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“Why do they let this happen?”
They voted for this lol. Let them eat cake.
Don’t you just love those stupid Leftist cities.
Crime is down
If you look at it through democratic eyes you will not see it 😢
CLOSED ON 2020 … YEAH … GREAT JOB DEMOCRATS FOR CHOOSING BIDEN
Where’s credit to song?
Soft crime and safe injection sites. Its happening cause majority supports it. The fact this channel took so long to even say something is also big part in denial of the situation.
u know america is fked when ur elders are literally planning retirement outside of the country
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THERE ARE CRIMES OF EVERY TYPE EVERYWHERE IN USA
USA is now the capital of All Crimes all over the world
USA was made by criminals n now it is governed, controlled n run by criminals
What goes around comes around
Late stage capitalism in action.
California happened to Santa Monica.
Stop voting Democrat! California used to be paradise.
Oh you guys just seem to think because you’re homeless you’re a criminal Do some critical thinking
My taxes have reached the sky-high point where I’m dipping into retirement savings to pay them to stay in S.M.. So I think if you aren’t paying taxes you have no right to squat in a high-end neighborhood and ruin it by contributing nothing but garbage and excrement to the sidewalks and streets. In 2018, Proposition HHH, or the Homelessness Reduction and Prevention Housing and Facilities Bond Issue, was a ballot measure that authorized the City of Los Angeles to issue $1.2 billion in bonds to fund affordable housing and supportive housing units for people experiencing homelessness. That money wasn’t used wisely. Wise would be to build affordable housing NOT in one of the most overcrowded, high-end areas, but where square footage is half the price and the neighborhood is not already overcrowded. It doesn’t take a genius to do that math. So why are the decision makers making the MOST illogical and impractical decisions that could be made??? I asked this question to Mike Bonin, former Member of the Los Angeles City Council, and he replied, “Because the homeless don’t want to leave their friends at the beach.” WTAF???
The insanity is real, but it’s also a manifestation of humanity’s true tendencies. The unity America once had was only achieved because dissent was suppressed more often. In the modern age with the internet and wildly extreme views on the 1st Amendment, humanity’s true inconsistency could no longer be suppressed. Woke has probably always existed. If it appears Woke is a comparatively recent phenomenon, it’s only because suppression efforts began to fail, not because a large percentage of Americans suddenly became absurdly liberal.
Maybe if major news media started using AI to create false narratives about how the big cities are impressively solving their homelessness and crime problems, that would be sufficient for a lot of viewers to stop being so upset about it. If there appeared youtube videos refuting the narrative, why should actual facts bother anybody? There also appeared multiple judges who said Trump’s claims of election fraud were BS, and yet we learned that reality is often powerless to get in the way of the person who knowingly restricts the type of news they listen to so that they can feel better about the world than reality would allow.
blue state problems. the residents don’t seem to want to change
I don’t think it’s uniquely “gorgeous” there at all. Just coastline like much of the world. The greenery in European (check out Croatia) or Tropical coastlines are far prettier.
This is your beloved Santa Monica under Biden/Harris…
“How has this been normalized” as everyone stands there normalizing it…
Santa Monica needs to see what happened to San Francisco, they are headed that way.
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vote blue no matter who
I love it!
America is dying!
16:00 its a sad world, and its happening everywhere. Canada is worse for crime
What happened?? Democrats happened
All the woke people destroyed everything good in America
I was in Santa Monica and California with my dad in the summer of like ’97 when I was a kid. And honestly judging by this footage it looks a lot cleaner now and I saw more lunatics on the street back then!
Don’t worry. With all these business having to close their doors, that just leaves more properties for BlackRock to buy! And in an economy as great as this one, how could that be a bad thing? And surely, nobody wants more of these ridiculous mom and pop shops that can’t hack it. Giant, faceless corporations and big box stores will preserve our communities. /s
Perpetually disliking your videos for all the scams and scammers you’ve promoted all those years. Hope to wake up to your ban one day.
Society burned out from leftism. We need a massive detox.
I used to live in Santa Monica. So glad I left.
Man who thinks hoarding rental properties is a good profit strategy wonders why there are so many homeless.
What happened? Voting democrat happened.
Exact;y 2018 before they planned the p*andemik.
Who cares it’s California
I was in san francisco last week, this is the norm in all of california
I grew up in SM in the 70’s and 80’s. Loved going to the old mall. Pizza by the slice and the toy store that had the old owners who watched you every second! 😂. Then ride my bike to the pier. Fun times. Sad to see what has happened to Santa Monica.
Maybe Michael Franklin Trevor are back
My question to you is , Is real estate out of control?
I left California in 95, always wanted to go back one day, I guess that’s not going to happen.
The real estate value for the stores has obviously been victim of the Conglomerate Real Estate monopoly. The rent has to come down, to make SMALLER- key word SMALLER- as in Non-Conglomerate smaller businesses to be able to move in and serve local residents. I think that would be a good start, but difficult to implement. This has not happened by circumstance I fear- It seems almost by evil design or Stork Man Dream stubborn politics and avarice, and those who DO MEAN HARM.
Everyone is far too tolerant in America. You have the same problem as we Germans. You are too colourful
YT has consistently suggested this to me for a while now. The powers that be love to shove it all in our faces!
The Master Plan (MP) of the progressives is destroying private business, to control the market, so people are forced to use public services ❗
Step by step, MP to build socialism. They’re already controlling education, they are in the process to take over health care, and now the systematic attack on the legal system.
The control of the entertainment business is slipping out of their hand. . . .
STAY ALERT AND VOTE USING YOUR COMMON SENSE❗
Make America Exceptional Again ❗🇺🇸
No no no… Mostly peaceful
Hopefully Law and order comes back in style. Consequences make a difference. Its time to vote soon please make your voice heard (read the bills carefully many are not what the title says)
Just watched the same thing happen to my hometown, San Jose. Monopolies stay open, small businesses died.
The “Cobra Effect” at work. thats how you get your $1,000,000 homeless condos.
YEs sir this 3m$ house gives you direct acces to the beach, with a beautiful view. Just dont mind the homeless man peeing in the mailbox
Yet the majority of the pleb still think that its a conspiracy theory that the globalists want to crumble the economy… smh
I just spent a half year in Beijing China and it’s safe, beautiful and utterly idillic with zero unhoused problems.
yep, I went there.
Like if you are not in the least surprised.
Thank the Democrats. Not just Santa Monica, whole state of California is ruined. Thank the Democrats..
I’ve been living in Waterbury, CT at 27 year’s ago .. and now live in Bali, Indonesia .. I tought the “Pax Americana” already over .. and now the “Pax Judaica” taking over.
That’s what happens when a city is run by democrats and when you “defund the police”… the ramifications or consequences of their voting choice. Nevada, Texas, Florida, the place where people flee to are Republican run. Coincidence? I think not.
The sad thing is these states are becoming more and more like Cali… policy wise and how people think
Gavin Newsome has alot to do with this. He has NO PLAN or no help. plus crime is has no punishment.
Californians running to republican states.
Democrats are proud os this video
O mundo está doente!
Makes no sense if everyone is scared to talk about the situation why do these democrats keep getting voted in power my guess they have rigged the elections in California ‘
i don’t get how there could be an abundance of spaces vacant yet they continue to jack up the rent prices as if they are in high demand…
Democratic Governor, Democratic Senate, Democratic Congress, Democratic Democrats…..
Soft on crime is the real reason
Whether you are a democrat or a republican, you can’t deny that California is a failed state. Sad.
some sucker just keep shouting while you doing a recording, and people around were let it go just like its another normal day 😂
I applaud your bravery!
Dems at it again
leftists happened. and people are too afraid of being called far right, racists, nazis or whatever if they say what they actually think.
Ah yes “housing is too expensive, but don’t spend money on building affordable housing it’s too expensive, but man the amount of homeless sure sucks.” Very well thought out opinions here. What is the alternative? You think that housing is too much so then what? Put them in Jail? Jails also cost millions per jail cell Graham. The crime is a byproduct of the poverty crisis which is a direct result of the housing crisis. You and people like you benefited from the exploding cost of real-estate, but now complain about the aftermath. What did you think would happen when kept flipping homes into the millions? All the poors who paid your inflated rents would somehow also become millionaires or just leave? Turns out it was the millionaires like you who left and the poors couldn’t afford to.
CA, where Dems have super majority control of the state government for over a decade now.
I visited Santa Monica last July. I have never seen so many homeless people in distress in my entire life. We walked through the streets of Santa Monica. All we heard was homeless people screaming. In general we enjoyed our holidays but there is a social problem. Canada is not so bad after all 😉
this country is a narco state thanx to DEA and congress
THE RENT SHOULD BE DECREASE THAT THE BUSINESS PEOPLE CAN PAY !
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This is what happens when they defund the police, make police officers scared to death to put their hands on anyone in fear of losing their job, and the Los Angeles district attorney refuses to prosecute any cases.
Oh not to mention no cash bail. So really there’s no point in making any arrests, because they just get out the next day with a court summons, that of course they know they don’t have to show up to because the case is going to get dropped anyway.
Barnes & Noble doesn’t have to worry about shoplifting because these criminals have no interest in books. Lol
This is happening all over USA, what was once booming and flourishing? It’s now taken over by 3rd world immigrants, in other areas, the stores were emptied via theft and robberies, and finally, one by one stores threw in the towel and closed permanently. Whenever we look, we’re starting to have more ghost towns, business shutdowns, or move into a better area or state. I’m not seeing much progress. As long as I can remember, the USA was always booming. That’s not the case any longer. Some areas have trash all over, we’ve more Ghettos now, and homes border up. Sanctuary cities, the crime is all time high, price of food, rental properties are outrages, that’s why we have so many homeless people. I can’t imagine how much longer can USA sustain their citizens and all the undocumented illegal immigrants that are causing havoc throughout America.
That’s pretty crazy what a change has occurred in one of LA’s hottest hot spot.
Wow!!!! I used to live in Santa Monica on 9th/California. This state in which it has fallen to is shocking.
So glad I left this place last year. Went back to live there from 2019 to 2023, and it was a total nightmare. I couldn’t even walk my dog or go to the beach. Everything started going downhill when they opened the metro station downtown in 2016. Aggressive homeless people all over the place, breaking into apartment buildings, stealing packages, and attacking people. You forgot to mention those big metallic dinosaurs on the Promenade are infested with rats, human feces everywhere, and the streets are never cleaned. It was so depressing. I will never return. I’m in Paris now, near the Jardin du Luxembourg.
Kamala Harris played an integral part in this deterioration. If she becomes President, she’ll turn the entire US into a similar mess. Her goal is to turn us all into beggars so that we have to rely on the government for everything.
This your country drug addiction. No all people. crime . Aur but this is your country nature beauty and heart wins ❤❤❤🎉🎉🎉
this is the cause of what covid has done….people were fooled by the media and the government…
Online shopping will take over brick and mortar forever
IT ALWAYS starts at the TOP. If we had a REGAN. as governor —— this place would be gorgeous like it used to be. – I’m a Native Californian
California is politically A ONE PARTY STATE Take a wild guess at what party runs this state.
NEWSOME SHUT DOWN PEOPLES LIVES
vote Harris/Walz. And the entire US will be Santa Monica.
I imagine that, like NYC where I live, LA/Santa Monica is now governed entirely by “progressives”? This is what happens when they take over.
And it’s all by design, 😮
Hey Now hey now don’t dream it’s over Crowded house😢 All American cities are becoming Dystopian villages . Wake up stop worshiping Sunday football and see who your kids are hanging out with. End Hooliganism
The answer: Illegal Immigrants and blacks
? Democrats…….
You hit every factor, but it’s not the covid shutdown that was the primary cause. The metro train extension to Santa Monica is the key factor. It didn’t just bring homeless people, it brought a lower caliber of visitors who don’t spend money and whose presence drove out the previous visitors that actually spent money there.
IF the problem doesn’t GO AWAY it because “somebody’s ” are getting PAID!
I have a rent control apt in Santa Monica, I am planning to move, it’s not safe living here. The police don’t help.
I know this didn’t happen overnight, but it feels like it did sometimes. I moved to the LA area a little over a decade ago, and while I never lived in Santa Monica, I used to really enjoy visiting there. It was exactly like he described–culturally vibrant, colorful, and fun. There was *always* something to do. Just ten years later and it borders on a dystopian wasteland.