What about people who want to be homeless? There are a lot in LA county who actually want to be homeless. It’s kind of fun and you save money on rent☺️
@Bo Jive I’m Sorry my comment made you feel bad , not my intent ,really . I truly believe anyone that doesn’t ,should not be homeless . Wishing You Health & Happiness 😊
@@tannermeyers I worked to house the homeless for many years. I met three war veterans that "wanted" to be homeless. They had PTSD in a way that kept them fearful of being enclosed. Other than that, NOBODY in all my years of trying to help the homeless - wanted to be homeless. It's time to guarantee all people housing. Rent shouldn't be so high (or wages so low) that people are forced to live on the street. That's insanity. There are now adult homeless people that were born homeless. They start drug use at a really young age when born into homelessness. The number of homeless that are born on the street, and that were recently forced onto the street because of economic failures, far outnumbers the number of people that "slipped through the cracks" of society over the last several decades. The population is growing, and will continue to do so at a faster and faster pace. Once homeless, people need serious help and resources to reintegrate into society. The problem will eventually be too big to solve. It's also a public health issue. Not just the exposed germs from Covid. That's actually negligible compared to the germs accumulated by unwashed people and belongings, as well as human excrement etc. In California, the crisis has gotten so bad, I moved out of the state. It was my home for 35 years, but it got to the point that homeless people are on every street corner. When I would drive through the state, homeless people were even at every middle-of-nowhere truck stop or highway gas station. Not just the city. It's a disgrace. People are starting to wake up to it. Addiction issues. It is true that nearly every person forced into homelessness finds a substance to abuse. Poor living conditions, and an abusive economy drives people to substance abuse. Not many people find themselves exempt from doing the same thing. Hell, most people with a home have a substance abuse issue in America today. Think opioids, adderall, booze etc. Our generations did not invent this society that fails so many people, but it is up to us to solve the problem. It's an utter disgrace.
Read below, please. As noted in The Quote Verifier and other sources, Lincoln’s phrase “government of the people, by the people, for the people” is the best known use of the of/by/for the people formula, but Lincoln probably adapted his version from a similar phrase used in the 1850s by abolitionist preacher Theodore Parker .
Decades ago, Downtown LA was known for the greatest number of deaths due to cold temperatures. People come to LA thinking that it will be warm, and the cold weather around Christmas time catches them off guard. I lost my condo in Simi Valley as a result of the 1987 Director's Strike. That was the end of the American Dream® for me. I bought a 1975 International school bus and spent 6 month turning it into my home. At the beginning of the 1988 Writer's Strike, we moved into the bus. We first tried to live at the beach, but were rousted by the police who said "See these homes? (speaking about the houses in the Pacific Palisades) They pay taxes. You don't pay taxes, so you have to leave". When I challenged them to quote chapter and verse about the law that we have to move, they asked me "What? You don't trust police?" I said that they are known to at times be arbitrary. The cop said "Let me show you how arbitrary we can be", and proceeded to write tickets for things like no front license plate. We then moved to the Artist Loft District in Downtown LA, and were primarily there of 4.5 years. The homeless there didn't consider us homeless since we had the bus. The police didn't bother us there, as long as we respected the 72 hour law to move the bus parked on the street...
In the United Kingdom many of us are campaigning for a Universal Basic Income (here £20k per annum) that is designed to provide a house or flat, good quality food and recreation like sports or cinema. Unfortunately we were unable to get this in place for the start of the Pandemic but it has to be a major part of the solution in a post pandemic UK. In the short term I believe we should build temporary accommodation for homeless people a bit like after World War Two when we build many thousands of what there then called prefabricated buildings (or prefabs for short).
Thank You President Reagan! You normalized these conditions! Thank You Presidents Clinton and Obama, You perpetuated these conditions. President Trump is simply holding the baton, crossing the finish line of “The Race To The Bottom.” Mozart too, was tossed into a mass pauper’s grave.
@TheIntercept Thanks for taking this up. Please can you go a step further and share a link so those that are able to can help these folks in whatever way they can.
Only a truly cruel society would allow this to happen. We can do better. Social systems are invented by people. They don't occur naturally. We need to make a new one. " Google Murray Bookchin. "
Why can’t the city of Los Angles build permanent housing for the homeless?! Just heartbreaking seeing the misery and I suspect the city of la for the massive # of homeless on the street. Why no permanent housing. Must be a solution to this issue.
How long will the American people accept such conditions for their fellowman and the apologetic excuses of the politicians for doing nothing to solve them? When is enough enough, or better said, when begins the pressure on politics to implement the urgent needed legislation. And that´s "only" ONE life threatening circumstance people have to endure in the wealthiest country on earth, who´s not tired of wasting money on the war machine and feeds only ever the ever greedy!
@Gaasuba Meskhenet My heart goes out to you. It is such an awful situation. Please stay strong and DO NOT GIVE UP! It may sound hollow - but your life matters and we need you. I WISH that I could help you not get evicted. Thank you for being here.
your co-founder Glenn Greenwald is a man of high honor, integrity and dignity. now that he's resigned, you can show your true color, from The Intercept you must rename yourself as The InterLEFT.
This summer was crazy in California. The smoke was so bad, it felt like living in a permanent fog. Yet, surprisingly, none of the homeless people in my neighborhood died from coronavirus, and these are hardcore meth and heroin users.
@@aussie2uGA There's the law and then there are ethics / morals. Laws seldom equate to ethics. My uncle was an officer in Hungary, part of his job was the legal displacement of Gypsies living on the street through force. He and other officers were ordered by the city to confiscate and burn the possessions of all Gypsies living on the street to force them to go elsewhere. Most officers obeyed the order. My uncle refused and resigned. He placed ethics above the law and his job as any truly good human would.
Don't worry people, there are 14 new billionaires in 2020 and the stock market is doing great! /sarcasm Imagine actually giving jobs to construction/sanitation workers to BUILD houses waste disposal etc.? You could even make your own fucking bricks if you think about it, but the way property laws and construction works these days in most of the west, you can't build anything without jumping through hoops and having a valid address. But of course the empty housing is already there, it's just that if it was too easy for people to not be homeless/drug addicts/criminals/disabled, than the cops wouldn't be needed to bully people off the street to give Karen's a sense of security she deserves. Gotta protect the pig jobs! Sick fucking world.
We need homeless relief NOW
No one should be Homeless ,Ever !
What about people who want to be homeless? There are a lot in LA county who actually want to be homeless. It’s kind of fun and you save money on rent☺️
@Bo Jive I’m Sorry my comment made you feel bad , not my intent ,really . I truly believe anyone that doesn’t ,should not be homeless . Wishing You Health & Happiness 😊
@@carolslocum7097 you have a big heart❤️👍 I agree homelessness oversell is not ideal. I just wanted to bring to light the pro-homeless side.
@@tannermeyers I worked to house the homeless for many years. I met three war veterans that "wanted" to be homeless. They had PTSD in a way that kept them fearful of being enclosed. Other than that, NOBODY in all my years of trying to help the homeless - wanted to be homeless. It's time to guarantee all people housing. Rent shouldn't be so high (or wages so low) that people are forced to live on the street. That's insanity.
There are now adult homeless people that were born homeless. They start drug use at a really young age when born into homelessness. The number of homeless that are born on the street, and that were recently forced onto the street because of economic failures, far outnumbers the number of people that "slipped through the cracks" of society over the last several decades. The population is growing, and will continue to do so at a faster and faster pace. Once homeless, people need serious help and resources to reintegrate into society. The problem will eventually be too big to solve.
It's also a public health issue. Not just the exposed germs from Covid. That's actually negligible compared to the germs accumulated by unwashed people and belongings, as well as human excrement etc.
In California, the crisis has gotten so bad, I moved out of the state. It was my home for 35 years, but it got to the point that homeless people are on every street corner. When I would drive through the state, homeless people were even at every middle-of-nowhere truck stop or highway gas station. Not just the city. It's a disgrace. People are starting to wake up to it.
Addiction issues. It is true that nearly every person forced into homelessness finds a substance to abuse. Poor living conditions, and an abusive economy drives people to substance abuse. Not many people find themselves exempt from doing the same thing. Hell, most people with a home have a substance abuse issue in America today. Think opioids, adderall, booze etc.
Our generations did not invent this society that fails so many people, but it is up to us to solve the problem. It's an utter disgrace.
The government has failed us. We must take care of each other
Read below, please.
As noted in The Quote Verifier and other sources, Lincoln’s phrase “government of the people, by the people, for the people” is the best known use of the of/by/for the people formula, but Lincoln probably adapted his version from a similar phrase used in the 1850s by abolitionist preacher Theodore Parker .
@Jbog07 that's literally what my comment says but you managed to make it disgustingly individualistic
@Jbog07 then what does the government exist for?
@Jbog07 Do you seriously servive "on your own"? Haven't you had family for most of your life?
@Jbog07 well they haven't been doing that at all or maybe I'd be able to actually use my wheel chair on the sidewalk
Decades ago, Downtown LA was known for the greatest number of deaths due to cold temperatures. People come to LA thinking that it will be warm, and the cold weather around Christmas time catches them off guard. I lost my condo in Simi Valley as a result of the 1987 Director's Strike. That was the end of the American Dream® for me. I bought a 1975 International school bus and spent 6 month turning it into my home. At the beginning of the 1988 Writer's Strike, we moved into the bus. We first tried to live at the beach, but were rousted by the police who said "See these homes? (speaking about the houses in the Pacific Palisades) They pay taxes. You don't pay taxes, so you have to leave". When I challenged them to quote chapter and verse about the law that we have to move, they asked me "What? You don't trust police?" I said that they are known to at times be arbitrary. The cop said "Let me show you how arbitrary we can be", and proceeded to write tickets for things like no front license plate. We then moved to the Artist Loft District in Downtown LA, and were primarily there of 4.5 years. The homeless there didn't consider us homeless since we had the bus. The police didn't bother us there, as long as we respected the 72 hour law to move the bus parked on the street...
In the United Kingdom many of us are campaigning for a Universal Basic Income (here £20k per annum) that is designed to provide a house or flat, good quality food and recreation like sports or cinema. Unfortunately we were unable to get this in place for the start of the Pandemic but it has to be a major part of the solution in a post pandemic UK. In the short term I believe we should build temporary accommodation for homeless people a bit like after
World War Two when we build many thousands of what there then called prefabricated buildings (or prefabs for short).
You are really ANGELS among us. Migth God bless you and your families for the incredible things you do for our brothers and sisters.
Thank You President Reagan! You normalized these conditions! Thank You Presidents Clinton and Obama, You perpetuated these conditions. President Trump is simply holding the baton, crossing the finish line of “The Race To The Bottom.” Mozart too, was tossed into a mass pauper’s grave.
@TheIntercept Thanks for taking this up. Please can you go a step further and share a link so those that are able to can help these folks in whatever way they can.
Good piece of journalism Intercept!
Well done. Thank you. So powerful.
Only a truly cruel society would allow this to happen. We can do better. Social systems are invented by people. They don't occur naturally. We need to make a new one. " Google Murray Bookchin. "
Why can’t the city of Los Angles build permanent housing for the homeless?! Just heartbreaking seeing the misery and I suspect the city of la for the massive # of homeless on the street. Why no permanent housing. Must be a solution to this issue.
AMOR Y SOLIDARIDAD. SIEMPRE Y AUN NADA.
Only like icing Joana showed what the cake is really made of
How long will the American people accept such conditions for their fellowman and the apologetic excuses of the politicians for doing nothing to solve them?
When is enough enough, or better said, when begins the pressure on politics to implement the urgent needed legislation. And that´s "only" ONE life threatening circumstance people have to endure in the wealthiest country on earth, who´s not tired of wasting money on the war machine and feeds only ever the ever greedy!
I'll be evicted as soon as protections run out
@Gaasuba Meskhenet My heart goes out to you. It is such an awful situation. Please stay strong and DO NOT GIVE UP! It may sound hollow - but your life matters and we need you. I WISH that I could help you not get evicted. Thank you for being here.
😫😢 I’m so sorry
your co-founder Glenn Greenwald is a man of high honor, integrity and dignity. now that he's resigned, you can show your true color, from The Intercept you must rename yourself as The InterLEFT.
why are the homeless allowed to live like this this is wrong, this is not right.
Homeless issues, Democrat governor,Mayor in Los Angeles WTF 👎🏻
Very important show but I couldn't read the text on the screen I'm using my smartphone it's all I have
This summer was crazy in California. The smoke was so bad, it felt like living in a permanent fog. Yet, surprisingly, none of the homeless people in my neighborhood died from coronavirus, and these are hardcore meth and heroin users.
The nicest cop you know would still throw a person out of their home into the cold
Edit. All Cops Are Bad
If you think the COP made the decision to toss them out, you're sorely mistaken. That would be a system far above him, start with a banker.
@@aussie2uGA "just doing my job" isn't an excuse when your actions kill people
@@aussie2uGA There's the law and then there are ethics / morals. Laws seldom equate to ethics. My uncle was an officer in Hungary, part of his job was the legal displacement of Gypsies living on the street through force. He and other officers were ordered by the city to confiscate and burn the possessions of all Gypsies living on the street to force them to go elsewhere. Most officers obeyed the order. My uncle refused and resigned. He placed ethics above the law and his job as any truly good human would.
Has the artist studied the history of Californian climate and the historical incidence of fire in the ecosystem???? No he has not.
Is that all you got out of this?
@@everythingmatters6308 Not at all. But I can't let the climate hysteria go un-challenged.
Don't worry people, there are 14 new billionaires in 2020 and the stock market is doing great! /sarcasm
Imagine actually giving jobs to construction/sanitation workers to BUILD houses waste disposal etc.? You could even make your own fucking bricks if you think about it, but the way property laws and construction works these days in most of the west, you can't build anything without jumping through hoops and having a valid address. But of course the empty housing is already there, it's just that if it was too easy for people to not be homeless/drug addicts/criminals/disabled, than the cops wouldn't be needed to bully people off the street to give Karen's a sense of security she deserves. Gotta protect the pig jobs! Sick fucking world.
How do people like Jeff Bezos sleep...with the wealth in the U.S., why is this happening. No one should be homeless.
You guys shit the bed messing with Glenn... I'm no one I'm nothing but I feel embarrassed for you😞
The road to Socialism is very hard and more serious problems are coming... Please take a brake and think about your future, California!
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