@@Rambleon444 last I checked homelessness is a humanitarian issue not a political one, although that's what everyone seems to use as the cause to fit their narrative.
@@Rambleon444 Oh that sounds like a productive question that moves towards a common solution. Did you send out invitations to Tucker Carlson, Sean Hannity, Greg Abbott and Mitch McConnel to come join in the conversation too? I have heard them talk about the "commie dems in the California Cities", surely they would like to participate in your community unification meetings.
@@moorefaith23 Last time I checked Homelessness was most rampant in Democrat-run shitholes, not Republican ones. Nice try at deflection though, I'll give you points for that.
I mean republican states are by in large useless to America with the exception of Texas. Where Democrat states can be progressive to a point of failure, republican states refuse to change to the point where they all but die. Texas is probably the greatest Republican state and they don't even have a reliable power grid in times of crisis. Civilians couldn't get power and the ones that did got charged a 💩ton for running heat instead of freezing. America across the board has a stagnant government problem and its the citizens fault. Everyone has willingly opted into republican vs Democrat bs and depending on what side you pick, you blame literally everything on the other side and ignore your own parties faults. If Americans stopped fanboying parties and instead voted for people who actually got things done regardless of party alliegence, then the country might actually improve. Won't happen though Edit: last thing. America is a country that's built on invidualism (selfishness). There should always be a healthy amount of individualism to avoid people getting abused on an individual level. But Americans all seem to believe "my way or the highway" there is no compromise and most of them don't seem like they want to sacrifice anything for the betterment of the country. If life has to be worse in some areas for it to be better overall it ain't worth it to most Americans.
I have been a huge Bill Walton fan since he played in college. Followed him through the pros, and always admired him. Now, after seeing this, he is truly a special man in my heart. Keep going big fella. You say it so well.
Except he proposes nothing concrete, just whines. sure his point is well taken, but what does he propose to do, throw the homeless in jail? Just force them to go....somewhere? Jimmy Carter started Habitat for Humanity and is still building homes for people in his 90s. what has Bill actually done?
@@kpokpojiji well just returning Cali back to a Reaganesque state again, would be a step in the right direction. These woke progressives have destroyed the state and the country!
@@kpokpojiji He offered to help and explained how the city has the facilities and manpower and Gloria said he's not going to do anything to address those issues. It's 100% on Gloria and not on @Walton.
I was at Reed College in the 70's when Bill and I both frequented what was then a small Portland gym, and when Bill also led the Portland Trailblazers to the 1977 NBA Championship. While he was then becoming a national celebrity he remained authentic, approachable and genuinely humble. At the time he was also socially engaged and conscious of his Portland community, lending his increasing fame to improving lives of those around him. Bill still is the same man and his authentic leadership deserving of support.
Get a room.....Reed College....one of the main players in Portland's descent into a blue tarp ghetto yet here you are acting like you're part of the solution.
No accountability...just #Speculation and #communityDestruction. Failed Leadership...#corruption. #CityCouncil and #Developers wants ahead of #citizensNeeds. NotBest
We dont hold them accountable, from working at home, covid excuse and they dont respond to phone, e mails.... if the news cant reach them how will the average citzen reach them
Ronald Reagan did this and all the rest of the republicans who followed. Their decisions to choke government and tax breaks for the rich robbed the very institutions and funding that helped the mentally ill. Their refusal to raise the minimum wage while the price of everything ESPECIALLY housing is why this has happening. Mr . Walton is speaking from a super privileged point of view. He can actually MOVE. All he s doing is blaming. He is claiming he wants “dignity” for the home less. Seems he just sees than as a blight on “his” city, of the past. Blame Reagan!
Bravo, Bill. Sadly though, from Vancouver, Seattle, Portland, San Francisco, L.A., to our own San Diego, political policies and public apathy allow this destruction. Your voice, Bill, is righteous and good and a model for all citizens.
@@fifthbusiness1678 And how can the poor "cannot vote'? Another question to all who say voters rights...you truly think the pandemic way of voting is the way we should now still be voting when pandemic gone? And let me ask you this...have you ever had trouble voting or know anyone else who has? I am sorry but I am of the mind set you go and vote in person if you can and if ID would be requirement I would gladly bring it with me.
I was stationed in San Diego for most of the 90's. I remember how beautiful it was and how friendly the people were. It is sad about what has been happening there.
@@marcellpaden8595 Obviously you don’t know your history. Have you heard the term “Southern Democrats”. They were in control of southern states politics since the civil war up until the infamous democrat George Wallace served as Governor of Alabama in the mid 1980’s and the shift of Democrat control to Republican continued to transition into the 2000’s. The Democrats were notorious for Segregation and the suppression of the black vote. The Republicans started gaining control of southern states politics from the suppressive Democrats and in 2007 Republican governor Bob Riley signed a resolution expressing "profound regret" over slavery and its lingering impact.
I'm a native of Oregon and when I was young and you helped win the only championship of the Portland trailblazers you were a huge inspiration to me and made me proud to be an American !! I have watched what the leaders have done to this great nation and it sickens me... the west coast is a perfect example of corrupt politicians glad to see I wasn't wrong about you BILL may God bless you and your family !!!
That’s my biggest problem with the homeless. I was once homeless and lived out of my car for a few months. I never left trash and filth everywhere I went. Also, the ones that refuse shelter, resources, mental health services and drug treatment need to face stiff consequences. I know all too well what it’s like to fall on hard times, but that does not give one free reign to treat their surroundings and community like trash.
We need to hire some smart people to solve this problem. We need to hire 350 more police officers. We need a Homeless Czar! With a few acres of land and some money and resources, I think we could build a community for the homeless with housing, community gardens and medical facilities. Then, for homeless folks who don't like living there, they would have 2 choices....prison with hard labor or deportation to Cuba.
The reason we have more homelessness is the fault of the real estate industry that via the Federal Reserve and low interest rates causes out of control real estate prices.
I also was once proud and claimed San Diego as home and a great place to live. I no longer live in San Diego but I do go and visit family there. Always bums me out seeing that once great city going to shit. A real shame. I hope Mr. Walton and other likeminded people can return San Diego to where it once was, America's Finest City.
Yeah Mark San Diego was never Americas finest city no matter how much one repeats the phrase. This city and the entire state are nothing more than leftist/Marxist run shit holes. You voted these psychopaths in office, and now you get to live with with those decisions. Enjoy. From Boco Raton, Fl…
Hes a democrat, just like the rest of the idiots running that state. Whats the definition of insanity? Repeating the same thing over and over and expecting a different result.
God Bless you Bill Walton! I wish we had someone who cares and understands the responsibility of being a Public Servant like BILL WALTON for Mayor. I'd vote for him.
Why not Bill Walton for Mayor? He is an honest, grassroots kind of individual. He cares. He is sincere. He is of the people. Why the hell not start a grassroots movement to elect Bill Walton Mayor of San Diego. Are you up for it, Bill?
@@joethaler7921 I would wait until he calmed down and actually had some concrete proposals, not just whining. I don't discredit what he is saying, but I heard nothing useful. What does he propose, just forcing the homeless out of town to some undisclosed location? Jimmy Carter started Habitat for Humanity and is still building homes for people in his 90s. Respectfully, what has Bill done?
@kpokpojiji That is not correct. Jimmy Carter didn’t start Habitat for Humanity, and doesn’t actually do anything for them other than being a spokesperson for them in his post-White House years. Frankly HFH has done more for Carter’s public image than anything he’s done for them. It was founded by a couple in Georgia as a Christian nonprofit. As for concrete policies that reduce homelessness, you could literally copy what most major cities in TX or FL are doing and be much better off.
The beautiful beaches , the sunny parks of San Diego, great weather. All of this can be yours for only $2800 a month plus utilities for an average size one bedroom.! Why would there be a living problem in San Diego?
If you're homeless in California, you can get a government credit card and check yourself into a hotel (with room service) on the taxpayers dime ..until you squander all that 'free money' , and you're back out on the street, where you started .. Walton is right that it's a failure of leadership . The Democrats are busy treating the symptoms of their policies, throwing millions at thier problems, but don't have the honesty to admit that they were wrong about many of those failed policies in the first place.. The Woke stance that anybody who disagrees with them is automatically a racist , homophobe doesn't help AT ALL..
I love the honesty and was inspired by this speech to do what I can in my community to help as well. I hope that Bill reads this and knows he has our support. It would be amazing if he rallied the troops and took further steps. And if he even just might.....run for MAYOR some day! If he does I might move back to San Diego! I love that he hasn't left and is standing up for what is right.
God bless Bill Walton! He's the real deal ,good person, caring loving kind, he's a real native San Diegan, not a transplant ,devoid of a heart and soul.Its no longer America's finest city
His support of the liberal progressive agenda over the years is the reason why SD has become a dump. Now, after the past few liberal progressive city administrations that Bill supported, he's upset with what his support has brought SD.
Who cares if he was a transplant or not. That's a really stupid thing to say. San Diego isn't that great anyway never was. Not a transplant ..your stupid why don't you transplant your dumb ass off the earth dipshit.
Yup. People in this state keep voting Democrat, everything keeps getting worse, and they STILL keep voting Democrat. California has been Democrat controlled since 1996 and no matter how bad it gets, no matter how much crime, no matter the homelessness, the dumbass Democrat zombies of this state will always and forever vote Democrat. "Though the forest was growing smaller, the trees kept voting for the axe because, the axe was clever. The axe convinced the trees that since his handle was made of wood, he was one of them. And the forest grew smaller still."
He’s a Narcissist. I don’t want to hear about himself, where he was born, etc. Needs to leave himself out of it. He’s just an old man who most people don’t even know who he is. Needs to give solutions.
Being from Kansas, I obviously had no idea who Todd Gloria is...It's good to see a publicly respected person, like Bill Walton be direct as can be, put it out there, and fight for what truly IS best for everybody else, his city, the state of California, and our great country. Todd Gloria has achieved the near impossible...he managed to get on the wrong side of the nicest man on Earth...nice job Todd.
@@duncan4034 Sure, respect opinions on the basis of the speaker's home state. Looks like the west coast could use some outside opinions. If left coast cities could be run by those in charge in Wichita, Omaha or OKC, places where officials are actively engaged in improving the lives of their citizens as opposed to being woke possessed , their chances of escaping their death spiral would be much better.
@@chawpino8320 I live in California and wouldn't move to Kansas if you paid me. OK, if you paid me double what I make right now and said I could come back to California within 2 years, I'd move to Kansas. If you tripled my salary, I'd stay even longer.
@@keenannorris3309 check back in a couple of years. Or maybe you are one of those profiting from the lawlessness. Maybe Kansas is a bit drastic, but plenty of other places that are livable for regular people
Knowing something about Bill Walton and what he stands for, I’m sure his grass roots efforts will bring change to his community and beautiful San Diego. This is something we can all learn from and do something about. Bless you Bill! Fight! Fight! Fight! for what’s right.
God Bless Bill Walton for these powerful words. I lived in San Diego for 2 years in the 70's. The city, beaches and Balboa Park were beautiful and CLEAN. Same problems now, drugs, filth, crime, stolen cars, meth camps over all public spaces, and same failed Democrat leadership all the way up the coast to Tacoma and Seattle.
All this is very true. While there is no easy answer to the homeless problem, San Diego cannot allow people to just live freely in the park and downtown. It's a safety and health issue. California in general can't keep encouraging this behavior. But San Diego is my home and the homeless have become more like zombies and crazed rather than just a few people down on their luck. Enforcement has to happen. It has too.
Well one answer or at least partial solution to the homeless situation is to stop allowing a flood of illegal aliens into the country that take massive tax and other societal cost to deal with that takes away from helping the homeless problem as well as taking away unskilled or entry level jobs that unemployed/homeless could be steered towards.
Interesting. We live in a little mountaintown. About 20 homeless ex-construction workers(jobless), hair stylist(shopless), an arborist who writes a column in a Silicon Valley shopper magazine(full-time jobless), a couple veterans, a prostitute, and various other local alchoholics, lived under four county bridges. I fed them homemade soup once per week for three years..... the least I could afford to do. So--- I got a good feeling about the "haves" attitudes and the "have-nots". At age 70 I am slipping into poverty, myself. I know how poorly my community thinks of me now. I don't drink, drugs, swear, fart, or smell. My kindness was labeled as "aiding and abutting those people". Those undesirables. Not even a single chicken was donated for the soup in three years(2013 -2016).
A person can be coached and positive talked ad nauseam but he or she has to change their thinking. Tis a conundrum when decoding a mental state of individual.
@@dougfredricks2017 This is what my story suggests. Actions over a period of time can help others change. We often emulate those we respect--- in small ways. These habits grow.
Thank you Bill. There have to be COMPULSORY, policed, sanitary work/detox camps these people are put in. Put ankle monitors on them & have them clean up their & the cities messes/camps/graffiti/litter while in recovery. They'll be fed, cleaned, doctored & well treated until they've recovered. Any who relapse will be returned. ABSOLUTELY NO ONE is allowed to live in public areas. Normal, tax paying people should NEVER be shit on like this.
Todd Gloria is NOT the problem. Bill Walton's support of the liberal progressive agenda is the problem. The cops have no direct problem with Todd Gloria. No one wants to be a cop because of the disrespect for law enforcement that Bill Walton's liberal progressive agenda has wrought. Did Walton support Carl DeMaio?
@@mariagarcia-eggly9833 You wanna blame a guy that's gone out of power since 1989 .. and you decided to not change anything ever since then .. yet still balme him 😂 what an idiot .. let me guess.. you voted for Joe Biden, and Gavin, and Nancy, and alll those idiots! but you the first one to complain about high gas, taxes, homelessness, crime, and the rest of the woke democrat package ..
It's the same in LA, SF, Portland, Seattle...except not quite as bad in SD. It IS a political problem...the liberal progressive agenda of the leaders of all of these cities.
@@robertjohansen8572 homelessness is a national problem. It can not be solved on the local level, unless you consider the “solution” to keep the homeless moving to some place else. I think you watch too much Faux Fox News!! When you travel to the other G19 nations, the homelessness hardly exists. Ask yourself why? Oh yeah, they have strong social networks that support healthcare and housing.
@@brucehutch5419 why it’s it partisan? Because you say so? What political advantage is it to any political party to have homelessness? It is also not a local problem. People move where they want foe all kinds of reasons. Being homeless isn’t one of them.
Yesterday I was driving down the street with my windows down when I noticed this tall dude walking down the sidewalk. He was wearing an earpiece and I could hear him talking in a deep voice that sounded rather familiar. After I did a double take I realized it was none other than Ol' Bill himself taking a stroll near campus.
Bill should have mentioned that the same thing has happened to Portland, where he led the Trailblazers to the NBA championship. Bill is a lawyer, by the way.
Look at how the culture has changed in 50-60 years. Everywhere. We all used to have clean, safe, affordable communities & people looked out for each other. Today it's "Mad Max." Every rabid dog for himself. And the Washington swamp is hoping & planning that it gets worse.
While I respect Mr Walton and hope and prey he is successful in his mission. I do have to wonder how many people who warned of this very thing happening did he dismiss in the past. How many people had their reputations ruined by being labeled names because they saw this on the horizon or their particular portions of paradise had already been lost. It doesn’t take much of a imagination to imagine how many areas had to destroy before Bill’s area of town was affected. My city of Philadelphia is in terrible shape. I can only rout for Mr Walton to stay true to himself and do what he feels is right. I just hope he’s prepared to find himself on the other end and see what that’s like.
Yeah. We waited until it started affecting where we live before we started complaining. When it was outside of our neighborhoods and hidden, it was fine. Now that homeless people can just walk into a business and take a crap on your floor is why people are complaining. it happened in Philly at the Marriott.
The mayor's job is to address the problem, not blame the past, but to do something. There are many ways to address homelessness. Here in San Diego the problem is getting exponentially worse every month. This homeless crisis has escalated from street begging to a crime wave of petty theft in the last year. The next step will likely be violent crimes. The desperation is palpable, obvious, and real.
Funny, Bill is a Die-hard Dem. so is Mayor Todd Gloria. 12:20 Bill talks about places reclaimed by Police but he fails to mention the mayor at the time was a Pub. Kevin Faulconer.
Fresno, a republican city, has twice as many homeless. (For all the "republicans are our saviors" people). The continued separation of wealth, a continued lack of mental illness diagnosis, and more people getting addicted to drugs, will only exacerbate the issue. A lot of homeless people around the country travel to these warm states to avoid harsh winters.
It doesn’t matter if it’s a republican city and a Democratic majority state. It’s an epidemic that started with poor leader ship and mismanagement at the top.
Todd Gloria is a member of the DEMOCRATIC party, and is the first person of COLOR and the first OPENLY GAY person to serve as the "mayor" of San Diego. Yep.
Give the homeless anything and what you get is more homeless. Give them more and more and then you get more and more. They come from all over this country and over the southern border - come to San Diego and get free everything - and everything else they could ever dream of.
I tore into a house in Laurelhurst, a neighborhood in Portland, Oregon, to build an addition for friends. As I pulled the drywall down, 1st day, with customers present, there was Bill Walton. doing a jump shot, on the front page of The Oregonian. Hand written, “was a note”, from the previous contractor that read: The dollar is worth about a quarter now, it will probably be worth about a nickel, by the time you read this. I believe he was close to right.
Wow! A far more accurate description of Todd Gloria than the one given during the Dedication at Colina Park for our beloved Rocky Graciano. Well done Bill. Well done!!
I have seen the rise and fall of downtown San Diego since I bought my condo in 1987. I recently was chased by a screaming homeless man in the Marina District and ducked into a store to shake him. I carry pepper spray and a screw driver now. In the once most beautiful city in the world. No one walks after dark fall. It’s like a city of vampires. This morning, a homeless man came up behind me bellowing that he has First Amendment rights. I ran across the street and skipped my early coffee. Todd Gloria must go and San Diego must react before we totally destroy paradise for the working taxpayers and families trying to thrive here. PS: What’s with all the homeless with their expensive French and English bulldogs they have tied up under freeway passes and in downtown encampments? Those dogs look miserable. Something is wrong.
@@sg1770 he definitely was one. My dad would say to revise his understanding of the process of what produces homeless camps. Many things are responsible. But I think liberals drop the ball more. UCLA and Walton liberal. Old and modern California politics. Not just liberal. Conservative as well, sure. Some individual problems of course too.
And of course Governor Reagan closed down the bulk of mental health care in California on the state level. In his pipe dream the cities would take care of the problem locally.
Developers are not worried about any of the issues, as long as land prices are high and fuel by high tax base. You have been aware of these issues for a long time and now your going public. This is a 20 year issue. New leadership, another developer will be elected to the same system and keep that system in place. San Diego has been owned lock stock and barrel, by well financed individuals. Proven by past administrations. I support what your saying, San Diego isn't a community to be proud of. It takes a lot of money to live here, and that money isn't connected to services.
Good speech by Bill. The homeless situation in San Diego is out of control. It gets progressively worse without much visible improvement. The homeless deserve help, but not choice or tolerance. We the public need to do what we can help. The government needs to provide transitional housing. The homeless have to accept help and comply with the law.
Bill Walton highly disturbs me, he has a mouthful of complaints and blame with absolutely no solutions. All I hear him say is “poor me, me, me, me”. He’s more concerned about the parks and bike paths than how to support our homeless community. Most homeless don’t chose to be homeless, they’re struggling with health issues, whether physical or mental health. Social Security benefits aren’t enough to pay for housing. Maybe Bill can rent out a few of his rooms to get a few people off the streets. I don’t believe our homeless community desires to use the bathroom outside, it’s a lack of 24 hr public bathrooms. Quit your complaining Bill Walton and focus on solutions.
It is not easy to solve this problem. The costs of living in San Diego has increased so much. Land is so expensive. No one wants a homeless shelter next to them or even in their neighborhood. The weather in San Diego allows homeless to live year round. The homeless taking over parks, beaches, etc. is not ok. Our Governor had a surplus of $97 billion. Spending money and buying property and building studios, and 1/2 bedroom units for the homeless would help. They would have to built withing 1 or 2 blocks of mass transit stations. Rules would have to be followed and enforced. I have heard of people who were given housing but left because the others around him were too rude and noisey. I lived in San Diego and was born there. I was living there in Pacific Beach for 20 years before moving away last year. It was bad then, and obviously worse now. I didn't vote for Todd Gloria for Mayor. I didn't like what his work while in State Government.
Todd Gloria didn’t cause this problem. Nobody complained when we had those do nothing republican mayors, or Governors. This didn’t happen overnight. Blame Ronald Reagan! That’s where it started. He shut down all the mental hospitals and funding for mental health clinics. He strangled assistance for the poor. People need to read history.
It’s not a homeless problem! It’s a drug addiction and mental illness problem. Do you really think the people smoking fentanyl in the parks are 737 pilots who just can’t find an affordable apartment? Most of them aren’t even from your area. They come or the Blue cutie in the west coast because of insane progressive enablement policies and George Soros funded DA’s who won’t prosecute crimes. Please, see this issue for what it is!
THE COST OF LIVING HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH IT. Freeloaders, drug addicts, and mental cases flock to where their vile, selfish behavior is tolerated and even encouraged. WAKE UP!
Thank You Bill Walton for speaking up. I have seen you many times over the years cycling through town. You're a True San Diegan through and through. Your anger is justified, I feel the same way. It's truly heart breaking. Balboa Park is a great example of how out of control it is, it is simply not a safe situation at all. It's actually scary. It has gotten so bad, my parents and brother have already moved. I think it was the second or third time they saw someone walk right in front of their house and defecate on the street when my folks decided to leave. San Diego is no longer Americas Finest City. I hope something changes and that it can regain that title but people are going to have to vote for different leadership or the leadership is going to have to have a change of heart. I really wish Todd Gloria would have embraced Bill Waltons attempt to work together as an ally but it seems as if he has not. The ball is really in Todd's court. What are you going to do Mayor? Please act now, or move out of the way.
Shared public space! I'm here in Oakland and it's the same mess. Lake Merritt on wknds is a parking lot. You can't walk on the walkways. Garbage is everywhere. Vendors are more important than enjoying nature. I just came back from downtown Denver and it looked like paradise
Denver is starting to have the same problems and it’s getting worse rapidly with no answers on the horizon. Downtown Denver is not safe. I hope we get leaders that can focus on these complex issues. I’m doubtful :(
Very well said Mr. Walton!! There's another city that you once loved, Portland, Oregon, that is experiencing the same problems as San Diego. We have a mayor, Ted W who is absolutely worthless. The same can be said for our disfuncional city council. during the six years he's been in office, Portland has devolved into a crime ridden, dirty, unsafe city
Bill Walton is right. The homeless in San Diego is rising, and there is no solutions to mitigate the problem. All of the San Diego officials are held accountable for this issue.
not so sure Bill feels much compassion for the homeless, he just cares about his "bike path", and "justice". Justice for what, because you have to buy new tires because Park Blvd is too bumpy? waaaaah. Hey Bill, how bout you and some of your "dead head" buddies find some solutions for the homelessness? BTW, if you were homeless, what city would you live in? How about the bigger picture here. Homelessness needs to be focused on. And what about that 24 shelter in the midway district, didn't Todd Gloria have a hand in that? Bill, you are a sensationalist, and manipulative. It isn't "paradise lost" just because of the homeless issue, it's mainly the high cost of living...oh wait, Bill doesn't have that problem...
@@alexcamacho4880 well people have but you imbeciles keep them in office. They tried to recall Newsome and Gascon unsuccessfully, they did recall the San Francisco DA.
@@PInk77W1 Ronald Reagan closed the mental hospitals in California which pushed the problem into the streets, prisons and jails. He was a tax cutting Republican.
I grew up in San Diego in almost the same exact neighborhood. I recognized each of these streets and locations he mentioned. But I moved away to join the service in 2010, before most of these issues got out of hand and haven’t been back in years. So sad to hear this is how things have turned out
I was there in the Navy from '96 to '06. North Park on Texas Street from '01-06. It was getting out of hand then. You could tell something like tent cities were coming; people talked about it all the time. I could barely afford to live there on $20 an hour; single with no kids and only a car and rent to cover.
Bill is a lifelong love child. Check him out when he is a basketball analyst. Tie dyed shirts are common. Lover of our planet and it’s people. It probably pains him to speak this way about another human. This cat just gets it.
The majority of homeless people chose to be homeless and every year, they keep getting younger and younger. They need to get off the booze and drugs but they do not want to. Self-pity and free money (for more drugs and booze) is all they seem to be interested in. If they really wanted real, actual help as opposed to 'help', they would have to make the first move as there are facilities that help with rehabilitation and recovery, but no...
Over 30 years ago I would drive to El Cajon a suburb of San Diego to pickup my kids for long term visitation and return to Ohio . I would try to roll in around 4:00 A.M. to get settled in and avoid traffic . I always wondered why there were so many people roaming around at that hour . The climate is perfect for living outside , homelessness has been going on in that area for a long time .
Homeless go where it is warm. Vet's from local bases go homeless here regularly. Many are not from here, due to their service here. Remember "Support the Troops"? Perhaps it is that here in La Jolla, the Veteran's Administration Hospital has so many Veterans on our streets, and most of them that I see here anyway, served their country. It may affect perspective seeing more of the local homeless being wounded, in such a beautiful place. Veterans would be a significant part of the problem tackled if we gave soldiers solutions. Start there maybe?
there are several federal programs to assist Veterans with housing and employment services, the problem is being stable enough for long enough to access them
@@thehoboman That is called Traumatic Brain Injury. Unique to this war. They cannot be stable if they wanted. People keep hitting them when they are down.
But watching Marine graduation from boot camp the other day reminds me that the drill instructor took pride in the fact that these graduates now know how to make their beds and get a haircut when needed these things and other basics were pounded in their heads and should be still there regardless of their injuries human behavior hasn't changed but leadership has if I'm laying on a sidewalk and someone is urinating beside me I'm going to say something even if offends the other party because I believe that deep inside his. Mother taught him its wrong and he's got to feel a bit guilty so he should except the criticism but to let him just piss on me is my fault for lack of courage or example the best would be having their peers lead them out of these bad habits every successful program I've seen is run by peers not by leaders that haven't been there before get the homeless to run the homeless add get a backbone people set an example
@@terrancesommer9334 You are not a Veteran. That much is clear. No Veteran of the thousands I have worked with ever sounded like you. MkUltra, 22 suicides a day, Traumatic Brain Injury. You and I can handle daily life. The wounded cannot.
@@PInk77W1 and you think republicans will do better? Lol statist cuck is what you are. It’s either a dem shithole like CA cities or a republican shithole like Mississippi that doesn’t even have drinkable water and allows tax dollars to get fraudulently stolen to go Brett Favres daughter…..
He's accurate, honest and impassioned. He'll be ignored.
You are so right. And that is such a tragedy.
With Bill being a die-hard Dem. I wish someone would ask him if he voted for Glory and the rest of the progressives on the city council.
@@Rambleon444 last I checked homelessness is a humanitarian issue not a political one, although that's what everyone seems to use as the cause to fit their narrative.
@@Rambleon444 Oh that sounds like a productive question that moves towards a common solution. Did you send out invitations to Tucker Carlson, Sean Hannity, Greg Abbott and Mitch McConnel to come join in the conversation too? I have heard them talk about the "commie dems in the California Cities", surely they would like to participate in your community unification meetings.
@@moorefaith23 Last time I checked Homelessness was most rampant in Democrat-run shitholes, not Republican ones. Nice try at deflection though, I'll give you points for that.
Voting for the wrong person has consequences. Especially when you continue to re-elect them.
They know how to steal the vote😤
judges matter too. Vote R.
I mean republican states are by in large useless to America with the exception of Texas. Where Democrat states can be progressive to a point of failure, republican states refuse to change to the point where they all but die.
Texas is probably the greatest Republican state and they don't even have a reliable power grid in times of crisis. Civilians couldn't get power and the ones that did got charged a 💩ton for running heat instead of freezing.
America across the board has a stagnant government problem and its the citizens fault. Everyone has willingly opted into republican vs Democrat bs and depending on what side you pick, you blame literally everything on the other side and ignore your own parties faults. If Americans stopped fanboying parties and instead voted for people who actually got things done regardless of party alliegence, then the country might actually improve.
Won't happen though
Edit: last thing. America is a country that's built on invidualism (selfishness). There should always be a healthy amount of individualism to avoid people getting abused on an individual level. But Americans all seem to believe "my way or the highway" there is no compromise and most of them don't seem like they want to sacrifice anything for the betterment of the country. If life has to be worse in some areas for it to be better overall it ain't worth it to most Americans.
Florida is RED and had the third highest homeless pop and Texas is fourth.
There goes your tired fake talking point.
You think that your vote counts? It is more rigged than you think.
I have been a huge Bill Walton fan since he played in college. Followed him through the pros, and always admired him. Now, after seeing this, he is truly a special man in my heart. Keep going big fella. You say it so well.
Bill Walton … either talks too much, or doesn’t know when to shut up.
@@dr.banoub9233 stick it punk!
Except he proposes nothing concrete, just whines. sure his point is well taken, but what does he propose to do, throw the homeless in jail? Just force them to go....somewhere? Jimmy Carter started Habitat for Humanity and is still building homes for people in his 90s. what has Bill actually done?
@@kpokpojiji well just returning Cali back to a Reaganesque state again, would be a step in the right direction. These woke progressives have destroyed the state and the country!
@@kpokpojiji He offered to help and explained how the city has the facilities and manpower and Gloria said he's not going to do anything to address those issues. It's 100% on Gloria and not on @Walton.
Wow... powerful statement. Born & raised in San Diego, I chose to move to Tempe, AZ 7 years ago due to the very situations Bill Walton talked about.
This is what leadership is all about. Bill Walton I hope you are successful in getting these problems solved. You are an inspiration.
I was at Reed College in the 70's when Bill and I both frequented what was then a small Portland gym, and when Bill also led the Portland Trailblazers to the 1977 NBA Championship. While he was then becoming a national celebrity he remained authentic, approachable and genuinely humble. At the time he was also socially engaged and conscious of his Portland community, lending his increasing fame to improving lives of those around him. Bill still is the same man and his authentic leadership deserving of support.
@@pastorcharlessmith7110 Ha!..... Bingo!..... Loprinzi's Gym is qualified insider knowledge!
@@jpx1508 I was hanging around Reed at that time also. Shooting pictures for the publications dept.
Sckavone's Restaurant near Loprinizi's. That is Portland, Oregon.
Get a room.....Reed College....one of the main players in Portland's descent into a blue tarp ghetto yet here you are acting like you're part of the solution.
@@troy5731Good post. I am a past Portland resident. No pejorative for anyone in the city is too strong. Reed does have a first-rate art gallery.
This city and state is out of control! There is no accountability at all levels of these governments
Catch and release
No accountability...just #Speculation and #communityDestruction. Failed Leadership...#corruption. #CityCouncil and #Developers wants ahead of #citizensNeeds. NotBest
We dont hold them accountable, from working at home, covid excuse and they dont respond to phone, e mails.... if the news cant reach them how will the average citzen reach them
Y E S. D E M O C R A T S
Ronald Reagan did this and all the rest of the republicans who followed. Their decisions to choke government and tax breaks for the rich robbed the very institutions and funding that helped the mentally ill. Their refusal to raise the minimum wage while the price of everything ESPECIALLY housing is why this has happening. Mr . Walton is speaking from a super privileged point of view. He can actually MOVE. All he s doing is blaming. He is claiming he wants “dignity” for the home less. Seems he just sees than as a blight on “his” city, of the past. Blame Reagan!
Bravo, Bill. Sadly though, from Vancouver, Seattle, Portland, San Francisco, L.A., to our own San Diego, political policies and public apathy allow this destruction. Your voice, Bill, is righteous and good and a model for all citizens.
You’re quite right. Sadly, the poor do not/cannot vote, and thus they are ignored.
What goes woke, goes to shit!
@@fifthbusiness1678 "The poor" 'vote' in droves, whether they realize it or not.
Sucker! Y’all voted for these democraps now PAY FOR IT!!
@@fifthbusiness1678 And how can the poor "cannot vote'? Another question to all who say voters rights...you truly think the pandemic way of voting is the way we should now still be voting when pandemic gone? And let me ask you this...have you ever had trouble voting or know anyone else who has? I am sorry but I am of the mind set you go and vote in person if you can and if ID would be requirement I would gladly bring it with me.
I was stationed in San Diego for most of the 90's. I remember how beautiful it was and how friendly the people were. It is sad about what has been happening there.
Heard
No. It’s great. All these democrats need to suffer !!!
Yes, but did you go to Reed College? We’re you ever even on the waiting list? T-Y for your service.
Unbelievable speech. I left the city I loved and moved to Scottsdale because of all of this plus more.
I was in Saigon in 1964 and the sidewalks were cleaner than San Diego today.
Dear Aislinn: I just discovered this and was interested in knowing is this Todd Gloria a Democrat or Republican? Greetings from Canada.
@@paulbrennan5646 Definitely a demonrat. Everything they touch turns to crap.
@@paulbrennan5646 Democrat, of course
Should have been in Saigon in 1972 the streets weren't so clean anymore
@@kmeccat nope
Folks have voted for the same party year over year and are now shocked at the outcome. A head scratcher for sure!!
Definition of insanity…voting for Democrats again and again expecting things to improve.
Exactly right these liberals always start to cry when it effects them.
Please see Mississippi and Alabama and their poverty stats and see what party has been in charge for the last 70 years. Please and thank you
@@marcellpaden8595 it cuts both ways. 1 party rule anywhere means they know they have your vote no matter what so won’t care to make anything better
@@marcellpaden8595 Obviously you don’t know your history. Have you heard the term “Southern Democrats”. They were in control of southern states politics since the civil war up until the infamous democrat George Wallace served as Governor of Alabama in the mid 1980’s and the shift of Democrat control to Republican continued to transition into the 2000’s. The Democrats were notorious for Segregation and the suppression of the black vote. The Republicans started gaining control of southern states politics from the suppressive Democrats and in 2007 Republican governor Bob Riley signed a resolution expressing "profound regret" over slavery and its lingering impact.
The oligarchs have never forgiven America for The Constitution and Billof rights.
I'm a native of Oregon and when I was young and you helped win the only championship of the Portland trailblazers you were a huge inspiration to me and made me proud to be an American !! I have watched what the leaders have done to this great nation and it sickens me... the west coast is a perfect example of corrupt politicians glad to see I wasn't wrong about you BILL may God bless you and your family !!!
Bill Walton… always the articulate Legend!!! Blessings
It’s one thing to be homeless but they leave piles of garbage literally EVERYWHERE. Something has to give.
Just because you're homeless doesn't mean you have to be disgusting. People don't need to tolerate this.
That’s my biggest problem with the homeless. I was once homeless and lived out of my car for a few months. I never left trash and filth everywhere I went. Also, the ones that refuse shelter, resources, mental health services and drug treatment need to face stiff consequences.
I know all too well what it’s like to fall on hard times, but that does not give one free reign to treat their surroundings and community like trash.
@@Kickingit06 i tried telling them that but they wont listen too me .your basically talking to people who are mad at the world and gave up on life
@@blackcatstudios5165 SOME of them ENJOY living like this!
We need to hire some smart people to solve this problem. We need to hire 350 more police officers. We need a Homeless Czar! With a few acres of land and some money and resources, I think we could build a community for the homeless with housing, community gardens and medical facilities. Then, for homeless folks who don't like living there, they would have 2 choices....prison with hard labor or deportation to Cuba.
Bill Walton, the Great, is 100% right! Get behind him San Diego!
He votes for Democrats
Homeless losers don't want to build a better Life
Keep voting democrats, dummies
Thank you Bill!!!
Bill's probably been voting for this all his life.
The reason we have more homelessness is the fault of the real estate industry that via the Federal Reserve
and low interest rates causes out of control real estate prices.
I also was once proud and claimed San Diego as home and a great place to live. I no longer live in San Diego but I do go and visit family there. Always bums me out seeing that once great city going to shit. A real shame. I hope Mr. Walton and other likeminded people can return San Diego to where it once was, America's Finest City.
Add Portland and Seattle. Both badly deteriorating.
Yeah Mark San Diego was never Americas finest city no matter how much one repeats the phrase. This city and the entire state are nothing more than leftist/Marxist run shit holes. You voted these psychopaths in office, and now you get to live with with those decisions. Enjoy. From Boco Raton, Fl…
Hes a democrat, just like the rest of the idiots running that state. Whats the definition of insanity? Repeating the same thing over and over and expecting a different result.
Same I moved away a few years ago. I was paying a lot to live in a bad neighborhood, basically a Scott Adams situation. Lol
God Bless you Bill Walton! I wish we had someone who cares and understands the responsibility of being a Public Servant like BILL WALTON for Mayor. I'd vote for him.
Why not Bill Walton for Mayor? He is an honest, grassroots kind of individual. He cares. He is sincere. He is of the people.
Why the hell not start a grassroots movement to elect Bill Walton Mayor of San Diego.
Are you up for it, Bill?
@@joethaler7921 I would wait until he calmed down and actually had some concrete proposals, not just whining. I don't discredit what he is saying, but I heard nothing useful. What does he propose, just forcing the homeless out of town to some undisclosed location? Jimmy Carter started Habitat for Humanity and is still building homes for people in his 90s. Respectfully, what has Bill done?
@kpokpojiji That is not correct. Jimmy Carter didn’t start Habitat for Humanity, and doesn’t actually do anything for them other than being a spokesperson for them in his post-White House years. Frankly HFH has done more for Carter’s public image than anything he’s done for them. It was founded by a couple in Georgia as a Christian nonprofit. As for concrete policies that reduce homelessness, you could literally copy what most major cities in TX or FL are doing and be much better off.
The beautiful beaches , the sunny parks of San Diego, great weather. All of this can be yours for only $2800 a month plus utilities for an average size one bedroom.! Why would there be a living problem in San Diego?
If you're homeless in California, you can get a government credit card and check yourself into a hotel (with room service) on the taxpayers dime ..until you squander all that 'free money' , and you're back out on the street, where you started ..
Walton is right that it's a failure of leadership . The Democrats are busy treating the symptoms of their policies, throwing millions at thier problems, but don't have the honesty to admit that they were wrong about many of those failed policies in the first place..
The Woke stance that anybody who disagrees with them is automatically a racist , homophobe doesn't help AT ALL..
Exactly
Thanks for speaking the truth, Bill & what's on all our minds. 100% behind you!
After while you can only have so much sympathy for the homeless. Some of them are just plain lazy 😴. Go bill
@@davidwilliamson9333 God damn you, San Diego. You ruin everything for everyone. Pelosi's democrat paradise.
I love the honesty and was inspired by this speech to do what I can in my community to help as well. I hope that Bill reads this and knows he has our support. It would be amazing if he rallied the troops and took further steps. And if he even just might.....run for MAYOR some day! If he does I might move back to San Diego! I love that he hasn't left and is standing up for what is right.
Glad I visited San Diego before all this happened. So sad for a beautiful city and wonderful residents.
I completely agree with Bill Walton and want an autograph
He is still a whacky nut job hippie lol. He votes democrat every 2 years
😆🤣
Gufelas 20 Mercari
Todd Gloria = Nancy Pelosi
@@mobbcreep956 he ‘s a great guy, but we must remember that he wasn’t very nice to Dave Twardzik. One unfortunate incident.
God bless Bill Walton! He's the real deal ,good person, caring loving kind, he's a real native San Diegan, not a transplant ,devoid of a heart and soul.Its no longer America's finest city
His support of the liberal progressive agenda over the years is the reason why SD has become a dump. Now, after the past few liberal progressive city administrations that Bill supported, he's upset with what his support has brought SD.
He really gets serious and compelling with details and personal stories at the 8:00 mark ...
F HIM TOO,,,HE IS A NO DAMN GOOD
He sometimes blames himself for the clippers leaving San Diego . I think it was a mistake for clippers to move to LA.
Who cares if he was a transplant or not. That's a really stupid thing to say. San Diego isn't that great anyway never was. Not a transplant ..your stupid why don't you transplant your dumb ass off the earth dipshit.
Hey bill, if you voted democrat like a lot of your neighbors, you are getting exactly what you asked for
Yup. People in this state keep voting Democrat, everything keeps getting worse, and they STILL keep voting Democrat. California has been Democrat controlled since 1996 and no matter how bad it gets, no matter how much crime, no matter the homelessness, the dumbass Democrat zombies of this state will always and forever vote Democrat.
"Though the forest was growing smaller, the trees kept voting for the axe because, the axe was clever. The axe convinced the trees that since his handle was made of wood, he was one of them. And the forest grew smaller still."
Yep this is what happens when you vote void if common sense and logic..
Yep
He said he was a patriot
You're right, he was a flaming libtard in his youth. Also, Todd Gloria stinks
One of the great champions of San Diego! You my friend need to run for mayor and get SD back on track with your leadership!
He’s a Narcissist. I don’t want to hear about himself, where he was born, etc. Needs to leave himself out of it. He’s just an old man who most people don’t even know who he is. Needs to give solutions.
Being from Kansas, I obviously had no idea who Todd Gloria is...It's good to see a publicly respected person, like Bill Walton be direct as can be, put it out there, and fight for what truly IS best for everybody else, his city, the state of California, and our great country. Todd Gloria has achieved the near impossible...he managed to get on the wrong side of the nicest man on Earth...nice job Todd.
Being from Kansas, you should just remain quiet
@@duncan4034 Sure, respect opinions on the basis of the speaker's home state. Looks like the west coast could use some outside opinions. If left coast cities could be run by those in charge in Wichita, Omaha or OKC, places where officials are actively engaged in improving the lives of their citizens as opposed to being woke possessed , their chances of escaping their death spiral would be much better.
@@chawpino8320 or places like Gary, Indiana, Springfield, MO...?
@@chawpino8320 I live in California and wouldn't move to Kansas if you paid me. OK, if you paid me double what I make right now and said I could come back to California within 2 years, I'd move to Kansas. If you tripled my salary, I'd stay even longer.
@@keenannorris3309 check back in a couple of years. Or maybe you are one of those profiting from the lawlessness. Maybe Kansas is a bit drastic, but plenty of other places that are livable for regular people
100% spot on !
Everybody who said this was going to happen, was called "racist, uncaring, mean spirited" and ignored and shamed repeatedly.
All topics aside.....I had the displeasure of meeting him years ago. Money can't buy class, that's for sure!
I believe this is what is referred to as a mic drop. Wonderfully done sir. Thank you.
Bill thank you for speaking for us!!
Thank you, Big Red, for always being a solid citizen. Your parents would be proud.
This is why people are frustrated and angry! I'm very angry at our Governor, Mayor, DA, and City Council! I'm so pissed off!
STOP voting Democrat……it’s truly the definition of insanity…….you expecting a different result with a different Democrat?
But they still get elected
Hey at least there are no more mean Tweets , so at least you don’t have to worry about that while a homeless person takes a dump on your lawn.(
So what action are you planning to take?
Relocation
Knowing something about Bill Walton and what he stands for, I’m sure his grass roots efforts will bring change to his community and beautiful San Diego. This is something we can all learn from and do something about.
Bless you Bill! Fight! Fight! Fight! for what’s right.
lol...🤣😂
God Bless Bill Walton for these powerful words. I lived in San Diego for 2 years in the 70's. The city, beaches and Balboa Park were beautiful and CLEAN.
Same problems now, drugs, filth, crime, stolen cars, meth camps over all public spaces, and same failed Democrat leadership all the way up the coast to Tacoma and Seattle.
That’s cause 1969 was 2020. You did the same thing to cause the same decade+ of incoming declines
All this is very true. While there is no easy answer to the homeless problem, San Diego cannot allow people to just live freely in the park and downtown. It's a safety and health issue. California in general can't keep encouraging this behavior. But San Diego is my home and the homeless have become more like zombies and crazed rather than just a few people down on their luck. Enforcement has to happen. It has too.
Easy access to drugs are making all this mentally ill people ramming the San Diego’s streets. Horrible.
Well one answer or at least partial solution to the homeless situation is to stop allowing a flood of illegal aliens into the country that take massive tax and other societal cost to deal with that takes away from helping the homeless problem as well as taking away unskilled or entry level jobs that unemployed/homeless could be steered towards.
Interesting. We live in a little mountaintown. About 20 homeless ex-construction workers(jobless), hair stylist(shopless), an arborist who writes a column in a Silicon Valley shopper magazine(full-time jobless), a couple veterans, a prostitute, and various other local alchoholics, lived under four county bridges. I fed them homemade soup once per week for three years..... the least I could afford to do. So--- I got a good feeling about the "haves" attitudes and the "have-nots".
At age 70 I am slipping into poverty, myself. I know how poorly my community thinks of me now. I don't drink, drugs, swear, fart, or smell. My kindness was labeled as "aiding and abutting those people".
Those undesirables. Not even a single chicken was donated for the soup in three years(2013 -2016).
A person can be coached and positive talked ad nauseam but he or she has to change their thinking. Tis a conundrum when decoding a mental state of individual.
@@dougfredricks2017 This is what my story suggests. Actions over a period of time can help others change. We often emulate those we respect--- in small ways. These habits grow.
Thank you Bill. There have to be COMPULSORY, policed, sanitary work/detox camps these people are put in. Put ankle monitors on them & have them clean up their & the cities messes/camps/graffiti/litter while in recovery. They'll be fed, cleaned, doctored & well treated until they've recovered. Any who relapse will be returned. ABSOLUTELY NO ONE is allowed to live in public areas. Normal, tax paying people should NEVER be shit on like this.
Todd Gloria is NOT the problem. Bill Walton's support of the liberal progressive agenda is the problem. The cops have no direct problem with Todd Gloria. No one wants to be a cop because of the disrespect for law enforcement that Bill Walton's liberal progressive agenda has wrought. Did Walton support Carl DeMaio?
The aclu has been suing towns for trying to clean up parks for civil rights violations.
We have given $70 billion to Ukraine, so at least they are taken care of.
I hope you lose everything you have and are forced to live on the street yourself, you self-righteous piece of crap!
Ankle monitors? Eff fucking you.
San Diego has fallen really bad in the past few months sadly
@Paul Gwyn Always!
Blame Ronald Reagan!
@@mariagarcia-eggly9833 You wanna blame a guy that's gone out of power since 1989 .. and you decided to not change anything ever since then .. yet still balme him 😂 what an idiot .. let me guess.. you voted for Joe Biden, and Gavin, and Nancy, and alll those idiots! but you the first one to complain about high gas, taxes, homelessness, crime, and the rest of the woke democrat package ..
@@mariagarcia-eggly9833 I blame the children of illegals.
@@mariagarcia-eggly9833 Why Reagan?
Todd Gloria did do something - he took great care of Tom Gloria and all his friends. Living like Kings. (or Queens).
Still waiting to hear your solution Bill not just your criticism we can all do that.
All these also require vision too. Thanks Bill. This is not a partisan struggle, it’s a leadership crisis
It's the same in LA, SF, Portland, Seattle...except not quite as bad in SD. It IS a political problem...the liberal progressive agenda of the leaders of all of these cities.
You're right! My fellow Mediterranean!
This is very partisan.
@@robertjohansen8572 homelessness is a national problem. It can not be solved on the local level, unless you consider the “solution” to keep the homeless moving to some place else. I think you watch too much Faux Fox News!! When you travel to the other G19 nations, the homelessness hardly exists. Ask yourself why? Oh yeah, they have strong social networks that support healthcare and housing.
@@brucehutch5419 why it’s it partisan? Because you say so? What political advantage is it to any political party to have homelessness? It is also not a local problem. People move where they want foe all kinds of reasons. Being homeless isn’t one of them.
Yesterday I was driving down the street with my windows down when I noticed this tall dude walking down the sidewalk. He was wearing an earpiece and I could hear him talking in a deep voice that sounded rather familiar. After I did a double take I realized it was none other than Ol' Bill himself taking a stroll near campus.
Bill should have mentioned that the same thing has happened to Portland, where he led the Trailblazers to the NBA championship. Bill is a lawyer, by the way.
Is this a negative comment?
Because he's certainly an Insider.
Yeap, a Stanford law graduate.
@@22lyric Not at all.
I heard lawyers are democrats and business owners are GOP. I got to look this guy up.
So why did San Diego stop the Rent Relief Program??????
Finally a voice of common sense . Good luck and God Bless Bill Walton.
Side note, this is the longest Bill Walton talked without mentioning the Conference of Champions.
Hilarious
Hahahaha I love this dude.
Or Jerry Garcia, or John Wooden.
Look at how the culture has changed in 50-60 years. Everywhere. We all used to have clean, safe, affordable communities & people looked out for each other. Today it's "Mad Max." Every rabid dog for himself. And the Washington swamp is hoping & planning that it gets worse.
Sad but true. Very true.
I've seen Bill cycling for a very long time I'm a cycling activist I been cycling here for 30 years I ride everyday I know this story well
At least they put in bike lanes, twice.....🙈
Bill votes for Democrats. LoL
There are unnecessary bike paths in San Diego. A bike doesnt need it's own lane.
After ten seconds I was wondering if Walton realizes he voted for all that failure?
He may not have
@@77HeIsLove_woot of course he did, he’s just in denial and not willing to admit that liberal policies are destructive.
I wonder if he's smart and honest enough to realize and admit it?
Basketball legend my A$$. He won ONE, count'em, one, NBA championship. Lots of guys did. SO WHAT?
While I respect Mr Walton and hope and prey he is successful in his mission. I do have to wonder how many people who warned of this very thing happening did he dismiss in the past. How many people had their reputations ruined by being labeled names because they saw this on the horizon or their particular portions of paradise had already been lost. It doesn’t take much of a imagination to imagine how many areas had to destroy before Bill’s area of town was affected. My city of Philadelphia is in terrible shape. I can only rout for Mr Walton to stay true to himself and do what he feels is right. I just hope he’s prepared to find himself on the other end and see what that’s like.
LIMBO
Yep. This is a direct result of how you vote.
Yeah. We waited until it started affecting where we live before we started complaining. When it was outside of our neighborhoods and hidden, it was fine. Now that homeless people can just walk into a business and take a crap on your floor is why people are complaining. it happened in Philly at the Marriott.
The mayor's job is to address the problem, not blame the past, but to do something. There are many ways to address homelessness. Here in San Diego the problem is getting exponentially worse every month. This homeless crisis has escalated from street begging to a crime wave of petty theft in the last year. The next step will likely be violent crimes. The desperation is palpable, obvious, and real.
Funny, Bill is a Die-hard Dem. so is Mayor Todd Gloria.
12:20 Bill talks about places reclaimed by Police but he fails to mention the mayor at the time was a Pub. Kevin Faulconer.
Fresno, a republican city, has twice as many homeless. (For all the "republicans are our saviors" people).
The continued separation of wealth, a continued lack of mental illness diagnosis, and more people getting addicted to drugs, will only exacerbate the issue. A lot of homeless people around the country travel to these warm states to avoid harsh winters.
It doesn’t matter if it’s a republican city and a Democratic majority state. It’s an epidemic that started with poor leader ship and mismanagement at the top.
A one bedroom in SanDiego is 3000.00. Who can afford this?
Todd Gloria is a member of the DEMOCRATIC party, and is the first person of COLOR and the first OPENLY GAY person to serve as the "mayor" of San Diego. Yep.
Give the homeless anything and what you get is more homeless. Give them more and more and then you get more and more. They come from all over this country and over the southern border - come to San Diego and get free everything - and everything else they could ever dream of.
I tore into a house in Laurelhurst, a neighborhood in Portland, Oregon, to build an addition for friends. As I pulled the drywall down, 1st day, with customers present, there was Bill Walton. doing a jump shot, on the front page of The Oregonian. Hand written, “was a note”, from the previous contractor that read: The dollar is worth about a quarter now, it will probably be worth about a nickel, by the time you read this.
I believe he was close to right.
Laurelhurst is nice. The park is pretty nice too.
Wow! A far more accurate description of Todd Gloria than the one given during the Dedication at Colina Park for our beloved Rocky Graciano. Well done Bill. Well done!!
WHY ARE HOMELESS MORE IMPORTANT THAN TAXPAYERS??? Enforce the laws about sleeping on the streets
BECAUSE THEY *ARE NOT HOMELESS* , THEY _ARE_ ,IN FACT, BUMS , CRIMINALS, LUNATICS, DRUG USERS AND ABUSERS.
THEY MAKE _YOUR_ HOME _THEIR_ HOME
Quit calling em homeless--call em what they are--BUMS--transients. Vermin!
What cities don't have a homeless problem? nobody knows how to solve it.
They know, they just don't want to use resources to solve it.
I have seen the rise and fall of downtown San Diego since I bought my condo in 1987. I recently was chased by a screaming homeless man in the Marina District and ducked into a store to shake him. I carry pepper spray and a screw driver now. In the once most beautiful city in the world. No one walks after dark fall. It’s like a city of vampires. This morning, a homeless man came up behind me bellowing that he has First Amendment rights. I ran across the street and skipped my early coffee. Todd Gloria must go and San Diego must react before we totally destroy paradise for the working taxpayers and families trying to thrive here.
PS: What’s with all the homeless with their expensive French and English bulldogs they have tied up under freeway passes and in downtown encampments? Those dogs look miserable. Something is wrong.
If my dad were alive he would wag his finger at Bill and say "liberals are responsible for this problem." I still feel bad for Mr. Walton. 🙃🤨
@LyinCon Trumpster of course he is a stinking liberal burned out hippie.. what's ur point?
@LyinCon Trumpster my guess is that he at least was. He seems to have changed his mind about politics.
Yes he is a liberal.
@@sg1770 he definitely was one. My dad would say to revise his understanding of the process of what produces homeless camps. Many things are responsible. But I think liberals drop the ball more.
UCLA and Walton liberal. Old and modern California politics. Not just liberal. Conservative as well, sure. Some individual problems of course too.
And of course Governor Reagan closed down the bulk of mental health care in California on the state level. In his pipe dream the cities would take care of the problem locally.
Developers are not worried about any of the issues, as long as land prices are high and fuel by high tax base. You have been aware of these issues for a long time and now your going public. This is a 20 year issue. New leadership, another developer will be elected to the same system and keep that system in place. San Diego has been owned lock stock and barrel, by well financed individuals. Proven by past administrations. I support what your saying, San Diego isn't a community to be proud of. It takes a lot of money to live here, and that money isn't connected to services.
End #SpeculatorLed development. #CitizensNeeds first
Good speech by Bill. The homeless situation in San Diego is out of control. It gets progressively worse without much visible improvement. The homeless deserve help, but not choice or tolerance. We the public need to do what we can help. The government needs to provide transitional housing. The homeless have to accept help and comply with the law.
'THE *BUM* SITUATION' IS OUT OF CONTROL. LOOKS TO ME LIKE THE BUMS HAVE A PERFECTLY WONDERFUL _HOME_
IT'S CALLED, "SAN DIEGO"
Bill Walton highly disturbs me, he has a mouthful of complaints and blame with absolutely no solutions. All I hear him say is “poor me, me, me, me”.
He’s more concerned about the parks and bike paths than how to support our homeless community. Most homeless don’t chose to be homeless, they’re struggling with health issues, whether physical or mental health. Social Security benefits aren’t enough to pay for housing.
Maybe Bill can rent out a few of his rooms to get a few people off the streets. I don’t believe our homeless community desires to use the bathroom outside, it’s a lack of 24 hr public bathrooms.
Quit your complaining Bill Walton and focus on solutions.
It is not easy to solve this problem. The costs of living in San Diego has increased so much. Land is so expensive. No one wants a homeless shelter next to them or even in their neighborhood. The weather in San Diego allows homeless to live year round. The homeless taking over parks, beaches, etc. is not ok. Our Governor had a surplus of $97 billion. Spending money and buying property and building studios, and 1/2 bedroom units for the homeless would help. They would have to built withing 1 or 2 blocks of mass transit stations. Rules would have to be followed and enforced. I have heard of people who were given housing but left because the others around him were too rude and noisey. I lived in San Diego and was born there. I was living there in Pacific Beach for 20 years before moving away last year. It was bad then, and obviously worse now. I didn't vote for Todd Gloria for Mayor. I didn't like what his work while in State Government.
Todd Gloria didn’t cause this problem. Nobody complained when we had those do nothing republican mayors, or Governors. This didn’t happen overnight. Blame Ronald Reagan! That’s where it started. He shut down all the mental hospitals and funding for mental health clinics. He strangled assistance for the poor. People need to read history.
Ok let them build homeless units in your neighborhood.
If taxation was the answer California would be a utopia
It’s not a homeless problem! It’s a drug addiction and mental illness problem. Do you really think the people smoking fentanyl in the parks are 737 pilots who just can’t find an affordable apartment? Most of them aren’t even from your area. They come or the Blue cutie in the west coast because of insane progressive enablement policies and George Soros funded DA’s who won’t prosecute crimes. Please, see this issue for what it is!
THE COST OF LIVING HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH IT. Freeloaders, drug addicts, and mental cases flock to where their vile, selfish behavior is tolerated and even encouraged. WAKE UP!
Thank You Bill Walton for speaking up. I have seen you many times over the years cycling through town. You're a True San Diegan through and through. Your anger is justified, I feel the same way. It's truly heart breaking. Balboa Park is a great example of how out of control it is, it is simply not a safe situation at all. It's actually scary. It has gotten so bad, my parents and brother have already moved. I think it was the second or third time they saw someone walk right in front of their house and defecate on the street when my folks decided to leave. San Diego is no longer Americas Finest City. I hope something changes and that it can regain that title but people are going to have to vote for different leadership or the leadership is going to have to have a change of heart. I really wish Todd Gloria would have embraced Bill Waltons attempt to work together as an ally but it seems as if he has not. The ball is really in Todd's court. What are you going to do Mayor? Please act now, or move out of the way.
Im glad Bill Walton sees the light
Leadership by Newsome has lead all great California cities down the drain. All talk and sensitivity with no accountability.
But they created it, so they can raise taxes!
Shared public space! I'm here in Oakland and it's the same mess. Lake Merritt on wknds is a parking lot. You can't walk on the walkways. Garbage is everywhere. Vendors are more important than enjoying nature. I just came back from downtown Denver and it looked like paradise
Denver is starting to have the same problems and it’s getting worse rapidly with no answers on the horizon. Downtown Denver is not safe.
I hope we get leaders that can focus on these complex issues. I’m doubtful :(
I think every town in North America has a Todd Gloria right now.
Nope , not true.
I live in Arkansas, no Todd Gloria
California Fify
They are all sellouts to the seros he is running all of the cities
You mean.....a fag?
Very well said Mr. Walton!! There's another city that you once loved, Portland, Oregon, that is experiencing the same problems as San Diego. We have a mayor, Ted W who is absolutely worthless. The same can be said for our disfuncional city council. during the six years he's been in office, Portland has devolved into a crime ridden, dirty, unsafe city
Rest in Peace Bill Walton. You were a great player and a great man!
Wow!! Checking in from MInneapolis. Bill Walton's comments apply to city leaders all over the country.
Bill Walton is right. The homeless in San Diego is rising, and there is no solutions to mitigate the problem. All of the San Diego officials are held accountable for this issue.
Wrong. Easy solution: stop voting Democrat
not so sure Bill feels much compassion for the homeless, he just cares about his "bike path", and "justice". Justice for what, because you have to buy new tires because Park Blvd is too bumpy? waaaaah. Hey Bill, how bout you and some of your "dead head" buddies find some solutions for the homelessness? BTW, if you were homeless, what city would you live in? How about the bigger picture here. Homelessness needs to be focused on. And what about that 24 shelter in the midway district, didn't Todd Gloria have a hand in that? Bill, you are a sensationalist, and manipulative. It isn't "paradise lost" just because of the homeless issue, it's mainly the high cost of living...oh wait, Bill doesn't have that problem...
Bill is absolutely right. I hope he is successful and gets Gloria put out of office, gets the park, streets and city cleaned up.
Yeah but he’s a gay poc.
@@milesmayhem5440 Sounds like you are bitter.
Enough of this recall BS. If he doesn't like the job Gloria's doing then next election run against him.
@@alexcamacho4880 well people have but you imbeciles keep them in office. They tried to recall Newsome and Gascon unsuccessfully, they did recall the San Francisco DA.
@@alexcamacho4880 Well to be fair to Bill Gloria isn't doing their "job." Which is why Bill is speaking out.
When an previously acid fueled DeadHead makes more sense than the mayor you know you're in trouble!
Home camps have no right to exist in public spaces that r not designated for overnight camping!
There's nut cases screaming and throwing 💩 at business owners in Sherman Oaks! It's absolutely horrendous!!
Democrats
@@PInk77W1 Ronald Reagan closed the mental hospitals in California which pushed the problem into the streets, prisons and jails. He was a tax cutting Republican.
I’d LOVE to know what his stance on BLM, “hands up don’t shoot” we’re at the time.
I saw this sh*T coming. Who else did?
You have WAY MORE problems in California than just homelessness.
you get what you vote for. good luck everyone.
Alot of Love from Boston!! Celtic legend
I grew up in San Diego in almost the same exact neighborhood. I recognized each of these streets and locations he mentioned.
But I moved away to join the service in 2010, before most of these issues got out of hand and haven’t been back in years. So sad to hear this is how things have turned out
I was there in the Navy from '96 to '06. North Park on Texas Street from '01-06. It was getting out of hand then. You could tell something like tent cities were coming; people talked about it all the time. I could barely afford to live there on $20 an hour; single with no kids and only a car and rent to cover.
i'm in, i will help fix San Diego...Just What, When and Where? Bill is spot on...
Bill is a lifelong love child. Check him out when he is a basketball analyst. Tie dyed shirts are common. Lover of our planet and it’s people. It probably pains him to speak this way about another human. This cat just gets it.
Interesting and articulate guy
Children are morons, and so is Bill Walton. Perceptive people saw this coming 30 years ago.
But does he understand it’s liberal woke policies causing this? Or just Todd Gloria?
Bill, You are what an American Patriot looks like! Thankyou for your courage and leadership!
I've always respected Bill. The homeless issues are very difficult. There are root problems that I don't know how the hell to address.
The majority of homeless people chose to be homeless and every year, they keep getting younger and younger. They need to get off the booze and drugs but they do not want to. Self-pity and free money (for more drugs and booze) is all they seem to be interested in. If they really wanted real, actual help as opposed to 'help', they would have to make the first move as there are facilities that help with rehabilitation and recovery, but no...
Permanent camping land of sad...
Way to go Bill !!! Keep it coming!!!
Over 30 years ago I would drive to El Cajon a suburb of San Diego to pickup my kids for long term visitation and return to Ohio . I would try to roll in around 4:00 A.M. to get settled in and avoid traffic . I always wondered why there were so many people roaming around at that hour . The climate is perfect for living outside , homelessness has been going on in that area for a long time .
He's been voting left for fifty years. You got exactly what you voted for.
Homeless go where it is warm. Vet's from local bases go homeless here regularly. Many are not from here, due to their service here. Remember "Support the Troops"? Perhaps it is that here in La Jolla, the Veteran's Administration Hospital has so many Veterans on our streets, and most of them that I see here anyway, served their country. It may affect perspective seeing more of the local homeless being wounded, in such a beautiful place. Veterans would be a significant part of the problem tackled if we gave soldiers solutions. Start there maybe?
there are several federal programs to assist Veterans with housing and employment services, the problem is being stable enough for long enough to access them
@@thehoboman That is called Traumatic Brain Injury. Unique to this war. They cannot be stable if they wanted. People keep hitting them when they are down.
Yes some homeless are veterans
But watching Marine graduation from boot camp the other day reminds me that the drill instructor took pride in the fact that these graduates now know how to make their beds and get a haircut when needed these things and other basics were pounded in their heads and should be still there regardless of their injuries human behavior hasn't changed but leadership has if I'm laying on a sidewalk and someone is urinating beside me I'm going to say something even if offends the other party because I believe that deep inside his. Mother taught him its wrong and he's got to feel a bit guilty so he should except the criticism but to let him just piss on me is my fault for lack of courage or example the best would be having their peers lead them out of these bad habits every successful program I've seen is run by peers not by leaders that haven't been there before get the homeless to run the homeless add get a backbone people set an example
@@terrancesommer9334 You are not a Veteran. That much is clear. No Veteran of the thousands I have worked with ever sounded like you. MkUltra, 22 suicides a day, Traumatic Brain Injury. You and I can handle daily life. The wounded cannot.
And Bill Walton was not hard-core conservative, he just has common sense about getting city San Diego safe and clean.
Bill Walton has always been a Liberal Hippie, but now he’s seeing how Democrats policies are the demise of society.
He is a Deadhead. He loves the Grateful Dead
Bill Walton votes for Democrats. LoL
@@PInk77W1 complaining about them,he shouldn't.
@@PInk77W1 and you think republicans will do better? Lol statist cuck is what you are. It’s either a dem shithole like CA cities or a republican shithole like Mississippi that doesn’t even have drinkable water and allows tax dollars to get fraudulently stolen to go Brett Favres daughter…..