Inside America's Finest City: San Diego's Homeless Crisis

The homeless crisis has reached a boiling point in San Diego, which now has the 5th highest homeless population in the country.
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[@flippingforreal109]

All this is going on in our country and yet we can still give other Nations 4.3 Billion dollars and the Hell with the American citizen, WTF is wrong with our GOVERNMENT.

[@noonan395]

I voted for TRUMP

[@Baraka_Obama_]

Build Back Better.. For Ukraine!!!

[@teslamoneyman426]

WTF is wrong with our government? Democrats. That's your answer.

[@tuckerbugeater]

@Paul Wilson How's Biden's corpse doing? Maybe Comrade Sanders?

[@tyson9419]

@@noonan395 (said you're an idiot without saying you're an idiot)

[@evolveyourself9518]

Rose has supposedly received 2 years of help and she's still a mess? Something's not adding up.

[@jhonen32629]

She’s got a drug problem, it seems.

[@virylixyusinthehouse3694]

I wonder what type of help because it seems like is not enough.

[@sdgordon05]

Well the city has organizations that provide clean needles and other paraphernalia for drug use. Might be hard to become sober

[@evolveyourself9518]

@@sdgordon05 Yep, the sick world that we live in. Government agencies and useless government workers that collect a paycheck (uhm, a "welfare check," actually) to manifest more insanity and dysfunction in society.

[@BusArch42]

She’s an addict. I took one look at her and said that’s a meth user

[@TO-nl4gx]

Being 1 paycheck from being on the Street. Even though you been working for 20yrs!GOD help Us!!!!

[@randymoran67]

Dont get sick

[@gloriaterry333]

I’ve been working since I was a child, I’m over 50 now and I still work. I’m not complaining because that’s what this life is about. But my body hurts everywhere and every day. It’s not over till it’s over. My dad is in his late 80s and he takes care of my disabled mom and my disabled sister. Keep on , keeping on for your work is important, and it doesn’t matter what you do but you, you matter.

[@BlessedJanna9163]

@@gloriaterry333 life’s not all about working 😭😭😭

[@gordon3186]

@@BlessedJanna9163 --- *It is if you're unlucky enough to want to keep eating.*

[@Omar-jk8ny]

Allah musta'an

[@icumfreedom5294]

So Rose has been getting help for 2 years but hasn't changed her ways? So why keep helping?

[@Brett1997]

Well cause she addicted and can't stop... maybe she lost herself and her parents cause of the samething... bringing someone to this world and suffer like they do is really unstable pain.

[@ericayala1738]

@@Brett1997 how many times that excuse has been use tho? Many

[@Coconutca]

Why don’t you reach out and find out. Maybe help or actually do something to help.

[@rasheadarodgers5919]

We don’t up on each other during struggles in our lives 🤦🏾‍♀️. When one eventually comes out of their dark place, they can be the most effective people at inspiring others.

[@tracy6947]

Turned into Enabling

[@v10moped]

Anyone you fellow Californians notice the state has taken more taxes out of your paychecks lately? Makes you wonder where that money is going to.

[@donnakennedy3222]

So sorry to hear this about San Diego...I lived there 2002-2016...moved back to Seattle. Seattle is experiencing mega problems with the homeless as well...ugh. The drug addicts and mentally ill have taken over many parts of our city. There are no real rules or consequences. The west coast is a mess.

[@Steveleanr]

Not the West Coast, that's a blanket statement, there are homelessness problems nationwide, mainly in the larger cities... per capita, the homelessness is far worse in the south than here on the west coast..... still not good, but it's everywhere

[@vidzzqueen]

BUILD BACK WORSE. VOTE BLUE NO MATTER WHO THEY SAY.. 👎🏿👎🏿👎🏿👎🏿👎🏿👎🏿👎🏿👎🏿

[@soberanisfam1323]

Lots of ppl without homes in Texas Tennessee etc

[@meorme6603]

Corporate greed sucked the living life out of Society especially small businesses. A lot of home less people had their own retail business that can not compete with gigantic online monopolies.

[@jamesd242]

nothing like seeing homeless people defecating under the I-5 bridges

[@wrotedog]

Bring the cost of living back down to 2011 prices.

[@IIrandhandleII]

Thank you Gavin

[@HigherQualityUploads]

The Californian state government has done an amazing job turning one of the most beautiful states into the one with the most unlivable cities.

[@lizardkid2234]

You can also blame the wealthy who flock here from rich and poor nations.

[@travis2231]

What I'll always remember going to San Diego was the wide gap between people living there, destitute homeless or banking. It's always been a problem in that city for ages.

[@norwegianblue2017]

More equitable than San Francisco for LA is. 40% of Los Angeles County is on Medicaid.

[@hankkingsley9183]

Wage gap exists everywhere in the U.S., it's a systemic issue, not contained to one city.

[@AZCobraman]

Last I checked nobody has to live in San Diego county. I own a 1.5M home here in Phoenix and make a comfortable living, but I know I STILL can't afford to live in SD....why do crackheads think they should be able to?

[@johnbeckwith1361]

As a contractor with a business for 30 years you are right. It's amazing how sheltered the upper middle class neighborhoods are. And how easy it is to live in this town without seeing the plight of those who don't make a whole lot of money. I spend time in people's homes and it kills me when I see residents with their Biden signs or "we believe" signs as they live their privileged life. 6-figure income, sound investments, nice neighborhood, CNN on the big screen all day long, never had a hard day in their life. They love the open border yet have no idea how its wrecking my life. These people live in a bubble.....

[@tyson9419]

@@johnbeckwith1361 zip it trumpie red hatter. No one cares about your politics.

[@bookwormbandit2689]

youll notice that this was framed as ‘addressing homelessness’ not criminality the problem is always fundable rather than solvable…thats the point, this is an industry….

[@toasteddingus6925]

Go on.... What do you mean?

[@bookwormbandit2689]

@@toasteddingus6925 what do you mean ‘what do you mean’ and why do you need to ask?

[@omsmada]

@@toasteddingus6925 he's saying he wants to criminalize homelessness

[@SarahLee59525]

@@omsmada Thats what I was thinking this person meant. Smh... how selfish and inconsiderable can one be?

[@omsmada]

@@SarahLee59525 yup, that's what these people are always, in effect, proposing. The amount of homeless people hasn't really increased. Their visibility has, as major cities have moved to decriminalize it over the past several years. That's these people's "solution" - make them not just move out of sight, but to criminalize homeless itself. That's what is always concerning about these videos, it's a soft endorsement of their views -- not actually solving the issue, which would obviously be universal housing, instead of just banning things you don't like so the city looks prettier.

[@finding.a.new0]

The homeless crisis has been spreading since 2012. So your point of saying that homeless population moving beyond San Diego is wrong if you think it barely started this year

[@RishayanPorMexico]

I lived outside in San Diego in the 80s, and I know that I wasn't the only one. Young people just can't remember the recession of 1982, when there was hardly no work at all. Today, there is plenty of work and more homeless than ever, go figure!

[@inctru]

@@RishayanPorMexico Except no work these days that allows most to afford a "home" or decent standard of living really. Most jobs today in the USA would have been classified as high-school summer jobs in the 70's & 80's due to their low "live at home with parents for free" wages. Now we are in a society of mostly working-poor (based on their own individual incomes) pooling multiple incomes to barely break into "lower middle class household" status & perpetuate the illusion/lie.

[@RishayanPorMexico]

@@inctru That's right....but rent and the cost of homes today is not only outrageous, it's downright criminal. I do remember that I briefly stayed in a cheap hotel ( the Golden West Hotel) in downtown S.D. in 1982 for 111 dollars a month, that I could have paid even with minimum wage, if I had been able to find work, which I wasn't able to, so back outside after a month. Today, from coast to coast, all those cheap hotels are gone. Plenty of work, but no place to stay. As always, the idiot government is to blame. They can easily encourage the building of cheap housing with tax exemptions and government grants, that would end the homeless crisis in short order. But our Mr. Demento would rather send 40 billion of americans tax dollars to Ukraine. Until americans get the valor to stand up once and for all against the government, this suffering will go on forever.

[@soberanisfam1323]

​@@RishayanPorMexico jobs that pay starvation wages

[@miausermcfur9099]

thank newsom for crime & for the corrupt homeless programs that dont help.

[@brownsugarcoffee1]

That’s not the big problem if they don’t lower rent it’s gonna be more homeless😡😡😡

[@atteroljones6936]

My husband and I lived on the bay side of Mission Bch when a $300k house distinguished you from the average. Homeless men and women were evident even then. SD may once have been America's finest city, but that has not been the case for a couple of decades.

[@solomonecclesia5253]

It's fine if you both make at least 250k per year.

[@RishayanPorMexico]

I'll bet you that house is worth a lot more than 300,000 today!

[@Coconutca]

$300k on the bayside? Wow! How it’s changes. You can’t get a 1 bedroom condo for less than $400k if you can find one and you have to be in Claremont not the beach.

[@Coconutca]

@@solomonecclesia5253 it’s also fine if it’s still 1986 because houses haven’t been that price in that area for decades sweetie. So if you’re a young working couple with a time machine.

[@harlanwilson5394]

Went to boot camp there in 1975, in and out of that place over 35 years. My skin crawled once let out of boot camp and let into the city. That place is by far "the friendliest city or the finest city" One of the news stations at one time touted it as the "friendliest city" and one drive on the freeway says that ain't true. 1st thing you notice about that place is the poor air quality and the lunatics that believe it's great. The others swear it's paradise cus of the weather -LOL. I guess after awhile of being a fruit loop you adjust to the sun & heat heating up that smog & converting it to high amounts of ozone that starts to eat your brain. I have found any border town is a place you don't need and is just down right nasty.

[@michaelmitchell6629]

It's very very sad america should never have homeless

[@elainewilliams362]

These rents keep going up there are going to be more homelessness

[@TheGeosto]

Such tired bullshit. . Homeless could easily double or quadruple up up in Parents or siblings or friends places as in the older days but they are unmanageable and out of control feral people. Their own loved ones are sick of being ripped off and harmed by them. This is unfixable.

[@texasrefugee7888]

"tons of attractions" damn sure doesn't include affordable housing. It's insane to blame addiction for living in this economy. What is the average rent for a one bedroom apartment around here!? Who in the hell is supposed to afford this? So the reasoning is if you can't afford 2500 a month then you're some kind of a worthless drug addict that chooses to live in a tent? Okay

[@Coconutca]

You nailed it. That’s the tune being sang.

[@OldskolFan]

Exactly. And they don’t realize that higher rents will mean less money left in people’s budget for shopping, going to restaurants, movies, etc. Other businesses will suffer. Even those who can afford this rent; they can’t save money or afford to have children in most cases. The government needs to stop this: it’s like charging $600 for a lifesaving medicine...because housing is a must have.

[@anchorsaweigh9893]

If you cannot afford to live here it maybe time to move 🧐

[@texasrefugee7888]

@@anchorsaweigh9893 don't worry I'm looking at other countries and I already tried to move to Canada

[@hankkingsley9183]

Yup, unless you solve the economic problem that started in the 80s with upside-down trickle-down theories, you won't solve people getting priced out of the real estate and rental markets, after which it's often a downward spiral to crime and drugs as one is engaged in a battle for daily survival.

[@mikepittman7023]

People wouldn't be moving out in record numbers if it was America's Finest city

[@hankkingsley9183]

There is no population decline. People may be moving out, but just as many people are moving in. San Diego is a hub for biotech and other tech companies, many are moving to the city and bringing a lot of employees with them. Facts: The current metro area population of San Diego in 2022 is 3,295,000, a 0.7% increase from 2021. The metro area population of San Diego in 2021 was 3,272,000, a 0.65% increase from 2020. The metro area population of San Diego in 2020 was 3,251,000, a 0.62% increase from 2019. The metro area population of San Diego in 2019 was 3,231,000, a 0.59% increase from 2018.

[@camarocarl7130]

Left S.D. and never looked back. Traffic, expensive, and homeless everywhere. Got woken every night from homeless going through the trash. F.U. San diego.

[@tyson9419]

Lol that's the Faux infotainment position. CAs population is growing. But stay in your trailer park con bubble

[@sct4040]

SD is following SF’s footsteps.

[@apollomedia7210]

CA has such a bad homelessness problem that it created a homelessness industry.

[@DarkstarDarth]

Substance abusers don’t want to go to available shelters because they choose not to stop using what’s killing them.

[@gordon3186]

They choose to not stop using what's self-medicating them.

[@ladyinred5447]

Actually, there are a number of issues with shelters. They're not somewhere the people can reside, keep their things safe while they go find a job, etc. They're literally just a bed for the night

[@RishayanPorMexico]

@@ladyinred5447 America's dog pound shelters are the most horrid places a human being can live. In reality, with no joke at all, it is better in a jail cell than in a shelter. Although, the most recent solution of jailing the homeless is an option that will only push us much closer to a violent backlash that everyone will regret.

[@Coconutca]

Not all homeless are drug addicts you idiot. You’re addressing the wrong issue.

[@inctru]

And I wonder what conditions caused so many people to give up on life, be it by substance abuse, suicide or whatever. Hmmmm.

[@heaterwright3383]

When you tell employers you homeless and you looking for a job. They still don't want to hire you. You Willing to work so you can provide but they will tell you don't meet the qualifications and turn you down. Does not make sense.

[@daisyv5038]

Same here

[@Wileyg4lify]

Hey I’m homeless and I have 2 jobs

[@hankkingsley9183]

Not speaking and writing proper English can be a big barrier towards getting a higher-paying job as well.

[@kar460]

Put down the shelter as an address??

[@henryc1000]

0:08 I particularly like the rich culture of homelessness, people shitting in the middle of the sidewalk, making a game of not stepping on a used needle and getting back to my apartment without getting assaulted.

[@iveyhealth2266]

With the cost of living so high...what else can these people do? Their only choice is to move to a cheaper state.

[@UnOtroDiegueno]

or Californians can build much more aggregate housing

[@aaronfilmstv802]

@@UnOtroDiegueno with what space. These cities are over populated

[@kayaguvendi]

@@aaronfilmstv802 Over the suburbs. I've spent ample time in all three big CA cities and they are filled with unsustainable single family homes. Anything within 10 miles of the downtowns could be made freely zoned for residential use (of any number of units and height, permitting flight paths), then this problem would be overcome.

[@rayray8389]

I feel like we are all a medical bill away from being on the street

[@couchwarrior2449]

Fuck it, just don't pay the medical bill!!!

[@wat3rmel0ns72]

@@couchwarrior2449 then they take ur house from what i've heard

[@shane5385]

@@wat3rmel0ns72 only if you own it

[@shane5385]

You should have obamacare, most you have to pay out of pocket a year with their cheapest plan is 5k

[@austinjackson4690]

You don't have to pay medical bills they can't do anything about it

[@marioncobretti3076]

Drugs + relaxed laws + soft on crime + good weather= homeless crisis

[@gordon3186]

Yeah, lock 'em up. That's the ticket!

[@RishayanPorMexico]

Bullshit! Mexico is a lawless country( in some areas), with plenty of drugs and damn good weather and very very few homeless( loquitos)! Why? Because for the most part, we continue to be a free nation that leaves the poor the hell alone, without all those absurd laws and regulations that the US has, causing absurd rents, high prices, heavy restrictions on the freedom and right to work, and heartless people who care nothing about giving their struggling neighbor a hand. Here in MX, if you don't have a place to stay, somebody will lend you a place to stay until you get back on your feet. If you don't have food, somebody will feed you( and give you work to do to earn your keep).

[@Coconutca]

@@gordon3186 you must like paying taxes.

[@gordon3186]

@@Coconutca --- *Not particularly. But it's still a small price to pay to get to live in America.*

[@Coconutca]

Getting divorced or losing a job should NOT lead to homelessness! What’s wrong with the Mayor. What is that thinking? We’ve made it impossible for people to seek better employment or get out of abusive relationships out of fear of homelessness. This is black mirror.

[@youtubesucks1499]

Nope. A person in an abusive relationship can leave. It's hard but possible.

[@Coconutca]

@@youtubesucks1499 but can lead to homelessness… and shouldn’t. That was my point.

[@youtubesucks1499]

@@Coconutca Well, the strong survive... the weak die. Fact. I have zero respect for anyone who stays in an abusive relationship.

[@youtubesucks1499]

@@Coconutca Yes, its economics. Never rely on a anyone.

[@youtubesucks1499]

@@Coconutca Personal responsibility.

[@Rich-yj4ub]

Oh! Palease! There is going to be a lot more homeless people "VERY" soon. People can't afford the high cost of Gas, food & Utilities. It's simply not sustainable.

[@username93159]

then they should move? live where you can afford

[@caesarsigala]

The game is rigged but the media won't tell you that.

[@jrenee8303]

That’s a rough 22, stay off the drugs kids

[@txmade4371]

Naw.

[@sariputri9687]

Thank God the authority is working something to solve the problems. I wish they will get fixed and live well. I lived in SD as an international intern in year 2001-2002, it used to be a clean city and beautiful.

[@georgecuster527]

It’s an open air insane asylum . Let’s be honest .

[@sarbantz]

Homelessness is not as big problem in conservative cities, but there is an explanation for it. The main reason for homelessness is fentanyl, and other drugs addiction believe it or not. If you do not believe me, you can find Michael Shellenberger's interviews here on KZbin. Liberal cities have laws that attract homeless because addicts can support their addiction there more easily. The main one is you are allowed to steal from stores for up to $950 in Cali, and no one will bother you, police will not even come even if they had an officer available. In my town the law says you can steal up to $500 worth of items, and that nothing, so there are no as many homeless like in Cali but we have almost as good camping weather as southern Cali. I go to Texas, and they do not have such law that you can just steal from stores as you wish, so their addicts migrates to the west coast where they can simply support their addiction. Stealing from stores, they call it boosting.

[@desperadodeluxe2292]

I can attest this is the truth. I'm homeless but I live nothing like those people because I don't use hard drugs. A lot of the reason I'm homeless is because it's expensive and my folks are not supportive of me. It's not that I couldn't afford it it's just not financially viable or responsible. Plus I don't want to support these people. That's another really good reason I think people should take into consideration.

[@malcorub]

I agree the $950 shoplifting law is making things worse, but I go to my homestate of Texas too and notice the homeless issue getting real bad lately in San Antonio as well Austin. It's a growing trend nationwide.

[@pepelepew5145]

Texas where women have no rights

[@sarbantz]

@@malcorub It is growing trend because drugs are extremely destructive nowadays and we have an army of people, young and old, thinking it is okay to flirt with drugs or self medicate. That is the number one reason. Fentanyl and P2P based meth very quickly destroy humans mentally beyond the point of repair.

[@matildesantos4215]

Malcorub,not a coincidence that homelessness is more prevalent in the liberal cities of Austin and San Antonio, Texas.

[@sct4040]

I was at SD in 2010, even then there were homeless men right outside the convention center hotel. Don’t think i will visit again.

[@samuelalonso22]

Nice Job Nancy and Gavin .

[@tp-mh2ji]

They couldn't care less about the average person.

[@Mikewee777]

The shelters have no room and the visitors constantly fail to follow basic rules such as NO INDOOR SMOKING !

[@bxi1547]

It’s hard to feel sorry for people who refuse to take advantage of addiction treatment.

[@user-or6yn8pm3c]

California has employed people who are homeless. Housing is that bad over there. Not all of them are addicts.

[@gordon3186]

Why would someone who's self medicating want to stop?

[@LuckyClovers]

@@gordon3186 because it’s destructive and there is hope. But you’re right in that addicts won’t stop unless they’re ready to make a change.

[@gordon3186]

@@LuckyClovers --- *You're using reason to address what's irrational.*

[@RishayanPorMexico]

@@user-or6yn8pm3c That's right...to hell with the addicts, study after study has shown that at least 50% of the homeless do NOT have an addiction problem.

[@pikachuclasico2366]

1 YEAR LATER: it got worse thanks department of house san diego you bunch of criminals

[@outerspaceman7534]

I don’t feel sympathetic towards junkies who waste their time doing drugs instead of getting back on track.

[@michaeltabanao9014]

Either they go to a proram, work camp like the civilian conservation corps or jail...vets and elderly and or handicap should get services and or community housing.....if we are going the direction of europe, with bike lanes....how come they havent done a trip to see how europe handles homlessness or unsheltered🤷‍♂️

[@outerspaceman7534]

@@michaeltabanao9014 I don’t agree with that about the vets and elderly though. I’m for veterans, BUT the ones that do drugs also don’t deserve sympathy. And the ones who don’t, they should be given work just like anyone else. Elderly or not, it’s not our problem to take care of them. That’s why all these older people should have prepared for the future and made sure to marry and have a lot of children and a savings to retire.

[@michaeltabanao9014]

@@outerspaceman7534 Yep I am on the same page, however they are here on our streets. Most are not able body do to their life long decisions. The younger folks can go into a California Conservation Corps at a State barracks across the state. Make minimum wage, housed and feed on stipened...if they dont take the opportunity and approched by law enforcement, their ID will will be run. And it will show they had the option for services and declined. Then they get charged and arrested and will work off their fine in State or County work Camp vs freedom by working at camp. Its not about unsheltered, its about mental illness and drugs. The tax payers should file a class action....you see laws not enfored all the time. La Mesa panhandlers in the medians, Illegal. Cops dont ticket, so thier deciding what laws to enforce and ones to turn a blind eye to. You didn't see this in 1980s because there were hospitals along the state. Jerry Brown and Newsome thought it would be better for folks who couldnt make decisions on basic survival skills in society to have freedom on the streets......Freedom comes with responsibilities 🤔. Otherwise you take away others freedom🤷‍♂️

[@desperadodeluxe2292]

It's really an education problem. These people were used and left behind.

[@desperadodeluxe2292]

@@outerspaceman7534 honestly dude you sound so naive. Your probably a millennial with your family taking care of you and because of that you'll never see a hard day in your life. Your grandparents are probably boomers who screwed our economy.

[@larrydiaz4418]

I am glad my parents are not longer with us to observe the downfall of San Diego . We moved to SD when I was four and its was not like this while growing up and even when I left in 1990 to work in Los Angeles. I recently had to go to downtown for work and was taken back with garbage everywhere , the homeless walking in front of traffic , the area smelling like piss and drug abuse and addiction everywhere. So much for the title of " Americas Finest City". I do not know if Mayor Gloria has the balls or know how to fix it.

[@TBlock1347]

If you moved to LA it's even worst there.

[@Aus200]

I went downtown one night and it reeks of piss and shit everywhere. So disgusting!

[@imaz2616]

California has biggest homeless in the country. Why🤷🏿 because the weather is good all year round and other homeless come to california to survive in better weather.

[@caesarsigala]

That's basic survival skills.

[@karenmonson9893]

California has a big problem with this!!!

[@michaeltabanao9014]

Newsome will save us🤡

[@randymoran67]

Well look at Arizona its everywhere it just magnified in CA

[@randymoran67]

@@michaeltabanao9014 well better than Trump ( Russian schnitzel smoker)

[@karenmonson9893]

@@randymoran67 I would believe that!!! Are you in a big city area by chance??? I live in a rural area of my state where we don't see it so much. But the bigger cities is a different story!!! There are places I just won't go to because it's to dangerous!!!

[@shelleycharlesworth5177]

It's everywhere in San Diego and disgusting!

[@roadracer1584]

San Diego's pleasant climate is both a blessing and a curse. The homeless are attracted to San Diego's warm climate. I bet Minnesota doesn't have a homeless problem. Very few homeless people could survive Minnesota's harsh winters.

[@chiefs816kc]

Great point

[@tyson9419]

Yeah it's funny this doesn't mention nearly all of our homeless aren't even from Ca.

[@tyson9419]

Yeah it's funny this doesn't mention nearly all of our homeless aren't even from Ca.

[@allied9728]

No bc Chicago has tons of homeless people and have you been to the Midwest in the winter😂

[@allied9728]

Everyone just wants to live in SD, who wouldn’t???

[@northyland1157]

Keep paying them to use drugs.... As long as there free money flows, this problem will only get worse...

[@TheThemattyo1]

There is no money to be made in the homeless and mental business, that is why there are no investors investing. if The very workers that build affordable housing make 20$hr or more , where is the profit in cheap rent ?...it is absolutely terrible but it is the reality.

[@malcorub]

Some would disagree with your statement of "There is no money to be made in the homeless." Many people call it the "Homeless Industrial Complex" similar to what they previously called the "prison industrial complex" here in CA>

[@TheThemattyo1]

@@malcorub nothing wrong with disagreeing , I once was under a bridge ; many nights hungry and or cold.

[@michaeltabanao9014]

Yep your right...🤔, however people tend to forget last year they spent 22million on hotel buy out.....whats the stats ? No reporting....no audits....🙈🙉🙊

[@atteroljones6936]

There is employment opportunity in the homeless and mental (health) business. Every dime invested in intervention: shelter, food, counseling and drug therapy has created a job, not for the problem people but those working to "end homelessness." It is an industry unto itself.

[@youtubesucks1499]

First, who can build "cheap affordable" housing? Do you have any idea how much raw construction materials are? Second, there isn't any cheap labor in plumbing, electrical, framers, drywall, or HVAC. What are they supposed to work for $20 an hour when they get paid closer to $45? So how exactly is that cheap affordable housing to be built?

[@AZGT350]

I just came back from vacation in SD for a week. I counted 8 homeless people all week. But then, I don’t travel to the bad parts of town where most of these encampments are. I know exactly where these places are and nobody stays there while on vacation. Just like Phoenix, there are large encampments in the west downtown area, but no one travels there or stays there.

[@richiey9376]

Put caps on apartment rental pricing…

[@hardlines2635]

You say, the fifth largest homeless population, that’s shocking.

[@lambdalambdalambdaa]

"Oh it's bad. Like downton. It's bad. Like... I can't even imagine..." You don't have room to complain considering your in a tent and have track marks openly showing during an interview. And what "can't you imagine" when you're actively there living it.

[@Surferdude965]

Omega moos

[@CoopyKat]

Both local governments AND greedy scummy landlords are responsible for this. What the media doesn't cover is that rent has quadrupled in just 20 years, and all of the landlords have sold their homes and now live in beautiful semi-mansion homes - thanks to their rental income increasing 3-6 times since 2000!

[@rasheedescobar4203]

Lower the costs of living and homelessness will decrease.

[@caesarsigala]

The big wigs are laughing.

[@erictoulon5946]

I used to spend quite a bit of time in San Diego but hadn’t been back for about eight years. Neighborhoods that used to be somewhat affluent were now borderline ghetto. You see the homeless all over the west coast and Hawaii and they are fueling a crime wave. You can tell that many of them have mental health issues and it’s time to reopen mental health institutions. Many of the mental health institutions were closed down before because of the inhumane conditions in them but if you look at the conditions they are living in now how could it be worse? More affordable housing needs to be developed too many people are being victimized by government policies causing chaos.

[@hankkingsley9183]

Affordable housing is only on aspect of a multi-pronged issue. Affordable housing does nothing for people who are so deep in substance abuse that they cannot hold a job down, it does nothing for people who are so mentally ill that they cannot hold a job down. Affordable housing doesn't help if the economy is so bad that minimum wage jobs can't generate enough money to cover rent, medical bills, and other costs of living even at the lowest level. The problem must be addressed at a systemic level, with a federal program on par with The New Deal. Creating a massive amount of in-patient mental health care facilities, then sweeping the streets with teams of mental health professionals who can evaluate and place mentally ill people in those facilities... building and updating a prison system that is big enough to house and feed a huge population if you start enforcing low crimes again, these are daunting tasks.

[@mac7Attack1]

Ya other states should stop sending us their Fucking homeless too, that would help

[@toasteddingus6925]

@@hankkingsley9183 yuuup word to everything you said. Anything the city does is band aid size at the least, bandage size at best for an open, bleeding, festering wound. Until the root causes are addressed which is changing the way the entire system works, not much will change.

[@calidag]

I go to San Diego downtown to pick up mail from time to time. There's homeless encampment all around that post office and everytime I go there I see someone do meth right on the sidewalk, they're doing it all right there in the broad day light. That's one of the biggest issues, a lot of them look like they're unsalvageable, you put a person like that in any housing unsupervised and they'll trash it within days. It's a sad sight seeing people at their lowest but a lot of their misery is self inflicted. I wish I could help them all they're all humans after all but looking at some of them it's hard to believe they were at some point decent looking people 😔 ...

[@ErikaLaGrande]

The homeless were homeless BEFORE they moved to California. The problem is that homeless are being bused in from other states.

[@julieb7785]

Where is Rose's mother? father? Who raised Rose? Are they from San Diego? Where, how, why did Rose, in 22 short years, end up addicted and slumped in a tent.

[@marcus6993]

If wasn't for my best friend this could be me. Friends since we were 12 years old. Multiple Sclerosis diagnosed in 2014. Job, home and car couldn't pay. Lost them all

[@MM-te8tz]

Cost of living is way high in CA, many can't afford housing.

[@dion6340]

It’s widespread and unbelievable….

[@1PITIFULDUDE]

Drug addict, that’s the real identifier. Homelessness is simply a symptom they agree to.

[@caesarsigala]

I think you just solved homelessness.

[@justamarie9272]

I have not been able to afford a studio here in San Diego since 2011, I work a minimum wage full time job and part time job. I can afford rent monthly now but only the rent. I will have no money for utilities, food, car, gas and clothing for my kid. I try to get help but I make to much according to there chart. To qualify for aid with my income I need to have about 4 to 5 kids or I make under $800 a month than I qualify. But problem you still have to pay partial rent, utilities, car, gas and clothing. How does it make since? It needs to change or the homeless population will get 10x worse in 5 years. I am lucky to have my mother but me and my daughter share a room. She is 15 with no privacy.

[@bendutta8135]

You need a sugar daddy

[@marioncobretti3076]

Sounds like your full of bad decisions..move

[@michaeltabanao9014]

Find the best state to make a new start. Some times we cant afford where we want to live, we go where we have to live. Long term goals, college online........or work the system with more kids.....

[@jrenee8303]

You might want to move

[@ladyinred5447]

@@marioncobretti3076 right, because its very cheap to move.

[@ElverGonzalez760]

What the governor needs to do and The mayor of San Diego needs to do is lower housing the price of the rents are too expensive!!!!!!!!!!!

[@PeterParker-gz6ml]

Nobody falls into addiction, it's a choice that a person makes. I wish society would stop feeling sorry for these people for their poor choices in life. For all the homeless drug addicts out there, at one point in your life, you were not always a drug addict, that was clear choice made by you. That college could have used their resources on anything else but a course on homelessness? What about providing free tuition to a young college student? If you're substance abuse or a drug addict, that's your problem and issue, you made a choice to destroy your life slowly. Life is hard and adults except that and stay the course.

[@brittneyhailey]

They are not all drug addicts relax stop being a horrible person. You can be homeless too stop judging

[@PeterParker-gz6ml]

@@brittneyhailey If they're not all drug addicts, what are they? I call it like I see it and I was homeless. Am I homeless currently? Of course not, noone helped me, I helped myself. Everyone judges, in every single part of anyone's life, a person judges. You judge if an area is safe, you judge if a taxi driver is a safe driver, you judge if people around you are safe to be around, everybody judges. My taxes and your taxes go towards homeless programs and shelters and if these people don't want that help or refuse to take that help, I can and I will judge them.

[@callmewheels4806]

@@brittneyhailey A Majority ARE DRUG ADDICTED. They will Openly tell you that. Take the time and talk to them. Don’t just walk-by. Strike a conversation and get details. Frequently they Crave external conversation from the public as most feel invisible to “normal” society. You talk as an authority and ARE JUDGING someone. You call someone HORRIBLE but in-turn, what does that make you?

[@callmewheels4806]

@Richard Johns What are you talking about? Who is “She” and where does “She” say, “…no one is talking drug addicts…”. You also say, “…you keep going back to the drug addicts…” when I cite drug addicts ONCE. Pay attention when you read. If you choose to counter someone’s comment, at least be cogent in thought and actually make an understandable rebuttal. There’s a TREMENDOUS difference between wanting to sound intelligent and doing so. You make NO SENSE.

[@tanktop25]

It's a junkie problem not a "I'm down on my luck" problem- SD resident since '76

[@toplel1860]

Yup and once they start you cant get them off unless they actually want to the sad reality is all we can do is wait for them to have a fatal overdose because even forced rehab doesnt work unless the person wants to be clean

[@NarrowWayDisciples]

they handing out billions to real estate developers for 'low income housing' once you get into a 'low income' apartment, you can make up to $120,000 a year and stay in it for life, so much for fixing the problem

[@ler3968]

It's the same issue in most mid & large yes cities, some few can pull themselves out of the drugs, alcohol, poor education actual skills, and willingness to work nothing is going to change, no matter how many more billions of $$ and social workers are thrown at the problem.

[@gloriaterry333]

If you can’t afford living here then you have to leave to make a better life a better future for yourself and for your family and friends, that’s what my parents did when they migrated from Mexico.They had nothing, no job , no home, no savings, no kind person, not even in their own family, to give them a hand. Now we have this homelessness in California not just San Diego Thank God that both my husband and I are educated and have good jobs. But if we couldn’t live here in SD we would leave. Who knows maybe even go to yet another country. It’s not about Patriotism it’s about where is there going to be a better life. Now, think about this, how do you think our ancestors did this? And what is this? This is a modern life where one must search for a better life. But after saying all this the number one thing you must do above all else is this; YOU ARE A POWERFUL PERSON and YOU DO NOT NEED TO TAKE DRUGS. Leave the drugs behind if necessary drop so called friends and or family that induce you to a cliff, which are drugs.

[@abelincoln6785]

You are comparing your experience with an entirely different kind of person. Your (and mine) culture values familia, responsibility, belief in a God. Americans are above all competitive in everything they do. Creates lots of people that give up. Many are addicted and plenty of these off painkiller given to them by their HC providers. We are a corrupt nation and there is no fixing this. This is who we are now and it will get worse. There is no political will to fix this, no common morality to counter this and no hope for the hopeless anymore in America unless you come from somewhere worse and you have a strong will or culture. Give thanks you were born to good people. Addiction is not a choice for most people - it is a trap. Viva Familia.

[@erictoulon5946]

@@abelincoln6785 I see a lot of youth getting addicted by dealers where I live. Too many parents aren’t paying attention and many parents are addicts as well addiction seems to pull entire families into the equation. Addicts and mentally ill people need to be removed from communities. Keeping families together when a parent is an addict makes the chances that their kids will become addicts as well that much greater.

[@judyfabion8849]

Move out of California. Towns in the Midwest have apartments and houses for less than $1,000/mo. Two people split a house or apartment and work full time and they can live a decent life. Gas is cheaper, food is cheaper. Living on the streets of California is just an excuse to not get clean and sober. There are options.

[@tyson9419]

@@judyfabion8849 fully. You totally nailed it. Most of these folks aren't from here. Go home, clean up and work hard. You can be successful if you have the drive.

[@rayva1]

The homelessness situation was not a one size fits all, but the truth is - I’d like to blame the bureaucracy of the state that put so many people in the homeless situation they’re in, because I used to be a San Diegan, but found greener pastures elsewhere after relocating out of Cali.

[@pascalguerandel8181]

We all could be homeless... address the causes..

[@michaelmiguel6937]

I’m glad I moved the hell out of there wish more people would do it

[@tyson9419]

Lol no one misses you. Probably couldn't afford it and moved back to Phoenix

[@mz6504]

I feel your pain Donna, I’ve spent most of my life in San Diego & Seattle…..love em both, breaks my heart to see this…..

[@kungdu]

The media loves this story. the politicians wants to keep it that way so they can be the heroes if someone fixes it.

[@Paul-ou1rx]

Promise to fix it during election years. But do nothing.

[@thomasconnors7511]

Saw a 60 minutes story about western cities years ago. What shocked me was people with full time jobs and still homeless. The wealthy in there high rises and the poor on the streets.

[@networth00]

Don't believe that crap. These homeless people are junkies and mentally ill.

[@ryanarchuleta6231]

The issue is humans used to just be small is tribes and often traveled around. We're not really meant to have literally thousands of people stacked on top of eachothers within a single skyscraper. More like a few dozen people in a village that spans acres of land.

[@Britton_Thompson]

Or maybe that's all bullshit because other states have big cities where people are "stacked on top of each other in skyscrapers" and they're all doing just fine. You seen the South or the Midwest lately? They're booming. Ya know, all those little, irrelevant "backwards" states we all made fun of for years? They're leaving us in *their* dust now. This is not an innate 'human condition' problem. It is 100% a California governmental policy problem. Period. There are waaaay too many high taxes being squandered on useless boutique social programs that do nothing but increase the debt and chase away the wealth creators to other states. States that haven't lost their damn minds. States where they still have police who actually stop criminals whenever they try robbing their stores. States where you you get to keep more of your paycheck, and where housing isn't exorbitantly expensive. Socialist policies is what is really killing California, not population clusters because humans were made for living in small tribes in tiny villages or whatever the hell you're talking about.

[@cjc6269]

TO FIND OUT WHAT IS GOING ON WHEN IT COMES HOW THESE AGENCY ARE ASSISTING THE UNHOUSED WE NEED TO SEND SOME PEOPLE INTO THESE PLACES UNCOVER AND ASK FOR ASSISTANCE FROM THE AGENCIES CHARGED WITH HELPING PEOPLE FIND SHELTERS EMERGENCY OR TRANSITIONAL OR PERMEANT.. IT WOULD TELL US WHAT IS GOING ON WITH THESE ORG. RECIEVING ALL THIS MONEY.

[@patrickw9706]

Solution: Mister Elon Musk alone could end homelesness in USA. His net worth ($240 billion) allows him to buy an average house ($400 k) for every homeless person (600.000) in the country. It is NOT that the money isn't there 😳

[@jeffreyb8770]

Jeff Bezo's ex-wife donated $1 billion each to four of the worst areas in America. We haven't seen ANYTHING yet. CHINA has FIFTY MILLION starving who are waiting with their bags packed! What we have is an 8 BILLION world population, heading for 10 BILLION by 2050. Who doesn't love a baby?

[@sterlingmarshel6299]

you still have to maintain your life and not everyone can do that -

[@YukariAkiyama]

stop the greyhounds to the city maybe

[@nick32121]

Anyone every correlate that as inflation has gotten worse throughout the years so has homelessness

[@matildesantos4215]

So has Fentanyl.

[@oldtestament8052]

Homelessness is big business in California 6 billion spent it's not a problem it's a government business it's not about Homelessness it's about the government jobs it creates. Follow the money

[@NoneOne0106]

Why are you guys deleting comments ?

[@largeautomobile]

Your comment likely got flagged as being offensive. Happens to me occasionally.

[@NoneOne0106]

Not mine . Just always notice the comment numbers don’t match up with how many comments there are .

[@L.Spencer]

Spam comments hopefully get deleted, and I've had KZbin delete my comments if I include a link.

[@jrenee8303]

@@NoneOne0106 they count reply’s to comments as comments

[@sidezskateshop1556]

I just said F. U. Mayor and got flagged. f. u. Mayor.

[@obiwankenobi5769]

Well if rent wasn't so damn high

[@Mikewee777]

The fact of the matter is that nobody is trustworthy enough to be a roommate who you can share a mailing address with. You need a address to qualify for that lifeline phone and then you need to prove your income (or lack of) for every month that you are struggling. So much work is needed to prove that you are still dying while the rich are not obligated to " hurry up and wait" because everything is automated for them.

[@ey67]

True

[@hankkingsley9183]

Where there is a will, there is a way. Throwing up your hands and complaining that the rich have it easier certainly won't get you where you want to be in life. Some of the strongest generations were forged in times of great turmoil and hardship. You have to evaluate the barriers and challenges and come up with a plan to work around them. Nobody who went through adversity and clawed their way up will tell you it's going to be easy, or that they were entitled to be helped by others.

[@soberanisfam1323]

Capootalism

[@BulmulletBifkins-zh3ik]

The system can blow me after I drop a deuce

[@scottdunavant345]

Legalizing marijuana doesn’t help.

[@hamamotodesigns]

I was homeless in san diego for a year and a half, so i know first hand san diego will always have a homeless problem. Giving the homeless shelter and housing won't work, because you have to be drug and alcohol free, and people would rather live on the streets instead of a roof over their head if that meant feeding their addiction. And the other part is that people with mental issues can't function on their own, so they roam the streets. And its easy to live outside because the temperature is mild and san diego doesn't have extreme weather.

[@Lisa-my5sy]

So what are you saying? We should all pay for people to lay around and get high all day while we work our asses off?

[@mav12345-z]

One thing that's gross is there are some homes and buildings where you see family's coming in and out of, and the foot steps smells like urine because the homeless just go to the bathroom there. There's feces on sidewalks, and homeless will yell at you. Really doesn't feel safe to be around there

[@jkalibeelz4339]

Media should start doing investigative reporting on where is the money for homelessness going ? Please follow the money and report it back to us.. I see Musk is building tiny homes from 10-15k 👀👀.. Please hold the rich and powerful accountable.. TY

[@resonancewaves9659]

You got it! It is a money laundering system of corruption.

[@Benny.13]

When a studio is 2000$ ?! Dah!?

[@karenkennedy6331]

Not the finest city anymore! Poor leadership!

[@ix-Xafra]

Some folk don't want an 'address' for legal reasons. Was homeless for 7 years and learned a lot About myself

[@jaywires717]

The chick at the 1:02 mark would be pretty with makeup, no reason for her to be homeless if she's pretty.

[@jacobsmith8732]

Well there is always a desperate man for a pretty woman... I always say sad but true

[@Brett1997]

Any girl can be pretty but as they are, they can't/can be smart in life cause we are human being and everyone is different. Doesn't matter what they look like not. Jobs are hard cause it's all about rejection and not everyone have experience or volunteer work to get accepted .. getting rejected sucks by trying get a jobs it's all about looks what your abilities are.

[@jaywires717]

@@Brett1997 trust me if she fixes herself up a puts on makeup & wears the right clothes she wouldn't be homeless.

[@jaywires717]

@@jacobsmith8732 you're right

[@shane5385]

Im about to be homeless too, and im not a druggy or a criminal, its just not worth working every day just to give it all to a landlord so you can sleep and shower and go work another 12 hour shift

[@johnbar1148]

homeless paradise san diego

[@pepelepew5145]

I like to call it urban camping..but yeah it's great.

[@edwindelgado8775]

When rents cost 2 thousand and up and jobs don't pay much you need to work around the clock and never see the apartment ur paying for 😀

[@mariekatherine5238]

Happened to me in NY. My job and housing that went with it, a 501 c 3 spec. ed. school, was forced to shut down by the govt. The only thing we could do was to buy an updated building with modern air circulation, wiring, heating, new elevators. But if we could afford that, we needn’t be receiving funding. We were given what amounted to fifteen hours to vacate and remove everything from our classrooms and for me, that included emptying my studio apt where I’d lived for 18 years. Moving trucks, either do-it-yourself or with movers, weren’t to be found. And of course, you needed a place to put it all. I ended up wasting a day discovering that fact. So another day was spent doing paperwork to close out student and personal records, giving me one day to stuff what I could into and onto my 17 year old Pontiac. I lived in it for six weeks, taking cat naps by day in various places and staying awake by night for safety reasons. It’s no good being a lone older (early 60’s) female car dweller in NYC. I spent most nights trying access a job, better housing I could afford, looked into unemployment which my employer had opted out of, legally, in 1964, SSD, early SSI, etc. I couldn’t leave my car for more than a quick run into a corner grocery for fear of it being stolen or towed. What I discovered is that there were no services for someone like myself. I wasn’t an addict, didn’t drink, smoke, wasn’t disabled enough by a leg injury to get SSD, wasn’t old enough to get housing assistance, wasn’t a single mother with a kids, couldn’t even find a cheap motel because of both no place to park, and the fact that they either weren’t cheap, reserved for volunteer health workers, or were actually houses of ill-repute. I finally recalled a deceased cousin’s ex who had a rural hunting camp some 900 miles away. I got in touch with him. He was in Wyoming working on oil rigs, but yes, he still owned the camp and surrounding acreage. He had no idea the condition, but I was welcome to use it. So I saved up gasoline, in proper containers, I’m not a fool! Enough to go one way, filled the car tank, and departed by night, taking secondary and tertiary roads, no gps, no smart phone, just a burner phone, flip style for emergency. I navigated by atlases, de Lorme’s. I escaped NY entirely, managed to avoid border stops because some states weren’t allowing New Yorkers in or not until you’d served a two week quarantine--and the state police would check up on you. Long story short, I’m officially living in a new state, rent free in exchange for fixing the place up and maintaining it. I do and that to get by, pet-sit, house and plant-sit, grow veggies, raise ducks for eggs and occasional meat. Fish, hunt, make small crafts to sell, do mending for a small veteran’s home. You’d be sad how many guys throw out otherwise perfectly good clothes for want of a working zipper, missing buttons, tears, or stretched out elastic! Sometimes the home itself gives me a little money, but mostly, it’s volunteer. I get SNAP and use a food pantry for fresh foods I can’t grow. I’m eligible for HEAP, but don’t need it since I have a wood burning stove and a sawmill that donates a shed full of slab ends and odd shaped pieces. Huge logs I can’t split, slab ends are good exercise! I’ve also fostering mother and son mastiffs whose owner is overseas. I get money for dog food. A stray cat adopted me and earns her keep doing rodent control. I’ve joined a local church. So far as I’m concerned, I’m content to finish out my days here.

[@catholicfemininity2126]

I'm so sorry hun. I'm poor myself and Jesus is the only one literally keeping me sane in this limbo. I pray you keep persevering and that we meet again someday in the eternal life.

[@rmdir]

Sounds a lot better off than living in the city. I am a step away from going off grid myself. They don't want workers anymore, they want obedient, consumer, slaves for the grinder.

[@pauldennis6069]

It's not a crisis when something is done on purpose.

[@caesarsigala]

Your exactly right. It's designed that way. History repeats itself. The haves are the kings and queens and the rest are the peasants.

[@pauldennis6069]

@@caesarsigala Death of a thousand cuts. People are broke.

[@dixiemerchant1052]

Wow, thank you for this story!!!

[@angelashelton4860]

How about you get some of these landlords and management companies to stop being so greedy and reduce rents in the city. There's a lot of substance abuse involved with homelessness, but it's also about being out priced rental arena. See Last Week Tonight's clip posted 6/20/22.

[@wildhorses78]

There are teachers and veterans who are homeless that have never touched drugs. There are seniors who got a $400 a month rent raise who have never heard of meth who are now homeless. Republicans are all about the cruelty and are not Christians.

[@charleshoang7687]

California authority should use surplus money to expand Slabs city all the way to Niland 4 miles away which is located in Imperial county and relocate all homeless people over there permanently in order to protect the state tourism industry.

[@sarbantz]

Fentanyl

[@gordon3186]

Force people who simply are homeless to live in 120 degree heat for 5 months out of the year? What country do you think you're living in?

[@charleshoang7687]

@@gordon3186 it's too hot so they will stay inside which have air conditioner,is that good enough,I am working in El Centro in the same county, only one hour drive away and I am fine.

[@charleshoang7687]

@@gordon3186 I didn't say let them live outside.lol.

[@gordon3186]

@@charleshoang7687--- *Almost none of the places to live in the slabs have air conditioning. And the ones that do are too expensive to run for the 20 hours a day that it's hot. It would be cheaper to house people in more moderate climes.*

[@prolife8461]

And some people got angry when mexican government relocate emigrant camping in Tijuana ,now I want to ask who have more homeless living in the streets?

[@alphajava761]

Residents and companies who illegally dump in vacant lots, alleys and sidewalks are responsible for all of trash the homeless have. Saves them dumping costs when the city comes and clears it out from the homeless, costs tax payers. Same thing in Los Angeles. Are the homeless going to Wall Mart and bringing back patio furniture, mattresses, etc on the bus or rail? It's all stuff people don't take to the dump.

[@youtubesucks1499]

Nope. Homeless bring their own trash.

[@jordanjohnson9866]

Nah. Not all. /

[@bettyprettyprincess]

I just bring them the junk the thrift store won’t take

[@alphajava761]

@@bettyprettyprincess things have changed, I used to take everything to the thrift to save calling 1800JUNK it's not just the fee to pick it up, but the labor, taxes, disposal (dump fees) for disposal pickup services.

[@bettyprettyprincess]

On sports arena behind the goodwill there’s a bunch of tents and a few times I pulled up and brought things for the homeless there. I wasn’t just leaving it someone always came over wanting my old treasures

[@wildhorses78]

P *4 of 4* The homeless can simply move the tents they are using now into the homeless-village and the Rvs are assigned a parking space. *Or the **_Shelter 100,_** provided by FEMA,* is a $9,500 shelter that is climate controlled, built in one hour, is 100 sq. ft., and uses a folding bunk system to house up to four beds. *_Pallet Shelter's_* private sleeping cabins offer *security* and durability. Which addresses the concerns of the homeless who reject the restrictions of “bed-only” homeless-shelters; for only one night.

[@992001jeffr]

I once was broke, and almost homeless. Then I got a job.

[@992001jeffr]

@Kai Ikaika Yes

[@eastbaykidd8574]

@Kai Ikaika Maybe you should move somewhere cheaper.

[@wolfhawg]

BINGO!!!!