Caltrans clears homeless camps every day. Here's what they look like inside.
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- California’s homeless crisis is playing out on the state’s highways, where Caltrans is clearing dozens of camps every day. Here's the scene inside a camp near a Berkeley freeway in November 2018.
Video by: Paul Kitagaki Jr.
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The Homeless Industrial Complex is big business in California
Trying to fix the problem employs lots of people. Let the junkies stay and help the rest like the woman using the wheelchair.
Being homeless should not be a crime. There are many of us, me included
that are literally one pay check from being in their shoes. I have been
homeless twice in my life, and with 2 children but I'll tell you what. I
NEVER left garbage or any kind of trash where we slept or ate. I picked
up every scrap and bagged it and took it with me. I dumped it in a
nearby dumpster. There is no excuse for leaving this kind of mess for
someone else to clean up! Are you human beings or are you pigs?! Clean
up your mess!
Ann there is clearly two types of HOMELESS those that love the life style on the animal kingdom!!! And those that fell on hard times, the last are one ones that clean up after them self's, cause they still have THIER dignity even on The street!!! And hopefully those will get help to get back on THIER feet👍 the others will die where they are SADLY!! No one can force anyone to help them self's!!☹️
This is not a HOMELESS crisis. This is a drug, criminal, and mental health crisis. You could give every one of these people a room tomorrow, they will still end up homeless. If you legalize drugs, go easy on criminals, and tell people they are not responsible for their own situation, this is what you get.
You hit the nail on the head. A man must work if he wants to eat. Everyone including the crazies will sober up real fast when the free food is taken away. Let them begin with a broom and shovel.
MasterCard...Cash?
Idiots homeless have income work, maybe make 2000 a month rents and housing is very expensive
@@keysislandhopper4768 I was homeless twice while working 40 hours a week. I could afford a motel room though.
I'm a Caltrans landscape worker and unfortunately I have to deal with this homeless issue first hand. When I go into homeless camps I'm in fear for my life because I never know what I'm going to be dealing with. Remember I'm classified as a landscape maintenance worker and not HAZMAT. We give the people in those encampments 72 hours to vacate, if they are still there after 72 hours we can not touch them or their belongings. Wasting thousands of dollars on men power and equipment. When we finally go in there the place is usually boobytraped with buckets of phisis and discarded drug needles and syringes used by the homeless for injecting heroin.
Where is the public outcry for what we have to endure?
Do you think that 22 dollars an hour is fair for this job with out proper safety attire and proper training?
Get another job lol
Could always join parking enforcement plus if any job is unsafe the police are supposed to have emergency people and things so that should not be an issue but last yes 22 dollars per hour is not bad starting out
$22.00 an hour is pretty good considering everyday waste management crews are dealing with the same situation.
I remember the needles, broken glass and trash cans full of fecal matter.
I've you have a different spin on this than make a video to raise awareness. But be prepared for the negative stuff that goes along with pointing out the obvious.
You have the liberty to work somewhere else if you don't like the job... Quit bitching and count your blessings.
Yet another reason to vote Republican.
Two major challenges come to mind . . .
For people in their 50s and 60s, it's extremely difficult to find a new job, even at entry level. Employers want young kids fresh out of college, that they can start out on low salaries . . . and . . . .
the homeless populations need to be sorted out, between those who are without drug or mental illness issues, there specifically because of financial difficulties, and the "hard core" homeless, who have been living in the street or outside of society most of their lives, have serious drug and alcohol addictions or mental illness.
That second point is particularly difficult, in that it's the hard core homeless that most people think of when they hear that term. Most ordinary people don't want to deal with the addicts, violent or insane in their neighborhood,. and I don't blame them, it's a completely understandable position to have.
On the other hand, having a transition site for the homeless that most people don't actually see, for those who had jobs, families, a functioning life until encountering a financial disaster . . . most people are OK with this, want to help if possible.
The key to this is that preliminary sorting process.
Just lumping all "homeless" people into a single demographic helps no one . . . especially the homeless who are in the most desperate situations.
When I see and hear these folks it's hard to believe they ever had steady jobs in the first place. I'd be interested to know the percentage of the "hard-core" homeless (like the ones in this video) even finished high school. That lack of education may be a key to how they got into this situation.
Plus yiu supposed to be retired at 50 and 60
I’m tired of bleeding hearts that will not accept the fact that the government can only do so much, these people need to be held accountable for their actions. Put them in FEMA camps and get them sorted out with resources if they can be helped, if not it’s not the governments job to live an individuals life for them. They need to help themselves at some point.
some of these people should be in facilities or lock down institutions. I know first hand -my son working at a hospital. police dont enforce the law when it comes to the homeless. they treat them like they are so disadvantaged, so whatever they do should be "tolerated" by us, like babies that cant help themselves. I live in the sf bay area and so many of these homeless have assaulted innocent people and even killed on the bart train. Mental illness in this form or severe drug abuse should not be ignored or rewarded.
@Leesa doe I live in the north west in a red state. In the south part of the state where most of the left live they have a lot of social issues. Drugs, gangs and mental health issues. In the north state it’s more conservative and we don’t suffer what the big city in the south state does. It’s local policies and those in elected office that are truly a big part of the problem. People will do what you let them if there are no consequences or enforcement of laws. If can get out of California it’s only going to get worse. Good luck
@@chriskellison3468 you are 100 percent right. and thank you.
They don't want help or a job. They steal to get their money.
Did she just say they took her Master Card? How is it that you are homeless but have credit cards?
Victoria Nichole Stolen, probably. Or imaginary. Or an empty prepaid she found in a garbage can and carries around for "status".
Victoria Nichole well my God, lady, I'm sure she doesn't have a high
line of credit! You can have a gift card worth ten bucks! It's what kind
Oof credit card and what's your line of credit? I don't want to sound
like a wiseass, but they say"credit card" and you freak! Stop. Think.
Democrats give "free stuff" to various ethnic groups in return for their votes from the mindless and illegal. The free stuff includes food stamps, unemployment benefits, free health care, cellphones, drivers licenses, and on and on. Several years ago, I saw a man talking on his cellphone while standing in line at a soup kitchen. Guess who was serving...none other than Michelle (aka Michael). Makes me want to puke every time I think about the absurdity of this entitlement situation. The democraps/socialists do this to have as many people as possible to rely on the government.
She doesn't mean mastercard. She means her prepaid card. It most likely had the logo on it.
Thank you Nancy!
The homeless could save themselves a lot of problems if they didn't trash every area they stay in. Did you see the huge piles of garbage and trash? I was homeless from the age of 15 to 18 living on my own. Had to work day labor and lie about my age because I couldn't work a real job due to employment rules for minors. This was 1986 to 1989. I kept my self clean and didn't trash the areas where I stayed and because I didn't trash it no one noticed and I was fine. Saved as much as I could (Hard to save on the street) And when I turned 18 I was able to get my own apt, A licence (In the state I was in you couldn't get a licence without a parents signature until you were 18), and a real job.
I recently had the sad loss of a long time tenant. When I went to rent the place again I checked the paper to see what rents were going for. I was astonished!!! No wonder so many are homeless!!! There is no way my conscience could bring me to charge exhorbatent rents like I saw. Needless to say I was overwhelmed w people wanting to rent my place. It was sad to turn so many away. Wish I had a million more. Anyway I really think it's shameful for people to be so greedy just because they can.
I watched a report where they said rents were around $3,500 a month around LA and San Francisco! I mean, holy cow! For a normal apartment?!!!
So dont live in San Francisco or LA
Yep, and Biden is giving illegals free housing.
There used to be quite a few older buildings with cheap rooms for rent (single room occupancy hotels) that housed hundreds of people in cities. Most have been torn down in the last 10-20 years to put up expensive new apartments and office buildings.
I live in an area where there are a lot of homeless people. Several of my friends are homeless. Believe me when I say that no matter what you do for them, they will NEVER do for themselves. I'm not saying they are all the same. Or that there are not some homeless that wouldn't love the opportunity to change their circumstances, but for the majority of chronic homeless, they are more than willing to keep sniveling if it means they don't have to get up and go to work everyday.
Solution would be place them in mental group homes with care ... treat them in there medically and hope they recover.
You are exactly right.
Tonalli Girl they don’t believe anything is wrong with them selves they like the way they’re living...No responsibilities just getting high
@Donald Kasper They could go elsewhere,if they were ambitious.Just start walking!
@@tonalligirl They'll never recover.More will flock into CA,if they give them free housing.It seems there is no hope for those who will not,or can not,help themselves!Most,will not except help.
QUIT CRYING.... YOU VOTED for this: This is the demoRATS way to SAY... THANKS for the VOTE.
@Cheryl Love well how's voting demoncrat working out for you?
Doesn't look like something I would brag about.
Not very intelligent keep voting for same thing over and over again.
Must like the situation, or you're just sheeple.
😂🤷🏽♂️
M998 I have traveled extensively all over the socialized nations of Western Europe/Scandinavia. There is nothing like that there at all. You and your ilk decrying “SOCIALISM”, “LIBERALISM”, and using words like “COMMIE” and false equivalencies like “VENEZUELA” only shows your ignorance. Turn off Fox News. Get out of your bubble and travel Western/Northern Europe. Progressives want to bring THAT to America. Learn before you speak.
We have many resources in Los Angeles for homeless, it's the drug addicts that don't want assistance
It's got to be outlawed. Build centers for them where they have to work and keep things clean. No one has to live like a pig.
Put them to work now. Then supervise the materials and building the structures to house them that they build, or that they help to build.
i bet before they tape these shows they tell the people to hide the booze because it wont look good.
Put dumpsters and tiolets
They do not have KSA's to get a job that can support them. Why should they get government assistance? They have the same rights as anybody else. They cannot take responsibility for themselves. Institutions should be made so they can give up certain rights to remain institutionalized.
Build centers for them? Just give them some crack and a little cash. It would be cheaper and more effective in the long run.
I live in Portland, Oregon and have a small car lot. I have given over 100 of my cards to homeless people and told them to call me in the morning and I would give them work. Amazing!!!! I have not gotten even one call.
Shit...man I would love to have someone hand me a job like that ..I've always had to go lookin
Stop lying
It's been a year they probably robbed you didnt they?
Jobs are going unfilled all over the country. Many people are simply not interested in working. Some are genuinely disabled, but many are not.
I call BS.
In the 1970's we had a homeless problem in Chicago that I had to walk by everyday. The only difference was we called them "junkies".
Homeless have credit card?...LOL
...And cash,cigarettes,food stamps(if they apply).
Time to leave california.
Stay and clean up your own mess. The rest of the country doesn't want you just abandoning your responsibilities and then spreading the same problems to unaffected areas.
Only a small percentage are from CA. They come here because the "living's easy" because of the weather. The CA homeless problem should be paid for by the entire country.
@@deckchaironthetitanic That is delusional!
Is that why Detroit, Portland, Baltimore etc are also extreme shitholes? The weather? Really?
Anyone else can seen it is the abject failure of Democratic party control for over half a century that has destroyed these once lovely places.
Of course you just want to tax everyone else to pay for your pipe dreams.
Put down the crack pipe.
Ya come to Portland lol good luck
I still don't know why being homeless has to equal trashing a city or collecting more things than one person can manage. That's not a not having a home problem that's mental illness and a lack of pride.
At least half of them would still be in jail but Jerry Brown decided to get AB109 passed.. most of them are homeless by choice.
California has like 10-12 % of the total US population, about 30% of the welfare cases, about 50% of the homeless population and the highest poverty rate in the country. The answer to this, if you ask Gavin Nuisance or Kamala Harris, is more and bigger government. Big government is what got us into this mess, they seem to think the problem is we are not taxing hard enough.
The illegal immigrants crossing the border have better treatment
If you like crazy,thank a democrat!
Because illegals come to work.. these people want to do drugs all day
@@erikmiranda7307 oh I forgot how the murderers, rapists and drug dealers of ms13 really want to do an honest day's work and pay taxes.
The state of California is more concerned about the wellbeing of Illegals
So is Biden. It’s how you make the country democratic. Import their voters.
Why is every problem we have always blamed on the "Illegals" instead of the corrupt, money stealing Politicians. What a vague and meaningless word. Easy to put the blame on something you can't really identify.
@@annesummers09
Funny. You just did the same thing, saying it’s “politicians”. The truth of the matter is, if you are importing wholesale, as we are, ~100,000 people a month (who show up with a plastic bag with all their goods and a couple of kids) and housing them, feeding them and transporting them, that’s money you could be spending on Americans. You are correct in that it is Biden and the left taking down the border, for political reasons, and allowing this invasion to happen. But the money and resources, diverted to take care of this mess he has created, is still happening due to an immigration “system” that is insane. Biden promised the crazy leftwing of his party that he would take the border down, and he did. We all are paying the price.
The people need to cleanup their own mess, not rely on the government. Just because one is down on their luck doesn’t mean they can sit around and do nothing for themselves. BTW, if they are homeless, how do they generate so much waste??
I work as a Utility Line Clearance (Tree Trimmer) and something people need to take into consideration, is ! We go wherever the power lines take us. A lot of places people least expect someone to show up. We come across homeless camps on a daily basis and it can be very dangerous. We come across hypodermic syringes, places where they are deficating all over, used condoms , broken glass, lots of garbage, people out of their mind because of some drug they have taken, there is a constant threat we all deal with because of these people. Not all of these people are clean and a non threat, especially to people who are "UNEXPECTED" or "UNENVITED" a lot of them think because we walk into their camp, we are undercover cops or their to hurt them or steal what they have. When in reality, we are only there to do our job. When these people feel threatened it is hard to determine what they might do. For people who work out their or people hiking in these areas, be safe , be aware of your surroundings and always expect the unexpected because these people are NOT always as good or nice as people think .
There should not be homeless camps on the property you go to as they are on private/or public property that is not a hotel/ or motel, as you and others state any time an encampment comes around thus starts theft from others surrounding property, or needles and lots of trash, who pay for the pick up not the homeless. They do come and dump it.....
before they run away catch and force them to clean up their own mess
I have a hard time being sympathetic. Living in Portland Oregon
Its DISGUSTING. Needles, trash and human poop.
Can tell me you got no where to go.. you cant stay here.
Theft is outrageous.
If your tent if consuming ALL the sidewalk... why is that ok.
How would people react if they are doing this to Yosemite national park, making the same mess... it wouldnt be exepted. Being homeless isnt a crime but this trash is.
Before Bill Clinton we did not see homeless everywhere and trains a mile long with crap made in China!
Bill Clinton is the Devil
Kurt Elliott CHINA OWNS 3/4 OF CALIFORNIA
That is wrong. In the 20s and 30s even until mid 40s. There was homeless about all over the country due to the dust bowl and great depression. Homeless camps were called Hoovervilles. Named after president herbert Hoover
Kurt Elliott the homeless problem started with Reagan when he and his cronies money could be saved by closing most of the state mental hospitals. And the cheap crap from China started in 1972 with Nixon’s diplomatic meetings with China. And homelessness and Chines imports started with Republicans.
@@anonymousq9434 ,,, QUIT CRYING.... YOU VOTED for this: This is the demoRATS way to SAY...F^CK OFF... Anyone voting demoRAT is SCUM. Bill & Epstein Trips...WHOOO HOOOO...Gonna Need Some MORE CIGARS.
Better Cut IT Out California Citizens.....Better Cut It Out 🤔😷😳 2020 😕
The home I grew up in is now worth over $500,000 it's just a simple 3 bdr 2 bath house
That's for your average person who can afford the payments on that
That is a function of supply and demand.Government, red tape,bad laws,and rent control,have limited supply of available housing.A good economy,has increased demand.Getting permits,to build,can take years!
Trish Costanzo - my Home value has doubled in almost four years when I purchased it October 2015, a nice 2/2 with 1200 sq ft in a great neighborhood in the Central Valley of CA - best investment I ever made - lol
Many of the senior homeless can get into senior housing in many of the states....
@@polskigirl8547 Check out the video with cheap property on the Sultan sea!
THEY TOOK MY ROLLS ROYCE TOO!!!!!!!
Dec. 3, 2018---To those who say the state should do something about the homeless, how many have you taken in to live with you until they're back on their feet? And these are NOT camps, but mini cities. It's utterly and totally amazing to me seeing how much crap these people have and of course, let's just throw it on the ground and let someone else deal with it. If you can't carry it, you don't need it and when you do this, you suddenly realize how much you don't need. I have a alice backpack and with everything being carried in/on it, weighs 78 pounds. This includes food for a week, canteen for water and TWO stoves: a Coleman single burner and the fuel tablet type.
I can barely take care of myself. I'm not in a position to help, but for christs sake I paid 25k in taxes last year. The fucking state can do something OR leave me my money and then I'll be able to hand some help out
If they kept thier trash picked up and kept the area kinda clean they probably wouldn't have half the problems that they have. No one should live in trash or have to see anyone else living in trash.
any one can be homeless quicker and one boss can say your fired.
There are jobs available for those who want to work. Our nation is facing a labor shortage and businesses are forced to close because positions cannot be filled.
The system that is getting blamed for homelessness is the one that has brought the problem to where it is by ALLOWING these people to become dependent on the handouts from they freely give out without any effort from these people making them wards of the state.
We need to get it together we are willing to poke our noses in other countries business but when it comes to our own. Oh affordable housing maybe in a couple of years for the Homeless wow really you can do better than that alot of people want to get jobs but if you dont have an adress, or no money nor the proper atire who is really going to hire you. Just know american people you too can find yourself in the same predicament, homeless people are just drug addicts, alcholics these people who worked hader and some harder than you we have to do better than this
After moving to Arizona I have never seen roads maintained regularly and within days with no stops ever! I thought cal trans needs to take lessons from Arizona!Every road beautifully maintained and in timely manner !What is wrong with Cal Trans?imo just another California bureaucracy poorly run and Ca roads like Ca infrastructure and Newsom in shambles
How was her tent almost broke down all except for the poles???
She is great camera fodder with the wheel chair and all.
YET THE STATE IS SPENDING BILLIONS OF DOLLARS FOR A SHITTY TRAIN GOING FROM LA TO SAN FRANCISCO 🚄 💲📉
It’s sad we don’t have enough housing and help for those who are hurting.
Poor insane people need to be in mental hospitals! Supervised!
You have all the answers and none of the right questions.
richardscathouse I don't see anybody insane there. Just people needing our help idiot.
Donald Kasper the state mental hospitals were closed by Ronald Reagan and his cronies when they pulled federal support from them. The institutions used to receive 40% in federal funds and the respective states contributed the rest, so basically they had to get rid of all but the sickest. And not just in California . This happened in all 50 states.
No excuses for living proof that evolution is real.
Wow you can observe 100 millons of years?
If they are Americans they are expendable, if they are illegal they ate OK.
And the tired huddled masses are still tired huddled masses. Pretty soon the homeless camps will become concentration camps.
Thousands of people try to help these people everyday. Yet they show zero respect back by tossing all their waste over the property they squat on. They are clearly mentally ill and need to be hospitalized.
The best way to deal with this, is to absolutely keep voting democrat.
Ray Taylor:Good one!LMAO.
The majority of homeless have addictions or mental illness. They can't be forced into rehab but prefer to continue their lifestyle. Unless they commit a crime,, there is nothing we can do to help them break their addiction while in jail or an institution for mental illness. I used to joke that the best place to be homeless is California because of the mild weather. Sadly, that joke has come true.
Here is the greatest country on face of the earth......do the "experts" wring their hands and try to figure out WHY....? But its no secret why.......
And the world is watching.....
Too many judgemental comments down here. Same old stuff.
We don't know these people's stories. A lot of stereotypes, ya know, drugs etc.
Vegas is the same. I was on the streets for 3 years. So f'n hard. Worse now since the Raiders are coming. Rent. Going up. Fixed income not. They don't care.
Finally at 1:36 I see ONE porta potty for thousands of drug addicts.
They keep it clean tho, bet it smells nice too.......
I'm not a Rhodes Scholars here but isn't Caltrans a Transit Agency? And if that's the case how's a Transit Agency supposed to have the authority to deal with homelessness on that kind of scale. I see it as an endless circle jerk. The taxpayers pay high taxes and they see homeless and the homeless are just trying to survive in a high-tax area.
make them work or fix up old buildings for place
Crises!? What's the crises? Move them onto the nearest abandon military base and give them a job planting their gardens.. prison them but tell em with leaflets first, in a few months were taking you into an old military base and. Your going to be wards of the government.
You could GIVE these burnouts a brand new house. And within one week, it would be a trashed out garbage dump.
Why do poor and homeless people have to live like hoarder, filthy, junkyard packrats?
We send millions to other countries and we cannot afford to help our country. They need some kind of Job and help themselves
They have to pull themselves out of it. I can say this because I’ve been in their shoes. It was hell out there, you get caught up in the hopelessness and drugs. Those that do get out of that faze, do very well. You gotta want it bad, that’s when the change will happen and god was/is there waiting for you to decide.
Until you can deal with the homelessness at home you'll never be able to deal with the chaos at the border
Why just use Caltrain budget to help build house for homeless? Will ok??
There should be no sympathy for lazy bums who trash an area. Keep it clean or move on.
Why in the he'll doesn't the government open mental homes or facility's like before before Regan where you could take them without their permision why ???
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A lot of them were in jail but were released that’s why they’re living out in the streets a bunch of druggies.
Lillie Ballejos:The ACLU would file suit against any official policy like that.To suggest such a disregard for their(homeless)civil rights,If you were an official,you would be branded a racist!
Sadly things have changed however these people who are living like this year after year are doing so because they refuse to work, I work my ass off so I don't live like that...
And they dont like staying in shelter homes because they dont want to deal with rules and cleaning up after themselves.
That is in Berkeley next to I-80 freeway,
in these times we are in ,any of us could be these people within days. the average american is struggling to make ends meet.theres talk about raising minimum wage,but thats a double edged sword,the more one makes,the more government withholds,and prices go up to pay for the pay adjustment.
Wow shanty town looks like south Africa
SanFranShithole is a homeless mess alright, all of the Homeless Cities are. Mostly because of the liberal thinking of the slum inhabitants & the leadership of the area. Without conservative (meaning traditions, solid proven ideals, saving for a tomorrow, preparing for the worst, having good values, saying NO to drugs & similar values) thinking, this kind of situation has metastasized like cancer & is out of control. Any education these people had is gone, any way to make things work for these lost souls is Smoke & Mirrors, it ain't gonna happen. Soon, they will be rounded up & taken to areas, that will be their place to slowly die, an area where they can be what they want to be & not be the eyesore they are on the city. It won't be pretty, but it will be a way for the leaders to turn their back on this unsolvable problem
Said, Prayers for these people, prayers Calif. will come up with a solution for all.
wow I'll take 2 of what ever your having.
Her MasterCard...?
Drugs
Homelessness is mostly a DRUG ADDICTION problem. Create fenced up camps in the Nevada Death Valley Desert, and take all of these addicted homeless people off the streets throughout America, and keep them there until they are either clean or dead (Free Rehab).....Those who disagree, should start adopting the homeless and let them live in their homes.
Dude wtf... I literally had the same idea. I was thinking the desert in Winnimuca 30 east of Reno would be a great place, but your location would just fine👍
I'm imagining a camp sort off like in the movie holes.
Agreed! Sober up or 6 ft under. The rest of us don't need to live around their trash. Enough!
This is the face of socialism. Vote them out.
Is this National Geographic?
We need manufacturing jobs back.
You think these junkies are capable of that! You need to get your head out of the sand!
Well its a choice, sorry.
Californians you want a better state, wake up and vote these FUCKING LIBERALS DEMOFUCKS!! out of office. Personally I don't want to hear you people FUCKING complaining, bitching and moaning about this issue over and over, enough of the BITCHING!! Get rid of these FUCKING LIERS!! WAKE UP CALIFORNIANS!!!
I JUST CAME UP WITH THE ANSWER!!!
First. Step Back for a second to Imagine... Imagine that a LAW WAS CREATED which says that.. if a person, for All intents and purposes, APPEARS TO BE HOMELESS ; the person is CARRYING ALL THEY OWN, or, IS LIVING IN A TENT OUTSIDE OF A PLACE WHERE TENTS ARE ACCEPTABLE, such as a State Park, etc.. Let me try to be brief.. let a Law simply state that an APPARENT HOMELESS PERSON will NO LONGER BE HELPED by the STATE.. and..THE REST OF SOCIETY should NOT PITY A 'HOMELESS' Person!!! The BELONGINGS which they have WILL BE CONFISCATED, so that these Areas where they currently live can be CLEANED UP.. the basic jist is... FORCE PEOPLE TO CHOOSE LIFE OR DEATH!
Now the State can be VERY COMPASSIONATE beyond what I have mentioned.. Free CLOTHING which is CLEAN can be distributed.. Areas for PERSONAL HYGIENE can be established where there are none currently.. BATHROOMS apparently are Sparce in our major cities , FUNDS SHOULD BE USED to Remedy this issue, and IMMEDIATELY!.. the MAINSTREAM NEWS MEDIA would need to get the HELL OUT OF THE WAY and maybe try to give this idea a chance.. DRUGS would need to be taken away!!! This is a NO BRAINER.. and then, of course, we need to have Compassion on those people by helping them GET OFF OF the Drugs.. the MILITARY would be VERY IMPORTANT to bring Stability and STRENGTH to this scene, TO MAKE IT HAPPEN .. POLITICIANS should be FORCED, some how, to NOT GET IN THE WAY OF THESE CHANGES.. Anyway, there's the idea.. a LOT MORE can be discussed about it, I'm sure. Take care, USA.
You know.....why homeless people became homeless because they were either are lazy, illness, old or unable to work. Whatever it is. But they should have really help themselves than letting their life go to wasted. They should love themselves so their life will get better. LAZINESS WONT GET THEM ANYWHERE ELSE IN THE WORLD. THEY ARE STUCK IN THEIR OWN LITTLE WORLD THAT CANT MOVE AROUND AT ALL. SAD THAT NO MATTER HOW MUCH THE WORLD TRY TO HELP THEM BUT THEY WONT GOING TO HELP THEMSELVES THEN ITS NOT WORTH THE TIME & ENERGY TO DO FOR THEM. UNLESS IF THEY ARE WILLING TO HELP THEMSELVES ON THEIR OWN. THATS ALL.
Put'em in FEMA Camps !!!
America?
Agree this is heartbreaking but instead of sitting around in chairs smoking and drugging CLEAN UP YOUR MESS. Throwing trash and shitting on ground is unacceptable homeless or not. No excuse.
Take care of Americans first and Veterans not dam illegal invasionist. Build the wall Donald Trump.
I'm sure there are many abandoned ships DOCKED put them in there. At least you'll be cleaning up the envirememt
People lost their jobs because Covid-19,once unemployment checks ran out,some people just don’t wanted to return back to work,because when you off work for awhile got lazy,only work when have to,just like tech workers most preferred to work at home not back to offices,same with homeless why should they go to work most major cities provide them money and food stamps,free Medicare,there are places free foods and shelters,some don’t mind homeless life,unless with own apartment free rent,water ,electricity,cell phone,internet etc.
Stop creating these social spending programs? That wont incentivise your homeless problem. Goodness, I'm so happy I dont live there anymore.
What deplorables. Place them in mental homes? The Fascists did that to Gypsies and other groups they disliked. Sniveling? It’s clear y’all are some entitled individuals. I hope you are never in this situation. And don’t say you never will be, because you can’t make that assumption. For some, you’re just a step away.
The dept. of Transportation has a job to do in constructing or maintaining roadway and Right of way. If camps are set up DOT is usually pretty good about respecting the camps until this group gets in the way. Progress does have to go on and this is being paid for by the public. The amount of garbage left is very unhealthy and a liability for the State if it's left on States property. Give them some respect also.
She got more hair on her chin than I do he said their isnt no place to go. .YOU HAVE THE WHOLE US TO LIVE IN. 90 percent of homeless have drug and alcohol habits
There is a solution to this, just not the will to do it. Find some cheaper public land either in the city or nearby and build low cost free housing for the homeless, make it safe, clean, drug free, and provide food and medical services. Yes, that will cost some money, but so do the roads, public pensions, and municipal services. Now the homeless have a place to go. If they refuse to live there, they can pay for their own housing, leave, or go to jail, but public camping would be banned and the streets and sidewalks would no longer be shantytowns. Problem solved.
That's judgment California; you rejected Gods best "choosing of a bride" is the name of a service spoken in La, that was your last call for spiritual alcohol if you get my drift. Do yourself a favor and listen to it if it hurts or not just listen to it. Trust me you'll understand by the time it ends what's happening in California and what's to come....🤔
Yep. This issue has been ignored since 1984 across the entire country. Why does Nancy Pelosi need 14 homes? (Last count i saw)
Any sympathy I have is negated by the amount of filth and trash everywhere. Why not set up a bum camp 100 miles from any civilized city and put them there. Provide 3 meals a day and a tent for them. Any violence and they go to into a fenced in pen. There's not enough money in this world to take responsibility for lifetimes of really poor choices.
If they didn’t make such a mess where they stay it wouldn’t be a problem
But most of them don’t care or do drugs that make them do weird things
I wonder do homeless people try to get a job?
If not give them jobs nobody wants to do like the garbage trucks or something and the ones who are mentally unstable put them in a mental hospital and the ones who does nothing but drugs put them in jails lock them up for years until they don’t want to be locked up for that long anymore the more they’re on drugs the more they get locked up
And the ones who ends up homeless for reasonable reasons put up more shelters 🤷🏽♀️ I think that them making it horrible for the homeless they’re like
(If you don’t clean up your act and life for a living were going to make it horrible for you)
Homeless people are not going to do that they’re going to move to another state and continue to trash up cities
One Caltrans did not cause homeless people to become homeless, thus their property is not open for them to move on and declare that they have no place to go. If one lives in an area that they can not afford to pay rent and earn a descent wage then they need to move to another state that they can afford to live off their wages to live in. That is what I was taught a long time ago, you work and support yourself and family and if job loss occurs you look till you find one and work two if it takes that to support your family. Life is not about you owe me, and where is my home, checks and free food/electric and water, there are some who have been on the streets doing alcohol and drugs for 20 or more years and expect others to food the bill for them, no.....
I cringe when I see these videos of "do-gooders" hugging these homeless people. They've got to be infested with lice and/or scabies. Feel bad for the cops who have to sometimes come in physical contact with them too.
Im feel bad for the homeless. I really do. And My heart breaks when I see them in situations like this.
What I dont like to see is how most of the homeless campsites are so nasty and unsanitary.
I understand that their livelihood is compromised and are forced to live in this condition, but did it stop them from being clean?
Pretty sure the sanitation department isn't picking up their trash because there's no address or not in their route. Just my guess.
Feel bad for what these meth head losers
How about abandoned shopping malls and other large buildings ,why not turn them into apartments? if the buildings are In decent structural shape make them into living spaces, and anyone who wants to live there has help in the building. Run it like Habatat for Humanity . Help build the apartments and you get one if they are disabled like the woman in the wheelchair they could wave the help rule .She may have office or other skills that she could offer. you would have to enforce some rules . There are buildings everywhere with unpaid taxes the city could get that would cost them less in the long run and give these people a place to live and bring back self esteem so they can get jobs and stop being a blight on the cities. As for those that like being homeless run them out , if they have mental problems and can't take care of themselves then it's time for a relative to step up of find them a facility that will care for them, they never should have closed the asylums ,they should have managed them better.
Warning to those in favor and doing the clearing: Everyone is a small number of paychecks from that position.