Homeless encampment the real skid row Downtown Los Angeles california
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- Опубліковано 25 сер 2024
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Today I went to downtown Los Angeles to the original skid row I saw all the homeless encampment set up on the sidewalk in Los Angeles downtown shelters were giving out free food to the homeless you won’t believe it if I just tell you you really have to see it to believe it how big the homeless problem got in downtown Los Angeles hopefully the city will be ableTo solve the problem in the future
I've been homeless. Ive been on drugs for 15 years. And clean for a year. You can't help someone that won't help them self.
Drug and alcohol addiction are very evil things man... God bless stay safe
But Thank God, it sounds like you did. Peace to you !
True, but not all homeless people are druggies. A few years back, after my landlord raised my rent, I became homeless. While working two jobs I lived in my car for several months. I've never done drugs in my entire life. I've never even had a beer, let alone a drop of any other type of alcohol. The homeless situation exploded when landlords became extra greedy and raised the rent on those who couldn't afford to pay more. While the cost of living has increased, salaries have stagnated. If it happened to me, it can happen to anyone. Today's homeless consist of families, people who have jobs (sometimes more than one job), those like me who had their rent increased ... and such. Since our government doesn't care its' up to all of us to be kinder and more understanding. While I'm no longer homeless, I will never forget the way that people treated me during that time .... as if I was a leper or something. Shameful !!!!!!!
THANK YOU !!!
So true your right 100%
this is exactly what the media should be showing.
Watching videos like these makes me straighten up, and get motivated to keep working and keep staying in college. I sometimes get really down and hopeless but these video sbring me back. TY
Well said . I wished i had the opporunity to finish up school and get high degrees .I was living in third world country at the time and I did not have the financial means to do that . In fact, i went thru extreme hardships . Now i am in 47 year old and I truly believe in getting great education but i have responsability so I work but i cant finish what i started because its simply expensive to go to a college here in usa and i got no time for that either. You defenitely dont wanna end up like these people . Remember that doing drugs also can get you in situation like this even if you are highly educated .
Same here!
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Seek God Kingdom & everything will add. !
Thanks i alwaiys your videos thankyou.
I was homeless, got into drugs went to prison, and then I got to know Jesus and he changed my life...Heaven came through for me in my finances too, getting $50,000 in 2months. I can support God's work and give back to my community. God is more than enough! Now I have a new identity and am a child of God
I'm 28 and have been looking for ways to be successful, please how??
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Wow, that's a lot! How do you manage to earn that much every month?
After watching this…I feel so blessed to have a small home and not a lot of money but enough that I don’t have to live on the street. This video shows how blessed so many of us are.
Hard work and determination aren't being blessed, nobody handed you anything
I got a traveling job and get to go home every weekend to small town paradise surrounded by some of the best fishing lakes in the world
@@mothertruckersparadise3260 Most of us have privilege's that were not aware. One of those privilege's is not being mentally ill as many of those people on skid row are.
@@jeanp.5929 that's not a privilege . Your misunderstanding that word.
@@mothertruckersparadise3260 I'm not talking about hard work and determination being a privilege, I'm talking about not being mentally ill. I think you didn't understand that.
When I see this it makes me so grateful that I have the basics in life. A roof over my head and food to eat. And somewhere to shower and use the toilet. Praise God.
amen
"Praise God"
Time for you to change religions
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If you did drugs or was crazy like most of them you would be just like them
@@mtnmaniac8406 their is no such thing as a soul or spirt
Not everyone who is homeless is in a mental or physical state which will allow for intervention/ help... these are rough times, and the game has changed in ways that there's no return from. You are doing us a great service by posting this clip, thank you.
Yea so why are they here I wonder? We have tons of jobs, but that those take getting up every morning and having enough self respect not to end up like this.
@@vietnamvet4533 You're assuming that everyone has the capacity to hold down a job? Pay their bills, take care of themselves? You answered your own question. That's not the case with these guys.
It’s nice to see people from outside of the USA filming these areas.
A lot of my foreign friends believe all Americans have nice houses and cars. I have to show them videos like this to give them a real perspective.
as a european i thought that in the 90's...but the last 5-6 years especially, changed drastically. In my country we have free healthcare, pensioners get their medicine for free, women get 1 year paid maternity leave and their job back, if she has twins, she gets 2 years paid, everyone inherits a home from their family so we have no homeless people, no petty crime (like in london where they rob tourists blind on the street) - the crime we have is organized crime (and u know how that goes) I've seen unfortunately many people denying help by emergency services because of the cost of healthcare, if they have no insurance. It's quite a different picture than say, 20 years ago.
I lost everything in a time of a market crash and a mental breakdown. It's funny how fast friends "step back". I just minded my own business and depended on the kindness of strangers. It took me years to "get back on my feet". I've always worked in banking/mortgage and have owned by own businesses and now a legal assistant. I couldn't go to a shelter because I had a dog. She probably saved my life. But I can see how some people could not do what I "happened to do". I don't claim to be strong. I had angels help me and to this day. People that were strangers that came into my life in the last 6 years and treat me like family. NOT everyone is as lucky as me. I am so ever grateful . People NEED to see the videos you post.
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Thank you for sharing Linda. I’m glad you’re doing well now
Seems you missed out on true friendships, that's sad. If something happened to me, I would have a list of several hundred people I could rely on for giving me a job or just some quick cash or shelter as needed. After immediate family, the top tier of 10 friends or so would likely be all I need because they are true friends who would never allow me to spiral in to nothing.
This picture of a young lady slumped over, the law should be made to pick her up and get her help. Imagine if ones daughter was out there slumped over. What a world we live in.
I'm glad you're doing ok Linda
The worst part about all of this is that they are sorrounded by so much wealth and people who ''care'' about ''equality''.
Why? Do you really believe that giving these people money would help them? This looks more like a consequence of closing nearly all psychiatric asylums. It's as bad as downtown Vancouver, and that's saying something.
@@freddexta3363 you don't have to give them the money directly. They have the resources to employ smart people who understand these issues. Let them create the best solutions and than finance those solution and see what happens. Some of these billionaires have to step up and face this issue with zero need to profit. The problem is getting bigger and bigger. It has an impact on the entire society
@@armin38822 Looks like the majority of these people are so damaged by years of using illegal and legal drugs that they are not either mentally or physically able to hold down a steady job anymore. And some were probably mentally not competent to look after themselves before they got on the streets. I'm the furthest thing from being an expert on street life, but what else do you do besides just warehousing them someplace away from residential areas? It sounds like just about everything else has been tried and found wanting. All well and good to talk about smart people and financing solutions, but the options seem very limited for rehabilitating most of these people and restoring them to a normal, disciplined, productive worklife.
@@freddexta3363 there are a few with way too much and there are some with barely anything who are just rotting away.. that is why
@@ryansymons8915 And that looks terrible, I agree. The thing is, their problems are on the inside and giving them more goods or cash will not make any difference in the long term. I 'm not one of the billionaires of this world so the idea that you should tax them more so there is more to give to the drug addicted streetperson doesn't cost me anything, but I disagree with it as a long term strategy, because it doesn't fix the man or woman who doesn't want to be fixed or who is not fixable, humanly speaking.
as a older American your doing a great job we need to see this.....thanks to the german man in America.
Seeing this on Christmas 2022 is an eye-opener. Thanks for your work in helping Angelinos to see their less-fortunate neighbors.
I was on the streets for a long time. Finally got a rotting farm house with shit all over the walls and floors to live in while I tended to animals, saved money, moved to an apartment, moved again, bought a car, found a wife, , , you can do it too. I work 18hrs a day to maintain right now. I study programming whenever I can. Hopefully that study will help me lessen some hours and work a better job than the factory and hotel i am pairing together.
Programming is an excellent choice!! Good luck my friend❤️
Keep going!
Well done, bro. That's a great achievement. If you're stuck down a very deep hole with no ladder or no rope, it's very hard to get yourself out. That's where I am right now but your post gives me inspiration.
@Awhoo Thunder Well now he has dignity, regular food and a roof over his head. You think homeless people are free? They're manacled to the streets, relying on handouts and the pittance the government gives them.
@Awhoo Thunder if you think so. lol
What people don't want to acknowledge, how dirty Los Angeles has become.
Yeah Ive never understood LA's appeal, every time I go its always dirty and smelly
@@snowchips9596 yeah, people don’t actually visit downtown L.A. unless they are going to the Staples Center, other than that, it’s a mess. Traffic is terrible and lots of one way streets, too.
@@snowchips9596 so tell me why do you go then knowing its dirty and smelly and full off homeless people, you contradict your self
@Richardo Franzie - Rucktardo Fruckie
Dirty economy, dirty politics, dirty city.
Thanks for sharing 😢 I be trucked all over USA and Canada! All the cities have this problem.❤
You are beautiful, no one knows how bad it is until someone records the problem, and is brave enough to do it like yourself, I commend you for this!! Thank you!! 😸
Well said.
He’s only showing the downtown area. This stretches to parks (echo park), river beds, bridge underpasses, the space between freeways and homes, between offramp and offramp in EVERY community in Los Angeles County and neighboring counties.
yea, you can’t even be proud to be from socal anymore, it was fucking beautiful now look at it :/
@@caseymoore4759 Sunland isn't la County fam
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He said that hotels are empty, why don’t anyone use them?
Yeah lol the encampments he showed were all pretty mild, it’s a lot worse irl here
I left LA making $15 an hour living out of my car. I moved somewhere with a better economy and better cost of living. I have a 3 bedroom house now. LA is for the rich only. It is an unforgiving wasteland for anyone else.
Convince gov to let everyone have an acre of free tax free fertile land to grow a food forest on and live on.
End farm subsidies. End tax
breaks to farms exsept those who grow healthy vegan food for human consumption exsept no large mono crops.
End mandatory school, ged and hsd requirements, age limits, minimum wage, and exsessive regs.
People should be able to learn how to do a good job they want so they can afford a house and car before 18.
For those who and whos parents cant afford it, chairty (where the donar gets a full non refundable tax credit that carrys over for an unlimited number of years) and or the about 180,000dollars spent on k thru 12 per student could pay for it and trash k thru 12 and some of that money could be used to promote more independence and healthy living.
The lack of low income/affordable housing out there is terrible. Its an easy fix they blaintenly choose not to do. When i moved to florida, i found subsidized housing within about 3 months and was able to build my life back from there.
True. So, to where did you move?
Ok LA has a lot of rich people what's that got to do with you living in a tent on the street.
Those people are being taxed out of existence.
I was homeless and a meth addict for 30years been clean almost 9 months got a place. Life is good! If I can do it anyone can. You just got to want it! Thank you for your videos, I really love them.
❤ I'm proud of you. ❤
These people are fellow humans. To those of us in the US, these are our countrymen and women. Painful to watch. Thank you German in Venice for sharing this story with the world. May God bless you and those who you work to help.
Y’all don’t realize Los Angeles isn’t what you think it is. There’s homeless people everywhere and trash everywhere. We can’t afford it here when we grew up here it’s sad
Blame the democrats tax and spending
We do realize because you see it all over UA-cam and news.
@@muffintop420 depends on what news. A lot of the news ignores it.
Blame yourself for electing the ones in charge who have destroyed CA
@@buckberthod5007 the idiots outweigh people with a sound state of mind unfortunately. Some real whackos out there that just keep on voting for awfulness
I was homeless for a year in 2019, it's the most humiliating and disgusting experience. Only prison is a worse hell on earth.
100% agree!
I think being a rich greedy a-hole is way more disgusting and should be humiliated
At least in prison everything is provided for you
@@blankblank7101 I would think the meal plan isn’t debatable in prison
@@jodyguilbeaux8225 I wouldn’t make that assumption
Thank you for filming this because of the diverse circulation that you have for your videos. The number of viewers who comment on this as if they are seeing this for the first time...sigh, well now you know. And it's not just LA, it's on most large American urban areas.
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You're showing us what our leaders refuse to show us. They don't want the world to see this because it's a negative reflection of their leadership. Truth hurts
Speak for your democrat leaders.
pity, people see whats there, but make up their own stories.
@@bigbaba1111 Republicans if they cared enough would’ve done something too but I could see a lot less over there
@@australium7374 all the money will not help when California has a culture of lawlessness and pro crime mentality.
You don't have leaders.
Dude, they’re NOT living. They’re existing in the streets.
Well they are technically doing both
There are people that are just existing in a home.
We've got to brainstorm! What can we do about this? Something must be done because it's getting worse! We've got to do it the politicians don't care!
They are Dying in the Streets...
Somewhere exists an Album of photographs of them as Happy Children...Think about that
The saddest thing is this has become normalized to most Americans, they don't understand how shocking and unacceptable this actually is.
Thanks for showing us about the reality. I innocently thought LA is a prestigious city like what the media always shows us. Although I'm coming from a developing country, the homeless problem here isn't as rampant as what has been shown in the video.
SAN DIEGO is becoming like this too....i left there to be in my small trailer. i was homless in san diego for a year with my family- i even had 2 +jobs still couldnt make it....im so grateful for you to point out that we need to help out eachother
Portland Oregon is becoming like this , sad side of America that many parts of the world don’t see ..
Because liberals run it
Very true , it’s not the Portland I grew up in , happy I’ve moved away from the city .. it’s much better living in the middle of nowhere
So true I moved from L.A to Portland for the better quality of life but I see Portland on a fast track to LA
Austin is too 😐
right the Demonocrat states are fuked up people are so blind it's like look what the fuk is going on there trying to turn us into 3rd world country and it's fuked up
This is not skid row anymore, its more like skid city.
Hey know they get help n food so they stay there..they need a nice farm to live and work on ...possible marijuana farm keep the workers get the rest on ssi ship em on
@@187lynne yeah right... put em on a marijuana farm that makes sense( to someone with a low IQ) none of that made sense btw.
@@7hundredd840 🙂 Hi! What percentage of these people are 🎯 targeted?
@@Prd64twl targeted? Care to elaborate a bit more ? Never mind I got a quick gist of it.. crazy stuff to imagine things like that happen but I have heard of similar things as well,, Im very open minded and believe things like that are happening
And soon to be skid country.
Thanks for showing us this. I appreciate and am thankful what I have even more now.
The fact that this is allowed to happen in this country is fucking Criminal! Every one of those damned politicians in those localities need to be put in jail for the rest of their damn life
Looks more like Death Row how they’re all just waiting for the moment to die, exhausted from fighting a losing war
Convince gov to let everyone have an acre of free tax free fertile land to grow a food forest on and live on.
End farm subsidies. End tax
breaks to farms exsept those who grow healthy vegan food for human consumption exsept no large mono crops.
End mandatory school, ged and hsd requirements, age limits, minimum wage, and exsessive regs.
People should be able to learn how to do a good job they want so they can afford a house and car before 18.
For those who and whos parents cant afford it, chairty (where the donar gets a full non refundable tax credit that carrys over for an unlimited number of years) and or the about 180,000dollars spent on k thru 12 per student could pay for it and trash k thru 12 and some of that money could be used to promote more independence and healthy living.
@@bvegannow1936 Might be a good idea if they gave inner city kids a good education so they could learn something and get a good job. The schools are sh.. Just look at the schools in Irvine they are great. When the politicians stop stealing LA’s taxes and put it into schools then we might see some change.
@@gr8macaw1 more money into schools rewards the bad behavior just produces more crappy schools and more crappy education. The education system needs to be reformed, it doesnt need more money, it needs to be made more efficent and actually teach useful info that is tailored to the individuals needs for the job they want. Not just teach them one size fits all useless education they forget after the test and will never use.
Individuals should get vouchers for private job training. I think that would be a step in the right direction.
Tax funded education should focus on individualized job training, not retarded one size fits all info that less than 1% of the students taught it would ever potentially use.
@@bvegannow1936 education can be done online, efficiently
1 site nationwide, k through doctorate degrees. We are wasting 99.9% of our efforts, all for an authoritarian system, designed only for the few at the top.
The money & resources are there, and in abundance, to fix EVERY trouble.
To solve the homeless issue, simply take some greenhouse plastic, a few clones & cannabis seeds to the river bank. The poor grow much better weed than the wealthy & consumers know it.
The black market could not compete either.
United Way & 211 are not helping the homeless, but they pretend only to stop anyone else from helping. The wealthy depend on the homeless to keep wages low & prices high.
Even this language & all verbal or written languages contribute to the trouble.
We are spirits, born with a far, FAR superior language, which is non-verbal.
Each & every time a human speaks, their thoughts are broadcast & no longer just inside. I do not speak out of faith, or belief, as I simply remember.
I KNOW.
@@jamescarrington5130 there are a lot of things that can be done online and should be done a lot. Would save a shit ton of money, time and is a lot more convenient
It's not just in LA or any other big cities in the USA. You started seeing this pattern worldwide. It's sad. Praying for humanity 🙏
Germany also has a huge homeless problem.
Too late for damn prayer's!!!!!! Rich greedy people could help a lot ! I hope they all go to hell !! F........ Hollywood !!!!!
Fiat currencies ruined everything.
Praying you feel better and nobody else because it’s the most useless thing to do
@hcaz revaew it’s people fault who has chosen live there, take drugs and don’t work sucking money from others
I watch these videos and reminds me of how good my life is despite whatever problems i have. Im humbled and thankful for what i have. I go to work and try to live a good life. Im not perfect or rich but im happy
Thank you for caring.
Dude well done for documenting this. The truth must be told.
I can 100 percent assure you that Jesus is the way, the truth, and the life. He did the ultimate act of love for mankind in being crucified, being buried, and rising again on the third day. God made Jesus to be sin for us, though Jesus knew no sin. Through Jesus we can be saved, he bore our sins on the cross.
100% accurate. I've seen it. It's wrong. The USA gives away so much $$ and we need it here. People need help.
@@brotherdj777 another loopy obsessed yank
14:42 OZZY!
My dad used to bring us there as kids to appreciate what we have
What a good dad!
Yes makes you more humble
Same here sir. Makes you think twice about complaining or taking things for granted.
Omg my dad did too!
So this issue is 30 years plus old.
How can you get inspired when the politicians have allowed this to happen? Where is our tax money going? Ridiculous.
tax money are going to Ukraine
I do enjoy your videos from your home country as well! Thank you very much!!😊
I visited LA in 2010 and the homeless back then was nothing like ive seen in this videos 10 years later. I shudder to think what it will look like in 2030.
Hopefully by then John Spartan will be frozen for no longer being needed and Taco Bell will win the Fast Food Wars.
LA 2030 will probably look like the movies made in 2010 about "the future" in 2020.
@@frankieb9444 I really think those giant towers will be a thing of the futurep
well not everyone gets handouts
I will be better when Trump gets back into office, he'll send the army and clean it up.
It's ironic that there are so many homeless but at the same time all the buildings seem to be empty.
@@Surfwtw No, but they can pay to them for it.
@@Surfwtw yes
That is why there was a squatting culture in Amsterdam in the 80s
What's up with the building owners? R they abandoned buildings? My grandparents are rolling in there grave.
Thank you for caring. I have to keep hoping we can do better for these people.
Subscribed buddy. It’s all I can do to help.
Very enlightening clip, and a thousand thank you’s for highlighting this lesser known side of the city.
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Was hoping he said I'll be back but maybe better not this time.
"By German in Venice? Ich versehe nicht
These people are having a time of their lives. This country has opportunities for everybody.
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Man I love this channel!!! We love you German in Venice!!
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The gap between rich and poor is a POLITICAL result. It is deliberate, calculated and ruthless. It provides the loot that keeps politicians going.
Why give millions of money to other countries when there are thousands of homeless here that needed that money.
Because capitalism uses homelessness as one of it's many vehicles. Read up! Homelessness fools the struggling middle classes into believing that they're doing pretty well. Meanwhile, the 1% are laughing at them.
The same people
They care not for the USA . They could fix this , but let's send money to countries that hate us
@@jaykline8550 Yup they would rather spend billions even possibly trillions by now on war/fighting each other instead of helping each other
corruption! those politicians get kick backs from those Nations!
American should start looking at their government and say stop meddling on other countries and focus on us.
As if the government will listen
@@masondeitrick oh no thats worse.
weve been trying for literal years. its sad.
YES
Majority of countries come begging for our help.
I am ashamed to be life long Californian. This is what is happening in every metropolitan area.
Yes not only in LA,
Denver Seattle Portland Detroit Chicago
They all look the same
@@elgayetas Agreed. I left metro Denver just about two years ago. Homeless encampments are all over downtown Denver and other areas. Crime is on the rise.
keep voting for Democrats!
@@rogerdodger8415I don't think its a political issue
I’ve been to skid row once, very sad and dangerous. They had an issue of homelessness in my town but they cleaned it up. More than 80% were drug users and turned down assistance that was offered. You have to be clean from substance abuse to live in most shelters. Long term drug use can cause mental disorders that can’t be reversed. There should be better programs to help those in need. It’s a very sad reality of life. Great job on this video!
That's so helpful .. you must be proud of yourself
Chris Harris; I didn’t live there, I just visited the location. I know about how the system works, I have had two family members and an ex who had addiction issues and two lived on the streets. It’s a very hard life to live.
@@amberm3193 A relative of mine here in London was homeless for a quite a long while (drugs and alcohol). He managed to live in a very quiet very well hidden wooded area near a railway line accessed via a dreadfully dilapidated old tunnel. I visited him once with some food and other supplies. Remarkably comfortable place. All very dry with lots of awnings and even a double bed (don't ask me how he got that there!)
He had to move on eventually because the railway authorities began to notice the smoke from his little firepit. He was very happy there. However I don't think I could ever recommend such a lifestyle for a second, regardless of awnings or double bed!
@@keyboarddancers7751 that's very sad. I hope they eventually turned there life around. I'm in the us not sure how thanks work in London. Hope you have a good day!
@@amberm3193 He's coming up to two years clean, thanks.
The whole country will be like this if America doesn't wake up.
If Bejing Biden and his Communist rats succeed with their steal and fraud, yes the USA under Communism will look like this.
China Joe will see to that...stop the steal.
@@FrancisJoa 👍
End the Fed. The world’s central banks are to blame for this. End fiat currencies.
That place has been like that since regan so yeah no politician is fixing it at all they don't care about the drug addicted mentally ill poor
I shared too many times but thank you for caring. Maybe they can’t imagine a day without substances but they would be surprised how good life can be.
We love German in Venice!! Thank you for sharing
Great video!!! It's high time the world saw that the glitz and glamour of Los Angeles is an illusion created to hide the cold, hard truth.
Check out ‘Streets of Philadelphia…’ another horrible eye opener.
Newsome spent all that money keeping them homeless. Enabling failure, ... It would be better spent building mental health asylum for the disturbed ill, recovery residence for addicted, prison for the criminals, and clean residential living with public works jobs for the able.
Your right. Problem is it’s harder for them to help these people the right way. It’s easier to just keep giving them “free” shit and act like it’s helping. Nobody is more deceitful, and fake then the lefty democrats
ABSOLUTELY
That's too much common sense for corrupt politicians
That what I
told the movers and shakers 30 years ago....
Evict Newsome.
I am born and raised in Orange County not far from LA and it is so expensive to live in California that this is why so many flock to skid row. They have no choice!!! It is a tragic situation!!
Your cities are beautiful but life is expensive. I live in the countryside of a European country and life is good and there are no homeless people.
Nice to know you care. Wish I knew what to do 🙏
This what happens when less than 2% of our elected officials come from working class homes.
It’s when you vote progressive Democrats.
No. This is what happens when you mindless drones vote democrat for 50 years
@@youreokayboah2128 I love how they try and place blame elsewhere
working class? thats communist talk!
@@BrunoSa96
He probably voted for Biden.
Imagine how many of those people who came to CA to chase their dreams.
Fact: some of these ppl got here by fair choice
HOW DID THEY ALL AFFORD A EXPENSIVE TENT ??????
More like to chase the white pony....ever since they legalized weed this has gotten even worse!
@@cathytrujillo6842 sometimes people donate them in bulk so it is not uncommon to see a bunch of the same tents in an area
Im guessing absolutely 0.
I lived on edge of skidrow for 12yrs, 13yrs ago, Madison hotel, 423 E 7th St. I used buses to get to guard job posts. Sometimes when out of a post I needed walk thru actual bad parts of skidrow for necessities. I retired in Northern California, Oroville 2011 initially on ssdi, now I'm 74. Made it out although never any drugs or alcohol. Only had occasional problems with bad people.
Many of those people (most of them) are either drug addicts or mentally ill, or both. A good friend of mine chose to live on skid row because he wanted to continue using drugs. The apartment he lived in forbid him from doing drugs, smoking, or bringing his drug friends, so he preferred to be homeless.
I’ve been to skid row several times. You did a really good job with your footage.
Why don’t you buy real estate on skid row ?
Not a great idea and I couldn’t afford it anyway lol. It’s still Downtown LA even if it ain’t pretty.
@@JJJ_JJ1 the bilderberg group & the great reset is upon us. *2021*
@@bitofwizdomb7266 huh?
@@JJJ_JJ1 ironic isn't it?
A pretty sorry state of affairs. When we lived in L.A., my wife and I used to visit the new public library, which would have been around 1994 or 1995. We didn't see tents. The solution, however, would not be to flood them with money. Give them $5k a month, and they'd find ways to waste it.
The DOWNTOWN Central Library is filled with Homeless people. Many use the restrooms to bathe in. And they go table to table to steal from you .
The Security officers in the Library have to kick out many Homeless people all day long.
I once walked into a restroom to see a man naked . Washing himself. One time a Homeless man put a " out of order sign " on the women's restroom. So , he could wash himself in it. Luckily the Security guards found out.
The smell of the Library is horrible .
I like to run the Bay to Breakers in San Francisco and it did start out near skid row. I haven’t been there lately. Some day when my favorite city isn’t so messed up I hope to go back and cry happy tears.
Any one of those people can walk into a meeting in AA or NA and get a new life. ♥️💜🙏 People told me to stop drinking or it could go to such bad places. I believed them and March 20, 1987 became the birthdate of my miracle. The kind you work for. 🤟🏼🙏it’s so much easier than what you are showing everyone.
They dropped patients there? Omg. 😭My Dad used to drop off blankets for people on a skid row. ♥️💜 Years ago I was in a shelter for battered women with my young son in Santa Rosa. We heard there was a thanksgiving dinner at a place that fed homeless men at the time. They kept staring at me grinning at them like a fool because I knew what they didn’t-that I had known their terrible suffering first hand. I smiled because I felt a forever kinship. I got lucky.
when newsom said he spent 100 million dollars on the homeless he really meant he put 99 million dollars in his pocket and spent 1 million on advertising and spreading lies about him helping the homeless...
You are absolutely 100% right
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It's obvious the thief and puppet head gruesome has done zip for homeless community.
$500 million approved last week as covid aid to businesses in CA.
Nothing at all for the homeless.
Eviction moratorium is the crumb for the remainder of the population.
Again, nothing for the homeless.
Recall newsome .
If only the caring celebrities in their city would do more than hype themselves on social media as being humanitarians.
So true. Instead of buying a third Porsche, how about slumming it with two and spending the $ on housing people?
They would even get tax credits for it.. you'd think it would be a no brainer.
But maybe they don't really care at all. 🤔
It's more than money, thy need help to live well and take care of themselves. There are plenty of shelters to help, usually, but the people have to take advantage of it. But this is all the Devil's system, man can't fix the problems. They're getting worse in every way.
12 people make up 16% of our nation's wealth 😤
@@robertwilliams2720 Yeah, well- they aren't the problem. Most of those people are giving away their money, though some of it is very misguided in my opinion. And honestly, I don't understand how people want to legalize drugs when you see addiction ravage through so many people's lives. Sure let's make it cheaper and easier to get- nothing bad will happen, right? And I'm not talking about weed. But alcohol and opiates are definitely on the top of my eradication list.
@@mcdingus5081 make it cheaper because more people get hooked and more people depend on the government. They making more zombies with no voice to speak out.
Thanks Jooe and Hunter ! Thanks for your help!
Enabling people doesn’t cure drug addiction, alcoholism & mental illness.
100% compassion for everyone in this situation and zero pity!
God helps those that help themselves!
As a former homeless person, thank you!
Most are addicted. Drugs are the main problem, I know I was in that situation myself once and got out of it with sobriety. As long as they are using Nothing will change.
Well said and true! I was homeless 5 yrs cuz of my alcoholism. But ppl get mad if u talk about this(the truth).
@@samryon3615 yea people don't like to hear the truth, they want to blame someone eles for their situation. My situation was 100% my fault. I do feel bad for them its rough out there. But they could get out if they really wanted.
@@otisdriftwood8469 thank you Chris. Altho i have been off the streets for years now, i have stayed in touched with 'my people'. At the end of my homelessness i met a nice guy, we were together for the last year on the streets. When i got off the streets he had an option to clean up and come with me(his thing was crack). He didnt want to back then. The sad part is we remained friends this entire time, and hia choice is still crack and the streets. I wanna give an example of why i think the way i do. My friend is a good man, when we were together on the streets, he would go to work everyday, on friday he would get off of work, we would go to laundrymat to do laundry, the grocery store to get food for the week(we were in tent city and had a coleman stove to cook on, a shower bag to use for bathing,ect), soap, shampoo,conditioner, a bag of dog food for Ginger, couple cartons of smokes. He would buy me 1/2 gallon of vodka and then he would smoke the rest up. To this day that is how he chooses to live. Me? I woke up today, thanked God for my apartment, made a gratitude list(running water, push the coffee pot button) read the 24 hr a day book.
I am not a mean person, but if i dont stay honest i will end up drinkin again. Being homeless sucked, i dont ever want to do it again. I got beaten and worse out there. We(ginger and i) have an awesome life today, not being corny but it truly is a life beyond my wildest dreams. I appreciate you speaking the truth on this because i do watch these homeless stories and i try to share my experience, strength and hope so that maybe even just 1 person will see that no matter howbad things are, if they sober up..a wonderful life can be had. Many problems in our society today are a result of people not taking responsibikity for their own actions,i dont choose to play the blame game. I am glad u got out of your situation too! God bless you!
@@samryon3615 thats awsome to hear, its been almost 20 years for me now and I have a amazing life but I never forget where I was. Stay sober and it only gets better! It absolutely can be done if the person truly wants it, we are proof of that. People that have never been in that situation simply do not understand the problem.
Your a 100% correct. This is not some kind of wound that will heal with time, You need law enforcement to get rid of the drug dealers and then send in the social workers to help these lost souls.
Thanks Joe and Hunter ! Thanks for your help!
Hey bro, thank you so much for sharing. What an eye-opener!!
Most of us are a paycheck away from being homeless
People don't believe it could happen to them
@dale gribble wrong California is a democratic state wake up
@dale gribble : Yep! Sorry pal. You are WRONG as every other nut who blindly hate Republicans.
This isn't a political issue. It's a human problem. Society will always have this problem. It just so happens these people have found a place to gather and have been allowed to live here. They don't have the skills to live in the wilderness. There is no easy way out of this.
@@timhosler6759 there are no single solutions but no political will
My dad took my family to skid row on vacation just to show why you shouldn’t get into drugs, that stuff hurts man, always be grateful of what you have.
That's a pretty narrow-minded perception of how people ended up on Skid Row. Sure, there are many that battle drug and alcohol abuse, but a lot of them have serious mental health issues. Some lives were destroyed by the market crash in '08. Others may have just not learned how to manage their finances properly. There are definitely a few who have just been given the worst hand and could not find a way to prevent them from getting onto the streets, some of whom I've had the pleasure to get to know.
I was a heroin addict and never ended up on skid row. I lived in my car in San Diego and lived in LA after.
I'm glad you experienced something positive from an experience from your childhood, but most people don't choose hard drugs. Typically, from my experience, it's intense trauma.
@@Ezekiel666 And a lot of them turn to drugs AFTER ending up homeless. It's not always the cause, just a consequence.
Drugs are not the cause if skid row...wake up.
@@edwardpeterson1634 i know, old people, bankrupt people, etc.
Your videos bring about the change that we need to start addressing to get the homelessness taken care of. ❤❤❤
I myself would have never looked at California as something that needed to be fixed. What a shame!!! Shame on Hollywood! All those overpaid actors and actresses and musicians all of that money floating around and people in that state looking like that. 😮😮😮
Good video, thanks! Greetings from Bangkok Thailand 🙏
You don't have to go to Skid Row to see this anymore it's everywhere
Came home from LA last night. The homelessness is what brought me to these videos. I couldn’t believe it. I had no idea it was this bad. Venice beach was a trip! Went there two days ago, walked as far as the basketball courts, and handball courts, turned around and left. This is real. This is how it is. On the other hand, Santa Monica was tent-free.
Yeah I used to live on 2nd and Hill down from the Jane Fonda house you couldn't leave anything on the porch used to be in an old beach house before Northridge finished it off I think it was renovated I remember when I arrive in LA in 85 it was really nice I left in 2017 who can deal with it now
Tears down for the poor people and the poor management of the country.
Yes! I just got back from LA and I was so shocked how bad it was. And I visited 2 years ago and it wasn’t that bad.
All over Denver as we speak and it's only getting worse. The eviction moratorium if going to end this month.
I am in my 60s so I'm getting to an age where I have seen a lot in society and its changes since my childhood.
When I was a girl, I didn't see this in cities. They were not called "homeless" then, they were called hobos. They stayed out of the city pretty much. You would see a few sitting here and there on sidewalks with a can for donations. It always made me cry as a kid. By the early 90s, I started noticing them increasing in our downtown area. I realize now that society was starting to see the repurcussions of NAFTA and our industry moving to foreign countries. Not everyone is eligible for college but 50 yrs ago, we had thousands of factories across the nation where our less educated and the rural populations were employed.
We are now left as a nation with very little industry and most lower paying jobs that require just a HS diploma are service and retail related. Quite frankly, with these jobs being with the public, they want people who are clean and present well, which excludes this segment of society.
Mental illness is another gigantic problem and states used to maintain state .
psychiatric hospitals where the general public who had no insurance could be treated. All of those were emptied and closed in the 1980s.
It is a shameful thing in America now that our politicians seem to be more concerned about people who are here illegally than Americans who are in trouble. It is not only our homeless. I routinely see parents begging on Facebook for money for their sick child. They have insurance but the hospital wants $20K up front to perform surgery/treatment. Why are we not discussing these things?
Thank you for this video...showing people the truth of what is happening.
great post.
I don't think you know what a "hobo" is.
Yes, state mental hospitals were closed by Republican Ronald Reagan when he was governor. The police use to have them looked at Social Services then they would transport them to the mental hospital in LA and Santa Barbara. I am sure it was not all that great but they got treatment, food and a cot. Kept the streets clean. I propose a homeless city in the Mojave desert. It would be a walled in complex and they can have their own small house and get all their needs met in a one stop shop. All the cities could contribute and it would clean them all out of the downtown's, Cheaper then throwing random services at them,
You summed it up. I had forgotten about the forced closing of mental hospitals. This is a mess.
Fumble Bunny Sad but true . President Regan '. He new what he was creating ? Now tax could have Drop a little When He shut down the Millions of Dollars Tax payers paid Yearly To keep over 1000s of State Hospitals Running? Funny How it Got ten times worse REGAN ?
Your video is good information, but your music 🎶 is so soothing, thank you 😊
It will never change because the homeless don’t want to change. They enjoy that life of drugs and freedom. There’s only a small percentage that actually fell on hard times.
I'm a lifelong resident of Los Angeles, born and bred. You nailed it, Herr Mack. My home town is a $hitpile! Danke vielmals!
And you keep voting Democrat correct? The local government gets $750 million a year for Los Angeles county homeless and they’ve done nothing but increase the amount of homeless by having sanctuary cities. You can run across the border and live in Los Angeles without going to jail. that brings in thousands and thousands of people that cannot afford Los Angeles!! Los Angeles cannot afford them!!! you have full jails letting rapist out!!! you have airborne disease where the city is now being sued by the police !! yet you still reelect all the same people that take this federal money and screw your city
@@richardharris6058 Many of the homeless are American born. Not saying there are not people from south of the border that are homeless. But LA is too expensive for even most Americans...
It’s a democratic city
@@spursnation5422 Yup, and they take in the AMERICAN men who became homeless as a direct result of the Republican decisions to maximize profit by sending the good jobs away. The California streets are awash with insane people who should be in asylums, but the Republican administration decided to save a few bucks and turn the crazies loose. None of the American states have enough good jobs, so why would someone stay in Nebraska and freeze? They're going to be homeless anyway because of the low wages. Not to mention the VETERANS who a Republican administration used for profit and completely abandoned...
@@richardharris6058 for the past decade southern Cali cities have been red for the most part
Jesus, 54 blocks of homeless is bigger than my entire city.
L.A.'s section of Skid Row has a large enough population to have its own "mayor", city hall, police department, fire department, post office, and hospital.
@@Scorch1028 great point
Skid Row is just a previously designated area of homelessness. This condition has spread all across LA and the SFV. Problem covers an area larger than many cities.
while their elected leaders are wining & dining at 5 star venues. In the 90's Venice was the place to be during the day (gangs came out at night) - all the housing was mall but quaint, a walk to the beach - a charming and fun place where the vendors & businesses were thriving. It's heartbreaking and pisses me off.
@blob darkass I am sure people voted for them unbeknownst. It is a growing issue that seems to be getting worse and with more shutdowns forecasted, I think will make matters worse.
bless you GIV. Love the hair, keep forgetting to mention that. Also, I'm a fellow crout :)
hi I just wanted to thank you for taking time to show the things you do, I saw a Documentary]The Wall:Raw Stories from the homeless, it will answer all of your questions thanks
Gov. Newsom calls the tents “starter homes”.
Like Animal Crossing. 💀
How about we call this neighborhood a "Newsomeville"?
Has he found a way to tax them yet ?
Holy shit man.
Biden will fix it with his immigration policies.
Covid is the least of their worries, i suspect.
Right it's so sad
Don't worry the vaccine will cause the genocide of the homeless 😊
@dale gribble the wealthiest are making more than ever before
Look up the actual statistics.
The pandemic has taken away public restrooms. Turds are on the sidewalk.
If YOU are not careful, that part might get worse when the pandemic is gone.
(WE may find YOUR house, instead of those mansions & Trump towers.)
@dale gribble oh boo hoo
In Washington State they are moved to tiny homes or apartments with support, showers, internet, etc. so they can get back on track.
Not sure why the US gov still has time to meddle in other countries' affairs...
Oil
Drugs
@@ChurlzVA Don't be silly, the US is an oil exporter now.
@@zerosugarmatcha7348 under trump yes but not since biden shut off the pipeline and the ability to dig for oil on federal land.
The real question
POV: Your life is falling apart as you hear a heavily accented German voice outside your tent narrate your situtation.
The knowledge of this video is priceless. I understand your point.
I believe the accumulated minutes he took for the “disrespectful actions” trump the need for exposure. And... during a pandemic.
GIV show is all about Venice and Los Angeles. 54 blocks is hard to skip while being as open and real as GIV is.
Is this really heavily accented?
Me as a german I thought he’s speaking almost accent free.
Well, there goes my judgment
Or maybe it gives hope that someone cares. When you are already in Skid Row things have already fallen apart
😂😂😂
@@rolux4853 lol, that's a heavy accent for sure
Wow, you take excellent footage my friend, and your background storyline commentary is genuinely sincere. Thanks for sharing ;-)
I usually work seven days a week. Seeing this is heartbreaking.
As a old war veteran this is heartbreaking. Never dreamed I’d live to see my country the shape that it’s in today. I worry about the future of my children and my grandchildren which I have 15. God help us
people need to help their own, God isnt coming to rescue anyone... the elite planned all
this, their covid scam is their ultimate objective/agenda that will lead to much much worse.
Exactly I wonder how the old WW2 veterans feel about this country
Thank you for your service💖🙏🏻
Damn dude. You got 15 grandkids? You look like you're 46.
Congrats though. 😁
Thank your democrat, republicans, & globalist corporations. NWO coming (one world technocrat communism) agenda 21 (2021) hyperinflation.
This really is sad. The politicians in California should be ashamed.
The only shame they will realize is when the people of this State wake up and and remove every Politician that is Responsible for it starting With Brown, Then Newsom Public trials and executions And every thing they own is seized and returned to the People, Were talking Trillions of dollars
What do you expect the politicians to do? Go out there and yell at them and be like " hey stop doing dope take a shower and get a job"
@@randygross1050 I expect them to use the money they allocate for services and not salaries!
@@michaellinton3592 services for what?
@@michaellinton3592 the government needs to put them in insane asylums.
thank you for sharing ,i had no idea it was so bad there ,im from michigan ,we have homeless but nothing like that
Danke for this acknowledgement. *You're a Scholar and a Gent*
I too used to be homeless,everyday I was sad,worried,ashamed,hungry,all types of emotions an feelings!!
Yes, me too... I can only urge the homeless, abandoned American men to leave the country. Most homeless men work. It only took me a few thousand dollars to emigrate to a country with better job opportunities. I haven't spent a single night outdoors since... People feel hopeless, and think they're stuck. The fact is, it's the American people who wanted it this way. The working men owe their abusers nothing. It's much easier to be successful when you're in a better environment.
How do you think it’s. Best to bel the homeless
It's sad . especially when family and friends you use to know give up on you. And you have nobody..
But you keep voting Democrat right? The Democrats that run the state of California to get $750 million a year from the federal government just for LA County and it’s atrocious they make it where you can live there not even be legal in this country be a felon from another country and they don’t care and that’s why the jokes on the people of Los Angeles you keep voting in these idiots and your quality of life keeps going down down down down down that’s what you deserve for voting in the same people
@@richardharris6058 I have been to all 50 states. They ALL have low quality of life, nowhere near enough jobs, they're all overpriced and none of them are really livable for a working man. You guys really need to stop whining about 'liberal cities' and grow up, and get your house in order. You can start by going down to the local Walmart parking lot. Plenty of honest, hard working men are sleeping there tonight... Why not pay grown men a man's wage, rather than the teenager wages which have caused the homeless situation, and actually forced some of your country's best men to move to better countries where they actually have decent jobs, affordable housing and honest women... It's not the liberals or the conservatives, it's you - the American people did this to themselves. Be a man and help your own people get out of the nightmare you ALL chose to create.
I really appreciate these videos honesty. My hometown, Portland, is extremely similar and the government just keep encouraging the behavior.
the entire west coast has gotten so bad over the last 20-30 years, and it keeps getting worse
And you keep voting for them! The easiest way to change someone else is to change your self!
@@user-el4ii7zq6l you don’t know what you’re talking about.
@@bradlymacy4108 you vote red or blue?
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Why does the government allow sidewalks, paid for by the taxpayers, to be blocked and unusable…….