Update: I received a response from the Coast Guard regarding my questions about the Special Anchorage Area. In my opinion, their answers have been delicately dancing around the questions and find clever ways to avoid saying who has ultimate authority in Richardson Bay. Here is one of the responses I last received. "The Coast Guard is committed to promoting safe navigation among all waterway users. Where there is an actual or perceived conflict between federal regulations and local ordinances, the Coast Guard works directly with applicable authorities to resolve the issue as quickly and effectively as possible."
I assume you had already pointed out the conflicts in the printed laws. Its impossible to determine there is no conflict when the paper itself, in writing, shows there to be such. If anything the 1987 law should be superseded by the newer one.
No, People Seem To Have A Problem With That Also. Basically, If You Aren't Already Filthy Rich, Tied Down To An Overinflated Mortgage, Or Renting An Overpriced Studio Apartment Paycheck To Paycheck From A Slum Lord, Then Folks Appear To Have An Issue.
Government hate socialist communist hippy ideas. Pick up your bootstraps and pay your share! Wish we do this to rich people, instead of them being a actual pirate and buying golden boats , hiding their wealth, exploiting their workers. But considering some of those boomers are leeches of society too soo lol, not really "free" per se, as they are living off my tax dollars.
No, it's what the wealthy people who run the Government hate, and the government are the wealthy people's tool. If the wealthy people said let them sit out there, the Government would let them sit out there. The Government doesn't care, it's a tool. - But you're right in spirit.
@@aremoreequal I call them corporate nazis's. Thats what they are. The US sold their freedom for more corporate bucks $$$ during the nixon/reagan era, when the whole communist / socialist scared their boot straps off, when they installed their fascist god into our money, our flag, our government, when it wasnt there before. The democrats before them didnt want to sell out to the rich during that era, thus they lost, and this 2 party system had lost. And this is what we are seeing today, its why you don't see no one speaking of "unions" or fair wages or equality issues regarding wages. Its why all corporations have their own union busting videos and speeches; the nazi's themselves went after the unions, socialist,s communists, trade unions, til they can put their "own" kind into power, and their own version. Once they lost the war, guess what happen? the unions took over germany, increasing wages, their christian religion also dropped, fascists left with their religion. Look at trump and biden, these 2 are corporate "nat'cs". They are for corporations. Both being conservative and religious; don't let the name fool you, just cause they have democrat behind them, they are still conservative, just a little less; compared to the far right side.
You have my sympathies. I was a "full timer" in several RV's for many years. I lived in them so I could follow my work around the country. I found out first hand how badly local and federal lawmakers want to dissuade people from living a mobile lifestyle. They want you planted securely in one place so they can keep tabs on you and get to you when they want. They pass abusive regulations that are aimed directly at people who live a mobile lifestyle and there's not much you can do about it. Luckily I wasn't "anchored" to one harbor (pun intended) and could move when conditions got heated. Hell, they were calling me "homeless' when the Class A motor home I was living in was nicer than most people's earth bound homes! I had satellite TV and internet, phone service and the whole RV was totally self contained with it's own generator. Most earth bound homes don't have that. Sadly our government has gone from serving us to ruling over us!
Not the government, the rich bastards that have bought and sold the politicians are the ones giving the orders. Everything else you see in government is pure theater and fantasy.
It's heart breaking. The United States of America has become the very antithesis of what its founders intended. I pray that sooner than later, our federal, state, and local governments will be put in their proper place.
In the UK it’s actually illegal to live in a caravan full time because you cannot be taxed (poll tax) I do but I keep moving. I was ordered to have “psychiatric evaluation” and even though I was in there a few minutes I was “diagnosed” with narcissistic personality disorder and was therefore suffering from a “defiance disorder” and despite their attempts at making me live in a place of their choosing I am still on the move and off grid.
There isn't and should never be a law limit people from living where they want. A few exceptions with things like squatting and trespassing. This is one of the pitfalls of capitalism. If you aren't spending money on living they want to make it a crime or just destroy your property in an effort to get rid of you.
This absolutely boils my blood. The federal law is very clear on the subject and the state is overstepping big time. Let them live the way they choose!! As long as no one is hurting anyone what’s it matter.
that's because the needle people rely on them, the government. these people don't. it's the perfect case study proving that the government's goal is to control every facet of you and your life.
Your not going to like or agree with what I say and that's ok. The reason why homeless on the street is ok. Is because no one knows when they come up missing. Or misses them. They are one of the sources of illegal organ harvesting in america. It takes a long time for the drugs to really destroy your organs. Most addicts die of OD not organ failure. Opiates and speed aren't really hard on the main organs they want. At least not until decades of abuse. Anyone 40 and under would have viable organs regardless of lifestyle in 99% of cases. And your average herion addict or alcoholic if they don't have aids or HIV is worth 500k+ in organs for people who are dieing. This is why they want you be a organ donor on your driver's license. If you get in a bad wreck or something happens they will keep you alive long enough to harvest your organs and make 500k+off you. Instead of you oweing them a debt. If they know they can't get any organs from this person they actually fight to keep you alive with everything they can so you'll now be in debt to them and hopefully they'll make 100s of k in the long term from you. Either way it comes down to the money.
Excellent. As a person who has never backed down from the corruption and violence of these illegal attacks over the 50 years I have been involved, it makes my heart and mind feel good to see such a profoundly well-constructed document that reveals the true ugly nature of this ghastly situation. Thank you , Erik.
I question that enforcing laws that were legitimately agreed upon by the elected representatives of the community involved are illegal. without laws, only the richest or most violent would have any protections.
@@richardelliott8352 lookup "statutes and codes with the color of law." The organic Constitutional law governs person, property and contracts. Rest appear to me to political crimes of varying degrees.
@@richardelliott8352 we have plenty of laws, usually written and enforced by the wealthiest and most violent among us. Rules are fine, rulers don't follow the rules and change them at a whim. I wouldn't play a board game if my opponent could change the rules at will, we certainly shouldn't be playing life that way.
Thank you for doing this great work for the free people living in this area. The truth is simple the people on shore are bitter at the freedom the people on the water are enjoying. They do not like to see people with less money enjoying life much more than them.
The same thing is going on in Washington state. I've been in one place, making repairs, and they are threatening to take my boat. I'm 70 and they would rather see me die under a bridge than be on property I own.
Des Moines marina, wa destroys peoples boats too. They are heartless. They threatened to sieze my friends boat in guest morage because it broke down and he couldn't afford to make repairs to the engines or afford a tow to another marina(he paid all the morage fees too). So he was forced to sell the boat for 90% off what he paid or have the boat seized and get 0.
@@abigalanderson7494 also, marinas will not accept boats that are towed in. So, if you break down and need repairs you can't take it to a marina to get fixed, which is what a harbor is for.
I lived aboard and single handed a 42 foot sailboat for several years. Now 58 years old when I look back, those were the best years of my life. In my travels, fellow sailors were some of the best people I ever met, many whom I remain in contact with to this day. My heart goes out to these folks in Richardson Bay. Great video thank you so much for sharing.
@Dash Riprock Exactly. And left unchecked it would turn into something like an extra nasty flooded dumpster. I'm trying not to imagine the ocean floor beneath.
This reminds me of where I used to live it was a mobile home community and it eventually got surrounded by multi million dollar housing and businesses. Eventually the city concocted a reason to force everyone to leave and eventually declaring the area eminent domain. We raised hell about it but it fell on deaf ears. Sad thing I see here is you’ll get the word out and an annoyed reaction from the local government. You can just feel the shit eating annoyance from that RBR guy on the phone. “What don’t they understand..” But most people will see this and sigh a bit give their fake platitudes of thoughts and prayers and not give a shit. They have their own worries no one could understand it until your left in the same situation.
It's dirty money. Someone is getting paid a bonus to do it because property builders will make huge money on that land. They're trying to buy houses here where I live and tear it down to build condos. Most aren't selling and they're tearing down all of the forests
My aunt and uncle were among these people. My uncle was once one of the few who knew all the surrounding waterways, canals, and the bays. He piloted and dredged these waterways for the state and federal government, after he returned from the Korean War. In the end, that same government forced him and his wife off the water, so that the wealthy elite could have what he poured decades worth of blood, sweat, and tears, to make available.
That's going to be looked at like, well you got a useless degree, now you pay. Wh is just as stupid to say since there was a time when all higher education was not only legit but valued.
It's sad what this county has turned into. The same thing is happening to those people who have to or want to live in vans/campers/busses. Or even off grid. They are trying to make it illegal to raise/ grow your own food, collect/ use water on your own land. And live without hooking to the power grid. Unless you move to the most desolate land out there so no one can see you. And even then, they want to control what you do. So much for living free in the freest country in the world.
@@StarsoftheStreets , I've made mention to friends that the same events are taking place in countries around the globe. Most western countries including Australia, The European Union , Canada, and the USA have the same things happening. It's not coincidence.
I believe this has to to with people being single. Lots of people and governments treat singles harder than people with families. That’s why college students didn’t really get the first stimulus payments and people with families got the most money. Imagine if they mostly had families living on the boats or Vans. I really don’t think they’d have any issues with the government. I truly believe they are running into trouble because they’re single and being successful and don’t have to pay what everyone else is paying to live. Single people have to overcome a lot to be successful in America. The people on those boats are successful and that means a lot to me
@@shawnhampshirehick101 yeah sure, but yet EVERY bill put in place to try and help veterans, firefighters, railroad employees and more has been denied by republicans, so tell me again, who’s ruining our country? You right wingers always blame the left for every failure but when democrats do great and help everybody you still find something to bitch about.
@@vylbird8014 but that’s why people are so mad at these people, they have figured out how to live free and pay minimal, if I wasn’t married to such a badass woman I’d be living on a yacht as well and working from port to port to see the world. People are only at them because they are not a cog ⚙️ in the machine, I say good for them.
@@ADVF800GS It's not so easy. The boat life has risks - a live-aboard boat is hard to insure, so you're one accident away from homelessness and poverty. It's also difficult to get a job without a fixed address - putting a PO box on your application is an instant red flag to employers.
I lived 13 yrs offgrid on the sea myself on Vancouver Island`s west coast, Canada. The first 3 yrs were on my own hook in front of town with a few old vessels rafted up w/neighbors, & we all faced the same red-tape issues & scorn from rich folks who recently moved to town. Expensive yachts were just fine for them to gaze upon. The following 10 years were spent on an old private wilderness float-camp I acquired 6 miles from town with no neighbors in sight anywhere. A nearby shore creek was my water supply but all other supplies had to be hauled by boat from town on a once@week trip. Lived the life with solar & wind genny. Great times, even learned weather predicting etc from the local wildlife. Living back on land now, luckily own my house & am actually living cheaper now than I was off-grid.
So let me get this straight. You can live for free in a tent, sh!t on the sidewalk and do drugs in front of schools, but you can’t live in a boat? Oh California…. 😆
Dr. Strangelove. What is the difference from shitting on the sidewalk and shitting in Richardson bay? Many of the so called anchor outs living on derelict boats will simply leave them to sink or sit in the mud once they have worn out. Most of the remaining boats are far past their life expectancy. There is so much shit in the mud from this happening for nearly a century. When the tide goes out it smells like shit. I am 62 and it was like this when I was a kid. Richardson bay is not a bay, but is a mud flat. When the tide goes out 95 percent of the bay is mud. Mud and shit.
Appreciate your documentary, especially making contact and sharing documents. Looks like these Americans deserve the lifestyle they choose. No physical harm is being done to others nor the law.
I lived aboard sailboats for over 13 years along the coast of Vancouver Island. As the years went by many marinas stopped allowing liveaboards and finding places to anchor become more difficult. I still have a sailboat but now live off grid on a small island, I still live free and pay no rent. I'm glad you can still live this life here at least.
@@ebotfupeople don’t need internet 100% of the time and it’s easy enough to get enough electricity generators to provide enough to fuel a few appliances
I'm a shipwright and I worked on snob yachts for around 17 years. I will testify before God that snob yacht owners are, by FAR, the greatest threat to local ecosystems. The amount of toxic materials they pump into the environment is MILES above anything a humble boat owner does. I am absolutely disgusted with myself for bettering the financial situation of environmental criminals. I was super enthused to do top level woodwork until I discovered the price.
@@djomegaminus Huh? A small collection of cells is not a baby. It will be a baby in the future, yes. And why don't you find out what the political orientation of the people who live around there is. I'll bet it has a good mix of democrats and republicans. Do you think trump wouldn't complain about boats anchoring off mar a lago?
@@dustman96 please, tell us more about how you voted for Joe "Poor kids are just as bright and just as talented as white kids." Biden, the same guy who wrote the Eulogy for KKK Exalted Cyclops Robert Byrd.
As an SF native who gave bike tours directly through Sausalito, these are the nicest people in the world. And not that I need to mention- They're literally living on the FCKING water. They ain't bothering no one! Take care of all the homeless and drug addicts literally dying on the sidewalks and subways. This is criminal
@@seeharvester I’ve had one for 5 years and not gay yet. But I actively fight it back with each use. So much better than alternative. Strong minds prevail
It’s really very simple. You either join the machine or you’re fed through it’s gears. It's really a sad state of affairs when petty tyrants from government agencies can “legally” steal someone’s home and destroy it because they’ve granted themselves the power to do it in writing. What will they do if one of those that now has nothing to lose start to destroy the homes of the guilty bureaucrats? Terrible times we’re living in now, especially in a country that was formed specifically to escape the tyranny of overreaching government.
From what I heard, and read... Over the past few years they made a lot of people homeless by destroying their boats. Eventually a homeless encampment started right in the middle of Sausalito (there is some dispute over whether they were all anchor-outs or not) Then a few months ago the city paid $540,000 to get the people in the homeless encampment to leave. 30 people were to receive $18,000 each - I also heard that many folks didn't get any of this "aid" money... but that could just be because there were more than 30 people in the encampment when it was shut down.
@@wildedog3967 , just don’t forget he ushered in the NWO when he closed Amerika, then destroyed our economy with the stimulus, with his name on the check. He also created the phony Space Force. People will be clamoring for him to save us, but I can’t trust him.
Yup, grew up in Santa Rosa and vaguely remember going to Sausalito with my father in the 70's. The country became a worse place once his generation hit middle age, NIMBYism accelerated 1000 fold.
I am a full time live aboard and can see the issue from both sides. I like to pull into a place and throw out my anchor and live for free. Where I am now, there are 4 other boats. Three of those boats have been abandoned by the owners. They are stuck in a shallow area, and slowly falling apart. One has it's sails shredded and hanging down into the water. Locals tell me that one of the boats had broken loose several times and drifted into other boats causing damage. Locals take it back out to the anchorage and re-anchor it. The last anchorage I was at had 4 abandoned boats in it.
The government by the maritime laws and Constitution has the right to take your boat and destroy it if you don't attend to it or is not boarded for at least 30 days. ! It then can be declared abandoned. If you are on your boat , by all maritime laws and the Constitution you are supposed to be protected! and cannot have your boat seized! Some cops and political people think they are above laws of the land and do what they want, working In a corrupt court! The B.C.D.C. expecially breaks the laws, costing the taxpayers millions of dollars.. to give themselves jobs!! Another note.: Anchor outs must NOT be a hindrance in navigatable waterways ! In fact the laws encourage boaters to stay on their boats if maintain them and try to make them more navigatable!
There's a ship abandoned here on the St John's River and nobody knows who it belongs to. It still sits at a dock. I've lived nearby for a decade.... I don't remember if I was ever told how long it's been there. But the government oddly is leaving it there.
Honestly, Homelessness is such a wide-spread problem, and people are forced to pay for taxes their entire lives unless they find someplace to live, requiring only the basic necessities. I applaud these guys because they are actually fighting to live! They are NOT harming anyone else, and yet the government to turning them out, making the problem worse! I pray they win and that those who fight the corruption have great success!
@@mikesalive lol "tree of liberty". Homie, if you support these guys on their boats living freely, you're a socialist. You are arguing for common ownership and against private property. This is what capitalist government does. It serves the interests of wealthy property owners. It is what it always has done. The goal is to privatize the area so developers and landlords can make money with luxury homes and yacht marinas. The democrats and republicans support this, the democrats just pretend to be "progressive" by flying a rainbow flag while doing it.
as far as taxes are concerned, anything you pay for any place you work and get a check you’re paying taxes just because you’re not paying property tax it’s not a reason to crush up someone’s home. Just because the Rich wants to own the ocean is not a reason to crush up someone’s home
it can be argued both ways. Its incredibly expensive to keep a boat in safe and environmentally friendly working conditions. Most of those boats don't run and they dump all of their waste into the Bay. They are definitely floating eyesores. At the same time I dont like that elitist leftists are using their monetary power to push people from their homes, especially if they were there first.
In Florida they actually redesignate the navigable water as "submerged land". Then the marina makes it a mooring field where the huge unused area becomes unavailable. They've always removed vessels that cannot self navigate (derelict vessels). But submerged land? Thats outta control theft of long established mariner law.
I think parts of Richardson Bay are "submerged land" also, but considered "public land" I would need to look up the details about it... but I agree, it's a crazy classification. If the "land" is always underwater - even at low tide, then it isn't "land"
I used to own a 38ft vessel in the bay area. These are some of the best people you will ever meet. Helpful, friendly, and full of wisdom from spending their life at sea. Can't say the same for most who are looking upon them. I was docked and it cost me over $800 with a liveaboard. On top of that in California a docked vessel is considered property and you WILL be charged taxes for it. People getting priced out is real and scary. Welcome to the California dream
@D A absolutely not. There is no reason for it as the marina has a complimentary pump out station. Or they will make it even easier by coming to your slip for a small fee. Also take advantage of the onshore plumbing. Most marinas will offer laundry, shower, bathrooms...
You must not have lived in the bay area for very long. The California dream ended in the 70's. Too many from the colder states moved there. In 1977 the DMV records that 1,400 people a day were applying for CA drivers license's from other states. 1,400 a day! That equates to 336,000 adults a year who moved from out of state to CA. The population went from 19 million to 33 million in less than 10 years. Most of the issues you are complaining about are not from native Californians. It is from replants from other states.
Dima Korzinin: Living on a boat in Richardson bay is not even close to living at sea. Most of the bay at high tide is about 6 ft deep. Most of the boats who are anchor outs will never go to sea and never have been to sea. You lived at a live aboard dock for $800.00 a month? That must have been a long time ago or it was a shit moorage full of worn out and poorly maintained boats. Our family boat was berthed in Clipper yacht harbor in Sausalito. Basin 3. Nothing fancy just a good solid wood boat. In the 70's I was a teen and sailed 5 to 7 days a week in the summer.
This has been a growing theme for years, forcing people to pay to live. If you have a water well they make you pay the water company, and if you have solar they make you pay the electric company. People used to build tiny homes so the cities put restrictions on how many square feet you can live in, forcing people to build bigger, spend more money and get loans. It's a pay-to-live world now.
Outstanding documentary! One does not need to be a lawyer to recognise that irrespective of whatever the local board may say, they have no jurisdiction over this Federally Protected Waterway! This means that their act of seizing and destroying private vessels has always been illegal, and that it cannot be supposed that they believed it to be anything but illegal. I have no doubt whatsoever that if the Liveaboard Community consisted of immaculate yachts of wealthy business owners then there would never have been any conflict. The description of the Liveaboard Community as being "Rent-Free" and "Homeless" tells the viewers all they need to know about the attitude of the board to this Community. As an Interviewee said, he hauls all if his trash and waste out and he respects the environment. Never forget that areas were constructed for the community to live, which is why they have Federal Protection.
So the "bay HOA" has Federal Marshals or USCG on speed dial? You can't just arbitrarily board or arrest or seize someone's boat without proper authority.
I work out on Richardson Bay, and I am quite familiar with this issue, both the social aspect, as well as the regulatory and legal aspect. I’ve met some of the people that are interviewed in this, including Guy, who is a cool dude. Though short, this is by far the best documentary I’ve seen on this issue.
Thank you, I appreciate that. I've been speaking to Guy and Arthur, and working to get out there again to keep following the story. Stay tuned, I'll be having more information about that soon.
So basically it's literally illegal to not be a part of the system now. There's also more and more communities that have passed ordinances that make it illegal for anyone 18+ years old to reside in a domicile that they are not listed under on a mortgage or a rental agreement, essentially making renting a room illegal.
Well technically it's been on rental contracts for several decades it just hasn't really been enforced unless you had a *ickhead landlord asking who this other car belongs to or something. People still do it of course. It's hard for large apartment complexes to keep up with every apts who is actually on the lease or not. And most let you have guest for 2 weeks at a time.
@@brianfitch5469I got around this problem in NYC by getting myself listed as a “live in” home health aide of the guy who sub-sublet the condo! He had MS, so could legally list me since I took and passed the three month course. He, in turn, was a live-in maintenance man. In the two other large rooms resided a live-in nanny for his four year old, and his live-in housekeeper. With 22 units in the building, and 22 renters, each subletting or sub-subletting to individuals and couples, the owner who lived in India and who was never seen in the eight years I lived there, that building was raking in the money! Hey, even I sub-sub-sublet my room during the summer, usually to medical students doing a summer rotation. In the meantime, I worked as an as-needed volunteer at my friends’ lake side summer camp. That entailed trimming back foliage on the hiking trails, doing a weekend shift at the beach, taking tourists on motorboat tours of the lake and mouth of the river, and perhaps a day or two filling in for a teen counselor. The worst that could happen was a day hand washing humongous pots and trays or operating the dishwasher as the state requires passing a two hour online course and being no less than 21 years of age! IOW, in exchange for a little mostly pleasant work, I got a free vacation in the Adirondacks! My “pay” also consisted of my cut of the rent money. It sure beat being homeless, living in a car, or sleeping in city shelters. I couldn’t afford to rent a legal apartment in NYC. About the best I could find was a 6th floor walk-up windowless cubicle in the YMCA or a tiny basement apartment grandfathered-in to avoid the two exit safety laws, enacted after the summer of 2020 when a torrential storm caused the deaths of 13 people by drowning. If you’re poor, you’ve got to use ingenuity or join the rat race of working three and four jobs on no sleep and no life.
@@mariekatherine5238 or you could just move out of the sh**hole that NYC is. Where jm at you can purchase a house for like $50,000 with a front and back yard. And we are open carry state, with stand your ground laws. Where your not only allowed to protect yourself from bodily harm but you can shoot to protect your property as well. What they are doing in NYC and California is intentionally. It's all part of agenda 2030 they are trying to empty out those places for the extreme rich. And move people elsewhere into stack and packem 300 sq apartments.
I hope not just for the people, but the environment. I've seen what rich people settling on water does to the environment. They'll turn a large, environmentally diverse lake into a sterile pond nearly free of plant life with few fish within a couple of decades. I'd hate to think what they do to coasts.
I hope they’re able to win their cases. I bet the people behind the RBRA would euthanize all those people if they wouldn’t get charged with murder. It’s wonderful how the evils that humans would perpetrate on one another is only restrained by the threat of negative consequences. Why is it so difficult to be patient, kind, companionate, and/or just genuinely good to each other. What a world we live in.
I was apart of that war for 5 years. Fighting for our right to be there, to live life as wish, and fighting for my life last 3 years from the real pirate of the Richardson bay. I lived on my sv quetzal and mother's sv fast company. There are real pirates there and the law dogs use them to disappear people and to cast a negative light on the ancorouts. But honestly most the people there are good people trying to live the life they wish. I know the people in this video and lived next to the second guy who spoke at beginning or at least 4 years. When I left I left him my skiff with orders to give e to someone needing it. he helped me greatly. I finally left when I lost my boat and injuries kept me from rowing out to fast company (mothers boat). I love the people there and that life. Hoping to stop in for a visit come spring. What these people are saying is true. The government there is corrupt, the sheriff and police are corrupt, and so are the agencies running the bay. O yea it's also the last Anchorage in the bay area. All others have been taken away. The next closest o e is Princeton harbor as it's a place of safe harbor in a dangerous stretch of water making it also the most dangerous harbor to enter and leave.
I'm not surprised they have trouble maker thugs working for the authorities behind the scenes. In my Marina where we've all been evicted in a similar way the only person allowed to stay is a known Criminal who is clearly in cooperation with the rich owners, but try proving it. And we've looked into legal advice but the Marine owners we are dealing with are so legally dominant that they have every Legal Professional on retainer and no one will oppose them even to give us advice as to our position and the bar referral says nothing available when we apply for help. It's actually the original state of our country where our constitution talked about Freedom and equality well slavery was being practiced as well as Holocaust of native people. The Constitution is kind of a joke and nothing has changed
I lived there for a little while until my dad got screwed over by some people from cocaine mountain. They had his boat chopped up after they cut it loose and the coasties saved it, they also broke in and stole the power system to keep the water out. Real pieces of shit. They know who they are. That whole area could use a couple MOABs dropped on it if not for the really really cool people I met while I was there.
@@douglundy5755 hers how it works. Leo gets someone on felony charges. Ok plea guilty and we give you lesser charge with probation. Do this and your next felony is on us. Then leo gets word to the criminals to disappear someone, sink a boat, steal boats/equipment. It's a hell of a racket. And it's all designed to cast a bad light on everyone out there then the people on the hill vote whatever way government tells them thinking they are doing good thing. Sausalito police, Marin County sheriff, etc are all in on it.
@@TheBoatPirate that's basically my neighborhood now that marijuana legalization has eliminated the drug trade that used to support nickel and dime dealers. It's just like the shift that happened after prohibition was repealed and they went into drugs at 10 times the money.
On another note government gets pissed when they can’t collect property taxes for their bloated salaries and pensions! That’s the real issue it’s always about money!
Y'know, I'm from the Bay area as well. Was even a runaway in the Haight back in '66. The "creative few" and the "one percenters" are one-in-the-same. Always have been. They create the ideas that stir the economy. And they employ thousands. Their money would be wasted on the taxes that provide all the social services that everyone else demands. If no one paid taxes, who would provide all the sick lame and lazy with all their benefits. And yes, I am a veteran and have never made much money. Some might even call me a liberal. There's no way around the fact that more people equals more problems. Life is all about adapting to a constantly changing environment. If you don't like the way things are, come up with a better plan. But until then just deal with it the best that you can.
Great video! I too am a liveaboard of 35 years of my 37 years alive. I was anchored out for 6.5 of them. We have the same issue up here in b.c Canada. Even at the docks they want all liveaboard boats gone unless you're rich. I'm glad to see a video made showing the truth. Keep up your good work 👏 very impressed. I'll be looking forward to more videos.
@@ErikKSwanson it's definitely a pain but I'm stubborn. I've resisted as much as I can without losing my spot. When I was a kid growing up in Victoria liveaboards were an asset and appreciated. We save boats from sinking or burning down that are left unattended. But now the government just wants everyone on land and paying for rent and taxes and less freedom. Crazy. But I guess it's all about control. One thing I know is that after 35 years on a boat I'm not changing my entire life over some ideas that the government likes on paper. So far I'm able to keep face with the authorities here. I just hope it doesn't get much crazier. Videos like this definitely will open people's eyes. Thanks again
I live in the same area and am out on my PWC all the time. I see people that are anchored out in false creek/Vancouver area and most of the owners are absolutely vile individuals. Several boats are now tied together with piles of garbage on top of them. I have seen boats where the owners just s**t right on the deck for everyone to see. There is piles of it baking in the sun and then running down the sides of the boat when it rains. They are a nothing but floating homeless camps and the owners are the most disgusting humans imaginable. There are boats with piles of stolen bikes/other items on them. They have no concern for the damage they are doing to the environment or anyone living in one of the most beautiful cities in the world. Then they have the nerve to complain when people have had enough of their behavior. Maybe if you weren't disgusting inconsiderate pigs the people/government would have more compassion for your situation.
I do the same thing in a box truck. There are a lot of people that trash and destroy where they park. But for the most part, people are living by there means without having to work every waking minute.
The extent of the homeless problem in California is a little exaggerated. It's high, yes - but it's not the highest per-capita homeless state. It's the third-highest. Fourth if you count DC, and it's not that much higher than Oregon, Washington, Alaska or Massachusetts. California's homeless population just gets a disproportional amount of news coverage for some reason, especially on Fox.
@@BaldHeadedManc That's why I gave per-capita homeless population. I think Fox News has something against California specifically, as Fox constantly runs stories about the homeless mob violence, drug epidemic, poverty, disgusting streets, etc in California - even though none of these claims have a real statistical backing. I don't know why - maybe it's because California is a pretty liberal state, so stories about what a hell-hole it is play nicely into the culture war narrative about how liberals destroy everything?
Californias homeless problem is as bad as Oregon, Washington, Alaska, Massachusetts, and Indianas homeless problem, so if the solution to dropping homelessness to 0% by them living on the seas like pirates then I support that solution fully, and hell I'd even chare in the crowds full of people at Trump rallies if they sold different One Piece Jolly Rogers there@@vylbird8014.
@Andrew no it won't they will just run to the nearest corrupt Sheriff or police and they will find a scapegoat to pin it on and collect their insurance money. But if their boats are frequently found sunk in the morning the insurance clamps get expensive quick. Fight back by either getting paralegal help or buyout the agency and gain control of it.
Remeber the 50s through 70s? Where like every city had the same problem of a corrupt asshole bulldozing cheap housing to build more roads? This is American as it gets
The Rich are never happy with what they have, they have to take what the little man has, why ? because they realise the little is actually RICHER than them. Good luck to the anchor outs, keep fighting, i hope you guys n girls get to stay and live in peace, as it should be. good health to you.
Cuz now they have to see the people they're shitting on to live like royalty. Better they're hidden. They could spend that money supporting them and making them look nicer, building waste disposal facilities so it's easier for them to follow the rules, but they'll spend twice that much to destroy them. Because it's not about "problems"... It's about Aesthetic.
I lived on a dutch barge on the canals of England, but only lasted 2 years, I found a mooring (pretty difficult) with a farmer, eventually his brother got a boat, and as I was last in, I was first out, he threatened to cut the ropes and send my boat away, I eventually sold the boat to him for super cheap, he used it as a 'work shop' ...wish I'd been more stubborn, as obviously there was space if he was using it as a work shop. Still annoys me, but I was young I didn't have much support, and in the UK these days you have to have a mooring on the canals.
I saw the same situation in Long Beach CA and the solution was they bought out the Marina and gave everyone until the end of their lease plus 30 days to move. Half had no lease and it was a 30 day notice to find another slip. My dad's boat was there, but he had 9 months to find a slip. He moved to Dana Point's new harbor for almost double the slip fees and no liveaboards, which wasn't an issue for him, but was for me as I lived there while going to college. Just kept a low profile and showered at my grandparent's senior apartments, where I wasn't allowed to live..
I used to work as an electrician. A supervisor building mega yacht marinas. the last one I did was the St Petersburg municipal Marina when they did the refit in 2003 and 2004. I didn't even have a state electrical inspector that could step on my job and tell me what to do because the army corps of engineers is the authority for that sort of thing on the water. This used to piss off the local inspector to no end when he would try to walk out on my build and I'd tell him to go fuck himself. Those were some nice jobs. I had one build out that I had a baby manatee that would come to see me everyday. I would feed him a head of lettuce nearly every day. Good times.
I have lived on the shores out in the North Bay area of San Francisco. I also used to stock vending machines at the local docks that people live at and tie up. What I seen was these people who live out there in the waters come in and dump all their garbage illegally in private dumping containers. They had to lock up the dumpsters. Also they use the public bathrooms and leave them absolutely dirty. Showering in sinks and leaving dead ass socks on the counter. Illegally scrapping metals from bridges, underpasses, and other boats. I literally am not seeing any of the negative things being talked about. All just comments saying "fuck the man" type shit. Sorry but dumping sewage illegally for 35 years is not a flex.
Wow!!! I'm an electrician in Montana and that's very tempting marinas! Beautiful here but to have a manatee visit you way cool the elk moose bears big horn sheep mountain goats and lions aren't very friendly around these parts!!!
@@jamesfarmer2748 yes it was then it backfired on me because a couple of years later I was working on a 8-story high-rise and he was the inspector there. Lol
Here in FL our problem is with each storm several of these boats sink or break anchor and end up on the shore. Abandoned, the city is left to clean up the mess.
all the homes should be paid for in full coast guard made their statement so everything they have done is illegal...if i read that right, any lawyers wanna chime in?!?!
Here i was thinking everyone was crazy. I'm middle class. I WORK 70+ hours a week I have arthritis and so fuck you with your do called back pain. You are LAZY and live off of my work. I pay 30 cents of every dollar to pay you to sit on your ass or steal peoples property. I absolutely support helping those that can't help themselves... but MOST diababilty is a scam. They live off my work and give me the finger when i call them out. I got a warning that this post doesn't comply with community rules? WTF? I pay to subscribe to this channel. I was getting ready to upgrade to family subscription. I hope they suspend me so i can totally cut off subscription. I didn't say anything wrong. I simply expressed me observations that these people are STEALING... go to work. Quit stealing from me
@@sheliajordan6871 First of all I didn't mention anything about where I live or my finances. Second, I am autistic + ADHD. Only 29% of autistic people can get pass the interview process. That is because the interview process is designed to weed us out because of severe discrimination. Even though, we are much more productive because we don't get distracted at all. We have zero tolerance for chaos, and therefore make sure everything is super organized. We can't stand to be late anywhere, so to make sure we show up on time we aim to be everywhere 15 minutes early, since our goal is to be 15 minutes early, we allow ourselves enough time to not be late for the 15 minutes early. We show up 30 minutes early every day. We are some of the top innovators in society and the top creatives too. Not only that, but our mathematics is off the chart and because of the way we learn and our ability to focus, our IQs are much higher than non-autistics. We are also computer geniuses and can out program and find the mistakes non-autistic programmers make. Companies, by changing their hiring process and ditching discrimination, can actually increase their bottom line by hiring autistic people. Fortunately, companies are starting to learn this so the numbers might change. In the meantime, getting f*cking jobs is practically impossible for autistic people. When we are hired, we are underpaid and harassed at work for being different. OH, and did I mention that 80% of ADHD are able to get jobs and when they do get them, they are underpaid and under-employed too. I am both autistic and have ADHD. Although I do have back pain, it wouldn't qualify me for disability. At my last job I endured horrific discrimination because of my autism. It is quite normal because we don't sugar coat what we are saying. We state is straight forward and bluntly. They literally harassed me till I left. Even though I was one of the top producers in the company. This was after corporate moved me clear across the country. This was after I was rewarded for being a top innovator, within the company. I am currently working with an organization that is helping to navigate the job market and get a career that will pay me what I am worth for my skillsets that are off the chart. Did I mention that the company that I one of the top 10 reps nationwide underpaid me because of my autism? Therefore, companies don't want you to talk about your pay, because they like to be able to discriminate against certain groups of people. Technically, I could qualify for permanent disability, but I can't stand not working and the pay sucks too. I say all of this to tell you to get down off your damn f*cking high horse and stop judging people you know NOTHING about. I don't really care how many hours you work or how much you make. The fact that you work that many hours a week is your choice and not mine. Ain't nobody making you do that but you. Since you think you are so high and mighty why don't you just get another job that pays better? Whatever don't bitch to me about how many hours you work. Your working through the pain of arthritis doesn't make me feel sad for you at all. I have gone to work for many years with debilitating migraines caused by sensory overload from the sounds and lights in the workplace. Lots of people go to work in pain! I have arthritis too, but it doesn't stop me from doing things, in fact moving is the best thing you can do for arthritis, so as far as I am concerned your going to work is good for you anyway. So, get off your violin and stop telling me that I am lazy! You are a judgmental ableist person who just told me off based on no information and no knowledge of my life. So KMA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! If you don't like this channel, then just unsubscribe by hitting the button. You're not paying a subscription fee. Psht! Tell me you don't understand how things work without telling me you don't understand how things work. The people in these boats aren't stealing anyone's property. If you listened, they have jobs, but not jobs that will afford them to live in that area in stick-built homes. In the Bay Area it costs thousands of dollars to rent a studio apartment. Even upper middle-class people are having to move several hours away, but these people can't afford to move out that far because of the commuting costs. A bunch of multi-millionaires and billionaires are upset because people are living on their boats in the bay. They are upset because they must look at working class people and are mad because these people don't have to pay the same amount to live there as the rich people. There are people who live on boats in most bays except for maybe where it gets down into minus numbers. It is cheaper than living in a house and it is more ecofriendly. There are still costs to living on a boat that the video didn't talk about. There is constant upkeep and repairs that must be done. These people aren't living totally for free anyway you look at it. It is just affordable housing for them. Trust me, if you lived in this area these same people would be trying to run your middle-class ass out of town! They would have your middle-class car towed at every turn and they would be snubbing their nose at you. SO F*CK YOU!
Just had my boat pretty much stolen because the marina is kicking out all liveaboards after hiring a new dockmaster. I was a motorcycle mechanic that sold all my bikes to buy my boat. I was an infantry soldier for my country. Then my country stole my boat now I'm homeless and ill be lucky if I don't end up in jail
listen i hear you man , i really do, but you were never fighting for 'your' country, that country was destroyed in 1913. you were fighting for banking interests and imperial geopolitical objectives that certainly do not serve the dwindling genuine american people and ethos. But im sorry to hear the awful crap that has happened to you, it really feels like we as a world are headed for real chaos soon. the rich people cant always just poke and prod and think their brittle authority will be maintained indefinitely , the RBRAs of the world are paper tigers.
Same thing is happening in British Columbia, Canada. Several islands are pretty much owned by the rich, the jobs mostly pay minimum wage. If you can somehow find a place to rent you'll spend your entire cheque on rent. So most workers are either camping, usually paying $500 per month for a tent site or the lucky few are living on their boat.
It's happening all over. They see transient boats and livaboards as a blight, irregardless of the type of vessel involved. A lot of places that used to be friendly are no longer at all. Getting common in every country.
@@jonathanforlin1854 sorry to hear about that Johnathan, I was the main driver and manager for a small Gulf Islands transit company and had the same experience. I actually had to work up north in the winter to subsidize this job. I decided after a few locals treated me like cr@p that I won't return.
i feel the same way, i built this tree house 20 years ago, i havent worked in 19 yrs. but people still insist I'm "homeless". house is right in the name, Tree- HOUSE. People just don't understand, just because I poop in a bucket it doesn't make me homeless.
@@eugenegreen2285 there is a special place in hell for the person who jests at the true perils of others. May you know it's pain one day as recompense.
The American government knows no bounds. Their goal is for every family to have a mortgage, rent, or be a bloodsucker off someone else. The idea of people living free to them is probably one of the worst things that could happen to their system.
nonsense, you Maggots and Faux news watchers are brain dead. California has "slab city" where people live for free in the desert, look it up, learn something, stop watching Faux news for a month and see some truth. Also people can anchor out free in the california delta. dumby
American government? We are not a unitary system, where a single legislative body has power over everything and everyone, this is the state and especially local level abusing their power.
The federal government's note only recommends that mariners "consult"(refer to for information) the RBRA's ordinance, but says nothing about having to abide by it. The sentence stating that nothing had changed in regards to the dimensions of the anchorage area makes it perfectly clear that RBRA has no authority to seize and destroy boats anchored on the federal waters.
I'm from Bolinas on the other side of Marin and was priced out years ago, it broke my heart then and this breaks my heart now. The peaceful, responsible people get pushed out by mcmillionaires who don't know or care about anything but themselves. They've destroyed the most magical place and made it soulless.
I camped on the beach there in 1999. I would've stayed if it wasn't so cold! I'm from a bit South of there close to L.A. but I loved it so much. I have video of the harvest moon rising over the mountains while sitting on the beach. I remember there were no signs, you had to know how to get there. I had a paper from there too. I remember Save Bolinas on the front page. They're doing the same shit to us here to ✌️❣️
I hope to retire to my boat someday.. This video left me thinking of things I could activate with both a hidden keyed switch, and Mercury switch, in case the vessel is turned onto it’s side, while I’m away.
Thank you so much for your wonderful video documentary. We have lived aboard our sailboat for 23 years in Key West FL. The same thing is happening here. As a federally documented vessel we are going to stick it out to the end fighting silly local regulations on the ocean. Good luck to you!
The whole idea of who owns land or water is a mind trick. As the pioneers found out it's who has the biggest guns or army. Those (eye sore) boats are beautiful in my eyes and deserve to stay as classic as they are.
@@dadoody Lol ok. My family (and lots of others) came to the US (PA and NJ) from just before the civil war to just before the civil rights act about a hundred years later. We didn’t do shit, other than serve and build parts of this country. Or is it still my fault anyway just because I’m white and American? Please, educate me professor, I never did go to that fancy college place of yourn.
It is truly sad what the HAVES can do to the HAVE NOTS. They are people like everyone else and deserve respect. This is so sad. May God protect those poor people.
This is what happens when you let state or local jurisdictions have too much power. They should not have any authority on federal land end of story. It should be free and open to everyone. Whatever arrangement they’ve made with these RGBA folks should be removed and they should have no jurisdiction whatsoever in the bay. Tell the rich people with the yachts to go somewhere else or just coexist with the people that live there. That bay belongs to everyone not just the rich people.
It all starts with a few Karens calling the local city or county and demanding that "Something must be done" and the politicians are glad to increase their budgets and staff to fix things.
Careful, the Feds are far less accountable than your locals, which is why the land belongs to local entities and the Fed’s try to steal it with various “protection“ measures then allow exploitation by companies that make Congressional donations. That’s what the Bundy ranch standoff was about, seizing local land to protect a bug, then bulldoze it for a Chinese solar farm that does deals with Harry Reid. Got to be really careful about who you put in charge to “do the right thing.”
It can just as easily go the opposite way in your favor with a strong state/local govt. Just depends on your situation and beliefs, there is a spot for everyone in the US
Not really, he concludes that these squatters have no place else to go. Now it might be true they have no place to go were they live for free and don't have to work to pay for their own necessities.
They need a a activist Constitutional law firm to file class action Fed lawsuits on their behalf. Any Gov Constitutionally only have enumerated power over 10sq mi of DC, Forts, Ports and Post offices. Bay and other coastal water are nowhere mentioned. That would be subject only under long standing of Maritime law. The runaway Corp Gov. on ALL levels must be reigned in and put in their place. Reclaim and reassert power to the "We the People
"We the people", "we the people"? You ever look at a picture of the stupid assholes who wrote that? You think they were salt of the earth laborers? No, they were rich land lords and slave owners. They dont give a shit about you or me they justed wanted more power less taxes for themselves. While doing so they wrote a poem to jerk their egos off
@@ErikKSwanson I sure liked this video and all the comments too. I find it ironic that the entire S.F. financial district is built on top of abandoned and derelict boats boats of those off to the gold Fields in '49. I used to hang out there and have fond memories of those times back in '71. This battle was going back then also. There were huge pieces of art floating . Boats or masterpieces?I knew one guy with an army surplus amphibious landing craft with a self built camper on top. I'll never forget going to Point Rey's and parking on the beach, this ranger showing up saying no RV s on the beach. My friend saying it's not an RV, it's a boat and the ranger saying no boats on the beach and him saying it's not a boat it's an RV. That ranger finnaly giving up. What a memorable experience flipping flap Jack's in the morning for breakfast as we hit the surf. They'd pretty much flip by them selves. I guess it all depends on what statutes one pulls out of the hat and I imagine there is a little pollution and alcoholism involved. Turns out Montrose Corp dumped 100,000 barrles of ddt into the Pacific back in the '70s and 40 percent of sea lions from Catalina Island to the SF Bay have cancer and people are more concerned about what some guy living on his boat is doing with his shit. Hell, that'll make you want drink.
@@rudyhubbard2097 thanks for sharing. Glad you enjoyed the video. According to the BCDC, Most of the pollution in the bay comes from sewage overflows and storm runoff from the city of Sausalito, so that seems like a strange argument. I’m sure there are some irresponsible anchor-outs, but there are also many who are responsible. The blanket classification isn’t an honest way to deal with the situation
Thank you SOOO MUCH FOR DOING THIS STORY!!! I always wondered how that financial living situation worked out and now apparently it doesn't! I hope that we as bay area residents and as human beings fight for these ppl and all those who want to live FREELY! I was hoping to hear how this legally conflicted and what options ppl have but maybe next time! Thx!
Anywhere in the US where a lake, river or other body of water doesn't freeze over in the winter is heavily policed for stealth boat living. It's getting ridiculous how the rich, elites, and corporations want to take away the entire work product of our lives leaving us and our families broke.
You have to look at the other side of this situation. This is a two sided situation and you will be surprised at the end of what I write about this. I used to live just a couple miles from Richardson Bay, and the boat people are a mixed group of people, some are living on unsafe, barely watertight vessels, they have no bathrooms they don't have showers, they're floating firetraps and hazards to navigation in the bay. They row ashore in dinghies or whatever floating device will get them to shore and they then use public facilities on private docks and some businesses to use the toilets and clean themselves and dump their garbage. Some of the boaters are respectful and try to maintain their boats and be decent neighbors but too many are just homeless vagabonds getting a free place to live. If you've seen the ratty broken down motorhomes and tent encampments of the street people, homeless, in the cities, well, they are the same type only living on the water. There are businesses and homes that have to see these floating garbage rafts when they look out their windows and patrons of restaurants who want to enjoy the beauty of dining on the water and tourists who are biking and walking and dining who have come to Sausalito and Marin County for its beauty and they have to look at the floating equivalent to a person living out of a shopping cart. Now, I do have sympathy for some of those boaters, some are not dirty freeloaders, but the real problem is this..... Marin County is one of the wealthiest counties in the country. More multimillionaires live or own homes in Marin per capita than any other county in California and maybe the country. It is also a 99.9999% Democratic Liberal voting county. The population is more active in pushing the Left agenda than anywhere in the U.S. and they are always preaching about how they help the homeless and they do, and if you are in need of food and shelter, Marin is the place to go. But for some reason these wealthy elites don't want to help the boaters. They want them gone at whatever cost because they have to look at them and be reminded how hypocritical they actually are with their vast wealth and oppulent lifestyles and not helping those in need. Just like when DeSantis sent the illegals to Martha's Vineyard, those rich people couldn't get rid of those migrants fast enough. They will vote to let them in and to let the homeless camp on the streets and commit crimes without being arrested because we have to be tolerant, they didn't choose to he homeless. But, as soon as the homeless or illegals are visible to these people, they want them away from their homes and neighborhoods, and they will threaten local officials to do something or they will have them fired or voted out or stop giving campaign money. Hasn't the world gotten tired of the rich causing all these problems and then pretending to be so caring and tolerant when they are just evil, spoiled, selfish elites?
Very valid points. There is something peculiar about poor people living on boats. My parents used to own a boat and we quickly discovered that keeping one in working order is expensive. I suspect most of the boats seized by the state had deteriorated into floating barges. Otherwise, why not move the boat temporarily to avoid having it towed?
@@Da_Benski ---- you are correct about owning a boat. It is expensive to maintain a boat. Even if you have it dry docked it is constant maintenance. Imagine the work needed when you live aboard a vessel that is anchored, or moored on open water. It's very difficult to live in a small space that isn't necessarily built to live in. That's how they become hazardous and dangerous. Leaks and fires, are very common and ignorance, stupidity and lack of common sense can mean the difference between a vessel staying afloat or sinking. On the other end of the spectrum is another side to the story. Just a mile or two and also a little further North in the Bay there are a hundred or so permanent houseboats docked. These are not houseboats you see typically cruising lakes and rivers with vacationers aboard, towing a ski boat. These are floating houses. They are not sea worthy, most cannot navigate waters under their own power. By law and definition they must be able to be moved by towing from another vessel. These are every shape and size, with fireplaces and their own boat dock, even though they themselves are a boat docked to a gangway that leads to a street and or parking lot. These houseboats can be millions of dollars to buy. But you won't see any of the "homeless" vessels anchored or moored around these houseboats because they are on channels off the main body of the Bay and that city, Larkspur, doesn't allow boats to just drop anchor or attach to mooring buoys. You must dock your vessel and all docks are private slips or docks attached to someone's backyard. Still, the North Bay, Marin County, is one of the richest Counties in the country. And it isn't very big as far as population around 265,000 but holds the sixth spot of the nation's wealthiest counties with an average income of just under $142,00.00 per household per year. That is the average household yearly income. Think about how much the highest incomes are. Some of the biggest names in music, actors, sports stars owners of tech giants, owners of corporate giants, real royalty all own homes in Marin County. I used to live down the street about two blocks from George Lucas. My sister and brother in law live on the same hillside as James Hetfield of Metallica, and share the federal open space countryside as their backyards are attached to the land that will never be built on. There is wealth beyond your imagination there. A friend of mine who lives there grew up in Kentfield and his father was CEO of Levi Strauss. But, these die hard Democratic Liberal with more money than they could ever spend in a lifetime and some of the smartest people in the world of business and finance, can't make an effort to fix the problem of the homeless floating population of the North Bay. Such hypocrisy, and elitest mindset. They all preach about helping, and being inclusive, and how moral they are and save the planet as long as they don't have to see it or participate in actively helping anyone who is in hardship and struggling to live the life that we all should be able to live. Have shelter, warmth, stay dry, have food and water and clean living situations with safety from crime and from tyrants.
@@13_13k Well, I suppose that's gentrification to the max. It's interesting to consider that people once flocked to California for a more affordable standard of living.
@@Da_Benski ---- the days of affordable housing, plentiful work, and clean safe living environments to raise a family with good schools disappeared when I was a kid. I caught what I and most people would consider the end of that iconic American lifestyle. Everyone left the keys in the car, your bicycle or skateboard or anything on the front lawn until your dad yelled at you to pick your shit up off the lawn. Every street had families living in every other house with an average of four to eight kids, if you were an only child or there were only two kids was rare. We played football on connecting grass front yards with full or near full manned teams, there was little league baseball, Pop Warner football, AYSO soccer, I grew up about a mile from the beach so we swam, surfed, fished, sailed, etc... there would be literally hundreds of kids on the streets on Halloween, Christmas and 4th of July parades in the streets and boat parades in the marina, giant old school art deco movie theater that during the summer the local marina federal savings bank gave tickets for Saturday free matinee double feature movies. The theater had seating for about 500 people and it would be packed with kids from age 7 to 17 complete mayhem. We ran around the streets carefree but had to be home for dinner and then when the streetlights came on. This was a little hidden neighborhood in next to LAX airport in Los Angeles. My parents bought their tiny 3 bdrm 1 bath 2 car garage on ⅓ acre in 1962 for $22k. You can buy that same house, no remodel and no upgraded anything, (there are a few left) if you are lucky for $800 - 1 million now in that same neighborhood. Most of the homes have been remodeled or torn down and rebuilt completely and sell for $1.5 - $5 million and even more expensive. It's crazy. I make a little over $100k a year and I can't afford to buy a house unless I go way out into the desert and because there is no work out there I'd have to drive 2 hours or more, each direction for work. So I pay crazy rent to live in one of the crime infested neighborhoods in LA. . That's no exaggeration.
This is also how people who live in their vehicles get treated everywhere. Those who have pledged an oath to the constitution and have a fiduciary duty to protect are instead doing the exact opposite and causing downhill spirals of homelessness, reaping deprivation continuously, destroying the last few things a person has held onto and leaving them with nothing. I see it happen with my own eyes all the time and it is pure evil.
people living in vans where doing fine for a long time until people decided to post everything on youtube. trying to make it a trend causing places to ban them.
It wasnt exposure on social media, its the sheer bumbers of people living in vehicles has increased everywhere, exponentially. "Or you'll live in a van down by the river!" 90s comedic insult from Chris Farley on SNL to 2010s trend due to economic hardship. Not youtube sheesh
@@WN_Byers when people started posting every location they park then telling others to do it forced all those spots to be closed or no parking to be enforced. rember Walmart when it was 24 hrs was 100% cool with it until social media started abusing it. this even forced blm sites to be closed from the same hey hears free parking come trash the place. if it wasent for youtube and other media people would not even have known of these locations unless they did they own searching.
@@gogereaver349 no Walmart had that policy allowing overnight campers, because the numbers were low and people left no trace. Now there are simply too many people living in vehicles for that to continue. What I said earlier applies here as well. Nobody should be forced to live in a vehicle in the greatest country on Earth with all of the space and resources we have
I knew what I was in for. Had warnings from a true pirate a few weeks before as mother bought fast company from him. They called him wolf. He warned me of the dangers including the lawlessness.
My sister told some cops in NYC bout the problems I had on the Anchorage. Those cops seem to think I stumbled upon a human trafficking group and was in their way. I simply thought it was a satanic drug, theft, and murder ring as part of the war on that bay. My sister was talking yesterday and put it together. I was in the way and bringing unwanted light of the problems there. If I was them I'd mark me for death as well. I was much closer to the truth than I ever thought and could have possibly brought it all crashing down. I was warned when leaving Cali not to return upon threat of painfull death. I return soon.🤣🤣🤣🤣
I lived aboard in South San Francisco for a couple years. I paid a monthly fee to cover my portion of the community costs. This is fair. People that want to live on their boats in a fixed location without contributing to the overall cost of basic services in that location are pirates, as the beginning of this video romanticizes. These people expect to have a sanitary place to land their dinghies, dispose of their poop and pee, gather potable water, enjoy the security and safety of police and fire services, local hospitals to help them if they are injured or sick and send their kids to public schools-all for free. If their boat is sinking I bet they wouldn’t delay a second in calling the Coast Guard to assist. Either move somewhere that has no publicly supported services or contribute your fair share, it is as simple as that.
Agree they would have a defensible argument if they weren't socializing the cost of their lives and the services they consume while privatizing the benefits... Ironically its the same entitlement mentality being ascribed to the "evil rich ppl on the hill" that is being displayed by the "poor helpless" free riders.
The usa has open borders and finds many ways to subsidize invaders who in turn increase cost of rent by simple supply and demand of them having roommates, working for less under table, using services that citizens pay for yet our government can afford to give billions to other countries so there is that
@@i-fart-n-elevators4610 please don’t drink the kool aid on GOP ‘open border’ screaming. The fact is, visa overstays outnumber the illegal border crossers by a 2:1 margin. In fact, our former first lady, Ms. Trump, worked as a model in the U.S. while here on a tourist visa. This is stealing a job just as much as a person drywalling your house for 1/10 the price a citizen would charge. Don’t forget that if American business didn’t give illegals jobs and American landlords didn’t give them housing there would be virtually zero people crossing the borders illegally. So if you want to pick on a group of humans, at least pick on the ones that are responsible for the predatory behavior.
Saw a similar video a few months back about a place in BC Canada. Bunch of rich Karens upset there were poor people living for free in the bay. The guy who said his footprint is a tenth of those houses is wrong, it's more like a hundredth.
This is a constant complaint by the rich. They can't stand to see someone living without paying them money somehow. So they hate people living in vans, or on boats, etc. "for free". You just want to tell them, "Do you want to go live in a little van, or on a boat, then, yourself? Do you really envy people who have to pack their water, food, and even waste in and out? Do you really envy someone who's going to the laundromat once a week and trying to get by on disability money for their bad back?
Update: I received a response from the Coast Guard regarding my questions about the Special Anchorage Area. In my opinion, their answers have been delicately dancing around the questions and find clever ways to avoid saying who has ultimate authority in Richardson Bay. Here is one of the responses I last received.
"The Coast Guard is committed to promoting safe navigation among all waterway users. Where there is an actual or perceived conflict between federal regulations and local ordinances, the Coast Guard works directly with applicable authorities to resolve the issue as quickly and effectively as possible."
Yeah they really didn’t answer the question it seems
@@lucasreinig8492 yeah he should of asked them why they can just crush all of their belongings 🤔
@@droidv1 should OF
@@User0000000000000004 Ru Roe, the spelling/word police!
I assume you had already pointed out the conflicts in the printed laws. Its impossible to determine there is no conflict when the paper itself, in writing, shows there to be such. If anything the 1987 law should be superseded by the newer one.
Living on a boat?
California: We will destroy your home.
Living homless on the streets?
California: No problem.
For real rite
Democrats for ya.
@@loaded.357 👆
@@loaded.357 fu rudy toody
No, People Seem To Have A Problem With That Also. Basically, If You Aren't Already Filthy Rich, Tied Down To An Overinflated Mortgage, Or Renting An Overpriced Studio Apartment Paycheck To Paycheck From A Slum Lord, Then Folks Appear To Have An Issue.
"No rent or bills" is exactly what the government hates 😖
I don't know about that, look at all the homeless shitting on the streets...
Government hate socialist communist hippy ideas. Pick up your bootstraps and pay your share!
Wish we do this to rich people, instead of them being a actual pirate and buying golden boats , hiding their wealth, exploiting their workers.
But considering some of those boomers are leeches of society too soo lol, not really "free" per se, as they are living off my tax dollars.
No, it's what the wealthy people who run the Government hate, and the government are the wealthy people's tool. If the wealthy people said let them sit out there, the Government would let them sit out there. The Government doesn't care, it's a tool. - But you're right in spirit.
@@aremoreequal I call them corporate nazis's. Thats what they are. The US sold their freedom for more corporate bucks $$$ during the nixon/reagan era, when the whole communist / socialist scared their boot straps off, when they installed their fascist god into our money, our flag, our government, when it wasnt there before. The democrats before them didnt want to sell out to the rich during that era, thus they lost, and this 2 party system had lost.
And this is what we are seeing today, its why you don't see no one speaking of "unions" or fair wages or equality issues regarding wages. Its why all corporations have their own union busting videos and speeches; the nazi's themselves went after the unions, socialist,s communists, trade unions, til they can put their "own" kind into power, and their own version. Once they lost the war, guess what happen? the unions took over germany, increasing wages, their christian religion also dropped, fascists left with their religion.
Look at trump and biden, these 2 are corporate "nat'cs". They are for corporations. Both being conservative and religious; don't let the name fool you, just cause they have democrat behind them, they are still conservative, just a little less; compared to the far right side.
Even worse if they do everything cash! Omg we can't trace their every move! Quick, destroy their lives and everything they ever had!
You have my sympathies. I was a "full timer" in several RV's for many years. I lived in them so I could follow my work around the country. I found out first hand how badly local and federal lawmakers want to dissuade people from living a mobile lifestyle. They want you planted securely in one place so they can keep tabs on you and get to you when they want. They pass abusive regulations that are aimed directly at people who live a mobile lifestyle and there's not much you can do about it. Luckily I wasn't "anchored" to one harbor (pun intended) and could move when conditions got heated. Hell, they were calling me "homeless' when the Class A motor home I was living in was nicer than most people's earth bound homes! I had satellite TV and internet, phone service and the whole RV was totally self contained with it's own generator. Most earth bound homes don't have that. Sadly our government has gone from serving us to ruling over us!
Not the government, the rich bastards that have bought and sold the politicians are the ones giving the orders. Everything else you see in government is pure theater and fantasy.
Truth!!! 👍
The gov't has been trying to get rid of nomads since the dawn of the country. Never going to happen; nomads just need to be sneaky about it.
It's heart breaking. The United States of America has become the very antithesis of what its founders intended. I pray that sooner than later, our federal, state, and local governments will be put in their proper place.
Well put
Its so sad that the government would rather have these people living on the street instead of on the water!
"Rich people don't want to look at poor people" ...that's exactly it!!
Entitlement at its finest 🤦🏻♂️
These rotting boats block water traffic and people shouldn’t have to fight through junk
Limousine Liberals
@@williamdawson3792 what kind of junk?
That sentiment is funny because these poor people aren't going anywhere.
And the poor person will advocate for the poor until they join the rich then hate on the poor. BLM organization is a perfect example
In the UK it’s actually illegal to live in a caravan full time because you cannot be taxed (poll tax) I do but I keep moving. I was ordered to have “psychiatric evaluation” and even though I was in there a few minutes I was “diagnosed” with narcissistic personality disorder and was therefore suffering from a “defiance disorder” and despite their attempts at making me live in a place of their choosing I am still on the move and off grid.
Sounds like a totally made up diagnosis. These people are ignorant, egocentric, totally full of themselves and demonic to boot as well.
America seems to be a place people go to get away from that... Historically speaking of course
Stay safe, free, and out of the bastards clutches !
Lmao....I bet I'd get the same🤣
My defiance disorder is off the charts. Can't stop the signal
"They're living rent free" oh the horror!
Shame on the politicians and rich people.
Never vote Democrat
@@emperorphil2547 you’ve been missled
@@emperorphil2547 never heard a republican say its OK to live rent free either
@@emperorphil2547 Democrat republican. Same shit. They are all on the same team.
There isn't and should never be a law limit people from living where they want. A few exceptions with things like squatting and trespassing. This is one of the pitfalls of capitalism. If you aren't spending money on living they want to make it a crime or just destroy your property in an effort to get rid of you.
This absolutely boils my blood. The federal law is very clear on the subject and the state is overstepping big time. Let them live the way they choose!! As long as no one is hurting anyone what’s it matter.
As soon as I heard "I paid off my debt" I began respecting this group.
Same
Good on him but one guy hardy represents the entire group.
@@waldo9254 I respect them. I think as long as they park far enough away to not bother anyone then whats the big deal.
I have a boat, and a boat requires lot of work and dedication. Its not for lazy people who don’t want to work.
Another reason they want to get rid of them. The government wants us all to be debt slaves forever and never show anyone that there's another way.
Tent settlements full of needles and homeless: 'A-ok.'
People living on their own boats harming no one: 'You can't do that!'
that's because the needle people rely on them, the government. these people don't. it's the perfect case study proving that the government's goal is to control every facet of you and your life.
The difference is that rich people can see these boats from their living rooms.
@@Christer9415 aww to bad
@@Christer9415 not quite the yacht club they're used to 🚢🛥️
Your not going to like or agree with what I say and that's ok. The reason why homeless on the street is ok. Is because no one knows when they come up missing. Or misses them. They are one of the sources of illegal organ harvesting in america. It takes a long time for the drugs to really destroy your organs. Most addicts die of OD not organ failure. Opiates and speed aren't really hard on the main organs they want. At least not until decades of abuse. Anyone 40 and under would have viable organs regardless of lifestyle in 99% of cases. And your average herion addict or alcoholic if they don't have aids or HIV is worth 500k+ in organs for people who are dieing. This is why they want you be a organ donor on your driver's license. If you get in a bad wreck or something happens they will keep you alive long enough to harvest your organs and make 500k+off you. Instead of you oweing them a debt. If they know they can't get any organs from this person they actually fight to keep you alive with everything they can so you'll now be in debt to them and hopefully they'll make 100s of k in the long term from you. Either way it comes down to the money.
Excellent. As a person who has never backed down from the corruption and violence of these illegal attacks over the 50 years I have been involved, it makes my heart and mind feel good to see such a profoundly well-constructed document that reveals the true ugly nature of this ghastly situation. Thank you , Erik.
Thank you, thanks m glad you enjoyed it
I question that enforcing laws that were legitimately agreed upon by the elected representatives of the community involved are illegal. without laws, only the richest or most violent would have any protections.
@@ErikKSwanson yes you did a professional quality job narrating and compiling this story. It's about all of us in some sense
@@richardelliott8352 lookup "statutes and codes with the color of law." The organic Constitutional law governs person, property
and contracts. Rest appear to me to political crimes of varying degrees.
@@richardelliott8352 we have plenty of laws, usually written and enforced by the wealthiest and most violent among us. Rules are fine, rulers don't follow the rules and change them at a whim. I wouldn't play a board game if my opponent could change the rules at will, we certainly shouldn't be playing life that way.
Thank you for doing this great work for the free people living in this area. The truth is simple the people on shore are bitter at the freedom the people on the water are enjoying. They do not like to see people with less money enjoying life much more than them.
The same thing is going on in Washington state. I've been in one place, making repairs, and they are threatening to take my boat. I'm 70 and they would rather see me die under a bridge than be on property I own.
I’m sorry to hear that. It’s terrible that there is no understanding in a lot of these situations
Where are you at? I'm over by Bremerton area. Waiting for the rich kids on the hill to complain...
Another progressive state in love with socialism....
Des Moines marina, wa destroys peoples boats too. They are heartless. They threatened to sieze my friends boat in guest morage because it broke down and he couldn't afford to make repairs to the engines or afford a tow to another marina(he paid all the morage fees too). So he was forced to sell the boat for 90% off what he paid or have the boat seized and get 0.
@@abigalanderson7494 also, marinas will not accept boats that are towed in. So, if you break down and need repairs you can't take it to a marina to get fixed, which is what a harbor is for.
I lived aboard and single handed a 42 foot sailboat for several years. Now 58 years old when I look back, those were the best years of my life. In my travels, fellow sailors were some of the best people I ever met, many whom I remain in contact with to this day. My heart goes out to these folks in Richardson Bay. Great video thank you so much for sharing.
Thank you for sharing, I’m glad you enjoyed the video
Life on a boat is the most peaceful and spiritual way of life there is. Don't need tranquilizers.
Why did you give up living that lifestyle?
@Dash Riprock Exactly. And left unchecked it would turn into something like an extra nasty flooded dumpster. I'm trying not to imagine the ocean floor beneath.
@Dash Riprock take a good long look at Portland Oregon, just wait until Antifa gets around to those fancy businesses and ritzy neighborhoods
"poor people are learning how to defend themselves"
One of the best quotes I've ever heard
Aye Matey! I wonder how many cannon them Pirate ships be running.
yeah if only it were actually true wouldnt that be nice
This reminds me of where I used to live it was a mobile home community and it eventually got surrounded by multi million dollar housing and businesses. Eventually the city concocted a reason to force everyone to leave and eventually declaring the area eminent domain. We raised hell about it but it fell on deaf ears.
Sad thing I see here is you’ll get the word out and an annoyed reaction from the local government. You can just feel the shit eating annoyance from that RBR guy on the phone. “What don’t they understand..”
But most people will see this and sigh a bit give their fake platitudes of thoughts and prayers and not give a shit. They have their own worries no one could understand it until your left in the same situation.
It's dirty money. Someone is getting paid a bonus to do it because property builders will make huge money on that land.
They're trying to buy houses here where I live and tear it down to build condos. Most aren't selling and they're tearing down all of the forests
My aunt and uncle were among these people. My uncle was once one of the few who knew all the surrounding waterways, canals, and the bays. He piloted and dredged these waterways for the state and federal government, after he returned from the Korean War.
In the end, that same government forced him and his wife off the water, so that the wealthy elite could have what he poured decades worth of blood, sweat, and tears, to make available.
That's going to be looked at like, well you got a useless degree, now you pay. Wh is just as stupid to say since there was a time when all higher education was not only legit but valued.
that's why people honoring miliitary services need to shut up.
It doesn't help the people, only politicians.
the nazi corporate owned puppet government you have been brainwashed to suck elite dick
@@Anthonybrother And who puts those politicians you lot cry about all the time in power in the first place?
You.
It’s a shame he didn’t see the situation for what it was and give the enforcers the Trotzsky Treatment.
"Don't obstruct our yachts. We want you living in a cardboard box downtown!"
It's sad what this county has turned into. The same thing is happening to those people who have to or want to live in vans/campers/busses. Or even off grid. They are trying to make it illegal to raise/ grow your own food, collect/ use water on your own land. And live without hooking to the power grid. Unless you move to the most desolate land out there so no one can see you. And even then, they want to control what you do. So much for living free in the freest country in the world.
Thats exactly right. This is all about control.
You are spot on my friend. Same thing is happening here in Europe. We have been betrayed by our own governments.
@@StarsoftheStreets , I've made mention to friends that the same events are taking place in countries around the globe. Most western countries including Australia, The European Union , Canada, and the USA have the same things happening. It's not coincidence.
@@davidgraham2673 100% not coincidence. Watch "Hugo Talks" channel, he talks about this and is spot on.
I believe this has to to with people being single. Lots of people and governments treat singles harder than people with families. That’s why college students didn’t really get the first stimulus payments and people with families got the most money.
Imagine if they mostly had families living on the boats or Vans. I really don’t think they’d have any issues with the government. I truly believe they are running into trouble because they’re single and being successful and don’t have to pay what everyone else is paying to live. Single people have to overcome a lot to be successful in America. The people on those boats are successful and that means a lot to me
Loving these mini documentaries. Great filming and interview style and great narration and voice inflections. So glad I found this channel.
Thank you! I appreciate it.
I’m glad you’re enjoying my work
I love this, these people in “power” are jealous because they have figured out how to really live and live free.
You Better figure out the left Ruined America. Spread the word.
@@shawnhampshirehick101 yeah sure, but yet EVERY bill put in place to try and help veterans, firefighters, railroad employees and more has been denied by republicans, so tell me again, who’s ruining our country? You right wingers always blame the left for every failure but when democrats do great and help everybody you still find something to bitch about.
Living free is easy - if you've got the money for it.
@@vylbird8014 but that’s why people are so mad at these people, they have figured out how to live free and pay minimal, if I wasn’t married to such a badass woman I’d be living on a yacht as well and working from port to port to see the world. People are only at them because they are not a cog ⚙️ in the machine, I say good for them.
@@ADVF800GS It's not so easy. The boat life has risks - a live-aboard boat is hard to insure, so you're one accident away from homelessness and poverty. It's also difficult to get a job without a fixed address - putting a PO box on your application is an instant red flag to employers.
I lived 13 yrs offgrid on the sea myself on Vancouver Island`s west coast, Canada. The first 3 yrs were on my own hook in front of town with a few old vessels rafted up w/neighbors, & we all faced the same red-tape issues & scorn from rich folks who recently moved to town. Expensive yachts were just fine for them to gaze upon.
The following 10 years were spent on an old private wilderness float-camp I acquired 6 miles from town with no neighbors in sight anywhere. A nearby shore creek was my water supply but all other supplies had to be hauled by boat from town on a once@week trip. Lived the life with solar & wind genny. Great times, even learned weather predicting etc from the local wildlife.
Living back on land now, luckily own my house & am actually living cheaper now than I was off-grid.
So let me get this straight. You can live for free in a tent, sh!t on the sidewalk and do drugs in front of schools, but you can’t live in a boat? Oh California…. 😆
I was thinking the same thing
This is happening all over the country, just not on the water! Everyone wants your money!
For real
I can confirm. You only rent the dock for $300 on the one my former employer lived in
Dr. Strangelove. What is the difference from shitting on the sidewalk and shitting in Richardson bay? Many of the so called anchor outs living on derelict boats will simply leave them to sink or sit in the mud once they have worn out. Most of the remaining boats are far past their life expectancy. There is so much shit in the mud from this happening for nearly a century. When the tide goes out it smells like shit. I am 62 and it was like this when I was a kid. Richardson bay is not a bay, but is a mud flat. When the tide goes out 95 percent of the bay is mud. Mud and shit.
Appreciate your documentary, especially making contact and sharing documents. Looks like these Americans deserve the lifestyle they choose. No physical harm is being done to others nor the law.
I lived aboard sailboats for over 13 years along the coast of Vancouver Island. As the years went by many marinas stopped allowing liveaboards and finding places to anchor become more difficult.
I still have a sailboat but now live off grid on a small island, I still live free and pay no rent. I'm glad you can still live this life here at least.
Where is the island?
@@roe__jogannice try, officer
@@emperorwang0861 🥸
lucky your little off the grid island has solid internet and amenities... bs
@@ebotfupeople don’t need internet 100% of the time and it’s easy enough to get enough electricity generators to provide enough to fuel a few appliances
I'm a shipwright and I worked on snob yachts for around 17 years.
I will testify before God that snob yacht owners are, by FAR, the greatest threat to local ecosystems.
The amount of toxic materials they pump into the environment is MILES above anything a humble boat owner does.
I am absolutely disgusted with myself for bettering the financial situation of environmental criminals.
I was super enthused to do top level woodwork until I discovered the price.
Yeah but these boats are an eyesore and these are poors. The worst two things there are.
How woke of you bashing on the wealthy
Materials such as?
@@donaldsalkovick396 Damn right! Tell that filthy peasant to mind his place!
@@Malumbrus I think Yats are the bigger eyesores. Crazy big and look ugly.
I don't think these wealthy people would bat an eye sending poor people to their death, which in some cases is exactly what they are doing.
They want them out of sight/out of mind.
Which is why I like it when street people 💩 on their sidewalks.
What do you expect from Democrats who are comfortable with murdering babies.
@@djomegaminus Huh? A small collection of cells is not a baby. It will be a baby in the future, yes. And why don't you find out what the political orientation of the people who live around there is. I'll bet it has a good mix of democrats and republicans. Do you think trump wouldn't complain about boats anchoring off mar a lago?
@@dustman96 please, tell us more about how you voted for Joe "Poor kids are just as bright and just as talented as white kids." Biden, the same guy who wrote the Eulogy for KKK Exalted Cyclops Robert Byrd.
Yup, my dad stays out there currently and it is amazing way of life. Can be ruff but it is awesome living on the water!
As an SF native who gave bike tours directly through Sausalito, these are the nicest people in the world. And not that I need to mention- They're literally living on the FCKING water. They ain't bothering no one! Take care of all the homeless and drug addicts literally dying on the sidewalks and subways. This is criminal
Tell that to the agency...maybe they need a letter describing their horrible treatment
I heard riding bikes leads to prostate trouble later in life.
@clot shots
lol oh yeah, I forgot.
@@TravisTheSavage
What's the consensus on bidets Trav?
My sister has one at her house, but I'm afraid to use it cause I heard it turns people gay.
@@seeharvester I’ve had one for 5 years and not gay yet. But I actively fight it back with each use. So much better than alternative. Strong minds prevail
It’s really very simple. You either join the machine or you’re fed through it’s gears. It's really a sad state of affairs when petty tyrants from government agencies can “legally” steal someone’s home and destroy it because they’ve granted themselves the power to do it in writing. What will they do if one of those that now has nothing to lose start to destroy the homes of the guilty bureaucrats? Terrible times we’re living in now, especially in a country that was formed specifically to escape the tyranny of overreaching government.
From what I heard, and read... Over the past few years they made a lot of people homeless by destroying their boats. Eventually a homeless encampment started right in the middle of Sausalito (there is some dispute over whether they were all anchor-outs or not) Then a few months ago the city paid $540,000 to get the people in the homeless encampment to leave. 30 people were to receive $18,000 each - I also heard that many folks didn't get any of this "aid" money... but that could just be because there were more than 30 people in the encampment when it was shut down.
This is exactly why people vote for Trump , instead of the party of big and bigger government .
@@wildedog3967 , just don’t forget he ushered in the NWO when he closed Amerika, then destroyed our economy with the stimulus, with his name on the check.
He also created the phony Space Force.
People will be clamoring for him to save us, but I can’t trust him.
It's obvious most the anchor outs don't use local hairstylist..
I'd encourage them to treat their neighbors as they've been treated. Gas is $7/gallon, but that's still cheaper than a house!
As someone that grew up in the Bay Area this is an amazing documentary thank you for producing this!
Thanks, I’m glad you enjoyed it
Yup, grew up in Santa Rosa and vaguely remember going to Sausalito with my father in the 70's. The country became a worse place once his generation hit middle age, NIMBYism accelerated 1000 fold.
I am a full time live aboard and can see the issue from both sides. I like to pull into a place and throw out my anchor and live for free. Where I am now, there are 4 other boats. Three of those boats have been abandoned by the owners. They are stuck in a shallow area, and slowly falling apart. One has it's sails shredded and hanging down into the water. Locals tell me that one of the boats had broken loose several times and drifted into other boats causing damage. Locals take it back out to the anchorage and re-anchor it. The last anchorage I was at had 4 abandoned boats in it.
The government by the maritime laws and Constitution has the right to take your boat and destroy it if you don't attend to it or is not boarded for at least 30 days. ! It then can be declared abandoned. If you are on your boat , by all maritime laws and the Constitution you are supposed to be protected! and cannot have your boat seized! Some cops and political people think they are above laws of the land and do what they want, working In a corrupt court! The B.C.D.C. expecially breaks the laws, costing the taxpayers millions of dollars.. to give themselves jobs!! Another note.: Anchor outs must NOT be a hindrance in navigatable waterways ! In fact the laws encourage boaters to stay on their boats if maintain them and try to make them more navigatable!
There's a ship abandoned here on the St John's River and nobody knows who it belongs to. It still sits at a dock. I've lived nearby for a decade.... I don't remember if I was ever told how long it's been there. But the government oddly is leaving it there.
Honestly, Homelessness is such a wide-spread problem, and people are forced to pay for taxes their entire lives unless they find someplace to live, requiring only the basic necessities. I applaud these guys because they are actually fighting to live! They are NOT harming anyone else, and yet the government to turning them out, making the problem worse! I pray they win and that those who fight the corruption have great success!
Things will probably get a lot harder before they get better. The tree of liberty requires lubrication.
these people are not "homeless". They have homes. They are just "off the grid" and its the tax issue that really gets into the government.
@@mikesalive lol "tree of liberty". Homie, if you support these guys on their boats living freely, you're a socialist. You are arguing for common ownership and against private property. This is what capitalist government does. It serves the interests of wealthy property owners. It is what it always has done. The goal is to privatize the area so developers and landlords can make money with luxury homes and yacht marinas. The democrats and republicans support this, the democrats just pretend to be "progressive" by flying a rainbow flag while doing it.
as far as taxes are concerned, anything you pay for any place you work and get a check you’re paying taxes just because you’re not paying property tax it’s not a reason to crush up someone’s home. Just because the Rich wants to own the ocean is not a reason to crush up someone’s home
Taxation is theft.
It was my life long wish to live on a houseboat, proud of the ones who are living that dream. Fight the system.
it can be argued both ways. Its incredibly expensive to keep a boat in safe and environmentally friendly working conditions. Most of those boats don't run and they dump all of their waste into the Bay. They are definitely floating eyesores. At the same time I dont like that elitist leftists are using their monetary power to push people from their homes, especially if they were there first.
Not fight the system! Use the system to your advantage!
In Florida they actually redesignate the navigable water as "submerged land". Then the marina makes it a mooring field where the huge unused area becomes unavailable. They've always removed vessels that cannot self navigate (derelict vessels). But submerged land? Thats outta control theft of long established mariner law.
I think parts of Richardson Bay are "submerged land" also, but considered "public land" I would need to look up the details about it... but I agree, it's a crazy classification. If the "land" is always underwater - even at low tide, then it isn't "land"
Tell about St. Augustine!
Just wait till they find a way too sell this (land) and make private
@@poolguy8383 they have already leased some of the public waterfront land to the marinas
@@ErikKSwanson bummer
First time viewer.
Subbed.
Good stuff.
I used to own a 38ft vessel in the bay area. These are some of the best people you will ever meet. Helpful, friendly, and full of wisdom from spending their life at sea. Can't say the same for most who are looking upon them. I was docked and it cost me over $800 with a liveaboard. On top of that in California a docked vessel is considered property and you WILL be charged taxes for it. People getting priced out is real and scary. Welcome to the California dream
Did you dump your sewage water straight into the bay? Many do. Most deny it. Nothing better than untreated sewage.
@@davidater9 that’s not called gray water that’s called black water
@D A absolutely not. There is no reason for it as the marina has a complimentary pump out station. Or they will make it even easier by coming to your slip for a small fee. Also take advantage of the onshore plumbing. Most marinas will offer laundry, shower, bathrooms...
You must not have lived in the bay area for very long. The California dream ended in the 70's. Too many from the colder states moved there. In 1977 the DMV records that 1,400 people a day were applying for CA drivers license's from other states. 1,400 a day! That equates to 336,000 adults a year who moved from out of state to CA. The population went from 19 million to 33 million in less than 10 years. Most of the issues you are complaining about are not from native Californians. It is from replants from other states.
Dima Korzinin: Living on a boat in Richardson bay is not even close to living at sea. Most of the bay at high tide is about 6 ft deep. Most of the boats who are anchor outs will never go to sea and never have been to sea. You lived at a live aboard dock for $800.00 a month? That must have been a long time ago or it was a shit moorage full of worn out and poorly maintained boats. Our family boat was berthed in Clipper yacht harbor in Sausalito. Basin 3. Nothing fancy just a good solid wood boat. In the 70's I was a teen and sailed 5 to 7 days a week in the summer.
This has been a growing theme for years, forcing people to pay to live. If you have a water well they make you pay the water company, and if you have solar they make you pay the electric company. People used to build tiny homes so the cities put restrictions on how many square feet you can live in, forcing people to build bigger, spend more money and get loans. It's a pay-to-live world now.
You will also pay to die ....
I am being charged by the Municipality $90.00 a year for storm water ???? , And my property is in the woods ????
Not a coincidence. Who do you think owns all the houses?
It's extortion, on a national scale. Which is illegal, technically. Who to sue though...
@@rayinpau.s.a.6351 lmaooooooo
They saw an opportunity and they took it.
I'd sue
Yeah explain to me how you are forced to pay the electric company if you have solar.
Outstanding documentary!
One does not need to be a lawyer to recognise that irrespective of whatever the local board may say, they have no jurisdiction over this Federally Protected Waterway!
This means that their act of seizing and destroying private vessels has always been illegal, and that it cannot be supposed that they believed it to be anything but illegal.
I have no doubt whatsoever that if the Liveaboard Community consisted of immaculate yachts of wealthy business owners then there would never have been any conflict.
The description of the Liveaboard Community as being "Rent-Free" and "Homeless" tells the viewers all they need to know about the attitude of the board to this Community.
As an Interviewee said, he hauls all if his trash and waste out and he respects the environment.
Never forget that areas were constructed for the community to live, which is why they have Federal Protection.
Thank you
So the "bay HOA" has Federal Marshals or USCG on speed dial? You can't just arbitrarily board or arrest or seize someone's boat without proper authority.
you're last point is so vague it can be interpreted in any number of different ways.
@@michaeloconnor1479 Your inability to comprehend or interpret isn't due to anything I wrote...
They have whatever jurisdiction they want if they are going after people who can't afford a lawyer.
I work out on Richardson Bay, and I am quite familiar with this issue, both the social aspect, as well as the regulatory and legal aspect. I’ve met some of the people that are interviewed in this, including Guy, who is a cool dude. Though short, this is by far the best documentary I’ve seen on this issue.
Thank you, I appreciate that. I've been speaking to Guy and Arthur, and working to get out there again to keep following the story. Stay tuned, I'll be having more information about that soon.
Great coverage of a topic I had no idea existed. Thanks for sharing and all the hard work to put this together
Thank you.
We all need to be apart of the solution.
You had no idea that bums were camping on public property? Really?
So basically it's literally illegal to not be a part of the system now. There's also more and more communities that have passed ordinances that make it illegal for anyone 18+ years old to reside in a domicile that they are not listed under on a mortgage or a rental agreement, essentially making renting a room illegal.
Well technically it's been on rental contracts for several decades it just hasn't really been enforced unless you had a *ickhead landlord asking who this other car belongs to or something. People still do it of course. It's hard for large apartment complexes to keep up with every apts who is actually on the lease or not. And most let you have guest for 2 weeks at a time.
@@brianfitch5469I got around this problem in NYC by getting myself listed as a “live in” home health aide of the guy who sub-sublet the condo! He had MS, so could legally list me since I took and passed the three month course. He, in turn, was a live-in maintenance man. In the two other large rooms resided a live-in nanny for his four year old, and his live-in housekeeper. With 22 units in the building, and 22 renters, each subletting or sub-subletting to individuals and couples, the owner who lived in India and who was never seen in the eight years I lived there, that building was raking in the money! Hey, even I sub-sub-sublet my room during the summer, usually to medical students doing a summer rotation. In the meantime, I worked as an as-needed volunteer at my friends’ lake side summer camp. That entailed trimming back foliage on the hiking trails, doing a weekend shift at the beach, taking tourists on motorboat tours of the lake and mouth of the river, and perhaps a day or two filling in for a teen counselor. The worst that could happen was a day hand washing humongous pots and trays or operating the dishwasher as the state requires passing a two hour online course and being no less than 21 years of age! IOW, in exchange for a little mostly pleasant work, I got a free vacation in the Adirondacks! My “pay” also consisted of my cut of the rent money. It sure beat being homeless, living in a car, or sleeping in city shelters. I couldn’t afford to rent a legal apartment in NYC. About the best I could find was a 6th floor walk-up windowless cubicle in the YMCA or a tiny basement apartment grandfathered-in to avoid the two exit safety laws, enacted after the summer of 2020 when a torrential storm caused the deaths of 13 people by drowning. If you’re poor, you’ve got to use ingenuity or join the rat race of working three and four jobs on no sleep and no life.
@@mariekatherine5238 or you could just move out of the sh**hole that NYC is. Where jm at you can purchase a house for like $50,000 with a front and back yard. And we are open carry state, with stand your ground laws. Where your not only allowed to protect yourself from bodily harm but you can shoot to protect your property as well.
What they are doing in NYC and California is intentionally. It's all part of agenda 2030 they are trying to empty out those places for the extreme rich. And move people elsewhere into stack and packem 300 sq apartments.
@@brianfitch5469 Really strict ones put that 14 day limit as PER YEAR, for ALL guests.
I hope the situation gets more awareness. I want Justice for Carlos and these people.
I hope so too. These folks need some support
If Carlos is a pirate then high seas justice would be to hang him, right?
I hope not just for the people, but the environment. I've seen what rich people settling on water does to the environment. They'll turn a large, environmentally diverse lake into a sterile pond nearly free of plant life with few fish within a couple of decades. I'd hate to think what they do to coasts.
@@mr44mag Yeah better to have broken down boats that spew oil and human waste into the bay than clean new boats that are maintained.
I hope they’re able to win their cases. I bet the people behind the RBRA would euthanize all those people if they wouldn’t get charged with murder. It’s wonderful how the evils that humans would perpetrate on one another is only restrained by the threat of negative consequences. Why is it so difficult to be patient, kind, companionate, and/or just genuinely good to each other. What a world we live in.
Preach! 🙌
I was apart of that war for 5 years. Fighting for our right to be there, to live life as wish, and fighting for my life last 3 years from the real pirate of the Richardson bay. I lived on my sv quetzal and mother's sv fast company. There are real pirates there and the law dogs use them to disappear people and to cast a negative light on the ancorouts. But honestly most the people there are good people trying to live the life they wish. I know the people in this video and lived next to the second guy who spoke at beginning or at least 4 years. When I left I left him my skiff with orders to give e to someone needing it. he helped me greatly. I finally left when I lost my boat and injuries kept me from rowing out to fast company (mothers boat). I love the people there and that life. Hoping to stop in for a visit come spring. What these people are saying is true. The government there is corrupt, the sheriff and police are corrupt, and so are the agencies running the bay. O yea it's also the last Anchorage in the bay area. All others have been taken away. The next closest o e is Princeton harbor as it's a place of safe harbor in a dangerous stretch of water making it also the most dangerous harbor to enter and leave.
I'm not surprised they have trouble maker thugs working for the authorities behind the scenes. In my Marina where we've all been evicted in a similar way the only person allowed to stay is a known Criminal who is clearly in cooperation with the rich owners, but try proving it. And we've looked into legal advice but the Marine owners we are dealing with are so legally dominant that they have every Legal Professional on retainer and no one will oppose them even to give us advice as to our position and the bar referral says nothing available when we apply for help. It's actually the original state of our country where our constitution talked about Freedom and equality well slavery was being practiced as well as Holocaust of native people. The Constitution is kind of a joke and nothing has changed
I lived there for a little while until my dad got screwed over by some people from cocaine mountain. They had his boat chopped up after they cut it loose and the coasties saved it, they also broke in and stole the power system to keep the water out. Real pieces of shit. They know who they are. That whole area could use a couple MOABs dropped on it if not for the really really cool people I met while I was there.
@@douglundy5755 hers how it works. Leo gets someone on felony charges. Ok plea guilty and we give you lesser charge with probation. Do this and your next felony is on us. Then leo gets word to the criminals to disappear someone, sink a boat, steal boats/equipment. It's a hell of a racket. And it's all designed to cast a bad light on everyone out there then the people on the hill vote whatever way government tells them thinking they are doing good thing. Sausalito police, Marin County sheriff, etc are all in on it.
@@TheBoatPirate that's basically my neighborhood now that marijuana legalization has eliminated the drug trade that used to support nickel and dime dealers. It's just like the shift that happened after prohibition was repealed and they went into drugs at 10 times the money.
Yaawn. THis is what happens when people do drugs.
On another note government gets pissed when they can’t collect property taxes for their bloated salaries and pensions! That’s the real issue it’s always about money!
Y'know, I'm from the Bay area as well. Was even a runaway in the Haight back in '66. The "creative few" and the "one percenters" are one-in-the-same. Always have been. They create the ideas that stir the economy. And they employ thousands. Their money would be wasted on the taxes that provide all the social services that everyone else demands. If no one paid taxes, who would provide all the sick lame and lazy with all their benefits. And yes, I am a veteran and have never made much money. Some might even call me a liberal. There's no way around the fact that more people equals more problems. Life is all about adapting to a constantly changing environment. If you don't like the way things are, come up with a better plan. But until then just deal with it the best that you can.
Great video! I too am a liveaboard of 35 years of my 37 years alive. I was anchored out for 6.5 of them. We have the same issue up here in b.c Canada. Even at the docks they want all liveaboard boats gone unless you're rich. I'm glad to see a video made showing the truth. Keep up your good work 👏 very impressed. I'll be looking forward to more videos.
Thank you, I appreciate it. I hope the jerks leave you alone. It's getting to be so that people can't live life how they choose
@@ErikKSwanson it's definitely a pain but I'm stubborn. I've resisted as much as I can without losing my spot. When I was a kid growing up in Victoria liveaboards were an asset and appreciated. We save boats from sinking or burning down that are left unattended. But now the government just wants everyone on land and paying for rent and taxes and less freedom. Crazy. But I guess it's all about control. One thing I know is that after 35 years on a boat I'm not changing my entire life over some ideas that the government likes on paper. So far I'm able to keep face with the authorities here. I just hope it doesn't get much crazier. Videos like this definitely will open people's eyes. Thanks again
Stand strong my friend. Praying for both of you from the Montana.
I live in the same area and am out on my PWC all the time. I see people that are anchored out in false creek/Vancouver area and most of the owners are absolutely vile individuals. Several boats are now tied together with piles of garbage on top of them. I have seen boats where the owners just s**t right on the deck for everyone to see. There is piles of it baking in the sun and then running down the sides of the boat when it rains. They are a nothing but floating homeless camps and the owners are the most disgusting humans imaginable. There are boats with piles of stolen bikes/other items on them. They have no concern for the damage they are doing to the environment or anyone living in one of the most beautiful cities in the world. Then they have the nerve to complain when people have had enough of their behavior. Maybe if you weren't disgusting inconsiderate pigs the people/government would have more compassion for your situation.
I do the same thing in a box truck. There are a lot of people that trash and destroy where they park. But for the most part, people are living by there means without having to work every waking minute.
you got thousands of homeless occupying the streets but these guys cant live in the ocean
The extent of the homeless problem in California is a little exaggerated. It's high, yes - but it's not the highest per-capita homeless state. It's the third-highest. Fourth if you count DC, and it's not that much higher than Oregon, Washington, Alaska or Massachusetts. California's homeless population just gets a disproportional amount of news coverage for some reason, especially on Fox.
@@vylbird8014 California also has a much higher population than any of those states..
@@BaldHeadedManc That's why I gave per-capita homeless population. I think Fox News has something against California specifically, as Fox constantly runs stories about the homeless mob violence, drug epidemic, poverty, disgusting streets, etc in California - even though none of these claims have a real statistical backing. I don't know why - maybe it's because California is a pretty liberal state, so stories about what a hell-hole it is play nicely into the culture war narrative about how liberals destroy everything?
@@vylbird8014it’s not exaggerated. It was in your face obvious in San Diego on day one being there and line the beach amongst other places.
Californias homeless problem is as bad as Oregon, Washington, Alaska, Massachusetts, and Indianas homeless problem, so if the solution to dropping homelessness to 0% by them living on the seas like pirates then I support that solution fully, and hell I'd even chare in the crowds full of people at Trump rallies if they sold different One Piece Jolly Rogers there@@vylbird8014.
It is pretty crazy that they can just destroy your home one day, and get away with it.
If they do it enough they won't get away with it. All it takes is doing it to the wrong person.
@@jaracgos yeah you're right. Some people built differently.
@Andrew no it won't they will just run to the nearest corrupt Sheriff or police and they will find a scapegoat to pin it on and collect their insurance money. But if their boats are frequently found sunk in the morning the insurance clamps get expensive quick.
Fight back by either getting paralegal help or buyout the agency and gain control of it.
@@user-vf1zh8db8j I hope so
Remeber the 50s through 70s? Where like every city had the same problem of a corrupt asshole bulldozing cheap housing to build more roads? This is American as it gets
The Rich are never happy with what they have, they have to take what the little man has, why ? because they realise the little is actually RICHER than them. Good luck to the anchor outs, keep fighting, i hope you guys n girls get to stay and live in peace, as it should be. good health to you.
Cuz now they have to see the people they're shitting on to live like royalty. Better they're hidden.
They could spend that money supporting them and making them look nicer, building waste disposal facilities so it's easier for them to follow the rules, but they'll spend twice that much to destroy them.
Because it's not about "problems"... It's about Aesthetic.
I lived on a dutch barge on the canals of England, but only lasted 2 years, I found a mooring (pretty difficult) with a farmer, eventually his brother got a boat, and as I was last in, I was first out, he threatened to cut the ropes and send my boat away, I eventually sold the boat to him for super cheap, he used it as a 'work shop' ...wish I'd been more stubborn, as obviously there was space if he was using it as a work shop. Still annoys me, but I was young I didn't have much support, and in the UK these days you have to have a mooring on the canals.
One day the cry will be heard in the streets "a loaf of bread for a wealthy man’s head!”
that might be antifa although unwittingly
The only people crying will be the rich, on their way to the chopping block.
"They died as they lived, crying"
I saw the same situation in Long Beach CA and the solution was they bought out the Marina and gave everyone until the end of their lease plus 30 days to move. Half had no lease and it was a 30 day notice to find another slip. My dad's boat was there, but he had 9 months to find a slip. He moved to Dana Point's new harbor for almost double the slip fees and no liveaboards, which wasn't an issue for him, but was for me as I lived there while going to college. Just kept a low profile and showered at my grandparent's senior apartments, where I wasn't allowed to live..
Technically legal! Cool
@@JK360noscope Plus free supper always at grandma's.
Is not the same situation these people are not paying a marina. They are living for free in waters controlled by a local authority
@@maumor2 No, but it was cheap and some folks couldn't pay for regular marinas. and had to sell or just move around.
I used to work as an electrician. A supervisor building mega yacht marinas. the last one I did was the St Petersburg municipal Marina when they did the refit in 2003 and 2004. I didn't even have a state electrical inspector that could step on my job and tell me what to do because the army corps of engineers is the authority for that sort of thing on the water. This used to piss off the local inspector to no end when he would try to walk out on my build and I'd tell him to go fuck himself. Those were some nice jobs. I had one build out that I had a baby manatee that would come to see me everyday. I would feed him a head of lettuce nearly every day. Good times.
I have lived on the shores out in the North Bay area of San Francisco. I also used to stock vending machines at the local docks that people live at and tie up. What I seen was these people who live out there in the waters come in and dump all their garbage illegally in private dumping containers. They had to lock up the dumpsters. Also they use the public bathrooms and leave them absolutely dirty. Showering in sinks and leaving dead ass socks on the counter. Illegally scrapping metals from bridges, underpasses, and other boats. I literally am not seeing any of the negative things being talked about. All just comments saying "fuck the man" type shit. Sorry but dumping sewage illegally for 35 years is not a flex.
Wow!!! I'm an electrician in Montana and that's very tempting marinas! Beautiful here but to have a manatee visit you way cool the elk moose bears big horn sheep mountain goats and lions aren't very friendly around these parts!!!
As a fellow electrician and former houseboat owner it must have been nice telling him to eff off! Lol
@@jamesfarmer2748 yes it was then it backfired on me because a couple of years later I was working on a 8-story high-rise and he was the inspector there. Lol
Here in FL our problem is with each storm several of these boats sink or break anchor and end up on the shore. Abandoned, the city is left to clean up the mess.
yea and so do million dollar yachts it is just how it goes when you live in a place with open water access.
I've seen lots (10 per year) of junk boats sink but never a $mill Yacht.
There needs to be a class action suit to stop them from confiscating people's private property. This can't be legal!
all the homes should be paid for in full coast guard made their statement so everything they have done is illegal...if i read that right, any lawyers wanna chime in?!?!
Here i was thinking everyone was crazy. I'm middle class. I WORK 70+ hours a week
I have arthritis and so fuck you with your do called back pain. You are LAZY and live off of my work. I pay 30 cents of every dollar to pay you to sit on your ass or steal peoples property. I absolutely support helping those that can't help themselves... but MOST diababilty is a scam. They live off my work and give me the finger when i call them out.
I got a warning that this post doesn't comply with community rules? WTF? I pay to subscribe to this channel. I was getting ready to upgrade to family subscription. I hope they suspend me so i can totally cut off subscription. I didn't say anything wrong. I simply expressed me observations that these people are STEALING... go to work. Quit stealing from me
@@sheliajordan6871 First of all I didn't mention anything about where I live or my finances. Second, I am autistic + ADHD. Only 29% of autistic people can get pass the interview process. That is because the interview process is designed to weed us out because of severe discrimination. Even though, we are much more productive because we don't get distracted at all. We have zero tolerance for chaos, and therefore make sure everything is super organized. We can't stand to be late anywhere, so to make sure we show up on time we aim to be everywhere 15 minutes early, since our goal is to be 15 minutes early, we allow ourselves enough time to not be late for the 15 minutes early. We show up 30 minutes early every day. We are some of the top innovators in society and the top creatives too. Not only that, but our mathematics is off the chart and because of the way we learn and our ability to focus, our IQs are much higher than non-autistics. We are also computer geniuses and can out program and find the mistakes non-autistic programmers make. Companies, by changing their hiring process and ditching discrimination, can actually increase their bottom line by hiring autistic people. Fortunately, companies are starting to learn this so the numbers might change. In the meantime, getting f*cking jobs is practically impossible for autistic people. When we are hired, we are underpaid and harassed at work for being different. OH, and did I mention that 80% of ADHD are able to get jobs and when they do get them, they are underpaid and under-employed too. I am both autistic and have ADHD.
Although I do have back pain, it wouldn't qualify me for disability. At my last job I endured horrific discrimination because of my autism. It is quite normal because we don't sugar coat what we are saying. We state is straight forward and bluntly. They literally harassed me till I left. Even though I was one of the top producers in the company. This was after corporate moved me clear across the country. This was after I was rewarded for being a top innovator, within the company. I am currently working with an organization that is helping to navigate the job market and get a career that will pay me what I am worth for my skillsets that are off the chart. Did I mention that the company that I one of the top 10 reps nationwide underpaid me because of my autism? Therefore, companies don't want you to talk about your pay, because they like to be able to discriminate against certain groups of people.
Technically, I could qualify for permanent disability, but I can't stand not working and the pay sucks too. I say all of this to tell you to get down off your damn f*cking high horse and stop judging people you know NOTHING about.
I don't really care how many hours you work or how much you make. The fact that you work that many hours a week is your choice and not mine. Ain't nobody making you do that but you. Since you think you are so high and mighty why don't you just get another job that pays better? Whatever don't bitch to me about how many hours you work. Your working through the pain of arthritis doesn't make me feel sad for you at all. I have gone to work for many years with debilitating migraines caused by sensory overload from the sounds and lights in the workplace. Lots of people go to work in pain! I have arthritis too, but it doesn't stop me from doing things, in fact moving is the best thing you can do for arthritis, so as far as I am concerned your going to work is good for you anyway. So, get off your violin and stop telling me that I am lazy! You are a judgmental ableist person who just told me off based on no information and no knowledge of my life. So KMA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
If you don't like this channel, then just unsubscribe by hitting the button. You're not paying a subscription fee. Psht! Tell me you don't understand how things work without telling me you don't understand how things work. The people in these boats aren't stealing anyone's property. If you listened, they have jobs, but not jobs that will afford them to live in that area in stick-built homes. In the Bay Area it costs thousands of dollars to rent a studio apartment. Even upper middle-class people are having to move several hours away, but these people can't afford to move out that far because of the commuting costs. A bunch of multi-millionaires and billionaires are upset because people are living on their boats in the bay. They are upset because they must look at working class people and are mad because these people don't have to pay the same amount to live there as the rich people.
There are people who live on boats in most bays except for maybe where it gets down into minus numbers. It is cheaper than living in a house and it is more ecofriendly. There are still costs to living on a boat that the video didn't talk about. There is constant upkeep and repairs that must be done. These people aren't living totally for free anyway you look at it. It is just affordable housing for them. Trust me, if you lived in this area these same people would be trying to run your middle-class ass out of town! They would have your middle-class car towed at every turn and they would be snubbing their nose at you.
SO F*CK YOU!
Unfortunately “they” write the laws. It’s perfectly unethical but absolutely legal.
Welcome to COMMIEfornia
The world is full of evil, and the road is rough. I'm glad I don't have kids. Things will get worse.
There is no where left to just live
That’s a demented thing to say. Not having kids is fucking retarded, that’s what the system wants.
@@cedricliggins7528 has been for some time. They’ve been selling a lie since the greatest came back from WWII. That was our peak as an empire.
Follow the money.
@@cedricliggins7528 Olympus is going to fall.. shit will get bad fast.. get out while you can. Or go deep in the woods
Just had my boat pretty much stolen because the marina is kicking out all liveaboards after hiring a new dockmaster. I was a motorcycle mechanic that sold all my bikes to buy my boat. I was an infantry soldier for my country. Then my country stole my boat now I'm homeless and ill be lucky if I don't end up in jail
I'm sorry to hear that. Where did this happen?
@@ErikKSwanson Charleston Oregon.
@@iheartwheelies It's crazy how many places this type of thing seems to be happening
how sad.
listen i hear you man , i really do, but you were never fighting for 'your' country, that country was destroyed in 1913. you were fighting for banking interests and imperial geopolitical objectives that certainly do not serve the dwindling genuine american people and ethos. But im sorry to hear the awful crap that has happened to you, it really feels like we as a world are headed for real chaos soon. the rich people cant always just poke and prod and think their brittle authority will be maintained indefinitely , the RBRAs of the world are paper tigers.
Your voice is perfect for documentairies. I’m dutch so I made up that docu word 🤣🙏🏼 but Its true, great voice for info sharing
Same thing is happening in British Columbia, Canada.
Several islands are pretty much owned by the rich, the jobs mostly pay minimum wage.
If you can somehow find a place to rent you'll spend your entire cheque on rent.
So most workers are either camping, usually paying $500 per month for a tent site or the lucky few are living on their boat.
It's unfortunate that this is happening in so many places.
It's happening all over. They see transient boats and livaboards as a blight, irregardless of the type of vessel involved. A lot of places that used to be friendly are no longer at all. Getting common in every country.
I live in my car, here in BC. I paint mansions for the rich, yet can't afford to live.
@@jonathanforlin1854 sorry to hear about that Johnathan,
I was the main driver and manager for a small Gulf Islands transit company and had the same experience.
I actually had to work up north in the winter to subsidize this job.
I decided after a few locals treated me like cr@p that I won't return.
@@jonathanforlin1854 That is horrible
Calling liveaboard sailors "homeless" is the most insulting thing they could possibly do.
i feel the same way, i built this tree house 20 years ago, i havent worked in 19 yrs. but people still insist I'm "homeless". house is right in the name, Tree- HOUSE. People just don't understand, just because I poop in a bucket it doesn't make me homeless.
@@eugenegreen2285 there is a special place in hell for the person who jests at the true perils of others.
May you know it's pain one day as recompense.
@@SeaforgedArtifacts not if the joke is funny. thats the rule, trust me
if your boat stays in one place are they technically "sailors"
@@eugenegreen2285 if your house stays in one place, are you still a homeowner?
The American government knows no bounds. Their goal is for every family to have a mortgage, rent, or be a bloodsucker off someone else. The idea of people living free to them is probably one of the worst things that could happen to their system.
The American government doesn't have anything to do with this. It's the California state government and the city governments.
Oh hush
nonsense, you Maggots and Faux news watchers are brain dead.
California has "slab city" where people live for free in the desert, look it up, learn something,
stop watching Faux news for a month and see some truth.
Also people can anchor out free in the california delta. dumby
American government? We are not a unitary system, where a single legislative body has power over everything and everyone, this is the state and especially local level abusing their power.
@@Sylvershade it's not just California-it's most government
The federal government's note only recommends that mariners "consult"(refer to for information) the RBRA's ordinance, but says nothing about having to abide by it. The sentence stating that nothing had changed in regards to the dimensions of the anchorage area makes it perfectly clear that RBRA has no authority to seize and destroy boats anchored on the federal waters.
This is amazing, you know this is happening all over america/ the world but videos like this show you the people's lives and faces, great video!
Thank you, I appreciate it.
I am in Perth (Fremantle) Western Australia. same thing. cant transfer or sell our moorings in the river. latest change last year.
I'm from Bolinas on the other side of Marin and was priced out years ago, it broke my heart then and this breaks my heart now.
The peaceful, responsible people get pushed out by mcmillionaires who don't know or care about anything but themselves. They've destroyed the most magical place and made it soulless.
I camped on the beach there in 1999. I would've stayed if it wasn't so cold! I'm from a bit South of there close to L.A. but I loved it so much. I have video of the harvest moon rising over the mountains while sitting on the beach. I remember there were no signs, you had to know how to get there. I had a paper from there too. I remember Save Bolinas on the front page. They're doing the same shit to us here to ✌️❣️
There was a battle rapper from Bolinas, he called himself Bo Rat and was really nice. I wonder what happened to him
Good. Glad they are cleaning up the waters.
I hope to retire to my boat someday..
This video left me thinking of things I could activate with both a hidden keyed switch, and Mercury switch, in case the vessel is turned onto it’s side, while I’m away.
Thank you so much for your wonderful video documentary. We have lived aboard our sailboat for 23 years in Key West FL.
The same thing is happening here. As a federally documented vessel we are going to stick it out to the end fighting silly local regulations on the ocean. Good luck to you!
I'm coming to join yall. I'm from Nashville Tennessee and this is a dream come true. I'm on my way.
You did the best out of all coverage on the anchorage i know because i live there
Thanks you, I’m glad you enjoyed it
The whole idea of who owns land or water is a mind trick. As the pioneers found out it's who has the biggest guns or army. Those (eye sore) boats are beautiful in my eyes and deserve to stay as classic as they are.
I think it was the natives who found out that the biggest guns count.
Native Americans sure found that out quickly. Now the people who took their shit are bitching about being treated the same.
@@dadoody Maybe that's why. "Of course we can't let immigrants in. They might act like my own ancestors!"
@@dadoody Lol ok. My family (and lots of others) came to the US (PA and NJ) from just before the civil war to just before the civil rights act about a hundred years later. We didn’t do shit, other than serve and build parts of this country. Or is it still my fault anyway just because I’m white and American? Please, educate me professor, I never did go to that fancy college place of yourn.
@@dadoody"Let's act like natives were an endangered species"
Big cope.
It is truly sad what the HAVES can do to the HAVE NOTS. They are people like everyone else and deserve respect. This is so sad. May God protect those poor people.
That’s me! Missing my dad and the water 😢
This is what happens when you let state or local jurisdictions have too much power. They should not have any authority on federal land end of story. It should be free and open to everyone. Whatever arrangement they’ve made with these RGBA folks should be removed and they should have no jurisdiction whatsoever in the bay. Tell the rich people with the yachts to go somewhere else or just coexist with the people that live there. That bay belongs to everyone not just the rich people.
Shouldn't be able to seize your property out on the water? They're destroying all our Liberties!
It all starts with a few Karens calling the local city or county and demanding that "Something must be done" and the politicians are glad to increase their budgets and staff to fix things.
Careful, the Feds are far less accountable than your locals, which is why the land belongs to local entities and the Fed’s try to steal it with various “protection“ measures then allow exploitation by companies that make Congressional donations. That’s what the Bundy ranch standoff was about, seizing local land to protect a bug, then bulldoze it for a Chinese solar farm that does deals with Harry Reid.
Got to be really careful about who you put in charge to “do the right thing.”
This is what happens when you have too much government period. No man should have the right to rule over another
It can just as easily go the opposite way in your favor with a strong state/local govt. Just depends on your situation and beliefs, there is a spot for everyone in the US
Excellent journalism, as it should be! It covers all aspects of the story thoroughly. Any conclusions are now left to an informed public.
Not really, he concludes that these squatters have no place else to go. Now it might be true they have no place to go were they live for free and don't have to work to pay for their own necessities.
They need a a activist Constitutional law firm to file class action Fed lawsuits on their behalf. Any Gov Constitutionally only have enumerated power over 10sq mi of DC, Forts, Ports and Post offices. Bay and other coastal water are nowhere mentioned. That would be subject only under long standing of Maritime law.
The runaway Corp Gov. on ALL levels must be reigned in and put in their place. Reclaim and reassert power to the "We the People
"We the people", "we the people"? You ever look at a picture of the stupid assholes who wrote that? You think they were salt of the earth laborers? No, they were rich land lords and slave owners. They dont give a shit about you or me they justed wanted more power less taxes for themselves. While doing so they wrote a poem to jerk their egos off
@@greenpinapple820 your ignorance of history is astounding, try actually reading the founding documents!
@@jamesdowell9676 theyre going to keep pushing until we fight back. and i dont mean with words and lawsuits which they ignore
That's terrible freedom of the seas😢. Prayers
Thank you for a very informative documentary. It sucks that whenever someone finds a way to live their life outside the system they get blocked! 😡
I can’t watch stuff like this gets my blood pressure up and makes me wanna do something stupid that would land me in jail lol
To overlook a bay area with no boats is ludicrous.
Great job of presenting the truth. 👍
Great video as always Erik! Your videos are high quality and you present the story well.
Thank you, I really appreciate that.
I’m glad you’re enjoying my work
@@ErikKSwanson I sure liked this video and all the comments too. I find it ironic that the entire S.F. financial district is built on top of abandoned and derelict boats boats of those off to the gold Fields in '49. I used to hang out there and have fond memories of those times back in '71. This battle was going back then also. There were huge pieces of art floating . Boats or masterpieces?I knew one guy with an army surplus amphibious landing craft with a self built camper on top. I'll never forget going to Point Rey's and parking on the beach, this ranger showing up saying no RV s on the beach. My friend saying it's not an RV, it's a boat and the ranger saying no boats on the beach and him saying it's not a boat it's an RV. That ranger finnaly giving up. What a memorable experience flipping flap Jack's in the morning for breakfast as we hit the surf. They'd pretty much flip by them selves. I guess it all depends on what statutes one pulls out of the hat and I imagine there is a little pollution and alcoholism involved. Turns out Montrose Corp dumped 100,000 barrles of ddt into the Pacific back in the '70s and 40 percent of sea lions from Catalina Island to the SF Bay have cancer and people are more concerned about what some guy living on his boat is doing with his shit. Hell, that'll make you want drink.
@@rudyhubbard2097 thanks for sharing. Glad you enjoyed the video.
According to the BCDC, Most of the pollution in the bay comes from sewage overflows and storm runoff from the city of Sausalito, so that seems like a strange argument.
I’m sure there are some irresponsible anchor-outs, but there are also many who are responsible. The blanket classification isn’t an honest way to deal with the situation
The government needs to be put back in it's place of serving the people. Instead of oppressing and terrorizing the citizens !!!
They only serve the citizens that feed them, the rich ones.
Thank you SOOO MUCH FOR DOING THIS STORY!!! I always wondered how that financial living situation worked out and now apparently it doesn't! I hope that we as bay area residents and as human beings fight for these ppl and all those who want to live FREELY! I was hoping to hear how this legally conflicted and what options ppl have but maybe next time! Thx!
Anywhere in the US where a lake, river or other body of water doesn't freeze over in the winter is heavily policed for stealth boat living. It's getting ridiculous how the rich, elites, and corporations want to take away the entire work product of our lives leaving us and our families broke.
Fascinating - thanks for bringing this issue to our attention.
You have to look at the other side of this situation. This is a two sided situation and you will be surprised at the end of what I write about this.
I used to live just a couple miles from Richardson Bay, and the boat people are a mixed group of people, some are living on unsafe, barely watertight vessels, they have no bathrooms they don't have showers, they're floating firetraps and hazards to navigation in the bay. They row ashore in dinghies or whatever floating device will get them to shore and they then use public facilities on private docks and some businesses to use the toilets and clean themselves and dump their garbage.
Some of the boaters are respectful and try to maintain their boats and be decent neighbors but too many are just homeless vagabonds getting a free place to live.
If you've seen the ratty broken down motorhomes and tent encampments of the street people, homeless, in the cities, well, they are the same type only living on the water. There are businesses and homes that have to see these floating garbage rafts when they look out their windows and patrons of restaurants who want to enjoy the beauty of dining on the water and tourists who are biking and walking and dining who have come to Sausalito and Marin County for its beauty and they have to look at the floating equivalent to a person living out of a shopping cart.
Now, I do have sympathy for some of those boaters, some are not dirty freeloaders, but the real problem is this.....
Marin County is one of the wealthiest counties in the country. More multimillionaires live or own homes in Marin per capita than any other county in California and maybe the country. It is also a 99.9999% Democratic Liberal voting county. The population is more active in pushing the Left agenda than anywhere in the U.S. and they are always preaching about how they help the homeless and they do, and if you are in need of food and shelter, Marin is the place to go. But for some reason these wealthy elites don't want to help the boaters. They want them gone at whatever cost because they have to look at them and be reminded how hypocritical they actually are with their vast wealth and oppulent lifestyles and not helping those in need.
Just like when DeSantis sent the illegals to Martha's Vineyard, those rich people couldn't get rid of those migrants fast enough.
They will vote to let them in and to let the homeless camp on the streets and commit crimes without being arrested because we have to be tolerant, they didn't choose to he homeless. But, as soon as the homeless or illegals are visible to these people, they want them away from their homes and neighborhoods, and they will threaten local officials to do something or they will have them fired or voted out or stop giving campaign money.
Hasn't the world gotten tired of the rich causing all these problems and then pretending to be so caring and tolerant when they are just evil, spoiled, selfish elites?
Very valid points. There is something peculiar about poor people living on boats. My parents used to own a boat and we quickly discovered that keeping one in working order is expensive.
I suspect most of the boats seized by the state had deteriorated into floating barges. Otherwise, why not move the boat temporarily to avoid having it towed?
@@Da_Benski ---- you are correct about owning a boat. It is expensive to maintain a boat. Even if you have it dry docked it is constant maintenance. Imagine the work needed when you live aboard a vessel that is anchored, or moored on open water. It's very difficult to live in a small space that isn't necessarily built to live in. That's how they become hazardous and dangerous. Leaks and fires, are very common and ignorance, stupidity and lack of common sense can mean the difference between a vessel staying afloat or sinking.
On the other end of the spectrum is another side to the story. Just a mile or two and also a little further North in the Bay there are a hundred or so permanent houseboats docked. These are not houseboats you see typically cruising lakes and rivers with vacationers aboard, towing a ski boat. These are floating houses. They are not sea worthy, most cannot navigate waters under their own power. By law and definition they must be able to be moved by towing from another vessel. These are every shape and size, with fireplaces and their own boat dock, even though they themselves are a boat docked to a gangway that leads to a street and or parking lot. These houseboats can be millions of dollars to buy. But you won't see any of the "homeless" vessels anchored or moored around these houseboats because they are on channels off the main body of the Bay and that city, Larkspur, doesn't allow boats to just drop anchor or attach to mooring buoys. You must dock your vessel and all docks are private slips or docks attached to someone's backyard.
Still, the North Bay, Marin County, is one of the richest Counties in the country. And it isn't very big as far as population around 265,000 but holds the sixth spot of the nation's wealthiest counties with an average income of just under $142,00.00 per household per year.
That is the average household yearly income. Think about how much the highest incomes are. Some of the biggest names in music, actors, sports stars owners of tech giants, owners of corporate giants, real royalty all own homes in Marin County. I used to live down the street about two blocks from George Lucas. My sister and brother in law live on the same hillside as James Hetfield of Metallica, and share the federal open space countryside as their backyards are attached to the land that will never be built on.
There is wealth beyond your imagination there. A friend of mine who lives there grew up in Kentfield and his father was CEO of Levi Strauss.
But, these die hard Democratic Liberal with more money than they could ever spend in a lifetime and some of the smartest people in the world of business and finance, can't make an effort to fix the problem of the homeless floating population of the North Bay. Such hypocrisy, and elitest mindset. They all preach about helping, and being inclusive, and how moral they are and save the planet as long as they don't have to see it or participate in actively helping anyone who is in hardship and struggling to live the life that we all should be able to live. Have shelter, warmth, stay dry, have food and water and clean living situations with safety from crime and from tyrants.
@@13_13k Well, I suppose that's gentrification to the max.
It's interesting to consider that people once flocked to California for a more affordable standard of living.
@@Da_Benski ---- the days of affordable housing, plentiful work, and clean safe living environments to raise a family with good schools disappeared when I was a kid. I caught what I and most people would consider the end of that iconic American lifestyle. Everyone left the keys in the car, your bicycle or skateboard or anything on the front lawn until your dad yelled at you to pick your shit up off the lawn. Every street had families living in every other house with an average of four to eight kids, if you were an only child or there were only two kids was rare. We played football on connecting grass front yards with full or near full manned teams, there was little league baseball, Pop Warner football, AYSO soccer, I grew up about a mile from the beach so we swam, surfed, fished, sailed, etc... there would be literally hundreds of kids on the streets on Halloween, Christmas and 4th of July parades in the streets and boat parades in the marina, giant old school art deco movie theater that during the summer the local marina federal savings bank gave tickets for Saturday free matinee double feature movies. The theater had seating for about 500 people and it would be packed with kids from age 7 to 17 complete mayhem.
We ran around the streets carefree but had to be home for dinner and then when the streetlights came on. This was a little hidden neighborhood in next to LAX airport in Los Angeles. My parents bought their tiny 3 bdrm 1 bath 2 car garage on ⅓ acre in 1962 for $22k. You can buy that same house, no remodel and no upgraded anything, (there are a few left) if you are lucky for $800 - 1 million now in that same neighborhood. Most of the homes have been remodeled or torn down and rebuilt completely and sell for $1.5 - $5 million and even more expensive.
It's crazy. I make a little over $100k a year and I can't afford to buy a house unless I go way out into the desert and because there is no work out there I'd have to drive 2 hours or more, each direction for work. So I pay crazy rent to live in one of the crime infested neighborhoods in LA. . That's no exaggeration.
@@13_13k Friend, I couldn't say it any better than you have. I'm 71yo born and raised in California.
Very disturbing and sad situation. Legal Scum bags hiding behind official offices deserve to rot in jail.
They definitely deserve to rot somewhere
Fully agree
This is also how people who live in their vehicles get treated everywhere. Those who have pledged an oath to the constitution and have a fiduciary duty to protect are instead doing the exact opposite and causing downhill spirals of homelessness, reaping deprivation continuously, destroying the last few things a person has held onto and leaving them with nothing. I see it happen with my own eyes all the time and it is pure evil.
people living in vans where doing fine for a long time until people decided to post everything on youtube. trying to make it a trend causing places to ban them.
It wasnt exposure on social media, its the sheer bumbers of people living in vehicles has increased everywhere, exponentially. "Or you'll live in a van down by the river!" 90s comedic insult from Chris Farley on SNL to 2010s trend due to economic hardship. Not youtube sheesh
@@WN_Byers when people started posting every location they park then telling others to do it forced all those spots to be closed or no parking to be enforced. rember Walmart when it was 24 hrs was 100% cool with it until social media started abusing it. this even forced blm sites to be closed from the same hey hears free parking come trash the place. if it wasent for youtube and other media people would not even have known of these locations unless they did they own searching.
@@gogereaver349 no Walmart had that policy allowing overnight campers, because the numbers were low and people left no trace. Now there are simply too many people living in vehicles for that to continue. What I said earlier applies here as well. Nobody should be forced to live in a vehicle in the greatest country on Earth with all of the space and resources we have
That RBRA guy sounds like a real treat.
I also lost my first sailboat a vintage trimaran to the authorities there. They sank it then destroyed it just before I was to haul out for a refit.
That’s messed up
I knew what I was in for. Had warnings from a true pirate a few weeks before as mother bought fast company from him. They called him wolf. He warned me of the dangers including the lawlessness.
My sister told some cops in NYC bout the problems I had on the Anchorage. Those cops seem to think I stumbled upon a human trafficking group and was in their way. I simply thought it was a satanic drug, theft, and murder ring as part of the war on that bay. My sister was talking yesterday and put it together. I was in the way and bringing unwanted light of the problems there. If I was them I'd mark me for death as well. I was much closer to the truth than I ever thought and could have possibly brought it all crashing down. I was warned when leaving Cali not to return upon threat of painfull death. I return soon.🤣🤣🤣🤣
I lived aboard in South San Francisco for a couple years. I paid a monthly fee to cover my portion of the community costs. This is fair. People that want to live on their boats in a fixed location without contributing to the overall cost of basic services in that location are pirates, as the beginning of this video romanticizes. These people expect to have a sanitary place to land their dinghies, dispose of their poop and pee, gather potable water, enjoy the security and safety of police and fire services, local hospitals to help them if they are injured or sick and send their kids to public schools-all for free. If their boat is sinking I bet they wouldn’t delay a second in calling the Coast Guard to assist. Either move somewhere that has no publicly supported services or contribute your fair share, it is as simple as that.
Agree they would have a defensible argument if they weren't socializing the cost of their lives and the services they consume while privatizing the benefits...
Ironically its the same entitlement mentality being ascribed to the "evil rich ppl on the hill" that is being displayed by the "poor helpless" free riders.
The usa has open borders and finds many ways to subsidize invaders who in turn increase cost of rent by simple supply and demand of them having roommates, working for less under table, using services that citizens pay for yet our government can afford to give billions to other countries so there is that
@@i-fart-n-elevators4610 please don’t drink the kool aid on GOP ‘open border’ screaming. The fact is, visa overstays outnumber the illegal border crossers by a 2:1 margin. In fact, our former first lady, Ms. Trump, worked as a model in the U.S. while here on a tourist visa. This is stealing a job just as much as a person drywalling your house for 1/10 the price a citizen would charge. Don’t forget that if American business didn’t give illegals jobs and American landlords didn’t give them housing there would be virtually zero people crossing the borders illegally. So if you want to pick on a group of humans, at least pick on the ones that are responsible for the predatory behavior.
Well done this was a great documentary
Another example of the Golden Rule. Those with the gold make the rules.
Nothing pisses the government off more than when you’re not dependent on them.
they're on welfare...
California loves the homeless so much, they are going out of their way to make more of them.
So much for living off grid and helping the planet right
People really need to understand and come to the realization the government is really not your Authority
Saw a similar video a few months back about a place in BC Canada. Bunch of rich Karens upset there were poor people living for free in the bay.
The guy who said his footprint is a tenth of those houses is wrong, it's more like a hundredth.
I’ll have to look for that video, thanks
This is a constant complaint by the rich. They can't stand to see someone living without paying them money somehow. So they hate people living in vans, or on boats, etc. "for free". You just want to tell them, "Do you want to go live in a little van, or on a boat, then, yourself? Do you really envy people who have to pack their water, food, and even waste in and out? Do you really envy someone who's going to the laundromat once a week and trying to get by on disability money for their bad back?