I like how the reporter say it's been going on for yrs and the mayor talks about how it just popped up. Keep voting these idiots in and this is what you get.
As a former long time resident of that exact area I lost count of how many boats got scuttled in the Estuary or hauled up on the hard at JL Aquatic Center. And this was all prior to 2021 and before COVID so yeah, its been going on for years and years. Those boats would sit there for weeks as people would show up and strip them and cut the lead out of the keel in broad daylight. A City or County with that much shoreline should have dedicated resources to keeping it free of junk - if you abandoned an RV on a sidewalk outside City Hall it would be towed away and disposed of in no time. But somehow authorities just turns a blind eye to this shoreline blight because they don't have to see it daily. Another problem with boats is owners who abandon them or sell them for almost nothing to someone who strips them and then abandons them. It takes months if not years for DMV to catch up with the owner who probably doesn't have insurance and may well have left the State. If boats moored or in a slip on public waterways were required to have insurance or have posted a bond (as we do for cars) then there would be far fewer abandoned boats on the water, and there would be money to fund recovery and disposal.
It’s not the mayor, it’s the DA’s office that has disemboweled Oakland’s PD. If the DA’s office refuses to prosecute and incarcerate for crimes, they are effectively broadcasting to every would be criminal in Oakland there is no punishment for criminal behavior. Sad that liberal voters in the Bay Area feel saving a handful of redeemable souls is worth risking the lives and safety of all law abiding citizens.
I agree. I was fortunate to sail on a friend's sailboat several times in San Francisco Bay. Sailboats take nothing from the environment or leave anything in the environment. They borrow the wind and leave a wake and now they're under assault.
You can not let issues like this go on for years, and then expect change. You can not allow it to happen in the first place. Once people kno they can get away with it, stopping them is a challenge.
With most of these voters living there, the pirates could raid their homes and they would let it happen because the pirates are just trying to put bread on their tables. 🤣🤣🤣
I lived on a boat in Huntington Beach. Every single liveaboard resident was armed and ready for trouble, because even in Orange County, the cops don't take crime in marinas seriously. Problem is, you shoot someone in Oakland and you'll have to face a jury of people who coddle criminals and who've helped create this atmosphere. I know this because I also lived in Oakland. The only answer is to weigh anchor and get the hell out of there.
So stupid when society sides with criminals rather than law-abiding taxpayers!!! It's insane to the point of satanism. I don't see any other reason why juries, city councils, judges should side with wayward bums.
@mipmipmipmipmip Originally, I was hoping to live on one. It seemed adventurous and safer behind the confines of a locked marina. I didnt consider bad guys coming from the water side. I was young (and stupid).
@@snidelywhiplash1888 Let's put it this way... the perpetrators have more rights than the victims unless the bad guys hurt someone in govt. Then there are consequences. It's a free-for-all right now, and yes. Id like to move. I will move as soon as I can.
@mipmipmipmipmip heh, owning a boat means one has no leisure time left. A boat is a hole in the water, surrounded by wood or fiberglass, into which one pours money.
@@BobbiGail criminals always have more rights than the victim, as the criminals aren't respecting any rights the victim has, governments must respect rights or their authority to act as a government becomes as dormant as the rights that they are denying criminals. When I was in the military and things got a bit rough and dodgy, I'd pull out my copy of the Constitution and read it, just to remind me of what I was fighting to protect.
Another point of note, if they are stealing from the boats motors and parts someone is buying the stuff. Finding out who is acting as a fence and getting them locked up should also be something local law enforcement should be involved in.
@@HeadNtheClouds Stolen property needs to be moved out of state to be sold or sold in state by some method. I doubt the thieves sell things except to a middle man and that is who needs to be targeted... no middle me no market for what they are stealing.
If someone needs a motor and sees one for a good price on the internet there will check it out and buy it if it's good because the law only checks boat serial numbers but I haven't seen any checking motor serial numbers
Are you a Democrat? Hopefully you moved to another democratic run city on its way to same fate and didn't bring your failing economic and social political ideas to a good GOP state.
@@wolfevickery6081What a silly statement- been gone for many years. Are you a communist? See? Stupid huh? Poor thing. When have people ever been able to "control" where they were born? Thinking is a powerful and beneficial thing (you should try it)
@@wolfevickery6081 How does crime become the Democrats fault??? So far in I’ve seen a lot of republicans in trouble with the law. Maybe you think pirates are the liberal types???
So much money and resources wasted instead of just holding the criminals actually responsible and not letting them right back out on the streets to keep reoffending.
Being kind to criminals has this kind of payoff. Victims are afraid to fight crime and criminals use this to their advantage. What is rewarded, will multiply.
You are wrong, we haven't even begun to be "kind to criminals". It is Severity that is the problem. Have you ever wondered why China with its 'Death For Everything' is still facing crime sprees and drug offenses? We Humans respond to Severity by getting tougher, we respond to pussification by taking advantage, HOWEVER, there is a sweet spot in the middle called Assertiveness that actually works. Right now criminals are responding to hopelessness and severity by being even more criminal. Just because we dialed back the severity a little bit does not make it all ok and certainly does not make it "being kind".
The Coast Guard is no longer a military subdivision. It falls under the Department of Homeland Security now. I wonder if USCG can charge violators with crimes tried in a federal court, thereby circumnavigating local authorities who refuse to hold criminals accountable for any crime.
The Oakland police only have one officer who is qualified to operate a police boat on the water, and the criminals know it. Finally the Coast Gaurd is getting involved with their trained personnel and marine assets and aircraft.
When you have a stupid governor, and woke community that defund police…. Why would they risk their lives and waste all that time if the criminal is going to be out of jail within the hour even before they can finish the booking paperwork
Well as someone who basically has a small marina in their backyard, I will gladly volunteer my tree as the gallows for these pirates. You just have to send them from Oakland California to Malvern Pennsylvania
so taking someone's life that has rights is the your way of justice...the rest of the world is laughing and smiling at this embarrassing country... the day the politicians take all your rights away. its going to be great...make merica great again forfeit the amendments and your rights as human being. kims going to sink the shit cupboard... kim for president
Better yet, catch ‘em, take em out to sea, offer them a once in a life time opportunity to be a oceanographer or anchor buoyancy tester. Either way, retrieve the anchor at later time.
Well, of course this is happening in California. Where else would this kind of BS be tolerated? This is such a simple problem to fix but ....... California finds a way to make it "complicated".
Seems there is a "new breed" of homeless folks out there stealing or simply squatting in watercraft. However, the news report seems to be blurring two issues into one: 1) Homeless people vs 2) simple Thieves and Vandals. Based on the Harbor Master's comments, this problem has been going on for years, yet the Coast Guard Commander says "...the problem is new to me". So, which is it? A "new" problem or one that's been festering for a long time?
OK, having lived in Alameda / Oakland for over four decades, here are some observations - the CG commander stating that the problem is "new to me" most likely means he just recently took that post. The CG is like the military in that officers are rotated around the country to various bases and stations. You may be there for 2 or 4 years, then it's off to a new billet. So he probably did just step into this mess. Well over 30 years ago, further up the estuary towards the Fruitvale bridge an abandoned US Navy minesweeper was settled into the mud near the shoreline. This thing had been there for many years, and was occupied by a variety of druggies and sketchers. It had a slight list of about 10 degrees, so walking or sleeping on the thing probably wasn't easy. Anyways, it took years, decades even, for this vessel to be cleared of rabble and finally removed. What is new is the sheer number of these drugged out people, and the misguided tolerance of this tent camp crap. Uber-liberal activists basically own this disaster, as they were the ones advocating for 'compassion' when what was needed was law and order.
My exact thoughts , New problem or has been going on for years ? To have sunken vessels that are right outside of the Coast guard center seems a little excessive since it causes a problem for other boaters in the area .
I've lived here for over 20 years. Homeless is a lot worse than it was 20 years ago. Along with homelessness comes a lot of crime. Those folks don't have jobs, where do you think they get money? And a lot of those folks are drug addicts. Those drugs aren't free. The Bay has always been sort of a home of last resort for folks. Old decrepit boats aren't super expensive, but they need constant maintenance. Even the sober homeless folks can't afford the upkeep. Abandoned boats have been around a long time. Is that particular situation worse now than it was? I don't know. There are absolutely a lot more homeless folks living in cars and motor homes that don't run along the back channel.
@@AndyCutright -- There are many homeless folks with no jobs, that is correct. There are also many people with jobs who are homeless, because we -- as a society -- have allowed a small minority of the population to control the costs of housing.
Union Point Park - another public recreational resource in Oakland that is controlled by the few (non-law abiding) and due to weak law enforcement by the City of Oakland, has effectively removed the resource from the public at large. What an outrage.
I was in the Coast Guard, long ago. That Coast Guard Island was (and maybe still is) where half of us went to boot camp. The knowledge that piracy is going on within sight of that base blows my mind! It shows the complete breakdown in law and order in East Bay. The Coast Guard cannot do much, if anything, without the cooperation of local authorities.
That park was opened with such fanfare using millions of public money from the Measure DD bond and then almost immediately got trashed and abandoned to tent and inoperable RV encampments. Cities should simply not be allowed to invest in public infrastructure they cannot maintain and secure as a safe resource for the residents that funded it. I would guess at least 50% of all parks in Oakland, if not more are like that now.
The Coast Guard has been given the ability to work with the OPD to stop this after it has been going on for years. I guess that's better than decades so it's good to see such a "timely" response here and to take comfort in the fact that the authorities are really on top of things. I say this facetiously. I used to live in Oakland and there really is a "community spirit" here and I hate to see it suffer.
As part of our tax dollars at work, the USCG should be required to remove all sunk and abandoned craft inside the bay. Sunken boats are a environmental and safety hazard. Then they can have their legal teams research owners/insurance companies to recoup some costs.
I had a buddy with an old boat that had a bilge pump failure in a storm, took on water and sunk. (This was in Sausalito) he was contacted and told that his boat was going to leak oil and gas into the bay he had to raise it or pay a pretty high fine per day until it was raised. He contacted a marine salvage company who told him that they couldn't get to it for a few weeks but offered to buy it for salvage price. He siad OK and the boat was 'up' in a day. So my guess is that all those sunk boats are owned by somebody who walked away from their ownership.
So, how can a mayor and society put those citizens before good citizens? Interestingly fascist question! Law enforcement on the water is overwhelmed, the USCG has more resources and personnel able to assist in cleaning up what largely is an economic mess that was allowed to fester until things got out of hand. At the end of the day, those needing a home in the gray bar hotel will get that home for some time and if the economic mess gets addressed, the rest will swiftly disappear. I honestly expect better of someone displaying an 82nd logo!
Well, if you are a registered Democrat, you should be given tickets for anything you do, no matter how small or insignificant, you are the entire reason the police aren't allowed to arrest actual criminals, so who is more deserving of a ticket? DEMOCRATS.
As you hear in the video instead of dealing with criminals the first thing they do is pass more legislation which only affects people who obey the law and own property. Americans will never wake up. We have laws that prevent theft and piracy just do their job, but no, they pass more laws to punish the people and criminals continue to do whatever
Boats have serial # , if not plated charge the owner of the vessel to demo it ! Honest boat owners are required to pay to tie to a bowey because the city filled the anchorage up with boweys. St. Augustine Fed law allows boats to anker out in one location for a set amount of time ( 10 days)? I emptied my holding tank every refuel ,, leave a Green Wake . I would have a cheap spare anker for a pirate!
The same politicians that let out prisoners and gave a slap on the wrist for stealing under $950, are the same politicians that will say they have a solution………..to the problems they have started!
Umm excuse me. Not anymore. You get the govt they give you! democracy is dead. Blame the plandemic or the opportunistic mail in voting or whatever you want but votes don't matter when they stuff ballot boxes Venezuela style.
I moored several boats in Port of Oakland marinas 20 years ago, and even lived aboard for a time. These were never issues back then, and it saddens me to see what has happened to California. I was born there and now we have an open air mental asylum coupled with open water piracy.
The mayor is overthinking a lot of things first off get a private contractor to clean up the sunken dilapidated boats clean the shoreline up for it doesn’t look so disgusting😮
Boats have serial # , and license numbers on the east coast owners can be charged for the boats demolition . Key west owners can be charged for ecological damage for running aground.
This is unacceptable and I can’t imagine having to endure this if I were living on my boat or docking my boat in one of these Marina’s. They’re going to have to put heavy resources on this and employ drones with night vision capabilities to thwart these crimes. Allowing homeless camps to reside on the premises was a big mistake and everywhere those camps are allowed to gain root, theft and burglaries are sure to follow.
What a nightmare. The great unwashed cockroach humans at work everywhere. These cockroaches are usually found in tents. Imagine working so you can boat a few times a month and you find the joy of your life infested with cockroaches. What a nightmare. Cockroaches find any point of vulnerability.
The Coast Guard is indeed a law enforcement agency, but we mean maritime law, not cops and robbers law. I can't imagine Coasties enlist or are commissioned knowing they will be tasked with being harbor police. They're not above that, but it's not a Coastie mission.
In Florida we have a derelict vessel problem as well. I have a trucking company and Heavy Haul company. I tried to get involved with salvaging and hauling out and junking some of the derelict vessels. But the bureaucratic red tape that is involved is unbelievable. They rather let the vessel sit there and pollute the water for years instead of giving you permits to haul it up they make it so expensive that it’s impossible and then nobody wants to pay the bill so the vessels just sit there and rot in the water polluting the waterways for years.
There are just a few "friends of the governor" businesses allowed to remove sunken boats in Florida. They charge more than the boat was worth new, just to remove it, which they do in one afternoon. Its a racket. The prohibitive paperwork involved is to prevent honest businesses like yours from getting any of that business.
It is somewhat cheap to buy a older boat but it is very expensive to maintain it. So you end up with boats that can't move due to mechanical problems that they can't afford to have fixed. It is hard to sell something like that due to all of the costs involved. Not surprising that they end up abandoned.
Want to solve the majority of the crime problem? When convicted, keep repeat criminals in jail for their entire sentence. No good time credits, no paroles, no probation, keep them in jail where they can't keep committing more crimes out in society.
That’s true, but that will require new prisons, guards, and all the stuff needed to keep prisoners alive. Anyone who doesn’t care about keeping prisoners alive had best hope they, or someone they care about, is not locked up. It costs about $100K per year to keep someone locked up, and taxpayers pay for it. Private prisons encourage corruption and incarceration for minor offenses (jaywalking, vagrancy, etc.). Back in the 1940’s, in some cities, you could be arrested for vagrancy if you didn’t have “enough” cash in your wallet. Beware of what you wish for.
@@thetooginator153 I am fully aware of what I am suggesting and I did specify repeat offenders. No one goes to jail for jaywalking alone as it's a civil offense, not criminal. I am talking about repeat offenders for theft, burglary, property damage, robbery, all violent offenses, OVI/DUI, etc. If one is repeatedly violating the serious laws of a civil society, they are demonstrating they don't wish to be in a civil society and should dealt with accordingly.
I live and sail on the lower Columbia River from well above Portland to the Columbia River Bar and beyond at Astoria. We have the same problems with river pirates. The issue is them being able to get derelict boats from legitimate owners who allow them to take the boats instead of responsibly removing them from the water and crushing them for recycle. They end up run aground, sunk and being lived in with the occupants dumping raw sewage into the river. The answer is make it a law that if the Coast Guard or Marine patrol finds a boat on the water with no current registration or Coast Guard Documentation they should be immediately impounded and the last owner of record contacted and charged for legally disposing of the vessel. People living aboard should be removed as these vessels are inherently unsafe. The Columbia is not a forgiving waterway, being on the water at 2 in the am with water lapping at your feet is not a good feeling. LEO should be able to control the illegally obtained and unregistered boats out there. Charge legal owners to pay for removal.
There's more sense in this comment than the whole report. Right as I'm thinking, "How are these coast guard vessels going to solve the homelessness and easily observable derelict boat issues?" The coast guard captain brings up aviation. Identify unregistered boats; impound them; fine the current owner. Problem solved.
Make boat disposal free and the owners wouldn't give them to derelict owners. It costs thousands of dollars to dispose of an old boat. House the homeless and the pirate problem will go away. These are complex issues with no simple answer. Throwing simpleton laws at complex problems exacerbates the problems.
I have cruised and lived aboard on the Columbia and Multnomah Channel. The real armpit for marina invasions was at Jantzen Beach. Winters get some people actually moving into vessels. Usually they figure out which boats are owned by elders or snowbirds. I kept my Grand Banks at 2 different marinas over a 3 year period. Being very active liveaboard , my presence kept the rare creepy crawlers from quietly bringing their dark colored inflatables around to unlock, remove some sailboats newer Honda outboard. Usually they get the 9.9 hp models. Desalination units were hot items. Too. Knowing your neighbors is key to security. And always question them and their reason if they get in. Usually they claim they are there to look at boat for sale, or going to see someone. When pressed they dont have a name or know what kind of vessel they expect to see. Always call the Harbor Master.
Yes and yes. My thoughts too. They are using the sunk boats In an estuary to cause attention. When they said they have been there for years no one has taken the responsibility to clean it up. Looks like some of the pirates may be partying on the boats and tagging them up. Then the real issue is the theves and degenerates stealing from the wealthy people who can afford a boat. In which some may not care. Which is why they telling 2 stories. But the estuary has pollution!
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Hard to believe anything the mayor says. Just look at the crime rate, and lack of holding those accountable. A slap on the wrist 6-7 times doesn't really send a message. But this is the system they voted in, so....
Making fun of pirates. When you are so out of the loop that you didn't know the cartels had pirates in control of Lake Falcon Texas since 2010, so Oakland California? That's doable.
@@BrysonCityDashCam28713 No big bodies of water here in the mountains. When the cartels tried to come through here in the early 2000s me and mine made sure they never came back out of them. They never came back, and if they do, they'll get the same treatment. No law needed, no city council, no military, just a bunch of people who wouldn't put up with it.
A friend of mine runs a charter fishing boat out of Emeryville. Last year, thieves came in another boat at night and stole his boat. The Coast Guard caught the perpetrators a few days later and promptly released the thieves. He got his boat back, but lost lots of expensive electronics and fishing equipment. Same problem across the entire Bay Area. Thieves are quickly released back onto the street to victimize us again in the days ahead. Longer jail sentences will slow this type of activity down.
yeah yeah sure maybe if your prison weren't full of drug offenders you'd have ROOM schools or prisons, gotta pick one and you chose UNWISELY pick SCHOOLS next time
How is this issue any more shocking or surprising than any of the multitudes of other issues that go on in this part of the country? Did anyone think maritime vessels would be any more immune to lawlessness and criminal behavior that the land-going people and entities that behave been under attack for decades? My reservoir for compassion is empty for these people who continually vote for legislators who promote this exact behavior. I predict it will get dramatically worse before it gets better.
@@timholt7153yup. Which is why I'll celebrate for them. They got exactly what they wanted. Congratulations California, you played yourself, I hope everyone there stays and lives in the filth they created
Unfortunately, the reporter gladly dumped multiple issues as a singular problem. The thieves (technically pirates because the word applies to any theft on water) likely have no relationship to the (presumably) illegal anchoring. At least one of the “abandoned” boats looked to be in active use even if nobody was visible at the moment. Certainly a number of the boats have been abandoned which is likely what brought in the thieves and vandalism. And certainly the sunken boats are a problem as well. But expect a story soon on some people who have been living in the area as their last ditch before homelessness.
@@AbNomal621 I don’t fault anyone for being homeless or nearly there, and living aboard boats or under a bridge. If they steal from others, that’s a different story. True pirates may have been brutal in their attacks, but at least they braved the harsh life at sea and their lives depended on their ability to function as an effective crew and out run authorities. That took a lot of ability and courage. I respect that. I lived and worked at sea for twenty years as a Chief Engineer and even though technological advances have made that life much safer and easier, the ocean, during really bad weather is a scary place to be. Calling these thieves “pirates” bestows an honor on them that they certainly did not earn, by moving onto an abandon piece of floatsum.
@@lowandslow3939 I agree that including all theft as piracy is insane. It is frustrating to see a report acting like all of the problems are really just one. Partly because that will then be used to sweep out those just trying to live in peace. And while I also believe that boats that in danger of sinking should be actionable, all too often it seems the “solution” involves someone making money with mooring balls.
California: Let's go easy on criminals. Soft-on-crime policies show compassion and give criminals another chance to be productive members of society. They're just stealing because they're hungry. We should provide benefits programs and reduce sentences. We should also reduce felonies to misdemeanors. Criminals: Yar-har and fiddly-dee! Your cabin cruiser belongs to me!
An extension of homelessness and crime in the area still not being dealt with sufficiently. I notice many marinas are fenced and locked in even in "lower crime" areas but it may come to local boaters having to work together to protect their property.
Why in the world has the law and the Coast Guard not been doing something about this crime all this time? Why has the Coast Guard and Law Enforcement needed to be forced to do their jobs? Getting noticed on the News and getting an angry public on their back should not have been necessary to wake them up and force them to do their jobs.
Because of defunding police departments and cutting back on new hires. Also because of weak penalties when criminals are caught. Many many repeat offenders walking the streets in CA.
What ever happened to the Coast Guard conducting regular safety and sea worthiness inspections of vessels? if these vessels that are not sea worthy were ordered out of the water until repairs would be done.... then you wouldn't have half these people anchored out and potentially sinking and creating hazards.
Do these 'elements coming in at night' have ANYTHING in common that would help us observe and report their activities a bit closer than 'elements coming in at night' perhaps? I mean I can make some guesses, but I want you to stop being cowards and say it.
Something tells me that if the Coast Guard does ending up catching a pirate, after asking permission to board their vessel, they'll just take down their name after giving them bottled water and a sandwich.
No consequence for committing crimes, unless youre a victim protects their life and property. Any victim fighting back can expect to be hounded by the DA.
Down here in the Southeast, the part of the country that pretty boy/failed Governor Gavin Newsom constantly derides, the Coast Guard & Corps of Engineers tightly manage the waterways and would never tolerate people stealing off boats, harassing and hurting innocent boaters or other visitors to the coast, and would clean up derelict or sunk boats blocking the waterways.
He's too busy enacting overreaching legislation like banning small gas engines and mandatory alcohol ignition lock systems on all new vehicles, or blocking municipalities from evicting the homeless `camping' in public parks, to worry about immaterial issues like crime or wildfires.
hence why isn't Coast Guard practice universal around the USA then? by the way, I'm fuming from just seeing a photo of Health Canada's czar this week, sporting virus print blighting her tacky Ontario blazer -- of all the audacity, of all the arrogance, of all the FLIPPANT fearmongering, because of the thousands of thousands of thousands of fabric prints I've laid eyes on, none has ever neared resembling virus illustrations: fuckingly it's SHEER sorcery; these cleptoparasitic wizards & witches to whom we acquiesce... :brrrRrr:
That’s pretty funny. There are many hundreds, if not even thousands, of abandoned boats throughout Florida. Many of which are blatantly blocking waterways. Glad your little part of paradise is unaffected. smh
While the criminals and sunk vessels are problems, this new ordinance seems to be going after the people who anchor out and don’t want to pay marina fees or high rent costs.
Isn't the Coast Guard supposed to fight pirates? Or is the Coast Guard about to get their 30mm cannons stolen and sold at the Coliseum flea market. Hell, they might steal the whole cutter ship.
Hey here's a question: How come it's taken years for the coast guard to FINALLY respond to this?! It seems like this is something they should've handled immediately by them.
They follow a chain of command, thats why. Dumb democrat politicians protect these criminals. How many ways can people say it? Democrat politicians only care about how they get votes. So they pander to criminals.
Take away from this video? "Boats have been abandoned or sunk for years".... Well done mayor's office. An you can add this to Newsome's list of failures in California. You know the guy who wants to be president.
Yeah, good idea . Except the owners will probably not be found, nor able to even pay a fine , if found. Just like the abandoned firetrap row houses in Baltimore and other cities. No easy solutions.
Man I hate to watch my state burn. The old way of doing things just seems to work and there's nothing wrong with what works. 30 more years down the same road it'll be Anarchy every person for themselves
No crime if there’s no victims. STOP ACTING LIKE VICTIMS! Stand up for self, defend your home and help your neighbors. Criminals HATE strong communities!
I like how the reporter say it's been going on for yrs and the mayor talks about how it just popped up. Keep voting these idiots in and this is what you get.
California loves this. Don't care because California idiots don't care either.
And they will. Just like Hawaii. Leftists never learn.
@@FinalCall247 You can always move to China where you can't vote and see if it improves things.
As a former long time resident of that exact area I lost count of how many boats got scuttled in the Estuary or hauled up on the hard at JL Aquatic Center. And this was all prior to 2021 and before COVID so yeah, its been going on for years and years. Those boats would sit there for weeks as people would show up and strip them and cut the lead out of the keel in broad daylight. A City or County with that much shoreline should have dedicated resources to keeping it free of junk - if you abandoned an RV on a sidewalk outside City Hall it would be towed away and disposed of in no time. But somehow authorities just turns a blind eye to this shoreline blight because they don't have to see it daily.
Another problem with boats is owners who abandon them or sell them for almost nothing to someone who strips them and then abandons them. It takes months if not years for DMV to catch up with the owner who probably doesn't have insurance and may well have left the State. If boats moored or in a slip on public waterways were required to have insurance or have posted a bond (as we do for cars) then there would be far fewer abandoned boats on the water, and there would be money to fund recovery and disposal.
Stolen elections have consequences
I miss the old way of dealing with pirates.
Alot of pirates were employed by a king. Kind of like terrorists today. They are funded through a government.
Keelhauling?
Hang a pirate?
@@batman4y2k from the highest yardarm
@@haven_lady675 that was usually reserved for sailors. Pirates were hanged.
Oakland's mayor is a fool.
don't you dare insult fools
I think the goal of whoever the current Oakland mayor is to be more foolish than the ones before him/her.
It’s not the mayor, it’s the DA’s office that has disemboweled Oakland’s PD. If the DA’s office refuses to prosecute and incarcerate for crimes, they are effectively broadcasting to every would be criminal in Oakland there is no punishment for criminal behavior. Sad that liberal voters in the Bay Area feel saving a handful of redeemable souls is worth risking the lives and safety of all law abiding citizens.
I see 4 replies but I only read only 1 😞
Common core math
As someone who has sailed for most of my life, it's painful to see those once beautiful boats reduced to trash like this. . .
Cali... enough said
I agree. I was fortunate to sail on a friend's sailboat several times in San Francisco Bay. Sailboats take nothing from the environment or leave anything in the environment. They borrow the wind and leave a wake and now they're under assault.
Black people
And beners
Cali won't let you protect yourself 😂😂😂 with firearms lmao
We would be blasting pirates here just like in solomia 😂😂😂
You can not let issues like this go on for years, and then expect change. You can not allow it to happen in the first place. Once people kno they can get away with it, stopping them is a challenge.
Good luck telling that to the voters in that area.
Besides, recycling a boat costs……💲💲💲
@@Dragon359 At this point, I'm a grab my popcorn and see just how much people will put up with for nice weather.
@@joez.2794 dude they vote for this shit there lol
With most of these voters living there, the pirates could raid their homes and they would let it happen because the pirates are just trying to put bread on their tables. 🤣🤣🤣
I lived on a boat in Huntington Beach. Every single liveaboard resident was armed and ready for trouble, because even in Orange County, the cops don't take crime in marinas seriously. Problem is, you shoot someone in Oakland and you'll have to face a jury of people who coddle criminals and who've helped create this atmosphere. I know this because I also lived in Oakland. The only answer is to weigh anchor and get the hell out of there.
Keep some chain and cinderblocks aboard for repel boarder situations.
@@williewonka6694 Absolutely! The maritime version of "shoot, shovel and shut up"
So stupid when society sides with criminals rather than law-abiding taxpayers!!! It's insane to the point of satanism. I don't see any other reason why juries, city councils, judges should side with wayward bums.
Dead men tell no tales, especially when they’re weighted and thrown overboard halfway to Catalina.
My cousin left California for Tennessee
I USED to want a boat. This cured me. Defending a house is hard enough.
@mipmipmipmipmip Originally, I was hoping to live on one. It seemed adventurous and safer behind the confines of a locked marina. I didnt consider bad guys coming from the water side. I was young (and stupid).
Is t it illegal to defend yourself now in CA.?
@@snidelywhiplash1888 Let's put it this way... the perpetrators have more rights than the victims unless the bad guys hurt someone in govt. Then there are consequences. It's a free-for-all right now, and yes. Id like to move. I will move as soon as I can.
@mipmipmipmipmip heh, owning a boat means one has no leisure time left.
A boat is a hole in the water, surrounded by wood or fiberglass, into which one pours money.
@@BobbiGail criminals always have more rights than the victim, as the criminals aren't respecting any rights the victim has, governments must respect rights or their authority to act as a government becomes as dormant as the rights that they are denying criminals.
When I was in the military and things got a bit rough and dodgy, I'd pull out my copy of the Constitution and read it, just to remind me of what I was fighting to protect.
Another point of note, if they are stealing from the boats motors and parts someone is buying the stuff. Finding out who is acting as a fence and getting them locked up should also be something local law enforcement should be involved in.
I feel like anything I buy online is either made cheaply in China or is stolen property 😮
@@HeadNtheClouds Stolen property needs to be moved out of state to be sold or sold in state by some method. I doubt the thieves sell things except to a middle man and that is who needs to be targeted... no middle me no market for what they are stealing.
Local Law Enforcement is probably in on the deal. Oakland's flea market is notorious for stolen goods and little enforcement.
If someone needs a motor and sees one for a good price on the internet there will check it out and buy it if it's good because the law only checks boat serial numbers but I haven't seen any checking motor serial numbers
Yeah, this isn't 1970's television.
Oakland just gets worse and worse. Glad to be out of there! The local government is an absolute mess.
Are you a Democrat? Hopefully you moved to another democratic run city on its way to same fate and didn't bring your failing economic and social political ideas to a good GOP state.
BLUE no matter who! remember that shit? Joe Biden is the best, going to be the best pres, remember that too? lol
@@wolfevickery6081What a silly statement- been gone for many years. Are you a communist? See? Stupid huh? Poor thing. When have people ever been able to "control" where they were born? Thinking is a powerful and beneficial thing (you should try it)
Liberal ran what do you expect..
@@wolfevickery6081 How does crime become the Democrats fault??? So far in I’ve seen a lot of republicans in trouble with the law. Maybe you think pirates are the liberal types???
Damn this is the reason why everyone wants to leave the Bay Area. Crime is welcomed and they reward criminals.
Those living on house boats are the only sane ones left.
No, they are just rewarding those who voted for this...Democrats.
The whole country rewards criminals. Look at the politicians and CEOs who run the US.
So much money and resources wasted instead of just holding the criminals actually responsible and not letting them right back out on the streets to keep reoffending.
called biden allowed illegals in . and free checks
You can be tough on crime all you want, but we also need to look at the root causes, and fix those issues.
@@TheRealScooterGuy LULZ
Being kind to criminals has this kind of payoff.
Victims are afraid to fight crime and criminals use this to their advantage.
What is rewarded, will multiply.
Yep.
You are wrong, we haven't even begun to be "kind to criminals". It is Severity that is the problem. Have you ever wondered why China with its 'Death For Everything' is still facing crime sprees and drug offenses? We Humans respond to Severity by getting tougher, we respond to pussification by taking advantage, HOWEVER, there is a sweet spot in the middle called
Assertiveness that actually works. Right now criminals are responding to hopelessness and severity by being even more criminal. Just because we dialed back the severity a little bit does not make it all ok and certainly does not make it "being kind".
This is what happens when you punish people for standing up for themselves and reward predators.
Like cancer when you don't remove it?..
called biden allowed illegals in . and free checks
This is pretty bad when a military agency has to take over the duties of local law enforcement.
What good is law enforcement when elected officials over rule the work they're doing? You can thank every single democrat voter for this mess.
They defunded the police...They have 1 officer who can operate the marine unit vessel. They got exactly what they voted for.
The Coast Guard is no longer a military subdivision. It falls under the Department of Homeland Security now. I wonder if USCG can charge violators with crimes tried in a federal court, thereby circumnavigating local authorities who refuse to hold criminals accountable for any crime.
@@MovieMusclethey had the budget and time. They just wanted to pocket the cash and move to other passion projects.
Maritime enforcement can already be tough...especially if nobody gives a shjt
I just can not tell you how happy I am that I have about 3000 miles between me & that once great state.
So they just let it get out of hand??? What the hell is going on with the authorities???
The Oakland police only have one officer who is qualified to operate a police boat on the water, and the criminals know it. Finally the Coast Gaurd is getting involved with their trained personnel and marine assets and aircraft.
Degenerate Liberalism
When you have a stupid governor, and woke community that defund police…. Why would they risk their lives and waste all that time if the criminal is going to be out of jail within the hour even before they can finish the booking paperwork
its california... come on. haven't you been paying attention? there is no law and order there
Pull LEO back. Let things get out of hand. The people scream to have their freedoms removed and government gets more power.
Is piracy still a hanging offense? A gallows at the marina might send the appropriate message to such criminals.
Well as someone who basically has a small marina in their backyard, I will gladly volunteer my tree as the gallows for these pirates. You just have to send them from Oakland California to Malvern Pennsylvania
so taking someone's life that has rights is the your way of justice...the rest of the world is laughing and smiling at this embarrassing country... the day the politicians take all your rights away. its going to be great...make merica great again forfeit the amendments and your rights as human being. kims going to sink the shit cupboard...
kim for president
I'm with you. Exactly.
Better yet, catch ‘em, take em out to sea, offer them a once in a life time opportunity to be a oceanographer or anchor buoyancy tester.
Either way, retrieve the anchor at later time.
Strict laws will stop most criminals..... unfortunately the people vote for democrat politicians which go easy on criminals.
Using US Gov't assets is shameful. Oakland should clean up their own messes.
The us government is at fault too much of our many has been wasted on the middle east witch Alameda pirates to enter
Well, of course this is happening in California. Where else would this kind of BS be tolerated? This is such a simple problem to fix but ....... California finds a way to make it "complicated".
Sorry Ted but it's become a problem all over the country not just California.
Happens in all maritime cities (which is all the major cities over 1 million people in the USA except the ones in Texas and Arizona).
Seems there is a "new breed" of homeless folks out there stealing or simply squatting in watercraft. However, the news report seems to be blurring two issues into one: 1) Homeless people vs 2) simple Thieves and Vandals. Based on the Harbor Master's comments, this problem has been going on for years, yet the Coast Guard Commander says "...the problem is new to me".
So, which is it? A "new" problem or one that's been festering for a long time?
OK, having lived in Alameda / Oakland for over four decades, here are some observations - the CG commander stating that the problem is "new to me" most likely means he just recently took that post. The CG is like the military in that officers are rotated around the country to various bases and stations. You may be there for 2 or 4 years, then it's off to a new billet. So he probably did just step into this mess. Well over 30 years ago, further up the estuary towards the Fruitvale bridge an abandoned US Navy minesweeper was settled into the mud near the shoreline. This thing had been there for many years, and was occupied by a variety of druggies and sketchers. It had a slight list of about 10 degrees, so walking or sleeping on the thing probably wasn't easy. Anyways, it took years, decades even, for this vessel to be cleared of rabble and finally removed. What is new is the sheer number of these drugged out people, and the misguided tolerance of this tent camp crap. Uber-liberal activists basically own this disaster, as they were the ones advocating for 'compassion' when what was needed was law and order.
My exact thoughts , New problem or has been going on for years ? To have sunken vessels that are right outside of the Coast guard center seems a little excessive since it causes a problem for other boaters in the area .
I've lived here for over 20 years. Homeless is a lot worse than it was 20 years ago. Along with homelessness comes a lot of crime. Those folks don't have jobs, where do you think they get money? And a lot of those folks are drug addicts. Those drugs aren't free. The Bay has always been sort of a home of last resort for folks. Old decrepit boats aren't super expensive, but they need constant maintenance. Even the sober homeless folks can't afford the upkeep. Abandoned boats have been around a long time. Is that particular situation worse now than it was? I don't know. There are absolutely a lot more homeless folks living in cars and motor homes that don't run along the back channel.
@@AndyCutright -- There are many homeless folks with no jobs, that is correct. There are also many people with jobs who are homeless, because we -- as a society -- have allowed a small minority of the population to control the costs of housing.
Union Point Park - another public recreational resource in Oakland that is controlled by the few (non-law abiding) and due to weak law enforcement by the City of Oakland, has effectively removed the resource from the public at large. What an outrage.
called biden allowed illegals in . and free checks
I was in the Coast Guard, long ago. That Coast Guard Island was (and maybe still is) where half of us went to boot camp. The knowledge that piracy is going on within sight of that base blows my mind! It shows the complete breakdown in law and order in East Bay. The Coast Guard cannot do much, if anything, without the cooperation of local authorities.
That park was opened with such fanfare using millions of public money from the Measure DD bond and then almost immediately got trashed and abandoned to tent and inoperable RV encampments. Cities should simply not be allowed to invest in public infrastructure they cannot maintain and secure as a safe resource for the residents that funded it. I would guess at least 50% of all parks in Oakland, if not more are like that now.
The Coast Guard has been given the ability to work with the OPD to stop this after it has been going on for years. I guess that's better than decades so it's good to see such a "timely" response here and to take comfort in the fact that the authorities are really on top of things. I say this facetiously. I used to live in Oakland and there really is a "community spirit" here and I hate to see it suffer.
As part of our tax dollars at work, the USCG should be required to remove all sunk and abandoned craft inside the bay. Sunken boats are a environmental and safety hazard. Then they can have their legal teams research owners/insurance companies to recoup some costs.
I had a buddy with an old boat that had a bilge pump failure in a storm, took on water and sunk. (This was in Sausalito) he was contacted and told that his boat was going to leak oil and gas into the bay he had to raise it or pay a pretty high fine per day until it was raised. He contacted a marine salvage company who told him that they couldn't get to it for a few weeks but offered to buy it for salvage price. He siad OK and the boat was 'up' in a day. So my guess is that all those sunk boats are owned by somebody who walked away from their ownership.
How can a mayor and society put these feral people before good citizens?
Just asking questions? Offer a solution.
Democrats think differently....
@@boffo63 So it can fall upon deaf ears/flat out ignored?
Who? The pirates? Or the people living on the hook?
So, how can a mayor and society put those citizens before good citizens? Interestingly fascist question!
Law enforcement on the water is overwhelmed, the USCG has more resources and personnel able to assist in cleaning up what largely is an economic mess that was allowed to fester until things got out of hand.
At the end of the day, those needing a home in the gray bar hotel will get that home for some time and if the economic mess gets addressed, the rest will swiftly disappear.
I honestly expect better of someone displaying an 82nd logo!
Who wants to bet they leave the criminals alone and just write tickets to citizens.
It’s easier to make a showing that way.
Ain't taking that bet. Think we already know that answer .
Well, if you are a registered Democrat, you should be given tickets for anything you do, no matter how small or insignificant, you are the entire reason the police aren't allowed to arrest actual criminals, so who is more deserving of a ticket? DEMOCRATS.
As you hear in the video instead of dealing with criminals the first thing they do is pass more legislation which only affects people who obey the law and own property. Americans will never wake up. We have laws that prevent theft and piracy just do their job, but no, they pass more laws to punish the people and criminals continue to do whatever
You get the government you vote for! The locals voted in people who allow this kind of behavior, on land or at sea.
You have absolutely no idea what you are talking about.
Boats have serial # , if not plated charge the owner of the vessel to demo it !
Honest boat owners are required to pay to tie to a bowey because the city filled the anchorage up with boweys. St. Augustine
Fed law allows boats to anker out in one location for a set amount of time ( 10 days)?
I emptied my holding tank every refuel ,, leave a Green Wake .
I would have a cheap spare anker for a pirate!
Yikes
The same politicians that let out prisoners and gave a slap on the wrist for stealing under $950, are the same politicians that will say they have a solution………..to the problems they have started!
Umm excuse me. Not anymore. You get the govt they give you! democracy is dead. Blame the plandemic or the opportunistic mail in voting or whatever you want but votes don't matter when they stuff ballot boxes Venezuela style.
Wow, even Democrat run citys waterways are showing how inept they are.
I moored several boats in Port of Oakland marinas 20 years ago, and even lived aboard for a time.
These were never issues back then, and it saddens me to see what has happened to California.
I was born there and now we have an open air mental asylum coupled with open water piracy.
The mayor is overthinking a lot of things first off get a private contractor to clean up the sunken dilapidated boats clean the shoreline up for it doesn’t look so disgusting😮
Exactly, call a Salvage Company and quit wasting taxpayer dollars on stupid programs that don't work. Prosecute crime!
@@LAT-qk3vj facts don,t work on a liberal
Sure dude. We'll just take all the extra money Oakland has lying around and spend it just like you say!
@@AndyCutright exactly you know I’m the boss in my word is solid🎯🦾👍🧛🏿♂️
Boats have serial # , and license numbers on the east coast owners can be charged for the boats demolition . Key west owners can be charged for ecological damage for running aground.
Congratulations oakland, you must be so proud of yourselves
This is unacceptable and I can’t imagine having to endure this if I were living on my boat or docking my boat in one of these Marina’s. They’re going to have to put heavy resources on this and employ drones with night vision capabilities to thwart these crimes. Allowing homeless camps to reside on the premises was a big mistake and everywhere those camps are allowed to gain root, theft and burglaries are sure to follow.
What a nightmare. The great unwashed cockroach humans at work everywhere. These cockroaches are usually found in tents. Imagine working so you can boat a few times a month and you find the joy of your life infested with cockroaches. What a nightmare. Cockroaches find any point of vulnerability.
The boat owners voted in these politicians
The govt. are the criminals and far too lazy to do their jobs.
@@TingTingalingybullshit
@@1911Earthling called biden allowed illegals in . and free checks
The Coast Guard is indeed a law enforcement agency, but we mean maritime law, not cops and robbers law. I can't imagine Coasties enlist or are commissioned knowing they will be tasked with being harbor police. They're not above that, but it's not a Coastie mission.
In Florida we have a derelict vessel problem as well. I have a trucking company and Heavy Haul company. I tried to get involved with salvaging and hauling out and junking some of the derelict vessels. But the bureaucratic red tape that is involved is unbelievable. They rather let the vessel sit there and pollute the water for years instead of giving you permits to haul it up they make it so expensive that it’s impossible and then nobody wants to pay the bill so the vessels just sit there and rot in the water polluting the waterways for years.
There are just a few "friends of the governor" businesses allowed to remove sunken boats in Florida. They charge more than the boat was worth new, just to remove it, which they do in one afternoon. Its a racket. The prohibitive paperwork involved is to prevent honest businesses like yours from getting any of that business.
They passed an ordnance directed at getting rid of liveaboards while discussing salvage boats. Shell game as usual.
these are all indications that our country is third world now.
It is somewhat cheap to buy a older boat but it is very expensive to maintain it. So you end up with boats that can't move due to mechanical problems that they can't afford to have fixed. It is hard to sell something like that due to all of the costs involved. Not surprising that they end up abandoned.
De-funding the police will solve this problem.
Want to solve the majority of the crime problem? When convicted, keep repeat criminals in jail for their entire sentence. No good time credits, no paroles, no probation, keep them in jail where they can't keep committing more crimes out in society.
Democrats and their virtue signaling, weak minded, lemmings, love criminals, and are enjoying the action!
That’s true, but that will require new prisons, guards, and all the stuff needed to keep prisoners alive. Anyone who doesn’t care about keeping prisoners alive had best hope they, or someone they care about, is not locked up.
It costs about $100K per year to keep someone locked up, and taxpayers pay for it. Private prisons encourage corruption and incarceration for minor offenses (jaywalking, vagrancy, etc.).
Back in the 1940’s, in some cities, you could be arrested for vagrancy if you didn’t have “enough” cash in your wallet. Beware of what you wish for.
@@thetooginator153 I am fully aware of what I am suggesting and I did specify repeat offenders. No one goes to jail for jaywalking alone as it's a civil offense, not criminal. I am talking about repeat offenders for theft, burglary, property damage, robbery, all violent offenses, OVI/DUI, etc. If one is repeatedly violating the serious laws of a civil society, they are demonstrating they don't wish to be in a civil society and should dealt with accordingly.
@@robertgates5164 Jaywalking isn't an offense.
@@blackwatch6649 No one is talking about " jaywalking " here, nor was it the subject of the video.
I live and sail on the lower Columbia River from well above Portland to the Columbia River Bar and beyond at Astoria. We have the same problems with river pirates. The issue is them being able to get derelict boats from legitimate owners who allow them to take the boats instead of responsibly removing them from the water and crushing them for recycle. They end up run aground, sunk and being lived in with the occupants dumping raw sewage into the river. The answer is make it a law that if the Coast Guard or Marine patrol finds a boat on the water with no current registration or Coast Guard Documentation they should be immediately impounded and the last owner of record contacted and charged for legally disposing of the vessel. People living aboard should be removed as these vessels are inherently unsafe. The Columbia is not a forgiving waterway, being on the water at 2 in the am with water lapping at your feet is not a good feeling. LEO should be able to control the illegally obtained and unregistered boats out there. Charge legal owners to pay for removal.
There's more sense in this comment than the whole report. Right as I'm thinking, "How are these coast guard vessels going to solve the homelessness and easily observable derelict boat issues?" The coast guard captain brings up aviation.
Identify unregistered boats; impound them; fine the current owner. Problem solved.
Yeah because another law that the police won't enforce is going to help a LOT, right? Guys?
Make boat disposal free and the owners wouldn't give them to derelict owners. It costs thousands of dollars to dispose of an old boat.
House the homeless and the pirate problem will go away.
These are complex issues with no simple answer. Throwing simpleton laws at complex problems exacerbates the problems.
@@AMERICANPATRIOT1945
You can't house people that don't want to be housed.
I have cruised and lived aboard on the Columbia and Multnomah Channel.
The real armpit for marina invasions was at Jantzen Beach. Winters get some people actually moving into vessels. Usually they figure out which boats are owned by elders or snowbirds.
I kept my Grand Banks at 2 different marinas over a 3 year period. Being very active liveaboard , my presence kept the rare creepy crawlers from quietly bringing their dark colored inflatables around to unlock, remove some sailboats newer Honda outboard. Usually they get the 9.9 hp models.
Desalination units were hot items. Too.
Knowing your neighbors is key to security. And always question them and their reason if they get in. Usually they claim they are there to look at boat for sale, or going to see someone. When pressed they dont have a name or know what kind of vessel they expect to see.
Always call the Harbor Master.
who would of thought legalizing crime would bring more crime no one could of predicted this ever
*would have / *could have.
Abandoned boats is a problem for every harbor in America. That is a totally separate problem from theft or piracy.
Yes, I was having a problem following this report. They are talking about 2 separate problems, yet making it seem like the same person is responsible.
Yes and yes. My thoughts too. They are using the sunk boats In an estuary to cause attention. When they said they have been there for years no one has taken the responsibility to clean it up. Looks like some of the pirates may be partying on the boats and tagging them up.
Then the real issue is the theves and degenerates stealing from the wealthy people who can afford a boat. In which some may not care. Which is why they telling 2 stories. But the estuary has pollution!
Hello Nerds, what ownership will we be shooting full of unsubstantiated opinions today? imho ngl afaik ghaik beep boop bop 🤖🐦👮 I like my bullshit with that weighted Ai sauce that forces the poison down with agreement sugar coating. The kind that has been around since the 1960s, "Star Wars". Juice me.
Hard to believe anything the mayor says. Just look at the crime rate, and lack of holding those accountable. A slap on the wrist 6-7 times doesn't really send a message. But this is the system they voted in, so....
He was sending the police to harass boaters, this all looks like badge-less acts of cowardice.
6-7 times? Umm it seems like the going number is usually 50+
No one mentioned using a barge and crane to remove the debris from the waterways 😮
That is the first thing I thought of...a crane.
Who is going to pay for that.
@@WindTurbineSyndrome Tax those evil rich people for it!!!
You are now on a California Coastal Commission watch list just for saying that.
Well, that is when you get when you make crime legal. You can thank our DA and Mayor.
If crime is legal, then why are the 30 + California prisons at 115% capacity?
No consequences means no consequences, baby. 💪😎✌️ It ain't nothin'. Even if ya get caught, ya just get BACK, Jack. 😂
Don't forget the super smart voters.
And czar newsome and the politburo.
called a democratic
This is the leadership you voted for bay area...
Pirates?!? Bro thats f*cking awesome 😂
Have they tried to call a social worker?
Solar panels and electric cars fixes this 😅
Looks like Somalia and Oakland have a lot in common… and it’s not just the pirates
Somalia looks better… they are rebuilding…
Oh, really. What else does Oakland have in common with Somalia?
@@matteframe You know what they have in common.
@@crowpvpgod4537 I don't
@@matteframeyou don't get outside much, do you.
Only in the US would something so stupid become so idiotic. Start at one end, move forward and clean it all out.
Pirates 😂
When you're so progressive that you bring back the 1700's
Not a result of" progress"...a result of "regressiveness"
Clueless, pirates still exist, usually Somali etc
Making fun of pirates. When you are so out of the loop that you didn't know the cartels had pirates in control of Lake Falcon Texas since 2010, so Oakland California? That's doable.
@@BrysonCityDashCam28713 No big bodies of water here in the mountains. When the cartels tried to come through here in the early 2000s me and mine made sure they never came back out of them. They never came back, and if they do, they'll get the same treatment. No law needed, no city council, no military, just a bunch of people who wouldn't put up with it.
😂😂😂
A friend of mine runs a charter fishing boat out of Emeryville. Last year, thieves came in another boat at night and stole his boat. The Coast Guard caught the perpetrators a few days later and promptly released the thieves. He got his boat back, but lost lots of expensive electronics and fishing equipment. Same problem across the entire Bay Area. Thieves are quickly released back onto the street to victimize us again in the days ahead. Longer jail sentences will slow this type of activity down.
yeah yeah sure
maybe if your prison weren't full of drug offenders you'd have ROOM
schools or prisons, gotta pick one
and you chose UNWISELY
pick SCHOOLS next time
They searched the toilet in one of the abandoned boats and found the Captain's Log ! Arrrrrrgh!
How is this issue any more shocking or surprising than any of the multitudes of other issues that go on in this part of the country? Did anyone think maritime vessels would be any more immune to lawlessness and criminal behavior that the land-going people and entities that behave been under attack for decades? My reservoir for compassion is empty for these people who continually vote for legislators who promote this exact behavior. I predict it will get dramatically worse before it gets better.
The U.S. COAST GUARD and other local agencies have been castrated by the progressive political left. No balls in CA govt.
I had the same thought. Keep electing those permissive politicians. See how much of a city you have left in a decade or so.
Left 25 years ago. Used to have a boat Alameda. So sad. Dumb asses vote and dumb asses run your government.
@@joesterling4299 Better known as democrats.
@@timholt7153yup. Which is why I'll celebrate for them. They got exactly what they wanted. Congratulations California, you played yourself, I hope everyone there stays and lives in the filth they created
It’s passed time to sweep away the trash. Don’t call them “pirates”. They are thieves, nothing more.
They should take a gun class and arm themselves. Then vote out those stupid fxxking democrats, this is their fault.
Unfortunately, the reporter gladly dumped multiple issues as a singular problem. The thieves (technically pirates because the word applies to any theft on water) likely have no relationship to the (presumably) illegal anchoring. At least one of the “abandoned” boats looked to be in active use even if nobody was visible at the moment. Certainly a number of the boats have been abandoned which is likely what brought in the thieves and vandalism. And certainly the sunken boats are a problem as well. But expect a story soon on some people who have been living in the area as their last ditch before homelessness.
@@AbNomal621 I don’t fault anyone for being homeless or nearly there, and living aboard boats or under a bridge. If they steal from others, that’s a different story.
True pirates may have been brutal in their attacks, but at least they braved the harsh life at sea and their lives depended on their ability to function as an effective crew and out run authorities. That took a lot of ability and courage. I respect that. I lived and worked at sea for twenty years as a Chief Engineer and even though technological advances have made that life much safer and easier, the ocean, during really bad weather is a scary place to be. Calling these thieves “pirates” bestows an honor on them that they certainly did not earn, by moving onto an abandon piece of floatsum.
@@lowandslow3939 I agree that including all theft as piracy is insane. It is frustrating to see a report acting like all of the problems are really just one. Partly because that will then be used to sweep out those just trying to live in peace. And while I also believe that boats that in danger of sinking should be actionable, all too often it seems the “solution” involves someone making money with mooring balls.
Start with the damned politicians who allows it ...😮
Someone once asked "Why would anyone ever need a 30 round magazine?". Well, here's one scenario.
Anytime 2 agencies are responsible, neither will do anything.
A complete breakdown and a disgrace.
California: Let's go easy on criminals. Soft-on-crime policies show compassion and give criminals another chance to be productive members of society. They're just stealing because they're hungry. We should provide benefits programs and reduce sentences. We should also reduce felonies to misdemeanors.
Criminals: Yar-har and fiddly-dee! Your cabin cruiser belongs to me!
This is all TALK. Nothing will be done, nothing is going to happen to anyone and the crimes will continue.
Well said
Well said, by a mentally abusive mother
I lived on a boat in Embarcadero Cove Marina 25 or so years ago. It's sad to see the area go downhill.
An extension of homelessness and crime in the area still not being dealt with sufficiently. I notice many marinas are fenced and locked in even in "lower crime" areas but it may come to local boaters having to work together to protect their property.
im sure it will work itself out just give time .
You know we’re in good shape when the coast guard has to combat hobos on our own turf 🤪
Good luck on the Coast guard and the local law enforcements to work together.
Why in the world has the law and the Coast Guard not been doing something about this crime all this time? Why has the Coast Guard and Law Enforcement needed to be forced to do their jobs? Getting noticed on the News and getting an angry public on their back should not have been necessary to wake them up and force them to do their jobs.
Because California.
Because of defunding police departments and cutting back on new hires. Also because of weak penalties when criminals are caught. Many many repeat offenders walking the streets in CA.
@@awdobsession717 Oakland has not defended the police and these are federal crimes as well
@@rkgaustin SInce when does California have say over Federal law enforcement and Federal crimes ?
What ever happened to the Coast Guard conducting regular safety and sea worthiness inspections of vessels? if these vessels that are not sea worthy were ordered out of the water until repairs would be done.... then you wouldn't have half these people anchored out and potentially sinking and creating hazards.
That entails actually doing something...
Vandals are pulling the plugs……
Yaaa...that'll be the day...
Isn't this what they say they are doing?
Good God is there no law enforcement in Oakland? Do something.
Yes there absolutely is law enforcement and it protects the criminals!!
just ignore it and it will go away
We need a land guard to stop the road pirates up and down the highway in this country.
DOJ just ruled against civil asset forfeiture and some corrupt police have been arrested already.
a minigun w/ 5,000 rounds , would solve this.
Do these 'elements coming in at night' have ANYTHING in common that would help us observe and report their activities a bit closer than 'elements coming in at night' perhaps? I mean I can make some guesses, but I want you to stop being cowards and say it.
Something tells me that if the Coast Guard does ending up catching a pirate, after asking permission to board their vessel, they'll just take down their name after giving them bottled water and a sandwich.
One of many Oakland city dumps allowed to materialize and grow because Oakland doesn't enforce law and order.
aka liberals in control so nothing get done they get paid and under like daddy biden 10%
Mayor says it’s a new thing? Shameful
New to her, as Mayor. I looked it up: She took office earlier this year.
The pirates would attack my ship then they get to say hello to my little friend.
This is such an easy case to solve. Since 2021 Oakland has had a spike in Haitian immigrants, they are 100% responsible.
I’m shocked this is happening in Oakland- said no one ever.
Mayor? Of what? She just collects a pay check
No consequence for committing crimes, unless youre a victim protects their life and property. Any victim fighting back can expect to be hounded by the DA.
What are the worst words to hear when there is a problem? I am from the federal government and I am here to help.
Down here in the Southeast, the part of the country that pretty boy/failed Governor Gavin Newsom constantly derides, the Coast Guard & Corps of Engineers tightly manage the waterways and would never tolerate people stealing off boats, harassing and hurting innocent boaters or other visitors to the coast, and would clean up derelict or sunk boats blocking the waterways.
He's too busy enacting overreaching legislation like banning small gas engines and mandatory alcohol ignition lock systems on all new vehicles, or blocking municipalities from evicting the homeless `camping' in public parks, to worry about immaterial issues like crime or wildfires.
hence why isn't Coast Guard practice universal around the USA then? by the way, I'm fuming from just seeing a photo of Health Canada's czar this week, sporting virus print blighting her tacky Ontario blazer -- of all the audacity, of all the arrogance, of all the FLIPPANT fearmongering, because of the thousands of thousands of thousands of fabric prints I've laid eyes on, none has ever neared resembling virus illustrations: fuckingly it's SHEER sorcery; these cleptoparasitic wizards & witches to whom we acquiesce... :brrrRrr:
@@evelynwaugh4053 Don't forget the pronouns, we can't make the confused girly-men angry as that's an important part of his constituency.🤪
Your waterways are your moneymakers...good to protect. Recreational uses not so important...yet.
That’s pretty funny. There are many hundreds, if not even thousands, of abandoned boats throughout Florida. Many of which are blatantly blocking waterways. Glad your little part of paradise is unaffected. smh
While the criminals and sunk vessels are problems, this new ordinance seems to be going after the people who anchor out and don’t want to pay marina fees or high rent costs.
Isn't the Coast Guard supposed to fight pirates? Or is the Coast Guard about to get their 30mm cannons stolen and sold at the Coliseum flea market. Hell, they might steal the whole cutter ship.
They only want to take drug money.
If you live in a metro area of any California city, and you have not been a victim of crime, just wait. You will be.
Hey here's a question: How come it's taken years for the coast guard to FINALLY respond to this?! It seems like this is something they should've handled immediately by them.
They follow a chain of command, thats why. Dumb democrat politicians protect these criminals. How many ways can people say it? Democrat politicians only care about how they get votes. So they pander to criminals.
Jurisdictional.
dont work that way, its up to local goverment. LOLOL. if thats even what they have there in cali. maybe we call them local commies?
I had my skiff stolen in sausalito a few years ago. Pirates are a real issue for sure.
They stole it so they can steel from others.
California crime is out of control
Take away from this video? "Boats have been abandoned or sunk for years".... Well done mayor's office. An you can add this to Newsome's list of failures in California. You know the guy who wants to be president.
but is to much of a coward to admit it.
Oakland is just a glorified Somalia.
So because they chose a different route, other than crossing the Rio Grand, suddenly it’s ruffled some different feathers! Lmao!
Bring back some "inhuman" punishments for criminal offenses! Some miscreants may stop and think about the consequences of their stupidity!
California getting what they voted for
Lawlessness....so if the pirates get caught will the DA lock them up?
Im guessing they wont be walking a plank under this administration 😂
never the liberal say bad boy slap a fine back to work .
Ok. Now I see why they were called the Oakland Raiders.
Hmmmm...must be summa those "Teen Pirates". Yup. ☠ Somebody clearly wants "To Be King Of The Pirates!"
We got pirates in California now? 😆 what a paradise it is in the bay area.
Try living in Sacramento...😢
They should be able to find out who owns those boats and they should be responsible for the removal. 😂
Yeah, good idea . Except the owners will probably not be found, nor able to even pay a fine , if found. Just like the abandoned firetrap row houses in Baltimore and other cities. No easy solutions.
@@tomphillips2608 No there never is. God bless.
Thank you! Same to you and your family!
@@tomphillips2608 thx for an intelligent response without political denigration. To You and the other responder best wishes.
Pirates? In 2023? California never fails to surprise.
The Castro has had pirates for a long time.
This reminds me of the Simpsons: "Who polices the police?" "I dunno.. Coastguard?"
Man I hate to watch my state burn. The old way of doing things just seems to work and there's nothing wrong with what works. 30 more years down the same road it'll be Anarchy every person for themselves
anarchy comes when people give up their right to defend themselves
People of California. You got what you voted for.
Karma for the woke, everything woke turns into 💩
No crime if there’s no victims. STOP ACTING LIKE VICTIMS! Stand up for self, defend your home and help your neighbors. Criminals HATE strong communities!
Calling them "Pirates" is a slam against real pirates.
Arrgghh, matey! These ain't pirates by a long stretch. Put a bounty on 'em and us real pirates'll clean 'em up right quick!
Lol I read pirates and was like what is this about, click and heard fake wind sound 😅😅😅
Thanks a lot Biben!
To my understanding Oakland has ONE marine officer. He may be retiring soon.
Hope so
Get the suspects and use them as bait when fishing for Great Whites off of the Farallon islands.