The bikes should require a $50-100 deposit to ensure they're returned..

This is journalism. The opposite of fake news. Great work.

They didn't mention they were electric until halfway through. Thats a big difference.

Imagine if taxpayers stopped paying their taxes and just took care of themselves instead of letting the government waste it all.

Who could have possibly foreseen that these bikes would be stolen? Oh yeah: anybody with common sense.

It's just another scam.

Close the program save the taxpayers money

Get the camera out my face 😂😂😂 dead asf

The same problem exists in San Diego. The cops clear out ravines full of stolen bikes and scooters. They know exactly which homeless people are stealing and possessing them, but there are never arrests. The selling of bike parts (and pet theft also) all goes into fueling addictions. Simple solution: ENFORCEMENT. Throw them in jail or halfway houses with tight curfews, clean up the damn streets. Make it safer for the women, families, disabled, pensioners who live on the street simply because there is little suitable, safe, affordable housing available.

Mmm live in Dallas, the rate here is not bad ... Maybe its just the City of LA’s homeless problem

You should investigate who thought this was a good idea to pay for the bike's. If they are corrupt enough to think this is a good idea we know they probably skimmed money off the top of this project.

NOT ENOUGH OVERSITE, SHUT IT DOWN! THIS SHOULD NOT BE A BURDEN ON LOS ANGELES TAX PAYERS. THIS PROGRAM IS NOT HELPING CONGESTION BUT ACTUALLY ADDING TO CONGESTION OF TRASJ WHICH IS NOT NEEDED. IF IT CAN'T BE CLOSELY MONITORED IT NOT WORTH TAX PAYER MONEY. A POOR ATTEMPT AT SOMETHING GOOD BUT COMMUTERS DO NOT WANT TO USE BICYCLES.

Wait, ..36 millions dollars from taxpayers ??

Prepaid gift cards? Did they learn nothing from RedBox lol

So who asked me if I wanted to pay for this?

We all knew this was a going to happen. It's a complete waste of taxpayer money.

This is why you should vote republican here in Los Angeles. What a waste. Should have just let Uber, lime and other private companies do that.

GPS TRACKER BATTERIES LAST FOR YEARS ---- DOES THAT TELL YOU HOW CONCERNED THEY ARE.

Why does everyone think that a bicycle and a moped are the same thing? If it has any kind of propulsion system it is a moped or motorized bicycle. A bicycle is not a moped.

The city should be held accountable these bikes have GPS in them obviously the cops are worthless

Why bike cost $2000 in first place?!

round up the homeless and send em to FL

No wonder taxes are so high in California, they spend the money on all these stupid ideas that fail.

This one person in my city of Dallas Tx. Filled a big truck (not an 18 wheeler but the smaller ones) with these type of bikes and dumped them in a local lake.

Thank you for all the videos

Uhhhh the private company ain't fixin the bikes for free.....contractors are very nice people but do not do things for free.....

Soon stolen % will double... 🤣🤣🤣

Most of these people that work for the city are there just for the money. She can care LESS. She knows those bikes have been missing. 🥺😢🤔

THIS IS CRAZY. THIS WHAT THE HOMELESS IS DOING. WHAT IS THE CITY OF LA IS GOING TO DO.

I BET SHE IS GETTING A BIG SALARY --- FOR NOT KNOWING HOW THEY ARE BEING STOLEN --- WHAT A JOKE.

Slash the tires on that bum's bike

More curious how much does this program ever made. I doubt factoring in the stolen bikes it ever made a profit.

I dont think buying the Bikes are a Waste of Money. The issue is Bike Thieves, its always been a problem. We need to do more about Bike Thieves. If caught they should have there Ear Cut off ✂️

If the money was coming out of their own pockets, it would be a different story.

Stop harassing these people mr Goldstein. That lady looks evil. Also is her job to hate things?

What did you expect? Lol Bunch of $2000 bikes that you can rent for $5

You need to put a locking system in the gears so when the person is done using the bike and it's put back or it's not paid for. It needs to be locked up

WOW!!! Someone thought of buying a cheap prepaid card to steal a 2K ebike. Imagine the genius wasted, along with your tax dollars.

Ya know why they didn't know this wouldn't work? Because they didn't ask any other person on the planet above the age of 5 if it was a good idea or not.

This isn’t a good use of tax dollars!

They charge so much to use these bikes. Of course they lose money. All it takes is one thief every few days to wipe out any revenue and the cost per bike is never paid since it's in the thousands.

Crazies addicts are our strength

"You can't steal unless you get caught stealing." From the mouths of babes.

IT'S NOT THEIR MONEY --- WHY WOULD THEY CARE.

How are they going to take our money to make money

Every time there's a government contract, MONEY LAUNDERING occurs.

Who thought this was a good idea

That's the dumbest idea I ever heard of

This reporter should go work for FBI n show law enforcement how to solve crimes m all. I forgot about the report that end saying most of the truth , the reporters were making stories up BBC paying ppl to go along with it b/or the reporters were doing it.

Why is “USA first” unable to successfully organize such a basic public service as other countries, e.g. Germany?

Wait a minute, No GPS, ALARM WHEN MISSING To Be Recovered By People That Monitor The System? *There Are No People That Monitor The System!* only 1:38 in video. How they have so many missing in plain view is stupid. By not making sure they had a good way to keep track of them it got out of control. I have my own.

Seattle tried this 10 years ago with bikes and E-Scooters...Most of them were found in Puget Sound.

There should be a way for people to report someone stole the bike from them.

I couldn’t be more surprised if I woke up tomorrow with my face sewed to the carpet.

Good report.

and the insanity continues‼️®™️😡😡

I would've liked to see an investigation into the actual usage rates of these bikes. I rarely ever see anyone using them, and I ride public transportation every day. I compare this to private company options like Bird e-scooters or Wheels e-bikes which I see people using all the time. People prefer the freedom of point to point travel these private options offer.

how tf can 32% of your fleet be stolen or missing and you still claim the program a success....

The lady shown thrashing the free/stolen $2,000 e-bike would probably burn down a free home given to her & end up homeless again.

Lol.....Last time I checked California “is” a homeless encampment .

Let the free market decide if it will work or not, let a private business do something like this instead of abusing tax payer money. Government can almost never do anything right.

Pure journalism!!!!

Somebody really needed to cover up something with all this money invested on these bikes because they definitely knew it what was. gonna happened

what makes you think these people won't steal your bike. nowhere in LA IS SAFE.

Same thing happens in DC

That is the stupidest program ever.

Loss of two million dollars of course it's not working

More government waste

Why didn’t the city purchase much cheaper bicycles?

That little homeless guy threatening to punch the cameraman should be put into his place. No wonder so few people feel sorry for them.

Ridiculous waste of money

Who owns company and what politicians are getting payoffs

A metro electric bike with Bosch system. Very expensive.. guess that’s how they use taxpayer dollars! Ridiculous overspending

Im just glad defunding the police is working so well

her Salary as of Today is $204,367.20 according to Transparent california and lets spend 36 Million a yr on this useless program but let's not help the homeless with that 36 Million

Good journalism

Wow you know who the guilty one's are they act like morons when they are caught red handed.

What makes those bikes worth close to $2000? Here you go, your tax dollars hard at work. Its no wonder California is going broke.

lol that dud saying get the camera out my face, haha grow some teefes😹

L.A. is a mess Who's in charge there?

What exactly did you think was gonna happen? Hahahahaha

Comen sense 👏 👌 that this would be a problem...

Millions of dollars and using stickers with serial numbers instead of stamps.

What A Joke!

I can't believe Kevin Hart has to steal bicycles to get around now!

You have to pay for those bikes and scooters

How are these bikes $2,000 each?

They need a dynamo to power the GPS so they can recover when battery dies

Do DCFS. STRTP rates

Why we can’t have nice things

bike share is a scam

They do, but when you come back.. absolute indifference. Worse than any stun apparatus

I hate the news

No shit it’s not worth the money 💰 what they need to invest is figure out the Parking structure around LA it’s terrible and how to maintain the roads and streets

They did a nice paint job on the black one

Someone was done wrong, no doubt!

Pay your way

What a stupid idea

Of course he is aggressive, it’s not like you are going to knock his teeth down his throat for him, he shit those out long ago

Bosch mid-drive motors. That's the very good stuff. 💪🏻🤓🤓🤓👍🏻