Homeless Man Can’t See. Los Angeles Sweeps Don’t Care
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- čas přidán 28. 06. 2022
- Kevin is such a gentle and kind man. He's lived on the streets homeless in Los Angeles for three years. Kevin says he was hurt in a work accident, then life snowballed to where he had no choice but to live outside in a tent.
Kevin has vision problems. It makes me so angry how we treat disabled homeless people. Instead of providing the support they need, homeless sweeps make homelessness worse by displacing people. As a result, Kevin has lost all his possessions several times.
LA Sanitation gives homeless people 15 minutes to move everything. However, because we were there with cameras, they gave Kevin extra time, which is one of many reasons why it's vital to film sweeps and film police.
We were the only ones who took the time to talk to Kevin. To learn his name. To know Kevin's story. To understand that he has trouble seeing, especially when the light is bright. Four case workers stood in the shade across the street, never once attempting to help Kevin. When I asked them about it, they explained that legally they cannot help people move their stuff. If service providers cannot offer help, why are they even there?
Politicians say homeless people are being offered housing and services, but that is a lie. In every anti-sweep video we've posted, service providers verified the best they can offer is to be placed on a waiting list. In this video, an Urban Alchemy manager said, "it's being offered; there's just none available." Housing and services are being offered to homeless people, but there is no housing or services available.
Taxpayers pay over $70 million each year for the Los Angeles Police Department and LA Sanitation to displace homeless people under the guise of street cleaning. We all want clean streets, yet homeless sweeps only make homelessness worse! The only way to keep streets clean is to solve homelessness; however, LA's politicians continue to invest more in pushing homeless people out of sight than helping them. Homeless sweeps do nothing to help people, and they make homelessness worse.
If you live in Los Angeles, here is a link for the City Council contact information broken down by district. Please reach out to your legislators to demand they stop the sweeps. lacity.gov/directory
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We all must advocate for more housing and support services and stop homeless sweeps at the local level. At the same time, we must continue to pressure state and federal legislators. Your voice can help end homelessness. If we do not fix the affordable housing crisis, homelessness will worsen.
Click here invisiblepeople.tv/getinvolved to tweet, email, call, or Facebook your federal and state legislators to tell them ending homelessness and creating more affordable housing is a priority to you.
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Incredible how there’s such a limited housing budget but a seemingly unlimited budget for harassing the homeless.
Well they need to get their butts up and find something to do and work just like we are. Living freely is being a cheap ass, no rent payment they get their loots taken away! No exceptions 💀
And not to mention the billions of dollars sent to Ukraine and other countries that don't like us. That money needs to stay here to help our own, for once!
@@abruegger007 It's all a political game for the wealthy. Very few countries care about their citizens.
@@abruegger007 America has enough money to do both, but only the will to do one of those
@@realcritical-kr2dd voice of callous evil right there ☹️
Kevin is the picture of despair. When he says "It's alright...it's okay...", he's sinking deeper into despair. He clearly needs help, but no one wants to help him. It's beyond sad, beyond disgusting.
Oh well, soo much for this filth.
I need help too cuz my daughters schizophrenic and I’m stuck in time with the ongoing situation so I’m asking the Universe to help me!
@@joanholland3438 Lmao
If you're so disgusted by no one helping him then go pick him up and bring him into your home and help him.
@@seansezz they will never truly help because they’re hypocrites
78 million dollars spent to take the homeless peoples tents, and bedding....pathetic. Just imagine if they spent that 78 million dollars on housing...This man's story made me cry like a baby. This is just heartbreaking 💔 😢.
Bull.. corrupt organization charge almost $800,000 for one small apartment for homeless, problem is corruption . Need to vote all new politicians give a new party a chance
It’s not their land and they can’t stay. It’s really that simple.
LA needs to do everything it can to help/house those who’ll accept it, give the rest a one way bus ticket to Portland. They love having homeless people there.
Tbh I don't think building houses would fix the issue either. I remember reading a statistic that said there are more empty houses in USA than the homeless population. We have enough housing for everyone, problem is lack of human compassion
@@RyansFine lack of compassion is a big problem, but, there are well-funded, dedicated faith-based organizations dedicated to helping the homeless who are willing to accept it. Many just refuse the help. People who think building houses eliminates homelessness don’t understand the problem.
Heartbreaking!!! 💔
And only $40 in a food stamps allowance?!?!!
City's menagement - like whole government - totally heartless creatures. They're insult to humanity.
That amount of $78 million could help with housing for many of the homeless people...
This is genocide over disabled and homeless people!
Mark if this man is legally blind then someone needs to help him get connected with the Federation for the blind. They WILL get him help with many things including getting signed up for disability benefits.
Do they help in all states
Sorry sweetie they don't they put them on a waiting list also
Yeah he should be eligible for a disability check as well. But that's not really enough to afford a place to sleep and live
@@michaelcorcoran8768 Definitely he should get a check I think people with a disability should at least get enough to live on
You know Mark you could have at least helped the guy move his stuff obviously since it was a problem for everyone else
Those homeless outreach workers are a bigger waste of money than the sweeps. At least the sweeps clean the trash off the streets and TRY to make the LA sidewalk's passable. The LA outreach teams are a sadistic attempt to make homeless people think they are getting help when those outreach teams have nothing no tangible help at all to offer. Take the money wasted on homeless outreach and spend it on nice clean SAFE shelter beds for the homeless.
I tried for months to get a caseworker in LA. I called all the number constantly and nbody ever answers or calls back.
Life is so incredibly unfair to certain people on this earth . I’m sincerely sorry for this nice man and his struggles . I hope brighter days lie ahead for you man.
What happened to Kevin?? Yes we need to resolve homelessness however Kevin needed to eat today, Kevin needed water today Kevin needed a place of shelter. Was anything done for Kevin today?? Kevin obviously receives mail. Can people that want to help Kevin have his mailing number or PO box number? My husband and I live in South Carolina and we do ministry in the streets we're doing what we can and we're trying to do more. I am sad about the situation of homelessness all across the country. When I cannot resolve the larger issue at hand I want to resolve something that is immediate. Can someone please get back with me that knows how to help Kevin's immediate needs.
So many people think “just doing my job” absolves them of responsibility.
I agree, and God is watching them.
But what can they really do?
@@seemoon7652 Look for a different job?
@@tysonq7131 Oh because, there are so jobs out there with great benefits and pay that a person with nothing more than a HS education can do. If they don't do their job they might end up homeless themselves.
@@seemoon7652 wich is better than doing this job, they deserve a beat up
I just signed a ballot for affordable housing here in Colorado. We as citizens need to step up to the plate!
Vento in Poppa!
Regulating housing prices isn’t a solution. People are rarely homeless because the rent went up. It’s the OTHER things that need to be addressed.
@@samiam8641 like what?
@@midknight1968 there are 2 groups, the short term homeless and the chronic homeless.
Many (maybe most) homeless in my city refuse help because that comes with accountability (get off addiction be accountable for warrants, etc.). They’d rather be homeless than change their behavior.
Then there’s the mentally ill who choose to refuse help because of delusion (you can’t force someone to accept help).
Then there’s those that accept help and change and are never homeless again.
There are fantastic faith-based charities that enthusiastically offer help to everyone who asks.
You can’t make someone accept help.
@@samiam8641 you clearly know nothing about addictions, as a former addict I assure you that most that are on drugs are running away from monstrosity they went true or witnessed and drugs is the only way they can handle life, to aspect them to get help and quit all at once is impossible. I was lucky and went to a free rehab at the age of 22 , running away 3 times before it worked, in North America you don't offer free rehabs so the only way you get better is if you have money for a private one. I would like to see all that talk about choice put in them heroin for a week then tell me how easy it is to quit . People that know life only from books and education have no idea what is like. Get judges to give people that commit continually crimes becouse of drugs a choice between rehab and jail and then you see improvements, no point of bitc..with out offering free rehabs first , a great musician, a great friend that was cleaned for 10 years fell back because he only did na and did not have the tools he needed to survive the pressure of an unfair life, he went one night to ask for a detox bed after using again for months, they sent him home, he was found dead by the roommate the morning after. In a society where you are told you need to ask for help.....it was the worse april fool day joke ever. I was in hands of pedophiles from age 8 some like my father, sadistic too, most people I met in my 2 years plus of rehab were people who experienced domestic abuse in their homes and lived in fear all their life's, children beaten by fathers so they had brain injuries as well as other issues, many boys felt the guilt of not defending their moms , girls raped by family or family friends that were told they were crazy when they speak ed up. Girls gang raped wile going to school ecc so stop your judging please it gives no help to anyone if you don't offer solutions
Homelessness will never end as long as someone is profiting from it.
Exactly. They don’t care about how these violent criminals come here for free benefits and destroy communities as long as it pays their bills
There’s no excuse for a healthy person to be homeless long-term and there’s none for someone sick to not have available help. Either way, they can’t live on land that’s not there’s. LA spent $791 million on homelessness last year. Why do people still live on the streets? Help those who need and will accept it, give the rest a one-way bus ticket to Portland where they live homelessness.
The world is a pyramid scheme with billionaires at the top and homeless at the bottom.
@@AJBlueJay no, that’s communism. Don’t fall for it, capitalism isn’t perfect and not always fair, but it’s your best chance to succeed upon your own merit AND help others do the same.
Sam, that's not communism. People use communism to describe any time "the government does stuff!" or use it interchangeably with authoritarianism.
Communism, simply put, is a stateless, classless, and moneyless society in which workers own their workplaces democratically and resources are distributed on an as needed basis.
The thing you are describing is the "resources are distributed on an as needed basis," which is only 1/5th of what communism is.
Additionally, do you think you benefit from capitalism?
Capitalism, simply defined, is having few people who own all the workplaces, all the factories, and having workers be subservient to them as they make billions while the workers can barely afford rent.
Is that a good system?
What if instead, we had workers have control over their workplaces? A workplace democracy if you will? Instead of all that wealth getting funneled to the 1% of people, why not funnel it directly to the workers? And give them choices in how the workplace is ran? This is literally what socialism means (not communism btw, they are different things). Socialism is quite simply, economic democracy, nothing more, nothing less. This is a very mundane middle ground that doesn't even need resources to be distributed on an as needed basis like communism.
Do you wonder why you have been told socialism is bad your entire life? Because those rich and powerful elite pay media to tell you those lies about what these words mean. To keep you in the dark. To keep your suffering and keep their wealth and prosperity.
I seriously wish the best day for you, I hope this was insightful! :)
This was one of the saddest stories that me feel so heartfelt and 😔 😟 🙁 😥 💔. I wish this very brave man the very best of luck with finding a affordable, clean,and safe home to call his own. May God continue to bless and protect him too. 🙏 ♥️🙏♥️🌻
(((HUGS)))
@@InvisiblePeople Is there any way you could have helped this man move his things instead of talking on camera? In the background I saw him moving his things by himself.
It’s white supremacy to impose views on local Korean communities and how they run their communities.
@@tyroneshoelaces9742 No he’s only there to further his false narrative sob story , not to actually get his hands dirty
Why does that man have no disability money? Insane, I was homeless as a child and as a young adult, people have no idea how monstrous it is. All the possessions this people have is all they have! Horrid humans evolve!
Social Security Disability Income and or Supplemental Security Income are very difficult to get even with obvious disabilities. The only people who get SSI and SSDI with ease are dope addicts because "Addiction Is A Disease!" People with real disabilities that are not purchased on street corners can't get disability because being almost blind is not the serious disability dope fiends addicted to dope is. This guy deserves disability. All the dope addict criminals using disability money to stay high at the "Harm Reduction Center" shooting gallery are the true needy disabled according to the ultra liberals in society.
If you've ever tried to get disability even as a homeless person you can try dozens of times and be denied you can be blind a paraplegic or a quadriplegic and still be denied I'm in a hospital right bed right now paraplegic because I was poisoned by the covid vaccine I've tried they wouldn't give it to me.
@@albundy4950 They deny almost everyone on the first attempt because they'd rather see the aft end of you. Keep trying. File reconsideration's and appeal to the SSA Administrative Law judge to have your case heard.
Almost no one gets disability benefits on the first try these days. You can be a whisker away from death's door and get denied for disability on the first application. Please keep trying till you get it. That is the only way to succeed. I was on disability both SSI and SSDI for many years.
I speak from painful lived experience.
Social security takes YEARS of waiting and they deny as many people as possible. They deny 2/3rds of people the first time, especially if you are under 50. Then it takes YEARS to appeal. If you don't have a social security attorney, you're also probably going to lose.
@@AJBlueJay Winning Social Security disability benefits appeals is NOT easy but is doable without a Social Security Attorney. I know. I did it! I was on SSI and SSDI for almost 20 years. In 1983 SSA said I wasn't disabled. I fought by myself to prove SSA wrong. I won my case after a hearing before a SSA Administrative Law Judge. I'm very intelligent, well spoken, educated, analytical and tenacious. I did not give up. Problem, most vulnerable disabled populations lack litigious skill sets and confidence needed to present clear compelling cases showcasing their disabled lives. Getting SSI and SSDI requires knowing how to effectively wield privilege!
When they say "We're cleaning the streets," it's like they're calling the homeless "trash." Which is exactly how the homeless is being treated. Like trash. Also, "We need you to move, sir." He's moving from where he was to where he was. They're not just kicking him while he's down. They're putting him in his grave. How many homeless in all of Los Angeles, and in all of Los Angeles, TWO places to house them?! Our second biggest city only has TWO homes?! But it's the second biggest city in the country?! It's like the citizens want their tax money to be used to move homeless instead of house them. 70 million dollars to move homeless could be used to employ them, buy abandoned homes to house them, buy a buffet restaurant to feed them, etc. Any abandoned hotel could be used as a shelter. Any abandoned shopping center could be used as a clinic for them, a clothing drive for them, etc. But, 70 million dollars are instead being used to push them back to where they were originally pushed from, just to push them back out again, only to push them back to the original spot for the umpteenth time.
Slow death. So sanitation squad sounds less murdery than death squad. Pretty sure i saw a documentary where night death squads bombed the homeless that live in sewers! So i guess the issue is how fast do we want to be seen taking out the so called trash? What will the public tolerate? Small trickles of dead homeless seems ok with most folks. We'll never end up like them so best not contemplate solutions amirite
Documentary mentioned was about the homeless in Colombia not the states just saying
Jason, everything you wrote is so on target. Government may push, but they will not win. These are humans, God allows them to be alive 🙏 on this planet. I don't care how much money you have, you are not exempt from dying anytime. Step up and frickin help instead of judging. Take a good look at your SPIRIT.
It's real tough to be homeless. Been there, done that. Escaped by the skin of my teeth.
Glad you made it alot better than Kevin here lol
Yes, people just don’t realize it is a horrible situation to find oneself in! I was homeless for 6 years and it was a nightmare! I escaped too! It was horrific! Makes me sad and upset thinking about it
@@memyself4431 pfft! Even your name says so
@@realcritical-kr2dd You're so uneducated. What about my situation? My stepfather was a bully and at 14 I stood up to him protecting my brother and sister. Then when my mother came home, she be;ieved his story and threw me out. Was that a poor life choice on my part or maybe a disruptive family? It's not all black and white, grow up.
@@realcritical-kr2dd why though you would be a person to walk up on a sleeping homeless person and shoot them too?! Would you say this to your mom?
From a formerly houseless person, it really stinks. 💔💔💔😣 This makes me so incredibly angry. Praying for Kevin. 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻 Kevin can't get support but all those people coming over the border can. 😡 I don't think the politicians care anymore than the cops and sanitation workers did. 😒
Indeed. It's intriguing... if a country can't take care of its own citizens, it doesn't make sense opening their border to other countries whatsoever. It's really mind-bugging.
The beaty of rampant capitalism. Our president just promised the G7 $200 billions who knows for what.
You know what: countries are able to do both. Except the USA.
@@claudiakarl7888 what other country allows thousands of people to just walk across their border, then they don't have to go through immigration. What other country doesn't have a set immigration policy? Only the USA. Ask border agents, ICE, it's "trap and release" for illegal immigrants streaming across our southern border.
There is NO other country that allows it. None, zilch, zippo. Continue to believe the politicians and the MSM. See where that gets you.
That’s Koreatown, has Mark ever asked the local Korean community how they feel about him interfering with the sweeps ? It’s a form of white supremacy to impose their views on homeless on the Korean communities, when these immigrants literally work 7 days a week to have their only source of livelihood destroyed by homeless
I get it,I was homeless and living in a tent at age 61,homelessness is a crying shame
If we the people don't stand together we all fall.
These people need actual in-person mental health treatment and supportive housing. It is unacceptable and inhumane to allow them to live on the streets like this.
Hardworking people can become homeless so easily.
1 or 2 pay checks away from the streets?
Same deal in Australia.
@@SheepofTheShepherd-nu3lz Sad,but t😫
Even the rich can loose their wealth and be homeless.
@@livurelife 🤣👍
Yup, it only takes a job loss, rent going up and you can't find another affordable place, one serious illness, etc.
I hope he gets the help he needs.God bless those who help those who need it. thank you for sharing
When a person say it's okay don't worry about it they are used to being disappointed
Thank you for your work!
Thank you (((hugs)))
Let’s help this guy get an eye exam and glasses!! I’ll donate
The American dream, offering services that ain’t even available! All a friendly act
Life is torture sometimes, and it's unfair.
Yep
Well sure life can be torture for all people at times, but these forms of suffering are not inevitable parts of life but the products of contemporary American society
@@rohmann000 there are homeless people everywhere bro.. why are you making this an American political discussion
@@umiumi5508 because American politics is clearly exacerbating the homelessness crisis
@@rohmann000 when I said "life is torture," I meant life in general. It has nothing to do with America, I wasn't talking about that country. Please stay on topic! Homelessness can happen for any reason.
Ok $70M when I was on Probation we Had to clean Streets for free…and someone get that man some shades and a few dollars cause he can’t find his money he said he had
That's what they do in Honolulu. Just throw the people's stuff away and leave the homeless with even less then they had before. Often it is their important papers, ID's and so on.
of course that's what they do in HI, it's a wannabe CA there. They hate the military, they hate white people, and all the likes.
Thank you Mark, and anyone else involved, for giving a voice and a platform to so many people.
Thanks so much for the kind words and support
Thank you Mark for bringing these things to light, not many CZcamsrs do..
if you would put the Bankers in the tents, Homelessness would be fixed fast
Sad to see this. Solutions only solutions are needed. City needs to act!
Trump 2024 will do!
So many people here who have been in this spot..... City officials need petitions from all of you to know these people are not trash!!! We are brothers n sisters in this world. Stand together. Stand for whats right!!!! We can change this world for the better TOGETHER. The sooner we understand this the sooner this world will be a better place.
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Thank you for showing what these people go through. Ram Ram.
70 mil can make a dent in permanently housing our most marginalized.
How?
@@nickadams2270 converting available buildings and building affordable housing.
There are already more vacant homes in the Us than homeless people, but ruch people are allowed to hoard..
I am Believing God that Someone will see this video, have a Heart, and Help Kevin, Really Help Him! I Know what it’s like to not have good sight, and Help when you actually Need it, but we Learn how to Adjust, and how to Do things Differently! There Is Help, we just have to Seek it out, it Can be done! And Walmart they Will accept you for work, even with bad sight! Blessings!💛😇
The governor of Missouri signed a bill today (6/30/2022) banning homeless people to sleep or shelter on state owned land. Missouri is in the heart of America but they have no heart.
Watching this make me very angry and upset to see Kevin a lovely gentleman who is indeed of help yet no one is giving it him :( I’m from the UK I wish I could help :(( xx
Kevin is partially sighted.
Sanitation is blind.
Your right Mark it's madness, if they are not there to offer help and assistance then I wish they would leave people alone.
Life is hard enough being homeless, we should not be hounding people and taking away their ability to stay dry and warm.
With that said I don't understand why homeless people choose to setup camp on a public sidewalk, there must be better locations?
Like?
$70mil? Imagine what could be done for the homeless with that. Seems like a better option to me but.....
If you can help, I'd like to pay for him to get his glasses.
Really all I need is his prescription and where to mail the glasses.
Amazing to offer that is Huge
Because profiting off of the homeless is just another $70 million dollar business.
Maths is not so easy . If moving costs $70mil. Housing will cost 10x of it. And you have no idea how many will start showing up with fake problems just to claim a housing under homeless housing scheme ! Because given a choice people will take easy way out and not work !
1. Stop immigration world over, then even a donkey of a person will get some job because employable are just so many.
Interesting how many people comment here but when’s the last time he/ she has helped the homeless?
Good question.
Are you ok? Please save your arrogant presumptions and your irrelevant tu quoque fallacy for yourself. Then you will sound smart. Thank you. Take care. Have a nice day.
No one gives a shit and that’s what’s so scary about this world. That could be your father, mother, brother, sister whatever and we just neglect it like it’s a burden. Such lack of empathy for one another but yet we thrive for compassion and love to survive. These people are broken and need help and no one is there to show any love. What a shame and honestly tremendously heartbreaking.
Can some kind Optometrist please help this man out??
So sad. My heart is literally breaking for Kevin💔
Tragic situation. I grew up in LA in the 80s and there were very few homeless and the city was clean. I used to bike down to the main library in downtown, this was pre-internet. In Rany Newman's song I Love LA he made a reference to a "Bum" down on his knees. Back then the homeless were charming hobos. Now sadly they are criminally insane junkies.
It's true. What are you gonna do. No choise. People don't care anymore. Thank God for this channel!
5:54- they didn't know how to respond to that 🤦🤦🤦 That says a lot.
This made me cry no one has compassion its horrible
Pray for Kevin 🙏🙏🙏🙏
I hope this gets noticed more. Especially in Canada.
Sad 🙏 praying for Kevin to get HELP
ABSOLUTELY HEARTBREAKING !
How could you feel.good about yourself doing that for a job. I just want to cry.
This is ridiculous; why can’t they use this $ for tiny portable units with municipal resources for showers, toilets, trash pick up - seems would b less than 70 million!!!
That is just NOT OK
That guy doing the cleaning couldn't care less after Mark told him Kevin can't see.
Keep voting for life long politicians and this is what you get
God Bless. You , your work is very important for these persons.
God Bless this man always ♡
God bless you Mark!
This is breaking my heart
"Do you know where your gonna go?" He didnt have a place to go to begin with
THE ONLY SOLUTION TO THIS PROBLEM IS TO SOLVE HOMELESSNESS 💯
Homelessness and cleaning the street are two diff things. The streets have to be cleaned w how bad it is. Don't make it their fault.
I don't think this man is accepting his situation as much as he has resigned himself to it for lack of choices.
The cleaners are just doing their job and sanitizing the streets, so disease doesn't spread through the neighborhood and kill people, they don't have the power to offer housing. If those cleaners dont do their job then they get fired and end up homeless.
Cleaners are NOT the government, they are probably on a minimum wage and struggle to provide for their families.
The only solution is to build more affordable public housing.
Limited housing budget or misappropriated funds? You can toss in a lack of designated housing and help to maintain the housing. And you are so right about questions and responses on camera. Peace
Keep going Kevin. Good is watching.
Most of this could be solved overnight. It's all about the zoning restrictions and building codes you NIMBYS vote for - which practically make it illegal for the poor to live their lives - while pointlessly wringing your collective hands over the consequences. Talk to the tiny house people, and they'll tell you the same thing.
Hello Mark, is there such a thing as an opticians voucher in the US? I would be happy to buy some for you to give to the people who need them.
Eye exams and glasses are free in California for poor people on Medicaid.
@StillHere: Completely free. I speak from experience. I CAN get an eye exam and brand new glasses every single year here in L.A. for no cost. But that is way too often for me.
they could spend the money they use to "clean up" to house every homeless person - it is absolute insanity!
He has a great spirit 🥰🌞
how could we help Kevin finically with his eye sight?
He needs a pair of glasses. Clip on shades can help with the sun or even better are oversized wraparound sunglasses that go over regular glasses.
Is very sad,so sad i've cried watching this video.
A Big hugh from Spain
Not doing heroin reduces homelessness by alot.
God is watching. God does not like ugly. How is the United States a Christian Nation. Please help this fellow. Prayers for healing and finding a real home to call your own. A very comfortable cozy home. Thanks Mark.
Notice the eye in the pyramid logo on the "Urban Alchemy" worker's shirts (@5:20). No wonder that organization doesn't have any housing or services to offer...
Today I found a blues cd my dad had at his parents place my grand parents called rural blues on skidrow an sure enough its Los Angeles skidrow an I was very intrigued, it has Eddie one string Jones an Edward Hazelton, it says they both ended up traveling out of Los Angeles an recorded Feb 14 an March 1st 1960, my dad actually told me about Eddie one string Jones before but didn't know he was recorded in skidrow.
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Tax payers deserve clean streets
I love this channel and I respect what your doing but I feel like your looking at things the wrong way .... Los Angeles has countless services for the homeless, tons of detox's, free healthcare for the most part, it by far has WAAAY more public resources then many other states .... Trust me I know, I been there, was homeless for 2 years.... I knew there were resources out there but I got comfortable on the streets, I got use to sleeping in a tent, got use to panhandling, wanna know what finally made me get off my ass and get out of homelessness??? I had one night were all my belongs got stolen, I got moved out of my sleeping spot 4 times in one night and then made 2$ panhandling for the ENTIRE following day, I felt so depressed and miserable but you wanna know what... That was the last day I slept on the street. I called detox's that night and got in the next day, got sober, went to a halfway house were they helped me get a job, graduated to a sober house, got a raise at work and got my own place and now I got 2 kids and I'm saving up for a house.... I wish people had stopped enabling my homelessness sooner, maybe if some one ripped down my encampment a year previous I woulda spent one less year on the street... Everyone is different, not everyone is gunna share my story or agree but the services are out there. How many of these homeless people have you asked to go to detox of you'd get them a bed and refused? How many open spots at the shelter are there that homeless ppl refuse to go to? There use to be a van that drove around at night asking us if we needed a ride to the shelter and I would say no I'm good I got my tent and who wants to go to a shelter and follow the rules? Get your bag searched ect.... I was comfortable, and I wish I had been uncomfortable being homeless much sooner.... Not to mention how is it fair to everyone else? Business owners and people just trying to enjoy the community? I got 2 kids, I wouldn't want a homeless encampment in my neighborhood in a area where my kids walk/live.... We as a society should never just accept or allow humans to sleep outside, even if you gotta be mean about it...
Edit: just watched all the way through, you asked him "when they cleared all your stuff out did they offer you any services or housing?" He said no, I believe that's not true but let's say the police didn't say a word and just threw his stuff away... Your trying to tell me he doesn't know where any shelters are? YOU TRY TO DISTORT THE SITUATION you wanna point out there's only 2 spots open, ya dude for HOUSING ...not shelter space, when there overflowed they give you a mat and let you sleep on the floor... THERES A PROCESS BRO, you don't just get handed a free house, no you get off your ass and get over to the shelter by 4 (cuz there will be a line but you'll get in if your even remotely responsible) then you get a CASE WORKER (key aspect bro) wich ALL shelters offer, once you got a case worker you can ALL SORTS of services, got a drug problem they'll get you a bed, you got a disability or mental health they'll get you a counselor, they offer job training programs, paid internships, I even had some service take me out shopping to buy all new clothes and a shirt and tie for an interview ...
And trust me every homeless person who's out there for more then a month knows all these programs exist ... You should to... Like why aren't you trying to get these homeless people services and instead your just documenting ther pain for CZcams clout? How is that I know more about homeless services available then you do and you consider yourself some sort of homeless outreach worker... Or I'm starting to think more so your just a CZcams clout chaser who's capitalizing off a situation and you'll occasionally raise money simply to just enable these people more, like do you truly think your helping an addict by handing them money, who's to say that money wasnt the same money they bought drugs with and overdosed on and now there bloods on your hands, or even forget drugs let's say mental health, do you think it helps a mentally ill person to give them money to make it "easier" to sleep outside or do think it'd be better to tell the person " hey man sorry, I know your going through it trust me I been there but you can't sleep outside, here's all the resources and services that will help you, here's the address to a shelter where you can crash tonight just make sure your there by 3 to get in by 4, and they'll get you a case worker who can help with all sorts of stuff and can help you to try and change your situation"... I think the latter is the way to go ----- coming from a man who slept outside for YEARS....
You think your helping but your not .... Or you know your not helping and don't care cuz it's all for the views, who knows
Good point. Lol blaming the cleanup crew lol. We have to keep the city safe and clean, that's what a city is supposed to be. If the cleanup crews don't do their job they'll be on street homeless as well possibly lol. I've never been homeless but I know Los Angeles spends a lot of money on resources.
0:37 the righteous commencement.
Reading glasses 5.99 at the dollar store. Can’t anyone help him?? I would if I could. I have helped the homeless before.
his probably is not reading, and if it was, I would have bought him glasses. I buy glasses for homeless people often.
I have a feeling he has cataracts. The only reason why I say this because before my surgery I had problems seeing in broad daylight. I pray for Kevin. And I pray that somehow that his situation gets better.
Breaks my heart
If someone treated animals this way, it'd make the news. 😢
So much for social security!!!!!
Im other side of the world. Your video has captured my attention. Im sorry to see this
I have experienced being on the streets not having a place to sleep, money to have life basic necessaries. If it wasn't for my x wife allowing me to sleep on the coach living room. I'll probably be dead. In my personal opinion 3 reasons why in Los Angeles California, there's so many folks unsheltered aka homeless. 1. There's no low cost housing . Even if a person is working if they only earning the minimum wage can't afford to pay for an apartment it takes two above minimum wage incomes. 2. Addictions and mental issues, not enough or limited resources, near by for people to.go that don't have their own transportation or money to uber nearest clinic. 3. Unemployment I gotta include myself on this is very difficult to 9obtain employment without having a place to shower, also work history gaps, not knowing people to network or put down as references, a lot of employers won't hire you if you can't provide this information. Odd minimum wage jobs don't pay enough to survive here in los Angeles California. Politicians fail to see all of the obstacles homeless folks have to get off the streets and be a productive citizen.
Ppl need to help each other more. Alot of the sanitation workers are heartless and just concerned about doing their jobs like soulless robots
😢 Keep safe.
How is it that some Americans insist on the old quote that 'our democratic governement, good or bad, represents us all'? Is this 'representing all Americans'? Don't answer me, answer yourself. Is this dignity to all citizens? I see no bare minimum dignity in the way this government treats is own people.
where the sweeps have failed the scoops will succeed.soylent green 2022
This is why I say I wish I had the money to build a place for several homeless people to live in and so there able to try to get back on there feet but I don’t have near that kind of money and most people won’t even donate to get the money to put toured building a place like that
P *4 of 4* The homeless can simply move the tents they are using now into the homeless-village and the RVs are assigned a parking space. *Or the **_Shelter 100,_** provided by FEMA,* is a $9,500 shelter that is climate controlled, built in one hour, is 100 sq. ft., and uses a folding bunk system to house up to four beds. *_Pallet Shelter's_* private sleeping cabins offer *security* and durability. Which addresses the concerns of the homeless who reject the restrictions of “bed-only” homeless-shelters; for only one night.
For less than 70million usd one could build a few apartment complexes...to house the homeless in L.A.
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I depressed the link to ask our City to help but there was no page available.
I'm paycheck to paycheck. Single dad of disabled child. This hurts me.
My desire to pass all my classes and master options just went up 100x fold.
There are tons of services downtown, but whether you're homeless, have a family and in a tough spot, or whatever your situation is, you have to find a way and keep moving forward and help yourself. You can't wait for stuff to fall in your lap. Sidewalks are for walking and public safety, not for living on. Everyone homeless loves skid row, drugs and free stuff. Sweeps are useful it smells like urine downtown because homeless urinate everywhere among other things and throw trash everywhere. Public health is important and there are functioning businesses down there that have to deal with rampant homelessness which is ridiculous. Tax payers have already put up a ton on money. Most of these homeless have no motivation to do anything and don't want to truly improve their situation.
P *3 of 4* Those with income pay rent which is 10% of their net income to the homeless-village for their 2 person _Shelter 64;_ and 20% of their net income as rent for the 4 person _Shelter 100._ Their rent money goes to pay for: *childcare for working parents,* one free meal per day; in the community-room.