Thank you, thank you for showing encampments and clean up efforts. This entire series is informative. You're showing us life in areas that I'd be scared to go to.
they open their arm to people from other countries and give them housing and food medical attention but not our homeless Americans it pisses me off how we keep voting for these politicians back in over and over why?
@@xXJoeChevyXx We are on track to hit a million illegals coming across the border and we can't even house our own.......voter fraud gets these jackasses re elected.
Thank you, German in Venice for showing these homeless problems in "Skid Row" and earlier in Venice. Everything looks like an apocalyptic horror movie but is (and was) very real. This sad reality is better than Hollywood fiction. GiV, you're the best!
I live in Los Angeles. This makes me sick looking at it everyday. Human Rights advocates need to invite all these peopleinto their homes. Los Angeles needs to be super strict with homeless laws.
Nothing but drug addict malcontents, a few good old fashion Molotov cocktails would do the trick. Then they need to run those so called do-gooders out on a rail, all they do is enable the malcontents.
You can be a vagrant all you want but why the garbage tweakers nest? The old school recycled cardboard box house was far more eco friendly. The crack era streets of LA were far cleaner than today.
Yeah I lived in Los Angeles for 32 years was born there skid-row was always known as in San Pedro but today it looks like it's about five times that size
Last winter I spoke to a homeless young woman who told me she was from Colorado. The police let her sleep overnight in the station. In the morning, there was a bus, that she could take for free, going to California. Have met others from states too cold to live on the streets
@@abualzuaree California can't NOT accept those losers. That would be unconstitutional, as all citizens have the right to travel. Of course, patriots such as yourself have no use for the constitution, amirite?
Look I know it's not easy ...I've been there. I live in Alberta Canada and it gets cold . I did the whole treatment center tour not because of the obvious addiction I had,..but because there was no where to go. It's my belief that if you at least try to help yourself...help will find you. My time on the street ended 6 years ago . I have everything I need...not want.lol I hope you can do the same..much love
True, and im glad to hear you made it out. But working in skid has taught me that 90% of the folks if not more than that, are out here not trying to help themself to anything but another pookie.
That is right brother, my son experienced 10 yr heroin addiction he has been clean for 7 yrs. There is always help for those willing to take it and get clean
In nj the average life expectancy is 3 to 7 years from the cold murder getting sick average age 55 mostly us born citizen only but migrants received homes 💸cash so much that no workers come from them. They are receiving thousands NO LIE while thousands suffer because of age handicapped illnesses and no safe shelters treatment centers are woke to veterans
There's a method to the madness, with rotating removal of garbage the city gets to wash down and disinfect one area at a time. This goes a long way to eliminating disease, and I'm sure saves many lives. Bravo City of LA, thank you for being tolerant as I'm sure many of these street people are from out of state.
One area at a time, except like he said on the video and most of us know, i.e. The spot that got cleaned on Monday last week down 2 blocks away, has 2 new tents on it already, so yes, you are right... this is like a restaurant waiter cleaning after a customer only for the next one to come in a repeat the cycle.
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No. This is like when someone cleans the house. Someone vacuums and the other person is on the couch watching TV. They lift their legs so the person can clean around them and then continue to watch TV. The street cleaning is their personal housekeeper.
'A lot of them didn't get offered housing' Nope. We've seen time and again that the ppl who choose to remain on the street do so because their addiction is so bad they prefer rotting on the sidewalk as long as they have access to hard drugs. The ONLY solution, is mandatory stays in rehab facilities. If they can't take care of themselves, they need to be institutionalized for their own safety and the well being of the public.
@@I_Did_That_46 way too expensive to institutionalize. That's why they emptied out the mental institutions and there are so many crazy on the streets. 66K homeless just in LA? There is no solution.
@Kevin Souza Well aren't you a constructive one. The money saved from housing them as inmates, court costs, police and emergency services costs, hospital visits, street cleanup, other homeless services. And reform the rehab programs to be more efficient. for starters.
@Kevin Souza let's get the cost breakdown then if you know what all this costs. for example, how much is one 911 call for an overdose lets say. where police show up, then EMTs, then and emergeny room visit and hospital stay, and whatever charges there were if any crimes were commited in the process, the court costs all the way down to the electric bill at the court house. rinse and repeat becuase it's not likely that an addict overdoses or commits a criminal act only one time. I'd wager if the we had the direct and indirect cost to institutionalize vs not we'd save some money with the former.
Another good video Mike! Just wanted to say thank you for your compassion for this situation. There will always be people that give you a hard time for making your videos, please continue to ignore them as much as possible. Their anger is simply misplaced. ♥️🤙
Glad to see they're power washing the sidewalks. When I was on the streets (not on Skid Row) they just threw away anything that wasn't moved by 9am (including wheelchairs, prescription drugs, & documents necessary to participate in housing programs) & then didn't clean anything. They didn't even rinse the sidewalk with a garden hose! We had a wonderful lady named Rebecca Trani who came through every other night & collected our trash, sprayed the sidewalks with bleach & distributed trash bags & other cleaning supplies. She put trash cans on every corner in the encampment, but the City threw them away first cleanup after she put them there. I'm not gonna joke. I'm looking at being homeless again after my current lease is up in March because of my poor credit score. I had a co-signer for this place, but that was through my roommate. I'm not gonna be able to get a place on my own after I leave here, & I'm dreading having to return to living in a van more than you could understand. I'm too old for this! I'm disabled & living on a fixed & limited income. The rent here eats up over half of it, & I simply don't have enough left over (after basic living expenses. I do not qualify for any government sponsored assistance programs, so I pay for everything out of my own pocket) to pay down any of my past debts that are negatively impacting my credit, so my score continues to plummet. I worked my whole life, paid taxes, contributed to charity, participated in life as a normal, functioning members of society. I became homeless the first time because the property I was renting was sold in a foreclosure. I was such a good tenant that the investment firm who bought the place at auction kept me on as a rent-paying tenant for 20 more months, until they found a buyer for the property & needed me to vacate. On moving day I fell & injured my knee & had to be taken to the hospital via ambulance. In all the excitement, no one remembered to lock my front door, so when I returned after being discharged from the hospital that night, I returned to find the place completely ransacked, all my valuables & the $3000 cash I'd withdrawn from my bank that morning to give my new landlord for move-in costs that day, gone. I didn't have another $3000 to move. I didn't have enough to move in ANYWHERE. I lived in cheap motels, rental cars, shelters (which are THE WORST for someone not coming from the subculture of homelessness), on the streets, in tents, & finally in a van I bought. I was out there for 6 years & 4 months. You can't understand how difficult it is to drag yourself out of the quicksand of homelessness once you're in it, the prejudice you face trying to rent a place when you have a gap in your rental history like that. But I finally did it, without the assistance of any programsI, just by pooling my resources with another homeless woman whose father was willing to co-sign for us to get his daughter off the streets. She is a little more entrenched in that subculture of homelessness than I first realized, so it has not gone well, but I'm grateful for the roof over my head, & making the best of it. Our lease here expires in March & I cannot bear the thought of going back to living in a van, but barring a miracle, that's what I'm faced with. I'm a responsible person who pays my bills on time. I just have a handful of items on my credit (bail for a no good boyfriend I haven't spoken to in years, a rental car that was stolen from me, a cell phone bill I tried to pay with cash but couldn't because I didn't have a State-issued photo ID) that I simply cannot take care of given my current financial situation. I just wanted to share my story in hopes that people will understand that not every homeless person is a mentally ill, drug-addicted criminal. Some of us are just regular people who have fallen on hard times, & all we need is for someone to give us a chance.
MacArthur Park is on the list to be cleaned up too, they're prepping to fence the park off for the cleanup like they did Echo Park.And then the park will be cleaned up like they did at Echo Park. And all that stuff is tossed into the landfill dump, tents, appliances & so many bikes.
No one is asking where all those tents came from. Most look brand new and just dirty. Why are we treading water and just throwing 200dollar tents at this problem? It is as if the goal is to perpetuate this insane condition! Too many people are employed by the homeless industry. This problem is going to come to a point of combustion one day. Compassion at the cost of EVERY OTHER VIRTUE is just plain wrong. Politicians should have to account for what was spent on their watch. This is craziness. I pay my ridiculous tax bill and I want the homeless cared for. Give a man a fish, and all you do is feed him FOR A DAY. VOTE OUT THE USELESS!!
@Kev i dont remember Darwin saying anything about a forever safety net that hangs off the edge of California to catch everyone who has become unwelcome everywhere else in the USA, because you get socks and tents and weed and food. You know? ALL THE SAME SHIT WE WORK AND PAY TAXES TO HAVE . ANDIF WE SKIP A YEAR ON TAXES, THEY HAVE A CAGE READY…!
@Kev I’m here in redondo beach, and it’s just as bad. Their taking the bus all the way to the last stop from Santa Monica, which is Redondo . Most are drug addicts and mentally unstable persons. I’ve tried to help 2 homeless by giving them water , blankets, and some food, and they turn around and threaten me for not having any drugs to sell them after 😕
I'm glad to see this happening, but it begs the question: Now where will they end up? Just going to move to another area and set up their tents. It's like a dog chasing its tail.
That's why you shouldn't be glad of this happening. You Americans always hide everything below the carpet, as long as you can't see it, is not a problem.
I seriously hope someone tells the sanitation workers to wear long sleeves and rubber gloves under their work gloves. The homeless have scabies, unique strain of TB, etc. That dude throwing the sleeping bag into the compacter with short sleeves is risking a hell of a lot.
You're, unfortunately, right. But it's a collective issue, and only together we can make changes. Sending you much love, peace, faith and harmony 💜🦋🌹💫.
@@scottcharney1091 Reagan closed down the mental hospitals when he was governor of California. He just emptied them by kicking out all the people, most with no place to go, and told them to go to local clinics for their meds. They were mentally ill and couldn't take care of themselves, including remembering when and where to get their meds. Then Reagan was elected President.
I remember when Mayor Roger Hedgecock cleaned up the homelessness in Downtown San Diego back in the 80s....Enforcement of vagrancy laws kept the problem from reoccuring. Public assistance for the homeless went away.
Worked weekends at 5th and central at a warehouse in the late 70's early 80's while going to college. It was a rough area but nothing like this. Just retired and Its now time for me to flee my once beautiful state. Thanks for the memories Ca.
It looks like a pretty looking jail in town. All fenced off, security enforced, small cell rooms, and many rules keeping many homeless people out. Some have curfews, no filming policy, must be sober, no alcohol or drugs, asked a lot of question when entering, searched, feeling harassed or uncomfortable, limited possessions allowed, etc. These are one size fits all beds designed by people who don't understand the homeless people or how to help most of them. This might help those who can't afford California's insane rent prices. But most homeless who are struggling in the long term will avoid these places, even the vets. If they wanted to live in jail, they would go to jail. Its easier to live on the streets, than it is to get clean to live in those places or they rather live in a tent that is bigger than a tiny cell that has little benefit that THEY WANT. But they will keep pushing the homeless into these cleaner and prettier encampments that they are struggling to fill just to make the city look nicer, rather than approach the situation like they are trying to help them resolve with their struggles (the problem isn't being houseless). This is a one sized fits solution, when they need different types of solutions for different issues.
@@TylerWitucki that all sound nice but you are talking about a complex and very expensive set of solutions. In the real world it isnt that easy and in the meantime we need to have public streets that aren't full of excrement, crime, disease and lawlessness. The citizens, homeowners and business owners deserve to live and operate in an area that isnt so intensely harmful. I dont know what the answer is but I do know we cant have shit, piss and crime filled streets like that
@@lh7801 California has been neglecting the homeless for YEARS and the problem has gotten worse because of the failed policies and spending. One example: 13 years of building severely over budget $100 BILLION rail line that's still having issues in development. California has the highest rate of chronic homelessness in the country at 36 percent, with 21 percent of the national homeless population. California has one of the worst spending budgets of any state but it can do that because of the high state taxes they receive which is intended to be spent to resolve community issues such as homelessness (36% homelessness is way too high). It's not that complicated just look at the success of other places. Finland has adopted a "housing first" strategy with actual apartments to live in not tiny cells. Housing first emphasizes the importance of having stable living conditions before looking for a job and working on psychological problems. In the long term homeless people become tenants with a tenancy agreement, which requires them to pay rent and operating costs. Helps people transition into a section 8 like housing environment (affordable living, again not a jail like place or several barriers to entry). Not only has this reduced homelessness, Finland now spends 15,000 Euros less per homeless person each year, as a result of less emergency situations that follow assaults, injuries, and breakdowns among other benefits. California is approaching homelessness all wrong.
Reno gets lucky it is so cold homeless regularly change their mind and go leech back into California where it doesn't get as cold at night. 26 degrees last night. 10-11-2021.
I go down there occasionally to shop ( the alleys where all the shops are) right in the middle of all of these streets. It smells horrendous. I’m sure I don’t need to describe, but imagine the smell of port o potties spilled out onto concrete. Baking in the sun. Bad.
You can smell it as soon as you drop off the 10 freeway. I usually take the looooong way around if anything takes me near downtown. The whole DTLA/Hollywood/Venice area began to smell really offensive a few years ago. At least in Venice the marijuana and patchouli camouflage it some. But even all the flowers in the flower district in DTLA can't mask that stench he's in here.
Rather than elected officials raising the standards, it's easier to lower the bar and little by little things get worse. The public will accept almost anything if you just do it slowly. We have an extremely short attention span. All of a sudden we wake up and see the nightmare and start asking how could this happen. Who elected these fools? I did!
Thank you Michael another great video, 66,000 homeless in LA wow that's a lot. Its a never ending battle cleanings the streets Skid row is a long standing problem. I do hope they do convert Eagle Rock parking lot into a homeless city. 👍
When inter viewed so many are from out of state and say, "I came because there is no rules and you get free shit". So many are free will travelers. Great content GIV. By the way whichever gangs turf you set up on you pay rent one way or another!
I used to think about repurposing closed military bases for housing the homeless. There are already barracks for sleeping areas and other structures to set up clinics and care facilities. Seems like most of them could also support gardens of some kind for growing vegetables. Maybe get some arts and crafts going on for the 🎨 artsy types and have sales here and there to involve the communities. For the homeless who are ex-military, they'd probably feel better there, too.
I don't.know about now but 30 yrs ago when they closed down a military base surrounding Not For Profits got first choice of the facilities. The residents in the neighboring towns didn't want the Not. For Profits, because the towns didn't to replace all the Lost jobs and business that a Military base produces. The Not for Profits Sold their buildings to developers for Big $$!.and took the money back to the inner City where their original mission was. The homeless usually don't do Well with rules and living together in one shelter. My Sister worked in a Shelter. The homeless came sleep, maybe showered, took supplies and left. Came back mostly when they needed something. .Lots of mental issues and self medication.
Hay Mike thanks for your latest update. So encedebly sad! I believe it will get worse with the most resent evictions. Makes me feel humble and blessed. Keep up your grate coverage. I used to love L, A. Now just scary. :(
Thank you to all the Workers here for Your hard work . Hauling off everybody’s trash & washing off everybody’s waste ... is keeping the community healthier
I use to work on skidrow. You sometimes need to force people to help themselves. The city will put them in free housing many times and many will choice to go back to the street. They need to be told they can't go back to the street. You know many people can be evicted now and rent has gotten so high in cal until low wage families cannot afford a home. Where will they go?
You always do a great job presenting a humane and honest look at life in the down and out side of LA. Not just another California hater video of despair porn.
Thank u for sharing these vids. It's very heartbreaking no matter how many times I see it in person or on vid. city officials have been dragging to address this issue that only keeps on adding up.
Obviously there was no plan to move these people elsewhere, so they will return & rebuild with their tents. Mike needs to do a follow-up video in 6 months-or less to illustrate the change. If they have nowhere to live, then where?
Mike, the hours you put into these video's are greatly appreciated. No one does it like you, your Vlog's are more in depth than any News channel's TV story. I for one hope you keep up the great work reporting on our homeless issues. Sorry for your occasional injuries Thank You! 👍
Hello from Philippines, New subscriber and I would say I enjoy watching all of your videos from past til the present, enjoying the Arnold impression!!!! Hopw to get 1 of your cap. stay safe Mike.
@@mangelpaaideer why hasn’t it affected the homeless as much as the people that took the shot wear masks and 6 feet apart is the question. Isn’t that a mystery? Maybe you can figure it out or … what IS peculiar? 🤔
@@shafersshafers5231 I think personally that the tests, have given a lot of false positive.... Im gonna sound like a conspiracy teorist, if I go any further than that......
I wish I could have a magic trunk with expanded inside capacity like in “Fantastic Beasts and where to find them” to hold my stuff, I’d make the inside of mine like a theater or an opera house.
you can't get it all into a backpack. but you can get the important stuff into one. The extra clothing, TP, litter and litter pan, pee jars etc go into a couple of half full (each) 55 gallon drum liners. You can leave that stuff on the chained up bike and only rarely will it disappear on you. It's normally not worth hauling around on foot.. The pack and its goodies, tho you can never be without. I never let it out of my sight during the 2 months it once took me to get a college loan and a vehicle
@German in Venice, I guess the question everybody would love to ask is, considering everything you show, how is it possible that you still like it over there?
@@whathandleUtalkabt Alot of them also come from Southern Red states as well like Louisiana,Alabama,Tennessee, Some parts of Texas and Florida. Not all these homeless folks are from California. A lot of them also come down from Oregon and Washington and that also includes illegal immigrants coming through from Canada.
This is what happens when you churn out babies, people, without the love, respect, and work required by the parents who create life. Same is true for the politicians that use these poor people for financial gain.
This is what happens when Republicans close the mental hospitals, when Republicans make birth control nearly impossible to get, when Republicans encourage tons of immigration (Reagan declared "amnesty" to millions in the 1980s) when Republicans won't allow affordable housing, and so on. Frankly, the Communist countries have done a better job of caring for their people and that's what a lot of younger people are interested in now - Communism/Socialism because compared to the US, it's a win.
But Abortion is not has not been banned, therefore this is not a by product of wanting a ban on abortion. Only a product of Democrat politicians that speak largely and do nothing.
This is the definition of insanity...doing the same thing over again and expecting different results! Take abandoned buildings and turn them into apartments!
Thank you for filming this and in a respectful way of the people. It just dumbfounds me that the news want to send out fear of Covid when obviously it is not as big as threat as homelessness and mental health and drug problems. This is a sarcastic remark. "Maybe if they got vaccinated then they would be better off" Sorry. I'm mad that in the US anyone could be homeless and uncared for. And yes... before someone makes a remark. I do help the homeless and people in need.
Even if it's not making a difference yet, you mention they repeat the same street every week. That may "eventually" make an impact and push people to get fed up with being harassed and they'll accept housing. Maybe. Always gotta hope, this is better than nothing.
Imagine all the work it requires to be homeless? Gathering clothes and building materials, making a house on the sidewalk, digging through dumpsters, standing on the corners begging for change, pushing shopping carts for miles. So why can't these people work for the city? Or Amazon? I feel like a huge percentage of these people have simply chosen this lifestyle, the amazing weather there makes it easy to do and all the people who give to them and support them and the lack of enforcement lets them do it. If it is true that they are all simple "mentally ill" or "drug addicts" or etc., then they need to be institutionalized, locked up, or whatever. I propose we pick a state, like Nebraska, and build a huge facility there and send all the nations homeless to a huge camp where there are rehabilitated off of drugs, trained to do some sort of work and then released after a year with some money earned while working. The ones who can't work or won't work remain there. I think as tax payers we would all contribute to this simply to make them go away. It would be better for them and the environment and would also make people think twice about choosing to be "homeless". The one's that are picked up, will no longer be homeless. They will have a home. Just not on our sidewalks.
@Perksnstrips II They need to be close to their drugs, so if you sent them to a remote location, they would just find their way back. My elderly father won't move in with or near any of his children because he doesn't want to leave the small town where his supplier (doctor) lives. He hasn't said this - I have figured it out over time. He's addicted to oxy physically and mentally, and doesn't want to get off it. Under our healthcare system, it costs nothing for those pills (pensioner and medicare subsidised medication). One day he will just die alone in his mobile home/trailer.
@@soulburst How about that Hobo Mark Twain that pees on Spring past 7th every morning and then shits on Main just past 9th every afternoon. You have to see that guy.
@@Polemic-2525 That's the point, a place they don't want to be, to make them get their stuff together. I can't afford to live in Venice and I'm rich! Why do these people get to live there? lol
It's estimated that almost 1\4 of these folks were put on busses from other cities/states and sent here with one way tickets. Their own municipalities failed them and sent the "problem" to Skid Row. If y'all would like to help, check out the mission on 5th and Wall. They're exceptional people working day and night to help these people in every way they can. They can always use donations. It's the heart of Skid row. Spend a few hours there and you'll truly START to understand the plight of these people.
The only way to help addicts who won't seek treatment is to force it on them. Mandatory rehab stays, monitored sober living houses, or institutionalizing is the only solution. Letting them stay on the streets shooting up till they OD is not kindness.
@@mrs.h2725 It's almost impossible to help someone that doesn't want to be helped without violating their civil rights. Remember, thousands of these people are here because the mental health institute that were helping these people were shut down to behind with. Ca and other states don't want to " waste " their tax dollars helping the mentally ill, which Is estimate is 80 percent of the folks living down here. It's a super complicated issue.
I just found your YT-channel, and I'm hooked already 😁✌. You can see how hard life can be in your videos, but at the same time you can see how beautiful it is. I especially like the street art (graffiti) I see in your videos. Keep making good videos, greetings from Finland! 🇫🇮😎🙏
It’s a sanitation issue and fire a prevention issue. They don’t want to push the homeless into other areas and they don’t want to mass incarcerate homeless ppl.
What a cesspool Cali is, No way I'd ever spend any money in Cali when crap like this is going on. If I live there I would refuse to pay taxes. Property taxes or any taxes. This is crazy.
Sorry you fell, GiV❤️. They truly need to do this a lot more often these people are probably sick from diseases being in their own filth. And going down the drains not healthy for anybody in the community
Thanks for sharing Mike, God bless everybody that lives on Sid row and didn't know that Sid row been around for a long time it shouldn't be a Sid row, I never hear anybody helping people on Sid row to wear a mask or get vaccinated
Believe it is hard enough to think at all when you are addicted let alone think 24 hours ahead with any urgency. My 96;yr old aunt is a hoarder and she is suspicious if you just try to take out the normal garbage. Its tough hoarding is a real mental problem Anger is a constant problem especially with meth users.
@@pourindiesel no, they are not. All it takes is a ski mask, a ball bat and being a hardass. They are pussies, so they get taken advantage of. Tough shit.
Housing the homeless is harder than you think,the first thing that should be addressed is drug addiction and then mental health issues before they can take care of a apartment.
Thank you for showing the REAL LA !!! Alot ppl in Europe or somewhere else have no damn clue ... But to "clean up" and actual REMOVE the homeless definitely WON'T solve the problem !!! !!! Do u know where the ppl have to go after they "cleaned up" ?!?! I'm married to an American which was on the streets in the 90's for year's . He made it back into "society" ... So i know what's going on tho and see also what's going on in America then and now .
Thousands of homeless go missing each week sent to organ harvesting factories/prison like astablishments run by freemasons and the NWO. My life is in danger by posting this message.
I live in LOST Angeles, these "cleanups" do nothing. Either they come back the same or next day OR spread out over the city. Everywhere on the sides of the highways, about every Highway exit & every underpass you will see tents & shanty towns. Rows of dilapidated RV's. Its spreading like an aggressive cancer. And to be honest, that is happening ALL OVER California & growing exponentially.
@@scottcharney1091 I didn't say that you're voting in Republicans or Democrats. I said you're voting in the same people that caused this. Shit politicians that shouldn't have a job.
The homeless situation is crazy in California they just set up wherever they please my cousin lives in California and he talked to one guy and he chooses to be homeless because he saved a lot of money he can afford to live in a house but he said why saving a lot of money this way I don't get it I'm not saying this is everybody Mass homelessness has several contributing factors, including: "Economic Dislocation", "Reduced Social Safety Nets", "Failed Housing Policy", "Mass Incarceration", "Family Instability", and other "Individual Causes" including mental health and physical wellness. Pray for the homeless people
I live only 2 miles east of here and it’s amazing how Los Angeles how and what is happening here. Yeah : many people really don’t care or are numb to it. Life here in Los Angeles is very very difficult to be honest… it’s a hard city to live in. I still love it but who knows what’s going to happen…
I used to admire Downtown LA so much as a child when I moved to the states. I remember my dad and I going and walking all around. Later when I went to USC I again re connected with it and used to walk there and back all the time from USC. Now I would not visit at all. The city is completely lost and overrun by broke woke elitists who are letting pride in their ideology destroy relationships with industry fix these issues. As a landlord who mostly manages working class units, I would neeeeeverr do business in LA. When I’m viewed as an enemy, the last thing I would do is try and do business there. Hopefully working class people will realize that it’s not their landlord or local shop owner that is the enemy, but rather it’s the city leadership and woke elitists that spread lies about “capitalist” landlord and business owners.
Thank you Mike for showing us the side of Los Angeles the politicians don’t want you to see
As someone who’s lived here for 10 years you can see it without a Politician.
It's horrible:(
This is happening in Austin Texas now…..
@Park Justin anyone CAN but they are not and that is his point.
@@arribaficationwineho32 This catastrophe has been featured in the news around the world and there’ve been 3,000 videos made on it.
Thank you, thank you for showing encampments and clean up efforts. This entire series is informative. You're showing us life in areas that I'd be scared to go to.
they open their arm to people from other countries and give them housing and food medical attention but not our homeless Americans it pisses me off how we keep voting for these politicians back in over and over why?
@@xXJoeChevyXx We are on track to hit a million illegals coming across the border and we can't even house our own.......voter fraud gets these jackasses re elected.
Thank you, German in Venice for showing these homeless problems in "Skid Row" and earlier in Venice. Everything looks like an apocalyptic horror movie but is (and was) very real. This sad reality is better than Hollywood fiction. GiV, you're the best!
I like your segments on homeless encampments better than other U-Tubers. Please keep showing us viewers these updates.
I live in Los Angeles. This makes me sick looking at it everyday. Human Rights advocates need to invite all these peopleinto their homes. Los Angeles needs to be super strict with homeless laws.
Thanks Democrats
Nothing but drug addict malcontents, a few good old fashion Molotov cocktails would do the trick. Then they need to run those so called do-gooders out on a rail, all they do is enable the malcontents.
You can be a vagrant all you want but why the garbage tweakers nest?
The old school recycled cardboard box house was far more eco friendly.
The crack era streets of LA were far cleaner than today.
@@2kool4ukewlguy77 Vote Socialist get Commie shitholes.
@@2kool4ukewlguy77 it was a repub pres that closed our mental institutions. They need to be reopened.
Whatever the sanitation workers are getting paid isn't enough.
@@davechristian7543 we don't care about Sydney you fool
I'm sure they're union city workers. Probably make 6 figures.
@@kevincampbell9526 You’re mad?
Do you know who pays the taxes?
@@kevincampbell9526 i love unions, stops the little man from getting the shit end of the stick.
Doing these cleanings looks like just picking a scab off a long festering wound.
Picking scabs is very satisfying
Exactly.
As long as they allow them to come back, isn't it actually just tax payer funded maid service.? Just leave a rock of crack on their pillow.
@@MaryJohanna and never heals and gets even more infected. Here's your sign libbies
@@saltydogz4657 😂😁😁🤣
Good morning Mike, thanks for the video.
Yeah I lived in Los Angeles for 32 years was born there skid-row was always known as in San Pedro but today it looks like it's about five times that size
Last winter I spoke to a homeless young woman who told me she was from Colorado. The police let her sleep overnight in the station. In the morning, there was a bus, that she could take for free, going to California. Have met others from states too cold to live on the streets
There ya go..happening all over
That's not news. Every state west of the Mississippi has been sending their homeless here for decades. Then they mock California.
@@andhisband California's fault for accepting it.
@@abualzuaree California can't NOT accept those losers. That would be unconstitutional, as all citizens have the right to travel. Of course, patriots such as yourself have no use for the constitution, amirite?
@@andhisband I meant California accepting the camping. Not the traveling
Look I know it's not easy ...I've been there. I live in Alberta Canada and it gets cold . I did the whole treatment center tour not because of the obvious addiction I had,..but because there was no where to go. It's my belief that if you at least try to help yourself...help will find you. My time on the street ended 6 years ago . I have everything I need...not want.lol I hope you can do the same..much love
True, and im glad to hear you made it out. But working in skid has taught me that 90% of the folks if not more than that, are out here not trying to help themself to anything but another pookie.
That is right brother, my son experienced 10 yr heroin addiction he has been clean for 7 yrs. There is always help for those willing to take it and get clean
@@sergedotcom I appreciate all comments, but theres enough negativity in life for everyone...I offer support.
Yup … when the student is ready … the teacher appears
In nj the average life expectancy is 3 to 7 years from the cold murder getting sick average age 55 mostly us born citizen only but migrants received homes 💸cash so much that no workers come from them. They are receiving thousands NO LIE while thousands suffer because of age handicapped illnesses and no safe shelters treatment centers are woke to veterans
There's a method to the madness, with rotating removal of garbage the city gets to wash down and disinfect one area at a time. This goes a long way to eliminating disease, and I'm sure saves many lives. Bravo City of LA, thank you for being tolerant as I'm sure many of these street people are from out of state.
Yeah, really thankful. Lol. Let’s keep voting democrats in right, they’ll fix it won’t they? Lol 🙄
One area at a time, except like he said on the video and most of us know, i.e. The spot that got cleaned on Monday last week down 2 blocks away, has 2 new tents on it already, so yes, you are right... this is like a restaurant waiter cleaning after a customer only for the next one to come in a repeat the cycle.
No. This is like when someone cleans the house. Someone vacuums and the other person is on the couch watching TV. They lift their legs so the person can clean around them and then continue to watch TV.
The street cleaning is their personal housekeeper.
'A lot of them didn't get offered housing'
Nope. We've seen time and again that the ppl who choose to remain on the street do so because their addiction is so bad they prefer rotting on the sidewalk as long as they have access to hard drugs. The ONLY solution, is mandatory stays in rehab facilities. If they can't take care of themselves, they need to be institutionalized for their own safety and the well being of the public.
Sounds plausible
@@I_Did_That_46 way too expensive to institutionalize. That's why they emptied out the mental institutions and there are so many crazy on the streets. 66K homeless just in LA? There is no solution.
@Kevin Souza what's your solution?
@Kevin Souza Well aren't you a constructive one. The money saved from housing them as inmates, court costs, police and emergency services costs, hospital visits, street cleanup, other homeless services. And reform the rehab programs to be more efficient. for starters.
@Kevin Souza let's get the cost breakdown then if you know what all this costs. for example, how much is one 911 call for an overdose lets say. where police show up, then EMTs, then and emergeny room visit and hospital stay, and whatever charges there were if any crimes were commited in the process, the court costs all the way down to the electric bill at the court house. rinse and repeat becuase it's not likely that an addict overdoses or commits a criminal act only one time. I'd wager if the we had the direct and indirect cost to institutionalize vs not we'd save some money with the former.
Mike, You are so compassionate, always a new outlook on things in LA to share with us, Thank You👌
thank you Mr.GIV. You have Balls of Titanium showing the real sadness
I like that you add the human and empathy element to it some UA-camrs seem hartless..about this whole story..but you do it as an emphatic reporter
Another good video Mike! Just wanted to say thank you for your compassion for this situation. There will always be people that give you a hard time for making your videos, please continue to ignore them as much as possible. Their anger is simply misplaced. ♥️🤙
Glad to see they're power washing the sidewalks. When I was on the streets (not on Skid Row) they just threw away anything that wasn't moved by 9am (including wheelchairs, prescription drugs, & documents necessary to participate in housing programs) & then didn't clean anything. They didn't even rinse the sidewalk with a garden hose! We had a wonderful lady named Rebecca Trani who came through every other night & collected our trash, sprayed the sidewalks with bleach & distributed trash bags & other cleaning supplies. She put trash cans on every corner in the encampment, but the City threw them away first cleanup after she put them there.
I'm not gonna joke. I'm looking at being homeless again after my current lease is up in March because of my poor credit score. I had a co-signer for this place, but that was through my roommate. I'm not gonna be able to get a place on my own after I leave here, & I'm dreading having to return to living in a van more than you could understand.
I'm too old for this! I'm disabled & living on a fixed & limited income. The rent here eats up over half of it, & I simply don't have enough left over (after basic living expenses. I do not qualify for any government sponsored assistance programs, so I pay for everything out of my own pocket) to pay down any of my past debts that are negatively impacting my credit, so my score continues to plummet.
I worked my whole life, paid taxes, contributed to charity, participated in life as a normal, functioning members of society. I became homeless the first time because the property I was renting was sold in a foreclosure. I was such a good tenant that the investment firm who bought the place at auction kept me on as a rent-paying tenant for 20 more months, until they found a buyer for the property & needed me to vacate. On moving day I fell & injured my knee & had to be taken to the hospital via ambulance. In all the excitement, no one remembered to lock my front door, so when I returned after being discharged from the hospital that night, I returned to find the place completely ransacked, all my valuables & the $3000 cash I'd withdrawn from my bank that morning to give my new landlord for move-in costs that day, gone. I didn't have another $3000 to move. I didn't have enough to move in ANYWHERE.
I lived in cheap motels, rental cars, shelters (which are THE WORST for someone not coming from the subculture of homelessness), on the streets, in tents, & finally in a van I bought. I was out there for 6 years & 4 months. You can't understand how difficult it is to drag yourself out of the quicksand of homelessness once you're in it, the prejudice you face trying to rent a place when you have a gap in your rental history like that. But I finally did it, without the assistance of any programsI, just by pooling my resources with another homeless woman whose father was willing to co-sign for us to get his daughter off the streets. She is a little more entrenched in that subculture of homelessness than I first realized, so it has not gone well, but I'm grateful for the roof over my head, & making the best of it. Our lease here expires in March & I cannot bear the thought of going back to living in a van, but barring a miracle, that's what I'm faced with.
I'm a responsible person who pays my bills on time. I just have a handful of items on my credit (bail for a no good boyfriend I haven't spoken to in years, a rental car that was stolen from me, a cell phone bill I tried to pay with cash but couldn't because I didn't have a State-issued photo ID) that I simply cannot take care of given my current financial situation.
I just wanted to share my story in hopes that people will understand that not every homeless person is a mentally ill, drug-addicted criminal. Some of us are just regular people who have fallen on hard times, & all we need is for someone to give us a chance.
MacArthur Park is on the list to be cleaned up too, they're prepping to fence the park off for the cleanup like they did Echo Park.And then the park will be cleaned up like they did at Echo Park. And all that stuff is tossed into the landfill dump, tents, appliances & so many bikes.
No one is asking where all those tents came from. Most look brand new and just dirty. Why are we treading water and just throwing 200dollar tents at this problem? It is as if the goal is to perpetuate this insane condition! Too many people are employed by the homeless industry. This problem is going to come to a point of combustion one day. Compassion at the cost of EVERY OTHER VIRTUE is just plain wrong. Politicians should have to account for what was spent on their watch. This is craziness. I pay my ridiculous tax bill and I want the homeless cared for.
Give a man a fish, and all you do is feed him FOR A DAY. VOTE OUT THE USELESS!!
@Kev i dont remember Darwin saying anything about a forever safety net that hangs off the edge of California to catch everyone who has become unwelcome everywhere else in the USA, because you get socks and tents and weed and food. You know? ALL THE SAME SHIT WE WORK AND PAY TAXES TO HAVE . ANDIF WE SKIP A YEAR ON TAXES, THEY HAVE A CAGE READY…!
@Kev I’m here in redondo beach, and it’s just as bad. Their taking the bus all the way to the last stop from Santa Monica, which is Redondo . Most are drug addicts and mentally unstable persons. I’ve tried to help 2 homeless by giving them water , blankets, and some food, and they turn around and threaten me for not having any drugs to sell them after 😕
@@brokefun7545 I hope you will escape some day.
@Kev wow you are full of bs!
You should stop pretending your opinions are facts & learn TRUTH.
I'm glad to see this happening, but it begs the question: Now where will they end up? Just going to move to another area and set up their tents. It's like a dog chasing its tail.
That's why you shouldn't be glad of this happening. You Americans always hide everything below the carpet, as long as you can't see it, is not a problem.
They're trying to condense them into one area. I can't remember where. Aunt is involved in some way and was explaining it to us a few months ago.
I seriously hope someone tells the sanitation workers to wear long sleeves and rubber gloves under their work gloves. The homeless have scabies, unique strain of TB, etc. That dude throwing the sleeping bag into the compacter with short sleeves is risking a hell of a lot.
I don’t think the city leaders in Los Angeles intend to do anything about the homeless. It’s the “new normal.”
Nothing can be done by anybody, get real lady.
You're, unfortunately, right. But it's a collective issue, and only together we can make changes. Sending you much love, peace, faith and harmony 💜🦋🌹💫.
The city is. They are building housing for these people but can't force them to take it. What else can be done? It's state and national issue.
The city catered to them . Free syringes , free heroin , they came , they stayed
Why would they do anything about it? They created the problem, now they're stuck with it
Thank you German in Venice for all your hard work.
I think the pallets are for raising a sleeping bag or tent off the ground.
Probably so rain water would flow under them.
Sorta what I said
@Lex Ruth Very sad to think of that
@@lindaterrell5535 You got it - it was a good observation on your part though.
@Lex Ruth Wow tent pallet stackers, God help them.
States need to open up mental health wards and force unmedicated to be committed and to receive treatment.
There are very few such places anymore. See the trend of deinstitutionalization that began in the Carter years but greatly intensified under Reagan.
The Republicans closed those down decades ago.
@@scottcharney1091 Reagan closed down the mental hospitals when he was governor of California. He just emptied them by kicking out all the people, most with no place to go, and told them to go to local clinics for their meds. They were mentally ill and couldn't take care of themselves, including remembering when and where to get their meds. Then Reagan was elected President.
@@tootz1950 Exactly.
You can't help someone who doesn't want to be helped.
I remember when Mayor Roger Hedgecock cleaned up the homelessness in Downtown San Diego back in the 80s....Enforcement of vagrancy laws kept the problem from reoccuring. Public assistance for the homeless went away.
What took place in the 80s as nation isn't happening now.
@@petrinajc I agree…Times are a changin
Love your content bro ....love from Canada
German's sunglasses are on another level 👌
I want some like he has
Pit Vipers?
Never leave your house without camera. Inform our world what is going on in America, even if it is disturbing. Well done.
There’s always enough money for spray paint.
Worked weekends at 5th and central at a warehouse in the late 70's early 80's while going to college. It was a rough area but nothing like this. Just retired and Its now time for me to flee my once beautiful state. Thanks for the memories Ca.
Thank you Mike...for taking the time to keep us informed...pray everyone for a change...prayer needed for all.
We all know praying does nothing... Scientifically proven.. Check it out yourself.
Hey man. Your the real deal! Can you show us what the Tiny Houses look like currently?
@Kazuya Mishima yep
It looks like a pretty looking jail in town. All fenced off, security enforced, small cell rooms, and many rules keeping many homeless people out.
Some have curfews, no filming policy, must be sober, no alcohol or drugs, asked a lot of question when entering, searched, feeling harassed or uncomfortable, limited possessions allowed, etc.
These are one size fits all beds designed by people who don't understand the homeless people or how to help most of them. This might help those who can't afford California's insane rent prices. But most homeless who are struggling in the long term will avoid these places, even the vets. If they wanted to live in jail, they would go to jail.
Its easier to live on the streets, than it is to get clean to live in those places or they rather live in a tent that is bigger than a tiny cell that has little benefit that THEY WANT. But they will keep pushing the homeless into these cleaner and prettier encampments that they are struggling to fill just to make the city look nicer, rather than approach the situation like they are trying to help them resolve with their struggles (the problem isn't being houseless). This is a one sized fits solution, when they need different types of solutions for different issues.
@@TylerWitucki that all sound nice but you are talking about a complex and very expensive set of solutions. In the real world it isnt that easy and in the meantime we need to have public streets that aren't full of excrement, crime, disease and lawlessness. The citizens, homeowners and business owners deserve to live and operate in an area that isnt so intensely harmful. I dont know what the answer is but I do know we cant have shit, piss and crime filled streets like that
*you're
@@lh7801 California has been neglecting the homeless for YEARS and the problem has gotten worse because of the failed policies and spending.
One example: 13 years of building severely over budget $100 BILLION rail line that's still having issues in development.
California has the highest rate of chronic homelessness in the country at 36 percent, with 21 percent of the national homeless population.
California has one of the worst spending budgets of any state but it can do that because of the high state taxes they receive which is intended to be spent to resolve community issues such as homelessness (36% homelessness is way too high).
It's not that complicated just look at the success of other places. Finland has adopted a "housing first" strategy with actual apartments to live in not tiny cells. Housing first emphasizes the importance of having stable living conditions before looking for a job and working on psychological problems.
In the long term homeless people become tenants with a tenancy agreement, which requires them to pay rent and operating costs. Helps people transition into a section 8 like housing environment (affordable living, again not a jail like place or several barriers to entry).
Not only has this reduced homelessness, Finland now spends 15,000 Euros less per homeless person each year, as a result of less emergency situations that follow assaults, injuries, and breakdowns among other benefits. California is approaching homelessness all wrong.
No rose coloured glasses could make anything look better in this situation absolutely depressing 🤔😞
Youd be surprised
It looks better compared to Philly's Kensington Ave, the worst of the worst!
@@vegas1a definitely the garbage all over no reprieve from the walking dead so seriously sad 😞
@@sergedotcom I feel for you 💯if you are living this as It’s quite extensive 🙏✌️
Reno gets lucky it is so cold homeless regularly change their mind and go leech back into California where it doesn't get as cold at night. 26 degrees last night. 10-11-2021.
I can’t imagine the smell. Thank you, GIV, for your great tour of this area, so sorry you fell. 😘
I go down there occasionally to shop ( the alleys where all the shops are) right in the middle of all of these streets. It smells horrendous. I’m sure I don’t need to describe, but imagine the smell of port o potties spilled out onto concrete. Baking in the sun. Bad.
just check your maxipad for good comparison
You can smell it as soon as you drop off the 10 freeway. I usually take the looooong way around if anything takes me near downtown. The whole DTLA/Hollywood/Venice area began to smell really offensive a few years ago. At least in Venice the marijuana and patchouli camouflage it some. But even all the flowers in the flower district in DTLA can't mask that stench he's in here.
Pee n poop
What a huge problem. I can only imagine the stench!🤢.
Thanks for another amazing video GiV.
It's sad at 6:53 that GIV says "the sidewalks are back to normal" meaning back to being covered with tents and filth.
Rather than elected officials raising the standards, it's easier to lower the bar and little by little things get worse. The public will accept almost anything if you just do it slowly. We have an extremely short attention span. All of a sudden we wake up and see the nightmare and start asking how could this happen. Who elected these fools? I did!
@@ohnomrbill7984 Yes indeed sir. Like slowly boiling frogs, they never know they are being cooked and serve.d
Thank you Michael another great video, 66,000 homeless in LA wow that's a lot. Its a never ending battle cleanings the streets Skid row is a long standing problem. I do hope they do convert Eagle Rock parking lot into a homeless city. 👍
I wonder if the man with the bicycle art has been cleaned up. He had so many bicycles stacked up, would he still be there?
? 😬
Maybe he saw the error of his ways, got into a rehab program to kick his drug addiction, and returned all of those stolen bikes to the ppl of LA.
@Kazuya Mishima
So that justifies him stacking all those bikes and contributing to trashing the city even more?
@Kazuya Mishima proof?
@Kazuya Mishima lol
Love your commentary. I can feel your empathy.
When inter viewed so many are from out of state and say, "I came because there is no rules and you get free shit". So many are free will travelers. Great content GIV. By the way whichever gangs turf you set up on you pay rent one way or another!
That is what is going on here in Seattle as well, lawlessness is promoted.
Along with the climate, and the phenomenon of other states busing their homeless to CA.
Most people do not know that. So, allowing tent cities contributes to income for the gangs. Great.
Good job you have the voice and talent!! For wilderness wildlife documentary!! Nice tone in your voice.. love your videos.. thank you!!
I used to think about repurposing closed military bases for housing the homeless. There are already barracks for sleeping areas and other structures to set up clinics and care facilities.
Seems like most of them could also support gardens of some kind for growing vegetables.
Maybe get some arts and crafts going on for the 🎨 artsy types and have sales here and there to involve the communities.
For the homeless who are ex-military, they'd probably feel better there, too.
I don't.know about now but 30 yrs ago when they closed down a military base surrounding Not For Profits got first choice of the facilities. The residents in the neighboring towns didn't want the Not. For Profits, because the towns didn't to replace all the Lost jobs and business that a Military base produces. The Not for Profits Sold their buildings to developers for Big $$!.and took the money back to the inner City where their original mission was. The homeless usually don't do Well with rules and living together in one shelter. My Sister worked in a Shelter. The homeless came sleep, maybe showered, took supplies and left. Came back mostly when they needed something. .Lots of mental issues and self medication.
Our stupid mayor will try to blame all this crap on Republicans, while they ran this city into the ground. Good Job brother.
There's one already out in the desert called Slab City. All the homeless could be bused there and live out their lives like free-range chickens.
Hay Mike thanks for your latest update. So encedebly sad! I believe it will get worse with the most resent evictions. Makes me feel humble and blessed. Keep up your grate coverage. I used to love L, A. Now just scary. :(
Thank you to all the Workers here for Your hard work . Hauling off everybody’s trash & washing off everybody’s waste ... is keeping the community healthier
Glad they are finally cleaning it up a bit.. It really was adding up over the pandemic. I drive through here all the time.
Play that music all you want, like we are suppose to be so sad about it.
I travel the world, even the poorest of countries are not like this
I use to work on skidrow. You sometimes need to force people to help themselves. The city will put them in free housing many times and many will choice to go back to the street. They need to be told they can't go back to the street. You know many people can be evicted now and rent has gotten so high in cal until low wage families cannot afford a home. Where will they go?
In the 80's when I worked on LA's Skid Row, there were no tents, no trash, just some cardboard to sleep on. It was much nicer back then.
Nicer for who?
You always do a great job presenting a humane and honest look at life in the down and out side of LA. Not just another California hater video of despair porn.
Absolute madness there, Thanks for sharing this Mike!
Thank u for sharing these vids. It's very heartbreaking no matter how many times I see it in person or on vid. city officials have been dragging to address this issue that only keeps on adding up.
So, they clean the area up and ppl go right back on to it? ?
@Ivan Guijosa lol now thats the American dream right there
Obviously there was no plan to move these people elsewhere, so they will return & rebuild with their tents. Mike needs to do a follow-up video in 6 months-or less to illustrate the change. If they have nowhere to live, then where?
@Ivan Guijosa lol
He said the clean up crew works 6 days a week, rotate to different street then will come back this steet to clean up again.
Wasting water during a water shortage
Thanks for your unique blog.
Mike, the hours you put into these video's are greatly appreciated. No one does it like you, your Vlog's are more in depth than any News channel's TV story. I for one hope you keep up the great work reporting on our homeless issues. Sorry for your occasional injuries Thank You! 👍
Hello from Philippines, New subscriber and I would say I enjoy watching all of your videos from past til the present, enjoying the Arnold impression!!!! Hopw to get 1 of your cap. stay safe Mike.
I wondered why the pandemic didn't take any homeless people, it left them alone! You would think they would be the hardest hit.
They didn't know about it....
Bingo! Why I wonder, maybe we should ask that question to Fauci!
@@shafersshafers5231 perculier....
@@mangelpaaideer why hasn’t it affected the homeless as much as the people that took the shot wear masks and 6 feet apart is the question. Isn’t that a mystery? Maybe you can figure it out or … what IS peculiar? 🤔
@@shafersshafers5231 I think personally that the tests, have given a lot of false positive.... Im gonna sound like a conspiracy teorist, if I go any further than that......
Great video as always...so sad so many people have nowhere to go..but alot bring it on themselves when there offering shelter and they dont except it.
I think that if I was living on the street, I’d try to have as little as possible. In a bug out bag.
I wish I could have a magic trunk with expanded inside capacity like in “Fantastic Beasts and where to find them” to hold my stuff, I’d make the inside of mine like a theater or an opera house.
you have a brain. they do not.
you can't get it all into a backpack. but you can get the important stuff into one. The extra clothing, TP, litter and litter pan, pee jars etc go into a couple of half full (each) 55 gallon drum liners. You can leave that stuff on the chained up bike and only rarely will it disappear on you. It's normally not worth hauling around on foot.. The pack and its goodies, tho you can never be without. I never let it out of my sight during the 2 months it once took me to get a college loan and a vehicle
Mike you do a great job showing how many homeless there are.Its so sad
@German in Venice, I guess the question everybody would love to ask is, considering everything you show, how is it possible that you still like it over there?
Weather . All homeless from cold states like Chicago hitchhike to California to be homeless there in Dec jan and Feb
@@whathandleUtalkabt Alot of them also come from Southern Red states as well like Louisiana,Alabama,Tennessee, Some parts of Texas and Florida. Not all these homeless folks are from California. A lot of them also come down from Oregon and Washington and that also includes illegal immigrants coming through from Canada.
Great videos just found you today and I'm binging all your videos.
This is what happens when you churn out babies, people, without the love, respect, and work required by the parents who create life. Same is true for the politicians that use these poor people for financial gain.
This is what happens when Republicans close the mental hospitals, when Republicans make birth control nearly impossible to get, when Republicans encourage tons of immigration (Reagan declared "amnesty" to millions in the 1980s) when Republicans won't allow affordable housing, and so on. Frankly, the Communist countries have done a better job of caring for their people and that's what a lot of younger people are interested in now - Communism/Socialism because compared to the US, it's a win.
@@alexcarter8807 Blaming Republicans for a problem where they haven't held any significant political power for decades. Nice!
But Abortion is not has not been banned, therefore this is not a by product of wanting a ban on abortion. Only a product of Democrat politicians that speak largely and do nothing.
Pallets are used as a foundation to keep one elevated from concrete to avoid wet floors specially during the rainy days.
This is the definition of insanity...doing the same thing over again and expecting different results!
Take abandoned buildings and turn them into apartments!
You gonna pay for the renovation? Or should they raise the already astronomical taxes in California?
@@SrRAFAGAS
Ask the 1% to fit the bill.
They wipe their a** with $100 bills.
@fennyellis3366 Why do you entitled to other people's money? Regardless of amount, stil THEIR money.
@@SrRAFAGAS
Because, charity begins at home.
Please feel free to get in the last word....
I'm happy to see the clean up. There is so many programs to help them get back on there feet, but they wont accept the help.
They do a good job cleaning up
And I hope they can help those people too
Thank you for filming this and in a respectful way of the people. It just dumbfounds me that the news want to send out fear of Covid when obviously it is not as big as threat as homelessness and mental health and drug problems. This is a sarcastic remark. "Maybe if they got vaccinated then they would be better off" Sorry. I'm mad that in the US anyone could be homeless and uncared for. And yes... before someone makes a remark. I do help the homeless and people in need.
*there's a fine line between empathy and projection*
Cool glasses. Your leg looks very sore . And you still carried on blogging for us .kind man heart of gold xxxaustralia
Even if it's not making a difference yet, you mention they repeat the same street every week. That may "eventually" make an impact and push people to get fed up with being harassed and they'll accept housing. Maybe. Always gotta hope, this is better than nothing.
Thanks GIV. Stay safe
Imagine all the work it requires to be homeless? Gathering clothes and building materials, making a house on the sidewalk, digging through dumpsters, standing on the corners begging for change, pushing shopping carts for miles. So why can't these people work for the city? Or Amazon?
I feel like a huge percentage of these people have simply chosen this lifestyle, the amazing weather there makes it easy to do and all the people who give to them and support them and the lack of enforcement lets them do it.
If it is true that they are all simple "mentally ill" or "drug addicts" or etc., then they need to be institutionalized, locked up, or whatever.
I propose we pick a state, like Nebraska, and build a huge facility there and send all the nations homeless to a huge camp where there are rehabilitated off of drugs, trained to do some sort of work and then released after a year with some money earned while working.
The ones who can't work or won't work remain there.
I think as tax payers we would all contribute to this simply to make them go away.
It would be better for them and the environment and would also make people think twice about choosing to be "homeless".
The one's that are picked up, will no longer be homeless. They will have a home. Just not on our sidewalks.
@Perksnstrips II They need to be close to their drugs, so if you sent them to a remote location, they would just find their way back. My elderly father won't move in with or near any of his children because he doesn't want to leave the small town where his supplier (doctor) lives. He hasn't said this - I have figured it out over time. He's addicted to oxy physically and mentally, and doesn't want to get off it. Under our healthcare system, it costs nothing for those pills (pensioner and medicare subsidised medication). One day he will just die alone in his mobile home/trailer.
@@soulburst How about that Hobo Mark Twain that pees on Spring past 7th every morning and then shits on Main just past 9th every afternoon. You have to see that guy.
Nebraska is way to cold. I grew up there.
Uhm a lot of homeless people deny housing cause prefer to do drugs and live on there own accord. Cancel culture bro
@@Polemic-2525 That's the point, a place they don't want to be, to make them get their stuff together. I can't afford to live in Venice and I'm rich! Why do these people get to live there? lol
Hello German In Venice- Thank you for your channel .Please be safe
It's estimated that almost 1\4 of these folks were put on busses from other cities/states and sent here with one way tickets. Their own municipalities failed them and sent the "problem" to Skid Row. If y'all would like to help, check out the mission on 5th and Wall. They're exceptional people working day and night to help these people in every way they can. They can always use donations. It's the heart of Skid row. Spend a few hours there and you'll truly START to understand the plight of these people.
The only way to help addicts who won't seek treatment is to force it on them. Mandatory rehab stays, monitored sober living houses, or institutionalizing is the only solution. Letting them stay on the streets shooting up till they OD is not kindness.
Probably more than 70%. From all the interviews I’ve seen it was majority out of State.
@@mrs.h2725 It's almost impossible to help someone that doesn't want to be helped without violating their civil rights. Remember, thousands of these people are here because the mental health institute that were helping these people were shut down to behind with. Ca and other states don't want to " waste " their tax dollars helping the mentally ill, which Is estimate is 80 percent of the folks living down here. It's a super complicated issue.
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@@joeh8909 This isn't twitter. You can edit the mistakes in your reply.
I just found your YT-channel, and I'm hooked already 😁✌.
You can see how hard life can be in your videos, but at the same time you can see how beautiful it is. I especially like the street art (graffiti) I see in your videos. Keep making good videos, greetings from Finland! 🇫🇮😎🙏
So they're pressure washing sidewalks so everyone can just move across the street? I don't get it
They aren’t solving the problem … just applying a bandaid to a cancer
@@TrollHunterxXx must be the "if you can't Dazzle them with Brilliance baffle them with bullshit" angle that Gavin Newsom is so good at
It’s a sanitation issue and fire a prevention issue. They don’t want to push the homeless into other areas and they don’t want to mass incarcerate homeless ppl.
@@xteb65 what better way to perpetuate Perpetual homelesness🤣🤪
They periodically powerwash the sidewalks to help clear the human waste for sanitation and for smell.
What a cesspool Cali is, No way I'd ever spend any money in Cali when crap like this is going on. If I live there I would refuse to pay taxes. Property taxes or any taxes. This is crazy.
A few of my friends actually had to abandon their homes in CA and in Las Vegas, NV when they moved out.
Thank you for showing this..
How nice for them , free maid cleaning service ,then move right back in !
Sorry you fell, GiV❤️.
They truly need to do this a lot more often these people are probably sick from diseases being in their own filth. And going down the drains not healthy for anybody in the community
What's the point of cleaning it up when there gonna be new tents pitched in a matter of day or two 🤦♂️
Part of California's homelessness industry
Its for show..its just for political PR and more $$$
What happens if you stop cleaning your house?
Those clean ups are important. I wonder what happens during and before the Olympics.
Thanks for sharing Mike, God bless everybody that lives on Sid row and didn't know that Sid row been around for a long time it shouldn't be a Sid row, I never hear anybody helping people on Sid row to wear a mask or get vaccinated
Believe it is hard enough to think at all when you are addicted let alone think 24 hours ahead with any urgency. My 96;yr old aunt is a hoarder and she is suspicious if you just try to take out the normal garbage. Its tough hoarding is a real mental problem
Anger is a constant problem especially with meth users.
Good thing they got rid of those plastic straws.
Now, I surely hope there are already plans to build mental institutions for these people.
Right in your bedroom.
Gracias amigo! Me encantan sus videos porque son tan interesantes. Sigue así!
Who owns the commercial buildings in skid row? Are they empty? I can’t imagine they can be utilized in any profitable manner.
They're all occupied, the owners were powerless to move the homeless .
@@pourindiesel no, they are not. All it takes is a ski mask, a ball bat and being a hardass. They are pussies, so they get taken advantage of. Tough shit.
I hope those sanitation workers are well paid because they spend the whole day dealing with the worst kinds of filthy trash.
Housing the homeless is harder than you think,the first thing that should be addressed is drug addiction and then mental health issues before they can take care of a apartment.
Thank you for showing the REAL LA !!! Alot ppl in Europe or somewhere else have no damn clue ... But to "clean up" and actual REMOVE the homeless definitely WON'T solve the problem !!! !!!
Do u know where the ppl have to go after they "cleaned up" ?!?!
I'm married to an American which was on the streets in the 90's for year's . He made it back into "society" ... So i know what's going on tho and see also what's going on in America then and now .
Thousands of homeless go missing each week sent to organ harvesting factories/prison like astablishments run by freemasons and the NWO.
My life is in danger by posting this message.
I live in LOST Angeles, these "cleanups" do nothing. Either they come back the same or next day OR spread out over the city. Everywhere on the sides of the highways, about every Highway exit & every underpass you will see tents & shanty towns. Rows of dilapidated RV's. Its spreading like an aggressive cancer. And to be honest, that is happening ALL OVER California & growing exponentially.
See the other comments about the phenomenon of homeless people coming West for the climate, or being shipped there via bus from other states.
And yet your state and municipalities keep voting in the same people who started this issue..
@@ColumbianSpirit Started this issue? Deinstitutionalization was bipartisan.
@Don Juan Your source for that?
@@scottcharney1091 I didn't say that you're voting in Republicans or Democrats. I said you're voting in the same people that caused this. Shit politicians that shouldn't have a job.
These videos are so humbling.
Showing you reality, vs the illusion media shows people, as if California is perfect, all rainbows n sunshine
The homeless situation is crazy in California they just set up wherever they please my cousin lives in California and he talked to one guy and he chooses to be homeless because he saved a lot of money he can afford to live in a house but he said why saving a lot of money this way I don't get it I'm not saying this is everybody
Mass homelessness has several contributing factors, including: "Economic Dislocation", "Reduced Social Safety Nets", "Failed Housing Policy", "Mass Incarceration", "Family Instability", and other "Individual Causes" including mental health and physical wellness.
Pray for the homeless people
Thanks Democrats
What a load of shit- most are offered housing and refuse
The previous Commie establishment had the answer : Gulags . Unfortunately they took ordinary folk too.
Scientifically proven praying does nothing..
@@kensims4086 😹😹😹😹😹😹😹
I live only 2 miles east of here and it’s amazing how Los Angeles how and what is happening here. Yeah : many people really don’t care or are numb to it. Life here in Los Angeles is very very difficult to be honest… it’s a hard city to live in. I still love it but who knows what’s going to happen…
So the homeless are providing employment for the Sanitation department.
@@mizzmia4407 Vicious cycle I guess.
No they're not providing employment. They're not hiring people nor signing checks. You're a moron trying to frame it in a way that doesn't make sense.
Shoutout to the workers cleaning the streets that’s a dirty job.
Aggressive..that’s a great point. And aggressive it what the city needs to be .
Thank You for sharing 💖
I used to admire Downtown LA so much as a child when I moved to the states. I remember my dad and I going and walking all around. Later when I went to USC I again re connected with it and used to walk there and back all the time from USC.
Now I would not visit at all. The city is completely lost and overrun by broke woke elitists who are letting pride in their ideology destroy relationships with industry fix these issues. As a landlord who mostly manages working class units, I would neeeeeverr do business in LA. When I’m viewed as an enemy, the last thing I would do is try and do business there. Hopefully working class people will realize that it’s not their landlord or local shop owner that is the enemy, but rather it’s the city leadership and woke elitists that spread lies about “capitalist” landlord and business owners.
Well said.