The Vigilantes Filling In The Potholes Of Oakland

For a state where the car is king, California’s roads are in pretty terrible shape. This is particularly true in Oakland where tens of thousands of unfilled potholes wreak havoc on Bay Area drivers every day.
“You can't can't go one block without hitting a massive pothole and having your coffee jump out of the coffee holder,” Brian, who asked that his last name be withheld, told VICE News. “After so many years, we just decided to do something about it.”
At the end of April, Brian and his friend Eric bought a tamper and some asphalt, watched a few KZbin videos, and went out in the middle of the night and filled a particularly bad pothole. They kept at it over the following weeks, documenting their exploits on Instagram and getting a lot of likes. Calling themselves the Pothole Vigilantes, the duo struck a chord in this scarred city.
With donations rolling in on GoFundMe, the vigilantes have now filled over 50 potholes. They’ve also hosted two meet-up’s where they handed out asphalt and instructed people on how to do it themselves. These “franchisees,” as one volunteer jokingly referred to herself, have filled an additional 30 to 50 potholes.
The city is not pleased.
Repeatedly on Twitter, city officials urged the vigilantes to stand down, primarily as a matter of safety. Yet at the same time - a fact not lost on the vigilantes or their supporters - the city announced a $100 million paving program, including crews working twelve hours a day, seven days a week, specifically to fill potholes.
In the month of May alone, according to Ryan Russo, the director of the Oakland Department of Transportation, their crews filled over 5,000 potholes, dwarfing by orders of magnitude the vigilantes’ small tally.
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[@bryangarcia5508]

I❤️Oakland

[@simonci5177]

in London UK, its called "Speed Bumps", and instead of fixing, council put sign: 20miles/hour

[@alfbeef5880]

Sorry but that official was a complete tool..

[@thetruth9405]

They dont have founds cause they got those nice suits and cars

[@thetruth9405]

@@simonci5177 hahahaha I love it. Its progressive.

[@pilotgrrl1]

"We get around 4000 pothole requests a year." Sounds like you need to repave your streets!

[@jason200912]

it costs 100 dollars to repair each one. They get handed 100 million to do 4000 of them. $25,000 per pothole and they still ask for more money to do them.

[@king.kthebest6158]

@@jason200912 it's all going into some people s pockets...

[@befer]

@@jason200912 a year, also you need to pay the people to do it, pay for equipement, someone has to plan all this, take the requests, organize it and obviously repairing potholes is not the only thing tax money has to go to. everybody wants a slice but nobody wants to pay. roads are not the only thing

[@befer]

@acebasespace then apply for the job and do it better, how about that ? if you think the money is going into private pockets then prove it ? all you can do is talk shit instead of acting, if you have a problem with that, then do something with it

[@befer]

@acebasespace and btw someone before said that its apparently going to private pockets. So unless you can prove it and do something about it, don't talk

[@chanceDdog2009]

That government guy was a jerk. For not giving props to the pot hole vigilantes

[@animewatch4213]

He is legally not allowed to. Mayor will fired him.

[@navrhy3075]

He was probably the guy in school that everyone hate because he asked for homework

[@campkira]

They taking away his job.. plus what they did was like just cover it up on heavy traffic road they not going to last..... I did fit pot hole of my building entrance and we do need city permission to do them...

[@DinoXaviz]

It’s clear he has a respect for them but the city of Oakland would def fired him if he even showed a lick of sympathy

[@joekev27]

He was a weasel couldn't even answer the questions honestly Instead he beat around the Bush for them. Classic politician.

[@shirleyconerly2724]

"Government official" has no chill, he gave those vigilantes NO credit... I'm not surprised.

[@tinglee2530]

Shirley Conerly They threaten his pay check and lousy excuse to steal tax money. Of course he wont give them credit.

[@shirleyconerly2724]

@@tinglee2530 facts

[@great_deception]

Democrats have done wonders for CA.

[@Joe-vc2cc]

Yup, screw him

[@forbiddencrisis4149]

The ONLY reason the city is doing SOME work is because of the pothole vigilantes showed the world just how inept, incompetent and impotent the mayor is.

[@billybob-hv5hl]

Highest gas tax in the country and this is the result. Props to these guys for doing what the state/city won't do.

[@rodneypratt4324]

Yeah I'm from Texas and I call bullshit on that those are the worst streets I've ever seen... and the highest price of gas

[@mizanulhaque8476]

American Paisa Can you explain to me what’s the gas tax? I also thought Canada finally got proper transportation infrastructure and public transport by 2020

[@JCosio-bs9xr]

See what happens when people vote Republican?

[@lyndsay4153]

Chally wally Woo your tax money is going into government workers pockets. They get to vote for their own salary increases regularly without our knowledge or approval. Also it goes to “solving” the homeless crisis.

[@Nick-in8sd]

Chally wally Woo FACTS. I guess it’s all being poured into the mystical train they keep taking about.

[@karabadasski2521]

I think it is wonderful what these two men are doing. Its terrible what the government IS NOT doing.

[@vilecrocodile9171]

The government would have them arrested

[@gonzolives4205]

The government of California is the reason why it’s so fucked up

[@campkira]

You do need city permission... I fixed pot hole before so....

[@sc0tte1-416]

Nobody should rely on the government to do anything for them. The government takes more than it gives.

[@TheWutangclan1995]

Funny thing is that they're still going to have to drive through a pothole whether it's a small or a big one and yet they still don't see the problem. They may live in better neighborhoods but that doesn't mean they're free from potholes.

[@wereabouttoargueaintwe4582]

The guy in the suit kept saying “we” like he’s actually out there fixing potholes with those workers 😂 dude hasn’t touched a shovel in his life

[@gtc4189]

Yeah, and you already know he makes twice their salaries. Pisses me off.

[@WhyNotChris0]

@@gtc4189 at a minimum double.

[@elchinodejalisco8321]

You’re mad Ain’t you yup 😂😂

[@NickTaylorRickPowers]

He definitely has used a shovel..... For burying his murder victims

[@DanielLee-qz1yd]

Guy in the suit has a commerce bachelor degree and a city planning masters degree

[@aleksilepisto7282]

DOT guy trying to take credit because he wants to keep his job. He wouldn't even be out there filling them at that rate if it wasn't for those guys.

[@alex-marquette]

In all fairness to the DOT guy, he is right that nobody wants to fund road construction through raising taxes. But you can always bet that the first people to complain about the streets are the same people who don't want to raise taxes to actually have money to fund the streets.

[@yamamancha]

@@alex-marquette The question people want answered is, what are existing taxes being used for? Everyone wants to raise taxes but have you ever seen a detailed account of where tax revenue expenditures and cash flows. If increased taxation only leads to increased spending with no visible results, what's the point and where does it all end?

[@trywait1979]

He'd be out there taking at least 4 hours excluding lunch break.

[@NativeHawaiian]

CalTrans....notoriously useless

[@NativeHawaiian]

@@alex-marquette Here's the thing, CalTrans wastes money. Alot of it ,frankly. Bike lanes on highways that go nowhere from nowhere that bicyclists don't even use, road expansions that cost millions more than originally proposed because of zero cost benefit or design analysis done, multiple concrete center lane barriers in an area where one center lane barrier was enough, it goes on and on and on. The tax money? Where does it go man? Why should we pay more in taxes if CalTrans wastes it.....Your argument is valid but not rooted in the factual elements of the monolithic money wasting machine that is CalTrans.

[@africankid2149]

Seems kinda butt hurt to me that they had enough publicity to make them start filling potholes

[@MarthJakotsu]

Thought the same.

[@ryanheckman9589]

"We get about 4000 pothole requests per year." +30 sec "We get more requests than what we have budgeted to fill." +30 sec "During this pothole blitz, we are approaching 5000 potholes that we've filled" CONTINUITY ERRORSSSSS

[@articleanteater]

5,000 total, not per year. Which still means they are really really slow

[@dylanblanford4522]

I came to say this same damn thing lmao

[@arkcorps9138]

They shouldn't have to cover their faces, people like them deserve recognition for actually helping communities

[@ianh1504]

The people in charge should be the ones hiding their faces out of shame

[@IamsuperSam]

This is 2019 my dude, they have no choice.

[@JerryDaBes]

Some people don't practice the act of good for the fame

[@tankfire20]

They're supposed to be anonymous

[@cocotaveras8975]

So true

[@klof361]

“Vigilantes” More like outstanding, kind, thoughtful members of their community...Keep up the rebellion 👏👏👏👏

[@Ellie_3621]

K Lof yeah I agree with you but the end part of your comment is cringeworthy

[@why1968]

The overall crime rate in Oakland is 165% higher than the national average. For every 100,000 people, there are 19.95 daily crimes that occur in Oakland. Oakland is safer than 1% of the cities in the United States. In Oakland you have a 1 in 14 chance of becoming a victim of any crime.

[@dylanblanford4522]

@@Ellie_3621 Nah, completely necessary and wanted lol

[@aschmum]

This Ryan Russo guy was seriously jumping through hoops to not commend the vigilantes. 😒

[@purpdirt]

Ryan “Buc Nasty” Russo

[@moshdee456]

Why is he so upset? They're helping him do his job... Oh, right

[@0dyss3us51]

He is embaressed they called him.out.

[@jaybee5832]

@@0dyss3us51 👍🏽

[@jaybee5832]

Suddenly since the local government was put on social media blast they want to do so much now. If Governments didn't waste & overspend there would be more money to apply to much needed issues.

[@iloveyouamberappel]

Could be "vandalism" but there would be huge backlash if they got charged.

[@nicknick9081]

iloveyouamberappel It is within the real of possibilities. People in Florida were arrested for feeding the poor.

[@johnsweda2999]

It's not vandalism vandalism is destroying or defacing something, they are repairing something so it wouldn't be vandalism. I suppose you could have them for jaywalking

[@JustOneAsbesto]

Probably not having the right permits or safety violations, like not having hardhats and steeltoe boots or something.

[@iidkwhatnameuse]

Pretty sure the city likes that they’re doing it they don’t have to spend the money then. Anyways some guy in Los Angeles made a interstate 5 sign more accurate by trespassing and pretending to be a Caltrans worker and Caltrans refused to press charges once they figured out (and they kept the addition to the sign)

[@iloveyouamberappel]

@@johnsweda2999 "action involving deliberate destruction of or damage to public or private property." They would suggest that it is damaged and needs to be repaired. I have seen fines been given because it "could hinder the quality of the future permanent pavement"

[@not6709]

3:26 Can't even answer the question, because he knows how corrupt the government it...

[@jessejames7596]

nice

[@GamingExtraordinaire]

the overpaid city official thinks the vigilantes are a joke, when in reality he's the joke.

[@myrasturt6745]

Patching up does not last - strip back the roads and resurface as they do in Germany. California is the wealthiest state in the USA, this is appalling.

[@jonnyhappyfeetgaming511]

Welcome to bureaucracy....

[@pololavish5774]

This is a democrat state you moron. Liberals don't need feds help when they offer to help.

[@AlphineWolf]

Or in Canada lol.

[@LancesArmorStriking]

@@pololavish5774 This looks like an American problem, though. More liberal countries don't have this kind of inefficiency. Unions in other countries just aren't this slow to fix things lol

[@cageybee7221]

and it's not like that isn't far more efficient to do, considering you can recycle the roads to some extent.

[@jo-anneb327]

Yeah local gov't came and took a whole week to repave half my street. As if the other half was perfect and didn't also need to be repaved. If they're not going to do a good job they should leave it up to the pothole vigilantes.

[@VisualFeast7557]

No time for your potholes. WAR WAR WAR...!!!

[@zlatko8051]

Those guys are great

[@arturoangel3834]

The vigilantes don't have the equipment to pave a street let alone half

[@0dyss3us51]

Sounds like you have corruption in your local gov

[@campkira]

They don't had to budget to fixed the road....

[@balloonytoons758]

4 thousand requested to be filled, 5 thousand filled by 10 man crews but still more requests then they can handle?🤔

[@1Rab]

I'm confused. They said the government doesn't provide enough money to fill potholes. But they were granted $100M and get 4,000 pothole requests a year. Even if all of those requests were for unique potholes, that'd be $25,000 available for each request

[@Plague_Doc22]

Well you have to think about the expenses..the material, the machinery, the multiple people who work on it and so on. It does seem like way too much still but like 10k each isnt insane.

[@promontorium]

They have to pay that smiley bastard and others a few hundred thousand a year each to act smug and watch other people do the work. Otherwise how would the money get spent?

[@solidussnake0079]

Government spending

[@sykessaul123]

That's a really good point, think there's either some corruption or massive amounts of bureaucracy there, most likely the latter. Literally all they need is a few work crews (4-5 guys a piece), 1 administrator, 1 mechanic/engineer, 1 group coordinator and a couple of scouts to check out the sites before sending crews to each one. That cannot cost $25,000 per day nevermind per pothole.

[@herpderp7264]

Because all these useless politicians earn 6 figures a year.

[@JenJHayden]

rebels with a cause. ✌🏽

[@rodneypratt4324]

Rebels with a clue

[@zlatko8051]

Oorah.

[@notsure6187]

rebels without a pause

[@Michael-mh2tw]

But without any expertise or planning, These 'repairs' will collapse within a couple of years max.

[@its_zack6726]

Rebels isn’t exactly a word I’d associate with those guys lmao

[@simonci5177]

in London UK, its called "Speed Bumps", and instead of fixing, council put sign: 20miles/hour

[@naomis5613]

Simon Ci 😂😂😂

[@Eusantdac]

lol!

[@Ellie_3621]

Honestly great

[@Dtxmundo]

😂😂😂

[@tahdahloo4884]

Simon Ci Ok but tell me why that’s kinda smart 😂😂😂👏🏻

[@sterlingarcher967]

Who was the host of this episode? That dudes voice is calming as hell lmao

[@InterstateLoveSong]

1:21 they show his name

[@justyouraveragefluff2298]

I want him to narrate some books on audible so bad

[@idahomike]

Morgan Freeman Jr.

[@zaco666]

Dam vigilantes running around fixing things!

[@daviddelacruz3196]

I see what you did there 😂

[@g3ntl323]

America looks more like the post soviet union everyday. So much wealth, yet so little care.

[@Steven-rn1oo]

@Hans got a source on that? American infrastructure is in no way good, but it ranks 10th in the world coming behind countries a fraction of its size. comparing the united states (a country that is 3/4's the size of Europe) to a country half the size of Texas and in some cases the size of Dallas is ridiculous.

[@stephenpowstinger733]

I would think Oakland is not a typical American city and you can generalize from it.

[@chaosXP3RT]

@Hans Still no source

[@chaosXP3RT]

@Hans Is your infrastructure all maintained by the Federal government?

[@chaosXP3RT]

Not really. We all don't live in cement block apartment buildings

[@followertheleader]

Money is going to politicians pockets rather than the community infrastructure.

[@jason200912]

how dare they do this without purchasing permits from the city.

[@askmemum]

jason200912 brown people must pay for the privilege of improving their city!

[@Trevor.OKeefe]

Sam no, that’s for everyone not just for brown people lmao

[@CRAZEERUSKEE]

“The only thing saving us from the Bureaucracy is its inefficiency”

[@sykessaul123]

Clearly not in this case.

[@axeman0011996]

Even Domino's will fill the potholes I trust Domino's more than I trust the government

[@DeshaunIsAmazing]

You trust a corporation over your publicly elected government? Yikes.

[@STAY-GOLD-VINYL]

@@DeshaunIsAmazing THE GOVERNMENT IS A CORPORATION

[@DeshaunIsAmazing]

@@STAY-GOLD-VINYL And who's fault is that? The people who don't even know who their current mayor is or show to local elections and vote or the corporations who bribe local officials for tax breaks and tax payer money to build stadiums? I say both.

[@gehesnuts2444]

Lmao you live in an oligarchy so whatever

[@chaosXP3RT]

@@DeshaunIsAmazing Yeah, because corporations full-fill contracts and work when you give them money. The fucking government blows it all on useless shit or spends it all on labor unions and shit

[@laxwolf]

QUOTE OF THE YEAR: "If your streets aren't working right, the rest of your city isn't working right"

[@thecow5397]

People: *Fill in potholes* Government: "We better start filling in potholes so we don't loose our jobs."

[@aishathetaurus]

My local government took 6 years to actually get to repaving the road..... and they only paved a quarter mile.... there's several that need repair. It's been 8 months since the last repair too. If they refuse to do it then somebody has to. I'm tired my tired being torn up...

[@lilrobux9553]

Renee why don’t you do it

[@0dyss3us51]

Sounds like local corrupgion to me

[@campkira]

It like the country don't actually had money to maintenance on first place.. wondering why....

[@dillonh321]

I gave up and bought a jeep Wrangler for driving on streets. If people in Oakland think their roads are bad they should visit a underfunded small town.

[@Cool99MG]

Renee muh roads muh taxes

[@deborahcabness]

Love the pot hole vigilantes! They are exposing the lazy and evil government and elected officials with pole hole they fill!!! The City of Oakland should pay these people for doing what they have refuseed to do.

[@ronl9357]

It's sad that people need to hide their identity when fixing something the government won't do.

[@theapplianceguru]

California is so wealthy.. its just that the politicians have to line their pockets real good before they do anything for the community

[@noeg3095]

Sounds about right

[@juanortiz2239]

Mothafuckers can invest in an early warning earthquake system but never will

[@coreybacon9007]

ran by dems...thats the problem

[@israel42hurtado]

Juan Ortiz right, cuz the Republicans sure do things for the people... NOT. They’re the first to line their pockets and keep all the money for self benefit.

[@theapplianceguru]

@#BAGLIFE MIKE 265+ billion a year budget would go a long way if it was actually spent on the state

[@danpercz3414]

One of the only Vice reporters I kinda liked. Real down to earth 🌍.

[@milanthakkar9493]

@Green Giant lmao why I thought he was a funny and entertaining guy

[@darthvader4867]

I’m glad someone is doing it. It’s sad the government doesn’t do anything to fix it.

[@mrpizzadavo]

I almost did this at my apartment 14 people popped thier tires before they did shit I wasn't going to path it.

[@chaosXP3RT]

The government is Oakland is run by Democrats, js

[@enriqueaka-kike4342]

In Mexico, when a road get really pot-holy. People get together at somepoint and fill in the hole. But, the Volunteers do it during broad day light. Asking for donations from the locals. WHY? Do we in Amercia have to go underground to help out communities???

[@culterwaleddy]

Because California is corrupt.

[@supersman2000]

Contracts ready to go 🤔 kick backs rolling out 🤷🏾‍♂️

[@gregoryeverson741]

could be city run repairs, my city does repairs

[@noneofyourbeeswax371]

I love the part where the frazzled city guy says we got this lol

[@soldtobediers]

He-needed-dose-of-Jack's-advice...kzbin.info/www/bejne/goKXiqyGhbSFe7s

[@itslife1399]

And that was the last time he got that close to the job cite XDDDDD

[@Brendissimo1]

Good! Shame them. We have the same problem in SF. Property taxes keep going up, and basic services keep deteriorating.

[@pololavish5774]

@MotorcycleMan exactly! Lmao . these morons still don't know why all this is happening when it's right in their face

[@americanroyalist6905]

MotorcycleMan same shit happens in texas my friend this a national problem

[@LancesArmorStriking]

@MotorcycleMan Idk man... ever notice how Democratic areas always end up becoming wealthy cities? NY, LA, even Dallas are all liberal cities.. meanwhile Republican states take more money from the Fed than they pay into it...

[@billpiehler9010]

Cold patches don't last more than a week in traffic. I've wasted my time using it.

[@TomFromYoutube]

What happens to it?

[@bensmith9152]

Tom there are anti hardening chemicals mixed into the tar so it doesn’t turn into a brick wile it’s being stored so it never truly gets hard, cold mixed was ment to be a quick fix for dangerous potholes during the winter months until the blacktop plants open in mid spring

[@excaliburrebel7881]

This video reminded me why I hate politicians

[@ezio_auditore5425]

Classic government response. Good job holding him to that. "we get more requests than we can budget for" "but this is government doing what it should do!" Wow. Keep at it, vigilantes!

[@sykessaul123]

$100M budget, more than enough money, now they need to actually get on with the job at hand.

[@fdc2023]

Oakland Mayor and staff should be sacked. Iraq has better roads...

[@RoyalWulffDry]

My family has been in Oakland since 1920, this Mayor and SHITTYcouncil is the WORST we have ever seen.

[@rmp5s]

Can confirm. I'd been on paved roads in AFG that were better than some here. Hell, some of the DIRT roads there were better than some of our paved roads...

[@Itsme-mx5tl]

Or how much $$ GOES TO ILLEGALS!

[@jasonbone5121]

@@Itsme-mx5tl "Or how much $$ GOES TO ILLEGALS!" Nowhere near as much as our gov is sending to Iraq and Afghanistan. But yeah, you know how to solve the worlds problems don't you? Get busy doing and quit wasting your time commenting on youtube videos genius!

[@heimerdonger4510]

@@Itsme-mx5tl what a fucking cop out. stop being a loser and open your eyes to where exactly the money is going

[@alexanderswander8176]

Surprising, california should have some of the best roads considering the weather they get there, sunshine and minimal rain/snow compared to us over here on the east coast with tons of rain and snow/ice.

[@giovanniherrera6037]

There’s a lot more people that move here from the mid west who aren’t use to driving so they cause accidents which leads to road damage

[@abouttogiveyasomefacts5574]

Alex Swander we get crazy weather here so it’s not perfect sunshine sometimes it’s raining like crazy or it’s boiling hot

[@alexanderswander8176]

bob lazuli but you don’t have any humidity right?

[@wholeearthlearningchannel3737]

Yes please fix the potholes in EAST OAKLAND thanks

[@reaper8687]

Bay areaaaaa

[@bentoblaster]

Can't rely on our Govt for anything. If you want something done right, DIY.

[@darthvader4867]

Gen-hong Liu I agree. I don’t think Oakland has a lot of money to fix things though.

[@bentoblaster]

@@darthvader4867 Oakland like many other poor communities will rise up and take back what's theirs with ownership and self reliance. De facto ownership. When Gov't stops working, We The People take over.

[@chaosXP3RT]

@@bentoblaster The government is supposed to be the people lol

[@chaosXP3RT]

@h person They're all Democrats too

[@28ebdh3udnav]

Oregon elites be like: "We can't afford to pave this. But we are going to give ourselves a bonus."

[@DCComicsAndSomeOtherThings]

This is dope! Imma get some guys together and try this on some city streets in Chicago!

[@daveray5655]

How'd it go?

[@princessloca2623]

Thank you for your service.Ive had to change my tires too many times because of the rough streets of Oakland.

[@pumpkin3536]

Those roads need to be completely redone. Those govt contractors are only doing a patch up. Sad excuse for a local government.

[@royzevisionneur2045]

nice Watch Dogs cosplay

[@brianbey5076]

why

[@sammy9817]

I'm surprised they didn't glitch the camera haha

[@tylercouture216]

@@sammy9817 😂😂😂

[@joshlinda14]

4000 pothole requests. Instead of filling the potholes just replace the street it costs more but it will make it last longer and make it look nicer.

[@healthccar9033]

on the longterm its cheaper to pave the whole road

[@tannerhull7192]

I’m no paving expert but those “fixed” potholes aren’t going to last, maybe that’s why the city isn’t for it. But good on them for volunteering and putting in the effort!

[@marioarias9942]

And after the city fills the pothole they make a bump 🤔

[@johnnykanogear5607]

F that come 2 Detroit we got pot holes you guys got bumps 😊😎

[@rafin5220]

Fr we can't have nice cars in Detroit

[@lindonpaora]

You got pot holes... mexico has canyons. Lol

[@NuclearCashew]

Classic example of the saying "not all heroes wear capes"

[@mohamadf1888]

I live in the Bay Area (East Bay)....how so much wealth can be in such an increasingly dilapidated place is beyond me

[@taylorlibby7642]

The dismissive and condescending attitude of that cty official is pretty stunning, but not surprising sadly.

[@soldtobediers]

He-needed-dose-of-Jack's-advice...kzbin.info/www/bejne/goKXiqyGhbSFe7s

[@garydedderson4988]

Because he looks like a fool. Average citizen fixes a problem with a $12 bag of pavement while city official drones on making excuses.

[@raffyv8460]

he couldn’t even give them props for fixing their streets wow

[@darianmoore9136]

I go to Oakland v regularly and the potholes still suck but I’m so glad that people are actually tackling the problem

[@computerfan1079]

This was by far the most wholesome Vice news episode i've ever seen. I don't know if that is good of bad, but it is a change for sure

[@edwardmunye]

In Maine, many of these potholes are caused by trucks plowing, salting roads every winter. Then after the snow season, trucks roll in to fix the roads. Same process every year, which gives people jobs but kind of a dumb process.

[@Abdi-uy1kh]

I live in Portland, had to change 3 fucking tires because of the potholes on forrest avenue. Don't even get me started in the area around USM and Oakhurst.

[@stankwho]

The Netherlands has self-healing roads that fix themselves.

[@ChevyLaxMan]

Yeah, well in Russia roads pave you.

[@jonnyhappyfeetgaming511]

Yeah, sure... And they probably talk too.... 🤦‍♂️

[@jonpetter8921]

@@jonnyhappyfeetgaming511 They are at least smarter tham american 🤦‍♂️

[@jonnyhappyfeetgaming511]

@@jonpetter8921 roads don't "fix themselves"

[@itslife1399]

@@jonnyhappyfeetgaming511 r/whooosh

[@user-pv7nf3gu8u]

That gov't guy as a kid- "Teacher, aren't you forgetting our homework for this holiday weekend?"

[@KOFilms797]

Our taxes just went up this July 1st here in The Bay. Nothing is ever fixed around here meanwhile everything gets more expensive.

[@boomlightsout]

Thank newsom and his cronies

[@scooty77punx]

Keep up the good work guy's!!! Funds should be going to you guy's!!! And the only thing "Mr. Big Wig" is filling, is his back account....

[@Nirrrina]

So the city is finally doing something because a few people are showing them up. Well whatever works I guess. I've heard of Domino's fixing potholes but this is cooler.

[@Ellie_3621]

Nirrrina nah domino’s is better because it’s makes pizza

[@forbiddencrisis4149]

Domino's pizza would possibly make a longer lasting road surface than asphalt.

[@proudgranandgramp]

Such fun! Who filmed this?

[@CarRhydes]

Proof that we don't need government to fix our roads lol

[@cocotaveras8975]

MrRhysespieces Just responsible citizens

[@cocotaveras8975]

L True, it is the government but when citizens do it their own without financial compensation and in a civic way out of the kindness of their hearts, anything can be possible.

[@C-64]

Coco Taveras Some people are lazy asses tho and they won’t contribute to the cause, that’s why there’s taxes.. They are free riders, they enjoy the benefits of the work of others 😒

[@cocotaveras8975]

C-64 That is also true unfortunately. There are the masses and then their are the few civic minded out there. But, I believe that when the urgent time comes Americans will come out in droves and face up to the challenge as good, honest Americans looking to help/look out for one another and where they live. Btw I know I sound like a naive idealist and maybe I am but I trust in the kindness of the people of this nation and I trust like in times of crisis such as 9/11, marathon bombing, and hurricane Katrina among others people join together looking to the greater good and uplifting one another in times of crisis out of the betterment of their hearts.

[@franciscosaca2767]

We don't need the government for shit they don't do shit but start shit with other countries n make the rich Richer plain and simple facts 💯

[@malikrath9503]

I appreciate what they are doing, I am an engineer from Canada, and if you ask me, these potholes are out of control, I don't know of an area this bad anywhere I have been. Stop cutting taxes and propping up failing business, is my advice, but also keep up the good work, even though this kinda solution isn't a lasting solution, it will do maybe more in a protest sense, but the real problem is running an effective government/economy.

[@jonnyhappyfeetgaming511]

They ain't cutting taxes. They've been raising them non-stop...

[@malikrath9503]

@@jonnyhappyfeetgaming511 Yeah they cut taxes on the rich and up your taxes, prop up the failing business, so no one else can thrive and everyone else continues to go under, rich gets rich and the poor gets poorer. These guys pay to elect your representatives and they get their taxes cut, and you know if you are rich and you had a good idea, you deserve it man, but is rigging elections and cutting taxes innovation. No and everyone else is paying for it.

[@jonnyhappyfeetgaming511]

@@malikrath9503 that's why I don't live in California. Lol

[@malikrath9503]

@@jonnyhappyfeetgaming511 It's everywhere, that's why everyone is broke and pissed off.

[@malikrath9503]

@Green Giant PT Barnum was right, there's a sucker born every minute. Nice talking points, but you should actually look up history and how well America was doing when they didn't blame everyone else and had higher and much more tax rates to have a healthy nation, as opposed to cutting it and keep the failures of our economy on welfare. Get a load of their inflation too. I got my own phone it's not the newest phone and I bought it use, but hey, I am gonna start a business soon, I am not gonna sit around and blame every non white, non male for all my problems like a fucking loser and cry about it.

[@coolchil1]

FILLING POTHOLES IS THE JOB OF THE GOVERNMENT ! we the people should not be responsible for doing road work.

[@skrt3821]

It’s crazy potholes in the lower income areas of Oakland take years to get filled but in the nicer areas a pot hole wouldn’t last a day

[@alapangie4921]

There is a huge pot hole down by where I live, you can use it as a pool.

[@wrongtarget5523]

3:29 Just re-pave the road man! Why keep on filling holes? The roads need to be re-paved.

[@slavej559]

It messin me up when I ghost ride. Dzam. Thx fellaz

[@CarlosPrieto]

i hate when my mom drives up the hill at 0:32 and doesn’t go on the paved side, lmao it’s so bumpy

[@KM-qk1oz]

Thank you!!!! Especially since I drive a lowered car. It’s destroyed my entire setup. Keep doin what you’re doin!!

[@TheFunnyman1233]

"Their work is minimal . . ." At least they were doing it. Got you to do something. I'd say plan accomplished. Hell, they will probably end up doing more than the city crew

[@xSINxDOVE]

To many administrators not enough actual work crews .

[@brianp5205]

The city will create a task force group to look into the administration to work crew ratio.

[@colbymorris6034]

Y'all need to post like a how to video on this so your cause can spread to others. I'd be doing this same thing if I knew it was practical

[@ScottayH29]

The world needs more people like this. Not just for potholes, but for many other global issues.

[@VuqarIE]

In New England they balme winter, what about oakland ?

[@Sp1n1985]

San Franciscians

[@notsure6187]

the roads are cracking and causing fissures under the weight of all the doodoo.

[@simplyincorrigible7708]

Rain

[@dillonh321]

Fat people.

[@garydedderson4988]

@Green Giant we don't have earthquakes in Massachusetts. How come the roads in Massachusetts look the SAME as Oakland? Subpar materials perhaps???

[@mariarosales5240]

I live here. Yup it’s as bad as it looks. I think it’s great what they’re doing. Nothing gets done. Some streets are BADDD

[@OMGitsTerasu]

Thank you. From an Oakland native.

[@Dtxmundo]

What material do they use because I need to fix sum roads too

[@michrech]

They're using something similar to (if not exactly) "cold patch", and it won't last even a fraction of the time (on overly busy roads) compared to what the city uses (when they city actually gets around to doing their jobs)...

[@emiliobarboza779]

We need people like this in MEMPHIS

[@FaithandNova]

If you don't see change be the change.

[@Tanneritefilledfido]

Concrete roadways is the way to go. Black tops cost more in the long run

[@gdaebb9179]

Living in the north, these potholes pop up every spring after a big winter. They all get covered up before May. March is the hardest to drive, but as soon as the snow is gone, the government cleans up the roads. Never thought it was something we have to be THANKFUL for, It should just be given.

[@bobbypatton4903]

Yeah cold mix is cool, but it makes it harder to fix it harder to do a proper repair.

[@onlyonemrxonlyonemry306]

Anarchy, at its finest...Good work" Guy's

[@justinbaffico7406]

Absolutely. They didn't keep that portion of my interview in the final cut though.

[@thisthatl403]

God bless this Amazing People💪👍❤️. Hard working people. Something Our Government won’t Take Good care of........

[@alexanderjimenez1995]

The Govt needs to be more transparent with their spending!!!

[@discodench]

They probably should of mentioned that cold patches suck and are only short term stop gaps.

[@Brian-jp3wt]

I want to join these guys. I definitely wanna get involved

[@BrandonElijah]

I Thought juicy j was narrating at first 🥴

[@victoralmeida414]

I really loved what I just saw!!! Keep up the damm good work brah

[@samanthayoung6031]

The city.."we got this" LMAO