S.F. begins moving homeless from downtown near APEC Summit

San Francisco is stepping up efforts to clear homeless encampments in areas around the APEC conference. Lezla Gooden reports. (11-9-23)

[@kindredmalise6633]

A good sign that only the rich and VIP get things done when asked. Business owners, residents, taxpayers get no service. But people who come for a party? All access to police and government funding.

[@bkm2797]

kindredmalise6633, Yep, so this voting period is hopefully going to remove politicians that failed the residents! Things have got to change and that includes London Breed!

[@itweety21]

Recall LONDON!

[@jasonblaha6891]

Rigged elections voting is fake

[@milascave2]

Meh, The mayors change, the situation stays pretty much the same.@@bkm2797

[@Westcoastguy]

They don't care about the people who live there. But they love the visitors who visit there. Vote accordingly.

[@wenerjy]

Can we have a summit every month for the next 24 months?

[@asw654]

Hell, invite Xi over here more often please.

[@KatHovingh]

Pretty gross that they can only be bothered now that the "important people" are coming. Us residents just have to deal with the squalor and danger I guess. And what is the city doing with all the funding to fix the homelessness issue if they can't seem to open extra beds even in this case?

[@kindersurprise12]

People keep voting for the same clowns in the same circus. To expect anything different is insanity

[@aaronbrown6890]

Never let them back in!!! Its was wonderful when I visited... this is why people were leaving.

[@middleguy1776]

So the city refuses to move them when businesses and residents complain but not when the city needs them to go. So progressive

[@marvinbrando722]

😂😂😂

[@exclusivebarber405]

Man all the homeless programs that are "supposed to be helping and housing homless people" in SF have to be embezzling money, not only that they misappropriate funds, how does the the City of SF have a multi million dollar budget for the homeless but they got all the homeless people unhoused, crazy to even think about!

[@erijoh03]

Agree

[@sneat2028]

@@FlyBoyMTThe OP's comment is true, there are 100's of non profits in San Francisco, a grand jury found that the so-called non profits have failed and misused money.

[@RumRaiders]

They don't want to be housed! Did it's a fact across the board with homeless. Did you not hear that guy? He said he doesn't want to be in a shelter, doesn't want people coughing on him. Also means he can't do his drugs in a shelter. That's the issue.

[@SFPhilo]

Advocates says more housing needs to be built and wants the govmint or somebody else to build it, but a lot of the homeless don't want to be housed (with conditions). How about those advocates start using the millions they get and build the housing (with no conditions) so that the people they advocate for can get housing?

[@MichaelChengSanJose]

It’s not just millions. It’s billions being wasted. About a billion dollars torched for the homeless every year. That enough to build brand new condos for all of them.

[@TheRegularNobody]

We used to call people who did drugs all day and didn't want to work bums.

[@elizabethhunt6149]

Who says none work or they all do drugs? Shame on you.

[@TheRegularNobody]

@@elizabethhunt6149 Who says I said that?

[@miket4234]

true lol. bums!

[@VVV953]

​@@elizabethhunt6149😂 who says they're not doing drugs

[@Westcoastguy]

@@elizabethhunt6149 Then what's their problem then?

[@RumRaiders]

"He ain't doing nothing for me" Isn't that one of the core problems with the homeless mindset. Notice how he doesn't want any shelter life, can't do your meth or whatever in a shelter. They want to be on the street, that's what a lot of advocates don't get.

[@1dognight166]

Being formerly homeless, I can tell you for a fact you can't just wait for handouts .Being in a shelter can be challenging, but life is so much better once you get to the other side.

[@californiamade5608]

For real, always playing victim and wanting hand outs 😂 get off your ass and work

[@RumRaiders]

@@1dognight166 Good on ya brother...

[@LividRenegade]

Took the words right out of my mouth. That's the whole mindset of California. As a recovered heroin addict, I had to put in the hard work. No about of government assistance bring me sobriety and success. As an addict, we are selfish to the core until we can wake up. Providing these handouts without a goal in mind is simply enabling the addicts, plain and simple.

[@sme91158]

That guy's accent sounds like he came from a failed RED state that didn't really care to help him. So why do people blame California when most of the people living on the streets came from OTHER states?

[@swaggercat]

I loved how everyone treats these people like they're entitled to be sleeping on the sidewalks.

[@diegocastaneda3829]

Americans have brain and heart rot.

[@whisper2284]

It is disgusting!

[@ropro9817]

Hurray! We should host more summits in San Francisco! 😆

[@annchovey2089]

And New York City.

[@yezusdascumlord7609]

All it takes is the leader of the CCP to come

[@marsmurphy9125]

Or you could just vote differently. 🤡

[@aaronbrown6890]

Never let them back in!!! Its was wonderful when I visited... this is why people were leaving.

[@feargodlorib4711]

@@aaronbrown6890 guess you don’t know what they’re doing with them do you only evil would wish that on human life

[@manfromeldia]

They should have let the homeless stay so all the bozos could experience what people that actually live there deal with on a daily basis.

[@AlexA-ux2ue]

Yeah could you imagine having President Xi take a tour of the tenderloin? 😂

[@Mike__B]

One of the more expensive cities in the nation, and it makes it even more expensive by having tax payers end up paying for temporary housing for those who have zero means to actually live here.

[@VIRGONOMICS]

I agree. How about a “ Let’s get our $#*t together “ Summit ?

[@stargazer4634]

Federal funds = our tax dollars. Vote them out

[@mintheman7]

That’s like sweeping the dirt under the rug when guests are coming to your house. Then pretend it’s not there after they leave.

[@stargazer4634]

OR cramming everything in your hallway closet!

[@peace-and-quiet]

It's the same thing they do in China.

[@mintheman7]

@@peace-and-quiet Have never seen an open air drug market like the Tenderloin in any city in China, but you must “know” better

[@Tracy-mz9bi]

@@peace-and-quiet China never need to do such clean up. There is no drug addicts and weed smells on street.

[@VVV953]

Why don't the Advocates just take them home

[@1dognight166]

One thing I definitely agree with Mayor Breed about is that those advocates have held the city hostage. She wants to clean the encampments up these ' advocates get in the way.

[@thekenthouse6428]

One of the biggest hurdles can be seen @1:26

[@kylesuperbaby9616]

Soulless

[@Tracy-mz9bi]

Why don't gov start controlling drug use

[@kylesuperbaby9616]

@@Tracy-mz9bi freedom silly

[@bidensucks6792]

This is equivalent to a child shoving all their clothes and toys under the bed and claiming they cleaned their bedroom!

[@1dognight166]

u speakin truth.

[@VIRGONOMICS]

Of course. Do our city officials think that the world doesn’t know how bad it is here ? That area is called “ No Man’s Land “ on Howard , Mission. It’s almost like an asylum spilled onto the streets over there by the Federal Building

[@audenharper3014]

The city has spent billions on "carrots," it's time to get out the stick

[@chiptoothrecordlabelgroup]

Somebody please provide me links to content that shows where these people were put and how it's going. 🙏

[@User-54631]

I remember when Brazil did this for the World Cup

[@getcrack4me]

...and China for the Summer Olympics in Beijing. The undesirables swept under the rug.

[@dianam4894]

Dallas too in the 90s. Every city does this when the world will be watching.

[@Tracy-mz9bi]

SF is the worst. Have never seen so many drug-addicted homeless occupying streets.

[@shrimboi8909]

Jennifer Friedenbach.. salary = 200k a year....

[@CarlosRodriguez-hb3vq]

ProPublica says she gets $50k as Executive Director

[@Kitty8791]

She says it wrong x2 at 00:15 & 01:34. 🙄 Lezla it's not "APEX" & it's not plural "APECs." It seems she caught on after reading the SF Emergency Operations Center's statement out loud. Does she even know what APEC stands for? 🤔 Maybe her camera person or segment editor should correct her mistake, rather than letting it go to air.

[@christopherconcept926]

DEI

[@bkm2797]

Mistreated how awful, I'd leave San Francisco for good if I were you!

[@oldrrocr]

there are a lot of empty buses going back to Texas... just saying.

[@bkm2797]

oldrrocr, Yep, they mostly came from there in the first place!

[@1dognight166]

​@@bkm2797Saw a video of homeless saying he came to California because they pay you to be homeless. He mentioned even getting free Netflix .😮

[@bkm2797]

1dognight166, Wouldn't doubt it after seeing a video some visitor did to experience and show what was going on with the homeless (mainly drug addicts) here, he went into a small shop to get free needle supplies, tourniquets, the conversation and over helpfulness of the girl behind the counter was stunning, it was then that I said enough of this BS, not to mention the overt theft and then finding out this woman who is from a not for profit is teaching new arrivals how to skirt the system so they don't have to wait for a $600.00 stipend per month. I blame our Mayor and some of the supervisors who kept this critical info to themselves, they must be voted out. This is not how you help anyone, this is how you enable them which is Never a good thing. Rehabilitation Facilities need to be available outside cities, they need to be long term, and if you break the law because you stole from others, it becomes mandatory.

[@thekenthouse6428]

Friedenbach lives in Marin, let her bring them back up there. Better yet, have a few set up camp outside her doorstep

[@dwj9099]

Coalition on homeless does nothing to help.

[@erinholleran837]

Why would they, they wouldn’t have a job if they solved the issue.

[@1dognight166]

TRUTH!!

[@IAMHERE486]

I wondered why the police are out on Bart heavy.I’m sorry why don’t they do all of this all the time.

[@freewifi510]

moving them where? lets criminalize homelessness

[@frankdenardo8684]

Jonestown, Guyana 🇬🇾. It is deserted, and you can make your own community.

[@jackiechance795]

That is terrifying! "They told us they are keeping our stuff for us but they didn't tell us where we can come get it. ominous 😢😢

[@joey3291]

How come I did not see so many homeless people in China. Do they have big meetings to host in every city all year round?

[@Lion_McLionhead]

Got to put on a good show for the inflation targeting system.

[@binkyboo1964]

San francisco best face forward is the back side hanging out lol 👹💩

[@johnnyfive1412]

Why not force the homeless to move daily or more often? Dont let them set up tents on public property ever! This proves that SF cant blame some court order for refusing to move people from other locations if they are moving them from this APEC summit.

[@kylesuperbaby9616]

It’s unconstitutional silly 😂

[@juntao168]

Last checked, Alcatraz and Angel Island makes perfect sense for these folks.

[@user-xo8mr4hf4r]

SF moving out homeless that are near the conference. What about the other 99% of SF homeless? Nothing. What a crapshow.

[@GKP999]

There should be no homelesss and tents. They should all be housed.

[@erijoh03]

I think Michael will find a new sidewalk. He should be okay.

[@Urbanhandyman]

"Lost many of his belongings"........right.

[@middleguy1776]

Hey now it's not like they just hand out meth pipes. Oh wait yes they do. Carry on

[@elizabethhunt6149]

So he can’t have things? Even whatever it is, it’s his. Shameful comment.

[@elizabethhunt6149]

@@middleguy1776 and you know them? Who are you to pass judgement on another? Your day will come when you’ll be judged…

[@middleguy1776]

@@elizabethhunt6149 when they're leaching off society and wasting re resources without actually contributing to society I'll say whatever I'd like about them. If they had any self respect they wouldn't be living that way.

[@Urbanhandyman]

@@elizabethhunt6149 Those "things" were not purchased by his hard-earned income. Are you following what I'm saying?

[@secretweapon7764]

a lot of homeless people have mental problems or addiction problems. Others simply can't afford the huge cost of housing. Putting them up in hotels doesn't solve the problem and they can't afford rent. Maybe we need some sort of safe micro housing given to the homeless to get them the help they need. super cheap tiny apartments that are literally a bed and table with community restrooms. With a safe place to stay, maybe some of them will seek counselling or be able to hold down a job.

[@september17502]

Democrats politicians love homeless, they need to earn votes from homeless. If they do what you said the homeless will really disappeared. So they won’t do it, and they will create more homelesses instead by making everyone poor.

[@stargazer4634]

Give them the am benefits they give the people entering our country.Americans first.

[@kegyen]

They are slowly doing this in California. For every million spent about a thousand goes to housing them. Rich getting richer and poor staying poor.

[@stargazer4634]

Agree... Possible Solution?! !! I watched a video about Japan's rent/homelessness problem. Tokyo citizens solved their problem in a way by occupying "Gaming places" with internet connections. These places have private rooms, more like closets, for gamers. These gamers played video games for days and thus, needed coffee, etc. Then the elderly and newly displaced turned these "game-studios- rooms" into temporary housing. I remember one older man who worked at an upscale Hotel and had basically just his uniform, but he had a place to sleep and use a bathroom. It seemed to me such a smart solution. I'd rather see California start small like this. As these people become more financially able, I'd move them into larger affordable housing. Of course, those with drug problems and mental health challenges need medical facilities. Sanitoriums work in Europe.

[@MrDude826]

So they're doing it for a summit but not for the citizens?

[@fumiyama165]

Seriously, homeless people do not want help. There are help out there but they rebut it

[@markpinera415]

That homeless man literally said he DOES not want the services they offered. He should be arrested then

[@lyndsay4153]

I heard that too. He was complaining about the shelters being too small. But being in a small tent, smoking meth with 8 other people surrounded by trash and dirty foil/needles is better apparently. The level of entitlement is disgusting. Meanwhile Jennifer Freidenbach should open up her own home to them.

[@letsTACOboutGoals]

The homeless prevention industry should get paid on commission... Right now they offer services, get declined, cash in, repeat.

[@enjoi8517]

no wonder theyve been cleaning out the hobos in san jose

[@Vachelll]

All of them to treasure island. Its not that difficult. Plenty of room for shelters, housing and treatment centers.

[@stephaniekerr]

And once the conference is done?

[@RacerX1971]

It's about time...these "unhoused" has been offered services for quiet some time and most don't want shelter..so puuuulez

[@aeromtb2468]

so you cant move them when citizens complain but for visitors its ok.

[@susansantana4454]

The president doesn't do anything for me, what are you doing to help yourself!

[@paulbegley1464]

Move along now. You can find another place to poop on the sidewalk for a week. And then you can come back to poop on the sidewalk.

[@freewheeler8924]

And of course, the moment APEC is over, the streets of San Francisco will return to "normal".

[@windygirl2342]

What if they were given the chance to go into rehab. A rehab that would be a campus where they grow their own food, can also learn trades? They can make good money ($40,000 per year) doing farm work. But they need to be clean. They've been let down by society for so long by turning a blind eye to drug use, that needs to change.

[@HilltopZombieShop]

Maybe Saks, Nordstrom, Walgreens, and Starbucks would still be around if SF valued their local businesses and residents as much as they value the opinion of China.

[@itweety21]

Recall LONDON she never did this for the regular people ! BOOK 📚 IT 🇺🇲😘 All laws and rules out the window 🪟

[@4jg895]

Why can you move the homeless for the hard working people in sf??

[@ernestconnell8087]

Keep moving them around

[@hugeslacker]

why don't they just let these people live in tiny homes. they don't want to be part of the economy, so why not allow them to exist outside of it instead of letting them become a drain on it

[@herrgarbage7290]

Move them to Pelosi's neighborhood.

[@1dognight166]

Ha! I like how you think.

[@JackADoodleThePoodle]

Michael is afraid of getting coughed on .... but not of dying of a drug OD. 🤣🤣

[@pandjbruno]

So are they just moving them out to where? Are they now camping in the suburbs?

[@thatgirlwhousedtohavereall5549]

Someone said a lot of them were taken to San Jose. It would be interesting if all of them would come back & set up camp again exactly where they were during the summit.

[@djcalvin408]

So the city refuse to do anything about it for years, but will immediately clean up for APAC. 👌🏻

[@guestsinyourlife]

This is crazy. PEOPLE should not be sleeping in the streets. We are inabling people. Yes, many need this support, but many are not getting help, and making these camps seems normal. There are people who choose to be homeless and those who do not. These are mental health issues, high rents, job layoffs, drug addiction.. It’s sad and upsetting

[@catchison8671]

I agree…

[@Jgjginkg244]

Don’t let them back in the area!! Bus them to Texas!! Abbot love them!!

[@elizabethhunt6149]

This country is shameful 😢

[@audenharper3014]

the city is spending a billion dollars a year on homelessness, maybe you should say that the "charity" organizations that waste all that money are shameful

[@middleguy1776]

Yes just the homeless vagrants are respectable and societal contributions. We definitely need more of them.

[@user-zt6bt8dp2c]

@@audenharper3014then why are the advocates say they’re not doing enough? Charities aren’t only for homeless.

[@audenharper3014]

@@user-zt6bt8dp2c probably because they want more money, it's public record, look up the salary for these "homeless advocate" administrators, they make well over 100k a year. When your business is homeless people, you kind of need them to be in the cycle of being homeless forever. Just like the prison industrial complex, or tinder, your business is repeat customers. You tell me, why are these tiny home communities that they built for homeless 50% vacant if people are ready to get off the street? Watch: " Homeless encampments surge as Tiny Home Village experiences vacancies "

[@lyndsay4153]

@@user-zt6bt8dp2c because then they'd be out of a job. If SF and non profits really did put a dent in homelessness and drug addiction, these people wouldn't be in their nice office, making 6 figures and then some.Thus the term "homeless industrial complex".

[@kylesuperbaby9616]

We are a soulless nation Shameful

[@doug6875]

Where did they place all those homeless people?

[@Xochil1986]

If only they did that all year round 🙄

[@Calinative0523]

The Palestine protestors should be questioning why is it that the city only does this when elites come to the city. But when local businesses/tax payers ask this individuals to do their job they turn a blind side. But obviously that would be asking too much…

[@zigzag6758]

the protesters can leave too

[@FlyByMike94]

The lady who runs the coalition on housing is a ridiculous person. Nobody outside of sf thinks what she’s saying is normal. People like her just take insane salaries to produce nothing and except more homelessness I lived in sf a couple years ago and I can promise you that the city doesn’t think the homelessness is a problem. The city is so progressive that they just let them live, except except ‘not in my backyard’ which means that if you have money to force the city to enforce laws, your streets will be clean. That’s why the poorest district(tenderloin) is forced to live with the dangerous homeless problem

[@brentsummers7377]

The annual APEC summits & the annual COP climate talks have proven to be equal in their usefulness to the World.🤣

[@richardpark3054]

Amid historically low unemployment, some people can't find work. Wonder why?

[@grooveman222]

Newsome assures homeless they can resume pooping on the sidewalks once his boss leaves.

[@sportsmedia25]

Reporter wearing a baseball cap? Bad look

[@ShavinMcCrotch]

Can anyone tell me the difference between homeless and unhoused?

[@rcherLansky]

Nope, just the woke movement trying to change language

[@slappylippy]

Did anyone care to tell those in charge that the homeless problem can’t be solved?

[@parthstew2591]

As 500 Americans are poisoned to death all over that city each week from that country visiting and your cleaning for them?? This is disgusting and no more letting this happens when will we stop this

[@guestsinyourlife]

And to find temporary solutions shows it can be done, but only if the prez comes to town.

[@rockpadstudios]

I was in San Diego and it looks like they are getting aggressive in trying to move the homeless out of the good areas. There are just to many of them from what I could see.

[@barbarastahl7697]

Poor Michael is worried about people coughing on him when they live practucally on top of one another.

[@Rita-nx6fg]

There are numerous empty prisons. Why aren't they using them for shelters.

[@jessehvair]

Don't clean uer act just hide uer mess.

[@CaIypsoJ]

San Francisco: these are your neighbors, your friends, your mothers, your brothers, etc. They do not deserve this treatment to help you play make believe with APEC that your city has humanity and heart. Your actions speak otherwise.

[@chloepompom1094]

Entitlements Stop asking what governments need to do for your you but ask yourself what can you do for the city

[@blaiseandthebambina]

They did the same thing in Seattle this year for the All Star Game and Vegas for F1 race. Bunch of crap to look good.

[@Lux2]

San Diego, too.

[@chriswendschlag1856]

Homeless Hustlers....

[@yappering]

Why do they call these homeless bums 'unhoused'

[@DSandy111]

0:40 They should be kicked out of the city! And their stuff is called garbage…

[@wanderinglife1142]

after APEC done, homeless will come back to normal life at SF. clean up just for show.

[@Yo_Kelz]

That "Coalition on Homelessness" office is the most stereotypically SF thing I've ever seen lol

[@spikedpsycho2383]

Years of depravity, cleaned up in 4 days. This proves The government could have always fixed the issue or at least help fix it...they just DIDN'T WANT to.

[@elaine1034]

That is *still* not showing us where the homeless all are! Guaranteed they will be back.

[@youtubelicksmytaint7482]

unhoused resident? haha you mean HOMELESS.

[@CD_RN_Independent_Voter]

SF can also team up with jurisdictions outside SF for shelters, SRO’s, and camp grounds, such as Modoc and Lessen. Also, implement the CARE Act for court-ordered and voluntary treatment for mental health and addiction. Big business conventions, like Dreamforce and APEC, can be opportunities to permanently remove homeless encampments. Let’s do this Bay Area! We don’t look like Mad Max yet. We still have a fighting chance!

[@shawnmann9491]

You want the folks to freeze to death this winter and potentially pollute the public forest lands?

[@spikesmth]

The "voluntary treatment" stuff doesn't work. By all means, increase capacity, beds, staff, whatever... but the most visible problem people on the street need to be forced into it and supported for medium-long-term stays.

[@worktogethertosavetomorrow]

All the power to you! People on here are saying they don’t want to be housed, they even say it, yes, but I’m sure they want a home. I said if they cannot keep it clean and safe, ok, kick them out, but house them!!!! Implement your ideas and all, for the love of god, this isn’t hard!❤

[@CD_RN_Independent_Voter]

@@worktogethertosavetomorrow Good point about some homeless people refusing housing. CA taxpayers need a strictly enforced law prohibiting anyone from camping outside in public areas in all CA cities and suburbs. It’s unsanitary and scares away tourism and visitors from nearby towns from spending more money on pleasant things that make the economy and community thrive. It’s worthwhile for our economy and community to relocate homeless people to cost effective shelters, SRO’s, and campgrounds (with bathrooms) in various places in California where there is a spot available for them.

[@ApexLunatic]

The people they interviewed don’t even look like homeless people

[@sayleebocook6293]

Why Don't they just get a big piece of land tell them to fix it for their home until something else can come a big piece of land for the homeless

[@boulderingbadger6179]

They dont pay taxes or for services.....

[@josephnguyen3730]

😂😂😂

[@elizabethhunt6149]

What’s the funny part?!

[@ryshellso526]

​@elizabethhunt6149 what's not funny? It's fucking clown world.

[@krumbus4573]

Very progressive to scrape the trash off the streets because you’re having deep pocketed company

[@ryanfeeley8945]

You know what more "resources" get you? More homeless people.

[@peterbedford2610]

Human detritus . what to do?

[@humanvoicemail5059]

Sorry all the assistance went to Israel and Ukraine

[@kegyen]

“Unhoused”. You don’t want to offend any lazy people , mentally ill or drug addicts by calling them homeless. Get them help and move them somewhere permanent!!

[@louisabdnour5785]

What is the difference in an unhoused person and a homeless person? Is the name change supposed to clean up things?

[@abcd60528]

the world 😂😂😂😂 that is why the USA SHOULD BE MINDING OUR OWN PROBLEMS BEFORE SENDING BILLIONS OF DOLLARS TO WARS AL