I Went To Every Single Homeless Camp In Los Angeles

I went to every single homeless camp in Los Angeles. Just wow.
Look at this. What a freaking mess. Los Angeles, California everyone. Honestly, I think it’s one of my least liked cities in the USA. (let the sound roll for a while)
If you’ve been paying attention, I was last in LA exactly one year ago. I drove around a 2 square mile area of downtown and made a video about the homeless problem there. It went all viral and got on Fox News. People hadn’t really seen it like that before. I don’t know why. It’s been like this forever now.
Since I was in California for the homecoming tour, I thought - I should go back to LA and see if it’s the same. But this time, I figured I’d drive into the rest of the city. The goal was to just drive around without an agenda and just see how things looked in every pocket of LA. So I spent an entire day meandering around this place one day to see what I could see. And boy did I see.
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[@NickJohnson]

Here's the entire California Road trip here: kzbin.info/aero/PLq-_cmf3H6yoGM0mmbTCTmMa9zMFvvDeG

[@DeepsongProductions]

Just curious; When you were in McCarther Park did you see any homeless persons leave their cake out in the rain?? Cheers...

[@paulbainjr]

@@DeepsongProductions revealing your age 🤣

[@SouLoveReal]

With the price of land, real estate, etc, in California, and in particular large cities such as Los Angeles (the Wall Street Of The West Coast), you wonder how much money (especially taxes) is being LOST and/or just NOT being made with all of these homeless people blocking entrances to buildings, taking up sidewalk space, keeping businesses from opening, etc.

[@seandolan5803]

California is a shell of what it was in the 80s and 90s, it is insane, no more walking the beaches barefoot with needles sticking up through the sand...what we witnessed on Hollywood strip was insane...I'm not sure if you can go more than a few blocks without homeless in L.A....We now have a huge population in phx of around 30,000 spread out...downtown has many blocks of tent city, the open air phentynol use in phx is also insane!

[@seandolan5803]

@@DeepsongProductions mccarther park also has ms÷13 problem and have been responsible for alot of the murdered homeless.

[@ryankottke8120]

Was homeless for 3 years from drugs, crazy thing is I bet are many Americans that are a couple paychecks and/or bad decisions away from facing the same dilemma. Got clean and sober and have remained strong since February 2018 and will never forget the cold nights, hungry days and hopeless mentality.

[@HeyitsChar532]

Congratulations! You rock! Keep up the great work!

[@Borat_Kazakh]

So you were a substance abuser. Then you say many Americans are only one paycheck away from being in the streets? No, dude, you had a problem that was 99% responsible for your homelessness. Addicts, who gave into drugs and alcohol, are not normal. People with only financial problems find a different path. You are part the excuse making-crowd that enables all this chaos. And each person in this video has made a personal choice (other than the psychotics, who should be institutionalized.)

[@ryankottke8120]

@@Borat_Kazakh Yes you right, used money as an excuse along with other past traumas I refused to let go of

[@NickJohnson]

Ryan email me I'd love to hear more NickJohnsonNC18@gmail

[@tpndgo2061]

Bad decisions " you said it.

[@jamesofbmore]

I am 58 years old, I have been a truck driver for the past 30 years, and a war veteran in Kuwait in 1990, and I have made great money. I have saved money, but last year I had a stroke, which wiped out my savings, I have had to use my 401K, and I don't qualify for disability, or early retirement. Doctors say I can work, I can do desk work. I can't drive I can bearly walk. I calculate that by May 2023 I will be homeless. Sometimes it is not drugs, and it's not because we don't want to work but no one will give you work because you are now a liability. I Have lost everything I earned over my lifetime due to a stroke. I have a house now, but I don't see myself having a home in 6 to 8 months.

[@certifiedfinest5065]

Dam bro I shouldn't you qualify for some sort of help? Reach out to some services before you lose everything

[@highstrangeness1824]

You're not alone. I know exactly what you mean. I was the provider for many years. When my back was hurt in Healthcare, my spouse and teens told me in the daily to get out. My own blood. People have no idea while they're young, in good health, and starry-eyed. It can change in a second, and you realize all that mattered eas your relationships that got neglected because you were too busy working. It's all madness. This is so sad the lack of empathy and compassion.

[@certifiedfinest5065]

@@highstrangeness1824 that’s why there’s high rates of homelessness in America versus those other countries - the strong emphasis on “independence” and less on strong family bonds

[@FU.dems.left.blm.antifa.l9btq]

Best thing to do is pack you bags and leave democrat shithole state. You have a better chance of life in Republican states.

[@kathyborthwick6738]

Prayers sent 🍃🌸🍃🙏🏽🍃🌸🍃

[@thedappercook]

I'm a new Zealander living in Australia and it drives me bonkers when I hear Kiwis (New Zealanders) and Aussies whinging and moaning about their country and governments. We live in the garden of Eden in comparison to most of the places seen on this channel. We are truly truly blessed. Love this channel Nick. Thanks for everything

[@paspep]

And i guess tou want to keep it that way ??? Take notes, make sure you guys dont make the same mistakes

[@thedappercook]

@@paspep yes. Well first thing we don't have Ghettos, what we have done in Australia and New Zealand especially is intergrate everyone together housing wise, so you will have wealthy suburbs with state housing in those suburbs and this works well.

[@investia]

YES Sydney is truly a paradise for homeless people because I saw them sleeping on queen size mattress in front of department store and the train station downtown Sydney!

[@BrandyTexas214]

As an American, I look at this and I can’t believe it. This def is a problem in liberal cities, this is not allowed where I live. Hell, if you’re sleeping in your car the cops will make you leave the area. We will have a civil war someday I promise, me and others like me won’t ever allow this to happen to our areas without a fight

[@MrCJHamill]

There's shocking areas here in Sydney. Not on the same level as LA but still very bad.

[@bluespruce786]

I've been thinking about this for a few years now, wondering why homelessness keeps getting more common. "The industrial homeless complex." The idea that some people; officials and not for profits, are actually profiting from homelessness. That rings true, not for all of it, but it explains the acceleration and scale and the concentration in certain area's. Great expose, thanks for posting it up.

[@CapAnson12345]

The beauty of LA is if you don't go visit the homeless camps sooner or later they'll come visit you.

[@sarbantz]

Sadly, nowadays street homeless are drugs addicts, and they are addicted to cocktail of nasty chemicals such as fentanyl, horse tranquilizer, elephant tranquilizer, sedative benzo, rat poison, nitazenes chemicals, P2P based meth, wasp dope, and other nasty stuff. That is in the pills they smoke all the time. They are quickly damaged mentally and physically beyond the point of repair. Street addicts gradually destroy everything around themselves. The only thing they really wanna is to be as close as possible to their fentanyl dealers. We will never reduce street homelessness without reducing the amount of fentanyl and other nasty drugs available on our streets.

[@steve41557]

Best Comment!!

[@steve41557]

Yes, they'll even come to your doorstep!

[@optimusprinceps3526]

Fentynl ☠️ Final Solution to homelessness

[@sarbantz]

@@optimusprinceps3526 ot really. New , ever younger, fentanyl addicts are recruited daily.

[@pi-sx3mb]

I'm an aircrew member - been traveling the entire U.S. for some 4 decades. Anywhere in California was historically the most desirable layover you could bid. That and Portland OR, Seattle, and Denver which are now CA lite. Most of my adult life I figured I'd like to eventually live anywhere in the state. About 10 years ago things started to drastically decline, and now you couldn't pay me to move there. Most major cities are disgustingly filthy insane asylums without walls. It's completely out of control. I avoid going there to the extent that I can. Once-gorgeous places like San Fran, LA, and San Diego are post-apocalyptic sh*tholes. The few nice places are shrinking safe havens floating in a sea of human detritus. I feel bad for the sane people in CA who are not responsible for the decline. Most CA residents who defend the place are the proverbial boiled frog not realizing how dire it is. I remember a time when it was clean, safe, fun, civilized, and a land of opportunity. So sad.

[@yamama7265]

Was very strange because newsome pays every single one of those homeless to stay in their tents they all get a lot of money a phone food stamps everything they want they're free dope just like Colorado he'll pay any guy $1,000 a month to live in a tent but they have to be tranny or converting to be a tranny they won't pay any straight guy it's all very strange

[@Tonymanero1960]

I use the ''Stockholm Syndrome ' analogy,... whereas you used the ''boiled frog '' analogy,.....these people have been brainwashed for so long that they have started to bond with their captors(politicians, homeless advocates etc,etc). Their state is an embarrassment,........and they think it is paradise.

[@robertmanley2687]

Stranger in a Strange land.

[@wil7228]

Very true , Corruption has got to stop .I'm in Silicon valley work everyday and can only afford a room which I am grateful for.

[@landscapingspecialist]

I visited CA when I was 8 back in 1989. Yosemite, and San Fran. I remember thinking what a beautiful place. This must be why people move out west I thought. Haven’t been there since then. And now watching this I can’t believe my eyes 🫣

[@chuckyanus3563]

"You can feel the energy change. And you can certainly smell it." Classic.

[@tynic7573]

Facts.

[@johnpace2089]

Nick Johnson, you do amazing work. Thank you and your guests.

[@moonshinefuel]

She's pointing out the problem, the city is using homeless people as a way to make money. That's what it is, the money they get allocated to them but never seems to get dispersed properly or solved. If they want to bring back Los Angeles to a beautiful city again, they would truck all of the homeless out to slab city areas, and give the billion dollars to the local municipal government there to deal with it, and then make it illegal to sleep or camp in public. But they won't do that because a few are enriching themselves and sacrificing the entire city and everyone that lives there. They'd rather destroy their own city and make and retain into the billions of dollars and live in a bubble. I am not optimistic about this ever being solved.

[@Corrie-_-]

Recently (within the past 3 years) we've had homeless people shipped to our city from larger ones and just this year, they took funding away for mental health. So people are dying more frequently and still have no place to go. I don't get it myself because we have a huge vacant mental hospital that was great when in use but they have next to nothing now. Not only that but now our crime rate has skyrocketed and the cops have this thing called catch and release so they're just let out no matter what they do

[@searchingforthetrue88]

@@Corrie-_- No cops thing it’s DA Gascon thing

[@dalepxp8963]

Don’t forget brandon has an open borders policy to allow millions more homeless and crazy inside the USA from all over the WORLD.

[@Corrie-_-]

@@searchingforthetrue88 oh, that's unfortunate. I live in Canada so I suppose ours is more of a Doug Ford thing tbh. Either way it's sad

[@gumbie007]

That’s also happening on a national and on the Federal level….across many industries. The USA is becoming a failed state and it has been sold out by many people in power! 🤨🤔🤦‍♂️

[@bkgourmet]

In 2010, I was briefly homeless in Venice Beach -after divorce, losing job and bad economy in 2009. I survived on selling some art work and eating at food banks. I couldn't stand this life style. I kept looking for work all over, until I was back on my feet a month later. It's terrible life. YES, some homeless went down on their luck, but there is a big percentage who got themselves there and have been homeless for over 10 years. NO WAY. I'll work anything and NOT remain homeless.

[@NickJohnson]

You did it!!

[@mikeb6232]

In 2012 I moved to an oil field water hauling job in Wyoming for employment, because I could not get a job in the state I lived at the time, at least one that would pay bills and gasoline for commuting. The oil field was booming at the time, so I had to live in a combination of out of the back of my SUV with periodic motel stays, for six weeks. I got on an apartment list and it took that long for one to be available. It is far easier to work and rent a place, than be ‘homeless’. During days off the only place to park not in the sun was under the main drive’s bridge over the river. You can’t just park in front of someone’s residence under the shade tree by their sidewalk. You can’t refrigerate anything. Motels are too expensive. During nights for that time I parked in the corner of the company truck and frac tank yard. I slept very well because of the dropping temperature at night. There was one night somebody broke into my vehicle while I was asleep, but they didn’t remove anything, probably got scared off, were probably another truck driving, and realized I was one of the truck drivers and would recognize them. Normal life is easier than homeless life. People who are homeless make it harder for themselves if they stay that way.

[@franklopez3616]

That's the spirit that we are raised up on. By our parents do not loose never the dignity And thriving to earn our daily breed amen? And may god keep on blessing you

[@doreen6659]

Congratulations. Not everyone homeless is a junkie*, drunk, mental- etc. The $ for Govt programs under Oberry./Biden took down so many Americans, and went where? Off shore- other Countries. Fast forward to present---->Trillion$ went to whom? Immigrant resettling, in politicks pockets, and foreign interests, not US!

[@JasonCurtis8]

@@franklopez3616 p

[@charlessantos419]

As an ex homeless person for over five years here in California,, it was the most toughest thing I've ever been through, the constant moving around because of the loitering laws from business's living life like a pinball machine,, I thank God everyday that I got myself help from drug addiction and alcohol abuse and now living in sober living,, it can be done,, you just gotta want it enough and be tired,

[@johnrodriguez9977]

Thank you first of all for this eye opener of a video. It takes courage to say the truth, as I'm impressed as to the amount of information that you have given us. I'd like to comment on a grade schoolteacher I know in the Bay Area. Who posted on FB and said that last semester she had 10 homeless children in her class. This year she has 15. This number seems to be going up. It is most important to keep minor children safe. I wonder what their living conditions are like and what are they exposed to? We need to expose this ongoing tragedy because someone is making money on this vicious cycle. Thank you again.

[@JMarel]

I took my daughter to LA for her 21st birthday earlier this year. We were both excited to go for the first time. We were unprepared and in shock at the state of this place. It was so sad. You have these million dollars homes and cars and expensive shops and homeless people all on the same corner. The beautiful ocean, and many homeless tents on the sand. It was unreal to see. Half way across the country and months later I still think about those moments, and those people.

[@oldsalt8011]

Great educational experience for your daughter.

[@jonnydanger7181]

Hollywood is about as depressing and hollow as ever.

[@JitzyJT]

@@nooglenoodle1398 I agree....I love how Islam saved Syria, Yemen, Somalia, Mali and lately Afghanistan.

[@myrnaanchores1636]

Sorry what's the gvrnmnt doing or Mayor in every place of America bcz here in UK homeless so lucky fr Africa Muslim Country and Ukraine 🇺🇦 The UK gvrnmnt gave them nice place to live w allowance n mostly w housing benefits or in the homeless buildings w allowance and free foods coming from all the supermarkets America so popular in mny things and vry rich Country too so why they cannot do it desame law of UK 🇬🇧 and where are all actress and actors and businessmen and rich people to collect money for them and all kinds of religions there need to cooperate and doing smthng for them Life so short everyone there need to cook some foods for them and God wl be vry happy if all the rich people there wl share the blessings they are receiving everyday and bcz wtht God we are nothing and he gave us life and breath to live and mny blessings so please share and donate each other Wish all d best Our love and prayers from UK and

[@admiralsemmes6939]

I live near Los Angeles. The entire state of California is infested by illegal aliens with no job skills & thousands of homeless. The state government encourages this as our taxes shoot up and our services shrink. This used to be the most successful state in the union under Republican government.

[@hannw7]

I've lived in Los Angeles for almost 30 years and it is the worst ever been and I don't see it getting any better. The homeless here don't want housing. Completely agree with this woman. As long as rich people are making money off the system, it won't change. It is not an affordable place to live unless you're wealthy.

[@bid84]

Why would you want to live there? If I had money I’d be out of there,

[@hannw7]

@@bid84 I'm stuck because I work in the entertainment industry.

[@bid84]

@@hannw7 Ah ok, well I’m sure you live in a nice area. Absolute shame what has been allowed to happen in many US states though. Where will it bottom out?

[@hannw7]

@@bid84 I hope soon. It's way past a state of emergency. :(

[@creamydistortion]

America is obsolete.

[@churchtalkunlimited]

Thank you for this video!

[@charlesjenkins1225]

This is one of Your very best uploads. Jessica Rogers is just what every person around the world, who deals with homeless people, needs to listen to. She takes no side politically. She is looking for improvement.

[@freedomworks3976]

She said it’s California so everyone is a democrat … there is the problem. The more democrats you have the more quality of life goes straight down hill.

[@caramontana4948]

A society that accepts this situation impassively is a society that has failed terribly.

[@seansmith445]

Failure or intentional planned degradation

[@CanuckTony]

And solution is?

[@seansmith445]

@@CanuckTony a revolution

[@backcountyrpilot]

So, it’s “societies’s” fault when an individual chooses to be a street person?

[@caramontana4948]

@@backcountyrpilot Your understanding is extremely limited

[@richardt1792]

A couple of things to be aware of, in downtown Los Angeles, the county jail releases hundreds of criminals and many end up living in downtown. I remember talking to a homeless woman and she told me that every single homeless person carries a knife. You can walk into any dollar store and walk out with an 8 inch knife, a lethal weapon. It is best to assume that every homeless person has a knife on them at all times.

[@debbiemyers2944]

Build more jails and keep them in. Or mental institutions. If they rehabilitate they can go to affordable housing.

[@jacobtennyson9213]

@@debbiemyers2944 ... But build mentally ill treatment centers, Christian organizations, and work programs. It's never to late to mend.

[@michaeloconnor1479]

@@jacobtennyson9213 I totally did not understand that.

[@mE-zx7pt]

@@debbiemyers2944 What to say to someone like you. 🙄 "Affordable housing" is great if you can find it. Harder & harder to do these days. You can build all the jails your sadistic heart desires but if rents are unaffordable, people are going to be homeless.

[@cassiusdio6048]

That’s one reason I carry a gun.

[@_JanetLouise]

excellent interview & info ..... tragic .....

[@olliesgrandad]

My wife and I visited California in December 2003. The stay in LA was probably the wettest day possible. We did a mini bus tour and I remember downtown seeing a few 'igloo' type fibreglass domes which we were tod were for homeless people. To see the state of LA now is scary. I certainly wouldn't feel safe coming back to visit.

[@cathylocke9454]

I live in San Diego, and it is awful. The politicians don't have a clue and just talk but it is worse than ever. Everyone is leaving.

[@charleshoang566]

I live in Mira Mesa,I don't go to downtown anymore.

[@hstone39]

The politicians do know, trust me. They're not doing shit about it.

[@AwkwardSappho]

Yep, we're on our way to being just like Los Angeles.

[@deb8119]

What is so bad is those people that move away take their crazy beliefs with them and move to common sense places but vote for more of the same of what they left. It will be like a virus…destroying EVERYTHING in its liberal path.

[@America1st69]

The Smart Ones leave but the majority of Mexicans are staying because they want to keep the state all to themselves

[@murraydyck2127]

I was homeless once and I had two jobs and I still couldn’t pay rent because it was just too expensive. I stayed in an abandoned old car a station wagon. I finally got housing by sharing a basement apartment with a guy I met. I stayed in a small storage room in the apartment. I was so happy to get out of the station wagon that had been my home for so long.

[@RajKumar-qg9iv]

By seeing your profile Pic, it seems you have survived greatly from all these shit

[@phajeb001]

Health insurance alone is around $300 a month for a premium plan

[@ikp4success]

Why didn't you just leave to another affordable state, like Ohio?

[@marioashford2057]

Most people wish they could live in California even though it's expensive. Some of these homeless people tried to move here and failed to survive because they cannot think for themselves.

[@frankbalazs8816]

God bless you!❤

[@laurencemartin2797]

You are so talented and insightful. Thank You.

[@seabrookcity8778]

Love your videos.

[@CP_Guy]

Nick, I usually skip most of your "local interviews," but this one was worth spending my time to hear all her comments. As a social worker, she is compassionate and also realistic about solving the problems that CAUSE homelessness. I also learned a new description: homelessness industrial complex - something that I was unaware of living in the Midwest. One of your best videos!

[@NickJohnson]

Why do you skip the interviews??? 😢

[@CP_Guy]

@@NickJohnsoni feel that SOME interviewees offer commentary without much evidence to support their opinions...others are are just repetitious. I suspect you want to add some local color, so please pardon my armchair critique...your vidoes have are one of my favorites.

[@neilsaunders6009]

@@CP_Guy Yes. There have been some good interviewees, but also some rather weak ones. This lady was interesting, thoughtful, genuinely constructive and knew her stuff.

[@Jazzy4_]

I agree!

[@ironlung2323]

Her interview was pretty telling. Her mentality is why it's gotten so bad. When you put the needs and wants of people who dgaf above those of who pay taxes and are trying to build a life, this is what you get. They spend all this money and energy trying to figure out how to coax the homeless into homes when the only solution is zero tolerance.

[@barbaragalbreth4429]

I can't believe businesses actually operate in these hopeless areas.

[@NickJohnson]

Me either

[@britishpatriot7386]

They won't do for much longer.

[@freeandindependenttorres2233]

This will keep happening as long as capitalism is the method of choice.

[@buckfizzard291]

Keep believing it's capitalism

[@himanshusingh5214]

They existed before the problem and they can't simply shut it down as long as there are profits.

[@jeulihonodel7626]

Great reporting!!!

[@raulsanchez9795]

Here in Houston Texas, downtown is a mess, the homeless took over the subway rail system, the yelling and the skin exposure is quiet frequent. Everytime I get out of downtown, my head heals from all the noise and innuendos these homeless throw at me. Not only at subrails, yet also inside places., parks, it all concentrates at downtown.

[@raulsanchez9795]

most of these tents are often seen empty, or spotted with different people in it. they get mad if you are looking in it or at them

[@Network126]

I fell into a mess of debt and homelessness during covid and nobody can seem to help me. I'm actually paying $400/mo now to illegally live in an old broken down RV on the street without electricity or running water. Yes, that's actually a thing out here. It's difficult to function like this. I'm doing all I can, yet I still owe my dad over $3k for a transmission rebuild from 2 years ago. I don't want to live like this. I'm trying to work as much as I can, but keep having so many problems and car issues, which also keep me broke/in debt. A lot of people don't understand. It's not all drugs or mental illness.

[@aflaz171]

They don't all understand. In fact they really are cruel about it. I am starting to think people with harsh attitudes towards homeless are themselves deeply afraid it may happen to them.

[@grandmaoil2079]

@@aflaz171 homelessness doesnt just magically happen...

[@tehja-alexandraorcherton541]

This is very true. I dislike that the creator of this video refers to homeless people as bums . Homeless people are people abd deserve dignity and respect. How we refer to people shapes how we think of them. I 100% agree with you. I do have an issue with how the creator of this channel tackles homelessness. I mean was he ever homeless himself?? If not I don't think he should talk so freely about what homeless people do .

[@joebudi5136]

Restaurants are the answer. Go to the same 10 restaurants a day at the same time every day and ask them if they need a dishwasher or porter. If they say no, thank them and leave. Come back every day and ask again. You WILL get work and more importantly food. Also if you are one of the last to leave the restaurant at night you can clean up good in the bathroom and them mop it spotless right then and there. If you don't get full time, go the same other restaurants at the same time every day until you get enough work.. It will work. Good luck.

[@aflaz171]

@@joebudi5136Well Joe that's a great post! You're not judgemental in anyway and you offer a really good solution for someone out there who chooses to take your excellant advice!

[@djhbr]

Only one Word can explain this mess, CORRUPTION.

[@albrtajc2002]

No, poverty.

[@lotusgrl444]

No personal accountability...politics play a huge factor but no one forces them to stay hooked on drugs

[@Chaz4543]

@@albrtajc2002 Unfettered Capitalism

[@jmcnally647]

Exactly, the same type of corruption that is witnessed on Indian reservations. The homeless are an exploited class.

[@djhbr]

Politics as usual...

[@janineskywalker527]

Thank you Nick.

[@beachtrash1852]

The interview with that social worker was the most moving, honest, educated I've ever heard anyone speak on this crisis! That really give me some hope. I live about 35 miles from LA and there isn't one city block between here and there without a tent or 100. It infuriates me to know that the scumbag politicians are getting rich off of this! I am middle aged and I believe this problem has gotten so big that I don't see it getting resolved in my lifetime! That is truly depressing to me!

[@iwilson6651]

Awesome video! I worked in LA for 3 months earlier this year and the homeless camps were insane. Lets not forget that they're also open air drug markets, millions are made every day thus motivating other actors to keep this complex going.

[@ericaallispn3079]

What a waste of time people know what's going on

[@Ret_Chrogames]

To challenge what your guest was saying, I don’t think the compassion is gone, the compassion is there- it’s just the compassion can only go so far in trying to help. Once you learn their stories, then what? It’s still up to that person to want to make a change, to want to get sober - to want to live in shelters where there is a roof over their heads and a warm bed, to follow shelter rules…. This is why it seems like the compassion isn’t there anymore, because the helpers eventually burn out running in circles to help people who are still resistant to change. I do agree with her about the homeless industrial complex though.

[@allnewjient7651]

The compassion is the problem.

[@debbie9792]

Most of those people do not need a government controlled shelter. They need an address..like they used to have before ick happened with decision makers.. The gov ran banks need to give up their bankrupt abandoned hotels and buildings, to them so they have an address to go forward..per gov. Ie; school, job, unemployment etc. Those who don't want this service will be the ones that are ok with their situation and have no desire to go forward. Nowdays, in the homeless world you will find EVERY SINGLE PROFESSION IN THE WORLD. This could work. Btw..the banks can collect the final payout from their insurance companies from their total loss, instead of just the omg I lost my prop cuz of whatever reason, getting that check. 😁 they are all gov. I LOVE your guest Nick.. please tell her thank you.❤️

[@soniavos3127]

You can lead a man to knowledge but you can't make him think. God helps those who helps themselves. 🙏

[@kandycepeterson2482]

Ah, but what comes first? Homelessness or drugs? When the govt betrays you, and gives SSI you paid into, to non citizens, so they can get a home, as you watch from a tent, and your son was killed fighting for the country, and our president just gives in, and gives the people who killed him state of the art artillery worth millions, and the land of equality creates classes, and gives other citizens we call landlords, make rules you have to follow, and at any moment, can do this to you on a whim, make you lose all your belongings, and have no even chance to get another place, and you go to work all tired and disheveled, your kids get teased at school, drugs look pretty good suddenly, because you can't win.

[@catface3473]

Any compassion I had is long gone...

[@Bleyluige]

I am leaving CA next week. I can't leave here anymore. Rent and gas is very expensive and you are 2 o 3 paychecks away from becoming homeless

[@J.C.Ky.ridgerunner1955]

It's not the homelessness is getting worst, it's the corruption keeps getting worst

[@lauriedeering4725]

Agree

[@latinking9793]

Your right because there actually keeping the money for themselves & not helping the Homeless people at all

[@asullivan4047]

Either way it's here to stay-!!!😭. Diabolically destructive democratic cess pool😈.. " New World🌎 " disorder ideology syndrome conspiracy theory-!!! 😳.

[@ryanvideooo]

For the longest time when I lived in LA, 5th street downtown aka Skid Row was basically the only place you would see a tents. These days it is everywhere in LA. The problem exploded in the last 6-7 years. It's happening in a lot of places.

[@jglee6721]

When Nick showed the map I looked to see if it's 10 times the size of the former Skid Row and I wasn't disappointed.

[@Jeff-zx6rt]

I live in oc. I remember in the 00s we went to an LA kings game took a wrong turn and wound up on skid row. We were tripping a little and were looking for the quickest way out of that pocket of town. All of la is pretty much like that now. And most of orange county in all honesty

[@sarbantz]

Sadly, nowadays street homeless are drugs addicts, and they are addicted to cocktail of nasty chemicals such as fentanyl, horse tranquilizer, elephant tranquilizer, sedative benzo, rat poison, nitazenes chemicals, P2P based meth, wasp dope, and other nasty stuff. That is in the pills they smoke all the time. They are quickly damaged mentally and physically beyond the point of repair. Street addicts gradually destroy everything around themselves. The only thing they really wanna is to be as close as possible to their fentanyl dealers. We will never reduce street homelessness without reducing the amount of fentanyl and other nasty drugs available on our streets.

[@sarbantz]

@Mac fentanyl and plethora of other nasty chemicals destroy humans mentally and physically beyond the point of repair very quickly. Sam Quinones talks about it in great details. His interviews are all over KZbin. Michael Shellenberger talks about it, too.

[@Rockerlady]

@Mac Possible reasons are the politcians were influenced by activists to let them be. Also, word got out what cities were doing this. A lot of cops/authorities in other states started putting homeless people on buses to CA. It is wrong but still goes on.

[@ericafrieson3464]

I gave my California home of 51 years up after my spouse died. I knew I would be living under a bridge, in a box, with only my income if I stayed. The expense I seriously got sick of, was the california car smogging requirements. Every other year you have to pay an arm to keep your ageing car legally on the road. What a terrible shame it is to see what has happened to home sweet home.

[@shubham943]

I hope you'll be financially fine soon. Take care of urself 🙂

[@jjwright8041]

What do you mean by car smogging charges?

[@helenooft9664]

That is terrible, the home crisis is everywhere, also in my country house prices and rent are extremely high. But when you have a low salary, the Dutch government will help you with your rent. And if you loose your job, you will never loose your home and be homeless. It is time that compagnies pays a lot more taxes. So that the government can build cheap houses.

[@Debbie-zy9vb]

@@helenooft9664 I and my Boyfriend both love you dearly for that idea. But as sad 😢 as We both hate to say it: That will never happen in this "SOCIALIST COUNTRY", And no we're not talking about "CHINA, YEMEN, NORTH KOREA, or even the former U.S.S.R, ETC". No it's called: "The U.S.A".

[@jerrydonquixote5927]

​@@Debbie-zy9vbDemocrats

[@WackyWitchTV]

He is not wrong! I have lived here for 10 years and in the last two years it is now horrific!

[@greg1493]

“Like cattle ranchers, sending their herds across the plains…” 😂 😂

[@Ingmar-Berg]

This is unreal, i used to be an over the road trucker across Canada and the US , something is wrong with our society, i have never seen this, things must have changed, but i think greed is leading to this. Thanks for this video👍

[@geraldboykin6159]

Same Here - Kenworth W900L - Class of '97

[@rudychavez2019]

you really have to open ur eyes cause not everyone out there is trying to get off the streets some people want to live like that. They don't want to worry about bills, rent gas food, cause they dont have to work for it them knowing that it will be handed to them so they get comfortable. I know i lived on the street for almost five years.

[@castorkat4868]

@cheryllovewingzup the majority of homeless now are elderly, disabled. NOT TRUE. Majority are drug addicts -mentally insane

[@edevos3108]

You are right. GREED is what has led to the current homeless problems.

[@doddt2002]

Our nation has been silently took over by an Elite over 100 years ago. There’s a book about it “The Creature from Jekyl Island”. This is why things are not getting better and only worse.

[@dannyg5446]

One thing I noticed was the RV with Georgia plates. It seems like people from other states come there to be homeless, and that might be proof

[@dharmaram7527]

Yes, you are correct. A majority of the transients are from out of state. They come here specifically because they get tax payers benefits and are allowed to tent anywhere, shoplift freely and not get busted for it.

[@bramlintrent1145]

@@dharmaram7527 If I were facing homelessness, I'd likely go to Los Angeles as well --- not for the taxpayer benefits or the shoplifting, but because of the climate that's more conducive to living outdoors. The summer highs in LA aren't nearly as humid and stifling as they are in the Southeastern USA, and the winter nights aren't as cold in LA as they are in the Midwest or the Northeast.

[@JC111WPB]

@@bramlintrent1145 what you just said made me grateful for Florida humidity like never before.

[@carlfenger]

They call themselves "Vanlifers"

[@mapagmatyaga9174]

Thanks for the truth I salute you your honest man

[@willisjefferson5886]

Another Gem Nick

[@mojorising1]

I left my homestate 10 years ago and praise God for showing me the way out then. I sold and donated all of my possessions then had to jump through hoops to be allowed to move with a court move away order because I had a child custody agreement. I told the judge I didn't want to end up homeless and on food stamps with no jobs in my town there and that was enough to get the approval.

[@NickJohnson]

So what happened??

[@J.S.3259]

God isn’t real

[@mikeb6232]

@@J.S.3259 He is. Creation testifies to Him. The Bible does, too. He showed me His love once, too, after I tried to witness the Gospel to a dying relative. There is no love like that in this world.

[@blackbear7131]

Love your video's! Sarcasm is great! Oh they want to make him the president 😂🎉

[@TheRubberStudiosASMR]

Hilarious narration 😂❤

[@pamiejay]

I wish I knew you were coming to Los Angeles. I was born and raised in LA. I would have shown you all of the places homeless people are. I’ve seen the changes in neighborhoods and cities. I know how they use to be. I have a lot to say about it. You actually were near my house - near Olympic and Rimpau. Although there are homeless people near me, they haven’t started camping on my block - I hope it never happens. It’s a sad situation. Next time you are in Los Angeles, I’d be happy to assist you.

[@NickJohnson]

Ok!! And hopefully they don't make it to your block 🫰🏼

[@America1st69]

@@NickJohnson eventually they will it's just a matter of time

[@michaeloconnor1479]

ya, you could start a new tourist biz showing people around to all the homeless camps. all that past history would make for some interesting hindsight as well.

[@hollyhinman9818]

Jessica said it, secret is out! The industrial homeless complex IS why this will not end. I worked 6 months at a non profit naively thinking I am helping homeless people. It was just a place where people were being "warehoused", fed non nutritional food and allowed to be under the influence of their substance of choice. There was no mental health or substance counseling, there wasn't even a nurse on site. There were diabetics, elliptic incidents and other health issues staff were not trained to handle! Meanwhile upper management wore expensive suits and lived in beautiful homes. I'd name the organization if I didn't feel paranoid about backlash! God please save us all, we need a real shake-up in this country! When will the rich realize getting richer is their addiction and money won't keep them safer, happier or in a bigger bubble, it will eventually POP!!

[@electrictofumuffins6384]

Dont use your real name social media and they wont know who you are. But I guess likes are more important

[@waza9986]

Tak wygladał komunizm w Związku Radzieckim. Żyjecie w państwie komunistycznym, w którym rozdawnictwo publicznych pieniędzy zasila klasę pasożytów.

[@brainwashingdetergent4128]

I like your comment except the part about the rich. Rich people work hard and do things and they keep working hard and keep doing things thats why they keep getting richer. Like poor people they keep not doing anything and get poorer its the exact same concept stop blaming rich people for things they dont do.

[@lisao6928]

Some rich people work hard and some do not. Some poor people work very hard. It's not always that they are lazy.

[@brainwashingdetergent4128]

@@lisao6928 if you are going to work hard you better be smart about it otherwise you are a willful slave.

[@busterhoodstar6598]

You didn't see bums in Beverly Hills? Then you didn't look in the bushes, alleys, and Beverly Drive. Not hard to miss!

[@bhupindertube]

14:00 - that's a beautiful park 16:32 - ceiling fan is wild

[@satch_urated]

Nick that was an inspirational interview with Jessica. She describes very clearly the orchestration behind the scenes creating the situation but yet has a very positive prognosis for the eventual outcome.

[@BoilaFrog]

If you call shifting the corruption a positive prognosis.

[@NickJohnson]

Steve she's a lovely person

[@leonardbrinkman4410]

At least Nick got it right. As a matter of fact he has an exactly right the mayor of Los Angeles has really ruined the city. And now all of a sudden people are wondering why they want to move there? That doesn't make a lot of sense. But he did get one thing right a lot of the problem dealing with the homeless is simple they want to try to get a homeless encampment van as soon as possible. And that's what we should do here in the Seattle area start pushing the homeless out of the city with a homeless encampment man. And here's the reason why some of those people do not want to go get a job or to go seek help because they would much better basically live that lifestyle by begging on the street corner and sleeping in their own filth. It's very sick. And that's why Nick has it the way he has it and Nick hit it right on the head. I mean if you can beg for money on the street to go buy drugs and the burner phone? Then basically you're in the wrong part. Because that's what they have done down in Los Angeles and in San Diego as well as Seattle Washington Portland Oregon Miami Florida and other major cities they have let their cities basically decay and the total destruction. So basically the bottom line is, there's got to be a way to put it into this. Well here's the whole point. Here in the Seattle area we've got homeless people coming in here and they're getting what are called a free wireless phone from the government. So bottom line is we're going to start seeing a lot more of that and all major cities that have problems. Especially in blue States and blue what I see happening is basically what I see here. And it won't be long before these cities are completely destroyed and there's going to be much we can do about it right now. Except getting some new politicians within the next couple of years. Because we need to start flipping these States from Blue to red. Because this is basically insulting the people like me. That's why we need to start voting these politicians out and replace them with politicians that know what they can do about the homeless issue! But right there there's too many homeless people wanting to move out of the area. Because basically if you give him a bus ticket and the prepaid wireless phone? Guess what they'll be on their way to another major city and basically leaving the city where they got the phone in and the area code which is in the same city. So basically the bottom line is I think we are going to see a lot more damage being done to our cities!

[@DeaLThomas]

I guess we shouldn’t be surprised that people will figure out how to skim money off of any horrible situation. Greed always leaves a sector of humanity behind.

[@drmidnight2419]

@@leonardbrinkman4410 elections have consequences.

[@kimgow7671]

This is Merica 😪🙏🏻✝️💙🥺 so devastating! I was homeless and it's not always drugs, I had a surgery that left me in hospital for 3 mths in 2010. Left me homeless for 3 1/2 yrs. Happy you're not in this situation and don't understand that shit happens. Be humble and grateful bc you don't know ppl's stories

[@janellcrews6108]

I'm dealing with it now I'm in a family shelter it took a few years to get into, it's not the same as a little apartment for my family and I but it's a heck of a step up. We went from car to RV to fithwheel to this. They check rooms every other day but it's just a walk through, they make sure we're not hoarding or having people here things like that. We never did drugs ou anything.

[@carlmorgan8452]

Got it made leaching off society right

[@JohnS-il1dr]

@@angeladavis6425 get off that high horse already. We get it that not everyone is a leech.

[@deathkeepur]

@@carlmorgan8452 you sir, are a Royal turd. :p

[@jedipanda333]

That is so unfair and sad. I'm so sorry that happened to you.

[@jeromeblack9905]

Thanks!

[@coachontheroad]

It's scary to look at the numbers. I'm from a really nice small town that is now experiencing homeless tents popping up on a bridge over the highway. Never would have thought I'd see that in my lifetime.

[@spiritwalker341]

I was born in LA, and I grew up in Long Beach. I remember the homeless in downtown, but it was never, ever this bad. I am so thankful for your exposure to this atrocity. I also have a brother, who is a full blown alcoholic, whom I house, and it's not easy, but I could never picture him living on the streets. We, as a society are responsible for our loved ones, or at least we should try to be. Thank you

[@mikeb6232]

You should watch "One Little Pill" by Claudia Christian, available free on KZbin.

[@kevindecker9444]

You brother brought it on himself. If you werent there to bail him out, he would be homeless begging people to feed him.

[@spiritwalker341]

@@kevindecker9444 I understand, and you are correct. That is exactly what I don't want, but it is a sacrifice that I have been willing to undergo.

[@adrianakusieluskus8941]

Greetings from Italy. In Italy we don’t have this problem 🙏

[@ellenreasonover9945]

Love your brother

[@QCDoggies]

So eye-opening, the Homeless Industrial Complex rings completely true. I've see the same damn thing in animal rescue groups. Their executives suck up huge salaries, layer upon layer of admin expenses, exorbitant mismanagement of donations and grants, and policies that actually exacerbate the core problems. It's the same situation here.

[@pebblepod30]

That's maximizing profit and inheriant to any capitalist organization, inc if govt owned or funded. Fixed by a law that management salaries must reasonable, and the CEO & Board elected by those who work on the ground or are effected by it.

[@davidcollins2648]

Capitalizing on tragedy. Very sick business model.

[@DrakoElargo7722]

Nobody should be relying on someone else for their security and or housing. It’s a privilege to have a place to stay and sleep. If you choose to slam drugs and live a homeless lifestyle, that’s what you get. It’s really no one else’s fault but themselves. Nobody should be jobless when fast food places are paying $18.00 an hour

[@jenbenton6884]

It’s the truth behind the original movie, “The Matrix.” And it is biblical. Behind it all, is the well-educated, well-connected, multi-generational, “international” khazarian mafia. The same arrogant folks at the wef and davos. They sold America out so that they could hand the reins of their new world order to china, and communism. It’s their “great reset.”

[@larrysmith2655]

@@DrakoElargo7722 I agree but LA is expensive as hell.. they are better off leaving the politics of LA ain't working.

[@IndigoStarrAz]

Interesting video, excellent interview. Phoenix is in the process of dismantling "The Zone" a tent city at Jefferson and 7th Avenue. So far 80% of the displaced have been moved into temporary housing, the remaining 20% are Service Resistant.

[@RandomBoxingGuy]

If you want the entire country to mirror California… NEWSOME FOR PRESIDENT!😂😂😂

[@mikefleck98]

Every dime those agencies receive needs to be accounted for. Those who illegally receive those funds should be charged with fraud.

[@doreen6659]

100%. There's no accountability, therefore the $ goes to criminals ruining- running the States- Counties, and nonprofits. They've gotten away with this for years!$

[@katej.velvet4609]

Suuuuure (Epstein, maxwell, Bush 1,a Bush2 Iraq again, Trump, Silvrestein the cia, all of bilderberg group, The fbi, interpol, all who were involved in jfk, malcom x and doctor king assassinations, several war lords and gun dealers from south americo to africa and beyond) they will al pay for what the do sure nihil sub sole novum

[@dragunovbushcraft152]

That won't happens. Dems, will DEM.

[@elizabethleon2409]

Totally!!

[@kimberlys.t.7206]

That’s a lot of the problems . Donations the people who’s running Charities ! one of the biggest frauds around. It’s a dam shame .

[@DavidHauserLoveGuide]

What Jessica brings is straight up sober information that reveals the elephant in the room! Thanks for bringing her information to light.

[@catherinecarella2928]

Thank you for your humor. It lifts my spirit.

[@frankyzee]

Your videos are a real wake up call

[@Dulcimerea]

Incredible journalism, thank you. I've been working with the homeless in Lawrence, Kansas, the past few years after my son, who had gotten into bad drugs, died. Since February I've been knocked out with a club, jailed on a false charge, attacked and bit by a pit bull, robbed of tools, and robbed of money via a forged check, and left in the woods with no food or water for a week- unable to stand and walk due to dehydration, and delerious; I was close to death but survived- while the homeless woman who dumped me there borrowed my car and kept it though posters of me missing were everywhere and in the newspaper and on FB. She kept the car. So they will do anything, even to their benefactors. So I'm trying to disengage from my little help the homeless project by now. It's cost me too much in several ways. I love them all, but you know, it's the drugs, and what the drugs compel them to do, and the tragic way the dope makes them insane, and even evil. They don't have houses because they cannot work, due to addiction; around here that is the primary, almost universal cause of the tent camps. And by drugs I mean meth. Although it's not the only one, every homeless person I've gotten to know uses meth above all other things. And they break doors trying to get at each other. Etcetera. Really, I think only the federal government is capable of treating the combined drug/homelessness problem, which is a horror and a shame upon our country. Homelessness is one thing, but combined with meth or other addictions, it is perhaps the largest public health problem we have. Sure, there are a few sane sober homeless. But from what I've observed, they are rare. Mostly it is a dope culture because anyone can get meth somehow these days. And of course the homeless women always have a way they can pay for it. Anyway, keep up the good work

[@mikehayne538]

You are amazing! I am living among the poor in Las Vegas and had similar experiences. I always wonder if when I passed put on a city street it might have been a club from behind. They can do it without you seeing them, I think.

[@juliamaxwellmarin]

This nice lady is not only courageously outspoken, but also somehow still optimistic and maintains her sense of humor despite this horribly grim and terribly serious situation.

[@juliamaxwellmarin]

@@thecandyman9308 Good Morning. Can you please explain further about this? "the past couple generations have been indoctrined to view this as "illiberal" and therefore a "1930s Germany" approach" - you lost me a little there and I'm curious. Thanks!

[@juliamaxwellmarin]

@@thecandyman9308 Well maybe that's a part of the reason why the governor recently even said on the news that the immigration problem is an actual problem that has to be dealt with...I don't think he said it that way before.

[@dlf4298]

AHHHH NICK. I hope you could make it to Texas one day. I'm very curious about what you think about Dallas/Plano/frisco/mckinney. Hehe.

[@YouSUBSCRIBE739]

She spoke alot of truth. 💯 She was very informative too! 🤔 "Too many people got their hands in the pocket" like my mama use to say! 😉

[@pattiann502]

It is always about the money. Politics=money and power. Never about the people who vote these politicians into these positions. This video has opened my eyes to how bad this abuse of power really is! Thank you for caring!

[@JohnDoe-gj4hi]

Legend has it this lady is still talking and nobody is listening anymore.

[@charlottemiller961]

Did you go to Fullerton? It is really bad there too, and also Garden Grove . I was in California in 2013 and it was so bad then with the homeless camps. It was a big shock to me because I am from Ohio.

[@amysanchez3699]

I used to live in Prague, CZ. I'd never seen so many homeless before living there. Some I really did pity, like the newly homeless who had defaulted on loans just sitting there surrounded by suitcases. The others, the drunks and drug addicts... they fought in public regularly. You couldn't even sit in the park because they were sleeping on every bench. Needles everywhere. Smell of piss. They would ride the metro and trams all day, too. One guy died and no one knew all day long, tyey thought he was a sleeping homeless guy. I saw police only once throw a homeless lady off the metro. My god the smell... and Czech Rep has very good social programs. They just don't want to get clean. In winter, I saw a few dead in the snow, but most sneaked into apartment buildings and set up in the basements or stairwells. I can't tell you how terrifying it is to see an addict leap out at you in your own building. I imagine this is somewhat what it must be like in LA.

[@art-ux5ff]

its worse, they dont only fight with each other, they attack and stab innocent old ladies now then you get robbed down the street

[@no_soy_rubio]

I've been to both more than once and LA is far worse

[@glofly100]

This isn't just happening in Los Angeles.. It's happening everywhere.

[@m1kcan1]

More so in Democrat states

[@JDAbelRN]

Not like this POS Los Angeles is. I'd be ashamed if I called Los Angeles my hometown. Don't Californians care that their state is the laughingstock of the world.

[@kerryxo3999]

Yes true but not this amount of people.

[@kathleengivant-taylor2277]

Well I guess it’s good Nevada decided they did not want too be a democrat state anymore

[@yaosio]

@@m1kcan1 It's happening everywhere capitalism has been tried.

[@sherricoffman]

Hey Nick , N Sad but True N Thank You 4Sharing your views ❤🎉 MuchLove ❤🎉

[@yvonneconte3040]

Do you realize the current medical/mental health, drug addiction out/in patient rehab treatment modalities has a 3% success rate, yes 3%! Changes need to be made it has been this way for decades

[@kevi5641]

I don`t know the answer to this problem but my heart goes out to the homeless. Rents in L.A. are so so over scale who can afford them. Don`t get me wrong, I also (being a property owner) can really understand the points of view of the general public. It seems as though the middle class has seriously eroded and affordable housing has disappeared. I`m seventy years old and never thought I would live to see the day where things would get so bad and hopeless.

[@royharper2003]

do you think the people on skid row are working?

[@kevi5641]

@@royharper2003 I know California has very serious problems with homelessness. I think when you are homeless like this you are to busy fighting for day to day survival to look for steady work. These people don`t have access to showers and clean cloths. I`m sure so many of them have given up hope and just don`t care anymore. Who would hire them? I wish someone like FDR would come on and organize them and start labor camps (as was done during the great depression). I see such opulent wealth in California and such great poverty. Were is the family and the middle class. This is becoming a nightmare world to live in. To so many of these people death would be a merciful escape from there misery.

[@ey67]

Thanks to saint Ronny reagan' and demorats and rethuglicans. All the same and predatory capitalism.

[@musikguru1]

The answer is: VOTE SMART! VOTE RED!! VOTE MAGA 2024!!!

[@KittenBowl1]

@@royharper2003do you think you would be saying this if your loved ones are on drugs or homelessness? Don’t be ridiculous. You can’t get a job if you look like homeless even if you don’t do drugs. What are you gonna put as a home address when you are homeless on your application? Most people don’t want to live like this. They need our support not shame. No one can do well with being blamed and shamed they need our sympathy and support to do well.

[@barbaratatton8047]

At about 17 minutes, Nick interviewed a woman that maybe has shed more insight on this homeless epidemic than during any interview thus far. Thank you both. She makes strong valid points about where this problem sits and the factors playing into it. This maybe his best piece regarding homelessness. I hope people share this a lot. To point it is viral and not forgotten - and most of All, that it hits otherwise deaf ears and prompts needed changes where they will address this head on for benefit of all effected in our nation by this problem. There are solutions. They are solutions that are oppressed leaving people to suffer and endure a very nasty mix of circumstances for the sake of greed, power and control. Thank you.

[@barbaratatton8047]

@@dprtmailmain stream media and news gear with slant and opinions. He is not disrespectful or sugar coating. In what ways do you think could this might be improved? Not meant be funky .or attitude, but I am just curious and because improved methods and considerations are great and may help generate more awareness and delivery in this or any series. Thanks.

[@coreytierney4078]

@@dprtmailmaybe the problem is we are way to soft and that’s why we are where we are today.

[@barbaratatton8047]

@@coreytierney4078 for some, agree. Good point.

[@mikeb6232]

For every good and service, each input going into it is taxed and those taxes by and large end up passed on to the final purchaser of the good or service. The same thing happens with the interest cost on borrowed money. If we got rid of 80% of government, at least at the federal level, but really it is needed at the state level, too, in a very short time people would be able to support a good-sized family on one income per month, and working only part-time. How would you like to be able to buy land and have your own house built for only about 20% of what it currently costs to do such a thing? And if the superrich control freak families and governments would let loose with the 4,500 or so patents that they hold and never allow to be used, and among other things we had basically free electricity being generated at every home, business, and factory, and had no electric or natural gas or other energy bills, it would be even more surreal and excellent. And in addition, as Thomas Renz was quoted as saying recently, paraphrasing from memory, “All the problems this country has are due to corruption.

[@kimberlys.t.7206]

Greed power control well said.

[@frankassispereira]

Authentic trash everywhere how can someone visit L.A.!!! I used to go there shopping in the eighties for shoes good clothing etc. no more I stop going I'd be scare even to walk along. Thanks for taking your time showing

[@richardvale214]

What a wise decision for you to have Jessie Rogers on your video. She is a breath of fresh air in what otherwise is a negative and depressing, though informative, video. She sure likes to talk and she has a lot of insightful things to say. I like her attitude. They should just put her in charge of “everything”.

[@DollyPardonMe701]

This is so incredibly heartbreaking! It seems like all large cities are starting to look like this. What kind of world are we leaving to our children? 😢

[@blakebortles6098]

Georgia guide stones

[@America1st69]

It's the Democrats California is a democratic hellhole

[@koilamaoh4238]

Well, its nature... natural selection.. its why you are suppose to breed a lot of children, if those children die out and fail, the others succeed.. Not everyone is going to survive this harsh reality. Not like we are gonna have some sort of jesus kind of socialist hand holding utopia, hahah yea right. The real issue with these large dense cities, its tooo MANY people to care for. And wealth gaps are TOO HUGE from dirt poor to super rich, which creates "gentrification" super high cost of living. If you want a simple way, go the authoritarian "right" wing dictatorship, as most conservative countries, they tend to die out naturally without any free handouts; survival of the fittest;s. Lot of them are taking advantage of our laws and free handouts, free welfare, free food, as they dont have to work anymore and some of them DONT WANT A HOME; i remember some mentioning, whats the point of working, when everything is free from drugs, food, living outdoors.. I had simple theory ship them off to slab city or a welfare red state where its cheap to live. But you know, they'll reject moving to a red state cause they'll torture them in prison lol and no free handouts Lot of the homeless have "parents" with homes, and the drugs addicts too.. and your out of town natives. Working with them can be a pain in the arse, once their mental health cause south, they are a lost cause.

[@antievil]

Hitlers dreams world baby. He invented meth. All these scum are on meth.

[@mr.chocob3880]

Other countries receive WHO tents, why not the 3rd World US Cities?

[@lucast3006]

You’re absolutely right about a massive percentage of them actively choosing to live that life and/or rejecting help. You can watch hundreds of hours of interviews on YT and so many of them admit that. A lot of people have trouble wrapping their mind around that-including me. But it’s reality.

[@michaelhenderson2657]

Maybe they like the idea of communism....or anti materialism....I think they should investigate them just checking out of society...

[@michaelhenderson2657]

It is like they are going back to hunters and gathering society...the hunters part is just stealing from their neighbors....idk but this mentality coming from the far left ie Bernie Sanders....but certainly no expert in his ideas

[@fmcevoy1]

Lucas, you don't understand addiction. (I think I do: I'm an alcoholic in long-term recovery.) If I go before an judge, and the judge says, "I'm going to send you to prison for two years or to a rehab for 90 days," my response is, "Can I get back to you?"

[@smileygladhands]

Mental illness

[@AlexHand]

Actually that's the main thing Nick is wrong about, here, and I'm confused why that idea has caught on. It's actually very simple why there are so many homeless. The minimum wage is $14/hr. That's $2240/mo before taxes if you work a full time, 40 hr work week every month. Let's say tax is 20% (fed and state), then the take home is $1792. The average apartment rent in LA in 2022 is $2734, so even if there was no tax, working full time doesn't get you into a tiny one bedroom apartment. Many of these people don't have any connections outside of California, and without a car their only means to leave is to grab what can fit in a backpack, take a Greyhound to another state and hope it works out better there, but the truth is the places that are affordable to live generally don't have a lot of economic opportunity. There are addicts, and there are mentally ill, but not this many, and I think a lot of them go crazy or become addicts after having to deal with life on the street so long.

[@joannajojospooner6706]

In my opinion, people have to want to help themselves too. Many have terrible lives from bad backgrounds, etc, but to allow that to define who you are, only results in your own downfall. Its so sad to see the state of so many people and the condition of the streets. I live in UK and would love to visit California one day, but i often feel there is so much negativity about it all now. I've read and seen too much which is putting me off ever going. Maybe best left in dreams now, as the reality of it is far from that.🥺

[@denisfrancine3221]

Such a sad and hopeless situation. Very hard to watch!

[@juliejohnson4146]

This video has been the MOST informative and in depth accurate description of the problem and solution. THANK you for this video. Jessica seems to really have the inside insight to the root of the problem. So Sad.

[@bruceb444]

I moved from Los Angeles to Michigan in 2000. Every once in a while I get homesick for LA. It makes me really sick to see what my LA has become. My last apt. was on Regent street just a block north of Venice Blvd. Is there much homeless camping in this area? I do love your videos. Thanks, Bruce

[@NickJohnson]

Bruce yes Venice is overwhelmed. I like Michigan! I'm here now actually.

[@NewHaven203]

etmusic2813 Don’t forget the brutal Michigan winters lol

[@charleshoang566]

I worked in Great lake region for 20 years, the winter is more worse than the homeless problem in California.

[@silverforest4682]

@@ErikThomasMusic last I saw, Michigan was republican and we couldn't figure out why poor rural towns were voting red. Put the blame where it lies. There are corrupt greedy people every where. The rich in Michigan don't care about the poor.

[@jacobtennyson9213]

I left LA. It looks like Detroit, MI.

[@raheelsarvana]

I see a lot of tents, but where are all the people?

[@dennishickeyoneoneone]

Hey Nick can I use parts of your video for my homeless music project.

[@caramelbilquees]

The shelter system is very bad and corrupt in LA. You really don't know I was abused, pushed, bullied by staff just for them to find a pathetic excuse to kick me out, and they stole all my value belongings like Laptop, bike etc. I was back on the street this time with nothing. I'm never going back would rather be on the street in a tent lost all trust in the system.

[@manic4love]

Are you still homeless

[@Agent311]

I was just here a few weeks ago and the problem has gotten a lot worse. I used to live in a bad part of LA which didn't have that many homeless back then, so I was a bit surprised to see a lot of tents and people out on the streets.

[@NickJohnson]

It's worse within a few weeks?

[@Agent311]

@@NickJohnson I meant since the time I lived there, moved just over two years ago.

[@ralphculley4650]

It's Happening in Canada also thanks for Update God speed

[@marconava2430]

All while Gavin kicking back & living his best life in million dollar mansions.

[@cL-bf2ug]

as does every governor in this corrupt country

[@sewer_8512]

Hey, that’s Nancy Pelosi’ nephew by marriage you’re speaking about

[@elliotthalsey2810]

Not a cause though

[@synergeetv5468]

The a7x nightmare snip bit

[@frednugent2310]

I live in the north Dallas suburbs and the homeless camps started migrating in from Dallas using the trains to get here. The city I live in enacted a no camping in the city limits ordinance. It worked because I no longer see homeless people unless I go downtown. Downtown Dallas is nowhere near as bad as L.A. but it's still a zoo.

[@jacobtennyson9213]

Texas is a rich strong Republican State. They always hate poor people illegal immigrants and homeless trash in their doorsteps.

[@kevintewey1157]

You would literally ship them around the country continuously until they died of exhaust I wonder if any of your ancestors did that to the Native Americans too

[@frednugent2310]

@@kevintewey1157 im not talking about illegal immigrants, I'm talking about the domestic homeless here. Most are severely mentally ill and drug addicts or both. Don't take my word for it, come see for yourself.

[@DontUputThatEvilOnMe]

@@kevintewey1157 if every city does this and doesn’t tolerate it. It would be more inconvenient to be homeless then actually have a job.

[@Jess1234]

@@jacobtennyson9213basic common sense little Jacob ,you should take in everyone you mentioned

[@missyk1477]

Wow, wow, and wow. I'm feeling very, very, very blessed after watching your videos. My son wanted to move to California for a long time. His senior year of high school he got to go to California for a class trip. After a week, he came home. First thing he said coming off the plane: "That place is CRAZY. I do NOT want to live there."

[@sewer_8512]

I grew up in Northern California and homelessness became normalized there. Every park was full of tents. Seen them holding blades having mental breakdowns and clothes barely on. It’s dangerous imo on many levels

[@kevindecker9444]

I lived in LA in the 1970s. It was a sh-thole back then. I can't imagine what it is like now.

[@pvr5387]

video super,excellent

[@jamesormsby9064]

thanks nick , Jessica is great , shes right on the money

[@OnTheHorizonSomewhere]

I live in one of these cities on the west coast. Here's my solution: - criminalize possession of meth, fentanyl, heroin, punishable by a minimum sentence of 1 year in jail. 1 year in a cell gets you clean and gives you some time to reflect on you mistakes. Plus it gets these dangerous people off the streets. Build jails, not luxury condos. - Each county in the USA gets a designated camping ground with toilets, fresh water and access to free food, courtesy of the richest nation on earth. Camping outside of these designated areas shall be illegal because the camps exist as an alternative. - Designate a city sanitation department whose sole purpose is to maintain clean and safe streets. Trust me, LA can afford this. Provide jobs first to the homeless. - bring back the "projects", high-rises with rock-bottom rent to catch those just hanging on from ending up in the streets. The politicians in the west coast cities have failed miserably. There are some changes in the air but holy shit its too little too late. The bleeding hearts let in the low-lifes in with open arms and now they are robbing us blind and causing chaos. Thanks for continuing to shine a light on this Nick.

[@NickJohnson]

I think they'd want jail so they can have a warm place with food

[@NoName-to5xl]

Jail idea is untenable. The rest sounds pretty good

[@drivelikejoewho]

Yeah so there is 50 years of evidence to prove that doesn't work. The drug war has been going on since nixon and the problem continues to get worse every year. The drug war has cost taxpayers billions and the problem has only gotten worse. Go back to the drawing board. By the way, it cost taxpayers $77,000 a year to put someone in jail.

[@sarbantz]

Sadly, nowadays street homeless are drugs addicts, and they are addicted to cocktail of nasty chemicals such as fentanyl, horse tranquilizer, elephant tranquilizer, sedative benzo, rat poison, nitazenes chemicals, P2P based meth, wasp dope, and other nasty stuff. That is in the pills they smoke all the time. They are quickly damaged mentally and physically beyond the point of repair. Street addicts gradually destroy everything around themselves. The only thing they really wanna is to be as close as possible to their fentanyl dealers. We will never reduce street homelessness without reducing the amount of fentanyl and other nasty drugs available on our streets.

[@drivelikejoewho]

@@sarbantz and you'll never reduce the supply without reducing the demand which is why the drug war is a colossal failure. Our government has proven they're not capable of eradicating drugs by criminalizing them and by chasing dealers and cartels. Drugs treatment and prevention is the only effective method to reducing drug use.

[@thiswasmytumblr]

"It's a blue state now, and not because of the tents." Man! That's good!

[@lauraschiesl8845]

did you talk to any of the homeless people there?

[@Grace.allovertheplace]

Thanks