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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 2 ก.พ. 2017
- Just a day after the city’s annual homeless count, Oakland police stepped in and took apart a homeless encampment that had been built by local volunteers. Tiny houses had been constructed from plywood to offer shelter to about 16 people. Those who helped construct it considered it a sort of housing workaround, since there isn’t enough alternative housing in the city for all the homeless in need.
Video: Erasmo Martinez
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I am a business owner in Oakland. These people in this clip are extraordinary. There is an enormous amount of money coming to Oakland from our city and outside of it to help the homeless situation. It is not being used For the homeless. I don’t know where it’s going, but it’s not going where we wanted it to go. Who is stealing the money.
I gave up and left the Bay 12 years ago. Best decision I have made in my life.
best choice of all time ^_-
Glad I saw it when it was still looking good. Now I don't ever want to be near that place.
Where did you take your Bay Area wealth and move to?
I left in '85. thank God!
hope u moved to some hot humid right wing gunnut shithole
Super sad to see not just CA, but the USA dealing with this problem... :(
Im a trucker and I’ve seen homeless towns all over the nation. :(
“We’re not asking the city for resources to build this...”
Except land, the most valuable thing in the world today.
And........?
@Voices Lost and Found how many have you taken into your home ? Those who live in glass houses should not throw rocks
There’s a lot of undeveloped land in the Bay Area, counties such as Marin has exempted themselves from having enough affordable housing. Oakland and SF should pay poorer cities such as Vallejo to build rehabilitation encampments. A lot of the former military bases are still undeveloped.
Bay Area streets are not campgrounds, give them camping permits in Parks closest to wealthy neighborhoods instead!
And how many parks with camping sites do you think there are, as a person looking for camping to pay for in campgrounds you generally need to register ahead of time to get a spot, or do you think you should just put thousands in a local park
Make Permits be good for Nancy's neighborhood.
Why closest to wealthy neighborhoods? They all pay their property taxes and don't deserve this kind of shit camps near them. Government needs to designate an area far away from the main city for homeless people to build a place to live.
@@komaru20 so stop electing the same people
The problem isn't the cost of housing. The problem is drug abuse and mental illness. To solve a problem, you have to find the root cause, not just treat the symptoms.
Noboby in politics.have your best interest at heart.it's all about the money.and themselves.screw everyboby else
jim dandy That grammar is atrocious! It was painful to read.
Amen
I'd live on the beach in a tent and fish all day or find a good spot on the river. Those two options to me would be better than living around crazy people.
You the crazy one
Mad Max encampments coming to a city near you.
Yea, vote for DemonRats and that's assured!
this is sooooooooooooooooooooooo messed up :(
I had to leave Oakland last year. First San Francisco rents went up and people moved to Oakland, Then Oakla d became overcrowded, then Hayward, all the way down to San Jose. People can't afford housing here.I think a universal minimum income would not improve the judgment of the mentally and drug addicted.
One of the central problems here is that the homeless are using land meant for other things - sidewalks, bike trails, etc. And they are using land that is not theirs. What they need, among other things, is actual ownership of the property on which they camp, and for that property to be properly zoned for that kind of activity.
Fred Ferd I can agree with your statement they should either make more CHEAPER housing for them or reserve a bit of land
Yeah, I bet if we gave them land for them to camp on near transportation and services they would live there. until we have an economy and political system that provides for the poor, they'll do what they have to do to survive. Who can blame them? If you had nothing you''d do like they do too.
Fred Ferd yeah don't forget cemetary plots lots of them. Bike trails indead.
It's much easier for "big brother" to cremate a dead homeless person than it is to actually try to help them. They can store ashes anywhere - Dear God, what are we coming to!!!!!!!!
Fred Ferd & much more cost-effective. Cheers!
The land isn't owned by the homeless, same as if the homeless decided to build on your front lawn. They got into their situation and now have to figure out how to get out. I'm talking from experience being I was homeless for 3 years in San Jose and going by the law, got a job, went into a homeless non-profit shelter and got free, eventually left the USA and have a great life now in Thailand!
I miss my native city of Oakland but with no resources I’ve had to move to SoCal where housing is first off available and second slightly cheaper. I had a hard transition and ended up stripping the first year. Now, a guy has paid for my cna license and I’m working at hospital by day and Bartending at night. I hope to save money to support myself while I complete an RN program. I don’t have to dance now but I’m sad about that part in my life. I know I’m bless though because at least I’m making it. I know many people who’s options are even slimmer. I’m not sure what the options are but I’m trying desperately to but my freedom so I can go back and help others obtain theirs. It’s cold out here but god is good. Be good to yourself and others 💯❤️
It's in every city...more and more people have no resources..the very fact that you cannot build your own home says it all...its about control and money as always...
a regular Jerry Brown Progressive utopia. tax, spend, misappropriate.
U can see y homelessness is rising. Technology, gentrification,cost of living, urban renewal, unemploynent, high taxes,and not enough affordable places to live.
Unfortunately, drugs and alcohol have caused people to live like this since the beginning of our country.
Fuck you and you should have said "since the beginnings of humanity" you fucking moronic imbecile.
No, some ppl are not able to afford to live . The cost of living is too much
But you don't own the land to build.
Like re real Dictators. The City wants you to pay taxes for them to do nothing for you.
Wonder where they "acquired" the materials from.........
ya cant just build a house anywhere!!!! property tax,
Is the Village still there? I saw a news bulletin saying Oakland has put in a planned encampment with portable toilets .
I love the Street Theater 101 stuff from the 70's..chants and cheers and weepy Kumbaya nonsense... used to blame Rockefeller and the Trilateral Commission as I recall....
Brian Jones oh my God the trilateral commission I haven't heard of or thought about them for years
One day, one of those homeless people is going to figure out..commit a crime and go to jail. You'll have a roof over your head, three meals, medical, and free education. All on the taxpayers dime.
Very incomplete story. These people were probably given several legal notices to move out and to not build but they just ignored them. We can't have slums popping up on public property.
...and of course when there's a fire or building collapse they will sue the city for allowing construction of unsafe housing!
Plenty of slimey lawyers would take that case
The problem here is not housing it’s substance abuse all encampments do is enable habits that get them living the way they do in the first place. There’s a labor shortage in the fields of California they can go work if not go treat themselves but not at all give “housing”
Kinda looked like my settlement in fallout 4 no joke.
Addicts who aren't being honest about all the subsidies they are already getting (SSI, panhandling). They want to live somewhere that's convenient for them, with no rules, do your drugs, sleep, sleep, eat when you feel like it.
I bet everyone there would have access to a residential treatment program that they would adamantly reject. I have represented people like this is my profession, so I know what I am talking about.
I totally agree....
It popped up again, I just drove by it
That camp looked tight. I'm for that kind of homelessness
Not knowing exactly where it's at and effecting makes this a hard call. Might have been cheaper for the city to drop off a few job-johnnies
and call it a Day? Sad situation anyway you look at it!
I spent years on the street, and I can honestly say that 90% of the people are there because of substance abuse. and they will always ruin any help they are given. Stop making it easy to be a failure.
How did it come to this?
The people that have paid for homes in that area where the shanty towns are being put up, probably want the cops to see that the eyesores are torn down. It's called "blight". It hurts the value of the investment they've made. And who can blame them?
the guy at 2:05 is a transient from Korea. I met him in Arcata with his dog
Have a great blessed loving day everyone
they want free housing and free services for being homeless it is a very lucrative business
I mean I feel for them but you cant just show up and claim land and build on it. This isn't 1850.
Sadly there is no land. We must give land masses to the poor to run. Many ppl can't afford the new economy of today. There is no where to push the unwanted any longer. We must stop birth rates from being so high, we must gave a lot of land for ppl like this to survive
Back on streets. Wat a joke of a system.
I was homeless for three years in the Bay Area
Jeez people you can't just take it upon yourself to build a shack wherever you want. We have zoning laws for a reason.
If these 'activists' want to help the homeless, let them live with you.
Tell me what you want, what you really want. Hand outs. Tell me what you need, what you really need. A job.
Based on rent to wage gap in SF most of them would still be homeless.
Let them stay but tax them like the rest of the paying public
How do you manage your sewer system?
When it rains, the feces on the sidewalks get washed down hill
You go to Starbucks.
Moving elsewhere is life
The problem is you are building your house that is not up to code on public property....you do not own that land.
Hmmmmm , I am conflicted!
The news ain't nobody friends
I paid for my " housing ". Worked my whole life for it. They want it free ... See the problem?
GOD BLESS ALL OF YOU, So Beautiful and Amazing!! U R building working hard for what you want Not sitting around being lazy begging the gvmt. For means of survival! THATS WHAT TERRIFIES THE GVMT THEY NEVER WANT HUMANITY TO REALIZE THAT YES, WE CAN SURVIVE AND THRIVE WITH OUT THEM!!! THEY,the gvmt, WILL NEVER ALLOW US TO KNOW THIER SECRETS IF THEY CAN HELP IT!!! So to all of you who are surviving with out them well you are doing SO MUCH MORE THAN THAT❤️💞THANK YOU
Come on... take those structures down and let's get them hauled away!
I was homeless in .ca for years I said screw this socialist state moved to Arizona bought 1/2 acer for 1800 bucks at 200 a month and will start building my own house like that once its paid off because where I'm at they don't have strict building codes I only have 6 more payments and that little peace of land will be mine and I only have to pay 25 bucks a year for property tax
How's that for fuk the system
Were in Arizona
I hope more ppl follow suit.
Veterans should get a pass, wounded Veterans should have free housing, children should get free food he shelter ALL OTHER ABLE BODIES PEOPLE NEED TO WORK TO DO SOMETHING
Build in the front yard of the activist own property if they care so much.
That was so mean I guess they didn't have the proper permits to satisfy the greedy bastards.
Dude is a real dental case. Cheers!
I guess he could do some construction work .. I think alit of homeless ppl just want a free ride
@u2good2b4gotn there are literally thousands of programs and millions of dollars for ppl who are homeless to get off the streets. The reason so many refuse is because of addiction. Something that liberal cities have endorsed with stations set up for ppl to shoot up drugs. How can you say that you want to help ppl transition from homelessness to productivity if you are enabling their habit??? Do you not see the assinine nature of it all??!
Just say no to drugs. Clean yourself up. Take some pride. You are not a victim. You're lazy!
I agree....
Oh fuck off you cant even afford a room for rent with 2 minimum wage jobs wtf are they supposed to do
Is oakland a better place now?
City of Oakland takes decisive action & is criticised by the SAME PEOPLE who criticised them for NOT acting.
They should move to Marin.
The Grove Shafter Park is directly behind my house. Our backyard fence meets the park grass. Over the past four years myself and about 15- 35 neighbors have ctrated a community through our dogs. Believe it or not Oakland is a city of dog lovers. I've met a lot of my neighbors and their dogs through that park. We all look for we add to new puppies and mourn for the loss of our neighbors pet as well. This little community of ours is something we've built up. Through making relationships and letting our dogs become friends. Honestly without this park nom of us would know each others names. Do u know how wonderful it is to be able toplay with my dog and my catch up with neighbors after work? Not only do I feel safe, we all feel welcome amongst each other. Yeah there's that annoying dog that always jumps on me or that owner that never teaches jos dog to stop stealing everyone's. Ball... But whatever. Admittedly my dog introduces herself by handing every new comer a muddy slobbery Frisbee.
That encampment, The village, built their community in the middle of the field. They put down wood chips which are terrible for dog paws. They locked off the gates so I couldn't walk my dog at night. They said it was for their communitys safety so they wouldn't be looted. But that gate is publlic. Being locked out of my dog park, where I feel safe amongst my
community isn't final at all. I tried to explain to Anita Bee that if her argument was that "No one was using this park land. This land is everyone's land...", At least that what she said all over the news. Thay was the whole argument right? We don't need the city recources to settle into a peaceful community. That this was a suitable temporary housing solution overall... Yet
This encampment would encourage residents to contribute to the land and surrounding residents. Well let me tell you, they never planted an herb garden like they said. It was late January early February when tehy settled in. It was the dead of winter.. what was going to grow??? They ruined the field where they built houses and put down bark. They had no trash or bathrooms so there were rats everywhere. Drug activity, dumping, and tagging quadrupled. Worst of all... honestly I couldn't walk through the park with my dog because with was now surrounded by homeless males I didn't know. Everyone within our little dog community was chased out. No one could play on the field with their dogs after the community settled in. I tried expressing that it was unfair to lock up the park. Maybe I could have a spare key?? Dometjing?? Made it clear That I supported what they were doing as long as Anita was willing to recognize we ALL had to assimilate as a community.... She didn't care about assimilating. When I see these peaceful communal videos it makes me sick. All they did was disrupt what was already anawesome dog park. Drink, use drugs, ruin the landscape( which the city has yet to fix due to funding issues aka woidbsrk is everywhere), steal public water, leave trash virtually everywhere. Maybe the problem is that they ruin everywhere they go. I'm poor, my neighbors are all broke, but we fight for what we have. Our dog park was something everyone built as community over time. Years of watching puppies grow up, Jobs, picking up dog poop in the rain! Lots of muddy paws!
Nobody handed that neighbourly bond over. We became a community because we earned it...
Oh man my puppy got saw dust because other people were trying to get a HOUSE because they can't afford it. Oh poor me!
Angel Blue I do understand that it is a MAJOR problem in cities like this to have homeless everywhere BUT these people have either suffered a great loss or are drug addicts. We still have to remember that they are people and should probably get either a dedicated piece of land off the city or make a Homeless shelter for this problem. I understand where you are coming from that it is a hazard to have these type of "buildings" in a PUBLIC park. I respect your sole opinion and I truly hope that I have gotten my point across. It is just that she stated her concern like a spolied child that didnt want her puppy to get hurt. On that note I rest my case.
Angel Blue I also do belive it is wrong for them to do this on PRIVATE state property without permision.
Angel Blue My response was childish and inappropriate. I apologize
Send them down to slab city
I'm...... conservative and I'm NOT WEALTHY. I don't have the answer to this. One FACT...., if you start throwing money at the problem, YOU'LL NEVER HAVE ENOUGH.
Did anyone else’s caption’s suddenly turn into a Spice Girls song???
How we can't be like the country of Bhutan who has designated land for homeless ppl to build and plant food so they can sustain. That country has zero homeless! What's wrong America?
Baltimore is building affordable housing. They understand not all ppl are born.to success. What should they do in return? Help each other run the place, work on farms. They need places to go and be
"We're in a housing crunch" well then issue the fucking permits to build some more instead of restricting them so that people are forced into artificially restricted supply
Yeah, issue permits for the homeless people to build tent cities in public places first.
Just let the homeless make there shelter under a freeway that’s all I’m saying
Jeeeeeez.... it's not that complicated, make a Tent city for them all, with their own address.
Very sad..
Has anyone noticed that where there are liberals there's a lot of homeless people I thought they were for the poor people
Well, what do you want us to do? What the government wants, the government gets.
nope. all republicans in my area of the country and a great big homeless problem. nice try though. I don't blame politicians so much - everyone is to blame for this.
its because they keep coming from red states!~!!
I don't feel sorry for these losers!!! They make up this fake story of their life wanting people to feel sorry for them!!! It's their fault that they don't want to make their life's successful and they choose drugs, drinking, be lazy not looking for a job!!! They are brainwashed in their own world thinking jobs and money is supposed to come to them!!! Let these bums suffer!!! They are a waste of life and they are useless to this world!!! This would be the perfect reason for FEMA camps!!!
So... In big cities with big volunteer programs trying to do something positive but getting twisted????
"We have a huge housing crunch" you're destroying houses, of course there's a fucking crunch, what do you expect?
these people can do construction hmmm building a wall requires construction, create jobs like rehabilitating the city by cleaning it , painting bridges, planting trees, maintaining school grounds, sweeping sidewalks, mowing city lawns, cleaning city dump sites, cleaning highways, cleaning alleys, repairing fences, jobs taking care of sheltered pets, cleaning grounds around private companies, these people need jobs to get back on their feet , the ones with substance abuse lock them up and rehabilitate them till their clean then put them to work. These people can be productive citizens but the educated that can't do their job but have THEIR hands out to get the millions of tax dollars are going to keep milking it and live well while this problem escalates at the exspense of the tax payer and the people that hit bottom. This is a good example of very poor city management and it starts at the top of incompetant city goverment.
No! :(
It's more of a slum but yea officials are nipping in in the bud before it gets too big.
This warms my heart
Displacing more homeless people "warms your heart"? You need Jesus. If you died tonight, you think you'd go to Heaven? NO ONE is promised tomorrow.. Better seek Jesus and get saved, because time is already short and hating others isn't helping you at all.
You goddamn democrats make me sick
How exactly?
Back in the sixties hippies had communes. What the difference other than the type of drugs.
Of course it does not fit in the system
We house Venezuela ppl who are not citizens, but our homeless ppl have no one! No more!
What a heartless thing to do to those homeless people! God will judge them!
Ogaboooga! the lord!!!
Now let's browse through the comments to see everyone who isn't from CA say how bad it is lol.
They want to live off anyone and think it's their entitled right. That isn't tolerated in Oklahoma.
You do not have the right to build housing on public land. I realize that the area needs more housing. Maybe s ok me people need to realize that they are in a city not ready for them to live there in their current condition
Great story
So, people came onto property that they did not own and told other people to come and live there. No facilities or utilities were provided. No city permission was sought. And now, the ramshackle mess is being hauled away.
America have the gall to talk about a great economy. These people are the greatest liars the world has ever known.
The city shut it down because they CAN'T MAKE MONEY OFF IT OR TAX IT!!
In this video i can see residential houses like 50 yarda away. Who the fuck would want drug addicts, criminals, and other homeless camping out so close? Fuck that, plus you have to own the land to build shit.
What about the people who worked hard and purchased property close to were they are having their “camp” how is that right, leverage the tax payer to pander to the one group who pays no taxes at all........uh guys you don’t see the problem?
Move to Las cruces NM
This is very sad and people need to stop screaming and yapping about drug use. We dont know what these people have been through and just maybe being homeless and on the streets turned them onto the drugs. Humanity has got to do better. We are the animals of the planet because what we call animals many of us act worse than.
Put your money where your mouth is, if you lived close to the rat infested camps you may see things differently, and of course, you could vote the democrats out
All I can say is God bless these people who are lifting each other up who are believing in something loving each other protecting each other standing up for each other this is unfortunately how life is all I have to say is for those who are not homeless who take life for granted but it happened to you you won't feel so cocky and arrogant or so judgmental or pessimistic about homeless people you don't know their story
"don't even dare try"
it would gone to pieces anyway
Plenty of movie stars living alone in 12 bedroom houses. Problem solved.
we are all gods children do not judge anyone because when we die we will all be judged by god
Here in Tennessee we have to buy the land we build on. California has free and......?
I wouldn’t wanna look at that shitty mess.