Where is the money for homelessness going in Los Angeles?

[@zakklee2556]

non-profits only need to apply 5% of funds toward efforts to reduce homelessness. 95% of funds go to "managing" organization, by law.

[@securityscorpion8687]

THE SKID ROW HOUSING TRUST.

[@erockcooper746]

straight to their pockets

[@jaad9848]

Yup thats what this is about its a turf war over corruption funds.

[@Mikemikeswehomenow]

Homeless industrial complex. Pockets of the mayor's friends

[@Pinkorchid72]

Exactly

[@charlespatrick8650]

💯 "Inside Safe" has permanently housed only 440 people, less than 1% of LA's homeless, after spending $100,000,000s on the program, 70% of that money is going into the pockets of organizations run by the Mayor's friends

[@hamplus163]

Pretty much. Go to the About page on their website and you’ll see where the money goes.

[@nochepatada]

How much should a person working with homelessness in LA make? How about in San Francisco where a 1 bedroom apartment is $3000 a month?

[@Mikemikeswehomenow]

@@nochepatada you got it all wrong I’m not talking about an individual I’m not talking about a caseworker I’m talking about the CEOs of nonprofits living in Woodland Hills with two Range rovers and a house were 2 million and they’re invoicing the government because they have “a company who provides homeless services they can’t even point at a homeless person to say they own life

[@jas-n-motion]

They need mental institutions because some of those people are so far gone, and that's the real truth no one wants to accept.

[@gozardsmooth]

Do you know how much per day it costs to house one of these people in a facility? Fat chance of that. To waste one dollar on drug treatment is obscene in an of its self. Just look at Hunter Biden alone, how many trips through the rehab do you think it will take? Probably 2 trips could put a kid through college. It is insane. They do not want these people in jails due to the cost and pain in the rump that they are. There are no real mental health services as it is, it is just a money grab. Nothing more.

[@jeffalbillar7625]

There is a lot of hesitation on the part of the government concerning mental institutions because there were horrid conditions in mental institutions in the past. That is why they were all shut down previously. The living conditions were horrid and abuse was rampant. There would have to be a nationwide effort when it comes to operations of these institutions. There are many documentaries about mental institutions, psychiatric wards and sanitariums and their God awful history, and it would be criminal in our part to just let them open them back up without any oversight. But yes, I live in Orange County which is next to LA and you are absolutely correct about many being too far gone. ✊👊✌️

[@jas-n-motion]

@@jeffalbillar7625 I love Orange County!

[@jeffalbillar7625]

@@jas-n-motion I do too.

[@jaad9848]

Thats part of Prop 1 that happened in March was about.

[@Agent-cu5pv]

Everyone working for Karen Bass is wearing Rolex, LV bags, driving expensive luxury cars.....imagine that!!!

[@r3nnh0p3z6]

Hey homie. That's my mom on ganga stops it

[@myiaAllazar]

Kearn Bass is a theft that's it

[@margo3367]

Who? If you’re not afraid to make accusations of embezzlement then tell us who you are accusing.

[@timothykearns2232]

Karen Bass...What a dump.

[@Alpharizzchad]

​@@r3nnh0p3z6You Ray Ray or Pookie 😅

[@ceeIoc]

I'm so stumped why Californians keep voting these people into office. Why???

[@kholeinazareth5688]

There gunna keep voting people who enable there liberal views at any cost

[@celebrityrog]

A lot of time we don’t. They turn to advocates when they see money come in to perpetuate the issues over the complaints of WE THE PEOPLE.

[@jeffalbillar7625]

I'm stumped why dumb bells like you continue to think that "Californians" continue to vote for this stuff as if we ALL are voting for these people. We have more registered Republican voters in California than you have people in your State. The problem is that there are also almost ten million registered democratic voters. What do you expect is going to effin happen?

[@r3nnh0p3z6]

Mind your business pocket watching and shyt

[@jeffalbillar7625]

@TheDude-pm2gn Texas is second in the nation in homelessness. Has been for years. They have AT LEAST as many gangs as California if not more.

[@charlespatrick8650]

"Inside Safe" has permanently housed only 440 people, less than 1% of LA's homeless, after spending $100,000,000s on the program, 70% of that money is going into the pockets of organizations run by the Mayor's friends

[@dturner73]

you have a source. I'd like to read it...

[@charlespatrick8650]

@@dturner73 Attachment 3, Page 1 cao.lacity.gov/Homeless/alliance/isp2n.pdf

[@TheJohnbjunior]

This is no surprise to anyone !

[@Syveck]

JAIL! Straight to jail! Then prison!

[@Agent-cu5pv]

Ask Karen Bass, audit her bank accounts, check her closet for boxes of cash!!!!

[@doratiscareno5856]

ITS GOING TO ALL THE ILLEGALS FJB

[@seanromero2303]

FJB

[@estherrayos]

Illegals that comity crimes and identity theft plus will be staying here permanently- so the allocated funds are wasteful

[@charles603]

In the pockets of politicians !

[@r3nnh0p3z6]

I'm a politician and I know you incorrect Sir 🎩 🧐

[@kaniala5]

My sister-in-laws non-profit was recently taken over by a board of directors more interested in lining their pockets and making sure their friends financially benefit before the non-profit is dismantled. Unfortunately there is no protection for the organizations that help the homeless and the indigent from these people.

[@JohnnyNut-x5v]

Its most definitely not going to the homeless

[@Rayjack-m9o]

Drawing More Homeless To Los Angeles and of course waste and fraud.

[@JM38-i6t]

True it's out of control with others sub leasing to others making a hang out and using there household for crime and extreme drug addiction usage

[@frankdenardo8684]

Send them to Jonestown, Guyana 🇬🇾

[@WalkawayRene12]

We wonder here too in Seattle.....where is the money going? Nothing has changed at all yet they are spending all the homeless money.

[@-ULTRA-Games]

It’s always “mental illness or drug addiction” it’s never just the record high rent prices. Remember average monthly rent for an apartment in 1980s was $200

[@Isabel-p6s]

But at time people were making $5 an hour. Now you make ten time more and everything is 100 time more expensive. Don’t eat outside, don’t go on vacations, don’t go bars every week and cook at home. We the baby boomers that’s what we did. I haven’t had vacations for 20 years after my daughter at the age of 22 send us to a cruse for my 50th birthday. I cooked everyday. We took our lunch everyday and we saved and saved and saved and both a house and apartment building. So you want enjoy your life the fullest and you want us to give you a free place to live? Grow up you entitled mf. You don’t want to work more them 8 hours. But we worked 6 days a week and 12 hours a day and got payed $50. So stop wining and start working and saving.

[@Isabel-p6s]

At that time we were making $50 a week and now you are making 10 time more. Work hard and save and you can accomplish anything.

[@wm6746]

Talking a drug addict to stop using it is the most ridiculous idea ever. Only an idiot would propose that and morons would say “ yes, thats good idea!” Intervention is necessary . Drug addiction takes over peoples will to get better therefor the are dying right and left on the streets ..

[@Liberalcali]

Not to the homeless and y’all keep giving the votes for your tax dollars to go more up

[@JIMPETERSON-n7i]

44 thumbs up for illiteracy? How do you even know what this person is trying to say? "To go more up" -- can I ask which schools you went to? Just want to make damn sure my grandkids *never* go there! :(

[@helpyourcattodrive]

Yeah, school and daycares, but they don’t care about regular people who freaking work, ladies who get on the bus, storeowners. It’s a complete trainwreck.

[@mizzury54]

So isn't no camping by schools and daycares a start ? Do you know that it's the courts that prevent a citywide enforcement of no camping ordinances?

[@AmusedChild]

@@mizzury54 But they HAVEN'T been preventing it!

[@sarbantz]

What's heartbreaking breaking and unknown to many is that many street homeless silently die completely alone, and their bodies get eaten by other homeless and stray animals.

[@R0M8N]

To politician's non profits friends or family members

[@steezeee5657]

Exactly!

[@trussmonkey5910]

This is exactly why politicians have charities or foundations. Easy money laundering.

[@gozardsmooth]

Always, this dude just wants his cut.

[@CoolHand273]

@@trussmonkey5910 yes the bill and hillary foundation is the worst. a tax dodge that pays their worthless daughter and son in law a huge salary with no accountability or oversight. At least bill knows to lie low due to his time with Epstein.

[@sarbantz]

What's heartbreaking breaking and unknown to many is that many street homeless silently die completely alone, and their bodies get eaten by other homeless and stray animals.

[@cleanthestreets9564]

Into the pockets and luxury expenses of these "charitable organizations".

[@conner_b_griften]

Non-profit my a$$.

[@SeaTurtle515]

Putting up small, 10x10 structures on empty lots with a common area restroom/showers and a 24 hr security guard would not take very long to make happen. Other communities have done this. Then each homeless person is given a choice: choose this housing along with accountability and mental health/ drug rehab services or become incarcerated. People that are mentally too far gone will need to be safely and humanely housed in a mental health facility. We need to start implementing these things now, not in the future.

[@PlumbNutz]

Yes but these communities for them need to be built far away from the rest of us. We don't need insane drug addicts and criminals wandering our streets. The community we would build for them would have everything they need such as drugs alcohol food Medical Care shelter mental health care Etc. They could leave if they are sane and sober and have a way to support themselves and a place to live. They have a right to be homeless but they don't have a right to do it on our streets and our public places.

[@SeaTurtle515]

@@PlumbNutz Yes, I agree. Actually, there are a lot of good ideas out there, but none of the government agencies seem to be acting on them.

[@RatfromNadeaust]

It won't work. These people dont want a curfew

[@NHLblkgurl]

Democrat political pockets?

[@eunicevillaneda-bolanos8474]

A very good question! The organizations need to be audited THOROUGHLY.

[@barkeyes8592]

None of that money has gone towards the homeless. It's been years and nothing has changed. Fentanyl is a problem but why hasn't any houses been built?

[@tammiebroggins]

Not to the homeless. It's dog eat dog out there!

[@mizzury54]

Not where it should.

[@dan8910100]

"activist" are some of the worst people in society.

[@Dusty42096]

I blame the media too because they always air the activists.

[@JohnM-f9g]

Why don't you ask the fundraisers and politicians who have big homes and drive nice cars where the money is going? They bang the drum, telling you what you want to hear, but they are just like a corner lot used car salesman. I used to know a fundraiser. They're all the same.

[@ms.pugsley]

If i was homeless, fentynal sounds like a good way to go. I've been homeless. Could never do it again ❤

[@DanH-u3f]

Into homeless advocacy groups and pockets of LA politicians.

[@hamradiotimes5586]

Thats a question for Mayor Bass

[@fredbalandran3182]

It’s going in the council pocket

[@truther001]

LA City Council is insanely corrupt.

[@jkalibeelz4339]

In the corrupt hands pockets as usual..

[@martehoudesheldt5885]

take an open area ( away from the cities) and build them an area with infrastructure and move them there. that gives them there own area to live in without affecting the rest of us.

[@DistrustHumanz]

Every nonprofit that has ever existed has been profitable for those who control it.

[@CoolHand273]

There is something called the welfare industrial complex or the poverty industrial complex. The money is going into the pockets of the non-profit and NGO executives. The problem will not be solved because there is so much money to be made prolonging and even exacerbating the problem. I do not donate to charity because I do not want to pay someone's high six figure salary and luxury lifestyle.

[@truther001]

Don't forget the migrant industrial complex.

[@AlyJade]

I’m 17 & I wanna know where my tax money is going since the state thinks taking 1/2 of our paychecks for dumb taxes 🙄

[@dfelixrx7]

Baren Kass has the money 💰

[@moshortclips5806]

To the war $ That is not our war

[@Yasmine91646]

In the pockets of politicians

[@rollinia7770]

That 7 tons of trash that Karen Bass didn't clean up on the streets while the poor guy got bullied by the city for recycling the dirty trash of LA streets. Why don't those city's cites the homeless than the renter. The poor man deemed mental ill placed in 51/52 hold when the homeless can be mentally ill anywhere on the streets.

[@QuanPookie]

I guarantee you that money is being used for greed. Greedy people are pocketing that money and this needs to be investigated.

[@giggitygoo5623]

Every family is affected by homelessness in LA. They are camping everywhere except in gated communities where the politicians live.

[@ken91773]

It’s going to the director of homeless services, coordinator of homeless services, homeless programs liaison officer, manager of mental health for homeless services, and on and on and on.

[@elgordo9525]

The fiends are falling out and everyone is suprised that the money towards the problem is being siphoned off.

[@armageddonready4071]

YES. Follow ALL of the money. Preferably a fine tooth comb of the last twenty years

[@biancagerade4229]

It's going in Gavin newsom's pocket that's where the money is going😂

[@SidewalkCitizenLA]

If city Planning Commissions had bothered to build low income housing over the last 30-40 years, we wouldn't be in this position in the first place, but NOBODY ever talks about that part... 🙄

[@jeffalbillar7625]

Or how we're taking in probably half of the rest of the nation's homeless people as well.

[@PlumbNutz]

Wrong, it doesn't matter how cheap housing is you still need a job to pay rent and to hold down a job you need to be sane and sober.

[@sickbox.sickbox]

When government spends; someone is getting rich.

[@user-qr7ee2cp4y]

When the rich steal the money it's ok, when the poor steal money, things needs to change.

[@jediknightjairinaiki560]

Into the pockets of those officials who claim to be trying to end homelessness.

[@williamwhite2113]

The Homeless Industrial Complex lives in LA where bureaucrats pull down 6 figure salaries and few if any homeless become housed.

[@rideride5696]

money is going to the workers working on the homeless problem

[@truther001]

I've seen them walking around, just asking homeless people if they are okay. You call that work?

[@rideride5696]

@@truther001 i was being sarcastic

[@jonkwok6560]

Check the LA City Counsel and all them LA politician's pockets 😂😂😂

[@OldJoeBlows]

Knock knock: NBC, Is that you?? Are you speaking truth? Wow… I don’t think we’ve ever met.

[@voitball]

And this is the guy advocating for em

[@stevep4236]

How about the money for the people that actually work and struggle to stay afloat?

[@mrsdraper171]

People at the top pocket the money. Lots of embezzlement going on.

[@jlot9118]

I’d tell you where the money goes but I’d be going against youtube comment policy

[@AlAnsikk]

into the pockets of those that need it the least. NBCLA is about 5 years late to this question, but better late than never i guess.

[@ReVerTxJ0KER]

Should be talking about how the citizens that didn't vote for the legalization are causing lawsuits and discrimination

[@dennisg4053]

What planet are you on??

[@cows4us]

Forced addiction treatment or jail time. Only thing that works.

[@bigdaddytrips6197]

In politicians pockets

[@KuatoLives99]

didn't some employee at a company that got funds to help the homeless off the street guilty of embezzling 40 million to finance a luxury lifestyle for him and his model girlfriend

[@theotheleo6830]

@Justiceneeded4 No one will because there is no heaven.

[@theotheleo6830]

That was the CFO of a state contractor. This lawsuit involves the city and county.

[@frankposh9953]

Gavin Newsum’s pocket is where it’s going.

[@joannweikel3892]

Only a small fraction gos to the homeless and the rest goes to the thousands of government employees. It also goes to assist all the new immigrants

[@blessedfire365xgf]

Creating homeless!!

[@a.w.4011]

They’re most definitely is an agenda beyond all of this rhetoric. I used to work for the VA for 10 years, specifically in an area called HPACT. Its sole purpose was devoted to housing, homeless veterans, which they did a lousy job at. The state of California had allocated to them over $700 million to address the homeless situation. It is beyond me to understand the rationale behind the methods they’re taking to so-call address this catastrophe. With all of these empty, unoccupied, warehouses strip malls, and even some hotels and motels across this whole state, are you telling me that they don’t have the power, to change some planning and zoning codes to accommodate what they claim they’re trying to address with an urgency? These people need to be audited from the mayor on down. This money is going somewhere and is definitely not to the homeless. They need to also initiate an intense mental health component to housing many of these people. a high percentage of them suffer from mental illness, and even if you house them there’s no guarantee That they will remain. I’m not an expert, but even with the little knowledge that I have regarding this issue, it’s totally infuriates me that the people who are supposed to have the answers no less than I do.

[@thejuicerr]

Beware of the homeless-industrial-complex.

[@myiaAllazar]

People are tired of being overbearing taxes for people to breed sin. Working education can tear down a person and with everything so high allowing people to hurt people has gotten way out of line and it's sick.

[@NomadicApril]

😂😂😂

[@TheJohnbjunior]

El Salvador's solution is the only one that will work for this mess now !

[@markmiller6423]

That’s the same question I have for the money from the California lottery that was supposed to go toward schools

[@Pinkorchid72]

Lost opportunity to vote for Caruso. Bass is just lining the pockets of her cronies

[@WriterusAeternus]

At this point, we are blindly throwing money at the problem. Prop 1 gonna bite us

[@starred12003]

To the already wealthy people to keep their lavish lifestyles. The scapegoat is thse words drug's, and mental illness. That's not true at all. It's all due to human greed. Some humans do not deserve their wealth. And One day divine justice will be served.

[@chaws314]

I am a progressive and I agree with everything this guest said 💯

[@rickinom8075]

"It's going to the pockets of millionaires and billionaires " - Bernie Sanders

[@user-wx9ox4nx1r]

Thanks for your work. Please also make sure houseless small groups can stay together in Sec 8 apts. Many have formed their own little families, that look out for each other and don't want to be separated.

[@sarbantz]

What's heartbreaking breaking and unknown to many is that many street homeless silently die completely alone, and their bodies get eaten by other homeless and stray animals.

[@Spiderman123-p9b]

To the politicians, then illegals

[@winning3329]

Why is no one policing these organizations?

[@soilrocktree]

THESE PEOPLE DO NOT WANT HELP OR HOUSING

[@justinlucas]

​@Justiceneeded4😂😂

[@Mikemikeswehomenow]

We do you don't know what your talking about

[@Julio-jm8ld]

Some do others don't. Shi* is the systems put in place to help do take a extremely long time because resources ARE being wasted on the ones that just take advantage of the system.

[@r3nnh0p3z6]

They want drugs why you think they were pushing fentanyl because they wanted to end homelessness

[@NomadicApril]

Lies, I’ve been trying to get housing for many years

[@AmorArdet]

If you cure the homeless problem.. people will be outta work

[@williamkonop4948]

Take a crazy wild guess ?? Rhymes with gruesome. Bet you'll never guess ?

[@webreakforsquirrel4201]

They need a living wage job to pay for the crime of existing.

[@gingermcgarvey7773]

Most of them can't function. A job? They spend the day looking for money or drugs so you don't get sick. Paying rent and keeping a job is impossible. Nobody wants to see the truth.

[@yr8120]

You get what you voted for, Karen Bass!!!!!! I’m sure her city it’s clear of homelessness and extra money in her pocket

[@hugoaguiar4400]

DEI hires that are supposed to solve this problem are taking lavish vacations and funneling money to their smurfs

[@Bunnyhuggy]

The squandering of money for social services is a huge problem across the non profit sector as well.

[@helpyourcattodrive]

Yeah, all of Los Angeles is skid row under current law.

[@azimuthbusinesscenter]

politicians are allocating more money than ever into homelessness and there are more homeless people than ever before. Obviously everything is going exactly as it should be, keep moving, nothing to see here...

[@VictorSanchez-ji3wu]

To the government where else?

[@bamby5211]

Of course it's going into politician's pockets to fund their fancy car's, Home's along with anything glamorous and upkeep, Fancy Restaurant's. I recall about 4-6 year's ago when the city of LA was talking about shutting down the school's because they did not according to them have the money to keep them open. They then wrote up a bill that would raise the taxes. When that did not go well for them they all of a sudden found fund's in the DWP account. It's not rocket science that they are NOT allocating the money where it needs to be... The money missing was intended to be used for the homeless population that we have seen triple just in the last two year's. Nobody can convince me that every dollar was spent for that said purpose considering that we all have witnessed the homeless population triple. If the money had been allocated for the actual purpose it was meant for we would be witnessing a decrease of people being homeless. City/County gov does it all of the time... They waste the tax dollars and or money meant for specific programs and such and when something comes up they all panic and try and recoup the money that they wasted by creating a new bill to raise taxes etc... It's never ending, And all of these people live the high life while the homeless and everyone else suffer.

[@wasabiginger6993]

Time for a MAJOR audit of the entire corrupt system

[@draculastraphouse7863]

I don't know and I don't care, I've given up on this country. It was great while it lasted but it's over now 😎

[@cornelius0113]

if they cant solve it after all these years, give the job to someone else.

[@Suzette_Lilyrose]

Seen a need and wanted to make a difference and so I opted to work for homelessness. Was told 20 ppl died before getting there. Once I realized the company I did work for did not care if people used drugs in the hotel rooms, I quit after 7 days. To date, I’m told about 50 people have died since then. My take. As long as upper management is getting a paycheck, they didn’t care. Homeless should not be short term. Long term is the solution. Just like Finland adopted LA’s plan, they took it further and made it long term. Ps. Skin Row should be renamed as, The Love Row. It would help remove stigma and it might bring more love. Everyone is deserving of love.

[@Super_Flea]

“ non profit” is the funniest thing I’ve ever heard. All these non profits need to be audited.

[@marcusturner6361]

Jesus Christ would say feed them first house them first then they will listen to you

[@mc333777]

And if the city or any local government lost it, who pays for the damages?