San Diego Homeless Woman Arrested for Being Unhoused
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- Опубликовано: 26 апр 2023
- In this video, we meet Rachel, a homeless woman living in a tent near Downtown San Diego. Rachel is among the many homeless individuals who are facing the harsh consequences of San Diego's approach to criminalizing homelessness. The city's strategy involves arresting and penalizing individuals for basic life-sustaining activities, such as sleeping, sitting, or eating in public spaces, when they have nowhere else to go. As a result, Rachel and many others are constantly pushed from one block to another, with their belongings confiscated and thrown away by San Diego Police and Environmental Services.
Rachel shares that homelessness is the hardest job she has ever had, with only two 24/7 bathrooms downtown and no 24/7 showers. There are no days off. No sick days. A homeless person has to walk often miles for water and food every day. Although it is somewhat easy to find a job, maintaining one while living outside homeless is nearly impossible, as shared by Dullanni in his interview from San Diego • Arrested Over 20 Times... . Rachel herself was arrested and spent seven days in jail for being without adequate housing after a homeless shelter ran out of beds.
This punitive approach to homelessness has not only failed to address the root causes of the issue but has also made it worse, resulting in a vicious cycle of arrests, fines, and incarceration. It has put a significant burden on already strained public resources and perpetuated a cycle of hardship and despair for San Diego's most vulnerable residents. It is evident that a more compassionate and effective approach is needed, one that prioritizes housing, mental health care, and social support services to help individuals escape the cycle of homelessness and reintegrate into society.
You can follow Rachel on Twitter here: / rachelhayes_33
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She’s beautiful. She’s holding her age well through her struggles. What “people” don’t understand is just how incredibly easy it is to become homeless.
I agree with you. She seems like a beautiful human being.
It's easy to be a vagrant and get free handouts...
Its hard to work...
See the problem?
I was living well in a good neighborhood. we lived there for 5 years then got refused to release ? due to my girlfriends 20 year old daughter being disrespectful to other tenants. so the daughter went to friends house and we went to motel for 6 weeks and that felt homeless to me :(
Low income housing starts with a application, let me know if you need the list nationwide!!!
Easy!? No!
Take it from me. I'm 55 years old now. After I lost my long term job of 15 years, I was 47 years old. In the real world, and don't tell me any different, you cannot find another job. In my personal experience, I even applied multiple times to the same companies again and again. I wasn't on drugs, and all I faced was years of humiliation after I got evicted from my place. Social Services treated me like garbage, and I checked into mental wards four times. I was forced into applying for disability, because I had severe suicide ideation. At first I squatted in my Uncle's garage without bathroom access, then I was living in an old Buick and sleeping anywhere away from other people. It's a very long story, but even now, I'm not able to forget about that hell.
Mr. Chevken , if possible you can provide shelter to the older.thankyou.
I'm so glad that you've made it through the challenges of being homeless. Hang in there and thanks for sharing your story. God bless 🙏♥️
God be with you. Hope you are doing better. Sounds awful. I'm for tax dollars being diverted to better programs
I am so very sorry. I can't even imagine the torment. I have started over again bur never to this extent. I allways say make small home communities so people can get back on thier feet. Some choose to live like that. But alot do not. It is thrown on them. Much love your way
@@purewonka At 47, the best years of wine, women and song have passed....time for meds
WHY 👏ARE 👏WE👏 FIGHTING 👏WARS 👏OVERSEAS 👏WHEN 👏PEOPLE 👏AT 👏HOME 👏ARE👏 FIGHTING 👏FOR THEIR 👏 SURVIVAL 👏
keep voting Demorat
@@tom-dr1ym Democrat, Republican, it's all the same. money is made for the rich on wars abroad. The american people are now dumb & brainwashed by politicans & media.
Because war is profitable ..... Helping people is not. Ask any Republican or Democrat.
@@mamatrain100 It is all about the Almighty Dollar
@@tom-dr1ym silly conservative, you don't know they all tapping the same donors?
I went through nine months of horror due to COVID. Sleeping in my car, the poice fined us $100 PER NIGHT for "being" homeless. I couldn't access food, or my insulin, and they were attempting to fine us out of existence. Every so often someone would come through and take all the drug addicts to shelters. The rest of us waited in the cold. Babies, kids, elderly, disabled.....I called numbers for help, signed up with all the agencies that said they could help. NONE... NOT ONE of them actually offered me help. One agency said they had a solution.....it was to ship us out to a place in the desert, far away from the city. Most of us did not have cars, those with cars most certainly didn't have the gas to drive out into the desert every night. AND....in those camps there were no provisions. ????? WHAT? You mean you want us to move out of your jurisdiction to someplace isolated to die. We have to be CLOSE to services! There has to be AVAILABILTY of houseing!!! You can't just charge a person with no place to stay and no money for shelter. NOT a solution! It's $1000 for a ROOM here! HOW are we supposed to stay housed? STOP being homeless, my family said. All I had to do is get a job and rent a place to stay like everyone else. Stop DOING that....??????? I cannot understand the absolute mental block......I have no place to sleep, or bathe, and half of my day is spent looking for an available bathroom. WHO is going to hire me? And HOW am I supposed to find a place to stay? I finally clawed my way onto a sofa, then a part time job. Dear Gods it was the hardest part of my life.....I HOPE. People who have not had that happen to them....been EVICTED from life itself....do not understand.
They just don't get it.
I was evicted because the landlord wanted to renovate my unit for more money. Although 10 weeks rent in advance getting another place to stay with the word evicted over my name is impossible. In the old days if you had the bond and rent then you could get a place but now it's all forms to fill in and property managers.
God Bless you.❤
I'm not following the chain of events. Covid happened and the next day you woke up homeless? In SOCAL? That seems odd...Your family telling you to stop being homeless is interesting....did you burn family out or something?
im sorry that sounds like such a tough time and also the way people treated you sounds horrible. Its horrible things only turn around money in this world. What if humans would start just planting food plants everywhere, then there at least would be food around for everyone.
@@Doesch planting food plants around, everywhere? The real world is not a place where the horn of plenty makes food.
Rachel is very well spoken- hope things turn out well for her- and any other unhoused person
Tiny house communities are needed now!
@@valeriehancotte-galan4790 I’m not even homeless and I’d live in a tiny house!❤
Ther are doctors and lawyers living in campers because they can’t find housing.
@@user-ii3vn8tn3q They may be boook smarts, but not street smarts!
Its ludicrous to me that our government will pay for illegal immigrants for many things yet will not help our own homeless.
They also have to work, they have to have someone in the U.S., so they can get released. After they are released, they have to work for everything.
Or the billions laundered through Ukraine. You can thank the corrupt US government!
What are you talking about...they POUR billions upon billions into this...
@@aek12 yes, but farm workers labor is exploited and they are paid mere pennies for toiling the fields from sunup to Sundown.
What services do illegals get. My friend is married to an undocumented man who works. But they live in one income with small income. With two kids she as an American doesn't qualify for EBT because her husband is illegal.. Illegal undocumented can't get services.. So since you are in the know maybe you can guide her
She is attractive and intelligent . Im so sorry for your situation
This one was touching too. This woman is on no drugs, no addictions, trying her hardest to get a roof over her head, speaking to the City Council... And will sleep in a tent tonight. Of course, some people don't even want her to have that.
We've lost compassion and empathy in this society; that's the real spiritual crisis.
That's very true, but you notice it the most in these circumstances.
Getting arresting for being homeless is so wrong. It's unconstitutional. Outrageous!
There's no such arrest for being homeless.
That's absolutely BS.
This headline is as reputable as FOX news
Will you offer her a room at your house?
No that's the greatest country in world
@@purewonka so if
she's living on a public sidewalk she's homeless
@@DiorDonnie_45 she would have a great many things to do at my house. Most days are filled with cutting dragging and splitting firewood. Then there's house cleaning and maintenance like scraping and painting.
Praying for this women. Hope she finds a job and a home
Thank you for giving these people a voice and educating the public
I know Rachel and love her heart for the homeless. I met her while out feeding the homeless while ministry. She’s grown a lot. God gives her so much wisdom and knowledge. I love her confidence she has and just like myself I would love to see the city change for being for these people instead of against them. I’ve seen and heard so many stories over the years. Thank you for sharing her story.
@@boofert.washington2499 even a sponge bath is what lots of seniors in bed do. Does not even need to go to the ocean.
Prayers for the homeless all over the world 🙏🏾
Prayers don't work. they need HOUSING.
@@deirdrekiely6187 It is far from being that simple. There are many levels of homelessness and many are homeless because they do not want structure. Giving them a free house would just move the problem indoors, the addiction would be the same.😊
@Charles Philhower 1. Not every homeless person is addicted. I guess you're unaware of how expensive housing is now.
2. ALL people deserve to be housed - no matter what personal affliction they have. Your litmus test is elitist and judgemental. ALL people deserve clean and safe shelter just by virtue of being human and its a *BASIC* life requirement. Full stop.
3. Did you watch the video? It's HARDER to become clean when you're living on the streets.
@Charles Philhower Just pray and ignore the problem.
Yeah, sounds American to me.
@@deirdrekiely6187 You are being unrealistic about the problem because Democrats are enabling so many of these people by giving them free needles and allowing them to commit property crimes without fear of prosecution making the situation much worse than it needs to be. There are districts that have prosecuted these people when they commit crimes and given them the choice of going to jail or going to a structured treatment program, with most choosing to go the the treatment program and have achieved a high rate of success where people have turned their lives around. These people need structure, not the freedom to do as they please and killer themselves with their addictions. Simply putting them in government subsidized housing and allowing them to commit whatever crimes the want is not solving the problem, as evidenced in NYC where most of the homeless are housed and still committing crimes without prosecution.
Politicians want this problem to grow because they are making money off of the corruption the so called solutions create.
It is sad that so many working people are endin up homeless and much of that is the product of corrupt government and the desire to reduce the country into socialistic dependency so the government can have more control like in Cuba and Venezuela.
Homelessness is the hardest job I've ever had
What a joke 🤡
Imagine having no house no car and no way to get cleaned up. Imagine leaving to walk to the corner store to use the bathroom and get something to drink and you return back to a homeless camp sweep or someone has just taken everything you have. So YES it is a full time job just getting by!
Realest statement ever.
Yeah we get an earthquake everyone's homeless
@@sparrowflying864
It's not a job, lol. If you're homeless you need to be smart. The homeless are literally setting up tents on a public sidewalk so of course their stuff will go missing, either by sweeps or other homeless people.
In Finland the government gives a small apartment to the homeless as a start to help people going back to work, back to normal life,back to society.
What does Finland do with mentally hill people? The homeless in America are mentally ill.
that is really great of Finland.
What do they do with disabled people?
@@boofert.washington2499 you're dependent on the system for survival too. So what your nasty point about them?
THATS RIDICULOUS. THESE RENT PRICES NEED TO COME DOWN FOR PEOPLE TO LIVE NORMAL.
THIS IS HAPPENING IN ALL MAJOR CITIES.
ITS A DAMN SHAME.
Suburbs and rural areas too. Everywhere people want top dollar for their rentals and only want to rent to luxury clientele. This is an ultra-elitist society and is only getting more so. When the Lord destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, it was not over perversion and sin but despising the poor which the Lord hates the most.
It's all planned right along with weaponized migration
As a Brit, I am continually shocked that poor Americans in their 60s and onwards have to stay in the job market, and can't get subsidised housing. Its almost impossible to imagine from here, growing up in a welfare-state country.
The world is now taking advantage of that. That is why the whole system is collapsing.
We have Sec 8 housing but not enough. Technically the State can declare homelessness an emergency and get money from the Federal government like they do for other disasters. They could then purchase empty hotels and other buildings and turn them into low income housing.
There are easy solutions but the whole idea is to punish ppl.
Remember in Victorian times when they had workhouses? They used to have shelters too for the homeless back then. They consisted of a room with long tables and benches. You were allowed to sit at the tables all night as long as you didn't fall asleep. If you fell asleep you got kicked out.
This is the same game they are playing. They do not care about anyone. They use the public like chattel and they make money from it.
We are nothing to them.
There is nothing new under the sun.
It’s a reality here, tents are all over the place, I live in San Diego, by the way, the waiting list for ‘Section 8 Housing’ is 10 years 🙄
How is Islahm treating the UK?
It’s not poverty that’s the issue. Poverty is as old as dirt. The problem is the acceptance of classism. And, not just classism but hierarchy. There really is no human above another. When our bodies rot and all that’s left is a skeleton to represent the life that once was aren’t we all just a bag of bones?! We allow ourselves to be dominated!
Peace on these people. I have been there. This is where humanity lives.
That's a very intelligent lady!
Homelessness is a serious full time endeavor.
If you're thirsty you can't just get up and go to the kitchen for it.
When you have to go to the bathroom you can't just walk through the living room to the toilet. Everything... everything has to be planned.
It is hard work, seriously hard work.
Thanks for another great video.
God bless you all🙏♥️
Every single little thing.
So glad you back to posting videos again I missed you! Anyone who is reading this and is homeless I love you and i hope you find a way out.
Thank you for telling your truth. The sad thing is that there are many more living in vehicles and many of us on the brink of homelessness. I am among this group.
Don't quit on yourself because of the circumstances.
Rachael I think you are a very intelligent Woman and you should be a spokesperson of some sort because of everything that you have been through you understand the way of life of the people on the street and you seem to be compassionate and caring for others!!!God Bless you!!!🙏🏻❤️
I used to live in El Cajon and I watched the police mess with the homeless all the time. They would take their belongings and didn’t care. My husband of 17 years went back to long haul trucking when he got fired from his job in San Diego in December of 2019. We moved our 5th wheel trailer to Kingman Arizona and that’s where I’m living. I’m disabled and 70 years old and he walked out and filed for a divorce. He’s only 60. I’m better off with out his lies and cheating.
OMG! So sorry to read your story. My husband has often talked of leaving PA and moving to Kingman, AZ. I LIVED IN Tucson in late 70s and left an abusive cheating husband. I am now 73 and husband is 63. Been together 36 years. I couldn't ask for better. Life is difficult enough without having to face it alone late in life. I know you're strong or you wouldn't sound so determined. God bless you and keep you safe!
It is more expensive to be Homeless, than it is to be homed.
Think about it. Even with paying rent/mortgage, utilities, trash.
I don't pay rent, but my "home" is made of fabric, so, if a neighbor doesn't like me or has a bad day or a fight with family, they might walk by yelling at the other perrson, but take a swipe at my tent because it's there, which can totally destroy my home.
If it rains or snows or is windy, You can go in your house and in mist instances be warm or cool and just fine. Because my roof, walls and floor are plastic and fabric, any one of those things can destroy my home. In the last 18 months, I bet I have had to "Replace my Home" 12 times do to weather or other people destroying my home, by punching the walls and doors, cutting the walls with knives etc.
Everytime I leave my home, I have to take everything important ir expensive to replace items with me, so they won't be stolen.
I do not have cooking facilities, so if I really want something hot to eat, I have to pay top dollar for it at a restaurant, just like you. The difference is, you can go home abd keep your foid fresh in the refrigerator, you can cook it on Your stove or in your oven, and you have a place for the left overs. You can store food in your pantry or cabinets.
I don't have a pantry or cabinets for food storage.
Showers, Laundry, keeping appointments when you can't get your phone charged to use the alarm are all constant reminders of everything I have lost. From my house to my cars, furniture clothes, shoes bookcases filled with great books, stereo system- top of the line- Everything! Losses- some my fault, some circumstances that couldn't be avoided ( murder of my husband), and some, just rotten people doing everything they could to break and destroy me, because they enjoyed doing it.
If you want true understanding of this World Wide Crisis, Come walk and live 2 weeks in my shoes.
if it is more expensive to be homeless, then you should save your money to become housed
❤
You explained the reality of homelessness so well. Once a person goes homeless, they get caught in a cycle of even more struggles.
Dormitory type of living needs to be created and a living wage implemented. Biden is conducting a war against Russia and giving trillions of U.S. dollars and support to Ukraine, yet American people are dying in our streets.
What did YOU do to earn a fabric house? I suspect you worked hard at avoiding hard work...now here you be.
@@willywonka69xx oh stfu wilson what do you know?
You're a very strong woman. Bless you x
I’ve been homeless off and on for the last 7-8 years. A gym is the perfect place to take showers and you can find great deals on them.
Planet Fitness for only $15 / month and a once a year $40 membership fee.
@@mylittlescienceproject how can they tell?
@@mylittlescienceproject they do if their a member. If not the homeless member will own the place.
❤I hope this lovely lady gets some housing❤
Why not offer her a room in your place?
@@DiorDonnie_45 I've actually considered taking in a homeless person into my own home and helping them out. However, the questions always roll around: What if they are a druggie? A thief? They bring their druggie friends over and won't leave? Mentally ill or unstable? The way the laws are written in California, it's very difficult to evict someone. So, how do we help?
Me thinking about all the mega mansions in Southern California and disproportionate wealth of the entertainment industry while people live like this on their doorsteps 💀 however, this is so much bigger than any individual
Well, those people worked or have skills in demand...so they get a nice place. BUMS who do nothing get skid row. Sounds fair to me.
@@willywonka69xx You sound like a person who has no compassion or empathy. There are countless situations that cause people to end up homeless. You're right, a lot of them are bums who just want to get drunk and do other drugs all day, but not all of them.
@@willywonka69xx I live in So Cal and have seen many homeless who work or are receiving social security retirement after working for decades. They have or had skills in demand. I have also seen many who are legitimately physically disabled with no substance abuse whatsoever. The problem is unequal wealth distribution & high property expense. All persons receiving any government assistance should be drug tested and, if positive, the only assistance offered should be rehab.
@@willywonka69xx every job should pay a living wage.
@@drugsdelaney2907 Interesting aside but not within the context of the thread. But, I will respond: some jobs pay an entry wage. An entry wage is for a job for people with entry skills. Like my kid who was a dishwasher...who had an entry wage and then he got skills as a prep cook. His wage increased. He certainly did not deserve a wage to raise a family. My first job was in fast food, like my Son I got an entry level wage. I moved on and got better wages. Such basic jobs should not be on par with skilled careers.
This is nuts. We need to make small communities for people less fortunate! Much love to every one of you !
Small communities sounds a lot like internment camps. We need to solve the causes of homelessness, so our homeless neighbors have their basic needs met.
@@InvisiblePeople I think Trump proposed something like interment camps in one of his speeches on homeless. He wants to throw the homeless out of cities into tents. if they refuse will be thrown into Jail. That speech was disturbing
@@InvisiblePeople agreed as well but it starts with knowing you have somewhere to eat sleep shower then move up ,move out ,and move on
Why don't you offer her a room in your house?
Yeah, concentrate BUMS tightly together....hmmm....shelters are like that and homeless always complain how unsafe they are. Also, who will maintain said communities, the homeless bums?? Hahaha, if they had that much gumption they would work.
Thank you for sharing Rachel❤you are a beautiful blessing to everybody in your situation! God bless❤
Way to go, it's past time to pay attention to the plight of our homeless "unhoused" brothers and sisters and the ignorant opinions of the general public that keeps punishing those poor people ❤
They are not poor people. Poor people don't abuse substances. Poor people have jobs that don't pay well. BUMS live for years in tents, abusing substances, stealing, making messes, and ruining public places.
What a beautiful lady! I'm so sorry for your situation I've been there I pray you get everything you need God Bless!
Working 40 hours a week at $10 bucks per hour is unmanageable to pay the $1,000 and up per month rents today. Minimum wage is only seven dollars and fifty cents federally, so even $10 an hour is not enough to afford housing, so many people are going into homelessness because they just don't make enough money to pay the skyrocketing rents today.
🙏 AMEN
Politicians REFUSE to acknowledge the homeless as HUMANS 😢😢
Good channel & congratulations on your interviews
The fact is the city just wants them gone some how..
Gentrification and nimby-ism
ikrr they're suppose to be democrapss
God bless you both. Much love, Olga💕🎚
Wonderful video with much needed sobering truths.
Thank you beautiful lady ❤! You are an incredible, intelligent and thoughtful human being and I hope all your wishes come through 💛🧡❤️🤗☀️🌹!
I PLEAD THE MIGHTY NAME AND BLOOD OF JESUS CHRIST ALWAYS UPON THIS PRECIOUS LADY AND UPON ALL HOMELESS PEOPLE TO PROTECT THEM TO SAVE THEM TO BLESS THEM AND TO GIVE ALL SAFE HOUSING AMEN 💜🙏💜
She is a strong person. I have never been homeless but I do think about how easily it can happen. I was born and raised in San Diego. Can't afford to live there anymore. I rent in Northern California and because of covid real estate prices and rent went way up here. I have an idea that I don't know how to propose to the right people. My idea is dignity stations. They would be token operated. People are hesitant to hand cash to some homeless for fear of feeding their addiction. If they had token machines that people could purchase tokens to hand out to homeless, I think there are people with money that might do that. Then have shower, toilet, laundry and even simple sleeping stations and lockers for the homeless. My heart goes out to them, mental illness, drug and alcohol addiction, they are humans that deserve some dignity.
This is an amazing interview.
Thank you.
I want to thank God for getting my baby and I out of homelessness! I want to thank God for all he has done for us!❤. I am thankful for a roof and a place to lay my head at night without fear or being killed raped or kidnapped! I am thankful for a start in life into the right path! We may not have family or friends but we do have God and through him all things are possible! We pray for all of the people in America who are starving and homeless and suffering immensely. It is a shame that everyone doesn’t have a basic necessity and need fulfilled in life a decent place to go and live. So very sad ❤
Praise and Thanks be to God. Amen. Thank you Jesus. Amen. Lord I pray your protection over the homeless, and bless them with affordable housing, and food. In Jesus name I pray and ask. Amen.
Same. I was homeless last year.
Guess God doesn't care about the millions of others that are homeless around the world...
Amen, Jesus is our Lord and savior
I was homeless for five years and I had two gallons of water and a basin to wash in. I would put one gallon of water in one bowl and pour soap in it and the other one was to rinse off with. It's like a sponge bath when you're in the hospital. I did that once in the morning and once at night. You go to a public bathroom and you fill up your water jugs. There are ways to take a bath when you're,
🎉 YOU GO GIRL BEAUTIFUL INTERVIEW INFORMATIVE HONEST & ACCURATE!
🙏 Very good Lady.Very intelligent & articulated well in a very bad situation
Government needs to use the money they are sending to other countries to refurbish vacant buildings for homeless.
They have made the rent so unaffordable for everyone
Thank Blackrock for sub-prime loans; predatory loans
The landlords are very greedy.
This is soooo heartbreaking! Its happening right under our noses. I just cannot understand why no one is doing anything for these people! Homelessness can happen to anyone 😢😢
💜 Rachel 🕯️
I'm 65 and a veteran .. I feel you ..
I feel for this woman. 😢
She seems a really nice lady
Her eyes are amazing. 🖤
Bless you 🙏🙏🙏
this is me in a few years and i’ve never had a drug or booze problem. single income, worked my whole life, saved after paying off student loans. my life savings won’t last long. thuS, i’ll be her neighbor 😢i’m fucked
Get a minivan if you can. I’ve lived in mine six years now.
I’m so sorry. Do you have any skills you could use to start your own business
I would get a small van in case of emergency you can lay down I. It shelter in it lock the doors to keep safe I hope you'll be ok my dear❤
Move to Mexico or Vietnam or Europe if you can. America sucks you dry and spits you out. It's all about MONEY at the end of the day in America.
Lot of us are. I live in a high value Beach community in a scumbag renter as some see me. Construction worker. I know I'll end up on the freeway on ramp
I don't believe everyone is quacky because homeless but sleep deprivation and cortisol get to ya
The lack of sleep is definitely the worst thing about homelessness
Thank you so much for creating this channel. More people need to understand empathy, compassion, and work towards finding a solution for EVERYONE, every single member of the community, not just the rich. Until we become a compassionate society, these conditions will only worsen. It doesn't cost the gov any more to house these people than it does to enforce and jail them. Shameful!!
Lord! Please help these people 🙏✝️🛐
Why don't you offer her a room at your house?
@@DiorDonnie_45 because I'm homeless. how about you offering a room. I live on a lawn chair right now
@@DiorDonnie_45 how many homeless do you have living with you?
@@livingpurgatory3 how you homeless and on RUclips lol?
@@DiorDonnie_45 almost all homeless have phones. The state and county give em out. Didn't you listen to the vid? She was talking about her phone in the vid.
Obviously, you don't care about homeless or, you would know the basics. I worked with them through Catholic Charities before I became targeted.
Sounds like your rants are merely projection. You don't help the homeless
I remember living in San Diego and it is very hard for the homeless there it's sickening how they treat the homeless people there. And I've met people who weren't addicts. Really bad things has happened to a lot of them and it's sad.
Are they being killed off on purpose?
@@Babu-kr3cr No one said anything about being killed.
@@zinacheers8126 You say really bad things, and I have heard of that happening.
@Babu I wouldn't say being killed off but I've known of a few deaths out there when I was out there.
Hope they learned to listen. God bless you
24 hour restroom must. 24 hour showers would probably be problematic considering the proclivities of some people. Maybe 12 hour showers.
Shelter, rehab, hospital, jail
Pick which is most appropriate and stop living on the sidewalk in public leaving trash and human waste everywhere.
So many people used to be able to live on one income. That is very hard today. There are some smug-self-righteous people that are married with two government pensions that do not know how fortunate they are. Most of them do not see that without their two incomes from government pensions, they might be homeless too.
I knew a family who had one father working as an air conditioner repairman and had a wife and seven children in a three-bedroom suburban house that he fully supported. That same neighborhood now sells those homes for half a million.
Great job Mark and Rachel 🎉
She's an excellent spokesperson/liason for homeless people!
amazing strong and kind intelligent Rachel and the interview was brilliant
She has a lot of potential. I wish someone would see it and help her. It would be nice if a dentist could give her tooth implants and with a little help her entire life could be completely different.
Why don't you help her?
@@DiorDonnie_45 If I were in a position to help her, I would. I'm originally from San Diego but I live in another state. I'm also an artist, that says it all.
@@DiorDonnie_45 Why doesn't Doctors/Dentist without borders stop going to 3rd world countries to provide basic medical and dental care and start giving a bit here at home?
@@theirmom4723 I think people in this country are so competitive against each other that they don't want to see their neighbor succeed. They only want to help the less fortunate, not those with potential to do better than they can.
Very difficult!!
Laundry alone is super expensive!!!
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Very sad 😔
I love you, Rachel. Thank you , for your story and to this gentleman that shares his time to get these stories out.
We the deepest respect and appreciation for people helping one another. ❤
Hopefully changes will come when poltiticans change their minds, that people mean more than profits. They may ship plastics to our oceans, and create wars for profits.
It is people that are irreplaceable, not things and having more cash.❤
Your a good smart woman. Good luck to you! ❤
If she was smart she would stop making bad choices
@@virgilhilts3924 you first
@@sherrymoore1343
My wife and I worked our butts off our whole life and now we are reaping the rewards.
These people do nothing but make excuses and blame others.
People like you decry people like me and weep over people like her.
See the problem?
(I doubt it)
@@virgilhilts3924 people like me? I own my home and my parents home. I worked all my life. Raised my own children etc etc. so like I said cram it!
@@sherrymoore1343
Yet here you are crying... Oops 🤣
'Poverty is expensive". I've never heard that before and it's so true if I think about it. And shelter employees selling drugs makes sense. The whole system sucks. The only thing that may help is affordable housing but I don't know how we can accomplish that in the U.S. I wish I knew what I could do to help. This woman is a gem ❤
God bless us all.
She is Awesome!!
Could any American explain to me why this woman be arrested when she could not afford the horse jump pricing of the house currently @@ Seriously you don't have any type of relief center, and your gov just only push any uncontrollable person to the prison only?
So so sad. Such good people.
I miss your weekly livestreams, Mark!
I was homeless in San Diego and NO ONE wanted to help me find shelter in San Diego! So, I went to Orange County and I found a place in Orange County so fast that my head was spinning! I am NOW in a Bridge Housing in Orange County!!! Orange County has helped me MORE than San Diego.EVER did for me!!! My advice to these homeless people is to MOVE from county to cc
Sometimes wealthier places offer more services because there is less competition for them.
Never be afraid to pick and leave when you have to! It didn't just change my life on a couple of occasions, It saved IT!
Being a woman and white helps in a place like oc. I bet they wouldn t help me
REAL people.
So sad, she is very well spoken and seems to be very bright. Agism is real. Praying for her.
She seems so sweet and intelligent. Hopefully, she gets help soon! She deserves better. You can tell she takes care of her appearance.
She is so strong, and beautiful. The attitude that many government officials and citizens have toward the poor, the homeless, the hungry etc., is so heartbreaking and elitist.
Where is the love and compassion of our fellow human beings?
God please intervene 🙏✝️❤️
It is elitist and needs to change. ❤️
WE NEED THIS INTELLIGENT WOMAN AS OUR PRESIDENT 💜🙏💜
She's a big upgrade over KamalToe Harris
She is such a Beautiful Woman God Bless Her
So true
May I know why US state governments don't provide affordable social housing (rent)? I mean, there are homeless people who are still working and can be potential workforce.
Because most Americans don't believe in a welfare-state. They seem to think it's a virtue to still have to be scrabbling in the jobs market, living paycheck to paycheck, when you are 60, 70, even older.
This is all done by design. Culling the herd is the name of the game!
Good start!!
Sorry that happened
Respect ✊🏼I probably wouldn’t last a week sorry that this is how it is in the land of the free
First I want to say thank you to each and everyone on who is supportive, kind and caring, even to those that do not quite understand homelessness. To bring you all up to date I have been out here yes for over 10 years, I have been in almost every shelter in San Diego and I have done ALL of the required steps for housing. I have been signed up for HUD for the entire time, to no avail. Due to a situation during one of my stays at a a shelter here to put it politely I was screwed over for housing. So I was lost in the system for years, in and out of shelters explaining what has happened. Finally I landed in Alpha Project and due to the history with the shelter that screwed me over, I explained what happened, they still had ALL of the files in the computer system, did the homework and I was matched for housing. Brand new from the ground up, it was supposed to be done last fall and it still is not. So here I am a homeless human patiently waiting for the apartments to be finished. Which were mentioned at the last city council meeting. I honestly have to say I have no regrets about my situation, I have been given an abundancy of blessings. I would have never found the meetings I attended, I would have never found a church I now am a member of, who's works are instrumental in the plight of homelessness, i would have never met my boyfriend, I would have never met the wonderful, amazing, kind and caring people I have , I would have never found my calling in life to advocate for the homeless humans and eventually I am going to be on city council!!! Thank you again!!!
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Thanks, Rachel!
Lets hope your situation about housing is going to improve as planned. I was very sorry to hear about your arrestation,and about how the housing system toyed with you 😢
Congratulations for staying strong,standing still and for continuing to move forward. I wish you the best.
What a person you are, you are a gem! It's a pleasure to hear of you and to encourage you. Thank you Rachel.
Right on!!
Trying to make it in one of the most expensive cities in the US is the first battle. I was homeless, I used to wash up good,there's plenty of restrooms. And I was single so obviously you're going to need a couple roommates. Its hard not impossible.
Bein homeless is the hardest job I hav ever had. Well said!!! So true!!! Give compassion n hugs, not slugs. People nd understandin!!!
Yes every person should experience homelessness and I believe that will wake people up
You really don't know what is like until it happen to you.
Most of us are a paycheck away from becoming homeless, this is the reality of our country. Meanwhile, our government is welcoming thousands of people from other countries through an open border and our own American citizens are sleeping in a tent.
Every city should be required to build adequate public showers, dumpsters , bathrooms, laundry facilities, lockers, safe car parks, and more affordable campgrounds ..
GOD BLESS 💖💖💖💖💖💖