Not just Gavin-Karen Bass, George Gascon, the Santa Monica City Council, the current and former Mayors of Santa Monica, the tech industry, Joe Biden, Kamala Harris, Schiff, the previous LA city councilman who though it'd be a good idea to put a homeless shelter in the heart of the Venice tourist area. The list goes on and on.
*Inalienable rights are reserved for citizens. If we only used your qualifier, rights could be bought out. Maybe if we guaranteed ownership for natural citizens, that'd be a good first start.
I was a resident. Then I lost my job. And wound up in the Santa Monica homeless shelter. Lost medical coverage became disabled things got worse. But that's where 99% of the bad homeless go to sell to the good homeless people. Most of em just do drugs. Or are disabled on numerous meds. But the shelter should be moved to Venice or Culver City. I was there for 1 yr.
I used to live in Santa Monica in 1991, on 7th st., and worked at the JC Penny on the promenade, dressing mannequins) It was a different world back then; the 3rd st Promenade was a fun, bustling place, with cool shops (I used to go to Yankee Doodles) . Whenever I’d be walking to work back in ‘91, homeless people were lining Wilshire blvd, but they were pretty tame, quiet, and more civilized. Some of them were tidy people who took pride in their small space on the street, read books, and almost never bothered anyone passing by. There were some wackos on the promenade back then, but not nearly as much as now. It’s appalling how much the city has become such a living hell. Very, very sad 😔
More and more people can't afford anywhere to go and the beach has showers and bathrooms. I guess if we built some housing for the poor....it could help.
mechanisation of employments , Remote work , Electronic stores etc… are the independent variables and 1) homeless 2) abandoned buildings are just dependent variables
Yes. Finally someone said it! I’m thinking send em all to that beautiful mental hospital in Camarillo…o wait-it’s CSU Channel Islands now. What were we thinking????
Flashback: Does anyone remember that weirdly lighted fountain/grotto that was at the end of a short a tunnel walkway next to JCPenney??? It both fascinated and scared me as a kid.
You made a historical video here. With your knowledge of these places and your explainations this becomes an historic document. Nice editing and the pace of your video is very pleasant. Really a great video! From Sweden
San Francisco's Fisherman's Wharf is shut down and Seattle is following Portland with drug permissiveness and crime, Pike Place Market main entrance store shuttered after 255 911 calls.
I'm an 80s girl and grew up in Southern California. Santa Monica was one happening place. It breaks my heart 💔 to see what has happened. CA laws/liberal policies are a disaster 😢.
@@cooldesertbreeze23 yeah forget the HOMELESS that are mentally ill and struggle with a disease like addiction which is a choice, mind you. I rather have a place that's HAPPENING. YOUR HEART IS MISPLACED cool chick from the 80's
Drugs have destroyed California. When my daughter went to school in early 2000's she lived down there. I visited her in santa Monica, it was a beautiful town. How sad!
I know I remember going there in the late 90s as a teenager and it was fun and beautiful..I lived up in the desert at the time and probably went down there 20 times and had a lot of fun but now that I think back the writing was on the wall and I remember people warning this would be the future
No, capitalists in real etsate made this. It is all part of big plan. It is not dying, it is just temporarily out of order. Make it look poor, we will then buy property cheaply, and then we will re sell for triple amount and in no time Venice and Monica will be full of rich people, while these homeless will be sheltered elsewhere. They are just a tool for rich people in real estate business.
Even back during the early 90's when I would take my steel horse out from the Twenty-Nine Palms Marine base to cruise around, after getting out Friday afternoons to getting back late Sunday night, I would never bum sleep within the city limits to steer clear of these unpredictable human pests. I learned that finding remote areas, like the open desert behind a big rock to sleep, is much safer to get a good amount of sleep time clocked.
As a Canadian, I can totally understand why Make America Great Again resonates with a lot of Americans. I came to California once when I was about 11 years old and I remember spending a few hours in Santa Monica on a Saturday night in the 90s. It felt like the coolest place in the world to me. Seeing this hollowed out version is actually really jarring. I can't imagine what its like for the locals who have lost what once was.
@@braco6757 trust me. There's no part of Toronto that looks like this in terms of nice businesses having gone out of business and becoming a ghost town. Besides, my point wasn't to say Canada looks better at all. I'm just pointing out that Santa Monica's decline is particularly shocking and sad.
@@a.d.3606 Toronto is also going downhill due to the safe injection sites, increasing crime, mental health, and addicts. Public transit/TTC has a lot of crime and the homeless live there during cold winter months. Many encampments/tents are not only in downtown parks, but in suburban neighborhoods. It's going to get worse with woke Mayor Olivia Chow. Also, constant car theft, daily shootings and stabbings. Canadian laws are a joke, and criminals get bail the next day.
California used to have a robust state asylum system. Any politician who can set that up again can win the Presidency by a landslide. Asylums, work farms, Happy Fun Camps, who cares what they're called, we need someplace for the short-bus crowd to live and exist and maybe work a bit. How come we have "no kill" shelters for animals but not for people?
They took the tourist for granted, allowed the nonsense/nuisance/law breaking to happen with zero consequence and now you have this. Well done bureaucrats! 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
@@opexwells435 OR you can run for office yourself if you think you will make a difference. We need more people to run for office, especially younger people.
@@donnasharer2602 you can run all ya want but as long as you have the likes of Pelosi and her kind nothing will change they take the cream off the top and leave the colored water for the peasants
50 years ago, as a teenager, my father would take my brother and I to the beach every Wednesday during summer. Snowcones, zipping down the giant slide on a burlap sack. Miss those days.
In the case of SM its a combination of the lack of safety but also landlords raising the rent for the business owners. You cant keep up with it anymore especially in an economy where inflation continues to be an issue.
This is bullshit. I live in Santa Monica and it is he best place to live if you are rich white and affluent....and poor because there are free toilets and showers and great weather. So it is a national problem, not Santa Monica problem.
to help chinese developers swoop up real estate at rock bottom prices in exchange for kickbacks. It has already happened. Jose Huizar's RICO corruption case.
They want it to fall apart so they can rebuild it in the name of socialism/ communism. Solve et coagula (dissolve and coagulate) is their goal. It is intentional. It's written in the arms of the Baphomet, or Satan.
It's been like this for decades, it has only gotten worse, there is a reason It's referred to as the people's republic of Santa Monica, beautiful city, horrible administration.
WOW! Gavin. I have never been to Santa Monica . My Aunt went there in 1989. She showed us her photos of the crowded places there, pointing out the tourist spots and telling us how lovely the folks were and how nice it was there. She told my Mom that if she could - she would live there, she was so impressed! Sad sight to see the place today. It looks like Nothing of what I was told all those years ago.
Wrong! Thanks go to the California voters. You elected him as your Governor and re-elected him again during the recall. Don't blame anybody but yourselves.
@@crow1994-blriiight because thats how voting works. We definitely aren’t given such limited options that it almost becomes no option at all. Elections definitely aren’t determined by who has more financial backing. Also 100% of the population has to vote for someone. That way everyone is culpable and you don’t have to put an ounce of critical thinking into it, “dur da dur californians bad duh dur”. Thats you, thats how you sound
It was never this bad. There were rough areas, yes I agree, but never massive blight, block after block of empty buildings. Santa Monica use to be a thriving area. It’s now a ghost town.
Exactly Newsom and Kamela are responsible for California and how bad it is. NOBODY ELSE!!! Can't blame Trump for this he had NOTHING TO DO WITH CALIFORNIA!! Good try tho..
During the 90s being a musician, a drummer l used to perform with a couple of bands at the Promenade every evening from 7.30 pm to 11.30 pm 6 days a week. From 93 - 2001. It was incredible thousands of tourists ,shops, entertainers, restaurants, lights, sooo much fun. Watching this video l found myself almost crying.
I just remember in the 90s and early 2000s all the people who warned this was the future being called square and intolerant…this was a slow train wreck that was easily preventable.
I seen it coming left California in 2000 now I’m getting ready to move out of Nevada bc same bs. It’s a joke people leaving the places they destroyed by poor voting but vote the same crap wherever they go
Well the news is too busy covering up for democrats. The so called free and fair press is just an arm of the democrat party. It wouldn’t look good if they were to be exposed
Zuckys closed many years ago. Amazed the sign is still there. Jane Fonda and Tom Hayden created a safe haven in Santa Monica in the 1970's offering homeless free meals daily at City Hall. So the homeless have been in Santa Monica for many years but now with the current state of California and the homeless problem everywhere, Santa Monica has become even worse.
I just moved out of Los Angeles.. lived between there and Orange County my whole life. I finally had enough and left the state of CA. It was tough for me to leave but I had to go. Los Angeles should be the crown jewel of not only California, but the United States. It’s completely fallen apart. It’s like real life Mad Max.
The state is pretty, I miss the ocean but there's no way I'd ever consider going back to live there after the 40 years I lived there were good --- until it wasn't. I've been gone since 2004.
I left Clovis in 2013. Retired early from a teaching position I could no longer stomach….I miss the beautiful things that were vastly overshadowed by the ugliness! Never looked back! It’s imploding!
Ah you know how that would go: "Some stores can't cope with the increasing rent, and leave..leaving a dessered hole in its wake" And homeless? What homeless? They'll make sure to carefully edit those out..and any police presence..
Why is the reason shops closed ? The homeless ? Smash and grab ? Why the landlord raised the rent so much ? I didn’t got the reason . I’m a tourist this place was packed when I visited in dec 2012
@joaoamaral7323 I visited in 2012 and again in 2016. Second time I visited, there were still a lot of vendors and people were renting out bicycles to ride along the beach. It's tragic seeing homeless encampments in areas where I've rode the bicycles along. They voted for this mess and it's gonna take years to undo the damage.
I’m from the Netherlands and have visited santa monica four times in the past 14 years. During one of my trips, I drove the Route 66 all the way from Chicago to the santa monica Pier. It used to be my happy place, so sad to see...
Your country is also disgusting and dangerous, I was in Amsterdam and saw so many hard drug dealers as well as young people harassing European women multiple times
@@solidbanjobanjo9367 Netherlands and dangerous? Lol. Here are the facts: United States homicide rate: Approximately 7.8 per 100,000 people. Netherlands homicide rate: Approximately 1.2 per 100,000 people. Comparison: The U.S. homicide rate is about 6.5 times higher than that of the Netherlands AND he violent crime rate in the U.S. is about 4.4 times higher than in the Netherlands. You must be kidding me.
Went there three years ago, I’m British my wife is German what a shock to the system SM was. Zombies everywhere like really bad stinking zombies. You take homeless to a new level. We left America 5 weeks earlier than planned, for Europeans it’s to crazy
@@PoulNoergaard-j3f Germany didn’t let OxyContin on the market over here. Britain is heading on a brexit nightmare but that’s a different subject. Also Germany is a social democratic state, that means we pay as a low to middle income households 47% tax homeless and zombies are helped within these structures. You can still use public transport and walk in parks and streets , but it doesn’t come for free
When we lived in Los Angeles 20 years ago, our two favorite places were Santa Monica and Venice. Now, both places are too dangerous to visit. Thanks, liberal Democrats.
@@RoseanneSeason7 I know basic civics is hard for you lefties to grasp, but you need to understand that this is totally the fault of failed local and state politics.
@@libbyhicks7549 But the homeless don't pay rent, so they don't care about the $3k/month, silly; they got 'catered to' with rent-free tent cities along public beaches and sidewalks for years. It ruined the area, turning public property in to drug dens and outdoor toilets.
It is not dying, it is just temporarily out of order. That is all made on purpose by rich Real Estate people.. That's part of big plan. Make it look poor, we will then buy property cheaply, and then we will re sell for triple amount and in no time Venice and Monica will be full of rich people, while these homeless will be sheltered elsewhere. They are just a tool for rich people in real estate business.
Worked in SM at the mall for most of last year. Yes it’s scary, yes it’s dangerous, crime is out of control, random assault (especially against women) is a regular occurrence, the smell is crazy downtown. Saw someone in a mental health crisis EVERYDAY. I was beyond happy to get out of there.
Yep, US government is controlled by unelected people: the deep state, the neoconservatives, the Zionists, etc...who control our politicians and they could care less about the American people and hijack every available dollar for weapons and maintaining a very expensive empire that no one wants except for them. Every available dollar for the Pentagon while homelessness, crime, lack of housing, poor education, bad healthcare, broken infrastructure etc... (the list is endless) is on the rise. The people I mentioned earlier laugh at the American people while they live in their comfortable gated communities and ask us "What are you going to do about it??...you stupid serfs...we will always be in charge."
Becos American govt cares more about uyghers in china, liberation of tibet, democratic allies in taiwan than wellbeing of everyday Americans. Sometimes im wondering wether US is a vassel of China cos they care so much about every little thing happens in China
Such a shame. All of this was self created. Stunning how people keep voting for the same people. I was raised here and it was a beautiful safe city for so long.
I was a 50' 60's Surfer kid in L.A. IT was a Great place to grow up. Beach cities along the whole coast to Ventura were clean, not crowded no worries about getting robbed on the streets. Stores full a few malls people always shopping. There was the Hippie thing but they never bothered anyone. Things started to go downhill in the mid-70's I left in 75. The End
@@decrux5767 I grew up in Monterey Park and I remember the Sun spot night club , in the 70 s it was a play ground for me and my friends. We went to Flippers , a night club and skatting rink. My sisters went to the Whiskey a go go and The bitter end, and alot of great places along Sunset. I used to go to Tower records, it s all gone to hell now.. the 70 s was the best. Even the Disco era , we d go to out and were safe and had a great time . Universal city had the Chart House, great food. Alice s Restarant and in Malabu was Gladstones , now its all gone. Stop voting these terrible people in over and over again.
Bring back the mental institutions and mandatory drug rehabs. Shut down Amazon because it is a destructive monopoly. We want our shopping areas, parks and beaches back!!!
@@aeonsbeyond Yep. It kills me how so many people worship him. He was the nail in the coffin for the "American dream", although some got very rich from his policies.
@@aeonsbeyond You are right. We should be having that conversation. Is it a “right” for a psychotic who cannot make choices, to be left to live on the street and be a safety risk to himself and others? I submit that no, it is not a right. And while we are at it, why can’t we balance the rights of society, against the rights of individuals, just a little better, because we have jumped the shark on freedoms, all over the place.
@@spooderdoggy NOTHING will change...politicians are corrupt and enable all this BS>.....even your RED idiots do! You would do the same here... ruin it just like blue does.
Sadly, the current education system is hard at work producing more delusional, dysfunctional adults, who'll all vote left, so they can save "democracy." Such noble keyboard crusaders. Participation trophies, all around!
I visited Santa Monica for the first time in 2000 coming down from Humboldt (Arcata) and was in awe, the shopping, excitement, class, the pier.. I still have my photos from back then. Doesn't look like how it use to be 24 years later sadly 💔
California is still the 5th largest economy in the world' cities boom and bust and new cities grow' this is the natural ebb and flow of a growing society' all those ghost town's by our desert and the state still chugs along' you're overreacting and we are nowhere near collapse.
@@lt231conservative logic is to raise costs for more profit. Now, people can’t afford retail rent…or afford housing rent. When most income goes towards rent, non-essential goods like retail, will suffer.
It’s dems that blocked the development of apartments for affordable housing in most of these California areas. Blaming conservative logic on a place run by dems forever is impressive
@@Tikiguy007I don’t think that he’s blaming Gavin as much as requesting the return of mental institutions. When I was growing up in the SF Bay Area, we had one there. The only thing is that if they did open up new mental institutions, would there be enough room for regular mentally ill patients, after you put all the politicians in?
You CAN have well run, legal and humane "Mental Hospitals". It is possible. The places are certainly ripe for ALL kinds of ABUSES but if you run them PROPERLY, these people having episodes out in public next to little kids (Like in this video) would be receiving TREATMENT in a locked down HOSPITAL! That is really the crazy part! CA will NOT build them!!!!
Rent too high everywhere and people not spending as much as they used to. Its either money for rent or food to live. Many people struggling to pay bills
Sad to watch this beautiful city deteriorate right before our eyes. When majors business interest throw in the towel, it's over. Thanks for the report and tour GiV.
The policies which manifested today were made in the 1970s-1990s. Newsom wasn't in power back then. Starting in the 70s cities around California banned building more housing. For 50 years Santa Monica didn't allow the housing supply to increase. Then they act surprised when homelessness is up. Newsom is actually passing laws to increase the housing supply and get homeless people off the streets. But since you don't understand cause and effect, you wrongly think everything that happens today is due to the current governor.
Thank you, GiV, for documenting the decay of Santa Monica and telling your stories of what it was. This is happening in iconic cities all over the world. We must reclaim our dignity and fix our cities!
I came out here for a weekend trip in 96 from Az to check out the local tourist hot spots ( Venice Beach, Santa Monica Pier, 3rd St Promenade). Loved the vibe so much that I ended up getting a job at the new amusement park on the pier, Pacific Park. Stayed about 10 yrs, can honestly say those were some of the BEST times of my life. So sad to see what's happened there, my heart goes out to all.😢
Heart breaking to watch one of the most desirable and beautiful cities in the entire country reduced to this condition of lawlessness and desolation. Everybody wanted to come to Santa Monica and look what happens when you have a city that is not strong on crime. What a shame!
I managed the Johnny Rockets from 2007-2016 at 3rd St. Santa Monica was popping before the Pandemic. We had so many celebrities go through Johnny Rockets. Our waiters would cry because it was so busy at times it was insane. I miss all the artist that use to perform. It was an amazing time.
I just came from over there, and I can confirm 100%. And in fact, I was in a grocery store and the people there were telling me about the high crime rate. And as soon as I drove out, there were people walking around with serious mental health issues.
Yep, worked out there for 10 years. Watched it get worse and worse, we finally moved our office in 2017. City leaders like Mike Bonin enabled this! Thankfully he's no longer on our payroll!
Mike Bonin was at one time ? homeless ! he has contributed to the propblem by wanting to take some of the most expensive properties and turn them into homeles camps ! so glad he no long poses a threat to the rest of us...
So sad to see. It's one thing to pay high taxes and have robust services to prevent this, but to have both is unacceptable. Where tf is the money going? Politicians and their friends in the nonprofit space?
I've been dreading the coming of this video....for over 30 years. I lived in SM from 1982 to 1992. 3rd and Washington. I worked on second Street near Santa Monica Blvd. It was the best of times! All the restaurants, dozens of movie theaters, bars, the shops in Colorado Place! Cycled the coastal path from Palisades to San Pedro.The promenade had just been closed to traffic and was bustling every night. I was a lucky guy! In 1992 I got the chance to move to Berlin! At the same time the opportunity to purchase my apartment for a reasonable price was offered to me. I chose Berlin! Sometimes I wonder how it would have been to have stayed in SM!. Now I know! Thank for this video! Schöne Berlin'sche Grüße!
Don’t believe everything you read on the Internet. He’s being very selective in what he wants to show .I Have been living in Santa Monica since 88. Homelessness is a national problem. The cities could not do anything about it because their hands were tied with some stupid laws. But the Supreme Court just changed that and we are going to see some major changes all over for the better. You would not recognize many parts of Santa Monica. It’s even nicer now than in 92 when you left. Google Tongva Park . It’s absolutely beautiful right across the pier . Overall, the city is very well-maintained. .They have been building apartments all over especially where Fred Segal used to be if you remember. Luxury apartments though. construction is everywhere. We now have a train that comes all the way to 4th Street and Colorado. The problem with it is that it brings a lot of undesirable. Lots of businesses for lease because landlords are very unreasonable with rents. The place that is booming is Main Street. Also more and more people shop online that is one of the biggest problem .Amazon vans are running all day around my neighborhood. Santa Monica continues to be a great city and property values keep going up. I appreciate that Santa Monica is really cracking down on food vendors in the streets. If you go down Lincoln Boulevard around Rose, where Venice start it’s full of taco trucks and food vendors in the street. It looks like a Third World country over there like many parts of Los Angeles because of it.
Yeah, I had a good time in SM in the summer of '85; no problems with going all over the beach area, muscle beach, Sunset BLVD, Hollywood BLVD at night, etc. I went back in '93 to visit Gold's Gym; came out a few minutes later and my glove box was opened and my sunglasses were stolen from my convertible.
I was born there, in 1950 It was beautiful until it wasn't. My wife and I move out in 1991 right after the Rodney King riots. We left California altogether and moved to Arizona, then Boulder Colorado. Now we've lived in New Mexico for the past 25 years. I will never go back to my once beloved State, even to visit.
I remember travelling with my daughter in Santa Monica about 10 years ago. We stumbled onto the promenade on third street one evening and I just thought it was the most magical place in the world. The shops, the entertainers, the restaurants, everything was just amazing and so vibrant. I went back about 3 years ago and it was just a ghost town. So sad:(.
Last time I went was 2010. I remember the adidas store and the people playing music on the streets. It was live. What a shame to see what it has become. I plan on visiting again to show my wife around but I’m scared ti see what I’m gonna walk into
So sad what’s been happening in Southern Cali where I grew up. Glad my Dad isn’t around anymore to see it. He used to love to drive to Santa Monica, have lunch at The Kings Head British Pub and take a nice stroll down the promenade and the grass overlooking the water. I’d be so worried about him going there if he were still alive. I’ve been back a few times since 2008 and it’s just a sad place now.
Yea I'm 51 born and raised In los angeles, Santa Monica is ghetto more and more, the people that visit Santa Monica kill it. The tourists have a huge surprise 😂
All you can do, is remember the beautiful memories your dad made there and not let this get to you. Cherish these moments, your dad doesnt see it anymore and he would look back and be happy about the memories he made there.Its sad, but it is what it is.
I drove a city bus from 1980 to 85. I saw the change happening at ground level and got out. Yeah, that was 40 yrs ago. A friend called me 2 yrs ago and said Venice was a complete shithole and could I put him up for a few weeks 'till he found a place. I'm in Ohio and he loves it here. He tells everyone to vote conservative 'cause he saw first hand what Dems do best. Trump /Vance 2024
Love the German in Venice and how candid and honest he is. What he is showing is a true tragedy and having recently moved from Los Angeles back to Canada I feel like I truly dodged a bullet. Be safe out there GIV.
And all of Northern California as well. San Francisco is literally an open sewer, Oakland is a scene out of The Book of Eli, and San Jose is following Santa Monica's model shown here.
Also Bay Area, just came back from a trip to the U.S. I got nearly attacked by a obviously mentally ill person at a gas station, I was traveling alone as a woman and was able to escape. I am glad to be back in Denmark because here I can move freely without worrying about crazy people.
CA has a confluence of major problems, rolled into one... real estate costs that are WAY too high + the death of retail/explosion in online shopping + too much crime + massive inequality (increasing #s of poor) + mental illness and drugs
I remember visiting Santa Monica back in 2004 for the first time and dreaming i'd live there. Twenty years later and it's become a nightmare instead. It's like seeing a horrible train crash in a several decades long slow motion.
theres nothing wrong with Santa Monica lmaooo i walk the street there freely and have had zero issues. If you want to see an nightmare and something dangerous go to downtown houston lol
U also forgot to fuckin mention everywhere in Santa monica u have to fuckin pay for parking even the residential parking u have to fuckin pay for 😑 I used to work in Santa monica but fuuuuuuck that I left cuz the parking and traffic is fuckin horrible in Santa monica 😒
In the 90s, I played in all the clubs in Santa Monica; after 2008, life started to change in California. I started to see the writing on the wall for Los Angeles, and by 2016, I was out.
The skyrocketing cost of living are draining the lifeblood of the common people all over the nation. Pushing more and more people to the brink of destructions hence homelessness. While most are reeling to sustain a normal way of living. Then come the pandemic throwing a knockout punch for some. The anomaly of COVID were extremely unbearable to many. It cause businesses to close putting people out of work feeling hopeless, death of someone you know which render depressions. Open borders policy also speed up destructions in many ways. Illegal migrants were everywhere at Lowe’s, Home Depot, Walmart seeking for work. Idk why our mayors/governors don’t see this domino’s effects. More bodies of work would make jobs more scarce and challenging. I personally knew a few people that were cast aside by the owner and hire the undocumented illegal’s migrates bc they were cheaper and works harder. This kind of stuff happens all over the country. It creates so many workless and leisure bodies in society that can only bring negative outcomes in so many ways. It’s evident now that cooperates and politicians greed are much to blame for most of the issues. The use of drugs also plays in when people feel depress. The last few years has put many at the stage of shocked and despaired. While much hasn’t recover from COVID mentality and physically we are now facing a dilemma of cost of living which can surely drive some people over the edge. With such much distress es that could be built on some individual, it’s understandable to be in a hopeless state or perhaps lose their mind.
Thank you for the informative video! I was at SMC the other day, drove East on Pico and was shocked at how many businesses were closed! The rents were too damn high - this is the result of greed and decisions by government/politicians/developers...I'm sure those blocks of vacant buildings are going to be torn down and multi storied people mailboxes that are very affordable for working people will be built there.
I worked across the street from there in 2019. I had to call the cops everyday because the homeless were so aggressive, and I could hear them in my office, harassing people as they walked by. The cops would drive up to the guys in the street talk, to them, and drive off. They also refused to report shoplifters in the retail stores there. They didn’t want the crime to be reported, to stop the $ from tourists. What a shame.
Well look what happened to the rest of Route 66. Have you ever driven along the historic highway? I have. It’s fun to get a glimpse of what once was, but it’s sad to see some of those places became poor and ghost towns.
@@MashaT22 it sure is sad to see history fade away. I’ve been doing videos of Route 66. There are still some areas that still stay very busy. Example “Williams, Az”. Thank you 😊
@@Tom_Emody I hear ya. I’m still thinking about doing a trip out to Santa Monica and do a video just about Route 66. I would love to do the whole trip to Chicago. Thank you
I lived in Santa Monica my first year out of college and was thrilled and humbled by the idea of enjoying such a beautiful, creative City. However, from my roommate being held at gunpoint and robbed, to multiple people consuming illegal substances and having seizures in our garage, to the parks being overfilled with needle drug users, I quickly learned that SM is no longer a beautiful, creative City. We hosted a “Town Hall” with Phil Brock and were amazed to learn that the SM Council had essentially wasted its entire budget on an addition to City Hall and was now massively in debt. We learned that SM spends about $110k per homeless person on resources, factoring in all considered costs of welfare offered, and clearly it does not work. After a tumultuous and unpredictable year, I left, not knowing how to help.
Not sure about how thing were in Santa Monica in 2022-23, however back in 1974 to 1976, when I happened to live there, the city was already turning into a huge pile of kaka. The local coppers were particularly Nazified. Which is why I got out of there as fast as I could, and never once looked back. Gavin Newscum had nothing to do with this back in the mid-1970s, BTW.
The republicans do the same thing with tax payer money used to fund private schools, prison, hospitals, etc. Democrats and Republicans have gotten into private mental health and charity groups. Most of every dollar spent by them is on their own salaries.
Thank you for your video. And yes, my Mama & I used to have fun going to Santa Monica but it’s not safe to be hanging around for a small picnic by the ocean. How sad that all the beaches are no fun to go to anymore!
Hey Mr. German, cool video. Now I know why I never drive any farther south than Santa Barbara. I grew up in Santa Monica back in the early 60"s. Went to Roosevelt grade school, then to Lincoln Jr. hi. Then we moved just as I was to start at Santa Monica High. It was a great place for a kid to grow up in. Where are you from in Germany. I lived in Babenhausen for two @ half years. What a wonderful country that is, and made lots of friends. Have a great day Mr. German.
When I see Santa Monica like this,Im truly gobsmacked at what it looks like now.My mother would drive us every other weekend to the beach there.Sometimes we would go to Venice,Monterey,Carmel,Pebble Beach and Camp Jones Gulch .It was clean,no one sleeping on the ground unless they accidentally passed out sunbathing.My brothers and I would walk the beach and water line for what seemed like miles looking for sand dollars.We would BBQ.All the graffiti and weirdos sleeping in the restrooms is sickening.Drug addicts everywhere and the mentally disturbed folks walking around trying to fight people and the fricken shopping carts and trash everywhere.Unbelievable! What a damn shame!
I had same experience would spend summers up and down Highway 1 . Lived in Monterey 2x as a kid father was Military and was going to DLI ! Big Sur had a great campground and was safe . My sister lives in Monterey now her electric bill has doubled just this year! PG&E is responsible for the last 50 fires because law makers allow them to not maintain their equipment (like Maui) they do zero to manage the underbrush (kindling ) . They have not built any new reservoirs in past 60+ years yet claim drought conditions constantly because they don’t capture the rain water . So horribly mismanaged.
It's not all about Gav. It's ALL of the new blue govs, commissioners, heads of agencies, etc. coming in across the U.S. You MUST watch your local polls and be careful of what and who you vote for these days. The most important thing in the world right now to save our country from ruin.
Its not just Santa Monica, but the entire California that is in steep decline. Strong demand, high cost of living, low housing supply, suburban sprawl, zoning, and car dependency are all factors that are making it tough to live here.
@@susanledger California is crumbling under the burden of its own success. Best weather, most desirable job market, along with the hype of Hollywood culture. Without a new supply of homes or dense urban housing, the cost of living has gone up substantially. I believe these are the "liberal Democrat" policies you're referring to.
@@fazole So true. I have to wonder if the Democrat plan is to crash California, buy it all up when it hits rock bottom, and only then get tough on crime and friendlier to businesses so it rebounds...
It's not progressive policies that allow equity firms to inflate property values and rents. It's a game of monopoly to bankrupt people that are viewed as peasants...
I feel sick watching this!! I lived, loved, and partied in Santa Monica all through the 90s, this is a tragedy. I now live in Australia, and seeing this truly shocked me.
@@graymcmic1419Not really, we've always had universal healthcare and a humane social security system among many other hard fought for entitlements and rights, we certainly don't have thousands of homeless and psychotic fentanyl addicts camping on the side walks in any of our major cities or towns
Santa Monica used to be a prosperous, clean city. Now it's becoming a shithole. Thanks Gavin.
Thats Bidenomics
metalLeo proves it also, all over from san diego north... many huge longtime shops closed down
What's your suggestion????
Not just Gavin-Karen Bass, George Gascon, the Santa Monica City Council, the current and former Mayors of Santa Monica, the tech industry, Joe Biden, Kamala Harris, Schiff, the previous LA city councilman who though it'd be a good idea to put a homeless shelter in the heart of the Venice tourist area. The list goes on and on.
All of California is a useless shithole.
Unlikely that the criminals will be prosecuted. But if you defend yourself you sure as hell will be. Thanks Gavin.
not so, I would opine.
Yeah, and Trump visited that shop owner in the Bronx who was put in Rikers Island for defending his store from someone armed.
Hope they stay there instead of bringing the bad logic elsewhere. It's a mind virus like Elon musk said.
@@harmgregory4560 you would be wrong.
opinions are like azzholes - everyone's got one and they all stink.
Protecting homeless rights and ignore the rights of residents.
*Inalienable rights are reserved for citizens. If we only used your qualifier, rights could be bought out. Maybe if we guaranteed ownership for natural citizens, that'd be a good first start.
Protetcting Amazon's Rights to be a monopoly caused this.
This must be what they mean by building back better.
I was a resident. Then I lost my job. And wound up in the Santa Monica homeless shelter. Lost medical coverage became disabled things got worse. But that's where 99% of the bad homeless go to sell to the good homeless people. Most of em just do drugs. Or are disabled on numerous meds. But the shelter should be moved to Venice or Culver City. I was there for 1 yr.
It gets fixed by changing who runs California
I used to live in Santa Monica in 1991, on 7th st., and worked at the JC Penny on the promenade, dressing mannequins)
It was a different world back then; the 3rd st Promenade was a fun, bustling place, with cool shops (I used to go to Yankee Doodles) .
Whenever I’d be walking to work back in ‘91, homeless people were lining Wilshire blvd, but they were pretty tame, quiet, and more civilized. Some of them were tidy people who took pride in their small space on the street, read books, and almost never bothered anyone passing by. There were some wackos on the promenade back then, but not nearly as much as now. It’s appalling how much the city has become such a living hell. Very, very sad 😔
More and more people can't afford anywhere to go and the beach has showers and bathrooms. I guess if we built some housing for the poor....it could help.
Any city or town that has an abundance of these two things are signs that it is actually dying:
1) homeless people
2) abandoned buldings
@@Guard385 avg home in sm is 2 million
Care to correct your dumb post?
mechanisation of employments , Remote work , Electronic stores etc… are the independent variables and 1) homeless 2) abandoned buildings are just dependent variables
@@Guard385 sm dying
Lol
Insane opinion
Coping is coping, reylagarto
Everything is not fine
Few people shop at brick and mortar these days
All states need to open up State Hospitals again to deal with all the mental illness and homelessness ...All this is unacceptable.
Yes. Finally someone said it! I’m thinking send em all to that beautiful mental hospital in Camarillo…o wait-it’s CSU Channel Islands now. What were we thinking????
Flashback: Does anyone remember that weirdly lighted fountain/grotto that was at the end of a short a tunnel walkway next to JCPenney??? It both fascinated and scared me as a kid.
I’ve been saying that for years
The way the state hospitals were managed was unacceptable too. If it says 'were from the govt and were here to help'..run for your lives.
@@radiohobbyist13 Youre all for it ..until you end up there. Then it aint such a great plan afterall.
You made a historical video here. With your knowledge of these places and your explainations this becomes an historic document. Nice editing and the pace of your video is very pleasant. Really a great video! From Sweden
Sweden in Sweden 🇸🇪
It is bullcrap. I live in Santa Monica and it is the best place on earth. If I were homeless, I would also live here.
San Francisco's Fisherman's Wharf is shut down and Seattle is following Portland with drug permissiveness and crime, Pike Place Market main entrance store shuttered after 255 911 calls.
I'm an 80s girl and grew up in Southern California. Santa Monica was one happening place. It breaks my heart 💔 to see what has happened. CA laws/liberal policies are a disaster 😢.
@@cooldesertbreeze23 yeah forget the HOMELESS that are mentally ill and struggle with a disease like addiction which is a choice, mind you. I rather have a place that's HAPPENING. YOUR HEART IS MISPLACED cool chick from the 80's
@@cooldesertbreeze23 Are you a diagnosed sociopath?
Why did we HAVE TO leave the 1980s?
Keep voting Democrat.
@@plateshutoverlock - the 80s left us?!
Drugs have destroyed California. When my daughter went to school in early 2000's she lived down there. I visited her in santa Monica, it was a beautiful town. How sad!
Root of the cause is the democrats. Every single state run by them turns to shit.
I know I remember going there in the late 90s as a teenager and it was fun and beautiful..I lived up in the desert at the time and probably went down there 20 times and had a lot of fun but now that I think back the writing was on the wall and I remember people warning this would be the future
No, capitalists in real etsate made this. It is all part of big plan. It is not dying, it is just temporarily out of order. Make it look poor, we will then buy property cheaply, and then we will re sell for triple amount and in no time Venice and Monica will be full of rich people, while these homeless will be sheltered elsewhere. They are just a tool for rich people in real estate business.
I got engaged in CA 10 years ago and we stayed in Santa Monica, it felt so luxurious.
Stop distributing needles. Force addicts to dry out and seek help.
Santa Monica has sucked for over a decade. Now it just sucks so bad it cannot be ignored.
It was fantastic up until GIV closed his shop there, now all of a sudden, he's done a 180.
@@CarsandCats his shop was in venice, also a dump, but at least be accurate.
Your mom sucks 😂
Kind of like Paris Hilton or Monica Lewinsky. 😂
Even back during the early 90's when I would take my steel horse out from the Twenty-Nine Palms Marine base to cruise around, after getting out Friday afternoons to getting back late Sunday night, I would never bum sleep within the city limits to steer clear of these unpredictable human pests. I learned that finding remote areas, like the open desert behind a big rock to sleep, is much safer to get a good amount of sleep time clocked.
I am so happy That I visited California years ago… It was Like in my childhood dreams and all I ever though about the USA. Greets from Germany
As a Canadian, I can totally understand why Make America Great Again resonates with a lot of Americans. I came to California once when I was about 11 years old and I remember spending a few hours in Santa Monica on a Saturday night in the 90s. It felt like the coolest place in the world to me. Seeing this hollowed out version is actually really jarring. I can't imagine what its like for the locals who have lost what once was.
This looks like areas of Vancouver, Edmonton, Calgary, Saskatoon, Toronto. Meth & drugs are ruining us as well
@@braco6757 trust me. There's no part of Toronto that looks like this in terms of nice businesses having gone out of business and becoming a ghost town. Besides, my point wasn't to say Canada looks better at all. I'm just pointing out that Santa Monica's decline is particularly shocking and sad.
Our entire country is falling apart, just like Santa Monica is. What the government has done to our country is crazy. All because of greed.
@@a.d.3606 Toronto is also going downhill due to the safe injection sites, increasing crime, mental health, and addicts. Public transit/TTC has a lot of crime and the homeless live there during cold winter months. Many encampments/tents are not only in downtown parks, but in suburban neighborhoods. It's going to get worse with woke Mayor Olivia Chow. Also, constant car theft, daily shootings and stabbings. Canadian laws are a joke, and criminals get bail the next day.
California used to have a robust state asylum system. Any politician who can set that up again can win the Presidency by a landslide. Asylums, work farms, Happy Fun Camps, who cares what they're called, we need someplace for the short-bus crowd to live and exist and maybe work a bit. How come we have "no kill" shelters for animals but not for people?
Thank you so much GIV for speaking truth and putting the real story out there!
@@christa526 Except for one of the real stories he reported on happened over a month ago.
They took the tourist for granted, allowed the nonsense/nuisance/law breaking to happen with zero consequence and now you have this. Well done bureaucrats! 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
Problem is why we elect these nonsense politicians to be in the office? Should we review about our vote?
people are out in the streets in droves demonstrating for any and all liberal agendas. Its not just the politicians and bureaucrats.
@@opexwells435 OR you can run for office yourself if you think you will make a difference. We need more people to run for office, especially younger people.
@@donnasharer2602 you can run all ya want but as long as you have the likes of Pelosi and her kind nothing will change they take the cream off the top and leave the colored water for the peasants
@@donnasharer2602doesn’t matter, no one listens to us young people to begin with.
50 years ago, as a teenager, my father would take my brother and I to the beach every Wednesday during summer. Snowcones, zipping down the giant slide on a burlap sack. Miss those days.
You are in the 65-69 age group then.
Loved the Super slide and burlap sacks! Race tracks with tires so you wouldn't run off the track, snow cones.
@@internetcensure5849 aren't we all
The lack of any safety policies shows us the politicians done care about us while they live in the gated communities with low crime rates
@@5150Rockstar even the gated communities have gangs and drive bys now although they don't have homeless encampments
Homeless population can mean Drug addicticts which means a fluent drug market in that same area
In the case of SM its a combination of the lack of safety but also landlords raising the rent for the business owners. You cant keep up with it anymore especially in an economy where inflation continues to be an issue.
Well. They have raised the rents and now they get none🤷♂️. Guess that's better for the landlords?
it's wild some places cater to the trouble makers rather than the good citizens
Thanks for bringing this to your audience. It's so sad. Everyone needs to see how these terrible policies and terrible politicians affect citizens.
This is bullshit. I live in Santa Monica and it is he best place to live if you are rich white and affluent....and poor because there are free toilets and showers and great weather. So it is a national problem, not Santa Monica problem.
It's almost like the local politicians actually want the city to fall apart...
Apocalypse has arrived in Santa Monica California
Better go to.Laguna beach before it gets ghetto
to help chinese developers swoop up real estate at rock bottom prices in exchange for kickbacks. It has already happened. Jose Huizar's RICO corruption case.
They want it to fall apart so they can rebuild it in the name of socialism/ communism. Solve et coagula (dissolve and coagulate) is their goal. It is intentional. It's written in the arms of the Baphomet, or Satan.
It's been like this for decades, it has only gotten worse, there is a reason It's referred to as the people's republic of Santa Monica, beautiful city, horrible administration.
WOW! Gavin. I have never been to Santa Monica . My Aunt went there in 1989. She showed us her photos of the crowded places there, pointing out the tourist spots and telling us how lovely the folks were and how nice it was there. She told my Mom that if she could - she would live there, she was so impressed! Sad sight to see the place today. It looks like Nothing of what I was told all those years ago.
Thanks, Gavin, for making Santa Monica a miserable place for business, and protecting the homeless and not good citizens.
SPORTS!!
@@cycologist7069TF????
Wrong! Thanks go to the California voters. You elected him as your Governor and re-elected him again during the recall. Don't blame anybody but yourselves.
@@crow1994-blriiight because thats how voting works. We definitely aren’t given such limited options that it almost becomes no option at all. Elections definitely aren’t determined by who has more financial backing. Also 100% of the population has to vote for someone. That way everyone is culpable and you don’t have to put an ounce of critical thinking into it, “dur da dur californians bad duh dur”. Thats you, thats how you sound
State motto: "We want shoplifters not shop owners."
I’ve lived in LA my whole life, 53 years. It’s always been sketchy. Now it’s actually scary.
Glad you left.
Just like LA
You’re a snowflake.
It was never this bad. There were rough areas, yes I agree, but never massive blight, block after block of empty buildings. Santa Monica use to be a thriving area. It’s now a ghost town.
Really? I think it is very safe.
Thank you Newsom!!!
Thank you Kamala!
Much love from San Francisco…the city that once was! 😢
Trump!!!
@@maddyL1234 If he doesn’t win there’s going to affect the whole word…and the first one to fall would be USA!
😂😂😂 Enjoy Biden Economic, enjoy voting for democrats
Exactly Newsom and Kamela are responsible for California and how bad it is. NOBODY ELSE!!! Can't blame Trump for this he had NOTHING TO DO WITH CALIFORNIA!! Good try tho..
Kamala will fix tingzz
During the 90s being a musician, a drummer l used to perform with a couple of bands at the Promenade every evening from 7.30 pm to 11.30 pm 6 days a week. From 93 - 2001. It was incredible thousands of tourists ,shops, entertainers, restaurants, lights, sooo much fun. Watching this video l found myself almost crying.
Ghetto by the sea
FROM THE PIER .. you can see the fruit vendors, walking the sands... Looks like TIJUANA
Hey that’s San Pedro slogan, that’s us.
Very expensive ghetto by the ocean.
LOL! Are you referring to Santa Monica or California as a whole
Correct!! If youve been here for a short time or werent around or alive youd think this is all normal! It is not!!!!😢
I just remember in the 90s and early 2000s all the people who warned this was the future being called square and intolerant…this was a slow train wreck that was easily preventable.
Yup we saw it w brown when he was governor know Nancy 2. Newsom it won’t get better all those empty double tax on everyone else
U can’t fix politics ? policy get Newsom out that’s a start the entire liberal mind set from the education system to city governments
Yep I was one of those people. I got out in 2013.
I seen it coming left California in 2000 now I’m getting ready to move out of Nevada bc same bs. It’s a joke people leaving the places they destroyed by poor voting but vote the same crap wherever they go
BAD MANAGEMENT. CROOK'S IN GOVERNMENT. THIEVES stealing TAX MONEY.
Better coverage than the news!!! Thank you for showing what the media will not!
Well the news is too busy covering up for democrats.
The so called free and fair press is just an arm of the democrat party.
It wouldn’t look good if they were to be exposed
He showed clips from the media, what you mean media doesn’t report on it?
Delusional. Media always talks about this stuff lol
Zuckys closed many years ago. Amazed the sign is still there. Jane Fonda and Tom Hayden created a safe haven in Santa Monica in the 1970's offering homeless free meals daily at City Hall. So the homeless have been in Santa Monica for many years but now with the current state of California and the homeless problem everywhere, Santa Monica has become even worse.
Fonda and Hayden voted for this.
I just moved out of Los Angeles.. lived between there and Orange County my whole life. I finally had enough and left the state of CA. It was tough for me to leave but I had to go.
Los Angeles should be the crown jewel of not only California, but the United States. It’s completely fallen apart. It’s like real life Mad Max.
Dems! They destroy anything they control.
I get you, but like Mad Max? A bit extreme on that argument.
If you were voting blue, PLEASE do not take that disease to another state.
The state is pretty, I miss the ocean but there's no way I'd ever consider going back to live there after the 40 years I lived there were good --- until it wasn't. I've been gone since 2004.
I left Clovis in 2013. Retired early from a teaching position I could no longer stomach….I miss the beautiful things that were vastly overshadowed by the ugliness! Never looked back! It’s imploding!
No more moving in for business. It’s MOVING OUT OF BUSINESS!
Its fine, lgbt and womens rights! needs more poc thall fix it; haha
This is an EXCELLENT video that should be shown on main stream media!!!
Ah you know how that would go:
"Some stores can't cope with the increasing rent, and leave..leaving a dessered hole in its wake"
And homeless? What homeless? They'll make sure to carefully edit those out..and any police presence..
Why is the reason shops closed ? The homeless ? Smash and grab ? Why the landlord raised the rent so much ? I didn’t got the reason . I’m a tourist this place was packed when I visited in dec 2012
@joaoamaral7323 I visited in 2012 and again in 2016. Second time I visited, there were still a lot of vendors and people were renting out bicycles to ride along the beach. It's tragic seeing homeless encampments in areas where I've rode the bicycles along. They voted for this mess and it's gonna take years to undo the damage.
@@joaoamaral7323its still packed
@@christa526 I love your sarcasm
Thanks Mike, always good Videos
Was born and raised in LA, I left 5 years ago and never going back. It has turned into a 3rd world country
Depends on the area but yes some areas are very sad too look at.
Yes but so many cities are going the same way, social, economic and demographic change. I think it will get a whole lot worse than it is now even.
@@PopularesVoxBlue cities.
Just like Seattle 😅
Same here. We left 7 years ago and it was the best decision we ever made. We used to love going to the pier. It was beautiful and fun back then.
I’m from the Netherlands and have visited santa monica four times in the past 14 years. During one of my trips, I drove the Route 66 all the way from Chicago to the santa monica Pier. It used to be my happy place, so sad to see...
Your country is also disgusting and dangerous, I was in Amsterdam and saw so many hard drug dealers as well as young people harassing European women multiple times
You look kinda like me lol
"happy place" ha ha ha
@@solidbanjobanjo9367 Netherlands and dangerous? Lol. Here are the facts:
United States homicide rate: Approximately 7.8 per 100,000 people.
Netherlands homicide rate: Approximately 1.2 per 100,000 people.
Comparison: The U.S. homicide rate is about 6.5 times higher than that of the Netherlands AND he violent crime rate in the U.S. is about 4.4 times higher than in the Netherlands. You must be kidding me.
Went there three years ago, I’m British my wife is German what a shock to the system SM was. Zombies everywhere like really bad stinking zombies. You take homeless to a new level. We left America 5 weeks earlier than planned, for Europeans it’s to crazy
Yikes, wow, and I'm American.
Are you sure Britain and Germany are not heading the same way?
And they proved they can clean it up OVERNIGHT. Gavin Gruesome did it when he had Chinese visitors.
@@PoulNoergaard-j3f Germany didn’t let OxyContin on the market over here. Britain is heading on a brexit nightmare but that’s a different subject. Also Germany is a social democratic state, that means we pay as a low to middle income households 47% tax homeless and zombies are helped within these structures. You can still use public transport and walk in parks and streets , but it doesn’t come for free
@@djbarnes11but avoid the no go zones
When we lived in Los Angeles 20 years ago, our two favorite places were Santa Monica and Venice. Now, both places are too dangerous to visit. Thanks, liberal Democrats.
Huntington Beach or Manhattan Beach ⛱️🏖️
Lol. Wait till Trump gets in office and doesn't do a damn thing
@@RoseanneSeason7 I know basic civics is hard for you lefties to grasp, but you need to understand that this is totally the fault of failed local and state politics.
Who sent em there?
Some cities, including Los Angeles, saw increases in crime during the COVID-19 pandemic and who again was president during the pandemic? TRUMP
Homeless get catered to, if you are working ---average rent in Santa Monica is $3000.
How horrible the rents are a joke out there.
If that is what 'catered to' looks like..I think i will pass.
@@libbyhicks7549 But the homeless don't pay rent, so they don't care about the $3k/month, silly; they got 'catered to' with rent-free tent cities along public beaches and sidewalks for years. It ruined the area, turning public property in to drug dens and outdoor toilets.
It is not dying, it is just temporarily out of order. That is all made on purpose by rich Real Estate people.. That's part of big plan. Make it look poor, we will then buy property cheaply, and then we will re sell for triple amount and in no time Venice and Monica will be full of rich people, while these homeless will be sheltered elsewhere. They are just a tool for rich people in real estate business.
They get catered to? Have you ever been hungry and on the streets with no where to go?
Worked in SM at the mall for most of last year. Yes it’s scary, yes it’s dangerous, crime is out of control, random assault (especially against women) is a regular occurrence, the smell is crazy downtown. Saw someone in a mental health crisis EVERYDAY. I was beyond happy to get out of there.
Chocolate 🥵
A dirty secret is that even in the 90s, crime was very prevalent in S.M., but much less obvious.
100% correct as a local. Thanks for making this video
Am I correct in thinking the city used to jetwash the sidewalks on a rota. Do they still do that?
It looks like America is not looking after it's own people and country and getting into too many war's abroad such a shame
Yep, US government is controlled by unelected people: the deep state, the neoconservatives, the Zionists, etc...who control our politicians and they could care less about the American people and hijack every available dollar for weapons and maintaining a very expensive empire that no one wants except for them. Every available dollar for the Pentagon while homelessness, crime, lack of housing, poor education, bad healthcare, broken infrastructure etc... (the list is endless) is on the rise. The people I mentioned earlier laugh at the American people while they live in their comfortable gated communities and ask us "What are you going to do about it??...you stupid serfs...we will always be in charge."
And if Americans ever criticize their government they'd be called Nazis or Russian bot etc. That country's done 😂
The American Dream is now an American Nightmare.
People from eastern europe, libiya, syria, afghanistan, china, africa, india, are all agaibt the current american ideoligy
Becos American govt cares more about uyghers in china, liberation of tibet, democratic allies in taiwan than wellbeing of everyday Americans. Sometimes im wondering wether US is a vassel of China cos they care so much about every little thing happens in China
Such a shame. All of this was self created. Stunning how people keep voting for the same people. I was raised here and it was a beautiful safe city for so long.
Wrong!!!! I lived in Santa Monica in the 80’s and 90’s there have been homeless people in great measures there for decades. Crime too!
Yup, it's the government that creates these problems.
I ❤LOVE IT😂😂😂😂😂😂😂ALL the lefty white guilt rich privileged DEMOCRATS VOTED for this😂🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
I was a 50' 60's Surfer kid in L.A. IT was a Great place to grow up. Beach cities along the whole coast to Ventura were clean, not crowded no worries about getting robbed on the streets. Stores full a few malls people always shopping. There was the Hippie thing but they never bothered anyone. Things started to go downhill in the mid-70's I left in 75. The End
@@decrux5767 I grew up in Monterey Park and I remember the Sun spot night club , in the 70 s it was a play ground for me and my friends. We went to Flippers , a night club and skatting rink. My sisters went to the Whiskey a go go and The bitter end, and alot of great places along Sunset. I used to go to Tower records, it s all gone to hell now.. the 70 s was the best. Even the Disco era , we d go to out and were safe and had a great time . Universal city had the Chart House, great food. Alice s Restarant and in Malabu was Gladstones , now its all gone. Stop voting these terrible people in over and over again.
Bring back the mental institutions and mandatory drug rehabs. Shut down Amazon because it is a destructive monopoly. We want our shopping areas, parks and beaches back!!!
Republican Ronald Reagan shut them all down 40 years ago, and you guys never did anything to get them back.
@@aeonsbeyond Yep. It kills me how so many people worship him. He was the nail in the coffin for the "American dream", although some got very rich from his policies.
@@aeonsbeyond so we could use that money to give foreign aid to izzyril
@@truther001 he was very much that
@@aeonsbeyond You are right. We should be having that conversation. Is it a “right” for a psychotic who cannot make choices, to be left to live on the street and be a safety risk to himself and others? I submit that no, it is not a right. And while we are at it, why can’t we balance the rights of society, against the rights of individuals, just a little better, because we have jumped the shark on freedoms, all over the place.
Enforce the law. Vote for REALISTS to save what’s left of SM before it’s too late.
We Republicans are waiting. Sanity is only a vote away.😉
@@spooderdoggy NOTHING will change...politicians are corrupt and enable all this BS>.....even your RED idiots do! You would do the same here...
ruin it just like blue does.
@@spooderdoggy Waiting to jump on Trump's 🍆 again. As if it even matters.
It’s too late
Sadly, the current education system is hard at work producing more delusional, dysfunctional adults, who'll all vote left, so they can save "democracy." Such noble keyboard crusaders. Participation trophies, all around!
I lived there 10 years ago and it was so amazing and beautiful.
What a sad video 😢
They spent years building that damn train just to have it be a shuttle for homeless people to enjoy the beach. This city is f'ing ridiculous.
damned
Interesting.
Did you vote better?
@@nightvision_887 Imagine the HOMELESS trying to enjoy themselves. The audacity
@@cassius213 ikr?
In the late 1990s I worked on 3rd street promenade and it was beautiful back then. So sad.
So did I!!! My first "real" job out of high school. So sad to see the place run down, I spent my formative years on 3rd St and SMC.
I remember it very well 😅.
I visited Santa Monica for the first time in 2000 coming down from Humboldt (Arcata) and was in awe, the shopping, excitement, class, the pier.. I still have my photos from back then. Doesn't look like how it use to be 24 years later sadly 💔
@@RadioNebby I used to live in Mckinleyville back in 2006/2007.
Wasn't baywatch filmed there?
Unaffordable housing, rising food prices, store closures and unemployment. We'r f---ked.
California is still the 5th largest economy in the world' cities boom and bust and new cities grow' this is the natural ebb and flow of a growing society' all those ghost town's by our desert and the state still chugs along' you're overreacting and we are nowhere near collapse.
But hey, lets vote democrat Again
STOP VOTING FOR THE DERANGED DEMOCRAT POLITICIANS: NEWSOME, PELOSI, KAMALA, MAXINE WALTERS!!! WAKE UP!!! Vote REPUBLICAN!!!
@@lt231conservative logic is to raise costs for more profit. Now, people can’t afford retail rent…or afford housing rent. When most income goes towards rent, non-essential goods like retail, will suffer.
It’s dems that blocked the development of apartments for affordable housing in most of these California areas. Blaming conservative logic on a place run by dems forever is impressive
California is dying from this disease. And our elected officials are not willing to solve it.
It’s worse than that. This is all part of the politicians’ plan.
Thanks, Gavin. Bring back mental hospitals.
Lol. Keep dreaming. California needs more jails and prisons
Youre blaming Gavin but do you know Who closed all the mental hospitals?
I don’t
@@Tikiguy007I don’t think that he’s blaming Gavin as much as requesting the return of mental institutions. When I was growing up in the SF Bay Area, we had one there. The only thing is that if they did open up new mental institutions, would there be enough room for regular mentally ill patients, after you put all the politicians in?
You CAN have well run, legal and humane "Mental Hospitals". It is possible. The places are certainly ripe for ALL kinds of ABUSES but if you run them PROPERLY, these people having episodes out in public next to little kids (Like in this video) would be receiving TREATMENT in a locked down HOSPITAL! That is really the crazy part! CA will NOT build them!!!!
We love you GIV, thank you for keeping us aware of all that is happening in Cali
Rent too high everywhere and people not spending as much as they used to. Its either money for rent or food to live. Many people struggling to pay bills
Wow Santa Monica used to be so gorgeous and even peaceful outside of 3rd Street Promenade. This is soooo sad!
Still a rich city, trust me!
Sad to watch this beautiful city deteriorate right before our eyes. When majors business interest throw in the towel, it's over. Thanks for the report and tour GiV.
I’m afraid this country’s best days are now in the rear view mirror😢
because of lefties
@dm730 visit a red state and enjoy your luxury. Lol
Keeping voting democrat and you are correct. Trump 2024
@miklogoodfella957 Trump loves the uneducated.
What Gavin Newsom has done to the most beautiful state in the country is an absolute disgrace
This is the local government los angeles city council.....issue which there not improving.....
Doesn’t matter. They will still vote for the same politicians and policies like a drugged out zombie.
he wants to destory the nation next
We used to hang out there when we were kids, now we would die
The policies which manifested today were made in the 1970s-1990s. Newsom wasn't in power back then. Starting in the 70s cities around California banned building more housing. For 50 years Santa Monica didn't allow the housing supply to increase. Then they act surprised when homelessness is up. Newsom is actually passing laws to increase the housing supply and get homeless people off the streets. But since you don't understand cause and effect, you wrongly think everything that happens today is due to the current governor.
Thank you, GiV, for documenting the decay of Santa Monica and telling your stories of what it was. This is happening in iconic cities all over the world. We must reclaim our dignity and fix our cities!
He also showed it happening in his home town in Germany.
@@heliomonteiro4200USA and Germang aren't "all over the word". Get over it.
I came out here for a weekend trip in 96 from Az to check out the local tourist hot spots ( Venice Beach, Santa Monica Pier, 3rd St Promenade). Loved the vibe so much that I ended up getting a job at the new amusement park on the pier, Pacific Park. Stayed about 10 yrs, can honestly say those were some of the BEST times of my life. So sad to see what's happened there, my heart goes out to all.😢
Santa Monica was a jewel of a city for decades. Homelessness has destroyed this once hot spot for culture and just a cool hangout.
Breaks my heart.
It’s a sad bummer (my mow was born and raised there) but what’s meant to be is meant to be.
They closed all the mental hospitals,so that is a BIG Reason as well.
Or the late stage capitalist looting and selling off of their own companies....
Paul Pelosi's old stomping grounds 😂 the Santa Monica Pier
The homeless are just the symptom. The problem is leftoids with Star Wars fetish.
So many memories 😢. Thank you for this awesome story.
Heart breaking to watch one of the most desirable and beautiful cities in the entire country reduced to this condition of lawlessness and desolation. Everybody wanted to come to Santa Monica and look what happens when you have a city that is not strong on crime. What a shame!
But they will continue to vote Democrat /liberal & things will continue to go downhill. So sad....
I managed the Johnny Rockets from 2007-2016 at 3rd St. Santa Monica was popping before the Pandemic. We had so many celebrities go through Johnny Rockets. Our waiters would cry because it was so busy at times it was insane. I miss all the artist that use to perform. It was an amazing time.
Can't believe there was talk of Newsome running for President. What's wrong with this country?
Haven't you figured it out yet?
Elitists....Dictators...Socialist bosses...all getting money!!!!
Lots of mental illness.
Our media.
What is wrong with Newsome ?
There he is. Back again great guy. Great videos.
My father during WWII was stationed in Santa Monica and married my mother there. He loved that place.
Yea and it was still fine 5 years ago. It's garbage town now
Oh, a different time, a different place. I’m 73 and the nostalgia for our once great country is real. It breaks my heart to see it. So sad!
Keep voting Democrat
stationed in Santa Monica!
The world is doomed just be thankful we lived in the 80s and 90s when things were good, as for the future there isn’t one
Yes, I'm thankful I even go back farther than the 80's & 90's. The future is 15 minute cities with total digital control over us.
Last good days came middle of 90s. I wonder how much the internet affected worlds population.
That is my philosophy also..
That's only when the west peaked. The global south countries are actually booming now, led by China.
I just came from over there, and I can confirm 100%.
And in fact, I was in a grocery store and the people there were telling me about the high crime rate. And as soon as I drove out, there were people walking around with serious mental health issues.
Yep, worked out there for 10 years. Watched it get worse and worse, we finally moved our office in 2017. City leaders like Mike Bonin enabled this! Thankfully he's no longer on our payroll!
probably still paying for his pension though
Mike Bonin was at one time ? homeless ! he has contributed to the propblem by wanting to take some of the most expensive properties and turn them into homeles camps ! so glad he no long poses a threat to the rest of us...
RIP USA
A young scholar. SUPRISE
There’s obviously another Loser right behind him
So sad to see. It's one thing to pay high taxes and have robust services to prevent this, but to have both is unacceptable. Where tf is the money going? Politicians and their friends in the nonprofit space?
Gavin and Pelosi on vacation
also you are paying pension of government staff who are either underworking or working in inefficient ways.
I've been dreading the coming of this video....for over 30 years. I lived in SM from 1982 to 1992. 3rd and Washington. I worked on second Street near Santa Monica Blvd. It was the best of times! All the restaurants, dozens of movie theaters, bars, the shops in Colorado Place! Cycled the coastal path from Palisades to San Pedro.The promenade had just been closed to traffic and was bustling every night. I was a lucky guy! In 1992 I got the chance to move to Berlin! At the same time the opportunity to purchase my apartment for a reasonable price was offered to me. I chose Berlin! Sometimes I wonder how it would have been to have stayed in SM!. Now I know! Thank for this video! Schöne Berlin'sche Grüße!
Don’t believe everything you read on the Internet. He’s being very selective in what he wants to show .I Have been living in Santa Monica since 88. Homelessness is a national problem. The cities could not do anything about it because their hands were tied with some stupid laws. But the Supreme Court just changed that and we are going to see some major changes all over for the better. You would not recognize many parts of Santa Monica. It’s even nicer now than in 92 when you left. Google Tongva Park . It’s absolutely beautiful right across the pier . Overall, the city is very well-maintained. .They have been building apartments all over especially where Fred Segal used to be if you remember. Luxury apartments though. construction is everywhere. We now have a train that comes all the way to 4th Street and Colorado. The problem with it is that it brings a lot of undesirable. Lots of businesses for lease because landlords are very unreasonable with rents. The place that is booming is Main Street.
Also more and more people shop online that is one of the biggest problem .Amazon vans are running all day around my neighborhood. Santa Monica continues to be a great city and property values keep going up. I appreciate that Santa Monica is really cracking down on food vendors in the streets. If you go down Lincoln Boulevard around Rose, where Venice start it’s full of taco trucks and food vendors in the street. It looks like a Third World country over there like many parts of Los Angeles because of it.
ZG.
I responded to your comment, but I guess the author of the video did not like my comment. santa Monica is still a great place to live.
What about islam?
Yeah, I had a good time in SM in the summer of '85; no problems with going all over the beach area, muscle beach, Sunset BLVD, Hollywood BLVD at night, etc. I went back in '93 to visit Gold's Gym; came out a few minutes later and my glove box was opened and my sunglasses were stolen from my convertible.
I was born there, in 1950 It was beautiful until it wasn't. My wife and I move out in 1991 right after the Rodney King riots. We left California altogether and moved to Arizona, then Boulder Colorado. Now we've lived in New Mexico for the past 25 years. I will never go back to my once beloved State, even to visit.
I remember travelling with my daughter in Santa Monica about 10 years ago. We stumbled onto the promenade on third street one evening and I just thought it was the most magical place in the world. The shops, the entertainers, the restaurants, everything was just amazing and so vibrant. I went back about 3 years ago and it was just a ghost town. So sad:(.
SUCH A SHAME THE WAY ITS GONE ITS SAD WE SAID THE SAME TO THE MOST BEAUTIFUL PLACE IN THE WORLD NOW LOOK ! HOPE SOME DAY IT WILL COME BACK SOON 👍
I agree. I moved to SoCal for work in 2012. I did notice homeless folks, but it wasn’t as bad as they are now. Santa Monica looked back then as well.
SOOOO SAD!!!!😨🥺😭😪😪😪😪
Last time I went was 2010. I remember the adidas store and the people playing music on the streets. It was live. What a shame to see what it has become. I plan on visiting again to show my wife around but I’m scared ti see what I’m gonna walk into
lockdown hurt businesses. it was the plan. ruin small businesses.
So sad what’s been happening in Southern Cali where I grew up. Glad my Dad isn’t around anymore to see it. He used to love to drive to Santa Monica, have lunch at The Kings Head British Pub and take a nice stroll down the promenade and the grass overlooking the water. I’d be so worried about him going there if he were still alive. I’ve been back a few times since 2008 and it’s just a sad place now.
Loved the Kings Head!
Yea I'm 51 born and raised In los angeles, Santa Monica is ghetto more and more, the people that visit Santa Monica kill it. The tourists have a huge surprise 😂
All you can do, is remember the beautiful memories your dad made there and not let this get to you. Cherish these moments, your dad doesnt see it anymore and he would look back and be happy about the memories he made there.Its sad, but it is what it is.
Sadly it OUR fault for not demanding change. We the people need to speak out and demand change, otherwise nothing will change.
No it’s democrats !
Don't be that stupid. You voted for it so you got it.
Democrats all day
You, the people allowed this to happen.
Yes, they (dems) pass these crazy laws because we are not there to say "no"!
I used to spend full Summers in So Cal when I was little. This is Shocking. 😮
Born in Santa Monica in 1962. It used to be the place to be. Could 'nt pay me enough to move back to Southern California. Breaks my Heart.
You are so blessed you got to live through the glory days!!!
The moral of the story is " vote Democrat and your town turns to #$%$*
thats when the bel air fire broke out.
Used to hang out at SM and Venice in the early 80’s. Loved it
I drove a city bus from 1980 to 85. I saw the change happening at ground level and got out. Yeah, that was 40 yrs ago. A friend called me 2 yrs ago and said Venice was a complete shithole and could I put him up for a few weeks 'till he found a place. I'm in Ohio and he loves it here. He tells everyone to vote conservative 'cause he saw first hand what Dems do best. Trump /Vance 2024
Love the German in Venice and how candid and honest he is. What he is showing is a true tragedy and having recently moved from Los Angeles back to Canada I feel like I truly dodged a bullet. Be safe out there GIV.
@@flicksforfans133 lol
Giv is a idiot
There homeless in Vancouver
@@AbimaelLopez-hz3qq alot lol
@AbimaelLopez-hz3qq Same in Toronto and Montreal. Canada isn’t fool proof, the west is 📉
This changes everything. There is no way to ignore or deny this decline.
Check out Dogtown & Z Boys. it was like this in the 60s & 70s.
Nobody has ignored anything, it's been this way for a long time.
I am afraid it's beyond salvation. America in decline.
It’s not just Santa Monica it’s literally all of southern California
So sad! California I cannot believe this
Glorious, revolutionary humanist socialist paradise.
And all of Northern California as well. San Francisco is literally an open sewer, Oakland is a scene out of The Book of Eli, and San Jose is following Santa Monica's model shown here.
Also Bay Area, just came back from a trip to the U.S. I got nearly attacked by a obviously mentally ill person at a gas station, I was traveling alone as a woman and was able to escape. I am glad to be back in Denmark because here I can move freely without worrying about crazy people.
Mental illness, drug, poverty, broken communities, getting worse
Ronald Reagan closed most of the mental health facilities.
Simply the end of a greedy nation!
I thought you were talking about dem.crats 😂
The cream of the crop are the cess pool democratic party😈 controlled newsom cities-!!!😳
GIV, you are absolutely the best at these updates, thank you for your efforts!!
Hey GIV this place makes Frankfurt look like paradise 😅
CA has a confluence of major problems, rolled into one... real estate costs that are WAY too high + the death of retail/explosion in online shopping + too much crime + massive inequality (increasing #s of poor) + mental illness and drugs
Yeah, and store closings, unemployment, punitive labor laws for business, most expensive gas in the country, etc. Can't trust dirtbags on the street.
This is freedom
I think Covid caused a lot of retail decline as well. People stopped going out.
I remember visiting Santa Monica back in 2004 for the first time and dreaming i'd live there. Twenty years later and it's become a nightmare instead. It's like seeing a horrible train crash in a several decades long slow motion.
I did move there in 2003! Loved it for years. Started really noticing changes in 2017. I left in 2019.
theres nothing wrong with Santa Monica lmaooo i walk the street there freely and have had zero issues. If you want to see an nightmare and something dangerous go to downtown houston lol
2004 was basically the last year, maybe 2005
U also forgot to fuckin mention everywhere in Santa monica u have to fuckin pay for parking even the residential parking u have to fuckin pay for 😑 I used to work in Santa monica but fuuuuuuck that I left cuz the parking and traffic is fuckin horrible in Santa monica 😒
@@BigfellaAutoExpressgood for you but Houstan is still safer.
In the 90s, I played in all the clubs in Santa Monica; after 2008, life started to change in California. I started to see the writing on the wall for Los Angeles, and by 2016, I was out.
Hopefully, you are not one of the idiots who votes for the SAME SHIT in your new place.
The skyrocketing cost of living are draining the lifeblood of the common people all over the nation. Pushing more and more people to the brink of destructions hence homelessness. While most are reeling to sustain a normal way of living. Then come the pandemic throwing a knockout punch for some. The anomaly of COVID were extremely unbearable to many. It cause businesses to close putting people out of work feeling hopeless, death of someone you know which render depressions. Open borders policy also speed up destructions in many ways. Illegal migrants were everywhere at Lowe’s, Home Depot, Walmart seeking for work. Idk why our mayors/governors don’t see this domino’s effects. More bodies of work would make jobs more scarce and challenging. I personally knew a few people that were cast aside by the owner and hire the undocumented illegal’s migrates bc they were cheaper and works harder. This kind of stuff happens all over the country. It creates so many workless and leisure bodies in society that can only bring negative outcomes in so many ways. It’s evident now that cooperates and politicians greed are much to blame for most of the issues. The use of drugs also plays in when people feel depress. The last few years has put many at the stage of shocked and despaired. While much hasn’t recover from COVID mentality and physically we are now facing a dilemma of cost of living which can surely drive some people over the edge. With such much distress es that could be built on some individual, it’s understandable to be in a hopeless state or perhaps lose their mind.
Same. I left in 2011
I left Feb 2012 to.. (Drum Roll).. PDX.. (which was very good till 2017)... this video breaks my heart..
Left in 2007 moved to phx
Thank you for the informative video! I was at SMC the other day, drove East on Pico and was shocked at how many businesses were closed! The rents were too damn high - this is the result of greed and decisions by government/politicians/developers...I'm sure those blocks of vacant buildings are going to be torn down and multi storied people mailboxes that are very affordable for working people will be built there.
I worked across the street from there in 2019. I had to call the cops everyday because the homeless were so aggressive, and I could hear them in my office, harassing people as they walked by. The cops would drive up to the guys in the street talk, to them, and drive off. They also refused to report shoplifters in the retail stores there. They didn’t want the crime to be reported, to stop the $ from tourists. What a shame.
So very sad to see. The place where Route 66 ends.
Well look what happened to the rest of Route 66. Have you ever driven along the historic highway? I have. It’s fun to get a glimpse of what once was, but it’s sad to see some of those places became poor and ghost towns.
@@MashaT22 it sure is sad to see history fade away. I’ve been doing videos of Route 66. There are still some areas that still stay very busy. Example “Williams, Az”. Thank you 😊
It was my dream to take that California trip…..I hoped to get my kicks….now I am not so excited. ….Tom
@@Tom_Emody I hear ya. I’m still thinking about doing a trip out to Santa Monica and do a video just about Route 66. I would love to do the whole trip to Chicago. Thank you
Its fine
This is a GREAT Example of an EMPIRE IN DECLINE !!!! I was in Southern California in 1984, and it was a very BEAUTIFUL PLACE back then.
Now we are stuck in 1984!
What a shame, it was my favorite place to walk around back in 1978-1990
The fabric of our society, especially areas of California is unraveling before our very eyes. Tragic
I lived in Santa Monica my first year out of college and was thrilled and humbled by the idea of enjoying such a beautiful, creative City. However, from my roommate being held at gunpoint and robbed, to multiple people consuming illegal substances and having seizures in our garage, to the parks being overfilled with needle drug users, I quickly learned that SM is no longer a beautiful, creative City. We hosted a “Town Hall” with Phil Brock and were amazed to learn that the SM Council had essentially wasted its entire budget on an addition to City Hall and was now massively in debt. We learned that SM spends about $110k per homeless person on resources, factoring in all considered costs of welfare offered, and clearly it does not work. After a tumultuous and unpredictable year, I left, not knowing how to help.
They should have fixed up the Civic Auditorium instead of City Hall. 🙄
Hi when was that? 😢
@@ElizRued 2022-2023
Not sure about how thing were in Santa Monica in 2022-23, however back in 1974 to 1976, when I happened to live there, the city was already turning into a huge pile of kaka. The local coppers were particularly Nazified. Which is why I got out of there as fast as I could, and never once looked back. Gavin Newscum had nothing to do with this back in the mid-1970s, BTW.
The republicans do the same thing with tax payer money used to fund private schools, prison, hospitals, etc. Democrats and Republicans have gotten into private mental health and charity groups. Most of every dollar spent by them is on their own salaries.
Thank you for your video. And yes, my Mama & I used to have fun going to Santa Monica but it’s not safe to be hanging around for a small picnic by the ocean. How sad that all the beaches are no fun to go to anymore!
90210
Hey Mr. German, cool video. Now I know why I never drive any farther south than Santa Barbara. I grew up in Santa Monica back in the early 60"s. Went to Roosevelt grade school, then to Lincoln Jr. hi. Then we moved just as I was to start at Santa Monica High. It was a great place for a kid to grow up in. Where are you from in Germany. I lived in Babenhausen for two @ half years. What a wonderful country that is, and made lots of friends. Have a great day Mr. German.
When I see Santa Monica like this,Im truly gobsmacked at what it looks like now.My mother would drive us every other weekend to the beach there.Sometimes we would go to Venice,Monterey,Carmel,Pebble Beach and Camp Jones Gulch .It was clean,no one sleeping on the ground unless they accidentally passed out sunbathing.My brothers and I would walk the beach and water line for what seemed like miles looking for sand dollars.We would BBQ.All the graffiti and weirdos sleeping in the restrooms is sickening.Drug addicts everywhere and the mentally disturbed folks walking around trying to fight people and the fricken shopping carts and trash everywhere.Unbelievable! What a damn shame!
@@SherinaSpencer your words are disgusting. Shame on your mother
@@cassius213 The truth can be upsetting if you don't like it.😭😭😭
@@Weird.Dreams are you speaking from experience?
I had same experience would spend summers up and down Highway 1 . Lived in Monterey 2x as a kid father was Military and was going to DLI ! Big Sur had a great campground and was safe . My sister lives in Monterey now her electric bill has doubled just this year! PG&E is responsible for the last 50 fires because law makers allow them to not maintain their equipment (like Maui) they do zero to manage the underbrush (kindling ) . They have not built any new reservoirs in past 60+ years yet claim drought conditions constantly because they don’t capture the rain water . So horribly mismanaged.
@@vicm6561🎯
Thanks to Gavin Newsome. Do NOT let this guy destroy the whole country.
It's not all about Gav. It's ALL of the new blue govs, commissioners, heads of agencies, etc. coming in across the U.S. You MUST watch your local polls and be careful of what and who you vote for these days. The most important thing in the world right now to save our country from ruin.
@@mangafq8 desantis would
Democrats did this
@SA-hz1rs is that why thousands moved OUT of CA and the Northeast and elsewhere TO Florida?
@@mangafq8 a ron fan?
They still exist???
Jeb bush 2.0
Hes weak
Besides the homeless, businesses can't afford the rent and insurance. Something needs to be done about Sky rocketing property and insurance prices
I used to promote a deep house night at the bar of Gotham Hall in the late 90's and early 00's. It was a beautiful venue. Sad to see that it is gone.
Its not just Santa Monica, but the entire California that is in steep decline. Strong demand, high cost of living, low housing supply, suburban sprawl, zoning, and car dependency are all factors that are making it tough to live here.
Thank your Democratic state leaders.
@@susanledger California is crumbling under the burden of its own success. Best weather, most desirable job market, along with the hype of Hollywood culture. Without a new supply of homes or dense urban housing, the cost of living has gone up substantially. I believe these are the "liberal Democrat" policies you're referring to.
The policies are why California is in hospice mode. Oh, and did I mention laws are not meant to be broken.
@@TurnRiver
Legalized theft and no bail, no jail policies are what's killing California.
@@fazole So true. I have to wonder if the Democrat plan is to crash California, buy it all up when it hits rock bottom, and only then get tough on crime and friendlier to businesses so it rebounds...
The Progressive Policies of California are working just fine .
😂
It's not progressive policies that allow equity firms to inflate property values and rents. It's a game of monopoly to bankrupt people that are viewed as peasants...
And non progessive policies states are the same.
It´s the economic system.
They should be part of the community right there!
That's what happens when Jobs get shipped away. People don't have money too spend
I feel sick watching this!! I lived, loved, and partied in Santa Monica all through the 90s, this is a tragedy.
I now live in Australia, and seeing this truly shocked me.
Where do you live there? I visited NSW in 1979. Lot's of open space.
Been a long time coming. Simply what’s meant to be.
Me too--I CRIED!!!!!🥺😨😭😭😭😪
Happening here in Aus too. All by design. 15 minute ghettos
@@graymcmic1419Not really, we've always had universal healthcare and a humane social security system among many other hard fought for entitlements and rights, we certainly don't have thousands of homeless and psychotic fentanyl addicts camping on the side walks in any of our major cities or towns