Cleanup Operation to Tackle a Massive Homeless Encampment in Venice

On Thursday, August 3, 2023, the City of Los Angeles Department of Public Works partnered with Clean Harbors Environmental Inc. to execute a comprehensive cleanup operation focused on addressing health and safety concerns within a significant homeless encampment located on Mildred Ave in Venice.
In an effort to ensure the wellbeing of both unhoused residents and the general public, the joint operation commenced with the City's police officers granting the unhoused individuals a 15-minute window to gather their belongings and vacate the premises. Anything remaining after this period was promptly disposed of.
Adhering rigorously to safety protocols, sanitation workers donned white hazardous materials suits throughout the operation. The cleanup was executed by two coordinated waste management teams. Initially, Clean Harbors Environmental Inc. meticulously sorted through the garbage, identifying and collecting hazardous materials. Subsequently, Los Angeles Public Works sanitation workers managed the collection of the remaining waste.
Notably, despite the enforcement of Ordinance 41.18, which prohibits sitting, lying, or sleeping in public places, as well as storing, using, maintaining, or placing personal property in the public right-of-way, no citations were issued during the cleanup operation at the Venice homeless encampment.
The successful cleanup initiative was further bolstered by support from the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority (LAHSA), which provided crucial outreach services to assist unhoused individuals and address their needs.
To ensure safety and compliance, Los Angeles Police Officers remained present throughout the entire operation, underscoring the significance of cleanliness and hygiene in the area.
In summary, the collaborative endeavor between the City of Los Angeles Department of Public Works, Clean Harbors Environmental Inc., and other agencies exemplified an unwavering commitment to tackling the multifaceted issue of homelessness, all the while prioritizing public health and safety.
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Fabian Lewkowicz is an award winning Santa Monica-based professional photojournalist and press photographer, and the creator of the photo blog, Santa Monica Close Up. With years of experience as a staff photographer for several media outlets including the Santa Monica Daily Press, Santa Monica Mirror, Santa Monica Observer, and the Santa Monica Corsair, Fabian has captured some of the most iconic moments of Santa Monica.
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[@jhayes1944]

That's about right -- two guys actually working and at least four others standing around not doing a thing. Your government at work.

[@leebimsleeleebims9831]

Ikr 2 guys working 4 guys holding up the brooms or rakes so they don't fall down.

[@MelissaMarcomb]

Nailed it must be that California Union😂

[@scottanderson9656]

The amount of money wasted cleaning up a place and letting it go to hell again is amazing. The way the two people just walk away from the pile of garbage they amassed says it all.

[@gridley]

As with anti-shoplifting or anti-trespassing laws, ultimately most everyone & everything depends on the honor system. IOW, each person has to self-control him or herself - and be self-disciplined - in order to make up for the reality that in any nation there never will be enough cops, public officials, jurists & cleaning crews (or in-store security guards) to control things like rampant homeless encampments or brazen shoplifting. The honor system has collapsed in society.

[@paulsuprono7225]

​@@gridleyIt's EVERYONE, for him/herself !;😬 🇺🇸 🤠

[@gridley]

@@paulsuprono7225 Meanwhile, Google "Shocking moment gang of nine robbers dash out of the Gucci store in Beverly Hills..." A newspaper based in London just 2 days ago reported on the fun & games across the Atlantic in the land of La La.

[@ramblingman8992]

The sad thing about this is that the authorities move on the homeless and clean up their mess. This is simply a rinse and repeat process that costs taxpayer money. Surely it would be financially more beneficial to tackle the root cause and actually help the homeless by providing basic accommodation and welfare support (I am not talking money, but help from organisations).

[@geoffdundee]

@@ramblingman8992 .........THEY ALREADY GET HELP FROM ORGANISATIONS............THEY DONT WANT REHOMED - THEY WANT TO BE A LAW UNTO THEMSELVES.........IVE WORKED WITH HOMELESS FOR OVER 30 YEARS

[@gusruz2001]

Absolutely disgusting letting people accumulated so much shit on the streets without stopping for doing that.

[@murraychadwick9362]

To these people that's not shit. It's items that they have collected that someday they might use. If they have more shit than the person beside them then they don't feel like they are the lowest person there.

[@Zedman3333]

@@murraychadwick9362 its shit, and will always be shit. They had choices in life and most nearly all are adults, you have to stop blaming everyone else, they leave their drugs/piss/shit/garbage in the street, its fn disgusting, while everyone else pays for this..

[@markvanderlee]

​@@murraychadwick9362Mental illness on display.

[@1ROB82]

@@murraychadwick9362 it’s shit. Other wise they wouldn’t just walk away from it all. The police would have given them plenty of time to gather what they wanted to keep.

[@bryco32]

@@1ROB82 Absolutely !..It is SHIT!

[@cassieoconnell774]

Why can't i stop watching this?

[@SgtJoeSmith]

guy in beginning looks like hes in good shape and could be cutting grass for $30 an hour 10 hrs a day.

[@vennsim71]

Yeah, and bring the grass back to feed his cow… win win

[@SgtJoeSmith]

@@vennsim71 hahahahahahah

[@tracyrhinehart8693]

I THINK WHEN THEY SAY CLEAN UP THEY SHOULD THROW IT ALL AWAY BECAUSE THEY ARE JUST TRANSFERRING THEIR STUFF TO ANOTHER PLACE

[@eezyclsmooth9035]

If you are familiar with this channel you will notice that, the "Unauthorized Tenants" will always have, among their possessions, a Store Cart, Buggy, Wagon or some similar device with wheels. They Roll away and Roll Back when authorities leave. It is quite FUNNY!

[@markvanderlee]

BIKES!!!! You forgot bikes!😂

[@raymondfox4469]

Not only on this Channel but on any homeless encampment There is aways a shopping cart, a bicycle and like you said some other device with wheels..I hope somebody eventually save that ameerican flag. to dispose of properly.

[@Userf451]

Not funny if you live next to it.

[@geoffdundee]

@@markvanderlee .... STOLEN BIKES

[@markroberts1858]

Well the very large lady looks to be doing alright in the food department.

[@SgtJoeSmith]

5 of her ex boyfriends are reported missing and presumed eaten

[@markroberts1858]

@@SgtJoeSmith lol.

[@markroberts1858]

❤️😂

[@SgtJoeSmith]

@@markroberts1858 cops showed up just in time as the current guy didnt know why she was rubbing butter on him.

[@markroberts1858]

@@SgtJoeSmith your cruel. Funny but cruel. 😂 🇬🇧

[@losebjughashvili8465]

Getting rid of the nest is the second biggest problem. The first of course is removing the rodents.

[@murrayandru7527]

Well Done Gavin !! You'll Go Down In History

[@UncleMilty]

The first governor of a failed state to be President!

[@dwzaphod]

There’s less junk in my garage after 20 years than those squirrels have accumulated in a week.

[@TruthSerum525]

Who said its only been a week?

[@markvanderlee]

​@@TruthSerum525Because it's the same people on here every week.

[@ThePugilistPodcast]

You aren’t homeless. You have a garage. They are homeless. They have a trash can. You can’t really compare the situations.

[@ThePugilistPodcast]

@@markvanderleehow much sense does that even make? So you’re telling me that they spend money to do this every week for the same people? So they could probably spend a fraction and just buy them a place but instead they just keep wasting resources and filming it as if there’s no solutions? This is my first time seeing this, thanks for the ℹ️

[@TheBlackbelair]

@@ThePugilistPodcast Indicate precisely what you mean to say you're sincerely wasting away.

[@stephengrube1532]

That lady in the white dress, wearing earrings and smoking a cigarette, at the very beginning looked awfully well fed for a street person. How does that happen?

[@lizlagle671]

Freebie food every day, delivered. Not kidding. And food stamps.

[@bigvito9008]

@@lizlagle671 and shoplifting

[@davidsharp922]

Notice there weren't any other homeless people on the block ? THEY WENT SOMEWHERE !

[@joe-qo3qi]

They are well fed,funded,track phones,supplied clean needles, safe house for Injections,why would they want to leave, there entitled now thanks to democrat politicians.

[@jeffreyburnette6261]

The Scoops are coming

[@becky4728]

I remember when these places were high end. God bless the 80s

[@user-io3zd1qs1h]

It's even more expensive than before. That's what contributed to the homelessness. Some of those people are the 80s tenants

[@becky4728]

Total bs! No one put drugs in their veins. Sane people left long ago. To where they could afford. Quit making excuses for these failed people.

[@gearshifterg9756]

These people should have been arrested for the stolen shopping carts and milk crates.

[@connorobilly]

😂😂😂😂

[@ayosunshinee]

exactly right

[@techmarine83]

@@LeeRoland Nooooooooo. Most adult homeless are homeless for two reasons. Mental Illness and substance abuse, and often a mix of both. How are they going to pay rent when they can't hold a job which is why they are homeless, DERRRRRRRRRRRRRRRP

[@MannyChambers]

Did you ride the short yellow bus?

[@MannyChambers]

@@LeeRoland How's that, the food is not fit for human consumption There is only 2 sometimes 3 guards for every 60 inmates. The medical staff is worse than a vietcong interrogator they assault your wounds strait up ram their fingers in open wounds and broken bones just to hear you scream. The guards are on salary anyway. Just how does it cost anything the lighting is skylights and the lowest wattage flourescents. They make 3 dollars per minute for phone and cut off your calls to make your families bill go up to thousands of dollars for multiple dropped calls. You don't have any idea what the hell your typing. Go see for yourself if you think I'm fibbin

[@dianechen7714]

Keeps those who don’t want help and their junks out of our community!

[@michaelcurry11]

I can help. What are governments doing to help?!

[@brucesumner6993]

@@michaelcurry11 It's not the governments job. Help yourself!

[@gowdsake7103]

I bet you dont have one ! do you know the name of everyone on your street ?

[@koosvanpetten5567]

There is one solution: Let the rich egoistic and arragant people in California pay a high "help-tax" for homeless people !!!!

[@ca6177]

I agree!

[@oliveacres7743]

Every time I see these I ask why don’t they patrol this area so it doesn’t get like this.

[@murraychadwick9362]

Can't do that. The coffee shop would go bankrupt 😂. Just kidding people DAMN.

[@shaunlegend9821]

You are 💯 right 👌

[@fullraph]

Honestly it takes like 5 days and it looks like that. These people have nothing else to do but to collect trash.

[@jimw7916]

the masonic government NEED the chaos so they can usher in the new world order!.....do some research before its too late

[@user-po4bn3gi1u]

I bet that costed about 50k. Equipment rental, 4 cops watching in the shade, 2 people working, 1 person watching, 2 operators, and disposal. and let's not forget the 35k profit for the contractor that sets this up who happens to wine and dine the California politicians.

[@travis8106]

Unfortunately towns and cities are not throwing money at the root of the problem. These homeless people are just going to set up shop somewhere else.

[@UncleMilty]

And accident insurance that is a worker's comp claim in the making!

[@DyreStraits]

And if a worker was attacked and killed by one of these street people you would be the first one to say "There should have been more cops there to keep things like that from happening. The cops are serving an important function, duh.

[@Littlepaw7]

That is why they let it get to this extent=💰

[@doreestone4487]

I’m a 73 year old woman and could do more work than those men standing around watching the machine work. And they’re using light weight leaf rakes instead of heavy garden rakes. All the while getting paid tax payers’ dollars to do what should have taken 1/3 the time to accomplish. I am so glad I left California years ago when I saw what was happening there.

[@SgtJoeSmith]

and thats why no one makes a living wage no more. i have a landscape company. takes 10 18 year old boys to do the work of 1 grandma

[@SgtJoeSmith]

guys in video getting paid $40 an hour and whine they need more too

[@manuelgonzalez-wy2bn]

Gavin's plan a success,no more children a home but a full backyard (CA.)of destitute people...............

[@randymiller1604]

I think a good man with a pitchfork Good out work that machine

[@vintagehome-777]

You and I. I left 33 years ago and best move ever.God Bless

[@calilove6103]

I remember growing up in my low income city. We had one homeless person running around sometimes two the most. They wouldn't disturb anyone or cause any trouble . Now residents can't walk around their neighborhood for fear of being attacked by a homeless person having an emotional episode. I should know a homeless lady pushed me into oncoming traffic one-day while I was walking to work for no reason. Luckily the driver had a chance to see me and hit his brakes missing my head by inches. It's one thing being homeless but attacking people and almost killing them is another.

[@darleneclarke4001]

Keep that in mind while knowing your tax dollars are given in high amount to cops who neither stopped you from being pushed or arrested the pusher and that person is more than likely still un housed and or medicated for mental illness amazing how little all this government spending does. It's not for all us only a select few

[@bushelfoot]

One word DRUG'S

[@devengudinas1649]

The blues

[@cupcake8867]

@@bushelfootDemographic change.

[@lopezrome1982]

well now you know to give yourself 6 feet of space when approaching a homeless person. been doing it for years

[@kk4649k]

They should keep recording after the police leave. Those hobos will sit right back where they were and celebrate on the free cleaning service.

[@explores40]

Yikes again and again with the homeless leaving all there trash a repeated cycle it never ends in this California

[@franbrinda]

I used to think California was so cool and progressive. They were so clean and environmentally conscious. Everybody was wealthy and educated. Now look at it. Drugged out, homeless and dirty.

[@TheBandit7613]

They hunt thru dumpsters all night looking for things to sell to finance more drugs. Of course all they do is make a huge mess. Here in Vegas, we don't let them stay in one place for more than a day or so, them we come along with a loader and drop it in a dump truck. Gotta keep them on the move. They hate that so eventually they will move somewhere else.

[@monsoonBloom]

its everywhere, not just CA

[@grbenway]

@@monsoonBloom no it is most decidely not everywhere. it is a liberal city problem.

[@ca6177]

Come to Austin, TX. We have the same crap going on, maybe not as bad as California, but it is still disgusting! I'm sick of it!

[@l.ls.8890]

I could understand a small tent or something like that but this whole scale of refuse and large piles of junk and debris is just intolerable. Right outside a nice looking residential apartment. The clean up should be a job for able bodied inmates serving very little time or community service order from court.

[@margaretadekunle4017]

So the little job those people have you w😅it taken away from them. Now can see why things are like this.

[@maursummers498]

Thanks Fabian, I loved watching that excavator with the jaws opening and closing. Those two slobs really made a mess.

[@koosvanpetten5567]

For this "cleanup" my Lord Almighty will punish you with His wrath. Why don't you take care of the homeless people with food, shelter and love? Because you rich people don't have any "love" in yr hearts. You will be punished.

[@danielschannel701]

Looks like Koosvanpetten has plans to put someone into those jaws.

[@bigvito9008]

@@koosvanpetten5567 You are welcome to take as many of them in as you can

[@CraigGrant-sh3in]

I don't recall who I was watching and said that a lawyer friend of theirs went to SF and said the homeless problem was bad. He determined that the continuation of the homeless problem was the fact that the people claiming to be able to solve the problem, all make $250,000 from money meant to solve the homeless problem. Pretty hard to be incentivized to solve a problem when you are making a well paid career out of it. Just keep telling the government every year, you need more money and time

[@Littlepaw7]

Yep they hire a consultant and then need a second study or consultant while doing very little to solve the issue. How any consultants do you need. Wash, rinse, repeat.

[@Babyboomer_59]

I'm speechless, officers standing around and not one of them picked up that American Flag, it was discarded with the trash, it's supposed to be removed by way of traditional ceremony via Boy Scouts or other not just thrown in the trash, that pisses me off.

[@quik720mj]

I came to the comments to say the same thing. Those officers that pledged an oath to protect the constitution of our United States should be ashamed of themselves.

[@timb7775]

But then they would have to step out of the shade. Cops standing around doing absolutely nothing except tell the camera man to scram and stop recording them doing absolutely nothing.

[@jackwilson8051]

I think they are going to need a bigger garbage truck.

[@timb7775]

Why aren't they recycling all the metal stuff. Bicycles, grocery carts shouldn't be thrown in the trash.

[@ksmith2852]

Now another person looks out their window a few streets away and says "What the hell? There is a man and women living in a trash heap outside of my house!!"

[@daryllect6659]

It's called R son. It's very effective.

[@m.p.1310]

What is wrong with a city that lets this accumulate?

[@explores40]

Simply democrats and liberals.

[@gowdsake7103]

What is wrong with a society that DOES NOTHING to help. Plus its accumulated by lazy bastards just throwing things away so its their fault as well

[@testingtesting4534]

The useless ‘leaders’ running the city.

[@koosvanpetten5567]

Because the city has no heart for homeless people, they should help them with housing and food. Time to show your love, if you have a heart.

[@KimberFarms]

@@koosvanpetten5567 They don't want help. They like living like this because rules be damned! There is a reason there is no family to help them either....they burned all their bridges. Go down, try to help and see for yourself!! I certainly did and it was an eye opener for sure.

[@nancywareham979]

There is no reason why homeless people have to have so much junk. They should have to be made to clean this up rather than just walk away.

[@lennyf1957]

if that was a "Massive" encampment, I would hate to see what a really large encampment with more then 2 people looked like

[@Rickimusic]

Ineffective work.. mercy...

[@bushelfoot]

Pay with food and a shower and clothing the homeless to clean up their own mess and move them around to clean up the whole city...

[@SPUDWRENCH]

Moving Day with sounds of trash/dump trucks in the wings. Gavin’s done a really good job of addressing any number of distressing situations in the Golden State, this being only one. And somebody (other than his aunt) thinks he should run for the “highest” office in the country? Sheesh.

[@thereishope5676]

what to expect ? They descend from italian Mafia.

[@jumpropexpressions8929]

Homelessness is a nationwide issue paired with mental illness. It’s also an issue of skyrocketing rent cost. So stop blaming one particular governor or party. Are you naive enough to think there is no homelessness in Alabama or Mississippi.

[@SPUDWRENCH]

OMG! I had no idea this problem existed anywhere else. Except of course on Mars, or Kensington Street. You’re saying for the millions upon millions that Governor has wasted…er spent, with no appreciable results, that’s ok. His policies bring it upon the state. Nobody denies it’s an international problem, but when Mr. Smiley WannaBe Precedent says he’s “addressing it with the full force of his office”, what’s that mean exactly? And with virtually no way to give the taxpayer an account of just where these millions went. Maybe into his vineyard huh? Yeah…he’s doing great.

[@bigvito9008]

@@jumpropexpressions8929 Yes, taking mind altering illegal drugs is hard on your mental state. Luckily, there are people like you around to make excuses and enable these losers.

[@ericball6894]

Best damn front end loader operator I've ever seen 😂

[@thedude4632]

Really an exciting video

[@charlottesometimes6977]

Great job, boys!

[@lmoein]

Good to see the USA council workers are every bit as bad as the UK ones. 3 men standing around at one point, watching 1 actually doing something - and he wasn't straining himself.

[@julikeene7202]

Thank you! It's about time.

[@allenbo8234]

I could watch videos of these clean ups all day long. Its relaxing.

[@steva30]

So they went from living in the bathrooms to... destroying a street ... uggg her parents tried to "save" her ... but mental illness is no joke

[@Userf451]

You have no evidence that she is mentally ill. She could be lazy, unmotivated, a drug user. It gotten old the constant claim that all these hobos and tramps are mentally ill.

[@koosvanpetten5567]

For this "cleanup" my Lord Almighty will punish you with His wrath. Why don't you take care of the homeless people with food, shelter and love? Because you rich people don't have any "love" in yr hearts. You will be punished.

[@rickmurdock6140]

Just thinking there wouldn't be a homelessness issue if the citizens were to require their local governments to make it unlawful for vagrants to set up camps in the first place. Jail cells at least have lodging and three squares a day. Those given shelter would be required to participate in keeping the streets clean. A win win...

[@bellagirlgirl8827]

All grocery stores should be required to utilize the 'wheel locking' technology on their carts. (so that when the cart is pushed outside of the store's parking lot, the wheels kind of lock up and the cart becomes incredibly hard to move) Without shopping carts, the homeless would be less able to move from one place to another. Also, ppl living in houses need to stop 'dumping' their unwanted household items within the community -- so much of that stuff gets collected by homeless hoarders and adds to the problem!

[@brucecole3263]

And the price of groceries go up for everyone.

[@bellagirlgirl8827]

@@brucecole3263 Grocery stores that lose carts to homeless ppl have to replace them (at considerable cost), so I'm sure they are already passing that replacement cost along to you & me. With the homeless population growing, I bet that more & more stores WILL buy into some kind of "electronic tether" as they continue to lose carts to the homeless.

[@joe-qo3qi]

Sad when a business has to pay extra to put wheel locking devices on carts if they break permiter parking lots. This should tell the normal brain cell there's something very wrong with our Society. what's causing this? Why?who? Some want to be homeless. Government turns there back to it. Who really suffers and pays in the end? The taxpayer's.

[@jeffbebe5085]

I work security for Burlington in NJ. We have cart locks on every shopping cart. There is a magnet under the rug and a mag lock on the front tire. The carts automatically lock up soon as the cart gets 6 inches from the door on all 3 sides. In the 13 months only one person tried to push the cart outside lol and even trying 4 times couldn't do it. Our loss in this store is DOWN .. we have door men / security and sensors on everything. The carts get locked. We get paid to be just like door men. We say 'HI lol lol .. we look around and deter and we have not many thefts. NJ I guess is good at this unlike the CRAP hole NYC and boros. I wouldn't live there anymore for free.

[@joe-qo3qi]

It's sad and pathetic tn the first place to have security In such matters if you think about it. the question that' needs to be answered is this. How did we as a Society get to this point? What caused it, and why? Scary

[@jhonsiders6077]

That is how I cleared one on my property I waited till they left for the daily freebies moved in with the grapple and dumpsters when they got back it was all gone installed bright lights and that electronic buzzer to drive them away

[@pintobeans2973]

Jack Sprat could eat no fat. His wife could eat no lean.

[@patn4615]

I think they should be charged for the clean up!

[@murraychadwick9362]

How are they going to pay 🤔? Bargain with their prize possessions 😮?

[@moptopmaven250]

I don’t care how they pay, it’s a problem of their own creation , they need to be cited and put in jail if they are caught camping again.

[@AE1PT]

@@moptopmaven250 and then who is going to pay the jail, correction officers, medical care, and court costs of jailing them? Maybe LA can start printing money.

[@Userf451]

@@moptopmaven250jail would be a step up. A bed, a shower, tv, and 3 meals a day.

[@patn4615]

@@murraychadwick9362 it amazes me that you don't think these people have money. They have enough money to buy their drugs!

[@clambroth1923]

Meanwhile, the bearded, shirtless duck footed zombie scurrying around with the broom calmly loads the rest of the rat's nest into the rolling dumpster, moves out of the way as the work crew (homeless room service) cleans up the remainder of his mess, then simply re-occupies the same site later that day after the crew leaves. He rolls the dumpster back sets up his tent and resumes squatting. The city simply does a periodic house cleaning for him and then allows him back into his now clean nest. How convenient.

[@michaelanthony6792]

He looked like his mom just yelled at him to clean his room

[@tkyap2524]

They have the energy to accumulate, then they should be capable to get a job.

[@Coffee240]

😂😂😂😂 they are on drug's, do you want to hire them 😂😂

[@Ben-ph7pv]

California gives em free stuff so sanitation workers can work

[@elleg3651]

Who said they can't work?

[@Coffee240]

@@elleg3651 hire them , tranq eats their flesh , free human flesh with a hamburger from McDonald's 🤣

[@tracyrhinehart8693]

WERE DO THEY GET ALL THE STUFF FROM

[@gowdsake7103]

FROM THE STUFF THAT IS USEABLE THAT YOU THROW AWAY

[@peterkoval]

There should be a video update to show if they came back after the garbage trucks left...

[@pintobeans2973]

"Burn it! Burn it all!"---Henry Fonda

[@LarryKapp1]

Thanks for staying where you were Fabian for the good video view. The garbage truck got a good workout on this one !

[@koningbolo4700]

That cop got shut down by the realisation he can't enforce policy while on private property...publicly accessible private property...Mr. Fabian is only to remove himself from the premises after the owner has requested to do so...

[@notanomad9320]

Why don't the homeless just move over to the landfill with all their junk? That's where all this stuff is going.

[@murraychadwick9362]

😂

[@SPUDWRENCH]

Yeah rather than bringing the landfill to the public streets.

[@franbrinda]

That’s actually a good idea. They should open up the dumps to homeless encampments. Shorter commute and less work for everyone.

[@theonemox]

Keep going! So much work yet to do!

[@patriotsnation9224]

They ought to make the people who made the mess in the first place clean it up, and then have them wash the street area with a disinfectant.

[@4dogsgaming]

It would have been faster if they threw everything in the trash truck by hand rather than use the CAT which he clearly doesn't know how to use.

[@gowdsake7103]

our kidding right with the 2 umpalumpas

[@paulhergert6581]

HAHA i was thinking they must be new!!

[@YouTubeDeletesComments]

You want to grab that nasty sh++ by hand, instead?

[@schmitty8225]

Took them 20 minutes. Thats extremely quick. Doubt anyone wants to touch any of that homeless trash, who knows what is in that.

[@timb7775]

It is crazy watching these workers.

[@inaj27]

That guy has a nice body and full of energy as he does most of the work . Wonder why he’s on the streets ? He seems like he is capable of much more

[@stephengrube1532]

Drugs.

[@user-io3zd1qs1h]

Also before gentrification some of those people were the tenants. Many are out of staters

[@inaj27]

@@stephengrube1532 lol truth

[@djsi38t]

Just riveting video,my god did you get the exclusive of these people cleaning up a mess?Just amazing work..

[@JP-st2mk]

OMG! This must be the new hit TV series 'Hoarders Without Homes' I've heard about. Look on the bright side, these people have collected all that shit into one place making it easier for the city to collect.

[@michaelmyers3892]

These people are like cockroaches they just did this not too long ago I think there needs to be a more aggressive and attack a plan to stop this these people have no care for their selves or anybody else

[@hipster2283]

Can't afford housing, they're going to keep sitting on the streets. Change zoning and build enough homes for the people who are out on the streets because $3,000 rent is 95% of what they make a month

[@user-io3zd1qs1h]

Many of those people are the previous tenants prior to gentrification

[@michaelmyers3892]

@@user-io3zd1qs1h right I mean I've been homeless I've been down and out but there is no excuse to live like that and people didn't even know I was homeless they did know where my campsite was or anyting I was a ghost

[@christheesfeld5677]

I wish this wasn't the case, but the money made and paid is why this will never end. ☹️

[@DRS_ReMa]

great videos

[@leftylou6070]

Wow! A whole 36 minutes of digging through trash. Whoopee!

[@oceanforever]

Now they’ll go make a mess somewhere else

[@YP3CA]

People pay $4,000 for 2 Bedroom Appt only to have a street full of homeless and trash. Such BS. Don't forget to thank a Democrat on your way out

[@strawberryseeds]

Where do you live that it’s $4,000 for an apartment?

[@GrayBear420]

@@strawberryseeds Venice Beach and Santa Monica, baby

[@gowdsake7103]

Just what did Trump do ! Oh yes make it easier for banks to throw people on the streets

[@caesarsigala]

That's how you keep the republicans out. Best left in Texas.

[@MelissaMarcomb]

The van is right there . please fix the fence and clean up the sand . I'm begging you

[@rodney8763]

It amazes me! How long did it take to assemble the "belongings" in this location, and how many nights and days passed since the encampment was initially established? To watch the equipment remove everything thing with the dedicated on location removal along with manpower is amazing. Then think about how many such individual encampments exist in just this one general area and multiply it. And then wonder where all of the items originated from before being brought to this location.

[@jakmoan]

That is scandalous why in the world would one couple need to keep so much shit ? I don’t think I’ve got that amount of stuff in my house and I’ve lived in it for 45 years 😮

[@williegillie5712]

When you don’t have much you tend to hang onto anything you can get your hands on.

[@sharonnorvell3397]

They have mental issues...which we will likely never understand. They need help!

[@williegillie5712]

@@sharonnorvell3397 yeah if they only had some people that care for them. Otherwise it’s boxes, shopping cart, and anything else they can hold onto. Sadly they gave up everything so anything they have they will hoard. Bless their poor souls

[@elizalou2386]

Build rehab hospitals and force them into rehab for 6 months and job training.All the money wasted on the 30 people and police to clean up a street and then have to do it over again can be spent building and staffing treatment centers

[@dolrr54]

It's sad to see what our politicians are letting the homeless do to our cities all over this country. They let illegal immigrants in and give them all kinds of help, but won't help our own people with drug and mental issues. Shame on these politicians. God save America!!!

[@soccerboy22100]

well thats what you get for voting democrat al the time..

[@koosvanpetten5567]

For this "cleanup" my Lord Almighty will punish you with His wrath. Why don't you take care of the homeless people with food, shelter and love? Because you rich people don't have any "love" in yr hearts. You will be punished.

[@recycler60]

@@koosvanpetten5567😆

[@recycler60]

Nah, most of these are just dopeheads of their own accord. Why do they deserve help?

[@soccerboy22100]

@@user-qo8xp3ok9x did we have it as much as we do now when he was in office? i dont remember being that bad back then...

[@danmiller7079]

The area of Venice, ca. is a vast sewer! The people in this video look like they could hold down a job and make money to live somewhere. I was a school police officer for over 20 years in L.A. Co. and were constantly telling homeless people to leave our schools and go somewhere else. Most of them were young ( none over 40y.o.a.)and perfectly able to work but chose to live for free on the street and become part of the problem with drugs, violence, prostitution, drug trafficking, etc. Mental illness was an overwhelming problem but the State, County, Cities don’t even try to help with the problem. What ever happened to the over 50 million dollars of help L.A. County had to help the homeless. Probably lining the pockets of “people in high places”.

[@luisguzman6326]

Good job!

[@PT197429]

Nice to see they clean that shit up imagine living there 👍

[@davidharris2657]

Didn't the police move these two last week ?

[@importon]

Did he figure out how to do a kickflip yet?

[@ohnomrbill7984]

@@importon No that's funny 🤣🤣

[@saraanderson6615]

Don’t they move them every video?

[@ILOVEBACONBOY2018]

Nice to see them get rid of the trash!

[@petercallinicos]

This is great to see finally. I grew up there in the 60s, and it was beautiful. What's to keep them from returning? Probably nothing.😢

[@koosvanpetten5567]

For this "cleanup" my Lord Almighty will punish you with His wrath. Why don't you take care of the homeless people with food, shelter and love? Because you rich people don't have any "love" in yr hearts. You will be punished.

[@petercallinicos]

@koosvanpetten5567 How many homeless do you have living and eating at your house? I know, zero. 😂😂😂

[@BleachDemon99]

You got to get out of the street…..um the sidewalks kind of blocked 😂

[@markvanderlee]

I love watching that front loader eat!!!

[@Nativebeautys]

That's small considering the one we have in our city. It's enormous and houses around 200+ ppl. I wish something like this could happen to us.

[@SannTenny]

The homeless camps aren’t small. They’re just showing one area of clean up. The homeless camps in California can go on for miles and miles. I used to live there and saw them firsthand. They live along the water overflow cement areas and set up their “homes” there. They even keep pets there! When I drove the freeways, seeing the enormity of the camps along the overflow was shocking! The scene could stop traffic! Craziness and too permissive of a state!

[@juansanchez-kg2to]

It will start to happen once you start voting Republican….all these has been caused by the socialist left

[@bigvito9008]

@@SannTenny All part of Biden's America Last agenda

[@SannTenny]

The homeless people look like they’re not going anywhere. My guess is that they set up camp again as soon as the Police leave!

[@neilrafferty2097]

And they had it so nice .

[@outdoorfreedom9778]

I watched the cleanup of Venice beach, the bumbs were moving back as fast as the police left. How long did it take to look like hell again?

[@marciathompson1237]

I feel like you can be homeless without making a mess like that. I lived in a tent ⛺ for 11/2years to prove I could do it and never made a mess. I also never got wet are cold 🥶 when I was at the tent 🎪 . I don't understand why homelessness needs to be a burden on society . You don't have to be an idiot or stupid to become homeless, but you have to have some serious issues to live in the messes these people are making camping. No one ever know that I technically was homeless when I was living in a tent ⛺. I firmly believe that the conditions that you live in is a different reflection of your mental health.

[@hal8683]

Get all tents and shelters OFF the streets and sidewalks. Make an area away from society for those that want that life. Offer help then the area for them and their drugs and lifestyle. Let churches and goodwill and wasted used items go to them as needed. Lotos of wasted food and item so they can veg with drugs. Just get off the streets and bath. I know you do but no tents!

[@gmass7238]

This isn't the homeless peoples fault , this is the CITY fault for letting this get this way in the first place ...

[@nohandle62]

I'm amazed no one set that pile of crap on fire.

[@robertmanley2687]

I like that guys improvised U haul

[@ashlingofAsh7580]

Now thats ALOT of pure junk. My gawd

[@nola3058]

"ALOT" you mean, "a lot? 🤔

[@caesarsigala]

One man's trash is another mans treasure.

[@inaj27]

My heart goes out to them and the struggle they go through just to live 😢,

[@SgtJoeSmith]

yeah i feel bad for the people in the houses there too having to put up with this

[@devengudinas1649]

I don’t feel bad for drugies at all.

[@SgtJoeSmith]

@@devengudinas1649 shouldnt they be entitled to a living wage and free college and free health care and free housing as basic human rights? like the liberals say

[@vincentperratore4395]

Live? They have the right to live here, not where they came from, and with such gargantuan impunity, at variance with our very country's laws? Who said so? It's people like YOU who are the reason why they are here! Bleeding heart liberals, totally oblivious to our long abiding and judicious laws, are the ones who embolden them and dupe others who hold Office into accepting them as fellow citizens, but THEY ARE NOT ANY SUCH THING, by a long chalk! They did not cone here to work! They came here to retire with their millions, and as long as we pamper, cater to them and treat them like offended and imprisoned royalty, the problem will likely as not reach a stage where it will virtually be impossible to deal with it; in other words, very soon we'll be so swamped that if any one of us legitimate citizens need to leave, it'll have to be ourselves!

[@hipster2283]

Problem with California is that you can try to work a minimum wage job and make what, $3500/mo? Then spend $3000 renting an apartment or maybe if you're lucky $1700 for a single room. Hope you don't have medical debt or credit card debt or student loan debt!

[@MelissaMarcomb]

I hope you all keep coming down the boardwalk . you all are doing a great job down the street . now in front of charlies would be great. Yes everyone in the United States is watching you all clean up the sand.

[@adrianespinoza1561]

Sad but lets get the area clean ...asap😊😊😊😊

[@MilesBellas]

I hope these people can get their lives on track and the manufacturing economy starts to become functional again.

[@Peachy08]

These people wouldn't work if you woke them up, fed them breakfast, drove them to the job, did the work for them then took them home and cooked them a nice dinner before tucking them into bed with a hot toddy. They could care less about working.

[@MilesBellas]

@@Peachy08 Cyncism doesn't create solutions...... See Pavlov

[@marciathompson1237]

My other commenters no city or town should ever let the situation get that far out of hand before they shut it down. I truly believe that if you've made a mess like that you should get held accountable for it. What I'm seeing is towns and cities have allowed people to get out of control no one should ever try ( are be allowed ) to live on the corner of street. I believe anyone can become homeless it's how you behave while you're homeless that makes a difference.

[@Scorpio2065]

If the Government, States, Counties, all worked together to get the homeless off the streets. There wouldn't be encampments. Yea, it would take time to get them all off the streets. Private organizations can only do so much with the amount of money they get. With all of the empty warehouses around , fix them up into dorms or shelters , and rehabilitate them.

[@1ls376]

00:51 Anyone know what exhaust package the Tundra has, please post.

[@davidoropeza8639]

Makes u wonder how there were able to obtain all that but yet can’t obtain a job

[@schmitty8225]

Can't find a job in a garbage can.

[@humanbeing8338]

Being homeless yet accumulating so much stuff for oneself is absurd! It seems majority of them choose homelessness as a choice of life! Some even look rather healthy to get a job and work to have a better life!

[@brianandlindafairchild1237]

Looks like between the bikes and shopping carts alone was a$1000 worth of stuff. That adds to everyday people's food bills too. Those carts aren't cheap.

[@sharonnorvell3397]

Mental Illness

[@minibikemadman]

thats were my bin and dolly went. When you need a front end loader to clean up trash..thats wild.

[@nickhiscock8948]

This is also a symptom of not having adequate public housing with support services such as universal health care and drug/alcohol treatment programs that actually work.

[@AngelaWNC2]

😂😂😂

[@ca6177]

I cant finish watching this, this is infuriating! I feel for the sanitation workers and the taxpayers whose money is funding that crap! Homeless should be made to clean up their own mess! Pos

[@CENTAURE1312]

10 personnes présentes: deux qui bossent vraiment. Le conducteur du chargeur ferait bien de prendre des cours car pas très efficace. Et puis, cette lenteur.

[@panamint]

Funny how the guy filming is being told by the cop to move, but the guy littering the sidewalk while living on the sidewalk is being left alone. The homeless guy has been told many times by the city that they would be coming that day at that time so he had plenty of time to move his shit. All this while the female is sucking on a cigarette that she probably paid close to ten dollars for with money that came from the taxpayers. You can be homeless if you want to live that way but don't do it on city sidewalks outside of people's homes and businesses. Did you notice that the police didn't arrest the people for having stolen shopping carts?

[@Elska2]

Exactly! I saw 5 stolen shopping carts and 3 bicycles at least of dubious origin...That cop telling the camera person to respect private property was hilarious! symbolic of why CA is such a loony toon state. I mean who in their right mind allows homeless to build sidewalk and parking space encampments! Shopping carts cost stores about $400 a pop and that bill goes directly into consumers prices at the store. It's a dumb and dumber state I guess!