Inside California’s complex and growing homelessness crisis

ABC News’ Zohreen Shah reports on how California has become the poster child for the nation’s affordable housing and homelessness crisis, examining the causes and potential solutions.
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[@norcaljim8535]

The poor are struggling. Cost of living is the highest its ever been. Fuel , food , clothes, basic products is using up paychecks. Bills , taxes , fees. Everything is expensive.

[@r0xjo0]

That's what happens when government steals trillions of money. COVID was a scam to pull off the largest theft in human history.

[@janetpattison8474]

Look at the profit margins of ALL the US corporations. Greed = inflation.

[@sarbantz]

This is the direct consequence of lovely woke policies, woke politicians, and woke judges. Fentanyl , Tranq, rampant theft, total lawlessness, anarchy, and social decay everywhere. Enjoy what you voted for.

[@einnAnnie]

@@janetpattison8474 I guarantee it has more to do with the high cost of energy due to reduced domestic oil and natural gas production which is intended to force a more rapid transition to clean energy, but has instead resulted in the US having to import more of its oil from the middle east, increasing the cost for consumers.

[@RossHebrank-ry5lu]

​@@einnAnniewell look if I was in there people would blame me but the issue is republicians can't even keep any state house cause because of Donald trump that's his fault there's no big majority

[@richardmann3396]

Politicians seem to think they can fix anything by throwing money at it. 🤷🏿‍♂️

[@ladyriethegoldendelmo5441]

and then wonders why they say its not working.... like how about ask us people our ideas and we can give it to them. if they just throw money especially with the inflation and we arent going to have enough money in the future...

[@sarbantz]

This is the direct consequence of lovely woke policies, woke politicians, and woke judges. Fentanyl , Tranq, rampant theft, total lawlessness, anarchy, and social decay everywhere. Enjoy what you voted for.

[@JtM8292]

🙌 But are they even throwing money at " it " ??? Or is it just goin into there pockets and to other country's .. hmmm

[@kyshac81]

That money is going into their friends who own the nonprofits, pockets. Homelessness in San Francisco is a racket and has been for decades.

[@taxicamel]

YES ....as does FRIEDENBACH in this video. One portion of this video, at 1:24 ..."Nellie Sorto" is commenting about working full time cleaning home and still not able to make enough ....while her daughter lays on a bed, eyes glued to a cell phone. We don't know how much truth there is to "working full time". To some people, working full time is working every day ....for a few hours. BUT ....what's will the cell phone? How much does it cost to buy and pay for monthly? The "argument" is between the minimum wage and the AVERAGE rent. YES ......the numbers are really tough .....but let's expect that the AVERAGE rent is NOT what a minimum wage person is going after in the first place. There are in fact rents for $2,000 very easily found AND these are very nice units. Looking/digging a very little harder and VOILA ....3 BEDS, 1 BATH, "furnished", "onsite laundry" ......$1,000 ......"9th Ave And Balboa Street, Inner Richmond". YES, times CAN be tough but we all go through it one way or another. Many choose the wrong path ...and we all know who these people are. However, those that choose correctly and plan and work hard in their youth ....WITHOUT GETTING INTO TROUBLE .....like "single moms" .....which there are far too many ......it is NOT that difficult. LIFE MISTAKES CAN MAKE LIFE VERY HARD. Sadly, people like Jennifer Friedenbach, with the gift of the gab, will talk and talk and talk .....and blame everyone under the sun for homelessness .....when in fact, she provides NO FACTS .....just RHETORIC. The FIRST questions that need to asked of EVERY HOMELESS PERSON .....IS WHY THEY ARE HOMELESS .....AND GET EVERY SINGLE DETAIL FOR EACH INDIVIDUAL''S SITUATION. Until that gets done and fully documented ....no one can come up with ANY working solution. Friedenbach's solution is throw money at the problem. This is NOT the solution for every homeless person. It MIGHT be for some .....but what about the rest? All Friedenbach's talking, not once mentioned drug addiction. I live in Vancouver, Canada. We have very much "exactly" the same situation with "tent cities' being set up all over the place, on and along main streets for decades ....which are now classified a "slums" ...once the heart of a vibrant city 100 years ago, up to about 30 years ago. Also setting up in what used to be parklands that people would stroll through and have picnics. NO MORE .....NOT FOR 10 to 20 YEARS!! The same messes created. Trash everywhere. The majority of ALL these tent cities are drug addicts. Just go to the intersection of "MAIN and HASTINGS" streets on GOOGLE EARTH .....and traverse west along HASTINGS street and look at all the GRAFFITI defacing what used to be store fronts. This was the HEART of Vancouver when the city was born and continued up to 1950's and 1960's ....and then things started to DEGRADE. This imagery is very old. It is worse today. There is NOTHING anyone can do about drug addicts. This imagery SHOWS drug addicts dealing with each other. Police avoid the areas because there is NOTHING they can do ....except wait for an overdose and attend if the paramedics run into a problem with others when they try to help. I will make ONE point. Apparently homelessness in San Francisco makes up a third of the national count. WHY WAS THERE NO MENTION OF THIS FROM FRIEDENBACH? IS THERE NO DRUG PROBLEMS IN FRISCO? .

[@zanetruman7473]

I’m a California resident and lost my apartment this year due to the ridiculous price of living. I work 90 to 105 hours a week and can’t afford to live. What is wrong with this picture America 🤔. The fake story of work hard and you’ll succeed seems very tainted as of late. Apparently the harder you work the more you suffer and the more you lose

[@mizum3458]

And that's just why you needed to listen to dave Ramsey and the tates 💪💊👍💯 bruh... Chits all goin to 🔥 in political gift basket as usual... passport boys... Passports... 🤦 😒

[@mizum3458]

@LadieKatie strong independent don't need no man wahhmens in tha 🏠 💪💊💯👍💲😽

[@marcusverschollen9634]

​@LadieKatieBecause everyone has that luxury

[@tonjamarshall4842]

​@LadieKatieAffordable rent is illusive all over the country.

[@marcusverschollen9634]

@@user-ei9tu8go4g I was being sarcastic.

[@_PAIGE94]

Born, raised, and still living in CA and everything everywhere is so expensive!

[@Omar_Zazzle]

Get a better job.

[@yuhyuh5674]

Easier said than done you dumbass

[@BlackJacketJones]

Learn how to attract a woman who isn’t ugly like every woman you’ve ever loved

[@kermitfrog593]

@@Omar_Zazzle Are better jobs available? If there are 1,000 people who need a better job, and only 100 better available, you haven't addressed the problem.

[@Andy-zw5kx]

​@Omar_Zazzle are you slow? Even if you got a job things are still expensive

[@velshock]

Funny how less rich countries can figure this out. 🤔

[@eksbocks9438]

Because they focus on getting things done. Instead of a childish political grudge.

[@tonii2019]

@velshock How do you know that ”less rich countries can figure this out”???

[@barbaravyse660]

@LadieKatieScandinavian countries. But they pay high taxes for the social safety nets they get.

[@sarbantz]

This is the direct consequence of lovely woke policies, woke politicians, and woke judges. Fentanyl , Tranq, rampant theft, total lawlessness, anarchy, and social decay everywhere. Enjoy what you voted for.

[@Pastaluver_]

This isn’t a blue or red thing it’s a lack of affordable housing thing. There are so many vacant homes and luxury apartments being built but nothing for those struggling. You have zoning laws and nimby’s that are causing this to skyrocket even more!

[@christinac512]

Affordable housing yes, but your income the money your earn is going to the state , which make it even harder for a middle to low income person to afford anything. It winds down to politics. Blue states what to tax more and use your money for shenanigans, the issue they keep on finding ways to spend more . Which leave less money to pay expenses after taxes. It’s a huge problem.

[@roywells5790]

It's an easy fix. Low cost housing is needed.

[@randytaylor6931]

The issue is greedy landlords and the lobbyists who encourage greedy behaviors

[@JC111WPB]

The issue is people stay in one spot (which happens to be an overpriced city) and they don’t check the rents anywhere else. The East Coast of California has tons of cheap rent. Or, move to a different state. My son couldn’t afford to live in Florida, where he was born so he had to move to a different state.

[@djpomare]

Typical America spent $1.7 Trillion on multiple failed F-35 jets that could have housed ALL the US homeless 29 times over. The funniest 100-million-dollar F-35 mishap was the one that fell off the bow of a huge US carrier into the South China sea. Asking the public to find another 100-million-dollar F-35 mishap. Hey, you guys, seen our jet? Haha. Only in America.

[@MoneyMan28]

$800 Billion per year on guns and war

[@djpomare]

@@MoneyMan28 The world needs someone to guard us against Americans who have bombed 32 countries since nuking Japan 78 years ago. Nutters!

[@firstlast8258]

Open your home to the homeless if you care so much

[@djpomare]

@@firstlast8258 We have homeless here in Aotearoa New Zealand but nowhere near the same as the US. We had a school shooting here in 1923. 100 years ago. Even 1 x 66 to match the US isn't as many as the US school shootings this year. Anyway, getting back to homeless in the US... it's spread to Waikiki.

[@MoneyMan28]

@@firstlast8258 the us spends more on military than the next top 10 countries combined. Which is more important? food for eating or weapons for mass killing and wars

[@kailani112]

Rents need to be capped . Enough so owners can turn a profit but not unaffordable.

[@kermitfrog593]

Question. How is it that a left leaning state like California does not impose rent control?

[@timbucktoo1663]

They have rent control in Santa Monica. Nothing residential is getting built, and nobody moves out. Apartment units are passed down to family!!!

[@Chill_Sergeant]

Government price controls have never worked. A good idea but impractical in reality.

[@coldtruth3944]

The fact that anyone is on the risk of being homeless even if you have a job because the rent is higher then your income is beyond acceptable level and shows how our system is flawed.

[@djm2189]

Then move.... Or gather skills and command a higher salary. It's not rocket science. If you're earning minimum wage, have a kid, do you expect to be able to afford San Francisco? For 3k/month rent?? No, so smart one, leave. I can't even afford San Francisco and I'm single and earn $120k. I was offered a job to move there and I turned it down. Common sense. System is flawed, absolutely, most are. BUT the audacity of these people to EXPECT to live there and we gotta pay for it? Naw. If you want to help them, you pay them extra money. No one deserves to live in a place, you earn it or move to where you can afford. COMMON SENSE.

[@timbucktoo1663]

EXACTLY!! You're just hanging around for free handouts! Most videos like this are pulling at heart strings for more money while the non-profits take 85/90% of money they collect for salaries and sit on the corner handing out free soap and toothpaste and needles and the ones in LA were caught throwing away good food!!! You're not getting a free home!!! Even that costs money you don't have!! Get a skill, get a job!!!

[@gogo_sayz3778]

@@djm2189 Some people cant afford to move somewhere else😘

[@djm2189]

@@gogo_sayz3778 how much for a bus ticket? If you are at risk of being homeless it would be best to leave to either a city that has open beds or a town that is low income and open jobs. If you have a bunch of stuff then you were a consumer who didn't plan for an emergency

[@nobolt7]

What about everyone else who is not homeless and working two jobs and going to school or living with extended family and everyone is helping? Most of these people cannot hold down a job due to mental illness/addictions or both. It is a fantasy that help will do something, most do not want help and deep into their addictions and or schizophrenia. Stop treating them like they dont know what they are doing, fk this. They would be very sorry to be setting up tents in my town, we would not allow this for a nano-second

[@415_Stand-up]

SO WAIT A SECOND IF THERE ARE 350 PEOPLE ON A WAITING LIST HOW DO YOU SAY EVERYONE IS REFUSING SHELTER SOUNDS LIKE THERE ISNT ENOUGH SHELTERS LIARS 😡😡😡😡😡

[@henrycole8705]

Whos going to pay to shelter people? Only one would. Taxpaying, working Americans. NOT THEIR RESPONSIBILITY AT ALL

[@415_Stand-up]

@@henrycole8705 you make no sense and if you want to finish this convo we can do that in person but don't be surprised you end up picking up your teeth if you even try talking like you type TRY ME

[@bandyj20]

The lack of affordable housing should be a key consideration in the zoning laws, but California has quite a few regulations (many that don't make sense) and San Fransico in particular makes it difficult to build enough apartments. Unfortunately, one major contributor to homelessness that is not talked about is how we build our cities, specifically putting emphasis on sustaining and building more suburbs and parking lots.

[@bandyj20]

That said, not everyone is ready to be housed, so mental health must be accounted for, but we have to be careful when we talk about the homeless, because there are two groups of people. Those who recently lost housing and those who have not been housed in a long time. They require different approaches and strategies to fix.

[@laosasean8482]

This is what happens when you sending billions to Ukraine and Taiwan

[@taxicamel]

@@bandyj20 You sound like Friedenbach. No drugs in Frisco? One portion of this video, at 1:24 ..."Nellie Sorto" is commenting about working full time cleaning home and still not able to make enough ....while her daughter lays on a bed, eyes glued to a cell phone. We don't know how much truth there is to "working full time". To some people, working full time is working every day ....for a few hours. BUT ....what's will the cell phone? How much does it cost to buy and pay for monthly? The "argument" is between the minimum wage and the AVERAGE rent. YES ......the numbers are really tough .....but let's expect that the AVERAGE rent is NOT what a minimum wage person is going after in the first place. There are in fact rents for $2,000 very easily found AND these are very nice units. Looking/digging a very little harder and VOILA ....3 BEDS, 1 BATH, "furnished", "onsite laundry" ......$1,000 ......"9th Ave And Balboa Street, Inner Richmond". YES, times CAN be tough but we all go through it one way or another. Many choose the wrong path ...and we all know who these people are. However, those that choose correctly and plan and work hard in their youth ....WITHOUT GETTING INTO TROUBLE .....like "single moms" .....which there are far too many ......it is NOT that difficult. LIFE MISTAKES CAN MAKE LIFE VERY HARD. Sadly, people like Jennifer Friedenbach, with the gift of the gab, will talk and talk and talk .....and blame everyone under the sun for homelessness .....when in fact, she provides NO FACTS .....just RHETORIC. The FIRST questions that need to asked of EVERY HOMELESS PERSON .....IS WHY THEY ARE HOMELESS .....AND GET EVERY SINGLE DETAIL FOR EACH INDIVIDUAL''S SITUATION. Until that gets done and fully documented ....no one can come up with ANY working solution. Friedenbach's solution is throw money at the problem. This is NOT the solution for every homeless person. It MIGHT be for some .....but what about the rest? All Friedenbach's talking, not once mentioned drug addiction. I live in Vancouver, Canada. We have very much "exactly" the same situation with "tent cities' being set up all over the place, on and along main streets for decades ....which are now classified a "slums" ...once the heart of a vibrant city 100 years ago, up to about 30 years ago. Also setting up in what used to be parklands that people would stroll through and have picnics. NO MORE .....NOT FOR 10 to 20 YEARS!! The same messes created. Trash everywhere. The majority of ALL these tent cities are drug addicts. Just go to the intersection of "MAIN and HASTINGS" streets on GOOGLE EARTH .....and traverse west along HASTINGS street and look at all the GRAFFITI defacing what used to be store fronts. This was the HEART of Vancouver when the city was born and continued up to 1950's and 1960's ....and then things started to DEGRADE. This imagery is very old. It is worse today. There is NOTHING anyone can do about drug addicts. This imagery SHOWS drug addicts dealing with each other. Police avoid the areas because there is NOTHING they can do ....except wait for an overdose and attend if the paramedics run into a problem with others when they try to help. I will make ONE point. Apparently homelessness in San Francisco makes up a third of the national count. WHY WAS THERE NO MENTION OF THIS FROM FRIEDENBACH? IS THERE NO DRUG PROBLEMS IN FRISCO? .

[@bandyj20]

@@taxicamel I don't disagree with that. I am not aware of Friedenbach, but that google search was illuminating, haha. I am not a proponent of blank checks to solve the homeless crisis. Nor do I think that there are not many ways to make additional cash to afford housing. I believe everyone can make something of themselves no matter the circumstances. I know being an employee of one of those cleaning companies is a terrible gig that does not pay well and that in itself is a bad choice. I also point out in my comment that some people are just not ready to be housed. The drug issue is its own issue, because that is not economic, and has so many layers to it that can't be discussed here. That said, what I am a proponent of is actually instead of focusing only on trying to house people by building shelters, we instead just make some better policy discissions that lower the cost of housing for everyone. That's better for the majority of people that are homeless, because they were fine until they got priced out of their current apartment, and it also helps make the city actually financially sustainable, since improving density will increase tax revenue while also requiring less utility maintenance. I know in Canada, it is against the law for the city to operate in the red, but here in the US, we do that all the time. I don't know if you have ever been to San Francisco, so just look at a satellite view of it. It is insane how much light residential there is.

[@lyndapierson6338]

gavin has big yard

[@Pilotpailie]

The only people that will be left in CA are those who can’t afford to leave.

[@erikio123]

We call it Hotel California for a reason bub . we didn’t expect it to get this bad and we knew it was gonna get bad!

[@Oce67]

Build Tiny Homes. Billionaires and Millionaires should help.

[@firstlast8258]

Open your home first if you care so much

[@henrycole8705]

So a tiny home will fix a corrupt state?

[@richardt1792]

The homeless crisis started in the 1960's. As a country, we started to view psychiatric hospitals as prisons for the mentally ill. The movie, One Flew Over The Coo-coos Nest came out. Long term psychiatric hospitals were closed. A move was made to community based facilities which also eventually close. Patients were discharged to the streets. With no place to send them, the numbers have grown exponentially. Sure, a portion are solely financially disadvantaged but most suffer from very severe mental illness. Mental illness tends to combine with drug and alcohol dependency.

[@pattymayocakes]

State run mental hospitals still exist all over California - they’re ran by Department of State Hospitals if you want to google. Since you’ll be on google already, you should probably look into the horrible abuse and warehousing of peoples that occurred when institutions were at their highest. I’ve worked in one as a nurse - there is almost no treatment, no counseling, no activities, just med time and a shoddy tv in the corner of a white room. Being mentally ill is not a crime or illegal. With the same money you could spend trying to hospitalize everyone so you don’t have to see them, we could also put that money towards actual healthcare and housing in the community

[@bestoor]

@@pattymayocakesI have also seen where they are housed, trust me what you described sounds 10 million times better. Housing is not an issue, proper care facilities need to be provided. Housing doesn’t solve anything, them on the street definitely doesn’t solve it, like you said they deserve better, so the only option is to bring back care center for mentally ill and addicted individuals. However, nowadays anything anybody does is wrong so here we go. I welcome you to come to certain parts of Vallejo, Oakland, San Francisco and see it in person for only a day not more than that and then see which option is better. Housing or treatment.

[@pattymayocakes]

@@bestoor I live in Vallejo, girlie pop, born and raised. I’m a social worker in the Bay Area. Did you think I was just writing this out of my ass? We have state mental hospitals. There’s one in Napa (I used to work there - surprise!) It’s not better, I’ve seen it in person . Respectfully, you sound incredibly ignorant

[@1IIiII1]

@@pattymayocakes my understanding is that nurses were not paid enough and the mentally ill patients were out of control so i am guessing it led to resentment and the nurses getting desperate to control them, which always leads to mistreatment. Nurses who deal with these types of people need to be paid more and have more staff support.

[@nobolt7]

Compassion does not work, the homeless are mostly mentally ill and or addicted, who would "choose" to be homeless, they are being "asked" if they want shelter, WTF no choice take it or keep moving.

[@DarthWaffle.]

I live in the Florida keys, homeless everywhere. It’s not a blue state problem

[@Pilotpailie]

The keys are all blue though your state is not. The farther you go towards KW and its fantasyfest attitude the more blue it is. If you’re from there you know this.

[@DarthWaffle.]

@@Pilotpailie you may make sense to gullible idiots but your powers of stupid have no effect on me. There’s homeless all over Florida smartass.

[@firstlast8258]

@@Pilotpailiegawd bless Floriduh

[@sarbantz]

This is the direct consequence of lovely woke policies, woke politicians, and woke judges. Fentanyl , Tranq, rampant theft, total lawlessness, anarchy, and social decay everywhere. Enjoy what you voted for.

[@pedro72246]

Maybe it's the people who own 2 houses that caused this???

[@Chulitatr]

The American dream is just that bc you have to be asleep to believe it. George Carlin.

[@nuckchorris3054]

Loser mindset

[@Qwent-23]

Just like you dipshit.

[@jasonscott4366]

We can give 100 billion to Ukraine but not a penny to solve this problem. Make it make sense. We also need regulated rent control. 1200 to split a room is the problem

[@jahmanborneo1343]

Another moron that doesn't understand federal budgets.

[@jaad9848]

Also we pay for Israels weapons which helps Israel afford Universal Healthcare for their citizens.

[@jasonscott4366]

@@jaad9848 im fine with that

[@theodoremartin1525]

It's not hard to figure out that the average rent cost for 1 bedroom is 1,600 per month. If you take $15.00 per hour at 32 hours aweek take home pay without taxes being taken out is $1,920 per month. The wages in 2023 and the cost of living don't match up like they did in 2012. People are struggling to pay a grand a month on rent.

[@kermitfrog593]

True. But I don't see enough in depth discussion about viable solutions.

[@theodoremartin1525]

@@kermitfrog593 The Solution is pretty easy. We start forcing companies that make good profits pay their workers better!

[@theodoremartin1525]

@@kermitfrog593 Look up Dan Price. The CEO of Gravity Credit Card Processing Company.

[@kermitfrog593]

@@theodoremartin1525 Thats a good start. But with rampant drug use, theres a lot of people that aren't employable.

[@theodoremartin1525]

@@kermitfrog593 there are plenty of people who are employable who get overlooked everyday because they don't look good enough. I have personally witnessed it several times, I've heard my employer says she wasn't hiring that lady because she was black and would steal, she wasnt hiring that guy cuz he had a stutter, or that guy because he was heavy set. people are judgemental. I firmly believe that, first come first serve. you show up for your interview, you get hired! None of this, let's see who we think is best bull shyt going through 50 applications wasting peoples time and money.

[@roddanlives2650]

The lady who got the rent voucher is not even from this country. In California, she might even be an illegal immigrant. American citizens need housing first.

[@RobertL.Peters]

It's those rent vouchers and housing vouchers they give to low-income and illegal immigrants that are also helping Drive rental prices higher....... I work two jobs and have to sleep in my vehicle, but I know people that don't work and get free housing and free food

[@marcusverschollen9634]

​@@RobertL.PetersI was in the exact same position as you. The fact that "The Land of the Free" will punish you for sleeping in YOUR CAR is just disgusting.

[@jahmanborneo1343]

we can do both. America was built on the backs of immigrants.

[@RhondaSantis681]

Talk to the homeless and freeloaders. Discuss Fox Fake News stuff with them and you realize these people are the redneck republican base. Just don't want to work and pay their bills like everyone else.

[@sarbantz]

This is the direct consequence of lovely woke policies, woke politicians, and woke judges. Fentanyl , Tranq, rampant theft, total lawlessness, anarchy, and social decay everywhere. Enjoy what you voted for.

[@wayneroberts6642]

You need to tell your house flippers and gentrifiers to put public housing back..

[@Supreme-gu1jz]

100k in SF is considered low-income. I mean what do you expect. People living paycheck to paycheck will fall through the cracks.

[@lhutchins1000]

I’ll tell you what’s wrong with this picture greed

[@vodkaboy]

I think so too, healthcare is expensive, but it's even more expensive when a society have to pay for the lack of a functioning healthcare, short term greed

[@lhutchins1000]

More people would’ve liked my comment except they’re greedy also

[@suppylarue220]

no matter what their ills or failures are, it is the government' s immediate responsibility to help them.

[@ForeverStapleton]

No it’s not.

[@suppylarue220]

@@ForeverStapleton we pay taxes and enlist the service of government to help those who are less fortune. the government has the power and resources to cure the problem of the increasing number of people who fall out of step of mainstream America.

[@ForeverStapleton]

@@suppylarue220 it’s not our job or the government’s job to bail out people for their poor decisions. There are winners and losers in society.

[@suppylarue220]

@@ForeverStapleton you sound like a winner. no doubt there will be a lot more losers in your future.

[@MrVomora]

There will never be a solution for homelessness, because there's no profit in it.

[@rakisyc]

Imagine if every missile or tank sent to ukraine is instead used to build houses. Houses would be alot cheaper

[@maximusthemerciful9452]

This isn’t an “unhoused” or homelessness problem. It’s a drug addiction and mental illness problem. Sprinkled in are people who just want to live the way they want with no rules. Stop giving them choices and force them to get help or this will never end. Everyone that lives here knows this whether they want to admit it or not.

[@djm2189]

Exactly! The last bit where they said "the majority turn down help"..... Imagine if I, who pays a bunch in taxes, could just do stuff like that. Be nude around kids, harass people as they walk by, do drugs in front of schools. They have more rights than everyone else and they know it. Fkkkk all this coddling approach. Firm hand, either get the support we ARE Paying FOR, ELSE FKKKKK OFF. End of story.

[@lhutchins1000]

It’s all about the money

[@eksbocks9438]

That's one of the things when you're homeless. There's going to be people who will ask you to move on. So, be prepared for that. Also, they're not going to stick around places that are hostile to them. With that aside, there should be housing for them. And an avenue to get treatment for drug issues, if they have it. If they don't want to respect the place they're in: The town would have no choice but to ask them to move on.

[@Chulitatr]

The American dream is just that bc you have to be asleep to believe it. George Carlin

[@wayneroberts6642]

If you're a punk to me I won't go away..

[@sarbantz]

This is the direct consequence of lovely woke policies, woke politicians, and woke judges. Fentanyl , Tranq, rampant theft, total lawlessness, anarchy, and social decay everywhere. Enjoy what you voted for.

[@LivingWithGout]

Stop feeding them, stop reviving them in an overdose. Stop helping them.

[@jaad9848]

"Unhoused Americans" is correct instead of "Unhoused Californians" because a lot of other states bus homeless to CA which would be easier to deal with if CA wasnt also a state that sent more Federal Tax dollars to the Federal Government than is returned in Federal funding back to the state. That being said there are issues related to zoning and real estate lobbying. Also for solving the problem some non-profits are just in it for the funding to pay the non-profit execs more than they would make otherwise

[@surelyyoujokemeinfailure7531]

Plenty of states bus their homeless to the west coast. Many of them land in Portland and Seattle.

[@FredPena-rd5cf]

The other states have plenty of homeless too.

[@matts3579]

May I ask where you retrieved the information on this? I researched google and found an article titled "Bussed out How America moves its homeless" by the Guardian and it shows quite the opposite of what you stated.

[@AlishaRossi]

States with more expensive housing tend to have proportionally higher homeless populations. Warmer weather tends to go along with higher housing costs. California has the highest rate of homelessness. Most migrate from Texas, Nevada, and Arizona. All three of which are listed in the top ten in homeless rates. Arizona is too hot in the summer, up to 120 degrees Fahrenheit. Texas makes being homeless a crime, those that don’t end up in prison end up on buses that ship them out along with migrants (Greg Abbott sent more than 10 buses transporting migrants to Denver in the last week). Rents which have increased more than 20% in Southern Nevada since 2020 have also forced families out of their homes. One third of the homeless population of the US and Californians pay more than they get from the federal government.

[@soul8bounce]

Those aren’t homeless Americans they’re illegal immigrants. Stop conflating issues. Denver is not in California, which is the point of discussion. Colorado voted To be sympathetic to illegal immigrants, and Denver voted to be a sanctuary city.

[@TommyRosati]

It's actually not complex. The 'friendlier' the municipality is towards the homeless, the more homeless will come from unfriendly areas.

[@surelyyoujokemeinfailure7531]

Ever hear of this place called Portland, Oregon? Case in point.

[@fastwigreviewwithlisabee8598]

I am a resident in california and I am so sad that even though I am in a profession working with children, that I still face the one or two more rent hikes before I have to fear becoming homeless. your essential worker professions do not come close to the amount for rent. and unless they begin creating housing for people with less than a 6 figure salary, I see all these beautiful apartments going up over the last ten years that only go as low as 3000 , for those working in the tech industry. So only one market for one type of worker, but those workers need to be able to having people running the stores they like to shop in, to have teachers and child care workers to care for their children and people running their entertainment. so... minus that all you have is tech with the people they need... sleeping outside their homes... this is reality, it is not all drug and mentally ill ... this is hitting every one. When a mobile home van seems more of a prospect than stable housing something has got to give, also fk desantes , fk trump and fk that other guy they are trash. AYE, homeless people can vote , just remember there are a lot who are legal citizens.

[@js6728]

But, you approve with the veteran camping, and the designated sponsored locations, not seen on news and media, being too close to neighborhoods and schools

[@Shining237]

Yep - and we've given $116 billion dollars to Ukraine. That money could have easily eliminated the homeless crisis in America 🇺🇲 and still had money left over.

[@Ausf]

Send them to Ukraine. Solves both problems.

[@worldclassyoutuber2085]

Thnak God I have good understanding parents, if not my parents I would be alone & homeless & probably dead.

[@firstlast8258]

Gawd

[@tylerlynn8225]

California spends more on homelessness, by a huge margin, than any other state for super mediocre results. Failing to mention the fentanyl crisis and wave of addiction sweeping cities like San Fran is almost journalistic malpractice. High cost of living is not the main driver for increasing visible homelessness and the rampant unmitigated drug use and crime we have seen on our streets. Also even if you want to focus on rent costs, you have to address the incredible amounts of nimbyism and overregulation of California's housing market, which directly limits the ability of people to construct new housing and apartments.

[@nicholemariejohnsonforbis3482]

This why nobody wants to go to the big cities anymore bc this is all they see.its sad!! We have all these foreclosed houses, abandoned mansions etc. That we could turn into shelters and etc...just sucks to see this, my dad always told me they put themselves in that situation, but I can't agree 💯 on that. I do be believe that some ppl are unable to help their situation in some cases. We also know that a lot of these ppl have mental issues so I do pray for their safety and well being and for them to get the help they need.

[@arndj251]

Half of them are NOT Californians- people come here for the social services , California is lenient compared to other states. They’re also here for the weather.

[@triquepersonalwork6369]

The homeless problem is rooted in the 1950’s when it was a federal law that minorities could not live in the suburbs. So, whites moved out of the cities and into the suburbs in mass which created sprawl. This in turn caused the city centers across America to be a place where a lot of minorities lived, and therefore more crime, and generally people didn’t want to move there. So, with less investment in housing and infastructue in the housing within cities to create the density level that was necessary to build a robust transit system, what we have now is a spread out sprawl and expensive housing, which according to the law of supply and demand created homelessness.

[@JitzyJT]

but but but White privilege

[@yorktons]

They try so hard to say unhoused then just kinda forget about it and go with homeless 😂😂

[@firstlast8258]

They should open their home if they care so much

[@firstlast8258]

@@Gurrttude because first of all I don’t have my own housing and second of all most of them are addicted to drugs and alcohol which is a choice not a disease

[@firstlast8258]

@@Gurrttude 🍪

[@sarbantz]

This is the direct consequence of lovely woke policies, woke politicians, and woke judges. Fentanyl , Tranq, rampant theft, total lawlessness, anarchy, and social decay everywhere. Enjoy what you voted for.

[@chiquitaspirit]

I don't understand why it matters. "Homeless" is not an offensive term. You can't battle stigma by just changing your politically correct language periodically. That won't change minds.

[@nateums]

the issue is the amount of money being put into the problem - specifically where the money is going

[@janetpattison8474]

Please, the woman is trying to “break into” the housing market in SF? That’s really hillarious, since it’s probably the 2nd most expensive city in the US to rent in. I did years ago, in the Mission, and then Castro districts. Now, business ppl take busses into the city. If u want affordable housing find another city. Unless you’re in a dive in the Tenderloin, SF is for the rich, & this has been reality for many many years!

[@1lebero]

The Non-profit Industrial Complex that is feeding off homelessness makes things worse.

[@genegoycochea5019]

What I think most people don’t realize is that almost all of the homeless people in America, by whatever means relocate themselves to California that has better weather and then it makes it look like CALIFORNIA creates the problem, the reality is, is CALIFORNIA is paying for America’s homeless

[@RhondaSantis681]

You never see migrants even undocumented living like this in CA. Yes - it's expensive but there are plenty of ways to earn an income to pay for housing.

[@LCx829]

So minimum wage is $18 and rent is $3000? That’s the problem. Either the have to move or find rent that’s $1500.

[@chiquitaspirit]

Moving is expensive and not always possible, for many reasons. And finding affordable rent is getting harder and harder, for everyone. We're in a crisis.

[@sluggodna]

I didn't know how bad homeless is, till i moved to the city. A few of these street people don't have ID. Their ID expired while they were homeless. Or, lost their wallet.. . Once you have no ID? No food bank. No shelters. No soup kitchens. No showers at the YMCA. . It takes nothing to become homeless. Cosigner on your apartment can't resign for you. Mother you live with passed away. Lost job. Bad roommate. Nothing at all...

[@mrmja50]

Homelessness is not a rent problem. Rents are cheap in lots of other places in the country. Lots of substance abuse is the problem.

[@wayneroberts6642]

Well let's see the wealthy homeowners work these minimum wage jobs then..

[@priscilaspocket]

I’m a native born Angelino and I left. Because it’s totally unaffordable

[@lindatallon9217]

Reporting reporting reporting.......nobody helping............where are the wealthy celebrities?????????????

[@jesusesparzashow8634]

We do need to build lots of tiny homes campus for homeless and unhoused people to get them back to their feet, and help them find jobs. This is what we need this for all over America and all over the areas

[@jimsmithnyny8905]

So I'll stop paying my rent be evicted be homeless and get free housing. Similar to me 100 million people will do what I'm doing

[@jimsmithnyny8905]

@@nuvue3843 lol

[@kermitfrog593]

@@jimsmithnyny8905 It doesn't work that way. That's like a middle class person saying "why don't I move out my middle class home and go live in a poor neighbourhood where the rent is cheaper."

[@jonimoore5081]

If I didn’t own my house I could possibly be homeless or live with a few roommates I couldn’t afford $3000 a month rent.

[@user-fy7ru4ii1i]

I wonder what it would look like, if the government made minimum wage.

[@damegto]

We have half of the entire country’s homeless population here!

[@kamaka07]

Right. Everyone that's homeless needs rehabilitation. Every city in America has a homelessness problem and it's going to get worse. What isn't said in this video is the number of people that have to live with other family mambers because they can't afford to be on their own or just don't want to try.

[@edwinrivera4735]

They also don't look at the millions of Americans who are one month away from being homeless because of rent increases.

[@myshots101]

Shes correct. The rents are stupidly high and worst requirements many companies ask for. They cant ask for what thwy want but if people can't afford a place they are not going to rent. Think of people with fixed incomes, they can't afford these stupid high price rents.

[@MargaretAnderson-ti1sw]

The governor of this state is trying to run for the Presidency so the entire country can experience this wonderful bounty.

[@SofyGail]

But in L.A the city approved 14 millions for ilegal emigrantas, to pay lawyers??

[@stevep4236]

The other states has to stop sending their homeless to CA, that's the problem

[@MauriceRivers415]

LA has a city budget of $12.8 billion under Mayor Karena Bass, with a population of almost 4 million people. Personally, I think SF needs to seriously slash the budget back to $5-7 billion. There are too many City employees, too many City departments, too many bloated budgets, and too many nonprofits with questionable bookkeeping and program outcomes. There is no logical reason for a city of 900,000 people to have a budget of $14-15 billion.

[@colleenflowers7789]

Yet they still keep letting more in

[@lindapowell1347]

They so busy helping the illegal but yet our citizens are out living on the streets and need help desperately 🙄 is just not Right! , 😢

[@kailani112]

Dont forget overtaxing people on top of high rents

[@hulamei3117]

Housing help right now.

[@1624patric]

I think the state should have used those billions of dollars they wasted on the highspeed rail we don't need to come up with a real solution.

[@dad102]

Excellent piece.

[@neinkalando2519]

The big problem is the state's minimum wage even with a full time and a part time job does not pay enough after all taxes to afford the average one bedroom apartment

[@iLoveBoysandBerries]

When someone uses the term unhoused, you know they're full of it

[@bestoor]

Why is it that every time we talk about homelessness we talk about high cost of living. Yes, it’s expensive to live in California but not all of California. In certain counties not too far away San Francisco a 4 bedroom beautiful home is around 2000. Please don’t tell me that 4 people cannot rent that place and come up with 500 a month each working even minimum wage. Homelessness is an issue that is driven primarily by drugs/mental illness. Yes, maybe 20-30% and that is being generous need immediate assistance and trust me we have those assistance available throughout the state. Stop coming up with excuses for individuals that use drugs, do crimes and get free money from the government in the meantime and also destroy most beautiful areas of the city. The amount of opportunities in United States to make money and a have a simple life is abundant. Most of California from LA to San Francisco is unrecognizable from 50 years ago. Remove all drug addicts and people with mental health issues from the streets and trust me you won’t see much homelessness on the streets anymore and the ones you see will have more than enough shelters and resources that they truly need. It’s a very simple issue yet we have turned it into this big mess because soo many non profits and organizations make so much money from this issue. I promise you that the person in this video will lose her job and income if homelessness disappears as well. So stop being brainwashed, focus on the fact that these individuals need a different type of help not money or housing. Don’t let them waste your tax money on things that doesn’t help. All homeless individuals deserve a better life and that comes with proper mental and drug addiction help not housing and cost of living. If that was the case all people doing minimum wage should be homeless. Yes, costs are high but opportunities are high as well. We live at a time that we can achieve almost anything we dream of, yet we focus on such minor and wrong things brainwashed by the individuals that want to make money out of a situation like this. Build care centers rather than homes and clean up the streets for god sake.

[@motomikebuilder]

Throwing money at the homeless hasn't worked so far. The judicial system is broken here. The un house come from all over the country because they know about free money and drugs available easily.

[@MXTuber3000]

Why does the gov need to foot the bill for homelessness in other states? California has plenty of houses and leaders that WANT to help the homeless ,how many of them are taking homeless into their homes?

[@jaad9848]

A lot of other states bus homeless to CA which would be easier to deal with if CA wasnt also a state that sent more Federal Tax dollars to the Federal Government than is returned in Federal funding back to the state. That being said there are issues related to zoning and real estate lobbying. Also for solving the problem some non-profits are just in it for the funding to pay their execs $$$

[@sfjava6239]

Most of the homeless need rehabilitation and that is very expensive and take long time to succeed.

[@Crakmonkey691]

This news reports gives over the fact that a lot of these homeless people are high on illicit drugs and are incapable of making rational decisions. Not to mention a lot of homeless people don't want sobriety they want to be high they want to be on the streets. You can only help people that want help.

[@natedog2304]

Is homelessness a business or something? Why don’t the leaders give them a roof over their heads rather than taking their stuff and moving them around the city. Such a waste of money too.

[@chriszamora574]

Doesn’t make any sense why the wages haven’t kept up with salaries.

[@omarbarrios3420]

It's important to be raise right even tho if you come from a broken home it's always important to love your close ones and stay close n be there for eachother bcuz you will never know when you need family.. everyone sometimes needs a hand in their life time.. love your family that way you won't be left out alone

[@taxicamel]

You didn't mention anything about TEACHING kids/children .....WHEN THEY ARE YOUNG. If you don't bother teaching them, not matter how "close" you are to them, they can still be easily influenced when they are not at home. Think about it. MOST people in larger cities know all about drugs ......yet kids these day STILL start using drugs. We see them as "older" teens, 20 year olds, 30 year olds, etc. TODAY. This means even though MOST people KNOW the problems with drugs ....YOUNG KIDS ARE STILL STARTING USING DRUGS!!!! WHY????? In our area, there are something like SEVEN DEATHS EVERY DAY DUE TO DRUGS (FENTANYL). SO WHY ARE KIDS STILL STARTING USING DRUGS? IT IS PROBABLY BECAUSE NO ONE HAS TAUGHT THEM ANYTHING. .

[@user-uw1er9fg7p]

Here's how we fix the homeless crisis in California and Washington State, you send all the homeless to Oregon, and you send the rest to B.C. Canada, Portland, Eugene, Vancouver B.C, Surrey, Camloops and Victoria, the same thing with the migrant crisis on the Eastcoast. Canada is going to have to help us.

[@user-uw1er9fg7p]

When they get to the Canadian Border they will be greeted by the couple from Amy's Baking Company to enforce the rules.

[@nobolt7]

There are nine million people in LA County and 48, 000 homeless, seems like a one way bus ticket to nebraska would suffice. 48K is a drop in the bucket, why are they creating so much F'ing chaos, WTH

[@magdasalvador3838]

She said it’s a popular place so many want to live there. If you can’t afford it, you need to move somewhere else even if it’s not as nice.

[@macsh6434]

If you live in an RV *DONT PARK IT IN CALIFORNIA LET ALONE SAN FRANCISCO* Come on now! 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@leiag201]

Having five kids doesn't help either

[@bradspringer2372]

Immigrant crisis...I present the homeless crisis. Hope you two can get along. Good luck against the shoplifting crisis.

[@bingdong8571]

Its only complicated because you make it so.Take a step back and try to see how ridiculously simple it is. Complexity is not the problem. Bullsh!tting is.

[@jedics1]

Complex? Build affordable housing, Its pathetic how its framed like its some kind of technical challenge, there is plenty of money but its just going to the few who already have the most which ofcourse are the ones who say its "complex".....What a surprise.

[@geekphysique4564]

Majors problem stems from cost of living, mental and drugs are the biggest of them all that evolve back from mental health and likely cost of living driving these individual, couples and families on to the stress.

[@sidali2590]

This is so sad kudos to Jennifer

[@taxicamel]

One portion of this video, at 1:24 ..."Nellie Sorto" is commenting about working full time cleaning home and still not able to make enough ....while her daughter lays on a bed, eyes glued to a cell phone. We don't know how much truth there is to "working full time". To some people, working full time is working every day ....for a few hours. BUT ....what's will the cell phone? How much does it cost to buy and pay for monthly? The "argument" is between the minimum wage and the AVERAGE rent. YES ......the numbers are really tough .....but let's expect that the AVERAGE rent is NOT what a minimum wage person is going after in the first place. There are in fact rents for $2,000 very easily found AND these are very nice units. Looking/digging a very little harder and VOILA ....3 BEDS, 1 BATH, "furnished", "onsite laundry" ......$1,000 ......"9th Ave And Balboa Street, Inner Richmond". YES, times CAN be tough but we all go through it one way or another. Many choose the wrong path ...and we all know who these people are. However, those that choose correctly and plan and work hard in their youth ....WITHOUT GETTING INTO TROUBLE .....like "single moms" .....which there are far too many ......it is NOT that difficult. LIFE MISTAKES CAN MAKE LIFE VERY HARD. Sadly, people like Jennifer Friedenbach, with the gift of the gab, will talk and talk and talk .....and blame everyone under the sun for homelessness .....when in fact, she provides NO FACTS .....just RHETORIC. The FIRST questions that need to asked of EVERY HOMELESS PERSON .....IS WHY THEY ARE HOMELESS .....AND GET EVERY SINGLE DETAIL FOR EACH INDIVIDUAL''S SITUATION. Until that gets done and fully documented ....no one can come up with ANY working solution. Friedenbach's solution is throw money at the problem. This is NOT the solution for every homeless person. It MIGHT be for some .....but what about the rest? All Friedenbach's talking, not once mentioned drug addiction. I live in Vancouver, Canada. We have very much "exactly" the same situation with "tent cities' being set up all over the place, on and along main streets for decades ....which are now classified a "slums" ...once the heart of a vibrant city 100 years ago, up to about 30 years ago. Also setting up in what used to be parklands that people would stroll through and have picnics. NO MORE .....NOT FOR 10 to 20 YEARS!! The same messes created. Trash everywhere. The majority of ALL these tent cities are drug addicts. Just go to the intersection of "MAIN and HASTINGS" streets on GOOGLE EARTH .....and traverse west along HASTINGS street and look at all the GRAFFITI defacing what used to be store fronts. This was the HEART of Vancouver when the city was born and continued up to 1950's and 1960's ....and then things started to DEGRADE. This imagery is very old. It is worse today. There is NOTHING anyone can do about drug addicts. This imagery SHOWS drug addicts dealing with each other. Police avoid the areas because there is NOTHING they can do ....except wait for an overdose and attend if the paramedics run into a problem with others when they try to help. I will make ONE point. Apparently homelessness in San Francisco makes up a third of the national count. WHY WAS THERE NO MENTION OF THIS FROM FRIEDENBACH? IS THERE NO DRUG PROBLEMS IN FRISCO? .

[@cub1009]

Why does everything have to be a crisis? Why can't we just leave the homeless alone.

[@DarkSeas117]

I'm a truck driver so i see all 48. Lemme tell ya this is a nationwide issue not just California.

[@user-bp8bq9pd9m]

All we need to do is take care of EACH OTHER and protect ourselves and bring prices back to normal JEEZ

[@royharper2003]

yes that is exactly how economics work

[@avrilstacy3133]

Landlords do not want to rent to people with no hygiene and who smoke crack or meth. The filth and meth and crack residue destroy homes. Stop trying to push them on landlords with vouchers. You need your own housing.

[@roddanlives2650]

Just ignore that the rent is too damn high.

[@RobertL.Peters]

Who can afford rent? I work two jobs and I can't afford a place

[@courtneyawalsh]

What a compassionate and loving heart you have.

[@RobertL.Peters]

@@courtneyawalsh compassionate people can be easily emotionally manipulated....

[@marcusverschollen9634]

Because every last person sleeping in their car or in a tent is a crackhead.... Be quiet and let the adults do the talking.

[@diamondintherough8399]

Why don't they just move to the Midwest? Much lower cost of living.

[@firstlast8258]

No money to move

[@tonyb5586]

The Midwest is horrible! California is homeless paradise!

[@user-ht1lu5xj5t]

My special needs brother in law will be homeless soon. His home was sold out from under him. His home was in a trust, and the "trustee" who collects (GR welfare) sold my brother-in-laws home for 100,000 dollars under market value and obsconded with 160,000.00 dollars, leaving him with nowhere to live. My wife and I have spent over 25,000.00 in attorney fees trying to save his home. There is a lot more to this homelessness issue than meet the eye.

[@B23vr9PtXlW]

That's the price you have to pay for being so obsessed with your political party. You should support a leader who really cares about his constituents and not just a few!

[@victorbarkley7785]

Use volunteers from the medical, dental, social services, workforce mgt, HUD, teachers, barbers, etc in order to sort these people out.

[@marilynrybak9154]

How can it be because of all parties when only one party has control there?

[@HighlyInappropriate-df4hk]

They're never gonna solve this thing

[@DiJourne]

I swear, there will come a time when both parties would just shut up and work TOGETHER on a solution to homelessness. But, perhaps that day will never come 😢.

[@AtomicB-zq2cw]

This is why poor people have children: rental assistance. The reason why you see so many homeless people is because they are not being prosecuted and jailed for their daily crimes of public drug use. Literally most all homeless who blame it on the cost of living also , by the way, have significant drug or alcohol abuse issues, many of whom will use treatment as a support system to keep in using.