>> ALL RIGHT.
ON TO THE TOPIC, HOMELESS
ENCAMPMENTS IN LIBERAL LOS
ANGELES HAVE A BRAND-NEW
AMENITY, WORKING WASHING
MACHINES.
VAGRANTS ARE SETTING UP
OVERSIZED TENTS, BOASTING ABOUT
HOW THEY CAN STEAL WATER AND
ELECTRICITY FROM THE CITY IN
ORDER TO POWER THEIR OWN STREET
LAUNDRY SERVICE.
AND IN CALIFORNIA’S OTHER
BELEAGUERED LIBERAL CITY, SAN
FRANCISCO, A WIDELY CRITICIZED
PLAN TO BUILD A SINGLE
$1.7 MILLION PUBLIC TOILET COULD
BE GOING DOWN THE DRAIN.
GOVERNOR GAVIN NEWSOM
THREATENING TO WITHHOLD THE
FUNDS BECAUSE OF THE EXORBITANT
PRICE.
>> THAT WAS A BIG PRIMETIME
VICTORY, BECAUSE WE’VE BEEN
PUSHING HARD AGAINST THIS
TOILET.
IT’S GOING TO BE THREE YEARS TO
COMPLETE, SINGLE STALL, PUBLIC
RESTROOM, NOT MADE OF GOLD.
IT IS A REGULAR TOILET.
IT’S COSTING ABOUT $2 MILLION.
OUTRAGEOUS.
WE’LL GET THAT CLEANED UP.
THE SITUATION IN -- WAS IT LOS
ANGELES?
>> YES.
>> YOU HAVE TO LET PEOPLE HIT
ROCK BOTTOM.
BECAUSE THEN THEY BOUNCE BACK
UP.
DEMOCRATS WANT TO MAKE ROCK
BOTTOM COMFORTABLE.
STAY AT ROCK BOTTOM.
PUT A WASHER DRYER, A WINE
FRIDGE IN THERE, SPREAD
YOURSELF OUT.
THAT’S THE PROBLEM.
YOU’RE ACTUALLY HURTING PEOPLE
BY LETTING THEM FESTER IN
SQUALOR.
DON’T SIT THERE AND LET THEM DO
THIS TO YOU, BECAUSE YOU’RE NOT
ALLOWED TO SLEEP ON PUBLIC
PROPERTY AND NOT ALLOWED TO
SLEEP ON PRIVATE PROPERTY.
GET THEM THE HELL OUT OF THERE.
>> ONE OF THE PROBLEMS, THEY
ALLOW TENTS, AND TENTS MEANS
THEY SIT THERE.
>> THEY MAY HAVE TO CHANGE THAT.
I WANT TO GO BACK TO THE $1.
$1.7 MILLION SINGLE-STALL TOILET
IN SAN FRANCISCO.
I WISH I WAS THE DA IN SAN
FRANCISCO.
I WANT TO KNOW HOW MUCH
CORRUPTION, WHO GOT PAID OFF TO
APPROVE IT AT THE ZONING BOARD.
WHO GOT PAID OFF TO APPROVE THE
BID.
WHO GOT THE BID?
WHO IS GETTING THE PLUMBING?
WHO IS GETTING THIS CONTRACT?
I WOULD LOVE IT.
LET ME DO ONE CASE.
THAT’S AN OUTRAGE.
ALL RIGHT.
NOW BACK TO -- WHAT WAS YOUR
QUESTION?
>> THAT’S OKAY.
ON THE ENCAMPMENT.
>> YEAH.
THEY HAVE TO CHANGE THE LAW.
>> BECAUSE TENTS ARE -- WE’RE
LUCKY IN NEW YORK IT’S AGAINST
THE LAW AND THEY ENFORCE IT.
>> YES, YES.
>> EXCUSE ME. >> SURE.
>> SURE.
>> YOU CAN GET THEM FOR CRIMINAL
USING THE ELECTRICITY, THE
WATER.
YOU CAN PROSECUTE THEM FOR THAT,
UNLESS THEY HAVE PERMISSION FROM
THE MUNICIPALITY.
THEY CAN’T USE THAT PARTY AND
ELECTRICITY.
>> THAT’S ANOTHER WAY TO STEAL
FROM THE TAXPAYERS.
>> IF YOU LOOK AT THE NICE
PUBLIC BATHROOMS, WITHIN MONTHS
THEY’RE STEROID, DESTROYED BY
THE HOMELESS.
IN A CLUMSY WAY JESSE TOUCHED ON
IT --
>> YOU CAN SAY THAT ABOUT PRETTY
MUCH EVERYTHING.
>> -- THIS IDEA OF COMPASSION
CREATES THIS PROBLEM.
IT’S FALSE COMPASSION.
IT’S A PHONY VIRTUE SIGNAL, AND
PREVENTS THE NECESSARY STEPS
THAT ARE NEEDED TO GET THESE
PEOPLE OFTEN THE STREETS.
SO THEIR IDEA OF COMPASSION IS
LANGUISHING ON THE STREET,
OVERDOSING, BECOMES VICTIMS OF
VIOLENCE, TURNING TRICKS,
WHATEVER IT IS.
WE HAVE TO UNDERSTAND THAT
AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND SHELTERS
IS NOT GOING TO HELP FOR PEOPLE
WHO CHOOSE TO LIVE OUTSIDE
SOCIETY.
THE ONLY THING WE CAN DO IS
CREATE AN AREA WHERE THEY CAN
LIVE OUTSIDE SOCIETY.
>> WELL, ACTUALLY MY WAY WASN’T
CLUMSY, IT WAS CONCISE, AFTER
LISTENING TO YOUR EXPLANATION.
>> HAROLD, WOULD YOU LIKE TO
TALK ABOUT THE TOILET OR WASHING
MACHINE?
>> OR YOUR FAMILY HISTORY.
>> LOOK, I’M TORN ON THIS, TOO.
NO ONE WANTS ANYONE TO BE
HOMELESS.
I DON’T THINK ANYONE IS WANTING
TO LIVE ON THE STREET.
NO ONE HAS SAID THAT.
>> THEY DO.
THEY DO WANT TO LIVE ON THE
STREET.
>> I’VE TALKED TO THEM.
>> I KNOW I DON’T.
>> THAT’S BECAUSE YOU’RE NORMAL.
>> I THINK THEY’RE NORMAL PEOPLE
WHO HAVE FALLEN ON HARD TIMES.
>> THIS IS NOT THE ANSWER.
>> THEY HAVE A WASHER AND DRYER.
>> THIS IS NOT THE ANSWER TO
THIS PROBLEM.
LOS ANGELES PASSED A TAX
INCREASE ON ITS WEALTHIEST
RESIDENTS A FEW YEARS AGO TO
HELP BUILD HOUSING, AND THEY
HAVE DONE -- THEY’VE BUILT 3,000
UNITS, SPENDING HALF A MILLION
DOLLARS A UNIT.
>> ABSURD.
>> I AGREE.
WE TALKED ABOUT THIS AROUND THE
TABLE.
WE HAVE TO FIGURE OUT AN ANSWER.
LET’S TRY OUR HARDEST.