Wow! Just wow. Thanks for doing this Colion Noir. I used to bang my head against the wall dealing with NGOs and Community Orgs. I couldn’t wrap my mind around the utter waste of resources under the guise of “helping”. Thanks for shedding light on this issue.
People get to become "Entrepreneurs in Misery" and it becomes their employment and income, it's the way it's become a permanent and some who works with it get dependent on it, it's a hamster wheel in some way.
@Colion Noir..... I've lived in San Francisco my entire life. I've seen this place go from a beautiful city to a place resembling a third world country. Working construction, I spend a lot of time downtown (mostly near the Tenderloin). Your videos on San Francisco did shed some light on what is going on here, but it barely touched the tip on the iceberg. I have seen people shooting up while propped up against a SF City vehicle, seen people defecating on the sidewalk, seen people exposing themselves, walked past by tent cities, seen police move the homeless along so that they were not in the background shot of a news story only to have them return after the shoot, and even broke up 3 domestic assaults (one outside my house, one inside a Starbucks, and one outside a parking garage before work.... within about a 6 month period). You are absolutely right that the city is hiding what is going on. I can not tell you how many times I have had to dodge needles and piles of human excrement while walking down the street. Thank you for attempting to shed some light on what is going on here, but there is so much more going on here on a daily basis.
Please explain why in the hell are you still living there? Vote with your feet! You can make a home anyplace that you live. You will meet new friends and relatives will probably follow you to your new town. You can move someplace that has a thriving economy or someplace it doesn't take must money to live so you'll be able to make money on gigs or part-time work. Detroit is much safer than SF, much cleaner and you can live inexpensively. Message me if you decide to give it a shot. There is no way I would continue living in SF.
@@lvteachme973 LOL...Not many other places I can make the money I make for what I do.... Believe me, when I retire I'm taking my pension, moving to Tennessee, and never looking back. 30 years down the line, but still a goal haha.
Poverty and sense are learned. When I lived in CA, I tried helping some of my friends to get ahead in life. They had an excuse for everything and I dare say enjoyed and wore victimhood as a badge of honor. I’m not saying that’s the case with this woman, but that’s what I’ve experienced first hand. It shook my core beliefs and now I do firmly believe that some people are beyond MY help.
We voted with our feet and moved out of CA. There’s a pervasive insanity among the voters there. They keep voting for the deteriorating conditions of that once beautiful state.
Thank you for shedding light on the situation in San Francisco. I've worked and commuted on Market and Van Ness and have seen some crazy shit. Hearing people intellectually talk about the problems and not shout each other down is refreshing. Thank you.
I can't say enough how much I appreciate this series. I have to disagree with the elderly gentleman about giving the beer to someone in the street. While doing so isn't going to make him more of an addict, it isn't going to make him less of one either. It's close enough to "enabling" to me for their to be no meaningful difference.
It goes well BEYOND "enabling". it is - ENSURING - that the addict REMAINS addicted. It is literally the OPPOSITE of Compassion. But Leftists live in upside down-world, where everything means exactly it's opposite. They would make the entire world look like San Fransisco if they had control.
there's no way for me to know if I'm just somebody's mark or if it's truly a one-off request for assistance...I'm asked for money by the same people day after day here in downtown SF...they seem to have fallen into a loop in which they return to the same spots and ask in the same ways.
You are right Bill - but sometimes - just sometimes - our intuition overrides our intellect - and for those rare and very special moments - there is a very meaningful difference in the life of one whose future can often be counted in days if not hours.
Port o lets come to mind. Like jobsites. For over a decade i had to plan my trips in seattle around where i knew there were bathrooms I could use. Which were few and far between. By far
Wher's rep. Pelosi? I lived there.. never to this day heard a word about this?? I saw her beautiful mansion though. Hard to see over her wall though...
The toll the homeless drug addicts are taking on tourism is legit. I have two friends who went there recently and said they would never go back. I simply asked why they wouldn't go back and both said because of the homeless and garbage in the streets. This is coming from people who live in Seattle so that tells you something right there.
Never go back hep c is rampant Most these people play a good pity me party Most of these people choose to stay living this way I live in Sacramento and we see it all the time why the fuck do you have for kids if you never had permanent fucking housing please explain that to me.. Our governments fucking idiotic policies is what is causing this shit and people feel sorry for people like this. .. If your mom was fucking homeless and you were fucking homeless and you didn't have shit why in the fuck would you bring forur children into the world to be homeless with nothing? Expecting someone else to fucking take care of them I'm truly speechless when I see and hear these peoples reasons
yah man I live here, the garbage and literal shit on the streets is insane. This city well be in hell in 10 years the way its going and you can bet my ass wont be here
A Dystopian Paradise. Each " class" is materializing: Illegals, getting government benefits and ID cards,free education and health care. Homeless/ junkies. Government workers. And a swiftly shrinking " middle class". That's all that's left in California. Might want to wall off California,let nature take it's course, like a body creating an abcess to contain an infection...to be lanced and drained out later..
You can't persuade a drug addict to stop or slow down, maybe for two days but the shakes happen. But if you feed their addiction, provide fresh needles, no repercussions, you reward the addicts with no control or enforcement of laws, the police are not allowed to talk to them. You advertise through the media that all addicts are welcome and will be taken care of, you will reap what you have sown.
When we lost our state mental institution we had people who their families either didn't want or couldn't care for on the streets. Our little mission took most of them in here in Topeka Kansas. Some we're transferred to another State facility 300 miles away. The ones who didn't make it to the mission were on the street and some turned to street drugs. Our churches did what they could for them by inviting the ones who would except help. Our homeless problem compared to SF is nothing. Thank you Sir for letting us see the story behind the scenes.
That's what I said but it's not gong to happen, they are all gone now and closed. It's time to call a spade a spade and segregate these people from society at large. They will have to open the FEMA camps. They should open the camps, and supply them with whatever drugs they want, feed them house them and give them a cot in a clean tent. The catch wil be they have to stay in the camp. All most of these people have to do is LEAVE California or whatever place they are, that's it, but they refuse. Call it what it is, most of these people just want to be where they are because thats home to them and they want to hang out there. They have homeless people in ALASKA for heavens sake who refuse to leave or get help. Well tough Nugs, I had to leave the northeast and NYC , it got to liberal and to exspensive. Most of these people just don't want to live by what most of us call normal standards. This is what Ghettos USED to be for in big cities, places where you could live that way if you wanted to. Now all those Ghettos have become luxery nieghborhoods. THAT MEANS YOU MOVE ON. IF I DID ANYONE CAN. I LOVED NYC MORE THAN LIFE AND I HAD TO LEAVE! Now age will force me out again eventually, that's life for the less fortunate! You move on. Most of the people in Californai living in those tents are getting SS or some sort of federal check. If they lived in say Birmingham, Alabama, they could be living in an apartment for the same money they are living on the streets of LA with, spending 10 dollars a pack on cigarettes, gas, food, etc. triple it costs anywhere else. They don't want to. So tough nugs!!!!!
@@n1c704 Bullshit, it was also liberals who complained about people being "incarcerated" while not sentenced for a crime, even though they were a threat to the community. Fuck off with that bullshit!
@@n1c704 Actually, the de-institutionalization of the mental facilities happened under Carter. Back in '91, my Debate class topic was homelessness and that is one clear thing that was obvious from all of the research is that the homelessness issue at that time was largely caused by Carter.
I finally moved out and now I’m a homeowner free and clear and I can make my own money whereas sf has been co opted by the nouveau riches when they inherited their parents homes and cashed in and caused inflation to go unchecked in the rental market. They squeezed out those of us that went to grade school and junior high and some high school here( moved in sophomore year) and came back after serving my country and working first one and soon two jobs because to me it was home. Outsiders really made it hard for natives and landlords capitalized on new comers and us natives were driven out. It’s the nature of that city unless you have cash my friends! !
Why do you guys fail to acknowledge that Reagan started this shit buy gutting funding for mental health? Btw I'm not a party sheep so I it makes no difference who is what.
ZERO chance I'm buying a homeless man a beer. Compassion doesn't include giving someone who's metaphorically suicidal a brand new box of razor blades or a case of 9mm rounds. Compassion is "Hey, let me buy you a bottle of water or a pack of underwear or socks. Do you like Subway? Let me get you a 6" meal deal with a coke."
The difference between a homeless person asking me for a beer vs my neighbor asking me for a beer.... your on the streets with no where to call your own home.... maybe clothes to wear... hygiene products... a hot meal for that moment then and there... giving a beer will not help you at all... now my neighbor asking me for a beer yes it's a different story because even if he or she does like to drink they still are responsible enough to work a job to pay their bills to not have to be living on the streets with no where to go.... that's called taking up your responsibility as an adult so yes no doubt about it my neighbor can have a beer...
While he was active military, my brother was stationed in California. During a phone conversation, I told him I would not visit him until he was reassigned outside of California. He even offered to pay my travel & lodging expenses. NOPE! I am not entering the borders of California. And I didn't. In this video, a "race to the bottom" was mentioned. Never more true words were spoken on this subject. I just wonder when, if ever, enough people in not just SF, but California in general, will say "this liberal way of governing and living is killing us." California is now #3 in the top states in the USA that people are moving out of, bested by #1 Illinois, and #2 New Jersey. But there's something else those three states have in common - strict gun control. Coincidence? Likely not. It's all about the liberal way of thinking. Impressive video. "Thumbs up" from this Kentucky boy.
All those people moving from blue states are the crazy leftists. They’re moving to your state and bringing their failed policies to your state. Stay complacent saying “glad I don’t move in California”. Signed, a conservative stuck in California.
Bus drivers making $49/hr sounds crazy but it takes that to live in SF as lower middle class. Also, it takes that to put up with that crazy of public rider.
They aren’t paid that much. Maybe in the past, idk. They average about $47K a year. The average single person median income in SF is $83k, & that my friend is living paycheck to paycheck in SF. Almost half of all MUNI drivers live outside the city & county because the cost of living there is untenable. I mean, who the hell wants to buy an 1200sq ft 2 bedroom 1 bath 80 year old home for 1.5mil that ain’t even up to electrical code? Let alone be able to afford it?
To be fair: depends on the ammunition, the type of dumpster; etc. Plus: i think he was highlighting how wack his train of thought was so he might know it was a partially innacurate statement
The older gentlemen, I love how he speaks from experience and wisdom- He tells his story straight up, no BS, no filter. Passion > Compassion. I like how well he put that.
The poop map alone tells a very grim tale. It seems like the super rich technology wizards behind the curtain are trying to build their own little utopia by either pushing people out, or stomping them down.
You are right. I have had those thoughts in the 90’s and tried to get others to think the same but years later they have grown in such a way that the streets may never be able to be cleaned up.
I've said this on another TH-cam video but how about dump some money into Alcatraz to house and rehab these transients. Its a public health and safety hazard. Get all the homeless and get that city under control. The resident's pay taxes and then taxed more for more and more. There is plenty of money to make change
@@skromee as a whole san Fran is the tourist destination and if you could give up one area and repurpose it for good and remove the human shit from the streets how is that sacrifice not worth it? What they are currently doing isn't working and maybe Alcatraz isn't large enough but maybe expand it? Something needs to be done and this would be a small step amd may be concentrating them is a bad idea but so is letting them run amok throughout the city is worse
That will never happen Alcatraz as a tourist attraction it is literally sold out for months in advance. They care about money and even though the tourists are not going to come back that are American it won't change. San Francisco is not an American tourist spot anymore... It's for people who think they're coming to see the San Francisco that's in the movies and the Golden Gate Bridge.
Every great city seems to have an area given over to the fleshly needs of men, and in San Francisco this area is called, The Tenderloin. It is a marketplace of vice, degradation, and human misery.
I would like to thank you for talking about a wide range of topics. From the love of guns and the power of all our rights as Americans and people. I would also like to thank you for doing videos like this that affect everyone. Your ability to to stand back and be objective is huge. Please don't change.
@@49ersBigD "in the middle of bum fuck america"?! 69k alone is a pretty good income no matter where you are. Well, as long as you aren't in a progressive "utopia." If taxes in SF weren't so through the roof to literally just go into the pockets of politicians (they aren't even spending on pork barrel projects, to my understanding), 69k-80k would certainly be around upper middle class at least.
Yes but with over time it could be that high easily from 80k, thats the trick to these metro jobs all over the US, you get very high overtime. People who take these jobs for life are the slaves of society, they are willing to be slaves their entire lives just for a secure paycheck and "the benifits" . I chose freedom and less money. No amount of money is enough to pay me to drive a bus in a major California city. It's worth paying the driver 140k, they deserve it!
@@49ersBigD I LOVE living in the Nice, Safe, Clean, Polite, Civilized, CONSERVATIVE, CAPITAL of BUM FUCK America! thank you very much. Anyway, isn't San Fransisco supposed to be the International Headquarters of Bum-Fuckery?
At 80k a year you can't buy a house in Frisco. Where I live in CA our fuel is 4.05 a gallon and that's cheap. The registration for my bike is 220. And that's just the tip of the iceberg.
Thank you for making the San Francisco videos! I completely agree with your perspective and I’m sharing your videos to bring awareness to this issue! Additionally, I am now subscribed!
Great work sir! Hey, ya haters? Did you hear that smart woman? EVERYONE CHOOSES THEIR PATH, THERE IS PLENTY OF HELP AND JOBS! Its the Drugs!!! Period!!!
Once again... I'd like to hear from the elected officials. Any chance you can have a sit down with them? i mean yes... we know there's a problem. i'd like to know what they're planning to do about it. you know the right questions to ask. Ask them to someone who has the chance to make a change. The Cops are shackled why is that? The Bus Drivers are being assaulted and they are being told to " walk it off" why is that? Thanks once again for an enlightening video.
Once again! Respect to Colion for this series! In NYC, as I've said before, the subway is used as a fasad to hide the problem of homelessness.. There's not a subway line or a time of the day that you can't find what I call a tent city subway car! It's beyond insane! NYC keeps it hidden in the subway and we deal with it EVERY time we ride it! Am I lying New Yorkers???
Colion, you should hook up and do an interview with Andrew Yang on his gun policy. He could use some education on the matter and i think you could really make an impact on his campaign. Keep up the great work
The Grateful Dead moved out of S.F. too. One of the reasons was the junkies taking over The Haight. When a band that did drugs moves out because of dope, you know you got a big problem.
Colion, amazing video as always, thank you. I hope to see more like this. You bring an element of truth to your videos that few others can. We need more to see what is happening and to see that what we are doing is not working.
Wish you lived in Jersey so we could hang out, I'd be honored to have a friend like you. What you are doing with this series is so much more important than anyone can imagine, and I truly appreciate you for it. Thank you for all you do brother.
Colion Your take on San Francisco and Seattle are SPOT ON. As a native of Seattle, and someone who travels for San Francisco for work I can only hope that all this publicity will help clean up these once great cities. However with the enabling policies, lack of enforcement of current laws and the handcuffing of our police I highly doubt Seattle or San Fran will recover in its current political environment. When my friends from other States ask me describe Seattle, I say "Seattle where they'll fine $54 dollars for your dog being off leash, $122 if you don't scoop their poop. However you can poop on the street and shoot up drugs with $0 fines. " Both this cities have a natural beauty from a far but once you get to ground level its truly disturbing. Again great videos on both San Franciso and Seattle.
I live in san Francisco and I can confirm this is true, there is a lot of people homeless, they will ask you for money, the ones I've come across reject food and want money instead obviously for their drug addiction. I have come across used needles in the streets and local parks specially golden gate park and near beaches, pisses me off because, children play in these certain areas and are exposed to these substances, public restrooms usually have a needle dispose bin, but still, San Francisco is really beautiful but the state that is in is rotten, I thank god I won't be here long One thing I not sure if it is true or not is that there was an idea of setting up places where heroin could be injected in a controlled manner in public I'm not sure about that one is just something I've heard around
The Tenderloin is the absolute worst part of the city. It's not representative of the vast majority of the city. I realize SF has more homeless people than many other cities, but still most of the city is nothing like this.
I visited San Francisco in May 2017 and although I didn't stay in the tenderloin, I was near it. I did see quite a few homeless people but it was nothing on this level. I guess the issue has really exacerbated over the years. Glad I got a chance to enjoy it's beauty while I had the chance.
Am a Filipina professor who regularly visit family in Vallejo. And whenever I went to school in San Francisco 2012 & 2015, the homeless situation baffled me. We have poverty in the streets of Manila but our beggars are small, emaciated people. It puzzled me to see huge, able bodied men dressed like beggars. I was a transient who suffered the MUNI bus-rides, praying novenas so I dont encounter trouble, and yet, I enjoyed some kind of ethnographic study of this "fascinating" city that is SF! Thank you Mr. Noir for this very enlightening story. Am now a fan! Keep up the great work! I believe that the MAGA mantra will soon find headway. I love America 🤩
No they didn't fix any of the homelessness there they just don't tolerate it so they've moved to other places. This is happening all over the country from coast to coast and it's not going to stop anytime soon it's not a homeless problem it is a substance abuse problem an ignorance problem..
I've lived in California all my life and its heartbreaking to know that I may never be able to afford to buy a home here like my parents did. So many people my age are simply stuck. Would love to move to another state where we can afford a decent existence yet we cant afford to leave our jobs in the big city. So many people in my neighborhood are afraid of complete economic collapse that that many of us have decided to start prepping our homes with food and water and planting gardens so we can bug in and fend for ourselves. Democratic or Republican, the government doesn't give a damn about us, if we want our communities to survive we gotta make changes happen ourselves
see... that dude doesnt understand compassion IMO the compassionate thing to do is NOT give him the beer. He might get mad but acting compassionate for selfish reasons is never the solution SF.
The bigger the front, the bigger the back. Wealthiest people on the planet ….. Largest homeless population. Seems like some basic lessons to be learned here. Great work Colion. Thank you for bringing your passion to this issue.
Colion, would love to meet you. I really like what you're doing to raise awareness here in the TL and. SF. I'm one of the few that is trying to recover from a physical attack and I refuse to get stuck on dope. I admire those that have gotten out of that loop.
"People who can’t control themselves control the people around them. When you rely on someone for a positive reflected sense of self, you invariably try to control him or her." Dr. David Schnarch. Having healthy boundaries is one of the cornerstones of proper civilization. As goes the citizen, so goes the citizenry; as goes the citizenry, so goes the city; and so forth ...
I love how it is the city’s responsibility to help these people! And they ( the homeless ) just can’t get a leg up but I bet the have not problem taking EVERY government hand out that responsible member of Society pays with taxes!! And being homeless and have 3 kids is real smart i’m sure she paid all of her hospital bills!
Spent a week in SFO recently, it's out of control and not just in pockets, it's spread through the main business districts with hotels, restaurants and offices. You basically can't stop and just hang out and talk to anyone unless you go into a business because it isn't safe to stop on the street as you will be inundated by people begging or trying to rob you. Basically no open, public spaces can be used without the risk of confrontation with the mentally ill or junkies. Of course areas like this are always the places where it's nearly impossible to carry anything to protect yourself.
Our city had a red light district starting to grow, and a few people got together and reinvigorated it by putting in different kinds of businesses like shops and restaurants, and now it is a thriving cultural area with a large arts community. Wharehouses were turned into classy apartments and several arts colleges are there. This was done mainly by one woman determined not to see a red light district in our city. I think the Tenderloin area is there mostly for entertainment for bored people. If you see this happening, you can create easily accessible entertainment that doesn't revolve around illegal and addicting activities. It just requires some vision and effort and having a plan.
It's out of control in so many places. Los Angeles has a massive homeless population. So many folks need help. Many are mentally disabled. No affordable housing is also an issue.
This started back in late 50s early 60s, and the faces and drug of choice have changed but SF being the epicenter of the hippy, drug use, hasn't. Back then it was heroin, acid, and of course marijuana. Colin, love your videos,
Mr Noir - I give thanks and appreciation to you for tackling this subject which not only affects many States in the USA but is also increasing exponentially here in London England. I take issue with the term "Homeless" which masquerades the fact that most of these individuals are in fact "Houseless! Your answer to the beer question was obviously premised on tough love and the fact that true love only considers what will benefit an individual spiritually - with scant regard to whether it affords them pleasure or not. Needless-to-say - there are occasions when I am guilty of on the spur of the moment generosity to individuals who are part of my local landscape. I also secretly feed the pigeons! Keep up the good work! - One Love - Steve@MoodSwing
C.N. keep up the great work. I does this old man's heart good to hear logic from an age group I mostly hear shinning and non truths from. If you are in America you live in the best place on earth. Where you can try to fill needs you see and become wealthy where you can use that wealth to employ others who strive to be the best. I am so very thankful for your work here on you tube.
living in this state really makes you think about these issues daily. theyre not buidling affordable housing for hard working middle class citizens, why? why? we wanna live good, we pay taxes, we follow the laws but no one cares aobut us. why???????????????????????????????????
The problem is not bad policy but bad personal choices. We can't have it both ways in many instances. Do you want the government involved or not. I don't care how rich California is, it's impossible to house and take care of so many people with mental illness, alcoholism, drug addiction, etc... without stressing out the working class people. The reality is that the drug addiction is a nation wide crisis.
Man, I agree with a lot of what you’ve said. And having lived there for a few years I’ve seen first hand, the depravity that exists there within certain districts like bay shore, mission and tenderloin. But you went directly to the nucleus of homelessness and drug abuse in the nation so it shouldn’t be a surprise that you’ve seen more open drug use than you have in your whole life. And there are so many reasons why we see these problems persist in California. Policy, as you have stated is definitely one source but also consider climate. Many have simply migrated to the Bay Area because of the services and ability to escape gripping cold of the Midwest or the deluge of rain in the pacific northwest. Good work. Well thought out and strong interviews.
I do truly feel for all the people that are just trying to work so they can take care of their families and not become homeless themselves... they are the ones having to deal with the homeless and mentally ill. And it’s not their job it’s the City of San Francisco elected officials responsibility and they are not doing their job. The officials get paid a lot of money to be that lousy at their job!
When I was around the age of 12 I was walking around NYC with my parents. As we were walking we came across a homeless man. When I looked at the homeless man I became horrified. He looked like an older version of me. His face was similar to mine. It bothered me beyond belief. I have spent my life making sure two things never happen to me. 1, I never travel back in time and become a homeless man in the late 80’s and 2, I never become homeless in the future. I have tried as hard as I can and yes, I have failed at things and failed badly. I try to learn new skills constantly. I take charge of everything I do. Yes, I met a woman at 19 and promptly knocked her up. I knew having a child at that age was a horrific idea but I stayed the course and worked multiple jobs at once. Luckily I had a place to stay with family when I needed it but in the long run, I was able to land my dream job and with hard work I will hopefully never be homeless. I stayed away from drugs and worked harder than anyone I know or knew.
I fear that we're only seeing the early symptoms of an even greater problem that has yet to come. What that might be, I don't know, but I have feeling its coming, and that it's going to be ugly.
The annual SF homeless budget is currently about $400M, with another $300M or so due to be added from the new business tax. Hard to believe that much money can't solve the problem. I would love to see data on how all this money is being spent.
When you enable people thinking your being compassionate you allow someone who might not normally fall almost definitely fall. When that fall happens as easily as the gentleman who found himself addicted for 18 years, the getting back up is nearly impossible without there being a viable structure. It's the same with child raising by if you allow them they will master their own demise.
Wow! Just wow. Thanks for doing this Colion Noir. I used to bang my head against the wall dealing with NGOs and Community Orgs. I couldn’t wrap my mind around the utter waste of resources under the guise of “helping”. Thanks for shedding light on this issue.
People get to become "Entrepreneurs in Misery" and it becomes their employment and income, it's the way it's become a permanent and some who works with it get dependent on it, it's a hamster wheel in some way.
@Colion Noir..... I've lived in San Francisco my entire life. I've seen this place go from a beautiful city to a place resembling a third world country. Working construction, I spend a lot of time downtown (mostly near the Tenderloin). Your videos on San Francisco did shed some light on what is going on here, but it barely touched the tip on the iceberg. I have seen people shooting up while propped up against a SF City vehicle, seen people defecating on the sidewalk, seen people exposing themselves, walked past by tent cities, seen police move the homeless along so that they were not in the background shot of a news story only to have them return after the shoot, and even broke up 3 domestic assaults (one outside my house, one inside a Starbucks, and one outside a parking garage before work.... within about a 6 month period). You are absolutely right that the city is hiding what is going on. I can not tell you how many times I have had to dodge needles and piles of human excrement while walking down the street. Thank you for attempting to shed some light on what is going on here, but there is so much more going on here on a daily basis.
Please explain why in the hell are you still living there? Vote with your feet! You can make a home anyplace that you live. You will meet new friends and relatives will probably follow you to your new town. You can move someplace that has a thriving economy or someplace it doesn't take must money to live so you'll be able to make money on gigs or part-time work. Detroit is much safer than SF, much cleaner and you can live inexpensively. Message me if you decide to give it a shot. There is no way I would continue living in SF.
@@lvteachme973 LOL...Not many other places I can make the money I make for what I do.... Believe me, when I retire I'm taking my pension, moving to Tennessee, and never looking back. 30 years down the line, but still a goal haha.
Woman is homeless and decides to have a baby? Common sense tells me a lifetime of terrible choices landed her on the streets.
Agreed 100%
Poverty and sense are learned. When I lived in CA, I tried helping some of my friends to get ahead in life. They had an excuse for everything and I dare say enjoyed and wore victimhood as a badge of honor. I’m not saying that’s the case with this woman, but that’s what I’ve experienced first hand. It shook my core beliefs and now I do firmly believe that some people are beyond MY help.
She doesn't have just one, she has four.
She gets her SSI with one baby but that doesn’t compute does it ? FOUR ? insane !
Supperconductor
Couch surfing is the beginning of laziness and numerous mental issues
We voted with our feet and moved out of CA. There’s a pervasive insanity among the voters there. They keep voting for the deteriorating conditions of that once beautiful state.
@Derp Derp ya its pretty much everywhere so fuck it.
Supperconductor Welcome to Freedom! Lol good for you getting the F out of there
All those "voters" have now infected other states and are now turning their new state into the shit hole they left. Thanks
I never voted to put a price on materials. And I never voted to work.
Who controls this dam boat???
Certainly ain't me and I'm a tax payer. Wtf
@Derp Derp I live in Atlanta as well, LGBT capital of the South smh.. We dodged a bullet getting Kemp
San Francisco and Los Angles are what you will see if liberalism spreads across this country. It's a sad situation.
@Blu
Absolutely correct
Thank you for shedding light on the situation in San Francisco. I've worked and commuted on Market and Van Ness and have seen some crazy shit. Hearing people intellectually talk about the problems and not shout each other down is refreshing. Thank you.
I can't say enough how much I appreciate this series. I have to disagree with the elderly gentleman about giving the beer to someone in the street. While doing so isn't going to make him more of an addict, it isn't going to make him less of one either. It's close enough to "enabling" to me for their to be no meaningful difference.
It goes well BEYOND "enabling". it is - ENSURING - that the addict REMAINS addicted. It is literally the OPPOSITE of Compassion.
But Leftists live in upside down-world, where everything means exactly it's opposite. They would make the entire world look like San Fransisco if they had control.
there's no way for me to know if I'm just somebody's mark or if it's truly a one-off request for assistance...I'm asked for money by the same people day after day here in downtown SF...they seem to have fallen into a loop in which they return to the same spots and ask in the same ways.
You are right Bill - but sometimes - just sometimes - our intuition overrides our intellect - and for those rare and very special moments - there is a very meaningful difference in the life of one whose future can often be counted in days if not hours.
@Englewood Frank21 Who hurt you?
I agree. I don't know if I would say it's "wrong" to give the beer to the drunk. But personally, I don't want any part in their addiction, I refuse.
San Fransisco, where dogs have to avoid human poop.
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@ Laura Wren: You ABSOLUTELY COULD NOT have said it any better. I KNOW... I live here going on 38 years this coming August of 2019.
I was there last summer 2018, still a beautiful city... This is unfortunate though!
Too true 🐶💩🐕🐾
Port o lets come to mind. Like jobsites. For over a decade i had to plan my trips in seattle around where i knew there were bathrooms I could use. Which were few and far between. By far
Wher's rep. Pelosi? I lived there.. never to this day heard a word about this?? I saw her beautiful mansion though. Hard to see over her wall though...
The toll the homeless drug addicts are taking on tourism is legit. I have two friends who went there recently and said they would never go back. I simply asked why they wouldn't go back and both said because of the homeless and garbage in the streets. This is coming from people who live in Seattle so that tells you something right there.
Lol. If Seattle thinks it's bad - it's a national emergency.
Never go back !!
Its a drug apocalypse
Never go back hep c is rampant
Most these people play a good pity me party
Most of these people choose to stay living this way I live in Sacramento and we see it all the time why the fuck do you have for kids if you never had permanent fucking housing please explain that to me..
Our governments fucking idiotic policies is what is causing this shit and people feel sorry for people like this. ..
If your mom was fucking homeless and you were fucking homeless and you didn't have shit why in the fuck would you bring forur children into the world to be homeless with nothing? Expecting someone else to fucking take care of them
I'm truly speechless when I see and hear these peoples reasons
yah man I live here, the garbage and literal shit on the streets is insane. This city well be in hell in 10 years the way its going and you can bet my ass wont be here
A Dystopian Paradise. Each " class" is materializing: Illegals, getting government benefits and ID cards,free education and health care. Homeless/ junkies. Government workers. And a swiftly shrinking " middle class". That's all that's left in California. Might want to wall off California,let nature take it's course, like a body creating an abcess to contain an infection...to be lanced and drained out later..
cant help a drug addict if they don't want it
As the dude in his one video said. You have to hit bottom (as an addict), if you don't you won't want to look for help
Ronnie Loco You can help them by stopping enabling them.
nope but you sure can put lead in its head.
@@SH-lb1nu Most addicts hitting bottom means either they have died or someone else dies.
You can't persuade a drug addict to stop or slow down, maybe for two days but the shakes happen.
But if you feed their addiction, provide fresh needles, no repercussions, you reward the addicts with no control or enforcement of laws, the police are not allowed to talk to them.
You advertise through the media that all addicts are welcome and will be taken care of, you will reap what you have sown.
When we lost our state mental institution we had people who their families either didn't want or couldn't care for on the streets. Our little mission took most of them in here in Topeka Kansas. Some we're transferred to another State facility 300 miles away. The ones who didn't make it to the mission were on the street and some turned to street drugs. Our churches did what they could for them by inviting the ones who would except help. Our homeless problem compared to SF is nothing. Thank you Sir for letting us see the story behind the scenes.
What happened to the state mental institutions? Did they shut it down around the whole country?
They will not put plexiglass barriers on the buses, because it may hurt someone's feelings.
FYI. Bus drivers in SF are not allowed to leave the seat while getting assaulted.
What?... Are you kidding?
We really need to bring the Mental Health facilities back. Imagine if the money going to this program was spent on that instead.
Doughnut Spaghetti Thank Reagan for that.
@@Rubytheblueeyedwolf Also, it wasn't Reagans bill, people need to stop believing mainstream drivel and research.
That's what I said but it's not gong to happen, they are all gone now and closed. It's time to call a spade a spade and segregate these people from society at large. They will have to open the FEMA camps. They should open the camps, and supply them with whatever drugs they want, feed them house them and give them a cot in a clean tent. The catch wil be they have to stay in the camp. All most of these people have to do is LEAVE California or whatever place they are, that's it, but they refuse. Call it what it is, most of these people just want to be where they are because thats home to them and they want to hang out there. They have homeless people in ALASKA for heavens sake who refuse to leave or get help. Well tough Nugs, I had to leave the northeast and NYC , it got to liberal and to exspensive. Most of these people just don't want to live by what most of us call normal standards. This is what Ghettos USED to be for in big cities, places where you could live that way if you wanted to. Now all those Ghettos have become luxery nieghborhoods. THAT MEANS YOU MOVE ON. IF I DID ANYONE CAN. I LOVED NYC MORE THAN LIFE AND I HAD TO LEAVE! Now age will force me out again eventually, that's life for the less fortunate! You move on. Most of the people in Californai living in those tents are getting SS or some sort of federal check. If they lived in say Birmingham, Alabama, they could be living in an apartment for the same money they are living on the streets of LA with, spending 10 dollars a pack on cigarettes, gas, food, etc. triple it costs anywhere else. They don't want to. So tough nugs!!!!!
@@n1c704 Bullshit, it was also liberals who complained about people being "incarcerated" while not sentenced for a crime, even though they were a threat to the community. Fuck off with that bullshit!
@@n1c704 Actually, the de-institutionalization of the mental facilities happened under Carter. Back in '91, my Debate class topic was homelessness and that is one clear thing that was obvious from all of the research is that the homelessness issue at that time was largely caused by Carter.
Good Job Coloin Noir. I'm from California and it's embarrassing to see this but the truth needs to come out. We need new leadership.
Out of 37 years of living in San Francisco I was literally a working homeless person for two or more decades. It’s in the design of so politics.
thomas grokenberger damn u too. Even. Two jobs isn’t enough and I don’t do any drugs or drink and I’m still in the streets 🤦🏿♂️
I finally moved out and now I’m a homeowner free and clear and I can make my own money whereas sf has been co opted by the nouveau riches when they inherited their parents homes and cashed in and caused inflation to go unchecked in the rental market. They squeezed out those of us that went to grade school and junior high and some high school here( moved in sophomore year) and came back after serving my country and working first one and soon two jobs because to me it was home. Outsiders really made it hard for natives and landlords capitalized on new comers and us natives were driven out. It’s the nature of that city unless you have cash my friends! !
You're seeing market demand & supply
The shining example of liberalism run rampant.
Little to do with actual liberalism and more to do with progressivism.
@WeMi Ci arguably better than California honestly. Cant wait to leave.
@get lost Not at all. I would recommend reading some political theory. What conservatives wrongly label as "liberals" are not liberals at all.
Why do you guys fail to acknowledge that Reagan started this shit buy gutting funding for mental health? Btw I'm not a party sheep so I it makes no difference who is what.
@get lost Yea which is why a house costs $85,000 and no one wants to live there.
ZERO chance I'm buying a homeless man a beer. Compassion doesn't include giving someone who's metaphorically suicidal a brand new box of razor blades or a case of 9mm rounds. Compassion is "Hey, let me buy you a bottle of water or a pack of underwear or socks. Do you like Subway? Let me get you a 6" meal deal with a coke."
Don't buy them shit; let them live with the choices they've made. Fuck 'em.
The difference between a homeless person asking me for a beer vs my neighbor asking me for a beer.... your on the streets with no where to call your own home.... maybe clothes to wear... hygiene products... a hot meal for that moment then and there... giving a beer will not help you at all... now my neighbor asking me for a beer yes it's a different story because even if he or she does like to drink they still are responsible enough to work a job to pay their bills to not have to be living on the streets with no where to go.... that's called taking up your responsibility as an adult so yes no doubt about it my neighbor can have a beer...
While he was active military, my brother was stationed in California. During a phone conversation, I told him I would not visit him until he was reassigned outside of California. He even offered to pay my travel & lodging expenses. NOPE! I am not entering the borders of California. And I didn't. In this video, a "race to the bottom" was mentioned. Never more true words were spoken on this subject. I just wonder when, if ever, enough people in not just SF, but California in general, will say "this liberal way of governing and living is killing us." California is now #3 in the top states in the USA that people are moving out of, bested by #1 Illinois, and #2 New Jersey. But there's something else those three states have in common - strict gun control. Coincidence? Likely not. It's all about the liberal way of thinking. Impressive video. "Thumbs up" from this Kentucky boy.
All those people moving from blue states are the crazy leftists. They’re moving to your state and bringing their failed policies to your state. Stay complacent saying “glad I don’t move in California”. Signed, a conservative stuck in California.
@@sasquatchhunter86 Are you still stuck there?
@kentuckyjustice1408
Actually a bullet can go through a dumpster.
I feel like Colion just let that one slide because it was not relevant. But I rolled my eyes too.
It depends on the bullet and the dumpster.
It will stop the 22 lr pea shooters the homeless addicts have. They aren't walking around with expensive high powered rifles.
Depends on what the bullet was, also most things won't go through both sides because of deformation.
@@JAM-yj4tb a 22 pea shooter will do more damage than a higher caliber pistol. 22 bullets bounce around inside a human body.
Bus drivers making $49/hr sounds crazy but it takes that to live in SF as lower middle class. Also, it takes that to put up with that crazy of public rider.
Only $36/hr, it is not too much
They aren’t paid that much. Maybe in the past, idk. They average about $47K a year. The average single person median income in SF is $83k, & that my friend is living paycheck to paycheck in SF. Almost half of all MUNI drivers live outside the city & county because the cost of living there is untenable. I mean, who the hell wants to buy an 1200sq ft 2 bedroom 1 bath 80 year old home for 1.5mil that ain’t even up to electrical code? Let alone be able to afford it?
Those bus drivers commute from places like Stockton, Antioch etc.
Bus drivers and grocery checkers make more than you would think because they need to perform quite well to keep the business profitable.
29 per hour in CLEVELAND i did it for 18 years....not enough money
Thank you. I am one of the people in the middle... holding stuff together... doing a necessary job, but having to deal with homeless issues...
Real news finally!!! Thank you
"A bullet cannot go through a dumpster"
This cracked old fool doesn't know ballistics"
To be fair: depends on the ammunition, the type of dumpster; etc.
Plus: i think he was highlighting how wack his train of thought was so he might know it was a partially innacurate statement
The older gentlemen, I love how he speaks from experience and wisdom- He tells his story straight up, no BS, no filter. Passion > Compassion. I like how well he put that.
The poop map alone tells a very grim tale. It seems like the super rich technology wizards behind the curtain are trying to build their own little utopia by either pushing people out, or stomping them down.
Jefari H. A waffle stomp that is
been homeless since 16 years old and you have 4 kids... geezzzz
Shit you saw how she kept licking that tongue out.
You are right. I have had those thoughts in the 90’s and tried to get others to think the same but years later they have grown in such a way that the streets may never be able to be cleaned up.
I've said this on another TH-cam video but how about dump some money into Alcatraz to house and rehab these transients. Its a public health and safety hazard. Get all the homeless and get that city under control. The resident's pay taxes and then taxed more for more and more. There is plenty of money to make change
Good idea to put them on a island so they can rehab but they use Alcatraz as a tourist spot.
@@skromee as a whole san Fran is the tourist destination and if you could give up one area and repurpose it for good and remove the human shit from the streets how is that sacrifice not worth it? What they are currently doing isn't working and maybe Alcatraz isn't large enough but maybe expand it? Something needs to be done and this would be a small step amd may be concentrating them is a bad idea but so is letting them run amok throughout the city is worse
MONEY is NEVER the problem.
How about dump them in the Pacific, 10 miles off the coast?
That will never happen Alcatraz as a tourist attraction it is literally sold out for months in advance.
They care about money and even though the tourists are not going to come back that are American it won't change.
San Francisco is not an American tourist spot anymore...
It's for people who think they're coming to see the San Francisco that's in the movies and the Golden Gate Bridge.
Every great city seems to have an area given over to the fleshly needs of men, and in San Francisco this area is called, The Tenderloin.
It is a marketplace of vice, degradation, and human misery.
Dean burney
Yea I heard that line, any comment ?
It's a pigsty and has been forever
I can't take care of myself so let me have a whole bunch of kids...
Thank you for all you do, keep fighting the good fight brother, God Bless You.
More people need to watch this series
Thank you for shining light on this issue.. slot of these homeless are also being bussed into the central valley here in CA..
from NV. AZ sends their undesirables to Socal.
I would like to thank you for talking about a wide range of topics. From the love of guns and the power of all our rights as Americans and people. I would also like to thank you for doing videos like this that affect everyone. Your ability to to stand back and be objective is huge. Please don't change.
140k for a bus driver.
I can see why they have to continuously raise taxes
@@49ersBigD "in the middle of bum fuck america"?! 69k alone is a pretty good income no matter where you are. Well, as long as you aren't in a progressive "utopia." If taxes in SF weren't so through the roof to literally just go into the pockets of politicians (they aren't even spending on pork barrel projects, to my understanding), 69k-80k would certainly be around upper middle class at least.
Yes but with over time it could be that high easily from 80k, thats the trick to these metro jobs all over the US, you get very high overtime. People who take these jobs for life are the slaves of society, they are willing to be slaves their entire lives just for a secure paycheck and "the benifits" . I chose freedom and less money. No amount of money is enough to pay me to drive a bus in a major California city. It's worth paying the driver 140k, they deserve it!
@@49ersBigD I LOVE living in the Nice, Safe, Clean, Polite, Civilized, CONSERVATIVE, CAPITAL of BUM FUCK America! thank you very much.
Anyway, isn't San Fransisco supposed to be the International Headquarters of Bum-Fuckery?
Cops here start out at 41k a year.... That's a cop with a degree... CA is out of its mind.
At 80k a year you can't buy a house in Frisco. Where I live in CA our fuel is 4.05 a gallon and that's cheap. The registration for my bike is 220. And that's just the tip of the iceberg.
Thank you for making the San Francisco videos! I completely agree with your perspective and I’m sharing your videos to bring awareness to this issue! Additionally, I am now subscribed!
the Transit bus operators attacks hits close to home for me.
So Cal and No Cal are quickly devolving into three classes. The ultra rich, the ultra poor, and illegal immigrants.
Yep
I'm ultra poor 🚮
@Tonald Drump I'm disabled, I receive zero government 'benefits'
I was born here.
Tonald Drump don’t give a fuck how hard u work if you came here illegally doesn’t matter. Hard work doesn’t excuse criminality
At least the illegal immigrants work.
Great work sir!
Hey, ya haters?
Did you hear that smart woman?
EVERYONE CHOOSES THEIR PATH, THERE IS PLENTY OF HELP AND JOBS!
Its the Drugs!!! Period!!!
She chose to have 4 kids, after being homeless at the age of 16...hindsight 20/20.
Yes she’s 100% correct
Once again... I'd like to hear from the elected officials. Any chance you can have a sit down with them? i mean yes... we know there's a problem. i'd like to know what they're planning to do about it. you know the right questions to ask. Ask them to someone who has the chance to make a change. The Cops are shackled why is that? The Bus Drivers are being assaulted and they are being told to " walk it off" why is that?
Thanks once again for an enlightening video.
Once again! Respect to Colion for this series! In NYC, as I've said before, the subway is used as a fasad to hide the problem of homelessness.. There's not a subway line or a time of the day that you can't find what I call a tent city subway car! It's beyond insane! NYC keeps it hidden in the subway and we deal with it EVERY time we ride it! Am I lying New Yorkers???
Colion, you should hook up and do an interview with Andrew Yang on his gun policy. He could use some education on the matter and i think you could really make an impact on his campaign. Keep up the great work
"Are we just racing to the bottom?"-it feels like it.
The Grateful Dead moved out of S.F. too. One of the reasons was the junkies taking over The Haight. When a band that did drugs moves out because of dope, you know you got a big problem.
Colion, amazing video as always, thank you. I hope to see more like this. You bring an element of truth to your videos that few others can. We need more to see what is happening and to see that what we are doing is not working.
Wish you lived in Jersey so we could hang out, I'd be honored to have a friend like you. What you are doing with this series is so much more important than anyone can imagine, and I truly appreciate you for it. Thank you for all you do brother.
Colion Your take on San Francisco and Seattle are SPOT ON. As a native of Seattle, and someone who travels for San Francisco for work I can only hope that all this publicity will help clean up these once great cities. However with the enabling policies, lack of enforcement of current laws and the handcuffing of our police I highly doubt Seattle or San Fran will recover in its current political environment. When my friends from other States ask me describe Seattle, I say "Seattle where they'll fine $54 dollars for your dog being off leash, $122 if you don't scoop their poop. However you can poop on the street and shoot up drugs with $0 fines. " Both this cities have a natural beauty from a far but once you get to ground level its truly disturbing. Again great videos on both San Franciso and Seattle.
Thank you for showing this. Because I swear people walk around the city like they don’t see this and notice how much worse it’s getting.
I live in san Francisco and I can confirm this is true, there is a lot of people homeless, they will ask you for money, the ones I've come across reject food and want money instead obviously for their drug addiction.
I have come across used needles in the streets and local parks specially golden gate park and near beaches, pisses me off because, children play in these certain areas and are exposed to these substances, public restrooms usually have a needle dispose bin, but still, San Francisco is really beautiful but the state that is in is rotten, I thank god I won't be here long
One thing I not sure if it is true or not is that there was an idea of setting up places where heroin could be injected in a controlled manner in public
I'm not sure about that one is just something I've heard around
The Tenderloin is the absolute worst part of the city. It's not representative of the vast majority of the city. I realize SF has more homeless people than many other cities, but still most of the city is nothing like this.
I visited San Francisco in May 2017 and although I didn't stay in the tenderloin, I was near it. I did see quite a few homeless people but it was nothing on this level. I guess the issue has really exacerbated over the years. Glad I got a chance to enjoy it's beauty while I had the chance.
Good god, I'm glad I don't live in a scrappy city like that! So sick and sad.
The Mayor says dug treatments, while they hand out needles
Am a Filipina professor who regularly visit family in Vallejo. And whenever I went to school in San Francisco 2012 & 2015, the homeless situation baffled me. We have poverty in the streets of Manila but our beggars are small, emaciated people. It puzzled me to see huge, able bodied men dressed like beggars. I was a transient who suffered the MUNI bus-rides, praying novenas so I dont encounter trouble, and yet, I enjoyed some kind of ethnographic study of this "fascinating" city that is SF! Thank you Mr. Noir for this very enlightening story. Am now a fan! Keep up the great work! I believe that the MAGA mantra will soon find headway. I love America 🤩
It's nothing a good military sweep operation couldn't fix.
Slappy LMAO
"I"m homeless."
"I have four kids."
What?!
My thing is they keep doing it because people keep giving them money and beer. Give an inch, take a mile. Bravo to another great piece!
Mr. Noir talk to Rudy Giuliani he knows how to fix this problem he’s done it.
Agreed!!
No they didn't fix any of the homelessness there they just don't tolerate it so they've moved to other places. This is happening all over the country from coast to coast and it's not going to stop anytime soon it's not a homeless problem it is a substance abuse problem an ignorance problem..
And I lived at 480 Eddy in 1983 with a brand new nursing baby. I'll never forget the TL and SF in the 80s. The stories I could tell
Proud grad of the D.A.R.E program. drugs are whack.
Drugrs are good
I was there in 2007 for a vacation. There is no way I’d go back now. It’s not safe.
Thank you for showing this!
Quite the eye opener in so many ways!
I've lived in California all my life and its heartbreaking to know that I may never be able to afford to buy a home here like my parents did. So many people my age are simply stuck. Would love to move to another state where we can afford a decent existence yet we cant afford to leave our jobs in the big city. So many people in my neighborhood are afraid of complete economic collapse that that many of us have decided to start prepping our homes with food and water and planting gardens so we can bug in and fend for ourselves. Democratic or Republican, the government doesn't give a damn about us, if we want our communities to survive we gotta make changes happen ourselves
Move inland (red).
Personal Responsibility is what is needed here to start with, than you can actually start helping them.
see... that dude doesnt understand compassion IMO the compassionate thing to do is NOT give him the beer. He might get mad but acting compassionate for selfish reasons is never the solution SF.
The bigger the front, the bigger the back. Wealthiest people on the planet ….. Largest homeless population. Seems like some basic lessons to be learned here. Great work Colion. Thank you for bringing your passion to this issue.
This series of videos are amazing. Thank you! You do better work than the big media companies.
What a series. I've learned a lot but yet don't know I personally can make a difference that will really work.
Colion, would love to meet you. I really like what you're doing to raise awareness here in the TL and. SF. I'm one of the few that is trying to recover from a physical attack and I refuse to get stuck on dope. I admire those that have gotten out of that loop.
"People who can’t control themselves control the people around them. When you rely on someone for a positive reflected sense of self, you invariably try to control him or her." Dr. David Schnarch. Having healthy boundaries is one of the cornerstones of proper civilization. As goes the citizen, so goes the citizenry; as goes the citizenry, so goes the city; and so forth ...
Good report. I visited SF last Summer. I was in awe of the history & saddened by the decay. This is what happens when kids run the town. 👎
I grew up here in SF and it's changed minority neighborhoods gone , ridiculously expensive and it's nasty y'all can have it !
I love how it is the city’s responsibility to help these people! And they ( the homeless ) just can’t get a leg up but I bet the have not problem taking EVERY government hand out that responsible member of Society pays with taxes!! And being homeless and have 3 kids is real smart i’m sure she paid all of her hospital bills!
Spent a week in SFO recently, it's out of control and not just in pockets, it's spread through the main business districts with hotels, restaurants and offices. You basically can't stop and just hang out and talk to anyone unless you go into a business because it isn't safe to stop on the street as you will be inundated by people begging or trying to rob you. Basically no open, public spaces can be used without the risk of confrontation with the mentally ill or junkies. Of course areas like this are always the places where it's nearly impossible to carry anything to protect yourself.
Our city had a red light district starting to grow, and a few people got together and reinvigorated it by putting in different kinds of businesses like shops and restaurants, and now it is a thriving cultural area with a large arts community. Wharehouses were turned into classy apartments and several arts colleges are there. This was done mainly by one woman determined not to see a red light district in our city. I think the Tenderloin area is there mostly for entertainment for bored people. If you see this happening, you can create easily accessible entertainment that doesn't revolve around illegal and addicting activities. It just requires some vision and effort and having a plan.
WTF!!!! $49 an Hour $140K per year (11:17)? For a Bus Driver....This is why so many people are leaving California
It's out of control in so many places. Los Angeles has a massive homeless population. So many folks need help. Many are mentally disabled. No affordable housing is also an issue.
Did she just say she has 4 kids? How can you have kids when u can’t keep a roof over their head?
This started back in late 50s early 60s, and the faces and drug of choice have changed but SF being the epicenter of the hippy, drug use, hasn't. Back then it was heroin, acid, and of course marijuana. Colin, love your videos,
Mr Noir - I give thanks and appreciation to you for tackling this subject which not only affects many States in the USA but is also increasing exponentially here in London England. I take issue with the term "Homeless" which masquerades the fact that most of these individuals are in fact "Houseless! Your answer to the beer question was obviously premised on tough love and the fact that true love only considers what will benefit an individual spiritually - with scant regard to whether it affords them pleasure or not. Needless-to-say - there are occasions when I am guilty of on the spur of the moment generosity to individuals who are part of my local landscape. I also secretly feed the pigeons! Keep up the good work! - One Love - Steve@MoodSwing
C.N. keep up the great work. I does this old man's heart good to hear logic from an age group I mostly hear shinning and non truths from. If you are in America you live in the best place on earth. Where you can try to fill needs you see and become wealthy where you can use that wealth to employ others who strive to be the best.
I am so very thankful for your work here on you tube.
I really appreciate you making this documentary. Great job.
"Yeah come out to the coast we'll get together have a few laughs"
Actually a Harry Potter movie.
This used to be my favorite city in the world. These videos are the ripples of change. Please keep making them.
living in this state really makes you think about these issues daily. theyre not buidling affordable housing for hard working middle class citizens, why? why? we wanna live good, we pay taxes, we follow the laws but no one cares aobut us. why???????????????????????????????????
because real-estate investors want high dollar homes.
Because illegal aliens and criminals are the top priority! Got to pander to your voter base!
@@jo3071
Amazing work. These documentary pieces are some of the very best being produced today.
Excellent Work on this story and all the issues that go along with it Mr Noir 👍
The problem is not bad policy but bad personal choices. We can't have it both ways in many instances. Do you want the government involved or not. I don't care how rich California is, it's impossible to house and take care of so many people with mental illness, alcoholism, drug addiction, etc... without stressing out the working class people. The reality is that the drug addiction is a nation wide crisis.
Traveling through life in itself is a blessing
Man, I agree with a lot of what you’ve said. And having lived there for a few years I’ve seen first hand, the depravity that exists there within certain districts like bay shore, mission and tenderloin. But you went directly to the nucleus of homelessness and drug abuse in the nation so it shouldn’t be a surprise that you’ve seen more open drug use than you have in your whole life. And there are so many reasons why we see these problems persist in California. Policy, as you have stated is definitely one source but also consider climate. Many have simply migrated to the Bay Area because of the services and ability to escape gripping cold of the Midwest or the deluge of rain in the pacific northwest. Good work. Well thought out and strong interviews.
Also, AZ and NV send their undesirables to CA cities.
I do truly feel for all the people that are just trying to work so they can take care of their families and not become homeless themselves... they are the ones having to deal with the homeless and mentally ill. And it’s not their job it’s the City of San Francisco elected officials responsibility and they are not doing their job. The officials get paid a lot of money to be that lousy at their job!
When I was around the age of 12 I was walking around NYC with my parents. As we were walking we came across a homeless man. When I looked at the homeless man I became horrified. He looked like an older version of me. His face was similar to mine. It bothered me beyond belief. I have spent my life making sure two things never happen to me. 1, I never travel back in time and become a homeless man in the late 80’s and 2, I never become homeless in the future. I have tried as hard as I can and yes, I have failed at things and failed badly. I try to learn new skills constantly. I take charge of everything I do. Yes, I met a woman at 19 and promptly knocked her up. I knew having a child at that age was a horrific idea but I stayed the course and worked multiple jobs at once. Luckily I had a place to stay with family when I needed it but in the long run, I was able to land my dream job and with hard work I will hopefully never be homeless. I stayed away from drugs and worked harder than anyone I know or knew.
And?
Lisa Greenfield And I’m loving life.
@@URBANAMERICANTAC thanks. I hate cliffhangers.
Thank you Colion, for your passion and hard work!
I fear that we're only seeing the early symptoms of an even greater problem that has yet to come. What that might be, I don't know, but I have feeling its coming, and that it's going to be ugly.
The annual SF homeless budget is currently about $400M, with another $300M or so due to be added from the new business tax. Hard to believe that much money can't solve the problem. I would love to see data on how all this money is being spent.
When you enable people thinking your being compassionate you allow someone who might not normally fall almost definitely fall. When that fall happens as easily as the gentleman who found himself addicted for 18 years, the getting back up is nearly impossible without there being a viable structure. It's the same with child raising by if you allow them they will master their own demise.
These video's are amazing Colion!!! I hope more than just your fan's see this, because this is truly being woke.
"San Fransisco is just a good place to hang out"5:40
Thank you for your passion of showing Truth!!