlz 2 роки тому +9

    At 4:01 you can see in the tent someone's medication bottles. They are trying to create a home for themselves as best they can it seems.

    • @hooponoponogirlz
      @hooponoponogirlz 2 роки тому +5

      @@techiegirl2927 I actually enjoy the videos and the awareness raised and also the conversations started here. It is a mixed bag of omg on both sides on so many levels. I see the statements as ones made so often and casually amongst so many. He just repeats them to make the points and how they are rude and yet common beliefs at the same time. Double edged sword in a way that comes off so blatantly for both sides at same time.

  • @busterhoodstar6598
    @busterhoodstar6598 7 місяців тому +1

    You didn't see bums in Beverly Hills? Then you didn't look in the bushes, alleys, and Beverly Drive. Not hard to miss!