I moved into an RV years before Corona. Disabled and unable to work, it was my only option. My RV is clean in and out, always registered and insured, and fully operational. I barely drink and don't do any drugs, not even weed. We're not all junkies. I also never park near these places around other RVs. It makes you guilty by association.
@@meganmclaughlin9056 I think what they dont understand is this report has literally nothing to do with them. But they had to create a way to inject their superiority. Its an american thing.
0:04 ~ "People without homes living in hundreds of RVs in horrible conditions..." No. .. It's " People without homes living in hundreds of RVs create horrible conditions..."
Look how our local government works when the right people are contacted from different departments. Coordinating and implementation, got things moving in EAST GARDENA!!!! 🎉🎉🎉🎉 Great investigative journalism and a 3 years of persistent effort on the part of the business owners... Don't keep voting for people who don't give a damn about your local community.
:50 “Having to pay rent to live in waste…” This is not the first news story where the RV dwellers said they were paying some kind of rent to stay in these RVs. A REAL news story would be finding who is amassing these non-running RVs and “renting” them out!
@@Network126 - Finally someone who understands what I’m talking about! Can I ask what you mean by “Vanlords”? Like, does someone bring them to a location intending to rent them? Or is it some self-proclaimed “mayor” of the encampment charging “rent”? If you’re not comfortable talking about it, that’s totally cool. Thanks for responding.
@@geoffreyfowler9198 Self proclaimed extortionist collects from these vulnerable people, just like the mob would take "protection money" from a business.
Question is if they're given a home , are most of these people mentally fit and disciplined to keep up their home spaces livable conditions or will it just look trashed like that street again 🤔 or will the drug use addiction going to stop or will the new home creat a new drug using den...
no they want tax paid maids from illegals to clean their house and tax money to pay their rent and utilities and food and free money for drugs and free needles
They refuse to live in shelters because according to some of them they can’t have privacy and they hate the rules. Pretty much they love the condition they are in. But they still somehow get help even if they refuse it.
No one seems to be asking how millions of drug-addicted homeless Americans became that way in the first place... I get it, I wouldn't want any of these people living outside my house either, but complacency and depending on 'tha guvment' to fix everything for us is how we got into this situation.
If it’s simply given to you each time does human behavior show they take care of something? No They are like entitled spoiled kids. This is why socialism doesn’t work.
@@DistrustHumanzyup. I try to explain this story to liberals but they never seem to get it. There is a movie called Alive. It’s about a South American Rugby team who’s plane crashed in the Andes mountains. There were survivors. Luckily they had a radio. One guy listened to the radio heard they called off the search. He reported back to the others “I’ve got good news…they called off the search”. The others ??? how is that good news? He said because it means we are going to save ourselves. That’s exactly what they did. They made mini hiking tools and a heavy blanket and tow of them climbed their way down and up and down mountains for days. They all survived from eating human flesh too. How badly does one want to live? How badly does one want to sleep in a nice bed. It takes hard work and saving and even cooperating and meeting others who want the same. Many of us work real hard and long and save for many rainy days because we never want to end up like them. We get along with family members and we retain friendships. Democrats are incapable of teaching somebody how to become independent. It’s too hard to pull somebody up. Give them a ladder instead. Don’t give them a fish. Teach them how to fish. Have them build their own house partially if necessary. Make them paint it. Make them clean it.
How anyone has ANY compassion left after these last 3 years in California, I just don't understand. I reached the point of "tough-love" about 2 years ago...
Its a dog eating world, everyone is out for #1 these days.. Most people finish their education, land a decent job and live within their means.. End of story? Everyone wants to be famous and rich, no one wants to work at Amazon for $25 bucks an hour and drive a Honda.. People these days want to get 'high', have unprotected sex, be gangsters, not take care of their mental health.. Yo momma told you to stay in school, get educated and get a decent job.. People need positive structure in their lives.
My neighbor who was addicted to drugs was raging 24/7 yelling, slamming, breaking, punching property. He even crashed his car. It went on for 5 months until the Sheriff's department came to evict him. Unless people like him go through drug rehab what good is housing?
@@skantewarrior522accountability and responsibility..some people travel thousands of miles to come to l.a just to get the privileges that are afforded in this state.and now you want to give them all free houses without any type of accountability?no,hey let’s make sure you get clean and show us you are serious before I give you all this free stuff??if you Tell ‘em you will give them free housing,free medical,free transportation,free meals then we will see an influx like never seen before.people will come from N.Y for that type of privilege
@@skantewarrior522if he had serious issues before he was evicted, what makes you think that having a home again is going to be the ultimate solution to his drug and mental problems?
@@TakeThisL..you bet🙄. Addicted people have neither the resources nor the motivation most days to walk 6 blocks. They will not be moving 2000 miles to get “all the free stuff”.
If the simple minded only knew how idiotic your comments were. You dont even know what youbare saying. So was the problem drug use? Or that he was raging? Or that he wrecked his car. I'm sure he and everyone else would be glad to take your money to pay for rehab since you are offering. I notice you didn't say he harmed anyone. Yet hou are happy that violence was comitted against him. So who is the real problem?
They need to go to the Fashion district, Olympic , San Mateo , 7th etc. Also pick up all the trash that’s piled up in trash bins on random street corners!
Three decades of Landlord Greed in greater LA is a big part of the homeless equation. Many who work full time $20 hourly jobs can't even afford a run down studio apt.
Wow, sad to see Candace wound up on the streets like this...Knew her when she was growing up in South L.A., so much potential & vivacious energy...I hope she finds her way out, stays safe & gets the help she needs to do so, Amen. 🙏🏽😢
The "Vanloards?" I heard about one case in Portland where there was a shot caller and his gang who collected "rent" from people in a homeless encampment. The people could have kicked their asses, or just killed the boss, but they wouldn't because this gang controlled the dope supply there. Probably the same situation here.
Man, Officer Suarez is one of the most understanding and compassionate cops I've ever heard speak about homeless people's plight, but also understands that people can't live the way they've been living on that street in E. Gardena. Like he said, however, some of them who moved their RVs are resistant to change, but I'm glad to see that many of them are looking forward to a better housing solution by working with the gov't.
I totally get it. I've heard/read about how terrible shelters are, and I don't know why nobody has figured out a way to improve them so that more homeless folks would feel comfortable and safe in them and have some semblance of privacy - maybe they have and I am just ignorant about it. I also understand your predicament as a pet owner. I believe at least some hotels that have been repurposed as housing for homeless individuals allow pets, and although small in size, maybe tiny homes may accommodate a pet, too? There are a couple of practical concerns I have about developing permanent or semi-permanent housing for homeless individuals. 1) Will/can a homeless individual accept a more permanent housing situation if it is located further away from a job that they have? I think about possible/likely(?) transportation challenges. Although buses travel all over and relatively cheap to use, they also take more time to arrive at a destination. 2) Will a homeless individual accept a more permanent housing situation if it is not located in their desired/preferred area? EX: If a homeless person becomes used to living at/near Venice Beach, would they accept the housing accommodation near downtown L.A.? I've heard some homeless folks say that they would not accept housing if it moved them away from their homeless community. That's sounds stupid to some of us, and makes perfect sense to others. I've thought WTF would I do for housing if I became homeless and lacked access to family help? Since I own a car, I would likely live in my car at Safe Parking L.A. and do what many homeless individuals do, which is to purchase a gym membership where I could exercise and bathe, shave, maybe wash my clothes while showering and hang dry back at Safe Parking L.A. I'm not sure, however, where I could keep a pet during the day while I am at work. Maybe pay a fellow Safe Park L.A. resident a few bucks a day to watch my pet? But, I believe that during the day, the parking lot By the way, @Network126, much respect and admiration for you as you work your way out of homelessness. I wish you only the best in all that you do.
Tragic and unpardonable. I live in the Netherlands, and we have our share of those at risk and those in profound need. Fortunately, we also have special places where the most vulnerable can live and get necessary support. The homeless problem is no where close to what it is in the US.
Well if you live in the Netherlands and then you have no idea how it is here and if you feel bad for these people you’re fucking wrong these people are drug attic’s seriously and I live in America in California
And let me tell you I don’t live in the Netherlands, but when I was there, you have dogs that shit all over the streets everywhere you literally have outdoor urinals where you allow people to walk into this metal thing and take a piss in the middle of the street. Amsterdam is full of drug addicts, so please don’t tell me that about your country and don’t make mention of my country again
The issue is that most of these people want to live like this and turn down any help offered unless it’s a free handout of cash. I’ve offered food to some and they turn you down and tell you they want money. This is so they can buy alcohol or drugs. Anyplace you drive around California you’ll see this, large city’s to small towns. The state chose to shutdown most mental health facilities and turn these folks out into the streets. Then you have the drug addicts that live like this because if they go to a shelter they are expected to follow the rules, and they don’t want to follow the rules, especially the stay sober rule. Most people in California have very little compassion for the homeless due to this.
if you offered these people a safe, clean place to go but they had to follow rules like anyone living in an apartment complex or group home, many, and I'm not exaggerating, MANY would turn it down. They like being able to do whatever they want, wherever they want, whenever they want. They like the fact they can shoplift with impunity, get free meals daily, do drugs wherever and whenever, pee and defecate whenever, and the city lets them.
I'm guessing that the homeless in the US have an entirely different culture and attitude. Most of the homeless I've encountered feel that they are victims and that the non-homeless are privileged and therefore, should "give back" to the "community".
@janetannerevans2320 I live in the Netherlands, and we have our share of those at risk and those in profound need. Fortunately, we also have special places where the most vulnerable can live and get necessary support. The homeless problem is no where close to what it is in the US.
They have to do more to help the citizens of this country. If you can help illegal immigrants and give them food, housing and medical care you can do it for U.S. citizens.
This issue did NOT suddenly appear. Voters could have stopped the growing problems through various “solutions” they are now just beginning to implement. So it took a news broadcast to show the truth before ANY elected official took this issue seriously enough to implement any solution or prevention measures.
@@Network126 Really? What is cheap to you? I find cheap rooms all the time in LA. Try mid city, Culver City, NoHo, Crenshaw, even Hollywood has some decent cheap rooms. Normally, if you aren't earning at least $1000 a week in LA, you are gonna struggle. Its very normal for 4 to 5 people to share a two bedroom two bath apartment.
@@Network126 You can ind a room for $500 a week but certainly not $500 a month not now. There is a nice hotel near Pico and La Cienega that is $700 a month, you have to share a bathroom but the rooms are clean and safe. A lot of people are renting rooms in their homes for about $600 a month minium.. I suggest working for a company like Starbucks or Amazon, they help their employees find housing, they also pay for their employees to ride 'Lyft' into and from work. Lots of benefits too.. Starbucks even feeds its employees for free (as many drinks as you want and a meal a day).. Now that the Pandemic is over, the city of LA and the county have job offers on the table and the city will help with finding an apartment.. Try working at a city run recreational center, the pay is $26 dollars an hour to start.
There should be rehabilitation camps (rehousing complexes) created to house, feed and retrain and reorient the homeless a triage letter number system should be given based on need. It should be illegal for any person in the US to be with out a home, job, access to medical care, mental care resources food to conduct life...
Poor innocent dog & kitten.😢 Animals don’t ask for this. Shame on adults for that neglect & selfishness. Wanting an animal yet not taking care of it. Whilst it depends on you.
The elephant in the room is how are they gonna provide all those people free housing ???... Temporary shelter is one thing permanent housing is another... and if they don't they'll just move back in later in tents or cars... Even if they do provide 100% free house permanent housing to these homeless. New ones will surely move in from other areas later.... It an impossible problem to solve by just throwing tax payer money at it......
I was just ther a few weeks ago.. A few businesses had concert size speakers blasting opera all night.. (the only people it annoyed, were the ones NOT passed out in their 1974 Winnebagos)
the report mentioned they are still looking for the person who they were renting the RV's from. So another case of a RV slumlord, reminiscent of the old bat who was busted a few weeks ago with 20+ RV's next to her house, she was charging up to 1k a month per PERSON.
I have zero sympathy for homeless. I live in Bakersfield and geez fck they are destroying every place they camp out. City cleans it up and within a week these places are destroyed once again.
@@Network126 situation like you are not rare but not the majority. From what I see in Bakesfield it's the damn junkies that are screwing up the city. I'm sick and tired of them
@@sirrathersplendid4825 You're going to make that dumb excuse? I hear idiots say that all of the time. If you throw people in jail for camping illegally, then they'll stop doing it. People are fine paying higher taxes if it provides a benefit to society.
@@KK-pm7ud if it were that easy.... imagine the state would eventually have more people in jail than not. This country is way too short on crime and other BS My philosophy, caught stealing lose a finger, 2nd time, lose a hand, third time another hand. Dont get me started with other crimes or felonies.🙂
You need to make $40/hr to afford a studio these days so I’m not surprised. 😮they’re smart to pocket their $2k that they’d owe in rent for a scummy box
Find me a single studio in gardena that id leasing at 2k/month. Get real, you wont. median monthly for a 1 bedroom apartment is 1760 in the sorrounding zip codes. Studio's arent included in the data provided, but, i live in gardena, in a studio with a 2 car garage as well, and im paying barely over half what you claim the cost to be. Get your facts straight before spouting nonsense excuses
0:33 Some living in these derelict RV's have been moved to temporary shelter, the RV's towed away. Think about that, it is not as equitable and soft as it fleetingly sounds. Only "Some" are given temporary housing while "ALL" their homes were removed. = Some is not the same as ALL Further the housing is "temporary" while the removals of RV's are "Permanent" = Temporary is not the same as Permanent Digging further "Temporary" can have any meaning from 1 month or 1 week or 1 day = Temporary has no defined meaning Conclusion = The homeless in the RV got short changed "permanently" and the government knowingly did it. These people will ALL be living directly exposed to the elements.
I rather Live in a RV than a Group Home I have a disability and the rent they ask all special needs that live in a Group Home in California you can Buy your own House instead of living with them because they steal your money and rip you off and they would hurt you or kill you my friend live in a Group Home and there son was killed by the staff and they sued and also they tell you are force to go to a day program and can't do what you want to do I left the group home because they are asking over a billion dollars to live in the Group Homes and they are not worth it and the Government is not doing anything to Help
@@jacquelinec.6785 I don't agree with housing junkies call it what you want. I'm happy living my life not counting on making my problems someone else's. 🙂
This homeless problem is a direct result of the high inflation we have had over the last 2 1/2 years. I am retired and living in a modest house and my electric and water bill has doubled in that time. My home insurance has also doubled in the same period. Now I hear that my taxes are taking a huge jump this year. This inflation is hurting everyone except for the politicians and ultra wealthy.
BULLCRAP! Wake up to reality. I live in a city of 3 million. We have 5000 to 8000 bums, many from outside the area. The numbers don't support your theory. It's just a small number of folks, who will tell you straight up, they want to be high and left alone. Which is fine, just do it somewhere else.
"Find a pathway home"? Yup.... Interview these people, find out where they come from...who their families are, and return them. Lets make this a joyous Holiday Season, and reunite these families.
1:35 LA County Supervisor Holly Mitchell made $337,313.00 in total pay and benefits in 2022, a $36,366 raise from the $300,977.00 she made in 2021. -from the Transparent CA website
Well Technically they are "MotorHomes" but once people get a taste of the good life having their own place they usually don't want to go back to Street life nor should they.
@@miguelsalami there is long waiting period just to get a housing voucher for section 8, and it’s not just the homeless who are waiting and big house shortage on top of that
Wow. Free housing. And I worked 50-60 hours per week most of my life. The problem is simple: One single RV parks more than the legal 48 hours, ticket, tow, impound. Expired tags, ticket, tow, impound. Every single time. LA let the problem grow when it got past two RV's.
February of last year I was evicted by court order. I had a commission sales job and I wasn't making any sales after I fell into a deep depression because my son and girlfriend were killed by a drunk driver. A year and a half later I still cannot find any type of housing or shelter. The homeless shelters only help people who use drugs or drink alcohol. Those are things I shall not take part in. The worst part is businesses will not hire homeless people. However, everyone is "hiring." Even though I have experience in banking, accounting, management and retail companies won't hire me because they think I use drugs because I'm homeless. Last year I was jumped and when I arrived at the hospital nurses also assume I was using drugs. They didn't ask, just assumed. It's not like I have a support system because I was a foster kid. Somehow I will figure this all out of my own like I have with everything else in life.
America never ceases to amaze and appal me, such a rich country but with so many millions of people living completely shit lives and the State does nothing to improve things!
It's become a huge problem in LA that someone is buying broken RVs, getting them moved to a street, and renting them out to homeless. They wouldn't be able to move the vehicle if they wanted too.
@@Network126 The cost of living is too high and most people are 1 paycheck away from being homeless as it is. Lose your job and you're on the street. Not everyone who is homeless is a drug addict.
Seriously. And moved to a roach infested motel and lied to losing all of our belongings. Never mentioning it was legal not long ago during covid. Now they are criminalizing it and forcing those people out with lies and the public actually believes this bs.
You will all be homeless soon, you're living on borrowed time. You think you have but you have not. Getting rid of them only leaves a slot reserved for you.*L276
The city should accomodate vehicle encampments in prescribed areas of the city. Not in front of businesses, residential streets or schools but in areas that permit access to utilities, transportation services, etc.
There are legal sites like KOA campgrounds. Thousands of people love the RV life living in RV units and obeying the laws. It costs almost as much of not more to live in a legal RV site than a cheap motel.
Two different types of people. Living the RV life is one thing, living like an animal on the street addicted to drugs, mentally sick, alcoholic is a totally different thing.
Nothing will change until you start tackling mental illness. There’s often (not always) a connection between homelessness and some level of mental illness.
Well this kind of blows a hole in the “they have no place to go so we should feel compassion for them” argument. Clearly there is room at the inn, some people just don’t want it. We can either confront this problem and fix it, like you see here, or we can put our head in the sand and pretend that this is OK.
I moved into an RV years before Corona. Disabled and unable to work, it was my only option. My RV is clean in and out, always registered and insured, and fully operational. I barely drink and don't do any drugs, not even weed. We're not all junkies. I also never park near these places around other RVs. It makes you guilty by association.
So you better than them you think .haha😂
@@meganmclaughlin9056 I think what they dont understand is this report has literally nothing to do with them. But they had to create a way to inject their superiority. Its an american thing.
0:04 ~ "People without homes living in hundreds of RVs in horrible conditions..."
No. ..
It's " People without homes living in hundreds of RVs create horrible conditions..."
Look how our local government works when the right people are contacted from different departments. Coordinating and implementation, got things moving in EAST GARDENA!!!! 🎉🎉🎉🎉
Great investigative journalism and a 3 years of persistent effort on the part of the business owners...
Don't keep voting for people who don't give a damn about your local community.
You’re an idiot, this is a photo opp
AKA ANY DEMOCRAP *for anyone that's a slow learner*
I wouldn’t give the elected officials that much credit. Without the public scrutiny they would still be sitting on their asses & dragging their feet.
:50 “Having to pay rent to live in waste…” This is not the first news story where the RV dwellers said they were paying some kind of rent to stay in these RVs. A REAL news story would be finding who is amassing these non-running RVs and “renting” them out!
@reallife401💯 always have money for their vices
you noticed that too @@ronjeremy9648 💊💩don't for get all those animals 😺🐕🦺
@@Network126 - Finally someone who understands what I’m talking about! Can I ask what you mean by “Vanlords”? Like, does someone bring them to a location intending to rent them? Or is it some self-proclaimed “mayor” of the encampment charging “rent”? If you’re not comfortable talking about it, that’s totally cool. Thanks for responding.
@@geoffreyfowler9198 Self proclaimed extortionist collects from these vulnerable people, just like the mob would take "protection money" from a business.
I agree the conditions are deplorable however the free market guy in me says get a dollar when you can. The tenants are not forced to live there.
Question is if they're given a home , are most of these people mentally fit and disciplined to keep up their home spaces livable conditions or will it just look trashed like that street again 🤔 or will the drug use addiction going to stop or will the new home creat a new drug using den...
no they want tax paid maids from illegals to clean their house and tax money to pay their rent and utilities and food and free money for drugs and free needles
They refuse to live in shelters because according to some of them they can’t have privacy and they hate the rules. Pretty much they love the condition they are in. But they still somehow get help even if they refuse it.
No one seems to be asking how millions of drug-addicted homeless Americans became that way in the first place... I get it, I wouldn't want any of these people living outside my house either, but complacency and depending on 'tha guvment' to fix everything for us is how we got into this situation.
If it’s simply given to you each time does human behavior show they take care of something? No
They are like entitled spoiled kids.
This is why socialism doesn’t work.
@@DistrustHumanzyup. I try to explain this story to liberals but they never seem to get it.
There is a movie called Alive. It’s about a South American Rugby team who’s plane crashed in the Andes mountains.
There were survivors. Luckily they had a radio. One guy listened to the radio heard they called off the search.
He reported back to the others “I’ve got good news…they called off the search”.
The others ??? how is that good news? He said because it means we are going to save ourselves.
That’s exactly what they did. They made mini hiking tools and a heavy blanket and tow of them climbed their way down and up and down mountains for days. They all survived from eating human flesh too.
How badly does one want to live? How badly does one want to sleep in a nice bed. It takes hard work and saving and even cooperating and meeting others who want the same.
Many of us work real hard and long and save for many rainy days because we never want to end up like them. We get along with family members and we retain friendships.
Democrats are incapable of teaching somebody how to become independent. It’s too hard to pull somebody up. Give them a ladder instead.
Don’t give them a fish. Teach them how to fish.
Have them build their own house partially if necessary. Make them paint it. Make them clean it.
How anyone has ANY compassion left after these last 3 years in California, I just don't understand. I reached the point of "tough-love" about 2 years ago...
ON GOD
ever since the pandemic
I moved on from tough-love to tough-shit years ago when I found out that the vast majority of these people are druggies, thieves, and other criminals.
Its a dog eating world, everyone is out for #1 these days.. Most people finish their education, land a decent job and live within their means.. End of story?
Everyone wants to be famous and rich, no one wants to work at Amazon for $25 bucks an hour and drive a Honda..
People these days want to get 'high', have unprotected sex, be gangsters, not take care of their mental health..
Yo momma told you to stay in school, get educated and get a decent job..
People need positive structure in their lives.
ur cat 🐈 homie for life
My neighbor who was addicted to drugs was raging 24/7 yelling, slamming, breaking, punching property. He even crashed his car. It went on for 5 months until the Sheriff's department came to evict him. Unless people like him go through drug rehab what good is housing?
What good is rehab if you’re in the streets without a house ?
@@skantewarrior522accountability and responsibility..some people travel thousands of miles to come to l.a just to get the privileges that are afforded in this state.and now you want to give them all free houses without any type of accountability?no,hey let’s make sure you get clean and show us you are serious before I give you all this free stuff??if you Tell ‘em you will give them free housing,free medical,free transportation,free meals then we will see an influx like never seen before.people will come from N.Y for that type of privilege
@@skantewarrior522if he had serious issues before he was evicted, what makes you think that having a home again is going to be the ultimate solution to his drug and mental problems?
@@TakeThisL..you bet🙄. Addicted people have neither the resources nor the motivation most days to walk 6 blocks. They will not be moving 2000 miles to get “all the free stuff”.
If the simple minded only knew how idiotic your comments were.
You dont even know what youbare saying. So was the problem drug use? Or that he was raging? Or that he wrecked his car.
I'm sure he and everyone else would be glad to take your money to pay for rehab since you are offering.
I notice you didn't say he harmed anyone. Yet hou are happy that violence was comitted against him.
So who is the real problem?
Now they'll destroy the motel
Do Sun Valley next. And make sure they never come back.
Finally some real work being done to help fix the problem. Good job.
Doubt it will fix the problem.
It will only move the problem.
I work close by here, can't wait to drive by today and see the cleanup, it was DISGUSTING!
yes @@youtube.silenced.m
@@youtube.silenced.mAnd fig huh
They need to go to the Fashion district, Olympic , San Mateo , 7th etc. Also pick up all the trash that’s piled up in trash bins on random street corners!
Flower district
Get a bag and start cleaning fool
I feel waaay more compassion for that poor kitten and dog than I do for almost all of those people
Then you have a problem. People who lack empathy or compassion are usually diagnosed as sociopath, psychopath or narcissist.
Much agreed homeless or not no excuse to be filthy and neglecting animals to top it off , people can fend for themselves not animals 👍
@@SaucyWench88can’t haven’t empathy for people who don’t have empathy for the people and animals around them.
Agree!
@@westsacramentowastetrucks empathy is hard to come by when every waking minute is spent trying to survive.
They need to go Broadway,avalon,compton Blvd and 135th street as well
Project highjump?
They need to do this all over LA county.
I am just glad to see something getting done. It was killing the businesses trying to survive in the area.
That's where they did the cleaning 🤦🏽♂️🤦🏽♂️🤦🏽♂️
3 years. I get a ticket when i leave car on street when sweeper stops by.
They do things we tax payers can’t do. And they don’t even pay taxes they live off our taxes.
They know you’ll pay lol
You also live an incorporated area…lol. That’s the whole point
So many people are 1 paycheck away from being just like those people living on the streets in tents and RV's.
But the difference for most of these homeless is the paycheck. The working class vs. the "I'd rather steal than work" class.
Typical excuse.
A smart person plans ahead
A smart person doesn't use drugs and use that as an excuse to where they're currently at in life
The money spent on ukraine and the border jumpers couldve took care of these ppl
"... couldve took care of..."
Wouldn't that be " couldve tooken"...?
tooken care of ...?
(As literacy in America circles the drain.)
@@daryllect6659 lol u liked your own comment troll and its "TAKEN CARE OF". no such thing as tooken care of. Weirdo
This guy would let a criminal walk cause a witness statement didn't use proper punctuation.
@Deezcutz2022 Nope. That "LIKE" was not mine.
@@xerveschex5761 🤣🤣🤣💯
Three decades of Landlord Greed in greater LA is a big part of the homeless equation.
Many who work full time $20 hourly jobs can't even afford a run down studio apt.
Wow, sad to see Candace wound up on the streets like this...Knew her when she was growing up in South L.A., so much potential & vivacious energy...I hope she finds her way out, stays safe & gets the help she needs to do so, Amen.
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@Network126 shut up you bum, you can't afford la move
Sun valley has a street near a weed shop that has a terrible homeless rv problem. Worse then what is shown on this video.
That's where I make my profit 👿
Really?
The "Vanloards?" I heard about one case in Portland where there was a shot caller and his gang who collected "rent" from people in a homeless encampment. The people could have kicked their asses, or just killed the boss, but they wouldn't because this gang controlled the dope supply there. Probably the same situation here.
Man, Officer Suarez is one of the most understanding and compassionate cops I've ever heard speak about homeless people's plight, but also understands that people can't live the way they've been living on that street in E. Gardena. Like he said, however, some of them who moved their RVs are resistant to change, but I'm glad to see that many of them are looking forward to a better housing solution by working with the gov't.
I totally get it. I've heard/read about how terrible shelters are, and I don't know why nobody has figured out a way to improve them so that more homeless folks would feel comfortable and safe in them and have some semblance of privacy - maybe they have and I am just ignorant about it.
I also understand your predicament as a pet owner. I believe at least some hotels that have been repurposed as housing for homeless individuals allow pets, and although small in size, maybe tiny homes may accommodate a pet, too?
There are a couple of practical concerns I have about developing permanent or semi-permanent housing for homeless individuals.
1) Will/can a homeless individual accept a more permanent housing situation if it is located further away from a job that they have?
I think about possible/likely(?) transportation challenges. Although buses travel all over and relatively cheap to use, they also take more time to arrive at a destination.
2) Will a homeless individual accept a more permanent housing situation if it is not located in their desired/preferred area? EX: If a homeless person becomes used to living at/near Venice Beach, would they accept the housing accommodation near downtown L.A.? I've heard some homeless folks say that they would not accept housing if it moved them away from their homeless community. That's sounds stupid to some of us, and makes perfect sense to others.
I've thought WTF would I do for housing if I became homeless and lacked access to family help? Since I own a car, I would likely live in my car at Safe Parking L.A. and do what many homeless individuals do, which is to purchase a gym membership where I could exercise and bathe, shave, maybe wash my clothes while showering and hang dry back at Safe Parking L.A. I'm not sure, however, where I could keep a pet during the day while I am at work. Maybe pay a fellow Safe Park L.A. resident a few bucks a day to watch my pet? But, I believe that during the day, the parking lot
By the way, @Network126, much respect and admiration for you as you work your way out of homelessness. I wish you only the best in all that you do.
Tragic and unpardonable. I live in the Netherlands, and we have our share of those at risk and those in profound need. Fortunately, we also have special places where the most vulnerable can live and get necessary support. The homeless problem is no where close to what it is in the US.
Well if you live in the Netherlands and then you have no idea how it is here and if you feel bad for these people you’re fucking wrong these people are drug attic’s seriously and I live in America in California
And let me tell you I don’t live in the Netherlands, but when I was there, you have dogs that shit all over the streets everywhere you literally have outdoor urinals where you allow people to walk into this metal thing and take a piss in the middle of the street. Amsterdam is full of drug addicts, so please don’t tell me that about your country and don’t make mention of my country again
The issue is that most of these people want to live like this and turn down any help offered unless it’s a free handout of cash. I’ve offered food to some and they turn you down and tell you they want money. This is so they can buy alcohol or drugs. Anyplace you drive around California you’ll see this, large city’s to small towns. The state chose to shutdown most mental health facilities and turn these folks out into the streets. Then you have the drug addicts that live like this because if they go to a shelter they are expected to follow the rules, and they don’t want to follow the rules, especially the stay sober rule. Most people in California have very little compassion for the homeless due to this.
if you offered these people a safe, clean place to go but they had to follow rules like anyone living in an apartment complex or group home, many, and I'm not exaggerating, MANY would turn it down. They like being able to do whatever they want, wherever they want, whenever they want. They like the fact they can shoplift with impunity, get free meals daily, do drugs wherever and whenever, pee and defecate whenever, and the city lets them.
I'm guessing that the homeless in the US have an entirely different culture and attitude. Most of the homeless I've encountered feel that they are victims and that the non-homeless are privileged and therefore, should "give back" to the "community".
So sad that there are people in the US living like this
Sad that we have to live with it.
@janetannerevans2320 I live in the Netherlands, and we have our share of those at risk and those in profound need. Fortunately, we also have special places where the most vulnerable can live and get necessary support. The homeless problem is no where close to what it is in the US.
They want to live like this.
@@marcelmoulin3335 Because you don't sell motorhome there in Netherlands.
They choose to
Poor pets😢
Thank u for calling them pets and not one of those stupid terms people use
PUT THEM UP AT NEWSOM'S, PELOSI, BASS, BIDEN'S MANSIONS
Why not Mar-a-Lago?
Why just Democrats' residences? Republicans are no fans of affordable housing.
Sad. But order must be restored
They have to do more to help the citizens of this country. If you can help illegal immigrants and give them food, housing and medical care you can do it for U.S. citizens.
Asking for asylum is completely legal.
Trust the government?!
never but democrats will say trust it watch them roll out new covid to keep us in our houses
This issue did NOT suddenly appear. Voters could have stopped the growing problems through various “solutions” they are now just beginning to implement. So it took a news broadcast to show the truth before ANY elected official took this issue seriously enough to implement any solution or prevention measures.
The massive undertaking of trying to tow and house all these people must have been overwhelming. With all sincerity good job LA
@@Network126
Really? What is cheap to you?
I find cheap rooms all the time in LA.
Try mid city, Culver City, NoHo, Crenshaw, even Hollywood has some decent cheap rooms.
Normally, if you aren't earning at least $1000 a week in LA, you are gonna struggle. Its very normal for 4 to 5 people to share a two bedroom two bath apartment.
@@Network126
You can ind a room for $500 a week but certainly not $500 a month not now.
There is a nice hotel near Pico and La Cienega that is $700 a month, you have to share a bathroom but the rooms are clean and safe. A lot of people are renting rooms in their homes for about $600 a month minium..
I suggest working for a company like Starbucks or Amazon, they help their employees find housing, they also pay for their employees to ride 'Lyft' into and from work. Lots of benefits too.. Starbucks even feeds its employees for free (as many drinks as you want and a meal a day)..
Now that the Pandemic is over, the city of LA and the county have job offers on the table and the city will help with finding an apartment.. Try working at a city run recreational center, the pay is $26 dollars an hour to start.
There should be rehabilitation camps (rehousing complexes) created to house, feed and retrain and reorient the homeless a triage letter number system should be given based on need. It should be illegal for any person in the US to be with out a home, job, access to medical care, mental care resources food to conduct life...
I take a drink every time he says "unhoused".
I'd like to knock him in the mouth every time he said it.
Poor innocent dog & kitten.😢 Animals don’t ask for this. Shame on adults for that neglect & selfishness. Wanting an animal yet not taking care of it. Whilst it depends on you.
The elephant in the room is how are they gonna provide all those people free housing ???... Temporary shelter is one thing permanent housing is another... and if they don't they'll just move back in later in tents or cars... Even if they do provide 100% free house permanent housing to these homeless. New ones will surely move in from other areas later.... It an impossible problem to solve by just throwing tax payer money at it......
drop them off out in slab city.
No.. . Let them waste the money. The rest of the country can use LA as a case study so noone is stupid enough to do this again.
@@xerveschex5761we are !!!
There are rv parks all across America and those people live clean and call their RVhome. This is just sad and wasteful nonsense!
Privileged old lady
RV Parks are not free, or even affordable.
good on you! SF should do this too.
I was just ther a few weeks ago.. A few businesses had concert size speakers blasting opera all night.. (the only people it annoyed, were the ones NOT passed out in their 1974 Winnebagos)
Getting the homeless help means getting them to accept help for their addictions mostly Heroin
After 3 years they finally report great journalism
Unhoused? What's wrong with homeless?
How did they afford the RVs?
They didn't say it here but in an earlier report they said they rent them...
News said that some were paying rent.
the report mentioned they are still looking for the person who they were renting the RV's from. So another case of a RV slumlord, reminiscent of the old bat who was busted a few weeks ago with 20+ RV's next to her house, she was charging up to 1k a month per PERSON.
I have zero sympathy for homeless. I live in Bakersfield and geez fck they are destroying every place they camp out. City cleans it up and within a week these places are destroyed once again.
@@Network126 situation like you are not rare but not the majority. From what I see in Bakesfield it's the damn junkies that are screwing up the city. I'm sick and tired of them
Just throw them in jail or tow their RVs. How much money does this cost taxpayers to appease these lawbreakers.
Jails are full and over crowded. Reason why real criminals are let out the same day.
It also costs a fortune to keep people in jail. A lot more than paying for a motel room plus food allowance.
@@sirrathersplendid4825 You're going to make that dumb excuse? I hear idiots say that all of the time. If you throw people in jail for camping illegally, then they'll stop doing it. People are fine paying higher taxes if it provides a benefit to society.
@@rustybumperclassics6342 Increase taxes. That's fine. People can afford it.
@@KK-pm7ud if it were that easy.... imagine the state would eventually have more people in jail than not. This country is way too short on crime and other BS
My philosophy, caught stealing lose a finger, 2nd time, lose a hand, third time another hand. Dont get me started with other crimes or felonies.🙂
Homeless people get Everything for free🙄
What cracks me up is when the police says we should trust the government lol
It’s nice to see that the county is providing alternative housing options for these folks, and access to additional services.
You need to make $40/hr to afford a studio these days so I’m not surprised. 😮they’re smart to pocket their $2k that they’d owe in rent for a scummy box
In some cases yes lol
Find me a single studio in gardena that id leasing at 2k/month.
Get real, you wont. median monthly for a 1 bedroom apartment is 1760 in the sorrounding zip codes.
Studio's arent included in the data provided, but, i live in gardena, in a studio with a 2 car garage as well, and im paying barely over half what you claim the cost to be. Get your facts straight before spouting nonsense excuses
0:33 Some living in these derelict RV's have been moved to temporary shelter, the RV's towed away.
Think about that, it is not as equitable and soft as it fleetingly sounds.
Only "Some" are given temporary housing while "ALL" their homes were removed. = Some is not the same as ALL
Further the housing is "temporary" while the removals of RV's are "Permanent" = Temporary is not the same as Permanent
Digging further "Temporary" can have any meaning from 1 month or 1 week or 1 day = Temporary has no defined meaning
Conclusion = The homeless in the RV got short changed "permanently" and the government knowingly did it.
These people will ALL be living directly exposed to the elements.
"Trust the government" 🤣🤣🤣
I rather Live in a RV than a Group Home I have a disability and the rent they ask all special needs that live in a Group Home in California you can Buy your own House instead of living with them because they steal your money and rip you off and they would hurt you or kill you my friend live in a Group Home and there son was killed by the staff and they sued and also they tell you are force to go to a day program and can't do what you want to do I left the group home because they are asking over a billion dollars to live in the Group Homes and they are not worth it and the Government is not doing anything to Help
If you want to live in a RV you don't do it in a city....
House the tweakers meanwhile the taxpayers struggle with the ridiculous rent rates....That's a great idea. SMH
Complaining bc these individuals are unhoused as well as complaining about 'free' housing! Not a Happy Individual.🤔
@@jacquelinec.6785 I don't agree with housing junkies call it what you want. I'm happy living my life not counting on making my problems someone else's. 🙂
Time for tough love
Drink another one.
This homeless problem is a direct result of the high inflation we have had over the last 2 1/2 years. I am retired and living in a modest house and my electric and water bill has doubled in that time. My home insurance has also doubled in the same period. Now I hear that my taxes are taking a huge jump this year. This inflation is hurting everyone except for the politicians and ultra wealthy.
BULLCRAP! Wake up to reality. I live in a city of 3 million. We have 5000 to 8000 bums, many from outside the area. The numbers don't support your theory. It's just a small number of folks, who will tell you straight up, they want to be high and left alone. Which is fine, just do it somewhere else.
It’s nice to think inflation caused this and not drugs and irresponsible lifestyles.
No, the problem predates the past 2 1/2 years.
“Fed up with life in the streets” nah they love living like that believe that
"Find a pathway home"?
Yup....
Interview these people, find out where they come from...who their families are, and return them.
Lets make this a joyous Holiday Season, and reunite these families.
1:35 LA County Supervisor Holly Mitchell made $337,313.00 in total pay and benefits in 2022,
a $36,366 raise from the $300,977.00 she made in 2021.
-from the Transparent CA website
Good for her...she can actually show her constituents the results of her hard work. More community leaders and businesses have to work TOGETHER.
Yes thank you gavin, Pelosi and the mayor for letting it get out of control
LOL@ trust the government says the sheriff 😂
@@robertruge2916 I do not trust trust this !
I know. Trusting the government is like trusting in the devil.
@@Network126 Yet they send our tax money to UK.
when did "unhoused" become a word in the English dictionary?
Well Technically they are "MotorHomes" but once people get a taste of the good life having their own place they usually don't want to go back to Street life nor should they.
But who gonna pay for their own place if renting an RV was all they could afford???? Have you checked the rental rates lately????
@@jogmas12 it's called subsidized housing it goes according to your income.
@@miguelsalami there is long waiting period just to get a housing voucher for section 8, and it’s not just the homeless who are waiting and big house shortage on top of that
I pray for them all especially the families with kids 🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾
I was just in Los Angeles today and on Penrose street in Sun Valley is a growing RV homeless encampment
Wow. Free housing. And I worked 50-60 hours per week most of my life. The problem is simple: One single RV parks more than the legal 48 hours, ticket, tow, impound. Expired tags, ticket, tow, impound. Every single time. LA let the problem grow when it got past two RV's.
February of last year I was evicted by court order. I had a commission sales job and I wasn't making any sales after I fell into a deep depression because my son and girlfriend were killed by a drunk driver. A year and a half later I still cannot find any type of housing or shelter. The homeless shelters only help people who use drugs or drink alcohol. Those are things I shall not take part in. The worst part is businesses will not hire homeless people. However, everyone is "hiring." Even though I have experience in banking, accounting, management and retail companies won't hire me because they think I use drugs because I'm homeless. Last year I was jumped and when I arrived at the hospital nurses also assume I was using drugs. They didn't ask, just assumed. It's not like I have a support system because I was a foster kid. Somehow I will figure this all out of my own like I have with everything else in life.
California: Where the American dream goes to die
A motorhome is a home. Home is in the name.
I am so glad to see the government has finally made this move possible. It has been a long time coming to the homeless.
They're going to burn that place down now.
That's what i think.
America never ceases to amaze and appal me, such a rich country but with so many millions of people living completely shit lives and the State does nothing to improve things!
Don't give the slaves any ideas . The government trys hard to keep them keep them occupied with drugs ,gambling , prono And false virtue signals.
It's become a huge problem in LA that someone is buying broken RVs, getting them moved to a street, and renting them out to homeless. They wouldn't be able to move the vehicle if they wanted too.
When is everyone going to understand. Neverending. The homeless will never ever, get housing ever!!!😮😢
Homelessness is a crime against those who are homeless, and kicking them out to the adjacent city doesn’t make it less of a crime 🤷🏻♀️
You should take some into your home.
Post your address since you offer sanctuary
They should all park on Gavin's front lawn since he's responsible for most of them being homeless in the first place
@@Network126 The cost of living is too high and most people are 1 paycheck away from being homeless as it is. Lose your job and you're on the street. Not everyone who is homeless is a drug addict.
No rite to move them... disgusting that noOne will help
Seriously. And moved to a roach infested motel and lied to losing all of our belongings. Never mentioning it was legal not long ago during covid. Now they are criminalizing it and forcing those people out with lies and the public actually believes this bs.
Some of those will end up in the street without a roof no more.
You will all be homeless soon, you're living on borrowed time. You think you have but you have not. Getting rid of them only leaves a slot reserved for you.*L276
You get what you tolerate!
O.C.P rehousing unit is there to help.
1:35 --- Holly Mitchell is much of the problem. She is overwhelmed as she allowed it to grow with her ultra "progressive" beliefs.
Glad the major is doing something
After year's of passively creating this festering problem.
The city should accomodate vehicle encampments in prescribed areas of the city. Not in front of businesses, residential streets or schools but in areas that permit access to utilities, transportation services, etc.
The authorities should never, NEVER have allowed it to get this bad.
There are legal sites like KOA campgrounds. Thousands of people love the RV life living in RV units and obeying the laws. It costs almost as much of not more to live in a legal RV site than a cheap motel.
KOA campgrounds are way too expensive not worth the cost at all
@@Network126Yet here you are on TH-cam commenting. Guess you made some bad life decisions.
Two different types of people. Living the RV life is one thing, living like an animal on the street addicted to drugs, mentally sick, alcoholic is a totally different thing.
This could've happened 4:28 earlier❗️Major adjustment ~ hope it works in their favor.
AT LAST LOCAL GOVERNMENT HAS BEEN AWAKEN,
BUT WHY FEDRAL GOVERNMENT DO NOT HAVE MONEY FOR THESE PEOPLE BASIC NEEDS
Finally a solution and not just kicking them down the road.
They had cleaned Redondo a few months ago and a week after it was full of RVs again.
Homeless
You voted for it and now you got it.
In the 30s they had " hovervilles". And for the most part they were allowed to live instead of being rousted all the time.
Politicians do nothing about a problem until it becomes a crisis.
That harbor gateway cap is 💣
Nothing will change until you start tackling mental illness. There’s often (not always) a connection between homelessness and some level of mental illness.
Unhoused? Moved to temporary shelter? Perhaps your shelter state laws are causing the problem
I know how to help the homeless, by giving $180,000,000,000 to Ukraine!! That should surely help!! Great leadership Biden!!!
They need to move to Malibu😂
Well this kind of blows a hole in the “they have no place to go so we should feel compassion for them” argument. Clearly there is room at the inn, some people just don’t want it. We can either confront this problem and fix it, like you see here, or we can put our head in the sand and pretend that this is OK.
When the government rescure bank before people then bring in investor to buy home and apartment that is why the price went up.
I BET THE HOMELESS DOGS AND CATS GOT BETTER HOMES THAN THE HOMELESS HUMANS