Why homeless people in LA are left with few options

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5 ай бұрын

LA is spending hundreds of millions of dollars to get the homeless off the streets, but there is little help and housing for those with chronic addiction and mental health issues. The I-Team's Joel Glover reports on Feb. 26, 2024.

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@First1ToComment 4 ай бұрын

250 mill ? Lol - straight to the politicians pockets

@user-ky3pc2zd7e 4 ай бұрын

exactly

@rickyalvarez5903 4 ай бұрын

Half of that too Immigrants.

@geoff3103 4 ай бұрын

not quite. the politicians "friends" are making out on this

@JohnLocke1776 4 ай бұрын

The city also coddles Gang members who sell drugs to the most vulnerable making treating mental illness an impossibility. Make no mistake, there's money being made by these so-called "non profits"

@troymiller885 4 ай бұрын

Yep👍💯

@miche568 4 ай бұрын

He developed an addiction and mental illness in Ohio and came to California. Now, we are responsible for his lifetime care.

@JOEDIRTERULEZ 4 ай бұрын

SEND EM ALL BACK TO WHATEVER S-HOLE RED STATE THEY CAME FROM!!!!!! NOW

@lrod8721 4 ай бұрын

Send him back

@lissyalcala7729 4 ай бұрын

Thank You. Perfectly said 👏👏. And where are the family members of these individuals.

@user-gk2mr6vs7g 4 ай бұрын

Well he is an American citizen and this is the USA.

@all1soul 4 ай бұрын

@@lissyalcala7729Maybe they died in terrible car crash that Caleb survived and is haunted by to this day and that's why he takes drugs. Any number of things could have happened. Show some compassion like a human being and stop acting like a slithering reptile.

@justicereporter8823 4 ай бұрын

no amount of money can fix this.

@ShitBagSPC 4 ай бұрын

All that money went to ukraine anyways

@user-jh5po6bk4d 4 ай бұрын

True, because all the money goes into the Democrats pockets and not to fix the issue!!!

@andyd3447 4 ай бұрын

@@ShitBagSPC oh please.

@neckarsulme 4 ай бұрын

oh please what?...130 billion and counting to corrupt, unaccountable Ukraine@@andyd3447

@all1soul 4 ай бұрын

Yes we can. God can fix it. We need to act as God servants an not as his detractors though.

@sbss924 4 ай бұрын

Part of the problem is the money goes to non-profit organizations that waste the money. They don't pay the employees enough to do the work, and they overload them with clients. But the upper management makes big money. But to try and help people like Caleb that are so far gone they would have to be locked up and treatment forced on them.

@ddebenedictis 4 ай бұрын

I'm not sure about all your points, but I will back you up on one thing, the front line caregivers are underpaid. I worked for a similar local agency for 7 years in the financial department and what really frustrated and angered me is how the state (our funder) gave us an incentive to pay no more than minimum wage. Of course that makes it hard to hire enough caregivers to serve your population properly.

@CS-ux2uk 4 ай бұрын

stfu, go speak to the homelss and really hear what they have to say,,,,more than likely they came from another state cuz cali has good weather and they love drugs and the street.

@ctgal9698 4 ай бұрын

Homeless non profit model is a very lucrative business. The executive directors and Ceos rake in high six figures and even millions in salaries

@shorteecake6644 4 ай бұрын

Problem is you can't help someone who doesn't want it. Last thing we need is the government involved in our mental health leading to forced treatment for perceived instability. This is a gateway to mind control. Just like the plastic bag bans which has resulted in more plastic usage, it will produce negative effect. It won't work for obvious reasons others listed. To keep receiving funding from feds, state will procure patients whether they are truly mentally ill or not. Please vote NO on PROP 1!

@ultimatedouchebag6760 4 ай бұрын

they voted for all that.....this include the homeless people. Newsom never got recalled and got voted in twice. They voted for the DA and agreed to the useless LAPD.

@user-wj8pi5bj3k 4 ай бұрын

They failed themselves. Call it like it is. You Are responsible for your life, NOT THE TAX PAYERS!

@vd.s6158 4 ай бұрын

TAxpayers are responsible to elect right politicians to keep community safe, yet they elected these clowns.

@neckarsulme 4 ай бұрын

but they just need a few more billion of our tax dollars to "make it happen"

@trytyr 4 ай бұрын

Amen.

@all1soul 4 ай бұрын

Shame on you.

@handled99 4 ай бұрын

@@all1soulShame on YOU liberal

@rjmanzano0877 4 ай бұрын

most of the money will not help homeless instead it will go into some ones pocket WTF

@all1soul 4 ай бұрын

"The surprised followers ask when they did these things for Him, and Jesus replies, “The King will answer them, 'Truly, I say to you, as you did it to one of the least of these my brothers, you did it to me. " (Matthew 25:40)

@redjamison9175 4 ай бұрын

Scum city council

@recabitejehonadab2654 4 ай бұрын

Illegal immigrants. .

@RobertLouis10 Ай бұрын

In 2013, I was homeless, got into drugs went to prison, and then I got to know Jesus and he changed my life...Heaven came through for me in my finances too, getting $50,000 in 2months. I can support God's work and give back to my community. God is more than enough! Now I have a new identity and am a child of God

@michaelcarl434 Ай бұрын

Hello how do you make such monthly ?? I'm a born Christian and sometimes I feel so down of myself because of low finance but I still believe in God.

@RussellMarie0 Ай бұрын

Every one of my prayer requests is about to manifest in the Name of Jesus I receive and connect with this message in Jesus' Mighty Name Amen 🔥🙏

@Suecowley231 Ай бұрын

I have been searching for ways to achieve success. Can you please guide me on how to do so?

@RobertLouis10 Ай бұрын

Sure, the investment-advisor that guides me is...

@RobertLouis10 Ай бұрын

MRS CATHIE WOOD

@robertbrown4152 4 ай бұрын

They all know the money is being put right in their pockets. They're all corrupt, and its real 😔 .

@mrt.5689 4 ай бұрын

Don't do drugs kids.

@all1soul 4 ай бұрын

@mrt.5689 4 ай бұрын

@all1soul Perhaps people should stop being "followers" and start taking ownership of their own actions. Hopefully, Mathew won't become a drug addict and ask Jesus why his life is all Fcked up. Each individual needs to take accountability of their own lives and stop blaming their poor choices on others.

@all1soul 4 ай бұрын

@@mrt.5689I'm sorry to discover that you will have to learn compassion the hard way. Good luck with all the hardships headed your way.

@mrt.5689 4 ай бұрын

@all1soul No "hardships" to report here, im doing very well Im in my late 30s, have my own business, 3 properties (2 are rentals) I have never been incarcerated or addicted to anything. Hard work, sacrifice, and commitment got me here. I also donate to my local orphanage as well as my local children's hospital. Drug use is a CHOICE. It doesn't hurt me one bit to see people struggling because THEY 100% decided to consume and end up in their current situation. We as taxpayers should NOT be responsible for idiots who decide to consume drugs. If you dont agree, by all means, care for them yourself!!! I lost my mother when I was 3. My father abandoned my brother and I shortly after that. Does that give me a "pass" to become a junkie???... NO!!! People need to stop crying and get their (S) together, stop blaming their choice to consume drugs on a rough past! 1 Party 2 rough past 3 influence boyfriend/girlfriend (Top 3 reasons why people consume)

@user-dw1ls3rp1l 4 ай бұрын

@@all1soul You copy and paste this everywhere. It's getting old.

@raider1978raider 4 ай бұрын

We didn’t fail them!!! They failed themselves by being drug addicts!!!

@mistypfitzer111 4 ай бұрын

FYI, nobody grows up WANTING to become a drug addict. I know i most certainly didnt dream of growing up to become one, or to struggle with homelessness! A life of addiction is pure hell, & i wouldnt wish it upon my worst enemy 👌 💯

@105rogue 4 ай бұрын

@@mistypfitzer111The point being made is that nobody forced them to do drugs to begin with. They chose that themselves knowing the dangers yet proceeded with the bad decision. Their situation is a result of their actions. I'm not saying that they can't change but they must make that choice themselves.

@michaelsoeun6626 4 ай бұрын

Get rid of the drugs

@ddebenedictis 4 ай бұрын

"We failed them" as a statement does not absolve them of responsibility. It is referring to the fact that the state decided many years ago to close state mental hospitals and instead rely on an army of small local agencies. This policy change has proven to be a failure. The main reason, in my opinion, as a long-time employee in the financial department of one such agency, is that they are desperately underfunded. In fact, the state actually gives us an incentive to pay no more than minimum wage to caregivers!

@all1soul 4 ай бұрын

@@mistypfitzer111Preach the truth, my sister. God bless us, everyone.

@leslieeng6676 4 ай бұрын

He is not welcome inside the program either. The rest can't live with him, because he constantly makes noise, won't sleep, and probably does drugs in secret. He needs to go to a mental hospital where he can get more help.

@user-zf3xb3qx8w 4 ай бұрын

The Great Flood in 2013 was a great example where NORMAL people (and seniors and even families) were homeless for awhile in Calgary, Alberta. The community centres opened wide, food was free, but I also had to get to WORK in the early a.m. All night, the ones who didn't work were horkling snot, coughing, getting up to go smoke outside every hour on the hour. You couldn't GET you ZZZZ's, and like Mike Arhmentrait in BB, I NEED my sleep!! Buddy and I went up to Franklin Station transit and camped on the hill. Thank God it was summer, and due to the flood the cops were supportive. Now, to work. You are correct: he'll f....k it up for everyone else, and disrupt everyone else. That's the problem with druggies, even those not nut cases: self absorbed, no awareness of their impact .

@FUKEDGAR123 4 ай бұрын

"as a community we failed him" - no he failed himself the multiple times you've tried to help him and he's ended up back to smoking meth, that's HIS choice not the community!

@revolutionaryhamburger 4 ай бұрын

Primitive man was doing fine living outdoors. Then one day one man built a humble home for his family. When he finished his mud hut, that man became responsible for making everyone else on the planet 'homeless.' The moral of the story is, unless are going to build a home for everyone, don't bother building anything.

@notsocrates9529 4 ай бұрын

Bring back the mental asylums that were shut down in the 1980s. What awful foresight, unless this was all done on purpose.

@d.fenestrator9529 4 ай бұрын

That quite possibly is the stupidest thing I've heard all year.@@revolutionaryhamburger

@neckarsulme 4 ай бұрын

That's how communists think (at least the ones who haven't had to live in a communist country@@d.fenestrator9529

@lightclawshadowmarsch8167 4 ай бұрын

That is true in many cases.

@user-xr4lb4pk5b 4 ай бұрын

There not even from California 😮

@all1soul 4 ай бұрын

@scottcharney1091 4 ай бұрын

*They're... But yes, part of CA's problem comes from out-of-state.

@jimbobfisher8904 4 ай бұрын

Yup other states ship their bum trash here so we can deal with them because unfortunately this states caters best to them.

@user-zf3xb3qx8w 4 ай бұрын

I can tell you personally that almost ALL the homeless/druggies in Vancouver are from other provinces or the interior. Media and govt. TRY to refute that, but the boots on the ground say no.

@TheSakufighter 4 ай бұрын

Yeah, they go just to find out the American dream is dead and get a front row seat to “inclusivity, equity” all you leftist losers pretend to be good people but are literally the worst amongst us.

@neckarsulme 4 ай бұрын

so the city's answer is always the same....we need more billions of tax dollars to do nothing

@all1soul 4 ай бұрын

The surprised followers ask when they did these things for Him, and Jesus replies, “The King will answer them, 'Truly, I say to you, as you did it to one of the least of these my brothers, you did it to me. '” (Matthew 25:40)

@neckarsulme 4 ай бұрын

yes, it still begs the question of why does the government always want more of your money to do nothing?....these are two separate issues@@all1soul

@mrsdraper171 4 ай бұрын

Open the mental hospitals back up.

@firstlast8258 4 ай бұрын

Put yourself inside

@Soooooooooooonicable 4 ай бұрын

Yeah, I understand that mental hospitals still have a very bad stigma, but at least these people would be housed and fed and not left to rot on the streets. The main problem is funding and finding enough people willing to work at places like that. They'll be understaffed and more likely to hire underqualified people and opportunistic monsters.

@mE-zx7pt 4 ай бұрын

But fund them this time so that people are taken care of.

@user-be7kv1sg1m 4 ай бұрын

The karens don't want it!

@mrs.chandler9384 2 ай бұрын

@@firstlast8258What should be done for severely disabled people? They need 24/7 mental care. A mental hospital is what is most beneficial to people like that

@DB-cz9uu 4 ай бұрын

$250 mill, thats for one program, lets not forget the billions spent per year, BTW they are trying to raise sales tax again for more money for the homeless

@ZelenoffPromotions 4 ай бұрын

No that money is going straight to the politicians

@all1soul 4 ай бұрын

@@ZelenoffPromotions "The surprised followers ask when they did these things for Him, and Jesus replies, “The King will answer them, 'Truly, I say to you, as you did it to one of the least of these my brothers, you did it to me. " (Matthew 25:40)

@all1soul 4 ай бұрын

@flutsfluts 4 ай бұрын

They should no longer be allowed to refuse rehabilitation or mental health services! Either they go into treatment or they go to jail! No exceptions!!

@user-be7kv1sg1m 4 ай бұрын

yep!

@Hoodlumz90221 4 ай бұрын

Los Angeles is ridiculous! My grandpa just got a letter in the mail from the city that he will be getting 500 fine a day plus misdemeanor charges if a vehicle isn’t moved from his driveway. The car is at the back of the driveway out of site and they are doing that to a retired elderly man

@d.annejohnson5631 4 ай бұрын

I lived in NYC and I can tell you why. Because a city will always after money from the people who obey laws and pay their bills, (like your grandpa) when they inevitably need money to do things for people who don't do either.

@tuttifrutti2642 4 ай бұрын

It’s a bizarro world. Need to vote differently and for those with common sense.

@Nearlydeads 4 ай бұрын

Seriously?

@Hoodlumz90221 4 ай бұрын

@@Nearlydeads yes I have the letters to prove ot

@Bigeinla 4 ай бұрын

The City of LA will spend $250M on the Inside Safe program, which translates inside the politicians' pockets where it is safe. Homelessness is a billion-dollar business for CA.

@tuttifrutti2642 4 ай бұрын

Bingo!!

@Jaycee3 4 ай бұрын

We need more journalists like Joel Grover. It opened my eyes when NBCLA showed the Streets of Shame series. It's unbelievable if you see those stories.

@DingDong-gn7hj 4 ай бұрын

People themselves pay for their addiction when they give money to them on the street. Ive stopped giving money to anyone.

@all1soul 4 ай бұрын

@tomjacobson7623 4 ай бұрын

@@all1soul What does your god do when a little child is being s-assaulted and is screaming in agony? Oh yeah, NOTHING!

@2eight997 4 ай бұрын

The problem is addiction that leads to mental health problems. It’s hard to help those who don’t want to be helped. California has a lot of desert. Make a city in the desert for the homeless, and if they want to rejoin society then they will have to get clean and learn a trade. Rather than force them to to live along us which they obviously won’t do in their state

@Charliegsand 4 ай бұрын

its called slab city

@AllPowa287 4 ай бұрын

Yucca Valley is a good destination for bums

@depthcharge6215 4 ай бұрын

Problems is also Bureaucrats purposely stalling. It takes 2 months for homeless to even receive housing while illegal migrants are able to get prepaid cards and shelter in weeks. You have a corrupt syatem for profit who claim non profit org.

@emmas1082 4 ай бұрын

They would refuse to go there because they get their drug money from crime and panhandling.

@franku5099 4 ай бұрын

It’s the other way around. Many are predisposed to addiction passed down from genes or they may have suffered some trauma during their life.

@Tallacus 4 ай бұрын

We failed NO ONE! Their comes a time when adults need to take responsibility for themselves! These homeless people have become so self entitled. I got one harassing me at a McDonald's once demanding a hamburger from me. Calling me all sorts of names, the nutter left when I turned my phone on him to cuss out the person behind me in the drive thru. Mental health? Everyone and their dog is mentally ill, I myself suffer with OCD but I still go work everyday to pay my bills.

@all1soul 4 ай бұрын

Are you some sort of a Reptilian demon, or what?

@Network126 4 ай бұрын

Have you not seen how much rents have skyrocketed since the pandemic?? I'm living in a 24 year old Toyota Sienna. I work and I'm not on drugs.

@marcusverschollen9634 4 ай бұрын

@@Network126 And assholes like @Tallacus support laws which directly CRIMINALIZE people like you, simply based on the actions of Tweakers. Gotta love Collectivism.

@babyboo5856 4 ай бұрын

@@Network126 Yet you smoke weed in your rank @ss trailer with missyfoo. Poor baby cat, hopefully he doesnt become more of a waste yute like her daddy 🤑🤑🤑

@yanshawn213 4 ай бұрын

In China, whoever sells drugs over 50grams (2 ounces) is subject to death penalty. That's why they don't have serious drug problems. Be tough on crimes, be tough on drugs.

@alexcarter8807 4 ай бұрын

China, Japan, etc have sensible drug laws. 1000s of years old civilizations. It's weird being in the "West" and knowing I'm in the middle of a dying civilization.

@VVV953 4 ай бұрын

You are correct unfortunately nothing will never be done when it comes to the drugs, too many people in power and Corruption

@Yahson11 4 ай бұрын

But people in China are offing themselves due to working too many hours. This life is trash

@Haruzak1 4 ай бұрын

USA is pu$$* when it's coming on death penalty. This country is too soft on criminals.

@all1soul 4 ай бұрын

You and your heartless attitude are a big part of the problem. It must be nice to be as perfect as you.

@conner_b_griften 4 ай бұрын

Non-profits my a$$.

@all1soul 4 ай бұрын

@user-be7kv1sg1m 4 ай бұрын

non-profits get a lot of money but they don't help the homeless with it!

@mikegoodness9767 4 ай бұрын

There's only one thing the City of Los Angeles and the State of California owes Caleb. A bus ticket back to Ohio.

@raider1978raider 4 ай бұрын

@Californianationalist1985 sounds like you’re from Africa! You are illegal!

@thenotoriousgryyn342 4 ай бұрын

@Californianationalist1985Too much cheap labor, so sadly that problem will never go away.

@tuttifrutti2642 4 ай бұрын

@@thenotoriousgryyn342 you do have a point. Legalize the workers. Get rid of all freeloaders

@thenotoriousgryyn342 4 ай бұрын

@@tuttifrutti2642 👍💯

@user-be7kv1sg1m 4 ай бұрын

how did he get the money to get here?

@Slappys 4 ай бұрын

This might be a hot take, but I think they actually should be last line. There are limited resources and they should first be spent on the people who show the most potential for being able to improve their situation and stay off the streets. There are some genuinely upstanding and hardworking who fall on hard times and just need a break to get back on their feet.i think we should focus on them first and then the crackheads.

@all1soul 4 ай бұрын

Everyone is equally beloved by their Heavenly Father... even you, despite my great disrespect for your opinions on this subject.

@Network126 4 ай бұрын

I gave up on homeless housing services, and bought a 24 year old Toyota Sienna instead. I work and I'm not on drugs. They just kept trying to shove me into shelters full of alcoholics and drug addicts, without any privacy. I can't live like that. I kept asking about motel rooms and tiny homes, to no avail. There's just no help available, even for hose of us who are mentally stable, actively working, and actually trying to fix our lives. It's ridiculous. The system is severely broken.

@d.annejohnson5631 4 ай бұрын

Yes indeed. More common sense and pragmatic realistic thinking is needed.

@That6ftChick 4 ай бұрын

@@Network126You're right. I have been scouring for resources, calling around, googling and I still haven't found any resources for average Americans who may have hit tough times and need help to prevent homelessness.

@Network126 4 ай бұрын

@@That6ftChick Yes, it's very sad and frustrating. I ended up putting a 100 watt solar panel on the roof of my van. Now I've got something of a bedroom on wheels.

@AlexRamirez-vz1vj 4 ай бұрын

Why NBCLA makes excuses for Newsome and not get to the bottom of what is happening to our tax dollars

@shellysmith1037 4 ай бұрын

maybe newsome will create an exemption for homeless people, like he created exemptions for hig High School friend billionaire who owns all those Panera restaurants. $$$ a little backroom deal or two to fix the problem

@MrRay2364 4 ай бұрын

These people dont want help so its never gonna go away.

@Mikemikeswehomenow 4 ай бұрын

F you you don't know sh

@all1soul 4 ай бұрын

And with an attitude like that you will most likely reincarnate into an addict into your next lifetime so you can learn compassion the hard way. Either that, or if you;re seriously cold hearted enough, maybe you'll get to reincarnate into being a cockroach over and over for a few billion years before you can earn your way up to being a cricket or a housefly for another billion years. According to our Heavenly Father, as it is written in the Epistles of John, we are here to love and help each other and to actively serve each day as good stewards to the planet and to all the creatures residing upon our Earth Mother.

@MrRay2364 4 ай бұрын

Thanks for the heads up.

@tomjacobson7623 4 ай бұрын

@@all1soul How many of these drug addicts have you invited to come live at YOUR house, at YOUR expense?

@caramelbilquees 4 ай бұрын

100 % NOT TRUE ITS THE SYSTEMS FAULT THEY ARE LOCKED INTO JAIL LIKE CENTRE'S AND TREATED LIKE CRMINALS WITH THE indignity of getting all your stuff stolen

@bmminc3001 4 ай бұрын

Because illegal migration is more important than American citizens..

@vd.s6158 4 ай бұрын

Thank you Karen, thank you Newsom.

@all1soul 4 ай бұрын

Thank Ronald Reagan. It was his administration who shut down the mental asylums in the 1980s.

@GettingthruLife 4 ай бұрын

What's that say, you can lead a horse to water but you can't make it drink.

@all1soul 4 ай бұрын

@znismo1 4 ай бұрын

Some people don't want help and will never want it. Waste of money

@all1soul 4 ай бұрын

@LouKiss 4 ай бұрын

bum business is BIG BUSINESS...no bail no jail...perfect storm that is ruining the city and our quality of life.

@all1soul 4 ай бұрын

Thank Ronald Reagan for giving it to us.

@roguetrader303 4 ай бұрын

There is no solution to homelessness based on how we are doing things. We basically need to ask them nicely to get off the street and provide treatment. Some people either are to addicted to drugs or they are to mentally unstable to even make that choice.

@Network126 4 ай бұрын

@janetmcdonald2572 4 ай бұрын

It’s happening everywhere. No affordable housing, drug addiction and mental health issues = current scenario.

@fuguestatetoo6789 4 ай бұрын

THAT MONEY mostly goes to paying rich people to run programs, instead of buying a building, and staffing it.

@user-cw2py6wh8l 4 ай бұрын

They come from all over America to Hollywood looking for fame but end up on the street. Because it hard to break into showbiz and LA is expensive. That's why LA has a huge homeless issue.

@all1soul 4 ай бұрын

@anthonygonzalez1448 4 ай бұрын

Proposition 1 nope, this is a money grab and they still haven’t done nothing about it, broken system

@all1soul 4 ай бұрын

@mistypfitzer111 4 ай бұрын

They didnt even ask him if he WANTED to live off the streets, or if he WANTED to get clean...:/ he has to want to change & want to better his life, & have at least a little faith that it will happen..i know how crappy our systems are in regards to helping the homeless permanent housing.. ive struggled with homelessness all my adult life almost, & addiction as well as comorbity, & chronic illness/ physical limitations.. not anywhere near as severe as that case, but ive slipped thru the cracks too & youre so easily forgotten once u do 😢😢

@adamheeley285 4 ай бұрын

The money is going right into the pockets of the politicians....that's why its not doing anything.

@DianaPrinceitiswhatitis 4 ай бұрын

Looks just like the Tenderloin in San Francisco. The government is the problem and has enabled the issue. Police being defunding did not help and not allowing the police to enforce the law doesn’t help. Politicians with their lies and failed policies are the problem. All the empty commercial buildings in downtown LA that have been vacant for decades need to be torn down and rezoned for residential housing affordable housing. It’s that simple the politicians can have the city of LA purchase these properties. They don’t want to do they would rather continue to profit off of people living in poverty. That’s beyond horrible. Smh

@Twinklestar932 4 ай бұрын

The money won't be used for anything but to make the non profit rich

@kindredmalise6633 4 ай бұрын

This only happens when people allow it. Homeless people leave when they are not wanted.

@all1soul 4 ай бұрын

You know nothing of what you speak.

@tomjacobson7623 4 ай бұрын

@@all1soul No, he pretty much hit it right on the button.

@phoenixman8569 4 ай бұрын

Over where i am in Canada b.c housing and many other services are available but alot of the time, the addiction is so bad that they refuse treatment and would rather die high than get well, so in the sence this story is suggesting to have them institutionalized, forced off the streets against thier will and force medicated, which may be the only real option, when you are so completly sick you cannot help yourself...

@bigcatauna 4 ай бұрын

our politician's want this and the bums like living like this

@all1soul 4 ай бұрын

@jorgesaldana9351 4 ай бұрын

The problem is that they offer all the perafinelia but no help to get clean!

@scottcharney1091 4 ай бұрын

*paraphernalia

@davidwright873 4 ай бұрын

We as a community have NOT failed him. WE have nothing to do with it. So keep WE out of it please!

@charliecharlie7898 4 ай бұрын

Hundreds of millions already wasted and now they are asking for Billions? Buy him a one way bus ticket back to Ohio and let them take care of him.

@theultimatereductionist7592 4 ай бұрын

If I were suddenly homeless, I sure as hell would WANT to be high on drugs to alleviate the pain and stress.

@deanbardos1950 4 ай бұрын

" to live and die in LA..."

@_f_i_a_ 4 ай бұрын

Addiction is not a precursor to homelessness

@all1soul 4 ай бұрын

THANK YOU!

@mechalovessquirrels 4 ай бұрын

Imagine what 65,000,000,000 earmarked for Ukraine would do for rehabilitation and homeless. US has a spending and prioritization problem.

@MindzEnt 4 ай бұрын

You can't help people that don't want it bud.

@user-bg7km4ij7f 4 ай бұрын

I’m confused.. Last year that was A Putin talking point?🤔🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

@all1soul 4 ай бұрын

@ntYes, we can. "The surprised followers ask when they did these things for Him, and Jesus replies, “The King will answer them, 'Truly, I say to you, as you did it to one of the least of these my brothers, you did it to me. " (Matthew 25:40)

@stevem1097 4 ай бұрын

Yeap, all those 65 BILLION would help build tens of thousands of apartments for low income people and for the homeless as well ... But, we are better off throwing it elsewhere... Apparently, all in the name of national security... 🤔🤔😋😋😋😋😋

@wilm2109 4 ай бұрын

Wouldn't have mattered, we've been throwing money at this problem for decades now and it's done absolutely nothing. The only difference now is it's gotten much worse.

@user-zr7cv1rd9b 4 ай бұрын

No amount of money will ever be enough for people who choose drugs, or the people who live off them while pretending to care.

@victorcarrera4091 4 ай бұрын

Garcetti's Legacy.

@all1soul 4 ай бұрын

Ronald Reagan's legacy. Get it right. It was Satan's little helper who closed all the mental asylums.

@AllPowa287 4 ай бұрын

Caleb let himself down. Dont blame others, blame yourself.

@all1soul 4 ай бұрын

In my humble opinion you are disappointing and letting God down by saying this. For how we treat the least among us is how we treat Christ.

@AllPowa287 4 ай бұрын

@@all1soul God gives mankind free will.

@all1soul 4 ай бұрын

@a287 True. Yet, once we awaken to our enslavement to our own egos and gain the wisdom to surrender our will over to God's will this is the beginning of true wisdom and discovering the Heaven within Christ spoke of.

@all1soul 4 ай бұрын

@shout4637 4 ай бұрын

All hard street drugs should be banned ,but when corrupt politicians are in charge, there's is little hope that 250 million dollar will be used to actually help the people. Also, the problem with hard street drugs and how it ruins people ' s life's ,mind, body and soul, should be a topic of education in schools ! It only takes 1 wrong,fake,manipulative friend to drag a person down the wrong path of self destruction!! If someone offers a young person drugs, run the other way!

@all1soul 4 ай бұрын

No, we should legalize it all and end the war on drugs. Hear what Dr. Gabor Mate has to say on the subject.

@8bitgamer85 4 ай бұрын

Gawd! I visited California several times, Los Angeles Area and San Fransisco Bay Area. They have a lot of homeless people all over their cities and a lot of homeless encampments. Also, a lot of the homeless I encountered had mental problems. I could tell because my late uncle, my dad's oldest brother, had mental problems. There's nothing California can do really. Homelessness is universal. I'm from Chicago and I also visited Paris, France twice also and those cities have their own homeless problems also. It so happens California, Hawaii, Texas, and Florida has a lot of homeless people because it's warm over there compared to Chicago. In Chicago, the weather can be minus -10 to -19 degrees below freezing here with massive snowstorms and a lot of heavy rains. If I was homeless, I wouldn't stick around Chicago. I would migrate to southern California or southern Florida.

@KOVIDGOON 4 ай бұрын

All theyd have to do is lessen these unnecessary tax burden get the inflation down by drilling for oil. Once the inflation improves stop these programs and special interests.

@all1soul 4 ай бұрын

@saaddimi8109 4 ай бұрын

Democrats 😅😅 thank you for making LA best place to live

@kifacorea 4 ай бұрын

Cuz trump gives a sh*t. Please.

@all1soul 4 ай бұрын

Ronald Reagan closed the mental asylums and other facilities for people like Caleb back in the 1980s. Learn your history before you go spouting nonsense.

@newtrollaccount384 4 ай бұрын

What would Republicans do better?

@newtrollaccount384 4 ай бұрын

Electing a property developer will not solve anything.

@undefeatedaj 4 ай бұрын

Stats say 60% of Americans have less than $1k in their savings. Lots of layoffs occurring too. Scary times.

@Georgetellme 4 ай бұрын

Praying for this young man 🙏

@luisuribe5432 4 ай бұрын

250 mil a year what a waste of money

@shout4637 4 ай бұрын

It's very sad to see him like this 😔!

@bombaybeach208 4 ай бұрын

Money doesn't make a difference because we still let the homeless make the *choice* to remain homeless. Homelessness has to be made illegal once and for all, with housing available for everyone. If they refuse, they need to pack up and leave town. No more of this expensive, out of control nonsense.

@zulutimeproductions3143 4 ай бұрын

“Pack up and leave town” with a destination to where exactly? No matter where they go there will be a you. The consequence of creating societies is that the governing bodies are responsible for all people.. not just the ones that they prefer.

@secretsauce4530 4 ай бұрын

Throwing them in jail is also a big waste of money? County government should pay homeless to pick up trash and whatnot, if theyblow their whole paycheck that's their own fault. Maybe even give them discount living quarters or something like rent out some cheap apartments. There's lots of work out there, just it's alot harder getting jobs when you smell like a dumpster and look all scruffy. Hell make be even rentout a big field and put up tents, charge em like 400$ a month, put in some bathrooms and solar chargers.

@Elephant1999 4 ай бұрын

@@zulutimeproductions3143let's start by sending them back to where they came from. Ohio for example in Caleb's case. If you got rid of all of these California dream chaser's, there would be few homeless and drug addicts on the street. Every time they do the homeless count they find that like 90% of these people are from other places .... So pack up and go back to wherever the hell you came from. Be a crackhead in Ohio

@mikeydude750 4 ай бұрын

Rent NEEDS to be tied to the actual INCOME of people who live in a place. If rent is unaffordable for the average INCOME in a neighborhood, it needs to be illegal to charge more than what is reasonable.

@zulutimeproductions3143 4 ай бұрын

@@mikeydude750 Capitalism or socialism? I could have sworn that Americans live and die by one and demonize the other…

@user-mx3lk7qv7e 4 ай бұрын

Thank u. For helping them

@iamhereblossom1588 4 ай бұрын

3:42 that facility did not close “in recent years” that place has been closed down for about 20 years. I know, I live in San Pedro.

@lisalastnamesmith 4 ай бұрын

As a community we failed NO ONE lady. We didn't make him addicted to meth....HE DID THAT TO HIMSELF. THE ONES HOOKED ON DRUGS DO NOT WANT THE HELP especially if it means getting clean and withdrawals. WAKE UP Drug addiction IS CAUSING THE MENTAL ILLNESS. These addicts are NOT my problem. Caleb should have had better parents 🤷‍♀️ blame them.

@KSKSK9164 4 ай бұрын

Housing first

@GuacamoleyNacho 4 ай бұрын

I wish recovered people from drug abuse, mental illnesses could volunteer to talk to these homeless people housed in recovery living to help them get back on their feet.

@mutilatedhatred4868 4 ай бұрын

I was almost homeless a couple of weeks ago when it was raining guess what ? Rhere was no space for me so mich for the shelter inside not only that rhe people who atrend you wheb you tey to get help are heartless

@geoff3103 4 ай бұрын

LOL at how homelessness has spiked since they legalized drugs

@ZelenoffPromotions 4 ай бұрын

And defunded police

@geoff3103 4 ай бұрын

@@ZelenoffPromotionssociety as a whole has suffered even more since June 2020 when the Democrats unleashed their "Police bad, criminals good" campaign

@all1soul 4 ай бұрын

No, it was ever since Ronald Reagan closed the mental asylums and other places these people used to get help so he and his friends could get a little bit richer.

@geoff3103 4 ай бұрын

@@all1soulwrong

@scottcharney1091 4 ай бұрын

@@geoff3103 No, it's correct. There was little homelessness (with certain exceptions) in the US before deinstitutionalization. This began under Carter, but Reagan increased the pace and finished the job.

@paulb6159 4 ай бұрын

I thought Karen Bass fixed everything

@24califrank 4 ай бұрын

The state should build the biggest rehab prison like in the desert. And ship all the homeless people in California there.

@mei6044 4 ай бұрын

That happened in SF not long ago, a homeless man climbed up on some wires over our Caltrains station, and wouldnt come down for many hours. All transportation stopped because of this one man.

@Livurdreamsawake 4 ай бұрын

Bit hey. Illigals get free hotels and money. FOR FREE!

@all1soul 4 ай бұрын

@b_bogg 4 ай бұрын

We got money for wars but can’t feed the poor -T Shakur

@KK-pm7ud 4 ай бұрын

This guy in the video doesn't want help. Your quote isn't relevant to the video.

@tuttifrutti2642 4 ай бұрын

He is getting food for Somewhere or he would have died.

@michaelgallone7409 4 ай бұрын

Yeah stupid

@Centurion92 4 ай бұрын

You have to break the addiction before anyone can move forward

@all1soul 4 ай бұрын

@Centurion92 4 ай бұрын

@@all1soul your point is ?

@all1soul 4 ай бұрын

@@Centurion92You're wrong and Christ is right. That's the point.

@RatfromNadeaust 4 ай бұрын

Most of the homeless i interviewed in Los angeles arent even from California. They are from small towns in in the east coast where they committed a crime and were banished and told to go yo California. We should bill those states and ship them back ! People forget that there is those who were once special needs kids, parents die and they are left alone. Where is the funding for a program for those who when the parents pass their special needs grown adults are still housed.

@user-pw3ji3rn3s 4 ай бұрын

We failed him? Maybe he failed himself...

@all1soul 4 ай бұрын

You failed yourself by writing these sentences. God sees what's in your heart. The surprised followers ask when they did these things for Him, and Jesus replies, “The King will answer them, 'Truly, I say to you, as you did it to one of the least of these my brothers, you did it to me. '” (Matthew 25:40)

@Arlo360-Official 4 ай бұрын

Had enough? Vote Republican.

@mikeydude750 4 ай бұрын

Republicans aren't going to fix anything. They're just going to make the economy worse and give more money to rich in the form of tax cuts while they destroy basic infrastructure to save money, and then spend the rest of their time screeching about how all women should only be stay at home housewives and be pumping out 10 kids.

@newtrollaccount384 4 ай бұрын

What would Republicans do to help? Reagan caused a lot of these problems.

@Arlo360-Official 4 ай бұрын

@@newtrollaccount384 You're right, but this isn't the same GOP. There's loads of answers if you do just a little research. The progressive experiment is failing in California.

@HappyHappy-sq4ij 4 ай бұрын

Because they expect the government to do 100% of the work for them. Oh wait… that wasn’t a question?

@all1soul 4 ай бұрын

@Goodguy1ful 4 ай бұрын

At some point, it might be beneficial for America to ask itself why so many of its citizens choose to use drugs like Meth as an activity...my sense is that the guys' situation in the clip is more of a symptom of the problem than the actual problem.

@thejuicerr 4 ай бұрын

Abusing drugs is a choice

@Goodguy1ful 4 ай бұрын

@@thejuicerr Trying drugs is a choice ,,, lits less of a choice once one is addicted. What I was getting at was wondering what has led to so many in this county making the choice to try something as potentially damaging as Meth? That is the real core of the issue.

@Don.M. 4 ай бұрын

Escapism manifests in various ways. We should ask ourselves why we create a society that needs escaping from.

@Goodguy1ful 4 ай бұрын

@@Don.M. ditto

@thejuicerr 4 ай бұрын

@Goodguy1ful It ain't rocket-science. They like drugs, it makes them feel good. You get to side-step responsibilities and be selfish.

@Jissip 4 ай бұрын

I am sorry but they need to return out of state homeless to their home state…. To many of them aren’t even California resident…

@mikeydude750 4 ай бұрын

How do you know where they're from?

@all1soul 4 ай бұрын

@lucy2014 4 ай бұрын

No one forced those drugs down their throats or into their arms!

@aficianado100 4 ай бұрын

I would say homelessness presents people with few options in general.

@renaissanceaccount 4 ай бұрын

Build a giant facility in the desert that can house thousands of homeless with mental health treatment available. build high speed rail to allow access to job sites in the la region. There will never be enough units in LA, so the city should by land elsewhere and force these people to get treatment.

@mikeydude750 4 ай бұрын

there absolutely can be enough units in LA if they're allowed to actually build housing that isn't a bunch of tract homes. they need to allow people to build more apartments instead of zoning for single family residences everywhere. in fact we need to get rid of zoning beyond very simple categories of "residential/light commercial", "office space", and "heavy/hazardous industry". no more of this single-family-dwelling only nonsense that only forces prices up because there's not enough land for detached homes everywhere

@MrBeetsGaming 4 ай бұрын

Nobody can help them but themselves, they choose to stay in that situation period. I've been through it and know plenty of other people who have and that is just how it works, throwing money at the situation is never the answer. It's not a coincidence that all the places that spend the most on "helping" drug addicts have the biggest population of them.

@notsocrates9529 4 ай бұрын

5:13 How about Caleb try to be responsible for himself like the rest of us?

@all1soul 4 ай бұрын

How about you learn to put yourself in his shoes and others like him and try to understand that he's probably suffered from many factors that causes one to turn to drugs to ease their emotional pain and suffering. How about considering what awful things he's been through and how awful it is to have to sleep on the streets. I'd like to see you try and survive a week on the streets with no money and a terrible drug habit.

@Network126 4 ай бұрын

@JoJo-cy4tb 4 ай бұрын

@@all1soul youre mentally ill. seriouosly go get checked out by a doc. it seems your ability to percieve and analyze reality is being hindered by something. im not even joking there is something seriously wrong with the way you view things. it seems to be completely void of any logic or learned principals. its like you live in fuzzy wuzzy land where everything can be solved with some comppasion or good intentions.

@bhe8336 Ай бұрын

There should be a mental health intervention law. If you cause enough of a scene that requires police involvement, you are given the choice of rehab or jail. You don't get a choice to walk.

@jormugand5578 4 ай бұрын

Anybody else doubtful they can find enough trained personnel (to deal with both the mental and medical problems) who are willing to step up and take on this overwhelming problem regardless of whether the money is there or not? The work conditions that they would be expected to deal with on a daily basis is likely to dissuade many from signing up and lead those who do to get discouraged and quit.

@SingaSlinger 4 ай бұрын

Common sense - you can not rehab the in the same location they buy drugs. They need to be rehabilitated in a new setting far away from the drug dealers under a strict conservatorship.

@hhch2 4 ай бұрын

The only practical approach to help the local communities is to let overdose death rates to go UP and substance use rate to go DOWN.

@Neverender3367 4 ай бұрын

There is hope for Caleb. You can see it in his eyes. I will pray that something separates him from his addiction, because I would love to see him completely turn his life around and fulfill the dreams he’s always had or create new ones.

@Shimra8888 4 ай бұрын

Would ‘synaptic reconditioning’ be a solution? Artificially induced amnesia is perhaps what these people need? If Caleb is made to forget … forget about his addiction, forget his past, forget that he was Caleb the meth head, perhaps that would lead to his salvation maybe? The process of synaptic reconditioning Caleb can be given a new identity, a new life, the life of an upstanding citizen, productive, hard working and corporate. An asset, instead of a liability, to society.

@neckarsulme 4 ай бұрын

but then he might have Total Recall

@all1soul 4 ай бұрын

This sounds very Orwellian to me.

@revolutionaryhamburger 4 ай бұрын

People in their sixties can look back at life in America and remember about when it was where we as a nation gave up on our experiment in civilization building and began sliding backwards. Now we have enormously expensive programs which squander billions on a problem like having drug-addled loons wandering the streets of a city and, before the money disappears, the politicians have made the problem much worse. If the goal of the state was to dramatically increase the out-of-control homeless population, then these programs must be deemed a huge success.

@donnagelina8548 4 ай бұрын

The leniency is not helping. Letting them do the dope in the open, giving them tickets for possession and they don't appear in court, or when they do get arrested they get probation and just out on the street again....allowing them to put down their tents there, just allowing them to be there, is not helping. They need to change the laws back to being more strict. Arrest them. If they have to, build more jails. Or build some kind of institutions for them. The general public must be the priority in all these cases. They are the taxpayer. Look at it from that standpoint! If they want help, then there is help for them. But they don't seem to want help!

@all1soul 4 ай бұрын

An you can thank Reagan for it when you get to Hell.

@user-dw1ls3rp1l 4 ай бұрын

I think the backslide began in '92. The USSR had just fallen. We had no big enemy uniting us anymore, so they have tried to fill that role by inventing and exaggerating new boogeymen.