Bill Walton, basketball legend and San Diego resident, rails on how city has handled homelessness

Former NBA star Bill Walton took part in a news conference Tuesday morning with the Lucky Duck Foundation to address the issue of homelessness in San Diego.
Though the event was to call attention to a new Lucky Duck Foundation initiative, which will routinely grade the county's 18 regional leaders on the job they're doing when it comes to addressing homelessness, Walton took aim at Mayor Todd Gloria once again.
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[@mikeehrmantraut4797]

Voting for the wrong person has consequences. Especially when you continue to re-elect them.

[@cherieallen2539]

They know how to steal the vote😤

[@musical1innm769]

judges matter too. Vote R.

[@wyatt5167]

I mean republican states are by in large useless to America with the exception of Texas. Where Democrat states can be progressive to a point of failure, republican states refuse to change to the point where they all but die. Texas is probably the greatest Republican state and they don't even have a reliable power grid in times of crisis. Civilians couldn't get power and the ones that did got charged a 💩ton for running heat instead of freezing. America across the board has a stagnant government problem and its the citizens fault. Everyone has willingly opted into republican vs Democrat bs and depending on what side you pick, you blame literally everything on the other side and ignore your own parties faults. If Americans stopped fanboying parties and instead voted for people who actually got things done regardless of party alliegence, then the country might actually improve. Won't happen though Edit: last thing. America is a country that's built on invidualism (selfishness). There should always be a healthy amount of individualism to avoid people getting abused on an individual level. But Americans all seem to believe "my way or the highway" there is no compromise and most of them don't seem like they want to sacrifice anything for the betterment of the country. If life has to be worse in some areas for it to be better overall it ain't worth it to most Americans.

[@DiogenesOfCa]

Florida is RED and had the third highest homeless pop and Texas is fourth. There goes your tired fake talking point.

[@jlip4308]

You think that your vote counts? It is more rigged than you think.

[@dionashurst4440]

100% spot on !

[@stevenkirsner]

Rest in Peace Bill Walton. You were a great player and a great man!

[@Larry93215]

I completely agree with Bill Walton and want an autograph

[@keithg5187]

He is still a whacky nut job hippie lol. He votes democrat every 2 years

[@thomasholt63]

😆🤣

[@mobbcreep956]

Gufelas 20 Mercari

[@situated4]

Todd Gloria = Nancy Pelosi

[@michaelconnor5378]

@@mobbcreep956 he ‘s a great guy, but we must remember that he wasn’t very nice to Dave Twardzik. One unfortunate incident.

[@christianmarabella1358]

Bill thank you for speaking for us!!

[@pamelamehl5668]

Mr. Walton: I was told to look up this video by a city worker when we were discussing the continued deterioration of our beautiful city. Everyone is disgusted but they say nothing. Please keep posting your videos about this destruction of beloved San Diego.

[@EdHarroldLifeWithBreath]

Thanks Bill, Your The Best Ever Buddy

[@JimTheHunt]

The context is the same for every large city in the USA.

[@paulinthe6194]

Bravo Bill. His plight is something many good taxpaying citizens are dealing with these days. Sadly, what Bill is saying about the homeless situation is happening all over California~ from San Diego, Los Angeles to San Francisco. Parts of the city are just over run with homeless. Most homeless being mentally ill, drug or alcohol dependent and desperate. For the wealth that this state has or even the country. Why is this? Bill made some great points. We need leaders who are willing to pull up their sleeves and do the work. Not sway to popular opinion for political benefit. Lasting solutions not bandaids then move on to the next thing. Starts with good leadership and ends with good leadership. Hope Bill gets his wish. Thank you Bill for standing up for your community.

[@RealWealthInvestors]

CBS doesn't know the difference between "railing" and a well thought out and well spoken evaluation and analysis of the problem. OK...expecting CBS to understand those concepts is unrealistic and not possible.

[@andrerogers6075]

Run for Mayor Bill. The City of San Diego need your leadership!!!

[@Larry93215]

There is some very nice homeless people there caught in the middle like the rest of us

[@steveelshoff3353]

When you've lost aging, Deadhead, hoop legends, you've lost the city.

[@johnnylightning8647]

Thank you Bill, we left beautiful San Diego because of the cities policy’s

[@davidschmidt6013]

He's accurate, honest and impassioned. He'll be ignored.

[@edwardtomlinson3384]

You are so right. And that is such a tragedy.

[@Rambleon444]

With Bill being a die-hard Dem. I wish someone would ask him if he voted for Glory and the rest of the progressives on the city council.

[@moorefaith23]

@@Rambleon444 last I checked homelessness is a humanitarian issue not a political one, although that's what everyone seems to use as the cause to fit their narrative.

[@gabrieln3613]

@@Rambleon444 Oh that sounds like a productive question that moves towards a common solution. Did you send out invitations to Tucker Carlson, Sean Hannity, Greg Abbott and Mitch McConnel to come join in the conversation too? I have heard them talk about the "commie dems in the California Cities", surely they would like to participate in your community unification meetings.

[@Vladpryde]

@@moorefaith23 Last time I checked Homelessness was most rampant in Democrat-run shitholes, not Republican ones. Nice try at deflection though, I'll give you points for that.

[@samwitty1462]

Folks have voted for the same party year over year and are now shocked at the outcome. A head scratcher for sure!!

[@greglarson6293]

Definition of insanity…voting for Democrats again and again expecting things to improve.

[@tomcochran6616]

Exactly right these liberals always start to cry when it effects them.

[@marcellpaden8595]

Please see Mississippi and Alabama and their poverty stats and see what party has been in charge for the last 70 years. Please and thank you

[@PresidentDennis]

@@marcellpaden8595 it cuts both ways. 1 party rule anywhere means they know they have your vote no matter what so won’t care to make anything better

[@nelsonmagsayo8099]

@@marcellpaden8595 Obviously you don’t know your history. Have you heard the term “Southern Democrats”. They were in control of southern states politics since the civil war up until the infamous democrat George Wallace served as Governor of Alabama in the mid 1980’s and the shift of Democrat control to Republican continued to transition into the 2000’s. The Democrats were notorious for Segregation and the suppression of the black vote. The Republicans started gaining control of southern states politics from the suppressive Democrats and in 2007 Republican governor Bob Riley signed a resolution expressing "profound regret" over slavery and its lingering impact.

[@johntegan51]

Wow... powerful statement. Born & raised in San Diego, I chose to move to Tempe, AZ 7 years ago due to the very situations Bill Walton talked about.

[@talldude5841]

I have been a huge Bill Walton fan since he played in college. Followed him through the pros, and always admired him. Now, after seeing this, he is truly a special man in my heart. Keep going big fella. You say it so well.

[@dr.banoub9233]

Bill Walton … either talks too much, or doesn’t know when to shut up.

[@tw364]

@@dr.banoub9233 stick it punk!

[@kpokpojiji]

Except he proposes nothing concrete, just whines. sure his point is well taken, but what does he propose to do, throw the homeless in jail? Just force them to go....somewhere? Jimmy Carter started Habitat for Humanity and is still building homes for people in his 90s. what has Bill actually done?

[@alanharrison694]

@@kpokpojiji well just returning Cali back to a Reaganesque state again, would be a step in the right direction. These woke progressives have destroyed the state and the country!

[@jimjenkins3313]

@@kpokpojiji He offered to help and explained how the city has the facilities and manpower and Gloria said he's not going to do anything to address those issues. It's 100% on Gloria and not on @Walton.

[@hisoverlorduponhigh90]

The oligarchs have never forgiven America for The Constitution and Billof rights.

[@avohill4]

Bravo, Bill. Sadly though, from Vancouver, Seattle, Portland, San Francisco, L.A., to our own San Diego, political policies and public apathy allow this destruction. Your voice, Bill, is righteous and good and a model for all citizens.

[@fifthbusiness1678]

You’re quite right. Sadly, the poor do not/cannot vote, and thus they are ignored.

[@raoul3719]

What goes woke, goes to shit!

[@manofiske3318]

@@fifthbusiness1678 "The poor" 'vote' in droves, whether they realize it or not.

[@frankregg9048]

Sucker! Y’all voted for these democraps now PAY FOR IT!!

[@keephikingforever]

@@fifthbusiness1678 And how can the poor "cannot vote'? Another question to all who say voters rights...you truly think the pandemic way of voting is the way we should now still be voting when pandemic gone? And let me ask you this...have you ever had trouble voting or know anyone else who has? I am sorry but I am of the mind set you go and vote in person if you can and if ID would be requirement I would gladly bring it with me.

[@johnwilliams8918]

Hey bill, if you voted democrat like a lot of your neighbors, you are getting exactly what you asked for

[@beachlife4704]

Yup. People in this state keep voting Democrat, everything keeps getting worse, and they STILL keep voting Democrat. California has been Democrat controlled since 1996 and no matter how bad it gets, no matter how much crime, no matter the homelessness, the dumbass Democrat zombies of this state will always and forever vote Democrat. "Though the forest was growing smaller, the trees kept voting for the axe because, the axe was clever. The axe convinced the trees that since his handle was made of wood, he was one of them. And the forest grew smaller still."

[@maryl5567]

Yep this is what happens when you vote void if common sense and logic..

[@Allison_Chaynes]

Yep

[@caseG80]

He said he was a patriot

[@cvshav]

You're right, he was a flaming libtard in his youth. Also, Todd Gloria stinks

[@keithgardner4505]

This is what leadership is all about. Bill Walton I hope you are successful in getting these problems solved. You are an inspiration.

[@kerryabruzzo5297]

After ten seconds I was wondering if Walton realizes he voted for all that failure?

[@77HeIsLove_woot]

He may not have

[@kerryabruzzo5297]

@@77HeIsLove_woot of course he did, he’s just in denial and not willing to admit that liberal policies are destructive.

[@cjs750]

I wonder if he's smart and honest enough to realize and admit it?

[@bxi1547]

It’s one thing to be homeless but they leave piles of garbage literally EVERYWHERE. Something has to give.

[@Kickingit06]

Just because you're homeless doesn't mean you have to be disgusting. People don't need to tolerate this.

[@iloled2924]

That’s my biggest problem with the homeless. I was once homeless and lived out of my car for a few months. I never left trash and filth everywhere I went. Also, the ones that refuse shelter, resources, mental health services and drug treatment need to face stiff consequences. I know all too well what it’s like to fall on hard times, but that does not give one free reign to treat their surroundings and community like trash.

[@blackcatstudios5165]

@@Kickingit06 i tried telling them that but they wont listen too me .your basically talking to people who are mad at the world and gave up on life

[@22lyric]

@@blackcatstudios5165 SOME of them ENJOY living like this!

[@danarello2563]

We need to hire some smart people to solve this problem. We need to hire 350 more police officers. We need a Homeless Czar! With a few acres of land and some money and resources, I think we could build a community for the homeless with housing, community gardens and medical facilities. Then, for homeless folks who don't like living there, they would have 2 choices....prison with hard labor or deportation to Cuba.

[@Em6726]

This city and state is out of control! There is no accountability at all levels of these governments

[@jeretso]

Catch and release

[@HoneyBadger80886]

No accountability...just #Speculation and #communityDestruction. Failed Leadership...#corruption. #CityCouncil and #Developers wants ahead of #citizensNeeds. NotBest

[@michaeltabanao9014]

We dont hold them accountable, from working at home, covid excuse and they dont respond to phone, e mails.... if the news cant reach them how will the average citzen reach them

[@danjacobsen7645]

Y E S. D E M O C R A T S

[@mariagarcia-eggly9833]

Ronald Reagan did this and all the rest of the republicans who followed. Their decisions to choke government and tax breaks for the rich robbed the very institutions and funding that helped the mentally ill. Their refusal to raise the minimum wage while the price of everything ESPECIALLY housing is why this has happening. Mr . Walton is speaking from a super privileged point of view. He can actually MOVE. All he s doing is blaming. He is claiming he wants “dignity” for the home less. Seems he just sees than as a blight on “his” city, of the past. Blame Reagan!

[@johnrichmond7739]

I was stationed in San Diego for most of the 90's. I remember how beautiful it was and how friendly the people were. It is sad about what has been happening there.

[@danhartwigPerch]

Heard

[@calebclark6739]

No. It’s great. All these democrats need to suffer !!!

[@rokyericksonroks]

Yes, but did you go to Reed College? We’re you ever even on the waiting list? T-Y for your service.

[@aislinnkeilah7361]

I was in Saigon in 1964 and the sidewalks were cleaner than San Diego today.

[@paulbrennan5646]

Dear Aislinn: I just discovered this and was interested in knowing is this Todd Gloria a Democrat or Republican? Greetings from Canada.

[@Matt_Heebs]

@@paulbrennan5646 Definitely a demonrat. Everything they touch turns to crap.

[@kmeccat]

@@paulbrennan5646 Democrat, of course

[@ligmaknutts2752]

Should have been in Saigon in 1972 the streets weren't so clean anymore

[@lastnamefirst4035]

@@kmeccat nope

[@johnwhite345]

The beautiful beaches , the sunny parks of San Diego, great weather. All of this can be yours for only $2800 a month plus utilities for an average size one bedroom.! Why would there be a living problem in San Diego?

[@aaronhumphrey2009]

If you're homeless in California, you can get a government credit card and check yourself into a hotel (with room service) on the taxpayers dime ..until you squander all that 'free money' , and you're back out on the street, where you started .. Walton is right that it's a failure of leadership . The Democrats are busy treating the symptoms of their policies, throwing millions at thier problems, but don't have the honesty to admit that they were wrong about many of those failed policies in the first place.. The Woke stance that anybody who disagrees with them is automatically a racist , homophobe doesn't help AT ALL..

[@domk2993]

Exactly

[@TheRaggedroad]

God Bless Bill Walton for these powerful words. I lived in San Diego for 2 years in the 70's. The city, beaches and Balboa Park were beautiful and CLEAN. Same problems now, drugs, filth, crime, stolen cars, meth camps over all public spaces, and same failed Democrat leadership all the way up the coast to Tacoma and Seattle.

[@chuckruckus3648]

That’s cause 1969 was 2020. You did the same thing to cause the same decade+ of incoming declines

[@markkemp7608]

I also was once proud and claimed San Diego as home and a great place to live. I no longer live in San Diego but I do go and visit family there. Always bums me out seeing that once great city going to shit. A real shame. I hope Mr. Walton and other likeminded people can return San Diego to where it once was, America's Finest City.

[@MyVeryHappyDay]

Add Portland and Seattle. Both badly deteriorating.

[@nfcboys1984]

Yeah Mark San Diego was never Americas finest city no matter how much one repeats the phrase. This city and the entire state are nothing more than leftist/Marxist run shit holes. You voted these psychopaths in office, and now you get to live with with those decisions. Enjoy. From Boco Raton, Fl…

[@smtbigelow]

Hes a democrat, just like the rest of the idiots running that state. Whats the definition of insanity? Repeating the same thing over and over and expecting a different result.

[@manmadeaids]

Same I moved away a few years ago. I was paying a lot to live in a bad neighborhood, basically a Scott Adams situation. Lol

[@jpx1508]

I was at Reed College in the 70's when Bill and I both frequented what was then a small Portland gym, and when Bill also led the Portland Trailblazers to the 1977 NBA Championship. While he was then becoming a national celebrity he remained authentic, approachable and genuinely humble. At the time he was also socially engaged and conscious of his Portland community, lending his increasing fame to improving lives of those around him. Bill still is the same man and his authentic leadership deserving of support.

[@jpx1508]

@@pastorcharlessmith7110 Ha!..... Bingo!..... Loprinzi's Gym is qualified insider knowledge!

[@kixigvak]

@@jpx1508 I was hanging around Reed at that time also. Shooting pictures for the publications dept.

[@herbertrichard614]

Sckavone's Restaurant near Loprinizi's. That is Portland, Oregon.

[@troy5731]

Get a room.....Reed College....one of the main players in Portland's descent into a blue tarp ghetto yet here you are acting like you're part of the solution.

[@herbertrichard614]

@@troy5731Good post. I am a past Portland resident. No pejorative for anyone in the city is too strong. Reed does have a first-rate art gallery.

[@charlieaughenbaugh1105]

not so sure Bill feels much compassion for the homeless, he just cares about his "bike path", and "justice". Justice for what, because you have to buy new tires because Park Blvd is too bumpy? waaaaah. Hey Bill, how bout you and some of your "dead head" buddies find some solutions for the homelessness? BTW, if you were homeless, what city would you live in? How about the bigger picture here. Homelessness needs to be focused on. And what about that 24 shelter in the midway district, didn't Todd Gloria have a hand in that? Bill, you are a sensationalist, and manipulative. It isn't "paradise lost" just because of the homeless issue, it's mainly the high cost of living...oh wait, Bill doesn't have that problem...

[@jamesschleich629]

you get what you vote for. good luck everyone.

[@UKBLUE1]

You know California is in bad shape when Bill Walton is the voice of reason. Insanity; they keep voting in the dems and expecting change.

[@garylcarrier]

Bill Walton, the Great, is 100% right! Get behind him San Diego!

[@PInk77W1]

He votes for Democrats

[@dirtcycle1773]

Homeless losers don't want to build a better Life

[@mikemurray356]

Keep voting democrats, dummies

[@dapdne4916]

If my dad were alive he would wag his finger at Bill and say "liberals are responsible for this problem." I still feel bad for Mr. Walton. 🙃🤨

[@mitchelll3879]

@LyinCon Trumpster of course he is a stinking liberal burned out hippie.. what's ur point?

[@dapdne4916]

@LyinCon Trumpster my guess is that he at least was. He seems to have changed his mind about politics.

[@sg1770]

Yes he is a liberal.

[@dapdne4916]

@@sg1770 he definitely was one. My dad would say to revise his understanding of the process of what produces homeless camps. Many things are responsible. But I think liberals drop the ball more. UCLA and Walton liberal. Old and modern California politics. Not just liberal. Conservative as well, sure. Some individual problems of course too.

[@garyroberts2563]

And of course Governor Reagan closed down the bulk of mental health care in California on the state level. In his pipe dream the cities would take care of the problem locally.

[@seanjokela]

Fresno, a republican city, has twice as many homeless. (For all the "republicans are our saviors" people). The continued separation of wealth, a continued lack of mental illness diagnosis, and more people getting addicted to drugs, will only exacerbate the issue. A lot of homeless people around the country travel to these warm states to avoid harsh winters.

[@maryl5567]

It doesn’t matter if it’s a republican city and a Democratic majority state. It’s an epidemic that started with poor leader ship and mismanagement at the top.

[@kkonczal]

Unbelievable speech. I left the city I loved and moved to Scottsdale because of all of this plus more.

[@kee7678]

Everybody who said this was going to happen, was called "racist, uncaring, mean spirited" and ignored and shamed repeatedly.

[@willowclay5406]

This is why people are frustrated and angry! I'm very angry at our Governor, Mayor, DA, and City Council! I'm so pissed off!

[@SaltySouthTexan]

STOP voting Democrat……it’s truly the definition of insanity…….you expecting a different result with a different Democrat?

[@kevinc2746]

But they still get elected

[@litedawg]

Hey at least there are no more mean Tweets , so at least you don’t have to worry about that while a homeless person takes a dump on your lawn.(

[@Liam_Maddog]

So what action are you planning to take?

[@willowclay5406]

Relocation

[@lgwappo]

Look at how the culture has changed in 50-60 years. Everywhere. We all used to have clean, safe, affordable communities & people looked out for each other. Today it's "Mad Max." Every rabid dog for himself. And the Washington swamp is hoping & planning that it gets worse.

[@gdog3finally]

Sad but true. Very true.

[@betamax-vhs-super8978]

Too bad that Bill has been a big BLM and ultra left wing supporter for years. Voting for such policies has consequences, Bill.

[@theelectrictrunk9304]

One of the great champions of San Diego! You my friend need to run for mayor and get SD back on track with your leadership!

[@danielduenez714]

God bless Bill Walton! He's the real deal ,good person, caring loving kind, he's a real native San Diegan, not a transplant ,devoid of a heart and soul.Its no longer America's finest city

[@robertjohansen8572]

His support of the liberal progressive agenda over the years is the reason why SD has become a dump. Now, after the past few liberal progressive city administrations that Bill supported, he's upset with what his support has brought SD.

[@douglascarlson9006]

He really gets serious and compelling with details and personal stories at the 8:00 mark ...

[@wonyankeesays5661]

F HIM TOO,,,HE IS A NO DAMN GOOD

[@neubauerjoseph]

He sometimes blames himself for the clippers leaving San Diego . I think it was a mistake for clippers to move to LA.

[@timmccarthy6374]

Who cares if he was a transplant or not. That's a really stupid thing to say. San Diego isn't that great anyway never was. Not a transplant ..your stupid why don't you transplant your dumb ass off the earth dipshit.

[@margaretloyd]

Thank you Bill!!!

[@kenbagwell8551]

Bill's probably been voting for this all his life.

[@Lora-G]

WHY ARE HOMELESS MORE IMPORTANT THAN TAXPAYERS??? Enforce the laws about sleeping on the streets

[@tommyriam8320]

BECAUSE THEY *ARE NOT HOMELESS* , THEY _ARE_ ,IN FACT, BUMS , CRIMINALS, LUNATICS, DRUG USERS AND ABUSERS. THEY MAKE _YOUR_ HOME _THEIR_ HOME

[@gymshoe8862]

Quit calling em homeless--call em what they are--BUMS--transients. Vermin!

[@kevinwithers6083]

I'm a native of Oregon and when I was young and you helped win the only championship of the Portland trailblazers you were a huge inspiration to me and made me proud to be an American !! I have watched what the leaders have done to this great nation and it sickens me... the west coast is a perfect example of corrupt politicians glad to see I wasn't wrong about you BILL may God bless you and your family !!!

[@timothyantoine5321]

Over 30 years ago I would drive to El Cajon a suburb of San Diego to pickup my kids for long term visitation and return to Ohio . I would try to roll in around 4:00 A.M. to get settled in and avoid traffic . I always wondered why there were so many people roaming around at that hour . The climate is perfect for living outside , homelessness has been going on in that area for a long time .

[@DWilliams-l3f]

Thank you Bill. There have to be COMPULSORY, policed, sanitary work/detox camps these people are put in. Put ankle monitors on them & have them clean up their & the cities messes/camps/graffiti/litter while in recovery. They'll be fed, cleaned, doctored & well treated until they've recovered. Any who relapse will be returned. ABSOLUTELY NO ONE is allowed to live in public areas. Normal, tax paying people should NEVER be shit on like this.

[@robertjohansen8572]

Todd Gloria is NOT the problem. Bill Walton's support of the liberal progressive agenda is the problem. The cops have no direct problem with Todd Gloria. No one wants to be a cop because of the disrespect for law enforcement that Bill Walton's liberal progressive agenda has wrought. Did Walton support Carl DeMaio?

[@HaimTabibi]

The aclu has been suing towns for trying to clean up parks for civil rights violations.

[@litedawg]

We have given $70 billion to Ukraine, so at least they are taken care of.

[@dzim8822]

I hope you lose everything you have and are forced to live on the street yourself, you self-righteous piece of crap!

[@countdebleauchamp]

Ankle monitors? Eff fucking you.

[@thenakedrepairman7218]

You have WAY MORE problems in California than just homelessness.

[@drewp1974]

I’d LOVE to know what his stance on BLM, “hands up don’t shoot” we’re at the time. I saw this sh*T coming. Who else did?

[@corby6956]

Bill, you say you’ve been a lifelong resident of San Diego, I say you’ve also been a lifelong democrat. You reap what you sow !!!!! How bout complaining to your president, governor , US senators and mayor: ALL DEMOCRATS.

[@Jfladager]

A one bedroom in SanDiego is 3000.00. Who can afford this?

[@gafookyousepf8103]

I remember when Bill Walton was the chef for the Symbionese Liberation Army at their Oregon hippie camp.... just sayin '.....

[@byronh5806]

True???

[@gafookyousepf8103]

@@byronh5806 look into archives from the Oregonian in the 70s. ... but Walton was still great to watch at the Portland Collesium...when he wasn't injured...

[@Larry93215]

I've seen Bill cycling for a very long time I'm a cycling activist I been cycling here for 30 years I ride everyday I know this story well

[@michaeltabanao9014]

At least they put in bike lanes, twice.....🙈

[@PInk77W1]

Bill votes for Democrats. LoL

[@byronh5806]

There are unnecessary bike paths in San Diego. A bike doesnt need it's own lane.

[@dyates6380]

I believe this is what is referred to as a mic drop. Wonderfully done sir. Thank you.

[@alvermeil5884]

Well said and unfortunately applies to many other cities in America

[@Cooper43642]

All this is very true. While there is no easy answer to the homeless problem, San Diego cannot allow people to just live freely in the park and downtown. It's a safety and health issue. California in general can't keep encouraging this behavior. But San Diego is my home and the homeless have become more like zombies and crazed rather than just a few people down on their luck. Enforcement has to happen. It has too.

[@mimi1o8]

Easy access to drugs are making all this mentally ill people ramming the San Diego’s streets. Horrible.

[@alanaldpal950]

Well one answer or at least partial solution to the homeless situation is to stop allowing a flood of illegal aliens into the country that take massive tax and other societal cost to deal with that takes away from helping the homeless problem as well as taking away unskilled or entry level jobs that unemployed/homeless could be steered towards.

[@carefulcarpenter]

Interesting. We live in a little mountaintown. About 20 homeless ex-construction workers(jobless), hair stylist(shopless), an arborist who writes a column in a Silicon Valley shopper magazine(full-time jobless), a couple veterans, a prostitute, and various other local alchoholics, lived under four county bridges. I fed them homemade soup once per week for three years..... the least I could afford to do. So--- I got a good feeling about the "haves" attitudes and the "have-nots". At age 70 I am slipping into poverty, myself. I know how poorly my community thinks of me now. I don't drink, drugs, swear, fart, or smell. My kindness was labeled as "aiding and abutting those people". Those undesirables. Not even a single chicken was donated for the soup in three years(2013 -2016).

[@dougfredricks2017]

A person can be coached and positive talked ad nauseam but he or she has to change their thinking. Tis a conundrum when decoding a mental state of individual.

[@carefulcarpenter]

@@dougfredricks2017 This is what my story suggests. Actions over a period of time can help others change. We often emulate those we respect--- in small ways. These habits grow.

[@kixigvak]

Bill should have mentioned that the same thing has happened to Portland, where he led the Trailblazers to the NBA championship. Bill is a lawyer, by the way.

[@22lyric]

Is this a negative comment?

[@kristiblack1428]

Because he's certainly an Insider.

[@terryanderson5148]

Yeap, a Stanford law graduate.

[@kixigvak]

@@22lyric Not at all.

[@erikh9991]

I heard lawyers are democrats and business owners are GOP. I got to look this guy up.

[@garyries2036]

It is not easy to solve this problem. The costs of living in San Diego has increased so much. Land is so expensive. No one wants a homeless shelter next to them or even in their neighborhood. The weather in San Diego allows homeless to live year round. The homeless taking over parks, beaches, etc. is not ok. Our Governor had a surplus of $97 billion. Spending money and buying property and building studios, and 1/2 bedroom units for the homeless would help. They would have to built withing 1 or 2 blocks of mass transit stations. Rules would have to be followed and enforced. I have heard of people who were given housing but left because the others around him were too rude and noisey. I lived in San Diego and was born there. I was living there in Pacific Beach for 20 years before moving away last year. It was bad then, and obviously worse now. I didn't vote for Todd Gloria for Mayor. I didn't like what his work while in State Government.

[@mariagarcia-eggly9833]

Todd Gloria didn’t cause this problem. Nobody complained when we had those do nothing republican mayors, or Governors. This didn’t happen overnight. Blame Ronald Reagan! That’s where it started. He shut down all the mental hospitals and funding for mental health clinics. He strangled assistance for the poor. People need to read history.

[@andyleo8418]

Ok let them build homeless units in your neighborhood.

[@stevep927]

If taxation was the answer California would be a utopia

[@greglarson6293]

It’s not a homeless problem! It’s a drug addiction and mental illness problem. Do you really think the people smoking fentanyl in the parks are 737 pilots who just can’t find an affordable apartment? Most of them aren’t even from your area. They come or the Blue cutie in the west coast because of insane progressive enablement policies and George Soros funded DA’s who won’t prosecute crimes. Please, see this issue for what it is!

[@Liam_Maddog]

THE COST OF LIVING HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH IT. Freeloaders, drug addicts, and mental cases flock to where their vile, selfish behavior is tolerated and even encouraged. WAKE UP!

[@dougamundson6836]

Basketball legend my A$$. He won ONE, count'em, one, NBA championship. Lots of guys did. SO WHAT?

[@TyHudson42]

You get what you vote for Bill, as we all do🤦🏻‍♂️😩

[@patjohnson3565]

Developers are not worried about any of the issues, as long as land prices are high and fuel by high tax base. You have been aware of these issues for a long time and now your going public. This is a 20 year issue. New leadership, another developer will be elected to the same system and keep that system in place. San Diego has been owned lock stock and barrel, by well financed individuals. Proven by past administrations. I support what your saying, San Diego isn't a community to be proud of. It takes a lot of money to live here, and that money isn't connected to services.

[@HoneyBadger80886]

End #SpeculatorLed development. #CitizensNeeds first

[@ProfessorJM1]

Being from Kansas, I obviously had no idea who Todd Gloria is...It's good to see a publicly respected person, like Bill Walton be direct as can be, put it out there, and fight for what truly IS best for everybody else, his city, the state of California, and our great country. Todd Gloria has achieved the near impossible...he managed to get on the wrong side of the nicest man on Earth...nice job Todd.

[@duncan4034]

Being from Kansas, you should just remain quiet

[@chawpino8320]

@@duncan4034 Sure, respect opinions on the basis of the speaker's home state. Looks like the west coast could use some outside opinions. If left coast cities could be run by those in charge in Wichita, Omaha or OKC, places where officials are actively engaged in improving the lives of their citizens as opposed to being woke possessed , their chances of escaping their death spiral would be much better.

[@kpokpojiji]

​​@@chawpino8320 or places like Gary, Indiana, Springfield, MO...?

[@keenannorris3309]

@@chawpino8320 I live in California and wouldn't move to Kansas if you paid me. OK, if you paid me double what I make right now and said I could come back to California within 2 years, I'd move to Kansas. If you tripled my salary, I'd stay even longer.

[@dondajulah4168]

@@keenannorris3309 check back in a couple of years. Or maybe you are one of those profiting from the lawlessness. Maybe Kansas is a bit drastic, but plenty of other places that are livable for regular people

[@johnpaulsandoval6178]

God Bless you Bill Walton! I wish we had someone who cares and understands the responsibility of being a Public Servant like BILL WALTON for Mayor. I'd vote for him.

[@joethaler7921]

Why not Bill Walton for Mayor? He is an honest, grassroots kind of individual. He cares. He is sincere. He is of the people. Why the hell not start a grassroots movement to elect Bill Walton Mayor of San Diego. Are you up for it, Bill?

[@kpokpojiji]

​@@joethaler7921 I would wait until he calmed down and actually had some concrete proposals, not just whining. I don't discredit what he is saying, but I heard nothing useful. What does he propose, just forcing the homeless out of town to some undisclosed location? Jimmy Carter started Habitat for Humanity and is still building homes for people in his 90s. Respectfully, what has Bill done?

[@AbsentMinded619]

@kpokpojiji That is not correct. Jimmy Carter didn’t start Habitat for Humanity, and doesn’t actually do anything for them other than being a spokesperson for them in his post-White House years. Frankly HFH has done more for Carter’s public image than anything he’s done for them. It was founded by a couple in Georgia as a Christian nonprofit. As for concrete policies that reduce homelessness, you could literally copy what most major cities in TX or FL are doing and be much better off.

[@FOBob-sr1fd]

Glad I visited San Diego before all this happened. So sad for a beautiful city and wonderful residents.

[@brucefile7430]

All topics aside.....I had the displeasure of meeting him years ago. Money can't buy class, that's for sure!

[@margaretcontreras2932]

I hear you and I feel your pain💔our beautiful city of Arcadia California same thing homeless drug addicts have taken over our parks and streets thanks to the metro gold line free ride 🙈very sad and beautiful San Diego that would be the day you would feel intimidated we use to go run the Rock N Roll Marathon, not any more. God bless you and pray for your city and all cities across the globe. This is an out of control problem for us and future generations. Protect the criminals and forget about your tax paying citizens. God bless you and continue to seek just

[@mtarlo215]

While I respect Mr Walton and hope and prey he is successful in his mission. I do have to wonder how many people who warned of this very thing happening did he dismiss in the past. How many people had their reputations ruined by being labeled names because they saw this on the horizon or their particular portions of paradise had already been lost. It doesn’t take much of a imagination to imagine how many areas had to destroy before Bill’s area of town was affected. My city of Philadelphia is in terrible shape. I can only rout for Mr Walton to stay true to himself and do what he feels is right. I just hope he’s prepared to find himself on the other end and see what that’s like.

[@danarello2563]

LIMBO

[@cltbowz]

Yep. This is a direct result of how you vote.

[@cindyortiz4552]

Yeah. We waited until it started affecting where we live before we started complaining. When it was outside of our neighborhoods and hidden, it was fine. Now that homeless people can just walk into a business and take a crap on your floor is why people are complaining. it happened in Philly at the Marriott.

[@robdinkel600]

The mayor's job is to address the problem, not blame the past, but to do something. There are many ways to address homelessness. Here in San Diego the problem is getting exponentially worse every month. This homeless crisis has escalated from street begging to a crime wave of petty theft in the last year. The next step will likely be violent crimes. The desperation is palpable, obvious, and real.

[@Rambleon444]

Funny, Bill is a Die-hard Dem. so is Mayor Todd Gloria. 12:20 Bill talks about places reclaimed by Police but he fails to mention the mayor at the time was a Pub. Kevin Faulconer.

[@tomk4484]

Side note, this is the longest Bill Walton talked without mentioning the Conference of Champions.

[@baxterscruggs1716]

Hilarious

[@earbo6220]

Hahahaha I love this dude.

[@ryangillum115]

Or Jerry Garcia, or John Wooden.

[@peterricksugges5698]

He’s a Narcissist. I don’t want to hear about himself, where he was born, etc. Needs to leave himself out of it. He’s just an old man who most people don’t even know who he is. Needs to give solutions.

[@brokl26]

Bill is a lifelong love child. Check him out when he is a basketball analyst. Tie dyed shirts are common. Lover of our planet and it’s people. It probably pains him to speak this way about another human. This cat just gets it.

[@jaypickett3552]

Interesting and articulate guy

[@greenbeech3055]

Children are morons, and so is Bill Walton. Perceptive people saw this coming 30 years ago.

[@ramongonzalez2112]

But does he understand it’s liberal woke policies causing this? Or just Todd Gloria?

[@duffbaker9554]

The majority of homeless people chose to be homeless and every year, they keep getting younger and younger. They need to get off the booze and drugs but they do not want to. Self-pity and free money (for more drugs and booze) is all they seem to be interested in. If they really wanted real, actual help as opposed to 'help', they would have to make the first move as there are facilities that help with rehabilitation and recovery, but no...

[@musical1innm769]

Permanent camping land of sad...

[@khaledadams4329]

I think every town in North America has a Todd Gloria right now.

[@litedawg]

Nope , not true.

[@jhansen221]

I live in Arkansas, no Todd Gloria

[@tommyo8967]

California Fify

[@Scott-ly2nk]

They are all sellouts to the seros he is running all of the cities

[@byronh5806]

You mean.....a fag?

[@mattinnj2561]

Love Walton. He's more than just a HOF Ballplayer.

[@DB-cb7xb]

He's spot on. I'm done with SD and have warned all friends and family to avoid it.

[@chriswess1719]

I lived in SD four years and I had good and bad times there, but Walton is right.

[@SuaveG310]

San Diego has fallen really bad in the past few months sadly

[@yankee2666]

@Paul Gwyn Always!

[@mariagarcia-eggly9833]

Blame Ronald Reagan!

[@arcticwolf4707]

@@mariagarcia-eggly9833 You wanna blame a guy that's gone out of power since 1989 .. and you decided to not change anything ever since then .. yet still balme him 😂 what an idiot .. let me guess.. you voted for Joe Biden, and Gavin, and Nancy, and alll those idiots! but you the first one to complain about high gas, taxes, homelessness, crime, and the rest of the woke democrat package ..

[@tuckerbugeater]

@@mariagarcia-eggly9833 I blame the children of illegals.

[@bonsummers2657]

@@mariagarcia-eggly9833 Why Reagan?

[@willowclay5406]

There's nut cases screaming and throwing 💩 at business owners in Sherman Oaks! It's absolutely horrendous!!

[@PInk77W1]

Democrats

[@thrower202]

@@PInk77W1 Ronald Reagan closed the mental hospitals in California which pushed the problem into the streets, prisons and jails. He was a tax cutting Republican.

[@MrSteelehead]

I tore into a house in Laurelhurst, a neighborhood in Portland, Oregon, to build an addition for friends. As I pulled the drywall down, 1st day, with customers present, there was Bill Walton. doing a jump shot, on the front page of The Oregonian. Hand written, “was a note”, from the previous contractor that read: The dollar is worth about a quarter now, it will probably be worth about a nickel, by the time you read this. I believe he was close to right.

[@JK-br1mu]

Laurelhurst is nice. The park is pretty nice too.

[@rwest1966]

Entitlement: let's fix the homeless problem as long as its not in my neighborhood. Let's not look at the ridiculous cost of housing that's creating the problem in San Diego

[@stephenmilburn7622]

Does Bill Walton vote Democrat? Of course he does. He has met what he has voted for and he is responsible for what he deals with every day and what people have dealt with for the past few years before it became a problem for you.

[@shoeshane6494]

Yesterday I was driving down the street with my windows down when I noticed this tall dude walking down the sidewalk. He was wearing an earpiece and I could hear him talking in a deep voice that sounded rather familiar. After I did a double take I realized it was none other than Ol' Bill himself taking a stroll near campus.

[@blitztim6416]

It was all ok till it affected him. People voted for these leaders Bill. Possibly even you. I know you mean well, but good intentions aren’t enough. And I like you.

[@Liam_Maddog]

You have no idea what you are talking about.

[@THX-kw2jh]

San Diego is NO Longer Paradise, Americas Finest City or Nothing Like It! I Don´t Know Who´s Fault Is It.

[@itsabatha098]

your so called precious city that belongs to you used to be RIGHTFULLY INHABITED BY Native Americans for hundreds, thousands of years, your people are now in crisis, yuor family dream home wa stolen ...... ````kARMAH

[@Mike-vd2qt]

Your reasoning is a non-starter re homeless. The Kumeyaay were descendants of the indigenous peoples circa 20,000 years ago that crossed from present day Russia across the straight into Alaska. The indigenous peoples thousands of years ago would not have tolerated the same behavior from other tribes. They would have quickly pushed them elsewhere very easily if the offenders were all crazed on mescaline. Just a historical anthropologic observation.

[@mikebelnap3079]

Billy woke Walton How does liberalism taste now

[@FM-tx5es]

Bill Walton… always the articulate Legend!!! Blessings

[@johncastro3673]

Very well said Mr. Walton!! There's another city that you once loved, Portland, Oregon, that is experiencing the same problems as San Diego. We have a mayor, Ted W who is absolutely worthless. The same can be said for our disfuncional city council. during the six years he's been in office, Portland has devolved into a crime ridden, dirty, unsafe city

[@rudedog3529]

Video of J Street Bridge, between 17th and 19th street. : kzbin.info/www/bejne/nWa1YZqDbr6efq8

[@rwstavros]

All these also require vision too. Thanks Bill. This is not a partisan struggle, it’s a leadership crisis

[@robertjohansen8572]

It's the same in LA, SF, Portland, Seattle...except not quite as bad in SD. It IS a political problem...the liberal progressive agenda of the leaders of all of these cities.

[@willowclay5406]

You're right! My fellow Mediterranean!

[@brucehutch5419]

This is very partisan.

[@rwstavros]

@@robertjohansen8572 homelessness is a national problem. It can not be solved on the local level, unless you consider the “solution” to keep the homeless moving to some place else. I think you watch too much Faux Fox News!! When you travel to the other G19 nations, the homelessness hardly exists. Ask yourself why? Oh yeah, they have strong social networks that support healthcare and housing.

[@rwstavros]

@@brucehutch5419 why it’s it partisan? Because you say so? What political advantage is it to any political party to have homelessness? It is also not a local problem. People move where they want foe all kinds of reasons. Being homeless isn’t one of them.

[@eldub3449]

Unfortunately, this is not just a San Diego problem. We have the same issues in AZ. Terrible leadership.

[@michaeljames2948]

I love the honesty and was inspired by this speech to do what I can in my community to help as well. I hope that Bill reads this and knows he has our support. It would be amazing if he rallied the troops and took further steps. And if he even just might.....run for MAYOR some day! If he does I might move back to San Diego! I love that he hasn't left and is standing up for what is right.

[@tuvalupanapa5490]

The stench downtown sd is unbearable. If you get a whiff, you'll immediately want to throw up.

[@MichaelWilliams-pv3kv]

Thanks for speaking the truth, Bill & what's on all our minds. 100% behind you!

[@davidwilliamson9333]

After while you can only have so much sympathy for the homeless. Some of them are just plain lazy 😴. Go bill

[@situated4]

@@davidwilliamson9333 God damn you, San Diego. You ruin everything for everyone. Pelosi's democrat paradise.

[@maxpuppy96]

I asked Earl "Yogi" Strom NBA legendary official one day who in his opinion was the best player he ever worked? Without hesitation he said Bill Walton.

[@mikeleon4426]

Run for city council Bill, IF you really want to win back your city. And then don’t apologize for implementing reasonable, smart, common sense city policies. You’ll also need to get a three member majority to pass required city ordinances. If you don’t do all of this, then all the time you spend trying to convince your council with your words will remain MEANINGLESS. Democrats have won and will continue to win, and YOU lose!

[@bobmorr2892]

Still waiting to hear your solution Bill not just your criticism we can all do that.

[@Lora-G]

Shared public space! I'm here in Oakland and it's the same mess. Lake Merritt on wknds is a parking lot. You can't walk on the walkways. Garbage is everywhere. Vendors are more important than enjoying nature. I just came back from downtown Denver and it looked like paradise

[@patrickglover1778]

Denver is starting to have the same problems and it’s getting worse rapidly with no answers on the horizon. Downtown Denver is not safe. I hope we get leaders that can focus on these complex issues. I’m doubtful :(

[@syrotronic5278]

Todd Gloria came into our south of the border traffic conjested community of San Ysidro to pitch the newest in an already clustered line of low income multi-unit housing disregarding the car pollution and parking space local home owners have to endure. He walks around like he's the President of the United States all important with his bodyguard wearing his expensive suits. After the televised speach he walked by me, I called he's name but like a fart in the wind just went by..so I kept asking to speak to him until his publicist told me to reach out to Vivian Moreno the person in charge of MY District.... he was there 6 feet in front of me..They' are all A-holes in it for the money and not for the people.

[@Vladpryde]

Vote better, instead of just any ol' person with a D next to their name.

[@pamelamehl5668]

Thank you. Do not stop.

[@pierceaero3005]

Homeless go where it is warm. Vet's from local bases go homeless here regularly. Many are not from here, due to their service here. Remember "Support the Troops"? Perhaps it is that here in La Jolla, the Veteran's Administration Hospital has so many Veterans on our streets, and most of them that I see here anyway, served their country. It may affect perspective seeing more of the local homeless being wounded, in such a beautiful place. Veterans would be a significant part of the problem tackled if we gave soldiers solutions. Start there maybe?

[@thehoboman]

there are several federal programs to assist Veterans with housing and employment services, the problem is being stable enough for long enough to access them

[@pierceaero3005]

@@thehoboman That is called Traumatic Brain Injury. Unique to this war. They cannot be stable if they wanted. People keep hitting them when they are down.

[@terrancesommer9334]

Yes some homeless are veterans

[@terrancesommer9334]

But watching Marine graduation from boot camp the other day reminds me that the drill instructor took pride in the fact that these graduates now know how to make their beds and get a haircut when needed these things and other basics were pounded in their heads and should be still there regardless of their injuries human behavior hasn't changed but leadership has if I'm laying on a sidewalk and someone is urinating beside me I'm going to say something even if offends the other party because I believe that deep inside his. Mother taught him its wrong and he's got to feel a bit guilty so he should except the criticism but to let him just piss on me is my fault for lack of courage or example the best would be having their peers lead them out of these bad habits every successful program I've seen is run by peers not by leaders that haven't been there before get the homeless to run the homeless add get a backbone people set an example

[@pierceaero3005]

@@terrancesommer9334 You are not a Veteran. That much is clear. No Veteran of the thousands I have worked with ever sounded like you. MkUltra, 22 suicides a day, Traumatic Brain Injury. You and I can handle daily life. The wounded cannot.