Living Free on the Water for Decades - Now Forced to Shore

[@DaveScottADV]

Funny that San Fran is worried about poop in the water. Not so concerned when it's on the sidewalks.

[@Mikefngarage]

They dont want poor people but want to make everybody poor......just floors me.

[@KellyPashade]

The city can afford portable public bathrooms if they wanted to.

[@DaveScottADV]

@@KellyPashade They figured out how to clean up the city seemingly overnight when they wanted to put on a show for the visiting Chinese dictator.

[@Robbie-sk6vc]

​@@DaveScottADVYep. Funny how that works!

[@KellyPashade]

@@DaveScottADV company draws near

[@phantomblindsight907]

With all the people flipping out about homeless encampments in San Francisco, they should pay attention to the policies that create homelessness.

[@ErikKSwanson]

@@phantomblindsight907 removing these boats wound up creating a homeless camp in Sausalito that cost the city over $2 million

[@writerconsidered]

@@ErikKSwanson cause and effect, who would have thunk it.

[@tigerstallion]

they know what theyre doing. its a business. they want renters and employees (slaves)

[@catsupchutney]

This is one problem with a simple answer: build more homes, and build them near mass transportation. The problem is restrictive zoning and concerted opposition from existing home owners terrified of prices dropping or even leveling off.

[@Dow-c5j]

That is first thing that came to my mind.

[@TheSilverSphincter69]

how are we gonna get them to pay property taxes and rent if they live on their own in the water???? how dare them want to live free of oppression

[@sveronih5376]

Exactly!

[@Idontcare-g1n]

I think technically they're still in US territory, if they went past maritime borders they'd probably be left alone

[@MoCkiNgBiRdSHOTDWN]

They want you living in debt!

[@michaelfenter1723]

@Idontcare-g1n I believe that's 12 miles off shore... It's not ​realistic to live that far out.

[@HarveyMillstone]

NIMBY to the max! The wealth inequality has it made so difficult for so many to live. Why attack people who independently solved their own situation and really aren't harming anyone else? All the excuses they make to hide their real motives to get these people out. Shameless.

[@FulltimeFredsadventures]

The battle has always been between those who seek control and those who just want to be left alone. Always has been and always will be!

[@sophiepooks2174]

1000% wish more people understood this fact, those who have so much already seek more power always scapegoat and marginalize any who stand up to them.

[@3nertia]

At least y'all get it; thank you! The predators have been in control for millennia heh

[@revolutionunderground]

All independent personalities know this. I'd say independent women might even know better than men

[@MeliChappell]

72 hour limit on anchoring…. Although you see million dollar yachts anchored for weeks at a time.

[@charlieparker2773]

LIKE EVERYTHING ELSE THE GOVERNMENT HAS ITS FILTHY HANDS IN TURNS TO 🐂💩💩💩

[@glasswulf6346]

well they could try the middle east I hear they are nicer than colonizers

[@swish3814]

​@@glasswulf6346oh you mean the ones that spread their religion across half of Africa and all the Middle East through brutal violence? The ones that stone people for believing differently than them? The spawning grounds of some of the most violent extremism in existence in the modern day? That middle east? Yeah they sure sound nice

[@TonyRule]

As long as you can pay the fee for the permit, you can stay for longer...

[@theprecipiceofreason]

@@glasswulf6346 This guy, cosplaying 1700s

[@JBoy340a]

This has to do with the residents of Sausalito not wanting them there. It spoils their views from the multi-million dollar homes.

[@FrancisDrake-q3j]

This is true. I was on the hook for a year, in front of Modern Sailing school. I went to the city council meetings concerning anchor outs. Just a bunch of rich people saying, "I pay taxes on a $7 million home...and these people get off scott free! Why???" The 1% are real fuckers.

[@sashamoore9691]

Good. Broke asses shouldn’t live in rich areas. Go live in a poor county where they can afford to live and not be a burden to society

[@irenemotova4184]

No they want to enslave everybody !

[@Magnus-qr7lj]

Sydney harbor! Same sh**

[@dfoleyusa]

That would make the most sense - complaints from residents of Sausalito, Tiburon, Belvedere. Many of them probably publicly pledge support for generous programs for the poor so long as it’s not in their backyard.

[@stevegem4155]

It's not just them. if these people decide to build a tiny home off grid , they'll grab their rule book and come after them there.

[@fastinradfordable]

I lived in a $250 geodesic dome I built. Gosh I miss living there.

[@davefletch3063]

Thats why free people need to be prepared to repel boarders

[@hhjhj393]

It's all about control.

[@two-sense]

Lots of off-grid homes where I live. Nobody bothers them. (Hint: Not in the US.)

[@michalurbanful]

@@two-sense Not really relevant to the socialist state of California then ... 🙂

[@christinalanalucille8322]

Born and raised in the Bay Area. Tons of family in the North Bay at one time never had a clue as to what was taking place on Richardson Bay. As soon as I realized of the surrounding cities and towns of Richardson Bay, I knew immediately why it took place (of the clearing of the boats). The wealthy and the elites do not want to know of or see people “less than them”, trying to live just like the rest of us, (except they choose to live on the water). I personally do not have a problem with it. I feel that the ocean is somewhat of a public domain. We shall and should always take care of it and nurture it and keep it as clean as we can so that future generations can enjoy our bays and oceans. I am not exactly sure of the accusations against this group of people, but I have a pretty good idea of what it could be. Once again, I don’t have a problem with it. It’s the surrounding people on land, of elitist groups that don’t want to see “lesser than in their playground”.

[@thepolarianempire]

So technically the ocean is independent after you reach far enough away from shore about 200 nautical miles when within that 200 miles the area is under the countries law

[@gentlemandank9827]

its an eyesore to greedy and lazy and reminds them how hard working people can sustain themselves instead of exploiting everyone else

[@WestCoastDennis]

All men (and women are included in this phrase) were (created) equal, that means that all men (are) equal.

[@bamsannen]

“Rich Boy Reach Around” is gold

[@pops4682]

I envy all of you. I spent my whole life working on the ocean. Now I'm retired and stuck living on land with people that don't get me. I hope you all win the fight. Don't give up it's worth the fight.

[@hansolo631]

IDK. It's a tricky one. Yea, my initial gut reaction is that they aren't hurting anyone, leave them alone. But they rely on the might of the US government to live free and safe on the water. They use american services, they rely on the stature of the government for safety, they their water. IDK. There should be some kind of program for this, just like a cheap ocean living fee, say like 100 a month or something Although IDK. Say this catches on. Now you have communities living out there. Are they going to expect rscues? Medical help during heart attacks? I can see a community like this costing a government alot of money

[@Stew-rl9qk]

Sales taxes, potentially income taxes, added value through any work, and reminding the rich whose shoulders they stand on. They are doing their part.

[@ddigwell]

@@hansolo631 not sure how this is tricky. We’re they to become homeless and live on the streets of … pick a nearby Bay Area city … as citizens, wherever they live in America, they are relying on the government for safety. They are called law-enforcement officials… I.e. cops.. living on the streets is an ersatz alternative but it is likely the worst possible alternative. Or perhaps I’m missing your point if so, please let me know.

[@israeliteonlycampkilluhi.o2108]

Be Nice if you Join the FIGHT...

[@israeliteonlycampkilluhi.o2108]

​@hansolo631 most ridiculous comment I've heard.

[@ImNotThereYeti]

I like how people call them “homeless” when they’re living in floating homes. 🙄

[@handledis]

Now they are I guess

[@Paulette-hg8sh]

The irony is terrible.

[@SagariCross]

for a lot of people, being houseless is the same as being homeless. I live on a boat, and am often asked for how long I'll be doing this for, cause they think it's a transitory thing... (it isn't, been on it 9 years with many more ahead).

[@coreyswaz5702]

They want them to become homeless…

[@mikecunningham6154]

They are only homeless if they are boat less.

[@h.b.p1197]

Rich people can’t stand seeing people being happy and free. That’s it.

[@tonyinfinity]

If you paid 5 million dollars for a house I'm pretty sure you wouldn't want to have homeless people in a 1971 beat up RV in front of your house, this is no different.

[@HaxAras]

@@tonyinfinity Do they pay you to lick their boots, or do you just enjoy the taste of the leather?

[@Sometimes7453]

How bout move from that terrible state!

[@TheMexicanMetalhead04]

@@tonyinfinityyou’re part of the problem and don’t even know it.

[@tonyinfinity]

@@TheMexicanMetalhead04 Well thank god for letting me know. HAHA There's always Mexico if you don't like it.

[@alynneloup7707]

I lived on my own boat with pump out. Raised my daughters to row into shore for work and school. Participated in resistance. I was a school teacher and chose that lifestyle for many reasons. The resistance were filmed at all meetings. People (native Hawaiians) had been living in Kehei Lagoon since time started. Everyone is gone now. The government dropped stuff on us and said it was too dangerous. We stayed anyway. The government actually removed the island that was part of the lagoon. My heart is with you

[@fastinradfordable]

I’m sorry 😢😢😢

[@lazerbubbles3630]

💔💔💔

[@KatiTheButcher]

So sad

[@georgegouvas27]

well you worked and were clean, not like these people

[@susanray8359]

​@@georgegouvas27you just out here flying your flag, making sure everyone knows that are a horrible person! 🤢🤮🤡

[@EmmettConrecode]

I'm a retired USMC O-4 and airline captain. My city has used the exact same clames on my boats on my dock. I'll be filing in the Maritime Court this week. I'm a retired Fed defending federal waters from zealots trying to monetize them. This should be fun and maybe set a president.

[@RarebitFiends]

I believe you mean "precident", and good luck, I hope you win and it does become a landmark case!

[@artparty222murphy9]

Wishing you the best , go get em !

[@mistersniffer6838]

Gods speed my man, ram it up their "A"...................!!

[@talesfromtheleashexpatdogl1426]

​@@RarebitFiendsnope...he meant precedent. If you're going to be a spelling tsar, you should at least know how to spell.

[@RarebitFiends]

@@talesfromtheleashexpatdogl1426 Yup, my bad. I realized it later and didn't bother to come back to correct. You're right to take me to task for it.

[@brianwalkosz9567]

Another teuth to consider is the reason these cites "accidentally" spill millions of gallons of sewage in the water is because its cheaper to pay the EPA fine then it is to properly dispose of. Its a racket...

[@soxpeewee]

My first thoughts were that they're probably throwing garbage everywhere and illegal fishing at the least

[@calscottoh]

Every large ship in the world dumps in the oceans.

[@catsupchutney]

The comments section is full of people complaining about taxes, but here we have a suggestion to pay more taxes. Sewage redesign for major cities takes decades, and it is under way in cities like NYC. Maybe in a century we'll have a mostly split system.

[@Murphdogg4]

“Illegally fishing.” Like making it illegal to feed yourself is a just law.

[@berlinkozyreva]

@@brianwalkosz9567 what fines? NYC alone legally dumps 27 BILLION gallons of untreated sewage from 44 outlet pipes every year.

[@theelectricchef69]

Great journalism Erik! I had a boat for some time at the Clipper harbor. Always admired those that lived on those boats and thought it was pretty cool. I hope they win the fight.

[@ErikKSwanson]

Thanks. I'll have an update on the situation at some point... so far it's not looking good for them

[@LoveLight-hi5hp]

My father, Ale Ekstrom, lived anchored out in Richardson Bay for over 50 years. The local SF PBS did a short documentary on him, and dubbed him "Grandfather of the Anchor Outs". The Marin Independent Journal did a full page obituary on him in the summer of 2015 when he passed. Many of those in this fabulously done mini documentary knew my father. He'd be rolling in his grave. Good thing we spread his ashes in Richardson Bay instead.

[@Marco-717]

So your dad was a loser. Nice 👌

[@fizmusic9529]

That's wild, I mean, it seems like, something I want to try,

[@msgoogle4565]

I knew your dad, he was a amazing guy

[@highadventur]

Aaah thank you for sharing. 🙏

[@ginadelsasso288]

What a great name! I hope someone in your family passed it down. It sounds so strong, like a Viking's name. Sorry for your loss, but I am glad you gave him a proper resting place.

[@MATablet-kd6pf]

I lived aboard on the hook for years. I birthed a baby on board. What people on land don't understand is being a sailor is a commitment, a passion, and a gentle way of living on this planet. 5 gallons of fuel a week, 10 gallons of water for bathing, 5 gallons of propane lasting 4 months. You have only what is necessary, generate little trash, and pay taxes out of your paycheck like everyone else. It was the best time of my life and I miss it still.

[@niqerfaguettranykyke]

Are you still on board? If not whyd you stop?

[@BowieBro11]

just admit you were a homeless pregnant drifter....

[@Ta_Dow]

@@BowieBro11drifter?how is she that because she chooses to have freedom that’s means living for her not you.

[@MrShanester117]

It’s a place to get high and stash the stuff you stole. Stop lying

[@emila6]

@@BowieBro11how was she homeless? The boat was the home.

[@nurselanae]

Leave these people alone, they are not bothering anyone. I admire the freedom from the grind and the little community that they have built for themselves. For those who argue that they don’t pay taxes, neither do the ultra rich so let’s call it a wash.

[@LoyceSingleton3-ki1cz]

We’ll said

[@CoochiKente]

also who ACTUALLY cares about taxes? people out there actually want to just throw money away to state and fed, and see nothing come from it?

[@Geist1027]

​@CoochiKente Do you think roads, sewage, electricity all come from no where?

[@mbw6785]

They do pay taxes though - everytime they come ashore and buy something they pay sales tax, for one. No one gets out of taxes altogether. Crushing their boats is unconstitutional

[@jt-it5ot]

Man has to intrude on everything or everyones freedom to do as they choose, you don't own me, don't tread on me, leave others alone

[@KarelSeeuwen]

One of the best videos I have seen in years.

[@katharinewooten4436]

I lived in Richardson Bay on a 130ft tugboat named “Justine”. We were tied up outside the breakwater at Sausalito Yacht Harbor. There were lots of us living on baits in the harbors and lots of anchor outs. It was an amazing community. We were there in the 90’s. My boyfriend was a mechanic and captain and we also fished salmon and crab. It was such an interesting life! They were already trying to get the anchor outs off the bay and not liking that people lived on boats in the harbor. My heart goes out to them. They just want to be left alone.

[@craig8638]

I didn’t really wanna watch the whole video. And I am only mildly familiar with the situation. I have a question, what do people do with their solid and liquid waste that accumulates on the boats?

[@adambloomer7184]

a lot of boaters i know have it pumped out.

[@WhiteWolfBlackStar]

I was there at my friends sailboat in 1990. I had a blast. We were docked. As long as we followed the park rules everything was fine. I’ve considered docking out in PNW. I can’t believe they’re doing this!

[@sharroon7574]

​@craig8638 isn't the issue or excuse to push them out because of the raw sewage? I have no problem with that being illegal if it raises ecoli counts.

[@Leslie-es5ij]

That is the one thing our government can't do, is leave people alone ! Especially if money is involved ! Real freedom is just an illusion in our country.

[@nickbrashear2693]

72 hours?! Everywhere around the world, boats sit anchored out in the bays for months and years. I've lived on the ocean a few times. Whether anchored out, or with extremely cheap slip fees, boat communities are unique and composed of very honest and hardworking people. It seems like a nearby city or enterprising person could provide water and sanitation services for these boats. Thanks for telling this story! I'm fascinated by these types of obscure local issues.

[@Statutum]

72 hours no questions asked, and then you need a permit.

[@Th3MrPurple]

no there are plenty of places with limited time to stay there on anchor, but rather like only during day or during night

[@TheGrindcorps]

It's the same way in San Diego but even harsher. In our bay you can only anchor in certain spots for like a total of 6 days a month. The anchor outs then have to go outside the bay into much more exposed waters.

[@HernandezAlfred]

Yea because they pay to be docked. You have to pay hahah. This guy.

[@sws212]

​@@Statutum You just make it hard to get a permit, no difference.

[@TiltedTilterGaming]

Can’t say it’s a free country anymore, this has to change. The government is bloated and out of control.

[@Josh-vc2ul]

It's the oligarchs with govt at their beck and call. Citizens United drive the last nail in the coffin of democracy

[@davefletch3063]

If they take your boat, you take theirs…fair is fair

[@hereforthecomments258]

A free country doesn't actually mean you're free to do anything.

[@CD-vb9fi]

America sold itself out in 1913.

[@GhostBravo0890]

It's never been a free country,delusion is real 😑😑😑

[@ashtonv418]

Thanks for the report, man. I had not heard about "anchor outs" before. Now that I know, I will keep my eyes open... when I pull into a bay from the seven seas.

[@Horsefingerandthetaintwrights]

Its okay for the government to keep abandoned naval fleet in the bay. They hate competition.

[@nkuntroll247]

The ships in Suisun Bay are all gone now. They were sold for scrap to overseas steel corporations.

[@donhappel9566]

You understand why they did that, right? And that almost all of the old mothball fleet is gone now?

[@tommyboy1653]

​@donhappel9566 Yes its gone ,about 3 left ,lived in Benicia from 1977 on and I miss the boats ,and Mare Island .

[@Mike-tc8ob]

They don't have a full crew taking dumps over the side, do they?

[@JacobsNews]

​@@Mike-tc8obof course they did what happens is the poop goes into the holding tank and then they just shoot it out into the ocean 🎉 this isn't actually about who it's about getting those poor boats out so they can start bringing in the million dollar yachts

[@edelarth8320]

Thank you. I lived on a boat when I was a child in the LA harbor. South wind marina. I have lived on a boat in the Bay area too in the 90,s too. I'm a sailor and I have been harassed many times for being a live aboard. Most live aboard,s are more better environmental and frugal and hardworking people than the most landlubbers. Please,wake up. Thank you for your consideration and sail on. May you have a peaceful and blessed day. Aloha

[@WhiteWolfBlackStar]

Yep. I stayed with a friend on his sailboat in Sausalito, 1990 as well, we were VERY conservative with our purchases and our waste. I never saw anybody littering or trashing the place. People were mindful of everyone’s else’s peace. I loved it out there. Aloha and stay blessed ✨🌊✨

[@billderinbaja3883]

Sorry Ed, not true. In general (most, not all), people living in "free" anchorages are druggies and/or complete slobs... they don't maintain their boats and they become hazards when they sink or break loose of old ratty anchor lines. I've seen it... you may have been one of the good guys... too bad others ruined the privilege by abusing it.

[@mongobongo91]

This happened to us in Washington state. I worked on wooden boats, my wife and I worked on tall Ship sails during the winter. Washington demanded only 20% of a marina could be liveaboard. The simultaneously started harrasing anchor outs (us) . Ironically Washington state claims homelessness is an epidemic. What they really don't like is independence and self reliance. We gathered our water from a spring, had a composting toilet, sailed or rowed everywhere (no outboard pollution thank you) had no generator. We heated and cooked with wood scraps in our lil cookstove. The liberals that claim they want to go green and live with nature run Washington state. They are hypocrites and liars. They are actually the elite, managerial class that couldn't survive if people didn't grow their food, build their houses, and give them money that we all work for. The neocons and the neoliberals are all parasites!

[@teehughey]

Way to go John Galt, awesome lifestyle.

[@sansoucie1969]

@@teehughey Who is John Galt?

[@mariannorton4161]

Yep. I live near Seattle and this side of the state is going to hell in a hand basket. Nothing but 'green' everything, that does nothing, to improve anything.

[@mongobongo91]

@@mariannorton4161 so sorry. I remember seattle in the 90s they have ran the place into a cesspool

[@richardtremper2236]

The second you mentioned the word liberal, you removed all sincerity from your post. Typical current affair maga hater with a bone to pick.

[@alienistic]

Excellent documentary! I grew up as a child in Sausalito in the 70s and early 80s, my parents had an apartment then a rental house up on the hill overlooking Richardson Bay, I would fall asleep at night in bed staring at Angel Island and the marina, and dream that one day I will buy a sailboat and live in the marina or on the water in that Bay. I had childhood friends who lived in the fancy floating homes in the houseboat marina, I still remember spending the night at my best friends house sitting on his bed with our fishing poles out his bedroom window. A couple of my friends were from poor families living on dirty derelict boats in the adjacent marina, but they were good people, very friendly and welcoming, and regardless if rich or poor these houseboat families were extremely protective of the marine environment. I'm currently 56 years old, I never achieved my goal of living on the San Francisco Bay on a boat, but I still to this day am touched by the families I grew up with on the Sausalito harbor, and 5 years ago I finally achieve my dream of owning a liveaboard size sailboat, a beautiful 1978 Newport 30 foot in excellent condition for her age which I keep in the marina on Lake Mead in Las Vegas Nevada. Unfortunately due to the high cost of marina slip rent, and that we haven't had time to use the boat more than 1 weekend every 2-3 months, its become unfeasible to continue so we have decided to put the boat up for sale this January or February. The dream is still present, we will save up again and hopefully before my retirement age we will buy a larger sailboat to actually liveaboard, my dream is to own a 45 to 50 foot Beneteau Oceanis, possibly in Norfolk VA or Florida or Seattle, then eventually relocate to Subic Bay in the Philippines where my wife is from. God bless the Richardson Bay boat community nomads, I stand by your side in support, fight for your rights at all costs never give in, your actions today determine the future of the boating community for generations to come!

[@TD-2011]

Leave all these folks alone. Preposterous that there’s an “HOA” for living on the water. I remember as a kid talking to some of the residents as I had questions about the sea and they were so nice and welcoming. Haven’t been out there for a while and will go to visit and support!

[@Chevroletcelebrity]

support how, just what are you going to do? 🤨

[@cameronbartlett6593]

Lets all live on boats!

[@jeffreydavidconner]

They did the same thing in a bay overlooking the V.A. in Florida. Bunch of retired Vets living on the water not hurting anybody.

[@waltermclean6187]

I suggest you go watch the Sean Ryan Show ex-navy SEAL and CIA contractor. And mention that Walter McLean from San Diego Coronado and Imperial Beach California suggested to watch the show you would like it

[@mauldothelastcrafter8194]

Sean Ryan is a charlatan. He is a hack that doesnt deserve the well meaning support of patriots and veterans. ​@@waltermclean6187

[@VitalyMack]

ah, paying respect to vets, stops at flying an American flag and praying on the Bible.

[@NatureWins22]

It’s about control. They can’t have others seeing they don’t owe these ppl anything.

[@NatureWins22]

I would clarify. They want to control the mass. By others seeing freedom away from rent it allows the mind to see opportunity that they can’t afford to happen. They need “workers”. Sad and true for quite some time.

[@alanreed647]

iam a boater, from the calif. central coast, i saw this coming years ago, the port authorities have turned boating into a big business. sickening , one of our late american rights was to be able to anchor in our free ports, the abuse of small govt, has done away with that, i moved out of the country and have my sailboat in a nice caribbean marina. iam finished with the bullshit up in america. no use wasting your time with the bureacrates ,that society deserves itself .

[@reginafisher9919]

I live in the United States of America and it is sickening to me what is going on, so much so that I preached to everyone that I can not to have any more babies, that's the only way to stop it, don't produce any more slaves for them. I don't make anyone else suffer!

[@alanreed647]

@@reginafisher9919 take care Angel

[@iiyyxxnn]

​@@reginafisher9919giving up is not going to a win

[@humanitiestheproblem]

​@@reginafisher9919 the ego on these ppl. Like the world depends on YOUR womb alone 😂

[@MuahMan]

But bro, we're "the land of the free". LOL LOL LOL. People in the old Soviet Union literally had more rights than American citizens and they don't even have a constitution.

[@PIasmaZombie]

its basically the same problem on land, rents are made so high that people become homeless, now they look to apply same to these people who live on boats on the water.

[@ksgraham3477]

I used to be a liveaboard in the late 70s until the end of 1982. The most romantic, physically strong, in tune with the sea wind earth and sea creatures time of my life. It was rich with learning life and death lessons. What's your most important piece of equipment? Your anchor. What's your second most important piece of equipment? Your back-up anchor.

[@WhiteWolfBlackStar]

That gives such a beautiful visual! Thanks for that ✨🥰🕊✨

[@ksgraham3477]

@WhiteWolfBlackStar Very happy to reminisce. Thank you.🦞🐟🐠🐡🐙🦀🐚🪸🪼

[@ConsciousStudies]

@@ksgraham3477 you should write a book about it

[@WhiteWolfBlackStar]

@@ksgraham3477 the interesting thing with this storm, there’s a lot of people living in catamarans etc and something tells me they sailed out of danger, because THEY COULD! I’ve seen harbors destroyed, I know that aspect, but it storm is coming, many times boats have quite an advantage!

[@scott4981]

@@WhiteWolfBlackStar 3rd ⛵a broken feldspar trailling/tilling straight on into surf otherwise capsize

[@jackcompton8752]

Excellent work, Erik. Great job putting this piece together.

[@ErikKSwanson]

@@jackcompton8752 thanks I appreciate it.

[@jackcompton8752]

@ErikKSwanson I'm near Galveston, TX & worked for USACE, Galveston District. It's bad when good folks get scooped up in the gears of the machine. Fair winds & following seas, my friend. I look fwd to following your series.

[@patdog5922]

some damn fine investigative journalism, thanks for sharing.

[@chemicaldogg]

Glad to come across this video. Never knew the term. In the late 90’s I was on a job out in Long Beach CA. I got a cash stipend for housing and someone turned me on to living like this. I paid a nominal rental rate to some hippy guy who owned a few anchored boats. It was one of the best 7 months of my working career. Paid a little extra each week for someone to taxi me back and forth to the dock in AM-PM. Saved a bunch of the stipend and everyone got something out of the deal.

[@joshuasjericho3915]

Just leave people alone. ❤

[@platinumfalconm3891]

“I will always be on the side of those who have nothing and who are not even allowed to enjoy the nothing they have in peace.” ― Federico García Lorca

[@Mark-sd4hv]

They live and vote in Democrats there. All they do is tax people into the poor house and get into everyone's business

[@stevewalther2293]

It's a free country ??? 😊

[@BenEthridge]

​@@stevewalther2293; lolol 😂🤣

[@sarahsoutar252]

YES!

[@Roxwins]

I am glad this video was recommended to me. A lifestyle I didn’t know much about. And exposing more government overreach.

[@BowieBro11]

found the trumper. gtfooh

[@alicesmith3249]

Sad story. Just another example of the rich crushing the poor. Heartbreaking for these folks. Prayers being said for all of you.

[@thedonzo506]

prayers do nothing. ask the jews

[@bradpresley2878]

They’ll make sure that you pay for shit you didn’t ask for

[@datekaname2246]

​@@NiaLaLa_Vhell no, Republicans are the party of the rich. Dems have issues too.

[@kingjoseph5901]

Its time to eat the rich

[@Chriscovelli1]

That's the problem......PRAYERS. It's time to stop praying. Civil action is whats needed at this point obviously, but my gawd you Americans NEVER do anything but bend over and take it! We're being taken over by our own gawd damn government and all of the Americans are literally sitting around saying......WHY WONT SOMEONE DO SOMETHING! 😂🤣😆😂

[@briannabanks1659]

Thank you for bringing this issue to a wider audience

[@dfoster4234]

Well, it's October 16th so I'm definitely interested in an update whenever you have one. This was well documented, thank you.

[@masterxious6419]

There will be no follow up video when they run you and me out of our houses too.

[@funkyfox7996]

Ruby ridge taught me that people who want to be left alone will never be left alone.

[@ubermenschen3636]

Freedom to be left alone means having real freedom. But government will never leave you alone. Government must get its pound of flesh from you. Freedom from coercion to support the Police State; to kowtow to the Men of Power; to live a life of servitude

[@amerikanviking]

It's really, really, really simple. LEAVE. Obviously, people won't fight back anymore. If people weren't completely docile, this wouldn't be happening. But, most have grown docile and will roll over to ANY perceived threat. No matter how tough they talk. The ONLY option remaining at this point, is to leave. It's what we are doing.

[@windhammer1237]

@@amerikanviking Where are you going?

[@stereotypicalwhitemale848]

If you want to be left alone take care of those federal gun charges before they take care of you 😂😂😂😂😂

[@Andrew-un8tx]

Not when they hang out with terrorists and sell sawed off shotguns to federal agents. Ruby Ridge was government overreach, but it's not like Weaver didn't deserve it.

[@lloydmcgallion]

Lived on my boat there in the late 80's. It was an incredible life. Learned more about real conservation and government greed when it came to conservation. There were people living there that had dedicated their lives to saving marine life and protecting the environment. To paint with such a broad stroke is ludicrous.

[@mattydare]

17:05 Dredging is double down damage to eel grass beds. Not only is there immediate damage of being scooped outa the water but deepened channels reduce the tidal flow over the grass allowing algae to settle on the plant reducing photosynthisis. If the REAL concern is eel grass then all the boats and all the human pollution should be looked at - don't just single out one group.

[@UTube606]

This is a great documentary it covers the topic clearly and without bias.

[@waltermclean6187]

The gentleman that was doing the documentary speech he's actually supports the removal of these people if you paid attention to how he mentioned it he is trying to get them moved out although he was doing this documentary

[@GrandPitoVic]

They are just mad they don't pay them anything. So they are trying to run them off. Unbelievable

[@gregorylyon1004]

Millionaires don't want to see bums in derelict boats on the bay living for free

[@ramcharge2704]

​@@gregorylyon1004 where are people going to go? Skid row? Join the homeless here they are safe

[@sashamoore9691]

Entitled broke asses! Thinking they should live rent and property tax free we in the most expensive city in the world 😂 gtfoh. They contribute nothing to society yet utilize services that we tax payers front for these broke entitled homeless junkies living on boats

[@coreylarcomb4879]

​@@gregorylyon1004 That doesn't make them a bum though. They're living their life.

[@ShizaruBloodrayne]

@@gregorylyon1004 IKR people are such an eye sore to those who have excessive amounts of money! Clearly they chose their problems so therefore they deserve more! While rich people must deserve more because they did all that deserving work to deserve even more! lmfao but it's all just excuses in the end.

[@djshizaam]

This was very well done and beautifully illustrates an objective view of the entire picture. The same dirty tactics are being used by the cities to take down the RV communities. Would be a great story to parallel this one

[@lynnewilliams542]

First thing I thought of too. Let them live

[@FastEddy1959]

I don’t know how it is in San Francisco, but here in SW Florida, the problem with the anchor-outs has to do with the hazards they create. Many, probably most, of these craft are under insured if insured at all. They will moor inshore for storms, often in parks and/or preserves. The boats that are sunk are abandoned. The owners cannot pay for the salvage, so the boats are left to rot. It takes the state (or county) years to process the removal, at great expense to the taxpayers. If you want to live aboard, you are welcome to, as long as you can afford it. It’s not free, nor even particularly inexpensive.

[@hvmanara]

Insurance is a scam.

[@80amnesia]

I love the idea of people living on boats! The fact that the government is taking away this freedom is sad af!

[@jamielancaster01]

Yeah, but those people aren’t paying any taxes. It’s the people who are paying their taxes that are complaining. So the poor people have to go. They gotta know their place.

[@boneseyyl1060]

@@jamielancaster01 Yea why should anybody pay taxes? Because these people are probably using your tax dollars to do this. I'd bet 90% of them from the looks of their boats, are receiving some form of government assistance to pay the bills. Do you feel the same way about homeless people on the street? Because that is what these people are. They just trade tents for boats. You know, upscale homeless people. Although I have seen some tents that look better than some of these boats. I'm not saying that as a dig against them. They are perfectly fine people as are most homeless people. But if you are going to run them out of parks, or force them to move their cars and campers, then forcing them to move their boats is no different. It just doesn't fix the problem, which is homelessness.

[@jamielancaster01]

@@boneseyyl1060 The last two sentences I was being sarcastic.

[@ForOdinAndAsgard]

@@boneseyyl1060 You have all kind of people living on boats and ships. I myself are living on a 42 meter ship which most of the time is behind an anchor. To maintain the ship I have a job ashore so I pay taxes already. Do you pay 30k a year to keep your house nice?

[@boneseyyl1060]

@@ForOdinAndAsgard Of course I pay taxes, same as you. I don't begrudge them though, they are a fact of life. And I am not trying to paint everyone with the same brush here. Everyone has their own motives for being out there. But a lot of the issue with these people is that they can't afford to live anywhere else or at least live anywhere and have the same lifestyle. Unfortunately, the situation has gotten out of hand which was inevitable. Coastlines are not free parking zones. Any more than you can park your car on a street and not move it. Do you get what I am saying? Walmart lets you park overnight. They do not let you live there. Same thing here. Now if you are at a marina slip, that's a different thing.

[@gregmontoya9401]

I used to watch Miami vice and remembering how cool detective Sonny Crockett was liveing on his boat it used to be a dream of mine It's a shame that these people are living that dream and being forced to stop I honestly believe now the government doesn't want to see anyone happy or free it was my dream but your way of Life please keep fighting for what is yours

[@waltermclean6187]

I remembered Miami Vice and the show Simon and Simon. I actually had an outfit that I had purchased that you would call it the Miami Vice outfit I had the shoes I had the white pants all of this a golden necklace all of it I I actually so much really admired the Miami Vice I actually tailored my clothes as a young kid backed in

[@sleethmitchell]

the same scenario played out in charleston, sc. all avenues of freedom/independence are treated as flaws in the system and are patched up as soon as possible.

[@undefined69695]

Eh using a “public” resource as your own is always tricky. It’s fine if you are in the middle of nowhere but then development comes nocking.

[@RedLineShortFilms]

It's the ocean though??​@@undefined69695

[@pauld.b7129]

Exactly. Trying to live in an RV is the same. They'll do everything they can to tow you and destroy your property even if you're minding your business. But if you pay a for profit RV park 1000$ a month for a parking spot, suddenly it's all ok

[@snark567]

@@pauld.b7129 It's all about finding ways to milk you.

[@natesturm448]

"Dumping their poohp into the bay" is a crazy line for such a serious documentary.

[@icantwiththis]

But whales and seals and fish also poo so who cares.

[@bullschitt3666]

One whale shits more at once than a boat does in a year. Plus the fish love it. It doesn't remain in the water. I've had a fish bite me on the ass because it couldn't wait.

[@ericcox6764]

I've been a van dweller since October of 2005 and we're seeing similar things happening in our rhelm. Wyoming is now trying to stop people from camping if you're a "full-time " camper. They have labeled us as Resident Campers and are running people out of areas. I've started to carry a rental lease agreement with me to prove that I have a home. The government sux.

[@trailingupwards]

@@ericcox6764 The only real deterrent is to sue them. Find out the businesses their family owns and sue their family. You can be a sheep or you can employ asymmetrical warfare and make them regret messing with you.

[@ericcox6764]

@trailingupwards fortunately, so far, I haven't had anyone challenge me yet. My comment was based on a video that I watched that was produced by a lady who has been doing the nomadic lifestyle for 8 years and making videos to help others with this lifestyle. Just about every time I've dealt with the law over the past 8 years doing this life, they've always asked me if I'm living in my van. Of course, my reply is always: No, I'm semi retired and traveling around the western United States during my off-season. I normally don't have anything to say to them outside of what the law requires me to say. Pretty much my name, and here's my ID.

[@JeanInDB]

@@trailingupwards They can also decide the only deterrent to people like you is to simply annihilate you. Would society even notice your absence? Nomadic, no ties to the community. There's a reason why this "lifestyle" died out and humans settled into communities. Nomadic tribes in other parts of the world are also despised. You're evolving backwards are wondering why people don't like you.

[@dogguy8603]

​@@trailingupwardssue them for what?

[@cranetrucker1298]

If your not a wage slave, govt wants you ended....slavery did not end

[@KL_Stereo]

Weird how many surprisingly similar "concerns" or "questions" there are about the human waste issue, even though it was addressed in the video. Thanks for the documentary, Erik.

[@ErikKSwanson]

I guess it would have been strange for me to mention those comments in this video if none of them showed up here

[@shoutatthesky]

Reading is much more efficient than watching a video.

[@artsteadman2230]

​@@shoutattheskyAgreed but to each their own

[@elizabethperkins5555]

I could never live this way, but I admire it. I think it must be awe-inspiring and so hard earned. Leave people alone.

[@theraptureisnearbelieveinj448]

May God help these people maintain their freedom. ✝️

[@MarkCosgrove-b3p]

As someone who's been watching a marina, I've learned that a lot of boats at several local marinas dump toilets at night as the tide is changing. Sometimes out water there is clear, other times covered is crap, usually when the large yachts are around. It's disgusting behavior.

[@ferp420]

i lived on my sailboat for 20 years never dumped my poop in the water and no one i knew ever dumed ether ever the people who live there arent the ones dumping it sthe weekend warriors doing it

[@kathytegreene1562]

I live on my sailboat with a hundred and fifty gallon black water tank. The woman in the video had a composting toilet. I have traveled to many countries that do not allow the wealthy to live on the waterfront with their pesticide lawns that truly create red tide and destroy sea life by taking oxygen from the water. If you have ever seen a red tide event, it will break your heart. Piles of fish, birds and other sea life dead on the beach. Laws need to be made to prohibit lawn run off and run off from storm drains into the oceans from these homes. That is where the real damage is. We have an incredibly small carbon foot print. We used no fuel to go from south Florida to North Carolina, just sails after we left the inlet. We are off grid and can make our own water.

[@krustysurfer]

They are contributing to the despoilment of the Great Lakes watershed. Algae blooms killing off life... Humans we gotta learn before its too late for future generations who are inheriting a living hell on earth.

[@KeepItSimpleSailor]

How are you seeing nighttime releases of effluent? It’s nighttime.

[@hugohabicht9957]

@@KeepItSimpleSailorFish shit in the sea all the time 😂

[@IzySly-g4h]

My name is IZY and I lived on the Anchorage years ago, I miss it, the people were so good to me. Thank you for uploading this video.

[@markdavis8888]

Me and Brian Bernard graduated from the California Maritime Academy back in 1986. He sailed professionally out of the union hall. Still on the water is a good thing. I retired from the USACE in 2016 and my water time is now on my Corsair F31R. No mid-watch for me! BTW: I find hilarious that you talk of water quality while the geese are pooping right behind you. All creatures have excrement not just humans. The food and trash left on the ground ends up in the water as bird poop and it has more effect on water quality than you might think.

[@waltermclean6187]

That is actually true because in San Diego at La Jolla cove and the La Jolla Cove area it is horribly smelly because of the seals the city of San Diego doesn't even clean it up when you go there to snorkel and go scuba diving and all your stuff now as of 2018 is the last time I went out to the beach in La Jolla cove and La Jolla Shore you actually stink the seal shit and the smell of the sewing nasty water in the Pacific Ocean which is coming from the seals and the bird life and the city hasn't done anything with it what they have done is cracked down to where nobody can run them off back when I was a kid in the 80s the whole entire 80s we played at every Beach from Mission Beach all the way from Imperial Beach all the way up to La Jolla and all of it and we would play all day and night playing Marco Polo and tag going through all of those caves and everything as a child nothing better than just playing that and I look back when I go down there now you see a lot more erosion on the stairs at La Jolla cove and you see the stents or the smell of the road getting towards the ocean and it's because of the city of San Diego they should get the marine life out of the way like they some what did back in the day but they don't do that and they haven't done it for a long time and there's so much pollution now

[@OhAwe]

Thanks for the video, Eric. Learn something new everyday.

[@TommyTowe-p9i]

I hope y’all win ,it’s what makes America hang in there

[@ronkirk5099]

I lived aboard and cruised including a singlehanded circumnavigation for 7 years and loved the lifestyle. The world was my oyster. I always anchored out, but never stayed more than a few days at any one spot. It is too bad this lifestyle is under attack in many places in the U.S. It is kind of important not to make your boat look like a 'bum' boat and you will find more acceptance by landlubbers.

[@stevengill1736]

Yup ... I'm trying to remember where I'd hear that groaning sound from under the boat that was some kind of bottom fish - was that in SF Bay? My dad had his boat in a couple places around the bay....

[@MeatSim5]

Only expensive boats clearly owned by rich people allowed!

[@lynnberry169]

​@@MeatSim5all boats are expensive even old smaller vessels require almost constant maintenance. I see no problem with people living on properly maintained functional boats but a community of floating derelict hulks is something to be concerned about. Maybe a ruling that the boats must be sailed or motored periodically would solve some problems

[@zwilkinson2]

From my experience in south florida. Most the boats aren't seaworthy and never will be. They sink and the bum that lives on it could care less about getting the boat off the bottom. A lot of the blokes were from the northeast. They all had to work for cash because they owed child support. One guy pulled his 30 footer around with a kayak. Same dude had it rigged so if you pissed in the sink it would go out the scrubber hole. There are some marinas that are basically trailer parks on the water. The way I look at it is the same as my motorhome. If its not road worthy your just a bum in a broken down trailer.

[@StefanMochnacki]

@@zwilkinson2 Unfortunately, that is often a problem, and spoils it for those of us who genuinely love sailing and live aboard for that reason. I had the good fortune in the 1990's to live in a place with good marinas allowing or encouraging live-aboards, with special facilities for the winter (around Toronto). Most live-aboard boats were seaworthy, but inevitably there were a few hulks (boats and humans...).

[@slowtaknow]

This is proof of why we need to decrease government. We are not subject under rule of a king, we the people are supposed to rule our own country.

[@KJDogluv]

Uh huh. You’re voting for your king trump aren’t you, hypocrite? lol

[@slowtaknow]

@@KJDogluv you are so delusional, California is a blue state that is doing this to the people in the video.

[@LamarcusElwood]

@@KJDogluv Zionist

[@SaltyDog-wwrd]

@@KJDogluv Trump hasn't violated the Constitution repeatedly, as has Biden and Harris. You think spending billions of dollars set aside for FEMA and American citizens is legal to give away to illegal aliens? You think appointing a special counsel without approval of the Senate is legal?

[@ShrednecktheRedneck]

​@@KJDogluv oof, low IQ alert.

[@MsDivaDeborah]

I grew up living on a sailboat anchored out in the Florida Keys - it’s hard work and is a very different way of life but gives the soul true freedom

[@georgedunkelberg5004]

WHERE AND HOW DO THE CRUISE-SHITS VOID THEIR AT SEAPOOS? LAND, LAND, LAND? DISNEY-ESQUED IN A NON PERMABLE SWAMP?

[@craigbrowning9448]

It's like Pogroms by Yuppies. That's the main way to make the country safe is make it too expensive for the Riff-Raff, which is fine until you find yourself part of the Riff-Raff.

[@FLHerbologistLaura]

I used to live "on the hook" in the Florida keys (on a sailboat tied to a mooring out in the ocean) for 5 years and it was the best time of my life. As soon as my son graduates HS im selling all my shit and going back. True freedom.

[@ricksundberg5659]

"I call it the Rich Boy Reach Around (RBRA)". 🤣😂

[@jolandameivogel9006]

11 years a go i start living full time on my sailing boat and i ❤ it. In the Netherlands more and more people start living on a boat because of the housing problem. The Dutch government is making it more diffilcult to live on a boat but if you keep low profile nobody is doing difficult. I cross my fingers for these lovely people, the have a real beautifull place to live ❤. Powerlove from the Netherlands

[@dyslectische]

I do the same The problem in the Netherlands. People that like to be us. But can not , so those people are tell to the city hall . And you have a problem.

[@jolandameivogel9006]

@@dyslectische then you move your boat to a harber who is having the papers to stay open the whole year. In the Netherlands it is by law that a few harders whit all facillity have to stay open 12 months a year. So you stay there in the winter months, problem solved!

[@jolandameivogel9006]

@@dyslectische in Rotterdam there is a big haven, marina in englisch that is open 12 months a year

[@jamesofallthings3684]

Just paint yourself brown and come back in with no paperwork. They'll give you a free house.

[@michalurbanful]

What is the states problem with living on a boat? Is it having your main address on a boat? That you live full-time on a boat? Or with something else? I mean - you own a boat, why shouldn't you be able to live on it?

[@Sylvia-zv1eq]

Sad state of affairs. Our government is our worst enemy.

[@ErikKSwanson]

They certainly don't apply the "rules" evenly

[@mrmja50]

If they are breaking the law then they should not be there.

[@travistucker7317]

​@@mrmja50wonder how many laws you broke today

[@mrmja50]

@@travistucker7317 zero!

[@emilypatterson4479]

@@mrmja50 the laws were changed ONLY to remove people who weren't paying corporations for electric, water, sewer, and so on. Kind of like when corporations want land near airports for their warehouse they use the government to evict them by rezoning the land from residential to commercial. Now the people living in the houses they built on land that they bought are breaking the law and either leave or be fined/jailed.

[@tmarkcommons174]

It's over y'all. I lived on my 36-foot Tahiti ketch in Keehi Lagoon (Honolulu) in the 1980's. I got in and out with oars. We were an amazing, self-governed community. I never heard of anyone calling the police. We did not have cell phones back then. We could see the lights of the city, ashore, but we were on a different planet. On holidays we usually gathered on the Kapu barge, that was aground on a bar. Of course, our weather was beautiful and the water was warm and no one hesitated to jump in the water to do boat maintenance. But then, they passed a law, and cleared out that "sleazy backwater of Honolulu", as the newspaper called it. I can't say that was a bad thing. I don't know. The world is complicated. Fight on if it suits you but even if you win, you will never live in peace. Angels surround us and you will be happier if you focus on the love in your hearts than if you focus on "winning" a fight for your "rights". Fond memories. Have fun and be dangerous. I am 69-years-old now and I spent the last 15 years making my 600-square-foot shop space in Mammoth Lakes really bitchen. I planned on living my life out here. I have been living and using this space for 30 years while working as a carpenter, but now I am retired, with no assets and no bank balance and just my social security. Now, I have to leave. It has always been illegal but our industrial park has never had any management. They just took our rent and left us alone and I have never known of a conflict here. But now, we have new management, and I have to leave. Oh well. I am going to get a small, storage space, for my gear, and live in the southern Sierra, year round and resupply here in town. I think that will be illegal, too. But me angels watch over me and I will not "defend" my rights. Crampons and snowshoes in the winter. Life is still an adventure. Aloha!

[@RAMSLF]

I’m 100% in agreement with you.

[@tomhundley2435]

I love the southern Sierras. I get this melancholy feeling of longing whenever I think about the high alpine and replay time spent there in my mind’s eye. My Regards, Tommy

[@777jones]

Wise words. You go with the flow and it has taken you to good places. Good instincts.

[@leidersammlung6955]

👍 Good advice brother. I am a wanderer as well; life is about movement; it’s a breeze, not basements and bricks! I love the southern mountains as well; but my heart is further north. One fine day our angels will bring us to a meeting, I bet. Joyful travels till then!

[@deborahthomas4033]

❤

[@peterlanum]

I lived on a boat in a few different locations. It was not easy but nice, there are derelict boats in every bay which give the rest of us a bad name. I'll be back on the water as soon as I'm retired.

[@newmonengineering]

I was planning on living on the water and to do it legally you have to rent dock space and the dock space has to allow it. You can't anchor for more than 24hrs here either. It's a bunch of garbage regulations that prevent nothing but trouble for boaters. The government is out of control.

[@StefanMochnacki]

The question is whether the slip rental is reasonable. I was fortunate that in my experience the costs were far less than renting housing on land, but that was in the 1990's and very early 2000's when the demand for slips was less than the supply in my area.

[@profanepersonality]

Except they are the reason for the regulations. They were dumping sewage and trash in the water right off shore, and not doing maintenance on their boats which caused oil leaks, etc.

[@overworked1084]

@@profanepersonality yeah that’s why they’re regulating the homeless problem. Who poop 💩 all over San Francisco and throw their needles. Where do you think that all washes out to look the trash everywhere? I won’t go to San Francisco anymore. It’s disgusting. It’s not from these people and look at all the people with cars who are poor? Do you think the runoff goes to? and don’t even get me started on multinational agencies polluting the water, the air and the land they don’t have to do anything to repair the destruction they do. But little tiny people with little tiny brains, believe propaganda and will focus on these few people in the bay who might have an oil leak. Because they have nothing between their ears.

[@user-pu2nl4sj4s]

Thanks for showing this. I am a sailboat owner and am very careful about upkeep, dry toilet so I can take my poop to shore, etc.

[@boathemian7694]

I lived aboard for twenty seven years. It’s always been like this.

[@atomicdmt8763]

excellent video. I lived in Sausalito for about 15 years.... half of that on a boat, docked legally. Has a certain mystic...... magic.

[@mvpd98]

@1:34... "they're freedoming pretty hard down there, I think I'll join them" 🇺🇲

[@tomcook2040]

That was cringe

[@mvpd98]

@@tomcook2040 I thought it was dope

[@connorfarrell2172]

​@@mvpd98 he thinks it's cringe bc he doesn't know how to do freedom

[@mvpd98]

@@connorfarrell2172 he's a communist

[@allenmaa7064]

@@mvpd98very dope.

[@yvonnegreenberg6449]

My heart hurts for those honorable honest people. Blessings to you all.

[@tonyinfinity]

Ya until someone lives in front of your house in a broken down RV, it's no different

[@HomeOnTheRange]

I lasted 10 years on the water here in Nashville before they "encouraged" me to buy the farm. My boat's been up on dry here now 15 years. I miss the family that was the boat dock.

[@BenDover-kt2pe]

Spent some time in Mt Juliet. R.I.P Charlie Daniels.. How much for the boat? The Chesapeake is my yard..

[@UniversityUTube]

Rock Harbour Marina?

[@Emy53]

As long as they're not throwing garbage into the bay, leave them alone.

[@towingtowing]

As long as they’re not polluting the water. Leave them alone.. 1:11

[@robertmarez4697]

But the governments tax money.

[@schmitzkatzewupper]

The world elites will not stop until they have enslaved us or they are not longer an issue. How do you wanna live ... get ready the time of trouble has begun. Stay strong , stay together

[@roba7737]

The government can't leave anyone alone. They are control freaks.

[@paulkenosha]

It’s California they only leave criminals and drug addicts alone

[@kailaniandi]

Take care of your vessels. Looking like they are abandoned won't help.

[@Craigbianchim]

They sink constantly too. Terrible environmental hazard that ruins it for sailors who want to continue the culture, not crackheads

[@DHead5150]

A contortionist who compulsively blows himself should have plenty in his mouth already without comments like this.

[@DHead5150]

​@@CraigbianchimElitist Pig says what?

[@DistrustHumanz]

What they look like should not matter. If they are operational with a sound hull, that should be enough.

[@kailaniandi]

@@DistrustHumanz obviously it does matter. Looking like a wreck, brings attention. Attention leads to actions if you don't have paperwork in order. Safety items onboard, etc. I'm coastguard registered and in a harbor that limits time in it's 2 small Anchorages. I pay for my permanent slip after 4years of waiting. So glad it's not a water ghetto like that up in the Bay area. That's part of why it's such a dump up there .

[@abefroman4953]

Like The Haight, rich people moved in because it was inexpensive and now they're chasing the old hippies off.

[@dboboc]

Good.

[@stevengill1736]

Now? Man, that gentrification was already over by the end of the 80s AFAIK, although it's a never-ending process (or it seemed like it was in the 2000s when the tech industry drove prices and rents to astronomical levels and regular working people could no longer live there). Now the shoe is on the other foot as the saying goes.... everybody's bailing...why live in California if you don't have to? Even Google is looking for new territory....But have rents come down? Not yet, but they will.....

[@erichross672]

Please dont come to Oreg I n, u guys are butts! ​@@stevengill1736

[@simrdownmon6431]

​@@dbobocYou're either a rich person or a brainwashed m or on. Which is it?

[@Mike-tc8ob]

It's funny because its rich hippies moving in who don't want to have to deal with the poor hippies.

[@DorothyMason-q8q]

It was the same scenario in key west, I lived aboard My Houseboat for years, and then We were removed to make room bi

[@changurr2705]

trouble is, all that peace and beauty is too good for the poor. The rich want it, guess you'll have to go

[@clwest3538]

This.

[@jonathanturek5846]

Watch out friends the rich burned down my whole historical town because they wanted it for themselves. RIP Lahaina

[@donhappel9566]

I thought that was the Jewish space lasers?

[@cosmiccatzen]

The rich are dancing on the burning piles that will soon be the site of their 6th home. Disaster capitalism is real & the rich can afford to create those disasters. Robber Barons are back & more aggressive than ever.

[@humanitiestheproblem]

​@@donhappel9566they buy the bulk of their military equipment and technology from us 😂 still on that zionist conspiracy from the early 2000s huh? Ya, the rest of us grew up and realized its a healthy mix of all countries and its a certain FORUM of corporations. W E F But by all means, maintain your "tunnel vision" 😂

[@elidor8193]

Paradise CA also.

[@jonathanturek5846]

@@elidor8193 I have 5 acres where hooker creek meets cottonwood Creek. Small world

[@jimmyjimjimmyjimjimjimjim4437]

I'm from this area. I've lived here off and on all my 70 years. I also own a 41' sailboat on which I'd love to live. But the entire SF Bay is becoming impossible for live aboards, whether you are willing to pay or not. Most of the marinas are gentrifying and will no longer take new liveaboards. They're also prohibiting things like tarps, construction or significant maintenance. To be fair, they have had a lot of trouble with liveaboards when they fail to pay their slip fees and with people who simply abandon their boats when they lose interest. The marinas have to absorb all those costs. But they are raising their prices and making other changes so that only the wealthy, with their million dollar yachts, will be left. Those people will never even notice the slip fee on automatic payment and they can afford to have their boats hauled out every year just so they can spend the 4th of July on them. The anchor-ons, those who are left, are being forced out everywhere on the Bay. They and the liveaboards will soon be a thing of the past and the Bay will be a playground for the wealthy.

[@susanhawkes2519]

This is just disgusting.

[@victormorales3604]

All in the name of "progress". Look at all the mom n pop stores that no longer exist, all replaced by Walmart, Home depot and Target.

[@JBoy340a]

Thanks for providing a more complete view of the situation.

[@Trace-l7k]

Oligarchy has replaced democracy. All they need now is an orange fascist.

[@robinkrieger8003]

Absolutely ……it seems a step above homeless in many cases ….

[@longlegz99]

Dad built a boat .. 63' sail ..it was our home on the water we sailed the intercoastal from Oswgo to New York and then back inland to Ft Lauderdale .. i did my schooling on it.. was wonderful and different .. so happy to have had many experiences ..freedom is sailing ..but you should be able to anchor anywhere ..except around military/navel areas..

[@mikeyetsko1347]

No one owns the water. I say leave them alone. They ain't messing with anyone

[@scott4981]

admiralty law Jordan maxwell

[@bradpresley2878]

How dare they not give 1/3 of their income to us for not doing anything?

[@ShakaCthulu]

1/3 was the “good ole days”.

[@TonyLockhart-is6ov]

"You will be assimilated, resistance is futile." The BORG!

[@madcat61207]

What's happening to the world? This really sums it all up in a nutshell.

[@RaynaGrimm]

@@madcat61207 greed, the answer is almost always greed or circles back to it

[@muffinbra]

[@bulliontoy]

Be a borg in any big city or to be able to park. If you don't assimilate then you're kicked out, pushed by citations, or jailed. Shove you to the desert or the next city.

[@nikkinitrogen]

I love the bit about them dumping their sewage in the water. I used to live in Alameda. I went to high school and then college there. The first thing I learned was that just because we were surrounded by beaches doesn't mean we could use those beaches. All of the sewage in the bay area gets pumped into the bay. Those boaters aren't doing anything the rest of the people aren't. And frankly, the moment I saw these people were in a bay near Sausalito, that was all I needed to know. Bunch of rich folks that don't want their multi-million dollar homes to depreciate in property value. Sausalito was full of assholes like that when I first moved to the Bay Area in 2003. Nice to see nothing's changed.

[@sea4our]

You have an incredible narration voice. It's engaging, akin to David Attenborough or my hometown hero RIck Steves. Also, this feels like genuine journalism and not just slander. Would also like to see you interview the opposite side of the coin to gain some juxtaposition to your initial point and to stir the pot a bit. Would leave it a little more thought provoking even though I totally side with the Anchor-Outs and always have. They are merely the scapegoats because they don't have the resources to defend themselves. Arthut was spitting straight FACTS in the end about his carbon footprint. breaks my heart.

[@ErikKSwanson]

@@sea4our thank you I appreciate the compliment. I’m working on securing interviews from the opposing side as we speak. I have a few scheduled and hoping for more

[@ottifantiwaalkes9289]

In any society I would look at how well the more fortunate take care of the less fortunate. I would look at how well are the less fortunate people. Not all people are born into good circumstances. For some people a good day is still a struggle. Not all that struggle find their way. Be kind to one another. Educate one another if possible. Show compassion

[@MaxSMoke777]

I'd like to talk about the REAL less fortunate. The people who work 40 to 60 hours a week, in 2 or more jobs, just to pay half to 2/3rds of their income for rent. People who struggle to cover food and electricity every month. People who DEAL with their problems, and all of us have problems, and yet don't turn to drug abuse or booze as a solution. People who slave to keep our world going, while self serving bums crash in every square inch of space they can find, happy to get by with begging (and stealing), while the rest of us slave. I see the wealthy and well set, happy to charge to the defense of these exploiters, and yet you'll never find the same middle/upper-class Karens rush out to protecting a working class man or woman. You'll find them running food out to drug addicts and protest encampment removal, but you'll never see them pay their gardener or babysitter a decent salary, especially not if they can find a 3rd world illegal to take advantage of. They will yet at a McDonald's employee for forgetting a napkin, and then virtue-signal their love of bums while sipping mimosas with their friends at a brunch. Why do people pay so much attention to floating trash, and none at all to the people who keep their world running while desperately trying to stay afloat?

[@ottifantiwaalkes9289]

@MaxSMoke777 we all live in a world with many problems. And yes lot's of roaches around. Homeless in the USA eat better than wealthy in other countries. Entitlement is not just with the rich in the USA

[@peteregger7928]

You get as much freedom, justice and fairness in this country as you have money!

[@LBdreamin]

Green Ju$t U$

[@becca318]

The ppl that destroy should get a big visit.

[@brennamiller6806]

Glad Erick is shedding light on this issue.

[@peanutboxes4076]

I can relate. I have lived on a boat in the UK for several years, just had to sell my boat due to two mooring fee increases in two months. Marinas are being bought up by money grabbing companies and making it too expensive. If you don’t have a mooring the authorities make you move the boat every two weeks to a new area, which makes it difficult for those with jobs to commute to. I miss my boat but it got too hard 😢 Couch surfing while I figure out my next move.

[@impicklerick8370]

That's so messed up

[@timesurfingalien]

How is the government action not considered thuggery or terrorism?

[@topcatcoast2coast579]

Ha. How old are you? What's worse is eminent domain laws on land.

[@HoldMeAgainstMyWill]

@@topcatcoast2coast579what’s worse is private companies like black rock buying houses and land to build houses to inflate prices.

[@Mike-tc8ob]

Let's agree it's all bad. This administration wants to hobble the middle class and force all citizens into standardized, government-controlled jobs and housing. For our own good, the wealthy progressive democrats will audit our profits, manage all healthcare (horribly), allow all comers to enter the country and thus, enter the lower-class workforce and strip away the checks and balances that would allow any other party to ever challenge their rule. We may have one chance to keep that all from happening.

[@johnboylong40]

Well, it’s San Fransisco. Another democrat state and city stronghold. They’ve convinced all their voters they’re for the little guy, the people, and against big bad one tenth of one percent. So when they do this…nothing is said. If something is said, then they blame… trump.

[@make-believe]

By many of us it considered a criminal enterprise.

[@cromwellsghost3434]

Lived in my van for 3 years, not the same as water, but get the alternative lifestyle choice. Good luck water worlders From UK THANK YOU , for this video. I understand what this means to you. Adam

[@TheRightONe-et3gh]

I remember Gate 5 in Sausalito... now its a gated community for the rich.