Night Walk into Hell Downtown Los Angeles Homeless Encampments Skid Row
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- Опубликовано: 29 мар 2024
- Night Walk into Hell Downtown Los Angeles Homeless Encampments Skid Row lets walk on a busy Friday night on skid row. Very busy party atmosphere downtown and everyone is sociable but when midnight comes its survival of the fittest. The weather is still quite cold, so a lot of folks seek Shelter off the streets on nights like this.
In the heart of **Los Angeles**, there exists a place known as **Skid Row**, a neighborhood that grapples with a complex web of challenges. Let me shed some light on this area:
**Drug Epidemic**:
- Skid Row has become a **haven for addiction**. Residents describe it as a "Disneyland for addicts." Various drugs are prevalent:
- *Heroin*
- *Fentanyl*
- *Crack*
- *Weed*
- *Crystal meth*
- Crystal meth, brought in by Mexican cartels and distributed by local gangs in **five-dollar bags**, is rapidly overtaking crack as the drug of choice. The battle between "Chris" (crystal meth) and "Crack" rages on.
- Substance abuse is no longer discreet. People openly smoke meth and crack using glass pipes. On Fifth Street, near the needle exchange, individuals inject **speedballs**-a mix of heroin and crystal meth-right on the pavement.
- Mental illness is rampant, with half-naked individuals screaming, talking to the air, and defecating in public. Despite the crisis, policymakers seem fixated on building luxurious apartments, while shelters remain insufficient².
1. **Homelessness Crisis**:
- Los Angeles faces an unprecedented humanitarian crisis due to a combination of factors: *Covid**, soaring property prices, and illegal immigration. Approximately **70,000 people* now live on the streets, seeking refuge in freeway exits, bridges, parks, and vacant lots. Even the affluent Venice Beach area has witnessed the emergence of a tent city.
- However, the epicenter of this crisis remains **Skid Row**, a traditional neighborhood for the downtrodden in downtown Los Angeles. In the past, many could find shelter in cheap hotels and flophouses. Today, thousands endure squalid conditions on the streets.
- The homeless population in Skid Row is currently estimated at *8,000**, a significant increase from two decades ago when most of them lived within a 20-block area. Now, nearly **60 city blocks* are occupied by tents and makeshift structures.
2. **Drug Epidemic**:
- Skid Row has become a **haven for addiction**. Residents describe it as a "Disneyland for addicts." Various drugs are prevalent:
- *Heroin*
- *Fentanyl*
- *Crack*
- *Weed*
- *Crystal meth*
- Crystal meth, brought in by Mexican cartels and distributed by local gangs in **five-dollar bags**, is rapidly overtaking crack as the drug of choice. The battle between "Chris" (crystal meth) and "Crack" rages on.
- Substance abuse is no longer discreet. People openly smoke meth and crack using glass pipes. On Fifth Street, near the needle exchange, individuals inject **speedballs**-a mix of heroin and crystal meth-right on the pavement.
- Mental illness is rampant, with half-naked individuals screaming, talking to the air, and defecating in public. Despite the crisis, policymakers seem fixated on building luxurious apartments, while shelters remain insufficient².
3. **Challenges Persist**:
- Andrew Bales, head of the United Rescue Mission, emphasizes that while shelters are not ideal, the priority should be getting people off the streets. Only *800 out of 10,000 needed units* have been delivered in recent years. Building expensive apartments alone won't solve the crisis².
Skid Row's story is one of struggle, addiction, and the urgent need for comprehensive solutions. The city grapples with the complexities of homelessness, substance abuse, and mental health, while the streets continue to bear witness to human suffering²³⁴.
Source: Conversation with Bing, 3/30/2024
(1) Skid Row: Inside the epicentre of LA’s homeless and crystal meth crisis .... www.independent.co.uk/arts-en....
(2) LA’s Skid Row awash in meth and fentanyl, probe reveals. www.courthousenews.com/las-sk....
(3) The Skid Row Dilemma: Los Angeles' Struggle with Homelessness and Drug .... asanarecovery.com/the-skid-ro....
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All by design and exactly on time. Every California politician should be on trial for all of this!
Yes exactly!
Especially Adam Schiff who campaigned here 2 weeks ago on Hill Street 4 blocks away and a no show on skid row!
Exactly. California has been a deep blue state for years now so it's an indictment on their horrible governance
It's not just the politicians.
It's their banker and fed paymasters.
@@walkingtourseurope8526 Trump warned everyone about Adam Schiff.
This is one main reason we should count our blessings everyday! I know there are folks out there complaining about wanting to get out of their crappy apartments & into a nice home. But just thank god your not out on the street freezing your ass off at night dirty & sick living in a tent like these people.
These people given the choice want to live this way. It’s a common misconception that they do not. They are criminals and drug addicts who want to live off the grid.
So happy to live in the rural south, where our biggest issue is cows escaping pastures, and watching for deer.
Paradise
And skunk apes skulking around
Yeah til the problem jumps state lines
#southernbythegraceofgod
Alabama.....Yes ❤Ma'am
Me too!
20 billion dollars missing and unaccounted from Cali's government, remember that
26.5 Billion
Politicians got it
You’re wrong it’s $24 billion. The city of Santa Monica is building 132 apartments for $132 million to help the homeless so that amount of money I could’ve housed 5000 people in some pretty damn good rental homes how they are spending our money I don’t have a fucking clue.
Said people cater to the mobs base instincts to rule over them. Kobe would have saved LA. He transcended so many scenes to become Universal. He was not one of their boys either. Good readers you do the calculus.
@@apaulvargasbuilding homes for illegals.
This reminds me of one of those 1980's-90's mad max type movies of the apocalyptic future. Back then it was on a movie set, now it is the city around the movie sets.
Like the movie book of Eli with Denzel Washington apocalyptic events
Yes, Kind of Mad Max Movie....but so true...humanity is at the edge of extinction
Perfect description. Makes the city from Robocop look clean
1970’s flick- Escape from LA
Movie Escape from LA too.
I managed to escape on my ssdi which became my retirement SS.
It's so easy to end up homeless, and I don't mean because of drugs, I'm so close to being homeless with a income and I don't do drugs or drink,before cost of living went up i could afford to live 😢😢😢😢😢
A lot of people are in the same situation as you keep fighting
Only ever one pay check away my friend.
Hold on in there and good luck.
Don’t give up, think about what a good person you are ❤
Ain't it the truth..
So true.
This camera man has balls walking around amongst these people.
Thank You! Or no common sense.
The camera man wasn’t even in the worst area of DTLA
@@joannculligan3612 please tell where
Looks like the next sequel to The Walking Dead Show...🧟♂️🧟♂️🧟♂️🧛♂️🧛♀️🧟♂️🧟♂️
I assumed he had several armed guards walking him through military style.
I just realized how much I love my small-ass studio apartment in Korea Town.....even though it sucks.
How much is the rent? $1000 a month?
Agreed, I left Detroit 20 yrs, I now live in a small, rural town in Wisconsin in a small 2 bedroom apartment. Wouldnt have it any other way
@@sagatuppercut2960probably 1200(1400
More like 2500 @@sagatuppercut2960
I also had a tiny studio in Korea Town for a few years, around Normandie & Third, (2002-2004) that I loved - the rent then was $635.00 a month
I am Russian and had a job at ymca in the tenderloin back in the 80’s . Just a couple generations is all it takes to destroy a country .
Or 4 years of fjb
Growing up in Southern California in the 1990s as a kid wasn't bad. You had crazy people and homeless backthen but they were different. The hobos I remember were almost grey in color. Now the homeless are dressed better then I am and have cell phones. Its crazy how quickly things change when you dont raise your children to distrust Gubermint
You are very right, not even that long ago... smh..
i can show you lots of videos how your country lives, not in moscow, go to murmansk and you see what is real russia
@@VD1350You're so funny. Do you think that the real Russian city is only the one located above the Arctic Circle, are you serious? Forget about this Moscow, this is already a hackneyed topic. There are a lot of beautiful cities in Russia that are hidden from commentators on RUclips. And of course, in the largest country there will be problem areas, but here the only problem is the size. It is very difficult to maintain such territories when the economy is just developing. But what is the problem of America, why are there specifically garbage and marginal cities, if there have been no major wars and crises in the country? America should be ashamed that it calls itself number one, but in fact we are looking at these shameful walks.
Yeah, screw that!. I’m grateful I’m tucked up in my warm bed watching this.. Stay safe
These people could be tucked up in their warm bed to if they weren’t to sorry to get off they’re lazy butts and work!!
Same 😅
Totally apocalyptic...
It's scary how so many parts have little to no illumination, yet people crowd on the streets
These people will never be able to support themselves. Never.
Doesn’t look like it and many have records as well ! There maybe a few that will make it out and I met one or two that did get jobs.
It is possible but you have to really really really really want it. Like, really, you know? Like heroin addicts that quit cold turkey. It is possible but very very very very rare.
How is homelessness problem solved in US?
Fentanyl crisis.
"The fentanyl category of opioids accounted for 71,269 preventable deaths in 2022, representing a 6% increase over the 67,325 total in 2021".
They can't support themselves They can't hold a job they are too sick
No because most them don't want to be Helped they would rather smoke their stupid
Crack cocaine & Meth.
This Reminds be to be Grateful for my Blessings! Thank U from South Africa ❤️
I'm so thankful I'm lying down under the blankets in my warm bed here in a mountain community called Tehachapi about 2 hrs outside of LA
Rather live in Africa anytime.
@spike178 what's holding you up, go on and move there I'm sure they will welcome you 😂
What about South Africa ? I heard that is very dangerous there.,also.
@@spike178 Orania if you are white. The rest is shit. I heard Cape town is mostly white so there is still hope there.
A total disgrace. It looks like a street in any 3rd world Country. Is this what we have become ??😢😢😢😢
Under the nose of our Mayor who’s office overlooking 101 freeway overpasses where homeless camp out with trash in plain sight. Some trash is 6 months old so I asked 2 cops and they said the mayor wants to put all resources in the low income buildings going up but not the trash. No common sense in government no qualifications for our leaders.
YES!
Corporate greed and blind incompetent politicians are to blame for this disaster.
"It looks like a street in any 3rd world Country".
Yes; looked like that in Hanoi and Saigon 20-25 years ago, when I was there. Except that you didn't see that level of homelessness, drug abuse and threatening/weird behavior. Walking around there was actually quite OK.
A generational curse for turning your backs on God.
I lived in Los Angeles for 5 years and decided I want to visit skid row! When I say all you smell is human piss an shit it’s crazy! I seen this dude get stabbed while sleeping there! Pray for all of them!
Scary
New York smells like piss ugh 😭.
I heard a woman gave birth right on the sidewalk while people did drugs around her.
Praying does F all.
Piss and Shit.??? You talkin about what comes out of your assss.???
you can tell a lot about a society by the type of music that is currently popular.
Yes indeed
Taylor swift is currently popular 😮
I agree
@@robbymercier I haven’t heard shifty music here. Might be a bad outcome if it plays 😂
@@walkingtourseurope8526That RAP Song got PIFFIE as a Mfoo. I replay it. Good audio catch.
I'm trying to help myself and I am homeless in Las Vegas I hope I'm more different than others and call myself blessed each day I have a full time job and I pay my federal taxes each year this year I paid $7.000 in federal taxes and got back a refund of $3.000.It's all good I deposited every penny and don't want to withdraw any because I'm homeless all my needs are met food , showers at the rec center and I do my own laundry One a week, the real problem is the United States of America government giving aid money away to Israel and Ukraine and won't do anything about corporate real estate buying out apartments and raising the rent on the poor and pushing them out into the streets
And the richest pay zero tax!
good luck to you, brother from Australia
@@walkingtourseurope8526 Not true. In 2021, the top 1 percent of income earners payed 48.5 percent of taxes. Put another way: the top 1% of taxpayers accounted for more income taxes paid, than the bottom 90% combined. Also, half of taxpayers paid 97.7% of Federal Income Taxes.
To say that the rich don’t pay taxes is false.
You are 100% correct.
This Homeless problem is happening all over the country and continues to grow. The U.S. President will get on national television and speak about Antisemitism but not say a word about or even show the Homelessness all over the country.
@@ontexastime6690 Exactly!
If they don't fix this problem, they will need to put addresses on tents.
Don’t give them any ideas
They all have a android, no need for address.
After seeing this, my little single-wide home in the hills of S. Oregon feels like a phucking mansion! Always nice to put things in perspective. Peace and love to all.
Yes it sheds light on what we are lucky for. Thanks for watching!
Never again will anyone be able to make me feel bad for living in a mobile home 🤣
Great perspective! Thanks for watching
@@Nachoprobl3m2enjoy life!
Get rid of Gavin Newsom and all the rest of the crooked democrats in that state!!!
Hallelujah
Like the republicans are any damned better. Both major parties are corrupt and only out for their own self aggrandizement . Vote independent or third party.
That would be an oversimplification. This problem is FAR more complex that can be fixed by one Governor.
@@FirstLast-ii5cp It was this one governor who made this mess. He needs to be the one to fix it.
@@charlesjackson2759 Did he though?? Please tell me how you think he is specifically responsible, more so than any other contributing factors? - California has always had a ton of homeless, but granted, these last few years have been extremely worse.
You solve this by electing HONEST people who WANT to fix this with workable innovative ideas.
Your an idiot if you think voting will help all by design you sheep.
These poor suffering people. Never in my wildest imagination would I have envisioned this 😭
The crack era cause this chronic homelessness.
Homelessness and shoplifting is a precursor to what is coming.
We have become a lawless society Our DA Gascon is like Mayorkas at the border catch and release.
@@walkingtourseurope8526 That's for sure and the current homelessness policy is to spend billions of tax payer money to hire 100's of Homeless Out Reach Workers and pay them $180,000 a year each to basically do nothing, Along with wanting to spend $750,000 for each unit of homeless housing condominiums and still allow the homeless to drink and do drugs while they live there. The whole operation is a complete failure just like the High Speed railroad scam is.
That been going on for the last 15 to 20 years in LA county.
Politicians know how to improve this situation but they will NOT. If they improve or fix this situation, they will not get that $$$$$ from budget allocations from the government. They need that $$$$ to fly in private jets, spent thousands in Michelin 3-star restaurants, and stay in suites in luxury hotels.
That’s very True it’s all a shell game
They are getting the money their just doling it out into their buddies pockets.
It is called corruption. You are so right!
Many of the chronically homeless are reccieving ssi and they been on drugs since the 80s so its rare if you homeless on skidrow for you not to be on drugs.Fixing a drug addicts is tough and its more proftable to the gov or them to remain on skidrow.
And still there's folks out there saying none of this is happening. We better pull up from this nose dive soon, or it's all over.
Ukraine needs $90 billion...
And they have it! We pay soldiers pensions and salaries in Ukraine!!!
Ukraine is fighting a real fucking war. And most of that money is equipment dummy.
As horrible as this is, what is happening in Ukraine is much much worse. Yes, they do need $90 billions and probably more too before it is over. Besides, Ukraine isn't being given $90 billion in cash, they are being given equipment that either is no longer of use or that will have to be repleinished and thus fuel the US economy.
@@RicHSAD2 everything you’re saying is 100 percent true, and how many ppl do you think either know or will agree with you? Isn’t it sad
Illegal aliens,I mean undocumented immigrants, I mean asylum seekers, sorry Newcomers need luxury hotels, free food to throw away, cash cards, healthcare, welfare and everything thing else under the sun before we even consider helping our own citizens.
Somebody give this man an award for bravery.
Excepted! Lol
@@walkingtourseurope8526 🏆
😂😂😂😂😂
@@walkingtourseurope8526 🏆
As I'm watching this I live in Skid row for 3 1/2 years I walk the same path three times a day maybe more he must have the camera hidden in disguise because I was watching the people's reaction when he walked past they didn't even react
Rap is the soundtrack of shitty things happening, all over the world. I saw a documentary on Arab slums in France and there was rap being "sung" in French. That's quite the legacy.
Rap isn’t even “music”, it’s just angry belligerent talking!👎🏻👎🏻
You are right, its ruining the world by teaching young kids to behave poorly, in another 20 years the cities will be apocalyptic wastelands, you may think they're bad now, just wait.
Hooting and rhythm. The sound of decay
It is interesting to know that in the beginning of rap music, it was about jut parting and having fun. Then NWA came along, and they were trying to tell the world about what goes on in their hood, "neighborhood". After that, rap have gone straight into violence. What I see is our government and our so call parents who have given up the future generation. Satan, has come to steal, kill, and destroy. Open your eyes and see.
@@bunberrier A plea for help, but nobody will admit it.
Happen to be in every major city in US. Shame
It is all over the US not just in major cities.
Partially true, but nowhere even close to the levels of homelessness that Los Angeles is going through.
@@FirstLast-ii5cp
Because of the weather. It really sucks being homeless in Chicago in the winter.
@@FirstLast-ii5cp have you seen SE portland? i live in seattle and i promise you its as bad
Same here in the uk
This makes me so grateful to be a homeowner.
What if you owned a home there. Would you still feel the same?
oh as long as you're fine then who cares about these people 🙄
@@raoulmoat6762 Who said I didn't care? just that I'm grateful not to be in that position. Get a grip mate.
Unfortunately, a lot of the homeowners have this happening outside their door.
@@KP-wt8qr your arrogant attitude tells us you don't care, don't get angry at me because you've been exposed.
Lots of very well established services for the homeless on that block including Weingart Center that has been in LA 30 plus years. I worked in LA with homeless Many do not want a living situation where they must forfeit an amount of SSI funds They would rather be on the street keep their money and spend it as they choose.Truth
Thanks for the insight!
Yep they "spend it as they choose" and what they choose is .... healthy food, vitamins, bus fare to go to apply for jobs, etc etc
Thats sounds like the blacks that would rather do that.
Where can I go to find low income housing/programs in LA? Does one must stay in skid row?
Is anyone there?
It probably stays loud like that all night. What a terrible way 😕 to live. Expect to see a vampire 🧛♂️ next !
You never know what’s around the corner 🩸
vampires are no joke! better check under your bed before you go sleep! 😵
A lot of the city lights do not work in that area, but a lot of the hotels, missions, and businesses have their own lights.
Yes the further you get from the mission the less lighting especially on side streets it’s quite spooky 👻
I live in Scarborough the city refuse to fix the street lights down there because the homeless people keep blowing district lights out turn the hot wire for electricity
No lights work at all it's been like that since the 90's
"A lot of the city lights do not work in that area".
Yes, I noticed that, too.
Almost unheard of in a developed country.
I remember it being like that in Hanoi and Saigon 20-25 years ago, but surprised to see such neglect in the richest country in the world.
LOST ANGELES
Makes where I live in the UK look like paradise, live in Plymouth which is a bit of a dump I thought.
Have a nice house an garden in a quiet area of the city.
I'm unemployed haven't worked in decades, life is 1000x better then these poor unfortunate people.
Loads of work in Plymouth how can you not of worked in decades.
Check out the homeless in UK videos up.
They're not unfortonate - they a re Americans you bast.
Have you ever been attacked or threatened out there? I hope you are not alone. Stay safe! That's absolutely insane. I thought down town Denver by Colfax was bad but it's not even close to the hell that Skid Row is, so sad. ❤ From Colorado
I walk alone and try and keep my head down but once I had a close call with a dealer.
Lived many years in Colorado . . . East Colfax was bad then . . . Lived first at YMCA. Then Capitol Hill . . . Then out to Golden . . .
Check Out Kensington in Philadelphia, that’s a Nightmare
Look up Kensington, Philadelphia. I live down there and I can tell you, it's literally Night of the Living Dead. 😭😂
@@MercuriYT yes I’ve seen video it’s really bad and sad!
God bless America. Its so sad and bad to see this happens. Hopefully it will get better soon. I love america no matter what. And i like ur video keep going. Love from Malaysia.
Well said
No state with democrats running it will ever get better
No will get much worse this is just the start.
It's very sad. My heart goes out for them. Fortunately it's not bitterly cold there as it is in New York or other places further north.
That’s why they all move to California. Plus it’s also the wokest state … 🤡
I've been there a few times at 2 and 3 am. It's terrible, but you generally wont be approached if you're not doing anything. No good reason to be there though.
Yeah no use walking at 2-3 am no one is out and too risky
But how can you photo them if you are not there.???
Oprah could give out a few houses, she gave cars most every week
If any Australians are watching this, this is what's coming to us.......and you can see the growing homelessness each year.......it's what has to happen to any country following the lead of the USA......
So thankful I live in a small town in a fly over state.
I would not live in a state that has flies.
Bigger too than the homeless problem in LA is the Homeless Outreach industry that's been built around it to combat it and where many executives and political appointees pull down 6 figure salaries. Do you think these people ever want to fire themselves? Of course not. They have a financial interest to keep this "problem" humming a long for as long as they can.
Exactly they will never give up those GS salaries and benefits!
This is so sad 😢
its beyond sad , its nightmares
@@freetheworld12 I could only imagine. I am from little European country named Croatia and never seen anything like this. It seems like American dream is turning into a terrible nightmare worsen day by day 😞
@@anamdro Crosha.??? Where that at.???
@@marblox9300 Croatia. Google it
Devil never sleeps
Neither does peoples choices in life.
B-b-but this City of Angels 😨
And sometimes life puts you in a position where you can’t make your own choices life makes them for you. Bc life’s unfair and life’s a bitch🗣️
@@richiee6666 at least its not all bad 😁
Bless them 🙏🙏🙏
The american Dream.
Interesting/informative/entertaining. Not the (LA) I once knew in the early90's.😳. Excellent video coverage enabling viewers to better understand the current diabolically out of control situations. Wishing viewers a safe/healthy/prosperous (2024). 🌈🎉💵😉.
Thank you and for watching!
Phoenix took all their tents down ! Let's see if LA will follow suit! Lol!
Too many activists here and lawyers will prevent it and the mayor and DA want destruction. No other explanation for it. Drugs are welcome downtown. The cops told me the people voted for this!
its because of greed..........sky high rent, food and everything else...............
I want to say thanks for making this documentary film and Risking your life walking in this zombies Street,
Thanks for watching!
nice tour of Cuba thanks for sharing.
Do they ever pick the trash up and try to clean up the area? I live in South Carolina and have never seen anything like this mess. You undoubtedly have your camera hidden on you. Young man please be safe and have a Happy Easter!!
Thank You and yes they have clean up crews and overnight it’s a mess again. A lot of trash ends up in the drains and ocean but we banned plastic straws !
@@walkingtourseurope8526does more trash in there as workers yes they do clean it up but most of the trash comes from people donating stuff especially on the weekend
Yes on a daily basis
Such a GREAT idea to legalize drugs, huh California?
They didn’t ‘legalize’ drugs - this situation is more complex than just drugs.
@@FirstLast-ii5cp yes they did. This situation is because of the government and their ineptness.
@@geoff3103 Are you talking about marijuana?! ..because that has nothing to do with this.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drug_policy_of_California
@@FirstLast-ii5cp You obviously are a bot in China.
Marijauna? Hardly the issue
Thank you for putting the time and effort into producing and posting this great, (Yet depressing, but in a constructive criticism way), video.
For people looking for answers as to why this once great city is now in the shape it is - I highly recommend a great video explaining why. Due to you tube censoring any links or titles in a comment, I will put it all in lower caps and, broken title. This guy is a real estate guy and explains EXACTALLY what is going on with poor L.A. Title: downtown los angeles has become h*ll - by, this is john williams (no spaces in posters name.)
Best of luck to those poor souls in L.A. - I thought Chicago, where I live, was bad, (and it IS) but, I can now see it could be much worse. . .
stay safe out there!!!
LOWER THE COST OF LIVING, RENT IS TO HIGH, PEOPLE NEED HELP, THERE WAS A TIME WHEN THING'S WERE BETTER.....GREED.
BlackRock setting prices ! Davos Switzerland we have no voice anymore everything is dictated to us thru the media
Yeah Government greed and corruption destroyed America.
Some is high prices, most is mental illness combined with drug addiction. Giving them a place to stay may get some off the street but the gangs and stealing and addiction will continue.
This is Really Sad. A nightmare. What is happening next?
Skid Row has been here over 100 years where ya been? And yes, Skid Row at night is worse than any vampire movie. NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD doesn't even come close. This is the most hellish vision of Skid Row I've ever seen, good job.
Thank You for the compliment! Thanks for watching
You zre one vsry brave man and one hopes you bri g awareness to this situation big time.
Let’s hope government is embarrassed for change but I doubt it.
the number of tents is really shocking.what is happing to this world. really sad to see
And they are everywhere not just skid row!
This whole world is falling apart.
All by design by the WEF … ☠️
Sometimes a person can fall into a deep ditch and cannot climb out.These people are in that deep ditch and we cannot get them out.
Correct
Many don't want out -
Thank you for being God's eyes on the Street, there Street Life. Thumb up, and thank you for posting.
Thanks for watching!
if they blasted STREET LIFE BY RANDY CRAWFORD, then this would brighten everybody's life down here. MUSIC HEALS
I remember the days skid row just had cardboard shelters. Now it’s on a whole other level.
Some have tents that lock
Up all night..sleep all day that’s right!
Probably scared to sleep at night
We had heard down town LA over here in England was a shit hole , but looking at this just didn’t realise just how much!
as it is quite clear that the No. 1 problem of these people is not housing but their mental health, USA should bring back the good old asylums if they really wanna fixthis1 because merely putting them into some tenement buildings will NOT solve the problem as none of their neighbors will put up with their behaviour in the long run in a building...
Yes it’s been well said on another video the comment was each person needs evaluation by a case worker to see the needs like detox or mental problems not just putting everyone in the same boat
The No. 1 problem of these people is drugs and their toxic culture.
@@walkingtourseurope8526Homeless here in San Diego have the exact same issues and some don't survive living out in the streets ☹️😞
Regan started closing down long term care an it's just snowballed an now so very few places for them .they are actually putting them into apartments with a case manager an others visit ugh ....many are now with they're elderly parents ...many are on the streets . Nixon sold us out to privatized medical care an many mentally ill struggle to get the help an meds they need .it's a sad situation . .......but this is the truth ....
i remember reagan getting pummeled by the dems for resisting opening up the asylums. this goes back to his first term. it was 82 or 83. the dems wanted to do away with isolating the mental cases. warehousing was the term the dems used. reagan resisted and finally gave up. and now they walk amongst us.
There is no way I would stay out there in that filth
Lots of rats come out at night even crawl into sleeping bags
Agreed I would go to the desert first set up a camp.
Is it drugs? High rent? No jobs??? Greedy landlords???
Yep
that part,,
I understand that 70% of those leaches taking advantage of the unlimited welfare payments and free drugs are losers from other states
It is all of that.
Socio-economic problems and probably a lot of bad childhoods as well. Doesn’t help when the American government cuts funding to mental health programs.
This is about as bad as Kensington, Philadelphia in its' own way! OMG!
Kensingtons new mayor just started clearing out Allegheny area of tents, addicts etc. a coupleweeks ago....a few stragglers still but all that open drug market is gone - most were people not from Phila.
Must be the worst street lightning, I have ever seen in a developed country.
In itself an incentive for crime (or, at least, a contributor to petty crime and a feeling of insecurity in the street).
I'm amazed they even have street lights I wonder how long that will last.
We have to quit equating the word apocalyptic with the aftermath of war
Apocalyptic is here, it’s now.
All I can think of, where do these people living in tents go to the bathroom!?!?
They have large porta potties maybe 3 scattered around but the small ones around on corners are nasty.
They poop and pee on the sidewalks
One of the "subtitles" asked the question: How Do We Fix This? I have been asking myself this forever. How do we fix mentally and psychology " broken" people without instituting "drastic" measures😮😢?
Agreed but I e seen some really detailed solutions that could improve skid row but our genius leaders don’t listen to regular folks ideas. Too many advocates and lawyers and beaurocrats are in the way
Put them to jail for public intoxicating and let them withdraw from drugs
Proof that the cameraman never dies
Not yet anyways Thanks for watching!
What is the common denominator here? Let's do some math, and add it all up.
God Bless Everyone
RIP ANGELS 🎉🎉🎉
It's the same coast to coast 😢
Philadelphia USA 🇺🇸 Nostrovia ❤❤❤
Couldn’t agree more about politicians, but a little personal pride in these people living like this would be a great help. PERSONAL PRIDE,
Drugs have taken over unfortunate
Wowee wow wow. Brave of you to do this. Thanks for the street news!
Thanks for watching!
If I had the power , I would clean , power wash all streets and have more public restrooms and power wash every day ... Really make those tax dollars work , oh and more trash cans , more cleaning crew every day , just my thoughts 😔
26.5 Billion is missing per audit. Someone has moved funds somewhere else!
They should be made to clean it up
It gets cleaned then mysteriously it goes back to this the next day or 8 hours later
We all think we have problems but this puts them into perspective. It appears that the homeless problem here in LA has now grown too big for any one person or organisation to tackle it. I'm sure there are lots of organisations working hard to help these people at a basic level like providing food, medicine and clothing but its just treading water and meanwhile the task is getting bigger and harder by the day. Wish I knew the answer.
Exactly treading water great analogy!
Great camera 😊
Thanks!
I am thankful to have a roof over my head...been a paycheck away from homeless for all my 64 years of life..i still dont have heat, running water or flush toilets...but im okay..😊
Wow your positive!
Man. What a mess. Its hard to believe this has been going on since after the civil war. In 1880 the place where hobo's used to congregate called "Hobo Corner" is where it first started. It was named that because alot of the homeless would ride the railway out to California and hobo corner was a few blocks from the train station. In 1920 they moved east a little ways to a spot called "Hell's half acre" which is now skid row. Very, very awful and shameful how long this has been going on. Theres nothing like seeing it in person.
Great story about the beginnings of the homeless back then only booze was the problem and people worked day jobs. Great information!
B man must be so proud.
Wow what a legacy
Every politician in every state needs to be held accountable! Watch out their next plan is coming.
Along with all the private equity firms that have bought up most available housing and jacked the rent
What do they do when they gotta take a dump just dump on the sidewalk? I haven't seen anything open with bathroom Everything is shut down.
Bingo.I am sure bucko recording was stepping over shittt on skidrow.He better leave his shoes outside when he go home.
@@razorsharplifestyle101hard9 Why - because it stinks.???
@@marblox9300 Everybody knows that nobody walks down that that if they have a life.Dudes a weirdo.
Open air Mental Institution.
Facts I drove thru there 😮
Looks like a good place to go vacationing to!
This area was bad 40 years ago when I moved away, but this is of the charts.
Thanks for watching!
This is precisely why I’m movin’ on out of CA; despite high taxes on everything & crime.🤦♀️
Half the people down there are from other states. They know the weather is good, and LA county doesn’t frown on homelessness.
Hey man,I didn't know LA had such outdoor activity,and lots of camping folks,looks like the folks having fun,yes Mr president,your doing a great job,hey man,do you think they might like ya know the thing,think,? Yea ya know ice cream,well I wish I could camp outdoors like them folks.
Free rent!
I think I saw my dream tent!
boy. hell is nice and quiet.
This is really sad but throwing money and it never ever works. (Corruption, graft, fraud). You'll end up with a handful of people making a lot of money and people not really being helped
Newsome Pelosi Schiff all in the family Schiff is worth over 70 million! How ! I know he pushed vaccines and he has stock in Pzizer
@@walkingtourseurope8526 Yeah I remember reading about that. Almost like getting kickbacks. Hillary was getting paid hundreds of thousands of dollars just to give speeches. All of them are corrupt.
@@walkingtourseurope8526 Yeah, I remember reading about how he owned stocks in those vaccines. Footnote. They were paying Hillary Clinton hundreds of thousands of dollars just to give speeches. All of them are corrupt.
@@walkingtourseurope8526 I remember reading about him owning stocks in those vaccines. Footnote : Hillary was getting paid hundreds of thousands of dollars just to give speeches. All of them are corrupt
@@walkingtourseurope8526 I remember reading about that. Footnote : Hillary Clinton was getting paid hundreds of thousands of dollars just to give speeches. All of them are corrupt.
Put in some tent regulations, make sure they have trash pick up and a place to go to the bathroom.
Maybe give them an address
To use
I waited in line for 3 hours at a shelter there. When I finally got in there we're no mats,no cots,no beds. I am a homeless veteran in a wheelchair. Yet I slept on concrete. It was cold but had no blanket. My shoes were my pillow. Finally in intense pain I sat on my chair the rest of the night. Luckily I am doing better now. But LA was the worst I have ever seen.
Thanks for that information really a crime that our money isn’t helping those who need it most!
Hope you are much better off now dear sir.
I now live in a beautiful apartment in Daytona Beach. My veterans 100 percent disability finally came in. I was homeless for over 20 years. I couldn't work and it took a long time to get approved for benefits. It's like I am in heaven compared to all those tragic years on the streets. Thank you for your kind words
And I can't believe it.That's insane I got it made