LA Doctor Explains Why Homelessness Is Growing in the City | Houman David Hemmati

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  • čas pƙidĂĄn 17. 05. 2024
  • "We're talking about homeless housing located on some of the most expensive land on Earth, occupying what used to be a much-needed parking garage, at a cost of $2 million per unit. The value of that land was around $120 to $150 million. If they're building 120 units on there, that's a million dollars per unit of just land value, taxpayer land value. And the council is justifying it, saying, 'It's very much needed, it's environmentally beneficial,' and that 'it promotes equity by allowing homeless individuals to live in a nicer area rather than pushing them off.'
    Siyamak sits down with Dr. Houman David Hemmati, an activist and resident of LA, who over the years has been observing how the LA county is dealing with the homeless, including the city of Santa Monica.
    "I've seen people who've owned buildings and wanted to develop them for medical purposes, who've given up and said, you know what, I'm turning it into homeless housing, I'm going to make more money quicker, because the city will just write me unlimited checks. And that's what's happening."
    0:00 Intro
    0:50 A Million Dollar Condo for the Homeless?
    4:34 Seeing Homelessness Transform a Community
    6:37 The Program That Gets People Back on Their Feet
    8:40 Following the Money in Homelessness Spending
    11:14 VA Campus Left Empty Instead of Housing
    16:30 How Profit is Made in Housing the Homeless
    18:33 Where Did Santa Monica's Millions Go?
    19:55 Tailoring Solutions to Individual Needs
    21:34 The Importance of Family Support
    23:57 The Risks of Speaking Out
    31:23 Why Government Subsidies Keep People Poor
    32:52 Is The California Dream Gone?
    35:00 Waking Up to Failed Leadership
    #santamonica #californiainsider #affordablehousing #losangeles #homelessness
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  • @CaliforniaInsider-com
    @CaliforniaInsider-com  Pƙed 13 dny +3

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    • @turnipsucks6416
      @turnipsucks6416 Pƙed 12 dny

      Siyamak, you are doing an amazing job. But I think it's time you get your name out their more. Get on at least 2 of the following 3 PDCASTS. JRE, PBD PODCAST, or JRE. The viewership will help you propel your channel!!!!

    • @bobocruiser8037
      @bobocruiser8037 Pƙed 3 dny

      Now they want Beach front property. 🙄

  • @monicasuzette
    @monicasuzette Pƙed 13 dny +48

    So many are lining their pockets off the backs of the homeless and the taxpayer..your guest is one of the few that has called this out.

    • @jameskemp8287
      @jameskemp8287 Pƙed 12 dny +1

      Agreed. This is the first time I've seen anyone actually verbally say what's really go on in L.A. He nails every thing. Mayor Bass needs to put him in charge of the homeless problem. The only thing I would add is -
      1. The homeless problem in L.A. is a federal problem not a city or state problem. A majority of the transients of the U.S. come to L.A. and always have since the railroad was built to end near Skid Row. The L.A. times did an investigative piece a few years ago that investigated state hospitals in Nevada bringing in van load of homeless patients and dumping them in Skid Row. They were fined but not closed down and there are other institutions that do this. Even the governor of Alaska made a speech claiming that he sends his homeless with a one way ticket to L.A. cause L.A. has resources for homeless. Therefore the transients of L.A. are not an L.A. problem but a national problem.
      2. The laws that were repealed that allowed involuntary institutionalization of violent crazy people is what led to this. L.A. is now an open air asylum because those laws were removed and now there's crazy transients murdering or assaulting innocent bystanders on almost a weekly basis. They don't get arrested and permanently held until they murder. The crazy transient that just stabbed a woman to death on the subway had been arrested and released multiple times for violent incidents. Imagine a state hospital with a lot of violent patients and then suddenly someone opens the door and says all of you are free to go onto the streets. Then they turn to the residents of those streets and say - may the odds be ever in your favor. THAT is exactly what is happening in L.A. It's a failed experiment and L.A. is working on reversing those laws to allow for involuntary committing them - but no doubt protestors will protest it and it will be a shit show. But we did their experiment of letting violent mentally ill run free on the streets and it has failed with loss of innocent lives.

  • @user-ns1sv9ux6y
    @user-ns1sv9ux6y Pƙed 14 dny +43

    Doctor, several years ago my son was in a horrendous car wreck. He was transported by ambulance from a rural county several hundred miles north of LA to LA because he needed medical assistance that was unavailable in his county. He ended up in the hospital for over a year. Then they wanted to discharge him but have him come in daily for bandage change and wound cleaning, etc. We thought the hospital social worker would help him find housing for the disabled but no, she called to say she secured him cot on skid row. Skid Row is dangerous and is 20 miles from the medical center. I flew out 3000 miles bought a car and we lived in the UCLA Medical Center ER parking lot for a year. We could only afford a motel two nights a week and we'd shower and get a good rest. I can't praise the ER security enough. They were so kind and understanding. However, why is there nothing for the newly disabled?

    • @kimberiysmarketstrategy
      @kimberiysmarketstrategy Pƙed 13 dny +6

      How is your son today? Hopefully you found a way. Dear God, thats horrible!

    • @kimberiysmarketstrategy
      @kimberiysmarketstrategy Pƙed 13 dny +3

      Have him apply for SSI if he hasnt yet.

    • @tonyburzio4107
      @tonyburzio4107 Pƙed 13 dny +1

      $2 Million dollar free apartments?

    • @Niv1030
      @Niv1030 Pƙed 13 dny

      ​@@kimberiysmarketstrategy Good luck if you're a sane Californian, who unfortunately becomes disabled. Say "bye bye" to any savings you might have. Say "hello" to your new home on the streets. Nobody in the government cares to set up a "success plan," before a disabled person is discharged from a hospital/treatment center. That's how sick people end up homeless. And... Nobody seems to care once you end up there. Nobody... Job training? Where? Where is it? Oh... right... there it is... but, you're going to need to sell a kidney to pay for it. That's the reality I've experienced. Talk is cheap and if you're looking to survive, don't hold your breath or look to a social worker to help you. The government is full of waste, mismanagement, and bureaucrats who are taking tons of money from the bottomless pockets of taxpayers. They flap their lips, then go home at the end of the day.

    • @user-ns1sv9ux6y
      @user-ns1sv9ux6y Pƙed 13 dny +4

      @kimberiysmarketstrategy He's getting rehab to learn how to walk with a cane. He got orthopedic shoes last week. He'll be fine but still needs a lot of guidance. Thank you.

  • @cows4us
    @cows4us Pƙed 13 dny +13

    Can this doc please run for governor?!?! Please?!?! 😱

  • @Kuziai
    @Kuziai Pƙed 13 dny +9

    Corruption in Santa Monica is worse than in Nigeria and nothing is being done. Crazy crazy crazy

  • @carolalvarez3925
    @carolalvarez3925 Pƙed 13 dny +7

    This is so spot ! My daughter just moved to Santa Monica from Austin. She loves California. If I were there I would be involved with your efforts. I wish you could do an interview on The View or CNN. We never hear or see anything about the homeless crisis. Best video I have seen about this huge problem.
    California needs Dr.Hematti. Keep going with your common sense solutions!

  • @Jlopeztx
    @Jlopeztx Pƙed 13 dny +16

    Not many shows today speak truth to power. But Siyamak's California Insider breaks the norms. Every episode is must see and filled with facts on current events facing California not political spin and misinformation. Keep it up great work and we will keep watching.

    • @SVmathfarmer
      @SVmathfarmer Pƙed 12 dny

      That’s why CZcams keeps trying to shut it down

    • @CaliforniaInsider-com
      @CaliforniaInsider-com  Pƙed 11 dny +1

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  • @markinlosangeles9108
    @markinlosangeles9108 Pƙed 13 dny +16

    Getting rid of Santa Monica's Parking Structure #3 makes no sense. Terrible decision to build $2 million a unit homeless housing. This will destroy Santa Monica tourism and local businesses.

  • @diggingmystyle
    @diggingmystyle Pƙed 14 dny +25

    Santa Monica has been going downhill for a long time. I recommend tourists to avoid this area and also Venice. Head north to Malibu or head south to Orange County. 3rd St is no longer what it used to be and I don't see myself going back again.

    • @qtusa
      @qtusa Pƙed 12 dny

      Avoid Gavin Newsom's California. He is doubling down on his failures

  • @orianna9
    @orianna9 Pƙed 12 dny +4

    I hope this channel gets to 1M+ subscribers very soon. More Californians need to understand these issues and what's really going on.

  • @ronaldroberts4058
    @ronaldroberts4058 Pƙed 13 dny +18

    The homeless industrial complex must be maintained. How else can politicians friends and families fund their “foundations” which serve the homeless population. Oh, and to finance the foundation leaders lifestyle, of course.

  • @SVmathfarmer
    @SVmathfarmer Pƙed 12 dny +5

    The doc nailed it - the homele$$ indu$trial complex. Hou$ing first !!!!

  • @paquitoignacio3449
    @paquitoignacio3449 Pƙed 13 dny +18

    It’s insane and ridiculous to spend housing units for the homeless, most of them they never worked, drugs addicts , etc.
    while people struggling to pay their mortgage.

    • @QueerdoLoc
      @QueerdoLoc Pƙed 13 dny

      And none are white

    • @emmas1082
      @emmas1082 Pƙed 13 dny

      @@QueerdoLocwrong, most are white and black
.very few Latinos. They have a strong family system to help them if legal. If illegal, and most are, there is an entire system that helps them, keeps them working tax free-under the table, no background checks, all Hispanics welcome-anyone else will not fit in. Tax free in California is a living wage when they all live in one apartment on bunk beds, etc.

    • @pigboykool
      @pigboykool Pƙed 12 dny

      Especially it is WASTING our money, the tax payer's money!

    • @qtusa
      @qtusa Pƙed 12 dny +3

      A joke on all proactive, law abiding taxpayers

    • @Niv1030
      @Niv1030 Pƙed 11 dny

      So... What do you think about the absorption of millions of illegal migrants? How is that a plus? How is that impacting the already existent problems of housing lack & homelessness? Maybe they're all coming for the millions of construction worker jobs that don't exist 🙄. Oh... Many will tell you, those aren't the jobs they want. They don't want to do the dirty jobs. They want to go to college, compliments of the American taxpayers. So... Learn Spanish, that's the response from your new boss.

  • @wl6020
    @wl6020 Pƙed 13 dny +7

    If all homeless in santa monica goes there to live, very soon new homeless folks will migrate there and become homeless. It has showers on the beach, nice view, great weather. Much better than skid row.

    • @qtusa
      @qtusa Pƙed 12 dny

      Yeah, homeless go to LA, see the beach. Santa Monica wants you!

  • @davidmadrid3453
    @davidmadrid3453 Pƙed 13 dny +11

    One of the best guests ever. Not only Cal but the rest of the country needs people like this doctor making decisions to get us back on track again.

  • @glorialovesChrist
    @glorialovesChrist Pƙed 13 dny +7

    Every month hundreds of homeless people move to LA . Most are not from LA

  • @sunnyday3327
    @sunnyday3327 Pƙed 13 dny +6

    New homeless housing should only be given to Veterans. A Counselor & security should be in building due to Vets or other unhoused people having drug or mental health issues.

  • @emmas1082
    @emmas1082 Pƙed 13 dny +3

    This is a gross waste of taxpayer finds. 120 units is laughable. They could house about 1000 people in that structure: leave the parking structure up and people could sleep in there-out of sight. Enclose it so it is warmer in the winter, or provide little boxes to sleep in. Provide Porta potty’s, portable showers, and hire people to regulate the crap the try to bring in, keep it clean, and safe.

  • @TruthprevailsEventually
    @TruthprevailsEventually Pƙed 12 dny +2

    Dr. Hummati very well spoken and intelligent. Want to bring this to you. Drugs are so cheap and homeless person only need $3 dollars to get high. That’s a major problem. They never go with out being high. They never go through sober battles realizing the situation they’re in..

  • @qtusa
    @qtusa Pƙed 12 dny +2

    Listen to this doctor, he treated the veteran homeless population!

  • @wasabiginger6993
    @wasabiginger6993 Pƙed 12 dny +2

    Another excellent interview, thank you! No wonder I was unsubscribed by YT ... yet you never give up!

  • @rebeccahale4673
    @rebeccahale4673 Pƙed 11 dny +4

    So much corruption EVERYWHERE.

  • @JennaCohenReel
    @JennaCohenReel Pƙed 11 dny +3

    I’ve totally seen that encampment outside the VA in Brentwood .. its shameful

  • @meggrotte4760
    @meggrotte4760 Pƙed 13 dny +5

    This guy needs to run as governor. He needs to have no skeletons in his closet, so politicians can't hold it over him
    This guy could solve the homeless problem

  • @kimberiysmarketstrategy
    @kimberiysmarketstrategy Pƙed 13 dny +14

    When I was homeless I applied for housing help. 8 years later I got a call saying I could finally get it. In that time my kids aged out & I bought 2 homes, divorced, remarried...started a business. WOW.
    I DO want to say, I was on assistance. I took 3 jobs with my resume that CalWorks built for me & an outfit Mervyns donated for Working Women. They paid for 1/2 my college. These programs DO work.
    I built 2 companies, bought 2 houses and raised 2 boys on the spectrum. I am very worried though...these days may be over soon.

    • @SamsungGalaxy-nm5qt
      @SamsungGalaxy-nm5qt Pƙed 13 dny

      The program works, just the waiting list is long in more desireable areas.
      I lived back-east in a not so desireable area and the waiting list was 3 months. At the same time, the waiting list in Los Angeles was 10 years. This was pre-Coof so who knows what the waiting lists look like now that people are commonly losing their livelihoods.

    • @ronaldroberts4058
      @ronaldroberts4058 Pƙed 13 dny

      Single moms go to the front of the line

    • @Rosie82333
      @Rosie82333 Pƙed 13 dny

      @@ronaldroberts4058 no they get in line like everyone else.

    • @RacerX1971
      @RacerX1971 Pƙed 13 dny +3

      Nice..your one of the few who took advantage of the Calworks program. Unfortunately, not that many are ready for change. This is coming from a retired Employment Counselor with the CalWorks program.

    • @CapitalismDeathSpiral
      @CapitalismDeathSpiral Pƙed 2 hodinami

      @@ronaldroberts4058no, that is not just or equitable to many men

  • @kayak9078
    @kayak9078 Pƙed 13 dny +3

    Excellent interview!

  • @RacerX1971
    @RacerX1971 Pƙed 13 dny +7

    CA cities and counties cant tell the State what they did with the $25 billion they got in the last 5 years.😼😼

    • @elnet1
      @elnet1 Pƙed 13 dny

      Somebody had to have signed the check. Or who "received" the money, it had to have been deposited in a bank. The IRS can tell when I misreport $250 and they can't find the 25 billion? I say that its in someone's pockets. There must be a way to find out...if they really want to.

  • @paquitoignacio3449
    @paquitoignacio3449 Pƙed 10 dny +1

    I sympathize for those homeless people, who lost their jobs especially with children, the government should prioritize helping them.

  • @tomofnorthcal
    @tomofnorthcal Pƙed 13 dny +6

    California has a few empty military barracks they could try to use instead of prime land. Can also buy cheap land outside of LA. Building in prime land is just dumb.

    • @Niv1030
      @Niv1030 Pƙed 11 dny +2

      True... Q: Why does CA have 1/3 of the nations homeless populations? I'd like to know where these people migrated from. I think it would be a good idea to require that all states take in an equal amount. This would lessen the strain on health services for states with high numbers. It would also lessen the tax burden while simultaneously allowing for better quality of patient care.

    • @tomofnorthcal
      @tomofnorthcal Pƙed 11 dny +1

      @@Niv1030 SF and other Cal cities give out free drugs, free food, and weak policing. It attracts homeless from around the country. what nobody is telling you is that over 2000 homeless people die every year from drug overdose in California.

    • @Niv1030
      @Niv1030 Pƙed 10 dny

      @@tomofnorthcal The current system for dealing with the two major problems (mental illness & drug addiction) can't/won't work. Why? Bcuz the people suffering from these conditions require intensive rehabilitation. Which isn't happening due to various factors (lack of treatment beds, money, incomplete/inadequate treatment, gov/healthcare bureaucracy) the list is endless. Whatever the issues are... The success rate can/should be better. But... Those goals are nearly impossible to meet when some states are dealing with such high numbers of cases. This is my reasoning for requiring that all states be required to provide services for an equal number of Americans in need of such services. The not in my backyard approach simply, "isn't going to work." And... 2000 Californian's dying annually from the Chinese/Mexican drug shouldn't be tolerated by our government. We know that border isn't going to be closed until we get rid of Biden & 95%of this Congress.

  • @ashog1426
    @ashog1426 Pƙed 13 dny +4

    Its corruption not lack of resource

  • @jackcarr7060
    @jackcarr7060 Pƙed 13 dny +2

    Thanks Siyamak. Great show, and also very sad and tragic. I’m rooting for you and your guests.

  • @marryellenmonahan5585
    @marryellenmonahan5585 Pƙed 12 dny +2

    Why are the homeless less worthy of that land than anybody else?They're the most in need . Arrange housing in the vacant buildings...do it.

  • @TT-dz9bi
    @TT-dz9bi Pƙed 13 dny +8

    Why not open up some of the institutions for the mentally ill. And drug units for the users

    • @RacerX1971
      @RacerX1971 Pƙed 13 dny

      Ok, what are you going to do? Make the police arrest them? Then what...they will get sued for infringing on their rights..

    • @Niv1030
      @Niv1030 Pƙed 11 dny

      🎯 You're absolutely right. Many of the homeless have mental health and drug addiction problems. Their issues require treatment. Any attempt at getting them off the streets will likely fail, due to lack of proper support services.

    • @Niv1030
      @Niv1030 Pƙed 11 dny

      Why is it that few talk about the working poor or people that become unhoused due to chronic/debilitating health issues?

    • @RacerX1971
      @RacerX1971 Pƙed 11 dny

      @@Niv1030 , they should apply for disability

    • @Niv1030
      @Niv1030 Pƙed 11 dny

      @@RacerX1971 You would think that applying for disability would be a logical & simple solution. Unfortunately, the process is plagued with outrageous bureaucratic red tape. The entire process for patients, typically takes approximately four years (in CA). I know patients that have had to go onto general relief, while wading through the problematic process of applying for early SS benefits. It was wild watching a 52 y.o. patient go through emergency heart surgery (quad bypass), get released from his job, go onto g.r. while he fought the Soc Sec to give him disability benefits. I'm surprised the guy is still alive. I would've had a heart attack. Want the kick in the head, winning finale? After three years of fighting with the government workers, his claim was granted. But... He had to forfeit nearly all of his first dispersement of disability benefits to the repayment of g.r. & other benefits he'd previously received to survive. So... People do whatever you can to stay healthy bcuz the system is definitely not your friend.

  • @michaelcharest9378
    @michaelcharest9378 Pƙed 13 dny

    What a compassionate perspective
thanks for putting the spotlight on this MD
what great work he is doing and what a great person he is.

  • @cosettel9290
    @cosettel9290 Pƙed 13 dny +3

    Great episode!

    • @CaliforniaInsider-com
      @CaliforniaInsider-com  Pƙed 11 dny

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  • @sarahtiferet598
    @sarahtiferet598 Pƙed 13 dny +4

    LOL!! That's a ridiculous solution . A LOT of people don't have families , let alone families that are intact , willing to help and have extra bedrooms . The problem is our for profit " Healthcare Industry " which makes it impossible to get the mental healthcare they need without waiting for months IF they can afford it .The other issue is the cruel cost of housing .Wall Street is buying up homes , flipping them and doubling the rent.

    • @SamsungGalaxy-nm5qt
      @SamsungGalaxy-nm5qt Pƙed 13 dny

      "The government can't be someone's family."
      Everyone has family somewhere and lots of people in California have family that is in another state. If the family doesn't have an extra bedroom, they at least have a couch for a little while. The family guest room and/or couch is not meant to be a permanent solution, just temporary help.
      The homeless person has to put in some effort to get out of their situation, they can't just expect to be taken care of like a small child.

  • @paquitoignacio3449
    @paquitoignacio3449 Pƙed 10 dny +1

    It’s insane if Los Angeles will build a unit for every homeless person, you don’t even know what kind of homeless people are you dealing with, drug addicts, people with criminal issues, it’s a big task to help them and perhaps babysitting them too.

  • @mostaanroya
    @mostaanroya Pƙed 8 dny

    Wow this episode was amazing, so much information, o shared it with all my coworkers 🙏

  • @CryingOrc1
    @CryingOrc1 Pƙed 10 dny +1

    It's so infuriating to even hear about this topic. We are so doomed.

  • @SolMuun
    @SolMuun Pƙed 11 dny +2

    The problem with people like this is that all their needs are met so they are out of touch with people who have to worry about being permanently homeless within one month of missing a paycheck. We NEED a vigorous social safety net that takes care of housing and medical needs throughout the country so homeless people aren't sleeping on your porch. We NEED a guaranteed jobs program so people are more fully employed without the caveat of abuse.

  • @marylee9083
    @marylee9083 Pƙed 13 dny +3

    Investigate government officials May shock you

  • @74cacao
    @74cacao Pƙed 13 dny +7

    I would vote for this guy

  • @meggrotte4760
    @meggrotte4760 Pƙed 13 dny +4

    They have four thousand available units and they're not using them

    • @elnet1
      @elnet1 Pƙed 13 dny

      But honestly, you see the way they live like pigs on the street, would you want them living near YOU?

  • @glenfinston704
    @glenfinston704 Pƙed 13 dny +2

    Great show thank you for letting me know !

    • @CaliforniaInsider-com
      @CaliforniaInsider-com  Pƙed 11 dny

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  • @policedog4030
    @policedog4030 Pƙed 13 dny +2

    Building housing specifically for and only for "the homeless": is treating the symptom not the cause. I don't think they should build stigmatizing housing that creates a public nuisance and needs a bookshelf full of new laws and regulations, and an entire new Agency full of Unionized Civil Servants with huge pensions and salaries to administrate - just build enough housing and then a little more and make housing a consumption good rather than an investment good. Singapore has a housing model that works and could work for us with some adjustments.

  • @YesCivic-R
    @YesCivic-R Pƙed 14 dny +2

    New residents will come once the city is safe as top priorty. Matter of fact, this is a major urban problem in 21st century and in the whole western atmosphere. A large poriton of the world is facing this issue, Fed, US, World leaders should organize and address it with local advocates.

    • @denisevarner7308
      @denisevarner7308 Pƙed 13 dny

      They won't because authoritarianism is arrogant and subjugating. California loves to enable instead of truly use healing processes that are sustainable and transformative. This state once advocated for autonomy. Authoritarianism stupifies and subjugates because that is all it knows. No political entity wants to fund case management or coaching principles. This is pure Machiavellian ideology. This is not fifteenth century London.

  • @crowmob-yo6ry
    @crowmob-yo6ry Pƙed 7 dny +1

    We need to abolish all zoning laws that have forced car-centric suburban sprawl on us for too long.

  • @Nobodyspecial5150
    @Nobodyspecial5150 Pƙed 7 dny +1

    The people that "act" like this recession isn't happening are plugging their ears and yelling LA LA LA LA LA!!! They don't care what the truth is they don't want to be wrong. "Never expect a man to except the truth when his salary depends on it". 💯 facts. Human nature makes me moneyđŸ€·đŸ»â€â™‚ïž

  • @marktenoh6031
    @marktenoh6031 Pƙed 12 dny

    Yes.

  • @BLUECASCADIA
    @BLUECASCADIA Pƙed 13 dny +2

    Dirty corruption gov.

  • @paeezh
    @paeezh Pƙed 3 dny

    The Dr is right about not to take taxpayers paid property , but the issue is far bigger than this. One of the good thing about Santa Monica is that the city has rent control. The other parts of Los Angeles don’t have it and that’s why a lot of people who are even working, can’t afford to rent why??? Because no one is controlling the rent prices. Not every homeless is drug or alcohol users or mentally I’ll. The majority of them can’t afford to pay a sudden high increase of rent. According to the Government market value of rent price for every area, the apartments in Los Angeles are way higher. The other problem is a lot of homelessness’s are coming from other states and adding to the problem. Also,The federal budget that has been given to help homelessness, is being used to pay high salaried people and agencies that are supposedly have to resolve the problem and instead spending the money on their useless decisions and actions. Over all I think there isn’t a solution with the existing issue except change and find a right program,management , budgeting and control that all Californians can have a better life because apparently what they have been doing , isn’t working. You are absolutely right about our governor because of what he has been doing,and people who have been living in California for many many years, would see it clearly.

  • @PatrickFoley-vf3lr
    @PatrickFoley-vf3lr Pƙed 13 dny +2

    Doctor is freaking out the poor people will get something, and the fat cats will not get fatter.

  • @andyhughes1776
    @andyhughes1776 Pƙed 12 dny +3

    This is what happens when you have a system where 70% of the wealth is concentrated at the top 10%.
    That means 90% must share the remaining 30%.
    Anytime this happens throughout human history, the society in question collapsed soon after.

    • @billbradley5296
      @billbradley5296 Pƙed 11 dny +1

      Give them another 10 years and that's what will happen!

    • @andyhughes1776
      @andyhughes1776 Pƙed 11 dny

      @@billbradley5296 At the trajectory we are going, it could very well be sooner!

    • @andyhughes1776
      @andyhughes1776 Pƙed 11 dny

      @@billbradley5296 Already happening.

  • @paquitoignacio3449
    @paquitoignacio3449 Pƙed 10 dny

    It’s the taxpayers who will pay for this expensive units, unless they are working, not free loaders, they should be give and take.

  • @lua..8099
    @lua..8099 Pƙed hodinou

    It’s true homeless need come and sense care. Enabling them just make things worse and keep them in the vicious cycle. I agree with the Dr.

  • @caligirlsns
    @caligirlsns Pƙed 3 dny

    inflation of property all around the area. what is the sq footage of each unit.

  • @CapitalismDeathSpiral
    @CapitalismDeathSpiral Pƙed 3 hodinami

    NO land should be worth more than $5,000/Acre. Land MUST be accessible to all human beings equitably. Land is for living on and growing food. NOT making money off of for luxury lifestyles.

  • @2breal91
    @2breal91 Pƙed 7 dny

    I would 100% vote for him for governor. We have got to get rid of Newsom he has done so much damage in a relatively short period of time.

  • @teresaalford5978
    @teresaalford5978 Pƙed 13 dny +3

    This is what WOKE voters and Governor gets you!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • @aeromtb2468
    @aeromtb2468 Pƙed 8 dny

    is the cost ever going to decrease over time?

  • @frankcerbantes9429
    @frankcerbantes9429 Pƙed 13 dny +3

    Homeless ness will never going to end because it’s a private billion dollars industry bahind it to start with the homeless don’t want a home to start with no responsibility of any kind It’s a money grab for everyone trying to get away whith helping them it’s a tax heaven for them those CEOs making 300. 400 thousand a year but not for profits and what about the drug dealers working freely they don’t have to pay taxes so it’s a roller coaster’s rain of money for a lot of white collar criminals So Why End such nice game It’s just a Duty very profitable business

  • @samkurz
    @samkurz Pƙed 13 dny +2

    I agree about the mentally ill and drug addicts. They need special help. Family are you kidding, that is not the answer. What about rent prices.

  • @abcsandoval
    @abcsandoval Pƙed 13 dny +1

    Developers make a higher profit over expensive land and homes than they would an inexpensive home on cheap land.
    The Navy seebees can build a lot of homes, infrastructure, utilities, water, sewer, in a fraction of time and money.

  • @jeffkeenan1539
    @jeffkeenan1539 Pƙed 13 dny

    4:02 and then the cost of rehabilitation

  • @cesarrh2000
    @cesarrh2000 Pƙed 9 dny +1

    If you think the homeless problem will be fixed, don’t hold your breath, why ruin a lucrative endeavor by fixing it?

  • @beavis_loves_you
    @beavis_loves_you Pƙed 8 dny

    When you break it down, about one out of every 10 soldiers in the military - 10% overall - actually go to combat and have to fire their weapons.

  •  Pƙed 13 dny +1

    This is just more of the california airshow...loop d loops and inverted flight

  • @2TROLL1
    @2TROLL1 Pƙed 12 dny +2

    For the big ballers😊 it's all about the skimm.

  • @user-ve4ix2sz1k
    @user-ve4ix2sz1k Pƙed 2 dny

    Hope city police don't make used bathroom on the street for homeless people's on the future and always

  • @peterbedford2610
    @peterbedford2610 Pƙed 13 dny +1

    They have rent cpntrol?

  • @turnipsucks6416
    @turnipsucks6416 Pƙed 12 dny

    Siyamak, you are doing an amazing job. But I think it's time you get your name out their more. Get on at least 2 of the following 3 PDCASTS. JRE, PBD PODCAST, or JRE. The viewership will help you propel your channel!!!!

  • @JamesBighouse-ek1bt
    @JamesBighouse-ek1bt Pƙed 4 dny

    Homeless housing next to the beautiful beach, that helps anyone's mental health. Why leave this for your parked cars to enjoy? Leave this to the homeless veterans to enjoy.

  • @CapitalismDeathSpiral
    @CapitalismDeathSpiral Pƙed 3 hodinami

    I have been homeless as an educated American since 2019. Gentrified out of my city of Columbus, Ohio. Capitalism is destroying human lives because excessive greed in capitalism is be taught by the affluent.

  • @George-hl2xm
    @George-hl2xm Pƙed 2 dny

    I’m homeless now I know where to go đŸ˜‚đŸ€Ł

  • @emmas1082
    @emmas1082 Pƙed 13 dny

    That is ridulous. They could house about 2000 if they wanted to. Make tiny little units in one big building.

    • @CapitalismDeathSpiral
      @CapitalismDeathSpiral Pƙed 3 hodinami

      Each human needs at least 1,200 SQ of privacy space to be fully functioning and feel dignified as a human being.

    • @emmas1082
      @emmas1082 Pƙed 2 hodinami

      @@CapitalismDeathSpiral please cite your source. What about a family of five and a 2000 square-foot home? It seems like you just make things up as you go along.

  • @tuna9014
    @tuna9014 Pƙed 6 dny

    What about the homeless college students! Smh or those single family or no family college students. The homeless have no future help our future not what’s broken and can’t ever be fixed. They have no future

  • @afsanaioali8737
    @afsanaioali8737 Pƙed 11 dny +3

    Tax payer funded

  • @TomiAnneTimm
    @TomiAnneTimm Pƙed 13 dny

    Call now, if there be any that will answer thee;
    and to which of the saints wilt thou turn? Although affliction cometh not forth of the dust,
    neither doth trouble spring out of the ground; yet man is born unto trouble, as the sparks fly upward. I would seek unto God,
    and unto God would I commit my cause: which doeth great things and unsearchable; marvellous things without number: who giveth rain upon the earth, and sendeth waters upon the fields: to set up on high those that be low; that those which mourn may be exalted to safety. From Job Chapter Five, Authorized Version of Sixteen Eleven.

  • @dcsgreeneyes
    @dcsgreeneyes Pƙed 7 dny

    I gave up and had to move
 city is destroyed sadly

    • @CapitalismDeathSpiral
      @CapitalismDeathSpiral Pƙed 3 hodinami

      I was gentrified out of Ohio too. ALL cities are too expensive in America. Living out in the country around populations under 10,000 is the only chance left.

  • @playthe777
    @playthe777 Pƙed 2 dny

    People need to be jailed.

  • @carolr7823
    @carolr7823 Pƙed 6 dny

    The homeless should not be housed in $1,000,000 units. That's utterly ridiculous. However, few people are going to want to rent to a homeless person who likely will destroy the property.

  • @AA_BB_CCC
    @AA_BB_CCC Pƙed 13 dny +1

    Lol. And homelessness will inexplicable rise another 50%

  • @KB3TLE
    @KB3TLE Pƙed 13 dny +1

    They can't afford those 4,000 vacant rentals ? -- They would be living in those places if they weren't so ridiculously priced !!! đŸ€” Inflation and high costs are the problem. --- The so called "upward mobility" doesn't exist - in reality. > It's a - 'pipe dream' ! Not enough good paying jobs exist - for the amount of people needing them - to be able to afford the costs of living. --- COMPRENDE ?

    • @truthmatters4520
      @truthmatters4520 Pƙed 10 dny

      Or.....A lot of people don't make good choices in life, and end up with problems they want to blame everyone else for😏( and I'm not talking about the extremely mentally ill who should be in hospitals).

    • @KB3TLE
      @KB3TLE Pƙed 10 dny

      @@truthmatters4520 True enough - however - the numbers are against many and it is not always their fault or bad choices necessarily. > The amount of good paying jobs are far fewer than the number of qualified people !!! = Uh Oh ??? ---

    • @truthmatters4520
      @truthmatters4520 Pƙed 10 dny

      @@KB3TLE I'm talking about people spending their money foolishly, having children with no money or a job, doing drugs etc. I grew up in poverty, so I know what I'm talking about.

  • @5starmotiongraphics
    @5starmotiongraphics Pƙed 13 dny

    Dream on, to fix the state of california

  • @tallycahamuhlhetru26
    @tallycahamuhlhetru26 Pƙed 13 dny

    RIDICULOUS!!

  • @johnhenninger1980
    @johnhenninger1980 Pƙed 14 dny +4

    a man named Donald

    • @billbradley5296
      @billbradley5296 Pƙed 11 dny

      Yup, 2017 , free taxes for builders in impoverished areas...

  • @wilberttinker1647
    @wilberttinker1647 Pƙed 14 dny +3

    John 14:6❀

    • @importon
      @importon Pƙed 13 dny

      Magic Space Daddy 4;20

  • @shanehester5317
    @shanehester5317 Pƙed 13 dny +1

    do u really think most of the homeless are going to get off drugs or give them housing and think things are going to be ok.la has out priced itself a long time ago.companies have left because cali has taxed and other things them to death.no jobs unless its in specific fields and high cost of living.those are the real problems.

    • @CapitalismDeathSpiral
      @CapitalismDeathSpiral Pƙed 3 hodinami

      Less than 20% of homeless in all cities use drugs. MOST homeless avoid these other homeless people and just need thier lives to be restored.

  • @rosaglem1905
    @rosaglem1905 Pƙed 11 dny

    I know a con when I hear it and this interview sound like another.

  • @laopang91362
    @laopang91362 Pƙed 13 dny

    They are having babies ...

  • @youtubetroll6620
    @youtubetroll6620 Pƙed 12 dny +1

    the doc is part of the problem, SO ANSWER THIS, WHAT ABOUT MANILA HOMELESS, THEY WILL GLADLY TAKE A JOB, BUT THERE ARE NO JOBS WILLING TO HIRE THEM,

  • @bigpanik3261
    @bigpanik3261 Pƙed 12 dny +2

    homelessness is growing because rent. Period. Before the pandemic just 5 years ago, you could rent a room in a house all day long here for $500 to $600. Studio apartments were 800 to 1000. Today, people are renting rooms out for 1200 and studios are 2 grand. Basically anyone who cant afford 1200 or more is now homeless. I knoew several people who were renting rooms who now are in tent camps.

  • @runnerfromjupiter
    @runnerfromjupiter Pƙed 13 dny +1

    ☝What’s up Brother

  • @rentlesssuv
    @rentlesssuv Pƙed 11 dny +1

    Housing first is the only solution

    • @CapitalismDeathSpiral
      @CapitalismDeathSpiral Pƙed 3 hodinami

      1,200 SQ Foot Tiny Home needs to be build on a plot of land for every homeless person. Transfer own land and home ownership to homeless person once homeless person be proven to be self sufficient to take care of that asset. Self sovereignty needs to be restored in dignified manner.

  • @aeromtb2468
    @aeromtb2468 Pƙed 8 dny

    next scam. politicians friends get rich

  • @truthmatters4520
    @truthmatters4520 Pƙed 10 dny +1

    What a scamđŸ˜”â€đŸ’«đŸ€Ș

  • @marylee9083
    @marylee9083 Pƙed 13 dny +1

    They are people “Chosen “to be homeless

    • @guyfrom8659
      @guyfrom8659 Pƙed 13 dny

      Yup! In my state section 8 is a joke đŸ€Ł

  • @aeromtb2468
    @aeromtb2468 Pƙed 8 dny

    this is dumb to the infinite power

  • @virgilpalmer2427
    @virgilpalmer2427 Pƙed 4 dny

    Another scam ...

  • @onetwo12onetwo526
    @onetwo12onetwo526 Pƙed 11 dny

    Politics may not be your stick brother. I'd play well behind the curtain 👈