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  • Опубліковано 25 бер 2021
  • #homeless​​#encampment​​#echopark​​
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    The last three days I spent at Echo Park in downtown Los Angeles to record history the closing and removing of the homeless encampment in Echo ParkI spent many hours at the park to show you guys exactly what’s going on in Echo Park I had really good conversations and I met a few really nice people it was a good experience
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  • @priscillafuentes8663
    @priscillafuentes8663 3 роки тому +266

    I've tried and let a homeless lady, stay a few days with me. It was clear she really was happy in her situation. Some people just can't be helped.

    • @brandondvaz6801
      @brandondvaz6801 3 роки тому +76

      Please be careful who you let in your home these days!

    • @dickiedocker
      @dickiedocker 3 роки тому +42

      Are you crazy! You'll be lucky to wake up with just your belongings missing. God forbid there's kids in the house because they will be finding drugs next.

    • @dennismanary652
      @dennismanary652 3 роки тому +11

      This is the reason none of them want help, they are scared of critical people!!

    • @andyleo8418
      @andyleo8418 3 роки тому +49

      That was very risky. She could have claimed residency at your house and never leave. Do not do that anymore.

    • @virtualselfie6899
      @virtualselfie6899 3 роки тому +13

      @@andyleo8418 So true! Squatters are actually taking claim to other people's houses/mortgages. The original owner ends up homeless and because of the eviction moratorium relief and mortgage forbearance programs, the owner ends up homeless. Many cases have occurred!
      One problem is not solved by creating another problem!
      The City of LA has Covid-19 Hotel Vouchers, but the homeless do not want to be tracked in the system. Some of that reasoning is based on the drug distribution at street level. Like animals, they eat, sleep, play and many actually do use drugs all day to play, because most of them are not working at paying jobs. Just an observation, not a value judgment!
      The culling of America's population and the world down to 500 million is in progress. See the Georgia Guide Stones and Dr. Deagal Report. This paradigm shift occurring in the world is sad, but thank you, GIV for working tirelessly to bring us now, the "news" which we don't see on broadcast TV up here in the Bay Area.

  • @joemusic2882
    @joemusic2882 3 роки тому +603

    They drag old furniture into the park and all kinds of other trash into the park and leave piles of junk everywhere then get pissed at you when you pick it up and clean the park. The city is giving them a clean safe hotel room and trying to help but most of them don’t want it.

    • @tybarker5038
      @tybarker5038 3 роки тому +48

      Cuz these types of homeless are scum

    • @joemusic2882
      @joemusic2882 3 роки тому +7

      @John Kyle That too

    • @joemusic2882
      @joemusic2882 3 роки тому +36

      @@tybarker5038 To be fair there are scum in every walk of life in every segment of society.

    • @towaritch
      @towaritch 3 роки тому +12

      @@joemusic2882 most of them are not as in your face as these though...

    • @joemusic2882
      @joemusic2882 3 роки тому +2

      @@catsincredulous9998 Get out of here with your insane comment.

  • @mikemurel1917
    @mikemurel1917 3 роки тому +259

    My daughter took me to Echo park maybe 4 years ago. I was amazed how beautiful it is. I care about the homeless but they have to go. The park is for everyone, not a long term living space.

    • @gersonlinares2307
      @gersonlinares2307 3 роки тому +23

      @River Paz it's logic,they're are lazy and don't wanna work

    • @aihuyendj1441
      @aihuyendj1441 3 роки тому +16

      @River Paz Think about this. We pay tax for them to stay in hotel but they don't want to. They built their "own homes" there. Is it right? Do you think it's safe for your kids, tourists to go to the park? Do you think it's safe for them to get in subways or to go wherever in the pandemic? Do you know they can trade 1 used needle to 10, 15 clean one in OC? Do you know in San Francisco to keep them to staying in hotel we have to support drugs? They "Poo poo, pee pee" in front of the restaurants? Do you know many international meetings cancelled cause dirty and not safety there?... more and more things to know to have human feeling...

    • @aihuyendj1441
      @aihuyendj1441 3 роки тому +9

      @@gersonlinares2307 exactly! They don't want to stay in the hotel cause they're alcoholic, they use drugs... They can ask people money for "their income". In the rush hour they can get $2 and more every red lights/every minutes (no tax)....

    • @gardengrove6759
      @gardengrove6759 3 роки тому +1

      @@gersonlinares2307 it dont matter they struggling they aint gonna find a job asap i bet ur ass dont work

    • @amalija11
      @amalija11 3 роки тому +8

      Imagine thinking that is worth forcibly displacing untold numbers of people from their only home when there’s virtually no where else accessible for them to go. You must be ashamed, deep down.

  • @staceylili6703
    @staceylili6703 3 роки тому +9

    So glad the residents are getting their park back.

  • @surfstarcc1
    @surfstarcc1 3 роки тому +862

    This video has better reporting on the topic than every single news source out there!! Thanks GIV

    • @Already100
      @Already100 3 роки тому +9

      😆🤣😂 all these ppl got the 1400 check , and it went all on drugs

    • @dfair
      @dfair 3 роки тому +1

      exactly!!

    • @davidbacon9223
      @davidbacon9223 3 роки тому +1

      @@Already100 .....1,400 jumping-jacks to EARN the money for yurts! TOURISM!!!!!!!!! :-)

    • @Fireneedsair
      @Fireneedsair 3 роки тому +1

      @@Already100 like you know

    • @powertuber4.068
      @powertuber4.068 3 роки тому +6

      The long-term solution is to change the culture and reject leftist ideologies and their enforcement mechanism, the cult of political correctness.

  • @DaniS02
    @DaniS02 3 роки тому +296

    I would say that your reporting is more professional than abc or other msm media. Keep up the good work! 👏👏👏

    • @jglee6721
      @jglee6721 3 роки тому +2

      No doubt. When those morons are reporting you can see that they are left wing activists. LOL

    • @AnthTrinh
      @AnthTrinh 3 роки тому

      Because he doesn't talk. He just shows what is going on.

    • @pinkhare4344
      @pinkhare4344 3 роки тому +1

      @@jglee6721 that’s all those channels are, a bunch of left wing nuts!

    • @slayers2966
      @slayers2966 3 роки тому

      just curious, how did those media cover this issue? I dont have the will to watch it myself.

    • @sanbruno3606
      @sanbruno3606 3 роки тому +1

      CLEAN, SOBER, SAFE, HEALTHY AND PROSPEROUS CALIFORNIA

  • @DannyboyZombieNerd
    @DannyboyZombieNerd 3 роки тому +92

    There’s a thin line between helping and enabling. It’s a tough call. Damned if you do, damned if you don’t.’

    • @Atclav
      @Atclav 3 роки тому +6

      Facts! And that line is called accountability by the individual.

    • @burprobrox9134
      @burprobrox9134 3 роки тому +1

      This is the correct comment. It’s a terribly difficult situation for everyone; homeless squatters, local residents, and the city officials.

    • @madamkoifish
      @madamkoifish 3 роки тому +1

      That’s why I don’t trust people giving them tents instead of helping them get real help.

    • @KutWrite
      @KutWrite 3 роки тому +1

      I believe in voluntary help, not tax-funded big-buck commissioners and endless meetings and "fact-finding" trips to other cities on our dime.
      Government is the worst way to do anything.

    • @MizzAugust7
      @MizzAugust7 2 роки тому +1

      I saw enabling in Seattle before covid. Many of the younger people I talked with ,were addicts, didn't want to go, the food was so good & plentiful I ate there & took food with me- GOOD food. Yogurt, tangerines, bagels...

  • @tw1tch09
    @tw1tch09 3 роки тому +14

    You are a Los Angeles legend for doing what you do. Thank you

  • @Cathoderayterrors
    @Cathoderayterrors 3 роки тому +363

    I don’t know what’s so hard to understand about the fact that public parks are public parks… They are for everyone to enjoy and for no one to actually call it home and live in them.

    • @josecarranza7555
      @josecarranza7555 3 роки тому +7

      Just don’t camp in them causing chaos.

    • @nosvratupanaoic4221
      @nosvratupanaoic4221 3 роки тому +18

      Well then maybe you should start pressuring your local government to house them. Protest isn't supposed to be comfortable. Capitalism is a very destructive and evil system. Our government has enough money to house everyone in this country 10 times over. I live in pdx and it's the same issue. If you have a problem with the homeless then help them not be homeless anymore

    • @just.the.tip.podcast
      @just.the.tip.podcast 3 роки тому +36

      @@nosvratupanaoic4221 The world doesn't owe us understanding. There are third-world countries where the housing situations are way worse than here. Our life is our responsibility but when you turn a public park into a place where you eat, shower, and shit that is unsanitary and unsafe for others. That's not right. There is a community there of people who work, have families, and create homes for themselves who all visit that park. I hate capitalism just as much as you but we can either whine about it and get swept around by the people in power or we can stand up for our lives, live within the world as it is, and change it from the inside out. If you just live on the street, no one cares what you have to say. That's just how it is.

    • @mehg8407
      @mehg8407 3 роки тому +39

      @@nosvratupanaoic4221 Why should local government house them? Many of these people ARE NOT locals. They come from other places. Imagine paying local taxes for years, just so that these people can come and just suck up all the recourses. I say we house the people who have been here for at least 10 years and send everyone else back to where they came from.

    • @nosvratupanaoic4221
      @nosvratupanaoic4221 3 роки тому +3

      @@mehg8407 you have such a very primitive and old way of thinking. I suggest you start growing and researching. Good luck

  • @jedidiah5131
    @jedidiah5131 3 роки тому +71

    My children used to play in that park, I wouldn't let my grandchildren near the place now....Thanks for the video.

    • @ichbinnichic
      @ichbinnichic 3 роки тому +1

      That is so sad!

    • @jennr8642
      @jennr8642 3 роки тому

      Yup as a high school kid I was there all the time. Now my daughter always points at the lake when we drive by but I’m not crazy enough to take her there. If they clean it up and the homeless finally stay out I would love to take here there to play

  • @UrbanElectronicMusic
    @UrbanElectronicMusic 3 роки тому +38

    This is better coverage of the situation at Echo Pack than any of the news outlets have done. Bravo.

  • @salviabuckwheats7434
    @salviabuckwheats7434 3 роки тому +33

    I thought it is illegal to camp in a public park. I don't understand. Parks were built for the public to come and enjoy - but certainly not to live. Everything is nuts. Thanks, GiV for giving me the tour.

    • @edwarddiaz8136
      @edwarddiaz8136 3 роки тому +2

      It's also illegal to ask for change.. peddling is a crime. Dont give homeless money, they are liars thief's and overall criminals.

    • @calicoskyband
      @calicoskyband 3 роки тому +1

      So where should they go? The shelters have to turn people away all the time.

    • @itistime5699
      @itistime5699 3 роки тому +1

      @@calicoskyband camps. They built camps

    • @maxsdad538
      @maxsdad538 3 роки тому +1

      It is for the rest of us, but not for the homeless.

    • @calicoskyband
      @calicoskyband 3 роки тому +1

      ​@@edwarddiaz8136, thanks for your nuanced perspective. Reminds me of a particular reality TV star who ran for president in 2016.

  • @13Bizz
    @13Bizz 3 роки тому +171

    I use to live around Echo Park. Best decision I ever made was leaving it behind

    • @joemusic2882
      @joemusic2882 3 роки тому +9

      Can’t blame you. My mother grew up in Highland Park and used to go to that area when she was a teenager. She said it was nice and pretty safe. The only gangs she ever saw used switchblades and fists to resolve disputes and really didn’t bother her. That park and that area has changed. Hazard park is a safe park though.

    • @Iamsoul00
      @Iamsoul00 3 роки тому +1

      @@joemusic2882 Highland park is a fun place to visit. Although there was a white supremacist who was dousing people with lye. That’s the only reason I stopped going over there.

    • @doink2808
      @doink2808 3 роки тому +1

      Echo park is Beautiful what you talking about .

    • @doink2808
      @doink2808 3 роки тому +2

      @@Iamsoul00 White supremacist? Lol highland part is like 80 % Hispanic that white boy better get the fuck outta there move to Arkansas 😆🤣

    • @herewego8586
      @herewego8586 3 роки тому +5

      Best decision I ever made was leaving California behind. I loved my state, born and raised there, 50 years. Was such an amazing place. But it’s become a ticking time bomb. It was either me or Cali. I chose me. I didn’t realize how truly bad it was until I got out.

  • @Cece-lb7nc
    @Cece-lb7nc 3 роки тому +308

    It’s impossible not to like German in Venice, he’s possibly one of the nicest guys on the planet. U are a celebrity for sure . Love me some German in Venice ❤️

    • @HellNoMoreBiden
      @HellNoMoreBiden 3 роки тому +2

      I have a German friend whose nothing like this German from Venice as he's from Hamburg. Lol. My friend want's the government to blame when he is to blame for his liberal way. I can't wait to see how much of a difference he will show after his trip back from shihole Germany.

    • @joelincolnlincoln6315
      @joelincolnlincoln6315 3 роки тому +6

      They dont like him because he showed world homeless and others copied him on utube n the news attracting wrong attention and it hurts tourism embarrasses officials and gets homeless booted

    • @powertuber4.068
      @powertuber4.068 3 роки тому +5

      The long-term solution is to change the culture and reject leftist ideologies and their enforcement mechanism, the cult of political correctness.

    • @powertuber4.068
      @powertuber4.068 3 роки тому +4

      @@joelincolnlincoln6315 That's Good... LA needs to do some major hurting in order to see the errors of their ways.

    • @hugoq4335
      @hugoq4335 3 роки тому +1

      Thank you German, love your videos keeps me in tune with on site news

  • @demonica6887
    @demonica6887 3 роки тому +5

    Glad to see the park getting clean for the community to enjoy!!!!

  • @tomconstantino3133
    @tomconstantino3133 3 роки тому +41

    I was homeless from the age 10 to 15 on the streets of Boston period at 15 I was able to take care of myself got an apartment. It seems to me most of these people want to be homeless let them do it someplace else. Help the ones who need it and the hell with the rest of them

    • @clasik228able
      @clasik228able 3 роки тому +6

      I’m sorry you went through that so young. I was homeless from 12-14 and it was hard

    • @maxsdad538
      @maxsdad538 3 роки тому +5

      Unfortunately, the majority of homeless people want housing, but don't want any of the responsibilities that go with housing. Sort of like liberals.

    • @glow1815
      @glow1815 3 роки тому

      You're so correct. They refused assistance so they can stick with their life style.

    • @marcusbrown198
      @marcusbrown198 2 роки тому

      I think you're right on. If you want to live free you're going to have to go by the unwritten rules. They can pay 50 bucks a month for a storage unit or share a hotel room or bedroom but people have a problem with living with each other. I say we use our prison system for what it's for. Three meals a day health care toilet shower and work release.

    • @MizzAugust7
      @MizzAugust7 2 роки тому

      Then, you should know, when theres an addiction to alcohol, its pretty impossible to get out of the ugly circle of poverty & no home.

  • @jondeak
    @jondeak 3 роки тому +514

    Echo Park is probably the most famous park in Los Angeles. After they did the 45 million dollar renovation the park was absolutely beautiful. I loved going there and renting the peddle boats with my family. What this video doesn’t show you is the Shootings, the Stabbing, the Animal abuse that’s taken place in Echo Park. Everyone one of those Homeless people are being offered housing and they refuse to leave. They refuse to accept the help. I used to feel really bad for the Los Angeles homeless back in the day but not anymore, not when they refuse help from the city. Sadly, this will only be the way to fix the homeless population in Los Angeles and that’s by forcing them out and into housing. Hopefully the next election has a proposition to force the homeless off the streets.

    • @fransbolk3573
      @fransbolk3573 3 роки тому +38

      Drugs is everything in these people's life's they are feeling great.

    • @owengrant9066
      @owengrant9066 3 роки тому +1

      Is Echo Park next to Echo Beach from the song?

    • @joemusic2882
      @joemusic2882 3 роки тому +7

      @@owengrant9066 It’s not next to any beach. I’ve lived in Southern California all my life and have never heard of Echo Beach.

    • @ibbjos08
      @ibbjos08 3 роки тому +45

      I'm sure the real estate is expensive around there. Combined with high taxes, I'd be pissed off too if homeless people took the park over.

    • @baronsilas
      @baronsilas 3 роки тому +3

      @@owengrant9066 No, its far away in time....

  • @shirleycedillo1589
    @shirleycedillo1589 3 роки тому +641

    The park is for everyone. Not just homeless. Glad they are cleaning up their shit.

    • @PKPhoenix83
      @PKPhoenix83 3 роки тому +122

      The park is for taxpayers and people that are actually a part of society. Sad and mean as this sounds, can't let people just do whatever they want.

    • @ViiewsPlus
      @ViiewsPlus 3 роки тому +14

      facts

    • @whathell6t
      @whathell6t 3 роки тому +5

      @
      Shirley Cedillo
      *homeless transients and vagrants.
      Be specific, NIMBY.

    • @jonothandoeser
      @jonothandoeser 3 роки тому +20

      A freeway is public property too. Does that mean that people can camp on it?

    • @leehines1260
      @leehines1260 3 роки тому +32

      I hope they clean the entire city littered with filth.

  • @lizzytreks696
    @lizzytreks696 3 роки тому +4

    Went yesterday and finally was able to take my son to the park across ...

  • @jeffhamac6662
    @jeffhamac6662 3 роки тому +5

    Omg.. when i used to live in socal 20 years ago, i used to jog here in echo park n also play some hoops in that basketball court down the other side. Used to be a beautiful park n that was after a multimillion renovation a few years coz as far as I remember this was the dumping spot of dead bodies killed by gang years in that lake. Felt sad what’s happening to my beloved city of angels coz although i have moved, i will always consider LA as my hometown.

  • @ryszardkruszona6370
    @ryszardkruszona6370 3 роки тому +264

    This beautiful park is for everyone not only for homeless people.I am waiting for Venice Beach now.

    • @sportsmediaamerica
      @sportsmediaamerica 3 роки тому +1

      Oh no. If that happens, what will GiV have to report on????

    • @LATUYA818
      @LATUYA818 3 роки тому +24

      @kathy mcallister damn right tell them to get jobs Mexicans sell stuff on corners Americans (white) ask for money with a sign 🤦🏻‍♂️ que se pongan a trabajar Viva Mexico 🇲🇽🇲🇽🇲🇽🇲🇽

    • @twczzkm
      @twczzkm 3 роки тому +23

      @kathy mcallister That's not okay but at least illegals are willing to work. The bums at EP are mostly drug addicted nonproductive bums.

    • @josecarranza7555
      @josecarranza7555 3 роки тому +5

      @@LATUYA818 Why don’t you go live in Mexico if you believe that?

    • @swigg231
      @swigg231 3 роки тому +1

      You mean vespucci beach ⛱️

  • @robertshannon4547
    @robertshannon4547 3 роки тому +27

    Thank you Los Ángeles Heath department for doing the right thing! And thanks German in Venice for the updates

  • @rosiem928
    @rosiem928 3 роки тому +6

    7:35 he speaks so well. He could talk someone into giving him a job.

  • @flowapowa8081
    @flowapowa8081 3 роки тому +3

    You are so great, laughed so hard when you asked the kitty where Echo Park is 🙂

  • @creationsbyonofre395
    @creationsbyonofre395 3 роки тому +121

    These people living in tents in the park were offered help from different organizations for weeks prior to this day. Many of them took the help but the ones that remain did not. Mainly because of their drug use and other addictions to which they are not ready to quit. We all have the right to live our lives the way we want but this is a park and it is illegal to set residency. The many times I walked there for the most part I would see people getting high in bright daylight and with no regards to families and their children.

    • @mrc6032
      @mrc6032 3 роки тому +2

      Would you like to be forced into government housing?! Let us all remember that even concentration camps are technically government- housing! Just because your fortunate to still have family, etc etc does not give you the right to prevent others from living and surviving just as your ancestors did. Or you would not even be here to complain! If you think governments are your friend. Boy are you wrong. In fact, The founding fathers of this country did everything they could to LIMIT government because they knew in their wisdom how easily governments can become monstrous and tyrannical. You should be standing with these people. And just remember this: everytime you pass or see a "homeless" person your attitude should be THERE BUT BEFORE THE GRACE OF GOD GOES I.

    • @irmameticgoruk8919
      @irmameticgoruk8919 3 роки тому +3

      Not only that broken glass dirty needles

    • @stevemcgowen
      @stevemcgowen 3 роки тому +7

      They can't do drugs in homeless shelters and housing. That's why they don't want help...

    • @mrc6032
      @mrc6032 3 роки тому

      @Shell shock well instead of being an observer and "seeing this"
      DO something about it. Even if all that involves is giving a homeless something as simple as a cup of joe or a 99 cent hot dog.in fact this might sound absurd but maybe they are the Smart ones they aren't killing themselves to pay $2,000 rent a month in California. Lol

    • @mrc6032
      @mrc6032 3 роки тому

      @@stevemcgowen ugh..I'm so tired of these generalized over-arching statements like they all do drugs. Yes of course, many do. But to generalize the " homeless" as drug addicts is not correct. That's the same mentality that we should all support abortion because of rape. When In all actuality and by statistics.. Rape is just around 1% of all abortions. Meaning 99% of abortions are from consensual sex. The real problem is that California has somehow all but dessimated the middle-class there. I bet you that the majority of the homeless that we are seeing are vastly from the middle class or from middle class families. So if you decimate the middle class well we are seeing the results today especially in California

  • @lynnepierson2549
    @lynnepierson2549 3 роки тому +45

    I love the opening for your video with the kitty! 🐈 ❤❤❤❤ Thank you for your report. We love our German In Venice, please take good care of yourself !!! You are awesome.

    • @rintintinification
      @rintintinification 3 роки тому +4

      The kitty was pretty awesome.

    • @linedanzer4302
      @linedanzer4302 3 роки тому

      I don't. It's silly in light of the seriousness of this situation.

    • @sanbruno3606
      @sanbruno3606 3 роки тому

      CLEAN, SOBER, SAFE, HEALTHY AND PROSPEROUS CALIFORNIA

  • @livewireOrourke
    @livewireOrourke 3 роки тому +308

    "We're fighting for the right to exist!"
    Ok, no one is saying you can't exist. Just move out of the park.

    • @cristiannuques1718
      @cristiannuques1718 3 роки тому +52

      @kathy mcallister they got the same offer but they rather stay on the streets smoking crack. Immigrants come here and work.

    • @smithengroup8307
      @smithengroup8307 3 роки тому +28

      This people have the odasede to complain about their living conditions, they are offering them shelters n other services, the park is a park people not your homes,,get out

    • @whitefang8329
      @whitefang8329 3 роки тому +2

      @kathy mcallister I think that you spam on UA-cam comments section. Got reported.

    • @davidloudermilk7307
      @davidloudermilk7307 3 роки тому +20

      Flood the area with job applications and watch them scatter

    • @livewireOrourke
      @livewireOrourke 3 роки тому

      @@davidloudermilk7307 😂🤣

  • @michaelwni
    @michaelwni 3 роки тому +5

    "it kinda looks like Hawaii" well I'm from Hawaii (blue state) and I'd agree. Last I was on Oahu there was a homeless encampment with 2,000 people on the beach of Makaha (west oahu)

  • @erickreyes708
    @erickreyes708 3 роки тому +158

    They need to clean the whole city of Los Angeles county some homeless don’t want help

    • @captainsternn1967
      @captainsternn1967 3 роки тому +3

      WE NEED, WE WANT😡WE NEED, WE WANT

    • @eutimiochavez415
      @eutimiochavez415 3 роки тому +10

      Get rid of all the crooks running California

    • @mmarlow6697
      @mmarlow6697 3 роки тому +18

      Same here... I live near Seattle and 99.9% of the homeless are homeless by choice and drug use. Giving them handouts is only enabling them to continue... They trash up the place, shit and piss in the streets.... it’s disgusting.

    • @jonas000111
      @jonas000111 3 роки тому +1

      Most buddy Most!

    • @MH-zg5yw
      @MH-zg5yw 3 роки тому

      Does that cleaning including cleaning the city of other people you deem undesirable? maybe hispanics..? You sound like a very hateful person

  • @ronmani9476
    @ronmani9476 3 роки тому +70

    "I wanna grow as a person".... says the homeless guy living off the system. comedy gold.

    • @livewireOrourke
      @livewireOrourke 3 роки тому +3

      😂

    • @chrisbayridge23
      @chrisbayridge23 3 роки тому +5

      He's homeless but living off the system?

    • @lololedez
      @lololedez 3 роки тому +5

      He meant to say , “as a person, I want to grow weed” 😂

  • @SunRaeeeee
    @SunRaeeeee 3 роки тому +3

    Thank goodness theres action being taken on this issue. Echo park was so beautiful before all the homeless started flocking there with their tents. Hopefully they can find somewhere safe to stay.

  • @kennymccannYT
    @kennymccannYT 3 роки тому +9

    You will exist outside of Echo Park. This is crazy, the park is for the public.

  • @sh_rl.lr_hs
    @sh_rl.lr_hs 3 роки тому +58

    You're doing a great job with the reporting, brother. So much heart and understanding in every upload. All the best!

  • @humachine5226
    @humachine5226 3 роки тому +91

    The residents of Echo Park want their park back and I DO TOO, I miss the Lotus Festival.

    • @gavincurtis
      @gavincurtis 3 роки тому

      Chinese Lotus Festival when it opens. You are owned now.

    • @humachine5226
      @humachine5226 3 роки тому +2

      @@gavincurtis What a cute comment...

    • @sanbruno3606
      @sanbruno3606 3 роки тому +2

      CLEAN, SOBER, SAFE, HEALTHY AND PROSPEROUS CALIFORNIA

    • @gavincurtis
      @gavincurtis 3 роки тому +2

      @@humachine5226 I'll try to remember this and come back to harass you if Echo Park is still closed down 6 months from now. Probably require scanning of a covid vaccination wrist band to get when it does reopen under communist rule.
      Cali government sucks and is a sterling example of human failure. I would love to be proven wrong though.

    • @humachine5226
      @humachine5226 3 роки тому +5

      @@gavincurtis I've been going to Echo since the early 80's when it was second dangerous to McArthur Park, actual murders and gang violence was the norm, drug addicts etc. It got gentrified just over 20 years ago by the yuppie hipster takeover, property values skyrocket, pretty much drove out alot of latino families and philippinos. So I'm stuck in south central. Crowds want to be activists but they go after the wrong people. They vote big government and establishment in, this is the result. Our leaderships priority is outside our very country rather than tackling its own issues, virtue signaling as usual and people fall for it time and time again. Btw my faith is above this existence, so I fear no man. I welcome your approach.

  • @csp8429
    @csp8429 3 роки тому +1

    Thanks for this, Mike! We can always depend on you to bring the local news. You’re always on point!

  • @peggyjaeger9280
    @peggyjaeger9280 3 роки тому

    Thank you so much for your videos. Your compassion and humanity are rare commodities these days. People always want simple solutions for complex problems. Judging from behind their computer screens. Keep up the good work.

  • @leemontoya8028
    @leemontoya8028 3 роки тому +44

    That guy talking at the park he seems fit! Why does he not get a job! I have 2 jobs and I'm handicap and 62 years old and he can't get one! I don't live in a park! I work!!

    • @originalsunnyboy
      @originalsunnyboy 3 роки тому +1

      And I wonder who is really living the great american dream??? lol

    • @jcolterh
      @jcolterh 3 роки тому +2

      Oh, he's working. He has begun his career as a community organizer. This will look great on a resume when he applies to a non-profit that gets big money from wealthy individuals and the government.

    • @VaryprshotOfficial
      @VaryprshotOfficial 3 роки тому

      Exactly, laziness and/or ego. My father did not finish school and he had to start really low. But putting away the feeling of embarrassment, he did what he had to do and things turned out way better. Maybe that wont always be the case for everyone, but it sure as hell better than giving up.

  • @nightengale7163
    @nightengale7163 3 роки тому +29

    Stay safe Mike. Get some rest. You've provided the.most comprehensive news coverage of the Echo Park homeless. Appreciate your hard work. Take care 🙂👍

  • @19Tharg76
    @19Tharg76 3 роки тому +1

    How could anybody not like you GIV dude? You are awesome man!

  • @lucywynn4048
    @lucywynn4048 3 роки тому +18

    So they are putting them into a hotel..but some people don't want to go🤔 I'm confused? Isn't safer inside and more comfortable 🤷🏽‍♀️

    • @k3th.b.w122
      @k3th.b.w122 3 роки тому +9

      They wanna do drugs and live their life with no responsibilities.

    • @maxsdad538
      @maxsdad538 3 роки тому +3

      There are certain rules they must follow in public shelters and housing, and they don't want to follow ANY rules.

    • @MizzAugust7
      @MizzAugust7 2 роки тому

      No, their children cant be left alone, prostitution & dealing go on in these cheap hotels. Not saf at all.

  • @mikeb4471
    @mikeb4471 3 роки тому +143

    I googled images of the hotel they're staying at and I'm honestly in shock at how nice it is! They literally have no reason to stay at the park anymore. Go to the hotel, get cleaned up, and start applying to jobs!

    • @MICHELLE-gu2qc
      @MICHELLE-gu2qc 3 роки тому +43

      They don't want to follow the rules of the hotels. They don't want to get clean. I feel sorry for the home owners

    • @juantime7816
      @juantime7816 3 роки тому +2

      @@sosukekurosaki9861 ☑️ yes. 🚧Morning noon & night. 🚧

    • @MavicAir1
      @MavicAir1 3 роки тому +17

      A lot of them don't want their situation to change. They think helping them and putting them up in a motel is Telling them what to do. It's an opportunity to get your crap together. They might be put up there for up to 6 months to a year.

    • @jayg5391
      @jayg5391 3 роки тому +12

      That’s exactly it. This is their opportunity.

    • @dianaromero9691
      @dianaromero9691 3 роки тому +11

      I also saw images of hotel also. My goodness really nice. I hope these people dont trash it. Are they also going to access to gym also? This place is NICE. I hope these people can get back on there feet. Affordable housing would certainly help.

  • @hilaryrayner6433
    @hilaryrayner6433 3 роки тому +38

    Thank you for reporting i hope they can find some peace were they are going. It was out of control rubbish. And sanitation .

  • @petrinajc
    @petrinajc 3 роки тому +14

    I live less then 1 mile from Echo Park and I use to run/walk to Echo Park. I no
    longer go. This was happening before 2020. The park isn’t a campsite or your home. It’s a public park, a green space created in a major city. Green spaces are important!

    • @calicoskyband
      @calicoskyband 3 роки тому

      Did you vote for Donald Trump, too?

    • @petrinajc
      @petrinajc 3 роки тому +1

      @@calicoskyband lmao!! Just because I’m logical doesn’t make me stupid

    • @kerenkroll
      @kerenkroll 3 роки тому

      @@calicoskyband I did and would again and again. We now have a vacant seat in the White House.

    • @calicoskyband
      @calicoskyband 3 роки тому

      ​@@petrinajc So should we put homeless people in cages just like we put kids?

    • @calicoskyband
      @calicoskyband 3 роки тому

      @@kerenkroll At least you are consistent.

  • @sacredsquirrel1643
    @sacredsquirrel1643 3 роки тому

    Thank you for taking the time on this. So sad for those homeless people.

  • @r.a.7161
    @r.a.7161 3 роки тому +39

    Major news outlets: 2 minute fluff piece
    GIV: 16 minutes of real footage

  • @billthecat3688
    @billthecat3688 3 роки тому +76

    My husband and I were looking for an inexpensive vacation. We've decided to pack up our camping gear and find a park in LA and pretend to be homeless. The fountain pond view and free breakfast are excellent.

    • @billthecat3688
      @billthecat3688 3 роки тому +12

      @Bill Gates - Did the homeless people call the cops on you?

    • @anthonygrizzly6924
      @anthonygrizzly6924 3 роки тому +2

      Hope y'all had some sort of protection like mace or a knife lol

    • @Mardasee
      @Mardasee 3 роки тому +2

      That is smart!

    • @Mardasee
      @Mardasee 3 роки тому +1

      @Bill Gates I consider bums and homeless as being different species. For example beach bums have sheltered places to live during off season. When I was younger I met plenty of beach bums on Cape Cod who slept on beaches or on someone's couch. When the summer season was over they'd head back home to live. Homeless people don't have that benefit like a bum has because they are homeless.

  • @just.the.tip.podcast
    @just.the.tip.podcast 3 роки тому

    Outstanding work. Thank you for chronicling this situation

  • @spiker702
    @spiker702 3 роки тому +51

    "THIS IS WHAT DEMOCRACY LOOKS LIKE!" Yeah, except over 4,000 Echo Park residents signed a petition to have the homeless ppl removed.. so...

    • @MH-zg5yw
      @MH-zg5yw 3 роки тому +9

      And those Echo Park residents are the very same people who claim to be liberal and were anti-Trump. The white and hispanic residents of Echo Park were against Trump's idea of a wall, yet they have zero problem building a fence to keep out those they label as "undesirable". hypocrites

    • @williamsprout925
      @williamsprout925 3 роки тому +3

      @@MH-zg5yw so you know all the residents at echo park? Lol

    • @MH-zg5yw
      @MH-zg5yw 3 роки тому +1

      @@williamsprout925 learn to read. I never said that I know all the residents of Echo Park. Besides, Echo Park is a hot bed of liberalism.

    • @kerenkroll
      @kerenkroll 3 роки тому

      @@williamsprout925 It is likely true but it would refreshing if it weren't.

    • @kerenkroll
      @kerenkroll 3 роки тому +1

      Yeah for democracy to function, participants must provide as much as they are provided for (hence taxes).

  • @evilwasabi
    @evilwasabi 3 роки тому +114

    So they are going to spend millions to renovate then allow the junkies to come back and trash the park again. Brilliant!!!

    • @eddiecruzito5066
      @eddiecruzito5066 3 роки тому +11

      I mean they can make it a private park and fence it all around the park and have security.

    • @ponolovefarms3926
      @ponolovefarms3926 3 роки тому +8

      @Pedro Sepulveda can’t be racist to white folks ding dong

    • @eddiecruzito5066
      @eddiecruzito5066 3 роки тому +11

      @Pedro Sepulveda the word your looking for is discrimination. I mean the state is paying these guys to stay at a hotels alot of them refuse because there drug addiction. Also the park isn't a camping ground it's a park to enjoy these homeless people are literally making it there home with shelfs and coaches. Best thing would do is make it a private park by fencing it and closing it certain hours.

    • @jonothandoeser
      @jonothandoeser 3 роки тому +24

      @@eddiecruzito5066 A PUBLIC PARK HAS RULES! JUST BECAUSE IT'S PUBLIC DOESN'T MEAN YOU CAN LIVE IN IT AND CRAP ON THE GROUND WHILE GETTING HIGH.

    • @Thunderbyrd.
      @Thunderbyrd. 3 роки тому +9

      @Pedro Sepulveda homelessness is not a race, swiss roll.

  • @MonstermindCEOBdclub
    @MonstermindCEOBdclub 3 роки тому +57

    i am real happy to see that the protestors still have their expensive starbucks coffee.
    so heartwarming to see .

    • @iorogutu
      @iorogutu 3 роки тому +4

      Let’s not overlook his weed hat either, and how upset he is that the park employees don’t want to pick their needle infested trash. In my area, I seen them right next door to the children’s park, almost stepped on one myself ☹️

    • @noahdove4355
      @noahdove4355 3 роки тому +1

      Its the only thing open in Commiefornia. =D

    • @noahdove4355
      @noahdove4355 3 роки тому +4

      steamed milk 2%, coffee extra hot =$3.. Only stupid people buy 8$ coffees..

    • @xaviersmoke9695
      @xaviersmoke9695 3 роки тому +1

      Coffee is for sissies.

    • @Mardasee
      @Mardasee 3 роки тому

      @@xaviersmoke9695 coffee keeps the insides of the intestines clean. That is healthy because nutrients can be absorbed better and risk of colon cancer too is reduced.

  • @enjoylaughlearn
    @enjoylaughlearn 3 роки тому

    Wow thank you for the honest and real reporting. It was clear and concise.

  • @talkingoutloud9694
    @talkingoutloud9694 3 роки тому

    You do such an excellent job at reporting compared to anything on the news! Glad you show both the reality of what is going on, but still show that you are compassionate and care.

  • @glbaker5595
    @glbaker5595 3 роки тому +40

    Every time you do a broadcast I get more information then I do from CNN or Fox news, at least with you we know you are telling us the truth and I appreciate that. Hillbilly in Kentucky. Thank you, ps, somebody left a subscribe sign there wonder who did that 🤔

    • @nightengale7163
      @nightengale7163 3 роки тому +1

      Me too! Great reporting.

    • @livingartdesigns06
      @livingartdesigns06 3 роки тому +1

      You certainly can't receive unbiased, honest, and accurate reporting anymore on propaganda-based mainstream media. A good alternative media channel I recommend watching is Youarefreevideos on Bitchute.

    • @joelincolnlincoln6315
      @joelincolnlincoln6315 3 роки тому +1

      Facts.

    • @sanbruno3606
      @sanbruno3606 3 роки тому

      CLEAN, SOBER, SAFE, HEALTHY AND PROSPEROUS CALIFORNIA

  • @KRZMETAL
    @KRZMETAL 3 роки тому +11

    Don’t feed the trolls an both ends. Is there’s a housing crisis and homelessness that needs to be dealt with? Yes. Should public spaces be safe and not owned via squatter rights? Yes. It’s a complicated issue. I’m glad this channel shows the truth through interviews. These homeless people are human beings who need compassion. These public spaces taken over are a blight. Both are true.

  • @mylespintar9186
    @mylespintar9186 3 роки тому

    Have watched your channel on a few occasions, just subscribed....good job, very articulate.

  • @aria1070
    @aria1070 3 роки тому +19

    I bet the couches & mattresses are full of rodents. They love to nest in them. Mr. German your doing an excellent job reporting the conditions & interviewing the homeless.

  • @LisaMarieMJ
    @LisaMarieMJ 3 роки тому +26

    Aww! That cat was adorable! 😍

  • @DMBFAN12001
    @DMBFAN12001 3 роки тому +137

    Now you can ride the swans without seeing a drug addict taking a dump...

    • @sthr2110
      @sthr2110 3 роки тому +1

      Yes, that's true. Instead, you can be reminded of the fact that most of those around (and in) the park are more concerned with appearances than the well-being of others.

    • @dday9257
      @dday9257 3 роки тому +21

      @@sthr2110 Put your address on the channel and we will send some homeless to your house to camp in your front yard.What is it?

    • @DHFlip18
      @DHFlip18 3 роки тому +14

      @@sthr2110 The well-being of others is their responsibility, not my. As a hard working taxpayer, a parent, and an adult, I don't have the luxury of just hanging out smoking dope all day. I actually have work to do and EARN a living.
      Help, with pleasure. But support bad habits while you're shitting across the street from where my family and I have breakfast... no thanks. My help has limits.

    • @demanischaffer
      @demanischaffer 3 роки тому +3

      @@sthr2110 Ironically they the homeless are less concerned with their well-being, the people still staying there are vagrants who refuse help by the city who offer them *free* (read as tax payer funded) housing, the issue the vagrants have is that the housing has curfews and drug policies

    • @sanbruno3606
      @sanbruno3606 3 роки тому +1

      CLEAN, SOBER, SAFE, HEALTHY AND PROSPEROUS CALIFORNIA

  • @debracox3020
    @debracox3020 3 роки тому

    Thank you for this video 🙏🏽 L.A. is my birthplace . So these videos keep me informed on what's going on I'm praying for the homeless in L.A. all the way down to Long Beach .

  • @kevinwilliamson6518
    @kevinwilliamson6518 3 роки тому

    Please don't change for anyone who's filled with negativity and their own misery! I think your channel is a refreshing change from the rest and appreciate how much effort and love you put in to your craft! Thank you Mike!

  • @victorc8804
    @victorc8804 3 роки тому +28

    You are up super early German in Venice with this 2am upload 😅...the donut shop is almost open 😋🍩

  • @992001jeffr
    @992001jeffr 3 роки тому +213

    “FREE HOUSING ON OTHER PEOPLE’S PROPERTY” is not a human right.

    • @EatMyShortsAU
      @EatMyShortsAU 3 роки тому +6

      It is public property look it up..

    • @tynao2029
      @tynao2029 3 роки тому +11

      can't even write illegal immigrants without UA-cam deleting the comment lmaoo

    • @992001jeffr
      @992001jeffr 3 роки тому +16

      @@EatMyShortsAU They do not own it, and they don’t have a “legal right” to turn it into their permanent home. There ARE laws in place to prevent this from happening on “public property”, but California, as usual, has chosen to ignore those laws while the problem grew out of control (rapes, stabbings, shootings, animal cruelty, etc). If you believe that “public land” means “mine to do anything I want with”, ignoring all of the laws which exist to protect that “public property”, you’re definitely from California. It’s that attitude which keeps California struggling to fix messes the purposely created. Good luck with that.

    • @992001jeffr
      @992001jeffr 3 роки тому +5

      @@tynao2029 Liberals want you to use “Undocumented Immigrants”. You must have missed the memo. Biden has advised the tech community to allow “Undocumented”, and to “Cancel” anyone who says “illegal”, because nothing is “illegal” in a “woke” society.

    • @jayp1166
      @jayp1166 3 роки тому +1

      @@992001jeffr You started out with a bold faced lie and Vendetta just corrected you. Maybe if you could pull some statistics on Echo Park it would be helpful but I'm pretty sure you're just pulling it out of your ass.

  • @mavilla221
    @mavilla221 3 роки тому

    Thank you for reporting and sharing the homeless being transported. I read 120 were moved to hotels but did not believe it, because there was no footage.

  • @neva1646
    @neva1646 3 роки тому +2

    Awesome job at reporting the facts. This is real journalism no spin, all TRUTH. Thank you Sir

    • @javierescamilla6154
      @javierescamilla6154 3 роки тому

      Hello how are you? Your beautiful

    • @calicoskyband
      @calicoskyband 3 роки тому

      You sounds like a kind Christian human full of compassion and love.

  • @Kasras2004
    @Kasras2004 3 роки тому +190

    I can get a ticket for throwing my cigarette butt on the street yet these people are allowed to trash the whole city. What is wrong with this country?!

    • @stevew1851
      @stevew1851 3 роки тому +22

      Liberals and Democraps are the problem. Push Back ALWAYS.

    • @tomservo5007
      @tomservo5007 3 роки тому

      Karsas2004, and what address do you put on the ticket ? You also can't get blood from a stone

    • @bradleysmall2230
      @bradleysmall2230 3 роки тому +1

      sounds like you did not get a ticket.. Show up with a grill and cook some roast duck... they better be careful.. duks get sick on cig butts and peeps get cancer

    • @LeslieDugger
      @LeslieDugger 3 роки тому +2

      What’s your solution ?

    • @bradleysmall2230
      @bradleysmall2230 3 роки тому +7

      @@LeslieDugger grill a duck or two and recall garcetti and gavin and impeach biden

  • @vizbuck
    @vizbuck 3 роки тому +16

    I'm glad you kept that sign. Its awesome!

  • @nunyabeeznez5205
    @nunyabeeznez5205 3 роки тому +2

    That echo effect in the first part of the video thooo 😂😂

  • @AaronNazzy
    @AaronNazzy 3 роки тому +3

    yo just came back to ur channel after a year and you blew tf up, congrats man!

  • @shimy333
    @shimy333 3 роки тому +210

    chanting "housing is a human right!!" but at the same time wanting a homeless encampment in the park?..

    • @BlooOcean
      @BlooOcean 3 роки тому +39

      7:06 that “This is what community looks like” sign, sorry but seeing bunch of homeless tents in the public park and needles found on the ground isn’t exactly what I define a fine community

    • @notanomad9320
      @notanomad9320 3 роки тому +29

      Ok let them stay but start charging them property taxes like everyone else. Complete waste of human capital. Make the homeless clean up the park.

    • @timeouthumanity2067
      @timeouthumanity2067 3 роки тому +4

      @@BlooOcean lol exactly

    • @CmonstoleCmonstole
      @CmonstoleCmonstole 3 роки тому +22

      Actually housing is NOT a human right....you do have the right to "pursue" housing

    • @wheresmygpu5545
      @wheresmygpu5545 3 роки тому +4

      @@CmonstoleCmonstole could you explain why housing is not a human right can I take your house then.

  • @monacoathlete2755
    @monacoathlete2755 3 роки тому +72

    It's sad that the homeless public speaker is talking like they're being evicted from their home. It's a public park. Mental illness and substance abuse are the core issues these people need to address in their respective lives. Only then can they expect to come back to the real world and get their lives back on track. God bless.

    • @djphlange
      @djphlange 3 роки тому +3

      then why dont you let them into your home?

    • @slayers2966
      @slayers2966 3 роки тому +4

      True, but the problem is that those people dont see the problem, they prefer to not work, get high and live on streets with no rules. And they feel they are entitled to freebies, like services, food, money. What do u suggest to do with that?

    • @edwarddiaz8136
      @edwarddiaz8136 3 роки тому +3

      @@djphlange why dont you let them into yours.. you seem to want to allow thief's liars and low lifes into your life as is so why not criminal bums without any perseverance of achieving anything at all.

    • @edwarddiaz8136
      @edwarddiaz8136 3 роки тому +2

      @@GoofusPlays that's like saying some people in prison are great people but they were falsely accused..the rest are real criminal murderers and convicts.

    • @djphlange
      @djphlange 3 роки тому

      @@edwarddiaz8136 wtf are you talking about?
      I'm not advocating for the government to look after these people.....these people are.
      They want "government" to pay for it but guess what, tax payers are the government. So these people want to pay for these things with other peoples money.....so first, why dont they let them into their homes? Set an example....because they dont actually care, they want to seem to be caring.
      And I'm not sure where the fuck you pulled I'm cool with liars, thieves and whatever else......you're making shit up and putting your own feelings on shit that's not there.

  • @vivianwilliams2216
    @vivianwilliams2216 3 роки тому +2

    Very nice reporting on the park and the homeless situation, 😊👍💕💕💕

  • @tamelastarks8287
    @tamelastarks8287 3 роки тому

    Thanks for ALWAYS keeping it real and honest. Always an interesting video.😘💖💝❤️😻😍🥰💗💘

  • @betsyjones2912
    @betsyjones2912 3 роки тому +7

    How can they not like you. You are the most likeable person EVER. I enjoy your videos, thank you for all the work you put into them. Love from London 🇬🇧 UK.

  • @melaniexoxo
    @melaniexoxo 3 роки тому +204

    I get wanting to live like a nomad and free, but don't impede others right to enjoy the park.

    • @mrc6032
      @mrc6032 3 роки тому +11

      Most homeless actually pretty much stay to themselves. Yeah there's a few mentally unstable ones, but heck there's plenty of mentally unstable people everywhere, homeless or not. But by and large, I've witnessed that homeless stay to themselves. So saying that they are bothering you in any fashion is quite the misnomer. I mean what?.. They are bothering you by existing??

    • @jonothandoeser
      @jonothandoeser 3 роки тому +14

      If you want to be free then move to free land... out in the desert.

    • @mrc6032
      @mrc6032 3 роки тому +1

      @@jonothandoeser I personally always look to home-stead near a river, or a body of water. The desert definitely would not be my first choice. That's a little too mad max for me. Lol

    • @stfu6663
      @stfu6663 3 роки тому +1

      What about the right to housing, food, and healthcare? Oh wait, This is America... 🤪

    • @mrc6032
      @mrc6032 3 роки тому +13

      @@stfu6663 I'm not sure what people mean by the right to housing food and healthcare in reality someone has to produce that there is no such thing as a free lunch somewhere down the line someone has to produce it to work for it or by the sweat of their brow. In reality we can't just pull a house or food or health Care out of a hat or out of thin air it has to be produced and work for. Somebody, somewhere, at some time had to put energy into producing that. That's kind of like the same mentality as some ignorant people say hey let's just print enough money and give it to everybody well it doesn't work that way cuz if we do that then money becomes worthless.

  • @Amanda-iz9vi
    @Amanda-iz9vi 3 роки тому

    You are a good dude, giv!! You made an awesome video here!! Thanks!!

  • @lololedez
    @lololedez 3 роки тому

    Thank you LAPD FOR YOUR SERVICE.

  • @doggerproductions
    @doggerproductions 3 роки тому +55

    Who couldn't like our man German in venice......come on people he's a good guy 🇬🇧👍🙂

    • @usapatriotak4716
      @usapatriotak4716 3 роки тому +2

      82 DISLIKES FOR BEING NICE,,,,🐷🐷🐷

    • @starseed8087
      @starseed8087 3 роки тому +5

      he is really authentic, a talent that has become rare

    • @doggerproductions
      @doggerproductions 3 роки тому

      @@usapatriotak4716 good guy's finish last...hate that saying but it looks real😔👍🇬🇧🇺🇸

  • @MrSychnant
    @MrSychnant 3 роки тому +174

    WHY DO homeless people just leave trash everywhere? I could be homeless but i would still have the values instilled in me to not drop litter and turn my little patch of ground into a dump.

    • @Bbfishman
      @Bbfishman 3 роки тому +37

      thats also part of the reason why you wouldnt be homeless in the first place....those values and self worth keep you working to handle your responsibilities

    • @catlarios7981
      @catlarios7981 3 роки тому +8

      When I was homeless in this park everyone cleaned up after themselves. And if someone was messy we would tell them to clean their shit up or get the fuck out. Obviously everything looks fucked up in this video cause everyone's packing their stuff to leave. After I got out of this situation I would pass by the park and everything looked clean to me. Obviously lots of tents up but I never saw garbage overflowing etc...

    • @Dainty213
      @Dainty213 3 роки тому +22

      @@catlarios7981 I live in echo park and No, it’s not messy in the video because “they’re packing up their shit to leave”. This is how they live 24/7.

    • @catlarios7981
      @catlarios7981 3 роки тому

      @@Dainty213 who the fuck did you leave next to? Lol pobresito.

    • @catlarios7981
      @catlarios7981 3 роки тому +3

      @@Dainty213 I stay in ep too. And just because a few are dirty doesn't mean everyone else is. I call bs. Stop spreading lies.

  • @veronicagarcia7240
    @veronicagarcia7240 3 роки тому

    Thank u for keeping us informed 🙏

  • @joshjacks2837
    @joshjacks2837 3 роки тому

    Thanks for keeping us informed about what's going on. I have a bad feeling that this will take generations to resolve.

  • @evilchaosboy
    @evilchaosboy 3 роки тому +17

    Hey, hey Bro bro. Echo echo park park! I realize the importance of this video, but I had to acknowledge how I fell off my bed laughing when you did that "Echo" introduction. Oh boy was that funny!! Now that I have taken care of that. Thank you for showing us what really goes on. chaos thinks you are a great fellow! \m/

  • @DynamicBailey
    @DynamicBailey 3 роки тому +47

    Wow! Who wouldn’t want lake front property for free? This is disgusting. I don’t feel sorry for these people one bit. They choose this life. Now more than ever, there’s more money and resources for these people yet, they don’t want to have to do what it takes to become decent tax paying citizens. Now they get lake front and beach front property? They want to get high and have everyone else clean up their shit.

    • @TheSonnyjim1000
      @TheSonnyjim1000 3 роки тому +4

      100%% Agree with you.

    • @MelissaGal1
      @MelissaGal1 3 роки тому +2

      Yep.

    • @selectiveapathy
      @selectiveapathy 3 роки тому

      So youd be completely happy living in a camping tent in front of a man made lake? Youd be happy knowing youre looked down on for living in that tent?

    • @MelissaGal1
      @MelissaGal1 3 роки тому +2

      @@selectiveapathy Yep, plenty of people CHOOSE to defy social norms. Ever hear of “selective homelessness?” UA-cam search it. Plus...having been an alcoholic myself, I can tell you that just because something is frowned upon, doesn’t mean plenty of people won’t choose to still do it. That’s an awfully bizarre argument.

    • @whitefang8329
      @whitefang8329 3 роки тому

      @@selectiveapathy you can’t camping in park. So sad right ? It is illegal to campaign if there is no campaign sign and paid camping fee per night and per car. You pay campaign fee for cleaning services and rent place.

  • @mikeyboy8557
    @mikeyboy8557 3 роки тому +41

    The city wants Echo park to be clear so families can visit, people dont want to visit the park full of tents filled with drug addicts and garbage everywhere and you know this is true. There might be a few good homeless people but you know the rest of them are up to no good.

  • @me-pu4er
    @me-pu4er 3 роки тому

    ALOHA UNKLE
    I HOPE U R HAVING A BLESSED AND PRODUCTIVE DAY

  • @zmelli
    @zmelli 3 роки тому +140

    I need to get up at 5:30AM go to work, pay a Mortgage, Car Insurance, Buy Groceries Pay for utilities, and Pay for our Daughters College Tuition. These people sleep-in, have no responsibility, Free everything. These complainers make me sick.

    • @Dats_dope
      @Dats_dope 3 роки тому +10

      Agree. The problem is they love getting High some say they ain’t addicts

    • @Already100
      @Already100 3 роки тому +11

      Agreed ., everyone else is living., ppl moving from other countries here for the opportunities too. These ppl just don't want to work!

    • @joebcool1981
      @joebcool1981 3 роки тому +5

      Amen.. I've been working 40 years....

    • @norms3913
      @norms3913 3 роки тому +2

      All this is being paid on by your tax paying money

    • @selectiveapathy
      @selectiveapathy 3 роки тому +5

      Homeless people are just like any other panhandler. I worked for the city cleaning up and removing all tents and make shift homes that homeless would create in alleys.
      Some choose this life. I can only refer to the time a homeless man told me, “I would rather ask for money and not pay taxes, than have a decent job, home and still have to deal with bills, taxes and the other downfalls that come with living in this government”.
      The govt has led people to make bad decisions.

  • @bellanova117
    @bellanova117 3 роки тому +75

    Imagine if he put all that energy into getting a job

    • @BeliaLastes
      @BeliaLastes 3 роки тому +3

      Who is he?

    • @Thunderbyrd.
      @Thunderbyrd. 3 роки тому +4

      But he wants to be high all day.

    • @jaf8771
      @jaf8771 3 роки тому +1

      I was just thinking to myself; what if a guy/gal had a big high tech job during the day and lived in Echo Park at night and on weekends. Just think of the money they could save paying no rent, taxes, etc. That homeless guy speaking in this video seemed quite articulate and intelligent....that's what got me thinking about this. Actually, that would make a good movie...not unless it's already been done. I'm not a big movie buff....don't know.

    • @WANDERER0070
      @WANDERER0070 3 роки тому

      First you Need to go where the jobs are,,!

    • @evenbiggeral5089
      @evenbiggeral5089 3 роки тому +1

      It’s much easier getting handouts, staying stoned all day, and doing whatever you want.

  • @suni214
    @suni214 3 роки тому

    always enjoy your videos keep up the good work

  • @JuanRodriguez-rt8wr
    @JuanRodriguez-rt8wr 3 роки тому

    Don’t worry I like you German and watch every video. Love from Denver Colorado

  • @Cathyconnor3606
    @Cathyconnor3606 3 роки тому +38

    How come his wants are more important. What gives them the right to camp in a public park. I would move them on too. Govt needs to address this problem.

  • @luisdaniellopez4571
    @luisdaniellopez4571 3 роки тому +16

    I am a Registered Nurse working at one of the hotels that the city is offering the homeless. They hire nurses so we can do physical assessments here, help them get medical care, and help them get medications they may need. They get 3 free meals a day, water, they're provided a clean room with a clean bed and TV with cable. They get a case manager that can help them get important documents, and can even help them find a permanent housing and jobs. Thing is... the large majority of the homeless people want to remain homeless. I have done many intakes here in downtown LA, and some of the same people who are put in hotels leave the hotels and go back to the streets the same day when they realize that they're not allowed to do drugs at the hotels. They don't even get that many restrictions and most of them refuse to follow all rules and they either get kicked out or just leave on their own and go back on the streets so they can do heroin, fentanyl, and other hard drugs. Most of these people are not homeless... they're transients. They choose this lifestyle and no matter how much we try to help they just don't want it :( it's a tricky situation nonetheless.

    • @luisdaniellopez4571
      @luisdaniellopez4571 3 роки тому

      I typed this while watching the video... didn't realize that the hotel I work at was at the end of the video (LA Grand Hotel) 😂

    • @antm64
      @antm64 3 роки тому

      Thank you for your words of wisdom and actual experience!! The entitlement I am seeing is astonishing...and so disappointing.

    • @waynesimpson4081
      @waynesimpson4081 3 роки тому +2

      Exactly. As harsh as it sounds, we need to bring back state mental hospitals and extended 5150 holds.

    • @sanbruno3606
      @sanbruno3606 3 роки тому

      CLEAN, SOBER, SAFE, HEALTHY AND PROSPEROUS CALIFORNIA

    • @luisdaniellopez4571
      @luisdaniellopez4571 3 роки тому

      @@waynesimpson4081 You're right.

  • @litaperna1128
    @litaperna1128 3 роки тому

    Excellent and compassionate coverage.

  • @blastfurnacecoffeehouse1423
    @blastfurnacecoffeehouse1423 3 роки тому +52

    Must be nice to squat wherever you like and have other people pay people to pick up behind you as well.

    • @djscarecrows7702
      @djscarecrows7702 3 роки тому +2

      Then you try it

    • @steakismynewnamenow8692
      @steakismynewnamenow8692 3 роки тому +3

      in echo park they clean up after themselves im guessin you have never been and your just some ass whipe

    • @KutWrite
      @KutWrite 3 роки тому +1

      @@steakismynewnamenow8692: So was the "leader" of the homeless lying when he said the city no longer picks up their trash? Like it's the duty of the rest of us to pay for that?

    • @maxsdad538
      @maxsdad538 3 роки тому +2

      @@steakismynewnamenow8692 No, they don't clean up after themselves. Who the f**k do YOU THINK is trashing the place? Mormons?

    • @MizzAugust7
      @MizzAugust7 2 роки тому +1

      @@KutWrite That was/is true in downtown LA.

  • @gavanhillebold3131
    @gavanhillebold3131 3 роки тому +93

    Where’s the free hotel rooms etc. for our Homeless Veterans ? The most deserving and often neglected. 🇺🇸

    • @Ironclaw303
      @Ironclaw303 3 роки тому +5

      Agreed

    • @valeriejohnson5068
      @valeriejohnson5068 3 роки тому +4

      The vets do have a more deserving need, though they all are in great need.

    • @bitcoinbelle
      @bitcoinbelle 3 роки тому +6

      Fun Fact: UCLA baseball field sits on land it leases from VA that was donated nearly 100 years ago SOLELY to house Veterans.

    • @gavanhillebold3131
      @gavanhillebold3131 3 роки тому +1

      @@bitcoinbelle wow, imagine that, thanks for sharing

    • @Themanchildcollection
      @Themanchildcollection 3 роки тому +1

      I hear that

  • @Tabitha-7
    @Tabitha-7 3 роки тому +18

    “”German in Venice”” Thank you for all you do. Your personality and you just being you has brightened my day. Thank you know I’ll remember you in my prayers🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

  • @dextervlug820
    @dextervlug820 3 роки тому +8

    The people protesting for the homeless to stay need to take a homeless to their home if they care so much. Or let them campout in front of their homes.

    • @Korcasandromedaa
      @Korcasandromedaa 3 роки тому

      Lol that's exactly what I said! So many marching take them home with you problem solved.

    • @dextervlug820
      @dextervlug820 3 роки тому

      @@Korcasandromedaa Right?!?!

  • @mikeyboy8557
    @mikeyboy8557 3 роки тому +1

    when i visit California one of my stop is Venice Beach to come to your store to meet you and of course buy some art. I''m a German, born In Wurzburg Germany. My Mutter is a German immigrant just recently became a US citizin and i have dual Citizin ship. I love and miss my country and watching you is special to me knowing you are from my country. Can't wait for the next upload my German bother!!!

  • @Someonesburner404
    @Someonesburner404 3 роки тому +43

    holy fuck it's like glamping in one of the most expensive places in the world, but for free and you never have to work

  • @McBlaster666
    @McBlaster666 3 роки тому +72

    9:14, Everyone marching had on Nikes, Dr Martins, Vans and Chucks. So brave.

    • @Babu-kr3cr
      @Babu-kr3cr 3 роки тому +3

      I was really admiring their shoes.

    • @xxfgsdfgadgsgsrgfdsg
      @xxfgsdfgadgsgsrgfdsg 3 роки тому +3

      You're saying they had on shoes?

    • @jacobhauenstein
      @jacobhauenstein 3 роки тому +3

      Yeah because a homeless person in LA is still richer than the bottom 40 of normal America

    • @wheresmygpu5545
      @wheresmygpu5545 3 роки тому +1

      @@jacobhauenstein maybe you need to go to rehab you having some sort of psychosis.

    • @brianmatthews4149
      @brianmatthews4149 3 роки тому +4

      Remember when people had jobs.they didn't have time for this.

  • @sisterbluesighs
    @sisterbluesighs 3 роки тому

    Thanks for the upclose coverage of this widespread crisis! 💔

  • @TShaloma
    @TShaloma 3 роки тому

    Love your vids man! keep up the good work!