That the city politicians would let Olivera Street get to this ratty condition is deplorable. They shouldn't even be paid their salaries until this area is cleaned up.
A couple of years ago, I volunteered for a homeless food program whereby we would take dinners to homeless in their tents. One volunteer was about to set some food on a guy sleeping on the sidewalk when the group leader said, "Stop! Don't put food on anyone who is sleeping. If you do, the person will be covered with rats within minutes". We saw some big, bold rodents that night. Downtown is a dirty, vermin-infested place. Not sure I'd want to eat there.
Last time I was there, it was unpleasant due to homeless…is it the homeless filth they brought the rats? Ooh just got to that part of the story. The city has chosen the homeless : over everyone else merchant, resident, and visitors. Shame la city
I'm retired from doing commercial pest control in California. Yes sanitation is a big issue with this and secondly the State of California has banned some rodenticides which I used to use and were very effective. It is always this tug a war with environmental issues regarding secondary poisoning and then rodents get out of hand. This happened in the protected Farallon Islands off the coast from San Francisco until permission was granted to use rodenticides due to a rodent population going out of control.
It is not an easy answer and poisoning is just temporary and destructive. I also am in the position of not sure what to do do I poison or do I trap but I can’t trap fast enough and they learn but I would hate to poison other animals and so I just use traps
No excuses. There are still plenty of methods available to get rid of these pests. Look at all the TH-cam videos on how to catch hundreds of these at a time! I'm surprised the health department has not closed them down yet. 😮😮😮
The addicts are allowed to live anywhere they want without repercussion while business owners have rules they must follow and will get fined if they don't follow them. CA is so backwards.
What does your state do for the homeless? Let's talk solutions. While it would be amazing to give everyone a small home for themselves and get them off the streets, it's very unlikely to happen. What do you suggest?
In the flower of my long gone youth Olvera Street was a favorite hangout. The food, the drinks, the music was all good. I had hoped to return to visit one day for old times sake ... sad to see it run down with rats and infested with homeless trash, filth and tents. I will not return until the city cleans it up.
I was thinking the same thing. I hoped to visit for Dia de los Muertos, and Las Posadas, but it seems we're not really post-pandemic/economic mess, yet.
I live in Glendale California and I get at least 1 🐀 a week but in one month I got 6 I told my landlord and nothing has been done...I started looking for a place to move.
i use to work work for the city cleaning that exact spot ! its so nasty and disgusting and barley any janitors to clean ! we would clean the public restrooms there & outside areas🤮 literally have to wash human poop off the ground there Every Single Day it’s horrible and not the janitor fault its the supervisors and management fault!! ik everyone who works there is miserable only keep the job because of the benefits! i couldnt & quit but man i hated that job! so disgusting!!
I think in the 70s a guy in d.c. was letting the city know they have rat problems the city didn't do anything so what did he do? He caught alot of the rats alive I don't know how many in the cage he went to the suburbs area were the politicians lived and threatened to release the cage so the rats can run free in the neighborhood then the politician said they'll do something about it sometimes you got to take matters into your own hands
You pay for your business license to CDCA, you pay for property taxes to the county, you collect sales taxes on vendored food. City, County, State all fail to maintain vector control. Pretty much taxation without representation.
That's how all of LA is don't just try to make everyone think it's one street. Politicians don't care! Let's start requiring drug test and mental health evaluation for and government assistance. If they fail then offer them help for THAT and stop handing out food stamps, cash aid, and hotel/motel rooms.
The rats were there long before the homeless. I lived in LA for 25 years. By the way, you may think the rats are gone but they are good at hiding and are practically impossible to get rid of once there is an infestation. Rats multiply faster than any other species. One reason why they are so hard to get rid of. Also, LA is one of the few cities that has no rat control program. The sewers in LA are teeming with rats.
The third world dumps their unwanted substance in a river which empties in the San Diego Area. This place is just like the third world which cannot afford to dispose of its waste properly.
What a shame! So the city officials just don’t seem to care since it’s not in their neighborhoods. Nobody seems to do their job anymore. Very sad times which unfortunately will continue to decline.
A good way to get rid of the encampments is to provide jobs and shelter for the homeless. People want them to leave and get their own home, but nobody wants to give them jobs.
Homeless people don't spawn rats, no matter what your preachers are telling you morons these days. It's filled with filthy food places and that's where rats are always located. This is just another excuse to hate on people less fortunate than you... Because it's easy. That's what bullies do.
Oliver’s street is a historic landmark. It should be preserved and taken care of. Oh 11 million dollars is already going to take care of the homeless. Never mind. Everything should work out fine, especially for the highly paid rats in City Hall.
This is what happens when you ban rodenticides and have a city that doesnt care. You can only trap so much. (Yes we can use 1st gen rodenticides but they are NOT accepted by the rodents.)
It’s deeply concerning to observe the current rat infestation in Los Angeles, especially given the numerous vacant commercial buildings in the city. It’s unfortunate that while these buildings remain unused, many individuals are left without shelter, forced to live on the streets. While the issue currently seems limited to rodents, history has shown that rat infestations can lead to outbreaks of diseases like the plague. If such an outbreak were to occur, the consequences would not just be limited to the homeless population; even those with homes could be at risk. It’s imperative that we address the underlying social and environmental issues now before they escalate further.
Greetings 🫖☕ good evening 🌌 🙏the streets are dirty they used to clean with bleach way back in the days and empty trash on daily basis lock up the trash bins they should read about the history of Los Angeles how they kept everything clean
I don't ever remember seeing rats over my 50 years of going to Olvera street. It's odd how now there's a problem just as businesses are closing on Olvera street. I smell a rat !!!
That is exactly what it looks like. I was out there one night on the bus stop with a few people a couple and they started running across the doggone street. I like to have a nervous break down. I was screaming so loud this man said ma’am, you can come to my room until it gets daylight or when the bus starts running again something like that girl why I had to go to this man’s room. And take a nap until the sun came up. I was devastated.😂😂😂😂😂
They should isolate two city blocks from the public and pets and set up traps for a few weeks, some type of poison that would kill and perhaps something that would effect the reproduction process.
LA is becoming more hopeless same as SF. Imagine a well-run beautiful city where families can enjoy all the arts, restaurants, and many points of interest, without tripping over homeless encampment and crimes lurking at every corners. Keep voting for the same craps Angelenos.
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Those rats are very similar to Los Angeles politicians.
I'm sure they have good morals when you get to know them. can't say the same for the politicians tho
Don’t complain if you keep voting for these same frauds over and over again 🤦♂️
Yeah. Like those racist Latino council persons!
Yeah, they’re big rats with two legs!
Most Latinos vote Democrat. You get what you vote for.
That the city politicians would let Olivera Street get to this ratty condition is deplorable. They shouldn't even be paid their salaries until this area is cleaned up.
It's a Mexican area. What else would you expect?
@@20alphabettechnically at one point everywhere in California was a Mexican area. Hence the name Pueblo de Los Angeles
@@20alphabetare you saying the hard working Mexicans brought the rats ?? Ok 😅
The whole country is like this
@@20alphabetthat sounds stupid
😮 This is how to cause an outbreak of the worst pathogens imaginable. Get this cleaned up, immediately!
Typhus already in Los Angeles.
Too far gone. This is but just one small example of the total rat infestation of Southern California.
The Homeless Are Parasites Send To Camps And Give Them Daily Showers !!!
A couple of years ago, I volunteered for a homeless food program whereby we would take dinners to homeless in their tents. One volunteer was about to set some food on a guy sleeping on the sidewalk when the group leader said, "Stop! Don't put food on anyone who is sleeping. If you do, the person will be covered with rats within minutes". We saw some big, bold rodents that night. Downtown is a dirty, vermin-infested place. Not sure I'd want to eat there.
Yeah, I see them when I work at Skid Row once loaded for rats 🐀 🐀 🐁 🐭 🐀 🐁 🐭 🐀 🐁 🐭 🐀 🐁 🐭 🐀 🐁 🐭 🐀 🐁 🐭 🐀 🐁 and fleas.
Last time I was there, it was unpleasant due to homeless…is it the homeless filth they brought the rats? Ooh just got to that part of the story. The city has chosen the homeless : over everyone else merchant, resident, and visitors. Shame la city
I'm retired from doing commercial pest control in California. Yes sanitation is a big issue with this and secondly the State of California has banned some rodenticides which I used to use and were very effective. It is always this tug a war with environmental issues regarding secondary poisoning and then rodents get out of hand. This happened in the protected Farallon Islands off the coast from San Francisco until permission was granted to use rodenticides due to a rodent population going out of control.
Hispanic state now.
It is not an easy answer and poisoning is just temporary and destructive. I also am in the position of not sure what to do do I poison or do I trap but I can’t trap fast enough and they learn but I would hate to poison other animals and so I just use traps
No excuses. There are still plenty of methods available to get rid of these pests. Look at all the TH-cam videos on how to catch hundreds of these at a time! I'm surprised the health department has not closed them down yet. 😮😮😮
@@SunsetBoulevard111 How about catching them illegals and start worrying about the rats
@@SaveAmerica69 better than racist pale people
The addicts are allowed to live anywhere they want without repercussion while business owners have rules they must follow and will get fined if they don't follow them. CA is so backwards.
What does your state do for the homeless? Let's talk solutions. While it would be amazing to give everyone a small home for themselves and get them off the streets, it's very unlikely to happen. What do you suggest?
In the flower of my long gone youth Olvera Street was a favorite hangout. The food, the drinks, the music was all good. I had hoped to return to visit one day for old times sake ... sad to see it run down with rats and infested with homeless trash, filth and tents. I will not return until the city cleans it up.
I was thinking the same thing. I hoped to visit for Dia de los Muertos, and Las Posadas, but it seems we're not really post-pandemic/economic mess, yet.
Same here. We were planning a trip on the Metro Link. Not anymore. How sad…
Lol won't be clean as long as you keep voting a particular way which many who own and work at Olvera St do so in hindsight you get what you vote for
I live in Glendale California and I get at least 1 🐀 a week but in one month I got 6 I told my landlord and nothing has been done...I started looking for a place to move.
Yes, we know rats is all over Los Angeles for century and nothing changed.
Typical LA slumlord. In the meantime, you can spray bleach around the areas where you think they are coming in.
Honest to goodness. Can't decide if we're living in 2023 or the middle ages.
give 'progressives' a couple more years and they'll have us living in west korea led by kim jun newsom.
Like they say "History likes to repeat itself..."
It's 2023, fyi
i use to work work for the city cleaning that exact spot ! its so nasty and disgusting and barley any janitors to clean ! we would clean the public restrooms there & outside areas🤮 literally have to wash human poop off the ground there Every Single Day it’s horrible and not the janitor fault its the supervisors and management fault!! ik everyone who works there is miserable only keep the job because of the benefits! i couldnt & quit but man i hated that job! so disgusting!!
The city n all businesses in that area MUST install better trash contaiment receptacles. And laws to empty more frequently.
I FORGOT 2 SAY THEY GOT SOME FIRE 🔥 FOOD RIGHT THERE BUT NOW I WON'T BE EATING THERE 😔🤢
Probably ate some 🔥 🐀 😮
The prevalence of inhumanity and ignorance in this third-world country of first-world countries has been OUTRAGEOUS FOR SEVERAL DECADES.
Trash is actually a first world problem for third world counties dont have the money to produce trash.
You said a lot just to not say much.
@@renes3360 Someone you know very well is obviously a graduate of the University of Social Media, Gullibility, and Conspiracy Theories.
I think in the 70s a guy in d.c. was letting the city know they have rat problems the city didn't do anything so what did he do? He caught alot of the rats alive I don't know how many in the cage he went to the suburbs area were the politicians lived and threatened to release the cage so the rats can run free in the neighborhood then the politician said they'll do something about it sometimes you got to take matters into your own hands
You pay for your business license to CDCA, you pay for property taxes to the county, you collect sales taxes on vendored food. City, County, State all fail to maintain vector control. Pretty much taxation without representation.
OF COURSE ALL THEM HOMELESS WALKING AROUND LIKE THE LIVING DEAD TALKING 2 WHO KNOWS WHAT 😂
Those are not to be fear, the one scream, moaning and crying all night like demons are the one you should worried about.
@@rollinia7770 I seen Them 😂
@@PUBLICENEMY-xg9bt Yes, sadly it the women more than men.
No surprise, more than 10 years homeless have been sleeping over there.
They need to seal the trash. The homeless situation is due to politics.
The state just needs a nice, big juicy quake to get rid of it once and for all
@@SaveAmerica69 Exactly.
Bins with lids?
WHAT ABOUT THE RAT'S IN CITY HALL?
They are not Rats they are the politicians roaming free Los Angeles please vote with common sense not with feelings
That's how all of LA is don't just try to make everyone think it's one street. Politicians don't care!
Let's start requiring drug test and mental health evaluation for and government assistance. If they fail then offer them help for THAT and stop handing out food stamps, cash aid, and hotel/motel rooms.
I thought they only lived in City Hall ?
The ppl elected to handle this don't give a Rat's Donkey.
Worst mex food I’ve ever had! Your paying for the location…not the food!
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Exactly I've had better at random Hispanic households!
Their burrito 🌯 is the finest large and big meaty 🐀 🐁 speciality dropping which people couldn't finish what inside it.
@@rollinia7770 It is Their not There
I will never come back to eat at Olvera Street again! This is insane.
Ew where are the taxes going?
Not the rat's fault humans leave food and garbage everywhere
The homeless are just breeding more rats for daily meals.
It’s the homeless that bring the rats. My neighborhood DT had rats and they went away as soon as they cleaned up the homeless.
The rats were there long before the homeless. I lived in LA for 25 years. By the way, you may think the rats are gone but they are good at hiding and are practically impossible to get rid of once there is an infestation. Rats multiply faster than any other species. One reason why they are so hard to get rid of. Also, LA is one of the few cities that has no rat control program. The sewers in LA are teeming with rats.
If the streets and garbage would-be kept cleaner... we won't have this problem
The third world dumps their unwanted substance in a river which empties in the San Diego Area. This place is just like the third world which cannot afford to dispose of its waste properly.
What a shame! So the city officials just don’t seem to care since it’s not in their neighborhoods. Nobody seems to do their job anymore. Very sad times which unfortunately will continue to decline.
I will not eat anywhere in LA, it's nothing but a cesspool. In fact I stay away from Downtown LA all together.
Find some neighborhood stray cats and put them to work. I'm sure they'll love working overtime on the rat problem.
That’s what I was thinking, there’s never rats in a neighborhood full of cats and cats are clean as well
@@MyLeg.Facts!🎉
Disneyland has feral cats that live there just to maintain rodent population.
They should bring out a group of rat hunting dogs during the night gonna take some time but it will work
Dalmatians are good at chasing mice; that's why so many English fairy departments had dalmatians as pets. Cats also chase a lot of prey too.
When life gives you rats make tacos. 🐮
Rat 🐀 tacos 🌮 mmmmmmmboy !
And there all in downtown L.A to around other businesses not just plaza Olvera street what are they talking about they been walking around for years
Omg, there's soooooo many of them during the day. Trust me, you don't want to be there at night. Absolutely disgusting
Reedly California bio rats...look it up.
Completely successful before found...as your rat population exploded.
And all the restaurants there passed the Health Inspection because all they have to do it remove the dead rats every morning.
Get a bunch of cats.. case closed 🔐
GOOD IDEA 💡💯👍
A good way to get rid of the encampments is to provide jobs and shelter for the homeless. People want them to leave and get their own home, but nobody wants to give them jobs.
Bruh.. they don’t want to work. Many homeless want to do drugs all day, sleep and steal… anything other than work!
People be lined up to eat over there too , gross asf 😂
Yes, rats 🐀 is delicious and fullfulling.
The crazy thing is that this has been happening since I was homeless there over 8 years ago!
There is a whole 2 blocks of homeless people by the church. There is no reason other than that
Homeless people don't spawn rats, no matter what your preachers are telling you morons these days. It's filled with filthy food places and that's where rats are always located. This is just another excuse to hate on people less fortunate than you... Because it's easy. That's what bullies do.
Send in weasels, they can clear an infested barn in hours.
Oliver’s street is a historic landmark. It should be preserved and taken care of. Oh 11 million dollars is already going to take care of the homeless. Never mind. Everything should work out fine, especially for the highly paid rats in City Hall.
He’s right
I agree 👍 with ktla...
Garcetti and DA gascon and Karen bass have destroyed los angeles
An enterprising individual could make a good business in rat trapping.
Its LA , you cant tell me they cant afford rat traps and rat venom im sure they're easier to get rid of than the bed bug problem in Paris
Downtown was always loaded with huge rats. There are probably many more now.
Yes, we all know it Los Angeles is loaded with vermins and rodents. Nothing news here as it been that way for century.
Make rat tacos / sell them and/or feed them to the homeless. They eat rats in other countries and cultures. Go watch Best Ever Food Show
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Some Racos!
That why the mirgants are here to eat rats 🐀.
😂
Rats are all over downtown LA
Ban rodents within city limits
OMG health department
This is how the bubonic plague STARTED. Rattywood!!
U voted for it
This is what happens when you ban rodenticides and have a city that doesnt care. You can only trap so much. (Yes we can use 1st gen rodenticides but they are NOT accepted by the rodents.)
It’s deeply concerning to observe the current rat infestation in Los Angeles, especially given the numerous vacant commercial buildings in the city. It’s unfortunate that while these buildings remain unused, many individuals are left without shelter, forced to live on the streets. While the issue currently seems limited to rodents, history has shown that rat infestations can lead to outbreaks of diseases like the plague. If such an outbreak were to occur, the consequences would not just be limited to the homeless population; even those with homes could be at risk. It’s imperative that we address the underlying social and environmental issues now before they escalate further.
00:05 why censor? Show it.
awww, they're sooo CUUTTTEE
They're all over San Francisco and the SF Peninsula - roof rats and Norway rats and 2-legged rats of course.
easy fix get some cats
Decline of the world.
What kind of news is this? They been having rats for decades and now you want to report it come on now
Thank you Columbus for bringing European rat's
How about the city dump their trash cans? Guess that would be too hard.
It's close to DTLA.
Greetings 🫖☕ good evening 🌌 🙏the streets are dirty they used to clean with bleach way back in the days and empty trash on daily basis lock up the trash bins they should read about the history of Los Angeles how they kept everything clean
end trafficking of all which includes rape not temporarily ‘’ forever
Those Rats took several College courses from the NYC Rats... 😂🤣
I don't ever remember seeing rats over my 50 years of going to Olvera street. It's odd how now there's a problem just as businesses are closing on Olvera street. I smell a rat !!!
I'd rather live with Rats than the homeless
Follow the source. Prayers to all for Love healing and peace
Have any questions been asked if their Reedley California lab rats ?
Get rid of the 2 legged Rats first and the 4 legged Rats will be gone.
💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯
Oh darn, I wanted to try that taquito place.
All those street vendors
Just like the transients, they have nowhere else to go.
Unlike the homeless, they don't have a right to live.
That is exactly what it looks like. I was out there one night on the bus stop with a few people a couple and they started running across the doggone street. I like to have a nervous break down.
I was screaming so loud this man said ma’am, you can come to my room until it gets daylight or when the bus starts running again something like that girl why I had to go to this man’s room. And take a nap until the sun came up. I was devastated.😂😂😂😂😂
There`s a building in Sacramento that is filled with rats, in fact they run the place!!
California a ratty place to be. 😂
Gavin ‘the rat 🐀’ Gruesome
If good or trash is accessible, there will be rats. Closed trash containers, clean up the sidewalks, they will leave.
Omg looks like ny 🗽
Bring out the stray cats
They probably came in through the border
They should isolate two city blocks from the public and pets and set up traps for a few weeks, some type of poison that would kill and perhaps something that would effect the reproduction process.
Can wait for the plague quarantine 🎉🎉
wasn't there a program a couple of years ago when the city would pay the homeless to catch rats?
That in China
There are a lot! In DTLA
HOW ABOUT THIS?
“Special task force” meaning more suffering from tax payers
THANK ALL THE PEOPLE THAT VOTED FOR THE DEMOCRAT POLITIANS. WHICH ALSO LABELED THE CITY AS A SAUTUARY CITY. YOU WANT CHANGE.? Vote REPUBLICAN
Rats 🐀 got nuffin da do wit politics
@@jogmas12they definitely do
@@jogmas12yes they do, idiot
LA is becoming more hopeless same as SF. Imagine a well-run beautiful city where families can enjoy all the arts, restaurants, and many points of interest, without tripping over homeless encampment and crimes lurking at every corners. Keep voting for the same craps Angelenos.
Angeleno’s have no brain and no spine to vote any different🤷🏼♂️
Something needs to be done
Who’s the governor of California and what’s he doing when he’s not with Trudeau👬🌈
Let’s go!! Karen Bass 👏
STOP IT.
Olvera Street is getting to be like New Yuck.
PURE PEPPERMINT OIL and COTTON BALLS . . . . . . . SOAK THE COTTON BALLS IN PURE PEPPERMINT OIL . . . . . PLACE THEM IN and AROUND AREA . . . . NOT IN A ENCLOSED AREA WITH BABIES . . . . . IT WORKS EXTREMELY WELL ..........!!!
Hey carne asada rat taco is actually very tasty and crunchy
Where are the money went ?
Where do you want the homeless to go?