"State of Emergency": Special Report on California’s Criminalization of Growing Homeless Encampments
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- Опубліковано 24 жов 2019
- In a Democracy Now! special report, we look at the rise in homelessness in many major cities across the United States. California has become the poster-child for this economic and humanitarian disaster, with growing encampments in Los Angeles and the Bay Area as more people are forced onto the streets. The state is home to 12% of the country’s population but half of the country’s unsheltered people. As the crisis deepens, so has the criminalization of homelessness, with increasing efforts by city and state officials to crack down on unhoused people occupying public space. President Donald Trump made headlines this month for attacking California’s politicians over the homelessness crisis, threatening to destroy encampments, increase police enforcement and even jail unhoused people. But advocates say California has already employed hostile policies that criminalize homelessness, from laws against unsheltered people sitting on sidewalks to frequent sweeps of the encampments that have popped up on thoroughfares and under freeways across the state’s cities. One of these crackdowns is currently unfolding at a massive Oakland encampment that Democracy Now! visited just a few weeks ago.
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There’s no money for the citizens but 850 billion dollars to the Industrial Military Complex is okay. Shameful government.
And just as many billions to the prison industrial system & many more to the super wealthy that Trump with the help of the democrats (excluding Sanders who voted against) the huge tax bill.
@@Marxist2 right on.
Vladimir Hammerstein ...don't forget the 20+ trillion that the military cannot account for.....just pissed away.....but cannot house poor people....the revolution approaches!
@@remlatzargonix1329 not fast enough
And don t forget this truth. He gave the Walmart family a three trillion dollar tax break over the course of three years. Do you know what a trillion dollars isx3? I don t.
While my fixed income is increased by $20 a month my landlord has increased my rent by $350! I cannot afford it, I have no money to pay for all the requirements to move into a new place (1st, last and security deposit), so you see it really doesn't take much to become homeless in this country. If not for the help from my children I would be homeless at 67 after having worked and paid taxes for over 25 years!
Irene Nabizadeh you are not alone. A lot of people are going through the same thing. Thank God for your children. Praying things will get better for you soon.
But the land lords, the property owners, speculators/investors/devilopers are all rubbing their palms together grinning, as rents have TRIPLED AND QUADRUPLED in less than 10 years.... meanwhile the poorest, who have long squeezed out survival by relying on low rent units - are all being told, $1200 for that room now, not 400 anymore, good luck. Oh you and your family built Oakland over decades of culture? That's cool, we're doubling/tripling the land value thoughhhhh .... sooooo lots of plans 'guys', lots of renovations, plenty of single high paid tech workers moving into the area, GOTTA MAKE ROOM.
This is not so different, from how they have long been displacing natives in the Americas.
Oh sorry, we created a little market/industry for your little resources 'GUYS'!! Annnnnd now the costs and prices have all rissssen, sssssoooooo....
Gonna need y'all all to move along.... got a lot of college educated non black people moving in, come on guys, it's business - YOU UNDERSTAND
If a landlord can get more $$ for their rental, why wouldn’t they? While it may be morally wrong, what’s the suggestion? Rent control? That doesn’t work and there are plenty of examples and data to prove it.
This is a clear example of government not curbing speculation/developers and not addressing low income housing. subsiding landlords to encourage low income rentals. That includes low cost repairs to rentals and strict enforced guide lines for both renters and landlords. If homes get torn down for expensive apartments, an entire floor should be designated low-income, by laws passed. But they’re not doing it? Why?
I don't know where you live. I lived in California most of my life and moved to New Mexico 9 years ago. I got on a waiting list for senior housing at a place called Kingdom of the Sun in Deming, New Mexico. It is possible to get a place once one is on the list as soon as 6 months, but may be longer. Moving to New Mexico was the best thing I ever did, and getting on the list to live here where I am now was the second best thing. They have two areas - regular and subsidized. A one-bedroom regular unit is $310 a month including utilities. Subsidized is 1/3 of one's income. And they're really quite nice with lots of trees, even though this is the desert. Moving to a more affordable state or area can be a life-saver.
If your rent jumped up $350 a month, then that may mean that your monthly rent in the past few years were cheaper. Landlords usually don't increase the rent that much unless they've suddenly learned or someone has suddenly told them that the average rent in their rental property area has gone up dramatically. Which means, while your income only increased $20, businesses near your area have opened up high-paying positions that offer salaries that are enough to accommodate your past rent + $350. When this happens, it means take the money that you have saved from your 25-year career and into an area with lower cost of living (even outside of the U.S). If you've never saved any money more than the equivalent to 1st month, last month, and security deposit.. then it's not a landlord's fault.
These pictures look like somewhere in the “third world” or even post apocalyptic. Does America have no shame?
american can spend 750 billion on military no money for its people. WTF
It is 3 rd world called California
@@JO-bw5wx Had to. The last so called president weakened us.
This isn't America. This is California.
@M P lol it's mostly Republicans who live in the suburbs and own all the real estate u should get out more see things for what they really are people in the suburbs live well their kids never get to see or meet people from the big cities who live in the ghetto they just marginalize them people in the suburbs keep all the good jobs have connections to people with money so even when they loose their jobs they know how to get another well paying job people in the hood don't have that they are surrounded by drug addicts hookers hustlers and cops that live outside section 8
I cried when he said, "It humbles you." because I've felt that before... when you lose everything and everyone you look back and think about all the times you took having a shower for granted and you start seeing things from a completely different point of view. Every single person I thought I could trust betrayed me, one friend of mine even threw away ALL my things when I went out for half an hour. People that know you're in need take advantage and try to control you and if you don't do as youre told there are serious consequences. I'm the type of person who doesn't bow down to people because they think they have power over me.. it wasnt until I had met a good person who was willing to help me out to fully feel human again. But for a while there I was like a walking zombie because I had been so broken down mentally by all that had happened from others who didnt care about my well being... So I started from scratch living out of only one suitcase. It completely humbles you and it makes you mentally stronger and better than you ever thought possible but its probably the toughest lesson when you find out its you against the world.
Haley Rose well,Haley,,you didnt tell us WHY you came to lose everything.drugs.lose job.?
@@dennisclark2925 well it started off with my mom dying.. then depression and then getting fired from my job which was done out of male dominant issues.. then my ex at the time did something insane and got me evicted under false accusations and my roommate (instead of fighting the case) sided with the property manager and made me look horrible in front of my lawyers. It was just back to back smearing campaigns left and right and if you knew me personally you would be just as confused as I was cause it really felt like I was being framed or something. Then I went to my old bosses place but he had a heroin chick living with him too and she was nuts and convinced him I bent her hats.. so one day when I left to do some errands they threw all my shit out and didn't allow me to come back. So I was left with a backpack and one friend who didn't have a roof either really... But then suddenly after everything and everyone was gone I felt more free than I had ever felt and I believe that mindset of freedom and not sadness over lost items I slowly began to meet better people and turned my life around. I believe I had a lot of toxicity around me that I needed to clear out so I wasn't stuck in an illusion of love. It's humbled me and I guess I am one of the lucky ones... Not everyone is tho and soon once I'm really ready I want to assist I this homeless crisis we are experiencing. I know what life is like on the other side and it's very difficult to pull yourself out of it especially if you do have addictions or mental problems.
Wow where are you now. Can I help
@@rudystraight1750 I'm in a home with my amazing boyfriend who literally was a blessing. it took me a while to recover and he let me have all the space I needed to heal and now I want to give back. I can't yet because but it's definitely going to happen somehow. I used to judge people that were homeless (out of fear) faced it and got out. homeless people are not all drug addicted thieves (even though theres many who are) but it's also veterans and women just trying to get away from abusive men.. our society needs rehab especially the youth... And the man made fires don't help out much either. Who cares about the 99%? We need to change who we choose to treat with kindness and who we see as snakes.. because I've seen the rich and they are literatly the most evil and sad people ... Backwards world..
You sound homeless
'The richest country in world', not morally speaking, of course.
In that respect, the US is bankrupt.
The city don't give no f k for the homeless, Awful !
That will change with BERNIE!!
If you factor in economic inequality americans are the poorest and Australians the richest in developed world
The country isn't rich, its actually broke, a small percentage extract all the wealth and hide it offshore in place like panama
as seen in the panama papers. Their are millions living homeless, and 10's of millions living undocumented.
This is just labor exploitation with a new marketing wrapper, both parties in on the shimmy sham.
The rich getting richer and the poor get poorer.😠
the rich is laughing at us now. Poor, desperate people. They are having a ball while I struggle to buy bread. Why do all white folks think poor black people are on aide I'm not understanding.
This demonic administration is all about that. It's getting worse every day. The sick bastards eating steak and chocolate cake...while American babies starve. Evil, sick bastards.
SO THE RICH WENT TO COLLEGE, INVENTED MANY THINGS....PUT UP THERE MONEY TO OPEN BUSINESSES.....AND BECAUSE THEY WERE PRODUCTIVE, INTELLIGENT TOOK A RISK....THERE THE BAD GUYS....YOUR A BUNCH OF WHINY STUPID ASSES....YOU GET OUT OF LIFE WHAT YOU PUT INTO IT......AND WHERE THE HELL IS ALL THE BILLIONS OF DOLLARS CALIFORNIA'S HAD TO ADDRESS THE PROBLEM.....IN SOME CROOKED SOB'S POCKET...YOU GUYS ARE LIED TO AND TO DUMB TO KNOW....
Scheryl Crouch someone is drunk on the oligarchy cool aid
Arkethia Terrell was
This should be a state of emergency nation wide!
We now have the largest population of educated homeless
Theres the irony
Stonie Wake - yep, most are so called educated liberals
Please define, "educated".
"No money for the poor but they got money for war" 2pac
FACTS!🎯
@donna ford lol no he just repositioned them in iraq. Seriously you should try thinking for yourself. All that trump shit is making you delusional.
@donna ford - Sure. That's why he k9ved some troops to Iraq and sent others to Saudi, right?
@donna ford
You're kidding, right?
@donna ford Trump has dropped more bombs that Obama did in 8 years.
The terminology should be "economic refugees," not "homeless."
Economic refugees with one basic human right: A home.
Another 'PC' term?...PC terminology doesn't solve problems
How about calling them undocumented citizens?
Walt F. ...nope, cut the bullshit, call it what it is; homelessness.....economic victims,,economic genocide....those might be more apt than refugee
Stupid.
If we criminalize someone, anyone, for being homeless we have crossed the line, the moral line
Crossing the moral line was done a long time ago. Just creating the homeless in the first place.
With all the restrictions and ordinances that every city and county use to oppress the homeless, it effectively makes it illegal to be homeless.
Cattle cars will be next
Most are homeless, but majority are drug addicts and those are criminals.
Since when did trump have morals?
Watching this while homeless. Been sleeping in my car for 4 weeks now.
☹️
Very sorry for your trouble ,trust jesus christ with all you are and look up
Stay strong. Change is coming your way
God bless you...💜
I hope things get better for you soon!
Love From Canada! 💜
I - why aren’t you looking for a job???
Wow! That's something you see in 3rd World Countries. USA may eventually become a 3rd world country if this continues to expand.
Anita is right, the City needs to release public land for Tiny Homes as an immediate temporary solution. Otherwise, these encampments will grow and get worse.
Yes, I've seen much the same in third world countries, although there's a whole lot more trash here than in third world countries. This is just gross! Poor people in third world countries are looking at this and going "ewwww!!!!".
It's a big country and an even bigger world. Nobody is forcing them into this. They choose to live like that.
@@TheShrededward - Yeah, sure they do. 🙄
@@TheShrededward And you're living in denial because you can't face up the fact that it could happen to you too.
@@TheShrededward
You are seriously confused
The Governor needs to be fired and run out of the state!! This situation is inexcusable! It's a disgrace to our whole country.
Michele A The sad thing about the governor is no one wants or will take the dumb greedy ass.
The problem is that it takes two incomes to live in a home. The housing expenses need to match what people can afford; instead it matches greed rather than need.
Both need to be making from 20 to 40 an hour. Which no one makes unless you have been with a company for a while or have a degree with a high demand.
@@Angels1168 Your correct
It takes two incomes but it also takes two individuals that aren’t addicted to drugs! Because that’s all they spend their money on! So it really takes two responsible adults to make this happen! People are too lazy this day and age they just want to live offOf our taxes.
@Sudhir Kakar depends on what u get your degree in.
@Sudhir Kakar stem research is basically in the medical field. Anything in the medical field has a high job demand. If people were smart, they will get their degree where there is a high demand.
The weather in CA, the ability to survive outside and not freeze to death, is why they flock here.
Actually "they" come here too.. Northern BC Canada. Its not the weather..
free needles, sanctuary cities for illegals, can steal, poop and beat people and not be charged, can sell drugs without worry of arrest... Nah that has nothing to do with the homeless in Ca its the warm weather.
Oh? So you spend 7 days a week with the homeless of CA? Surely you have more than your opinion to back up here.
Those women helping are angels ❤️
Soldiers on the front line! I salute. 💝
@crooko dile Yes, a responsible and humane government would be the government of all the people, not just those with money. We are failing and falling at lightening speed.😐
God bless all the homeless of America I don't think no one wants to be homeless. Bless their hearts.❤
😞☹️😣😭no......we don't we really don't. we didn't plan this or fail to plan this for our lives.
yeah of course B''LESS'' them you deffinitely dont want them to do better you want god to B LESS them they already had less than you....
Some homeless do want to be homeless with no strings attached to help giving!
Anita ROMERO That’s actually not true I know people who were homeless. One in particular told me that he was happier when he was homeless because he had no rules and he had no bills and he could do anything he wanted to do. He said there is an entire society just like there is in the working class just like there is with the elites, within the homeless population. There is structure and there is a hierarchy and while most probabl One in particular told me that he was happier when he was homeless because he had no rules and he had no bills and he couldn’t do anything he wanted to do. He said there is an entire society just like there is in the working class just like there is with the elites, within the homeless population. There is structure and there is hierarchy and he said he preferred that so he sold his house and is now purposely homeless.
Anita ROMERO muchos emigrantes que vienen a trabajar a este país. Really viven así y no les importa no se respetan no que son luchadores y fuertes. No todossssssssssss
I’m glad that the lady being interviewed about the oakland encampment was assuring us that the homeless population was well diversified...
LOL.
No Asians ? BOOOOOOOOO
Let Newsom donate his salary to house the immigrants and homeless people.
I lost my house to job loss and wells fargo selling my title. Been on housing list for 7 yrs finally got an appointment was promised housing and city worker decided to put my file on hold and put me on another list. Ive been homeless with no alternatives for since 2013 and employment at my age is impossible. All of us need serious help!!! Help!! I live in northern ca. Shame on america for this tragic circumstances.
That's sad. Human society is an utter failure. I'm only 31, but I already hate the world. I've been stuck for years living in my dad's kitchen. I have no personal space or privacy, and I'm going insane with depression. I'm miserable and angry every fucking day.
@@Network126 You shouldn't let this anger you.
There's people in worse situations than you.
Imagine sleeping on the cold floor or actually starving.
Are you able to save up and move somewhere cheaper?
I think you moving away would benefit you.
@@winning3329 I'm honestly getting really sick of people constantly trying to compare my situation to others, as if to invalidate my own suffering. It actually frustrates and angers me even MORE. Case and point, I don't give a shit if other situations are worse. Mine is still bad, and it affects me greatly, and I have every right to feel the way I feel, and complain about it. Most people don't seem to grasp how shitty my situation is. I can't function. I can't hold a job. I can't save anything. I can't even pay my damn bills. All I'm doing, is going progressively more and more insane with depression, and falling deeper and deeper into debt. I'm a dysfunctional mess. It's killing my damn soul. Nothing ever gets any better. I feel so empty and dead inside. I'm severely depressed and miserable, every fucking day. I literally have zero quality of life. I hate everything so much. I barely even want to be alive anymore. I'm just so burnt out.
Shame on California who puts foreigners above citizens in need
Yea and it is bullshit how Democrat party rather put illegal immigrants first than everybody else. It is bullshit how they are giving free healthcare, housing, food stamp etc.. Trump need to be like president Xi put all the corrupt Democrats
Where are these people supposed to go if not for these homes they've created themselves?? Out of sight, out of mind. It's a sin.
Trump is at fault. He has done nothing to help vets that are homeless.
Fiona Corliss Trump is commander & chief for three years and has done zero to help the poor. He gave tax cuts to the elite/wealthy. He is the most powerful man on earth at this moment. Stop lying you piece of garbage.
@@handofgod9386 homelessness predates trumps presidency. There is alot to blame on trump, but homelessness isn't one.
@Fiona Corliss good point. Obama bailed out the banks by foreclosing on 5.2 million homes. He used Reagan tactics to stop recession.
Enlightened Sheep If you are blaming obama than Trump hasnt fixed it as promised and trump took full credit of the economy. You need to get your head out of trumps orange elderly ass.
We have all of these people homeless, yet democrats are allowing open borders. We need to take care of the people that are already here in the U.S.
Agreed! Yet nobody in the video mentions the ridiculous Democratic agenda. I wonder why?
J cherry it's not about the Democrats it's the elite and the agenda everything that's going on all around the world it's a part of the agenda
@@owenwaith3460 : Wrong. Can tell your a Democrat. Because you desperately try and take them off the hook.
Why is it that Cali has been controlled by Democrats for the last 20 years. Just in time for this mess to occur! Wasn't like this when California was a red State.
You really wanna know what is killing you guys out there? The high taxes, which support ALL OF THE DEMOCRATS RIDICULOUS AGENDA. like open borders for instance. A Mexican immigrant gets better treatment than the American homeless for Pete's sake!!
Start voting red and watch how quick things improve. Get rid of the Socialist mind-set. Because this is only one failed result of many more to come. The right has been trying to warn you of this for years.
@@freddyferrillo9704 There are homeless in Milwaukee, run by a bunch of Red Republicans who have gerrymandering the state. So eat that.
It's not a Democrat or Republican issue. It's a human issue. Neither of these parties really give a shit. They both are playing a game, putting on an act and they both are only accountable to their donors. They've left the American people out to dry one too many times. When the crash happened the people suffered. I'm sure some of the rich did, and not all of them are bad people, but the average person paid that price.
I'd say screw both of the parties. We need people who really are humane, humble and show that they care. The middle class is shrinking; while the rich are getting richer, the poor are getting poorer, and the jobs are becoming more automated. We need to have a overhaul of our government and the people who run it. They can find money for war, but can't come up with funds for programs to help people. Fuck that...
I grew up in Oakland in the 90’s.When I go back now, I can’t believe what’s happened. It’s sad that no one cares about these people. Something has to change.
goldenlady00730 People needs to step up and get jobs help for these people.
Thanks, Amy, for actually talking to the people who are never asked how they are.
I'm greatfull for all those who aren't afraid to find out the why and how homelessness " knocked on the door "
@@noahbanks9155 Years ago I read a piece in Life magazine about homelessness and a woman with a child who was living in her car, selling off parts of it in order to survive. I'll never forget it. The point of the news article was that most of us are only a health issue, one job loss, one a paycheck away from homelessness.
She is only playing up to one group of people. The people that are homeless are mostly citizens while illegal aliens are being housed.
Is this why they are burning ccx calaforia!
Angela Siegfried, God bless you for telling the truth...
No one wants to live without a basic human right: A home.
@Do you Think bro? there is no such thing as fair or free market
@Do you Think bro? government is not the problem. its who's in the positions of power thats the problem.
@Do you Think bro? i disagree.
@UCn7O07Pg43OhgGhOvxo69vw in a true democracy WE ARE THE GOVERNMENT and yes motherfuckers need to be regulated. of course. or anybody could just dump whatever wherever polluting the land, air, and water
Clean food & water, safe shelter, adequate clothing, access to personal hygiene resources like showers and toilets, and healthcare including preventive care should be basic rights. People will still need to work, but now people won’t get caught in this homelessness loop. No one wants to give you a job when you’re homeless, even at entry level jobs like McDonald’s. You can’t help the fact that human beings require food, shelter and places to use the restroom, but people are being jailed for not being able to provide those things for themselves for one reason or another, and it may not even be their fault. Also you definitely aren’t having “fun” being homeless in the summer in my state, you are at extreme risk of heat stroke and death on a regular, ever increasing basis. I used to work at a gym, and some people would try to sign up simply so they could have A/C, a place to shower, and maybe even a safe place to sleep for a while. My bosses refused to sell them memberships or let them use the bathroom, even if they had the money.
What they need to do is put a cap on what a landlord can charge someone for rent.
Overall, I just think humanity is killing itself..
So sad, these are humans and we treat them like trash!
TJ Michael brave of you to tell the truth.
It'll be you soon
@@paxwallacejazz
It can be you too, don't kid yourself, troll.
TJ Michael ,
These are trashy mentally ill theiving stealing no good parasites that are not fit or worthy of life.
Surround them with the millitary, force them to clean up there mess then toss them in the incinerater with the garbage.
If they were pets they would've found a shelter
I was homeless for 1 year in Oakland. I was sleeping in my car. Was constantly harassed by police. Given citations for sleeping in my car.
I went through the exact same stuff in humboldt.....
@@visibletoa11usersonyoutube thanks. I'm much better now. Most aren't as fortunate.
@@russ549 I hope life is you treating you better now. It was a dangerous predicament but hopefully it's behind us.
Enghlitened sheep. Don t you just love cops. Imagine being married to one? CONTROL I am power.. I hope you didn t have to pay them, yes I know. Sorry.
@@abshir9677
I have been homeless too, for about 5-6 months in Portland OR. I had help from Section 8. Why are our programs not helping these people? Why doesn't the city pay them to clean up? So many options, yet they whine there is no money. Pleeeze
Looks like the future when the American money won't be worth noting, think about it ?
Exactly
Are you kidding that piece of paper you’re holding is a piece of paper it is a piece of paper it holds no value it’s actually an IOU and if the grid went down what are you gonna do with a piece of paper!? Its piece of paper...are you gonna be able to barter with it!!?? Does it grow food?? do you have seeds ???do you have some kind of protection to offer...???do you have supplies ...food ????anything to Barter with????? because that was gonna be valuable...better get things together Time is of the essence repent for the time draws near
@@alicialibbey3932 instead of repenting I am stocking up on food and water to barter and share with neighbors and friends!!!
A cashless economy is on the way sooner than you think.# mark of the beast .
Instead of simply lowering the damn rents, and making housing affordable, we criminalize those who are unable to afford to live. Human society is a complete and utter failure.
Network126 It fills private prisons for profit and slave labor for Corporate America. The human race has been here before, they called it Nazi work camps.
🤔 I'm perplexed that America can allocate so much money for wars be won't help the hungry Homeless. American Greed It's truly Saddening.
It shouldn't be that perplexing. The money that is allocated for wars become revenue and profit for the suppliers that sell and provide the machines, weapons, and goods for wars. Nobody earns money when you feed the hungry homeless... the food is consumed and you get a thank you and maybe not, then this cycle repeats itself with little monetary gain. It's not necessarily an "American" greed. It's a "Human" natural greed for survival. Even homeless who don't contribute to society but expect free food can be categorized as "Human" greed.
War is profitable, helping poor people is not. Simple economics, sad but that is the reality.
@donna ford delusian!!!!
@donna ford Is that why he just put troops BACK in Syria to "guard the oil"? lol
Enlightened Sheep it could be profitable to help poor people by giving them jobs and a decent place to live would contribute to a thriving economy. When people are able to support themselves they are more likely to be consumers putting more money back into their communities..it’s not about profit only for the 1% wealthiest people it’s about power and control this equates to pure evil !
"It's called the American Dream, because you haved to be asleep to believe it" George Carlin
In all these interviews, these people never talk about finding a job or a second job. They dream but don't want to get up early and face life.
BS Monica
@@monicamendes4338 A lot of them do not have job skills or no have longer current job skills. Policing them outside of maintaining law and order (non-threatening) is necessary. Drugs also are a problem. A lot of the homeless are not interested in working but I believe many would if they could get some job skill training, etc. Just my thoughts.
@@smmargret6300 the rent is alot with low paying wages.
@@celticwarrior777 facts she has no clue but when you dont have to go through it you don't care to understand it which is narcissistic
Rents going up pushing people away from city centers making it harder to get to work.
This is so, so sad to see. My Prayers go out.
In most of California a person can't even sleep in a car.
People have the right to sleep, lay, and sit wherever they want as long as they're not causing damage, prevent someone from doing their job, or are actually trespassing. Not in the legal sense, but in the logical sense.
@@camelopardalis84 the cops will still try and ticket you
There are tons of folks vehicle dwelling all over the country. Safe parking lots with a few guards, a dumpster and port a pots would be both cheaper and less unsightly than leaving those folks to park in places with no public toilets or trash bins available.
It's like that all over the country. Illegal to sleep in your car and the cops will be sure to let you know it too.
@Army of Gog
WHY? GTFU
Many illegal immigrants, is what this organizer says. Sanctuary state,
The answer to the fires, the electrical, the homeless is restart the CCC.
I wonder if these homeless would complain about living in a migrant center with health care, free food, free electric and water, free bed, free clothes, and free lawyers.
Jo Co
They don’t want that !!
They want cash 💵 to spend on dumb shit.. that’s why they’re there
“Pets for protection”, then she opens the gate and a super friendly pit bull comes bounding out, wagging his entire body 😁
Pets also for comfort and mental health!
Why can’t there be a place in the community where more of these tiny homes exist for the unsheltered?
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀😥😥😥😥😥😥 I fucking died lmao when she said that they put the camera on the little dog in her hand I said that tiny tiny dog for "protection"
Hey some people go to work and provide for themselves and their family and some people are homeless and ask for handouts.
These people here are directly asking for free stuff.
Which one are you?
All the building codes against tiny homes across the country are awful. It would solve at least some of the problem.
@BOLT CHARGER17 It's not a partisan problem. You run into the same issue in most states - fears of lowering property values for other homeowners, and that's a common fear among Dems and Repubs. If you can find some county that is losing lots of tax revenue due to depopulation there is a lot more room for building outside of the codes for size (etc.), but most places make it hella difficult to impossible (without lots of money and/or friends with influence).
Orwellian Horseman of the Apocalypse that should be the least of their worry if they want to stop driving in their city looking like a third world country.
Orwellian Horseman of the Apocalypse they spent millions destroying lil homes some charitable guy bought for skid row homeless people. how evil must they be to do that?
its literally just a democratic ran state. this reporting is not accurate. the cops said they dont bother messing with them cuz they are dirty. whose paying this chick? lol
@@peskylogicchillinsky6007Futube I remember that. Evil is exactly the word for that kind of thing - among a few other four-letter words.
if government is going to criminalize poverty, then start at the top, with those who control jobs, wages, and our politicians.
Lobbyists
My heart aches while I’m watching this!😭😞
You're empathetic.
We have homeless encampments in Houston. No paradise here!
Amen I pass by it daily over by Minite Maid park downtown.
@Sandra Espanola most days I have extra bottles of frozen water in my car because it's hot and it melts throughout day I will give a homeless person a cold water.
Everyone has to BE somewhere, until they're 6 feet under.
Walt F. ....that's correct!....if they move the people in the encampments, they will have to go somewhere, under bridges,,on sidewalks,,under doorways,,in parks...OR, as I suspect; USA housing project = private prisons....the rightwing capitalists have an agreement with government that guarantee a certain "vacancy rate"....= put poor people in prison!
@Shawn Smith - When people have to go, they have to go. That's simple biology. If an area has a high population of homeless people, it is the height of stupidity to not provide public restrooms, then bitch about poop on the sidewalk. I bet any amount of money that putting in public restrooms would cost less than cleaning up the mess resulting from the lack, even if you paid the people cleaning them top dollar.
And there ya are. Until they come move you again, for a pipe line, a road, a highrise, or urban development.
Shawn Smith ....shitting and pissing on the streets is a consequence of being homeless, where do you expect them to go?
I am sure you are so kind hearted you would let them homeless use you bathroom, so as to not foul your precious streets.🙄😀
Yes, some of the homeless have addictions (alcohol, drugs, etc) and some are mentally ill and some have both issues; whereas others do not.
So, if needles are an issue, provide safe injection sites....this reduces stray needle problems and reduces health problems. Better yet,,provide drug/alcohol treatment centers
You sound like a fascist, so your "solution" might be what; to put them....in the ovens?.
You are FREE to do what we tell you ~ Bill Hicks
Who in the hell would down-vote this honestly?
Are you seriously asking this question? Who would vote against helping people? You really don t know? Conservatives want money to go to wealthy not poor.
Capitalists.
@@tlo65 Crony-capitalists.
I would because DN has it's own agenda w honesty they sell it like anyone else. This camp is a crime problem to the max. I live near it. Where do u live?
Aspiring fascists.
@15:53 "How does it compare to Texas?"
Red pill moment for all the "compassionate" west coast liberals
Thank you Amy for giving a voice to the voiceless!
So it has come to jailing poor people. What a boon for the private prison industry...
Celeste Inman , f the private prison industry! They would jail their sick elderly grandmother for a dollar
Yes, more prisoners (slaves) for the for-profit prison system. Sick bastards profit from the misery of others...
If they break the law, that's how it works
Yes... the new form of slavery!!!
@@pearlbarkley1019 thank your socialist state government
Wow this episode deserves awards. 💗💔
The world needs to wake up!
Compassion is key!!!
“If more people valued home, above gold, this world would be a merrier place...”
Last words of Thorin Oakenshield from "Hobbits" movie.
This was a crisis 20 years ago
Poor people are being treated like trash because trashy privileged rich class low lives are making it that way. This is our future as well as our kids if there not lucky enough to hit the lottery. Sad just real sad😢
Dianelaughalot. You said it. You sound like me.
Stop voting Democrats and you will see a change. The Democrats are making millions off of the homeless. Each charity given millions spend a small amount on the people and most of the money goes to administration.
This is what California voted for yet you want sympathy from us? Democrat super majority -there is your problem fix it or shut the F up. Idiots
I'm 31 and I've been stuck for years living in my dad's kitchen. I have no personal space or privacy, and I'm going insane with depression. I hate my life and I hate the world. I'm miserable everyday.
The 🌎 has just gone horribly DISGUSTING. I am totally 😠 af! I do agree with you on every thing you said!
"They got money for wars, but can't feed the poor" -Tupac( 1993 )
"This is America" -Gambino( 2018 )
I'm homeless . It's crazy how people are acting towards others
I pray for you
In that futuristic movie "Soylent Green" Heston was thrilled when he had the opportunity to take a warm shower
Breakup the terracidal, corporate controlled mega farms, give these people small farms and a chance to produce healthy lives for themselves and society.
Many of these people are elderly and or mentally or physically ill.
Angela Siegfried agreed, many also are not.
A well designed society makes effort to provide function and participation for everyone. There are many that would simply like to have a chance to be included, there are also many worthwhile tasks to be performed by people with many distinct types of limitations. It is so much about priority, if one prioritized the health of the national organism than She/He can not starve any part of the organism of circulation. Otherwise it will become ill, die and begin to make the entire organism ill.
No! But, put the 640 million acres the FED controls in a land lottery for citizens..
I lived at a squat house in Oakland for 6 months. The hardest thing about being homeless is where to shower. You feel like you can’t go apply for a job or look professional. It would mean so much to people just to have a shower.
Homelessness is the love child of socialism and greed
You mean the lovechild of Capitalist greed with no regulation that has become worse and worse since the first celebrity took office in the seventies and started the downward trend of lowering taxes for the richest among us and deregulating business etc. Has NOTHING to do with "socialism" and everything to do with GREED. That part you got right.
@@veratabib6901 Isn't socialism Greed and control. It's exactly what Israel has implemented in the US
@ One Love: No, capitalism is the problem! Outlaw absentee ownership and you solve the problem. If you don’t live in the home then you shouldn’t be able to own the home. No more landlords, no more speculation in the housing market. Apartments should be owned by the public. Home prices and rent prices will become affordable again.
Never heard socialism and greed in the same breath before! I am guessing you never studied politics!!! Why do you people who know absolutely nothing about any given subject post your stupid ignorant out of touch comments just to display your lack of knowledge? Stop embarrassing yourselves!!!
@@archie.ysdays6272 You have so much to see. Do you enjoy Russia. That's socialism control is greed maybe study a dictionary. Or a thesaurus for the sarcasm I used a moment ago.
These cities have no problem financing stadiums and sports arenas though. This is the same way the Roman Empire fell
My heart goes out to these people.. my fellow humans.
Disgusting how these people are NOT being helped!
Many of these people are not wanted by their families - many actually need this humbling experience - suffering is a part of the human experience.
@@paulsawczyc5019 - Kiss. My. Ass.
They 'need' this? Yeah, no. A lot of these people are being made homeless thanks to 'gentrification'. Their homes are razed to make way for McMansions and high rises for the rich.
@@paulsawczyc5019
You obviously have not been homeless. No one needs this lifestyle! Should we make it a training ground? How about a resort experience? Would you pay money to experience this? Think you would gain some humility? This is one of the worst ways to live. In fact, it's not living. It's basically surviving. Day to day survival...
Nancy Chasteen the elephant in the room that people are tip-toeing around is that 85% of the homeless population is either mentally ill, addicted to drums or both. Talk all we want about affordable housing, but mental health commitment, and drug rehab have to be part of the equation. Nationwide. Thanks so much Ronald Reagan.
The Democrats are cashing in on the homeless people. For every tax dollar given to a charity by the state or city only 45 cents are used on the people.
Excellent content! 👍 Just came across your channel... Thanks for sharing this hard-hitting, thought-provoking information! Will be tuning in for more in the immediate future!
Every human being & living creature deserves a home.. Bravo Candice Elder un-housed Spokes person & Democracy Now .. I live in NYC apartment for 40 years & multi millionaire landlord hired a management firm that harasses long term vulnerable renters & seniors out of their apartments .. not because they can not pay rent but as Candice says.. “they push the vulnerable out” for greed to raise rent .. yes Anita Needa Bee De Asis .. we need deeply affordable permanent housing & public encampments rather than homeless shelters that strip un-housed of their human rights💫💗 🙏
America, the greatest, richest country in the world! What a joke!
WHAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! YOU GOTTA B SMOKING LIKE A HUGE CRACK PIPE RIGHT THIS PLACE IS THE EQUIVALENT TO A FUCKING SLUM IN CONGO SOMEWHERE AMERICA IS NOTHING.....0.....ZERO......SHIT...SQUAT....BOTTOM....6TH PLACE.......👌👎👎👎👎✊✊✊👎👎👎
And Amazon didn't pay any federal taxes.......
Some are more equal then others ~ Orwell
Pretty curious to know whether Democracy Now's "internship" pays enough to cover a life in NY....
FORGET ABOUT SHELTERS. GET A VAN. VIVA VAN DWELLING AND DON'T TALK TO COPS
In any area, any state, any country, the ultimate cause of homelessness is unfettered greed and disregard for the lives of the less fortunate. AKA, evil.
I WOULD ARGUE UNCHECKED HYPERGAMY HAS MORE TO DO WITH IT.
Unchecked taxes. Politicians live lavishly while they tax citizens into oblivion.
And some just want drugs and or alchahol!!!!!!
@@denisebridges3536 , if you are not among the very wealthy, then your argument falls like a steel balloon.
@@GodChild-um3zq , many of the homeless who abuse substances do so to relieve the emotional pain and despair associated with severe poverty or trauma caused by abuse while the balance of the substance abusers typically suffer from some mental disorder or pathology and self medicate with these substances.
Pay the homeless 10 bucks an hour to pick up trash
Where can you rent a home for $10 an hour in CA? Never mind electricity, trash and water payments.
Or that $15/hr supposed min wage to make firebrakes to stop the fires from spreading.
underground utility tunnels to get the electrical lines underground.
rebuild burned down homes as adobe because if done right its immune to fire.
They'll still be homeless at $10/h.... In fact, 40% of homeless people ALREADY work!
@Your moms HITACHI You say it as if everyone can afford to move. Moving is fucking expensive.
@@duanenavarre7234 Very well said! I think you have a great idea and tho I'm in Pa., I'm thinking , your ideas would work well for people everywhere. How BLESSED you are, for you taking the time to think of true ways to help in this time of so many troubles, you have inspired me......Thank you, and may the Good Lord Bless you and all your loved ones.
When a response starts with "So..." it makes it seem very rehearsed.
When I see nose rings I just want to hook a dog leash to it.
Lol.
WHERE ARE THEY SUPPOSED TO GO? THANK RONALD REGAN FOR THIS ATROCITY.
Mary Anna well, someone else who doesn t worship that phony ass and his adorable little wife. Thise twi did a number on this country and were praised for it. I guess stupid people attract stupid people.
Reagan was a useful idiot for the right. What a horrible person
The dead don't set current policy, please try to blame someone that has signed something in the last decade.
@@duanenavarre7234 Since Reagan funding for housing constantly declined. Google it.
Thank you Amy! It’s about time someone covers this.....I’m a Californian and I’ve been without a house and hated for it. It shouldn’t be illegal to have a home which doesn’t have four bedrooms a garage and a big lawn......you can be perfectly neat and clean and law enforcement will still write you tickets just for sleeping in your car.
i have never understood why a home must be four bedrooms, garage, lawn. never. home is what you feel most comfortable at and all forms of living should be legal, that way it won't be a crime to sleep in a car or form a community regulated tiny home community/ tent/ hammock camping / van homes you name it.
But you cannot be tax milked enough by sleeping in your car here on Orwell's animal farm.
@@lunacavemoth well said, thanks
I think in the future america is going to see much more of this...
Me and my boyfriend share a small apartment and the landlord raised rent for the second year in a row. We can't afford 1500/month on minimum wage. Looking to move to a cheaper state. California is pushing the lower class out.
This problem starts with the corrupt city council all the way up to the governor' the developers call the shots besides the stagnant wages
The only thing that kept me from living on the street while residing there was the fact that I have a small amount of disability income for reasons beyond my control. Thankfully, I was able to have a stay in a homeless shelter for a short period of time before being able to relocate and acquire residence in a different state. It was one of the most heartbreaking things I experienced while residing in California. There is limited resources if any at all for the homeless population and many of the homeless population are punished for things that are beyond their control and the state government has long since been negligent in attempting to create any solutions to help the growing homeless population. The state prosecutes them which creates more of a burden on the system. Along with the added environmental issues, failing infrastructure, over-taxation...the homeless population is an issue that the state government and it's county governments is where the problem originates from and it perpetuates it. It is not a simple fix nor a simple solution. As someone who was lucky to be able to survive situations that are terrifying for anyone to experience and not end up completely on the street, it is bad and I'm told it has gotten worse after I left. I still think of California as home, but I won't be able to return home simply because there is an over-burden and no help and it's unreasonable and criminal to not have the state and county governments help the homeless population that the state and county governments of California created due to negligent state and county government operations.
California is really a beautiful state and the diversity is fantastic. But the state and county government's priorities are not in line with the citizen's of California and their needs. You can't get blood from a stone but the state and county governments keep squeezing the state's own life blood out....which is and comes from the citizens of California. Those issues also affect the rest of the United States. I miss home. I want to go home but I can't and won't return until there's reform. I can't afford it just like a lot of others who left home. It doesn't make me feel very good. Speaking for myself, I was fortunate in some ways to be able to get a little bit of help. But, it's clear that not everyone there can or does. Home is where the heart is and mine is still broken and it will never be the same living elsewhere as I do now even if I do have a stable roof and a safe place to lay my head....because there's no place like home.
Fine points, but...i could be misinterpretihg you, but think about what you said...you literally moved out of the state bc of the homeless, people like me, in fact, not bc theres no services for us and the system is overburdened, bc that clearly wpuldnt effect you...seems to me an illustration of NIMBYism, easy to convey "compassion" when people like me are no longer a prob you have to deal w bc you literally escaped across state lines to be further away from us
@@derrickboess5886 - No, it's not because of the homeless. I lived it and I wouldn't wish it on anyone. I was fortunate enough to be able to move away...but, the cost of that is still no different for me. I'm just barely able to get my basic needs met and I know I am always one step away from losing all even now. I'm still affected by my experiences while living in California. I still keep up with what's happening out there. I believe as a Californian you are aware of the pride we share for California. We all have different circumstances. I'm still dealing with mine and trying to manage 2 years later. I have to be grateful for what I experienced then and what I'm experiencing now because it is a direct result even still of my experiences in California. I moved back where I grew up and recall and live, still, every reason I wanted to leave where I'm at now. I was born here, but I cannot claim it as my home. Home is where the heart is and my heart is still in California. I do have a roof over my head and live off of very little means to with multiple health issues that will never go away. I knew I was not going to survive what people like yourself and I live and lived. I know those struggles. I'm still dealing with them internally but even now I know I am always one step away from losing all. I had family here that I claimed they understood and they would help and they kicked me to the curb just like always...and, I'm a disabled person and I don't have a choice in that aspect of life either. I never have.
California is overburdened and I'm still burdened by it because I want to go home. I've learned that life is precious. It's also humiliating and humbling all at the same time. And, for over 4 decades...no matter where I'm at or why...I just want to go home but you can't heal in the same place that breaks you. For me, it isn't here, and it isn't there. I'm killing myself just to live...I'm still in survival mode...just like you. But, we have to do what we have to do to make it through even just one more day or one more night. I'm forgotten here just as I was out there. Different place, different time, different circumstances...but it's all the same and I'm right back where I started no different than before and no different than in California. I'm suffering just the same and fearful just the same and although my tears are different they flow just the same every single day. Empathy and understanding due to experiences I wouldn't wish on anyone...I might be here where I am physically, but I'm still in California and I'm lost either way. I'm trying to make peace with things because I'm tired of suffering and I need to be able to help and heal myself before anything else.
So, please don't misunderstand me, Mr. Boess...it's not about you or people like you because I am most certainly one of you no matter where I'm at and I'm always one step away knowing you can't take it with you when you go. Hope is the only thing that lights my way back home. I'm sorry, Mr. Boess. Please be safe and do whatever you can to help even if all you can barely afford to do is speak from the heart in hopes that it helps someone to keep hope and keep moving forward. Even responding to you puts me in the deficit and I've been on the edge of what some consider the great divide and I've looked out over and I can still see it clearly because yes, I'm still suffering and there's no end in sight...but, I'm a survivor. It's what I know. It's what I do. I wish I wasn't. I wish I didn't know. I wish it wasn't what I have to do. But, we do it because we have to. I've never actually had a permanent home. No safety. No security. No stability. I'm no more, no less a burden than I always was treated and perceived. I'm just trying to make peace with it so I can find my way home because I am so lost even still and this all I have left to give. I have to be on my way now. I'm hurting. It's not your fault. I wish you well.
@@HuginnandMuninnGaming23
Just remember you are not alone. Even if we all don't walk the same path, many do endure the same hardships. It's part of life. To test us, see what we are made of. If not for God, I wouldn't be here. The reality of accepting what life hands you, or putting a twist on it, is up to us. You went home. I have too, a few times. It never is what you hope. For some reason, family becomes resentful. They feel guilty is why. They don't like it so they take it out on you. It's their failure, not yours. We need a co-op for disabled and those who are just not able to make it on their own. Like an apt, they would apply. Basis wouldn't be on funds... I don't know why we don't care more. We should.
I got out in a group home because I'm borderline retarded. Or I would have been homeless! Could not find a job because nobody would hire me.if it would not for that group home I would have never worked at goodwill for 13 years.
predators prey on the weak.
$75,000 per year to put them in jail, $14,000 to house them...but where’s the profit in that.
I was born and raised in California but it is now a cesspool and I'm beyond happy that I no longer live there. I'm not blaming the homeless people, I'm blaming the politicians who are supposed to be running the state but are not.
For Gentrification read: Ethnic Cleansing
Too a degree, though keep in mind the majority of poor people are white. So they get the boot too.
Race and class intersect on this one.
100% Chauncy .Thanks for having the courage to say it.
@kounter Yeah, the answer to racism is... More racism. You're an idiot.
@kounter
I have been homeless in the nineties. Have you?
Gentrification building is booming in Philthadelphia. You can see the changes in Old City. A whole new class of people that dress the same and unfortunately act the same The Me, Myself, and I. Rent for this type of building has increased buy 25% and more in some case “Ethnic Cleansing at Work Rite Before our Eyes”.
Maybe its time to out-law the job title 'billionaire'
cash wealth must begin to flow or no water will be able to float any economic boats.
didnt we learn from 1929? high stock market does not guarantee market stability.
I see many signs of drug abuse in this camp....
Keep voting democrats in and then don’t complain when everything goes bad.
Democrats created this problem when they insisted that illegal immigrants get the open housing before American citizens do Democrats insisted that affordable housing and Section 8 and things like that go to illegal immigrants before they go to American citizen and if you don't believe me do an audit you'll see for yourself
Ok boomer lol
Do you realize i tried to click on the like button and it would not let me... so for fun I clicked on the thumbs down button and it worked. Of course i unclicked it, but what is that shit all about. Fuckin' UA-cam..
Its not democrats, or republicans- all that shit is jst a distraction thats working jst how they want it to. Its all of them, its a completely broken system.
This government is sick and needs to be taken out of its misery
Please name which government so people know they vote every 4 years for a democrat super majority so nothing ever changes
Agreed 💯
GO LIVE IN CHINA. THEY MAKE YOU WORK. WORK WORKS!
Why cant bezos who has billions give a little of that money to help these poor people
Indifference. It's behind almost every evil in this world to a degree.
billionaires becomes that by being hoarders, but funny enough they don't show them as hoarders on TV shows mocking hoarders.
That black lady has the cutest puppy ever! ☺ I wish her and her, her daughter, and their puppy the best of luck! 🙏
Tear down their shanty homes but don't offer any solutions. Where are they supposed to go?
Amy Goodman ✊🏿✊🏾✊🏽✊🏼✊🏻
Oakland is my home town. This story simply breaks my heart. I had to move away years ago as the cost of living just kept rising. I’m in a new State now and folks here are freaking out as property values rise and their children cannot afford to buy a home. They resent Californians coming here, but really, they still don’t have a clue as to how bad things can get. All goes to the highest bidder. I was hoping to spend my last years in beauty and peace but folks are pouring in paving over pastures and hay fields. There is no where to hide from greed and displacement.
Yet i bet you still vote democrat so you just take the problem with you. Move to a red state and vote red and you would all be fine. You chose this. Its your fault take responsibility
Head to the small cities , like braddock Pennsylvania and McKee's port Pennsylvania. Go figure .
the beginnings of The Hunger Games
That's the way it looks like. LORD Come Soon and Save Humanity 👍👍😇😇😇😇😇😇😇💪🏾💪💪🏾💪🙏🙏🙏♥️
WHY IS NO ONE TALKING ABOUT THE HOMELESSNESS IN HAWAII.
WARRIOR PRINCESS OF YAH because DemocRats run that state & anywhere DemocRat majority rule, that’s what it naturally produces. Gotta love sanctuary states & lawless policies & over taxation with ridiculous regulations 📉🕳🔦🙌🏿🙌🏿🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
Or Florida, Ohio and the other states.
Thank you so much for reporting on an issue that is given so little attention.
Greedy land barons that's who's responsible
Yep! Oil Baron's! Rothchilds, Cheney's, Bush's, Rockingham, McConnell's, TRUMP...
Even Jacques Cousteau was beholding to the oil companies....
It's the corporate housing that is paying your Democrats millions in campaign funds.
@@NancyChasteen Don't forget the Trump-Kushner crime family!
you mean like the FED gov that controls 640 million acres...needs to be in a land lottery
Cat lady:Homeless people are the most resilient ...skillful...resourceful people you will ever meet.... there is your problem.
Land of the free. How? Look how our
U. S. Citizens are living. This is very sad n cruel. God bless us all. 😇
When did being homeless become criminal??!! When will the world become to proud and to noble to allow some people to live without dignity and hope. Single mothers!! Elderly people!!! Heaven weeps at our inability to care for one another in a civilized way.
People are so selfish I go through that discrimination everyday it's sickening it really is
Especially for the woman and kids like you said that's devestating
Excellent reporting Amy!
I fight poverty and homelessness every day BY GOODNESS.
I GET UP AND GO TO WORK.
I love how they are telling the truth and speaking clearly... we need to show them that we are perfect people.