Park Rangers Evict Homeless Camper from Venice Beach Restroom in Weekly Cleanup

Venice, Los Angeles - August 9, 2024: A significant multi-agency cleanup operation was conducted on Friday at the Venice Beach restroom and the surrounding beach and boardwalk, focusing on a homeless individual camping in a restroom stall. This operation is part of the City of Los Angeles' broader strategy to address homelessness while enhancing public health and sanitation.
The cleanup, which is part of a series of regular Friday efforts along the Venice Beach Boardwalk, was carried out with the coordination of Los Angeles Park Rangers, the Los Angeles Police Department, the Department of Public Works, Clean Harbors Environmental Inc., and the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority (LAHSA). Notably, no citations for public camping violations were issued during the operation, reflecting the city's emphasis on supportive measures over punitive actions.
Team members, equipped with protective gear, worked to sort and safely dispose of hazardous and non-hazardous waste. LAHSA was on-site to provide essential support services, including food, water, and hygiene kits, illustrating a compassionate approach to addressing the crisis.
While the office of Councilwoman Traci Park’s Homelessness and Housing coordination was not present, this cleanup is part of an ongoing initiative led by her office. The effort underscores a commitment to maintaining public spaces while ensuring that outreach and support are available to those affected by such operations.
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[@Rael_486]

It's a public mental ward, and the caretakers are the police. ✨️

[@arbiterofperil]

Thank Ronald Dutch Reagan for the slo motion mental health disaster in this country

[@Worldofourown2024]

Socialism somewhat functions half assed until it runs out of other people's money.

[@freightdawg6762]

Thats all of LA

[@kommisar.]

@@arbiterofperil Did Reagan give the green light to the pharma industry to get everyone hooked on drugs, open the borders to be flooded with illegal narcotics or make California a mecca for homeless people?

[@fjckfam]

​@@freightdawg6762yup, it's Reagan's residual.

[@K-9-force]

I have never had a desire to go to venice beach.... now i know why.....

[@janmacek5697]

Špatně, veřejné záchody jsou nejlevnější bydlení v Kalifornii ☝️👌👍😃😂

[@johnryman-f3c]

In the 60's it was upper middle class Hippies now its tired old worn out hippies

[@user-ix7yx8bl9l]

I separated from my wife 6yrs ago, gave her the house so my kids will always have a roof over their heads. Not being able to afford 2000 plus for a basic Batchelor apt I rent a 16' x 24' livestock shed on a farm for 400$ a month. Converted it to tiny living space / workshop. Woodstove and hydro but no running water. Bought a small travel trailer to sleep in at night. Winters are harsh and bitter cold. I feel fortunate for what I have and quite happy. I was 1 step away from being homeless!

[@verlindaallen3335]

May God give you everything you need and more.

[@MarRojas55]

What did you do to your wife?

[@victoriagraham6470]

​@@MarRojas55 Excellent question

[@Hlether]

@@MarRojas55!! Seems that he was kind enough to put her and children first, many men don’t….

[@kamiko70]

i live in a double wide mobile home in Florida for $300/mo, been in here since 1999. i own the home, i own the property, cant no one take it, its mine and i dont care who dont like it! you and i know the house doesnt have to be fancy to be home!

[@tt-ez6eq]

And this is why I don't use public toilets.

[@marygreen8775]

wonder why they never say nothing about needle's.

[@stillnotwoke]

Well, it seems the toilet is a convenient way to wash your clothes... 🤷

[@sandraponce9895]

So grosssss​@@stillnotwoke

[@markthechopper]

sad part is look how these people treat public restrooms. gangs and taggers and home destroy everything!

[@lindah5011]

​@@stillnotwokethere is a whole ocean right there.

[@deetorrance3659]

It should be daily cleaning, not weekly. Disgusting.

[@franklinburk3314]

And who’s going to pay for it? How clean is your own room? Look at how disgusting rooms and bathrooms are where u ****

[@markthechopper]

the cost is for the cops alone everyday is insane.

[@arribaficationwineho32]

But the ability of the public to have clean bathrooms is major

[@franklinburk3314]

U get what u pay for. No maid then do your own cleaning

[@lordraydens]

@@markthechopper it's the price we pay for a civilized society

[@larryj1048]

Looks like he was planning an extended stay.

[@janmacek5697]

Ano, je to nejlevnější bydlení v Kalifornii, a dokonce přímo na pláži! 👌👍

[@whatyouseenow411]

Watching the guy get his stuff out of the bathroom was BRUTAL!!! I wanted to jump in the screen, grab his bag and start putting the stuff inside the bag!

[@arribaficationwineho32]

I wanted a high pressure hose

[@seahwkgrl80]

With a hazmat suit on first lol

[@Joe---]

I feel you

[@kommisar.]

Absolutely worthless human being.

[@tt_KIWI]

Feeling the Same AGGRAVATED no end🤨🤔 The authority's are soooo tolerant..From me a KIWI from NEW ZEALAND 🌅🌊🌲👌

[@thebigmon]

I work in an industrial park in SoCal surrounded by homeless people. I have never seen a homeless person who wasn't an addict. Given a choice between a clean place to stay or drugs they will chose drugs every time.

[@kthom4595]

IF they would just lock up the bathrooms at night (because apparently, the beach is closed) and do a clean up every day, then you won’t have people setting up apartments in the bathrooms.

[@richardmorris7063]

Were talking California here,common sense ain't common!

[@helenestrada1913]

Where do you want these homeless people to go It's either the bathrooms, sleeping at beaches or your backyard? There is no solution for the homeless and doesn't matter which state you come from .. Homeless is Everywhere?

[@MikeCerrooq1zt]

Agreed

[@dustindustindontworry-jz8dh]

@@helenestrada1913 I want them to go get the medication, addiction help and mental help they need to have, with the resources available to them. Setting up camp sites everywhere in public isn't the solution.

[@ChicoTheMan69]

​@helenestrada1913 Wouldn't be so many without the drugs, And whatever happened to the war on drugs anyway is that still a thing? Oh that's right they just mostly used that to persecute minorities that's why it's a total failure.

[@TT-wx4tg]

He is 'stalling'

[@lorrietayaba5761]

😂😂😂😂 OK that was funny. I’ll give you that.😂

[@joshuamlnarik5942]

Why is this not the top comment??? 😂🎉

[@celesteadina3224]

Lol!

[@dianekeziah234]

Yes. He is stalling

[@littlekkaczymar9591]

He has nothing to stall over. He's just got a lot of things 😢

[@jaysonpida5379]

God, we need to build and open mental asylums...I'll pay an extra 1/2 cent sales tax to get it done. My deepest thanks to the cleaners/social workers/LE officers for dealing with this insanity everyday in order to keep it from becoming another 'skid-row'.

[@pattilemonhouse7911]

I'm the working poor. I cannot afford the taxes imposed on me now. Maybe you want to tax more people into homelessness?

[@mimi1o8]

@@pattilemonhouse7911what about if the wealthy start paying taxes according to their income? It could easily be done then .

[@pattilemonhouse7911]

@@mimi1o8 , Marxist jingoism.

[@beths999]

@@pattilemonhouse7911 a half cent????

[@pattilemonhouse7911]

@@beths999 , no. Not another half cent.

[@jimo2665]

I can't believe tourism is down. If they could only figure out why ? 🤔

"King Osirus" ->No Shit?

[@onegreatone2810]

Y It don't stop people from going to Thailand or Philippines

[@twt000]

Tourism in Venice beach is way up to record levels. This is not 2020.

[@explorewithme4707]

Washing your clothes in the public beach toilet is freaking crazy as it gets

[@jamiepruitt7993]

Yeah I had to run it back a couple of minutes to make sure that was what I saw..😮 and we'll in fact to was the man pulling his shirt out of the public toilet and wring it out.... gross🤢

[@kr-pm1xg]

🌴😒 What's crazy is... That their cloths smell so much better after a good rinse in a public toilet. 🎉.

[@johnbutler2780]

@@jamiepruitt7993the ocean has to be cleaner wtf.

[@andyduhh4278]

Fkn disgusting

[@markgrafstrom1704]

What you don't like your clothes smelling like piss and 💩? That's how live in their country. Normal behavior...Biden and Harris invited em....great idea huh? FJB FKH!

[@Cablecol]

Santa Monica and Venice have been cesspools for around a decade but got even scummier after March 2020😒🧐.

[@FP65]

Correct.

[@PhillipFelix-kw3zi]

It looks like crap.

[@scottcharney1091]

It was a lot worse than this a couple of years ago.

[@jamesrockon9340]

Was just in Santa Monica a couple of weeks ago. It's a lot cleaner now than it was.. Still a lot of zombies and crazies wandering the streets though.

[@Peanutsmama]

Everything turns to trash with libbies in charge.

[@Roblu-k6u]

He’s going right back in

[@imjustsayin6562]

Just another day on Venice beaches Insane asylum 🤔

[@JMVideos7676]

Nice to see them returning the parks and facilities back to the public and no longer tolerating the street bums. I applaud the efforts of the Park Rangers and the City Employees.

[@darrendavis4731]

In my day nobody lasted more than 10 minutes before the cops ran them off. This is all by design.

[@FP65]

Absolutely.

[@arribaficationwineho32]

To what end?

[@jerseykevin27]

There were also jobs, and realistic housing prices, back in the day. Most of these people really have no choice. No one's excited to lock themselves on the bathroom just to survive the night

[@arribaficationwineho32]

@@jerseykevin27 most DO have choices but use income for drugs. Documented

[@aeonsbeyond]

Republicans all think that the collapse of American social order was designed by someone else to personally affect them instead of that their lack of ethos and humanity might have caused the problem

[@LaurieLester571]

Why are they not wearing gloves opening those bathroom stalls you can't imagine the germs comming in and out of any public bathroom stall and the door handle is just the beginning

[@franklinburk3314]

So you want to force them to wear gloves. Not everyone likes wearing gloves. You should move to north korea.

[@LaurieLester571]

@@franklinburk3314 look l am a retired professional on operating rooms sterilizing them idiot would you want me to leave tainted blood or MRSA cases l worked for Viha and could of worked all over Canada l happen to know ambulance caregivers dead because not wearing gloves and catching fentanyl ect you are not very bright are you it's important to fix and heal others but it's also important to contain any diseases as much as possible that's why gloves are there for a reason

[@lordraydens]

@@franklinburk3314 now tell that to doctors, nurses, and surgeons

[@mariusdeleon6785]

Its much safe to mineral drinking bottles to per than to use public toilets

[@LaurieLester571]

@@franklinburk3314 common sense l ran 9 operating rooms for constant sterilization and audited by 3 companies one in Canada one in United States and one in Britain we wear gloves we havet to have 100 percent or fired just in an instant gloves save lives from diseases so if you want to be stupid and not wear gloves be my guest you can also get foot hand and mouth diseases caused by touching contaminated bathroom door handles toilets and facilities among other diseases a good cleaner would wear gloves

[@user-iw5mp5th6d]

Tired of feeling sorry for them.

[@SteelMagnolia55]

They have chosen to live off other people! They don’t feel that they have to live within the rules of society! POS!!!!

[@vibrantsource]

Make them boogers clean their crap up and put the heavy mattresses in dump truck and then paint the crap graffiti of the f-eng walls so people can enjoy and feel safe and clean instead of cow towing to the sleeze heads

[@seanhamilton1786]

I never did . This is the consequences of your actions. A long list of bad choices got you here. No sympathy what so ever!

[@dannymckee3557]

It's not them, it's getting tired of everyone

[@marygreen8775]

PLACE IS SICKENING ..NO WONDER TOURISTS DON'T COME BACK,,,GET RID OF THE MAYOR AND GOVERNOR...

[@scottmcneely1927]

@marygreen8775 I agree with that at least. They're not addressing the cause of homelessness, which is essentially greed.

[@mattp4079]

That right, we're tired of wealthy people paying property taxes which keep our communities relatively safe. Get out wealthy!

[@HarveyMushman888]

@@mattp4079 Safe???

[@dintong]

A flyman , drink their own urine and eat their poo Don't n disturb them, You are against the principles of right. You are in a democratic.country. Don't you realize it the result absolute freedom.

[@richardmorris7063]

They are now,its almost election time!

[@stefanboster5728]

Another day in the life of the lunatic fringe..

[@lcfflc3887]

The democrat world...

[@kennedyntommy]

@@lcfflc3887 glad someone said it

[@EvelynSantos2222]

i know your out there...

[@sanfordmiles]

What a waste of resources! Mental health needed, forced. Forced drug treatment or jail.

[@Scorch1028]

Yes. This is why we need strong borders. There are enough _American citizens_ who need help. Taxpayer dollars should not be directed to help undocumented people.

[@yangyijun4674]

They should have never made Marijuana legal.

[@eric106071]

100%

[@nick_pappagiorgio]

LA is spending billions of taxpayer dollars on "tiny homes" for the homeless, but it turns out they'd rather live in a sh*tter on the beach.

[@JonDoe-cg4mr]

Location Location Location

[@DerekWill-p1b]

@nick_pappagiorgio It's because to live in the government provided tiny houses or shelters, you must follow rules . You can't bring in every piece of trash you collect on the street. You can't use drugs or alcohol . That is why they would rather sleep in a disgusting public bathroom . Nothing will change until they require the homeless to obey the rules. Overnight camping is illegal on the beach or the streets, write them citations if they don't pay, arrest them, and give them the choice of shelter, rehab, or prison . A functioning society needs rules. Now, everyone has to follow the rules except the homeless. They can sleep anywhere, openly use illegal drugs, and leave trash everywhere with no consequences.

[@cagneybillingsley2165]

@@DerekWill-p1b they will never be able to govern themselves or follow basic rules. it's genetic and there's no solution outside of darwinian ones

[@paddy9449]

Yea..... They have 2 "behave" in those homes.... In the "public"..... Do whatever ya want

[@Worldofourown2024]

People like to camp in sovereignty instead of submitting to government socialist programs with rules and restrictions. Rules such as you have to be in by 7pm or be exited from programs with jail and prison living conditions side by side, sometimes 3 hard steel bunks high on top of one another with funky drama and screaming all night. Sounds like internment camps in Nazi Germany doesn't it? Homeless shelters in American cities are at 100% capacity with the most horrid conditions in the world, but maybe some elusive housing programs still possible to sober compliant subjects. And once someone does get a Section 8 voucher, it's tricky to find affordable housing within the rent limits set locally in every county in ever state. We all miss when America was economical and united as one being for everyone. There isn't much social mobility for most nor is it cheap to travel and do things like eat out like how it used to be.

[@Dane-o7q]

Lock these restrooms at 7pm.

[@Joespoolandspa]

This video sums up why you should stay in school and not do drugs.

[@Vandeano310]

Few years ago, my girlfriend and I went to a VIP party that was held on the Santa Monica Pier, and we ended up getting hammered and we passed out on the beach. The next morning the Park Rangers came by and thought we were homeless and gave us a $250 voucher for a hotel room. Lol

[@kommisar.]

Aaaaaand that is exactly why all these vagrants go to California. You commit a crime and get paid for it.

[@NET-26]

Getting “hammered “ and “passing out on the beach” isn’t funny, it’s disgusting and pathetic.

[@kommisar.]

And that is exactly why these vagrants move to California: because they get rewarded for their crimes.

[@BohemianRhapsody324]

​@@NET-26🤣 ..... I love your comment! 👍👌

[@KimKendle]

Better than driving home with a bore😂

[@Scorch1028]

You can’t turn a public restroom into your own personal living space.

[@kenrowland7864]

Utterly Disgusting....The average person cant even use the bathroom if they need to...What if someone has a legitimate Emergency??? SICK!!!!!

[@michaelcampanale6649]

The Beach has become A Total Sewer ....

[@Cablecol]

Not in Orange County!!

[@lcfflc3887]

​@@Cablecolyou'll be surprised lol

[@Cablecol]

@@lcfflc3887 I rather go to Seal, HB or Newport any day.

[@richardmorris7063]

Ill take my very own Clearwater bch Florida. White sand & zero homeless.. On the beach anyways

[@Cablecol]

@richardmorris7063 Sounds like a great beach, unfortunately Scientology is buying up Clearwater 😱.

[@bettycourson1691]

I know the police gets so tired of this. They can’t do their real job for these dead beats

[@theprofessorfate6184]

They have no problem fleecing the taxpayer for doing essentially nothing.

[@adventures32]

The homeless who are not addicted to drugs or who do not have a mental disorder do not want a job.

[@scottmcneely1927]

@bettycourson1691 When wages are as low as $15 hour and rent for an efficiency starts at $2000 a month , homelessness can happen to anyone. I know if I were in California on what I make I would be homeless, so Im glad Im not there anymore. They are NOT all deadbeats! You all know where you can shove your snap judgements.

[@johnhenderson2548]

​@@scottmcneely1927they always have enough money for alcohol and drugs!?!?!? Weird????

[@theprofessorfate6184]

@@scottmcneely1927 I was talking about the cops.

[@andrewg.38]

Surprised they're not wearing gloves

[@AhatiMaat]

disgusting

[@anniefoggie5359]

My mother taught us how to use the bathroom and don't sit on the commode thank you Mama

[@StevenSantaCruz-ix9is]

Yep

[@Koolneen]

There’s plenty of help available they choose to live this way.

[@joeryanstrialbook2005]

The guy is living in a toilet.

[@richardmorris7063]

Zero br 1/2 bath WA view! Lol

[@trumpanzeehunter2559]

And this LA studio apt comes with a bathroom. View of the beach and a free meal once a day

[@barnabasschuler9025]

He isn’t even embarrassed 😮

[@laopang91362]

Little by little, a good place turns into a shithole.

[@Scorch1028]

Most of Venice Beach is clean. The cops and the cleanup crews have to be out on the beach every day to keep it that way.

[@scottcharney1091]

It was worse a couple of years ago.

[@kommisar.]

@@Scorch1028 Most places don't need cops clearing out homeless people to keep it clean.

[@0xKelly]

pray for America

[@vickiefinney6073]

God help us 🙏

[@davidcohen7106]

STOP voting for democrats

[@freightdawg6762]

Its over

[@aquariusa2421]

😂

[@warehousejo007]

yeah... pray for the dead. America is no more.

[@kimberlymigliorato8755]

He just went on and made himself right at home. Made the toilet an all in one dishwasher/washing machine. 🤢🤮

[@sunsensational]

Some of these ppl need to be forced into state conservatorships. We have the law and funding but no political will with Mayor Bass. Need leadership change.

[@ericstandefer9138]

Exactly, how about designated land, a camp where all services are available in one location. They must be clean respectful and learn to follow basic rules like all the rest of us have to. People like this guy do NOT have a right to do this and live like this.

[@Spawny500]

from the same person I bet that will probably cry at the first sign of so called loss freedoms.

[@dianeruhl292]

Why do people think they can just live at a beach! People who go to the beach just want to go relax and go home.

[@Dr.LongMonkey]

I have no problem with people being homeless. I do have a problem when hobos turn a very public spot into their home. Go live in the woods

[@WorzelGummage79]

These aren't hobos - hobos were itinerant workers. They would travel from place to place and offer to work in exchange for food/shelter or small amounts of money. These are bums. Just shiftless, lazy, layabout bums.....

[@illtempered6876]

Newsom must be so proud of the shit hole he created, and got taxpayers to pay for. You Californians are genius.

[@waynewisecarver]

There is no public convenience, conveyance, easement or access the homeless will not immediately foul and ultimately destroy.

[@SteelMagnolia55]

They need to bus them out to the Salten Sea to a place called “Slab City” where there aren’t any rules!

[@Riseabove22]

She should wear gloves to touch the door.

[@blakespower]

so much patience for this guy

[@GRosa250]

I have no idea what the hell is happening out there. You’ve got multi million dollar homes overlooking homeless encampments. It’s very easy to resolve. The city can make an ordinance that says the beach/park is closed from 3AM to 4AM daily. Every night issue summonses to all the homeless people and have them take all their crap with them when they’re ordered to leave. Then start arresting them after multiple violations or when their unpaid summonses turn into warrants.

[@imjustsayin6562]

The last thing they want to do is arrest them 🤔

[@karloalberti]

POLICE .. are more interested in giving you a ticket for changing lanes... without signaling or doing a u-turn on a desolated area...

[@scottmcneely1927]

Can't inconvenience those people in the multi million dollar homes.

[@sfjava6239]

it is very expensive to jail those homeless.

[@richardmorris7063]

Like em or not they're paying all the bills. You'll see when they get fed up & leave.

[@photorealm]

Imagine what the area would look like without the daily army of cops and clean up crews. It would be a total waste land where not even the army would go in. Mad Max world.

[@arribaficationwineho32]

We saw it last year. It was tent city, trash everywhere, poop on sidewalks. At least they are trying now

[@kommisar.]

Imagine what this area would look like if they stopped giving these people handouts and started locking them up for doing camping there.

[@arribaficationwineho32]

@@kommisar. just take their trash

[@aceyorba]

What a perfect place for a family vacation.

[@zenoslayer9618]

Get a pressure washer and give them 5 minutes then turn on the water. They might need that too

[@scottmcneely1927]

@@zenoslayer9618 Get your jollies torturing people. Maybe have a Nazi flag on your wall? Copy of Mein Kampf?

[@QbutNotTheQ]

Great view (generally speaking), free utilities, free wi-fi, very close to the beach, round the clock drugs you can buy with your SSI check, and $0.00 per month rent.

[@BarryWinner2075]

Not to mention free aroma therapy in each room

[@somethingnewhere]

Just lock the toliets at night

[@jamesseabolt5915]

Great idea.

[@nancyann1014]

Lots of these homeless appear to have cell phones...

[@biblemademedoit]

The government is still giving them out.

[@nancyann1014]

@@biblemademedoit - didn't know. Thanks.

[@carlosaldas5690]

There is no way in hell I will ever use one of those restrooms, I'll hold it until I get home

[@arribaficationwineho32]

Not everyone has that option. Public restrooms should be maintained for public use, not housing addicts

[@TR-gg5er]

😂 I agree

[@JesseMongia]

I expected the cops to take a knee for the homeless guy . Since there all about kissing their a$$ .

[@elviscobb5922]

No, they aren’t. They are attempting to show a minimal amount of compassion while doing their job.

[@suedobak4971]

you couldn't pay me to vacation here --- who in their right mind goes here ?!

[@susanswarts1407]

Sight-seers, to see for themselves?

[@chriscusick6890]

They should have homeless shows for visitors.

[@MikeTrujillo-fd2fn]

No camping allowed! 👮

[@bobbalcom2658]

"Notably, no citations for public camping violations were issued during the operation, reflecting the city's emphasis on supportive measures over punitive actions." ........Which would explain why they have to keep going back once a week.....

[@scottcharney1091]

Criminalizing homelessness is not a winning strategy.

[@bobbalcom2658]

@@scottcharney1091 A law was passed in California 174 years ago. It's called a vagrancy law. Means you can't just camp anywhere you want to. The criminalizing happened 174 years ago when that law passed. The fact the city thinks it's a bad idea now to uphold it and allow people to spit on that law has not been a winning strategy either. Especially given the fact these are where the fentynal and meth camps are along with stolen vehicles, dirty needles and desecrated land wrought with feces and garbage all caused by the homeless. But I guess you don't think there should be any consequence for such actions. Whatever.

[@scottcharney1091]

@@bobbalcom2658 I'm just saying that locking people up for being homeless (because there's no use in saddling them with fines that they can't pay) isn't going to help.

[@kindredmalise6633]

Hate crime. Cause people will say the cops are evil for doing their jobs. When the person complaining does not help at all and only complains.

[@GOPETSCOOTER]

When does it ever end

[@lorrietayaba5761]

Right, I don’t think it ever will😢

[@kurtislow6025]

When greed ends

[@SuzanneS2023]

Beautiful weather, palm trees and beaches. It's too bad the homeless has to get in the way.

[@karloalberti]

Yes, people experiencing homelessness in California are eligible for CalFresh benefits, also known as food stamps, which are issued through Electronic Benefit Transfer (EBT) cards. In fact, homeless people are more likely to be eligible for CalFresh

[@externalaffairs247]

That book tho 😂

[@thexbooksx]

These officers deserve a pay raise and stronger hand sanitizer.

[@316LVM]

When I was in college, I did an internship as a park ranger at a national park for the summer. At the end of the summer, I knew there was no way I would ever work as a park ranger. People are disgusting and have no respect. I caught a tourist washing herself in the restroom, chased down a group of teens vandalizing an archeological dig, had to help carry a 300lb woman on a stretcher out of the canyon........... These people are saints as far as I'm concerned. The amount of bullshart they have to deal with is unreal.

[@johnbettmann6888]

And yet tonight they will leave them unlocked and unguarded so the same people can move right back in.

[@Scorch1028]

Yeah. It’s a cycle of stupidity. As long as these vagrants comply with the police officers’ commands pack up and get out, they can return to the same locations as soon as the cops leave. These cops see the same people day-after-day in the same spots. Unfortunately, California residents keep voting for politicians who allow filth to accumulate in public spaces.

[@ccryder654]

CLEARLY CITY NEEDS TO PAY AN ATTENT TO MAKE SURE NOBODY MOVES INTO THE RESTROOMS!!! SAD TRULY!!!

[@pvelvet1483]

If they just try to get a job, instead of taking drugs and cowering in bathrooms, they'd be a little bit off. They got strong looking bodies!

[@susanswarts1407]

Would you hire a guy that lives in a bathroom?

[@chriscusick6890]

​@@susanswarts1407Where do you think Nusome came from?

[@kitmangore]

So much empathy and compassion for their fellow human beings in these posts. I hope none of you have to be homeless in the future.

[@boxerblvd3514]

Compassion for fellow humans that can take the help that is provided but don't want it because there's rules give me a break. GOD grant me The SERENITY to accept the things I cannot change COURAGE to change the things I can and WISDOM to know the difference. Just because someone is homeless doesn't give them the right to literally crap on everything they touch. They are not intitled to anything they have to want help.

[@donbob3343]

I've been homeless in the past,I don't recall it being much fun, that's why I have empathy for the homeless, walk a mile in their shoes,there is no easy solution for this problem. A lot of mental illness and drug addiction everywhere. I wonder if this is one of the consequences of late stage terminal capitalism,all the money flows to only a few players and like Monopoly,in the end only one player.

[@mothmanifest]

Oh BS! No excuse for being a cretin and allowed to become a public nuisance. It’s a societal disease that politicians are sweeping under the rug. It’s not ok. The homeless need to be treated against their will. It’s disgusting. Who in their right mind would expose a child to this?

[@diancecht4566]

Oh, and you have been, right?

[@tuomasholo]

The homeless guy casually exits carrying a baseball bat on his way to little league practice. Seems legit. 😂

[@jk-mm5to]

Remove the doors. Problem solved.

[@brittoverbaugh4035]

Its what they do in France and Holland

[@lcfflc3887]

That's nasty lol​@@brittoverbaugh4035

[@lcfflc3887]

I saw that at long Beach lol, humiliating, California is freaking crazy, going to the bathroom like a prisoner in jail, what a lazy ass solution to the homeless problem, the cheapest one by the way at the expense of the tax payers who now have to wait to get home to use the bathroom, do you normally leave the door open for everyone at your house to see when using the bathroom? LOL of course not, but Gavin Newsom thinks it's progressive. 🤣🙄

[@sunsensational]

They would put up a blanket and still be in there

[@arribaficationwineho32]

Stall doors are fine

[@blakespower]

bet it took the guy 1 minute to move into the restroom, but takes him a half hour to leave

[@JMVideos7676]

The guy on the "Clean Team" painting over the hideous graffiti is my new hero.

[@cliffwheeler7357]

I am English and I still have fond memories of my first visit to the USA in 1978. Part of my holiday was four days in Santa Monica, and I remember it being a lovely city. Reading the comments it seems in the space of forty four years to have turned into an extremely unpleasant place. I suppose there are several theories as to why, but it’s a real shame nevertheless.

[@richardmorris7063]

It was pretty lovely the yr I was there in 85. I feel lucky to have experienced it

[@Koolneen]

It’s from years of Liberal policies. They’ve literally upended common sense and decency. I left SoCal 30 years ago and seeing what it’s become I made the best decision ever. I still go back every few years to visit my brother and it reinforces my feelings of why I left in the first place.

[@Make_Love_Not_War]

Why are the park rangers not wearing gloves? Even with gloves I personally would not feel safe touching the doors

[@verlindaallen3335]

Im 64 on the 6th and i never, ever thought we'd witness these times. Its heartbreaking and so upsetting to see how the devil has used people to ruin everything. These police and rangers are dealing with to much and need pay raises.

[@morava122]

Verlindaallen je to smutné, keď človek padne na samé dno.U nás sú tiež bezdomovci,ale nie toľko ako v Amerike!Máme útulky, kde sa môže bezdomovec umyť a spať. Nesmie ale požívať alkohol! Amerika 😱👎👎👎👎

[@krrliecarrs7037]

How can someone live in a filthy public restroom ,with all that smell and bacterias. Washing clothe and drinking that water.This is the disgusting thing ever,I know he is homeless but this is crazy.

[@BarryWinner2075]

Just have speakers in the roofs of that bathroom complexes that blair sirens and play baby shark songs full blast when ever they want people out of the bathrooms, problem solved

[@KevinBarry-n6i]

Arrest them, this will stop.

[@jackwilson3121]

The guy in the skirt sounds like a lawyer.

[@heehaw8401]

Did he say his name was Katy Perry?

[@lcfflc3887]

From the idiocracy movie.

[@davidrogersundquist781]

use a friggin hose and wash down those stalls !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@dudewheresmycar908]

Steam cleaning wouldn't even be enough!

[@johnmusser8925]

Firehose

[@richardmorris7063]

Power wash w/ bleach

[@justglenn1037]

To all the commenters referencing mental health... do not confuse mental health with drug abuse.

[@morava122]

Yes,yes,

[@alexeinorris9537]

Gross I won’t touch those handles

[@imjustsayin6562]

Women can't use a bathroom with an open door

[@lcfflc3887]

Lol... Then touching your face by accident

[@mikeg3439]

This is weekly because it's all "cleaned up" and the junkies and drum circles just form again immediately. There is no effort to get rid of the druggie campers.

[@paulinedye5479]

That looks like desperation.. Never once in my life have i ever seen this kind of CRAZINESS.. AND ALL THE STUFF HE HAS IN THERE...😂😂😂

[@scottmcneely1927]

"How to Mind Your Own Business." Perfect!

[@karloalberti]

perfect in a BIZARRE WORLD..

[@jimo2665]

Maybe he should read the book "public bathrooms are not your home" and the New York Times best seller "Toilets are not for washing your clothes ".

[@scottmcneely1927]

So what, then ? All homeless people should be in jail? Some peoples' wages just aren't enough to pay rent in Los Angeles Not hard to have happen when the lowest rent is $2,000 or more a month.

[@florodrigue5487]

@@scottmcneely1927maybe if the illegals weren’t taken all the shelters maybe our homeless would have someplace to go. The illegals get hotel rooms and shelters and our citizens get shit

[@rebeccawhittington1390]

@@scottmcneely1927 where do you think they should be Scott. Maybe your house

[@carlmorgan8452]

Resources expended over homeless overwhelming our country

[@thatguy7085]

Don’t we have jails these people can live in? He is naked in public.

[@Scorch1028]

California’s penitentiaries are overcrowded. They’re constantly releasing massive numbers of inmates. Occasionally, they release thousands of inmates in one day.

[@robertnewman4072]

I can understand being homeless, but a nasty shitehouse?

[@thurstonpowell8687]

Its California an outhouse is better than what you face if you're normal there.

[@Scorch1028]

Those restroom stalls are tiny. The guy who locked himself inside of a stall had a studio apartment full of stuff crammed in there. He had absolutely no space to move around. That’s a clear sign of mental illness.

[@Scorch1028]

@@thurstonpowell8687Those restroom stalls are very cramped spaces. I don’t know how that bald guy managed to cram all that stuff in there.

[@JonDoe-cg4mr]

If i had only 1 thing , make it a toilet. Ahhhhhh

[@americanwoman9342]

This situation of the man residing in the bathroom shows some mental disabilities in the way he was gesturing each of his movements.. The mental health of so many homeless will be addressed in the next administration more than it’s ever been before… May not happen immediately but it will happen..

[@Webcoreinteractive]

Dude had a "How To Mind Your Own Business" first edition 😂

[@DebraM8189]

Better off having Portaloos and having a company change them every second day.

[@rebeccawhittington1390]

Who the hell would wanna be a cop in California? Anywhere for that matter

[@Robert-eg2oy]

Why aren’t these Rangers wearing cloves ?

[@markgrafstrom1704]

They should not be here...period! Broke the law, get em outta here!

[@HarveyMushman888]

What a joke...

[@robmullin1128]

It’s ridiculous that they have to do this daily. I get people are allowed to have their mental health untreated but it should not be at the expense of the communities they live in.

[@mrscelopez57]

Why would you put your phone in your underware????

[@lcfflc3887]

The contrast that this is like one of your best problems on your problem scale list LOL. This people are mental and live outside, you ain't dealing with the average here, so it's what it's here.

[@DerekWill-p1b]

He sleeps in a public bathroom and washed his clothes in a public toilet. And the phone in the underwear is what stood out as strange to you ?

[@mrscelopez57]

@@DerekWill-p1b Are you positive that he does his laundry in the toilet? All of it is strange!

[@mrscelopez57]

@@lcfflc3887 I have been watching for while now. Yes, some are not all there. I don't believe that he is deaf either!

[@DerekWill-p1b]

@mrscelopez57 Why is it normal to just do some in the toilet and only strange if you do all of it in the toilet?

[@barnabasschuler9025]

I used to sleep on this beach in the 1960’s when it was hot. No one ever bothered us.