Downtown San Diego residents say homeless problem is 'out of control'
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- "I'm very frustrated. I'm embarrassed," said Lynne Bolton.
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I took an Amtrak train from NY to Ca this past Nov. and I was shocked and saddened with the homeless situation in all of America. It was like a tour through Homeless America. This is not only in California, this is every where in America, even the smaller cities and towns have a MASSIVE homeless situation. Tent cities in snowed and freezing below ‘0 temps, too. So embarrassing and sad, so much hopelessness, yet America sends trillions of dollars to other countries, it baffles me.
US consumers send trillions to other countries by buying their products, not the US government. The US military on the other hand...
Yes, the U.S. politicians are always concerned about other countries, sending trillions of dollars. Nothing is ever done about the homeless situation here. It is totally frustrating and infuriating.
We also bail out the banks and other big businesses. What if instead of giving business all that ppe money, the government had paid people who lost their jobs due to COVID money based on their tax return
“They got money for wars but can’t feed the poor” - Tupac
@@xuimod no this is wrong. The US gov sends foreign aid to other countries. The last Covid stimulus bill sent 300 million to Pakistan for gender studies, and that sounds insane but seriously just google that.
"I'm taking a compassionate approach" Code for: I don't feel like dealing with this.
Code for: I’m a Democrat
Spot ON ‼️ as all the politicians live in a high security residence ‼️
lol
He’s taking a kickback from all the “programs”, no accountability of the tax money
BINGO
Let’s see how much compassion he has when we all go and camp outside of his house
My daughter worked as a social worker for 9 years working with the homeless in OC LA and SD…growing up in the 50’s-70’s I never seen a homeless person but when Regan became President he cut all funding for the medically ill and mental institutions by 1983 your started seeing homeless people everywhere..75% of the homeless are mentally ill… social workers know this and they know homeless is here to stay until we start addressing mental illness and open back up institutions…drugs mostly meth has devastated the homeless community with psychosis and schizophrenic…what most people don’t know 80% of homeless people in So Cal are from other states…coming here for the weather, help and drugs…until we get serious with this problem it will only get worse..
@@davidthornton365 "If you can't figure out why the government is doing something: look at the outcome. And infer the motivation. If it produces fear, mayhem, perhaps it was aiming at fear and mayhem." (Paraphrasing Jung)
Good idea. That is what the homeless need to dol
@@laurens.2503 😂😇😘
He's got secret service! 😆 They are like bar bouncers!!
Compared to Los Angeles, San Diego doesn’t look that bad really!🤦♂️
It's against the law for me to sleep in my car in and around San Diego. But, it's perfectly fine for individuals to pitch a tent and camp out on the sidewalk?...
It's also illegal, but it's currently not enforced.
That's because a car is an asset that can be confiscated and sold for money but a shitty tent cannot. Follow the money.
That's really a law?! That's bull****! Do they want more people on the streets?
@@moomamoo8511 apparently so!
@@moomamoo8511 if you sleep in your car, be vary careful where you park. The police will shine a light in your car and or arrest you. The laws vary in and around San Diego county.
Half of the homeless aren’t from california.
I met a lot of homeless and all of them told me there churches bought them a one way ticket to San Diego.
From NM, AZ, CO, VA, all over.
yeah cause the weather here is so nice. Would your rather be homeless in a colorado winter , Arizona summer or San diego 70 degree year round weather?
The freeway ends here. It's the last stop in the line. That is all.
Many just make there own way here. With the idea of headed west till they hit the cost.
Just happens to be s s.d for many.
As far as non California’s anywho
@@gottahaveawawa7494 Huh, um are you okay? I was just adding on to your point , no need to be triggered, i wasn’t attacking you at all, lord , take it easy . So on edge. And how is my point unintelligent if you do not disagree with my point? Logic doesn’t exist with you i guess.
Churches sure do give their homeless one way tickets out of their towns. Shame on those churches
It's the ideal place to be homeless
This type of easy situation becomes a problem when corruption is involved in every branch and group of people in power.
Exactly! Greed at every level of power
You got dems in control of Congress presidency and California. You did it liberals. Housing for illegals but not for Americans
@@garyoakham9723 Homeless exists in every city of America. Has existed for decades. You blaming a particular party is ridiculous and short sided. There is a human element here that is the major issue. A good portion of these people are on drugs, have mental health issues, no family support, etc. Additionally, social programs that may help these people are oftentimes secondary to other big budget ticket items. Point is the problem is far from playing politics. Your comment doesn't help anyone or anything other than your political agenda. How sad for you!!!
Exactly 🙌🏽
Yeah a group of liberals in power. What do u expect
I been attacked 3 times living in East Village in the past 5 years. The last one I got hit from behind by a crazy person and was rushed to the ER in an ambulance. The cops did nothing, they issued a citation to the crazy person that attacked me from behind and the City Attorney refused to press charges. I called them for a year and they finally returned my call a day after the one year statute of limitations to file charges ended asking me how they could help me. Absolutely ridiculous! Two weeks ago I went to the post office and a crazy man comes rushing out of a camping tent chasing me with a crack pipe and a gas torch in his hand, I literally ran to the middle of the street as cops were passing by and I flagged them down, the cops waved at me, laughed, saw what was happening and kept driving. I called SDPD to report them and when they found out why I was calling they put me on hold for 2 hours on the phone and then hung up. That's SDPD for you. But you will see them taking naps while on duty around the community college and other quiet areas. Why are we paying their salaries for? BTW All three times I was attacked was in plain daylight going to the grocery store. I carry a high powered pepper spray gun concealed in a bag now every time I walk out the door, its simply not safe!
I've been attacked 5 times and SDPD laughs and throws donuts at me! But that's SDPD for you! I carry water balloons with me everywhere I go now
If they were camping on the Mayor's property, I'm pretty sure it would be dealt with.
@Six-Pack
The mayor will just kick them out of his neighborhood or have them be charged for trespassing.
@@IIII...... That's kinda what I just said. Since they're not on her property though, it's someone else's problem.
You are seeing this the wrong way. He will welcome them into his home, pour drinks and have sex. He is a disgusting excuse for...anything. Needs to be recalled.
If you changed voting habits I'm pretty sure it would be dealt with.
Na. Just moved.
We don’t have a homeless problem, we have a drug problem.
Drug and mental health issues. Also, some people are genuinely homeless too. Most that are homeless do not want to receive any help though to get them back into a house 😕
We? No, you have these problems because of democrat run cities. Not an ounce of discipline exists in such cities
Susan Golding (R), Dick Murphy (R), Jerry Sanders (R), Bob Filner (D), Kevin Falconer (R), Todd Gloria (D). Nice try though.
@@hellofriends1516 Agreed, though the “genuinely homeless “ actually use the resources available and transition back into housing. That’s unfortunately not the vast majority
A drug and Democrats problem
With rent and house prices keep going up there will be only more people on the streets.
@Max Ter Rent and house prices has little to do with people living on the street. If people made enough to pay rent months/years ago, they should at least make enough to afford a monthly stay at a decent motel. Remember, there's many options in California. No one has to live on the street unless they're jobless and don't have assistance from any organization that assists homeless people.
People living on the streets is a byproduct of drug addiction, most of these folks come from out of state because California offers them free money and doesn’t require anything from them. There’s lots of places where you can go into drug-free transitional housing, none of them want to. They like living on the street…and using drugs freely. The problem is liberals in government, the state and city.
"Rent and housing prices have little to do with people living on the street" you are the biggest idi ot in the world. You might as well have said the earth is flat too.
@@IIII...... 'Many options in California'? No, most options go to the illegals and the politicians line their pockets. Right now there's people struggling to pay their bills, rents in California are outrageous, and gas is $5.29 a gallon.
@@barbaraallen7164 you got illegals out there infront of homedepot asking for jobs while you got these fine homeless Americans ruining the city.
I've lived downtown 30 yrs. It's never been as bad as it is now. I get hounded constantly for "spare change". I have to walk around human crap on the sidewalk and get spit at weekly. I've started getting aggressive when the homeless approach me. Being polite and positive didn't work
I think you need more big government to solve things, it's been working so well for the past few decades why not double, no, triple down!
Rob your not alone, many are afraid to raise concerns......Don't taxpayers deserve to enjoy their city...who sues on their behalf
We have this going on in Philly. The homeless of today are the aggressive ones. Entitlement off the charts.
@@roshelltannen9698 Marxists are constantly telling them that their problems are you and capitalism, so they are extremely bitter and resentful, not to mention entitled.
I KNEW A GIRL WHO'D HEARD ABOUT THE "NEW WONDERFUL FATHER JOE'S" , SO WHEN SHE CALLED THEM FOR HELP, THEY SAID SHE WOULD HAVE TO "WAIT ", AS IN "WAIT ON THE STREETS IN THE DARK OF NIGHT"....FOR A BED? WHAT THE HECK? SO IF A BED DID NOT BECOME AVAILABLE, SHE WAS SUPPOSED TO DO WHAT...? ASK A HOOKER FOR HELP, GET RAPED,OR OR SLEEP ON A PARK BENCH ?
SHE SAID THE ONLY WAY SHE COULD GET HELP WAS TO COMIT A CRIME AND PRAY THE POLICE WOULD PICK HER UP!
SERIOUSLY...THIS JUST STINKS!
DUH....LA , CHICAGO, NY.... AND SOME IDIOT IS SENDING MORE POTENTIAL HOMELESS, UNEMPLOYEED AND PAYING THEM OUR TAX MONEY TO COME TOO-FORCING OUR GOVERNERS TO HAVE TO "REDIRECT THOSE" PROBLEMS AT THEIR OWN EXPENSE TOO?
WHEN THE DO GET FUNDS FOR THE FATHER JOES, THEY REQUIRE THE APPLICANT "WALK THE STREETS UNTIL A BED BECOMES AVAILABLE?"HECK WITH THE BED, OPEN UP SOME OF THOSE OLD HOTELS AND SLEEP ON THE FLOOR IN A SLEEPING BAG. GIVE THE FEMALES A KEY TO COME IN AND OUT S A F E L Y, AND STOP "REMMOVATING" HOTELS SO OFTEN THAT THEYR USAGE "AS" HOTELS BECOMES A MOOT SUBJECT! SEND SOME OF THOSE UNEMPLOYED SOCIAL WORKERS TO THE ROOMS AND CHECK FOR DRUGS; THIS PROBLEM HAS SO GOTTEN OUT OF HAND AND MOSTLY BECAUSE THE F U N D S ARE ACTUALLY BEING "DIVERTED " SOMEHOW " TO THE WRONG ENTITIES/AGENCIES! THEY'RE SITTING AT THE GOVERNORS OFFICE AND THE COUNTY OFFICES OF SUPERVIOSRS SOMEWHERE ? WHERE ARE THEY BTW?
AND A VET, SHOULD NEVER BE HAVING TO WAIT FOR A BED, A N Y W H E R E ! THEY WERE "SENT THERE" AND "FOR US" AND NOW WE CAN'T ACCOMMODATE THEM/ ? NOT A L L VETS HAVE RESORTED TO, OR BROUGHT BACK, D R U G S....THIS COUNTY HAS THE FUNDS
OPEN SOME S A F E HOTELS AND TELL FATHER JOE AND HIS CORPORATE COFFERS TO TAKE HIKE BTW.
ILLINOIS OUTSIDE OF CHICAGO DOESN' THAVE THIS PROBLEM; NOR DO SMALL TOWN IN CALIFORNIA.
THEY HELP THEIR NEEDY. THIS JUST STINKS.
OH, REMOVE THE TENTS, REMOVE THE PARKS, SURELY THAT'LL SOLVE THE "REAL " PROBLEM WONT' IT ?
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Why are blue states homeless issues so much worse than red states?
That’s a great question! I remember when democrats would push and vote for laws that help the unprivileged Americans who are stereotypes of a minority and republicans who were against these programs used them for their states because they’re highly segregated in class and ethnicity and now these so called legit programs are so confusing with bureaucratic red tape that you have to be foreign born in order to receive the benefit’s.
@@ruthie8785 I posed the question cuz idk. Is your question mark rhetorical? Is your response really the answer to my question?
Red states export their homeless to blue states
@@Tepaneca that’s a valid answer, and I’d imagine that there’s some truth to it. If I was comfortable at the bottom I’d flee to a warm weather blue state and let the state subsidize my existence (no shade).
I think the “middle class” has a decision to make: are we gonna continue to pay “blue state” taxes and participate in subsidizing the less fortunate or are we gonna bet on ourselves and flee to red states and pursue a thriving outcome?
@@jonathandow684 that makes sense that democrats started the policies and made it so comfortable to be at the bottom that people stayed there and that class of people grew. They incentivized the behavior.
Maybe being at the bottom of society isn’t as rewarding in red states as it is in blue states?
Y'all had a chance to vote out Gavin Newsom I don't know why he is still governing California.
Got that so right.
We tried like hell. Can't beat fraudulent votes and all the transplants and illegals voting Democrat.
@@Lunnalee100 I’m not a fan of Gavin either but you sound like a child. When the person you voted for loses its not because “cheating” happened.
Newson created the homeless crisis in CA? Blame the NIMBYS, they caused this. Support building more housing everywhere.
What would a different gov do to solve the homeless problem?
Bs I work at one of the homeless shelters in San Diego and a lot of the homeless do not want to get out the streets they don’t want to stop doing drugs they don’t want to follow the rules of the shelter getting high in the restroom and the showers they don’t want to go through the steps to get the help they need they just don’t want the help they rather stay on the streets and believe me I see it everyday At work it’s sad because we are there to help them and all we get back in return is nothing but disrespect from homeless from cussing out staff to even threats of them telling us they going to come back and kill us and more I love my job and we are trying are best to get the streets clean but it’s hard when it feels like your on a one way road.
We need less shelters, and more time in jail for using drugs.
I'm a person who does not have any mental issues no drug issues my issue was I had cancer which destroyed my credit and I end up living in my car. The police offered to take me to the homeless shelter downtown which I accepted. When I arrived my possessions were immediately taken from me including my phone. I was treated with utter disgust and disrespect. I'm a very clean hygienic person but I was treated as though I was bed bug ridden lice ridden filthy animal. Every person in the staff treated me and everyone else like we were all criminals mentally ill violent. I can't speak for the others but I was certainly not that way but all of us were treated exactly the same with utter disgust and disrespect. So after one night I went back to sleeping in my car because at least I wasn't being treated like a f****** dog.
@@sk8fm448 Wow, you really drank the koolaid. How about instead we overturn Citizen's United so huge corporations can't buy politicians. Then we regulate and tax those corporations and rich people and Churches. Then there would be enough money to pay to get these people off the streets, have medical care for all, and make the middle class powerful like it used to be. But you, you just want to stick sick people in jail. How uneducated and unintelligent. Shame on you.
@@pepperm3466 I'm so sorry that in your time of need, you were treated like a criminal. You are not the exception. That is sad, and terrifying.
I feel bad for you and others trying to help the homeless. If a homeless person gave me crap I'd be yelling at them, so good thing I'm not a homeless advocate!
Help those that will accept it but for the bums that like this life, get out the fire hoses, the bulldozers and dump trucks and start clearing the streets and parks.
When you realize the government employees that are hired to fix this issue earn almost 6 figure salaries, it's easy to see why this homeless issue has perpetuated for this long.
This, instead of building entire bureaucracies around problems the state and feds should cut funding for failing to deal with the problem or even pass laws holding mayors criminally liable for persistent tolerance of vagrancy. The problem would disappear overnight if just those two things were implemented, I'd gamble my left nut on it.
Exactly.
Do you want them to not get paid at all? What the heck!
What should they earn? And how does their job perpetuate homelessness? Crazy talk.
Most homeless hav alcohol or drug addiction. A good portion have mental health issues. But thr alcohol and drug addicts won't go to treatment. They are not interested in cleaning up. What do th4y have to look forward to if they get clean? Hlth4y might have to get a job working for minimum wage taking orders from some pompey faced junior assistant 2nd shift supervisor. They won't go into shelters because shelters have rules. No drugs, no booze, no co Ed rec rooms, no pets. No fun. So they woukd rather live on the streets and get lots if handouts. It's like camping. They don't want to work, they won't pull their weight, they're just a drag on society. They are human vermin. So th3 best thing is to run them out of town and push them into the desert. Push them into Brawleey, Plaster City, Holtsville, etc. They can camp out in th4 blistering desert all they want. They want to live like animals, push them out to live loke animals. Don't make working people have to suffer with them parasites. I've dealt with them for 20 years as a prosecutor. Helping them don't work. They need to be shoved off thr planets edge.
We're a paycheck away from being homeless stay prayed up be blessed
Living it for years, with a trade. This country is one big lie.
Move east, it's cheaper in the midwest / south
YOU KNOW MEXICO ITS STILL AN OPTION IM SERIOUS IM NOT KIDDING IM MOVING SOON WORK IN USA AND LIVE IN TJ
@@colgatetoothpaste4865 we'll miss you, but probably won't rescue you
I was poor and scared growing up. My parents were the paycheck-to-paycheck type. I saved up so much of my low income that I'm now well off. This country is not one big lie. Stop making bad decisions. Stop smoking and drinking and having kids until you're finances are in order. I also see "broke" people with new cars and new iphones. Bad decisions will keep you broke.
When the city mayor blames every crisis under his watch on COVID, that says a lot about his or her ability to address issues by their root cause, and not in a good way.
Bunch of horse pocky
That's what I'm saying. What how long Covid is to blame for everything. I'm sure they'll still be blaming Covid 10 years from now.
There's big money in fighting the homeless problem, but the money dries up with a homeless solution
Pretty sure they were putting junkies in hotel rooms
@@johncasa2488 that wouldn't be unusual in any city in California.
If I were homeless I'd go to San Diego for the weather.
We took the train from Seattle to LA a couple of years back. The police in Seattle put a mentally ill homeless man on the train with a ticket to LA so they could get rid of him. He made it about half-way before he was kicked off the train somewhere in northern CA. They do it all of the time. Sending folks to LA and San Diego from other states is common.
As i said before, I passed by a load of new freeloading bums setting up camp in a nearby strip mall's parking lot in Granada Hills CA and they had a pile of brand new luggage with pristine LAX baggage claim tags on them. They had just been FLOWN in to become OUR burden.
THINK WE HAD REAGAN TO THANK FOR THAT ...THE BEGINNING OF A BIG FAT MESS.
I KNEW A GIRL WHO'D HEARD ABOUT THE "NEW WONDERFUL FATHER JOE'S" , SO WHEN SHE CALLED THEM FOR HELP, THEY SAID SHE WOULD HAVE TO "WAIT ", AS IN "WAIT ON THE STREETS IN THE DARK OF NIGHT"....FOR A BED? WHAT THE HECK? SO IF A BED DID NOT BECOME AVAILABLE, SHE WAS SUPPOSED TO DO WHAT...? ASK A HOOKER FOR HELP, GET RAPED,OR OR SLEEP ON A PARK BENCH ?
SHE SAID THE ONLY WAY SHE COULD GET HELP WAS TO COMIT A CRIME AND PRAY THE POLICE WOULD PICK HER UP!
SERIOUSLY...THIS JUST STINKS!
DUH....LA , CHICAGO, NY.... AND SOME IDIOT IS SENDING MORE POTENTIAL HOMELESS, UNEMPLOYEED AND PAYING THEM OUR TAX MONEY TO COME TOO-FORCING OUR GOVERNERS TO HAVE TO "REDIRECT THOSE" PROBLEMS AT THEIR OWN EXPENSE TOO?
WHEN THE DO GET FUNDS FOR THE FATHER JOES, THEY REQUIRE THE APPLICANT "WALK THE STREETS UNTIL A BED BECOMES AVAILABLE?"HECK WITH THE BED, OPEN UP SOME OF THOSE OLD HOTELS AND SLEEP ON THE FLOOR IN A SLEEPING BAG. GIVE THE FEMALES A KEY TO COME IN AND OUT S A F E L Y, AND STOP "REMMOVATING" HOTELS SO OFTEN THAT THEYR USAGE "AS" HOTELS BECOMES A MOOT SUBJECT! SEND SOME OF THOSE UNEMPLOYED SOCIAL WORKERS TO THE ROOMS AND CHECK FOR DRUGS; THIS PROBLEM HAS SO GOTTEN OUT OF HAND AND MOSTLY BECAUSE THE F U N D S ARE ACTUALLY BEING "DIVERTED " SOMEHOW " TO THE WRONG ENTITIES/AGENCIES! THEY'RE SITTING AT THE GOVERNORS OFFICE AND THE COUNTY OFFICES OF SUPERVIOSRS SOMEWHERE ? WHERE ARE THEY BTW?
AND A VET, SHOULD NEVER BE HAVING TO WAIT FOR A BED, A N Y W H E R E ! THEY WERE "SENT THERE" AND "FOR US" AND NOW WE CAN'T ACCOMMODATE THEM/ ? NOT A L L VETS HAVE RESORTED TO, OR BROUGHT BACK, D R U G S....THIS COUNTY HAS THE FUNDS
OPEN SOME S A F E HOTELS AND TELL FATHER JOE AND HIS CORPORATE COFFERS TO TAKE HIKE BTW.
ILLINOIS OUTSIDE OF CHICAGO DOESN' THAVE THIS PROBLEM; NOR DO SMALL TOWN IN CALIFORNIA.
THEY HELP THEIR NEEDY. THIS JUST STINKS.
OH, REMOVE THE TENTS, REMOVE THE PARKS, SURELY THAT'LL SOLVE THE "REAL " PROBLEM WONT' IT ?
"I Ain't no Middleman"
Fred Gold and Lynda Faye
"My Dear Lord, Master of the Universe" Lynda's prayer for 2023
LyndaFayeSmusic@yahoo.
ALL TRUE ABOVE
GO AHEAD MAKE MY DAY!
It's called Greyhound Therapy, and I watched a doco on tv about it back in 1988...
And yet, Seattle’s homeless crisis is just as bad as any CA city. A place that literally NO ONE would migrate to for the weather.
This is a drug, alcohol and mental health issue, NOT a homeless crisis. There are city shelters in SD and they are not full. These people want to live on the streets. They hate the rules that the shelters have
John, why don’t you back up a little bit with your opinionated nonsense. It ALL goes hand-in-hand. And you truly have no clue what you’re talking about. Just because the city shelters are not full doesn’t mean this isn’t a homeless problem. And just because there’s drugs alcohol and mental issues going on doesn’t mean this isn’t a homeless problem. Your black-and-white thinking is pure piss
I wonder how many people never touched the drugs until after they became homeless and then gave up on life?
I would hate to have such a small and narrow mind that I couldn't consider that not everyone has the same life story.
@@robertruge2916 "Obiden is importing poor homeless immigrants by the billions". Wow! That many?
You're right of course John but Leftists HATE hearing these facts and they will ALWAYS respond with _"Shelters are full"_ or _"There aren't enough shelters and not enough beds because of greedy rich Republicans"_
@Soma Persona then don't support a system that is designed to let people fall thru the cracks and leave them there as an example to everyone else.
Ukraine borders are more important than United States borders.
So you can see how this could be a non-issue for some of our important leaders. Obey Propaganda.
Really? Does the same apply to the war that Biden finally ended in Afghanistan because no one else would do it? We're not even really involved in the Ukraine war situation, not anything like we were in other wars. Keep telling stories though, we all know where you get your news from.
"They have money for wars but can't feed the poor"
Tupac
I live in south Florida. So many of my friends and coworkers are losing the battle with price gouging, the rents are jacked sky high. even average people are taking advantage renting rooms for astronomical prices. one of my coworkers makes over $500 per week and he's living in his car. this mess isn't going to end well.
We live right by the downtown library, it’s insanity! Every day, I mean this, every day, the cops, ambulance and the fire department show up at least 3 times to help with an issue. Either a fight, overdoes or much worse. Tents on each and every corner of every block and most sidewalks, are completely blocked by them. Can’t even go for a dog walk without running into someone defecating on the street or shooting up. It’s like living in a post apocalyptic movie!
Ooooooooooh my goodness!!!!!!!! I have no words!
And our Mayor is spending money on bike lanes that are not being used.🤑
@@sk8fm448 I honestly don’t underhand that at all. They destroyed the charm that the streets of bankers hill, mission hills had, and also made it super dangerous to drive around that area. Almost zero visibility on some of the turns you make as a driver. If anything, causes more accidents.
It’s so bad right there. I used to work at the hotel on 6th and f and it was awful. Yup at least 3 times a day there would be cops and ambulances if not more. Disgraceful. California is just a perfect storm for this.
@@alexcasey351 yeah, unfortunately it’s on every street and corner now. Last night, there was multiple fights in front of the library at 3am and this one dude who kept screaming every 10 seconds from 1am to 5am or so! I thought there was a velociraptor outside but nope, it was a super drugged up person. When you ask them if they need help, they tell you it’s a life style, it’s by choice since California pays them so much money + food stamps. Not sure if it can be fixed at this point.
Facts ! I live in little Italy and was threatened to be stabbed just walking my dog down the street and the homeless was swinging a metal bar at us ! I called the cops and they literally told me they couldn’t do anything ! The homeless steals from our garages break into buildings stealing packages etc. I’m so fed up
Damn that is absolutely crazy. I used to visit little Italy all the time. Looking forward to again soon. Sorry you are dealing with this!
And who did you vote for? Sorry but until you put responsible people in office it's going to get worse. The democrats only make money off the homeless issue.
@@newtiger007 is that the San Diego area? I lived in SD in the 90s and downtown had a lot of homeless even back then. But in most big cities homeless always stayed in downtowns; now they are everywhere.
@Jack meouf i mean thats what im saying. Like even owning a house on downtown is shitty than owning 1 at eastlake
@@Brett1997 😕😕WTF
The council member said he was taking the “compassionate approach “. I call BS. If they were camping on his street he would demand it be cleaned up.
yeah .. "compassion" as in *_Poor, Poor, Pitiful Me_*
Push em south
San Diego residents VOTED LIBERAL! Now that the chickens have come home to roost, WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA! Muh environment ........ muh feels ....... I hope all of California drops into the ocean.
My family from Mexico laugh at homeless people here in the United States because they're so entitled but my mom said she came the USA homeless and within a week she got a job in agriculture working 60 hours at 100 degrees and within a month got a car and apartment. 😂 She also said in Mexico the homeless have jobs because they have to work or die
Homeless people have MORE rights than non-homeless and tax-paying citizens do! SMFH!
Keep voting for democrats.
@@cancel.lgbtq.6892 i don't vote democratic. Thanks.
@@cancel.lgbtq.6892 and you shouldn't make such ASSumptions
So true...
you have the same right to live in the street you dribbling idiot lmao
2:16 the Supervisor is taking a compassion approach by letting the homeless impact other people. He should let the homeless squat in his home or property for compassions sake
Yes!
The Present dent.has.all.the money.to.send. to other places but not USA don't care
Do something about cleanliness instead of funding Israhell. Fund your people and remove poverty.
Ironically these people never had a problem with this before when the homeless population knew to stay in poor neighborhoods. Now that they’re at their doorsteps, SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE!!! As long as we keep cutting taxes for the wealthy and corporations, cutting social programs, even small things like music programs from schools, while Bezos and Friends keep filling their pockets this problem will only get bigger.
Why do people like you always complain or mention Bezos? You talk about "filling their pockets" but REFUSE to talk about the POLITICIANS who take money from the people who ACTUALLY work.
For years that WAS a poor neighborhood. Rooms at the Baltic consisted of a room with a toilet in one corner; kind of like a prison cell.
We jus had two years of nationwide social programs so are you suggesting that we run that intensity for more years?
Bezos provides jobs and services for many while stimulating the economy. He pays taxes while everyone working for him also pays taxes.
So it's corporations fault huh? Not the wasteful spending of the democrats? 30 billion was spent on the homeleess issue by Newsom and 14 billion more is going to be spent. They got 115 units built for over $600,000 per unit. Seems like corruption to me. The democrats don't want the issue fixed because it's how they make easy money. How about the democrats stop wasting money on crap we don't need. Their corruption is massive. You do notice how they are doing just fine money wise in this inflation right?
And I almost moved downtown last year 3500 for a 1 br in a new development walking distance from the greyhound station. Taking the tour of the property it was amazing, keyless entire to your unit, a bowling alley offered in the community and even a guest house unit for people to book... But the unit was literally off the street where homelessness was so close you could smell the urine on the ground, san diego should be ashamed
Say homeboy you paying 3500 rent you talking about smelling piss rich fuck help these homeless people out dog Damm hell you rich
@Bryan Smith Materialistic lifestyle will ALWAYS be the best lifestyle and that will NEVER change, strong permanent confirmed legitimate fact. Your parents are ashamed of your existence, strong permanent confirmed legitimate fact.
@Bryan Smith um, stating security features and/or amenities does not equate to materialism or spending habits. Keyless entry and a bowling alley has NOTHING to do with how @ D Doug chooses to spend money nor assumes how he views possessions. God forbid you wanna live in a secure apartment *gasp*
Damn that's disgusting. $3500 for a 1 br 🤣🤣🤣🤣. And let me guess, it was around 750 Sq ft?
I grew up in San Diego and lived back east during grad school and my first job before moving to Austin in 2002. Austin reminded me of San Diego back in the late 70s/80s and it felt like Nirvana here. Not anymore. First, the requisite spike in property values and cost of living (a lot of Californians sold up and moved here)... and then the inevitable spike in homelessness and then the sharp rise in crime. Austin is a shadow of its former self. Horrible shame about San Diego... this is going to be the reality in every city in the US before long.
"America´s Finest City"? NO. "Paradise"? LOL! NO. A Typical American City Full of Crime & Homeless? YES
Remember to thank Ronald Reagan, he emptied the insane asylums onto the streets of the inner cities in CA, since his voting base was rural. Support systems have been overburdened ever since.
My family and I about to join them if these prices keep going up.
I hear you friend. I'm shocked at how many people are ignoring a growing a problem. We're struggling to pay basic bills at this point, though we drive used vehicles, have no internet, no cable, etc. Just our phones for $40 that provid internet. That shouldn't be too much to ask for.
I wonder if the woman complaining ever gave a homeless person a good meal to eat, or a few bucks to get by. 🤔 I've been homeless. I looked at it as a result of the bad decisions I made in life and I was being punished. But I got even closer to God and the truth of life and now I live in the mountains overlooking the Arkansas river. Look at God.
@Jack meouf 😂😂😂 mountain home
@Jack meouf but Id still have a smile on my face if I did live outside in the mountains
Sounds beautiful where you live. Most people in San Diego are out of touch with reality. They seem to be aloof and ignorant. I've seen a lady give disgusted looks to a homeless woman who begged her for some assistance. It's really sad and I find some of the people to have unattractive and ugly souls.
@@ajl2232 eureka springs area
If she did good if she didn't good as well but let me tell you about giving out food or money especially in that area the homeless population will throw the food away and money or change they will buy drugs or alcohol I know because I live in San Diego and I have given out food and money they just don't care it's very sad situation 😔
It is unprecedented especially in San Diego.
Not really
Been to Seattle lately? San Francisco? Honolulu?
Its like this in every city right now. San Diego has simply never gotten to this level until now.
New York....is BAD.
@@jacobmulligan5962 not true, San Diego like the other big California cities has always been a top destination for homeless. Social services and sunny weather will do that. The difference is they used to keep them limited to east village and the like, now as part of their “equity” program or some bs they let them camp up where they please
“I’m choosing to take a compassionate approach” … Because I live in a gated community and this isn’t really a problem for me 😂.
I love CA, please continue to lecture the rest of us on how to behave and govern.
You are what's wrong with America! JS
My Dad was a psychiatrist for the County back when they closed the mental wards.
Prisons were full so many borderline violent offenders were released into the public.
Dad predicted a huge rise in homelessness,crime and assaults and the change started immediately.
The lack of enforcement allowed tents,then structures,couches, BBQs leading to fires,rats,feces and crime.
It was considered inhumane to keep those suffering from mental illness confined against their will but this is not humane either.
Our city needs a large urban campground.
Ours are small, always full and cost $40 a night.
I've been telling the Mayor about the abandoned Hunte Pkwy golf course.
It's ready made with nice spots for customers on the greens in front and a big hidden valley behind that was the driving range. It could be a low/no cost tent area with showers,soup kitchen and internet access to social services.
Have a shuttle bus to transit stations.
If we say no camping on streets and parks there's got to be a legal solution.
Thank you Ronald Reagan
@@MASTEROFEVIL what was his reason? Was that something it was his own idea and Soul Decision or was he convinced by some advisors?
I don't know what to say, having experienced mental illness from a prior family member and now someone close to me, it's tough to see them locked up, they seem to always have some very good qualities, but their Dark Side can be extremely dangerous and destructive
@@7x779 Often it's all about if the one who is struggling has family or support otherwise it's easy to slip into the shadows and end up homeless.
@@MASTEROFEVIL Lol
Do something about housing prices! We're all going to end up right with them years from now if it keeps going this way!
To late most American 🤔 cities are looking like something out of an apocalypse kinda world from were I am in scotland. Its frightening the supposed richest country in world 🌎 can't take care of there own people. Its all about government greedy corporate games .they want to invade and get there nose in other countries business. All the tax goes on military spending because Biden dumped all the last 87 billion military tanks helicopters rockets guns war weapons in Afghanistan .every city in America looks like that nowadays. Your country hasn't got free healthcare even poor countries have free healthcare for there citizens 🙄 its turned in one big strip joint😷🤒🤕 .
@@triangleman9997 well what's your take on it then Mr know it All 🤔
"They should just go home"
~Maxine Waters
Clean this sh it up
We live in the middle of nowhere; in the Mojave desert! And there's loads of home less people out here. And its best to stay away from them. It's not safe.
The nonprofits do not spend money on the homeless. All of the federal funds that they get is either funneled into unnecessary expenses or written off as an expense that it's not really used for. The next time you're confused about this problem you can refer back here.
I totally agree. A democrat gets a buddy to open a non profit. Most of the money goes to running the place while just a little goes to the homeless. Then the person who got rich running the non profit gives money to their favorite politicians next election and it's a cycle of corruption. No democrat is going to solve this problem. They make too much from this scam.
BINGO! The only thing "nonprofit" about a nonprofit is the corporation itself.
There's big money, a free car, and many other perks for the already wealthy CEO running the nonprofit.
And....like any other business, the main concern is growing their customer base.
Who in their right mind would want to solve the problem and lose their financial windfall.
And sent 300 million to Ukraine.
You are correct. These 'non-profits' are a major scam.
@@georgeyoes3130 I think the politicians are profiting from them. This is why the problem will not be solved. Why solve it when they make money on it?
2:15 This guy needs to take the homeless into their home and where they work. Prove to everyone the compassionate approach. Be the example.
When we have over 17.1 million homes sitting empty all over the United States, rents increases without increases in salary and a minimum wage that hasn't changed since the early 90s, how do you expect them to survive or become independent? When our broken medical systems is not able to properly take care of these people, how do you expect them to manage their illness? We have money for everyone else around the globe except the American people, this is completely unacceptable.
Over 17 million homes wouldn't be empty if all adults had a job and made smart financial decisions. Problem is people nowadays are not being informed on financial literacy. Not only that, but many who live on the street refuse to get help. Are we supposed to force them into medical treatment?
You got what you voted for. Enjoy. Vote these useless politicians out.
They’re being set out by random states that have churches and Salvation Army. They’re intentionally being sent to California. I guess no one in this comment section bothers to educate themselves.
Started when Covid began. Under Trump.
Stop blaming and look for a solution.
Are you saying the Republicans are so stupid they can’t figure out a solution? Then I guess it’s not a political issue.
We moved out of the East County of San Diego almost 5 years ago to another state.
It saddens me to to see this situation growing. Los Angeles has a hugh homeless problem, and now San Diego is getting really bad. Our country is now reaping from what it has been sowing. This plan-demic has taken the entire world in a downward
turn. God's judgement is upon America because for the last 60 + years we have kicked God/Jesus out of our schools, our government, and our lives. The entire world is in decay by Satan being in control.
RELIGION IS THE PROBLEM NOT THE ANSWER. WHY DONT ALL THESE MEGA CHURCHES DO ANYTHING BUT PROFIT OFF GOD ??? THEY PREACH THE GOSPEL BUT REFUSE TO APPLY IT. BLASPHEMY. AMEN 😎🎭✌
I agree. I pray for us all, everyday.
@@stevenotero2627 Religion isn't the same thing as a personal relationship with Jesus.
Jesus didn't like it when people were religious, and only after their own gain.. I agree about the mega churches. They have lost their way, and we be judged for that.
I moved from San Diego years ago after living there for over 40 years. After retirement everything was going up except my retirement check until I couldn't afford to live there unless on the streets.
Democrats grow bureaucracies until only the rich can afford anything.
Why do these people collect trash and then throw it all around. They ate mental.
High rents are only a minor contribution to the homeless problem. 180 people were offered shelter vouchers. Only 8 took them up on their off. That something like 5%. Problem is you could every one of these folks a place to live and one year from now you would have a whole new batch of homeless.
They treat people in shelters like they are all murderers that are absolutely crazy as well as child molesters and like your filthy and diseased. And although many of them are actually that way not all homeless people that go to a shelter are that way but all of them are treated that way by the staff the staff treats the homeless people in the shelter's like absolute dirt. So I can see why someone would rather live in their car or in a trailer rather than go to a homeless shelter. The first thing they do when you go to a homeless shelter is they take all of your possessions away from you including your phone claiming that it could be written with bed bugs so they put your belongings in a freezer for 24 hours. After that they store your belongings in a room that you cannot access without their permission and they watch you as if you're going to steal something. You are not allowed to have your belongings with you they are kept in a separate room. This includes your phone. They also lock the bathrooms in the middle of the day for 2 hours claiming that they're cleaning them.
Voice of Rasin That is because it's backwards, and also pepper m is right. You can't fix this with a temporary bandaid. You have to stop corporations and rich people from buying politicians so they do what WE need. Did you know that since Regan, the people's voice has been ignored? The rich get richer, and the rest get poorer through no fault of their own. I think about my parents having 5 kids on one income and living a middle class lifestyle including many trips to Disney, and camping and owning a boat. Now two incomes with no kids can't have that lifestyle. Stop blaming the homeless, and put the blame where it belongs: The Supreme Court for passing Citizen's United which allowed rich people to buy politicians away from the people. Get your head out of the sand.
Shelters treat people like crap
don't blame it in high rent , is clearly the lazy bums who want a free paycheck from uncle sam. keep smoking that funny stuff
Lazy people = homeless
Put City and State officials on minimum wage and watch how fast things change!!
And Federal officials to no more than 70k a year! (Public Teachers would appreciate this)
I live in East Village (Downtown) and I don’t go anywhere near 14th street it literally is it’s own world controlled by the homeless. It’s absolutely a problem and out of control it ruins the entire area. I live on 11th and all you hear is the meth heads screaming for hours on end. Not to mention the constant death threats nearby residents get daily. It’s a shame nothing gets done about it.
Vote for democrats. They'll solve all the problems 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
The average rent for an apartment in SD is $2,610. Landlords require proof of income 3.5 x the rent. You would have to make over $109,000 a year to get one. Now that we've done the math, my friends, why do you think people are living on the street?
Alcoholism, drug addiction, mental illness, no job, and hundreds of state, federal and local programs that reward them with even the needles they use to inject themselves with illegal drugs that they always have the money to buy.
it will only get worse. They already imported 60k illegals and rented up a ton of apartment complexes to house them, practically pricing citizens out of rent.
Because people choose to live on the street. Nearly all of the homeless don't want a job, mental health treatment, and they certainly don't want to follow the rules. San Diego will remain expensive as long as people keep purchasing real estate there and touring the city.
Well that’s when you leave SD lol are you insinuating they absolutely NEED to live in San Diego ?
Because 40 years ago Ronald Reagan and the ACLU made sure the asylums and mental hospitals couldn't keep them in. Simple answer. When I see Hispanic illegals at Home Depot lining up for work (and getting it) and living in apartments and houses in the neighborhood (and paying the rent), and white and black American homeless living on the street right NEXT to the Home Depot, I ask myself, who do I want for my neighbor???
It's only going to get worse. Rent is up by double digits % in every state from 2020 - 2022. There are a lot of people who are closer to homeless than one would think. I've worked at the same place for over 5 years now. I started making $10/hr in 2016 to making literally over double that in at $21.50/hr and it's still a struggle just to get by. Most people I know where I live go from paycheck to paycheck. My rent went from $750/mo to $950/mo for just a small two bedroom apartment and that's actually cheap as I'm in Pennsylvania right now. I lived close to Fort Myers and the same apartment I have here would be close to $1400/mo there. I barely make over $2100 a month after my insurance and taxes come out, 401k etc. With my car/phone/utilities I have around $1500 worth of bills per month. So if you do the math I have a a about $600-$700 a month extra after my bills. That's not counting food,gas etc and I have a six year old. I would never give up but I understand completely the people who just saw fuck it. It's sad actually.
I'm not trying to be rude, but why do poor people bring a child into their world if they're barely scraping by? Now the working class taxpayers have to give you money. Maybe we can't afford your child either.
@@networth00 it's actually my sister's, she passed from heroin at age 35 on leap day actually 2016. It was either take him or put him in the system and I couldn't do that. He's in kindergarten now age 6 and it was the best choice I ever made, gives me life ❤️
I don't get food stamps, you need to make like 12/hr or less for them I think but it might differ state to state. In Pennsylvania where I live I'm pretty sure that's how it is.
Also I make a shade under 45k/yr and you're calling me poor. That's part of the problem. 45k/yr living in a modest 2 bedroom apartment shouldn't be considered poor. That's crazy.
@@kellyallen8528 I worked two jobs for 30 years and saved every penny to get out of poverty. It does take hard work. Good on you for taking your nephew in as your own. If you claim your son then you could get a huge tax deduction and/or a big refund at the end of the year. Good luck and work hard, keep your head up and seek God. It will all get better.
There are answers to this problem. But politicians need the homeless. When they run for office, they can always claim they are going to starts some program, it will cost a fortune and then the problem will be worse. Rinse repeat.
The same with power. A trash to electricity plant would reduce the cost of electricity, but the city receives more largess by restrictions on alternatives.
I'd love to see single hotel rooms with MEDICAL visits provide to help some of these people.
Did YOU serve in either of the two World Wars, ?
Did you return HOME addicted to drugs and find your family had left you because you were gone for so long ?
FIND SOLUTIONS... ?
Easy to use the defense of "avoidance" if you haven't walked a mine in your father's shoes, isn't it ?
It's called "compassion" often even " caring" for your fellow man?
WHY "FIX" ANYTHING WHEN YOU CAN, INSTEAD, RENNOVATE AND BUILD MORE EQUITY TO LINE YOUR BUDDIES' POCKETBOOKS ?
I KNEW A GIRL WHO'D HEARD ABOUT THE "NEW WONDERFUL FATHER JOE'S" , SO WHEN SHE CALLED THEM FOR HELP, THEY SAID SHE WOULD HAVE TO "WAIT ", AS IN "WAIT ON THE STREETS IN THE DARK OF NIGHT"....FOR A BED? WHAT THE HECK? SO IF A BED DID NOT BECOME AVAILABLE, SHE WAS SUPPOSED TO DO WHAT...? ASK A HOOKER FOR HELP, GET RAPED,OR OR SLEEP ON A PARK BENCH ?
SHE SAID THE ONLY WAY SHE COULD GET HELP WAS TO COMIT A CRIME AND PRAY THE POLICE WOULD PICK HER UP!
SERIOUSLY...THIS JUST STINKS!
DUH....LA , CHICAGO, NY.... AND SOME IDIOT IS SENDING MORE POTENTIAL HOMELESS, UNEMPLOYEED AND PAYING THEM OUR TAX MONEY TO COME TOO-FORCING OUR GOVERNERS TO HAVE TO "REDIRECT THOSE" PROBLEMS AT THEIR OWN EXPENSE TOO?
WHEN THE DO GET FUNDS FOR THE FATHER JOES, THEY REQUIRE THE APPLICANT "WALK THE STREETS UNTIL A BED BECOMES AVAILABLE?"HECK WITH THE BED, OPEN UP SOME OF THOSE OLD HOTELS AND SLEEP ON THE FLOOR IN A SLEEPING BAG. GIVE THE FEMALES A KEY TO COME IN AND OUT S A F E L Y, AND STOP "REMMOVATING" HOTELS SO OFTEN THAT THEYR USAGE "AS" HOTELS BECOMES A MOOT SUBJECT! SEND SOME OF THOSE UNEMPLOYED SOCIAL WORKERS TO THE ROOMS AND CHECK FOR DRUGS; THIS PROBLEM HAS SO GOTTEN OUT OF HAND AND MOSTLY BECAUSE THE F U N D S ARE ACTUALLY BEING "DIVERTED " SOMEHOW " TO THE WRONG ENTITIES/AGENCIES! THEY'RE SITTING AT THE GOVERNORS OFFICE AND THE COUNTY OFFICES OF SUPERVIOSRS SOMEWHERE ? WHERE ARE THEY BTW?
AND A VET, SHOULD NEVER BE HAVING TO WAIT FOR A BED, A N Y W H E R E ! THEY WERE "SENT THERE" AND "FOR US" AND NOW WE CAN'T ACCOMMODATE THEM/ ? NOT A L L VETS HAVE RESORTED TO, OR BROUGHT BACK, D R U G S....THIS COUNTY HAS THE FUNDS
OPEN SOME S A F E HOTELS AND TELL FATHER JOE AND HIS CORPORATE COFFERS TO TAKE HIKE BTW.
ILLINOIS OUTSIDE OF CHICAGO DOESN' THAVE THIS PROBLEM; NOR DO SMALL TOWN IN CALIFORNIA.
THEY HELP THEIR NEEDY. THIS JUST STINKS.
OH, REMOVE THE TENTS, REMOVE THE PARKS, SURELY THAT'LL SOLVE THE "REAL " PROBLEM WONT' IT ?
"I Ain't no Middleman"
Fred Gold and Lynda Faye
"My Dear Lord, Master of the Universe" Lynda's prayer for 2023
"Wretch Like me" should be retitled " Wretch Like YOU!" our city managers!
LyndaFayeSmusic@yahoo.
To the idiots that want to legalize drugs......This is what your future looks like....FACTS!
You guys in San Diego should drop the homeless on Gavin's front porch.
Gee whiz, how original. How would anyone else solve homelessness?
@@ozzierabbit587 Thank you for posting Mr. Original. To answer your question, admittedly I don't know the solution but my point is more about the hypocrisy that Gavin and others show towards them. They say it's great to help the poor and destitute, as long as it's nowhere near their neighborhoods of wealth and privilege.
A compassionate approach would be either open up more jails and/or mental institutions like we had 50 years ago.
There, these vagrants will be off recreational drugs and alcohol. They would receive clean drinking water,
good food, showers, a clean bed, medical/mental care and not living on the streets where they will eventually
die face down in the gutter. Crime will also reduce by not having police, fire, and paramedics responding every
few minutes.
We have PLENTY of facilities
Good try blaming Reagan when Ds have been running this state for decades.
The issue is, current leadership. We can't arrest drug addicts and we can't force sick people into treatment because "they have rights"
Nothing from 50 years ago makes a damn bit of difference now. Do you know how many psychiatric beds are available in SD? I bet more then you know
@@Lunnalee100 Then that's where these vagrants belong. Available? Perhaps. Actually using them? No. $1 Billion from taxpayers in L.A. spent flushed down the toilet recently. Reagan was only part of it. Closing down mental institutions started with JFK. This political football was bounced from Federal to State and back for many years. Since you think Democrats do better, why aren't you blaming Governor Gavin "Pretty Boy" Newsom instead of just blaming someone 40 years ago? Democrats don't seem to take charge and do something constructive. All they do is monitor, discuss, or tear down.
Lock them up. Lock them up. Lock them up.
When everything is “OK,” nothing is. There’s a big difference between having compassion for the homeless and helping versus enabling homelessness. Putting people in charge who don’t want to turn homelessness into an industry to sate their own greed would be a huge first step.
You mean like the church and most every tax exempt entity related to the subject?..
Agreed. As a city bus driver, my life is threatened almost every day of the week by drug addicts and mentally ill people. What's needed is a tough approach, irrespective of who it offends: *involuntary labor camps for the lazies, and institutions for the crazies.*
@@TVHouseHistorian ..or maybe the city should pay you more.
@@mic4902 Oh, I wonder why I never thought of that. Perhaps the thought of sustaining a permanent disability or dying from being pummeled by one of those homeless lunatics distracted me from thinking of your brilliant solution. I’ll bring it up with the union.
@@TVHouseHistorian sadly, working with the public would only become better if we actually gave everyone a better standard of living, of which I agree is not what one would think about when on edge every day because our culture really does not believe in that.
When a studio apartment goes for $3000 a month, you're going to have homeless people.
Moving to a cheaper area is another option. They don't have to be homeless.
High rent, inflation, $15 minimum wage which is totally ridiculous and you will be replaced with robots, finding anything and everything to tax us over when we pay enough! This homeless problem is literally everywhere! I understand some of those people are only homeless because they couldn’t keep up with the ridiculous prices for rent but the majority of homeless people are either mentally ill (most likely from drugs), addicted to drugs or alcohol or just don’t want to be in a place where they aren’t free to do their bad habits. Where are all of our tax dollars going?? You take so much from us and yet you do nothing but put hard working peoples money into your own pocket!
"This homeless problem is literally everywhere! " Not really, Calif. is by far the worst we have over 162,000 homeless compared to a place like Utah 3000, This stuff isn't rocket science, most homeless want to live this life, they get money from the government, and they can hang out and get high all-day with there drug addict friends.
⬆️ there's your holdup on fixing this. No one wants to see them but when efforts are made the same complainers are worried about "free hand outs". So nothing gets solved. It's a revolving door.
AMEN!
Years ago, I used to work in a psychiatric facility. When Reagan closed many mental hospitals, it was sad. Later on, as I drove through downtown, running my errands I'd see many of our former patients on the streets. Having worked there,my heart would break,when young people came there. Some had fried their brains, I assumed. There was a girl, I recall from my elementary school, when I was a kid. I didn't know her personally, but recall seeing her in school. So sad.
Reagan??? That was 40years ago.....vote blue no matter who....this is what you get
100 years ago, During the height of the great depression, Many Americans were lining up for bread and soup. There are many pictures of that. There were shanty towns but there were not block after block of mentally ill people defecating on the sidewalks. It took drugs and an over reliance on government handouts to get to this level. This is worse than most third world countries.
@@oncho1960 Yes he closed a lot of mental hospitals which is part of the reason why we have so many mentally ill out in the streets. His administration did good in other areas but in this area he screwed up and now we are seeing the results of his policy.
Yes. I noticed the same thing. Cutting the funding seemed like an acceptable thing to do- but this is what came if it. Most of these homeless people can never work.
Why didn't you help them when they were your patients ? You can't house mentally ill people forever . They obviously didn't get help from your facility . Open borders , and not enforcing laws isn't helping the homeless or taxpaying citizens .Allowing mentally ill people to loot , steal and bring drugs and bring violence into neighborhoods where people are raising families is only going to build resentment and frustration which will make the situation worse. Most of this is drug related and our open border policies are a big part of the problem !
Homelessness was bad in the 1980s and early 90s, but then it was really cleaned up in the early 2000s. Hmm I wonder if having a conservative mayor in the early 2000s was related?
Follow the money ?
I'd love to see single hotel rooms with MEDICAL visits provide to help some of these people.
WHY "FIX" ANYTHING WHEN YOU CAN, INSTEAD, RENNOVATE AND BUILD MORE EQUITY TO LINE YOUR BUDDIES' POCKETBOOKS ?
I KNEW A GIRL WHO'D HEARD ABOUT THE "NEW WONDERFUL FATHER JOE'S" , SO WHEN SHE CALLED THEM FOR HELP, THEY SAID SHE WOULD HAVE TO "WAIT ", AS IN "WAIT ON THE STREETS IN THE DARK OF NIGHT"....FOR A BED? WHAT THE HECK? SO IF A BED DID NOT BECOME AVAILABLE, SHE WAS SUPPOSED TO DO WHAT...? ASK A HOOKER FOR HELP, GET RAPED,OR OR SLEEP ON A PARK BENCH ?
SHE SAID THE ONLY WAY SHE COULD GET HELP WAS TO COMIT A CRIME AND PRAY THE POLICE WOULD PICK HER UP!
SERIOUSLY...THIS JUST STINKS!
DUH....LA , CHICAGO, NY.... AND SOME IDIOT IS SENDING MORE POTENTIAL HOMELESS, UNEMPLOYEED AND PAYING THEM OUR TAX MONEY TO COME TOO-FORCING OUR GOVERNERS TO HAVE TO "REDIRECT THOSE" PROBLEMS AT THEIR OWN EXPENSE TOO?
WHEN THE DO GET FUNDS FOR THE FATHER JOES, THEY REQUIRE THE APPLICANT "WALK THE STREETS UNTIL A BED BECOMES AVAILABLE?"HECK WITH THE BED, OPEN UP SOME OF THOSE OLD HOTELS AND SLEEP ON THE FLOOR IN A SLEEPING BAG. GIVE THE FEMALES A KEY TO COME IN AND OUT S A F E L Y, AND STOP "REMMOVATING" HOTELS SO OFTEN THAT THEYR USAGE "AS" HOTELS BECOMES A MOOT SUBJECT! SEND SOME OF THOSE UNEMPLOYED SOCIAL WORKERS TO THE ROOMS AND CHECK FOR DRUGS; THIS PROBLEM HAS SO GOTTEN OUT OF HAND AND MOSTLY BECAUSE THE F U N D S ARE ACTUALLY BEING "DIVERTED " SOMEHOW " TO THE WRONG ENTITIES/AGENCIES! THEY'RE SITTING AT THE GOVERNORS OFFICE AND THE COUNTY OFFICES OF SUPERVIOSRS SOMEWHERE ? WHERE ARE THEY BTW?
AND A VET, SHOULD NEVER BE HAVING TO WAIT FOR A BED, A N Y W H E R E ! THEY WERE "SENT THERE" AND "FOR US" AND NOW WE CAN'T ACCOMMODATE THEM/ ? NOT A L L VETS HAVE RESORTED TO, OR BROUGHT BACK, D R U G S....THIS COUNTY HAS THE FUNDS
OPEN SOME S A F E HOTELS AND TELL FATHER JOE AND HIS CORPORATE COFFERS TO TAKE HIKE BTW.
ILLINOIS OUTSIDE OF CHICAGO DOESN' THAVE THIS PROBLEM; NOR DO SMALL TOWN IN CALIFORNIA.
THEY HELP THEIR NEEDY. THIS JUST STINKS.
OH, REMOVE THE TENTS, REMOVE THE PARKS, SURELY THAT'LL SOLVE THE "REAL " PROBLEM WONT' IT ?
"I Ain't no Middleman"
Fred Gold and Lynda Faye
"My Dear Lord, Master of the Universe" Lynda's prayer for 2023
"Wretch Like me" should be retitled " Wretch Like YOU!" our city managers!
LyndaFayeSmusic@yahoo.
The problem is, nobody has been able to honestly define what "Doing something about the homeless" really means. Does it mean providing housing and food to get them off the streets? Does it mean arresting and evicting the homeless, shipping them off to parts unknown so we don't have to look at them? Does it mean building internment camps out in the desert with forced labor to make them earn their keep? Can their be implementation of a new WPA kind of program to provide meaningful work to those that are willing and able to help solve public infrastructure issues or meet other needs? Anyone can easily identify there's a problem with homelessness and demand "Something" be done about it, but what?
I’ve carefully read through the comments listed here, and no one is mentioning the core reasons for this social breakdown. Some suggestions would be effective, but would take systems-change to implement, and given American political divisions (Dem vs Rep) I don’t think it could be sustainable. First and foremost: the capitalist system doesn’t work for the majority of humanity. The fact the top richest Americans have increased their wealth by 20x-200x in two pandemic years, while personal wealth for the rest of humanity has plummeted, says it all. Second: the number one cause of “mental disorders” in men is the military industrial complex, which destroys young men who are deployed to wars. Many Iraqi and Afghan vets are disturbed, and PTSD shuts down the ability to personally pick one’s self up. This is a fact which isn’t even discussed. Third: Brain injuries have been lumped as mental illnesses by most municipalities and states, and the services and medications they provide worsen brain injuries and the possibility of healing. Those people need customized cognitive therapy, and help to survive because brain injuries sometimes don’t rehabilitate. Forth: mental illnesses are complex, from passive aggressive behaviors by people wrongly incarcerated to full-on schizophrenia. This is where evaluations must be done by knowledgeable professionals, who can effectively maneuver through the master manipulative personalities of some of the homeless. So many homeless men are just angry that they couldn’t make it in the system, or were “wrongly” accused of a crime, or who’s lives were ruined from the war machine this country has become. Some are seriously ill from an accident or mental illnesses. Some are drug addicts and fell through the cracks. Some are alcoholics and don’t want to quit. So you can see this has many layers of breakdown.
@@uslee19 @L
The capitalist system is the main reason why we have social media, food companies, electronics, large amount of GDP, and so much more. Capitalism may not work for most of humanity because almost all of them make stupid decisions that could make it extremely difficult for them to become rich. Main reason why the top richest Americans had their wealth increased is because me, you, and others keep on purchasing their products. Try not to shop at any grocery store owned by a rich person, take a big break from social media, and quit purchasing Wi-Fi that is also owned by a rich person. Then, those people will stop getting richer. Everything else you said is agreeable.
Visiting from Colorado I thought our homeless situation was bad, this is absolutely insane. They're everywhere you look. Downtown is empty except for people laying on the sidewalk.
It's like the walking dead
TIRED, HUNGRY, MENTALLY UNSTABLE; WHAT CAN WE" EXPECT FROM THAT ?
I KNEW A GIRL WHO'D HEARD ABOUT THE "NEW WONDERFUL FATHER JOE'S" , SO WHEN SHE CALLED THEM FOR HELP, THEY SAID SHE WOULD HAVE TO "WAIT ", AS IN "WAIT ON THE STREETS IN THE DARK OF NIGHT"....FOR A BED? WHAT THE HECK? SO IF A BED DID NOT BECOME AVAILABLE, SHE WAS SUPPOSED TO DO WHAT...? ASK A HOOKER FOR HELP, GET RAPED,OR OR SLEEP ON A PARK BENCH ?
SHE SAID THE ONLY WAY SHE COULD GET HELP WAS TO COMIT A CRIME AND PRAY THE POLICE WOULD PICK HER UP!
SERIOUSLY...THIS JUST STINKS!
DUH....LA , CHICAGO, NY.... AND SOME IDIOT IS SENDING MORE POTENTIAL HOMELESS, UNEMPLOYEED AND PAYING THEM OUR TAX MONEY TO COME TOO-FORCING OUR GOVERNERS TO HAVE TO "REDIRECT THOSE" PROBLEMS AT THEIR OWN EXPENSE TOO?
WHEN THE DO GET FUNDS FOR THE FATHER JOES, THEY REQUIRE THE APPLICANT "WALK THE STREETS UNTIL A BED BECOMES AVAILABLE?"HECK WITH THE BED, OPEN UP SOME OF THOSE OLD HOTELS AND SLEEP ON THE FLOOR IN A SLEEPING BAG. GIVE THE FEMALES A KEY TO COME IN AND OUT S A F E L Y, AND STOP "REMMOVATING" HOTELS SO OFTEN THAT THEYR USAGE "AS" HOTELS BECOMES A MOOT SUBJECT! SEND SOME OF THOSE UNEMPLOYED SOCIAL WORKERS TO THE ROOMS AND CHECK FOR DRUGS; THIS PROBLEM HAS SO GOTTEN OUT OF HAND AND MOSTLY BECAUSE THE F U N D S ARE ACTUALLY BEING "DIVERTED " SOMEHOW " TO THE WRONG ENTITIES/AGENCIES! THEY'RE SITTING AT THE GOVERNORS OFFICE AND THE COUNTY OFFICES OF SUPERVIOSRS SOMEWHERE ? WHERE ARE THEY BTW?
AND A VET, SHOULD NEVER BE HAVING TO WAIT FOR A BED, A N Y W H E R E ! THEY WERE "SENT THERE" AND "FOR US" AND NOW WE CAN'T ACCOMMODATE THEM/ ? NOT A L L VETS HAVE RESORTED TO, OR BROUGHT BACK, D R U G S....THIS COUNTY HAS THE FUNDS
OPEN SOME S A F E HOTELS AND TELL FATHER JOE AND HIS CORPORATE COFFERS TO TAKE HIKE BTW.
ILLINOIS OUTSIDE OF CHICAGO DOESN' THAVE THIS PROBLEM; NOR DO SMALL TOWN IN CALIFORNIA.
THEY HELP THEIR NEEDY. THIS JUST STINKS.
OH, REMOVE THE TENTS, REMOVE THE PARKS, SURELY THAT'LL SOLVE THE "REAL " PROBLEM WONT' IT ?
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ALL TRUE ABOVE
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@@lyndafayesmusic you need help
Omg! This is America now, I hope the government will have a sustainable solution for everybody...instead of supporting wars to other countries why not help their own population...
Why would the government fix a problem that the same government created?
The US helps the world community because we're a part of it.
My heart goes out to the REAL homeless people out there who have illnesses and nowhere to live. However, not all are this way. The majority of them aren't homeless or have illnesses. They just check out of society and choose to live this way. Many of them just want to be free of paying rent and bills or pay child support or wanted criminals. Many young women that are out there have children and abandon their children with family members to go live on the streets because they don't want to have responsibilities. Many of them are drug addicts who don't care about where they live, they just want to be near where their next high is easy to get. Many have been offered vouchers to go stay at motels and they refuse it. Many of them like this lifestyle and they have no plans to get off the streets. The worst part of this all is that they are dirty, throwing trash everywhere they go. They have no respect for others. They deal drugs, poop on the streets, do drugs right out in the open, and basically do not care what others think or say about them. It is out of control and someone needs to do something about it ASAP. Our beautiful cities in California are being destroyed right in front of our eyes! It's is sad and at the same time a bad sight to see. There should be laws against living on the streets. And if there are laws, why aren't they being enforced? Way back in the days most people had self-respect and dignity and were ashamed of being homeless and didn't want others to see them or hear of them being homeless. Now, it's become a trend to be living on the streets.
I totally agree with you 100%. I can’t believe how bad the situation is and how far society has fallen. California is such a beautiful state and you are right, it is being completely destroyed right before our eyes.
FREE hot shots??
If you want laws against living on the street you'll need to pass laws to CONTROL RENT.
@@ayo623 LA has had rent control since 1986. It doesn't work.
so sorry to hear about CA. we left CA 5 years ago and we didnt regret it. what we feel the gap between the rich and the poor are getting wider. plus all the family problems, broken home, job, etc.... add more reasons to live on the streets.
DO YOU KNOW WHY WE ARE LOSING THE WAR ON DRUGS IN AMERICA? There this strip club here in Las Vegas, Nevada that by the MIDDLE EASTERN. That place is not a strip club but more like a TRAP HOUSE! And what is a TRAP HOUSE it a place where you walked in there as a normal person but come out as a DRUG ADDICT! Let me tell you what happens at this strip club so you and your family don't fall for this TRAP. Most of the strip club close to the Las Vegas strip are good, there nothing wrong with those but there this one strip club just a bit outside the Las Vegas strip. THAT PLACE IS A TRAP HOUSE! Right when we got to the strip club, I felt something was a little bit of. They only have one other table that have customer. EVERY TIME THE STRIPPER WALKED BY OUR TABLE EVERYONE IS HIGH AS HELL! THE STRIPPER WAS WALKING BY OUR TABLE AND AT THE SAME TIME RELEASING SOME KIND ON DRUGS IN THE AIR!! THE DRUG IS AIRBORNE!! RIGHT WHEN I SAW THAT I TOOK OF MY JACKET AND COVER MY NOSE AND MOUTH RIGHT AWAY. WHAT EVER YOU DO, DO NOT BREATHE IN THAT AIR!!! Sang Ho the person that came with us see me covering my nose and mouth with my jacket, all night would ask me if I want a lap dance from one of the stripper. I say "HELL NO" BECAUSE I KNOW STRIPPER WOULD GIVE ME A LAP DANCE AND RUB SOME KIND OF DRUG ON ME. Security see me covering my nose and mouth with my jacket and refusing all the lap dance from the stripper, started surrounding me. Evey five minutes I got to get up and change seats because I did not want security to grab me from behind. I know they can't do anything to me at that strip club because it was MY OWN COUSIN THAT LURE ME THERE and we were just at Caesars Palace Casino just before we went to the strip club. How you going to explain to the cops Minh went missing and he was last seen with you at Caesars Palace. But that how it is in the Vietnamese Community, they go around PRETEND TO BE YOUR FRIEND, PRETEND TO BE YOUR COUSIN BUT THEN LURE YOU AND TRY TO GET YOU ADDICTED ON DRUGS. AND IT NOT JUST THE ASIAN COMMUNITY THAT LURE YOU AND GET YOU ADDICTED ON DRUGS BUT ALL RACE!! So don't let you and your family fall for this TRAP BECAUSE WHERE EVER THEY HAVE ONE STRIP CLUB LIKE THIS IN AMERICA, THEN THERE ARE MANY MORE OUT THERE!
Sad!! I never felt safe Downtown and I would never go there now. El Cajon has their own skid row popping up over near the old police station. I'm sorry but the way things are going with gas, inflation on food, housing, etc. it's just getting worse. This is disturbing times. We shut down the country and now they're sucking us dry. Wtf?! 😣😣😣😣
Downtown San Diego is among one of the safest downtowns in America having traveled to 48 of the states, but the homeless issue is definitely out of hand. Instead of being afraid and spreading that mentality go down and talk to some of people and hand out some lunches if you can...you’d be surprised that they are HUMAN just like you ❤️
@@taylorparker8912Just now read this comment. Wow. Um thanks for coming to judge. I wasn't bad mouthing them and I have handed out sandwiches AND leftovers from a restaurant before thank you, I always will try to hand someone some water or something. I've just had a sense of not being safe. 👍🏼✌🏼Also, handing people meals doesn't help the situation, maybe for a moment. One last thought, are you female? Because that could explain safety for you vs me.
@@taylorparker8912 are you serious? Haha- guess you haven’t been there at night walking around.Now go drop your mother or daughter off around midnight and drive away.
Tool.
@@aleeshanwnderlnd Ok Karen
Calling the problem "Homelessness" is absurd. It implies all would be well if only they had wall-to-wall carpeting and a floor lamp. Start calling the problem what it actually is, Drug Addiction and Mental Psychosis.
Yep and a life style choice.
Anytime someone wants to do something about the homeless problem, there are "homeless advocates" that refuse or challenges the change.
Father Joe's gets a ton of money from every lunch being served. Mike McConnell also is worth I believe $2 million dollars. I'll have to look that up to make sure. But I know he can afford to live in Del Mar or La Jolla with no problem. And I know they wouldn't want it to stop or severely reduce.
Yep those Americans are your enemies. They go to Other town to protest and go back to their clean town lol
They voted for it, they deal with it. Please Democrats stay in your shithole cities and leave our Republican towns alone. Thanks.
This crazy...... m.ruclips.net/video/qug9H2nQDIQ/видео.html
I just took a robust dookie myself. With the exhaust fan on, of course. I'm not a heathen.
National Socialism would solve this human waste problem
It’s the culmination of a decade”s long problem where federally subsidized residential rehab centers started cropping up like weeds in the coastal counties in California. Patients were being flown in from out-of-state so these facilities could claim the funding. When the funding for any particular patient expired, they were released without any means of returning home and ended up on our streets, destitute and still struggling with drug addiction. The state is at fault for allowing so many facilities to crop up despite city and county resistance to these facilities. And the federal program that funded these now defunct treatment facilities is at fault for failing to stop the misuse of those funds. It’s a human disaster that requires multiple levels of government to correct. The first step is getting these chemically dependent homeless persons to retiring or defunct military bases where federal resources can be allocated to alleviate the suffering and get them back to their home state where their families can provide a better network of support than the street.
Rehab is over 90% in effective and that is for people that want to be there so clearly rehab is not a solution of any kind.
OCFilm- Dream on
You say that the government caused the problem, and I agree. But why then is it that you and so many others think that the solution is for the government to fix it?! We need to go back to being a people who don’t turn to the government to run our lives. It’s probably too late for that though. We are Rome towards the end.
@@jiujitsustudent604 The easiest government fix is to stop funding these facilities by how many patients they admit. Funding should be based on outcomes, not addmissions. This has a self regulating effect. If you want positive outcomes, then you have to be more selective about who you admit. The easy patients will be picked and treated first. And only the most successful programs can afford to take on the more challenging patients, which is as it should be. Positive outcomes mean that patients are not only off drugs, but functioning at a job with means to provide for themselves. It also means the treatment facility is more invested in the patient's long term prospects, which include housing and employment. Treatment facilities that have no interest in making a long term commitment need not apply and will disappear to their community's delight.
We were there recently for a trip and stayed at the Hilton on the bay ,it was horrible to see all the trash and drug addicts and the mentally ill wandering the streets and the trash .
I would advise going somewhere else until they fix this issue !
Wouldn’t be surprised if Comic-Con International in SD makes a return this year and the mayor, by brute force, moves homeless out during that time like they did with the homeless at LA’s Super Bowl.
Comic Con is coming I believe in July.The homeless have been moved out of the SD Convention Center a long time now.( sometime before April or May of last year) I did hear about the L.A. Super Bowl one.
we can only hope.
I live at least a 12 hour drive away in Northern California and it is just as bad here. Trash, human waste, needles, all on the streets, bike paths, and parks.
A homeless guy got really aggressive with me when I was getting off the trolley last. The guy started to follow me because I told me I haven't carried any money in at least 4 years when he asked for some change. While walking around the corner of a building I waited for him and when I saw him I kicked him in knee as hard as I could with steel toe boots. He went down yelling in pain and swearing. I told him next time it will be worse.
So LEARN HOW to DEFEND Yourself!
@@samreynolds3789 He did. He beat that loser's ass.
Good for you bro that's how you deal with it kick the shit out of em
Captain, Captain, he knows the way, he knows the way to save the day!
If the police aren't doing anything about it, we have to take matters into our own hands. Homeless are being handed money but then stalking & assaulting hard working people. Homeless throwing scourching hot coffee on shop employees badly scarring them for life, but then no consequences for the homeless. This needs to change. The law/government isn't doing anything besides making the homeless more comfortable.
I was homeless back in 2019 one of the shelters I was at did not help one bit we used to get lots of clothes donations and they never gave us any there was a mom with a new born who had no clothes what so ever and when she asked for baby clothes they never gave her any I happened to start working where the donations come in from and took a bunch of baby clothes and bottles for her since the shelter didn't wanna do it themselves I worked as a client there for at least close the 30 hours a week sometimes more and only got paid about 20 dollars after 2 weeks of working and yall like to say homeless people are lazy when you have no idea what goes on In shelters
Shelters aren't good things. Because you're homeless, they treat you quite badly. I was in one once. The only reason they weren't (overly) cruel towards me was because I had no interest in drinking or drugs so they didn't know what to do with me.
Once you become homeless it's as if you lose your humanity. No one will hire you and if you have a job you're most likely to lose it since you no longer have an adequate place to shower or sleep.
you are lazy. It is Your problem. Deal with it and stop mooching.
Most of these people WANT to live (and socialize) on the streets. We should FORCE them into living quarters. It's not fair to businesses, families, hard working people. We shouldn't have to put up with this!!
You mean by a home for the homeless? Why can't I get a free home? They should be forced into labor camps.
Y’all sound like hitler
It's illegal to force people to move to any specific location.
@@ozzierabbit587 we should change the laws!
Some people only see the problem and don't become part of the solution.
Same thing going on in NYC. Every morning on my way to work, seeing filled syringes and spoons is the norm. The safe houses for drug addicts to 'use' Is not helping. Untreated mentally ill people are every other person you dodge to walk past. On the trains, in your neighborhood because of the shelters put in place...everywhere. There is an obvious epidemic from city to city.
A lot of those homeless aren't even from san diego. They come from other states and cities in the country. The weather is good and they coddle them here. They have the license to do whatever they want. Cops dont want to deal w them and they cant pay any fines. The cops dont even want to touch them. They make a mess and leave feces and needles wherever they want. I know thats not all of the homeless and i know not every homeless is a bum. Im speaking of the selfish, lazy, entitled, thieving, careless individuals that even burned bridges w their families that even they dont help them.
Can't pay any fines yet have money for illegal drugs. Go figure.
US keeps addressing the problem as "homeless" problem. It is just a part of a bigger problem. The bigger problem that is leading to the homelessness is drugs and mental health issue. You cannot solve the homeless problem unless you address the drugs and mental health problem first or simultaneously.
I think we need to cut the line, leave them be and let nature take it's course. Start over with the young and start fresh. There is no fixing these homeless, drugged out people.
@@eckankar7756 I used to be homeless. And I sure didn't want to be or choose to be. Nor did I ever do drugs and hadn't drank in over ten years (and still haven't). Don't paint with a broad brush what you don't understand.
What got me off the streets was a fight with my family, who wanted me to stay on the streets because it was more convenient for them.
@@Tarotlynx You are so wrong, so many are on drugs being homeless. I've worked with the homeless nearly a decade. YOU don't understand beyond your own nose. You are so focused on YOU and YOUR situation YOU haven't seen the bigger picture. I'm glad you chose to change your life and it's for the better, many won't make that change.
@@eckankar7756 Not won't - can't. Not the same thing. Some won't, true, but that's true in every situation.
@@Tarotlynx Nope, they stay where they are comfortable, even if it is miserable.
ITS OUTRAGEOUS THE CITIZENS DONT GO AFTER POLITICIANS .....
This city is dealing with a large homeless population, who are thugs and bullies, and don't care about themselves or this city.
If these fools want to be treated humanly, then, I suggest, they begin acting like a human being. First off, clean up after yourself.
California is a hell hole state to live in
Very privileged statement from someone who like most Americans is only a couple paychecks from homelessness urself ... Don't expect anyone to treat u like a human if u hit hard times or face mental health issues ... U must think Ur exempt
@@datuminformatics2847
You are mistaken about me; I am a crack addict who lived on "Skid Row" in LA.
@@lysliepope3967 Clearly can tell your Brain is already too fried to think everybody else on the streets is like you.
Drug addicts lie all the time
Stop calling it the "homeless problem" because it really is an issue of the "High Rent problem". And forget living in a shelter if you have a pet, like I do. San Diego and Los Angeles have "gentrified" neighborhoods and built new apartments and condos for people earning a 6-figure income, leaving behind those that are still working for a bit over minimum wage, like cashiers, customer service reps, retail reps and so forth. Where are THEY going to live? Even for us teachers, earning over $20 an hour and just under the Full-time hours to be considered for health benefits, cannot afford to live in San Diego and Los Angeles. WE have to live across the border, in Tijuana, which is the only affordable option we have. It's either that, or the streets.
It’s been out of control for the past 10 years
We don’t have a homeless problem. We have a mental health problem, a useless government, skyrocketing rent… shall I go on…
As a NYC resident who knows all too well about homelessness problem, getting worse because many are mentally ill or with substance abuse problems, we have problems with some comitting violent criminal acts, can tell you not much will change,there isn't the will by leaders to change it.
Us here in california and you in new york have too many democrats who make money on the homeless problem. Why solve it if you make money on it?
Bethany, um honey.... You might want to research because......um....northern Cali is mainly Republican
@@joshuahowdewudo1548 San Francisco is republican?
@@bethanyhealy4989 How would the Repubs solve homelessness?
few are mentally ill. They are likely stoned when you encounter them. 80% stoned hiding behind 20% ill. The handouts and squatting enable them to be homeless. you are 180 degrees out of phase.
San Diego is too expensive and too many homeless. I’ve never seen anything like it!!
Go to San Francisco
@@frankihatch no thanks few more months and I’m outta Cali
39+ million live in Commiefornia, with the overwhelming majority living in the cities. I'd say poor city management and endless mass immigration that never stopped has come back to haunt the demonrat voters there. Higher populations = higher cost of living.
I use to live in California it has ALWAYS been a state where they don't offer a lot a State help and have ALWAYS been out of touch of reality so far how the average American lives and what they can afford. At this time due to those two things this is the outcome and unfortunately it's not going to get any better only because California is truly out of touch and to far gone.
I know the entertainment in Cali is fun but when it comes to housing and rent is ridiculous… people and society are the things expensive in San Diego like it’s not fair and making people leave the state or become homeless because of no recourse or any help to support themselves and living cost. Like shouldn’t California should be cheap cause it was owned by Mexico in the past .
Gavin Newsom sure doesn't help ether
@@Brett1997 I lived in San Diego as a kid in the early 80s and my parents were able to buy a duplex 3 bedroom in south bay area new for $73,000! The average price of a single family home was about $150k. Since then things have skyrocketed and priced out the average middle class family.
Are the freeways still old and ragged from the 60’s? California charges a state income tax but doesn’t do anything with the money and Nevada doesn’t charge a state income tax and is always under construction.
All the homeless losers are drug addicts you idiot.
Whole west coast has this problem. Why? Its a Democratic controlled west coast.
I live in the East village and experience this every day. When COVID hit it really did get bad and it’s been like that ever since. For the past two years, I tried to bring attention to this issue as well. It’s exhausting and very time confusing. One of the major barriers to solving this problem is when the city tries to enforce they get sued by homeless advocacy groups. It’s very difficult to find a common solution that will work for everyone. I do think that mental facilities should be a requirement for those that needed and the government will need to step up and determine how to address individuals who aren’t mentally able to make a decision for themselves.
The main problem here
Is that most homeless in the street. Are young
With mental issues. Due to over use drugs
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IMHO the best solution to this problem is to export them to "ghost towns" and let them figure it out. Give them the bare minimum necessities to restart their lives and rebuild these ghost towns and create farm land and fix up old homes. Once they do that theyd be contributing back to society while not making a city look disgusting and if they cant do that and end up dying from lack of effort then thats on them. If they do manage to get a mini society functioning they can sell farm goods for money to bring in more things to their towns.
Also if theyre in the middle of nowhere where would they get drugs? theyd end up getting clean bettering their lives.
You’re inconvenienced by people who don’t have homes? Considering the rent you must pay in the East village it’s hard to drum up sympathy for you, not that you explicitly asked for it
FFS you people STILL expect the government to "fix" or "solve" THIS problem?????
Then don't vote Republican because they destroyed this State's capacity to do just that in the 80s. And to add insult to injury; in the 90s they gave the non profit treatment money to Churches and religious groups that used to go to trained and educated professionals.
I’ve done security at one of the porta potty sites. It was miserable and I was depressed doing it. It’s truly pathetic what my city has become.
Keep electing democrats
@@miker9082 I voted only republican so you can’t group me in with liberal scum.
@@miker9082 Happily.
You republicans are something else.
@@jasongates- im not republican.
@@jasongates- both parties are thieves but one side is intentionally destroying America and every single thing democrats have done in recent years is bad for every American. I am intelligent enough to understand reality. Thats something democrat voters are unable to do. Open your eyes. Tell me one thing any democrat has done that is good for America? Just one thing? Open borders? Killing oil and gas? Putting people out of work causing inflation like we have never seen? Is this good? Is your life better now than it was a year ago? Is Biden restarting the iran nuclear deal good for you? Democrat politicians Cleary do not work for Americans and they have even said so.
GOD GIVE SO MUCH LAND SO THAT HUMAN BEINGS CAN LIVE COMFORTABLY ONCE GREED TOOK OVER THIS IS THE PROBLEM WE ARE SEEING TODAY...ALL THOSE BILLIONAIRES IN AMERICA PLEASE DO SOMETHING FOR THESE HOMELESS PEOPLE NOW,CAUSE I TELL YOU WHEN YOU LEAVE THIS EARTH YOU TAKE NOT A SINGLE PENNY WITH YOU,MY DEAR PEOPLE THEN YOU WILL HAVE TO ANSWER TO THE ALMIGHTY GOD.
Ma'am. God doesn't promise anything but eternal life. Suicide is a sin, so we have to endure to the end. All of the images of heaven I have ever seen feature only wh*te people. Money cannot buy love. It can buy a bed, but not a good night's sleep; a dog, but not the wag in it's tail; food, but not an appetite. We can't take money with us when we die, yet the top charities are museums, hospitals, and universities. Stanford was founded by a rail baron. Duke was founded by a tobacco heiress. Hershey's chocolate supports a school that has a $7 billion bank account. Harvard University also has a $7 billion bank account.
@Sandra Radhay
BILLIONAIRES DON'T HAVE TO HELP THE HOMELESS. PLEASE SHARE YOUR HOME AND YOUR BANK ACCOUNT WITH A HOMELESS STRANGER BECAUSE ONCE YOU LEAVE THIS EARTH YOU CAN'T TAKE THOSE THINGS WITH YOU. See how stupid your comment sounds? Just because they can't take their money with them does not mean they should use it to help others. Let people enjoy their wealth in peace.
@@IIII...... PEACE BE ON TO YOU...GOD BLESS YOU.
Turn the volume down, please!
Its greed from progressives that want to exploit homelessness. Wise up
You got what you voted for. Stop complaining.