Skid Row in a rain storm || L.A. River full of water rain storm 2023

[@Deej496]

This looks miserable. I was homeless for 2 yrs . It was a scary, hard, and dangerous time. I finally headed inland towards Temecula and found work at a horse training ranch. Im doing fantastic today and do not miss that horrible dirty, uncomfortable way of life.

[@johnnybgood1169]

Well done. Sadly, I imagine very few ever make it out of there. It's good to know it IS possible for those who are willing to make the effort as you obviously did. Be well!

[@Deej496]

@@johnnybgood1169 💗

[@SamaNuttz]

So happy you are now safe and well 🥰 I can't even begin to imagine and I count my blessings everyday

[@Dumbumula111]

Why u makin stuff up,cuz

[@Philtho]

Glad you got out. Too many people think homeless are just lazy and enjoy sitting in a tent covered in fleas and lice all day long with nothing to do. Everyone down there has a story.

[@justincase8160]

Whenever I start feeling shitty about my life, I watch one of these videos, and instantly, I’m grateful for my small apartment, in my small town

[@PaulineXCX]

The same reason I’m here 😢

[@beaudeesims]

Amen

[@patriciaduncan6523]

Good for you!

[@davidortega357]

Where do the homeless take.a dump.anywhere

[@Cwgrlup]

I was a homeless female teen in LA in the late 80’s for several months before I got clean. It looks different to us than it probably does to you. I never saw the “art”… I was busy surviving and not dying on a daily basis. I remember my first job after I got sober-I had to take 4 buses through downtown and they were building that US Bank building at the time. I don’t remember it being quite that bad but I also don’t miss it down there. No desire to return to downtown area. Stay safe. The people there are unpredictable. Grateful to God and AA that I’ve been clean and sober over 35 years and now helping others. ❤

[@gilloera8912]

Stay sober 1 day at a time. God bless you

[@teresahiggs4896]

More people need God , this country needs more God……..yet God is being removed , and shunned from most aspects of America.

[@lawerencestimpson2280]

@Donnell Okafor You live in the land of fruit and nuts?

[@ewsome]

It's sad that promoting that this is the way to live!

[@peggypasson8794]

I think I wouldn't camp with them a secluded place would work great . Need to take back Portland l.a. Seattle an many others . I have nothing against homeless people but some just have no respect for others . These towns are literally ruined . So sad . Set up a system get them moved out of downtown .I hear it's to late in Portland so very sad . It takes a village .... Find them a campground . With showers toilets working .... Have to sign something about garbage rules an expectations of camping there .idk sad

[@marytodd9170]

Prayers for all the homeless

[@artphotognh]

When GIV put the camera inside the razorwire, I realized what a brilliant photographic eye he has! I've been a photo enthusiast for decades & always look for creative ways to look at things - but I wouldn't have thought of doing that. The resulting shot was absolutely brilliant! I hope he does a photo show someday; he must have an amazing portfolio.

[@resthavenranch]

I left LA in 2000 it breaks my heart to see it in this condition

[@joelfrombethlehem]

@ Kathleen Noble yes that 1st razor wire shot is excellent. Prize-worthy and a few $$$$ into Mike's bank accounts and some in his pockets.

[@sherrybaker3201]

Jus like his mother 💐

[@nobaloneymahoney7940]

I noticed that too and took a few screenshots to make a video for GIV. It would be wonderful if THE GIV could make $ with his artistic abilities

[@sarbantz]

Sadly, unsheltered street homelessness and fentanyl addiction pandemics are big social issues in every city. Luckily enough, mayor Bass and subject matter experts are working very hard to eliminate street homeless and help underprivileged Americans and other humans. We have to be patient before results are visible. Millions will die from fentanyl and other synthetic drugs in the states just in this decade.

[@gstevens6948]

That’s some very serious photo/video journalism there bro, thank you again for all the great videos and showing us what’s going on, go home take a hot shower, this makes me so thankful and grateful for all the blessings in my life.

[@villega21altos]

This is happening in the first richest nation in the world, the government does not take care of its citizens, it sends everything so that they are killing each other in Ukraine and Germany supports it and soon Germany will be left without the cheap energy that Russia offered

[@brenda7042]

Thank you Mike for this video, it shows us that we need to be grateful for everything we have. I have been homeless before and its horrible. I take nothing for granted and try to help those in need when possible. You seem like a kind person, i wish i lived near you. I think we could be friends, we are both the same age, with similar interests. Stay safe out there and keep up the good work.

[@doneown503]

I'm glad he decided to go out & film today.

[@denisearmbruster7478]

@@doneown503 YES!!! RIGHT ON!!!

[@mr.b7156]

Why were you homeless? Tell the truth please

[@brenda7042]

@@mr.b7156 Lost my job.

[@ebonhawken574]

Rain always makes me happy, love the smell of fresh rain on the ground.

[@rmatic2295]

It's called 'Petrichor', I love the smell of it as well.

[@kh3612]

Sobering! Times are terrible for so many, now. Mine are not the best of circumstances, but this makes me very grateful for what I do have. Glad to see so many volunteers trying to make a difference for our homeless. ☮️

[@villega21altos]

Dies geschieht in der ersten reichsten Nation der Welt, die Regierung kümmert sich nicht um ihre Bürger, sie schickt alles, damit sie sich in der Ukraine gegenseitig umbringen, und Deutschland unterstützt es und bald wird Deutschland ohne die billige Energie Russlands dastehen angeboten

[@ZoneOne2150]

They need to put them in insane asylums

[@NoamTheGOAT50]

You should always be thankful and grateful for what you've got.

[@davereynolds7472]

Dave Grohl came (and continuously) up Huge.

[@1946luke]

Want to clear the area of vagrants ? Show up with job applications.

[@dannysunay4386]

Wow! That storm was rough on those homeless! 7th and San Pedro were my stomping grounds from when I was 7 to 13 years old! Let me tell you, we would ride our bikes all around skid row and never had any trouble with anyone! Amazing times! That was around 1973 to 1980! Saw a lot of classic TV shows filmed there! Thank you german for the great video!

[@AlexEs63]

When it was still semi-nice!

[@misslady5029]

My brother used to live in LA after Vietnam. I remember all the great photos he used to show me growing up. It was a beautiful city. What happened?

[@didforlove]

@@misslady5029 basically whats happening everywhere around the world everything is going to shit and is going to be like that for a long Time

[@thegem69]

I appreciate you going out and showing real life and your artistic eye and empathy.

[@torablack]

Thank you for making these videos. I myself was homeless for 6 months in Washington state back in 2019 and to this day I know many people who are chronically homeless and addicted to drugs. It's an issue that need attention brought to it!

[@coconut7474]

It was fucking freezing today in Switzerland, and I was so relieved when I entered the hot bathtub. We all should be grateful having a home 🙏

[@SharonGoewert]

Mike thanks for going out in this rain to film what is happening and how the homeless are trying to get through these terrible cold wet windy storms here in L.A. .

[@nobaloneymahoney7940]

Definitely a big treat and I bet you will sleep sweet tonight 🤗

[@SharonGoewert]

@@nobaloneymahoney7940 Hi,I just subcribed to your channel.

[@nobaloneymahoney7940]

@@SharonGoewert Wow tx Sharon 🤗 my name is Sharon too

[@nobaloneymahoney7940]

@@SharonGoewert btway I uploaded another GIV video with GOGO not long ago 👀

[@SharonGoewert]

@@nobaloneymahoney7940 Hello Sharon I watched some of your videos

[@Soultraveler0020]

Thanks for sacrificing your day in the rain and cold to give us a glimpse of life on the streets in L.A. I appreciate you, man.

[@johnready630]

It's good you have been getting these much needed rain, trees and wildlife just drinking it up.

[@happyvalley6990]

its toxic. highly toxic.

[@johnready630]

@@happyvalley6990 No doubt some bad stuff in it but we are exposed every day.

[@joewahrerMotorcycleMan]

I've seen a lot of the other videos of the homeless situation in America but none moved me like yours. Your willingness to go out into the weather told the story...keep up the good work you are a true artist!

[@BoopSnoot]

A vote for the Democrat party is a vote for enabling drug culture and homelessness. Tough love is at least a form of love, compared to Democrat apathy and self-congratulatory indifference.

[@ToneHobart]

The other day I saw a film shot around 1961 of downtown LA. The streets were clean, the neighborhoods were nice, lawns were green and mowed. No garbage, no grafiti, no homelessness. Now, base on your videos, it looks like a third world toilet... Sad.

[@Group_Anonymous]

🤣🤣🤣 By the 1930s, Skid Row was home to as many as 10,000 homeless people, alcoholics, and others on the margins of society. It supported saloons, residential hotels, and social services, which drew people from the populations they served to congregate in the area.

[@robinmullins2454]

Why don't you go help people who unfortunately are stuck instead of sitting on ur high horse and judging! I'm pretty sure u don't know what hard times are but you soon will!

[@col.cottonhill6655]

@@Group_Anonymous you moron. The 1930s was the great depression. Every city filled up with homeless people because the stock market crashed and thanks to bad policy took us years to recover. The difference back then is the people weren't all on seriously addictive drugs all suffering severe mental problems. They also were willing to show up to work for a pitiful wage just so they could earn something and not feel so useless for their families.

[@Group_Anonymous]

@@col.cottonhill6655 🤣🤣🤣The area in which Skid Row is located was agricultural until the railroads first entered Los Angeles, in the 1870s. The railroads paralleled the Los Angeles River, and the main rail yard and station were near the current Sixth Street/Whittier Boulevard river crossing. After the arrival of the railroads, the area began to industrialize with an emphasis on agriculture, which is seasonal in nature and therefore includes influxes of short-term workers, especially at planting and harvesting season.

[@Group_Anonymous]

@@col.cottonhill6655 The railroads themselves added to the transient nature of downtown as train crews “laid over” between assignments. As a result, many small hotels were developed in the 1880 to 1930 era to serve this worker population. Since many of the migrant workers were single and male, the area also saw a proliferation of bars, whorehouses and other “houses of ill repute.” Today there is a large mission presence in Skid Row which can trace its roots to that period, when temperament and other groups established such facilities as havens to counteract the ill effects of, and provide a healthy alternative to, the bars and other potentially self- destructive pursuits.

[@suzihimes1974]

Always an experience traveling with you, GIV. Sometimes sad but life as it is. Thank you

[@stephenstephenson4594]

GIV I was once homeless this video was hard to watch but I have to thank you so much for bringing this to people's attention God bless you and I hope your mother is doing well

[@saffronskies333]

I wish you could have seen Los Angeles in the 60's and 70's... it was beautiful

[@richardmorris7063]

Pretty nice in the 80s too.

[@gridley]

Actually, parts of downtown LA back then were quite seedy & abandoned. If such parts of LA are in bad shape today, they've really been in poor shape for over 60 yrs. When various folks become nostalgic for LA/CA of the distant past, I have to remind them that some of its worst areas in 2023 were quite mediocre when they were newer & younger in the first half of the 20th century. The culture & economy back then were really hurt by things like the Great Depression & WWII.

[@sarbantz]

Sadly, unsheltered street homelessness and fentanyl addiction pandemics are big social issues in every city. Luckily enough, mayor Bass and subject matter experts are working very hard to eliminate street homeless and help underprivileged Americans and other humans. We have to be patient before results are visible. Millions will die from fentanyl and other synthetic drugs in the states just in this decade.

[@col.cottonhill6655]

@@gridley there wasn't the sheer amount of filth and desperation in the street like there is today. It doesn't even compare. I remember those times. Even my dad grew up in L.A. in the early 50s he always says the same. It was once a novelty to see a homeless person. Most people knew who they were. The neighborhood homeless man. Now they're are neighborhoods where you can't find anyone who lives in an actual home. The man with the apartment is now the novelty.

[@gridley]

@@col.cottonhill6655 Correct. But I was referring to how downtown LA has historically never been what a top-flight city should offer people. I've read that even a city like Paris (the host of the Olympics before LA) has its own sections of LA-type dystopia. But in 2023, it's as though LA-CA-America want to be more of a cesspool than other cities or nations are.

[@Simplylisette]

I would like to commend you on how you never made disparaging comments about the people you filmed. You took care to protect their dignity in the middle of the chaos. You even found beauty there to share. If the suffering could be turned into power, that city could be lighted for years.

[@HeleneWheatfield0549]

That's so true; he didn't have any judgements to make, which makes a nice change. "But for the grace of God, go I .."

[@leslienelson4430]

Thank you for being a conscious giver. Your video reveals and expresses a glimmer of the hardships that people without homes suffer. The real sufferings are deeply hidden, like lack of mental health services, no toilet paper never mind a toilet, disparity in every faction of living and suffering without proper medical/dental care. Painkillers and street drugs does not lead people to homelessness, but it kills the pain once you have lost everything. Yet your eyes see beauty in the art of the street. I agree.... it is a good one

[@nan7661]

Thank you Mike for showing us Skid Row/ especially heartbreaking in the cold rain. Artwork is amazing.

[@lesleydecker1015]

The problem of going in the Los Angeles river is that all the debris it picks up on the way. Pulls you down and out to the ocean it’s really terrible. Quite a few people have died this way. It’s tragic. Glad to have you home Mike.

[@xoxoxoxoxo7997]

Debris u mean trash 🤔🙄🤣 a city full of liberals and environmentalists go figure

[@xoxoxoxoxo7997]

Gotta love hypocrites

[@sarbantz]

Sadly, unsheltered street homelessness and fentanyl addiction pandemics are big social issues in every city. Luckily enough, mayor Bass and subject matter experts are working very hard to eliminate street homeless and help underprivileged Americans and other humans. We have to be patient before results are visible. Millions will die from fentanyl and other synthetic drugs in the states just in this decade.

[@carolynnunes3922]

@@sarbantz Yup. You ARE a shill for the mayor! How many times have you plastered this comment here in just this comment section? The LA mayor is corrupt, and NOTHING will be done-except select committees, and paid consultants- “experts” that will drain off any money put aside for homelessness!

[@Og-Judy]

Addiction has help but many fall off the wagon . Lots of rules and regulations to Government housing programs. Many are evicted back onto the streets. There has to be a better way than this vicious cycle. The government needs to make ACCESSIBLE mental health care!!! 😡😡 Residential treatment centers want big money from insurance companies to cover their VERY costly treatment programs most working Americans cannot afford.

[@cindytran5628]

Thanks so much GiV for coming out and filming in the pouring rain to show us what it’s like at skid row with everything soaking wet ! It makes us grateful for what we have and have compassion for others that don’t have anything. We appreciate your work!

[@SharonDowney-zz9vm]

I live in the UK in a small town I’ve been homeless and in rehab twice it was a tough time but you help each other the Artwork is out of this word I wonder if the Artist got anything I think not God bless ❤

[@williamlloyd3769]

San Gabriel Mountains were all snow covered this morning after the storm. Spectacular! PS - This weekend is the first “cold” rain of the season where you needed a decent coat and boots. All the other rains were more of an inconvenience re temperature

[@happyvalley6990]

if you make a snowball and try to light it , it doesnt melt and turns black and smells like plastic. go try it.

[@KutWrite]

At least we are less likely to be lectured over water use or be rationed.

[@taasch2505]

I used to live in Azusa. Yeah the mountains are pretty for sure. I moved out last year, too many homeless starting to come in. I was walking my dog one day and found a used needle on the side of the road in my neighborhood. A few days later an irrational homeless man was shouting at absolutely nothing. Also a few streets down there was a double shooting. I went to apply for a concealed carry because I no longer felt safe but the process was insane and expensive and Newsom made it so you really couldn't protect yourself anyways. I decided if I wasn't at least able to carry for personal protection then I could not attempt ro counterbalance the fact everything was already very unsafe. I moved to Nevada and I've never looked back. I won't even visit the state at this point.

[@Gemelli2906]

Believe it or not, when I lived in Pasadena in the late 60s and 70s, you could eat off the street. Every morning the street cleaners would come. Donut man would deliver my fav orange glazed donuts. My aunts backyard had roses and gardenias. Sweet memories.

[@skatinsixes]

Those times are long gone

[@gridley]

Pasadena is still comparatively clean. Actually, parts of it over the past 10 yrs have been or are being improved. Same is true of even certain parts of downtown LA too. But the homelessness & graffiti in the 2020s are off the charts. I like how Mike doesn't sugar coat LA. However, if he hated it, I'd think his vid today was to make LA/SoCal look even worse---assuming that's possible. lol. The LA river in the 1930s also saw such massive flooding, the Army Corps of Engineers then turned paved it into a concrete channel. BTW, I heard that in Seattle, a recent effort to place their homeless into shelters saw about 50% of them refuse it. They didn't want to conform to anything that was remotely conformist.

[@Emily00Strange]

@@gridley I agree, a lot of LA homeless don't want to conform and be put in a shelter. Also there are many transplants from other states taking advantage of living in LA unhoused. I work with homeless vets, and many hated having to live in a facility with rules, and would rather live on the streets than deal with the government.

[@sarbantz]

Sadly, unsheltered street homelessness and fentanyl addiction pandemics are big social issues in every city. Luckily enough, mayor Bass and subject matter experts are working very hard to eliminate street homeless and help underprivileged Americans and other humans. We have to be patient before results are visible. Millions will die from fentanyl and other synthetic drugs in the states just in this decade.

[@col.cottonhill6655]

@@sarbantz stop spamming this comment

[@denisearmbruster7478]

Amazing video Mike! To capture so many aspects of life, struggling to survive, street art, people helping people in this bad weather, the tents collapsing and then the LA River becoming a river! This video is an incredible "documentary short" of one of the many faces of LA that people out in their warm apartments and homes have no idea exists. I say a prayer of thanks every day for my apartment and help whenever possible the homeless in my area. Rock On GIV!! THANK YOU ☮!!!!

[@eva5601]

The Los Angeles river is actually a natural river. The state just had it paved with concrete.

[@denisearmbruster7478]

@@eva5601 Thank you for the 411!👍👍

[@eva5601]

@@denisearmbruster7478 I know I am side tracking, but I would like to tell this story, because who knows, maybe he was homeless...Another, FYI. Years ago my sister in law and I were driving on the bridge over the San Gabriel river, which is actually the Los Angeles river, but named San Gabriel river, because it runs through the San Gabriel valley. Well, as we were driving over the bridge to drive on to the 10 west freeway, which is next to the rivers bridge, we saw a man on the bridge, and a lady pulling on his shirt. My sister in law yelled out, "Don't jump!" What did he do? He jumped, and the lady that was with him ran away crying with her hands on her mouth. The next night I heard on the news, that a body was found, on the ocean in Long Beach where the river meets the ocean. To think, that if my sister in law would have not yelled out, and I would have coached him in to not jumping. I am still sad about this tragic event. 😪😔

[@rayhill5767]

Struggling to survive 😅😅😅😅they literally don’t do anything

[@mattjones4581]

Democrat poop holes

[@PascalChuat]

Danke!

[@petermahr2511]

I drove from LA to Seattle 2 years ago. The misery and poverty seen in Los Angeles and San Francisco is truly shocking.

[@angelafariscal8020]

The government drove them to be poor because they are giving more free assistance to them they don’t want to live in housing project .That’s taking all the taxpayers expense they don’t like to work hard the money the get are on for their habits DRUGS get high that’s the life they want.

[@hyzercreek]

It's not poverty if it's self inflicted. Bums have always been bums, if you don't want to work you just bum around. Bums always drift where the weather is warm. No bums in Fargo.

[@wanderwithcause]

Seattle is full of homeless as well.

[@cLoudyDey]

@@hyzercreek not everyone who’s homeless person is a complete bum yo, some people just hit hard times in life and don’t have anybody to help them. They apply for jobs and get denied everything… some of them aren’t homeless forever and some are genuinely nice people… so to be calling them all bums is irrational and it takes one to know one fam 🤷🏽‍♂️💯

[@rocknroll7400]

​@@hyzercreek As much as we decry the tent cities. The tents are the only item that any program successfully provided as help or resource to the poor or homeless or those made homeless by government wether by biased Family Court decrees or vax mandates for keeping jobs, or lockdown closures resulting in losses of jobs, or whatever else. Once the left took over all the nonprofits. The money flows in but not back out of them. When I lost my home. I had $100 thousand in the bank, and in three months I stayed at airbnb's five star options which were actually just run by third-party's who comprised of a foreign national who was getting to live there for appearance sake. Renting rooms with none of the options or amenities mentioned in the 5-star rating for the guests, and I couldn't find a single place to stay in motels, which I had planned on just doing while I looked for a new place. One night I drove from Santa Clarita to Bellflower in LA trying to find even a Motel 6, but the professional homeless, gangsters and others had vouchers for every Motel. There used to be a poor rating for hotels which were dirty, but now there's needles in the room, dirty carpet stains, rooms not cleaned and they don't care about their reviews because the voucher people will take the rooms where they can do the things they're doing and get away with it. So there's a ton of us however at some point that may be homeless but don't fit the mold of any descriptions of homeless people. Nor get access to the services. We even have means, but no longer the way. In three months, I spent $6,000 on housing while trying to find a room or back house to rent. Giant rental management companies control most of the rentals and they wanted let's say a Filipino nurse on an h1b work visa and her family with four incomes, but listing two on contract so they don't get in trouble for too many people in the place or a single mom with a guaranteed income from the government and un-interested in your ability to pay, only how you look on paper. Three times the rent per month and pay stubs Etc, which excludes entrepreneurs, self-employed and others who used to make up the majority of California type people, who were pioneers and adventurous for making their own way here or selling their own goods or inventing products and don't have a pay stub to show some Corporation. Also I ran into quite a few apartment complexes where the people working there were giving tips to their relatives or people of their same ETHNIC backgrounds on units coming available, I saw several places where they admitted that they only listed the residence for legal reasons but they ready had people lined up to buy or lease to. 'little India located in Artesia CA was one such place. In the place I have now the man said he had a hundred applicants ahead / behind me. But go ahead and keep saying that narrative that all homeless people are crazy drug addicts or don't want to conform to societal rules. Even though there's Tech workers in Northern California living in tents with their families who makes six figures, and still can't find a place. There's thousands of empty units in California, it's just who they go to is the flavor of the day for the woke and the government agencies contracted, and those who know how to work the system and who don't feel bad doing it.

[@gstevens6948]

Thank you for showing this and having compassion for humans. It’s hard to believe its so cold in L.A. God bless you Mike. 🙏

[@Jetsetfastfood]

They choose this.

[@sherrybaker3201]

Amen bring AWARENESS haters gonna hate go give a it a day then share✌️ ur opinion !

[@tyleryoung9638]

​@@JetsetfastfoodTruth

[@nobaloneymahoney7940]

@@Jetsetfastfood sorry to give thumb down but there are few alternatives and if you get to a shelter it is not safe

[@buddyjenkins7188]

@@nobaloneymahoney7940 one alternative is to stop doing drugs and get a job.

[@marysaltlife1427]

Mike, Mike, I hope you didn't get sick again being in the cold rain. That was nice of you to film this. Glad you have a good home to go to. Take care, be well.

[@danielestrada1850]

Great job filming and zooming in on otherwise inconspicuous scenes such as close ups of the graffiti, power poles and asphalt and cement on the streets puddled with rainwater. It's those little details that make one as viewer feel like one is actually there. May God bless all the homeless people.

[@destinygraham2230]

Rightttttt because it’s definitely more detailed that way

[@joelfrombethlehem]

Thank you for showing us some of the down-and-out homeless Skid Rower's during a rainy day. Compassion can get very thin but the flow of compassion will never stop just like the flow of these homeless people. There's got to be solutions that can at least reduce the homeless situation in Los Angeles.

[@sandyrose2398]

It's the new norm all over California.

[@armchairwomanmao2922]

What solution?

[@albertmarnell9976]

@@armchairwomanmao2922 Money! Money that goes to tax free religious institutions and other scams. $$$$$ and proper services are the solution!

[@elaineinarizona6354]

Yes STOP voting Democrat, remove sanctuary state status, close / protect the borders, bring back our manufacturing jobs.

[@FloridaGirl-]

@@elaineinarizona6354 🎯🎯 And help the addicted. That’s a big problem too everywhere! (No one is mentioning).

[@amonamaria2000]

There's no more California dreaming. When I grew up in Venice and Santa Monica in the sixties it was breathtakingly beautiful. The politicians should live In what they created.

[@markracer3281]

Thank you, Mike!!! Your videos shed light on how any one of us could possibly be living on the streets of L.A. and elsewhere... Looking forward to many more vids from the G.I.V.!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@QuaaludeCharlie]

Thank you for Showcasing the L.A. Skid Row area . Very Historic and I too Love the Art . Hey Living Here has gotten a lot better really , in the 90's it got Bad with the Crack and Meth . The Downer Vibe has Mellowed things out . If you stay Sober you can afford a few decent Tents , Cardboard Houses covered in tarps are pretty cool too . I wish they would pick up the garbage and used items , Maybe add more stores to buy Items needed by the Homeless , Like decent Taco trucks and Street Taco's . Your right this is the best Art in the Country . I spent 7 Years Homeless all over the States , and I was Here in Skid Row a couple of Years . The People will still say Hello . They show so Much Care for 0ne another . Glad you got the Rain , this is not the first time I have seen the L.A. River do it's thing . The Rain cleans things up a little . PPeace .

[@MrReymoclif714]

Cliffs of palisades park in Santa Monica? June-1985!!! It was well constructed and quite stable!

[@kristaridge6191]

Thank you for sharing Mike! Good job Newsom💔

[@kikeruiz539]

Newsom is doing a wonderful job said no one ever

[@saraanderson6615]

Glad I have never had the desire to go to California. Getting a tour of some of the worst part of LA from GIV. Beautiful flowers Mike

[@stacyzeisloft4745]

Thanks for another informative video GIV. I was homeless for 3 years in Boulder County, CO. Not fun. I help others who are now when I can. So much needs to be done. It's heartbreaking to see Skid Row. I can't believe it. Anyway, Peace and Love. Stacy

[@markmontes007]

How were you able to get out of that situation? Take care!

[@laurencresap603]

We're you on drugs?

[@mikeburnett7028]

I think the governor is doing a wonderful job the way he’s helping the homeless in California. Soon, the rich will be living like this too. I can’t wait

[@gilenasimons7081]

Thank you GIV for your grace and bravery. We all benefit. Xo

[@carolynnunes3922]

God bless us, every one! Thank you for taking the time to show this to us! God bless you, Mike!

[@aaqilian5.085]

Ok, thanks tiny tim

[@manuelvillalpando6665]

I was raised in those areas of LA since the 1970's. I have some very good memories of downtown LA in the 1970's. But from around the mid 1980's till today, those entire districts of the downtown LA are in shambles and there is no easy solution to ever fixing them or getting rid of the issues at hand. I left LA in 2016 and I don't ever plan in going back there to live ever again.

[@KaliKali-hv9bt]

Yeah i need to leave here myself😅

[@littleclay1838]

Thats what I was thinking. I grew up there in the 70's and it was beautiful then. Thats just too much for me. I see art and creativity in everything, but thats just too much graffiti.

[@manuelvillalpando6665]

@@littleclay1838 Yes, Los Angeles is filled with great artistic talents. From painters, to skilled craftsmen, to great dancers and singers. We had it all in LA. I personally just got tired of how the political climate was not doing much, to and for, keeping the drugs and criminals from hurting the people there, and from someone who worked inside the City of LA, I can tell you for a fact that many of the wrongs in Los Angeles today were intentionally allowed to partake in order to generate revenue for the local government. I could not live with that type of hellish burden inside my own mind and soul. I am also a US Army California National Guard service member, with one combat tour to Afghanistan, and I swear to God, My uniforms, from both city and military, were never intended to be soiled to and for the interests of the politicians. I wore my uniforms to and for the American People, and the next generations to come and fill my boots. It is the people that we all should be vesting time and energy in trying to move them forward through empowerment, education, self awareness into their true strengths and potentials, financial awareness, etc. If you study the climate in LA, and I can attest that it is every many major metropolitan cities across America today, the new generations have been cheated and dumbed down with senseless ideologies and other distractors created to and only for their downfall. In short, we got played by some beings lurking in leadership positions all across government entities, religions, and other places where one could turn to for help and support. But the good news for us all is that we can choose when to stop supporting and being parts of these systems, and not fall victims to their schemes. Like myself, I try to encourage others to leave LA, travel around, and find where a place where you can see the qualities and kindness that we all need to be experiencing as a human race. From my own personal travels across many places in the USA, it is the smaller towns today that offer the best peace of mind. This is especially important to older folks like me, unless you want to keep seeing the struggles of life up there in once's older years.

[@zanac1868]

I grew up there in the 70's as well. I left with my baby girl in 1981 because I could see where things were heading and it wasn't good. Best decision I have ever made. LA is gone and all that is left is an LSD nightmare.

[@francoiselemeur7325]

The whole of california Destroyed by drugs...and the money system that encouraged them

[@TxShoreDog]

As an artist of multiple talents i appreciate your appreciation for art. You find it! Keep it going.

[@steveN111333]

Really looks like Hell on earth! Stay dry GiV!

[@avalon3317]

Hello GIV, from a northern town. Those poor people on skid row. I hope they're able to stay warm, dry, safe, healthy, and find solid shelter in the midst of the blizzard. There's suppose to be another blizzard on Monday. Drive safely GIV, stay warm, and healthy. Thanks for shoeing us around LA.

[@KimberleySanchez]

I love all the details. You have an artist's eye, finding interest & a type of beauty in things like the pipes and signs. Plus the fact that you appreciate it he murals & art. Thanks for showing part of the real LA.

[@Maine76]

The level of despair and people down n out is truly an epidemic!!Had been here while in L.A. back in 99 and must say IMO it looks worse and more widespread!!Thanks for Vid man letting people that ain't got no clue too what the homeless and skid row life looks like must be Truly eye opening for them!Must say too it was impressive to see the LA river like that,Me and friends called it the "Sh@t River"

[@FreddieBlaze]

Not everyone homeless in the streets are bad ppl or drug addicts, alot of them are really humble, down to earth and intelligent as well. I pray that all homeless people will be housed and have peace of mind also!🙏

[@sandtown4638]

This homelessness LA Los Angeles the cost of living is so high there you can't afford to live way2go Democrats

[@vvsylviacrawford4248]

I will never think that! Homelessness can happen to the best of us. The most important thing to have is determination! You have to make the decision of how long this situation is going to last you. If you look at it as embarrassing you will never defeat it. If you look at it as a fight then fight it and win! Homelessness hit me for two months 15 years ago and I have never looked back! It can happen to the best of us.

[@pixelcatcher123]

It can happen to everyone everytime

[@lbergen001]

With all resect for your prayers, these people should be helped so they can live as humans. It makes me so mad that US governments allow/don't do anything about this misery...

[@joseffranz3872]

@@sandtown4638 For real. You can pretend the economics behind this are just greedy billionaires and do things your own way all you want. It doesn't change the reality that those same powerful people are still there and what... you're letting people suffer to prove a point? American Socialists are self entitled scum.

[@rubengonzalez7816]

So my friend, I am a native WLA person who relocated to Camarillo, in Ventura. When my children were young, I would take them to Skid Row and show them the families in the street. Then we would come back and said to appreciate the warm house and food they have. It made an impact on them. To this day, they remember and appreciate what they have.

[@TheMollyPitchers]

Same here, born and raised Angeleno (60's and 70's). The documentor doesn't seem to understand that this is not what Los Angeles looked like in past decades. This started widespreading in 90s. My dad was a Street preacher, he often went to skid row to minister, taking my sister and I along..... However skid-row was not ALL over the city! Claiming it was is disingenuous, and will do nothing to help the homeless.

[@rosemariemann1719]

@@TheMollyPitchers I don't think he did say that this sad way of life was everywhere : he mentioned " Downtown" , and showed the homeless , dirty place, with the better places behind. But it is still a huge problem, evidently....also, I guess once people get into drugs, it's very hard to escape....😢 dreadful waste of lives.. 🇬🇧💕🇺🇲🥀😢🇬🇧🌿🎼🏞️🇬🇧

[@mattjones4581]

Democrat poop holes

[@rocknroll7400]

​@@rosemariemann1719 that's not what she meant, and it is everywhere, even in the suburbs, even in the middle of LA Cienega Blvd on the grass of the divider in Beverly Hills next to the Beverly Center shopping mall. And it's not just drugs or mental health, it's the disparity being an American especially American male, especially in your mid-forties or later or disabled and trying to be able to exist. Some would rather exist in a tent in a decent area then live in a flophouse, or a gang controlled housing unit or shelter. People don't like to see themselves that's homeless. Staying in a tent in Beverly Hills might give them some hope that they're still part of the mix, and not completely removed from the better reality that exists for others more fortunate.

[@didforlove]

the United States is collapsing

[@BILLOFRIGHTSDANGER]

Thank you! Amazing how people are surviving. Totally amazing! Totally sad.

[@MrBldrnnr]

Look to you, governor....Love you show...

[@markmower1746]

Looks like you brought the German weather back with you to Los Angeles!

[@5thdimension625]

😂😂😂

[@sherrybaker3201]

🤣🕺🌧️☔🌞

[@sarbantz]

Sadly, unsheltered street homelessness and fentanyl addiction pandemics are big social issues in every city. Luckily enough, mayor Bass and subject matter experts are working very hard to eliminate street homeless and help underprivileged Americans and other humans. We have to be patient before results are visible. Millions will die from fentanyl and other synthetic drugs in the states just in this decade.

[@carolynnunes3922]

@@sarbantz EVERY Democratically run city turns into a hell-hole! They waste $ on committees, and accomplish NOTHING, but the lining of their pockets! You sound suspiciously like a shill for the mayor!

[@matthewmungia7347]

🤭🤭🤭🤭☺️

[@spritegirl5386]

GIV, as usual your videos never disappoint. Thanks for getting soaked and showing us the reality of LA and skid row

[@shahlabadel8628]

indeed!

[@nckfrmthapnw]

It's crazy how the art depicts the reality of the area.

[@yulirodriguez6208]

Amazing video. Thank you for the time of making this video.

[@jimray2281]

Thanks Mike - when I heard about the crazy weather in LA I thought about the street people and wondered how they were making out. Bless you for documenting this tragedy- the city should take notice

[@Der_Kleine_Mann]

They know about all that's going on in their city, but you can't really help people who don't want your help. Many are mentally ill, drug addicts, others just prefer that "free" lifestyle. Can't save em all.

[@lorrie5881]

​@@Der_Kleine_Mannbasically, in California, you get " paid" to be homeless...

[@sandyrose2398]

@@Der_Kleine_Mann I'm sure most of these people want help. Many are not addicts or mentally ill. They can't afford the very high rents, they're alone, they lost their jobs due to getting laid off (millions are being laid off) or they have medical problems. No one cares!!!

[@KB-ke3fi]

@@sandyrose2398 But then they vote for Democrats.

[@charleshoang566]

Some of them are from out of state.

[@buddyjenkins7188]

For most of these people this a chosen life style. If you want to do drugs and not go to work you get to live out on the street.

[@alliekuma4234]

It's seriously eye-opening seeing all those homeless people while you're out in the rain and can hear the wind. You basically feel the cold through the video and it's heartbreaking that so many people are struggling. The ones who drive over and give out fresh food, clothes and blankets are serious saints. I really hope videos like this will help the situation get better. Thanks for using this platform to raise awareness to something so terrible. If I was one of the wealthy in LA I'd be using money to help those people out.

[@josephusmeerbach1358]

Keep up the good work love from Australia 😊

[@RosieTime_]

Good to see you returned to the states. Stay safe!

[@sarbantz]

Sadly, unsheltered street homelessness and fentanyl addiction pandemics are big social issues in every city. Luckily enough, mayor Bass and subject matter experts are working very hard to eliminate street homeless and help underprivileged Americans and other humans. We have to be patient before results are visible. Millions will die from fentanyl and other synthetic drugs in the states just in this decade.

[@LA_Commander]

@@sarbantz Mayor Bass didn't do anything to help the homeless crisis when she was a member of Congress for years. Unfortunately, she has only shown enthusiasm to continue the same failed policies as the rest of the corrupt LA politicians who've spent billions of dollars over the last decade while the crisis has only gotten worse. She will just be the latest CEO in the homeless industrial complex. I will bet you $10,000 there will be more homeless at the end of her four year term than now.

[@fuse4774]

Grüße aus der Heimat. Du hast einen guten Sinn für Motive. Es ist wirklich erschütternd, dass Menschen so leben müssen! Danke für deine Arbeit!

[@Makiadi10]

nur ne frage der zeit bis es in deutschland auch so ist. in einigen städten ist es schon halbwegs so...

[@Zulimozzart]

@@Makiadi10Don’t you guys have universal healthcare,and a better system than us?

[@Minonos]

@@ZulimozzartYes, but it is german culture to complain about everything, so often people forget to appreciate the things they have here. There is nothing like Skid Row in Germany.

[@Makiadi10]

@@Minonos was redest du da? geh mal nach frankfurt in die bahnhofstraße und sag noch mal es ist in deutschland NICHTS wie skid row. man kann auch mit scheuklappen durchs leben laufen. NOCH nicht so schlimm aber es wird immer schlimmer. wach mal auf und verdräng nich die realität

[@fuse4774]

@@Zulimozzart yes that’s right. We have social system. And if you are unemployed you get €500 a month (+ paid health insurance and rent for your flat if you can find one) but are being forced to find some work. You will also have to go to regular courses and have regular dates with the job centre. If you are disabled and for your work is impossible, you need to show Doktor ‘s documents and job centre will send you to a neutral doctor for a check. If the documents from the doctor, that checked you are saying that you are disabled and work is impossible for you, you will get the same €500 per month (+ paid health, insurance and rent) without having to work. So you are saved. But it’s hard to find a flat. Many owners don’t want to give flat to unemployment and disabled people. It’s just a matter of luck to find someone who likes to rent a flat to you.

[@bvmay11]

Great video. I live in Venice. Loved your art tour of downtown LA..an area I am so interested in exploring but I don't feel safe to explore like you did - great to see it through your eyes. Thank you

[@jenniferl9689]

I love your content. THANKS for sharing!

[@raymondbyczko]

I am inspired by your artistic sensibility! Keep up the good work and keep exploring!

[@jacqui7261]

Thank you for bringing the videos to us all. I was in Los Angeles in 1979 and then it was still a star studded wonderland. Somewhere that me and my mother dreamed of going and visited as part of a west coastal tour. I feel glad to have seen the city in 1979 but sad that my son will never see the city the way I did. It is so sad too that the people in the tents, just waste years of their lives struggling. My best wishes to your mother back in Germany.

[@omar-bv7jf]

Thank's 4 sharing your ❤ 2 art and People!

[@javiertorres-bb8lf]

That is sad bro. You, me and most of your viewers are BLESSED. I thank God for my home, my 2 dogs, and I still have both my parents at 65. Take care. Be careful.

[@mus6179]

Great video Mike good to see people are still filming the real life in LA stay safe 👍👍

[@sarbantz]

Sadly, unsheltered street homelessness and fentanyl addiction pandemics are big social issues in every city. Luckily enough, mayor Bass and subject matter experts are working very hard to eliminate street homeless and help underprivileged Americans and other humans. We have to be patient before results are visible. Millions will die from fentanyl and other synthetic drugs in the states just in this decade.

[@carolynnunes3922]

@@sarbantz Number 5 of the same crappy comment! You MUST be getting PAID to do this-just like the “subject matter experts!” You know, the $400 an hour homlessness experts that all form a committe to examine the problem, eat up the $ DOING NOTHING! Stop SHILLLING for that corrupt LA MAYOR, Sun!

[@LA_Commander]

@@sarbantz Mayor Bass didn't do anything to help the homeless crisis when she was a member of Congress for years. Unfortunately, she has only shown enthusiasm to continue the same failed policies as the rest of the corrupt LA politicians who've spent billions of dollars over the last decade while the crisis has only gotten worse. She will just be the latest CEO in the homeless industrial complex. I will bet you $10,000 there will be more homeless at the end of her four year term than now.

[@stillnotwoke]

@@sarbantz How many fucking times you going to post this?

[@RandomAndrew]

Dang I can say I've never seen the LA river like that.. crazy. As for the homeless situation it's getting like this everywhere, so long as the cost of life keeps going up and up... things will never change.

[@crazyralph6386]

As long as people keep voting Democrat, things will never change.

[@tonyrivers8688]

FEMA camps

[@kimhansen8615]

You have a keen eye for good subjects when exploring, so besides an interesting docu your vlogs also is an artistic experience. Keep up the great work.

[@RobertFla]

Great reporting documentary video GIV , Thank You Mike for your time filming this story it is incredible and the LA River runs thru it.

[@pattin4015]

GiV, This is a masterpiece..your photographic talent just pours out every week! Your videography is so vivid!! I live in L.A., but rarely find these colorful but sobering views of graffiti, the homeless encampments and street views! You make everything more real with always a sense of humanity. Be careful out there, up close and personal...

[@debrasanchez7925]

Its a good cleaning people know how important it is to have rain even the home less they can always go get more junk the trash can are full

[@ChrisBock-CA]

Great video Mike. Thank you! The GIV shows the real life. Lots of rain in SoCal recently. Even here in SD.

[@sarbantz]

Sadly, unsheltered street homelessness and fentanyl addiction pandemics are big social issues in every city. Luckily enough, mayor Bass and subject matter experts are working very hard to eliminate street homeless and help underprivileged Americans and other humans. We have to be patient before results are visible. Millions will die from fentanyl and other synthetic drugs in the states just in this decade.

[@carolynnunes3922]

@@sarbantz SHILL ALERT* SHILL ALERT! WHAT IS THIS NOW, the 7th pasted PROPAGANDA comment about LA mayor Bass and the “subject matter experts” who are “working very hard” NOT!

[@LA_Commander]

@@sarbantz Mayor Bass didn't do anything to help the homeless crisis when she was a member of Congress for years. Unfortunately, she has only shown enthusiasm to continue the same failed policies as the rest of the corrupt LA politicians who've spent billions of dollars over the last decade while the crisis has only gotten worse. She will just be the latest CEO in the homeless industrial complex. I will bet you $10,000 there will be more homeless at the end of her four year term than now.

[@albertmarnell9976]

@@sarbantz It is not just fentanyl! Mental illness needs life long management. Stop the stereotype about drugs!

[@sarbantz]

@@albertmarnell9976 95% of mental health issues on our streets are drugs induced. One dosage of P2P based meth causes paranoia and szchophrenia. Only one dosage. They mix wasp dope into many street drugs, and wasp dope make humans go crazy for hours.

[@robinharting5454]

It was nice of you to brave the weather, thank you!

[@marie22213]

Oh wow, when i saw the video description and clicked i didnt expect it to be a video from you. 😊 Nice to see you in the states and glad that you dont avoid the reality of those impoverished, addicted, homeless in america ❤️

[@brose9701]

I think it’s a awesome place,the art is beautiful.its also very sad to see all the people that need love and help 😢

[@dingding8734]

Thanks Mike, good to have you back. You did this for them, the homeless. They must be freezing! You are so right about the art work (those faces) and the penmanship. Get home to dry off and the hot shower. Stay well GiV.

[@bubbleslovesmichael81958]

This was amazing GIV❤. Makes you appreciate what you already have in life.

[@perry8322]

Once again, another great video Mike, I love the background music kind of creepy

[@king_reynolds1879]

I love these types of videos G.I.V. Reminds me of the videos you used to do of the homeless in Venice when I first subscribed a couple years ago. Keep up the great work!.

[@No1Noz]

I have so much respect for you and your appreciation for the aesthetics within our concrete jungle! Being openminded can truly make the world a happier place. Although the struggles in LA are just as real as the beauty within, it’s still important for people to be aware of both perspectives. Thank you for making this video.

[@elaineinarizona6354]

It is an unsafe typhus infected crap hole. Democrats turned paradise into hell. Talented artists screaming out behind the walls of hell. Thankful I left 4 years ago.

[@neverland606]

These people who express themselves through art are very talented. With the right people they could be in a art museum. Really awesome. Thank you. Fyi, Dick Van Dyke does a lot for the homeless there. Thanks for letting us look thur your eyes.

[@gstevens6948]

“Who would record this? No one, but I would”…. You have a great eye for the shot, loved the water coming out of the gutter from the top of the building and the sound of it hitting the pavement… I really enjoy your work, keep em’ coming. Peace and love from Tulsa.

[@sarbantz]

Sadly, unsheltered street homelessness and fentanyl addiction pandemics are big social issues in every city. Luckily enough, mayor Bass and subject matter experts are working very hard to eliminate street homeless and help underprivileged Americans and other humans. We have to be patient before results are visible. Millions will die from fentanyl and other synthetic drugs in the states just in this decade.

[@carolynnunes3922]

@@sarbantz Shill! This is the 3rd identical comment so far here! How much $ do you get paid by the mayor to post your drivel? The Democratic mayor of LA is corrupt! Every Democrat-run city gets worse and worse, with no viable solutions enacted! Stop! Desist! Cut it out!

[@sarbantz]

@@carolynnunes3922 GIV gets 10 cents for every comment posted. Let's help him since he is a nice guy.

[@LA_Commander]

@@sarbantz Mayor Bass didn't do anything to help the homeless crisis when she was a member of Congress for years. Unfortunately, she has only shown enthusiasm to continue the same failed policies as the rest of the corrupt LA politicians who've spent billions of dollars over the last decade while the crisis has only gotten worse. She will just be the latest CEO in the homeless industrial complex. I will bet you $10,000 there will be more homeless at the end of her four year term than now.

[@AlexEs63]

​@@sarbantz Ok! Bass is a paid poser just like the rest of our Nazi Government.

[@astridkifferle9176]

This is so heartbreaking. Thank you for sharing. Stay safe Mike

[@zigzag6758]

I left l.a. in 2020 after 60 years there. this just makes me think it was the right decison as this is just depressing to see just how much worse it is in just 3 years time. my god

[@sarbantz]

Sadly, unsheltered street homelessness and fentanyl addiction pandemics are big social issues in every city. Luckily enough, mayor Bass and subject matter experts are working very hard to eliminate street homeless and help underprivileged Americans and other humans. We have to be patient before results are visible. Millions will die from fentanyl and other synthetic drugs in the states just in this decade.

[@col.cottonhill6655]

I live like 15 miles outside the city in a nice quiet suburb on a cul de sac. I avoid L.A. at all costs. But that metro rail brings all sorts of vagrants all over the county

[@col.cottonhill6655]

@@sarbantz you're being sarcastic about the mayor right ?

[@pewburrito]

@@col.cottonhill6655 that exact same paragraph appears under a few comments here, it's like a bot. I'd like to ask what exactly the mayor is doing about all this

[@LA_Commander]

@@sarbantz Mayor Bass didn't do anything to help the homeless crisis when she was a member of Congress for years. Unfortunately, she has only shown enthusiasm to continue the same failed policies as the rest of the corrupt LA politicians who've spent billions of dollars over the last decade while the crisis has only gotten worse. She will just be the latest CEO in the homeless industrial complex. I will bet you $10,000 there will be more homeless at the end of her four year term than now.

[@DDT979]

Love the content!! RESPECT

[@Impozalla]

This kind of scenery is not only uniquely to LA. It's happening all across this country. The rich get richer and the poor get poorer. It is an endless cycle no matter how much money gets thrown trying to resolve the homeless issue.

[@ksmith2852]

This is not poverty. Poor people have humble apartments, have friends or family that they have not stolen from or lied to for years. This is decay, crime, mental illness and a government and certain segment of the population that enable these people to do nothing but wait for people to give them free things.

[@mimibee626]

Thank Ronald Reagan's "Trickle Down" economics. Donald Trump paid no taxes in years because of loopholes for the wealthy. The theory under RR (and still in place) is that once the rich get rich enough, they will let salaries increase and taxes fall to the middle and lower classes.

[@davehue9517]

I worked in Los Angeles for about 8 years, before homeless took over many streets. Thank Newsom, Garcetti and Bass for that...

[@elisaterzani125]

Complimenti per aver trattato questa piaga enorme… contraddittoria con il lusso di Los Angeles 🙏❤️un abbraccio da Torino italy

[@glendajune9140]

Thanks for taking your Sunday,& sharing Skid row in the rain.It’s really sad knowing that there’s so many people living in those conditions. Excellent content GIV!!!💯👍🏾💜🙋🏽‍♀️✝️🙏🏾🇺🇸

[@blasi1800]

I love these shots in the rain. I’m glad your out in it instead of me. I also wanted to add a comment about the amazing LA river footage. Please get more of the river flowing. Thanks Mike

[@DanceJudge]

GIV still feels emotions, has compassion, sees beauty, has hope . I pray for him that he can keep this and still be a witness to our demise.

[@jacquelynsharp9354]

Btw,thank you brother for your video❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@michelespock6575]

Wow what a amazing video Mike you definitely took your self into the heart of LA capturing from the homeless during this storm and the kool artwork to the ragging warters you went inside vacant buildings, to the 6th street Bridge thank you Mike for going out in that weather and exploring, so we can also experience it, please stay safe

[@taoist32]

We don’t to experience these things. Life is a struggle as it is. This just makes it more depressing.

[@amandabaker4496]

has anyone ever noticed how great depravity is usually beside extravagance. its almost as if one cant live without the other

[@sarbantz]

Sadly, unsheltered street homelessness and fentanyl addiction pandemics are big social issues in every city. Luckily enough, mayor Bass and subject matter experts are working very hard to eliminate street homeless and help underprivileged Americans and other humans. We have to be patient before results are visible. Millions will die from fentanyl and other synthetic drugs in the states just in this decade.

[@queserasera1674]

So sad to see all those people living on the streets and more everyday. SMH. You are right GIV, the art in Skid Row is way more beautiful than the Santa Monica art you showed us in your recent video. Remember the 70's song by Albert Hammond that it never rains in So Ca, but man it pours? TY for documenting this.