This Is The NEW Homeless Capital Of California

[@NickJohnson]

Here's my entire California playlist: kzbin.info/aero/PLq-_cmf3H6yomU5rB6yOC5C9hr0Qnkf1l

[@cantan111]

happy blat history month

[@comfortouch]

Nick, I recommend you search out the local ER/trauma centers in the cities you visit and check out what is happening around those.

[@Joemartin-g5b]

It's really simple. It isn't affordable for someone who makes let's say $20 an hour to rent a studio apartment. So once they spend some time living outside for free they meet others who are doing the same and they get used to it. It's a new subculture. plus your wrong that billions have been wasted.. billions have been stolen. Every time a person becomes homeless a Democrat politician grins and licks their lips.its going to get way worse before it gets better.

[@arminiuszmazowszanin2670]

I'm from Poland - they call us "2nd world country" but we dont have tents on sidewalks. We have homeless people for sure but NOT THAT MANY... this is shocking.

[@loganpeters7543]

California has more people than Poland.

[@loganpeters7543]

@billy nomates I don't understand what you are saying.

[@loganpeters7543]

Honestly i bet Poland or any European country takes care of homelessness better than any American state. I just wanted to make a comparison. My brother saw a lot in Frankfurt Germany, and I have seen videos of Polish and Danish cities. I have seen homeless tents in places that it's possible to survive outside during the winter.

[@mall231]

Don't forget the US has a population around 300 million more !

[@arminiuszmazowszanin2670]

@@loganpeters7543 Polish summer is almost as hot as southern usa but still i dont see any tents on sidewalks. If someone saw it - i would like to see it but i dont expect anyone could be able to show me this. In america its not few - its hundreds or thousands of tents per city. That's not normal.

[@dessebasey2750]

My brother was homeless in Orlando. He made a remote camp in the woods near downtown, where he sketched people for cash. He was an amazing artist, but struggled with normal life. I miss him. He drowned in the retention pond at his camp. I will never forget the day the sheriff knocked on my door to tell me. My brother was a great person that didn't fit in. Many people were nice to him, but some were horrible. Please consider that the next time you see someone in need. They are human after all. God Bless

[@TheBandit7613]

If you like to sketch people, do so in your free time, after work. After your bills are paid. This is our civilization. These people might as well move back to the jungle.

[@jorgeflores9421]

I do, my condolences?

[@elianamunoz73]

Im so very sorry for your loss. I saw your post and its the only reason I'm here. I don't like these videos and pictures. At least let them have their dignity. You're not at the zoo, stop staring.

[@bloodspartan300]

Retention pond? Care to elaborate?

[@bloodspartan300]

Could he not swim?

[@jacoblightner5855]

A homeless man in Sacramento told me that living in California is considered high-class homelessness because of all of the services and accommodations available for the homeless.

[@jollygreen9377]

Wow, makes me want move there

[@ericvulgate]

Precisely. It's no win for the state.

[@jacoblightner5855]

@@jollygreen9377 They have no where else to go. At least there are organizations and programs out there to help these people.

[@StephanieStone4737]

@@jacoblightner5855 they are enabled to be homeless 😞

[@jollygreen9377]

@@jacoblightner5855 yep, the Democrats have a handle on it. Good for them. Hopefully I can move there one day. Can’t wait

[@UraTrowelie]

7-8 years ago I was on a month long work road trip in California. Went from riverside to redding. I remember thinking to myself, I could live in this town. I'd move here. Since then, you've covered each one of the places I recall thinking that about. They're all disgusting. I've had to go back to CA several times and it does not matter where you go, it's unlike anything I've really seen in any other state. It's sad and disturbing what politicians have done to the Golden State.

[@larryjohnstone6260]

Liberal California, keep voting them in ,they're doing a great job!

[@UraTrowelie]

@Larry Johnstone they're doing a great job at following the directive of the "The big guy"

[@4FYTfa8EjYHNXjChe8xs7xmC5pNEtz]

Redding has always been a hellhole. I don't know when you were there. 1950s?

[@UraTrowelie]

@@4FYTfa8EjYHNXjChe8xs7xmC5pNEtz redding was not one of them haha

[@UraTrowelie]

I guess it does sound like I meant redding. I meant cities along the way

[@oldredbeard1446]

My wife and I just left Sacramento for a smaller city in CA. The homeless problem is out of control there. There are literally homeless camps everywhere. This video is not an exaggeration.

[@mr.raslyon6626]

As long as you are in CA it will follow you.

[@oldredbeard1446]

@Mr. Ras Lyon unfortunately there is a homeless issue here too, though not nearly as bad as Sacramento. But you're correct, there's nowhere to go in CA where it's not an issue to some degree.

[@cameronb3834]

There’s homeless in every city in California, the American Dream now is to not be homeless and starving but a while ago the dream was to have a house and a couple of cars.

[@jackiecordova1079]

I saw your comment on KZbin from Switzerland where I live all this homeless people living on the streets it's very sad your richest country in the world why is your government not doing anything to help this people taking them of the streets giving them shelter God bless you and your country 🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@oldredbeard1446]

@Jackie Cordova California is the largest economy in the US, and the fourth largest economy in the world, and we have the most homeless people in the US. Our state is run by people who care nothing about it citizens and only make themselves and their friends richer. It's like a banana republic here, sadly.

[@Donotevengotherewithme]

I live in the South, and someone I know said their rent went from $950 per month to $1275. Keeping in mind, that people are really stretched out thin as it is. I couldn't imagine my rent going up like that in a minute. Sometimes, that is the difference between being home and being homeless.

[@jclaytoncabral5106]

In Hawaii, an entire apartment complex went from $975/ mo to almost double at $1,850 with a one month notice.

[@kathleenking47]

Rent went up. From CA people moving there...

[@BLOCKBOI3RD]

@@kathleenking47 yes they made our rent go up in Arkansas.

[@ChelleSimon]

I live about 40mins south of Sacramento and the house I was living in was sold with no notice and I had to abruptly move and I went from paying $950 a month to the cheapest I could find which was $2000.

[@JonnyBeoulve]

Yet they keep voting Democrat.

[@mrsinctiv]

You sir are awesome for exposing the homeless reality to the rest of the country.

[@commonsense332]

This is a wake up call in blue states not to vote for liars!!

[@ozzierabbit587]

@@commonsense332 As an fyi, I read that Florida has the highest UNSHELTERED homeless population in the country.

[@testing6753]

Exposing the homeless reality? Everyone already knows this. It's just that nobody wants to really help. "not in my backyard"!

[@noahhowellstone1264]

​@@testing6753explain how to really help? I'll wait

[@JesusChrist-Gives-Eternal-Life]

TRUE!

[@renon1946]

We Californians see this, see whose running the state, then vote them back in because truthfully, we like to see suffering. I mean, I don't, but that's literally the only excuse I can think of for how we get to this point. Thanks, Gavin

[@490o]

Cuz no one wants "poor people" living in their neighborhood. People will always vote in their own interest

[@phillyphilhouse79]

Stolen elections, made up charges against the one running against the democrat commie running for office each election.

[@renon1946]

@@490o it helps that some do something, thus helping us stomach the crap around us. It's quite fascinating what we're willing to do to others and even ourselves if we're convinced it's for the greater good.

[@mrdave777]

No need to be bitter about the governor or leadership. It’s what the people voted for! Try to recall and the voters doubled down. I will not be dismayed or angry. I’m evidently in the minority.

[@MoreEvilThanYahweh]

What makes you think the elections are free of manipulation? It's a combination of the electorate AND subversion of the process.

[@Sniperfox1]

Nick, start asking these people where they are from and how long have they been in California.

[@redsky7527]

Bingo.

[@jonnydanger7181]

I would be very interested to know.

[@maddyj8436]

Yes Im from downtown / midtown my entire life

[@CC12398]

Also I highly doubt any of these people hadn't been living off of family members were barely scraping by

[@loucipher7782]

answer is NONE they are all bio weapons used by political party to attack one another

[@mm669]

My mom is in an assisted living facility in California due to her dementia. All the caregivers work full time there, then go to their second jobs. They work really hard and are one paycheck away from homelessness. These are essential workers, and I believe it's a hidden crisis in the wings as the population continues to age.

[@dankelly5150]

It just baffles me though that cities keep voting Democrats when they obviously support this homeless problem ! It's really bad now but just wait a few more years and parts of the cities will become unpassable with so many homeless not being properly dealt with !!

[@cccycling5835]

That combined with nobody having kids or families for support will absolutely lead to demographic collapse and replacement. Why would the Democrats want to fix the problem when it keeps them in power?

[@joshuaburgess4730]

The covid vaccine is trying its best to solve that

[@Ron898]

I encourage all Republicans and conservatives NOT to get vaccinated. It certainly helped in the midterms. Dead Republicans can’t vote. Oh wait, there’s all those cases of dead Republicans spouses voting for them.

[@harbingertheheretic3541]

It's not a hidden crisis. It's an *ignored* crisis. Texas has the same problem, as do states like NY & Florida.

[@johnstuartsmith]

I've lived in Sacramento since 1954, when I was 7. I worked 25 years for Sacramento County's Welfare Department, as did my wife. Here's some backstory. Sacramento has always had a large population of people living on the streets or in the weeds. It was founded by single men who showed up broke, lived in tents, and went into the hills looking for gold. Later, as the railroads and agriculture developed, there were a lot of seasonal farm workers and people who struggled to live year-round on the 3 months worth of wages they earned at the canneries around harvest time. Present day Sacramento is fairly prosperous, but it lacks major industries or companies. Being the capital, the State of California, local government, and hospitals are the biggest sources of good, stable jobs with low turnover. The employment market is pretty grim for people who aren't good at acing civil service tests. Automation has replaced a lot of unskilled labor. Housing prices are high, but they are worse East, West, and South of Sacramento. There aren't many jobs North of Sacramento. I-5, I-80-, and I-50 run through Sacramento. If you randomly hitchiked across the U.S., you'd end up here. If you got in an empty boxcar, you'd end up here. The mild weather is survivable for the growing number of people who live outdoors. Sacramento had 3 major military bases that closed down. The canneries have also moved elsewhere. The riverfront Skid Rows have been torn down and replaced by condos, business parks, and tourist attractions. Governor Ronald Reagan closed the mental hospitals and turned the mentally ill over to the counties without the money to care for them. Poor counties couldn't afford to provide mental health services. More upscale counties didn't provide services in the hope that people who needed help would move somewhere else. Reagan is still getting some blame for this, but that was 50 years ago, and in the meantime, methamphetimine, opioids and the proliferation of even more worse synthetic drugs have been churning out new generations of addicts and mentally ill people, many of whom are permanently brain-damaged unsalvageable zombies who aren't likely to be rehabilitated out of their feral derelicts lifestyle. There is a lot that could be done to improve the situation, but the problem goes way beyond what can be fixed with just money.

[@JDAbelRN]

Most of what you say is true. There are too many cheap drugs available on the street to get a thousand times people addicted with no hope of a cure. I'm afraid USA and the rest of world will turn into zombies within a few decades. But, I won't see it, I expect to live maybe thirty years more. That's life 🧬.

[@josephschmeggins6311]

Reagan always gets the rap for closing the hospitals. Brown passed that legislation. They just happened to close while Reagan was in office.

[@nwofoe2866]

I'm about your age and was homeless for 16 years after being hit by a car and landing on my head 50 feet away in 1975. It was many years after that that I finally got an MRI brain scan.. The doctor stared at it a long time, then looked at me and said, "I've been doing this for many years and have seen thousands of brain scans, but I've never seen one like yours." Nobody seemed to know what to do with me. I don't have much now in my old age.

[@journeyquest1]

Sacramento was home for at least 16 yrs ( 4 terms) for the worst Gov ever. He is the single most reason for the shittiness of our state that i was born in 60 yrs ago.

[@charlesprice7608]

@@josephschmeggins6311 yea they closed all across the country, not sure how you blame Reagan. The money from the federal government stopped. So the money wasn’t there to give. A major Supreme Court decision also had much to do with it.

[@deniseneve5208]

THANK YOU Nutless Newsome. This screams volumes about who and what you really are!! Your day is coming!

[@W000650]

I live in the Sacramento area and this video is absolutely correct. I have driven by these areas. Downtown Sacramento has smelt like pee for years.

[@DK-et6lm]

It kills me to see what my beloved California has become. It bothers me even more that my fellow Californians keep voting the worthless party line.

[@chriscraig70able]

Yeah, because Republicans are all about helping the homeless...

[@DK-et6lm]

@@chriscraig70able At this point I am willing to give anyone else a crack at it....Results are needed desperately.

[@chriscraig70able]

Ok, I agree ... anything short of a revolution, is a disappointment. I agree that neither party ,truly, has the common folks interest at heart . ( I have been homeless in CA, ( modesto) )

[@LuckyGuu]

@@chriscraig70able California was the Best state and the most beautiful until pipe smoking Dems joined Darth Vader and the dark side. Brain dead drag queens and Jerry Springer's audience spoiled it for everyone.

[@NewHaven203]

I agree but Californians are in denial! They say the Democrat party is the way to go but then complain when the quality of their city goes to shit! They need to accept accountability

[@Luka23567]

If you don’t come from a strong family, homelessness is never far away.

[@AgrippaMaxentius]

Or if you live in a country with a Third World Healthcare system like America where people with mental illness can't get any help.

[@misspiscesdreamz]

💯

[@Luka23567]

@@AgrippaMaxentius true!

[@angeladansie4378]

That's partially true. I have been in situations where I could have ended up homeless but having been raised by very resourceful parents, I always figured something out. But as others point out, there are a lot of circumstances under unfettered predatory capitalism that put people on the streets

[@ilikecontent2327]

Not necessarily true. I came from a poor home with an alcoholic father and heavy drinking and abusive at times mother... And most of us kids were fine and went on to be successful adults with good incomes and stable home lives. I do think part of it is a mix up of their DNA and how their brain works. And of personal choices. If someone hands you a crack pipe for the first time... Do you try it? A logical thinking person of course will say no. They may not have the mental framework to say no... At least that is what I am thinking... You may also call it gullible... Drug dealers love people like that as they become customers...

[@hankhillsnrrwurethra]

I was homeless in the Sac area for a year or so, living in a car. It doesn't take much to wind up on the street. I got some help, made my way back for my kids' sake. Now I'm a regular taxpayer in Roseville, you'd never know I was ever homeless. But I remember how it is being out of society. The future is never secure. Better be ready for whatever happens because your plans and goals don't mean shit to this world.

[@JonJaeden]

We just had a new retiree riding his bike in the Rancho Cordova suburb killed by a homeless man with a machete. Just hacked him for no reason. A guy does the right thing all his life and finally gets the freedom to enjoy his life and some creep who won't do the right thing takes it from him.

[@loucipher7782]

nice

[@jidori2258]

And the mass stabber on the Las Vegas Strip recently was released from a Los Angeles jail 😑 California is a gift that keeps on giving.

[@loucipher7782]

@@jidori2258 nice gotta grab some popcorn and catch up on that soon, when he appear again on policeactivity ofcourse

[@gardenwonder7977]

Carry bear spray on you

[@janejones7638]

I live in the Tampa, FL suburbs. We have people panhandling at a Walmart or Home Depot parking lot. Many were asking for a set amount of money maybe $11. Apparently, you have to pay a small fee to stay at the homeless shelter. There was a man who panhandled near a Wendy's, he was in a powered wheelchair. We went there often and we'd get him a burger. I know he'd come into Wendy's if it rained or it was getting too cold outside. He seemed really friendly and not a drunk or a drug addict. Wendy's made him "buy" something (one time it was a drink but the cashier bought it for him); they'd let him stay as long as he needed to. He didn't speak a lot and he spoke softly with slurred words (he wasn't high, it truly seemed medical). I believe he might have suffered a stroke. I saw a young female pick him up in a car (it had one of those additions to the car to store his wheelchair); I wondered if it was his daughter/granddaughter. I haven't seen him since Covid. I hope he's doing okay.

[@terywetherlow7970]

People who are taking Govt. Funding need tight oversight. They are becoming scammers.

[@kentmccoy592]

Do people in Florida blame Governor DeSantis and the Republicans for the homelessness problem there like people blame the Democrats in California?

[@commonsense332]

@@kentmccoy592 People refuse to work!

[@REMBRANTTUBE]

@@kentmccoy592 the democrats are to blame for this mess!! Gavin Newsom is a communist pig! 🐷

[@Official-Comments]

@@commonsense332 The fed min wage of $7.25 an hour, with no benefits whatsoever, will not magically change anyone's life.

[@lowerclassbrats77]

I live in the Bay Area, I'm originally from Antioch (a shithole onto itself). I took the family to Old Sacramento for the first time in 5-ish years. The day we were there a street was blocked off due to a mass shooting, homeless were everywhere, and while were looking to find a place to eat we noticed Joe's Crab Shack has 2 armed guards posted in front of the door. The entire time we were there I had my head on a swivel and wouldn't let my wife and kids out of my sight for even a second.

[@jessicacolldeweih1305]

I grew up in Sacramento and I am still here. My husband and I are looking to get out asap. It has gotten worse and scary here. It never used to be this bad. The bay area and tech people moved and brought their big city trash with them.

[@midcenturymodern9330]

The soy hipsters are well known for ruining communities and then moving on. They are like locusts.

[@carsi7282]

Why do you have to move? The homeless need to be move back to the states they came from. Those other states alone are responsible for them. Not California. Enough is enough. California has been carrying this country for decades now. Most of the other states are entitled and lazy. Where do those other states get the money to pay for their yearly budgets? Federal funds. Where does that money come from? States like California, Texas and New York, the innovators, risk takers, wealth creators. Time to end this state socialism. Cut the non-contributors off.

[@Robert-fs6ge]

I used to live in Modesto once the leftists started Winning elections I left.. the surprising thing is they keep electing the same politicians who made it like that

[@DaBinChe]

The problem is not big city folks bringing the problems but continuing voting the the same politicians that created the problems to begin with.

[@jan22150]

@@DaBinChe here we have a rich state with a billion dollars in excess but refuse to do something about the poor homeless souls looking for a better way to live. The liberal democrats in charge don't seem to care about the homeless .

[@paydenoman6700]

Nick I love your videos about being homeless. I've been clean and sober for an entire year now, every time one of these comes up I watch it. I watch it because it strikes me with gratitude for my situation and life now, and reminds me I don't want to go back to living like that. (btw home bro with the shotgun ain't an uncommon sight you'd be surprised how many homeless have guns or make shift fire-arms)

[@ilovemytribe]

Make shift fire arms? Please say more, never heard of that...

[@AgrippaMaxentius]

Is there nothing to be said about the lack of affordable healthcare in the USA and the price of rent? Are you saying that as long as you are clean and sober, you avoid homelessness? Because I feel alot isn't being adressed like the rent crisis and lack of healthcare. How can someone prove 3 months rent when they can't even get a job?

[@ilovemytribe]

@@AgrippaMaxentius The matrix system that we're living under is a very difficult one, but a lot of this has to do with the breakdown of the family and lack of sense of community. A lot of people were raised in difficult circumstances with often trauma and abuse. This already starts out life setting them up for failure. One lost job, one health issue and life can easily fall apart. Then, your family unit is so dysfunctional, you have literally no where to turn but the streets...

[@paydenoman6700]

@@AgrippaMaxentius No I'm just speaking for my personal experience I didn't make any claims on anyone else's behalf as far as getting out of the situation goes. That was just the solution for MY homelessness issue. I stop doing drugs? I become capable of helping myself

[@AgrippaMaxentius]

@@paydenoman6700 So how did you get healthcare? How did you secure an apartment with no previous tenancy? Alot of maybes here. Not saying you aren't being honest, im sure you are, just that you may be particularly apt at getting out of such a situation.

[@mikefisher2673]

Use to live in Sacramento 30 years ago, there were homeless there, but not this bad. Even riding your bike on the bike trail you had to be careful not to get jumped.

[@brandonpenn9117]

I'm from Cali and it's so sad to see how terrible the state had become,Sad

[@justsomethingtothinkabout8515]

People from California don’t call it “Cali.” You’re either a liar or new to the state…

[@gregorytremaine1164]

Thank you Nick. I was homeless in Sacramento. I had to get off the streets. Nick, you don't know how warm and inviting those empty tents, and broken down cars look, when your freezing, or just need to lay down.,.rest. Remember, this is Pre-Apocolyptic. Also Nick, 20,000 people lost their homes in The Paradise fire, tens upon tens of thousands more, due to Cali wildfires. It wasn't their choice. And now, they don't have one.

[@lonewanderer9982]

Economy is about to tank globally.

[@gregorytremaine1164]

@@lonewanderer9982Prep. Save up water. White rice. Canned foods, etc.

[@lonewanderer9982]

@@gregorytremaine1164 Too late for me I'm about to be out there if I don't off myself first.

[@lonewanderer9982]

@@gregorytremaine1164 Good luck surviving the climate collapse though.

[@gregorytremaine1164]

@@lonewanderer9982 Hang in there. Be strong. Start saving what you can and good luck.

[@lizbits9339]

The Walking Dead is what I always tell my friends. That is exactly it! I can’t wait to leave this place. I’m in Oakland and it’s a disaster. Yesterday I had something go road rage on me. I have to step over homeless people in order to get into the grocery. There are gangs in front of the pharmacy and yet people are still buying homes for two Million dollars.

[@ericsmith1801]

These are the results of 30 years of unbridled capitalism. Enjoy it.

[@ericsmith1801]

Hard proof of capitalism on its last legs.

[@ronlanter6906]

@@ericsmith1801 Hard proof that the government has failed. Capitalism is alive and well.

[@benjammin8510]

@@ericsmith1801 what's your alternative?

[@rachelbonnar]

I love your delivery! It always makes me chuckle.

[@turbostatic1]

Love your channel, your style and delivery 🫡

[@HIAHomelessInAmerica]

Thank you for sharing this. Homeless people are everywhere 🙏🙏🙏

[@juanito714ok]

Yeah, here in a place and time where it's never been easier in the history of humanity to acquire one's own personal toilet.

[@abcdef296]

@@juanito714ok Talk in numbers, what's minimum wage? What's the cost of renting a 2 bedroom apartment?

[@katelee670]

It's going to get worse than this.. not all homeless people are drug addicts or drunk's.. there's whole familys out there.. I'm in a camper that's not fit to live in.. I'm in Arkansas right now.. this tin can is the only thing i have..

[@NickJohnson]

I hope you find peace and comfort until you can pull out of your setback ❤️❤️

[@katelee670]

@@NickJohnson i need help now.. i need a address to go to.. I've got people that can pull the camper around.. I'm not that bad thank God I don't drink smoke or do drugs.. i just need a place to stay..

[@juanito714ok]

@@katelee670 I don't get it, Kate. Are you not able to work? There's never been an easier time to be employed. Companies can't find enough workers and that's been the case for quite a while now. I hope the best for you.

[@katelee670]

@@juanito714ok i get SSI and SSDI and widows pension i can't work I'd love to be able to get a job somewhere.. I'd love to get out of here people around me are jerks.. I'm being told to go to hell.. to bad so sad for you.. I'm being treated like trash around here.. go home you no good damn Yankee.. i got stuck stranded in arkansas.. my husband was killed in a car accident.. here in Arkansas.. i came from NY state what started out as a vacation turned into a nightmare for me.. I'm in lonoke county.. I'll never be able to proof that his death was a hate crime because he was mixed race..

[@loucipher7782]

campervans are high class homeless lol

[@YoucancallmeMarcie]

I asked an addict from California why he didn’t go home and he told me “why should I?” They give me everything here!”

[@greggfisher7365]

U should have said they don't give u a house or a car or a stove or a tv or video games. funner to do drugs with all that stuff anyways. must be heroine. most boring people ever

[@tomkruze2749]

Bro you have no idea…. It’s big busines!

[@dietlindvonhohenwald448]

That is the problem

[@vkat4167]

More politicians get fed well from homelessness, they need them, it’s huge profit for them

[@YoucancallmeMarcie]

@@greggfisher7365 fentanyl…the new heroin…

[@toycarpgmr]

An 85 year old woman was living in a VW bus in front of my house in LA county. I helped her with food and blankets but she needed more help than I could offer. She refused help from her family or govt.

[@JB-mo8rs]

So Cal Deputy Sheriff here: I work in a very affluent and extremely liberal city. Dealing with transients is the bulk of our calls for service. None of them want to go to the three shelters the city provides; they’d rather live in their tent. The word, “homeless” is a giant misnomer. These people are mental patients and need to be taken against their will and put into an institution. We take better care of stray dogs.

[@TheBcoola]

My small city was forced to build 100 pallet shelters the homeless could freely use drugs in because homeless advocacy groups sued arguing the massive facility we already have is inadequate because they don’t allow drugs or alcohol on the premises. It’s nearly empty all times of the year and has enough beds for every homeless person in the city. The new “shelter” cost taxpayers 1.7 million dollars and has essentially become an unpoliced slum. We are a lawless society when judges rule in favor of drug use and violence

[@cliftonwilliams766]

So Cal Deputy Sheriff, Sir. Can you explain why "the authorities", such as yourself, typically, harass responsible, fulltime and "planned for" retired RVers who are visibly and obviously not the homeless derelict RVers who are causing all the problems associated with homeless derelict RV's?

[@nomadiclapse]

Your city payed $17,000 for each pallet wood shelter? 😂

[@nomadiclapse]

"Taken against their will..." aren't you the little tyrant... come try to take me somewhere against my will because of your feelings or opinion little piggie. You'll get a wake up call real f'ing quick.

[@toddinde]

You are absolutely right. This is obvious to common sense people on any side of the political spectrum.

[@ifeawosika966]

This is sad. The breakdown of families is a reason why this happens so often. The governments don't care about you. Some of these people need to get out of there

[@deadtome44]

Lots of these folks are drug addicts that have burned every bridge to end up where they are now. I do think the government needs to step in but this is a complex issue that will be difficult if not impossible to “fix”.

[@mE-zx7pt]

Also the cost of housing.

[@duraosunda]

The breakdown of families? But surely the government is doing its best to keep families happy and united, right? That transgenderism agenda is undoubtedly a proof.

[@notchomomma239]

Really? I had no idea the breakdown of families evicted a few million people in the last 4 years.

[@NoPrivateProperty]

homeless and desperation are the goals of capitalism. makes labor cheap and profits high

[@anniebelle2820]

I grew up 30 miles from Sacramento but now live in the midwest. I hate seing what has happened to California. I loved growing up there.

[@sheri3135]

I live in Auburn the foothills, about 20 or 30 miles from Sacramento, there are so many Homeless here, nothing like Sacramento, but a pretty big problem for a small town, this town has had a huge explosion of growth from people moving out of the Bay Area .

[@juneladd1912]

I came into Sacramento on Amtrak from Oregon with my little grand daughter. I was horrified. All along the rail tracks before u even get to the city and all the way to the train station there are homeless camps and garbage and feces and wet blankets, graffiti...its terrible. . We pulled in at night and I was afraid for my grandchild...I have a bad back so I can't walk fast and all the trollies filled up before I could get off the train....Never again, unless I have a weapon...

[@sgiovanny39j]

The "private property" sign on the RV in the beginning of the video was kind of ironic given the fact that he is parked on public property.

[@ChaCha-zl2xy]

Until March of last year I lived in the North Bay Area of California. Born and raised in the Sacramento Valley. My home state is not even a shadow of its former self. Decades of self-serving politicians giving the same promises and never delivering anything good for anyone has destroyed it. To the point that it won’t come back to what it was. I feel bad for these people but at the same time there are some people who choose to be homeless because they need to live off the grid. They’re wanted for heinous crimes. It’s just a sad situation all around.

[@LindaLeeThao]

HOLY COW NICK! I live in Sacramento & I'm so sad to see the encampments. It's so crazy out there. Be safe.

[@loucipher7782]

u should be furious not sad

[@hobsdigree2]

Thank the democrats. This is their vision for America. Just as long as it stays out of the Elite's neighborhoods, like Martha's Vinyard, then it becomes a problem.

[@missinglinq]

Californians love this, they say so with their vote! Great job, California! Keep up the great work!

[@cmthumboldt6896]

On long enough timeline 80% of us will be homeless eventually.

[@pandemicofvaxxedholes]

It'S NoT ReAL SoCiALISm. tHis TiMe iT WilL WoRk!

[@kentmccoy592]

What's the Republican solution?

[@Zlegacy34]

@@kentmccoy592 give them guns

[@pandemicofvaxxedholes]

@@kentmccoy592 What's the leftist solution? It clearly hasn't been working in Commiefornia land.

[@degreco4199]

Solution: At least partly, Camp Roberts, accommodated 45,000 troops at it's height in 1941. Located no-where in North San Luis Obispo, County (I mean it's in the Booney's). There are hundreds of abandoned military bases in this country that are out of the way. A perfect place to relocate these people. Why don't we??? Because our embezzling corrupt politicians are too busy making bank off the homeless and don't give a damn about America. Did you here that Gavin???

[@garycallihan4206]

The biggest scheme, currently, is the laundering of billions via Ukraine.

[@davidanderson8469]

Thank you. You get what you vote for. people gripe all the time and vote the same people.

[@cmthumboldt6896]

Apparently he did! Funding has been put on hold, great idea by the way.

[@BitNapster]

Camp Robert’s is still used by the military.

[@DrugTalkTV]

The only kind of camps Gavin wanted to push was to pick up and isolate those nasty people who wouldn't get the magic juice over the emergency....but man did he want to do that so bad.

[@sankalpsrivastava1230]

Wow, I really appreciate the effort you put into your videos by doing these interviews and actually getting a proper ground report of some of these areas. One of the best KZbinrs in the game IMO!

[@lunaka6287]

Yeah, with a hidden agenda to make you vote a certain way 🤡🤡🤡

[@stevenwilson975]

This is very sad😥!!! The break down of society!!!!!!

[@cameronb3834]

The breakdown of society because much of it is toxic

[@juanito714ok]

Coming soon to a state near you.

[@ericvulgate]

If you're homeless it makes perfect sense to seek out states with better weather and many services. Helping that many people in that condition is self defeating. The rich will be fine. The middle class will leave. The tax base will shrink. It's all down hill. Btw I am homeless in Arizona. Better weather, cheaper goods, and I don't need services I work.

[@georgebrummer3038]

a lot of the homeless have jobs and cars in Arizona they just cant afford rent and they cant afford to move anywhere else.

[@katelee670]

I'm in Arkansas right now.. I'm in a camper that's not fit to live in.. i am and I'm not homeless.. on someone else's property.. for now it's a matter of time before i go back to the woods somewhere..

[@Officiallychloi]

How are the people though

[@katelee670]

@@Officiallychloi I've been homeless more than once.. it's not fun now it's damn dangerous especially if you're a woman.. I'm in Arkansas right now.. it's a matter of time when it happens again.. I'm already 56 single white woman.. many homeless people fall victim to crimes.. thousands of people are coming up missing permanently.. not all homeless people are the same they are not okay

[@truther001]

@@katelee670 No country for old men. Or old women.

[@DBat-sp1tp]

There’s no such thing as affordable housing in CA.. The requirements for new buildings or homes makes in unaffordable for builders to build low cost homes. All new builds as of 2019 require solar and gawd knows what else since then. Most of the people on the street need extensive treatment or lockup to get clean and the recidivism rate is high. Cheap housing is not the answer. How are these addicts going to maintain a home? My husband and I have been saying for years that we are suffering through a addict industrial complex disguised as a homeless problem.

[@RoMayDrako]

And to be considered low income you have to barely work. I live in CA considered middle income, I have barely any debt but I can only afford a room and no extra money. Homeless is mixture of high rent, drugs, mental illness, and wanting to live homeless.

[@RC.-]

@@RoMayDrako Exactly. To be qualified for benefits you have to make a certain low income and not a cent above. The system is encouraging people to stay broke.

[@DebbyLangdon]

I live less than a mile from the first camp you showed in this video. I live on the same street. It is sad. They catch those bridges on fire several times a year.

[@mariatheresa8206]

I’m very avid fan of your KZbin show Nick and seeing of all your videos about homelessness anywhere in California is depressing..So thank you for calling the attention of those people in Sacramento City Hall

[@heathermcdonough8401]

Finally someone shedding a light on Roseville Road!!! Downtown Sac seems cleaner and nice because they pushed them out of downtown for the most part putting them out of sight out of mind.. it’s infuriating!

[@candacea12]

I live in West Sac....a lot of them just go across the river and make camps here because we are so close to downtown. My daughter works right off the freeway in West Sac and the parking lot where her business is has become a homeless camp multiple times. It will become full of barely drivable cars and tents and a big homeless population then the police come and clear them out....then about a month later they are back.

[@hackmasterHQ]

I used to live in California. They raised the rent so high it forced me to move out of state.

[@Kmbepona]

me as well

[@clauaome25]

Homelessness is a business in reality. No one wants to help these people. And they do not want to help themselves. It will never end.

[@ronlanter6906]

Not only is it a business but it also is a way for local governments to siphon off tax dollars for themselves and friends.

[@loucipher7782]

its a bio weapon for political party to attack one another

[@bxi1547]

It’s mainly they don’t want to help themselves.

[@LectronCircuits]

Homelessness can happen to anybody at any time (very grim). Let's be careful out there. Cheers!

[@citationbob]

WRONG. These people are on drugs, mentally ill or both. There are hundreds of programs but they require accountability. These are not people who lost their job at Walmart.

[@willbass2869]

@@citationbob thank you. Too many fantasy believers out here posting fairy tales. Sober, employed people RARELY are homeless. The very few who find themselves do might be for a few weeks but can soon arrange some form of shelter.

[@kuraiaku2997]

When I was a kid my impression of America from the movies is some kind of utopia with everyone living well and wealthy and I wanted to go there, but nowadays I think I'm glad I'm not living there...

[@CGGarage]

Tbh there's good parts, and a lot of bad parts. I debate getting out of the USA when I retire with my wife someday cause it's too expensive to live here anymore, and especially if they take away social security in the future.. Wont even be able to survive being retired lol.. Don't get me wrong, I love the USA... Mostly the people... but like I said, just too expensive to live.

[@arminiuszmazowszanin2670]

@@CGGarage Maybe you just need to remove politicians and high taxes not remove yourself...

[@CGGarage]

Honestly, when you're in a state that has corruption thats too far gone, and no one is standing up, it's worthless effort. Definetly will be moving out of state when I can, but for now just gotta wait. @@arminiuszmazowszanin2670

[@SomebodysGrandmother]

@@arminiuszmazowszanin2670 Too many out of shape lazy soy boy men in America now, I was raised in Cali, lived in numerous States and Cities, men used to be strong masculine specimens. The last couple generations since the Vietnam war are Peter Pans. I was a young girl living in the SanFransisco bay area, Berkley, I saw what they did to our males, they implemented the "draft", took our trophy males and killed them all, maimed the rest. All America's turned out since then truly are weak soft Soy Boys. I get so sad when I see the men in other Countries, America is gone my friend the Communists won and there is no going back, no stopping it. You see how they are burning down our Cities, letting the criminals overrun our town, illegals hundreds of thousands every day coming in.. And our men sit in front of the alter of the TV drinking beer, watching sports and the filth set before them! I could go on and on..

[@SerErryk]

It's the land of the free. You can be as rich as you want or as poor as you want.

[@idontcare3013]

You convinced me. I'm leaving Florida and moving to Sacramento.

[@roystonmason9125]

Florida has more shithole CITIES than CALIFORNIA

[@idontcare3013]

@@roystonmason9125 Yep, just got to Sacramento where they pay us to be bums. This is way better.

[@roystonmason9125]

@@idontcare3013 kkk if that's the way you want to live !!! have FUN

[@ChristiansPrayingTogether]

I grew up on 16th and U street downtown Sacto. As a child we ran free and barefoot up and down the beautiful tree lined streets. Many of the families, including my own, were from other countries and we all got along so great. That was back in the 70s, 80s and even the 90s weren't too bad. Now I live up in El Dorado Hills and everytime I bring my kids down to Sacto we have to watch for dirty needles, feces and be on alert. It's sad because it's truly a beautifully built city with so many old churches. Sutter's Fort is now a homeless camp. The truth is, a few wrong turns or bad breaks and it's very easy to go homeless in California. As a single mom I am swimming as hard as I can only to stay in place, if that. I see this and I'm like I better start 50 hour work weeks. It's too expensive in California, it's awful. Anyone would look like crap after camping under a freeway or by the river for five days. Some of these people don't want help, they are given tiny houses that are pretty sweet, but they say they dont want to follow the rules. Now that's sad. God bless us all 🙏

[@nofx4981]

these people don't vote, so to the politicians they don't matter, sad but true.

[@brianhawk1854]

Throm God out of your school, country bows down to sex guns drugs and Satan's rork and roll and walla

[@brianhawk1854]

It's no wrong turn exc

[@duraosunda]

Just keep voting democrat. 30 years from you won´t even be able to call for God once this will be forbidden.

[@BlueEyed888]

That’s right they don’t want to follow the rules. AND they WANT to use crystal meth. And there are too many people who think that’s just fine, America is all about freedom, right? no rules and use meth, then no brushing teeth, then no need to poop in a toilet, no shame in begging. Then there’s a big fire from cooking their meth and it’s all someone else’s fault. Now where’s all my free stuff? My free apartment, my free house, free car, free food? Gimme GIMME! Choices have consequences. They made a choice.

[@michaeltache3681]

I’m glad I got out in 2016. Now I live in paradise and have seen my city flourish through Covid. I was so used to being asked for money and seeing people is dospair. Sad. I didn’t realize how bad it was until I left the Bay Area.

[@larkatmic]

I’m sorry you’re pregnant? What a time to be alive 😢

[@NoMatureContent]

Right? Like its just a thing that happens out of nowhere...

[@doomedspy]

San Jose, CA seems a lot like Sacramento, a lot of homeless everywhere but they don't clog up the downtown sidewalks as bad as places like LA or SF. SJ has a lot creeks and small rivers which draws a lot of homeless camps away from streets and to park and off-road areas that have access to water. In the mid 2010's, there was a surge of heavy rain fall that backed up the water systems and a number of creeks flooded it created a huge mess of trash, tents, clothes and other belongings that was washed out along the creek area's.

[@ultimategohan1551]

San jose native here, thats probably happening again with all the rain lately

[@4FYTfa8EjYHNXjChe8xs7xmC5pNEtz]

*creek areas

[@dirkmafey4216]

And San Jose is supposed to be the gem of the state. You are right corporate dems are waging war on the middle class in Ca. when I divorced 8 yrs ago. a nice 1 bedroom apt. was $800 in Manteca, but that same place 5 yrs later was $1300 Corporations have snatched up all rentals and raised rent every yr to the max. the law allows blaming it on the market. They are getting filthy rich. in Ca. you have a near feudalistic state of rich or poor., and Donors like Soros's little social experiment of leniency on crime is a disaster forcing bus. out since the state AG refuses to prosecute theft. Soros's money put the people in place in LA and SF. It's☹😢 just sad.

[@DennisR99]

Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson said it best during his heel years in wrestling. To a Sacramento crowd: What’s the absolute best thing about being here in Sacramento? In about 90 minutes I’ll be leaving Sacramento…

[@mrfine00]

Even a homeless has fence; all of the politician's residency has fence, wall, gate, etc. but our border has none

[@pullingthestrings5233]

14:03 "I'm sorry you're pregnant" something you don't hear often 😂. Jesus that child is already living in a tent even before he peaks into this world

[@karenkennedy6331]

Thanks for covering the homeless! especially in San Diego., which is getting out of hand,

[@NickJohnson]

Ok Karen

[@alcab4855]

She’s right about living in the suburbs. I hardly went downtown. Living in the suburbs for 20 yrs. I probably went downtown just 5 times for all those years. But now I work downtown and hate it . Got to make a living.

[@StvMo1]

I'm all for helping people that want to help themselves but there too many out there that don't even try.. I'm sick of this "give too me" BS . Nobody ever gave me anything...

[@tomasFL]

Exactly, people who really need help are too ashamed even to ask for help and I feel sad most for them

[@lilbrother45]

Nick, you happened to be downtown after Sacramento did a huge downtown cleanup. One of the first in a long long time. Downtown Sacramento usually looks just like downtown LA and SD. If you go up the hill to auburn that’s where a lot of the young kids go to be homeless. They do t want to work. They love camping and getting paid to do it cause most of the morons up there in auburn live giving money to them. The govt up there was begging people to stop giving the homeless money.

[@carissavalov1888]

My half brother CHOOSES not to work and CHOOSES to stay homeless and wants all the help when he doesn't deserve it.

[@loganshotrod4x464]

Truth! They wouldn’t be homeless if they didn’t burn everyone they knew. Won’t work & nobody left to mooch!

[@aliciabrowndocken4660]

My Mother was a Paranoid Schizophrenic and my Father was an Often Absent Alcoholic. I left home at 18 years of age for the Military during the Vietnam War Era followed by Community College on the GI Bill. I never went back. Having an Education and a Good paying job has been what my life centered around since the age of 15. I worked full-time 60-80 hours a week for 50 years. I'm retired now. I'll have to say that do to the Responsibilities of Adult Living, there aren't any of the first 65 years that I'd want to Have To Relive. An Honorable Discharge hangs on the wall in my home office with a College Degree on both sides of it. I left home with absolutely nothing and my life centered around my house being paid off before I turned 65. I did not hear any of the Homeless talk about how hard they've worked and how great their decisions have been. What I did hear was how much they think that I (The Government) the people who pay Taxes Owe them. The Homeless never once talked about how they work 60-80 hours a week and pay 40% in State, Federal, Social Security, SDI, Property and Sales Taxes. They never once talked about how they bought their first home on an 18.5% fixed rate 30 year mortgage and Ate Boulogne and Cheese sandwiches and never had a Vacation for Decades. Most of us didn't Win our house in a Raffle. We worked hard, made good decisions and sacrificed for Decades to have what we have. The Homeless are Homeless because they've done nothing. The first thing that I'm going to hear is that I haven't heard their story or walked in their shoes. We can start at age 15 and pick apart all of their mistakes and bad decisions. The Homeless own their failures, just like I own my home. Helping the Homeless starts with Their Ownership of Their Mess and the acceptance of the Responsibilities of Adult Living. They all have a Lifetime of Catching Up and Making Up to do and the Work is Their's.

[@garycallihan4206]

I agree with all that you conveyed. I appreciated the reference to the honorable discharge and education. I, too, participated in that path with the GI Bill.

[@PWood-gh5cq]

You are not as right as you think. You grew up and bought a home and worked in a very different era my friend. Can I asked you what if you were stricken with a chronic illness or where schizophrenic yourself? How would your path have varied? I worked all my years until I could no longer. I have no family and my health is a nightmare. My last studio apt. Shack has changed landlords and this one decided to raise the rent to $1000 after kicking everyone out that was paying an already too high $400-500/month rent. I am homeless. I don't have friends/fam to call on cause my health has caused me to live very cut off and isolated for years. Now you may think you know the people out here, but many of us had obstacles that would have been too much for most people.

[@yodservant]

Many who are homeless are mentally ill as Reagan closed the state psychiatric hospitals in the early 80s. Many are war veterans who have not received proper treatment from the VA, many are substance abusers and addicts. Self-accountability and self- sustainability are absolutely the high road to take, but unfortunately for some, just not possible.

[@trex860]

Hi Alicia, my mom was bi-polar and my dad was a violent alcoholic (actually he was my step-dad, as I was a product of my moms affair with another man, so his hatred of me was intense). Otherwise a pretty similar story to yours. Went into the Marines at age 18. And like you, in return for 4 years of serving my country I got a college degree on the GI Bill. Now 66 and one more year before I retire. They used to teach personal responsibility but now those two words are considered a racial slur. Our public schools churn out functional imbeciles and award high school diplomas to students with a 0.016 GPA. I’m resolved to the grim reality that people who try hard and work toward success are simply the next round of victims for home invasions, muggings, carjackings, etc. Those homeless camps are spreading like wildfire in most major cities. There is no fiscal responsibility in Congress, we have been borrowing over a Trillion dollars a year for 22 years straight with no end in sight. I wish you well.

[@rossqm369]

what a horrible comment and nothing could be further than the truth, I have know un housed people who have done a lot more than what you have done but "fell on back luck", where they lost everything because everything was stolen from them by corrupt US "officials", you are so wrong. Sure these few are the minority and not chronically un housed but they may have not had a home for 1 of the last 5 years because in CA for instance the rents are horrible and they lost their home which they owned, in other words I think you are a very igno*ant person who makes mistaken assumptions, perhaps you should have said , many of them, but otherwise you should be quiet.

[@LuckyGuu]

Build and put them in Army style barracks. EACH person gets a secure wall locker and clean bunk bed. Army style toilets and showers steam cleaned twice per day. Plus large chow halls.

[@superhyrulean]

military is struggling too. ask the VA's who are homeless too.

[@kathleenking47]

Since they closed some military bases, they could use those for homeless

[@marcbernicker206]

Yeah, like they are going to keep them clean. Keep dreaming. Nimby

[@sacson345]

Nick, your narration and sense of humor is freaking hilarious. U got me hella weak and I’m a life long proud Sacramentan.

[@michaelharris6157]

The sad reality is that a large majority of homeless people have drug and alcohol problems coupled with mental illness. So no matter what u do for them there just hopeless, others definitely just need counseling, a home and job opportunity and they’d get back on track. Tiny home towns would be the way, plus it would boost the economy, designate jobs to people based on there skill set and train the others

[@GetZeducated]

People never learn and no one wants to vote different to help. People set in their ways. Vote their own way no matter who it is just cause they on their political isle

[@GetZeducated]

Vote blue no matter who works really well lol

[@SamIAmB]

Well, the biggest opposition to this fuckery has been demonized, both the people and the policies they support. I got out of cali October 2020 & am doing everything I can to not go back. Cali is lost Done deal

[@iankeeter2032]

@@GetZeducated y’all are acting like the Republican Party is offering rational alternatives. They nominated Larry Elder last time for Christ’s sake. Don’t blame the voters. Blame Republicans for doubling down on crazy rather than offer solutions.

[@pandemicofvaxxedholes]

I think it has to a lot to do with the blue city mindset. Mega cities are designed so plebians are dependable on government. That's why each mega city in the US votes the same. They can't help themselves.

[@lonewanderer9982]

@@pandemicofvaxxedholes People got it wrong it's like this by design too many people it's called human population overshoot. Simply not enough for everyone.

[@PhilMoskowitz]

That whole area from Fresno to Sacramento is pretty sad. Austin TX was close to permanently becoming like this. But there's enough people who don't want Austin to become like west coast cities and an ordinance passed overwhelmingly that banned "camping" outside of designated camping areas.

[@a.jvalle8905]

That doesn’t change anything they just exist

[@dietlindvonhohenwald448]

So how did Austin solve the problem? Did they build housing and group homes for the mentally ill, centers for addicts etc,? What ever they did, CA needs to take a lesson from them.

[@kathleenking47]

Austin people...may have came from CA

[@kathleenking47]

@@dietlindvonhohenwald448 they use to have sanitariums..before the 1980s

[@bansheezs]

The whole state of TN banned public camping. Its great in my opinion.

[@gabrielruvalcaba2310]

Then 3 weeks later we had the rains.. and all those freaking blue tarps created havoc on the freeway.. massive flooding.. lots of trash and tarps plugging the main drains in freeway

[@megastizz]

He opens with the miracle camp off of Roseville Rd! I live 10 minutes from there and you have to love this camp because they have a giant banner that says "Making Miracles Happen Everyday" thus the miracle camp. Fantastic. So if this is legal I can just do whatever I want. I carry bear mace and a gun in my vehicles because you never how the junkies are going to react and the sheriff is about 45 minutes out if you call. Need to be ready to defend yourself while driving and when you go to stores. I drive to another county to do most my shopping in the higher end part of town. @13:34 behind that lady is Phat Jerrys Phillies, best philly in town.

[@trevorthetherapist4200]

That site is near my office downtown near Alkali Flats. Gavin Newsome just provided a middle- class tax refund to CA residents who qualify. That was nice. Working downtown is nice despite the homeless, but mostly they are not harming anyone like other cities.

[@frederickcombs8661]

KEEP VOTING DEMOCRAT IF YOU LOVE THIS

[@cherchezlavache5183]

I have a cousin, originally from New England, who lived & worked in Sacramento. Just a month ago she hit her limit with the homeless situation, & moved back across the country to the East coast, except this time to the South.

[@MrVvulf]

The biggest worry many people in the South have is folks who flee the failed policy states bringing their ideologies with them. We have plenty of space for folks willing to work and obey laws, but we hope they remember to leave the foolish lackadaisical mentality in the former state. Edit: I was speaking generally, not casting aspersions at your cousin.

[@cherchezlavache5183]

@@MrVvulf Yes, I get it entirely. Why libs constantly recreate the messes they leave behind, I do not know. My cousin works for a firm that has many national branches. She asked for a transfer out of Sacramento to GA, where she is working for the same group. She went to CA for the weather, but became so uneasy with the steadily deteriorating situation there that she just had to get out.

[@hobsdigree2]

There actually is an EXTREMELY simple way to solve this, and it's not hyperbolic. Send the homeless to Martha's Vinyard. The minute this starts affecting the elite, it will be solved in a matter of weeks. Buses full of illegals and homeless need to be sent there. They vote for this stuff because it doesn't show up in their backyards. Give them what they support and make them sleep in the bed they made.

[@cherchezlavache5183]

@@hobsdigree2 As we have seen already, they will never let that happen.

[@hobsdigree2]

@@cherchezlavache5183 they'll fight tooth and nail to stop it, but it will just make them look more hypocritical. Get the busses and send them to the Vinyard.

[@KPutubing]

You talked to that lady at an intersection I pass pretty frequently. The light rail station is there to the north, and there is always people begging at that light and the one just north over the freeway. There's a gun range just north, and a great Mexican restaurant, but those are the only places I go down there. Avoid the Walmart that is there at all costs!

[@asphaltjungle5943]

Thanx Nick happy holidays to you and yours ✌️

[@julieboolie1946]

"Wait, is that a shotgun?!" Thanks for all you show us!!

[@StephanieStone4737]

It looked like an umbrella pole for an outdoor table to me 🤷‍♀️

[@animaalcub]

No, it was very clearly a shotgun.

[@MasterMalrubius]

Homelessness will never end unless there is an end result that is expected. Too many people are willing to live in nice weather and not have to work or be told what to do. As long as they are comfortable they will continue to do so. California has shown that even allocating/spending over a billion dollars a year for homelessness they are falling further and further behind. There must be some stick along with the carrot if you want to truly move people toward self-sufficiency.

[@cmthumboldt6896]

The tables on this homeless situation will not turn until every home is worth over a million dollars and rent for a studio apartment is $4,000 a month.

[@birdlynn417]

People are lazy.

[@casienwhey]

So true, 100% agree. Why work if you get paid not to? Work is hard and taxing compared to being a bum and begging.

[@Official-Comments]

@@casienwhey So, you actually believe that these homeless people are living the dream and rolling in the cash...

[@Official-Comments]

So your gut feeling is that they're just too lazy and being homeless, with nothing to their name, isn't bad enough. They need it worse right...

[@karazeigler9268]

You hit the nail on the head when talking about rehabs. Same thing in my area. We bring people in for rehab and then kick them out when their free stay is over, regardless of sobriety. Unfortunately there isn't an easy answer....raise taxes for rehab centers and homeless/addicts and rehab or, you raise taxes because the schools in our area are in need of some awful upkeep. We live in a city though where so many are already low income so it's a moot point to raise taxes.

[@johnl5316]

After decades in Ca I had to return to South Florida

[@nTrubl3]

Seeing this everyday has to be a eye sore headache

[@song11artmusic]

I pass this everyday on freeway and this is one of sooooooooooooo many

[@TankCop]

You can camp in Fresno. Just have to do it in the far west regions of the city in the industry areas out of sight of the public areas.

[@IndianaCrane]

This is why Californians who have been paying the bills are leaving in such large numbers!!

[@spacedye2001]

The state’s population only declined by 117,552 between Jan. 1, 2021, and Jan. 1, 2022, bringing the estimated total population to 39,185,605, according to data. The 0.3% decline represents a slowing compared with the 0.59% drop over the nine-month period between the April 2020 census date and that year’s end, demographers said. There isn't a large number of people leaving the state.

[@ALuDoy]

💯 % !

[@steveseclecticadventures1894]

I choose to be homeless for about 5 years (2015 to 2021). I bought a Nissan NV 2500 HD truck and spent my summers in the Delaware Valley area and my winters in So. Florida. I really enjoyed it.

[@PhilMoskowitz]

I'd venture that it's a lot easier when you're single. Homeless families though is just dreadful.

[@marcbernicker206]

@@PhilMoskowitz not everyone should have kids maybe?

[@bb5242]

that's not the same--you aren't hooked on drugs with a felony record

[@nicklausmaran2502]

I find it so sad how the government says they're going to fix this problem but as you see ITS NOT. I feel bad for the homeless. Plus i know how it feels.

[@bishoptuckermacgregor5042]

The government is the problem! And yet they keep voting for the same lies and people every election cycle. What's old Nancy done for these people over the last 30 odd years? Just making promises they will never keep to get votes. Only going to get worse and NYS is next.

[@threedog575]

Most people don't try the drugs until they go thru winter as homeless. I've seen alot of people go from having a job to homeless from inflation alone. Was a crisis worker for a long time was an extremely distubing experience. Yeah there's crazies too mostly people from lower income areas but alot of them where regular people also that went further down because they cannot handle the elements or not being able to shower

[@arminiuszmazowszanin2670]

AFter covid scam and lockdowns - number of homeless will double.

[@tocu9808]

Sort of problem that would take generations to be solved. All starts with proper education.

[@DeezNuggz]

80 billion to ukraine though

[@BaconNBeer]

I live not far from Sac and it is just as bad in Lodi. Where do these people get all the crap they throw all over the place? What about paying them by the pound to turn in the garbage they find.

[@russelldesalvo3728]

I'm so happy I left California in the late 80s. I definitely don't miss it. I was born and raised in Southern California. I have many fond memories of the California I knew, but it's not the same place anymore.

[@juanito714ok]

I moved here in 2013. I should have saved the extra expense of living here and it would have been more than enough to fund a vacation any time I wanted to visit and I could have foregone all the nonsense involved living here.

[@SignedOff402]

We have lost control of our government.

[@midcenturymodern9330]

It's hard to believe that CA gave us Ronald Reagan. How times have changed. Reagan must be furious seeing this nonsense from the great beyond!

[@featherknife8611]

@@midcenturymodern9330 Reagan is the guy who closed all the mental hospitals when he was governor. You are kidding yourself. Those people are now living in the streets.

[@ralphw3636]

The American dream sure is dead in California. Now it’s just a nightmare

[@meljenkins1016]

This will never disappear it will only get worst. Whatever goes wrong, will go wrong.

[@mendyviola]

When housing prices skyrocket, a person comes upon hard times, and it spirals out of control. Drug use is a symptom, not the cause. Drug use is a problem across economic boundaries. The rich just hasn’t burnt through the capital yet. Address why people turn to drugs (abuse, depression, mental illness, etc…). Address domestic abuse (been there myself before). Address systemic discrimination.

[@schwenda3727]

Took the Amtrak back & forth from KC a couple months ago. And compared to St. Louis, the amount of homelessness was mind boggling. Widespread homeless… IN MID-AMERICA!!! Every other bench… every other overpass… I saw one tent underneath one of those larger highway signs on I-70 downtown. Also worth noting how crazy it is in that part of the Midwest, that I literally just got back from a 2 week road trip all over the PNW. Granted I didn’t thoroughly explore Portland & Seattle (passed through both and saw plenty of encampments within the grass/Right of Way of the highway ramps if even that), but good god; the situation is increasingly hopeless if anywhere in affordable Mid-America is now being forced into the streets…

[@cosmicallyderived]

Amtrak routes have the worst camps. Total desolation.

[@chrisdidonna7386]

Say I have a tent there, I leave for a few hours and upon my return someone else decided that my tent is no longer my tent. What happens when stuff like this becomes a reality?

[@PWood-gh5cq]

It is a reality. What do you think?

[@landscapingspecialist]

These videos blow me away. Completely. I can’t wrap my head around how terrible it actually is. My god, I’d move away to the wilderness with the Sasquatches sooooo fast

[@buyerofsorts]

The Sasquatches poop everywhere too though.

[@Mikefngarage]

and this is EVERYWHERE in the state even smaller cities. in the bushes. canal areas. Wherever there are trees and bushes there are homeless and getting worse by the day.

[@erinreneeglaser1787]

With the right mindset, they'll teach you everything you need to know :-)

[@andradeb2695]

At least Sasquatch will show sympathy for you and let you crash. In the Cities it's a Cold World

[@richardbartolo2890]

At 5:07 minutes in, Squatting in a tent surrounded by trash, I wonder if the thought of even trying to clean up his general area was taken into consideration ? Taxes paid for the area he squats in zero, Physical contributions to the city that supports him, zero, Taxes paid out to help the city continue to run , zero. But of course he has an I phone. One has to honestly wonder about the mental comdition of the governmental or city leaders of this city. What kind of leader would let their district fall into this kind of disrepair ? The answer to that question is easy, A criminal leader. Laughing at everyone in the big picture. Meanwhile everyone is afraid to say anything or even ask any questions pertaining to the honest truth of the matter. If you live in California you might want to get busy and ask some critical querstions and demand some answers. You will wake up one morning, & look out you're window, Then you can say hello to you're new neighbors.

[@Lunatic4Bizcas]

Well stated. For those of us who live in any one of California's cities, homelessness is indeed the new normal.

[@hobsdigree2]

Send them to Martha's Vinyard. Seriously, the minute it's in the elite's backyard, it will be solved overnight. Make them live with the policies they support. They continue to support this stuff because it's not in their backyards. Give them what they support.

[@kcp622]

This is certainly not the California they show on the television ads that is stating "am I dreaming"? Nope its a nightmare.