update || Biggest Homeless Encampment clean up yet Zone 4 in Venice Beach California

[@PAS_2020]

The heroes of this whole thing are the poor souls cleaning up the mess. Heaps and heaps of trash and actually hazardous material such as needles. They just keep on trucking. God bless them.

[@jameskann951]

They are called Hazardous Waste Workers. I'm surprised they didn't have any Bio-Harazd Containers for the dirty Needles. Unbelievable!

[@brucegwynn8509]

Yes sir, well said, thank you for mentioning them

[@foxyfnafpt6540]

@@jameskann951 well I mean ya know, they just throw it in the garbage trucks, and I don't think anyone is gonna enter the truck anytime soon 😂

[@kensims4086]

And you think there's a god? Lol...

[@brucegwynn8509]

@@kensims4086 and you think you're cool !, lol,

[@donearl1800]

Great documenting German. This is real media.

[@nancycook7377]

Yup

[@Br3ndatr0n]

💯

[@macguru9999]

I have learned alot from watching German

[@dansanders4402]

You are the best Venice board walk reporter on KZbin!

[@2000Cowboys]

💯

[@heidimisfeldt5685]

Absolutely

[@ciaranbyrne62]

No doubt

[@kinhason46]

You certainly have the most delightful personality as a general Vlogger in L.A. County, Tonyvera does a good job going out in the wee hours of the morning along the boardwalk lately, however Tony is not CHARISMATIC as is GIV. I give credit to Mr Vera to admit his jealous behavior towards GIV and make peace with GIV. they compliment each other.

[@josephwinkler4863]

Either that or he has a really good stage presence and he’s a beast off camera knocking motherfuckers out with one Punch

[@t_c5266]

I've come to realize why people try to block him. He's documenting the truth. He doesn't give biased opinions. He's not making hit pieces. He's just showing what's happening. They hate him because the world is disgusted by Venice. The viewers can't stand the filth of these homeless. Everyone wants this place to be fixed. They're not trying to block him, they're trying to block you and me from seeing the truth, the filth and squalor.

[@amandascottdale6501]

But he himself blocks my posts every time I post something that is truth! Like the beach has some drug dealers selling drugs it’s in full view on a live camera called Venice beach live. The drug dealers don’t know the camera is right in front of them but everyday I am seeing this guys selling drugs, and guess to whom to the people who are in the beach that’s why there are so many neees in the sand they need to close the beach to clean the sand from this nedles. So sad how humanity can easily destroy its beauty of the nature but cry when there is an earthquake floods. Please pray so life can get better for the future of the children amen.

[@truthseeker6377]

@T_C spot on

[@akatgif]

Nah some are emotionally insecure- they have anger management Behavior issues.

[@burprobrox9134]

Some people can’t deal with people unless they think exactly like them. This is true all across the political spectrum. Centrists are hard to find nowadays.

[@abimbolaaku2709]

@@amandascottdale6501 he’s not stopping you from doing shit lmao

[@jjorden1976]

It's interesting to note that the 'activist' that were harassing you last time are no where to been seen. In fact, I don't see any homeless advocates here helping, just city employees..like always.

[@paulthesoundguy1]

ITS A SATURDAY.....THEY ARE SLEEPING IN AND THIS CLEANUP WASNT PUBLISHED IN THE NEWS PAPER

[@Gfysimpletons]

They got bored……… That’s how they roll……

[@billydobbins5403]

It is a shame because so many who claim to be activists are simply running their mouths without offering viable solutions. They want to blame everyone for the plight of those who essentially overtook the beach with their drugs and tons of garbage and junk. You can't blame the people hired to clean up that mess or the police assigned to ensure a peaceful process. Go downtown and ACTIVATE at the mayor's office, or go to SACTOWN and ACTIVATE!!! Free beachfront property is not a RIGHT, it's earned with dollar bills!

[@jjorden1976]

@@billydobbins5403 it is a shame. The police and city are doing a great job. But those homeless need help packing and sorting and most importantly some love and compassion from someone that wasn’t paid.

[@erikwhitley413]

@@jjorden1976 There were several outreach teams out there trying to assist, most were volunteers. You can't force someone to accept help, but I've seen German's videos... they tried.

[@MissterX]

With all those nasty used needles and God knows what else is lurking in those shanties, those sanitation workers are LITERALLY risking their lives cleaning that crap up! Kudos & much respect to them!

[@oveidasinclair982]

The rodents are the things I can't get over, they are the carriers of plague and every vile infestation known to man over the last 3000 years.

[@mrs.h2725]

It was actually the fleas on the rats and other animals (including ppl) who carried and spread the Black Plague. Rats only show up in abundance when humans live like this, leaving trash and excrement out everywhere.

[@oveidasinclair982]

@@mrs.h2725 Just like what was happening on the Venice Beach board walk over the last year

[@lillybell2557]

Would never ever visit that beach...they will never find all the needles in the sand. Yuck.

[@illestj3990]

That cleanup is so dangerous.

[@jamesholcomb5615]

Absolutely discusting the amount of needles there. So glad this is cleaned up!!

[@jameskann951]

The whole Beach is contaminated now from One thing or another. The only safe Area there now is staying on the Concrete Pathways. You can bet that there are many more dirty Needles,Meth Pipes buried in that vast Sand.

[@raysmith1630]

Disgusting is spelled with a g, not c..

[@rrich52806]

@@raysmith1630

[@joolzg1936]

@@jameskann951 😪

[@doin_fine]

@@jameskann951 don't they have sand sweepers that can sift through and find that kinda stuff?

[@gt_cdub]

Just want to say you inspired me to get a bike and ride from Venice to Will Rogers Beach every morning. Thanks for helping me see why I love living here. I saw you recording this week on my ride but didn't stop because you were filming. Keep doing what you do. It helped me get out in the world again.

[@WowJustWow37]

That’s what’s up!! Enjoy the rides friend!

[@myfavs253]

Enjoy those California sunsets on your rides😊

[@terywetherlow7970]

Bravo, Colin. GIV inspired these lazzzy bureaucrats to get off their overpaid azzes too. The City workers certainly have never worked on piece rate......lol. I'd love to hear the story from them. Hide their identity of course.

[@hourglas39]

Beautiful post to read & very happy for you. Enjoy your bike ride.

[@amandascottdale6501]

Rogers beach is a very nice beach very calm!!!!

[@greyeaglem]

What got me was when people were moving a few weeks ago and they sat in their lawn chairs while city employees packed their stuff. They couldn't be bothered to pack their own things. Anything not packed by the owners should have been thrown out. They acted like they were some kind of rich people and the city employees were their servants, Not a lot of sympathy here. Sorry.

[@alaskanprincess9386]

Dumb, dumb and dumber. They wouldn't be allowed to help - due to RISK.

[@HRK35]

@@alaskanprincess9386 RISK? they fucking brought their OWN shit there and LIVED in that SHIT, now they have "RISK" ? give me a fcking break

[@jedituber1158]

@@alaskanprincess9386 riskier than shooting meth and Fentanyl into their Jugular veins and the little veins in their groin (for the ladie dopers) or the various property crimes and sex work needed to support their habbits?? Riskier than that?? Well hot dammm!!!

[@carolsteele7035]

What did they do with the people? Where did they go?

[@jedituber1158]

@@carolsteele7035 right now they moved down a bit until the 30th then I dunno

[@coffeebean5975]

Councilman Bonin and Mayor Garcetti salaries should pay for the expense of cleaning up that slum. They created that mess.

[@KutWrite]

They're probably helicoptering around Monaco right now.

[@kinhason46]

add that to Jeff Bezos(208 BILLION NET WORTH) who may have not paid his rightful share of taxes, Man if he could buy up a neighborhood, buiid affordable housing, create jobs, an opportunity for folks to regain their dignity he would be a real Hero! Instead he is sending himself and rich folks to the "outer limits" employing college grads etc...This guy can do both!

[@EcuaLA]

www.lacity.org/government Fire them all.

[@elfm2717]

@@kinhason46 since when is it his problem to help people out??pathetic trying to say what a man should spend his fucking money on

[@jacqdanieles]

@@kinhason46 - ok keyboard warrior. _"In April 2020, Bezos said he would give $100 million to Feed America, a nonprofit that operates food banks and food pantries across the country."_ --Forbes _"Jeff Bezos made the single-largest charitable donation of 2020, toward climate change. The world's richest person made the single-largest charitable contribution in 2020, according to The Chronicle of Philanthropy's annual list of top donations, a $10 billion gift that is intended to help fight climate change."_

[@dianekachovich7610]

Omg the stench from the sand, they have been using it as a litter box, full of human waste as well as needles. Very sad. So pleased for the locals for reclaiming such a beautiful coast line. The garbage omg no need for it.

[@anybodyoutthere3208]

Wonder how long it will take for the sand to get rid of smells. Or will it just be there for a few years. I would never walk on that sand...hidden needles buried

[@carolb1792]

The stench must have been horrendous.

[@517oceanfront]

World's biggest litter box,shit in the sand,piss in bottles, it's every body else's problem...

[@NVeeThatsMe]

That stuff from one camp being loaded into the garbage truck - that's a perfect example of mental illness and hoarding. How all that was amassed there on the beach is amazing - and how long it must have gone on for and ignored is appalling.

[@TheFoxisintheHouse]

Those are people's belongings. What little creature comfort they had left. Being destroyed! Sucks.

[@NVeeThatsMe]

@@TheFoxisintheHouse You mean like all the scrap metal, glass doors, disintegrating foam, cardboard and wood? All those dirty needles? Yeah, I see how those could bring comfort. Please. It's hoarding and substance abuse that needs to be treated. I guess you think that person along with all their garbage should be left there to rot?

[@TheFoxisintheHouse]

@@NVeeThatsMe no. What I am saying is that a lot of formerly middle class families were uprooted from OC AND kicked over to the LA side. They were educated. They were used to making a decent amount of money and never ever imagined being displaced. Not everyone is in the category you imagine. It's just that people tend to focus more on such. They leave the good people 😕 in despair. Sometimes it is why they TURN TO COMFORT DRUGS AND ALCOHOL. But some were never ever like that before they lost it all. Helping those NOT ON DRUGS AND ALCOHOL IS NEEDED TOO.

[@jksezhey1]

@@TheFoxisintheHouse well said

[@MK_ULTRA420]

@@TheFoxisintheHouse We don't live in a society, we actually live in a competition.

[@shawnmichael5684]

What an absolute nightmare. That beach is a biohazard zone.

[@mikevida250]

in orange county the police will kick everyone off the beach at 10pm, they never have problems like this.

[@serchizm]

Right?? I’ve been there for many bonfires. 9:59 pm they’re rolling in shutting it down. And beach goers pack up their belongings and throw away their trash and leave! What a concept!

[@daddylong1768]

Exactly why cant they do that in Venice?

[@KutWrite]

Do they have "beach guards" goose-stepping down the strand swinging clubs?

[@mikevida250]

@@KutWrite if need be

[@KutWrite]

@@mikevida250 :(

[@abualzuaree]

I was in Venice last Sunday for the first time in 4 months and it looked so different. So much cleaner and way more people out and about. I do feel bad for the homeless but it's gotta be done man.

[@noyb7214]

This week’s episode of Hoarders “Venice Beach Edition”

[@anybodyoutthere3208]

EXACTLY!!! Washing machine killed me

[@eveliamendoza6735]

Pretty much!

[@kinhason46]

Heck, this YEARS EPISODES all taken from Venice Beach

[@rustybell2722]

I was going to say the same thing, but you said it better. Good job.

[@cfrost87]

I was thinking roughly the same thing.

[@greenie75]

The effect of drugs on hoarding tendencies is phenomenal (which stems from mental health issues). Thanks for filming this.

[@Tube4mj]

Thank you for sharing. It is starting to look a lot better. Huge respect to all the workers tasked to cleanup the mess.

[@heehaw8401]

That pile of syringes explains everything about that situation.

[@YooB1]

It’s crazy that the city of Venice will allow all that trash to accumulate on the beach unbelievable. Good that they are cleaning now hopefully they will keep this up. Definitely need hot bleach water to clean the side walks. Maybe soon we can enjoy the beautiful Venice beach again.

[@lesleylesley5821]

Keep voting liberal and you will get more of this and higher taxes.

[@rccarreon367]

Not the city of Venice, it was councilman Mike Bonin, he cashes in on the homeless.

[@jenesoleil3922]

This is a public policy failure decades in the making, not a political party failure. Republicans would not do better.

[@kinhason46]

There is no City of Venice...since 1926 it has been a neighborhood of Los Angeles, Venice doesn't have a city council, mayor like SANTA MONICA, MALIBU, BEVERLY HILLS, CULVER CITY, and more within LA County!

[@-nobodycares-1457]

@@jenesoleil3922 Who puts those policies in place in California?

[@o0GrayMatters0o]

The music you chose is respectful enough to not be celebratory but still offers a hopeful fresh vibe.

[@lesleylesley5821]

It totally ruins the video.

[@meathook2448]

Life hack: NEVER walk barefoot on Venice beach!

[@Gfysimpletons]

Exactly….yuck

[@vetervgolovy]

Exactly what I was thinking.

[@larrygoerke9081]

Saint James Park in San Jose. You need combat jump boots just to stroll or play frisbee. And FFS don't fall!

[@mystudent11]

I wouldn't even wade in the water, Syringes sink.

[@gmailhondaspaul8784]

Those few deadbeats have ruined the beach for thousands who might have been able to enjoy it

[@rccarreon367]

Great job German, glad to see Venice is coming along. So glad the Sherriff was able to get momentum on his. thank you Villanueva!!!! Please shed some light on the encampment located behind Mar vista park its growing and crime in the neighborhood is rising.

[@USHighway66]

I see NO homeless people helping to cleanup the mess they created.

[@vickiladu6755]

Because they don’t want to move!

[@eveliamendoza6735]

So many homeless and the streets so dirty .... they should demand them to keep area clean or they have to leave

[@Largepro21]

💥

[@buttface9434]

some people only know how to take.

[@john_from_eastcoast.]

Freeloaders don't like to help. They just like to take and leave the place a mess. Almost like a "public restroom". Most people don't care of cleaning up after themselves. "Well this is not my bathroom so who cares!"

[@icegiant1000]

Clean up briefing huddle: "Ok, if you see trash and crap, put it in the trash truck."

[@KutWrite]

...and daily safety tip: don't eat the needles.

[@timothyodell5245]

I'd be scared working as a sanitation worker due to all the needles and razor blades

[@bhg123ful]

I’m sure they take all the precautionary measures. (Only close toes shoes, using grabbers to pick up everything, special way of disposing in separate bucket, etc.)

[@lesleylesley5821]

They are probably getting over $30 an hour, maybe more.

[@JamButter123]

My friend had to quit because he didn’t feel comfortable doing his job like this. Many homeless people are druggies and violent people.

[@joecarter5018]

I feel sorry for the businesses that were affected by this craziness.

[@kinhason46]

Let the businesses get tax relief, they are HEROS!

[@kinhason46]

yes, the business owners invest work 24/7, hire & manage employees, are subject to many checks & balances...their day never ends as employees days in the retail outlets, gov't, restaurants etc...if no business folks are left...we have socialism, communism, fascism, totalitarianism

[@MizzAugust7]

Never been to Venice, have you ?

[@jamied8678]

Why corporate America has been screwing over it's people for a long time and now the problem is so huge that is very visible

[@NINERAL49]

I feel as I’ve been on the journey with you. I can’t stand the way Venice was taken over. So glad to see your boardwalk is almost cleaned up. There is help but most don’t want it. They want drugs and alcohol an be a thorn in your peoples beach. Appreciate the videos.

[@pickledbeaker5916]

So this is where all my stolen bikes ended up in....

[@serchizm]

Exactly, I definitely had 2 that ended up there

[@steveN111333]

The amount of stuff that guy had was crazy !

[@gregpeterman1102]

No excuse for it!

[@elonmust7470]

gott have something to get that meth money.

[@WowJustWow37]

It’s like an episode of hoarders!

[@VeniceEveryday]

10:35 All the needles!

[@steveN111333]

@@VeniceEveryday OG Gary! How's it going? I know, horrible stuff, love you in the GiV vids dude !

[@Yasmine91646]

Thank you for giving us the real news Mike!!!

[@friscocook9222]

facts fock the wack regular news lol

[@saintmichael1874]

LOL...good stuff bro. Stay safe. I used to ride my skateboard there after swimming the waves. I hope the world can see what "YES WE CAN" ended up meaning in California.

[@GiangTran-fp3wu]

Mad respect for the clean up crew. Thank you for your service.

[@mrm3152]

so glad to see that the garbage is getting cleaned up. Enough is enough

[@mikeb900]

I can't believe the city let this mess get so out of hand. Absolutely irresponsible.

[@westelksigns6234]

all democrat goverment get what you voted for

[@KutWrite]

Politicians do that all the time: Create a problem, publicize and pretend to study it, create a bureaucracy to "fix" it. Lather, rinse, repeat.

[@sandragonyea3188]

Thanks to the Demoncrats

[@KutWrite]

@@sandragonyea3188 You're half-right.

[@blackstaticband]

Bonin needs to go

[@douggoble9695]

Every thing that wasn’t tied down in the Venice area was in that one spot!

[@oveidasinclair982]

Looks like a lot of area business owners were getting a break on their trash pick up bills over the last year, problem is it was all sitting out in front of their businesses and homes. Just look at all the rodents scurrying away when they start picking up the trash, it's unreal.

[@douggoble9695]

Oveida Sinclair It’s unreal to me also. And everyone has a camera. News chopper flying over. Next thing you know Arnold will be walking down the boardwalk. And GiV will be there.

[@dertythegrower]

This is huge out west.. harddrugs users and bike frames on their back as they ride a bike

[@BudhagRizzo]

Man, I wonder how many needles are buried in the sand just waiting for people to step on?

[@CoreyChambersLA]

The homeless individuals who have the ability to amass an entire compound also have the ability to work.

[@sweetalexandandrea550]

Exactly!

[@mrs.hancock4124]

Makes me wonder after all this stuff is cleaned up, how many unseen 💉 will remain in the sand? 😱

[@timothylewis8038]

They never shoulda let it get so out of control. I would like to know crime statistics from March 2020 til now.

[@frontlineobservationdeck2142]

Right? The photographer, John DeCindis was attacked and died later of his injuries. Lots of older people, assaulted, menaced, threatened and robbed by the zombies. They don't want to leave the house now.

[@abimbolaaku2709]

Chances are they stopped reporting crimes that the homeless committed…. Democrat cities and states started doing that. They basically decriminalized a bunch of crimes so that they don’t get reported anymore. Like theft… and the DA stopped prosecuting most crimes, so the cops basically stopped going after the people who are committing those crimes. It’s disgusting manipulation. That’s how news one can “statistically” say that crime has gone “down”. When in reality it’s skyrocketed, and we can all see it with our own eyes….

[@d_lan_]

That data is actually public you can find out just Google LA County open data

[@Gfysimpletons]

COVID COVID COVID COVID COVID COVID COVID COVID COVID COVID COVID P.L.A.N.D.E.M.I.C. Wu-Flu

[@ernstheimlich7257]

Many crimes are downgraded to misdemeanour to blur the statistics so Newson can say "the evidence does not back it up" when everyone and their cat sees crime is way up.

[@scottanderson9656]

So how letting people live like this supposedly helping them? I would love to hear Bonin response and the "advocates" that think it's fine for people to live like this.

[@oveidasinclair982]

The politicians who let this degeneration of the public good should be taken out in the city and town squares and publicly EXECUTED ! This is going on all over the West Coast, from San Diego to Seattle

[@lesleylesley5821]

It's a make work project for social workers and agencies, if there was no profit in it, they would have stopped it years ago.

[@snakeplisken7323]

Bonfire bonnen

[@joannedavis1991]

@@oveidasinclair982 exactly!

[@carolynnunes3922]

Thank you for showing us this, GiV! God bless you! God bless us all!

[@jeremi7214]

Why is OG acting like he is pissed off? He knew this day was coming.

[@frontlineobservationdeck2142]

because he's a drug user and wants to stay in a nice safe spot in front of the senior citizen building.

[@carpetbaggerface]

Lost his chirpy demeanour

[@kinhason46]

OG has the buffer of his wealth and non addition to deal with everything entirely different than anyone on the sand!

[@andhisband]

He had at least 2 months to get his crap moved. So today when the workers arrived he asserted that he's in charge and they needed to go elsewhere. Yeah, eff that guy, he needs to be committed.

[@avoiceinthechoir5791]

Thank you sanitation workers for cleaning up Venice Beach!

[@unkownuser5809]

Exactly, these guys are hero's in my book

[@kirstenmcvicker214]

I adore it when you film the mice and talk to them. You are a sweet man Mike☺️🌻

[@minigirl6379]

My grandma used to talk to mice and video them too. When she would get tired of their destruction, she decided they needed to go. She thought mouse traps were inhumane. She decided to place ground up Dramamine in little bits of cheese and peanut butter. It would make the mice drowsy, and then she'd sneak up on them ,and bash them to death with a hammer. True story. She thought that was a more humane way of killing them. It scares the living shit out of me to think I carry her DNA in my body.

[@uberdump]

When you reach that point - it's basically a public dumping site.

[@paigequigley4499]

GIV, I love your approach and sensitivity to the world around you. You seem to be a genuine, all around nice guy! Keep up the great work!

[@meathook2448]

I love the homeless guy telling the workers how they should actually work. 🙄

[@thewhat1214]

Exactly doesn't matter what side you start on its all gonna be cleared 👍👍

[@JuPac420]

“And the news is here already… CAW CAW… and the crow” 🤣🤣 the comedic timing you have is really epic GiV! Thanks for another amazing video 🙏🏾

[@veesevie]

Efforts like your routine in auditing .... has brought massive attention to people's plight in the park , the beach and the promenade. I am glad you were there always to observe the progress and that no harm came to people even the stragglers weren't forced hard handed....because the world was watching ...thanks German in Venice beach x

[@mrs.h2725]

Please don’t lump GIV in with auditor sovcitidiots. He’s a reporter and videographer.

[@veesevie]

@@mrs.h2725 dont speak to me like that i am from uk and there is no need to culturally approriate me, he audits a situation, he is audiiting ,

[@lesleylesley5821]

@@veesevie Get off it, do be so sanctimonious, you sound like a left wing pratt.

[@gregmirr]

A huge mismanagement by city officials allowing all this trash on the beach and now spending huge amounts of taxpayers money to clean it up . Renting oceanfront hotels for the homeless only in LA !

[@KutWrite]

That's how politicians make their dough and stay in office.Create problems, charge taxpayers to "study" the problem, wait as long as possible to spread contract money to cronies who kick back a "taste," then charge taxpayers again to "solve" the problem. Lather, rinse, repeat. It's why government is the worst way to do anything.

[@Worldofourown2024]

While homelessness has been around to be a big issue the past 10 or more years, this failing was born out of the Covid global plandemic when tourism, policing, and most services shut down most of last year. It was crazy in the cities. Oh it was, I mean awful and scary for people just trying to live and work. Our politicians from Federal level down to local city levels are all traitors and need rounded up to answer for how America is turning out so terrible. We do have a war coming...

[@alaskanprincess9386]

Interesting point: IF govt is GIVING them housing -- why in the world doees it have to be prime oceanfront EXPENSIVE beach front property? Everyone who actually OWNS ocean front property - and pays PROPERTY TAXES - should be irate.

[@KutWrite]

@@alaskanprincess9386: You can bet such contracts are sole-source, no-bid to cronies and enablers of the key politicians involved.

[@rickhay9782]

Imagine the dude that hoarded all that crap, sitting in the free 4th floor hotel room, air-conditioned w room service , screaming off the balcony, hey that's my property you're crushing !! Damn you guys to hell !!

[@meathook2448]

Outrageous that they let things get this out of hand.

[@ToledoDIY]

Man! Those garbage trucks are incredible

[@mcsaint6339]

Hey Mike . Always enjoy watching your vidz pretty inspirational. coming from New Zealand

[@rhrh7779]

Hooray to the cleanup team, so proud of you.

[@jamied8678]

People are talking as if these people have fought for the freedom of your country or something there just paid council workers doing a job because they're getting money out of this

[@carmellosown]

Thank you GIV for your objective reporting. Also thanks to the Sheriff who showed some initiative and leadership to try to tackle this problem.

[@TheAshMcG]

Great Job!!! Nice to see this hideous mess and filth being cleaned up. The stacks of needles at 10:49 deplorable.

[@wigwam3270]

Bro I started watching you during pandemic exactly a year ago. You barely had 10k subs. It’s awesome you’ve grown and been part of this whole process of cleaning and documenting this iconic place.

[@zingerbear27]

Same here, it’s nice to see the channel grow.

[@ralphperez1524]

Seeing all the trash, needles, mice really shows what a health hazard these encampments are for the homeless and the public. I hope the homeless will accept help to either get back on their feet or get the mental health they need. Happily a time is soon coming when all this suffering will be replaced with good health and true happiness. Revelation 21:4

[@EG-ww4bz]

Thanks for being real and making us smile! GIV!

[@mjsgirl5069]

Hi Mike! Wow this clean up seems endless all that trash I’m in shock right now! I’m just so happy to see the progress continue! Imagine if they didn’t do any cleaning and let the homeless stay the homeless would take over the whole beach!😱 Thank God they are doing this clean up! Thank You Mike and please continue showing us the progress because I want to see the end results! Take care and stay safe!! Tell your Mom I said Hi! TSCHUESSING!

[@meathook2448]

GIV you do 100 times better of a job at reporting than “reporters” do. Thanks for what you do!

[@pecosbill1483]

Indeed! GIV chronicles reality with a video diary for the record.

[@sugarmama8747]

And again... "A Big Shout out" to law enforcement 💪, community services 💪, fire dept💪, video you tubers💪, sanitation workers 💪💪 for all working as a team... This journey is almost over... Thank you to all... ♥️🙏👍

[@gary6463]

Excellent video 🎥 GIV Thank you

[@friscocook9222]

Arnold impersonation never gets old lol it cheers people up

[@kinhason46]

Yes, did you check GIV Michael Jackson impersonation yet? Ask for it, he has worked on it I am told!

[@jojoheartspaypay]

I'm here now and can say it's still got someways to go. Believe it or not, the bathrooms are clean. I'm not joking. And saw you yesterday on your bike, German..keep up the good work!

[@Missmarti77]

Thank you to all the hardworking men and women. Soon your children will play at this beach. God bless

[@dimebagtribute]

The guy is putting all of his trash on the street, in a public area, and he doesn't understand why it's not acceptable?!? There is a big lack of education for sure...

[@rrich52806]

Drug and menially challenged people

[@rzz9594]

@@rrich52806 * mentally

[@macguru9999]

These people are , in addition to being homeless, hoarders which is a mental disease. On the other hand that is all other people's trash that was left out for collection so the collection has just been delayed by a year or so. What is truly disgusting are the used needles that endanger the clean up workers and the general public. I cannot feel much sympathy for these homeless people but thanks to German in V, I am trying to keep an open mind.

[@shawndejohn63]

They feel entitled for some reading, I’m guessing because of the liberal politics.

[@melissanutter]

It should have never been allowed to happen in the first place.

[@MegaMango00]

Glad the orange shirt guy isn’t here blocking him and being a hypocrite.

[@sugarmama8747]

He was a "disgrace" and his "phony" hair color ..👎

[@ashj_2088]

We'll have to find his channel for a little trolling 🌮

[@rgwebb8143]

His name is Ricci Sergienko. He is a LA activist. Look him up on the internet

[@chelseystrange99]

Stay safe out there! Thanks for the content! Sending lots of good vibes to all from New York!

[@queserasera1674]

We send you lots of good vibes too from Ca! :-)

[@chelseystrange99]

@@queserasera1674 thank you 💜

[@taoist32]

New York needs help too!

[@chelseystrange99]

@@taoist32 Yes. It's very bad. I just fled the city and relocated 5 hours upstate. Biding my time before the apocalypse makes its way up here ! 🤣

[@trailladymtb7700]

Unbelievable. How the frick did they get all that shizz moved there. Must have had help. These videos are riveting. Thanks Mike

[@alyssaduran7389]

Something about your page is so wholesome I appreciate you showing us the raw footage of life as we know it .

[@Joeelectronicschematicsforauto]

Thanks to the community who cleaned up and thanks to the sheriff who commanded his deputies to take care of this so that the people can get their beaches back safely

[@MR.BOOM3779]

i like the different camera angles you shot of them cleaning it up, nice!

[@louvreloveru]

Imagine all the needles buried in the sand. 😯😨

[@brothertoughlove]

I’ll never go in that sand ever

[@davidburke2697]

Don't they rake the sand with tractors? But needles in a haystack situation. Boots.

[@tomtee4442]

With bathrooms few and far between and not much place to use the bathroom for the homeless. The beach is a giant litter box.

[@tomtee4442]

This is why I wear my sneakers when I'm walking on the beach. Everyone loves the ocean and the beach. When I do get in the water every now and then it's a pool not the commode ocean. They need to test the water in the oceans.

[@RoeVenturesLLC]

Never should’ve been allowed to happen to this level of accumulation

[@124marsh]

Crooked and Corrupt Politicians.

[@jmr5707]

It will return once Newsome's re-elected... any candidate, really. Trust me. Out of the Caddilac, back to the boardwalk.

[@Theghostofpeter]

The bum and junkie industrial complex is a money maker can’t you see?

[@truthseeker6377]

What a valuable journalist and resource - thank you GIV!!!!

[@fig1954]

That video was awesome Mike!!! I really hope the boardwalk comes alive with tourists spending money! Thank you for your dedication and hard work!!!

[@jdc8352]

Gee wizzz..... All of the literal garbage never ceases to amaze me.

[@jdc8352]

@Kevin Dolan that's a fact

[@kinhason46]

yes you are SANE...

[@danieldaniels7571]

I saw a couple really nice bike frames mixed in with the garbage.

[@lindaterrell5535]

I’d be wearing combat boots and falconer’s glove.

[@haroonabassi1821]

"and a falconer's glove" I literally lol'd

[@edbenson98]

I'd be wearing a HAZMAT suit!

[@meathook2448]

And an oxygen tank!

[@kinhason46]

Hovercraft are needed on the sand!

[@granitemoss1451]

Layered hazmat suits. Peel off a layer each time you deal with something EXTRA nasty.

[@stephen1774]

Homelessness is a tent a sleeping bag a pillow a backpack and maybe a dog or cat,not these mountains of trash ,crap,and needles ,that is mental illness and drug abuse.

[@kge420]

Why are they doing this manually? Get a front end loader and 40yd dumpsters.

[@jamiemoffatt50]

About 100 dumpsters!!!

[@davidkess2405]

....almost 200,000 subscribers,....KEEP IT UP.....all the best!!! German in Venice

[@MP325..]

It's amazing the amount of garbage that is accumulated. About time it's getting cleaned up because if the front of my house looked like these tents I would be in debt with tickets from the town

[@richardt1792]

Thank you GIV for the update. I look forward to the day when real local artists and performers can resume their craft on the Boardwalk. That is when I will go back to Venice.

[@eloquentblack]

Such a pleasure to watch it being cleaned

[@alexbowser141]

great job Mike ... looks good all cleaned up ...

[@cindysnipes6777]

Thanks Mike! I check for your videos everyday and always enjoy them. Great job😎

[@j-rocd9507]

I like the cop that waved in the beginning during his meeting

[@teresalenaandprincessthedog]

I thought he was a cop I think he has stuff there, that OG guy, he seems so normal, German in venice did a video on him😇🚒

[@amascia8327]

. 00:19 .

[@furnjezy]

Another great film.

[@gregturner2363]

Venice Beach - my old stomping grounds back in the '80s. Gentrification is coming to Venice Beach. I used to live in a really cute house just on the other side of Lincoln Ave. I see now, via google maps, that its been torn down and a 2 story monstrosity put in its place.

[@Toodle.Pipp001]

@Don Juan it's happening in every major global city, it's the negative effects of globalization greed, destroying heritage, culture and communities everywhere.

[@bspain1637]

Gentrification...that ship has sailed...VB has been gentrified for a WHILE. Where u been?

[@watersbey25]

Yes I remember you now. Didn't Michael Douglas play you in the movie falling down?

[@lesleylesley5821]

The best thing that can happen is gentrification. Coastal beachfront areas are the most sought after. Working class people cannot afford to live in areas like this, it's for ambitious wealthy people. If you want to live here, do what it takes to earn the money.

[@Gudgurl28]

@@lesleylesley5821 you have no idea what you’re saying! Bless your heart

[@hourglas39]

Wow, I hope they remove the mayor from office. Venice beach should have never gotten destroyed like this. So sad to see but thankfully it's getting cleaned up now. Thanks for the awesome updates & the laughs with Arnold being confused on where to film, that was hilarious.

[@TuesdayWells27]

THANKYOU for documenting HISTORY. You are seemingly the only one doing this.....

[@freydont]

Thanks for what you do. I lived on Dudley in '68 to 70 and I've walked it often ever since.

[@chitown38]

They need to stop being so polite or they will never finish. I like OG but his free ride is over!

[@LaBoofadora]

Supposidly the Sheriff is getting back involved. At a presser he said about the people doing it now " they place one person in housing then stand around patting themselves on the back"

[@KutWrite]

@@LaBoofadora Some sheriffs seem to be catching on & siding with Us, the People. Riverside County is another example.

[@LaBoofadora]

@@KutWrite Chad Bianco is a bad ass. I live in San Berdoo county and our Sheriff just retired. Hopefully we get another good one.

[@KutWrite]

@@LaBoofadora Bianco seems good. All the votes aren't in, though. He won't answer me as to whether he belongs to the CSPOA. That's the same attitude as Sniff, the former guy.

[@boxbackknitties]

Thanks for the great coverage bud.

[@MrKnutriis]

It's good to see that the open-air asylum is being cleaned up and returned to the public. Homelessness is a problem, but it doesn't belong in public spaces.

[@jjramos3473]

Great videos man. It's sad to see such a mess, its sad to see that so many people have fallen on hard times. But it is good to see Muscle beach getting cleaned up. I hope to visit there someday soon. As for the garbage truck, believe me it can pack a lot. I drive garbage truck for a living & that truck I know can pack over 14,000 lbs easily. You'd be amazed at what these trucks are capable of. In the larger front loading trucks I've been able to pack over 32,000 lbs, but that's also depending on the type trash.

[@attashatara6769]

You’re a true inspiration German keep doing what you do and don’t let anyone ever hold you down😎💯