KENNEDY: SKID ROW, THERE IT IS
IN LOS ANGELES THE COUNTRY MOST
NOTORIOUS TENT CITY, EPICENTER
OF AMERICA'S HOMELESS CRISIS,
AREA IS SPRAWLING, NOT JUST A
COLLECTION OF TENTS UNDER AN ODD
BRIDGE, BUT AN ENTIRE
NEIGHBORHOOD OF
NEIGHBORHOOD TF
NEIGHBORHOOD TRASH-
TRASH-STREWTSTREETS.
>> I WALKED THROUGH THIS LAST
WEEK.
>> MY FRIEND BRIAN HAS BOUGHT ME
TO SURVEY THE LANDSCAPE.
>> YOU LOOK AT WHERE WE ARE
RIGHT NOW, THIS IS THE EPICENTER
OF SKID ROW, MARKED ON GOOGLE
MAP.
IT WAS NOT SUPPOSED TO STAY LIKE
THIS.
>> WHEN DID DOWNTOWN L.A. BECOME
A SHOWROOM FOR REI USED TENTS.
>> NOT UNTIL GARCETTI WAS MAYOR,
THAT IS A FACT.
NOW, IT COME TO PEAK WHERE THE
MAYOR OF LOS ANGELES IS NOW
DECLARING THIS A FEDERAL ISSUE,
HE THINKS REST OF NATION LOOKS
LIKE THIS, IT DOES NOT DO THIS,
DOES NOT LOOK LIKE THIS,
BECAUSE, THEY STOPPED ENFORCING
LAW AGAINST CAMPING ON
SIDEWALKS, YOU HAVE TO START
SOMEWHERE, DRUG ADDICTION,
MENTAL ILLNESS PRIOR CONVICTION,
GREAT, BUT START BY CLEANING
SIDEWALK.
KENNEDY: WHAT IS SOMETHING THAT
L.A.-BASED YOU CAN DO IT IMPROVE
QUALITY OF LIFE FOR PEOPLE WHO
HAVE TRIED.
>> MAYBE BROKEN WINDOW THEORY
DOES NOT WORK, MAYBE GRA FEET,
BUT
GRT
GRAFFITI,PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE SID
GRAFFITI,PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE SIW
GRAFFITI,PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE SIL
GRAFFITI,PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE SIK
THEORY, PEOPLE PAY TO USE THE
SIDEWALKS.
KENNEDY: ALMOST LIKE THE MAYOR
SURRENDERS.
>> HE HAS.
KENNEDY: GARCETTI IS AFRAID TO
IMPOSE ANYTHING THAT IS
POLITICALLY INCORRECT AND TOXIC
FOR HIS FURTHER POLITICAL
AMBITION.
>> HE DOES NOT WANT TO JUDGE
ANYONE.
>> ARE ALSO HURTING THESE PEOPLE
ARE YOU DO NOT MAKE THEIR LIVES
BETTER BY ALLOWING THEM TO LIVE
IN VERYTISM RARE.
KENNEDY: HANDING THEM
SCHOLARSHIPS MONEY TO REMAIN
DOES NOT HELP, YOU CAN DETECT
PUBLIC WHILE
PUBLIC HHILE
PUBLIC HEALE
PUBLIC HEALTH ISSUE, THEIR IS
ABOVERWHELMING SMELL OF POOPY.
>> PEOPLE HAVE TO GO SOMEWHERE.
RIGHT HERE YOU CAN SEE, THAT
SORT OF --
>> PAY TOILET.
KENNEDY: THAT THE CITY
IMPLEMENTED, THERE IS MORE THAN
JUST RELIEFS THAT GOES ON THIS.
>> ONE STOP PROSTITUTION,
HEROIN, MISSION, STOLEN JUNK
CENTERS, THIS IS ANOTHER PROBLE
PROBLEM.
GRANT ALTERNATE THIF
GRANT ALTERNATIVTHIF
GRANT ALTERNATIVEHIF
GRANT ALTERNATIVE IF
GRANT ALTERNATIVE IS NEEDLES BUT
THIS DOES NOT STOP NEEDLES, THIS
IS KEVIN, WHAT HAPPENED.
>> I WENT TO CALIFORNIA STATE
PRISON FOR A YEAR AND A HALF, I
ALWAYS HAD A HOME TO GO TO I
CHOSE NOT TO LISTEN TO MY
FAMILY, I WENT DOWNTOWN THINKING
IT WOULD BE DIFFERENT, IT WAS A
NIGHTMARE FOR ME, TODAY, I FEED
A LOT OF HOME LESS, 1200 MEALS A
MONTH.
>> ARE A CHEF NOW.
>> ALL THEY NEED IT LOVE,
SOMEONE TO LOVE THEM WITHOUT
REASON, KNOWING THAT THEY -- A
WHOLE PUNCH OF PAIN THAT TOOK
PLACE IN THEIR LIFE, THINGS THAT
HAPPEN BUT ALWAYS ENCOURAGE
THEM, YOU CAN PICK YOURSELF UP,
YOU CAN MAKE IT OUT OF HERE, IF
GIVEN AN OPPORTUNITY.
KENNEDY: WHAT DIDB TREATINGMEN
TALILNESS AND -- WHAT ABOUT
TREATING MENTAL ILLNESS AND DRUG
ADDICTION.
>> PEOPLE FALL ON BAD LUCK
SOMETIME, I'M NOT SAYING THAT
EVERYONE HERE IS FELL ON BAD
LUCK.
BUT A LOT WHO HAD COULD NOT PAY
THEIR RENT, AND END UP HOMELESS.
KENNEDY: IT IS FAILURE OF
GOVERNMENT, GOVERNMENT IS NOT
WORKING.
>> NO.
KENNEDY: ANSWER IS, I KNOW A LOT
OF PEOPLE WISH IT WERE TRUE, IT
IS NOT MORE GHFT.
HAVE
GOVERNMENT.
THAT IS THE THING, THAT 'CUS NOT
EQUAL ACTION.
>> WE KNOW ANYTHING WITH GOOD
INTENTION CAN BE DESTRUCTIVE IF
MISUSED.
KENNEDY: A HEARTBREAKING THING,
A YEUNG
A YOUNG MAN, ARMY VETERAN, WHO
WAS IN IRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN, ON
DRUGS, TALKED ABOUT BEING IN
REHAB.
DO YOU WANT TO BE CLEAN.
>> I DON'T.
>> HE DOES NOT WANT TO GET
CLEAN, BUT HE DOES NOT TOP LIVE
LIKE HE IS LIVING.
>> PEOPLE HAVE MEMORIES OF THE
PRESS TEEN
PRESS -EEN
PRESS --EN
PRESS -- PRISTINE CITY FROM
YEARS AGO, THEY GO BACK TO
VISIT, IT DIFFERENT.
NO ONE WANTS TO TAKE
RESPONSIBILITY FOR HOW WE GOT
THERE, NO ONE WANTS TO I DIDVISE
A PLAN WITH -- DEVICE
A PLAN WITH -- DEVISE A PLAN
WITH TOUCH CHOICES TO MAKE IT
BETTER.
>> ONE CORRELATION WITH EVERY
CITY IN WEST COAST RUN BY
LIBERAL DEMOCRATS, THEY WON'T
DRAW A LINE THAT SAYS SLEEPING
ON THE SIDEWALK IS
INTOLLERRIBLE, EVERY NIGHT, THE
TRAFFICKED WOMEN ARE HERE,
SEXUALLY ASSAULTED THERE IS NOT
A REAL BIG PRO LEASE PRESS --
NOT A BIG POLICE PRESENCE.
KENNEDY: HANDING OUT 500 DOLLAR
CHECKS, THAT IS MAKING IT WORSE.
CREATING A LEVEL OF DEPENDENCY,
THE CITIA
THE CIT IS LYING ABOUT CAUSE.
THE PROBLEM ANY SYSTEM THEY