Criminalization of Homelessness: San Diego's Failed Response to a Homeless Crisis

San Diego has been grappling with a significant homelessness crisis, a problem that has been exacerbated by the city's approach to criminalizing homelessness. This strategy involves arresting and penalizing individuals for engaging in life-sustaining activities in public spaces, such as sleeping, sitting, or eating, when they have no other place to do so. While the city's intent may be to deter individuals from living on the streets, criminalizing homelessness has not only failed to address the root causes of the issue, but it has also made the problem worse. This punitive approach has resulted in a vicious cycle of arrests, fines, and incarceration, pushing homeless individuals further into poverty and making it even more difficult for them to secure stable housing.
San Diego's criminalization of homelessness has put a significant burden on already strained public resources, as law enforcement, courts, and jails become overburdened with the task of dealing with homeless-related infractions. The cost of incarcerating individuals for minor offenses often exceeds the cost of providing them with adequate social services, such as temporary housing, mental health care, and substance abuse treatment. By focusing on punishment rather than addressing the underlying issues that contribute to homelessness, San Diego's strategy has perpetuated a cycle of hardship and despair for its most vulnerable residents. It is evident that a more compassionate and effective approach is needed, one that prioritizes housing, mental health care, and social support services to help individuals escape the cycle of homelessness and reintegrate into society.
Michael McConnell is a prominent advocate for the homeless community in San Diego. With unwavering dedication and passion, he has been at the forefront of efforts to bring attention to the challenges faced by those experiencing homelessness in the city. McConnell tirelessly works to shed light on the detrimental effects of San Diego's approach to criminalizing homelessness and has been a vocal critic of this strategy. Through his advocacy work, he strives to raise awareness about the root causes of homelessness, the need for compassionate solutions, and the importance of providing adequate social services to help individuals escape the cycle of poverty.
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[@InvisiblePeople]

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[@Susanhartman.]

I was at the gas station and noticed a car full of belongings and a lady with her dog. I gave her $20 and she just started bawling and was extremely grateful. When I was in my 20’s I was homeless for 2 months and lived in my car. I know how it feels to be in that situation.

[@ThomasChai05]

I always wonder how can the typical family with average income afford a higher rate+ more expensive home? in my area multi generational home is becoming the norm . Don’t forget to add the inflation which just this week was 9.1 on the CPI, producers index 11.3, it’s going to be a rough ride for sure

[@mariaguerrero08]

This is why being informed pays off. I see any financial market condition as a plethora to make wealth. I had my $80k diversified and it has grown by 3x in the past 7 months with compounding, venturing doesn’t necessarily boil down to funds but you also have to be informed, be patient and back it up with good guidance

[@mikegarvey17]

@@mariaguerrero08How did you get that, i'm pretty sure its not through the financial market because its punching everyone in the balls every single day.

[@mariaguerrero08]

CAMILLE ALICIA GARCIA maintains an online presence. Just make a simple search for her name online.

[@diane.moore-]

Insightful... I curiously looked up her name on the internet and I found her site and i must say she seems proficient, wrote her an email outlining my objectives. Thanks for sharing.

[@rubenmechanic6328]

I will never look down on humans that are homeless,theres quite a bit of us that are a paycheck away from being homeless.its a sad reality.

[@Psychiatricnerd]

I don’t think enforcing the law is looking down on any of them. I think most people including law enforcement would love nothing more than to have these people get off the streets and on to their feet.

[@jackburton6462]

​@@Psychiatricnerdsorry but no. As someone who has spent considerable amount of time homeless, I can say a LOT of cops make it their personal vendetta against homeless. People hate the homeless, and we know you hate us. Trust us we don't like it here either!

[@Psychiatricnerd]

@@jackburton6462 but how is that mindset helping your situation? Constantly thinking everyone is out for you? There’s bad apples everywhere but catastrophizing everything will only make things worse.

[@clayjackson7375]

@@AngelRamirez-zv6qp same. I think most that hate homeless do so, only if they cause problems. if you're respectful and communicate politely... I'd bet 95% of people are the same. we're all people, and most know that. only a very few are jerks to be jerks imo.

[@uwillnevahno6837]

The fact that they're trashing perfectly usable gear: bikes, walkers is insane.

[@snowygirl131]

YES!!

[@beelance8057]

And an urn with a cremated body of a loved one? That's just evil.

[@cole_deatherage]

agreed, but so much of that "usable" stuff becomes stagnant street clutter all too often. If you live nearby and think you can help, please by all means do. It's easy for people to sit at home on their keyboard and give their take. This issue is not so cut and dry.

[@fluffyssacats]

when I was 10, my father and I were forced to live on the street. I remember so many people giving me dirty looks, police officers not caring about what I have to say when a man threatened my life. everyone around me treated a 10 year old child like trash because she didn’t have a home. I couldn’t “get a job” because I was 10, but everyone seemed to believe I could. I was told that “you did this to yourself” and “the choices you make made you end up here” but that’s not my case. my father is disabled and is not allowed to work. how can the government stop us from working and not provide enough assistance to keep a 10 year old off the street. now our government is also making it illegal for 10 year olds to even sleep out in the streets, not the way it should be, they’re throwing their lives away now too.

[@MargaritaMagdalena]

Hello, how old are you now? How long were you homeless and how did you get out of it?

[@johnjarvis2168]

Did your daddy get a job?

[@fluffyssacats]

@@johnjarvis2168 did you read anything I wrote? my father has about 30-40 seizures a week and has severe brain damage.

[@johnjarvis2168]

@@fluffyssacats try giving him Rick Simpson cannabis oil. I seriously believe it will help him.

[@jackburton6462]

​@@johnjarvis2168Jesus read the story. Smh

[@MrBobochow]

Gave a meal to a homeless guy and spoke with him a while . I found out he was a professor and divorced but didn’t want to pay alimony. Just one story of my trip to San Diego.

[@messerschimdt9900]

They will tell you anything to get your sympathy and then your money.

[@MrBobochow]

No money 💰

[@BloopBloop78]

Yup! You would be surprised at how many men also become homeless to avoid child support/alimony

[@Scythia1313]

The folks that cause this criminalize homelessness while simultaneously profiting from it. Sick.

[@grmrbrts5123]

Capitalism 101

[@max420thc]

It’s not capitalism clown, this is socialism.

[@mikesrandomvideos]

So funny that you think someone profits from using trash equipment and staff to clean up Human excretion. IT is the democratic government who created this problem making living so expensive that this is the result.

[@mikesrandomvideos]

@@grmrbrts5123 This all got much worse when the democratic government really went left in ca. Causing the cost of living to be totally unaffordable. with all the new laws created in the last 14 years. Pushing so many people on the streets.....someone needs to admit that they voted for the wrong party and this is why were are where we are.

[@DurararaX2]

No..... the smack dealers profit from this. The crack and meth dealers are doing quite well too. "the more you know" ....

[@w.terrace5394]

The city seems very quick on sweeping the homeless, but at the same time, they kept building unaffordable housings. No politicians ever touched the subject of rent controls.

[@carboncopy4183]

I don't think the cities are building those apartments. They would have to approve/allow other companies to build them. The city should be providing some kind of program to get the people back into a home and get a job. But why fix anything when they can just campaign on this issue? (as they have been). If they fix it, they're now down a campaign issue to fight for.

[@potrelviewer9536]

because they don't want anyone to live in their city!

[@max420thc]

Amazing, please stay in California and never move. Price controls on anything causes supply demand shortages. Maybe one day you leftists will figure out supply and demand. You let 30 million people into the country needing houses and guess what? The price of houses goes up and increases homelessness. You leftists should never be allowed to vote. As well intentioned as you are you all are just to ignorant to solve complex problems. You just make things worse and your corruption worse.

[@max420thc]

The city of LA spends 50000 a year per homeless person. 75 percent of those funds goes to feed the democrat machine. Less than 25 percent of the help goes to where it’s needed. 75 percent goes to line the democrat pocket. They tell you they care and are compassionate but they just make the problems worse and then profit from it every single time.

[@shanelittle1025]

Alot of homeless people have a drug/mental health issue. They need help not a sidewalk.

[@cheri238]

Thank all those who cares and have compassion. ❤

[@wwbuirkle]

It's not compassionate to enable people

[@yenpham-jb4wo]

So when can I tell them they can move in with you?

[@RonaldMarch-q1b]

I'm a homefree San Diegan myself but it doesn't mean I have to be a dirtbag...if these people wouldn't just trash the streets and defecate all over the sidewalks it wouldn't be such an issue I don't believe. I leave my area just like I found it can't even tell that I've been there...there's just NO excuse

[@moonlightstargem1006]

There is no where for them to poop or pee. Give people a break

[@The314moses]

​@@moonlightstargem1006There are places to relieve yourself other than the streets or the sidewalks. Don't be ridiculous.

[@LIVdaBrand]

One of the hardest things, from personal experience, about being homeless is being invisible to society. Then when you make it out (IF you make it out) people see you again. Really messes with your psyche.

[@AvrArv]

8years homeless with a Master degree,20y of working experience,3lingual...

[@johnny_truth]

@@AvrArv dang

[@willywonka69xx]

@@AvrArv If you worked (full time) for 20 years why did you end up homeless? What drug did you become addicted to?

[@EmilyGloeggler7984]

@@willywonka69xxAs a working homeless wife, I never did drugs, I don’t drink alcohol, and I am not a criminal. What caused our homelessness was a medical emergency which resulted in massive medical debt and combined with the landlord raising our rent from $800 to $1400, that cost us our humble apartment.

[@willywonka69xx]

@@EmilyGloeggler7984 What state do you live in? I know many states have programs to help people stay housed, including emergency funding and long term support. Also, medical debt is forgiven for low income people. Something seems off...800 to 1400, what city is this?

[@bastian_anibal]

3000 - 4000 dollar a month for a rent is just crazy. If this prices would come here to Scandinavia (Sweden) then 70 % of the people would be homeless, the world is for sure going wrong direction.

[@Rosie05610]

It is happening in Australia, there forcing the low wage earners into the streets all because of GREED, the greed of the landlords and the rich who just keep on getting richer, it's a disgrace and the evil greedy government allows it.

[@musicloverchicago437]

The United States is very large. These people can go to numerous other places in the US and find very reasonable cost of living. Or it was very reasonable before the Democrats ruinged the economy, but it's still better than just about anywhere in California which is one of the most expensive states in the US. If you can't afford to live somewhere, then move to a place you can afford.

[@Rosie05610]

@@musicloverchicago437 So the beaches can solely belong to the wealthy, people like you make me sick. GOD owns this world not the rich.

[@DurararaX2]

I live in a high rise in WeHo, I pay 1600 a month. There are studios here as low as $650 a month, but they do require having a "JOB".

[@djm2189]

I'm paying 2.2k for a 1bed in San Diego. I'd love to move to Hawaii, can't afford it. If i couldn't afford it here in SD, guess what I'd do, move... Large country, many states, cities, towns. But they MUST live here. No one is special. Tired of them harassing and taking public space at parks, beaches, sidewalks, etc.

[@z.s.7992]

That line at the end really spoke to me "Quit targetting homeless people and start attacking Homelessness." I have a son and every summer he comes down and I do my father son time we do a mutual aid project. This year I think we are going to try to figure something out about homelessness. He is 13 and he knows I was homeless before.

[@TheDancer819]

Well, maybe you can talk to some of those homeless people and let them know how you succeeded to end your homelessness. What some people don’t realize is the majority of these people actually don’t mind living in the street. But there are some of them that do need some encouragement, and set in the right path to succeed for themselves.

[@z.s.7992]

@@TheDancer819 its not succeeding for themselves. I was really lucky I had a resource to turn to in that my family gave me a chance Most of these folks dont have that especially kids that are gay or trans that end up on the streets cos their parents are rightwing idiots that believe all this groomer hype. These folks need a leg up. We are not giving it to them because we are giving it in subsidies to large multinational companies because I guess those folks shareholder value is not letting them have enough yachts or buggatis or escorts. A lot of these people dont mind living in the streets because a lot of the time the alternative is worse. Shelters are often dangerous, dirtier than the street, they kick you out in the morning no matter how cold it is, many times they force you to convert to their religion, or pray or go to service....and many times they take your food stamps and dont feed you. No drug use or drinking, so if you have a habit and get sick then well guess you are fucked cos you cant leave once you are in there and many of them say you cant smoke ciggies either. So its get punched in the nuts or punched in the throat. Homelessness existing is a policy. The reason it exists when it could so easily be erradicated with so little money. It is there so the bosses can point at those living on the street and say if you dont jump as high as I want you to for as little as I say you get no matter if you have to live in your car, no matter if you can get your kids inhaler, no matter if I steal your wages (wage theft is the biggest amount stolen every year by an insane amount) then that will be you.

[@joshbanks9261]

If you've been on the street you will do whatever u can to get off the street. More needs to be done to fight homelessness and poverty. Being mentally ill doesn't mean your unable to be a bit normal but don't fit in. Many of us who suffer from ADHD or bipolar might have trouble holding onto a job that pays enough to get by while we pursue our arts. I left the States in 2004 for China and here someone like myself can survive in Asia heading back home I would have a hard time surviving. I even get over ten grand from an inheritance. I'm lucky I have a degree and have found a good life in Asia. Affordable housing job training is needed. Even people with avarage paying jobs struggle to get by. Many of us are priced out of California and without affordable housing investment in social programs more will end up on ths streets. Its a humanity crisis that needs to be addressed.

[@TheDancer819]

@@joshbanks9261 it’s the social programs that have destroyed this country but people aren’t going to understand that.

[@dingusdingus2152]

@z.s.7992 good luck.

[@franceslock1662]

It’s not a crime to be poor. Shame on the government and voters. Australia is headed on this path.

[@latinexus]

California can't lose faith, and lose sight of what is right. Jesus said care for the weak, if ye do believe.

[@AUTISTICLYCAN]

Most people put a thing into the trash can and move on there is no crime there. The problem homeless people get into with trash cans is they root around trash can's looking to make a withdrawal not a deposit. Legally trashcans are for the deposit of liter, refuse or trash. Some homeless people act like trash cans are loot boxes to be scoured through like Christmas stockings full of "Gifts!" Homeless people who root through trash can's looking for prizes should be arrested and thrown into jail. I am a disabled black man and in all my life I've never been arrested or harassed for DEPOSITING trash into trash can's liter barrels whatever. Again another lady stretching the truth to make criminals look like innocent victims.

[@latinexus]

@@nahyeahwhatsahandle i think he needs jesus

[@b67y8y]

Same thing is going on in nova Scotia Canada 🇨🇦 it's sad 😔

[@AUTISTICLYCAN]

@@nahyeahwhatsahandle People with the ability to read know. Someday with work you might be able to understand. I'll pray for you to get the gift of discernment.

[@AdamJones-d7q]

i live in san diego. This is the tyranny of the minority. These people live is unsanitary conditions which is a danger to themselves and those that dont live on the streets. Those that pay tons of money to live here are expected to deal with it. I am all for helping but the help needed is forced institutionalization of the mentally ill. We gave up on forcing people that are mentally ill into institutions in the name of civil rights, but its not humane to leave these mentally ill and self medicating individuals on the street.

[@bathsheba9581]

the largest growing group of homeless are the very elderly. Their meager Social Security checks cannot pay for any rent in today's market. The greed we have today is positively evil.

[@PaulYewchuk-k2l]

I wanted to start a construction business in San Diego but was met with SO MUCH OPPOSITION that I decided to leave the city. From having my green card confiscated to being slandered, poisoned, and knifed by criminals I couldn't build any housing at all there. If you want more jobs and more housing then stop driving businessmen like me out of the country!

[@loren3160]

I'm 72 and during the winter months in the desert I sleep in my car to save my SS to rent a place in the summer. Hopefully things will get better soon so I can get a place full time. But my health is not getting better. God is all I have and all I need. I will pray for everyone 🙏✝️❤️

[@thikasrmg138]

Trump will do something believe in God. US is sending trillions to another Countries for help. for war, etc but here they do zero for US Citizens !

[@sheilawoods4845]

I feel you. A state of constant anxiety. God please provide refuge.

[@abolisher]

Wow what the hell that’s insane

[@salvalooez2249]

Sanding you strenth

[@newpapyrus]

There needs to be affordable rent controlled housing available for all working Americans and for Americans on Social Security.

[@roberte.6892]

hey, I have sympathy for the homeless - i lived in my carfor almost two years, but this issue is complicated. homeless should be treated like people, but other people have a right to walk on their streetsin their cities and communities and not be afraid or harassed (most homeless aren't evil, but let's not kid ourselves i to thinking that they're all angels, either)

[@PrecioustheMovie1]

I was homeless in my van for a year. Homeless people are terrible towards each other and the rest of society. In their defense, the terrible stuff they do is habitual and many of them are pretty much on auto pilot hurting people.

[@Hktuah24]

I still live out of my car in Los Angeles. And lemme just say...I fuckin love it. I make almost six figures so it's Koo with me. Best part is when I go on deployments with the army reserves. That's where I truly make my money. Ill save between $50-65k in less than 11 months. But when I'm at home. I Shower at the gym. UPS for address and mail box, storage to keep personal belongings. KZbin TV and hotspot for sports. Gas is really the only issue. This year hasn't been so bad. The only thing I wish I had was a hybrid or EV car. But the thing is I'm paying off debt, saving, and investing at the same time. The stock markets have been rallying as of late so I'm almost at $200k now. Everybody out here breaking their necks to pay this high ass rent. I'm like fuuuck that. I'm not paying that shyt. Living out of your car ain't all bad. It's really hard for me to really consider myself homeless to be honest. Because I can move around and pay for things. Plus my net worth increases every month. I feel bad for people living out of their cars and are just stuck..

[@RaheelPervaiz123]

​@@Hktuah24the real issue here seems to be the cost of housing.

[@Banebelladonna]

I work outreach and San Diego has done a lot. I started out in a shelter. People didn't want to utilize shelters because we had structure. No drinking, drugs, no smoking in the facility. You have access to case workers, a computer room to find work, three meals a day, laundry cards etc. No one is pushing these ppl there they just want to do whatever they want.

[@dragonf1092]

Then blame the domestic terrorists calling themselves landlords and the state terrorists calling themselves politicians protecting, aiding and abetting the domestic terrorist landlords.

[@Liberty-rn4wy]

We had these encampments here in Minneapolis. We also had people using needles, selling and using drugs, and even shootings and stabbings. I heard the gunfire after the drug dealers started to hang out in my park to sell to the people using. they even had overdoses and even kids at the "camps." Camps, are NOT the answer. I don't want tents, needles and shootings in my park. Find another way.

[@eriklarson4082]

Sad but true. I've witnessed all of that here in S.D.

[@michael-hw1uv]

As dead flies give perfume a bad smell, so a little folly outweighs wisdom and honor. 2 The heart of the wise inclines to the right, but the heart of the fool to the LEFT. 3 Even as he walks along the road, the fool lacks sense and shows everyone how stupid he is.Ecclesiastes 10:1-2.

[@DiogenesOfCa]

Ever play Monopoly? At the end everyone is poor except the winner. That is capitalism in a nutshell.

[@Liberty-rn4wy]

@@DiogenesOfCa No, capitalism is where you get an iPhone.

[@bongodave13]

@@Liberty-rn4wy What a gift! Yay, capitalism! Let's ignore poverty, starvation and our dying planet. We've got iphones!

[@timboyd4170]

I like the lady that said the street cleaners do a half-assed job cleaning up the street San Diego mayor and city council ought to be ashamed of themselves for not doing oversight on the street cleaners

[@michaelbailey4164]

It is the homeless that make the messes, then they complain the county didn't clean good enough. Being homeless does not mean you have to live in filth.

[@shortmeister4321]

It's from the disgusting amount of greed in our country. Thousands and thousands of people have been priced out of the safety of a home. How can they start over from the street? Where's the decency these days for God's sake?

[@wwbuirkle]

That has nothing to do with the problem;

[@yenpham-jb4wo]

I like the holy people that preach this until it comes to their home. Let’s see how you like your kids getting harassed by pedo homeless s

[@Psychiatricnerd]

Greed. What’s greed is thinking you own the sidewalk or park or other public space.

[@joeb2890]

Shameful how the richest country in the world treats its people with the most need

[@AJBlueJay]

Ireland, Luxembourg, Singapore, Qatar, UAE, Switzerland, Norway, and Israel are richer, have less homeless per capita, have universal healthcare, and some also have free college.

[@AJBlueJay]

All homeless people in Israel also get a monthly stipend of 1,000 shekels.

[@screenarts]

They enjoy it. Many people are sadistic mfos

[@cheri238]

Our hearts break when human beings have compassion 💔

[@max420thc]

You should go live there ,

[@AJBlueJay]

It's always the people who benefit the most from rising rents and rising home prices and rising property values who complain the most about about their own zero sum game that makes housing unaffordable for other people.

[@信者の男]

There are cheaper places. Los angeles is expensive as fuck.

[@tofamous13]

Do you live in San Diego ?

[@GuitarWithBrett]

My sympathy is waning as the problem clearly is getting out of control. I’ve helped some homeless directly and there is great support for those functional enough to want it. Mentally Ill and addicts need serious help to even get their life together.

[@dragonf1092]

Politicians, judges, and landlords are to blame it will never end, they make millions off fools donating to these corrupt scumbag charities. Homelessness is profitable for the politicians and organizations.

[@dragonf1092]

Never donate money to charities they are frauds.

[@mikedavis2969]

THEY GET WHAT THEY VOTED FOR !

[@chrisbohanon403]

@@mikedavis2969 I hear that every day about my state of Oregon. But what people don't realize is that we have vote-by-mail and it is absolutely corrupt!

[@lightingthedarkremoteviewi8086]

No there isn't depending where you live housing wait lists can be over 5 years. I've been trying to get my credit up for over 2 yrs someone stole my card info and stupid Equifax despite disputing it twice hasn't raised my score at all

[@Jdee8989]

I have sympathy for the ones that mind their own business and don’t bother people, but I definitely don’t have any sympathy for the ones that are violent and aggressive towards others.

[@DadBodFitness01]

Same for housed people right?

[@SnowMcCall1]

I was homeless until May this year. Its truly sad....because thats everything they own and have built up to survive. The criminialization of this group is not the solution. Like many...its circumstance...not drugs or alcohol or lack of wanting a better life! People turn a blind eye...until its them...or their kids or their neighbors....until its too late!!!

[@Franaflyby]

The government officials are making money and profiting of the misery of the poor. This shouldn't be. It will only get worse as time passes. Who throws away a grandma's grandsons ashes ? Karma will catch up to them all. 😠

[@SleepyMatt-zzz]

Nobody wants homeless people around, yet they have nowhere for them to go. I'm watching this unfold in my hometown in Canada where the city's solution to homeless people hanging around parks and grassy areas is to just fence the area around it, only for those same homeless people to hang around the fences. It's absolutely moronic, because most of these "solutions" is just theatrics. Just bring back shanty towns already.

[@MellonCollie_28]

You know what? You're absolutely right. It's even worse if you're just trying to find a safe space to be able to get to your job. All the police and/or ppl do is refer you to services that are already at capacity. It's an almost no-win situation... 👎🏾

[@williamyoung9401]

Yeah, let's go back to the Depression! Because it worked out SO well back then. Just raise taxes on billionaires and build these people homes already! Jealous someone else gets a free home? Why not subsidize yours too? Oh, and maybe pay for treatment for these poor people who got addicted to Big Pharma's Opiates. Thanks Sackler Family!

[@perrybabin8427]

Why do these people think they have the right to live in an area where the property values are so high? They could move to cities where property values are lower and jobs are more readily available for low-skilled workers. Are you going to buy and donate the land for the shantytowns? If so, are you going to do it where land is $10M an acre or in a place where it's $20k an acre?

[@edbenti5007]

The ignorance and misanthropy of your post is breathtaking.@@perrybabin8427

[@checksoverstripes2498]

@@MellonCollie_28that’s what happens when you have democratic policies

[@fedexpress14]

Anybody with any empathy and connection to San Diego government needs to provide response to this immoral way of treating people in this city. Shame on prioritizing selling beer and overpriced food at the ballpark while humans suffer. Baseball fans ignore the problem and complain about what they see. Meanwhile thousands of empty units sit unoccupied up in the sky. cApItAlIsM…

[@z.s.7992]

I call it fapitalism because Id rather be jacking off than spending money on the 45 different chicken sandwiches that they "innovate" or watching a remake of a super hero created in the 20s

[@robertcoggins8545]

Oh you mean people with a Freekin "JOB" purchasing stuff at the Ballgame!!

[@z.s.7992]

@@robertcoggins8545 this is the stupidest short sighted viewpoint there is. Sad you made it this far in life without being disabused of this selfishness

[@winning3329]

​@@robertcoggins8545 they already did a video about how getting a job is not the answer to homelessness. Job's are not paying a livable wage and rent is becoming unaffordable. I was homeless and I worked as a security guard and I lived in my car. We need to force a law that will force landlord's to lower their rents. I know what it cost to own an apartment complex and insurance and tax doesn't justify charging $2000 a unit. Alot of landlord's barely fix anything and they are hoarding a lot of money.

[@DigitalMediaPatriots]

​@@robertcoggins8545there are people with jobs who pay their rent on time and have been evicted by landlords. They can't get another apartment with that eviction. Many can't live with family or friends either. They become homeless that easily.

[@markwhite6782]

I'm from the midwest and have heard horror stories about the cost of housing in California. A 1 million dollar house in a California city would go for around $100K in our state. Drugs and housing have caused all of this and I hope we find an answer. This is so sad to see.

[@yamchayaku]

California is the only state where weather is fair all around. That's why they all come here. Anywhere else in the US would most likely have extreme weather that would otherwise kill the homeless.

[@Littlepaw7]

According to others doing better in California that is a lack of planning and our choices have caused our problem of not being able to afford housing and if you are elderly and on a fixed income and the working poor who show up everyday we did not plan well enough and just live above our means and need budgeting tips and classes. There is no way you can budget your way out of this. They are telling us to leave and move to a more affordable place in the country and if we don’t have the money saved to do that it is once again our fault. They want California to only be for the richest in the country what are they gonna do when there is no one to bag their groceries or serve their breakfast oh that’s right get people from other countries to live with twenty people in a home working at their slave wages without complaint to darken their lifestyles. We are not their fellow citizens we are peasants that inconvenience them.

[@markwhite6782]

God that sounds horrible. Things are getting worse everywhere due to people moving out of blue states into red ones. I'm not trying to be political, that's just the way it is. In my state of Oklahoma the cost of land has gone up 1000% over the last 10 years. I am fortunate to own 68 acres that I paid $1,200 per acre for because it's now around $8,000 per acre in my area. We built a new house at 1850 sq ft for $53,500 in 1990. We have kinfolk from the Sacramento area, they told us the only way to own a home is to be rich or inherit it. That's not the American way. @@Littlepaw7

[@Davidipac]

There has to be a solution . The State of California has wasted vast sounds of money on NGOs who have no vested interest in addressing the problem because then they would be redundant

[@eriklarson4082]

While not all homeless are bad people, there are a lot that ruin it for everybody. I live in S.D. and it's gotten terrible. Crime rates in those areas are through the roof, vehicle break ins daily, shoplifting, business break ins, innocent people getting robbed on the streets, homeless camping in front of businesses which destroys the business, people using drugs in the open, having sex in public, leaving dirty needles and condoms everywhere, and many other problems. Many homeless enjoy the handouts and dont want to work. They get free food through e.b.t., free cellphones and cell service, free medical/dental insurance through medi-cal, free needles, condoms and meth pipes through needle exchange. It's pretty wild.

[@williamyoung9401]

It's the people that prey on the homeless that are the problem. And if you have problems with legit homeless, they probably need to be in a mental health hospital getting treatment for not only physical dependencies but also treating the mental trauma that happened to them in their lives. We used to have those in the 60s. Watch some of the interviews with homeless people on youtube. They're pretty eye opening.

[@ronaldgreen5292]

Welcome to joe Biden's America!😖

[@thegreenray4010]

​@ronaldgreen5292 the US was like this long before sleepy Joe took office.

[@nutech1810]

​@williamyoung9401 I live in San Diego. No one can afford rent here. What do you expect? How can someone improve their life when there is zero units available that you can rent on even $25hr? A studio is 4k a month. Tons of apartments are empty because no one can afford the rent. Even nurses are struggling. Many are homeless vets.

[@mitchdegrace2040]

These people will pay dearly for treating their fellowman in this cruel fashion….this is all these people have…how cruel and inhumane…God is watching.

[@susanmercurio1060]

Maybe he's laughing. He's certainly not doing anything.

[@susanmercurio1060]

@@poncejerry22 I wish that you would distinguish between the people who became homeless *because* of their drug use and the people who *became* drug users because they were dealing with the stress of homelessness. I agree that there is massive corruption. Do you know that there is more empty houses, apartments, and offices than there are homeless people in the United States? They could end homelessness overnight, but they won't do it because it isn't profitable.

[@charleshoang566]

God said it's ok to do this,otherwise the city will become a landfill with homeless junks.

[@persianguy2849]

How can homelessness be a crime? If you house them and they didn't stay there, I can imagine it to be a crime but if you don't house them and they have nowhere to go, they have to live somewhere! Usually outside! What the hell...

[@garycondon7719]

I can sure relate to these people , I lived among some of them in a shelter for awhile . When you really get to know some of them , you never stop being concerned or even interested in their situation

[@CynthiaWord-iq7in]

If house-lessness becomes against the law...taking one's family home in foreclosure essentially initiates felony vagrancy. The Marshall dispossessing my brother, two children and wife criminalized his existence...and moved throughout the days and nights over 5yrs, never eating anything except scraps, usually sweets handed him, and NO CONTINUAL SLEEP, 45 mins, 2hrs on asphalt pavement behind a convenience where...he died last year if starvation Hus heart stopped. I had looked for him for years in foot. No car, asked everyone, police, ni one could tell me knowing he was also hiding in shame and to keep from being beat up. They also I learned, stop drinking it eating if nit bear a ditch or woods to go to the bathroom as. HOWEVER, the Coroner called me up--in a turned off phone. Got message after 6wks-- when he was found dead--how did they find me so fast, AFTER? My own foreclosure ended 3 days before I had found out. I will never get over the established/accepted cruelty of a system. No one can get back without help. House-lessness is fatal.

[@theresekirkpatrick3337]

Such a shame to live in the land of milk and honey. In our area of Arizona most homeless have mental illness and addiction issues. I’m so ashamed of my country. Us army veteran 😢🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻 Thanks for sharing this story

[@whoareyoutoaccuseme]

Soon you'll be seeing that most homeless people are disabled, couldn't afford a university education, born into poverty, or simply couldn't make enough money, even with 3 jobs, to afford rent. There's a lot of us already, but the powers that be love to instil the narrative thst it's mostly caused by addiction and mental health issues. Meanwhile many of those brainwashing all y'all are addicts themselves - but their drugs of choice have been deemed acceptable by the heteronormative white man's society, so they aren't judged.

[@TheAdam212121]

Want to know what else is sad? The health industry heads of authority know that addiction recovery time can be cut well over half the time it takes for the brain to recover using scientifically backed and proven medicine like BPC-157. But they do not say anything because big-pharma doesn’t have patent-rights to medicines like BPC-157 and other related medicines. Wound healing rate is the answer to quick recovery. Basic science. That is why we as Americans must begin again, to understand that our right and ability to research for ourselves is fully within each and every one of us that has a mind and a will to question what central authorities are telling us. We are a very educated nation yet, we haphazardly allow central heads of various industrial sectors to funnel the knowledge of the world through their spokesmen. That creates a potentially problematic risk factor for being misled and outright lied to. All these scientific studies are made available online in official documents, yet we allow the news and other proxy sites to interpret these official documents that we could read on our own if we had the discipline.

[@davestrang8585]

Milk and honey yes if a person is rich 🤑

[@trainsplanesandotherthings5187]

And that is why they are homeless... It's not a housing problem... its addiction & mental illness.. yet Politian's keep tossing money at housing & the homeless keeps refusing housing...

[@dragonf1092]

Mental hospitals and psychiatrists are the cause of the drug addicts and problems.

[@j.vi-geant6784]

It's so much worse than when I was raised there, it's also the same nation-wide. UNTIL mental health is addressed, substance abuse and not just cost of living but ENOUGH AFFORDABLE HOUSING is in place the same political game will continue. I was assaulted (already disabled mind you):by a horrid old woman who threatened me with the Sheriff. I was in her home 5 1/2 years, COVID lockdown incl. God knows where those ashes went and He'll have His sacred revenge, count on it.

[@roberthaugen9871]

The homeless epidemic is planned. They want to corral all humanity into mega cities after culling a large portion of us. The homeless situation has many benefits for the globalists. It makes capitalism look bad when it's not. It's actually the best economic system. It builds an army of revolutionaries. It gives globalists an excuse to implement communism. Think about it. You'll find many reasons why "they" want homelessness to get worse.

[@georgegeorge9242]

There are rich people only because there are poor people.

[@potrelviewer9536]

Rich people wouldn't exist without lower class people. It's like having a pyramid summit trying to levitate without the body and base of that very pyramid.

[@susanmercurio1060]

Capitalism! Read The Theory of the Leisure Class by Thorstein Veblen.

[@friedricey]

Sounds like a great pyramid ponzi scheme.

[@markmower1746]

That was the stupidest thing you ever posted.

[@susanmercurio1060]

@@friedricey No, it's not the same as a Ponzi scheme. A Ponzi scheme is defined as a process in which the latest investors' money is used to pay the interest on the earlier investors' investments. Capitalism is when a small group of people prey on a large group of people. Inequality is built into capitalism. If you would read The Theory of the Leisure Class, Thorstein Veblen would explain it to you.

[@dillon4060]

The sad truth is after a while you stop feeling sorry for addicts. You try to help them, but they just continue to take and take and take and eventually you have no choice but to cut ties. Drugs are a terrible thing.

[@deborahkish5411]

Not all homeless are addicts!

[@willeciabowen6494]

This is a horrible situation,the people who do this to the homeless, don't think about the fact that they could be in this situation at any point in life, due to circumstances.😢

[@ey67]

Predatory capitalism. Get rich or die. Thanks to saint Ronny reagan' and slick Willie Clinton. And all the other corporate puppets.

[@jessicawagers2321]

Once a person becomes homeless,. it is extremely HARD to get out of that!!! NOT many homeless people SUCCEED in this life sadly.. It is just a FACT that once homeless, a person may STAY homeless for their lifetime sadly. ONLY a few people get OUT of that lifestyle. With that being said, it is SAD to see soo many homeless people out there.

[@DurararaX2]

Once that needle goes in the arm, it's hard to pull it out.

[@johnnynick3621]

It is only hard if you don't want to fight your addiction. There are almost NO homeless people who are not addicted to either drugs or alcohol. If they are homeless because they are out of work, there are help wanted signs in EVERY city across the country. There are hundreds of homeowners looking to rent out a room in their home in Craigslist EVERY DAY. People are looking for clean, sober roommates everywhere. The only reason people can't get off the streets is because they have chosen that lifestyle.

[@Peace-fd3tg]

​@@johnnynick3621The day you go through that for quite some time for another reason than these "addictions" you mentioned then only may be you will change your mind. People do not choose that "lifestyle" but rather fall into it for either social or economical reasons and not everyone is strong enough to handle the pressure of living outside all day long so they fall into addictions. The main issue is affordable housing. The world became way too greedy and is pricing out most of us along the way. People suffer for no reason besides money. Criminalizing poverty is the dumbest thing to do. Your message is way out of line and is obviously coming from the no experience matter at all. The day you go through that please come back and tell us how it was and enlighten us with your same I know it all obsolete rhetoric! Many homeless people actually work but can't afford rent. If only you knew that your message wouldn't be so biased. If they wanted to rent they would have to work most likely so much more they wouldn't even see their place at all so now what you go to rent a place and work all day long to pay for it? Absolutely ridiculous to say the least! The main problem is greed! Homeless people are simply out priced by greedy owners!

[@theresonlymusic6332]

Have you been homeless yourself? No? Then you don't know how hard it is.... When they treat people like garbage, how can they mentally stay that strong to put up this huge fight against government and capitalism? Did you ever felt like garbage? No? Well then you don't know how hard it is!

[@johnnynick3621]

@@Peace-fd3tg I am speaking from experience. I spent three years homeless, living in a storage shed with no running water or toilet. I spent much of my time hanging out in "camps" located in the woods adjacent to the railroad tracks where other homeless people set up their tents. I watched them spend all their time planning how they would get their next fix or their next bottle. I saw them use their government EBT cards to get stuff they could sell so they could buy more drugs or booze. There is NOTHING you can tell me about this lifestyle that I haven't lived. I did not use drugs at all. I did drink, but I never allowed it to get control over me. I finally decided to clean up and start working again. Once I made that decision, the rest was easy. I am now living a clean, productive life. I'm remarried and own a small home and started a small business. If I can do it, they can do it. It is a choice. Those of you pretending that it is NOT have never lived this lifestyle.

[@Fanghurst]

Homelessness needs a lot of help but if they aren't willing to help themselves it's just a lost cause and the cycle will continue to repeat itself.

[@gtRELIC]

Plenty of people work full time jobs and yet are still homeles. I had to live with roommates and split housing cost or I would have been homeless. Then I was 35 got diagnosed with testicular cancer and if I couldn't have moved back with my dad I'd have been absolutely screwed.

[@ikemo3551]

Most of them are willing to help themselves. Your dumb*** so called greatest nation just doesn't care about their situation very much.

[@Dannyvirk]

@@gtRELIC I'd say around 20-30% of the them work for fortune 500 companies or billionaires.

[@TRUTHSETTERANIMALSRULE]

ALOT OF THE YOUNGER HOMELESS ARE THE ONES THAT DONT WANT TO LIVE BY HOUSE RULES!!!!! SOME SAY NOBODYS MAKING THEM PAY RENT, AND THEY LIKE THE HAND OUTS THEY GET FOR BEING HOMELESS, AND SOME ARE VERY VERY GOOD WORKING PEOPLE, THAT JUST GOT FORCED OUR BY GREEDY RENTS!!!! IM ONE STEP AWAY FROM A HOMELESS CAMP MYSELF, USED TO BE THERE, AND DELT WITH ALOT OF HOMELESS!!!!!

[@LifeBetweenTheDash]

"If they aren't willing to help themselves" But when they are willing, then what's your thought?

[@GamingWithAlice186]

And yet we are putting illegals into hotels rather than helping our own.....I have been homeless, it took 13 years to get out of it, it's a struggle to stay out of it. My prayers to all of you. ❤❤❤❤

[@BeADad2447]

Why is it that illegals get jobs, make something of themselves, contribute to society but these people don't? Take them to your house! They are destroying cities! Just work! All these people get benefits and they buy drugs, alcohol, cigarettes! Get a job!

[@eric1302]

More potential.

[@OsirisIxchel]

No were not and we still haven't located 1,000 of the children separated from their parents by Trump. What happened to them?

[@GamingWithAlice186]

@Iris Friesen I didn't mention Trump, you did. 🤷‍♀️

[@BeADad2447]

@@OsirisIxchel sweetie Trump lost 100k babies? OMG, thats horrible, what a savage! HE SHOULD BE IN JAIL! TELL ME WHAT SHOULD HAPPEN TO BIDEN, HE LOST 85,000 BABIES? WHAT DO WE DO WITH HIM?

[@troyx0]

Having homeless people living outside your business will definitely put you out of business . I've seen homeless causing problems in traffic. Some cross the street without looking or throw objects at passing cars. They block the sidewalk with their tents , litter, defecate, and urinate on the sidewalk. The city needs to designate an area where they can live without harming businesses, litter, or obstruct traffic

[@kurtbrummert1742]

Thanks for bringing these atrocities to light.

[@jeanettesmith765]

Shelters can help these people get back on their feet but many don't want to do what the shelters ask. The drug addicts and mentally ill need to be in hospitals where they can be helped.

[@ADeFilho]

I agree 100%

[@JohnBowl14690]

I have a distant relative that is homeless by choice.

[@lisad56]

They also don’t want housing because there are rules . They don’t want rules and want to do whatever they want.

[@GuitarWithBrett]

💯 I helped a homeless woman in north county area since she had issues but wanted to get on her feet. She was given free motel room for months, they helped her get a job and even did her paperwork since she was out of the system. She said most don’t want help though so that’s the major issue.

[@ehtresih9540]

You should look into how shelters are Most of them are just and empty room with lots of beds, also violance is a big issue and drug rehab is very scarce in the us. If you want to help prevent homelessnes i suggest donating to housing first charities, they give people free housing. Most homeless people lose their homes because of a single time they couldnt pay rent.

[@herbnalis3723]

I remember reading how American actress Doris Day was homeless because her husband & money manager had blown all of her money. Burt Reynolds lost all of his money because of his business manager. This can happen to anyone.

[@mE-zx7pt]

So was Troy Donahue.

[@DurararaX2]

Burt Reynolds was never homeless. Geez....

[@ronaldgreen5292]

Very true statement!

[@rachelk7555]

WRONG! Not sure where the hell you got this information.

[@calilove6103]

You're right! We're fast in pointing the finger especially me. We forget we're all at risk.

[@SenatorAgrapa]

Why is the government not helping like free housing

[@ONYX_200]

I was homeless with my child. It was tough. The amount of funding versus the amount of help given does not add up. Follow the money. It isn’t illegal to sleep outside. It isn’t illegal to be human. They are illegal. Sending my prayers and love.

[@RyanNelson-fs3hw]

This country has gone to hell , ive been houseless for 7 years now . Whats this country going to be like 5-10-15 years from now , it makes me sad, no matter how hard ive worked i cannot get ahead. Was arrested charged with a Felony terrorizing and assault on an officer, lost my employment, everything is Hell at times

[@tmohrlock]

The homeless are NOT the victims. The community of law abiding citizens are the victims. The REAL problem is the lack of enforcement of narcotics use. All of the homeless ALL have CHOSEN the life of drug use and crime. The community should not bear the burden of these criminals.

[@NotCthulhu]

look everybody, a slave pretending to be an elite

[@Benz5469]

You are proof that stupidity can not be fixed. I feel so sorry for you.

[@sadman3515]

You even watch the video or you sticking with your sweeping generalization? People too poor to afford housing get heckled and jailed for homelessness which stops them from showing up to work let alone on time. Criminal record for being homeless makes people less employable. People's essentials and transportation from cookware, tents, to bikes get trashed. How is anyone going to survive or earn enough money for housing if you have to replace basic needs for survival whenever the city stops by? Criminalizing homeless people or moving them somewhere else does not solve the problem. Every person deserves a place to live and should not be prosecuted because of their poverty, let alone veterans who served their country.

[@tmohrlock]

You are incorrect

[@sadman3515]

@@tmohrlock ok

[@Superiorsolarconsulting]

Well you can’t just be on the sidewalk and if you refuse help and shelters then yes the city has a right to tell them to move so they can make the sidewalks accessible. It’s not even an issue of them being homeless. You can’t block the sidewalks… simple as that

[@Piecesoftheshadow]

The story about the ashes being thrown into the trash especially made me feel so sick… And why is no one getting involved to prevent all this inhumane behaviour and why is nothing being done with the insane rent hikes? Great Depression is coming. That’s for sure.

[@susanmercurio1060]

Great Depression "has already arrived"!

[@max420thc]

Democrats are the cause of the insane rent hikes. You just caused many landlords during covid to loose about two years worth of income , what did you think was going to happen when you told everyone not to pay rent?

[@MoreThai]

yes..go down there and take a couple of them home live with you !!!

[@susanmercurio1060]

@@MoreThai Unfortunately I am already homeless in Minnesota, so I have no home to which to take them. And I'd like to suggest that you try to grow some compassion. I believe that gardening stores have a bumper crop right now.

[@mE-zx7pt]

​@@MoreThai How about they do something about the insane rent hikes so that people can actually afford to live? Looks like Bright Jade isn't very bright. 🤪

[@craigenputtock]

The answer is agricultural work. These people should be working in agriculture rather than the United States importing foreign labor.

[@hewrecbizman]

It was from the part of this video where that young red haired woman was talking about them throwing her mom's dead dead grandsons ashes in the garbage truck, that's why in a rock song I'm still working on called Criminalization Of Homelessness Must Stop, I wrote a verse addressing the city cleanup guys and the police in San Diego. The verse goes your pushing the homeless all around treating them like the trash. You better stop it now or you're gonna get the back lash. You throw some woman's dead grandson's ashes all away. You're acting lower than the trash that's all that I gotta say. It would be good if any of the homeless people in San Diego would want to find a snippet of that song of mine with that verse on my KZbin to play over a loud enough bluetooth speaker at the police and city cleanup guys, because I'd sure like them to hear how I feel about the way they're treating these homeless people in San Diego.

[@hewrecbizman]

I'm glad you like this comment of mine. I got what I got done of my Criminalization Of Homelessness Must Stop song in two KZbin videos of mine. One titled 5 Best Songs Of Mine Yet To Be Finished, and then just chorus verse parts of the song with bass added. I just thought I'd let you know incase you'd like to hear my Criminalization Of Homelessness Must Stop song.

[@RowenaSnow-px3jg]

DO ITTTTT....

[@6100GG]

OMG... THIS IS FREAKING HEARTBREAKING. PISSED.

[@jeffs4483]

Housing needs to become a Universal Human Right.✊✊🏿✊🏾✊🏼✊🏻

[@daffydaggers3156]

It’s all for the “Richy Riches!” The gentrifiers here in my neighborhood in Brooklyn NY, have displaced those whom have been here for generations. It’s really evil and the place has become unlivable due to crazy rents. It’s now a bedroom community with buku babies, creepy expensive shops, supermarkets etc. I’m just lucky cause I’m living in my grandma’s house. But-I feel so sad, and mad at what’s happening to my city and across the country as how the homeless are being treated so damned terribly. Damn politicians.. etc.

[@Martin199320]

We should all get together and burn their buildings down like they did during black wall street. What's the difference?

[@Hermetic_]

^This. The real problem is affordability of housing. In San Diego I don’t understand how anyone can rent unless they make $150,000 and above.

[@daffydaggers3156]

@@Hermetic_ Agreed. It’s pretty awful. 🤯😿

[@censorbleep3018]

I don't understand the thinking . . . the rent goes up, the people end up on the streets outside, and who wants to pay 4000 bucks a month to live in a neighborhood / city full of desperate, struggling people?

[@patwillis1893]

No affordable housing. Developers come in and put up overpriced condos . Most people can not afford these prices. Some end up homeless. Rent is going up everywhere. Government needs to step it up and do something about this problem. Rent can go up from 700 to 1200. But high rent is not the only problem. The focus needs to be on what's driving people to be homeless.

[@AuroraJSanks]

San Diego has shelters and you have to follow the rules.

[@Oil-needs-democracy]

The shelters are full of infighting, there are gangsters in it, you have to pay them every day, there are drugs, which is why there are so many shelters and few people go

[@sunsensational]

@@Oil-needs-democracy no the shelters don’t allow open drug use and have basic rules. Let’s be honest, 2/3 of the homelessness are drug addicted and/or severe mental issues.

[@rks5457]

​@@Oil-needs-democracy you don't have to pay and everything you just said is on the streets and worse because there's no staff or security. People always make that excuse

[@DukeBX]

I remember seeing a video about a guy who got an apartment after being on a waiting list. Not a mini micro. A regular 1 bedroom. He ended up always hanging outside and eventually gave the apartment up so he can live outside…again.

[@AncientAncestar]

♡Where is the empathy sympathy & compasSioN♡ ♡PeopLe are struggLinG to survive sufferinG♡ ♡And the asheZ being throwN away♡How Low Can you Go♡ ♡Money for War♡Cant feeD the poor♡Not weLcomeD Here Anymore♡UnGodLy WorLd♡

[@Tammy121111]

THERE ISN'T ANY

[@NinjaGreenScreen_NGS]

What are the solutions though are they laying it out

[@lessonman_3961]

Take your tent and supplies to the wilderness and nobody will bother you.

[@chrisfragiskatosphotography]

There are unused shelter beds SD, many are choosing to be homeless, use drugs(not all), etc. How many bridges must someone have burned to not have one person, not one person, to take them in, to help them out. Where is their family, their kids, their relatives? If everyone is casting them away, there must be a reason. They makes parts of our beautiful city unsafe and unsightly.

[@lisad56]

I agree with you! Many choose to be homeless because they can do whatever they want. If they get help and housing there will be rules. They don’t want rules. It’s also inhumane to let people live in the street. Damn if you do damn if you don’t

[@HellokittyLuv03]

Everyone don't have family, I'm not homeless but i don't have siblings, So i wouldn't have help if i became homeless...Everyone's life is not the same as far as family and i don't have friends either.. The reason is most of them are on drugs 🙄 some families do help but don't want to be bothered with the drug addict in their home...How would you know about unused shelter beds? Most cities could not handle a quarter of the homeless population

[@edwardc.8031]

Newsflash: signs and notices are not required to explain unlawful behavior.

[@normanmallar7519]

The sweeps need to stop. And communities need to stop building condos and expensive apartments for the rich. Start building for the poor so homelessness can end.

[@dadawesome784]

What does it mean “I’ve been told I was matched with housing, but here I still am?” Why is she still homeless if she was matched with housing?

[@toddsickinger3934]

Thank you San Diego’s finest for helping to clean up our streets…there are plenty of affordable places outside of San Diego they can go to

[@e45065]

Exactly.. like I said there was a time I could not afford to live in san diego but as I started making more money I made the move. It's not cheap here, it's not for everyone. There is plenty of land in this country to put a tent. It doesn't need to be on a sidewalk or freeway underpass in a major city.

[@InvisiblePeople]

How does a person with no money relocate? They are just homeless somewhere else, which seems you are okay with, but homelessness is going to continue to grow and grow and grow. What then? There’s soon to be far more homeless people right in front of where you live than you can even imagine. Why? Because assholes like you continue want to blame individuals instead of taking responsibility to fix the housing crisis.

[@charleshoang566]

I'm rooting for these officers, they are trying to save the city from become a landfill with homeless junks.

[@streetchat5054]

We have to push for state/federal laws to force our government to take responsibility for their Citizens, Residents and Veterans, minimum humanitarian standards and services, supported campsites, job training for Jobs with benefits, Affordable Decent Housing across America/ Globally 👍

[@wwbuirkle]

Bottom line this is mainly drug related and until the individual decides to help himself all the money in the world won't help

[@streetchat5054]

@@wwbuirkle You have to provide minimum humanitarian standards first, that's how first world countries roll in Europe. They don't throw their Citizens Residents and Veterans on the streets.

[@tokesalotta1521]

Stop giving all these bums so many handouts and they'll have to find a way to make it on their own. They're given money, food stamps, healthcare, drug paraphernalia, tents, clothing, food etc. Many times cops don't give them tickets because they know they'll never pay. Yet cops or city officials will give homeowners fines for letting the lawn grow too tall

[@yungembarrassment619]

As a native San Diegan who was once homeless, it’s so frustrating how people who don’t understand or care to try to understand show no compassion and see unhoused people as animals or pests just bc they have fallen on rough times. And they act like it’s “tHe dEmOcRaTs’ fault.” NO POLITICIAN CARES OR WILL MAKE A DIFFERENCE! The “unsafe campers ordinance” is such a cruel idea, like why can’t someone sleep in their car in a store parking lot or in their tent under an overpass overnight? No one else is there overnight! Society just hates the homeless and treats them like an annoyance and a scourge

[@Ohnothetableits]

After the whole Jamiya Bratcher (intellectually disabled/challenged) story, it’s just sad, and crazy. Like these are people too. Her adoptive parents dropped her, and her brother off at a homeless shelter when they turned 18. Basically no more checks made them abandoned those poor kids. When asked why they were there, they said they didn’t know… and said their adoptive parents said “once you’re 18, you’re suppose to move out”, even saying “what are your plans for the future”… IT LIT UP EVERY FIBER IN MY BODY. Those mfs deserve to never adopt again.

[@mimi-lg8lo]

😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😔💔!

[@gus2600]

How old should they be before they are expected to take care of themselves ?

[@mimi-lg8lo]

@@gus2600 If they're special needs age doesn't apply to those circumstances! Heartless!

[@Ohnothetableits]

@@mimi-lg8lo exactly families are obligated to take care of their kids. Pro life will force birth, but will be quick to murder the disabled/mentally challenged kids. Morons can’t even make it make sense…. Brain dead nincompoops 🤡🐒🐒

[@gus2600]

@@mimi-lg8lo I agree with you !

[@lindamcdermott2205]

Shelter/Housing is a basic human need. Even if you have food, you must have housing. You could survive in the short term without it but not over time. I think people see others living rent free on the streets and think they can too.

[@Valkyrie_of_The_North]

homelessness is a feature of capitalism if you really want to end homelessness you must overthrow capitalism

[@KrutoiPersonazh]

Interesting thing about modern communists is that most of them are Trotskyists. When it were Trotskyists who collapsed USSR. So please can you say, are you a Trotskyist?

[@davidcohen7106]

🦆I live in a very expensive coastal Community in So. Orange county Calif. There are five or six Motor homes parked on my street with Homeless living in them. We have a lot of homeless living in the Neighborhood Bushes. Lots of trash , Buckets of Human Waist, mattress, and the Trash Removal refuse to Remove the filth. Now we have rats everywhere as it is illegal to sell Rat Poison. I pay $ 3600. a month for rent. I lost three homes during Obama's housing crash.

[@matthewwarmuth7295]

News flash.. it has always been a crime to trash a city.

[@armeegetton]

Everyone needs help, even the richest people in the world started with loans from family. Why is it so hard for people to understand that taking everything someone has isn't going to help them. They dont just cease to be because u take their stuff. They arent just going to go away, theyre people just like u and me. Ugh 😥

[@susanmercurio1060]

The richest people in the world still receive subsidies from the US government.

[@saran3214]

The richest people did not get loans from family. What they did was work hard and be responsible. The homeless need to do the same. It's a choice.

[@charleshoang566]

@@saran3214 Correct, these homeless people should get their act together,stop using drugs and trashing the city.

[@johnhudson8197]

Sorry, I'm in complete disagreement with your statement. I worked all my life to earn a living...I owe NOTHING to anyone living in the streets and will never support the idea I should pay for them in any way. If they can walk and talk, they can WORK!

[@saran3214]

@@johnhudson8197 I agree. They are not down on their luck, they used up all their family and friends and want to live in trash. We are not all just a paycheck away from this either. These bums can get jobs and live responsibly, they just don't want to.

[@Apulmadeekout]

All the money we spend on war, and so many billionaires. And we still have people suffering on the street. Remember they we're like us at one point in time, but fell on hard times. This could happen to anyone. And the way things are going. There will be many more people living on the street.

[@msdos5355]

They need to get there acts together. It is not hard to get off the streets they dont want help

[@natethan2204]

People need to stop moving there. Stay at where you're from. There ain't no Cali dreams😂

[@DarrenW852]

Wow ❤ my heart goes to those unfortunate souls in San Diego on the streets, those helping them are truly wonderful people. America and my nation Australia have its priorities all messed up. No to war , yes to caring.

[@b-rare]

The chick that says she doesn’t drink do drugs etc but she has barley any teeth left. Liars. Also, there is shelters they decide they don’t want to go in a shelter cause they can’t do as they please. It should be illegal to tent. Beggars can’t be choosers man. If you don’t work you party drugs etc you have no choice but shelters and rehab. No choice. Choices are luxuries awarded to those that work.

[@ordinaryraccoon]

They can do anything to have a house but drugs and alcohol 😂 hard working and clean homeless people should get a house, not drugs addicted

[@DigitalMediaPatriots]

It would be interesting to find out how many of these people had section 8 for years for their stable housing and then had to move out due to no landlord taking section 8 anymore. For the few landlords or complexes taking section 8, there are waiting lists for years. Even more of what is happening is tenants who pay their rent on time every time and who work a job or more than one job for years and then get evicted by a landlord and for sure can't get an apartment again for like ten years.

[@AthenaLolita2]

KZbin section 8 landlord and you will see why no one wants to take section 8 anymore

[@AthenaLolita2]

Rent control is needed

[@dragonf1092]

​@@AmandaPandaWhoLivesInaVerandainflation shouldn't even legally exist, it's extortion, racketeering, predatory practices.

[@Imnotscaredofyou69]

@@AthenaLolita2 Landlords are freeloaders, crooks

[@daviddisanto9401]

This is a great comment. Very accurate.

[@ThatGirlLib]

Why aren’t they helping themselves? When I was younger and couldn’t afford rent on my own, I got roommates. Sometimes I had more than 1. 🤷🏻‍♀️

[@sheilaharris787]

Roommates are a nightmare 😫

[@ThatGirlLib]

@@sheilaharris787 not all are and it’s only temporary. It’s better than being homeless. 🤷🏻‍♀️

[@DigitalMediaPatriots]

I tazered a cop for bullying a homeless person. The cop was not getting up. I was concerned that the powertrip cop was going to commit a rape. I saved an innocent life that day.

[@JDthevandwellingpro]

As someone that was homeless for 12 years this still angers the f out of me!!!

[@beemagicink]

I know homelessness as well. I still worked. Get your head right. Don't give up.

[@casienwhey]

This is not the criminalization of homelessness. It's making the homeless obey the law like the rest of us have to. Sleeping on the sidewalks and using the streets as toilets has never been legal as far as I know. Same with drugs and littering. If the shelters have beds for the homeless, than they should go there. They don't have a "right" to live on the streets on ruin the quality of life for everyone else. The other option would be for them to get a job and pay for a place to live, which I'm sure they don't want to do.

[@scottrobertson307]

Well said 👍

[@thegreenray4010]

The shelters are full of theft and violence. It's worst place to go for many people. You do have a point about the garbage and using the public space as a toilet. The minds of many of these people is so far gone that none of that matters. When you constantly feel like you're dying from withdrawal, you don't care about food and living in filth. All that matters is making the agony go away. America is being poisoned by drugs and the soul of its inhabitants is all but gone. The destruction we see around us is a symptom of this spiritual death.

[@ronnelson930]

*If they aren't obeying the law about being homeless then yes this is the criminalization of homelessness, it's obvious from your comment you never had to deal with unfortunate circumstances that will put you in that predicament, please don't lie now and say you have*

[@akseakayaker]

Wow, this is a crime against humanity. If I was a cop in San Diego I would refuse to treat citizens like this. The very arrogance of these cities officials is beyond words

[@max420thc]

A crime against humanity is forcing experimental medical procedures on everyone through force and intimidation. This is just normal outcomes from democrat totalitarian policies. Never time you tell lots of people they don’t have to pay rent keep this in mind. This is a response to your policies.

[@rd4660]

And how many of these addicts have you take into your house?

[@georgewong6615]

if you're a cop what would you do these homeless camping in front your side walk

[@akseakayaker]

@@rd4660 none, but it’s not about inviting them into your home rather it’s about making their difficult life even worse. There are many reasons for homelessness. Mental problems, drug abuse, loss of job, escaping partner abuse, runaway teenagers. When we come upon these people instead of mocking and pointing fingers it would behoove us to take a good look and make sure it doesn’t happen to us. But why make their miserable life even harder? Your not obligated to do anything to help them but at the same time treating them worse then your pet dog shows how arrogant and self righteous we can be. It’s a problem that’s not going to go away, it’s not going to solve itself so we should seek to find solutions before we find ourselves a nation like India with millions living lives cast away in slums just outside big cities and a society that doesn’t care.

[@akseakayaker]

@@georgewong6615 I’m not sure but to take their few belongings and put it in the garbage then tell them to go away and move in front of someone else house is certainly not the right answer. And that’s what these cops are being told to go do, go make the wrong choice and this is wrong.

[@Rachel-uo9it]

Absolutely great! Thank you 🙏 Mark ! I've sent it to many people I know directly

[@caos6358]

Thanks.. Love you all.. Love light and strenght...Have a blessed day...

[@erictoulon5946]

How can anyone be surprised by the homeless? Around 1978 I was in San Diego when there was a massive power outage shutting everything down. When I walked by the amusement park by Mission Beach in the late afternoon I was blown away by how many homeless people were coming out of the amusement park a lot of them you could tell had serious mental health issues. We are always going to have people who have a hard time living in society not providing them areas is unconscionable. We should also start looking at reopening asylum’s they were shut down because of the deplorable conditions they were in however look at the conditions that many of the homeless are in now and what they are doing to neighborhoods.

[@johnnyatoms3620]

THE RIGHT TO BE SECURE IN ALL THEIR EFFECTS.... SHALL NOT BE INFRINGED. THE VIOLATION OF THE BILL OF RIGHTS IS UNCONSTITUTIONAL! WHERE ARE THE LAWYERS?

[@yaosio]

Democrats don't believe in the law. They only believe in hurting people. Democrats and Republicans are pure evil.

[@susanmercurio1060]

The lawyers want to make money. You think they are interested in justice?

[@charleshoang566]

They have to do this otherwise the whole city will become a landfill with homeless junks.

[@allitinglz]

the developers need to step up and do a homeless campaign to house the people in a big way in their megacondos

[@TheValueInvestor123]

Honestly, I don't know what the US government wants those homeless people to do, knowing that simply sweeping them away never creates a solution to the problem. These people experienced and are facing various circumstances that have led them to sleep rough outside, and many of these circumstances are beyond their control, not solely based on their life choices or efforts. As someone born in Asia where the Western culture is commonly perceived as highly-developed and superior, I once admired the US almost blindly, believing that the US would always protect civil rights and listen to people's voices. It is now disheartening to say that justice in the US appears to be relevant only to strong and well-off families. Furthermore, it seems that the current system of US society is perpetuating a growing population of underprivileged individuals. With a flock of poor people on every street corner nationwide, how can I believe in the prospects of a country even if its surface has been maintained well-decorated?

[@tokesalotta1521]

I've seen police let homeless people stay in areas if they're not trashing it and not blocking sidewalk, storefronts etc.

[@Fotosynthesis858]

I’m a San Diego native & a few years ago, I witnessed cops throwing all of the homeless peoples belongings into a garbage truck ON XMAS DAY smh. Imagine that, on Xmas day of all days smh. How heartless?!