ON THE STREETS -- a feature documentary on homelessness in L.A.
HTML-код
- Опубликовано: 24 мар 2016
- 'On the Streets' is a 12-part video series about homelessness in Los Angeles. Journalist and filmmaker Lisa Biagiotti tackles this complex issue by putting faces to the statistics.
She starts by following The L.A.Times' homeless data map, and sets out to have conversations with people who do not have homes. Since October, Biagiotti has been learning about their varied experiences and connecting their stories to larger issues. Along the way, she gains input and insights from Angelenos.
The series concept is to build a dynamic documentary scene-by-scene with our audience. Thank you for participating and helping us tell this story.
ON THE STREETS
www.latimes.com/onthestreets
SUBSCRIBE FOR MORE VIDEOS AND NEWS
/ subscription_c. .
LET'S CONNECT:
Google+ ► plus.google.com/+latimes
Facebook ► / latimes
Twitter ► / latimes
L.A. Times ► www.latimes.com/ 
Развлечения
My name's Samantha. I was chronically homeless and addicted to drugs from the time I was 18 to the time I was 24. I became a sex worker to support myself. It took me 3 years of being robbed and stolen from to finally come up with enough for a home. I started working a legit job and have now been sober and off the streets for almost eight years. Took me almost a decade to build it back up. I'm now in college to become an addictions counselor and a homeless advocate.
Thanks for sharing! So inspirational
That's so.....positive and a 360 ° turnaround! May the HEAVENLY FATHER continue to bless you!
Go-girl I'm getting rid of my s*** also I'm glad I got to hit rock bottom it's all going up from now on! Thomas
Hope you are still holding it down, Sam.
Congratulations girl. 20 years off it all. Keep looking forward and don’t look back. Feed your spirit first, way to go 🇦🇺💙💜♥️
“I used to be somebody, now I’m somebody else.” My heart broke.
Broke my heart...
I know this feeling...😥
This Pandemic shut my entire life down.
I had everything.... Now Im on someone's couch.
With a Benz. It can happen to Anyone. God Bless You.
I’d love to have an update with that guy
wigger alert
@@atheistleopard618 sounds like a you problem
Update on Louis Tse, the phd student living in his car. He is now a system engineer at NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory. He founded two organizations that help youths in situations on poverty: Students 4 Students and the Student Movement of Justice and Opportunity (Student MOJO). So glad to know he’s doing well.
That's awesome❤
Gosh. What a remarkable person. Louis radiates a pure light. He’s incredibly disciplined, ambitious, goal-oriented, extremely intelligent, hardworking, and very handsome. I’m sending lots of love his way! I’m glad he’s doing great! Thank you for the update.
Kind humble intelligent good luck
The police officer on skid row... simply amazing human being. He is someone who got into his profession for a reason and stayed true to the oath he took... standing ovation to him 👏👏.. not to mention he is so handsome 😍
And didn’t he explain it SO WELL?! At least as far as her question about it being true if u spend more than 3 days n Skid Row, ur gonna be there forever. Is is SO TRUE b/c it takes a STRONG mental to be around that defeated poverty stricken environment daily n try to go to college or do sum without urself. Death n disaster is just all around u. I’ve seen these places. It’s truly sad. God bless America’s ghettos.
Saw him in another homeless doc and he mentioned that he never wanted to be a cop. Has been doing it for 20 something years and a damn good job!
"I live my life with intention." I would happily give him a place to stay while he finished school. Who ever raised that young man deserves a medal.
This kid is going places and going to help ALOT of people! I just know it!! So proud! 💜🙏😇
I used to be somebody. Now I’m somebody else. God bless him. Stunningly powerful.
That’s so true of all of us !!!! Just experiencing life,,, we’re all now somebody else .
So meaningful.
Damn, thats good scripting. Geez, no real life story could beat all the made up stories in every single script. I wonder who the genius is?
Credit is the reason for the homeless epidemic.. back b4 they didn't rent due to your credit score you could pay weekly rent. Ruin your credit one time and you can be like these people
Agreed, that was the type of statement you feel in your guts.
She should get an award for this story. I’m watching time number five. Something about this is so warm and touching. Lisa should do a follow up on these people.
Yes she SHOULD get an. Award for this. So sweet when she asked the lady at the bathroom if she knew the code to unlock the door. Very informative very human loved how she would greet everyone with a hug. Thank you
It really got to me when the police officer said he came out here to save lives . He is a beautiful person.
Lives in a tent.has very little but still offers a soft drink to strangers.seems the ones with the least are some of the best.
That hit me right in my feels and have never even been to US. Been in Africa all my life, Kenya. I did expect him to spew some rather unkind foul words as the sister had warned. I think some people who are less fortunate act nasty because of the situations they find themselves in, but are actually rich at heart.
Cuz money changes pols. We are all enslaved and programmed to money because the controllers have hijacked all the resources and sell it to the masses which is why we are divided. Go to school and into debt and learn only what they want to build their empire or you cant "live". You're all braindead debt slaves.
Gandhi said ' you know the poor by these signs ...they have no shoes on their feet and yet they come baring gifts'.
What he was speaking of was a man who gave his shoes to his neighbor because he had to walk great distances without foot wear.
Rich people give only where they get the glory for doing so publicly- yet the poor give with no selfish motivations, they do so in secret so that they may get their blessings from GOD! The rich man reaps his rewards from man...how poor in spirit he must be worshiping his true god - money and power
Pray for them, for it is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter heaven
Capitalism at work
Im a working stiff in an apt.
I tip like a homeowner with a real life.
I am the poorest guy at my work & I bring in the most homecooked food for ev1. It is true. Down ppl are nicer.
"I'm houseless - because I don't have a house. Homeless is a state of mind" - Khalil
That's genuine streetwise poetry, right there mister!
He also said " I used to be somebody. Now I'm somebody else." He's very insightful, no? 🙂
you are kidding right?
too bad they're hooked on the ice
No, that's denial. That man and all the other homeless deserve more than vapid platitudes to justify their misery with. So much more. ..
@@boogeyman2868 How do you know? TR not AM
i was homeless twice in seattle, this documentary was a breath of fresh air showing the humanity in the homeless instead of using it to bastardize them. i really enjoyed this Lisa, thank you.
This woman was so "Empathic" and she never looked down at these people, so that made the people trust her. She also lived nearby and referred to these people as "her neighbors".
It was a truly great documentary by a very admirable reporter!!! She is Great!!!
That police officer is a god damn hero. God bless that man. He’s a champ.
H et vdfhh Bh bdeaabmaasaa. Nbnnbbhhnnhbbnhjjnm
Njhnnbnnn m
Nhhhhjjhhnbbbhgghjhh hi u iú the ÿ POP p
@b jam exactly
The scary part is this was four years ago, I can't imagine how much worse it's gotten.
It's worse due to Covid.
@@AntiMasonic93 Even East LA bedroom communities have more homeless now -- nothing to do with COVID.
Its a thousand times worse...not safe to be a female alone at night there..
Watch the "new normal" documentary on here. It's just what you said.
@@hwy6029 do you know what channel? So many things pop up with that term.
I commend Lisa for doing this piece. The way she treated each individual was respectful, and heartwarming. She made them relevant in a humanely way. I wish the best for each person.
I used to be somebody now I'm somebody else. That hit me 🙏🏽
Me too. I just started thinking that about myself recently. It helps to adjust.
Same here
Very philosophical wasn’t it? Wish him well.
I was homeless for about 3 years, my brothers also experienced homelessness. We come from a very broken home where my mother decided she didn't want to put up with any more responsibilities, and decided to cheat on my stepfather, and use drugs. We were forced to experience homelessness when we were still kids (15 years old). My stepfather move to Vegas and my mom acted like she was going to take care of her three kids, but instead told us we were old enough to figure it out. My twenties were extremely hard, I was in and out of jail, and prison. I was made to believe I was somebody I wasn't, I'm so glad that I finally figured it out, and I have my own place, and my own car, and I finally got my driver's license at 33 years old. I am proof that it does work if you try hard. Use your traumatic events as strength to move forward. God bless you all.
Amen 🙏🏾to you and so many people who have been there, my Daddy used to say never say never, because you never know how you may end up
Пусть всё будет у вас хорошо!
Я из России.
Stay focused on gods beautiful creation and stay focused on work like your working out in a gym 💰💪god pless 🛡️
Mi estima y respeto para ti...dios te bendice siempre
Same here I was working at the age 14years old blood and sweat in Mexico homeless shelters they pick and choose the same peaples that are not welling to work never
"You can be a police officer without being a Jerk" - Salute to you Officer Deon Joseph. The world needs more P.O's like you. #RESPECT
Amen to that, Officer Joseph. You are a true gift to all of these people. You do your job with compassion and fairness. Wish more officers were like you!!!
And more Positive attention
Australia's cops are lying, corrupt low lifes too - they make up anything to get a promotion - when you report them, it's a big govt coverup & then they put a bigger target on your back (and for the record, I'm white). As for the officer in this video, well, I take them all with a very big grain of salt - he's only blowing his own trumpet about how good he is because he knows he's on camera. People can be completely different in life to what they are when they see a camera pointing at them.
@@ElizabethF2222 Sweetheart, Officer Deion Joseph is truly a kind, rare, and true amazing peace officer, 😎🙏! I met Officer Joseph years ago, and he truly care(s) about the people as a collective/whole, 😎🙏
@@kellytaylorvlogsandtalks4541 Lucky you for meeting him! I'm sure he is a wonderful officer and human being!
The best documentary of homelessness I've seen filmed in LA., can't wait to see what next for Lisa Biagiotti.
The comment the gentleman made “I used to be somebody…now I’m nobody,” broke my heart. That’s how I feel at 61, sick with Lupus and Spinal Arachnoiditis on SSDI. Lost my identity, my friends, many family members I miss dearly, but I have two amazing grownup children and four grandchildren whom I adore. Many times I had the thought of getting an older van to live in after I lost my health, my job, my marriage, my house and my dog and cat. Life is like a roller coast, we have highs and hard drops. Many prayers for all of the people who struggle daily, but still smiles when the sun rises.
more of us are one paycheck away from a park bench than we realize....this world needs more love & kindness and less hate
62% of Americans have less than $1,000 in their savings accounts, people have to learn to budget and not get into debt with mortgages and student loans. Look at all your actions as an investment, and make sure the return on investment is worth it.
People can learn to budget all they want the economy is still failing. Wages have been stagnant for over 40 years. Most jobs aren't paying enough to meet decade after decade of steadily increasing inflation. I'd say in another 40 years or so America will be just like any other third world country. It's not just about personal responsibility it's about the completely unfair and increasingly worse distribution of money. The country is choking, so to speak, yet the pressure just keeps increasing.
I know that we should never wish ill upon anyone and I mean anyone. However, I can't help wishing this Rhett ends up homeless. Not because I want him to undergo pain but because it seems to be the only way s/he may ever learn educate himself on the issue and because him not getting it does harm people who go through it in a veery concrete way. I got sick overnight and couldn't work anymore when I was just 26. And before that I lived paycheck to paychek, always TRYING very hard to save but my wage was too low as a teacher and I already skipped meals. after I started getting sick and having to pay medical bills, saving was even more impossible. I starved, ended up eating pieces of a wall once. And being on the street just made my illness worse. Then, an old friend of mine from high school found out about my situation and because she was nth like Rhert she opened up her own house for me to live in. Many other friends then pitched in with money and food for a number of months. They nursed me back to health and within 6 months I was able to get back on my feet and work again. Within a year, I got a promotion and as a school coordinator I was finally able to start saving money. It is very easy to find yourself on the street and ver hard to get out without help. Thank you, Brian. We do need less hate and ignorance
thank you I was not even going to address the hate and anger in that comment....wowsers...have a good day
yeah... I should do the same more often. These people need therapy, not our replies. Stay strong and have a great day :)
“I have a high school diploma and a college degree” that is actually so terrifying to hear as a college student
Very sad...but with an education he needs to pack his bags and go in a different part of the country...staying there brings depression...which often leads to drug use followed by poverty and on and on!
Indeed, very cruel world, no one is safe
Drugs...
Not to mention the PHD student in his car....it REALLY depends on what your degree is, do you ABSOLUTELY need a degree to do what you want to do, and how much is it going to cost you?
@@alyours2889 Agreed, LA is just too damn expensive.
My mother helped a young man who was working downtown Chicago.
He lived for free at her rental as long as he took care of the grounds.
Since then he graduated and has his own home.
Before her help he was living in his car from another country.
Homelessness can happen extremely fast in one of the richest countries.
🙏🏻to all of these folks.
👏👏✌
But he was from another country. That's why. Entirely different situation and your mother never asked him if he was legal. Not good
“life is not hard, it’s just a challenge” this man just change my whole out look on life with one line bro…
I am not sure if many of you noticed but the host did a really good job by not hurting anyone's feeling by randomly asking some questions about their lifestyle's but actually became a good friend with them to the point where the last guy actually told that she is gonna be his wife someday....
Very good reporter and person
I noticed her gentle approach immediately. I kinda thought the first guy in the RV might’ve been slightly put off by what he could sense was her pity for him/his situation. But yes, everybody just needs to feel seen, and that their life has value and that they’re worthy of love and respect .
She's great.
Oh yea. God forbid their feelings get hurt. That's the worst thing that could happen right?
@@lolasmom5816 they still have feelings idiot
I've just finished watching this doco, I can't help but feel disgusted and ashamed with myself. The opportunities that I take for granted and didn't take hold of and feeling sorry for myself over things in my life that is really so insignificant compared to these people.
I waste my money, I lack ambition, I make so many dumb decisions and I'm blessed, shame on me.
May God bless all these people.
Louis Tse, done such a good job, built the student housing organisation while living in his car.
Me toooooo
Go love in your car..Boones stopping you. Living with mummy ? Get a tent ⛺
Very humbling. I feel horribly spoiled. I once was homeless due to a health issue. I once was well off. So I’ve experienced both. I now have a nice apartment. But while being homeless I learned you can do without most things.I feel spoiled. Being homeless was the best thing that happened to me. I grew as a person. I treasure the small things now. God took me off the streets. I am so Blessed. God aBless You.
I'm the same brotha I'm the same.
Then go give up your opportunities give what you have to someone else since you feel guilty. Geese any opportunities people get and they work and take them that means they made a choice.
It just shows that you must never judge others as you don't know their circumstances. Good luck to all those shown on this video.
Just remember, no matter the story. These guys still choose to be on the street. Most have no excuse.
@Jennifer, I would caution making that assumption. There are many people who got Sick, lost a job, or spouse died. You don’t choose to be on the street, sometimes it’s the only option you have. Lastly, as a healthcare professional, there are many who suffer mental illness and are undiagnosed.
@@helenahall4893 good for you for your words of wisdom but I don't have that type of kindness for judgemental people like that.A great amount of these people don't want to be out there and you can tell if people took out the time to see.A giant issue also is the mentally challenge ones have become accustomed.but for her to lump everyone in that category.tell her to try it out for one night.these people are surviving and are strong .
@@jenniferromero571 Exactly
Homeless people are ghetto eeeew
So sad to see this young man living in his car but what he's doing is remarkable! 😊❤
He is inspiring. I don't feel so bad for him because he has hope and there are no drugs. I just hope his situation doesn't keep him from achieving his dream.
I was a steelworker 20 years until they closed the plant and sold the machinery to Mexico. So I went for a college degree in computer programming. White collar IT employment was great for about 5 years until our jobs were downsized and outsourced to India. I was two weeks away from the sheriff's sale of my home when I was able to lock down a Chapter 13. These have been hard years that made permanent change to my priorities and values. If I had not washed up on the beach of early retirement, I would be homeless too. When I listen to these people speaking, I can hear my own words.
So sorry that happened to you , you tried to make your life better . Most of us are 2 weeks from being homeless.
Valkyrie Sardo, I feel like I'm going to be able to make after hearing your story.
What languages did you learn
Look at your problems from a different perspective:
People frow war torn countries throw themselves to death to make it to Europe and other countries. They are motivated to start over and robably have nothing of value at all. Some are scroungers some have will to lift up in life again. They all succeed. WHY ? Because they GO FOR THE CHANGE and not looking back.
Earth is round for everyone. If you fail in life on that patch of land of yours, theres a whole lot of other places you can try to start over. I can hear my own words there to.
I'm your white collar IT expert... belive me, in India their quality of work will always reflect their quality of culture, which will always be worthless. Everyone tries them, but mostly once. So you can still bet on IT work. I don't really afraid loosing my job.
That young man said I'm not homeless I'm houseless. His overall attitude tells me they're going to be alright. It's only a matter of time. By God's grace this too shall pass 🙏
My thoughts exactly. His attitude is excellent, but he's been down on his luck.
Ruby Wedderburn Ryan,slaughter
Ruby We
My heart and prayers gomout to him!! And the young man who js studying for his PhD and us homeless --leaving I his car I amazing and his attitude is so wonderful !! GOD BLESS ALL THESE PEOPLE
People like you are the worst. Stop enabling this behavior nothing is cute about this
Thank you for being human and recognizing those who have become invisible. I've been watching the you tube channel called Invisible People, where a man who was once homeless and gives voice to those who have none. I was wondering why more people don't expose the horrific conditions that millions of Americans are experiencing. Certainly main stream does not cover the magnitude of the situation. Thank you for not only covering it, but doing so with such compassion and kindness 🙏💚
This opened up my eyes tremendously this was beautifully done and the host was very empathetic and professional.
This reporter is very kind, caring and considerate of these people. Thank you and God bless you for treating these fellow humans with respect.
Amen to that!
It's hard to get them to talk to you for your documentary you're trying to make when you start off the conversation with 'So, you stinky, smelly, bum........."
@@irishsetterarchie hello
shes an airhead
@@boohoo1337 she is not relatable at all. She is terrible.
I used to be somebody. Now I'm somebody else. Wow. Heavy.
So sad...
Ask for God to come help
Lmfao
When he said that I also said to myself That's Heavy
Man super deep
"So you see, you can be a police officer without being a jerk." What a bloody legend. Can we please have more of him.
Every bad cop can learn from this guy. We need more of cops like him. He's humble , I'm sure he's saved so many lives.
I actually lived in LAX for about 3 months. It would surprise you just how many places there are that a homeless person can hide in plain sight. It was a struggle, but I DID get out. I remember telling the Airport Police when I finally had a job and a home. Three of them took me to a steak dinner and said they hoped that the next time they saw me, it would be as a passenger headed to some destination or another.
i fully understand, i lived on skid row for a year. lived from shelter to shelter, i finally got a break by moving to Tucson AZ in with a friend. Got not one job but God blessed me with two jobs. *Now i have me a one bedroom apartment. Enrolled at University of Arizona Going for my Bachelor's in Political Sciences. I will return to Los Angeles one day and run for the Mayors seat. Never forgetting the friend's I've met living in the street's. #BUTLER2020
Ronwixziv Barreiro thats amazing congratulations. i wish u all the best
What a powerful testimony!!
Ronwixziv Barreiro very happy for u
I stayed in LAX for close to a week. It was grueling due to the construction going on. I'm glad you got out.
To the officer on skid row, you're an amazing human being
And HELLA fine!!! IJS
Is he though?? Lol
@@cityslicker6118 THAT would be a YES.
At least I think so. You slicker you😏
Thanks so much for this documentation. The best, i've watched so far. You are showing those people for what they are, human beings and you threat them with respect. You listen to them and giving them a voice. I live in Germany, i' am 62 years old and i've been homeless two times when i was in young age. Every day i thank God and cherish my home. I know what live can be. Because i always want to understand thinks and i look also on the other side, i've been watching and looking videos about this homeless in the USA. I was married to an American and was supposed to go with him to the states, when i was in my twenty. Because already thinks wasn't going to good between us, i refused. Today i know i made the right decision with me being very sick.
Thanks again and sending positive thoughts and wishes from Germany.
When I was in the army I lived in Germany for around eight years and when I would see a homeless person I would always give them a cigarette and a few euros. I am living back in the UK now and I am grateful to be living in small apartment to call my own 🇩🇪 🇬🇧 👊 👍
Best wishes from the uk ✌
Thank you for narrating an exceptional take and shining a lense on the homelessness and neighbors in our localities who seem to take to you quite nicely and for all of the guest you included in this message and documentary of what it is like and giving them a voice in an arts district community where you have shot this feature piece!
*That Police Officer is the best thing Skid Row has. He's a good man, with good intentions. He's very well respected & deserves the respect he gets. If they put the wrong enforcement officer on that block, who isn't a solid person & is on that power trip we've all seen before, it could be a nightmare. God Bless him for doing what he does!*
AMEN!
1000% TRUE! wish I could see more stories about White police officers after all he is like 1% off the actual police population and most police don't have any empathy for the poor or blacks homelessness and most will say openly that racism doesn't exit and some think it never existed never existed and there is no problem
Officer ✨Joseph✨ 〰️🙏🏽〰️ 💯
@Holy Hand Grenades NO HE DOES NOT but the slums are everywhere and the ratio of good officers with compassion for the poor I would guess are 1000 in every 100.000.000
I am a retired/disabled geriatric nurse and I am currently homeless. I am living in my van and sometimes I feel invisible. I am not on drugs, I don't drink.............don't even smoke. I have no family support and I live on my disability check of $800.00 a month. I can't afford a place to live , my van insurance, gas, medications and food too. I chose to have a roof over my head and some transportation, food and medicine. I can't figure out any other way. God bless you all.
Renee Morvant blessing to you! hang in there!
He that trusteth in his riches shall fall: but the righteous shall flourish as a branch. (Proverbs 11: 28)
Wrennie Cat ... we are all a paycheck away from living on a park bench. :( The elite bankers did this. Keep your head up and be strong!
Elizabeth Gonzalez: Short joke... A homeless Jew/(or Asian) Not fair
Why dont you move in a place where its cheaper since you dont need to work ?
This documentary was very well done and showed many aspects and angles for the housing crisis in Los Angeles. Lisa Biagiotti did a great job in making others feel comfortable with her questions and her general respect for them and their situations. Kudos to all involved. And yes, Office Joseph is a good man and exemplary police officer.
We need more public figures/servants/advocates like the police officer whos beat is skid row. That man is someone going beyond the call of duty. His profession is difficult yet he's still compassionate and realistic about what it is he upholds and the people who hes obviously had a profound impact. My hero sir.
I was adopted and as an adult began a search for my birth mother. In 2010, I found out that she had been living in Skid Row in Los Angeles after traveling there from Tucson, Arizona. (Where I was born) Unfortunately, I found her name listed on L.A. County's Unclaimed Person's Registry. My mother collapsed on a side walk in Skid Row and was rushed to a hospital. She died 2 weeks later. I have a special place in my heart for the homeless in Skid Row or anywhere. My dear mother was alone when she died and unclaimed for 7 years until I found her and called the person assigned to her case who removed her name off the list immediately. I wish I would've found her sooner and then maybe I could have helped her stay off the streets.
Aww man, I am sooo sorry!! That's coo you found her. And yes her name is off that list.
I've been wanting to go to Venice Beach, Santa Monica etc .. but I am only one person. I don't have friends really to help me set up to feed the them.
It's something I've always wanted to do.
My plan is to cook fried chicken, rice n beans, beverages water of course n soda, Kool-aid and blankets.
I don't kno where to start n who can help me prep and cook.
@@marysamson9228 I've thought about doing that too.
@@neesee520 dude, I was sooo hoping you would respond. Awesome!!
Thanks for responding back. Yes, it's something I've always wanted to do. I've watch utubers ask/ interview them. Peanut butter n jelly with no water nor any beverage don't really help.
Well, when I did have friends, lol.. I ask them if they can help by they drive while I drop food off nor help me prep the food nor help me buy the groceries, smh.. nah.. they were to damn booshie!!
I cant do it on my own. Hmm, one day...
Oh wow, I didn't realize you wrote this a week ago.
My deepest condolences!!
@@marysamson9228 Thanks it's been sometime though.
Love that UCLA guy living in his car, working on his PHD, helping the shelter people.
He can write a book about his experience. That's going to be one of the few things to save him. Unfortunately people believe that a university education guarantees you a job. Look at all the homeless with degrees. Look at how many people are in massive debt over universities/colleges. That's why the educated turn their nose up at you when you don't kiss their a**. They're pissed they had to become indebted over it.
Meanwhile Gold is stored in vault which is 350 feet in length, 100 feet wide (35,000 sq feet of floor space) and is over 8 feet in height.
Theirs a difference between being homeless and a bum. Grant it alot of people have more obstacles to overcome
@@belindamcdaniel8681
Homeless can happen to anyone!!!!
In my case it turned into the mindset of being a bum.
Beyond smart!!!! Plus with real world experience!!! He's got to have a amazing long term plan
I stumbled onto this vid. Just letting youtube play. The policeman was fantastic. Ive never heard a policeman talk like that about his job, his friends on the row. Wow. What a man. Legend.
As Europeans we are visiting LA and Hollywood at the moment after having traveled Latin-America for 5 months. On our travels we have never been as shocked and dumbfounded as here in LA. We are trying to understand how one of the richest countries in the world can let things get so bad. The number of homeless and often mentally-ill people is so incredibly high that we do not understand why it does not cause a nationwide outrage and a common effort to tackle these problems. We are seriously trying to understand why this is not happening. We have been talking to different people who live here in LA and have been watching documentaries on it. I really admire the way the host of this LA Times documentary approached homeless people showing so much respect and empathy. However, we are still at a loss to understand why this could have got so bad and so little seems to be done about it!
I’m generally not in favor of cloning but Officer Joseph is an exception. Please make more of him in police departments.
We want about 1000~10,000 of him 😃👍
I totally agree with your comments.
The problem with that is the people who would be doing the cloning.
Can't exactly clone no personality
But he is a beauty, an reality seeing homie.
The cute Asian guy living in his car, working on starting a homeless shelter and his PHD. Truly motivating!
Yes. I'd definitely would Marry him. Without a second thought
Very Sexy in his own way
He could've cooked on the engine
shut up shallow girl
PtownMoto are those ur trucks and motorcycles and dog on your channel wow
Beautiful work! You did such a great job of maintaining the peoples’ dignity!
You can tell he’s a loved cop he walks through skid row without looking over his shoulder.
I'm blown away by this documentary. The Ph.D. candidate in engineering who has been homeless for a year, with no free time, but somehow making time to start up a youth shelter...what an extraordinary person. His humility, balance, sensitivity, and wisdom (not just intelligence) is breathtaking. OMG, I'm so touched by so many of these people. Truly we are broken in our USA society in how poorly we distribute our immense wealth. Some of the Scandinavian and European countries, I'm sure along with some others, get the idea of making sure that no one goes hungry and no one is homeless. Here, we think of these endeavors as "socialist," just like universal health care. Really, it does not have to be such a black or white model.
He payed Lisa a great compliment that he felt therapeutic talking to her God Bless Lisa ...Hope he gets his PhD and Everybody gets a home!!!!
I agree with every word you wrote.👉 Your comment was the best of all the rest.👏❤✌
The HOST was EXCELLENT!!!!
I truly do not think just ANYONE could have done this. Only her with personal humanity could she have talked to so many different people and GET THEM TO TALK BACK. She has EARNED whatever award the TIMES has.
Amen! Hats off to this reporter!
She truly connected with them, I wish this was her ongoing series
Nope she's not a kind person. She's very insensitive and seems cold. She called Rory working poor to his face. Then she called someone the chief of the tribe. She needs to get training on interviewing.
She was terrible. She couldn't connect with anyone and was awkward. She should honestly be fired and work for buzzfeed.
'you look fresh' . . . so matter in of fact ! 😲
That this is the world we live in…
Im from Germany and this is unimaginable…
I was homeless in Milwaukee years ago. Well , there was a very nice fella once a week that used to feed the homeless at a park. This was out of his own pocket and probably at great cost for him. Well , along came a city worker and noticed that he didn't have all of the proper permits to be of help. Unfortunately he was stopped.
“I’m not homeless...I’m houseless, homeless is a state of mind” 🙌🏼
Another State Of Mind , Social Distortion
Wasn't the phrase 'home free'?
Lovely sentiment, Doesn't change shit.
@@honeyleefraser9785 Real talk.
Hope that makes you feel better at night
I wish they would build more "tiny home" communities where people can pay less rent (no more than $200-$300 monthly) but have a nice, clean space to live with dignity. We live in such a greedy universe and everyone hurts for it.
A musician built ten tiny homes, and the city took them away. He gave them the houses for free. The city would not let the people get their belongings, including their much needed medications.
Just takes one company to make this a reality.
When I see comments like this I have to ask. Do you own a home? Sell it, build yourself a tiny home and one for someone else who doesn’t want to work.
Well said
They do. There called sros. They abuse ALL forms of help they are given.
Louis Tse at 30:00 is literally working at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) now. If people aren't aware that's probably the place where, on average, all the smartest people in the US are. SpaceX lands its rockets using the G-FOLD algorithm, the theory behind it was discovered at JPL and brought to SpaceX by someone who had worked there. What an amazing human being
Such a cool, calm reporter, allows ppl to open up.. A different views on street life & homelessness.. Open my eyes..
Makes me feel so lucky. I live in an apartment in UK all paid for by the government. I don't work because i have leukemia, my medication and healthcare are all paid by the National Health Service. This tells me there's something seriously wrong in LA and the U.S A. I wouldn't last two days out there, these people are so strong. Good to see all the dog owners no matter how life is treating them looking after their pets so well.
There are plenty of people in your situation in the US too. My mother had leukemia about 20 years ago, and our government paid for her top-notch treatment in its entirety (even finding a charity that flew her there in a private plane), including a bone marrow transplant and supported her for months afterward during her recovery, as she had no health insurance. Every year, we spend $30 billion on government subsidized housing, $750 billion on subsidized healthcare for those over age 65, and another $580 billion on healthcare for those under 65. That’s a little less than half of the GDP for the entirety of your country, and we haven’t even talked about what we spend on Welfare or the SNAP (food stamp) programs yet. Giving things away obviously doesn’t stop people from becoming homeless. It makes politicians feel better about themselves, but fixes nothing.
Tony, I'm with you on that. We are so blessed in the UK to get free healthcare...
I'm an American living and working in the UK and I'm so happy to hear that my tax money is hard at work for people like you ♡
Tony do you have a email address be nice to see how your doing mate
Prayers for you Tony. 💓
The Asian young man is an exceptional strong man! Blessings to him
He actually works for NASA now
❤🚀🌎👨🏽🚀🛰🛸🌔⭐🌚
Yeah, it was surprising to see him homeless. Crazy!
I was thinking the same thing, what a man.
Just goes to show you can be college student somewhere and not have means for rent.of time for your studies and pay rent at the same time.
THANKS LISA TO SHOW PEOPLE, THE REAL WOLD WE LEAVE IN.
Extraordinary interviews, the diversity of these individuals is very moving. I find the quality of the journalistic professionalism to be excellent. I love humanity for all of it's beautiful flaws and unique similarities. To the young man who was working voraciously on your goals with such drive and intention. I really hope you're living the best possible version of any life you could engineer through the intention of your noble aspirations and diligence. Life isn't linear and these interviews were conducted during pre-pandemic conditions. Since then, life has taken a quantum leap in many predictable and unpredictable ways as well. I hope you're all safe and well. "Native son of the "City of the Angels" 1962 ♥️🔥
Cop seems like a genuinely good dude. Not just acting for the cam you can tell these people really like him and appreciate what he does for them.
I can tell why he gets the respect he does those people are unfortunately homeless and don’t want the drug users or drug dealers making it even harder on them so by having him constantly patrolling it helps the homeless feel just a little more safe
Credit is the reason for the homeless epidemic.. back b4 they didn't rent due to your credit score you could pay weekly rent. Ruin your credit one time and you can be like these people
@@jennifersuzannebk5149 Homelesness was intentionally created. By funding 40% of a city's budget on law enforcement and less than 1% on mental health resources, community outreach programs, rehabilitation centers, etc etc. Nobody helps the poor because the poor are mostly Black and Brown. When segregation ended, guess who had all the houses, the equity, the jobs. White people. Guess who enforced violence against the poor, waging a war on 'drugs'? Police.
So poor neighborhoods had worse jobs, worse schools (because property taxes are funding those) etc. THEY created this. It doesn't matter if this cop seems like a good dude. He upholds a racist institution that evolved from slave patrols. And it's soaking up every city's budget instead of fixing the root cause of this homelessness and violence - safety, housing, food, education...basic human needs that aren't being met. We can fund endless wars but can't turn abandoned buildings into homeless shelters. Right. The government is the reason for this homeless epidemic. It always has been.
@@nihilistbluesisthemantra What are you doing to redress it other than virtue signalling and empowering your disempowerment ?? Yes we know the history. You preach like I or others, haven't heard this story 1000 times. So my question to you, is what are YOU going to do about it ? How are YOU going to change the status quo for yourself and/or for others ?. Here is a fun fact, a person's skin colour does NOT shield you from trauma, adversity or pain. It may have been the cause of much suffering, but there are a million ways to hurt my friend, and a million reasons to stay in victim consciousness and miss your calling. To think that personal pain is the prerogative of black and brown people, so is being deliberately churlish and obtuse. And racing to the furthest point of marginalisation just so you can voice it, ultimately achieves didly squat. Each of us is a sovereign being, each of us, face life with challenges. You cannot see anothers heart by looking at their skin. It most definitely helps yourself best in life, when YOU are colour blind and YOU don't lose your humanity either. And each of us has the power of our own destiny within our grasp. It's up to each of us, what we do with it. Good luck to you on the journey. I hope you find the confidence to rise above and offer a hand up as you go. But don't let the shit drag you down, use it to define the best version of yourself possible. 🙏😊
Wow people here sure are ignorant, pretending to know it all!
40 years as a disabled veteran, & I've been homeless 30 years.
I was in this area when the pandemic hit, but had to leave, with no bathrooms.
Ignorance is bliss, so I will not correct any of these comments.
If one of your 'good' cops would arrest me, I would refuse to leave their jail.
America refuses to house their disabled & elderly, who are the vast majority of the homeless.
Americans do not appreciate the cost of their freedom, as that price has been paid for them, by folks like me.
Please do not pretend there is help, as we have MANY who make a good living by pretending, but none who help.
Great reporter...she looks the homeless in the eye, gets on their level, shakes their hand, and smiles.
Agree, she was genuine, respectful and truly interested in their experiences
Yes, she was great with all of them. Very nonjudgmental and sweet.
Shes very sweet, i agree. Doesnt patronize or ask them questions that are rude. I HATE that. She was genuine. Xo
Like Princess Diana.
They are human beings too. I just do not understand why people think money makes you better than anyone else... we're all just a few events away from being homeless, it can happen that quick.
Lisa you are the street angel of Los Angeles...pray for all you guys who live on street 🙏
Lisa Biagiotti... thankyou! You have a beautiful spirit, wonderful to see you connect! Just to think this is years ago... the homeless situation now is even worse... :( time for a follow up?
This young lady doing the interviews has a sincere heart of gold. Giving hugs to random homeless people is something most of us would shy from. This is what must be rewarded in life. Not this useless dime a dozen “Intagram models”. Real woman right here ladies and gentlemen.
Yes. She has a very good ❤ so does the 👮. Very proud of both of them...
Agreed!
Yea lets keep Instagram models out of this. We don’t have to put people down to lift someone up. For all you know, the Instagram models can be trying to keep a roof over their heads.
Yessir
Yes agreed she made me hopeful I was down tonight there's so much bad
That police officer is a modern day hero god bless you brother
His heart is in the right place. However, study after study has shown that putting people in jail for nonviolent offenses is futile, ethically questionable & fiscally wasteful. Treatment + work skills + education + integration back into society/support are the changes needed.
A walking angel
Lisa is the most humbled soul and beautiful I haven't seen in a while.thanks God bless all
Absolutely love the way she talks and makes people feel comfortable and happy! Thank you for the kind way of sharing this video with us 👍✌️😘
Officer Josrph is a beautiful soul of a Law man. He sincerely seems to want to save lives God bless him. 🙏
What an amazing Police officer
May God bless him
Thank you. 💛
I was born in San Diego, CA, adopted at 3, and raised by a good family in Texas, with no memory of my bio family. I was homeless for 20 years, starting from the age of 17 in Texas, then went to S.D., CA. I was kicked-out of home (I was a problem-child), but i got what i wished for (to get away, be free, live my own life, and to experience things). I was constantly in-and-out of jails and prisons (a total of 19 years of prison time), did drugs, crime, bumming, eating food from dumpsters, trash-cans, slept on side-walks, in restrooms, in dumpsters, tints, and anywhere else, and was completely emersed in that life-style and thrived, survived, and struggled and very down-and-out. I finally decided to do something with myself and life, got my GED, completed and graduated programs, and lived in sober-living places, but still struggled to get and keeps jobs, etc. At the age of 38, my saving grace and break from the dark cycle came when my biological mother and sister found me on F.B. and got in touch with me and I was able to go to Washington to be with them and get to know them and bond. Since then, I've been drug-free, off probation, off the streets, and have gotten jobs and my own place, an apartment. I'm now 41, and still am struggling with employment and bills and trying to maintain this good quality of life on my own (my mother passed away from cancer recently; we lived together for the 3 years that i've been here and shared the apartment), but me and my life is much better than before, for now at least.
We need more Caring, upstanding cops like Officer Deon Joseph.
that black cop was a lovely bloke. we need more cops like him.
He sure was! I don't think I've ever seen such a caring police officer. Which they were all that way! That's a real man & a great role model.
Wake up... its just camera... light.... and..... 😢 heartbreaking from another perspective... reporting is one thing... bringing across the msg another... may God bless us all
he was special really. amazing guy.
How many cops do you personally know Dontstess? How do you know most cops aren't like him? Seriously..how many times have you ridden along with inner city police officers? In my opinion your comment was kind but shows your bias against police officers.
jpc123ful it's really not that deep...
This definitely deserves a sequel, A+ work
Awesome documentary. Thanks for making it. I have learnt a lot.
Most ppl are couple of checks away from homelessness. Those that insult the homeless, beware.
We just might become part of the Third World someday while the Demon-crap and Republi-cant elites are part of the superpower.
Scooby Carr Agree 💯
@@scoobycarr5558 No political party can save anyone, we are at the last stages of the golden age, the rich lives in their world, they rule us now,and the sad bit is that alot of the very homeless we once tax payers, veterans, lawyers and some bankers, with different circumstances on how they ended up there, divorce,mental illness and addiction is many of the few, but the high cost of living ,trapped in the keeping up with the Jones trap and the limited time the extended part of the family,limit us time to care for our own,with the very fair of ending up in the very situation of homelessness ,
Sad but true and harsh reality
@@scoobycarr5558 not unless we re-elect the best president we have ever had, Donald Trump for king 2020!!
San Francisco has a huge homeless population. Rent is high. $3k for a one bedroom apartment. I know two people living in a van. And they work at Twitter.
Domestic_Goddess Artist *Shocking....*
Domestic_Goddess Artist 3k for one bedroom apartment?But this is insane.😨
Leaving California for better pastures
Well then I guess I would move already. That’s exactly what I had to do
Its so sad...just unbelieveable
I once was a homeless in LA, now I´m a Network engineer and I have a huge story over my shoulder! May god bless America! ay god bless this people! may god bless Los Angeles California!
I was literally in tears watching this video hearing about everyone’s stories so heartbreaking
Hats off to Officer Joseph and to Louis the PHD student who wants to open a youth homeless shelter.
All over the world
“Life is not hard, it’s just a challenge.”
Truest words ever spoken.
Life can be very very hard. Yes it's just a challenge but that challenge can also be hard. It's different for everybody.
Its the same thing lol
"hard" ... "a challenge"
Pointless semantics resulting in mental gymnastics.
No challenge is easy
they say people who perceive nearly meaningless quotes as profound suffer from a low IQ
This documentary makes me want to do something for these people, watching this for my social work class and I definitely think helping the homeless is something I am interested in. I have experienced homelessness to an extent, not as much as the people in this documentary but I know what it is like to be cold outside overnight and stay in shelters for a period of time.
YOU ARE A SHINING AMAZING LIGHT MARK .... You honestly have had a profound effect on me ... I have always wanted to do the same as I have been there ... Thank you for giving the most insperational feeling Ive felt in a long time- Its time to make a change here too!!!!
Lisa the respect that you have shown every individual you spoke to is moving. We don't see that too often. Thank you. You're officially my favorite journalist.
Isn't she wow.
I just ran across this video
It's her approach too!
And she,and who is telling Us what's real out there , just lay bare,, the truth,, heartbreaking or any word close to that isn't enough to ,ummm,😶.
I do share these type of "real", and hope others watch and make them think !
Really important!!
too much of this sad.
😖
She was so empathetic ❤️
Hamilton Morris
She should've paid them for their story and time
Credit is the reason for the homeless epidemic.. back b4 they didn't rent due to your credit score you could pay weekly rent. Ruin your credit one time and you can be like these people
"I'm not homeless, I'm houseless. Homeless is a state of mind." That's so true. The word homeless is degrading and dehumanizing. Houselessness can happen to anyone.
To be honest that is just a case of a word taking on an ugly connotation over time because it is only used to describe an ugly situation.
@@P1nkR I get that almost any word would be describing the ugly situation and that it doesn't seem to matter what the word choice is. I just think it's interesting that home and house are not entirely interchangeable. One reflects a state of mind, the other is a physical state.
A house is just bricks and water. A home is where the heart is.
@@CateSimulate Very expensive bricks and water lol
@@maxcaulfield2602 In LA with all those overpaid over-actors I'm guessing so.
But if those people lose their house, it's nothing to them.
Just as an update for those interested. I just googled Louis Tse.. He works for Nasa as a Systems Engineer now. I guess his composure, integrity, and honesty all lead him to greatness.
Good job. So many people and so many stories. Very enlightening for someone like me.
That cop is a special man. Definitely couldn’t do what he does.
Cyn wow...this is so sad... I couldn’t have done his job... takes a special kind of person
Ur gorgeous
God bless that police officer 👍👍👍
Yeah, but hes definitely lying to himself about the causes of homelessness... racism? Right. Its drugs and lawlessness. He knows it.
💯💯💯💯💯
That black officer must have the patience of a saint he wants to help all those people that he knows his hands are tied to a point we need more cops just like him that my friends is a good cop
The plight of homelessness in America is shocking. California, probably has the largest homeless population in the Nation.....(?)! This is happening all across the United States of America. Why has this been allowed to happen in America? God, bless our displaced brethren. Amen!
What a pleasant view of the homeless this video has! They all appear to be reasonable, not alcohol or drug addicted, nonviolent people who are homeless through no fault of their own. My own experience (seeing people in an ER) has been that they are addicted, violent, and rebellious against all authority. Much of their desire to live on the street is the absolute freedom it offers. There are NO rules and no one to tell you what to do. The trade off is that you don’t have a house to call your own (but you also don’t have the rules that come with a permanent address) and your day to day living is uncertain (but you don’t have to follow any rules that they have at a job).
She has such a wonderful personality. She could make friends anywhere. A kind spirit!
This young lady has the perfect personality to do these interviews. Well done.
agree, she is so gentle without being patronizing. everyone seemed happy to talk with her and at ease. I cried when she hugged the woman in the beginning who said she doesn't like to touch others but she'll let her squeeze her. so sweet.
She has the right personality for a very good story.
I'm sure she means well, but this is entertainment, and they're the cabaret
She really does. Very sweet demeanor.
@@splinterbyrd Ah ... come on ..... I'm cynical too , but this is a valid news story. All media is is some way entertainment. If it was boring no one would watch .
@@PAULLONDEN I hope so.
PS Unless you're very very sure of your ground, *never* speak to the media
My family and I are really close to being homeless. We are lucky that our paychecks are enough for the bills. I hope people show more compassion for the homesless people and help them out.
Kofuku Ebisu + Sorry 😐 To Heat That Your Close To Homeless, God Bless You;Keep The Faith.... Stay Loose & Remember America Is Lasting Long Lasting.🗽🇺🇸🗽🇺🇸🗽🇺🇸🙏🏾
Do you have a email address I would like to keep in touch with you
Jesus will help you.Just gotta ask and believe ❤️
I don’t mind having compassion for the homeless but I’d need to find out what the ‘drug’ and ‘panhandle’ corners are first so that when I do give when I have a career after college then I’ll know that it’s being given to someone who actually NEEDS the help and doesn’t just WANT to have help for their personal gain. ❤️
Alot of americans are one check away from being homeless, debt up to their eyeballs.
Wonderful Video! Thank you!
I relocated to a state to be closer to my children. Lived in a shelter for 6 months before landing a job at this community college I was using as a resource. Free computers, library, gym showers etc. I even sat in classes of interest just to pick up some knowledge. Eventually the school hired me. Soon after I got a second job as an assistant coach. From there I started a summer program for kids through a local park district. After saving up money I got an apartment where I could spend time with my kids and be a factor in their lives. This was in 2012. Currently, I am finishing my degree in business, working at a bank, coaching my now highschool kids and president of a homeless shelter in the area. I didn't drink, fight smoke or treat anyone indifferent while In the shelters. If anything, I learned about a world most others shun and judge. And I found my calling in this Life.