Cleanup Begins For Massive Homeless Encampment Along Oakland's High Street

On Monday morning, Oakland crews moved in to begin cleaning up a huge homeless encampment near the Home Depot on High Street. John Ramos reports. (3/21/22)

[@pepperpigg5123]

Just because ur homeless doesn't mean u hv to live like a savage. Even wild animals take better care of themselves

[@thewiseguy3529]

They're not even really "homeless" they're just junkies, those machines they have called RVs are livable environments. Drugs are just more important to them than necessities. It's very sad. Sad to say but some of them junkies are better off dead. They become an extreme burden on society when they pass the point of no return and continue down the road of substance abuse.. It's ok for someone to party all day long, only if you have the rest of your priorities in check. Their main priority is partying all day long!! That's the entire problem. Their priorities aren't on point, but their needles are!!!!!

[@jeffjohnson5053]

Democrat economy created this. No one has jobs, and millions homeless!!

[@zdd22fixes47]

They don't shit in their nest you mean.. well some,,, but they can't wipe their arses huh

[@dawnagamble1549]

Exactly,even with kids,you can be a clean person anywhere!

[@r.hernandez6152]

Yeah. And all that trash where do they get the money to make all that trash!...there's a lot of trash!

[@carlaleonard5693]

Having been homeless before let me say that cleaning up after ourselves is something we humans should do everywhere

[@rboddington]

Why can't the homeless be clean and use a trash bin like everyone else?

[@carlaleonard5693]

@@rboddington they can clean as is some who aren't homeless but many who aren't homeless are hugh litter bugs . Being homeless and having a home is not what makes one's character.

[@ricardogarzajr7172]

@@carlaleonard5693 nice way of going around it homeless people a dirty it's a fact so idk why you out here avoiding the obvious

[@carlaleonard5693]

@@ricardogarzajr7172 1..Before attempting to insult others proof read your comment is poorly written full of ignorance and discrimination. No one is impressed by your flawed small mind .

[@drinkingoutside7584]

@@rboddington "Every trash comes from a homeless person" -Richard Boddington

[@GeorgiaNFA]

This whole situation has nothing to do with being homeless and everything to do with being a slob.

[@janisewellington3971]

It has everything to do with being lazy!

[@JesusRodriguez-gy5eu]

Being homeless and being a pig are two different things, you could be homeless but pick up after yourself, from what see in this video is ridiculous, this is a health hazard for the community.

[@petebusch9069]

I know, its not like they don't have the time to spend all of five minutes picking up. I have no respect for people like this.

[@ebrensi]

For anyone who is interested, nothing actually happened. Two weeks later the place looks the same.

[@carlmorgan8452]

Thanks for updating us

[@terryjohnson8317]

A few Molotov cocktails would get rid of them

[@raphael7280]

@@terryjohnson8317 😆😆

[@apope2311]

Dudes seriously where can they send their trash if they’re not landowners with trash collection services? Private businesses hate when people use dumpsters they pay for, employees get fired for that behavior all the time. Set up local crew of disempowered to do some cleaning and create a trash collection service... but then again bureaucrats would never spend their money on no tax payers... unless they add a vehicle tax in addition to property. Government wants money, ask not what your country can do for you, but what you can do for your country.

[@thewaywardchild1995]

Lmao-thats no surprise.

[@katina43]

i was homless in san diego for 5 years and i never lived with trash around me or in my van i parked away from all the mess.. not all homeless people are dirty or on drugs or alcohol ive never did any of that stuff . we got section 8 after living in are van 5 years

[@LafemmebearMusic]

I’m glad you were able to not deal with the horrors of addiction. Truly I am AND maybe let’s not proud shame others who have? Someone showed you love and grace to get you to a place where you aren’t in that situation anymore, don’t judge and feel good about being above others, just be grateful and wish good things on those who deal with things you don’t... why is that so hard for folx to grasp?

[@mattmartin8336]

We are the richest society in the world. It is an absolute crime that we do not help people with addiction. I’m just gonna say opioid crisis? But I appreciate what you’re saying. I wonder what the hell these people are doing collecting baby carriages and miscellaneous random shit. I’ve known tweakers. And I know that’s what they do. But all of the good citizens are sick of this shit. There are good homeless people that keep their shit tight and then there’s others that I’m tired to say are mentally ill and these people also need help.

[@mrtee3477]

You're very, but majority are junkies and ex-con.

[@floydsemlow8253]

Lies 🤣🤣🤣

[@secretagentcat]

I've been homeless and do drugs and I would NEVER leave my space like this. Crazy that there are addicts out there who are cleanly and neat.

[@justdoingitjim7095]

I lived in an RV for 10 years while following my work. I guess you could say I was "homeless" as I didn't have a permanent home to go back to. But, my RV was a luxury, Class A Motor Home that was nicer than the "home" I owned and sold previously. I had a Queen bed, separate bedroom, hardwood floors, tiled bathroom with a tub, Solid surface counter tops, Hardwood cabinets with raised panel doors. A stand alone 40lb icemaker, convection microwave, full size, double door 3-way fridge, oven with 3 burner range top and built in drip coffee maker. It had ducted AC and heat (2 air conditioners). I had a 4,500 watt generator, a 56 gallon fresh water tank, a built in huge propane tank and 4 huge 12 volt house batteries with an inverter. I could "dry camp" for more than a week in pure comfort before needing to dump my waste tanks and get fresh water. I could do that at most RV parks for around $5 dollars or in a National Park for free. I'll tell you, being "homeless" was never so good!

[@dleet86]

Thanks for showing how to do it right!

[@juliegarwood5222]

If the law is very clear Mr Councilman than why did you allow them to stay for YEARS?

[@flatbedtruckingsamrides.9355]

They're only cleaning up as this is an election year. I looked it up to confirm Oakland council.

[@poloandrade7831]

The law is very clear...but the situation is still the same today 9/11/2021

[@DeplorableLeft]

Thank God we banned plastic straws in CA. Imagine the environment disaster if we didn’t!

[@theouroboros7470]

me: sidedeye's the low flow shower head.

[@tigerbalmespresso]

what happens when SF city hall find out that the homeless (aka junkies) are using plastic straws to inhale their drugs?

[@tvviewer4500]

Homeless squirrel encampments would have structures made of them straws.

[@LafemmebearMusic]

@@tigerbalmespresso you all get off on demeaning other humans... it’s odd.

[@tigerbalmespresso]

@@LafemmebearMusic you must have a liberal arts degree.

[@richardg1426]

Why in hell is it that being homeless mean dumping garbage all over the place ? I saw a guy turn a Box-Truck into a home and you can't even tell someone lives inside ! kept clean and no garbage outside ! he did a really nice job.

[@elieli56]

Difference between homeless and hobos.

[@gibbsm]

@@elieli56 hobos are usually tidy and have very few things.

[@elieli56]

@@gibbsm no that would be the homeless. Hobos trash our cities and have no regard of their environment.

[@dogsandyoga1743]

Mental illness

[@lupavo1738]

Fyi, the guy who lived in that box truck you brought up was a Google employee making well into the high six figures, you can look him up. Also, considering how much money he makes, let alone him actually choosing to live on the streets versus these people having no choice at all, that's not actually a fair assessment at all.

[@dimetime35c]

I understand being down on your luck. But that doesn't mean you should act like this. The only time I've seen a dump like this is in a hoarders house.

[@johnjobber2219]

Homeless Hoarders

[@martinsnibbor7691]

At work there’s a homeless camper there for years now, he sweeps the whole block and keeps the graffiti artist from tagging our block. He says hello to everyone he’s like a ninja almost invisible.

[@hornkneekneegrow7942]

That guy DJ I know him. I was 19 living in a homeless shelter while going to college. He was in the homeless shelter where I was. Great guy! Hopefully he can keep his head high and stay positive!

[@mrt4912]

He need to get it together

[@Stamatos]

Hopefully he can get a focking life and stop leeching off society.

[@spiderphil]

He works out at the 24 hour fitness

[@iseeyou0000]

I applaud you for juggling college and living in a shelter.

[@ny2bama]

@@spiderphil got money for the workouts tho.

[@nohopeequalsnofear3242]

There is no way i will retire in this state. The day i retire, is the day i leave California. This state is psychotically ill

[@grumpyoldfart3891]

When you leave California, please leave California politics there. Nobody else wants them.

[@nohopeequalsnofear3242]

@@grumpyoldfart3891 it's entirely conservatives leaving this state. HP, Tesla, Oracle....all gone.

[@martinguerrero2311]

LEAVE NOW BEFORE THE TAKE YOUR RETIREMENT

[@terryjohnson8317]

Yeah you spent years shitting where you sleep and screwing thing up and then want to shjt where we sleep. Stay there we don't want you anywhere else

[@TrailToughTrailers]

And has been since the 80's.... that's why I left at the end of the 80's. STUPID "leadership" has caused California to slip not off into the ocean like an earthquake, but rather slip off into the crapper. You can hear the flushing noise as the smarter people leave ASAP!!!

[@wralford]

Having been homeless, living in cars, trailers over a matter of years in the DC suburbs, it is important to note that it is nearly impossible to be homeless w/o breaking some law. That makes it so the residents and police can harass them as it suits their fancy. Suburbans especially don't want to be confronted with visible poverty, and many homeless are crazy, dangerous, opportunistic thieves, etc. On top of this, there are youths who consider leaving someone who seems vulnerable unmolested to be a sin. Hence the stories of street people being randomly beaten up and even killed by youngsters from supposedly good families. Thus, it is necessary to be as inconspicuous as possible when homeless. Don't make it obvious that someone is living in that car or trailer. Keep the area clean. Don't be seen entering or exiting your vehicle. it is a hard way to live, but sometimes one's income is not sufficient to be paying rent somewhere; just food.

[@wralford]

Yes, those who are wealthy are so because they have Divine Blessing, while those who have less are experiencing on this Earth the eternal damnation that awaits them in the afterlife.

[@earlwoody7084]

@Kristoff Gerhardt yeah not watching the politicians, they need to be held accountable for the billions that are spent supposedly trying to do something about this. Not to mention the trillions that are wasted now every year for everyone and every country except America. If Americans got the return for their investment in this country everything would be perfect in the entire world. This country has been hemorrhaging money for decades just to keep certain people in power and the regular people down. Ignorance is causing all of this pathetic behavior,these people all would choose something different if our politicians didn't make this country a crime to exist in.

[@patriotheart817]

99% lifestyle choice 🙏

[@wralford]

I was only making enough on temp jobs to pay for food, gas, car insurance in the DC suburbs, but not enough for rent. I could have moved in with my mother or ex-wife, but chose instead to live in my car. So yes, it was my choice. I survived until getting a full-time job.

[@FrankHeuvelman]

Living in a circle. Or even worse, a downward spiral.

[@fhuber7507]

I used to think that area was a mess in the 1980s... That is just unforgiveable for the city to allow this to happen.

[@sandyallen1523]

In the cities defense where would you have put them?

[@sandyallen1523]

@@thecapricorn11 they come to California because they won't freeze to death in the winter but they get stuck there because everything is much higher in cost, especially gas

[@sandyallen1523]

@@thecapricorn11 I've moved a lot in my life. Lived in several states. The last state I moved away from a county zoning officer told me what I thought didn't matter because I wasn't from there even though I had lived in their state for almost 10 years. It was the first time I realized that not all locals are happy to people from other states moving in. We're all Americans. We all live in the same country. I know that when push comes to shove someday and you need help it will be people from every state in the union who would be helping you. Please be a blessing not a curse

[@valeriepickens2533]

Ever heard of a homeless suicide? It's where the homeless get tired of the heartlessness of a local community, walk into a park when it's 20 below,..drink a bottle of high proof alcohol, and end it! By your comment, we can all see, that you would really rather have that! Capitalism can buy you things, but it can't make you a good person. Only integrity can do that,...and you have none!

[@valeriepickens2533]

@@thecapricorn11 when Mississippi, Louisiana, Arkansas, or West Virginia are suffering, because 70 percent of their State is poverty stricken,...the federal government borrows money from States that are doing much better. According to you, 30 million people just starved to death! Enjoy your nice home Sandy, but it doesn't come with a conscious! That you can't buy!

[@TF856]

There are thousands of people that live in their cars nowadays but they're good at staying out of sight and being invisible so that people don't complain about them. Most of them have jobs and most of them belong to gyms where they can shower and exercise and use the bathrooms and most people don't even know about those other people. Some of those people that live in cars also have KZbin channels and they produce videos and they make money from those videos. Bob wells is one of the biggest success stories in the country. He lived in a converted van for many years after he retired from teaching high School and started doing videos on how to live in a van and helped thousands of other people do the same thing and he makes thousands of dollars a month and still lives in a van cuz he chooses to. He recently upgraded to a converted ambulance and also bought an expensive side by side for exploring Backcountry areas where he doesn't want to take his main vehicles. He still does hundreds of videos every year helping other people to teach them how to live very frugally and away from the cities! Their motto is take only photographs and leave only footprints! Bob well is the head of the Rubber Tramp Rendezvous organization that is countrywide and also has his KZbin channel cheap RV living and he also has a website.

[@fakeyf2]

Bob Wells is a vagabond. That is very different from the bums and dope fiends that haunt our city sidewalks.

[@jamesgizasson]

People are either responsible, or they're not. Doesn't matter if they live in a McMansion or the back of an Econoline. :3

[@apope2311]

Dudes seriously where can they send their trash if they’re not landowners with trash collection services? Private businesses hate when people use dumpsters they pay for, employees get fired for that behavior all the time. Set up local crew of disempowered to do some cleaning and create a trash collection service... but then again bureaucrats would never spend their money on no tax payers... unless they add a vehicle tax in addition to property. Government wants money, ask not what your country can do for you, but what you can do for your country.

[@jamesgizasson]

@@apope2311 I always use gas station or truck stop trash cans and dumpsters, or the city dump. Mine doesn't charge me if I just have a few boxes to throw out or recycle. But, I'm very conscious of my footprint and I refuse to make my garbage someone else's problem... not everybody gives a shit. :3

[@shavonblue2185]

Leaving that state 4 years ago was the best decision I made. State is run in the ground by horrible leadership.

[@johnjobber2219]

@@dilligaf2818 The losers propagate because of the manner in which the state is run.

[@vf12497439]

Mid term elections and I will just assume it will be democrats as usual. I live in oregon, seeing rent climb to $2k per month and up. I bought a 36 foot 5thwheel and moved into a park.. I pay $1,600 a month to live in a park in an RV! I'm thinking of moving to tornado alley for cheaper housing. I dont know how other people are surviving but the tide is coming up over me. I was doing great 3 years ago... I work 50-60 hours a week. If I end up homeless after working my ass off so hard (truck driver) I dont know what else to do other than to leave. I make too much money for any help. I would rather die than deliberately become a societal burden. Keep voting for democrats and all of this gets worse...

[@jmd1743]

Republicans keep on running away. Soon they'll be running away from Texas. Where do they run away from states like Idaho? If California was the way it was in the 1970s & 80s then none of these republican transplants would have ever considered the idea of moving to Idaho, yet they're moving to Idaho & pricing out young adults who's family have been in the area for over 100 years. States need to place a massive property & income tax on these transplants. Have the transplants pay 45 percent income taxes for instance. Let those transplants who treat states like boom towns pay dearly.

[@JadeDelphi]

Stay gone -- we don't want you here.

[@randybonner9870]

Why are all these people homeless the whole country is hiring people to work . there are Help Wanted signs literally everywhere. We don't want to work then you're going to have to live like shit then.

[@FrankHeuvelman]

In the Netherlands we would assign a specific area for these homeless people and remove the garbage on a daily base. Everybody knows that when government keeps it clean and proper, most people who live there would see it as a personal responsibility to manage their own garbage. Next thing we would do is find a way to avoid people from getting homeless in the first place. This has been our policy since the Second World War and it works!

[@janisewellington3971]

Work cures homelessness.

[@FrankHeuvelman]

@@bigmickey4330 Your welcome, Mick.

[@casienwhey]

It works if the people are responsible and want to behave. It does not work if they want to take drugs and break the laws.

[@FrankHeuvelman]

@@casienwhey I think that the majority of homeless don't do drugs or (want to) break the law. Just honest people who were so unfortunate to have been born in the US where the banks rule. And in most cases it is the banks who kicked them out of their homes. Homes that are empty now and are left to rot by lack of occupants. This is regarded unethical here and won't happen. *_We rule our country and not our banks and corporations._* The idea alone is too ridiculous to even think about.

[@petebusch9069]

@@bigmickey4330 Your dam right we blame the victims. Homeless people are those who refuse opportunity and work plain and simple. I've spent my entire life working next to these people and all they do is show up, make excuses, and either quit or get fired while me and the other hard workers pick up the slack at the same pay.

[@jessicalucero3271]

Why can’t we create a program that hosts homeless in shelters meanwhile they earn their stay. By going out daily, doing street clean ups, picking up trash. Community work you know? I don’t believe in giving people everything and them not showing appreciation and giving back.

[@spazzman90]

Don't you get it? The homeless want NO rules, responsibilities, obligations. They just want to live their life on their terms and report to no one. Not my choice, but I still respect it.

[@jessicalucero3271]

@@grandmaida7819 I know but not everybody wants to follow the shelter rules or stay off drugs sadly

[@raygordon3728]

Normal rational people don't live in piss, garbage, and shit. These people are not well and need help.

[@michaelrenner3214]

Umm that's the problem 🤔 right there I think Ray . Your correct ther not well and need desperate help. Ther enabled by these cities to live like this. Do I understand correctly california gives 600 plus dollars a month to homeless people. In San Francisco ther given free needles and money each month. Many these people are mentally sick , drug addicted . Some just want to do whatever they want , no. Ther enabled by these cities. Get tough they get counseling , treatment , and one that can work have to push themselves to work self sustainable. but they can't stay on the streets PERIOD OVER. civil society can't be endangered by these people. Diseases , defecate on streets etc etc. Can't allow this att all. I get there sick ,they had crushing setbacks, etc. But they have to get help they need.and cities need to get TOUGH take the help we offer, but you can't come back on streets. sorry be winded take care God bless.

[@sneat2028]

I went to that Home Depot today, the RV mess and the rest of the junk is still there. These city officials continue-to-Bu||-$h!T and the media is helping to push that message.

[@apope2311]

Dudes seriously where can they send their trash if they’re not landowners with trash collection services? Private businesses hate when people use dumpsters they pay for, employees get fired for that behavior all the time. Set up local crew of disempowered to do some cleaning and create a trash collection service... but then again bureaucrats would never spend their money on no tax payers... unless they add a vehicle tax in addition to property. Government wants money, ask not what your country can do for you, but what you can do for your country.

[@asdgasdf9580]

Where can they find a trash can? You're kidding right? Gas stations, parks, bus stops, convenient stores, bums and junkies are too lazy. I live in the bay area and even in and out burger is hiring for $20 dollars an hour to press a fricking potato into French fries. Get a job!

[@sandyallen1523]

Too many of us have to live in our vehicles or tents and a big percentage of those have nothing to do with drugs or alcohol. You would care more if you realized how easy it would be for this to happen to you

[@sandyallen1523]

@@grandmaida7819 it used to be the church who helped when there was many more people going to church and donating but nowadays it has been left to the government. We are one nation under God and I believe in saying that we took on God's ways and that means to help those who need it. 4.7 million people 65 n over live in poverty in this country with the majority of them women. Women who didn't work much because they raised their kids and took care of elderly parents. SS is based on what you earned. Many women were married to farmers n even though they worked hard all their lives on the farm many never got paid n never paid into SS. Why would you complain about helping these women in their old age?

[@quantum_shhhhart]

I've been homeless & I never made any messes. LEave No Trace ! that's how you can actually get off the streets. You need to really Let Go and allow yourself to change. Or you will never change & just drown in your own Ego.

[@saraceno1979]

This is not the only street in Oakland that looks like that, unfortunately. Sad for the homeless, sad for the businesses, sad for Oakland. Clean the city!

[@apope2311]

Dudes seriously where can they send their trash if they’re not landowners with trash collection services? Private businesses hate when people use dumpsters they pay for, employees get fired for that behavior all the time. Set up local crew of disempowered to do some cleaning and create a trash collection service... but then again bureaucrats would never spend their money on no tax payers... unless they add a vehicle tax in addition to property. Government wants money, ask not what your country can do for you, but what you can do for your country.

[@victor77777771]

Send them to NEWSON winery

[@pinkiesue849]

maybe they are hiring!

[@dianecelento4974]

LOL

[@bpbarnes7828]

Trump 2024

[@raymondparsley7442]

The real solution might be homeless colonies, large areas outside the cities where all these people can have shelter, care, also police protection.... and rehabilitation. Allowing them to squat, literally, on our streets, creating crime and unhealthy conditions within communities, helps no one, certainly not the homeless.

[@JaidenJimenez86]

So basically a ghetto but only with fewer public services? This is literally how you inhibit upwards mobility.

[@Planespotterdude]

This is the issue i have with homeless folks, when i lived in my car i got mad at and talked\yelled at the scum defacating in the streets and tossing their garbage. I got accused of doing that at a safeway and was banned from their property. I never did and i hate the pigs that give all homeless a bad image. They ruin it for all. I used a toilet every time, i had a small garbage bag in my car and disposed of it properly when full. I usually just disposed of trash by handfull in public restrooms when i used the facility. I know these folks are tired of the harassment but what do they expect when it looks and smells horrid

[@chrisward4576]

Right on, raising up another generation of homeless people. There are going to be millions of them

[@ey67]

Already are. But they hide in their cars and work jobs. It's going to get much worse.

[@rickhammond2473]

Keep taking jobs away and the jobs that there are slave labor wages.

[@jamesgizasson]

@@ey67 The cost of housing in CA isn't helping. I finally decided if I was ever going to be able to BUY a house, I'd have to be homeless for years to reasonably save the money! Home sweet pickup truck! (I'm very conscious of my garbage though) :3

[@bodyguard1646]

Thank the politicians and police, for not fixing the problem but making it worse!

[@rickhammond2473]

@@bodyguard1646 Greed

[@anthonykence9954]

I can not believe the mess these bums make on the streets.

[@FrankHeuvelman]

Wait until you've lost everything and become a bum yourself, looking for food in trashcans. I think you've never had to clean up your own garbage. And don't say that will never happen Kence, because that only would demonstrate a total lack of historical awareness. And yes, I'm talking about 'The Great Depression.'

[@andyokus5735]

Man if I had a big nice RV like some of those I'd be living in the beautiful woods somewhere with Mother Nature. I lived in a small RV for 4 years. It was comfy cozy and very peaceful.

[@JaidenJimenez86]

Harder to find work there, though.

[@ukmedicfrcs]

Just about everything is government owned and costs $38 to $40 per night to stay they also have limits on how long you can stay.

[@arlenem9697]

This is so sad, this is second cleanup of this area. With rents so high everywhere, where are these people suppose to live. I always said, you cant make money off of the homeless, that's why there no affordable housing or any affordable housing been built. All these cities do is talk about the problem and they been talking for years. This is America and we have people living as if this is a third world country. We are supposed to help one another but I guess greed gets in the way.

[@jenniferbond7073]

Thank you, you are the only one I have seen that has made a compassionate comment. Most I see is to clean it up, the city should do something, etc. while I agree that the people do not have to general so much trash….exactly what does everybody think the solution should be? In San Jose where I live, the city created an rv are for the people living in them. The city installed portapotties these and other areas where encampments are and trash bags to collect the trash that the city removes. Not ideal, there are still encampments but the areas are cleaner nd people can liv with. Little mor dignity.

[@jeffreymurdock8366]

Return within months? More like return within days. I've watched them clean that area and the very same day after the cops and the city are gone home the encampment has returned and have already brought several truck loads worth of garbage with them.

[@thebastardgift]

City leaders know they are going to return and why they are going to come back but most people don't understand it just like they don't understand why homeless people refuse shelter.

[@mayTK]

@@thebastardgift coz shelters got rules to follow and some of them just want to be high all day and refuse to change themselves. Sad. But why other people have to deal with all these because they refuse shelter. Being homeless is unfortunate, but at least stay clean and organize. Don't make the city ugly or don't make other people have to deal with all those garbages and smell. I think it's fair to say this.

[@thebastardgift]

@@mayTK, I believe you are right and wrong. Yes, there is a factor of people on drugs and hardly will they make the best decisions but at the same time there is a profound and even intelligent reason why most refuse shelters when clearing a camp. The shelter offered is temporary and once those few days are up a homeless person must leave. They have lost their community. They don't know where to find them. They are alone and being alone and homeless means they are more inclined to be attacked and no sharing of resources a loss of their family and everything the own has been taken away. For someone with nothing now they have less than that. Did you know some shelters charge homeless people for a cot on a cement floor?

[@Angry.General1461]

@@mayTK It's amazing how this country could come up with millions of dollars overnight to help people in Ukraine. But they somehow can't afford to help the homeless in their own country!

[@Pennut19N2Jelly]

@@thebastardgift because signing up for shelter means entering a "system'. Most victims of homelessness have already been let down by systems like our health care system. Or another example is veterans that are left mentally ill and homeless. Why would they trust yet another "system designed to help"?

[@MG-jj3pn]

I get that they need a place to park but there is NO excuse to leave all of that garbage That is disgusting

[@Thepriest39]

I work in Seattle and it looks just like this, a 4th world nation. The homeless people act like they are the victims. They think that the government and everybody else needs to take care of them. My wife and I worked hard all of our life and made better choices. We have lived in our house for 21 yrs.

[@sekinsocal]

congratulations on creating a stable life for yourself... that's not always easy

[@septembertorpy6899]

@Bob Dillan wow who's doing the judging here?

[@FrankHeuvelman]

You should be thankful because in America you can loose everything in an instant. Please don't say that you are way too smart to let that happen because you would only prove my point.

[@mattg8787]

if it wasn't so expansive to live in CA or WA there wouldn't be so many homeless

[@septembertorpy6899]

@Ivana Notyers yep ya see what happens when you let someone else look out for ya. Other people spout out all kinds of stuff that they care about you but its a lie to make themselves look good.

[@olliehudson6107]

Thank you for bringing this to attention

[@janettequezada7768]

Honestly I understand people become homeless because of different situations but at least be clean 🧼

[@terywetherlow7970]

The garbage explosion was fueled by prices being hiked dramatically at the end of 80's same time i believe recycling came into being.....unscrupulous haulers dumping it wherever. China took our plastic for a long time until they said no more. Glass nobody wants except i saw a firm Utah that grinds it down sells to Corning to produce Batt insulation. Black plastic is a problem so all of Chinese ramen noodles with black tray add obscene amts. of those. There is a solution they need to find it 30 years late.

[@spinfish1434]

It's a lifestyle, drug use and mental illness. They have no concept of clean.

[@joevarga5982]

Most of them are junkies. They're lucky if they can wipe themselves.

[@werearethedreamteam3724]

you know homeless are demonic in one way,shape or form JS

[@dave8599]

They are not homeless. rather they are junkie bums, druggies. they wont take care of themselves, they trash public and private property, they are leeches on the taxpayer people that are simply poor and homeless don not trash things. do not insult truely poor, but good homeless people by calling these junkie bums "homeless". clear them out, make life tougher for them, so perhaps they will change their ways, otherwise run them the hell out of here, jail them for vandalism.

[@limegpt]

Amazing. Oakland actually did something about this area, finally.

[@sneat2028]

This isn't the first time it's been cleaned up. The city of Oakland is sanctioning these encampments then they try to lie about it.

[@RoseSSlots]

This is like the 5th or 6th time. Nothing changes so don't be shocked if home Depot leaves

[@LafemmebearMusic]

Y’all hate homeless folx ... it’s so wild how proudly you say these things out loud...

[@I-Told-U-So]

@@celestialroad ya, beach front property!!!!

[@spiderphil]

@@LafemmebearMusic I'll say that in public, these are not the homeless from back in the day, they make such a huge mess and the drug use is out of control

[@kathyfann]

They all need Trash pick up. Can you imagine the entire city who doesn’t have Trash 🗑 pick up????????

[@SOPM]

I don’t care what you say or anyone on here say. I agree with the city on this. It’s OK to live in your RV camper it’s OK to live on the street. But you can’t be nasty come on be realistic your people throw your trash away throw your poop away throw your stuff away trash cans are not hard to fine

[@ElkoCowboy888]

Whats sad is the whole state of California is beginning to look like this. Newsome and alot of others need to go

[@lynnsilva5042]

Not beginning hon. Are looking like this.

[@edwardtelles1956]

You had that opportunity to get a conservative in office..... But the election was rigged once again.

[@apope2311]

Dudes seriously where can they send their trash if they’re not landowners with trash collection services? Private businesses hate when people use dumpsters they pay for, employees get fired for that behavior all the time. Set up local crew of disempowered to do some cleaning and create a trash collection service... but then again bureaucrats would never spend their money on no tax payers... unless they add a vehicle tax in addition to property. Government wants money, ask not what your country can do for you, but what you can do for your country.

[@asdgasdf9580]

More copy and pasting I see.

[@mattmartin8336]

I Drive By this area every day. I have watched this whole situation start from nothing and turned into what it is today. Yes there are people that need help. They took the old paint store and create a community with security and accountability. I watch many of those people living there very closely. There are generators, engine hoist, wire strippers,. There is an element down there that definitely needs to be dealt with. I feel sorry for the people that need help down there but there’s another group that either needs to get a foot up the ass or put them in jail. We are all sick of this stuff. We are good citizens. I can’t post up in Beverly Hills and shit on their sidewalk

[@kennethmeeker6369]

I guess anyone who can gate there neighborhood and pay for security is doing alright?

[@alexalex13131]

Correct. Some are truly mentally ill and should be dealt with humanely. But a percentage just don't want to work They are not "victims" and they are not saintly.

[@pamransom4179]

Good to know I totally agree there are those that need a hand out. I'm sure people take advantage to these situations 🙄

[@fredgervinm.p.3315]

Your CA taxes hard at work. Remember, you voted for this...

[@nohopeequalsnofear3242]

I have also driven down this road. They actually had an electrical cord crossing the road from one rv to another car.... Homeless trashed the entire neighborhood

[@3rddegreeburns494]

Homeless or not, there's no excuse for leaving trash everywhere. Show some consideration for people that live in the area. Otherwise, you look ungrateful for what you do have.

[@B-24Liberator]

Wow! So glad to see this!!!

[@LeonardoDeVinci1452]

This is the third time they have cleaned that spot out. If the people who live there treated like a RV park and not a dumpster wouldn't be a problem. But the garbage and theft from home Depot runes it everyone

[@propblast82nd]

Such a wonderful community

[@milesmayhem5440]

Beautiful people.

[@mhj5108]

Ok Karen

[@propblast82nd]

@@enriquerodriguezjr4466 Lol, Chadren .

[@mhj5108]

@@enriquerodriguezjr4466 😂

[@dennisgolden7596]

I was going to pack up and move for cheap drugs😫

[@jmd1743]

1:29 Essentially this equivlant of a Classic car collector who has 2 or 3 cars that he restored over 30 or 40 years with his family, versus a hoarder who has 30 cars on cinder blocks or rusting into the ground and refuses to allow his family to sell his cars while they can be salvaged. The hoarder knows that he will never get around to restoring them and that by the time he dies the car will have deteriorated to the point that the cars are only good for crushing. The car collector has relatives lines up to inherit the cars such as a nephew who's a auto mechanic, while the hoarder threatens to escalate into violence toward his wife when she pushes him to start off loading cars, eventually the wife gives up and stays quiet like a church mouse. When the hoarder dies the wife will bring in a car crusher so that she can sell the property to move away from the decades of Trauma. That man at 1:29 acknowledges that he has a problem while his neighbors are in denial. The neighbors who are in denial need to be placed in a mental institution while the homeless people who would love for the city to come in need a guidance councilor to get them on the right track.

[@teresah.6696]

I fault the city for not putting a regular schedule for cleanup...the city is letting them camp in places, obviously its going to be filthy, so put large trash receptacles in place and pick up at least twice a week that would keep the garbage to a minimum.

[@daltonsband]

Helping them get rid of the overflow!? They spend all day collecting their treasures and tomorrow they will start collecting the new treasures and start bringingly them home.

[@mrrusss510]

Lol “treasures”

[@miket4234]

bring them “home”

[@gibbsm]

Homeless people don't have RV's, that's literally a home. They're also called "Motorhomes"

[@meverly4133]

I think the issue is that the majority of them are immobile, lacking utilities, and they have to park illegally. It's like living in a spacious car at that point. Not making a political statement on the issue, just explaining how they can be considered homeless but still have RV/camper vans.

[@shawntilton9170]

It's very simple. Give them a place to go. Give them a parking lot, or land to park. It's going to continue, and get bigger, until it's truly addressed. Stop saying "you can't park here" and start saying "you can go park at this place, wereit's safe, and has showers, water access, and a sewer dump location." Give them a city parking lot, and a trash can, because if they have no place to dump trash, the county will have to send out workers to clean it up. Why are cities and towns so stupid when it comes to get a salutation to homelessness. Furthermore, to prevent more homeless coming from other cities, counties and states, make it only available to local homeless. Those who were there when a program was put in, or were residents there before they became homeless. Don't offer the same help to those who came because they heard about the service's. Otherwise you will be overwhelmed with more homeless.

[@bengoacher4455]

you can't just give them a plot of land to go be homeless on. That would make you a landlord and responsible for their welfare and safety. The problem goes away when you stop giving them shit and start making their lives hell. They simple move along to the next town. They have no desire to change or improve their lives, the only thing they care about is getting their next high. You want to help them because you are a sane and rational person and you want someone to help you if you ended up homeless. But the majority of homeless people aren't like this. They are couch surfing, staying at friends and family, trying to get a job. These people are the drug addicts and the violent criminals that beg and steal to get their next drug hit. You could give them a luxry apartment in the center of town and pay to put them through school and in a week that apartment would be barren and full of drug users shitting on the floor. All the furniture sold to buy more drugs.

[@shawntilton9170]

@@bengoacher4455 Well, you should let me know how you feel about homeless people. I have worked 8 to 12hrs a day from the time I turned 17. I had everything. A home, property, man toy's, horses, cows and 3 children. The first thing that happened that took it all away, was a drunk driver killing my wife. I became a single father, whose family members weren't there to help at all. My father abused me severely, to the point of putting me into the hospital more than 6 times. Broken jaw, split open skull, broken ribs and more. And that doesn't include the torture. Kneeling on pebbles, dry rice, dry peas, and salt, while holding books, or a backpack filled with canned food. This would go on for hours. And when I could finally go to bed, I had to worry about it not being done, and having a violent wakeup from being punched in the stomach, or having ice cold water dumped on my face, slowly, as he held me down. I swore that I would never do that to my children, and would fight for any abused child. After my girls graduated high school, they went on to college, as I worked my fingers to the bone. And then the first work related accident happened. We lost a lot, due to medical bills, and lack of employment. Then the year my son graduated, the big work related accident happened, and I broke my back. I didn't feel my legs for almost a full 6 months. And in the next 5 years of bills and having to travel across the country to get different medical needs for my spinal injury, I lost everything. My home, property and everything I owned. I was forced to file bankruptcy to keep the collection agencies from taking my truck and camper that I had left. I knew that I was going to be homeless, and there was nothing I could do to prevent it. I am not a criminal, and I only take medication that is prescribed to me. I, like millions of other pain patients are constantly checked for any other drugs. I don't drink alcohol, and never really have, as I have always hated the taste of beer, and hard alcohol. I did nothing wrong to anyone. I have a clean record, and I even today still volunteer for the county, as a PADI Divemaster, for SAR, and CERT. I am also a ham radio club member who try's to help and volunteer as much as I can. Currently I am a county host for a large coastal park. And without this position, I would be homeless again. I was at a RV park for a few years, until it became too expensive. I have friends who have let me stay on their property, but I don't want to loose my friends because they think I'm using them. I very much want to work a normal job, I make no more than $1000 a month, that I get from SSDI. Social security disability has failed to keep up with the cost of living. As such, I am not the only good person who has been forced into homelessness. I do appreciate that you think I am a criminal and a no good pos. How very American of you to want to help your fellow citizens. I've been in and out of homelessness for the past 4 years now, and I still help my fellow citizens.

[@shawntilton9170]

@@bengoacher4455 It may surprise you to know that there are multiple cities in the country that have opened homeless campgrounds, and they have been working great, because the community and counties haven't stopped working at keeping them up and safe. The homeless people have to sign agreements to do what they can to get themselves back on their own feet, and participate in drug and alcohol treatment programs. For the homeless people who are disabled, they can help out with chores and cooking. These places and programs have been successful, because everyone is working to make it better. If a homeless person has an active warrant, they cannot stay there. But they can get legal assistance if they really want to change. Random screening of drugs and alcohol are done daily. And drugs and alcohol are forbidden within the campground. There are beds for everyone who doesn't have their own vehicle, camper or tent. Showers, and storage for personal belongings, so individuals can have a days work, without worrying about their stuff being stolen. What I am saying to you is, that you are not only wrong in everything that you said, but you are also a heartless angry person who clearly needs some humbling experience of losing everything without being able to stop it. Homelessness isn't confined to crime, drugs and alcohol. Fires, floods, tornadoes, hurricanes, earthquakes, and more natural disasters. And then the hundreds of man made disasters. Which includes war. With all due respect, you sound incredibly ignorant of reality. And very very judgmental.

[@alzheimer7324]

Thank You For Sharing 🇺🇲

[@Angry.General1461]

It's amazing how this country could come up with millions of dollars overnight to help people in Ukraine. But they somehow can't afford to help the homeless in their own country!

[@None-zc5vg]

Many people have assumed a John Wayne 'every man for himself' mindset that equates altruism with 'socialism' (although the only socialism that's in operation is the kind that allows the wealthy to use their political system to rob those same patriotic little people blind while bankrupting the country. "Socialised subsidies for the rich " [Brian Garfield "Death Wish" (novel,1972).

[@ricardogarzajr7172]

Some for those people want to stay homeless what then? It's time for people to take accountability instead of being victim all the time

[@terryherrera3836]

Thank you yes help usa get back on its feet this is what happened when covid took are jobs know we sit here right not fair

[@Lora-G]

Ditto

[@Lora-G]

@@ricardogarzajr7172 k

[@RoseSSlots]

They are going to have to block the ability to part to keep them away. It's one thing to be homeless, but the trash is RIDICULOUS. NO ONE should be able to trash an area. This happens over and over and over NOTHING changes. I don't do business in the area for the trash. I've passed encampments that are in WAY better shape then this

[@apope2311]

Dudes seriously where can they send their trash if they’re not landowners with trash collection services? Private businesses hate when people use dumpsters they pay for, employees get fired for that behavior all the time. Set up local crew of disempowered to do some cleaning and create a trash collection service... but then again bureaucrats would never spend their money on no tax payers... unless they add a vehicle tax in addition to property. Government wants money, ask not what your country can do for you, but what you can do for your country.

[@mixflip]

Why not relocate the RVs to Modesto? There is alot of elbow room in the valley.

[@Kevin19700]

This area has been a mess since the mid 80s. While I applaud this temporary cleanup, it will take continuous monitoring to keep this area clean and crime free.

[@t.n.6442]

Sad to see our city condoning bad behavior and rewarding them, by cleaning the homeless living space and letting them move back in. This will keep circulating and telling the homeless it's ok no need to get a job. Ca is getting to be pretty gross.

[@witchywamen9536]

The homeless can collect up to $650/mo + food stamps through a Cali program, only takes one phone call. We're paying them to do this to our cities.

[@cynthiakelly3825]

And you wonder why they can't find a decent home to rent?? There's no way I would rent anything to anyone who lives like animals. This is just disgusting.

[@jacobnapkins1155]

Tent city coming to s neighborhood near you

[@makemoney8956]

This problem is going on all over the USA and is growing to the point that regular people are accepting this new type of life, or living in campers, or in the streets, no rent, no bills, no taxes, just freedom, 😀👏 Not bad, you know what never mind, I'll join them 😅🤣😂

[@mike81399]

Whoever brought those campers in should help with the bill.

[@sukottoshinobe7360]

As a former homeless man who spent 6 years on the streets in LA, and now own a business and 3 properties it all comes down to a decision. Some people truly need help and are mentally disabled or drug addicted. But a lot of people are capable of working that choose not too. In America you have the freedom to change your Situation with just a decision. It’s not easy but I am proof that it’s possible. People that are capable should be working and earning their own living like we all have too. Period

[@2006roxyoboxmusa]

No you just got lucky.

[@stanr8946]

@@2006roxyoboxmusa No he acted on his conscience, and good for him.

[@geronimo67]

I agree with you 100%. Society can offer them rehab, if they don't want it, it's jail time for them. Society does not owe them free housing. Everyone else works and pays their own rent or mortgage.

[@LafemmebearMusic]

@@geronimo67 yikes... you’re a cold human. I hope someone doesn’t take that stance if you ever end up in a low situation like this... I always hope humans can be better to eachother rather than bitter... smh them y’all kill that hope so often. We can be better, I know it.

[@LafemmebearMusic]

Proud shamming folx who are where you once were is not the move. We can be better than that. This version of the world where we are all bitter and scornful of eachother isn’t working out great, it’s not like you don’t see it, so help change it.

[@zzyzxRDFwy15]

When are street squatters going to be required to pay taxes for city services, taking of public property and road maintenance?

[@michaelcraven8205]

Leaving CA was the best decision we ever made. Lived there for nearly 35 years and watched it’s decent into a 4th world hell hole. People like that woman saying”this is a reset nor an eviction” are a major part of the problem. They just let these folks live worse than animals. The city likely spends millions to clean this mess up and in 2 weeks all these RV’s will move right back in and start the cycle all over again. Once you get out of CA you see and realize that while other cities do have homeless issues, nothing can compare to what is allowed to go on in the entire state of CA.

[@getonthecrossanddontlookba5004]

Repent to Jesus Christ “Give, and it will be given to you. A good measure, pressed down, shaken together and running over, will be poured into your lap. For with the measure you use, it will be measured to you.”” ‭‭Luke‬ ‭6:38‬ ‭NIV‬‬

[@donnaraymond1318]

Terrible. I was born and raised in California An expensive part and it is just out of control. An old shack is 800000. Really

[@GotoHere]

So who’s fault is it? The democrats or the republicans? Who governs the shltholes of California?

[@donnaraymond1318]

Schwarzenegger got tiny homes for some of them. The government should be responsible for taking homeless off street. Each state should jump up to the plate. They are people that need help in life. Give them a boost at least. There should not be homeless really

[@douglastaylor3348]

Thank you governor Gavin Newson for letting this kind of encampment flourish before something was done about it. People are stupid for voting Democrat and allowing this kind of situation to become a problem. Most democrat states have this problem and the people running these states just look the other way. New York is just as bad.

[@fordxbgtfalcon]

Democrats have completely destroyed California. It’s a shame, lived there almost my entire life but had to move to Tennessee to get away from the progressive liberals.

[@jwat2396]

You are 100% correct. Democrats have done everything possible to tear this country down. It's time to remove them from office and never allow a repeat of a destructive democrat in office again.

[@douglastaylor3348]

@@jwat2396 I totally agree

[@johnjobber2219]

NY is no where near the way California is.

[@melindac.flores3991]

Why is this a political thing? Its a lazy homeless thing. If the homeless would get jobs and get out of their situation, it wouldn't be a problem. Get off the drugs. The portion of the homeless that aren't lazy and have jobs that are trying to get out of their situation 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 I applaud them.

[@conroexlexx8267]

Imagine a tourist driving there and seeing this smh

[@02SCDC5]

they wont be seeing much but the inside of a police station because their car windows wouldve been smashed hours of getting into town

[@makeitmakesense2616]

As a tourist/former resident, when you see it, indeed it's unimaginable. I'd rather eat off bourbon st on fat Tuesday However, California is a very very very very unique state So though we see it and are horrified we get why it exist The weather alone affords the entire state 365 weather

[@slickrick2470]

happens every day

[@poisonapple6138]

Who vacations in Oakland? No one 💀

[@mhj5108]

@@poisonapple6138 Karen we see you

[@dracus6877]

After the clean up, they will regenerate 10 times more. "Take care of our surroundings" but yet they treat the free area they live like trash

[@BryanSaltzman]

The biggest or only issue I have with homeless encampments is the trash. Keep it clean and good luck.

[@coobay4786]

"We all grown and need to be responsible you know what I mean" So why didn't he keep the crap cleaned, you know what I mean.

[@MzMąħ]

Why not set extra dumpsters around these campsites? You keep doing the work, they’ll keep making the mess.

[@troybrownrigg1860]

Who pays for the dumpsters?

[@JaidenJimenez86]

@@troybrownrigg1860 The cost of a city garbage collection for one small street is nothing. And is still cheaper than periodically hiring a load of equipment to clear the place out and deep clean it. The system creates homelessness, so the system can pay for a few dumpsters.

[@soolly357]

Most of them don't want help... they want drugs.. Alameda County can help those who want help

[@shirleyjackson5550]

There's no reason to be filthy while homeless. I was homeless a few times. Never once did I trash where I was

[@STScott-qo4pw]

same. better part of three years and in michigan winters. had the back of a ford ranger with an uninsulated fibreglass cap. i was not dirty and i did not generate garbage. what is that trash? food wrappers? plastic shopping bags? junked furniture/appliances? w/e there is no reason for the people living in campers to have had all that crap around their RVs.

[@billt8504]

I have no solution for this. Flew into Oakland airport three years ago and I took the BART from the airport to my hotel in San Francisco. On the Oakland side of the bay, I'm staring out the window and there is just miles and miles of homeless encampment along the BART tracks. The sheer size made me sad. But hey, it was a great conference and they I flew back and I hadn't really thought about it until I saw this video. Now I'm sad again. Tomorrow I'll be ok.

[@surviveunplugged]

We have block after block of these here in Los Angeles. They're usually located in bus-to-bus industrial areas. Walking past one of these "settlements" is so disgusting. Human turds lying randomly on the sidewalk with flies buzzing around you and all kinds of nasty garbage. The last cleanup that I saw, the crew wore low grade hazmat suits. BUSINESS IS BUSINESS.

[@rodvansanten5037]

When there's poop on the sidewalk it's time to put in some toilets and a place to wash your hands how about some running water even if it's salt water.

[@rodvansanten5037]

It would be nice if people could put the trash where trash goes. They need to stop hoarding and accumulating trash. The homeless need leadership to get them through this mess. What do you expect they shut the world down.

[@JENDALL714]

It's not they city's responsibility to put a toilet in for you and take care of you! You as a grown adult take care of yourself and find your own toilet, what are you 2 years old and can't take of yourself?

[@alexandriamancheck3474]

Austin has this, never saw this there til recently. Had not been back in a good while. Very disappointing.

[@geronimo67]

@@rodvansanten5037 There's fresh running water in jail.

[@02SCDC5]

deep cleaning but not removing the problem? doesnt make any sense. get rid of the people creating the trash then theres no trash. way to spend our tax money

[@WOWDOWN]

That’s not woke…. You must have forgot this is the sf Bay Area lol

[@bertblue9683]

What an awful mess that built up to be. This certainly didn't happen overnight and appears to be the results of procrastinating. Had the officials done their job early, they could have stayed ahead of this. No one, at least normal people, wants their neighborhood to look like this. A third world country doesn't look that bad.

[@shaybae95]

So you'll clean up the homeless but won't help them with a home? Like taxpayers are literally paying for the clean up process.

[@davidsheppard1133]

As many job openings as there are following Covid, I don’t understand why they can’t find a job and provide for themselves and their families.

[@stevehady915]

Can't pass a drug test.

[@marshamariner7897]

Here in IA the businesses r begging for help....people bitch about not having $$ ....if u can work....GET A JOB.... But some people don't want $8.00 a hr. They want $20.00 a hr. And w inflation it's 🚫 easy ...it seems to just keep GOING 😿😿🇺🇸🇺🇦🌍🌍👀

[@chinolovesjesus]

DJ had the best advice all categories of advice can use. WE ALL GROWN WE AINT KIDS!

[@LafemmebearMusic]

Shhhhhhh your coldest parts of your heart are showing

[@jimbates955]

Do the garbage trucks come by weekly or biweekly to collect the garbage? Do they have recycling bins, and garbage bins? Is there a designated spot for the residents to put their trash for the trucks to collect? If they’re allowed to stay, they should have the same garbage collection system as everyone else IMO

[@bobknull7502]

Why doesn't the city provide the same weekly garbage pickup services as they do for others?

[@2006roxyoboxmusa]

If the USA can so quickly help foreign refugees from Ukraine, Mexico, Asia, etc., I don't see why it's so hard to help and house the homeless who are not mentally ill/disabled and who simply need the same opportunities outsiders get to get back on their feet, without jumping through 100 hoops and waiting years through a program. Refugees get immediate assistance. Go figure.

[@traceygeer797]

Amen!!!

[@LafemmebearMusic]

So we shouldn’t help disabled folx? And mentally ill folx? What are you actually trying to say?

[@geronimo67]

The reality is that we DO have programs to help people who just need to get back on their feet. Unfortunately the garbage in society immediate finds a loop hole so that they can stay on social programs indefinitely. BTW, the US does not get refugees from Mexico. They may be at the Mexican border but they are from other countries, not Mexico.

[@ey67]

It's called propaganda. We are the bestest, most wonderfulness, most richest, most caring, most of loving, most bravest, most god happy folks, in the universe. Next question ❓

[@flashoflight8160]

The sign says "No parking". These "homeless" choose to live this lifestyle of no rules and it's time to stop being "enablers" by impounding all vehicles promptly and scrapping them after the required waiting period. Living with no rules needs to have serious consequences with loss of your belongings and vehicles. The city needs to pay the tow yards for the towing, impound, and scrapping because tow companies can't recoup costs via auction because nobody wants homeless RVs with deferred maintenance and other non-operational homeless vehicles that have been lived in and peed in.

[@savemyneighborhood]

People ignoring rule and law are the biggest issue.

[@witchywamen9536]

The homeless can collect up to $650/mo + food stamps through a Cali program, only takes one phone call. We're paying them to do this to our cities.

[@d0lph1n63]

And where are these people supposed to go?! Rent in California is already through the roof to where people working at Google can barely afford it, there are nowhere near enough shelters, social services programs that were created to help them have been the victims of budget cuts and staff shortages for years, and every year there’s less and less affordable housing available as landlords opt out of section 8 housing program or the state housing alternatives cause they can’t make a profit. Last time I checked many states (including Alaska) $650 per month + SNAP benefits is nowhere near enough to even get a one room rental hut in the middle of Death Valley anymore. So all these business and property owners are basically saying “we don’t mind there being homeless people around as long as they’re someone else’s problem”. Now if the alderman had worded what he said as it being a health and safety issue by being next door to a chemical factory people would understand but this just go to show just how corrupt and apathetic these leaders have become that they’re willing to throw even some of their own supporters under the bus completely instead of even trying to resolve the issue.

[@aaronwang7002]

@@d0lph1n63 why should ppl care about ppl who doesn’t want to step up and actually get a job? Must of these people seems healthy enough to get a job and pay for their living and housing like how everyone is doing it. It is expensive for everyone, not just the homeless people. Trashing up the city and doing what they want is unacceptable. Is ppl like you who give criminals excuses because living in California is too expensive.

[@proudamerican3117]

@@d0lph1n63 The majority of Americans have figured out a way to live in a home, why can't these people?

[@Dizxc]

1:33 " We gotta be uhh Responsibility nahh mean" 🤣😂 dead

[@tb-yz1ti]

It’s about time it doesn’t take much to make an RV park in a city it just takes someone with a bit of GUTS, with pets most times the pet is their only family,friend, they have ,( just a thought your going to answer one day for how you behaved)I mean it’s apart of your job description dealing with things of this nature is it! They don’t have to be really big ,lost of small RV parks all over the place and you can collect small amount of rent have rubbish pick ups in stead of on the street bumping, this situation will not just drive away ( small yards nice fence around the yard and it cleans up the place nicely quickly , cheaply and gives people hope who live there an people who can invest there makes it safer, I think mobile homes are a growing thing as house get more expensive just a thought .

[@phoenixman8569]

in theory, this is a good idea, but because a lot of those with out homes have substance abuse issues and have a history of causing trouble, so most communities will not take on these people, dew to safety concerns....

[@thebastardgift]

"Contrary to belief when an encampment is removed not only is it not gone, but it also actually creates more encampments. For community, security, shared resources, homeless people must remain together thus when an encampment is taken down, they scatter into smaller groups, and carrying everything they own they can’t walk far, and each group creates a new encampment and from there each new base grows as people are forced out of housing, and eventually there is a return to the original encampment site with far more residents." W. Jones

[@prevaloir5362]

Deport them.

[@thebastardgift]

@@vinny-is-here , you're welcome.

[@thebastardgift]

@New Moon, I never thought about gnomes wearing underwear. 😂🤣😂

[@crazedgoldminner7384]

You're right hundred percent and these people do not just disappear and they are people so we get mental health for the ones that need mental health we get the ones that are on drugs either in a drug program or into jail and we most importantly put Trump back in the office or people can go back to work and have a job and afford to pay rent somewhere

[@crazedgoldminner7384]

At this point in Corona recovery of the United States do you think that there would be more people employed under Donald Trump or under Joe Biden?

[@ternie6515]

I’m glad they are doing this. I saw them doing that as I passed by high street on amtrak. It used to be horrible now I’m glad they are stepping it up. They are doing something similar in San Francisco’s tenderloin.

[@zpclosangelesgraffiticafe]

Toilets of usa

[@The_Rain_Song]

They will come back because they are allowed to move from location to location and the vicious cycle will repeat over and over again. Nobody in the Bay Area has the balls to do what is needed.

[@readynowforever3676]

@@The_Rain_Song That area will be monitored. As all those spaces are NO PARKING zones. If there is absolutely no place for them to go in California, the state should consider a mass relocation project with other states that have large open spaces.

[@The_Rain_Song]

@@readynowforever3676 Then why do they always come back even when there are no parking signs everywhere. Laws must be enforced not broken. Why do you think crime is skyrocketing in California….laws are being changed in the criminals favor. California is full of open space to relocate the homeless. The problem is no politician will do anything because it would upset a snowflake.

[@celestialroad]

@@The_Rain_Song "Nobody in the Bay Area has the balls to do what is needed." what's that?

[@robertrusnak620]

Helping people who don’t want to be helped . Sounds like another waste of taxpayers money 👍👍👍 Way to go California 👍👍👍

[@geraldborelli2455]

It’s unfortunate that you have to use RV encampment instead of homeless, because there are more responsible RV owners who would never park on a street that is clearly marked no parking.

[@henrycole8705]

Whoever is allowing this should be removed from the responsibility

[@Me97202]

Maybe we should be dealing with the ROOT CAUSE of homelessness, instead of just forcing homeless people to move from place to place.

[@geronimo67]

True, true, true. The root cause of homelessness is in the homeless themselves.

[@Stamatos]

You mean like laziness and acceptance? Yeah, we should fix that.

[@windghost2]

@@geronimo67 In the bay area? Absolutely not, it's all these lofts, condos, and houses that overpriced and made specifically for Affluent people with money, mainly affluent white people who will come into low income communities where there are overpriced condos and gentrify the community. The Bay Area isn't an affordable place for living, because of those overpriced condos, people can't even buy a place in the Bay Area and actually STAY in them.

[@seventhdayissabbath8747]

@Me Agreed... Drug and Alcohol abuse runs rampant in the homeless community, maybe what little bit of money (what's left after it goes through the hands of the politicians) could be spent on rehab facilities where those who desire to "get clean" from drugs and alcohol could be treated, as well as some sort of job finder/connection program for those who put the time in to become clean could be implemented, we may then see improvements in these homeless camps???? But.... the poor and needy will always be with us, without the poor our hearts would not be moved to help others, for (Jeremiah 17:9 The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked:) Deuteronomy 15:11 For the poor shall never cease out of the land: therefore I command thee, saying, Thou shalt open thine hand wide unto thy brother, to thy poor, and to thy needy, in thy land.

[@Stamatos]

@@seventhdayissabbath8747 yeah, they have that in most cities. The homeless don't want it or fail out of it. It is mostly a waste of resources.

[@JH-gy7fn]

To update , ALL RVs and vans was towed and SOLD at action to cover the cost for the clean-up, NOW the city will TOW if ANYONE parks there.

[@kathylewis2946]

Homeless does not mean that you are free to trash your community. If these people were just living on the street they should be able to keep it clean!

[@DM-qp7do]

"We're not going to allow them to come back" What he's actually saying is "Voters are pissed off so im going to keep pretending like im doing something and then allow this to continue to happen as long as idiots keep voting for me and my party"

[@OsirisIxchel]

This all began with Ronald Reagan's "trickle down theory".

[@LafemmebearMusic]

Just say you hate poor people... just say you enjoy feeling above ... like atleast be honest about your cold heart.

[@DM-qp7do]

@@LafemmebearMusic This guy kicks them out of where they live and says "we're not going to allow them back" and IM the one who hates the poor? Its official, your politics have become your religion because you are completely blind to what he did and instead hate on me for calling him out. Im guessing you're just a kid so I'll be nice and leave it at that.

[@geoffdevore6321]

@@OsirisIxchel and really gained steam under the Democratic Socialism agenda!! Have a 🙂 evening!

[@trans-octopusspacealien8883]

@@LafemmebearMusic I hate blue voters who encourage all sorts of immoral behaviors, lifestyle choices and policies.

[@debradorsey153]

This is tough Love - the people will continue not to respond unless they perceive that the schedule of reinforcement has changed. It the only way to get them out of a learned helplessness situation

[@graciebara8280]

Yeah go ask those tax evaders to be ready to pay their share 🙄 give them the tough love those crooks.

[@marccrotty8447]

Debra. Agree with your statements. They need to quit drugs and drinking and work at an honest job.

[@cactusrose55]

Well said

[@kevinhawkinberry3654]

We're not evicting anybody we're just kicking them out of their house lol.

[@accousticdecay]

I have been fortunate and never homeless, and live in a community where there are a few homeless folks. They are largely tolerated because they to not leave garbage or trash lying around. The churches take care of them more than the government, because no questions or ID are required. As soon as a place gets trashy, law enforcement acts and nips it in the bud.

[@mrsleep0000]

Oh, they've already started showing up a few blocks away in the Embarcadero by Coast Guard Island.

[@thebastardgift]

Most have no option.

[@yeethers]

They halfway cleaned this area up. There’s still rv’s and trash everywhere. Cars are double and triple parked. You have to sometimes drive into oncoming traffic just to pass by. You can’t even see the 24 hour fitness from the street

[@williampyle8635]

THEN..help them. TALK is STILL cheap.

[@yeethers]

@@williampyle8635 not my job but obviously you like it

[@davelowinger7056]

thank you Channel 5😊

[@montanagal6958]

Where I live, the dumpers literally have locks on them. You gotta pay to have your trash removed.