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don t you think they made those laws because it was ran like those prison for profit where they only got to make a paper to keep you indefinite amount of time until you are healed ... i do not claim to have the answer but in this day and age i dont trust people having too much control ( would it be so hard for agency like the fbi plus no court ...)
Great episode and I'd love to add some of my own experiences as a life long California resident and I've been a local news photojournalist, covering Orange, Riverside and Los Angeles counties. Just in my town the homeless problem has become out of control and I've seen just about everything. Recently I saw a lady get out of her van and within walking three feet away towards the store, a man came running up and stole her car, that she had left running. The Hispanic/Migrant gang member who stole car almost hit her with her own car as she went chasing after him while he was peeling out of the parking lot. The OCSD arrived and while taking notes from the victim, he asked her if she had ever been arrested for prostitution and that shocked me. The poor lady just was nearly car-jacked, had her car stolen with Christmas gifts inside and the local idiot cops treated her like she was a suspect. I called 911 a few months back on a homeless man standing butt naked in public. The same OCSD Deputy's came out and gave the guy a blanket and left. Now I know he does this almost every day and I've since seen this same guy in different states of undress in a busy public area. Even more sad than that is we have elderly women who are homeless and it is absolutely heartbreaking to see. I can only imagine what they have gone through on these rough streets. I think of my grandparents and it just breaks my heart to see defenseless old ladies pushing a cart, sleeping in the cold and dealing with all of the crazy gang members, dealers and mentally ill people. If you're homeless here or a "migrant" you can get away with almost everything. The cops here are discouraged from talking to illegals and this all started about 15 years ago when law enforcement were no longer allowed to ask them their immigration status. Now illegals in California can get regular California Drivers License's or I.D.'s which allows them the ability to drive and probably even vote, lol. I constantly see people stealing from the stores, while meanwhile goods/groceries have risen to such high prices. I've lived in this town before for five or six years while growing up in the early 2000's and we had one homeless man. Back then I met Republican Governor Arnold Schwarnezegger twice and both times he had no (visible) armed security and was the nicest down to earth guy. Under his rule we had law and order and one homeless person in my town. Now we have untold numbers, but there are easily over 100-150 homeless people just in our small town. There is a turnover, there are new people showing up all of the time and some move on or are arrested and we don't see them again, or sometimes they'll eventually show back up. The beach is close enough where you can walk or ride a bike there, so get why there are homeless people here, but obviously something changed. When I was growing up here there was basically no homeless and certainly no open air drug use. We had one homeless guy who everyone knew and helped. Now we have hundreds and people are smoking fentanyl, even right in front of the local rehab and methadone clinic. Literally smoking fentanyl in front of the only place where people can try and get help. I could tell so many stories, but this is obviously a result of leftist/democratic policies. The democrats have absolutely ruined this wonderful state. Even Orange County where I live and was brought up has gone to hell. A cyclist was recently stabbed to death in the middle of a really busy intersection in broad daylight and in front of at least 30 witnesses. The suspect hit the cyclist with his car first, got out and stabbed the guy to death in front of everyone. It's really bad here and unfortunately the cops are just as bad. They don't do shit, they hide everything and they mistreat journalist like myself. It's gotten to the point where I no longer recognize my town, my state or country and I went from supporting law enforcement to thinking they are a complete joke. Recently a homeless guy in Los Angeles pulled out his penis and chased after a female jogger, caught up to her and tried to rape her from behind. The L.A. County District Attorney Gascon has charged the man/crime as a misdemeanor? Plus that same week a father and his live-in girlfriend were given sentences of 10 years and 15 years for torturing and murdering the mans teenage son. Plus we the voters of California have voted for the death penalty and we still sentence the worst of the worst to death, but the Governor refuses to put anyone to death. I am convinced that the State of California now puts criminals rights over victims rights. The Police are so busy with violent crimes and mentally ill people that most crimes are unsolved and or the charges are never filed. In some area's like where my nephew is a Police Officer, they only respond to Code-3 calls and in between those he stops suspected gang-members and other criminals on traffic stops and he averages getting 5 guns off the streets every week. His department has an OIS rate of 1 out of 6 officers and his one SGT., has been in six different OIS incidents as a shooter and cleared on every one. My nephew is in his early 20's and joined the Police department instead of enlisting in the Army. My mother and I who helped raise him talked him out of the Army and he has since thanked us both with a nice letter. He's making over $120,000 a year plus benefits and he is making a difference. He helps the Gang squad and narcotics. He was telling me the other day that his department and other's are now asking federal agencies to adopt cases, so that the criminals have to face actual justice. So anytime a serious offender reoffends or hurts law enforcement, or commits any crimes that are also Federally illegal, they'll call DEA, FBI, ATF, HSI or whoever to adopt the case. That is how sick law enforcement is with the State of California! Watching the slow decline of my town and my state has been hard. My nephew who works a really dangerous area of San Bernardino tells and shows us some crazy things he sees almost daily. He's constantly chasing after criminals who run with guns in their hands and he's almost had to shoot a couple of times and he is only in his second year as a cop. He's seen countless deaths, had people die in his arms, he's seen it all. He used to have to clear this abandoned mall and there are literally zombies in there. Homeless addicts and people living in this dark and rundown mall, and people screaming, walking around like zombies and people on meth, fentanyl. He's seen both men and women with the ass of their pants cut open so others can more easily rape the weak. It's unreal and so sad, I honestly believe we are beyond reproach and I have no hope in our future!
I really appreciate your efforts..im not meaning to be rude..but honestly I'm sick of the round table conversation..nobody wants to talk do to being deplatformed. Election fraud is are issue and your guests know there is no way they can win.so whats the point.
You should interview Kyle Rittenhouse. The political commentary community and mainstream news media lied about his case. Kyle Rittenhouse has unofficially earned the n word pass in my opinion.
Shawn you officially made it to the big leagues I got no notification for the show! When this happens this is because you flying to close to the sun keep up the great work will continue to share this show with everyone I know YOURE A FUCKING PATRIOT ❤💪
Also, if Shawn has notifications turned on for his "shorts" and we don't click that it will stop alerting his followers. Advise to turn notifications off for his shorts, ez fix
I've got 21 years as a cop in California. There is NOTHING the state could dangle in front of me that would keep me on the job or in this state. Most of us have divested from the state, department leaderships, and the people of California. He is absolutely right we are just riding it out. The state hasn't even begun to attempt to stop the bleeding. Restorative Justice is still on the lips of every diversity hire manager propelled into positions of authority.
You ought to move East to NJ, NY, MASS, etc and continue with your career. It's literally day and night. Our cops and community don't play that shit. Our homeless kicks out, does not tolerate those that come from California and try that, here. I come from a family of Police officers, State Troopers, Captains, Captain of Juvenile... You might really like it here.
@lizziesangi1602 I appreciate the offer but I will be retiring. As far as anyone going into law enforcement, I would suggest staying out of any blue states altogether. The leadership just isn't there.
Born and raised in California. There’s 70,000 men women and children living on the streets in Los Angeles County alone. These folks in charge of some of the homeless outreach programs are drawing 6 figure salaries. If they solve the homeless crisis they put themselves out of a job🤔 Not gonna happen. Great Show Shawn been with you since the beginning…. 💪🏻❤️🙏🏻🇺🇸
Just build shelters and bring all the homeless folks on the streets inside. It's not that complicated. I realize that Newsom is a globalist who doesn't really care about regular people, but the issue shouldn't really have anything to do with left versus right politics. Everyone benefits if you bring it inside- same with the situation around junky drug addictions. Support effective indoor treatment and maintenance programs.
That is what I have researched and concluded as well.. it's turned into a business that purposely creates a continuous need and offers a b.s. solution that is not a solution.
As someone who has lived in California almost all of my life. This state has been going to shit for a long time. I live in far northern California in Redding, and the homelessness here is insane. My wife and daughter will not go anywhere at night without me. Because they are afraid and my wife and I both have concealed carrys. It's sad that this once beautiful state has become such a black mark in the country. We have horrible taxes, horrible homelessness problem, horrible drug problem, horrible crime problem, horrible housing crisis, and the worst gun laws in the country. Like I said, We have concealed carrys, but if we were to use them in self defense. We would be the ones arrested and sent to prison, but pedophiles and sexual predators get a slap on the wrist. It really disgusting to see. Great job Shawn on getting the real stories and not the bullshit we are fed on the news. Keep up the great work bro!!!
Seems to me like it’s all planned and by design. I mean that’s the only logical explanation. No one is that stupid or that bad at their job thinking these are good ideas or good things. California gun laws especially are mind blowing. Someone who defends themselves or others are not only treated like but considered criminals and usually charged with a crime. It’s like living in the upside down
To be honest dude if you did have a self defense situation the best thing to do where you’re at is to just finish the job and walk away and not even call the cops, You’d most likely walk away from that but calling it in on self defense ? Like you said, Prison.
I live in California and just opened my yearly insurance bill for my 2 work trucks (one is 20 years old the other is 6 years old) and my equipment (19 years old). Last year it was $3879 and this new bill is $5923...a $2044 increase in one year. I called my insurance agent and she said, "our rates have stayed the same, but so many insurance companies have left California because of all the govt. regulation and more strict rules that the rates have sky rocketed" Not to mention they've made it mandatory that I carry workers comp. insurance....but I DON'T HAVE ANY EMPLOYEES!!! It just makes me want to work for cash, be homeless and collect the cash the state is giving homeless people, instead of working myself to death and have nothing to show for it. I've just about had it with this fucking state. Their agenda is to kill small businesses and they are doing a great job of it.
Great episode and I'd love to add some of my own experiences as a life long California resident and I've been a local news photojournalist, covering Orange, Riverside and Los Angeles counties. Just in my town the homeless problem has become out of control and I've seen just about everything. Recently I saw a lady get out of her van and within walking three feet away towards the store, a man came running up and stole her car, that she had left running. The Hispanic/Migrant gang member who stole car almost hit her with her own car as she went chasing after him while he was peeling out of the parking lot. The OCSD arrived and while taking notes from the victim, he asked her if she had ever been arrested for prostitution and that shocked me. The poor lady just was nearly car-jacked, had her car stolen with Christmas gifts inside and the local idiot cops treated her like she was a suspect. I called 911 a few months back on a homeless man standing butt naked in public. The same OCSD Deputy's came out and gave the guy a blanket and left. Now I know he does this almost every day and I've since seen this same guy in different states of undress in a busy public area. Even more sad than that is we have elderly women who are homeless and it is absolutely heartbreaking to see. I can only imagine what they have gone through on these rough streets. I think of my grandparents and it just breaks my heart to see defenseless old ladies pushing a cart, sleeping in the cold and dealing with all of the crazy gang members, dealers and mentally ill people. If you're homeless here or a "migrant" you can get away with almost everything. The cops here are discouraged from talking to illegals and this all started about 15 years ago when law enforcement were no longer allowed to ask them their immigration status. Now illegals in California can get regular California Drivers License's or I.D.'s which allows them the ability to drive and probably even vote, lol. I constantly see people stealing from the stores, while meanwhile goods/groceries have risen to such high prices. I've lived in this town before for five or six years while growing up in the early 2000's and we had one homeless man. Back then I met Republican Governor Arnold Schwarnezegger twice and both times he had no (visible) armed security and was the nicest down to earth guy. Under his rule we had law and order and one homeless person in my town. Now we have untold numbers, but there are easily over 100-150 homeless people just in our small town. There is a turnover, there are new people showing up all of the time and some move on or are arrested and we don't see them again, or sometimes they'll eventually show back up. The beach is close enough where you can walk or ride a bike there, so get why there are homeless people here, but obviously something changed. When I was growing up here there was basically no homeless and certainly no open air drug use. We had one homeless guy who everyone knew and helped. Now we have hundreds and people are smoking fentanyl, even right in front of the local rehab and methadone clinic. Literally smoking fentanyl in front of the only place where people can try and get help. I could tell so many stories, but this is obviously a result of leftist/democratic policies. The democrats have absolutely ruined this wonderful state. Even Orange County where I live and was brought up has gone to hell. A cyclist was recently stabbed to death in the middle of a really busy intersection in broad daylight and in front of at least 30 witnesses. The suspect hit the cyclist with his car first, got out and stabbed the guy to death in front of everyone. It's really bad here and unfortunately the cops are just as bad. They don't do shit, they hide everything and they mistreat journalist like myself. It's gotten to the point where I no longer recognize my town, my state or country and I went from supporting law enforcement to thinking they are a complete joke. Recently a homeless guy in Los Angeles pulled out his penis and chased after a female jogger, caught up to her and tried to rape her from behind. The L.A. County District Attorney Gascon has charged the man/crime as a misdemeanor? Plus that same week a father and his live-in girlfriend were given sentences of 10 years and 15 years for torturing and murdering the mans teenage son. Plus we the voters of California have voted for the death penalty and we still sentence the worst of the worst to death, but the Governor refuses to put anyone to death. I am convinced that the State of California now puts criminals rights over victims rights. The Police are so busy with violent crimes and mentally ill people that most crimes are unsolved and or the charges are never filed. In some area's like where my nephew is a Police Officer, they only respond to Code-3 calls and in between those he stops suspected gang-members and other criminals on traffic stops and he averages getting 5 guns off the streets every week. His department has an OIS rate of 1 out of 6 officers and his one SGT., has been in six different OIS incidents as a shooter and cleared on every one. My nephew is in his early 20's and joined the Police department instead of enlisting in the Army. My mother and I who helped raise him talked him out of the Army and he has since thanked us both with a nice letter. He's making over $120,000 a year plus benefits and he is making a difference. He helps the Gang squad and narcotics. He was telling me the other day that his department and other's are now asking federal agencies to adopt cases, so that the criminals have to face actual justice. So anytime a serious offender reoffends or hurts law enforcement, or commits any crimes that are also Federally illegal, they'll call DEA, FBI, ATF, HSI or whoever to adopt the case. That is how sick law enforcement is with the State of California! Watching the slow decline of my town and my state has been hard. My nephew who works a really dangerous area of San Bernardino tells and shows us some crazy things he sees almost daily. He's constantly chasing after criminals who run with guns in their hands and he's almost had to shoot a couple of times and he is only in his second year as a cop. He's seen countless deaths, had people die in his arms, he's seen it all. He used to have to clear this abandoned mall and there are literally zombies in there. Homeless addicts and people living in this dark and rundown mall, and people screaming, walking around like zombies and people on meth, fentanyl. He's seen both men and women with the ass of their pants cut open so others can more easily rape the weak. It's unreal and so sad, I honestly believe we are beyond reproach and I have no hope in our future!
@@olenmullins1333 Oh I know, moving sounds SO EASY. Because of certain circumstances I can't leave for another 8-10 years. The only way to afford this state is to have your own small business, and they are actively killing them one at a time. Trust me, I would have left 5 years ago If I could've.
From a former homeless meth addict, i will say the detox from meth honestly requires sleep, food, and lots of water. Been off of meth for over ten years now.
Thank you Shawn for shining a bright light on this corruption! Changes need to be made in multiple States. I feel for those in Cali, man, it sounds awful. That "Governor" should be forced to sleep on the streets with those folks he is "helping"....
Thank you for having Michael Shellenberger. Yes, we are blessed and hemorrhaging at the same time.Michael can stay in California and help us. We still Love Cali but we are overrun with Mental Illness, Homeless and all is salvageable. I'm staying to help and continue to work as a nurse to be a part of the inevitable bottom out and make come back. God hasn't left us. Thank you Shawn for having Michael and others who give us their courage, strength and hope.
As a person who lived in California for 36 years, born and raised in San Diego. Our state has gotten out of control. I was one of those addicts on the street. Hopeless drug addict for 20 years. It is possible to turn your life around if you put the effort in.!! I now have 3 1/2 years clean and sober. But I think he is right the vast majority of homeless are addicts with mental illness. But it is due to mostly peoples addictions that lead them to the street. And the politics and laws regarding theft and drugs are only enabling everyone to continue what they’re doing. Love the content Shawn keep it up!! 👍🏼💪🏼🇺🇸
Congratulations on getting clean. I’m a little over 8 years myself. Was an addict for nearly 20 years and turning my life around was a blessing and very hard work all in one but saved my life. I was living in a car at one point. Then was couch surfing. It’s a horrible way to live in itself so I can only imagine someone living on the streets in a huge city. Keep pushing👍
Congrats on 20 years clean man! I was born and raised in California and lived there for the first 30 years of my life. I was a using addict for the last 12 years or so before I moved and cleaned up back in 2019. I was fortunate enough to make it out before Covid hit and also fortunate enough to realize I needed to change for good before I OD again and wouldn’t come back the next time.
I live in commiefornia and i disagree with Mr. Shellenberger, this state is definitely not libertarian. If that was the case we wouldnt be in such an authoritarian/ police state, our rights are eroded more and more everyday yet Californians still vote these morons into office. We are a very progressive, socialistic state and are treated like children too dumb to think for ourselves (sadly most are). I feel bad for all the states where Californians are moving, they run from here due to most of their politics yet vote the same in their new "home" state. Mr Shellenberger has some good ideas but sad to say you cant expect much change when they always vote the same way. I pray daily my fellow Californians wake up and see these policies don't work. Sorry for rant, keep up the great work. This is the best podcast in my opinion, hands down. Much love to you and your family.
I have lived here for 35 years. I agree with you. It’s not libertarian. However, most of the Californians leaving now, are not from the left. They are making those other states more red. The past 2 decades of out migration, true, it was the average Californian. Turned Washington state, Colorado, Nevada, Oregon more blue.
The Californians that have moved to Texas are screaming democrats and leftists who bought up all of the real estate, lease all of the houses to their Commiefornian fellow transplants at quadruple the renr, no affordable housing now for poor university students who have lived around campuses for generations, they grow weed in their homes, run every red light and stop sign there is, park their plethora of leased vehicles up wnd down the streets in front of all of their neighbors' homes, and are all around pigs that have come to ruin our beloved state. Pathetic human beings with ZERO respect.
Love you Shawn and Michael. Thank you for all you do. You two are national treasures. Would love to see Shellenberger on again. Please run for governor once more. You have a more elevated platform now. I hope you do and win.
Wow, he hit the nail on the head about the homeless. I just got a home after spending over 3 years on the street in various shelters, drug pre-treatment and treatment programs. I have slept in Tent City and a Park. Mr. Shellenberger knows what he is talking about. I used to be addicted to Fentanyl (back when it was cut with just Etizolam). I currently take Methadone daily. I met a woman that I fell in love with that saved my life and we are now living together happily and almost common-law. next year I intend to go back to school at 38 years old. Please don't give up on hope and Thank you Shawn 💙
What an utterly daft thing to say. He is anything but an "out of touch liberal." He's a great example of what a Liberal can and should be. You, on the other hand, are a Right Wing ideologue. You are the Conservative version of a Far Left ideologue. You clearly don't analyze your thinking. Or your could just be a dumb kid that's stuck in 2nd gear, as we all were at that point. I hope you get out of the echo chamber you're stuck in. I'm an honest guy so I'll tell you that I've been a political ideologue in the past. I changed. So can you. Or maybe you don't care which is usually the case here. Your choice.
You can't "accidentally" mess up that bad. You just literally need to keep doing the same thing that's been done for the past 30 years in order to not have a catastrophic crisis. It takes more work to totally break a semi-functional system than to keep it work.
Great show. I wish this man was our Governor. I live in Berkeley and if I ever see this man, I want to shake his hand. He speaks the truth about CA and a lot needs to change. It’s a microcosm of what gonna happen to the rest of the blue states if we don’t stop it and make a change!
As a 22 year old from Las Vegas the homeless problem here has grown and grown and is now out of control and California has done nothing but make it worse for us I’ve grown up learning how to run my families businesses which is office space and warehouses we rent out to people but the amount of ppl shitting and pissing all over my building and the break ins and threats on my life have made me hate running that business and it’s a cancer that’s killing our country
NRS 207.200 used to mean something… Metro used to be a great department too. Everything is so upside down and backwards. I’m hoping this cycle breaks soon back to the way it used to be
This the attempt at the RoboCop narrative...NA...TRUTH is obvious to ✌🏼 many. I guess when ya push fear for so long, get outta control with inconsiderate false living, sellout for status or chump change, or because ya treat life as a game, ignoring actual hard working people, EMS, Firefighters, uncorrupted police, military, real street Gs(that care for, inspire they people), etc. ya got it coming back. Happened fast, so the comeback is probably gon hit hard. Karma has no menu, you get served what you deserve, UNDERSTANDABLY. ACCOUNTABILITY IS COMMENDABLE...RE SPECT❤🙏🏼
Shawn id love for you to get Riverside Sheriff Chad Bianco on, he’s one of the best leaders we have here in California and Gavin Poo-some tried to deface this man and he had the nuts to face him head on and tell him to go screw himself, publicly (you can look up more on this) I think it’d be very interesting and everyone would enjoy his insight. This was an awesome episode! Thank you, from a Californian. 👍🏼
As a Georgian me and others are being priced out of the market of our home states by people from New York and California with their out of state overpriced wages from high cost of living brought by over taxed states creating a citizen of higher financial value and lower moral value replacing us. They are moving here and making things here the same as the states they are leaving.
All the people leaving Cali are the Libtards that moved there from other states in the 70s and 80s and than pillaged the place, now them and there prodigy’s are moving back to we’re they came from, now you know how us real Cali Natives feel.😹😹
"They" are also experiencing it within the state. It's always happening. It's just noticeable bc the ones displacing people are from out of state. In California we call it gentrification.
I was born and raised in Southern California but currently living in rural Georgia for the last 17 years. I miss home, greatly! I hate what has become of California by idiots. I want to go home but could not afford it or able to buy a home there and I make very good money. Can’t stand Newsome or his aunt Pelosi, Feinstein or any of them.
Hi Sean, You are one of my heroes! God bless you for all that you do and who you put on your show. This guy lost me when he said basically everyone in his neighborhood had a Black Lives Matter sign on their lawns. Is this guy that clueless? What in the hell. In a perfect world you would be President, I always believed navy seals are my rock stars. ❤❤❤❤
I was born and raised in San Diego. I left in 2006 I was depressed for leaving to FL now that I have gotten a job and a life aswell as a purpose. As an adult I am 💯 percent thankful to God for leading me here. I would not have my great wife and kid. I still have family in CA. It's difficult to have a conversation because they make everything about themselves... when everything is me me me me me.. there's no room for the word us.
I live in Washington state and it’s not getting any better up this way as well! California, Oregon and Washington are experiencing this! Excellent content! Great video! Thank you!
Marijuana is causing a new problem. My girlfriend spends approximately 50 bucks a day on something that was illegal a few years back. There is Fentenol in most of the weed that is sold in dispensaries. Now there is a new way for California to make millions of dollars in tax dollars 😅
Fantastic interview Shawn! Michael always comes to the big shows prepared with facts! You have a lot of American heroes on your show, Michael is definitely one of them !
I wonder why he doesn’t mention the second amendment and how the governor makes it hard for Californianians to defend themselves while simultaneously making it easier for criminals to get off easy and reoffend. Without the second amendment you can’t express your first amendment
You have to remember, he was a democrat, so those anti 2A feelings might still be entrenched with him. They need the 2A to defend themselves. I'm surprised Shawn didn't bring it up.
@@richardjensen6753 I’m very aware I just found it odd. They got all these bans and restrictions but in reality they don’t do anything to help the law abiding, if anything that state makes you as the law abiding face consequences for defending yourself. how does that give anyone a sense of relief if they get punished for defending themselves from the same criminals they’re perpetuating.
In Northern Cali there are more guns than people. We take out 2A seriously, the gov doesn't need to know what we have. Our local sheriffs are more valuable to befriend. They'll tell you to get a weapon and learn to use it. Califo3nia is like 2 dif states when you leave the cities. Most places have zero homeless and next to nothing crime due to the rural culture.
Shellenberger is right. Newsome is some kind of "feels" special narcists. The Big City Soros DA's here, from Alameda County for Oakland Berkeley, Hayward, Pleasanton, Livermore. Contra Costa County the Same. Soros Money DA. Perps - No Charges. The Contra Costa Sheriff is issuing CCW's for the first time since never. Here the Sheriff and the DA don't care for each other.
Lived in Berkeley for 15 years, loved it, left in 1995, would not wanna live there now. My friend owns an apartment bldg in Oakland , he said crime is outta control, his car, an old Honda, was stolen right out of his driveway, homelessness everywhere, sad
I worked for a LA County drug and alcohol rehab but they closed it down in 2021, why? Who the hell knows, knowing that fentanyl was hitting hard at that time, drug counselors are now having to hand out drug paraphernalia on the streets. All this is just crazy and doesn’t make sense.
@ success in recovery is never 100 percent , individuals do relapse and sometimes it takes a couple of times in rehab , others just once and some unfortunately never recover and lose their lives to addiction. I can confidently say this, that when we officially closed lots of people came to our gates which were closed asking for our services, this was during the pandemic which if you remember fentanyl deaths started going through the roof.
Gratitude & Respect to You Shawn… It is an honor and a privilege to have access to you and your information. I cannot thank you enough for who you are and what you’ve done and what are you doing now…Love from Boston ☘️ 1:56
I joined the navy out of CA, and essentially never came back. Everyday I miss my home but after realizing how sideways things are there, I've had to move on. I feel for those who are still suffering there...
Great show/interview as always - Michael is a breath of fresh air on many topics who is willing to consider new solutions for many of the calcified problems we have in our nation. I have said many times after my experiences as a police officer in the inner-city that the biggest heartbreak and toughest pill to swallow was knowing that statistically most of the kids would not realize 1/10th of their potential. This endless cycle of failure continues grinding up the most vulnerable with a sense of sick self-righteousness. Those responsible for the failure believe themselves entitled to take our money to fund themselves and their failed ideas, tell us we cannot have a voice because of "insert label here", and some have the gall to blame taxpayers for the human carnage they have wrought. At this point, what do we have to lose?
Regarding Newsome’s wineries not shutting down during COVID. I am in the industry and during COVID lockdown California Type 2 licensed wineries were allowed to operate because they are considered Agriculture- and all Agricultural activities were deemed by the state to be “essential”.
Fantastic discussion. Maybe one of my favorite of all your interviews. We have someone that is extremely knowledgeable in community leadership and the power and place of the government with real solutions.
Shawn!! This is happening in small towns in WV TOO. Addicts are being transferred to unincorporated communities so there is no oversight or jurisdiction to either give them help or prosecution for crimes. This addiction is everywhere and all families are affected in some way
I have a lot of respect for Michael Shellenberger, as we share many political beliefs. In the past, my status as a registered Independent allowed me to vote on both sides of the aisle,something I proudly say yielded a 50/50 democrat/republican voting record over the years. However, the emergence of this new brand of Republicanism has forced me to register as a Democrat. I remain committed to the democrat party until we move past the Trump MAGA MTG era and a return to logic, reason, and a clear conservative platform reemerges. During the interview, Shellenberger said that "California represents the best of America and the worst of America." This is the truth, no doubt. Yet, it's crucial to recognize that California is not a monolith; its vastness can’t be ignored in these discussion as it needs to allow for these different challenges when tossing around the term “California” as if it’s some tiny state. Consider this: Los Angeles alone has a population surpassing that of Wyoming, Vermont, Alaska, North Dakota, and South Dakota COMBINED! And that's merely one city, not accounting for San Diego, Sacramento, San Francisco, Orange County, and others. For perspective, the state's 40 million people outnumber the entire population of Canada. In addition, California spans 1,274,280 square miles-larger than the combined area of Rhode Island, Delaware, Wyoming, Vermont, Alaska, Montana, South Dakota, North Dakota, New Hampshire, Maine, Iowa, Arkansas, and Arizona. Do you think managing California might be a little different than managing states who are smaller that just one of California cities? The prevalent narrative that attributes societal issues solely to "California" oversimplifies the situation. Challenges are concentrated in certain parts of densely populated cities, a pattern seen not only in California but also in major cities across the nation. This is a statistical fact. Every one of Michael’s stories can be found in every City of more than 1 million in the US, including “Red States”, its a condition of population density in the US. While I acknowledge that Democrats have failed major cities in addressing these challenges, I find the current trajectory of Trump-era Republicans far more concerning and perilous to all of America. The reluctance of both parties to admit mistakes is a shared problem. For instance, the Democratic approach to crime and homelessness has proven flawed. While initially well-intentioned, policies such as incarcerating individuals for stealing necessities have backfired, creating a new wave of criminal behavior. It's time for an admission of failure and a commit to finding new solutions that actually work! Likewise, addressing homelessness should involve compassion without compromising public spaces. Admitting that past strategies haven't worked is the first step toward meaningful change, but folks on the left just double down and won’t admit they fucked things up. This is where the parallel with Trump-era Republicans becomes evident. Just as Democrats must acknowledge their missteps, Republicans, too, need to recognize the flaws in the current MAGA brand of leadership. The refusal to acknowledge the issues with Trump is a threat to our fundamental values, and we’re slowly seeing the bravest of Republicans coming out, but not enough to stop him and other like him yet.
You say Trump is a threat, but the Democrats are ACTIVELY pushing 1)porn in grade school, 2)irreversible hormone therapies & genital mutilation on minors, 3)complete open borders that favors illegals over citizens, 4)government regulations that are killing business, 5)a climate agenda that makes zero sense, 6)criminal "justice" that rewards the criminals. As an Independent who loves the USA, I see the Democrats as the bigger threat because they're actively destroying my home!
Moved away in 2015 for work and found a job back in LA in the summer of 2020. It was a mask wearing zombie apocalypse. Went back to South Carolina the next week.
Yet we wore no masks in our town up north. Most people acted like nothing really happened. Our county is the reason the mandated cv for school kids was quietly tossed out. The parents up here threatened to remove their kids from school which would have bankrupted the education system.
That won't change anything. If you think it will, just look at how Canada is setup and who is the prime minister. He won with 39% of the vote. More parties just split the populace even more, so even a person with a mere 39% of the popular vote can win. Now imagine we have 6 parties in the US and the die hard liberals just vote for their liberal candidate while people in the center, right, conservative split their votes among the other parties. You effectively hand over a win to the liberals. Liberals will never not vote liberal, where other, normal, rational people will change their minds from time to time because that's what logical people do when presented with new, relevant, accurate, factual information.
This is what happens when the masculine and feminine are out of balance. The masculine sets the boundaries and enforces them, the feminine brings the compassion. Together, in balance, you find solutions. Out of balance, you get a pity party without the nescessary boundaries to break the cycle..
Grew up in Las Vegas in my mid 50s and Californians moving here have ruined the affordability and safety. So, good luck Texas et al. Can’t wait to read San Fran-Sicko
I’ve lived in CA for the last 15 and the homeless population has skyrocketed in the last 5 years alone along with the assaults and robberies. The cops don’t even bother responding to calls about them anymore. My father in law was assaulted in broad daylight at his own business and they still wouldn’t show up because it’s a constant problem. There’s no going back to the way it used to be here, this is a problem that will take generations to fix if it ever does
This man is wonderful. The homeless are always in my prayers and close to my heart. I wish we can all come together some how and help them. I dont think this is just happening in Cali.
Shawn Ryan , your show has changed so much since I started watching , I believe it is by far the best podcast out there now for a few good reasons . One thing I’m seeing here is how much you care to help people. Bro that says a lot about you . Let’s do it !!!
I was lucky enough to take a cross country road trip with a friend back in 2005. I’d alwanted to see San Francisco for years. Golden Gate Bridge, Fisherman’s wharf, Lombard street, and definitely, height ashbury streets, where Jefferson airplane and the grateful dead lived. It was a fantastic city…. , back then. What they’re describing to me about how San Francisco is now, is a crying shame. That really was a once fantastic city.
The news (Ky) tonight said there was a dead woman at a bus stop that was wrapped in a blanket and on the ground. The hospital dumped her when it was time for her to leave. She had no where to go. It just blows my mind what this country has become.
My God Shawn, you asked the most awesome question and MichaelShill broke it down to details why ca is so messed up!!! THANK YOU MAN!! Doing what the major media should be doing and NOT. You your wife staff AWESOME. THANK YOU AGAIN
They’ve already destroyed TN our children now are priced out of housing from these limp Ds that sold their crap for a mil come here buy two. F man go elsewhere.
Exactly. Just like the churches at the border who are paid by the gov't to resettle immigrants. It only makes the churches want more immigrants so they get more money.
@@jonh8636some ppl will never see it. If you could get them to sit down and watch it all it would take hours. They would see it all but the last 8 years it's been total one sided media. They last 8 years the media has been scrubbing the net of so much. The problem is media. You have to follow independent journalist this dont can't grasp the concept the media is owed by a few. They also have investors. The news told him we think one of the kennedys is coming back lol😂 sad thing is when the media lost credibility many middle-aged and older folks did not know what to do so they were turning to quacks on the internet. And the younger generation has been infiltrated on tik Tok and everything else and don't even realize it.
I mean no one else seeing this dude as a massive hypocrite. He worked for soros to bring the downfall of cali and now wants to be on the other side like he has no blood on his hands.
Mr. Shellenberger has a way of breaking down complex social phenomena into bite-sized common sense. I encourage others to listen his talks on what he terms climate change radicalism and pathological wokism. Cheers! 😊
Had 2 back surgeries this year. The first one they gave me fentanyl and it took the pain away completely for 15 minutes. It was amazing! The second one they were giving me Dilaudid and it didn’t take any of the pain away and finally gave me some ketamine which took away all the pain. Pain killers are a wonderful thing in the right hands. The fentanyl was the best of them all, kept me alert. The ketamine was like your in a funny house with halls that go forever.
I lived in California for years, and I am so glad I moved back in 2016 when it was starting to get really bad. As an avid outdoorsman, hunter, and angler California was a dream come true, but the cities are dumpster fires now. Sadly I will now only visit to hunt/fish, but will avoid the large metro areas. Moving home to Missouri was the best choice I have made as an adult small business owner who pays taxes.
I’m a security guard and the guy isn’t lying I talk to the homeless at times and they said that they are essentially paid to stay where they are it’s sad
NOBODY wants to live like that; certainly not the thousands. Whatever they get is for pure subsistence survival - it's not some deluded trope like "welfare queen" BS. @@jamier5639
Let me start with saying, I love you Shawn, I listen to all your podcasts casts. With that being said , I’ve been an addict for 35 of my 50 years on this earth. By the grace of God I’ve finally found peace and serenity through recovery. To be compassionate towards addiction is all fine and good until you let them not have to accept their part in the problem. I don’t expect anything from anyone for free . I understand that I’m the only one that can fix me. If you keep enabling these folks then you’re just as much part of the problem. Hence the liberal mind set. We run into other issues when addicts are facing incarceration, they will go through a program to appease the court then go back to old ways once they’ve completed the program
I was a heroin and pill addict in California back when there was consequences for your actions. One year in jail for every oxycontin pill was the law 11 years ago when I got sober. I can’t imagine if there wasn’t any consequences or if the government was paying every month for me to be an addict. That’s crazy and deadly.
This is the exact same thing that is happening in Utah. It's so sad and we hate it. Californians are moving here and have driven up our homes prices so high, no one can afford to move. It's really bad for our children who can't afford to buy a home. Please stay in your own state and make it better where you live.
You know I understand because the same thing is happening to colorado. So many people are moving here that now we're having to build upwards instead of outward, it's definitely making it hard for the natives to stay and it frustrating to say the least.
Shawn it would be nice if you could find and interview some of the types of people you talk about in this interview, for example it would be really interesting if you could get a police officer from California to interview.
I so appreciate your compassion. But….. Two people I love very much were addicts. They destroyed everyone and everything in their lives. If you helped them, you were helping them to get just well enough to go back to the regular life. The only thing that changed both of them was the choice of go to prison or go to mandated rehab and if you screw up at any time after rehab…..you go straight to prison. No Lawyers will get you out of it. No amount of money will get you out of it. You will go straight to prison and we will throw away the key. I also worked in the medical field for 27 years. We had many diabetics that had feet legs, hands arms amputated, but continued to spend their money every day for honey buns, and anything else they can find. They were well taken care of at that nursing home and they knew no matter what happened to them as a result of their addiction to sugar. The government would get them a new wheelchair and a better bed, etc. One man ended up with just a body…… No arms, no legs and still demanded it was his right to eat whatever he wanted to every day. It is a lie that addicts will hit rock bottom. The only thing that changes their mind is the threat of prison for more years than they are able to imagine.
47:00 I do, and have always lived in California, do my best to stay informed and this is the first time I have heard Newsom's wineries remained open while competitors were forced closed.
Think whatever you want about this guy, but the segment where he talked about the police, he not only won my respect but he made my eyes water. Excellent show. Shawn, I don’t know if you could gain any more respect from me as someone who left the police department because of the BS. Thank you dude.
I was in California last year for 24 hrs. And there was a dead guy on the rd. We walked by. 3 hrs later walking back by the same guys there on the ground still no one around
One time in Oakland I saw a mattress with blood and stuff all over it, and a tarp. It was an obvious murder scene, and no one cared. I was in awe at the outright lawlessness.
I'm sorry, but I disagree with my long lost relative Shellenberger The main reason CA and America in general has gone down hill is because we have lost the fear of God and a moral compass is gone. If you have no standard of righteousness, you will live like an animal. You can't fix CA with housing and programs. Never! People need heart changes from Holy Spirit.
In what world am I, UNCOMPELLED, listening to Schellenberger and agreeing with him, as a guest on Shawn Ryan. Folks, these truly are strange friggin times
I live in Melbourne Australia. I worked in the homlessness sector for 11 years, I worked as a case worker for people experiencing homelessness, mental health. drug addiction, victims and perpetrators of violence, family violence, engaging in criminal activity. It's complex, no easy fix if there is a fix at all. Hallelujah Michael has a solution! Good luck with making the impossible possible. Work in the sector for ten years or so then you may have some understanding.
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another californian refugee, wait he was working for those that made it so( kinda like voting in usa for the hussein party member ) and now claim to have the answer to make it right LMFAO
Shawn if you read this, great episode! It would be amazing if you could interview someone like Lee Zeldin from New York. New York is in an absolute crisis, equal to, or greater than California.
Great episode and I'd love to add some of my own experiences as a life long California resident and I've been a local news photojournalist, covering Orange, Riverside and Los Angeles counties. Just in my town the homeless problem has become out of control and I've seen just about everything. Recently I saw a lady get out of her van and within walking three feet away towards the store, a man came running up and stole her car, that she had left running. The Hispanic/Migrant gang member who stole car almost hit her with her own car as she went chasing after him while he was peeling out of the parking lot. The OCSD arrived and while taking notes from the victim, he asked her if she had ever been arrested for prostitution and that shocked me. The poor lady just was nearly car-jacked, had her car stolen with Christmas gifts inside and the local idiot cops treated her like she was a suspect. I called 911 a few months back on a homeless man standing butt naked in public. The same OCSD Deputy's came out and gave the guy a blanket and left. Now I know he does this almost every day and I've since seen this same guy in different states of undress in a busy public area. Even more sad than that is we have elderly women who are homeless and it is absolutely heartbreaking to see. I can only imagine what they have gone through on these rough streets. I think of my grandparents and it just breaks my heart to see defenseless old ladies pushing a cart, sleeping in the cold and dealing with all of the crazy gang members, dealers and mentally ill people. If you're homeless here or a "migrant" you can get away with almost everything. The cops here are discouraged from talking to illegals and this all started about 15 years ago when law enforcement were no longer allowed to ask them their immigration status. Now illegals in California can get regular California Drivers License's or I.D.'s which allows them the ability to drive and probably even vote, lol. I constantly see people stealing from the stores, while meanwhile goods/groceries have risen to such high prices. I've lived in this town before for five or six years while growing up in the early 2000's and we had one homeless man. Back then I met Republican Governor Arnold Schwarnezegger twice and both times he had no (visible) armed security and was the nicest down to earth guy. Under his rule we had law and order and one homeless person in my town. Now we have untold numbers, but there are easily over 100-150 homeless people just in our small town. There is a turnover, there are new people showing up all of the time and some move on or are arrested and we don't see them again, or sometimes they'll eventually show back up. The beach is close enough where you can walk or ride a bike there, so get why there are homeless people here, but obviously something changed. When I was growing up here there was basically no homeless and certainly no open air drug use. We had one homeless guy who everyone knew and helped. Now we have hundreds and people are smoking fentanyl, even right in front of the local rehab and methadone clinic. Literally smoking fentanyl in front of the only place where people can try and get help. I could tell so many stories, but this is obviously a result of leftist/democratic policies. The democrats have absolutely ruined this wonderful state. Even Orange County where I live and was brought up has gone to hell. A cyclist was recently stabbed to death in the middle of a really busy intersection in broad daylight and in front of at least 30 witnesses. The suspect hit the cyclist with his car first, got out and stabbed the guy to death in front of everyone. It's really bad here and unfortunately the cops are just as bad. They don't do shit, they hide everything and they mistreat journalist like myself. It's gotten to the point where I no longer recognize my town, my state or country and I went from supporting law enforcement to thinking they are a complete joke. Recently a homeless guy in Los Angeles pulled out his penis and chased after a female jogger, caught up to her and tried to rape her from behind. The L.A. County District Attorney Gascon has charged the man/crime as a misdemeanor? Plus that same week a father and his live-in girlfriend were given sentences of 10 years and 15 years for torturing and murdering the mans teenage son. Plus we the voters of California have voted for the death penalty and we still sentence the worst of the worst to death, but the Governor refuses to put anyone to death. I am convinced that the State of California now puts criminals rights over victims rights. The Police are so busy with violent crimes and mentally ill people that most crimes are unsolved and or the charges are never filed. In some area's like where my nephew is a Police Officer, they only respond to Code-3 calls and in between those he stops suspected gang-members and other criminals on traffic stops and he averages getting 5 guns off the streets every week. His department has an OIS rate of 1 out of 6 officers and his one SGT., has been in six different OIS incidents as a shooter and cleared on every one. My nephew is in his early 20's and joined the Police department instead of enlisting in the Army. My mother and I who helped raise him talked him out of the Army and he has since thanked us both with a nice letter. He's making over $120,000 a year plus benefits and he is making a difference. He helps the Gang squad and narcotics. He was telling me the other day that his department and other's are now asking federal agencies to adopt cases, so that the criminals have to face actual justice. So anytime a serious offender reoffends or hurts law enforcement, or commits any crimes that are also Federally illegal, they'll call DEA, FBI, ATF, HSI or whoever to adopt the case. That is how sick law enforcement is with the State of California! Watching the slow decline of my town and my state has been hard. My nephew who works a really dangerous area of San Bernardino tells and shows us some crazy things he sees almost daily. He's constantly chasing after criminals who run with guns in their hands and he's almost had to shoot a couple of times and he is only in his second year as a cop. He's seen countless deaths, had people die in his arms, he's seen it all. He used to have to clear this abandoned mall and there are literally zombies in there. Homeless addicts and people living in this dark and rundown mall, and people screaming, walking around like zombies and people on meth, fentanyl. He's seen both men and women with the ass of their pants cut open so others can more easily rape the weak. It's unreal and so sad, I honestly believe we are beyond reproach and I have no hope in our future!
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don t you think they made those laws because it was ran like those prison for profit where they only got to make a paper to keep you indefinite amount of time until you are healed ... i do not claim to have the answer but in this day and age i dont trust people having too much control ( would it be so hard for agency like the fbi plus no court ...)
Great episode and I'd love to add some of my own experiences as a life long California resident and I've been a local news photojournalist, covering Orange, Riverside and Los Angeles counties. Just in my town the homeless problem has become out of control and I've seen just about everything. Recently I saw a lady get out of her van and within walking three feet away towards the store, a man came running up and stole her car, that she had left running. The Hispanic/Migrant gang member who stole car almost hit her with her own car as she went chasing after him while he was peeling out of the parking lot. The OCSD arrived and while taking notes from the victim, he asked her if she had ever been arrested for prostitution and that shocked me. The poor lady just was nearly car-jacked, had her car stolen with Christmas gifts inside and the local idiot cops treated her like she was a suspect. I called 911 a few months back on a homeless man standing butt naked in public. The same OCSD Deputy's came out and gave the guy a blanket and left. Now I know he does this almost every day and I've since seen this same guy in different states of undress in a busy public area. Even more sad than that is we have elderly women who are homeless and it is absolutely heartbreaking to see. I can only imagine what they have gone through on these rough streets. I think of my grandparents and it just breaks my heart to see defenseless old ladies pushing a cart, sleeping in the cold and dealing with all of the crazy gang members, dealers and mentally ill people. If you're homeless here or a "migrant" you can get away with almost everything. The cops here are discouraged from talking to illegals and this all started about 15 years ago when law enforcement were no longer allowed to ask them their immigration status. Now illegals in California can get regular California Drivers License's or I.D.'s which allows them the ability to drive and probably even vote, lol. I constantly see people stealing from the stores, while meanwhile goods/groceries have risen to such high prices.
I've lived in this town before for five or six years while growing up in the early 2000's and we had one homeless man. Back then I met Republican Governor Arnold Schwarnezegger twice and both times he had no (visible) armed security and was the nicest down to earth guy. Under his rule we had law and order and one homeless person in my town. Now we have untold numbers, but there are easily over 100-150 homeless people just in our small town. There is a turnover, there are new people showing up all of the time and some move on or are arrested and we don't see them again, or sometimes they'll eventually show back up. The beach is close enough where you can walk or ride a bike there, so get why there are homeless people here, but obviously something changed. When I was growing up here there was basically no homeless and certainly no open air drug use. We had one homeless guy who everyone knew and helped. Now we have hundreds and people are smoking fentanyl, even right in front of the local rehab and methadone clinic. Literally smoking fentanyl in front of the only place where people can try and get help. I could tell so many stories, but this is obviously a result of leftist/democratic policies. The democrats have absolutely ruined this wonderful state. Even Orange County where I live and was brought up has gone to hell. A cyclist was recently stabbed to death in the middle of a really busy intersection in broad daylight and in front of at least 30 witnesses. The suspect hit the cyclist with his car first, got out and stabbed the guy to death in front of everyone. It's really bad here and unfortunately the cops are just as bad. They don't do shit, they hide everything and they mistreat journalist like myself. It's gotten to the point where I no longer recognize my town, my state or country and I went from supporting law enforcement to thinking they are a complete joke. Recently a homeless guy in Los Angeles pulled out his penis and chased after a female jogger, caught up to her and tried to rape her from behind. The L.A. County District Attorney Gascon has charged the man/crime as a misdemeanor? Plus that same week a father and his live-in girlfriend were given sentences of 10 years and 15 years for torturing and murdering the mans teenage son. Plus we the voters of California have voted for the death penalty and we still sentence the worst of the worst to death, but the Governor refuses to put anyone to death. I am convinced that the State of California now puts criminals rights over victims rights.
The Police are so busy with violent crimes and mentally ill people that most crimes are unsolved and or the charges are never filed. In some area's like where my nephew is a Police Officer, they only respond to Code-3 calls and in between those he stops suspected gang-members and other criminals on traffic stops and he averages getting 5 guns off the streets every week. His department has an OIS rate of 1 out of 6 officers and his one SGT., has been in six different OIS incidents as a shooter and cleared on every one. My nephew is in his early 20's and joined the Police department instead of enlisting in the Army. My mother and I who helped raise him talked him out of the Army and he has since thanked us both with a nice letter. He's making over $120,000 a year plus benefits and he is making a difference. He helps the Gang squad and narcotics. He was telling me the other day that his department and other's are now asking federal agencies to adopt cases, so that the criminals have to face actual justice. So anytime a serious offender reoffends or hurts law enforcement, or commits any crimes that are also Federally illegal, they'll call DEA, FBI, ATF, HSI or whoever to adopt the case. That is how sick law enforcement is with the State of California! Watching the slow decline of my town and my state has been hard. My nephew who works a really dangerous area of San Bernardino tells and shows us some crazy things he sees almost daily. He's constantly chasing after criminals who run with guns in their hands and he's almost had to shoot a couple of times and he is only in his second year as a cop. He's seen countless deaths, had people die in his arms, he's seen it all. He used to have to clear this abandoned mall and there are literally zombies in there. Homeless addicts and people living in this dark and rundown mall, and people screaming, walking around like zombies and people on meth, fentanyl. He's seen both men and women with the ass of their pants cut open so others can more easily rape the weak. It's unreal and so sad, I honestly believe we are beyond reproach and I have no hope in our future!
I really appreciate your efforts..im not meaning to be rude..but honestly I'm sick of the round table conversation..nobody wants to talk do to being deplatformed. Election fraud is are issue and your guests know there is no way they can win.so whats the point.
You should interview Kyle Rittenhouse. The political commentary community and mainstream news media lied about his case. Kyle Rittenhouse has unofficially earned the n word pass in my opinion.
Shawn you officially made it to the big leagues I got no notification for the show! When this happens this is because you flying to close to the sun keep up the great work will continue to share this show with everyone I know YOURE A FUCKING PATRIOT ❤💪
Also, if Shawn has notifications turned on for his "shorts" and we don't click that it will stop alerting his followers. Advise to turn notifications off for his shorts, ez fix
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At first I always got SRS notifications, now I gotta go hunting
@@DanielVargas-fu6gs yeah it was after episode for me how long along did you stop getting notifications?
Same. No notification
I've got 21 years as a cop in California. There is NOTHING the state could dangle in front of me that would keep me on the job or in this state. Most of us have divested from the state, department leaderships, and the people of California. He is absolutely right we are just riding it out. The state hasn't even begun to attempt to stop the bleeding. Restorative Justice is still on the lips of every diversity hire manager propelled into positions of authority.
You ought to move East to NJ, NY, MASS, etc and continue with your career. It's literally day and night. Our cops and community don't play that shit. Our homeless kicks out, does not tolerate those that come from California and try that, here. I come from a family of Police officers, State Troopers, Captains, Captain of Juvenile... You might really like it here.
@lizziesangi1602 I appreciate the offer but I will be retiring. As far as anyone going into law enforcement, I would suggest staying out of any blue states altogether. The leadership just isn't there.
There are plenty of places hiring.get out of the REPUBLIC of CALIFORNIA.its going to be over ran by illegal immigrants
Diversity Equity and Inclusion are Divisive, not Equal Justice, and seclusive.
Last 2 decades have been a lot different; write a book
Born and raised in California. There’s 70,000 men women and children living on the streets in Los Angeles County alone. These folks in charge of some of the homeless outreach programs are drawing 6 figure salaries. If they solve the homeless crisis they put themselves out of a job🤔 Not gonna happen. Great Show Shawn been with you since the beginning…. 💪🏻❤️🙏🏻🇺🇸
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Just build shelters and bring all the homeless folks on the streets inside. It's not that complicated. I realize that Newsom is a globalist who doesn't really care about regular people, but the issue shouldn't really have anything to do with left versus right politics. Everyone benefits if you bring it inside- same with the situation around junky drug addictions. Support effective indoor treatment and maintenance programs.
Thank you.
Colion Noir did an entire episode on Joe Rogan a few years back about this. It’s sickening what our state has become and the future don’t look bright
That is what I have researched and concluded as well.. it's turned into a business that purposely creates a continuous need and offers a b.s. solution that is not a solution.
As someone who has lived in California almost all of my life. This state has been going to shit for a long time. I live in far northern California in Redding, and the homelessness here is insane. My wife and daughter will not go anywhere at night without me. Because they are afraid and my wife and I both have concealed carrys. It's sad that this once beautiful state has become such a black mark in the country. We have horrible taxes, horrible homelessness problem, horrible drug problem, horrible crime problem, horrible housing crisis, and the worst gun laws in the country. Like I said, We have concealed carrys, but if we were to use them in self defense. We would be the ones arrested and sent to prison, but pedophiles and sexual predators get a slap on the wrist. It really disgusting to see. Great job Shawn on getting the real stories and not the bullshit we are fed on the news. Keep up the great work bro!!!
Seems to me like it’s all planned and by design. I mean that’s the only logical explanation. No one is that stupid or that bad at their job thinking these are good ideas or good things. California gun laws especially are mind blowing. Someone who defends themselves or others are not only treated like but considered criminals and usually charged with a crime. It’s like living in the upside down
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To be honest dude if you did have a self defense situation the best thing to do where you’re at is to just finish the job and walk away and not even call the cops, You’d most likely walk away from that but calling it in on self defense ? Like you said, Prison.
Shasta County is beautiful despite the problems it's better than the bay area
@@C2yourself it is a very beautiful area. I know the Bay is going through some horrible stuff right now. Hopefully it can return to what it once was.
I live in California and just opened my yearly insurance bill for my 2 work trucks (one is 20 years old the other is 6 years old) and my equipment (19 years old). Last year it was $3879 and this new bill is $5923...a $2044 increase in one year. I called my insurance agent and she said, "our rates have stayed the same, but so many insurance companies have left California because of all the govt. regulation and more strict rules that the rates have sky rocketed" Not to mention they've made it mandatory that I carry workers comp. insurance....but I DON'T HAVE ANY EMPLOYEES!!! It just makes me want to work for cash, be homeless and collect the cash the state is giving homeless people, instead of working myself to death and have nothing to show for it. I've just about had it with this fucking state. Their agenda is to kill small businesses and they are doing a great job of it.
You doing any hiring?
I would if I could, work has slowed down and prices on everything are going up.@@shaneking313
Great episode and I'd love to add some of my own experiences as a life long California resident and I've been a local news photojournalist, covering Orange, Riverside and Los Angeles counties. Just in my town the homeless problem has become out of control and I've seen just about everything. Recently I saw a lady get out of her van and within walking three feet away towards the store, a man came running up and stole her car, that she had left running. The Hispanic/Migrant gang member who stole car almost hit her with her own car as she went chasing after him while he was peeling out of the parking lot. The OCSD arrived and while taking notes from the victim, he asked her if she had ever been arrested for prostitution and that shocked me. The poor lady just was nearly car-jacked, had her car stolen with Christmas gifts inside and the local idiot cops treated her like she was a suspect. I called 911 a few months back on a homeless man standing butt naked in public. The same OCSD Deputy's came out and gave the guy a blanket and left. Now I know he does this almost every day and I've since seen this same guy in different states of undress in a busy public area. Even more sad than that is we have elderly women who are homeless and it is absolutely heartbreaking to see. I can only imagine what they have gone through on these rough streets. I think of my grandparents and it just breaks my heart to see defenseless old ladies pushing a cart, sleeping in the cold and dealing with all of the crazy gang members, dealers and mentally ill people. If you're homeless here or a "migrant" you can get away with almost everything. The cops here are discouraged from talking to illegals and this all started about 15 years ago when law enforcement were no longer allowed to ask them their immigration status. Now illegals in California can get regular California Drivers License's or I.D.'s which allows them the ability to drive and probably even vote, lol. I constantly see people stealing from the stores, while meanwhile goods/groceries have risen to such high prices.
I've lived in this town before for five or six years while growing up in the early 2000's and we had one homeless man. Back then I met Republican Governor Arnold Schwarnezegger twice and both times he had no (visible) armed security and was the nicest down to earth guy. Under his rule we had law and order and one homeless person in my town. Now we have untold numbers, but there are easily over 100-150 homeless people just in our small town. There is a turnover, there are new people showing up all of the time and some move on or are arrested and we don't see them again, or sometimes they'll eventually show back up. The beach is close enough where you can walk or ride a bike there, so get why there are homeless people here, but obviously something changed. When I was growing up here there was basically no homeless and certainly no open air drug use. We had one homeless guy who everyone knew and helped. Now we have hundreds and people are smoking fentanyl, even right in front of the local rehab and methadone clinic. Literally smoking fentanyl in front of the only place where people can try and get help. I could tell so many stories, but this is obviously a result of leftist/democratic policies. The democrats have absolutely ruined this wonderful state. Even Orange County where I live and was brought up has gone to hell. A cyclist was recently stabbed to death in the middle of a really busy intersection in broad daylight and in front of at least 30 witnesses. The suspect hit the cyclist with his car first, got out and stabbed the guy to death in front of everyone. It's really bad here and unfortunately the cops are just as bad. They don't do shit, they hide everything and they mistreat journalist like myself. It's gotten to the point where I no longer recognize my town, my state or country and I went from supporting law enforcement to thinking they are a complete joke. Recently a homeless guy in Los Angeles pulled out his penis and chased after a female jogger, caught up to her and tried to rape her from behind. The L.A. County District Attorney Gascon has charged the man/crime as a misdemeanor? Plus that same week a father and his live-in girlfriend were given sentences of 10 years and 15 years for torturing and murdering the mans teenage son. Plus we the voters of California have voted for the death penalty and we still sentence the worst of the worst to death, but the Governor refuses to put anyone to death. I am convinced that the State of California now puts criminals rights over victims rights.
The Police are so busy with violent crimes and mentally ill people that most crimes are unsolved and or the charges are never filed. In some area's like where my nephew is a Police Officer, they only respond to Code-3 calls and in between those he stops suspected gang-members and other criminals on traffic stops and he averages getting 5 guns off the streets every week. His department has an OIS rate of 1 out of 6 officers and his one SGT., has been in six different OIS incidents as a shooter and cleared on every one. My nephew is in his early 20's and joined the Police department instead of enlisting in the Army. My mother and I who helped raise him talked him out of the Army and he has since thanked us both with a nice letter. He's making over $120,000 a year plus benefits and he is making a difference. He helps the Gang squad and narcotics. He was telling me the other day that his department and other's are now asking federal agencies to adopt cases, so that the criminals have to face actual justice. So anytime a serious offender reoffends or hurts law enforcement, or commits any crimes that are also Federally illegal, they'll call DEA, FBI, ATF, HSI or whoever to adopt the case. That is how sick law enforcement is with the State of California! Watching the slow decline of my town and my state has been hard. My nephew who works a really dangerous area of San Bernardino tells and shows us some crazy things he sees almost daily. He's constantly chasing after criminals who run with guns in their hands and he's almost had to shoot a couple of times and he is only in his second year as a cop. He's seen countless deaths, had people die in his arms, he's seen it all. He used to have to clear this abandoned mall and there are literally zombies in there. Homeless addicts and people living in this dark and rundown mall, and people screaming, walking around like zombies and people on meth, fentanyl. He's seen both men and women with the ass of their pants cut open so others can more easily rape the weak. It's unreal and so sad, I honestly believe we are beyond reproach and I have no hope in our future!
Don’t tell us ur problems. Look in the mirror and ask urself, is living in this socialist state good for me and my mental health?
@@olenmullins1333 Oh I know, moving sounds SO EASY. Because of certain circumstances I can't leave for another 8-10 years. The only way to afford this state is to have your own small business, and they are actively killing them one at a time. Trust me, I would have left 5 years ago If I could've.
From a former homeless meth addict, i will say the detox from meth honestly requires sleep, food, and lots of water. Been off of meth for over ten years now.
I wasn’t homeless, but I was a meth addict for a lot of years. I’ve been clean for about 11-12 years. God bless you, I know it’s not easy.
Good for you! Happy to hear that you are free - God bless you.
Please stay on the right path got off 24 years ago it has nothing for you remember that stay clean and sober o meter what
Please stay on the right path I got clean and sober 24 years ago it has nothing for you remember that stay clean and sober no mater what.
Congratulations 👏
In ca we call GAVIN the JOKER. Now California is the new Gotham City. Michael speaks the truth thank you for having him.
He’s repulsive. I don’t understand any of his appeal
He’s a criminal just like his aunt Pelosi!! His own wife is best friends with Harvey Weinstein, now pet that sink in!
Thank you Shawn for shining a bright light on this corruption! Changes need to be made in multiple States. I feel for those in Cali, man, it sounds awful. That "Governor" should be forced to sleep on the streets with those folks he is "helping"....
Shellenberger is a very very important person to have on the podcast… he has so much truth to tell that normal Americans NEED TO HEAR
Thank you for having Michael Shellenberger. Yes, we are blessed and hemorrhaging at the same time.Michael can stay in California and help us. We still Love Cali but we are overrun with Mental Illness, Homeless and all is salvageable. I'm staying to help and continue to work as a nurse to be a part of the inevitable bottom out and make come back. God hasn't left us. Thank you Shawn for having Michael and others who give us their courage, strength and hope.
As a person who lived in California for 36 years, born and raised in San Diego. Our state has gotten out of control. I was one of those addicts on the street. Hopeless drug addict for 20 years. It is possible to turn your life around if you put the effort in.!! I now have 3 1/2 years clean and sober. But I think he is right the vast majority of homeless are addicts with mental illness. But it is due to mostly peoples addictions that lead them to the street. And the politics and laws regarding theft and drugs are only enabling everyone to continue what they’re doing. Love the content Shawn keep it up!! 👍🏼💪🏼🇺🇸
Congratulations on getting clean. I’m a little over 8 years myself. Was an addict for nearly 20 years and turning my life around was a blessing and very hard work all in one but saved my life. I was living in a car at one point. Then was couch surfing. It’s a horrible way to live in itself so I can only imagine someone living on the streets in a huge city. Keep pushing👍
Congrats on 20 years clean man! I was born and raised in California and lived there for the first 30 years of my life. I was a using addict for the last 12 years or so before I moved and cleaned up back in 2019. I was fortunate enough to make it out before Covid hit and also fortunate enough to realize I needed to change for good before I OD again and wouldn’t come back the next time.
You SIR have the most in depth thought provoking guests and topics I have ever seen. Kepp up the GOOD work.
I live in commiefornia and i disagree with Mr. Shellenberger, this state is definitely not libertarian. If that was the case we wouldnt be in such an authoritarian/ police state, our rights are eroded more and more everyday yet Californians still vote these morons into office. We are a very progressive, socialistic state and are treated like children too dumb to think for ourselves (sadly most are). I feel bad for all the states where Californians are moving, they run from here due to most of their politics yet vote the same in their new "home" state. Mr Shellenberger has some good ideas but sad to say you cant expect much change when they always vote the same way. I pray daily my fellow Californians wake up and see these policies don't work. Sorry for rant, keep up the great work. This is the best podcast in my opinion, hands down. Much love to you and your family.
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Your assessment is correct
No man, you’re absolutely right. It’s like the movie Idiocracy out here.
I have lived here for 35 years. I agree with you. It’s not libertarian. However, most of the Californians leaving now, are not from the left. They are making those other states more red. The past 2 decades of out migration, true, it was the average Californian. Turned Washington state, Colorado, Nevada, Oregon more blue.
The Californians that have moved to Texas are screaming democrats and leftists who bought up all of the real estate, lease all of the houses to their Commiefornian fellow transplants at quadruple the renr, no affordable housing now for poor university students who have lived around campuses for generations, they grow weed in their homes, run every red light and stop sign there is, park their plethora of leased vehicles up wnd down the streets in front of all of their neighbors' homes, and are all around pigs that have come to ruin our beloved state. Pathetic human beings with ZERO respect.
Appreicated as always from across the pond - Thank YOU Mr Shellenberger + Mr Ryan
Love you Shawn and Michael. Thank you for all you do. You two are national treasures. Would love to see Shellenberger on again. Please run for governor once more. You have a more elevated platform now. I hope you do and win.
Wow, he hit the nail on the head about the homeless. I just got a home after spending over 3 years on the street in various shelters, drug pre-treatment and treatment programs. I have slept in Tent City and a Park. Mr. Shellenberger knows what he is talking about. I used to be addicted to Fentanyl (back when it was cut with just Etizolam). I currently take Methadone daily. I met a woman that I fell in love with that saved my life and we are now living together happily and almost common-law. next year I intend to go back to school at 38 years old. Please don't give up on hope and Thank you Shawn 💙
Good for you! Stay strong
Thank you Michael Shellenberger. I pray you make it into the governors seat. Good man
Ah yes, a climate change “context” banner has appeared. Glad to see that you are having truth spoken on your show, Sean :)
Wait till part 2 lol😂
“Especially burning fossil fuels” 🤡
Burning fossil fuel bad. Mining lithium good.
It's comical at this point because Californias will be the first to be oppressed. The total lack of knowledge of historical fact is mind boggling.
What an utterly daft thing to say. He is anything but an "out of touch liberal." He's a great example of what a Liberal can and should be. You, on the other hand, are a Right Wing ideologue. You are the Conservative version of a Far Left ideologue. You clearly don't analyze your thinking. Or your could just be a dumb kid that's stuck in 2nd gear, as we all were at that point. I hope you get out of the echo chamber you're stuck in. I'm an honest guy so I'll tell you that I've been a political ideologue in the past. I changed. So can you. Or maybe you don't care which is usually the case here. Your choice.
Shellenberger is just brilliant and so multi-layered in his analysis. I truly enjoyed this conversation. Thank you Shawn.
Too bad he's so out of touch he's blinded by the facade of liberalism just like the majority of Californians. Truly sad.
Better than any show on network television
If it smells like an intentional crisis... and walks like an intentional crisis... then it's probably an intentional crisis.
You can't "accidentally" mess up that bad.
You just literally need to keep doing the same thing that's been done for the past 30 years in order to not have a catastrophic crisis. It takes more work to totally break a semi-functional system than to keep it work.
Yep this is it. You get it.
It makes me happy to hear people talking good sense. Thank you! Love listening to Shellenberger!
Great show. I wish this man was our Governor. I live in Berkeley and if I ever see this man, I want to shake his hand. He speaks the truth about CA and a lot needs to change. It’s a microcosm of what gonna happen to the rest of the blue states if we don’t stop it and make a change!
Reasonable man right here, keep doing good work man 😎👍🇺🇸
As a 22 year old from Las Vegas the homeless problem here has grown and grown and is now out of control and California has done nothing but make it worse for us I’ve grown up learning how to run my families businesses which is office space and warehouses we rent out to people but the amount of ppl shitting and pissing all over my building and the break ins and threats on my life have made me hate running that business and it’s a cancer that’s killing our country
There is too much money involved in the “nonprofits”. Imagine if they stopped taking fat salaries and actually helped people
NRS 207.200 used to mean something… Metro used to be a great department too. Everything is so upside down and backwards. I’m hoping this cycle breaks soon back to the way it used to be
This the attempt at the RoboCop narrative...NA...TRUTH is obvious to ✌🏼 many. I guess when ya push fear for so long, get outta control with inconsiderate false living, sellout for status or chump change, or because ya treat life as a game, ignoring actual hard working people, EMS, Firefighters, uncorrupted police, military, real street Gs(that care for, inspire they people), etc. ya got it coming back. Happened fast, so the comeback is probably gon hit hard. Karma has no menu, you get served what you deserve, UNDERSTANDABLY. ACCOUNTABILITY IS COMMENDABLE...RE SPECT❤🙏🏼
I could help you with security. I’d love too but I have a price and a team.
Move to a conservative state. Life is good In SC
Shawn id love for you to get Riverside Sheriff Chad Bianco on, he’s one of the best leaders we have here in California and Gavin Poo-some tried to deface this man and he had the nuts to face him head on and tell him to go screw himself, publicly (you can look up more on this) I think it’d be very interesting and everyone would enjoy his insight. This was an awesome episode! Thank you, from a Californian. 👍🏼
As a Georgian me and others are being priced out of the market of our home states by people from New York and California with their out of state overpriced wages from high cost of living brought by over taxed states creating a citizen of higher financial value and lower moral value replacing us. They are moving here and making things here the same as the states they are leaving.
Same, here in Texas.
All the people leaving Cali are the Libtards that moved there from other states in the 70s and 80s and than pillaged the place, now them and there prodigy’s are moving back to we’re they came from, now you know how us real Cali Natives feel.😹😹
Same thing in NC
It's happening all over, unfortunately. It's not just GA. It's happening in WA, OR, ID, WY, UT, NV, AZ, etc.
"They" are also experiencing it within the state. It's always happening. It's just noticeable bc the ones displacing people are from out of state. In California we call it gentrification.
Thanks Brother in Christ for all the information you broadcast for us to discern!!! Blessings
The one thing keeping me in California……Michael Shellenberger 👍🏻
I was born and raised in Southern California but currently living in rural Georgia for the last 17 years. I miss home, greatly! I hate what has become of California by idiots. I want to go home but could not afford it or able to buy a home there and I make very good money. Can’t stand Newsome or his aunt Pelosi, Feinstein or any of them.
This is the first time I have heard someone speaking about the world problems that actually has ideas /solutions to fix problems. Very refreshing.
Hi Sean, You are one of my heroes! God bless you for all that you do and who you put on your show. This guy lost me when he said basically everyone in his neighborhood had a Black Lives Matter sign on their lawns. Is this guy that clueless? What in the hell. In a perfect world you would be President, I always believed navy seals are my rock stars. ❤❤❤❤
Michael Shellenberger is spot on brilliant. Too bad we don't have a Governor and politicians with his vision for California.
I wish he'd run for Governor 😔
He did! When Newsom was being recalled
I was born and raised in San Diego. I left in 2006 I was depressed for leaving to FL now that I have gotten a job and a life aswell as a purpose. As an adult I am 💯 percent thankful to God for leading me here. I would not have my great wife and kid. I still have family in CA. It's difficult to have a conversation because they make everything about themselves... when everything is me me me me me.. there's no room for the word us.
I live in Washington state and it’s not getting any better up this way as well! California, Oregon and Washington are experiencing this!
Excellent content! Great video! Thank you!
Thank you, Shawn. I’m very grateful for the work that you and your team are doing. I salute you.
Marijuana is causing a new problem. My girlfriend spends approximately 50 bucks a day on something that was illegal a few years back. There is Fentenol in most of the weed that is sold in dispensaries. Now there is a new way for California to make millions of dollars in tax dollars 😅
Who is this clown ? Michael Shellenberger. "Apologize to the police" haha!😅
Mlk...leave his name out of your mouth "Michael "😅
I like this man. A thank you for having him on! ❤
Fantastic interview Shawn!
Michael always comes to the big shows prepared with facts!
You have a lot of American heroes on your show, Michael is definitely one of them !
So great!
Shellenberger makes so much sense.
I wonder why he doesn’t mention the second amendment and how the governor makes it hard for Californianians to defend themselves while simultaneously making it easier for criminals to get off easy and reoffend. Without the second amendment you can’t express your first amendment
You have to remember, he was a democrat, so those anti 2A feelings might still be entrenched with him. They need the 2A to defend themselves. I'm surprised Shawn didn't bring it up.
@@richardjensen6753 I’m very aware I just found it odd. They got all these bans and restrictions but in reality they don’t do anything to help the law abiding, if anything that state makes you as the law abiding face consequences for defending yourself. how does that give anyone a sense of relief if they get punished for defending themselves from the same criminals they’re perpetuating.
In Northern Cali there are more guns than people. We take out 2A seriously, the gov doesn't need to know what we have. Our local sheriffs are more valuable to befriend. They'll tell you to get a weapon and learn to use it. Califo3nia is like 2 dif states when you leave the cities. Most places have zero homeless and next to nothing crime due to the rural culture.
Shellenberger is right. Newsome is some kind of "feels" special narcists. The Big City Soros DA's here, from Alameda County for Oakland Berkeley, Hayward, Pleasanton, Livermore. Contra Costa County the Same. Soros Money DA. Perps - No Charges. The Contra Costa Sheriff is issuing CCW's for the first time since never. Here the Sheriff and the DA don't care for each other.
@@LauraBeeDannonI definitely noticed that when I was in California working on wildfires. It’s the same here in Washington.
Lived in Berkeley for 15 years, loved it, left in 1995, would not wanna live there now. My friend owns an apartment bldg in Oakland , he said crime is outta control, his car, an old Honda, was stolen right out of his driveway, homelessness everywhere, sad
I worked for a LA County drug and alcohol rehab but they closed it down in 2021, why? Who the hell knows, knowing that fentanyl was hitting hard at that time, drug counselors are now having to hand out drug paraphernalia on the streets.
All this is just crazy and doesn’t make sense.
But does rehab and counseling really work?
@ success in recovery is never 100 percent , individuals do relapse and sometimes it takes a couple of times in
rehab , others just once and some unfortunately never recover and lose their lives to addiction. I can confidently say this, that when we officially closed lots of people came to our gates which were closed asking for our services, this was during the pandemic which if you remember fentanyl deaths started going through the roof.
Gratitude & Respect to You Shawn… It is an honor and a privilege to have access to you and your information. I cannot thank you enough for who you are and what you’ve done and what are you doing now…Love from Boston ☘️ 1:56
I was skeptical a few years ago about Michael… then I listened to him on multiple podcasts.. I find myself agreeing with him and his thought process.
I joined the navy out of CA, and essentially never came back. Everyday I miss my home but after realizing how sideways things are there, I've had to move on. I feel for those who are still suffering there...
Similar story here, I joined the Air Force 10 years ago and left my home state. I think about it quite often. My family is still there.
Canada needs a Shawn Ryan.
Jordan Peterson
@@svrocko1 he's not on my radar, I don't mind him but I don't seek him either.
Great show/interview as always - Michael is a breath of fresh air on many topics who is willing to consider new solutions for many of the calcified problems we have in our nation. I have said many times after my experiences as a police officer in the inner-city that the biggest heartbreak and toughest pill to swallow was knowing that statistically most of the kids would not realize 1/10th of their potential. This endless cycle of failure continues grinding up the most vulnerable with a sense of sick self-righteousness. Those responsible for the failure believe themselves entitled to take our money to fund themselves and their failed ideas, tell us we cannot have a voice because of "insert label here", and some have the gall to blame taxpayers for the human carnage they have wrought. At this point, what do we have to lose?
Regarding Newsome’s wineries not shutting down during COVID. I am in the industry and during COVID lockdown California Type 2 licensed wineries were allowed to operate because they are considered Agriculture- and all Agricultural activities were deemed by the state to be “essential”.
That makes sense
His vineyard also got funding from what I heard and I’m an Arborist in the East Bay! 👊🙏❤️🫵
Fantastic discussion. Maybe one of my favorite of all your interviews. We have someone that is extremely knowledgeable in community leadership and the power and place of the government with real solutions.
This is going to be a good one! Can't wait.
Thank you Shawn. God bless our souls.
Shawn!! This is happening in small towns in WV TOO. Addicts are being transferred to unincorporated communities so there is no oversight or jurisdiction to either give them help or prosecution for crimes. This addiction is everywhere and all families are affected in some way
I have a lot of respect for Michael Shellenberger, as we share many political beliefs. In the past, my status as a registered Independent allowed me to vote on both sides of the aisle,something I proudly say yielded a 50/50 democrat/republican voting record over the years. However, the emergence of this new brand of Republicanism has forced me to register as a Democrat. I remain committed to the democrat party until we move past the Trump MAGA MTG era and a return to logic, reason, and a clear conservative platform reemerges.
During the interview, Shellenberger said that "California represents the best of America and the worst of America." This is the truth, no doubt. Yet, it's crucial to recognize that California is not a monolith; its vastness can’t be ignored in these discussion as it needs to allow for these different challenges when tossing around the term “California” as if it’s some tiny state.
Consider this: Los Angeles alone has a population surpassing that of Wyoming, Vermont, Alaska, North Dakota, and South Dakota COMBINED! And that's merely one city, not accounting for San Diego, Sacramento, San Francisco, Orange County, and others. For perspective, the state's 40 million people outnumber the entire population of Canada. In addition, California spans 1,274,280 square miles-larger than the combined area of Rhode Island, Delaware, Wyoming, Vermont, Alaska, Montana, South Dakota, North Dakota, New Hampshire, Maine, Iowa, Arkansas, and Arizona. Do you think managing California might be a little different than managing states who are smaller that just one of California cities?
The prevalent narrative that attributes societal issues solely to "California" oversimplifies the situation. Challenges are concentrated in certain parts of densely populated cities, a pattern seen not only in California but also in major cities across the nation. This is a statistical fact. Every one of Michael’s stories can be found in every City of more than 1 million in the US, including “Red States”, its a condition of population density in the US.
While I acknowledge that Democrats have failed major cities in addressing these challenges, I find the current trajectory of Trump-era Republicans far more concerning and perilous to all of America. The reluctance of both parties to admit mistakes is a shared problem.
For instance, the Democratic approach to crime and homelessness has proven flawed. While initially well-intentioned, policies such as incarcerating individuals for stealing necessities have backfired, creating a new wave of criminal behavior. It's time for an admission of failure and a commit to finding new solutions that actually work!
Likewise, addressing homelessness should involve compassion without compromising public spaces. Admitting that past strategies haven't worked is the first step toward meaningful change, but folks on the left just double down and won’t admit they fucked things up.
This is where the parallel with Trump-era Republicans becomes evident. Just as Democrats must acknowledge their missteps, Republicans, too, need to recognize the flaws in the current MAGA brand of leadership. The refusal to acknowledge the issues with Trump is a threat to our fundamental values, and we’re slowly seeing the bravest of Republicans coming out, but not enough to stop him and other like him yet.
You say Trump is a threat, but the Democrats are ACTIVELY pushing 1)porn in grade school, 2)irreversible hormone therapies & genital mutilation on minors, 3)complete open borders that favors illegals over citizens, 4)government regulations that are killing business, 5)a climate agenda that makes zero sense, 6)criminal "justice" that rewards the criminals. As an Independent who loves the USA, I see the Democrats as the bigger threat because they're actively destroying my home!
Moved away in 2015 for work and found a job back in LA in the summer of 2020. It was a mask wearing zombie apocalypse. Went back to South Carolina the next week.
Yet we wore no masks in our town up north. Most people acted like nothing really happened. Our county is the reason the mandated cv for school kids was quietly tossed out. The parents up here threatened to remove their kids from school which would have bankrupted the education system.
Crap
United States needs to have more than two political parties.
That won't change anything. If you think it will, just look at how Canada is setup and who is the prime minister. He won with 39% of the vote. More parties just split the populace even more, so even a person with a mere 39% of the popular vote can win.
Now imagine we have 6 parties in the US and the die hard liberals just vote for their liberal candidate while people in the center, right, conservative split their votes among the other parties. You effectively hand over a win to the liberals. Liberals will never not vote liberal, where other, normal, rational people will change their minds from time to time because that's what logical people do when presented with new, relevant, accurate, factual information.
They are now known as Uni parties. The same goes for Australia, the duopoly needs to end.
democracy works better when truly everyone has a say
No govt. period. All govts are tyrannical
Only way for that to ever have a chance is to demand and get ranked choice voting on the ballot and implement it.
Very grateful that this Man woke up and wasn’t afraid to speak the truth.
This is what happens when the masculine and feminine are out of balance. The masculine sets the boundaries and enforces them, the feminine brings the compassion. Together, in balance, you find solutions. Out of balance, you get a pity party without the nescessary boundaries to break the cycle..
Absolutely killing it Shawn!! Thank you for sharing this great content
Grew up in Las Vegas in my mid 50s and Californians moving here have ruined the affordability and safety. So, good luck Texas et al. Can’t wait to read San Fran-Sicko
WE NEED MORE TRUTH! Keep it coming!
I’ve lived in CA for the last 15 and the homeless population has skyrocketed in the last 5 years alone along with the assaults and robberies. The cops don’t even bother responding to calls about them anymore. My father in law was assaulted in broad daylight at his own business and they still wouldn’t show up because it’s a constant problem. There’s no going back to the way it used to be here, this is a problem that will take generations to fix if it ever does
Thanks for your work on this show Mr Ryan.
This man is wonderful. The homeless are always in my prayers and close to my heart. I wish we can all come together some how and help them. I dont think this is just happening in Cali.
I'm a born and raised Californian and can say that this dude is the same dumpster fire that we've been trying to rid ourselves of for years.
Michael couldn't be more correct in many things he said especially mentioning the importance the law and order, meritocracy, cheap energy.
Shawn Ryan , your show has changed so much since I started watching , I believe it is by far the best podcast out there now for a few good reasons . One thing I’m seeing here is how much you care to help people. Bro that says a lot about you . Let’s do it !!!
Thank you 🙏🏼
True love and compassion = discipline and boundaries
I was lucky enough to take a cross country road trip with a friend back in 2005. I’d alwanted to see San Francisco for years. Golden Gate Bridge, Fisherman’s wharf, Lombard street, and definitely, height ashbury streets, where Jefferson airplane and the grateful dead lived. It was a fantastic city…. , back then. What they’re describing to me about how San Francisco is now, is a crying shame. That really was a once fantastic city.
The news (Ky) tonight said there was a dead woman at a bus stop that was wrapped in a blanket and on the ground. The hospital dumped her when it was time for her to leave. She had no where to go.
It just blows my mind what this country has become.
That's so sad.
My God Shawn, you asked the most awesome question and MichaelShill broke it down to details why ca is so messed up!!! THANK YOU MAN!! Doing what the major media should be doing and NOT. You your wife staff AWESOME. THANK YOU AGAIN
The people of California are responsible for their demise. Watch now as they flee how they take the same actions with them wherever they go.😢
lol . The comment right above you said this
They are moving to Colorado and ruining my state
California, Ukraine needs more than MONEY. Open your heart and HELP. You'll feel so much better
They’ve already destroyed TN our children now are priced out of housing from these limp Ds that sold their crap for a mil come here buy two. F man go elsewhere.
We appreciate every single episode you post Shawn. Truly doing important work with these episodes.
The sad fact is that most people buy into the crap they’re being fed and think they’re doing the right thing.
Exactly. Just like the churches at the border who are paid by the gov't to resettle immigrants. It only makes the churches want more immigrants so they get more money.
They also don't want to see reality, I used to talk about this a lot with my left leaning friends. They won't go beyond first step consequences.
@@jonh8636some ppl will never see it. If you could get them to sit down and watch it all it would take hours. They would see it all but the last 8 years it's been total one sided media. They last 8 years the media has been scrubbing the net of so much. The problem is media. You have to follow independent journalist this dont can't grasp the concept the media is owed by a few. They also have investors. The news told him we think one of the kennedys is coming back lol😂 sad thing is when the media lost credibility many middle-aged and older folks did not know what to do so they were turning to quacks on the internet. And the younger generation has been infiltrated on tik Tok and everything else and don't even realize it.
I mean no one else seeing this dude as a massive hypocrite. He worked for soros to bring the downfall of cali and now wants to be on the other side like he has no blood on his hands.
Yep well said, it's ignorance of policies, loophole's and escape hatches written in the policies etc
Mr. Shellenberger has a way of breaking down complex social phenomena into bite-sized common sense. I encourage others to listen his talks on what he terms climate change radicalism and pathological wokism. Cheers! 😊
Had 2 back surgeries this year. The first one they gave me fentanyl and it took the pain away completely for 15 minutes. It was amazing! The second one they were giving me Dilaudid and it didn’t take any of the pain away and finally gave me some ketamine which took away all the pain. Pain killers are a wonderful thing in the right hands. The fentanyl was the best of them all, kept me alert. The ketamine was like your in a funny house with halls that go forever.
I appreciate the quality and authenticity in these interviews. 1st step towards reform is awareness.
I lived in California for years, and I am so glad I moved back in 2016 when it was starting to get really bad. As an avid outdoorsman, hunter, and angler California was a dream come true, but the cities are dumpster fires now. Sadly I will now only visit to hunt/fish, but will avoid the large metro areas. Moving home to Missouri was the best choice I have made as an adult small business owner who pays taxes.
Michael is spot on correct about everything.
I’m a security guard and the guy isn’t lying I talk to the homeless at times and they said that they are essentially paid to stay where they are it’s sad
I heard that too, that homeless people get paid to stay on the street!
Yeah maaan the BIG SIDEWALK INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX is out here paying the homeless!! @@dalia5378
I assume what you're implying is that it's due to any state benefits that they receive do not motivated them to leave.
NOBODY wants to live like that; certainly not the thousands. Whatever they get is for pure subsistence survival - it's not some deluded trope like "welfare queen" BS. @@jamier5639
So he wants you to pay for them to go to rehab so that industry can collect taxes too.
What a great human being !! Thank you Mr. Shawn.
Let me start with saying, I love you Shawn, I listen to all your podcasts casts. With that being said , I’ve been an addict for 35 of my 50 years on this earth. By the grace of God I’ve finally found peace and serenity through recovery. To be compassionate towards addiction is all fine and good until you let them not have to accept their part in the problem. I don’t expect anything from anyone for free . I understand that I’m the only one that can fix me. If you keep enabling these folks then you’re just as much part of the problem. Hence the liberal mind set. We run into other issues when addicts are facing incarceration, they will go through a program to appease the court then go back to old ways once they’ve completed the program
I’m a psychiatrist nurse in Jacksonville Florida The homeless use us as a hotel. The system is so broken.
I was a heroin and pill addict in California back when there was consequences for your actions. One year in jail for every oxycontin pill was the law 11 years ago when I got sober. I can’t imagine if there wasn’t any consequences or if the government was paying every month for me to be an addict. That’s crazy and deadly.
THIS GUY IS MOTIVATING THE HECK-OUT OF ME/OH BOY DID HE SAY CLIMATE CHANGE? IM FALLING ASLEEP
This is the exact same thing that is happening in Utah. It's so sad and we hate it. Californians are moving here and have driven up our homes prices so high, no one can afford to move. It's really bad for our children who can't afford to buy a home. Please stay in your own state and make it better where you live.
You know I understand because the same thing is happening to colorado. So many people are moving here that now we're having to build upwards instead of outward, it's definitely making it hard for the natives to stay and it frustrating to say the least.
Shawn it would be nice if you could find and interview some of the types of people you talk about in this interview, for example it would be really interesting if you could get a police officer from California to interview.
Alejandro Villanueva, the former sheriff of LA County would be a good one!
If tou interview a cop from LA its gonna be way dif than a cop from anywhere else on CA.
Love your show and episode!!! Thank You for a great episode
I so appreciate your compassion. But….. Two people I love very much were addicts. They destroyed everyone and everything in their lives. If you helped them, you were helping them to get just well enough to go back to the regular life.
The only thing that changed both of them was the choice of go to prison or go to mandated rehab and if you screw up at any time after rehab…..you go straight to prison. No Lawyers will get you out of it. No amount of money will get you out of it. You will go straight to prison and we will throw away the key.
I also worked in the medical field for 27 years. We had many diabetics that had feet legs, hands arms amputated, but continued to spend their money every day for honey buns, and anything else they can find. They were well taken care of at that nursing home and they knew no matter what happened to them as a result of their addiction to sugar. The government would get them a new wheelchair and a better bed, etc. One man ended up with just a body…… No arms, no legs and still demanded it was his right to eat whatever he wanted to every day.
It is a lie that addicts will hit rock bottom. The only thing that changes their mind is the threat of prison for more years than they are able to imagine.
Gotta give people a reason to want to get and stay clean.
47:00 I do, and have always lived in California, do my best to stay informed and this is the first time I have heard Newsom's wineries remained open while competitors were forced closed.
Lol that was big news. He also got his hair cut and went out to dinner while we all were under house arrest.
Don't watch cable news.
Think whatever you want about this guy, but the segment where he talked about the police, he not only won my respect but he made my eyes water. Excellent show. Shawn, I don’t know if you could gain any more respect from me as someone who left the police department because of the BS. Thank you dude.
I was in California last year for 24 hrs. And there was a dead guy on the rd. We walked by. 3 hrs later walking back by the same guys there on the ground still no one around
Are you serious? That’s pathetic. My brother lives there and I still don’t understand why besides all the money he’s put into buying buildings.
Did you call the authorities?
@@gloriav1236do you believe everything you read on the internet? Same thing happened to me in Texas! Twice!!
One time in Oakland I saw a mattress with blood and stuff all over it, and a tarp. It was an obvious murder scene, and no one cared. I was in awe at the outright lawlessness.
A major city? Not surprised.
Californians are flooding to N Idaho as well. The growth in our beautiful town has destroyed it!!
I fled CA in 1979 and never looked back
he really like the reason you left ...
Same thing here. I stopped getting notifications. Keep going Shawn you guys are the best
I'm sorry, but I disagree with my long lost relative Shellenberger
The main reason CA and America in general has gone down hill is because we have lost the fear of God and a moral compass is gone. If you have no standard of righteousness, you will live like an animal. You can't fix CA with housing and programs. Never! People need heart changes from Holy Spirit.
Okay go out there and start reading the Bible to the homeless see if that works
you should watch part2 🙃
Obviously you don't know how mental illness ruins your psyche. Prayer is something other people do that own a pot to piss in.
In what world am I, UNCOMPELLED, listening to Schellenberger and agreeing with him, as a guest on Shawn Ryan. Folks, these truly are strange friggin times
I live in Melbourne Australia. I worked in the homlessness sector for 11 years, I worked as a case worker for people experiencing homelessness, mental health. drug addiction, victims and perpetrators of violence, family violence, engaging in criminal activity. It's complex, no easy fix if there is a fix at all. Hallelujah Michael has a solution! Good luck with making the impossible possible. Work in the sector for ten years or so then you may have some understanding.
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another californian refugee, wait he was working for those that made it so( kinda like voting in usa for the hussein party member ) and now claim to have the answer to make it right LMFAO
Shawn if you read this, great episode! It would be amazing if you could interview someone like Lee Zeldin from New York. New York is in an absolute crisis, equal to, or greater than California.
Great episode and I'd love to add some of my own experiences as a life long California resident and I've been a local news photojournalist, covering Orange, Riverside and Los Angeles counties. Just in my town the homeless problem has become out of control and I've seen just about everything. Recently I saw a lady get out of her van and within walking three feet away towards the store, a man came running up and stole her car, that she had left running. The Hispanic/Migrant gang member who stole car almost hit her with her own car as she went chasing after him while he was peeling out of the parking lot. The OCSD arrived and while taking notes from the victim, he asked her if she had ever been arrested for prostitution and that shocked me. The poor lady just was nearly car-jacked, had her car stolen with Christmas gifts inside and the local idiot cops treated her like she was a suspect. I called 911 a few months back on a homeless man standing butt naked in public. The same OCSD Deputy's came out and gave the guy a blanket and left. Now I know he does this almost every day and I've since seen this same guy in different states of undress in a busy public area. Even more sad than that is we have elderly women who are homeless and it is absolutely heartbreaking to see. I can only imagine what they have gone through on these rough streets. I think of my grandparents and it just breaks my heart to see defenseless old ladies pushing a cart, sleeping in the cold and dealing with all of the crazy gang members, dealers and mentally ill people. If you're homeless here or a "migrant" you can get away with almost everything. The cops here are discouraged from talking to illegals and this all started about 15 years ago when law enforcement were no longer allowed to ask them their immigration status. Now illegals in California can get regular California Drivers License's or I.D.'s which allows them the ability to drive and probably even vote, lol. I constantly see people stealing from the stores, while meanwhile goods/groceries have risen to such high prices.
I've lived in this town before for five or six years while growing up in the early 2000's and we had one homeless man. Back then I met Republican Governor Arnold Schwarnezegger twice and both times he had no (visible) armed security and was the nicest down to earth guy. Under his rule we had law and order and one homeless person in my town. Now we have untold numbers, but there are easily over 100-150 homeless people just in our small town. There is a turnover, there are new people showing up all of the time and some move on or are arrested and we don't see them again, or sometimes they'll eventually show back up. The beach is close enough where you can walk or ride a bike there, so get why there are homeless people here, but obviously something changed. When I was growing up here there was basically no homeless and certainly no open air drug use. We had one homeless guy who everyone knew and helped. Now we have hundreds and people are smoking fentanyl, even right in front of the local rehab and methadone clinic. Literally smoking fentanyl in front of the only place where people can try and get help. I could tell so many stories, but this is obviously a result of leftist/democratic policies. The democrats have absolutely ruined this wonderful state. Even Orange County where I live and was brought up has gone to hell. A cyclist was recently stabbed to death in the middle of a really busy intersection in broad daylight and in front of at least 30 witnesses. The suspect hit the cyclist with his car first, got out and stabbed the guy to death in front of everyone. It's really bad here and unfortunately the cops are just as bad. They don't do shit, they hide everything and they mistreat journalist like myself. It's gotten to the point where I no longer recognize my town, my state or country and I went from supporting law enforcement to thinking they are a complete joke. Recently a homeless guy in Los Angeles pulled out his penis and chased after a female jogger, caught up to her and tried to rape her from behind. The L.A. County District Attorney Gascon has charged the man/crime as a misdemeanor? Plus that same week a father and his live-in girlfriend were given sentences of 10 years and 15 years for torturing and murdering the mans teenage son. Plus we the voters of California have voted for the death penalty and we still sentence the worst of the worst to death, but the Governor refuses to put anyone to death. I am convinced that the State of California now puts criminals rights over victims rights.
The Police are so busy with violent crimes and mentally ill people that most crimes are unsolved and or the charges are never filed. In some area's like where my nephew is a Police Officer, they only respond to Code-3 calls and in between those he stops suspected gang-members and other criminals on traffic stops and he averages getting 5 guns off the streets every week. His department has an OIS rate of 1 out of 6 officers and his one SGT., has been in six different OIS incidents as a shooter and cleared on every one. My nephew is in his early 20's and joined the Police department instead of enlisting in the Army. My mother and I who helped raise him talked him out of the Army and he has since thanked us both with a nice letter. He's making over $120,000 a year plus benefits and he is making a difference. He helps the Gang squad and narcotics. He was telling me the other day that his department and other's are now asking federal agencies to adopt cases, so that the criminals have to face actual justice. So anytime a serious offender reoffends or hurts law enforcement, or commits any crimes that are also Federally illegal, they'll call DEA, FBI, ATF, HSI or whoever to adopt the case. That is how sick law enforcement is with the State of California! Watching the slow decline of my town and my state has been hard. My nephew who works a really dangerous area of San Bernardino tells and shows us some crazy things he sees almost daily. He's constantly chasing after criminals who run with guns in their hands and he's almost had to shoot a couple of times and he is only in his second year as a cop. He's seen countless deaths, had people die in his arms, he's seen it all. He used to have to clear this abandoned mall and there are literally zombies in there. Homeless addicts and people living in this dark and rundown mall, and people screaming, walking around like zombies and people on meth, fentanyl. He's seen both men and women with the ass of their pants cut open so others can more easily rape the weak. It's unreal and so sad, I honestly believe we are beyond reproach and I have no hope in our future!
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