Why homeless people in LA are left with few options

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@First1ToComment 10 ай бұрын

250 mill ? Lol - straight to the politicians pockets

@JohnM-f9g 10 ай бұрын

exactly

@rickyalvarez5903 10 ай бұрын

Half of that too Immigrants.

@geoff3103 10 ай бұрын

not quite. the politicians "friends" are making out on this

@JohnLocke1776 10 ай бұрын

The city also coddles Gang members who sell drugs to the most vulnerable making treating mental illness an impossibility. Make no mistake, there's money being made by these so-called "non profits"

@troymiller885 10 ай бұрын

Yep👍💯

@sbss924 10 ай бұрын

Part of the problem is the money goes to non-profit organizations that waste the money. They don't pay the employees enough to do the work, and they overload them with clients. But the upper management makes big money. But to try and help people like Caleb that are so far gone they would have to be locked up and treatment forced on them.

@ddebenedictis 10 ай бұрын

I'm not sure about all your points, but I will back you up on one thing, the front line caregivers are underpaid. I worked for a similar local agency for 7 years in the financial department and what really frustrated and angered me is how the state (our funder) gave us an incentive to pay no more than minimum wage. Of course that makes it hard to hire enough caregivers to serve your population properly.

@CS-ux2uk 10 ай бұрын

stfu, go speak to the homelss and really hear what they have to say,,,,more than likely they came from another state cuz cali has good weather and they love drugs and the street.

@ctgal9698 10 ай бұрын

Homeless non profit model is a very lucrative business. The executive directors and Ceos rake in high six figures and even millions in salaries

@shorteecake6644 10 ай бұрын

Problem is you can't help someone who doesn't want it. Last thing we need is the government involved in our mental health leading to forced treatment for perceived instability. This is a gateway to mind control. Just like the plastic bag bans which has resulted in more plastic usage, it will produce negative effect. It won't work for obvious reasons others listed. To keep receiving funding from feds, state will procure patients whether they are truly mentally ill or not. Please vote NO on PROP 1!

@ultimatedouchebag6760 10 ай бұрын

they voted for all that.....this include the homeless people. Newsom never got recalled and got voted in twice. They voted for the DA and agreed to the useless LAPD.

@mrt.5689 10 ай бұрын

Don't do drugs kids.

@all1soul 10 ай бұрын

"The surprised followers ask when they did these things for Him, and Jesus replies, “The King will answer them, 'Truly, I say to you, as you did it to one of the least of these my brothers, you did it to me. " (Matthew 25:40)

@mrt.5689 10 ай бұрын

@all1soul Perhaps people should stop being "followers" and start taking ownership of their own actions. Hopefully, Mathew won't become a drug addict and ask Jesus why his life is all Fcked up. Each individual needs to take accountability of their own lives and stop blaming their poor choices on others.

@all1soul 10 ай бұрын

@@mrt.5689I'm sorry to discover that you will have to learn compassion the hard way. Good luck with all the hardships headed your way.

@mrt.5689 10 ай бұрын

@all1soul No "hardships" to report here, im doing very well Im in my late 30s, have my own business, 3 properties (2 are rentals) I have never been incarcerated or addicted to anything. Hard work, sacrifice, and commitment got me here. I also donate to my local orphanage as well as my local children's hospital. Drug use is a CHOICE. It doesn't hurt me one bit to see people struggling because THEY 100% decided to consume and end up in their current situation. We as taxpayers should NOT be responsible for idiots who decide to consume drugs. If you dont agree, by all means, care for them yourself!!! I lost my mother when I was 3. My father abandoned my brother and I shortly after that. Does that give me a "pass" to become a junkie???... NO!!! People need to stop crying and get their (S) together, stop blaming their choice to consume drugs on a rough past! 1 Party 2 rough past 3 influence boyfriend/girlfriend (Top 3 reasons why people consume)

@Cucumberflavoredmustard 10 ай бұрын

@@all1soul You copy and paste this everywhere. It's getting old.

@miche568 10 ай бұрын

He developed an addiction and mental illness in Ohio and came to California. Now, we are responsible for his lifetime care.

@JOEDIRTERULEZ 10 ай бұрын

SEND EM ALL BACK TO WHATEVER S-HOLE RED STATE THEY CAME FROM!!!!!! NOW

@lrod8721 10 ай бұрын

Send him back

@lissyalcala7729 10 ай бұрын

Thank You. Perfectly said 👏👏. And where are the family members of these individuals.

@Soul-d5m 10 ай бұрын

Well he is an American citizen and this is the USA.

@all1soul 10 ай бұрын

@@lissyalcala7729Maybe they died in terrible car crash that Caleb survived and is haunted by to this day and that's why he takes drugs. Any number of things could have happened. Show some compassion like a human being and stop acting like a slithering reptile.

@justicereporter8823 10 ай бұрын

no amount of money can fix this.

@ShitBagSPC 10 ай бұрын

All that money went to ukraine anyways

@JohnZimmermann-w4r 10 ай бұрын

True, because all the money goes into the Democrats pockets and not to fix the issue!!!

@andyd3447 10 ай бұрын

@@ShitBagSPC oh please.

@neckarsulme 10 ай бұрын

oh please what?...130 billion and counting to corrupt, unaccountable Ukraine@@andyd3447

@all1soul 10 ай бұрын

Yes we can. God can fix it. We need to act as God servants an not as his detractors though.

@Bigeinla 10 ай бұрын

The City of LA will spend $250M on the Inside Safe program, which translates inside the politicians' pockets where it is safe. Homelessness is a billion-dollar business for CA.

@tuttifrutti2642 9 ай бұрын

Bingo!!

@mrsdraper171 10 ай бұрын

Open the mental hospitals back up.

@firstlast8258 10 ай бұрын

Put yourself inside

@Soooooooooooonicable 9 ай бұрын

Yeah, I understand that mental hospitals still have a very bad stigma, but at least these people would be housed and fed and not left to rot on the streets. The main problem is funding and finding enough people willing to work at places like that. They'll be understaffed and more likely to hire underqualified people and opportunistic monsters.

@mE-zx7pt 9 ай бұрын

But fund them this time so that people are taken care of.

@MicheleRobinson-k5e 9 ай бұрын

The karens don't want it!

@mrs.chandler9384 8 ай бұрын

@@firstlast8258What should be done for severely disabled people? They need 24/7 mental care. A mental hospital is what is most beneficial to people like that

@rjmanzano0877 10 ай бұрын

most of the money will not help homeless instead it will go into some ones pocket WTF

@all1soul 10 ай бұрын

@redjamison9175 10 ай бұрын

Scum city council

@recabitejehonadab2654 10 ай бұрын

Illegal immigrants. .

@davidturner3014 Ай бұрын

SAMHSA for example. The money is there!

@Hoodlumz187 10 ай бұрын

Los Angeles is ridiculous! My grandpa just got a letter in the mail from the city that he will be getting 500 fine a day plus misdemeanor charges if a vehicle isn’t moved from his driveway. The car is at the back of the driveway out of site and they are doing that to a retired elderly man

@d.annejohnson5631 10 ай бұрын

I lived in NYC and I can tell you why. Because a city will always after money from the people who obey laws and pay their bills, (like your grandpa) when they inevitably need money to do things for people who don't do either.

@tuttifrutti2642 9 ай бұрын

It’s a bizarro world. Need to vote differently and for those with common sense.

@Nearlydeads 9 ай бұрын

Seriously?

@Hoodlumz187 9 ай бұрын

@@Nearlydeads yes I have the letters to prove ot

@user-wj8pi5bj3k 10 ай бұрын

They failed themselves. Call it like it is. You Are responsible for your life, NOT THE TAX PAYERS!

@vd.s6158 10 ай бұрын

TAxpayers are responsible to elect right politicians to keep community safe, yet they elected these clowns.

@neckarsulme 10 ай бұрын

but they just need a few more billion of our tax dollars to "make it happen"

@trytyr 10 ай бұрын

Amen.

@all1soul 10 ай бұрын

Shame on you.

@handled99 10 ай бұрын

@@all1soulShame on YOU liberal

@neckarsulme 10 ай бұрын

so the city's answer is always the same....we need more billions of tax dollars to do nothing

@all1soul 10 ай бұрын

The surprised followers ask when they did these things for Him, and Jesus replies, “The King will answer them, 'Truly, I say to you, as you did it to one of the least of these my brothers, you did it to me. '” (Matthew 25:40)

@neckarsulme 10 ай бұрын

yes, it still begs the question of why does the government always want more of your money to do nothing?....these are two separate issues@@all1soul

@flutsfluts 10 ай бұрын

They should no longer be allowed to refuse rehabilitation or mental health services! Either they go into treatment or they go to jail! No exceptions!!

@MicheleRobinson-k5e 9 ай бұрын

yep!

@yanshawn213 10 ай бұрын

In China, whoever sells drugs over 50grams (2 ounces) is subject to death penalty. That's why they don't have serious drug problems. Be tough on crimes, be tough on drugs.

@alexcarter8807 10 ай бұрын

China, Japan, etc have sensible drug laws. 1000s of years old civilizations. It's weird being in the "West" and knowing I'm in the middle of a dying civilization.

@VVV953 10 ай бұрын

You are correct unfortunately nothing will never be done when it comes to the drugs, too many people in power and Corruption

@Yahson11 10 ай бұрын

But people in China are offing themselves due to working too many hours. This life is trash

@Haruzak1 10 ай бұрын

USA is pu$$* when it's coming on death penalty. This country is too soft on criminals.

@all1soul 10 ай бұрын

You and your heartless attitude are a big part of the problem. It must be nice to be as perfect as you.

@robertbrown4152 10 ай бұрын

They all know the money is being put right in their pockets. They're all corrupt, and its real 😔 .

@2eight997 10 ай бұрын

The problem is addiction that leads to mental health problems. It’s hard to help those who don’t want to be helped. California has a lot of desert. Make a city in the desert for the homeless, and if they want to rejoin society then they will have to get clean and learn a trade. Rather than force them to to live along us which they obviously won’t do in their state

@Charliegsand 10 ай бұрын

its called slab city

@AllPowa287 10 ай бұрын

Yucca Valley is a good destination for bums

@depthcharge6215 10 ай бұрын

Problems is also Bureaucrats purposely stalling. It takes 2 months for homeless to even receive housing while illegal migrants are able to get prepaid cards and shelter in weeks. You have a corrupt syatem for profit who claim non profit org.

@emmas1082 10 ай бұрын

They would refuse to go there because they get their drug money from crime and panhandling.

@franku5099 10 ай бұрын

It’s the other way around. Many are predisposed to addiction passed down from genes or they may have suffered some trauma during their life.

@znismo1 10 ай бұрын

Some people don't want help and will never want it. Waste of money

@all1soul 10 ай бұрын

@fuguestatetoo6789 10 ай бұрын

THAT MONEY mostly goes to paying rich people to run programs, instead of buying a building, and staffing it.

@FUKEDGAR123 10 ай бұрын

"as a community we failed him" - no he failed himself the multiple times you've tried to help him and he's ended up back to smoking meth, that's HIS choice not the community!

@revolutionaryhamburger 10 ай бұрын

Primitive man was doing fine living outdoors. Then one day one man built a humble home for his family. When he finished his mud hut, that man became responsible for making everyone else on the planet 'homeless.' The moral of the story is, unless are going to build a home for everyone, don't bother building anything.

@notsocrates9529 10 ай бұрын

Bring back the mental asylums that were shut down in the 1980s. What awful foresight, unless this was all done on purpose.

@d.fenestrator9529 10 ай бұрын

That quite possibly is the stupidest thing I've heard all year.@@revolutionaryhamburger

@neckarsulme 10 ай бұрын

That's how communists think (at least the ones who haven't had to live in a communist country@@d.fenestrator9529

@lightclawshadowmarsch8167 10 ай бұрын

That is true in many cases.

@vd.s6158 10 ай бұрын

Thank you Karen, thank you Newsom.

@all1soul 10 ай бұрын

Thank Ronald Reagan. It was his administration who shut down the mental asylums in the 1980s.

@RayyTunes 10 ай бұрын

These people dont want help so its never gonna go away.

@Mikemikeswehomenow 10 ай бұрын

F you you don't know sh

@all1soul 10 ай бұрын

And with an attitude like that you will most likely reincarnate into an addict into your next lifetime so you can learn compassion the hard way. Either that, or if you;re seriously cold hearted enough, maybe you'll get to reincarnate into being a cockroach over and over for a few billion years before you can earn your way up to being a cricket or a housefly for another billion years. According to our Heavenly Father, as it is written in the Epistles of John, we are here to love and help each other and to actively serve each day as good stewards to the planet and to all the creatures residing upon our Earth Mother.

@RayyTunes 10 ай бұрын

Thanks for the heads up.

@tomjacobson7623 10 ай бұрын

@@all1soul How many of these drug addicts have you invited to come live at YOUR house, at YOUR expense?

@caramelbilquees 10 ай бұрын

100 % NOT TRUE ITS THE SYSTEMS FAULT THEY ARE LOCKED INTO JAIL LIKE CENTRE'S AND TREATED LIKE CRMINALS WITH THE indignity of getting all your stuff stolen

@BenMax-y1y 10 ай бұрын

There not even from California 😮

@all1soul 10 ай бұрын

@scottcharney1091 10 ай бұрын

*They're... But yes, part of CA's problem comes from out-of-state.

@jimbobfisher8904 10 ай бұрын

Yup other states ship their bum trash here so we can deal with them because unfortunately this states caters best to them.

@DwightStJohn-w1l 10 ай бұрын

I can tell you personally that almost ALL the homeless/druggies in Vancouver are from other provinces or the interior. Media and govt. TRY to refute that, but the boots on the ground say no.

@TheSakufighter 9 ай бұрын

Yeah, they go just to find out the American dream is dead and get a front row seat to “inclusivity, equity” all you leftist losers pretend to be good people but are literally the worst amongst us.

@DB-cz9uu 10 ай бұрын

$250 mill, thats for one program, lets not forget the billions spent per year, BTW they are trying to raise sales tax again for more money for the homeless

@ZelenoffPromotions 10 ай бұрын

No that money is going straight to the politicians

@all1soul 10 ай бұрын

@@ZelenoffPromotions "The surprised followers ask when they did these things for Him, and Jesus replies, “The King will answer them, 'Truly, I say to you, as you did it to one of the least of these my brothers, you did it to me. " (Matthew 25:40)

@all1soul 10 ай бұрын

@DingDong-gn7hj 10 ай бұрын

People themselves pay for their addiction when they give money to them on the street. Ive stopped giving money to anyone.

@all1soul 10 ай бұрын

@tomjacobson7623 10 ай бұрын

@@all1soul What does your god do when a little child is being s-assaulted and is screaming in agony? Oh yeah, NOTHING!

@conner_b_griften 10 ай бұрын

Non-profits my a$$.

@all1soul 10 ай бұрын

@MicheleRobinson-k5e 9 ай бұрын

non-profits get a lot of money but they don't help the homeless with it!

@bmminc3001 10 ай бұрын

Because illegal migration is more important than American citizens..

@mikegoodness9767 10 ай бұрын

There's only one thing the City of Los Angeles and the State of California owes Caleb. A bus ticket back to Ohio.

@raider1978raider 10 ай бұрын

@Californianationalist1985 sounds like you’re from Africa! You are illegal!

@thenotoriousgryyn342 10 ай бұрын

@Californianationalist1985Too much cheap labor, so sadly that problem will never go away.

@tuttifrutti2642 9 ай бұрын

@@thenotoriousgryyn342 you do have a point. Legalize the workers. Get rid of all freeloaders

@thenotoriousgryyn342 9 ай бұрын

@@tuttifrutti2642 👍💯

@MicheleRobinson-k5e 9 ай бұрын

how did he get the money to get here?

@AlexRamirez-vz1vj 10 ай бұрын

Why NBCLA makes excuses for Newsome and not get to the bottom of what is happening to our tax dollars

@shellysmith1037 10 ай бұрын

maybe newsome will create an exemption for homeless people, like he created exemptions for hig High School friend billionaire who owns all those Panera restaurants. $$$ a little backroom deal or two to fix the problem

@Jaycee3 10 ай бұрын

We need more journalists like Joel Grover. It opened my eyes when NBCLA showed the Streets of Shame series. It's unbelievable if you see those stories.

@lucy2014 10 ай бұрын

No one forced those drugs down their throats or into their arms!

@LouKiss 10 ай бұрын

bum business is BIG BUSINESS...no bail no jail...perfect storm that is ruining the city and our quality of life.

@all1soul 10 ай бұрын

Thank Ronald Reagan for giving it to us.

@raider1978raider 10 ай бұрын

We didn’t fail them!!! They failed themselves by being drug addicts!!!

@mistypfitzer111 10 ай бұрын

FYI, nobody grows up WANTING to become a drug addict. I know i most certainly didnt dream of growing up to become one, or to struggle with homelessness! A life of addiction is pure hell, & i wouldnt wish it upon my worst enemy 👌 💯

@105rogue 10 ай бұрын

@@mistypfitzer111The point being made is that nobody forced them to do drugs to begin with. They chose that themselves knowing the dangers yet proceeded with the bad decision. Their situation is a result of their actions. I'm not saying that they can't change but they must make that choice themselves.

@michaelsoeun6626 10 ай бұрын

Get rid of the drugs

@ddebenedictis 10 ай бұрын

"We failed them" as a statement does not absolve them of responsibility. It is referring to the fact that the state decided many years ago to close state mental hospitals and instead rely on an army of small local agencies. This policy change has proven to be a failure. The main reason, in my opinion, as a long-time employee in the financial department of one such agency, is that they are desperately underfunded. In fact, the state actually gives us an incentive to pay no more than minimum wage to caregivers!

@all1soul 10 ай бұрын

@@mistypfitzer111Preach the truth, my sister. God bless us, everyone.

@Tallacus 10 ай бұрын

We failed NO ONE! Their comes a time when adults need to take responsibility for themselves! These homeless people have become so self entitled. I got one harassing me at a McDonald's once demanding a hamburger from me. Calling me all sorts of names, the nutter left when I turned my phone on him to cuss out the person behind me in the drive thru. Mental health? Everyone and their dog is mentally ill, I myself suffer with OCD but I still go work everyday to pay my bills.

@all1soul 10 ай бұрын

Are you some sort of a Reptilian demon, or what?

@Network126 10 ай бұрын

Have you not seen how much rents have skyrocketed since the pandemic?? I'm living in a 24 year old Toyota Sienna. I work and I'm not on drugs.

@marcusverschollen9634 10 ай бұрын

@@Network126 And assholes like @Tallacus support laws which directly CRIMINALIZE people like you, simply based on the actions of Tweakers. Gotta love Collectivism.

@babyboo5856 10 ай бұрын

@@Network126 Yet you smoke weed in your rank @ss trailer with missyfoo. Poor baby cat, hopefully he doesnt become more of a waste yute like her daddy 🤑🤑🤑

@CoolguyTEB 5 ай бұрын

@@Network126 You can always move to a cheaper state. Problem solved.

@Slappys 10 ай бұрын

This might be a hot take, but I think they actually should be last line. There are limited resources and they should first be spent on the people who show the most potential for being able to improve their situation and stay off the streets. There are some genuinely upstanding and hardworking who fall on hard times and just need a break to get back on their feet.i think we should focus on them first and then the crackheads.

@all1soul 10 ай бұрын

Everyone is equally beloved by their Heavenly Father... even you, despite my great disrespect for your opinions on this subject.

@Network126 10 ай бұрын

I gave up on homeless housing services, and bought a 24 year old Toyota Sienna instead. I work and I'm not on drugs. They just kept trying to shove me into shelters full of alcoholics and drug addicts, without any privacy. I can't live like that. I kept asking about motel rooms and tiny homes, to no avail. There's just no help available, even for hose of us who are mentally stable, actively working, and actually trying to fix our lives. It's ridiculous. The system is severely broken.

@d.annejohnson5631 10 ай бұрын

Yes indeed. More common sense and pragmatic realistic thinking is needed.

@That6ftChick 9 ай бұрын

@@Network126You're right. I have been scouring for resources, calling around, googling and I still haven't found any resources for average Americans who may have hit tough times and need help to prevent homelessness.

@Network126 9 ай бұрын

@@That6ftChick Yes, it's very sad and frustrating. I ended up putting a 100 watt solar panel on the roof of my van. Now I've got something of a bedroom on wheels.

@TomokoAbe_ 10 ай бұрын

Bipolar is a good scapegoat to blame all of society's problems on.

@w2385-i2s 10 ай бұрын

They come from all over America to Hollywood looking for fame but end up on the street. Because it hard to break into showbiz and LA is expensive. That's why LA has a huge homeless issue.

@all1soul 10 ай бұрын

@GettingthruLife 10 ай бұрын

What's that say, you can lead a horse to water but you can't make it drink.

@all1soul 10 ай бұрын

@GeorgeThomas964 7 ай бұрын

In 2013, I was homeless, got into drugs went to prison, and then I got to know Jesus and he changed my life...Heaven came through for me in my finances too, getting $50,000 in 2months. I can support God's work and give back to my community. God is more than enough! Now I have a new identity and am a child of God

@RussellMarie0 7 ай бұрын

Every one of my prayer requests is about to manifest in the Name of Jesus I receive and connect with this message in Jesus' Mighty Name Amen 🔥🙏

@Suecowley231 7 ай бұрын

I have been searching for ways to achieve success. Can you please guide me on how to do so?

@GeorgeThomas964 7 ай бұрын

Sure, the investment-advisor that guides me is...

@GeorgeThomas964 7 ай бұрын

MRS CATHIE WOOD

@jeanicecolson378 7 ай бұрын

Wow, that's a lot! How do you manage to earn that much every month?

@adamheeley285 10 ай бұрын

The money is going right into the pockets of the politicians....that's why its not doing anything.

@DianaPrinceitiswhatitis 10 ай бұрын

Looks just like the Tenderloin in San Francisco. The government is the problem and has enabled the issue. Police being defunding did not help and not allowing the police to enforce the law doesn’t help. Politicians with their lies and failed policies are the problem. All the empty commercial buildings in downtown LA that have been vacant for decades need to be torn down and rezoned for residential housing affordable housing. It’s that simple the politicians can have the city of LA purchase these properties. They don’t want to do they would rather continue to profit off of people living in poverty. That’s beyond horrible. Smh

@mechalovessquirrels 10 ай бұрын

Imagine what 65,000,000,000 earmarked for Ukraine would do for rehabilitation and homeless. US has a spending and prioritization problem.

@MindzEnt 10 ай бұрын

You can't help people that don't want it bud.

@SunTingWong 10 ай бұрын

I’m confused.. Last year that was A Putin talking point?🤔🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

@all1soul 10 ай бұрын

@ntYes, we can. "The surprised followers ask when they did these things for Him, and Jesus replies, “The King will answer them, 'Truly, I say to you, as you did it to one of the least of these my brothers, you did it to me. " (Matthew 25:40)

@stevem1097 10 ай бұрын

Yeap, all those 65 BILLION would help build tens of thousands of apartments for low income people and for the homeless as well ... But, we are better off throwing it elsewhere... Apparently, all in the name of national security... 🤔🤔😋😋😋😋😋

@wilm2109 10 ай бұрын

Wouldn't have mattered, we've been throwing money at this problem for decades now and it's done absolutely nothing. The only difference now is it's gotten much worse.

@kindredmalise6633 10 ай бұрын

This only happens when people allow it. Homeless people leave when they are not wanted.

@all1soul 10 ай бұрын

You know nothing of what you speak.

@tomjacobson7623 10 ай бұрын

@@all1soul No, he pretty much hit it right on the button.

@roguetrader303 10 ай бұрын

There is no solution to homelessness based on how we are doing things. We basically need to ask them nicely to get off the street and provide treatment. Some people either are to addicted to drugs or they are to mentally unstable to even make that choice.

@Network126 10 ай бұрын

@Ttones44 10 ай бұрын

Proposition 1 nope, this is a money grab and they still haven’t done nothing about it, broken system

@all1soul 10 ай бұрын

@charliecharlie7898 10 ай бұрын

Hundreds of millions already wasted and now they are asking for Billions? Buy him a one way bus ticket back to Ohio and let them take care of him.

@janetmcdonald2572 10 ай бұрын

It’s happening everywhere. No affordable housing, drug addiction and mental health issues = current scenario.

@Scorch1028 10 ай бұрын

"Don't use drugs!"

@marvinshenk 10 ай бұрын

Karen Bass should buy Caleb Dewitt a bus ticket back to Ohio. That's all the money LA should have to spend on him.

@bigcatauna 10 ай бұрын

our politician's want this and the bums like living like this

@all1soul 10 ай бұрын

@phoenixman8569 10 ай бұрын

Over where i am in Canada b.c housing and many other services are available but alot of the time, the addiction is so bad that they refuse treatment and would rather die high than get well, so in the sence this story is suggesting to have them institutionalized, forced off the streets against thier will and force medicated, which may be the only real option, when you are so completly sick you cannot help yourself...

@Fish-df5xc 5 ай бұрын

3 types of homeless Those with a job & choose to live on the street Those to drugged up to care Those to mentally disturbed to hold a job or keep a home No decent paying jobs And no affordable housing also contributes to homeless

@bombaybeach208 10 ай бұрын

Money doesn't make a difference because we still let the homeless make the *choice* to remain homeless. Homelessness has to be made illegal once and for all, with housing available for everyone. If they refuse, they need to pack up and leave town. No more of this expensive, out of control nonsense.

@zulutimeproductions3143 10 ай бұрын

“Pack up and leave town” with a destination to where exactly? No matter where they go there will be a you. The consequence of creating societies is that the governing bodies are responsible for all people.. not just the ones that they prefer.

@secretsauce4530 10 ай бұрын

Throwing them in jail is also a big waste of money? County government should pay homeless to pick up trash and whatnot, if theyblow their whole paycheck that's their own fault. Maybe even give them discount living quarters or something like rent out some cheap apartments. There's lots of work out there, just it's alot harder getting jobs when you smell like a dumpster and look all scruffy. Hell make be even rentout a big field and put up tents, charge em like 400$ a month, put in some bathrooms and solar chargers.

@Vib3-1999 10 ай бұрын

@@zulutimeproductions3143let's start by sending them back to where they came from. Ohio for example in Caleb's case. If you got rid of all of these California dream chaser's, there would be few homeless and drug addicts on the street. Every time they do the homeless count they find that like 90% of these people are from other places .... So pack up and go back to wherever the hell you came from. Be a crackhead in Ohio

@mikeydude750 10 ай бұрын

Rent NEEDS to be tied to the actual INCOME of people who live in a place. If rent is unaffordable for the average INCOME in a neighborhood, it needs to be illegal to charge more than what is reasonable.

@zulutimeproductions3143 10 ай бұрын

@@mikeydude750 Capitalism or socialism? I could have sworn that Americans live and die by one and demonize the other…

@Twinklestar932 10 ай бұрын

The money won't be used for anything but to make the non profit rich

@mistypfitzer111 10 ай бұрын

They didnt even ask him if he WANTED to live off the streets, or if he WANTED to get clean...:/ he has to want to change & want to better his life, & have at least a little faith that it will happen..i know how crappy our systems are in regards to helping the homeless permanent housing.. ive struggled with homelessness all my adult life almost, & addiction as well as comorbity, & chronic illness/ physical limitations.. not anywhere near as severe as that case, but ive slipped thru the cracks too & youre so easily forgotten once u do 😢😢

@Goodguy1ful 10 ай бұрын

At some point, it might be beneficial for America to ask itself why so many of its citizens choose to use drugs like Meth as an activity...my sense is that the guys' situation in the clip is more of a symptom of the problem than the actual problem.

@thejuicerr 10 ай бұрын

Abusing drugs is a choice

@Goodguy1ful 10 ай бұрын

@@thejuicerr Trying drugs is a choice ,,, lits less of a choice once one is addicted. What I was getting at was wondering what has led to so many in this county making the choice to try something as potentially damaging as Meth? That is the real core of the issue.

@Don.M. 10 ай бұрын

Escapism manifests in various ways. We should ask ourselves why we create a society that needs escaping from.

@Goodguy1ful 10 ай бұрын

@@Don.M. ditto

@thejuicerr 10 ай бұрын

@Goodguy1ful It ain't rocket-science. They like drugs, it makes them feel good. You get to side-step responsibilities and be selfish.

@jorgesaldana9351 10 ай бұрын

The problem is that they offer all the perafinelia but no help to get clean!

@scottcharney1091 10 ай бұрын

*paraphernalia

@aficianado100 10 ай бұрын

I would say homelessness presents people with few options in general.

@theultimatereductionist7592 10 ай бұрын

If I were suddenly homeless, I sure as hell would WANT to be high on drugs to alleviate the pain and stress.

@adelmomontero3554 10 ай бұрын

Government needs to stop enabling homelessness.

@saaddimi8109 10 ай бұрын

Democrats 😅😅 thank you for making LA best place to live

@kifacorea 10 ай бұрын

Cuz trump gives a sh*t. Please.

@all1soul 10 ай бұрын

Ronald Reagan closed the mental asylums and other facilities for people like Caleb back in the 1980s. Learn your history before you go spouting nonsense.

@newtrollaccount384 10 ай бұрын

What would Republicans do better?

@newtrollaccount384 10 ай бұрын

Electing a property developer will not solve anything.

@htvlogs80 10 ай бұрын

And CA continues to find ways to legalize dangerous drugs.

@all1soul 10 ай бұрын

@undefeatedaj 10 ай бұрын

Stats say 60% of Americans have less than $1k in their savings. Lots of layoffs occurring too. Scary times.

@Karen-e1f 7 ай бұрын

Apartments are expensive in California.

@AllPowa287 10 ай бұрын

Caleb let himself down. Dont blame others, blame yourself.

@all1soul 10 ай бұрын

In my humble opinion you are disappointing and letting God down by saying this. For how we treat the least among us is how we treat Christ.

@AllPowa287 10 ай бұрын

@@all1soul God gives mankind free will.

@all1soul 10 ай бұрын

@a287 True. Yet, once we awaken to our enslavement to our own egos and gain the wisdom to surrender our will over to God's will this is the beginning of true wisdom and discovering the Heaven within Christ spoke of.

@all1soul 10 ай бұрын

@lisalastnamesmith 10 ай бұрын

As a community we failed NO ONE lady. We didn't make him addicted to meth....HE DID THAT TO HIMSELF. THE ONES HOOKED ON DRUGS DO NOT WANT THE HELP especially if it means getting clean and withdrawals. WAKE UP Drug addiction IS CAUSING THE MENTAL ILLNESS. These addicts are NOT my problem. Caleb should have had better parents 🤷‍♀️ blame them.

@_f_i_a_ 10 ай бұрын

Addiction is not a precursor to homelessness

@all1soul 10 ай бұрын

THANK YOU!

@mutilatedhatred4868 10 ай бұрын

I was almost homeless a couple of weeks ago when it was raining guess what ? Rhere was no space for me so mich for the shelter inside not only that rhe people who atrend you wheb you tey to get help are heartless

@priscillawillis6071 10 ай бұрын

Why arent buildings already built not used for homeless and mental ill like the Mark Tweain facility ❓

@podcastfan2544 10 ай бұрын

The Wilcox MT?

@priscillawillis6071 10 ай бұрын

@@podcastfan2544 don't know what you mean

@victorcarrera4091 10 ай бұрын

Garcetti's Legacy.

@all1soul 10 ай бұрын

Ronald Reagan's legacy. Get it right. It was Satan's little helper who closed all the mental asylums.

@Robyne_u61 10 ай бұрын

250 mil a year what a waste of money

@geoff3103 10 ай бұрын

LOL at how homelessness has spiked since they legalized drugs

@ZelenoffPromotions 10 ай бұрын

And defunded police

@geoff3103 10 ай бұрын

@@ZelenoffPromotionssociety as a whole has suffered even more since June 2020 when the Democrats unleashed their "Police bad, criminals good" campaign

@all1soul 10 ай бұрын

No, it was ever since Ronald Reagan closed the mental asylums and other places these people used to get help so he and his friends could get a little bit richer.

@geoff3103 10 ай бұрын

@@all1soulwrong

@scottcharney1091 10 ай бұрын

@@geoff3103 No, it's correct. There was little homelessness (with certain exceptions) in the US before deinstitutionalization. This began under Carter, but Reagan increased the pace and finished the job.

@ChrisYonts-q7y 10 ай бұрын

No amount of money will ever be enough for people who choose drugs, or the people who live off them while pretending to care.

@neckarsulme 10 ай бұрын

Karen Bass's LA and Newsom's california

@all1soul 10 ай бұрын

Ronald Reagan did this in the 1980s. Get your facts straight.

@KOVIDGOON 10 ай бұрын

All theyd have to do is lessen these unnecessary tax burden get the inflation down by drilling for oil. Once the inflation improves stop these programs and special interests.

@all1soul 10 ай бұрын

@shout4637 10 ай бұрын

All hard street drugs should be banned ,but when corrupt politicians are in charge, there's is little hope that 250 million dollar will be used to actually help the people. Also, the problem with hard street drugs and how it ruins people ' s life's ,mind, body and soul, should be a topic of education in schools ! It only takes 1 wrong,fake,manipulative friend to drag a person down the wrong path of self destruction!! If someone offers a young person drugs, run the other way!

@all1soul 10 ай бұрын

No, we should legalize it all and end the war on drugs. Hear what Dr. Gabor Mate has to say on the subject.

@pswhite2961 10 ай бұрын

Karen Bass is turning words into action. It's easy for people to criticize and not provide a solution.

@davidwright873 10 ай бұрын

We as a community have NOT failed him. WE have nothing to do with it. So keep WE out of it please!

@kasim613 10 ай бұрын

mental health places replaced by jails

@jaminova_1969 10 ай бұрын

Secure the border and stop the flow of dangerous drugs into our communities!

@SciHeartJourney 8 ай бұрын

These people need WORK to do! Working helps the mind as well as making money. The Devil loves idle hands! This is a WAR between good and evil.

@SciHeartJourney 7 ай бұрын

I am not saying they should be compelled into working. I just mean that those that WANT to work should be given that opportunity to BETTER their own lives. ✌️

@KOVIDGOON 10 ай бұрын

Gavin said its all perfect!🤷🏾‍♂️

@all1soul 10 ай бұрын

@pmacem9343 10 ай бұрын

They need to send people who came to CA, but are from another state, like Ohio, back to his family to help him. He’s in LA alone, and no one to help him. Of course he’ll never recover. He need to leave that environment. Sad but LA is full of people with broken dreams, that’s why they start drugs when they didn’t make it as a star. Sad, but it true.

@shout4637 10 ай бұрын

It's very sad to see him like this 😔!

@8bitgamer85 10 ай бұрын

Gawd! I visited California several times, Los Angeles Area and San Fransisco Bay Area. They have a lot of homeless people all over their cities and a lot of homeless encampments. Also, a lot of the homeless I encountered had mental problems. I could tell because my late uncle, my dad's oldest brother, had mental problems. There's nothing California can do really. Homelessness is universal. I'm from Chicago and I also visited Paris, France twice also and those cities have their own homeless problems also. It so happens California, Hawaii, Texas, and Florida has a lot of homeless people because it's warm over there compared to Chicago. In Chicago, the weather can be minus -10 to -19 degrees below freezing here with massive snowstorms and a lot of heavy rains. If I was homeless, I wouldn't stick around Chicago. I would migrate to southern California or southern Florida.

@Arlo360-Official 10 ай бұрын

Had enough? Vote Republican.

@mikeydude750 10 ай бұрын

Republicans aren't going to fix anything. They're just going to make the economy worse and give more money to rich in the form of tax cuts while they destroy basic infrastructure to save money, and then spend the rest of their time screeching about how all women should only be stay at home housewives and be pumping out 10 kids.

@newtrollaccount384 10 ай бұрын

What would Republicans do to help? Reagan caused a lot of these problems.

@Arlo360-Official 10 ай бұрын

@@newtrollaccount384 You're right, but this isn't the same GOP. There's loads of answers if you do just a little research. The progressive experiment is failing in California.

@deanbardos1950 10 ай бұрын

" to live and die in LA..."

@b_bogg 10 ай бұрын

We got money for wars but can’t feed the poor -T Shakur

@KK-pm7ud 10 ай бұрын

This guy in the video doesn't want help. Your quote isn't relevant to the video.

@tuttifrutti2642 10 ай бұрын

He is getting food for Somewhere or he would have died.

@michaelgallone7409 10 ай бұрын

Yeah stupid

@GreasyFilms-qc1xo 10 ай бұрын

Forced rehab if they come up positive. Job training and controlled housing if not.

@constitutionloversue 9 ай бұрын

Who's paying

@ajames283 10 ай бұрын

Jesus was homeless

@notsocrates9529 10 ай бұрын

5:13 How about Caleb try to be responsible for himself like the rest of us?

@all1soul 10 ай бұрын

How about you learn to put yourself in his shoes and others like him and try to understand that he's probably suffered from many factors that causes one to turn to drugs to ease their emotional pain and suffering. How about considering what awful things he's been through and how awful it is to have to sleep on the streets. I'd like to see you try and survive a week on the streets with no money and a terrible drug habit.

@Network126 10 ай бұрын

@JoJo-cy4tb 10 ай бұрын

@@all1soul youre mentally ill. seriouosly go get checked out by a doc. it seems your ability to percieve and analyze reality is being hindered by something. im not even joking there is something seriously wrong with the way you view things. it seems to be completely void of any logic or learned principals. its like you live in fuzzy wuzzy land where everything can be solved with some comppasion or good intentions.

@Jissip 10 ай бұрын

I am sorry but they need to return out of state homeless to their home state…. To many of them aren’t even California resident…

@mikeydude750 10 ай бұрын

How do you know where they're from?

@all1soul 10 ай бұрын

@24califrank 10 ай бұрын

The state should build the biggest rehab prison like in the desert. And ship all the homeless people in California there.

@YaAllNeedJesus 10 ай бұрын

Bit hey. Illigals get free hotels and money. FOR FREE!

@all1soul 10 ай бұрын

@uawanalickmee 10 ай бұрын

1. go to mexico 2. come back 3. collect cash card and move into 5 star hotel

@mikelfrance-l6x 10 ай бұрын

We failed him? Maybe he failed himself...

@all1soul 10 ай бұрын

You failed yourself by writing these sentences. God sees what's in your heart. The surprised followers ask when they did these things for Him, and Jesus replies, “The King will answer them, 'Truly, I say to you, as you did it to one of the least of these my brothers, you did it to me. '” (Matthew 25:40)

@DM-eo6zw 10 ай бұрын

Housing a drug addict doesn’t fix a drug addict.

@all1soul 10 ай бұрын

It's a start. "The surprised followers ask when they did these things for Him, and Jesus replies, “The King will answer them, 'Truly, I say to you, as you did it to one of the least of these my brothers, you did it to me. '” (Matthew 25:40)

@paulb6159 10 ай бұрын

I thought Karen Bass fixed everything

@RatfromNadeaust 10 ай бұрын

Most of the homeless i interviewed in Los angeles arent even from California. They are from small towns in in the east coast where they committed a crime and were banished and told to go yo California. We should bill those states and ship them back ! People forget that there is those who were once special needs kids, parents die and they are left alone. Where is the funding for a program for those who when the parents pass their special needs grown adults are still housed.

@MrBeetsGaming 10 ай бұрын

Nobody can help them but themselves, they choose to stay in that situation period. I've been through it and know plenty of other people who have and that is just how it works, throwing money at the situation is never the answer. It's not a coincidence that all the places that spend the most on "helping" drug addicts have the biggest population of them.