It is difficult to comprehend how truly apocalyptic the homeless epidemic in Los Angeles is unless you see it with your own eyes
No kidding
Some extracted info, even more to see there!
Some people see videos like this and think "Wow these people have really failed." I see videos like this and think "Wow, that country has really failed."
The location of this video shot is:
A) This is Gower Street underpass, near the Hollywood Freeway, just southeast of the Griffith Observatory in the Hollywood Hills and just the tip of the iceberg.
B) These people block the only route to access public transit for many without cars.
C) The crime from this one encampment is relentless.
D) Barely any homeless in wealthy areas.
It isn't just one street and if you know anything about Los Angeles you would know it has been growing exponentially for more than a decade now. Every day there is five homeless people die on the sidewalks of Los Angeles.
Homelessness has gotten worse since the Ronald Reagan revolution and his wave of deregulation, fiscal austerity and scaling back of the welfare state. Capitalism causes homelessness. The welfare state has existed in some form since Theodore Roosevelt (Teddy Roosevelt) and Jimmy Carter did almost nothing to meaningfully expand it. The earlier administrations of Franklin D. Roosevelt (FDR) and Lyndon B. Johnson did the most.
The root of the problem, based on a great deal of research. There are several unmet needs:
• Affordable housing
• Affordable health care
• Affordable mental health care
• Drug treatment
• Education and training
• Jobs programs
These ALL contribute to homelessness.
In the Northern California, thing is the same. All of the places in NorCal have a terrible homeless problem. I am in Sonoma County. Perhaps some areas closer to the mountains are handling it better.
It is tragic throughout California State: Oakland, San Francisco, San Jose, Sacramento and even smaller communities like Salinas. The same thing in Austin (Texas), Seattle (Washington State), Portland (Oregon). My wife literally started crying this past weekend when we drove by the Virginia and saw all the homeless veteran tents within a stone throw of Rodeo Drive. Just plain wrong.
This is a problem in many cities in the USA, and increasingly in Europe too.
