4 years later and to this date he is still on city payroll like Milton from Office Space. Just working down under the paver every day it's not much but it's an honest life.
I watch more news from California than Chicago which is where I live. I think everyone knows there's a lot going on in chicago yet I still see California news more lol.
Note for viewers after me. The hours meter is total machine (engine operation) hours. There is no way to say that the city actually USED the machine. You can add up hours on that counter by just idling the machine in place, and even brand new it had to have a couple of hours on it from post-assembly testing, much like a brand new off-the-train car has a a very few (usually less than 5) miles on it already. - A good follow-up would be to see if whomever bought the "obsolete" model is getting more use out of it. Hint: I bet they are.
The company that built it tested it and showed it to the city officials before they bought it Why would the city need to test it? They didn't engineer it.
Francisco Islas when you take money from the city and can’t pay it back you take your time to fix anything so it can have time to replenish the missing money
All paving companies I know of use those machines so often they staff mechanics to maintain them. While local roads are falling apart, this LA City machine sits practically brand new.
It’s a simple matter of limited resources. City codes require them to hire transgender maintenance operators, and all of them are busy teaching children about Drag Queens at the local libraries
That's fine we rich. I only have a helicopter and a jet but my neighbor parks a heli, a jet, and about 20 super cars on his roof. I don't even want to talk about my other neighbors who park UFOs on top.
And Democratic states like Oregon waste 750k a year on bottled water because the water fountains have an issue, and spends 500k a year on disposal of those water bottles.
KC I know, let's take the power Away from law abiding citizens who's lives get damaged and their ability to fight back and empower criminals who profit off robbing the lives of the innocent! -Democrats
@@houstonjoker3836 Hey, be nice now, this is America, all it takes it one medical bill and you're gonna be wishing you had a paving machine to sleep under.
I think this machine is designed to grind and recycle asphalt. Most city streets have many patches made of concrete. The machine is probably not designed to grind or convert concrete to asphalt. This machine will never pay for itself. It's probably broke down because of inexperienced operators. A contractor friendly with the Mayor will purchase it for a $100,000 in a sealed bid auction.
Even if it was a road made from asphalt they still need a paving crew to work around the manholes and sewer grates. Not sure how many paving companies are willing to bid on jobs where the city wants to do all the straight easy work in house then contract out the skilled finishing work.
Jaime Alonzo you typically have to have it registered to an address, whether a parent’s house or a half way house. 99% of the people you see wearing them are “low level” sex offenders, so as soon as you see that enlarged sock on one leg grab your kids and walk the other way.
I’m surprised they didn’t try to interview the LAPD. Someone knows exactly where that guy is at all times of the day! Who is responsible if this guy happens to drag a young girl down there..? The judge? The owner of the lot? Or do they get to throw their hands up again?
Just to clarify what this machine is. It’s a milling machine. Its purpose is for grinding up old asphalt or concrete so new asphalt or concrete can be put down. It does not recycle or lay down new asphalt or any other material. It only removes material. But regardless of that it still shouldn’t be sitting there wasting away
This is not just a milling machine. Although that is one of the functions it does as well as mixing new oil in, and placing the material on the road or in a laydown machine. True the media should not call it a "paver", the media likes to make up things...
Maybe it doesnt work. Europe has paver machines that lay brick pavers functionally. If they cant get an asphalt repaver they should revert to pavers. Even cobblestone style would beat all the potholes on some rds.
Eman Yerr seriously it's fucking criminal. And they always have the disenfranchised drone like people giving out parking tickets because they don't give a shit long as they get paid and the damn govt knows it!
wizard sorcerer you're like either 14 yrs old or not from LA. IF you don't have a car in LA you are at a handicap. So nice try, but it's not that simple.
Omg the look on the mayors face, he looked shocked it had been used that much. It should pay for itself in three to four years at this rate? How about working it night and day to fix the darn roads and have it pay for it’s self in a week? What a thought!
The mayor said it's in testing mode and then he said they paid over $11,000 mi of work but have no explanation of why it's just sitting there and why it's only been ran 5 hours for the whole year so far time to vote him out of office
6/16/17....just before end of tax financial year. In other words, the city went on a spending spree, to ensure they're entitled to 10% more revenue for the next financial year, because they've spent it all, common business practice.
Contact the manufacturer and ask about maintenance for it. They can not sit for months, it needs to run. Better yet look at who sold it and how they possibly connected with someone in the government.
They saved 10-20k this year. Yay-! That’s about 1% of $1.3M, no? 50-130 years and it pays for itself! Oh wow! They aren’t lying 🥴 yeah, 13,000 jobs and it’s paid for. (If Americans could do math, the civil war would have stated decades ago.)
it seriously would have been a good way to talk about the homeless situation that's getting quite severe in LA. IF they even put a quarter of that kind of money into a project I'm sure it would make a difference....
In my country it's usually a corrupt deal between supplier and government officials. A need would be "invented" for unnecessary purchase and kickback payed to officials out of over inflated prices. The facilitating agent can score up to 33% commission, always a family member or friend of official.
But people breed out the smart- only the dumb and rich are breeding- if you’re rich, there’s no need to be smart or even try- That machine -if it’s not already- will be a mystery to anyone who comes near it xD I give it another 40 years.
Poor homeless dude.. Bet he didn't know the entire city was watching him, being mentioned to the mayor and then asked about his name once more at the end. Let the dude sleep. At least it's doing SOMETHING, albeit a glorified tent, but a still...
Anyone who gets paid “tax payer money” should be required to wear a camera at all times while on the clock- there should be live feeds that anyone can get access to.
I don't know that might be Michigan's slogan. We have the worse roads in America (or so I believe) potholes, cracks, whole chunks missing, patches that were done weeks ago already falling apart etc etc. But I dunno you might be right
I love how they focused on the homeless man throughout the segment. If the point is to expose corrupt justice and misuse of taxpayer dollars; What is gained or added from citing the homeless man? I mean really? In reality, exposing situations like this only leaves a bad taste in the populations mouth. Because if you really think exposing the misuse will actually CHANGE the behavior, your silly.
As a heavy equipment operator that works with these machines and is also a libertarian, this is actually a great use of taxpayer money. Trust me, I really don't like taxes and I don't like the government wasting money, however, this machine legitimately will pay for its self in 4-5 years with a working life of about 20-25 years. Owning the machine allows the city to complete projects at cost and with more flexible scheduling.
The REAL cause of the non use is there is nobody willing to operate it! It requires excellent skills, and excellent pay to operate that machine. The city should sell it to a private paving contractor and contract out the paving work. Problem solved!
He MUST be related to someone working for the city/cops. They know exactly where he is with that monitor on his ankle, I wonder if he’s a seggs offender… imagine if he strikes again and takes his victim to that spot-!? Who is held accountable then-!? Just him! He’s being protected- why not spend 1.3M on a homeless shelter instead-? Ah, gotta pay staff. Can’t just let them live there alone-!? Then… someone can be held accountable. Can’t have that-! Better to act like they completely oblivious to what goes down in their city.
I know that machine and what it does. Cause several years ago Donald trump hosted a show on discovery channel featuring it. Can resurface with fewer people and no new materials allowing you to save money while paying employees more. You can drive on road 15 minutes after it passes without having to close road. That thing should be running around the clock.
replaces a bunch of dude to like 3 guys thats why they dont use it they want to pay for more dudes slower times because theya re partners of the syndicates
Funded by the county wide Proposition M which was supposed to be used for road and traffic infrastructure throughout the county. Mostly being used to fund free fare on the county METRO bus system.
I won't give my last name ,but give the street name that I live in that's fine, I mean if anybody from State wanted to find her for her comments I'm pretty sure it would be easyyyyyyyyy to find a Martha within that block and specially with her face being exposed !!!! 🤦🤔
wobblegook are you stupid by choice? Hes pointing out the fact that shes trying to stay anonymous while showing where she lives which is fucking stupid
A survey has to be done of which roads need it and which roads are good for it. Traffic plans have to be determined, as to when to pave to not interfere much with current traffic demands meaning traffic in those areas has to be studied, new slope designs have to be determined for the road to run off water effectively, Roads have to be tested to see if the recycling method works on certain roads prior to paving, and training a crew takes times too. Im not surprised its been a year. As a material testing technician the plans I receive are around 1-2 years old for projects going on today.
To only use a machine of this type for 4 hours over a 2 year period is a criminally negligent under utilisation of a taxoayer funded asset. But to then replace it after that time and use with another, costing almost 1.4 Million Dollars utterly beggars belief! Whomever is (ir)responsible for these outrages needs to be dismissed on the grounds of Gross Misconduct!
Lol now the city knows how it feels for a squatter to live in a dwelling that isn’t his. I hope the city needs to properly “evict” him like us landlords have to just through hoops that the city makes us do.
It’s hard to use a machine when the streets are full of homeless in the first place. Second a million bucks is only worth 3 modest family homes in that area now. So it sounds like a bunch of pointless whining now.
Democrats sit in there rich bubble but try to control everyone not in the bubble. They literally dont live with poor people or minorities and gate them out of their communities but somehow know whats best for them, They want you on welfare.
Moron, people on welfare have no fucking wages to raise, so how the fuck are they trying to get them off welfare, you can't work and receive welfare in CA so your stuck.Just look at any major democrat controlled city/state. Do you even pay attention to democrats policies, they are about government controlling everyone. Republicans just want you to be a man and take care of your self. People aren't supposed to make a living working at Mcdonalds, those jobs are for kids to get work experience. Its not sustainable, If I force Mcdonalds to raise there wages the will go out of business because the sell a fucking burger for a 1$, same with small business that can barely pay there employees.
your a fucking moron, TRUMP just speaks facts. Meanwhile dumbass Democrats want to spend millions of dollars on making sure illegal immigrants are okay in CA when there's plenty of poor people in fact the highest population of homeless people living California, I grew up poor and had to claw my way out and I see the difference from both sides, unlike most Democrats that grew up fucking rich and coddled by their fucking parents
+Smokeout System; that 3 million is entirely the votes from manhattan. Exclude those city slickers and trump would win popular vote. And dont think that city slickers can resist mass hypnosis as well as rural population. Ergo rural states get more votes per person than urban.
Most likely workers don’t want to use it because it works too well. It’s been a known fact CalTrans takes their time because it keeps their budget high.
I remember hearing the joke “What’s wrong with the roads!” And then realizing in my own city that they tend to break up and replace the same streets while others have gone decades and have potholes every couple of FEET! Never ever see them get taken care of.
It must be a kick in the nuts for the tax payer to see this sit unused. One thing though, they can't resurface a road that is lined with cars. Also, the reason they probably lined the fence with tarp is so that criminals can't see valuable items sat idol, easy to steal.
dduewe maybe the local council could throw tarmac at the sermon while they are on their rampage.... it's the only way the roads will get resurfaced any time soon 😉
They used if for 51 hours, that's enough time to see that maybe it doesn't work as good as advertised? Are the palms being greased to not use in it favor of paying for new asphalt somewhere else.
If that is just sitting there, Wtf have they been using to fix the roads? This means road repair can be happening at a way faster pace. We need to find the people responsible for hiding this and reprimanded them
Be very careful what you ask for, if you live in snohomish county Washington most of the damage on our roads are from where the county did so called repairs, its the work quality of 3rd graders.
I'm willing to bet that the local paving contractors make sure that the politicians won't let city workers take their work. That machine is not long for the world.
the worst thing you can do to a vehicle or machinery is to let it sit unused. all the rubber and plastic seals become brittle and start to leak oil and other fluids
Its not actually a homeless guy, its the operator he is still waiting for orders.
I am laughing
Gold coment😂
I died lmfao
4 years later and to this date he is still on city payroll like Milton from Office Space. Just working down under the paver every day it's not much but it's an honest life.
he's getting overtime pay
I bet the "homeless" guy knows more about the machine than the city.
Lol probably true
Sadly this is true.
Yea lmao
Yup the city is worried about nail polish
@@hystloko2890 I want to come back as a butterfly nobody ever suspects a butterfly 🤣
The city would be like "we'll get rid of that homeless man immediately"
@Rusty Climber dude. Tell me what you did
They’ll give him a free ride to Cali- wait..
@@alwaysyouramanda he’s already in California isn’t he? Lol what just take him out then back again?
🤣🤦♂️😭💀
That’s Los Angeles for you (Democrat run)
I love watching these investigations. I don’t live in California, but my local news stations need something like this.
Dudes an idiot making issues where there isn’t one!
Investigations that end in nothing? Sweet.
@@KB-nt7eg nothing to investigate!
I watch more news from California than Chicago which is where I live. I think everyone knows there's a lot going on in chicago yet I still see California news more lol.
@@joekev27 California makes half of the USAs money so yeah
"You'll be livin' in a street paver down by the river"
RIP Chris Farley. Nice reference though.
Where's it from?
SNL
Why snitch on that homeless man, come on now, give the man a break
kiki guion true
Note for viewers after me. The hours meter is total machine (engine operation) hours. There is no way to say that the city actually USED the machine. You can add up hours on that counter by just idling the machine in place, and even brand new it had to have a couple of hours on it from post-assembly testing, much like a brand new off-the-train car has a a very few (usually less than 5) miles on it already.
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A good follow-up would be to see if whomever bought the "obsolete" model is getting more use out of it. Hint: I bet they are.
It’s so expensive it can transform into a house without worker intervention, amazing technology
It’s really hard for me to feel bad for California when you have people living there that walk around with watches that cost more with that
Ha I bet they don't know how it works and they don't have anyone trained to use it.
lol, the Mexicans cant read English
CRT Mojo ask the homeless man. He's probably pretty proficient
How much to operate it?
CRT Mojo just what I was thinking
It doesn’t work by itself ,workers are needed and that’s more expensive
than the paver itself overtime
The homeless man is doing an oil change on it.
The company that built it tested it and showed it to the city officials before they bought it Why would the city need to test it? They didn't engineer it.
Francisco Islas when you take money from the city and can’t pay it back you take your time to fix anything so it can have time to replenish the missing money
on the toilet so pay first , test later ? I test drove my car before being bent over by the dealer lol
Francisco Islas Damn This statement made me dumber
Francisco Islas ummm don’t you test drive a new car before you buy it?? Ummm yea EVERYsmart person does.Stupid comment
on the toilet its already paid for, pay attention!
All paving companies I know of use those machines so often they staff mechanics to maintain them. While local roads are falling apart, this LA City machine sits practically brand new.
It’s a simple matter of limited resources. City codes require them to hire transgender maintenance operators, and all of them are busy teaching children about Drag Queens at the local libraries
@@internetperson9121 haha 😂
City's always wasting the taxpayers money smh
Nd S *Democrats waste money
That's fine we rich. I only have a helicopter and a jet but my neighbor parks a heli, a jet, and about 20 super cars on his roof. I don't even want to talk about my other neighbors who park UFOs on top.
garcetti aint doing shit about it bet he knows too
And Democratic states like Oregon waste 750k a year on bottled water because the water fountains have an issue, and spends 500k a year on disposal of those water bottles.
KC I know, let's take the power Away from law abiding citizens who's lives get damaged and their ability to fight back and empower criminals who profit off robbing the lives of the innocent! -Democrats
I would be curious to see how much it has been used as of today.
Me to should ask for updates city streets look pretty much the same
“Returning from a hards day of work” homeless guys walks into his front yard 😂😂 Good work Mr Goldstein
That was STU MANDEL the guy in sky 2 helicopter! Not Goldstein...
200 morons gave this a like. This world is F'd
Hard days work panhandling 😂
@@houstonjoker3836 Hey, be nice now, this is America, all it takes it one medical bill and you're gonna be wishing you had a paving machine to sleep under.
Dude said coming home from hard days work had me dying.
I think this machine is designed to grind and recycle asphalt. Most city streets have many patches made of concrete. The machine is probably not designed to grind or convert concrete to asphalt. This machine will never pay for itself. It's probably broke down because of inexperienced operators. A contractor friendly with the Mayor will purchase it for a $100,000 in a sealed bid auction.
Hanzy Scure the city probably over budget and decided to use that monies as firewood 😁🔥
Even if it was a road made from asphalt they still need a paving crew to work around the manholes and sewer grates. Not sure how many paving companies are willing to bid on jobs where the city wants to do all the straight easy work in house then contract out the skilled finishing work.
Sounds like it. Imagine what it costs to repair that thing-!!
So corruption. Of course.
Same thing with the yachts the city purchased then auctioned for a third of the price. so rich folk could get a deal on expensive items.
The problem its not the homeless man so dont ask how he’s sleeping there ask why they don’t fix your roads
and that broken fence...
Some people made a lot of money on this machine. It is about politicians making money and not about what the public needs.
Rau Kenneth here in my country is around 3-10% fee, idk how much in the USA lol
+Kai -; someone else said in indonesia they have to pay a fee to the gov official before buying this machine. Kinda far fetched comment.
AnantaSesaDas not just this but every item they buy, you have to pay fee if you wanna get contract.
+Muhammad Yuda; is that like sales tax tho?
AnantaSesaDas nah its bribe 😅😅😅😅 that not the list 😎😎😎😎
Yet if citizens took it upon themselves to repair their street, they can expect a visit from the police.
He got an ankle monitor he ain’t homeless
Exactly he lives in a 1.3 million dollar house.
Ernie Pie in the Sky got jokes... “coming home from a hard day’s work” 😂😂😂
Jaime Alonzo you typically have to have it registered to an address, whether a parent’s house or a half way house. 99% of the people you see wearing them are “low level” sex offenders, so as soon as you see that enlarged sock on one leg grab your kids and walk the other way.
I’m surprised they didn’t try to interview the LAPD. Someone knows exactly where that guy is at all times of the day! Who is responsible if this guy happens to drag a young girl down there..? The judge? The owner of the lot? Or do they get to throw their hands up again?
@@thefloridamanofytcomments5264 2years later this shit still funny 😭🤣
Just to clarify what this machine is. It’s a milling machine. Its purpose is for grinding up old asphalt or concrete so new asphalt or concrete can be put down. It does not recycle or lay down new asphalt or any other material. It only removes material. But regardless of that it still shouldn’t be sitting there wasting away
@@locomotive5A there’s small milling machines and there’s large milling machines. This is a large one
This is not just a milling machine. Although that is one of the functions it does as well as mixing new oil in, and placing the material on the road or in a laydown machine. True the media should not call it a "paver", the media likes to make up things...
He said it was called a kolers recycler
This is a Hot-in-Place Asphalt Recycling Machine, it is NOT a milling machine, this machine grinds, microwaves and lays down recycled asphalt
@@tshay27 Well that’s absolutely amazing
Plot Twist: Homeless guy with ankle monitor really a government employee
Plot Twist: Homeless guy with ankle monitor was part of the purchase price
@@rogermartinez9241 the long awaited sequel to a glorious comment, there is a overwhelming sense of completeness
Me: taxation is theft
Them: but who will pay for the roads?!?
The roads:
No reason why the homeless cant use it for cover if the city won't.
Merry Christmas right so the Mayor is gonna go out of his way to get the homeless man out but can’t do anything with the machine?.... prothetic!
What I got out of this is that they could have build a shelter for homeless instead of that machine they wont use.
That is actually quite an awsome machine, if only it was being used
Maybe it doesnt work. Europe has paver machines that lay brick pavers functionally. If they cant get an asphalt repaver they should revert to pavers. Even cobblestone style would beat all the potholes on some rds.
It's a new kind of dystopia. You live not alongside the machine, you live inside the machine!
They dont care...all they have to do is give us parking tickets, BS taxes etc etc
Eman Yerr seriously it's fucking criminal. And they always have the disenfranchised drone like people giving out parking tickets because they don't give a shit long as they get paid and the damn govt knows it!
wobblegook don’t get a car simple
wizard sorcerer you're like either 14 yrs old or not from LA. IF you don't have a car in LA you are at a handicap. So nice try, but it's not that simple.
wobblegook sry bud don’t live in LA heard it’s bad down there so I thought why need a car when there is bikes
It’s extortion :)
Omg the look on the mayors face, he looked shocked it had been used that much. It should pay for itself in three to four years at this rate? How about working it night and day to fix the darn roads and have it pay for it’s self in a week? What a thought!
I think he just finished smoking something.😂
The problem is no one knows how to turn the damn thing on. These are high school graduates from schools with no shop classes anymore.
my kid has no shop class at his school, but they have a feelings class, also we need to bring back slapping
Gregory Everson dumbest class ever, no wonder we have problems
The mayor said it's in testing mode and then he said they paid over $11,000 mi of work but have no explanation of why it's just sitting there and why it's only been ran 5 hours for the whole year so far time to vote him out of office
6/16/17....just before end of tax financial year.
In other words, the city went on a spending spree, to ensure they're entitled to 10% more revenue for the next financial year, because they've spent it all,
common business practice.
YoBaby S'up?!! But why not use it tho haha
yeap, it's just sittin there begging to be spent
Common business.. yeah but this is government
That “checks and balances” thing they shoved down our throats in elementary school sure turned out to be a wild flop.
@@uniaguilar government is the biggest business in America! Americans can’t do math- otherwise we’d see a civil war like no other.
You cannot call that it's not being used because it is being used as a shelter which is not a waste :)
Sell it to San Antonio, Tx. We'll actually use it.
People are angry that this guy lives in a $1.4 million dollar shelter. At least someone is using it.
name a street that needs this machine Glenoaks Blvd
Dinocornosaurus this is why we can't have nice things
Sunset Boulevard from the 101 freeway to Beverly Hills
Contact the manufacturer and ask about maintenance for it. They can not sit for months, it needs to run. Better yet look at who sold it and how they possibly connected with someone in the government.
I worked on those.. and trust me owning your own instead of contracting one of ours.. saves them 10-20k per job
Enigma Nun they aint using it tho
Yah agreed man
And it sits in a city lot , guarded by Joe Shmoe , that homeless dude on probation !
They saved 10-20k this year. Yay-! That’s about 1% of $1.3M, no? 50-130 years and it pays for itself! Oh wow! They aren’t lying 🥴 yeah, 13,000 jobs and it’s paid for. (If Americans could do math, the civil war would have stated decades ago.)
"testing" in other words, its being tested by the homeless as an affordable housing solution.
Should just put that money into a homeless shelter
Mr Guzman why they have the machinery for a reason.
Ricky spanish idk if you're being facetious but you seem dumb
it seriously would have been a good way to talk about the homeless situation that's getting quite severe in LA. IF they even put a quarter of that kind of money into a project I'm sure it would make a difference....
Mr Guzman they did the homeless guy is sleeping under it.
Mr Guzman Nah, homeless people are regular people. They can get a job if they really wanted to. Nobodies but their fault they’re on the street
In my country it's usually a corrupt deal between supplier and government officials. A need would be "invented" for unnecessary purchase and kickback payed to officials out of over inflated prices.
The facilitating agent can score up to 33% commission, always a family member or friend of official.
Technology like that doesn't go obsolete
But people breed out the smart- only the dumb and rich are breeding- if you’re rich, there’s no need to be smart or even try-
That machine -if it’s not already- will be a mystery to anyone who comes near it xD I give it another 40 years.
It looks like a milling machine to me, NOT a paver. It's grinds the roadway to a certain deapth, so that a new topcoat of asphalt could be laid
Poor homeless dude.. Bet he didn't know the entire city was watching him, being mentioned to the mayor and then asked about his name once more at the end. Let the dude sleep. At least it's doing SOMETHING, albeit a glorified tent, but a still...
Anyone who gets paid “tax payer money” should be required to wear a camera at all times while on the clock- there should be live feeds that anyone can get access to.
I saw a recent investigation on the animal control officers who go to the gym, have yard sales and even go home and nap on the job-!!!
That guy turned the machine on when he went to "check on" the bearded man.
"No homeless here..."
Homeless guy knew that machine was going nowhere! Good place to put down roots! Nice house my guy
State slogans:
Illinois; Home Of Lincoln
New Hampshire; Live Free Or Die
California; Home Of The Pothole
I don't know that might be Michigan's slogan. We have the worse roads in America (or so I believe) potholes, cracks, whole chunks missing, patches that were done weeks ago already falling apart etc etc. But I dunno you might be right
Austin Deems I take it you’ve never been to New Orleans
@@WasianShortFilms no sir I haven't, why is it that bad?
The fact that people would think LA has some of the worst roads is crazy. Clearly they haven’t been to many other places
I love how they focused on the homeless man throughout the segment. If the point is to expose corrupt justice and misuse of taxpayer dollars; What is gained or added from citing the homeless man? I mean really?
In reality, exposing situations like this only leaves a bad taste in the populations mouth. Because if you really think exposing the misuse will actually CHANGE the behavior, your silly.
At last I give u a like.. well said
a true ninja uses all tools at his disposal ;)
You're*
@@cameltoast I think he meant to say your silly ways are silly.. I am reaching I admit it.
Love this reporting
As a heavy equipment operator that works with these machines and is also a libertarian, this is actually a great use of taxpayer money. Trust me, I really don't like taxes and I don't like the government wasting money, however, this machine legitimately will pay for its self in 4-5 years with a working life of about 20-25 years. Owning the machine allows the city to complete projects at cost and with more flexible scheduling.
The key is it has to be used to be a great use of tax payer money. Right now it is just going to waste as that 20 year clock counts down.
The REAL cause of the non use is there is nobody willing to operate it! It requires excellent skills, and excellent pay to operate that machine. The city should sell it to a private paving contractor and contract out the paving work. Problem solved!
I’ve known a private contractor (for FedEx ground) that paid his workers in hard drugs lmao. That might not be the solution.. 🥴
Always wasting everyone's money and always finding ways to waste more.
Maybe Murica or fed money who care
Rofl…can’t stop laughing. Only in California baby! Go Newsom!
Are you kidding what a great home for that man.
Yes and would be,even better,if they fired it up and paved his living room floor.
He MUST be related to someone working for the city/cops. They know exactly where he is with that monitor on his ankle, I wonder if he’s a seggs offender… imagine if he strikes again and takes his victim to that spot-!? Who is held accountable then-!? Just him! He’s being protected- why not spend 1.3M on a homeless shelter instead-? Ah, gotta pay staff. Can’t just let them live there alone-!? Then… someone can be held accountable. Can’t have that-! Better to act like they completely oblivious to what goes down in their city.
Absolute nice 🏡
the paver and the homeless sure look like best buds.
I know that machine and what it does. Cause several years ago Donald trump hosted a show on discovery channel featuring it. Can resurface with fewer people and no new materials allowing you to save money while paying employees more. You can drive on road 15 minutes after it passes without having to close road. That thing should be running around the clock.
how pathetic to be homeless and decide you want to live under that
How does a street paver pay for itself?
Ernest Bigot as low income housing. They already have 1 -tenet- tenant.
Ernest Bigot it will pay for it self by doing the job faster with less people
SgtPiggie ok thanks
replaces a bunch of dude to like 3 guys thats why they dont use it they want to pay for more dudes slower times because theya re partners of the syndicates
Ernest Bigot even if people explain it to you your dumb mind wouldn't comprehend what goes into this road making buisness
Funded by the county wide Proposition M which was supposed to be used for road and traffic infrastructure throughout the county. Mostly being used to fund free fare on the county METRO bus system.
LA? Worst roads on the nation? Hahaha apparently you people have never been to Chicago
chris corona yeah I see streets without a paved road and it feels you are going to lose your tires
Or Michigan
They never been to new york lol
They worst here because we have better shit then you bums and can’t risk our cars being damaged
Homelessman in his mind: “If they come and ask, ima say I’m the repair man watch”
I won't give my last name ,but give the street name that I live in that's fine, I mean if anybody from State wanted to find her for her comments I'm pretty sure it would be easyyyyyyyyy to find a Martha within that block and specially with her face being exposed !!!! 🤦🤔
Gilberto Dejesus this is what you got out of it? should Martha be worried about you. like sheesh tf do u want from her?
maybe she has a bad last name lol
CaelaNes lol, that's a possibility...!!😂
wobblegook are you stupid by choice? Hes pointing out the fact that shes trying to stay anonymous while showing where she lives which is fucking stupid
I agree with you Gilberto. At most I’d give my first name it being so common but the street I live on alongside with my face!? HELL NO!
Why don’t they give the public the name of the person who signed off on it and charge him or her with fraud
Reporter : "Martha who wouldn't give her last name ..."
Martha: (appears on camera whole time)
Me: Wow . She really cares about her privacy.
This is what i need from the local news. great job!
My house cost 44500 dollars.
A survey has to be done of which roads need it and which roads are good for it. Traffic plans have to be determined, as to when to pave to not interfere much with current traffic demands meaning traffic in those areas has to be studied, new slope designs have to be determined for the road to run off water effectively, Roads have to be tested to see if the recycling method works on certain roads prior to paving, and training a crew takes times too. Im not surprised its been a year. As a material testing technician the plans I receive are around 1-2 years old for projects going on today.
To only use a machine of this type for 4 hours over a 2 year period is a criminally negligent under utilisation of a taxoayer funded asset.
But to then replace it after that time and use with another, costing almost 1.4 Million Dollars utterly beggars belief!
Whomever is (ir)responsible for these outrages needs to be dismissed on the grounds of Gross Misconduct!
Lol now the city knows how it feels for a squatter to live in a dwelling that isn’t his. I hope the city needs to properly “evict” him like us landlords have to just through hoops that the city makes us do.
It’s hard to use a machine when the streets are full of homeless in the first place. Second a million bucks is only worth 3 modest family homes in that area now. So it sounds like a bunch of pointless whining now.
good old democrats
Brandon Toad Stop pretending in democrats are perfect. Hilary lost
Democrats sit in there rich bubble but try to control everyone not in the bubble. They literally dont live with poor people or minorities and gate them out of their communities but somehow know whats best for them, They want you on welfare.
Moron, people on welfare have no fucking wages to raise, so how the fuck are they trying to get them off welfare, you can't work and receive welfare in CA so your stuck.Just look at any major democrat controlled city/state. Do you even pay attention to democrats policies, they are about government controlling everyone. Republicans just want you to be a man and take care of your self. People aren't supposed to make a living working at Mcdonalds, those jobs are for kids to get work experience. Its not sustainable, If I force Mcdonalds to raise there wages the will go out of business because the sell a fucking burger for a 1$, same with small business that can barely pay there employees.
your a fucking moron, TRUMP just speaks facts. Meanwhile dumbass Democrats want to spend millions of dollars on making sure illegal immigrants are okay in CA when there's plenty of poor people in fact the highest population of homeless people living California, I grew up poor and had to claw my way out and I see the difference from both sides, unlike most Democrats that grew up fucking rich and coddled by their fucking parents
+Smokeout System; that 3 million is entirely the votes from manhattan. Exclude those city slickers and trump would win popular vote. And dont think that city slickers can resist mass hypnosis as well as rural population. Ergo rural states get more votes per person than urban.
They should have wasted those 1.3 million in getting rid of homeless on the streets
By wasting you mean spend and by "getting rid of" you mean build homes for them right?
Matthew Arnold helping them/building homes
Well. Dudes got a 1.3 mil dollar home now. Lmao.
Most likely workers don’t want to use it because it works too well. It’s been a known fact CalTrans takes their time because it keeps their budget high.
I remember hearing the joke “What’s wrong with the roads!” And then realizing in my own city that they tend to break up and replace the same streets while others have gone decades and have potholes every couple of FEET! Never ever see them get taken care of.
It must be a kick in the nuts for the tax payer to see this sit unused.
One thing though, they can't resurface a road that is lined with cars.
Also, the reason they probably lined the fence with tarp is so that criminals can't see valuable items sat idol, easy to steal.
i'd love to see someone steal the road paver and go on a rampage through LA.
dduewe maybe the local council could throw tarmac at the sermon while they are on their rampage.... it's the only way the roads will get resurfaced any time soon 😉
@@matth23e2 Cool, it’ll fix all the roads in the process.
@@matth23e2 The best comment!
They used if for 51 hours, that's enough time to see that maybe it doesn't work as good as advertised?
Are the palms being greased to not use in it favor of paying for new asphalt somewhere else.
If that is just sitting there, Wtf have they been using to fix the roads? This means road repair can be happening at a way faster pace. We need to find the people responsible for hiding this and reprimanded them
The homeless guy is the Sales Rep from the company that sold it to the City.
If a squatter claims residence for a long enough time.....can't they take possession of the property?
Be very careful what you ask for, if you live in snohomish county Washington most of the damage on our roads are from where the county did so called repairs, its the work quality of 3rd graders.
“Coming home from a long days work”
😂😂😂
Hating on a homeless man is the real public crisis.
No stopping the government from wasting your money. Tax payers should file a lawsuit for the money back.
Whoever is in charge should be fired... Use machine or sell it. Homeless man needs to move to Governor's Mansion.
What do you mean, if it's put to use means the city workers would have to work, that's unacceptable.
Everyone in charge needs to be fired.
Imagine if they used that million to help the homeless.
I am so glad we have California to use for an example of why "progressive" policy is only regressive.
sounds like there are people in charge that aren't serious about serving the city of LA
No way LA has the worst roads in America.
Anyone who’s been to NOLA or even Louisiana KNOWS those are the WORST roads ever!
I'm willing to bet that the local paving contractors make sure that the politicians won't let city workers take their work. That machine is not long for the world.
People are more worried about the machine than the poor homeless guy...that sounds about right!
You can't be on house arrest if you have no house.
the worst thing you can do to a vehicle or machinery is to let it sit unused. all the rubber and plastic seals become brittle and start to leak oil and other fluids
This is why you contact out that kind of work to private companies...
The roads you showed were concrete not asphalt
It’s being tested as a homeless shelter right now.
How do they not know a guy lives underneath the Equipment. He has a ankle bracelet