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>> Geraldo: HOW WOULD YOU LIKE
A HOMELESS PERSON IS YOUR NEXT
REMAKE?
IT IS NO SECRET THAT
HOMELESSNESS IN LIBERAL
CALIFORNIA HAS GOTTEN OUT OF
CONTROL.
IT’S SO BAD THAT PEOPLE ARE
BEING ASKED TO OPEN UP THEIR OWN
HOMES.
CHARITIES IN THE SAN FRANCISCO
BAY -- 30,000 HOMELESS RESIDE,
OR ASKING LANDLORDS TO ALLOW THE
VAGRANTS TO RENT APARTMENTS AT
LOW RATES, AND WANT FAMILIES TO
OPEN UP SPARE ROOMS AS A
CHARITABLE ACT, OR IN EXCHANGE
FOR A SMALL STIPEND.
WANT TO DO THAT, JESSE?
>> Jesse: RIGHT NEXT TO
JESSE JR.’S CRIB.
[LAUGHTER]
>> Greg: HIDE THE BASEBALL BAT
BAT.
>> Jesse: SOMETIMES, YOU DON’T
FEEL LIKE WAKING UP AT 2:00 A.M.
THE GOVERNMENT HAS QUIT.
"IF YOU TAKE THEM!"
I’VE NEVER SEEN THIS HAPPEN
BEFORE.
ARE THEY BUYING CRACK PIPES?
WAS THAT REAL?
THERE IS A CRACK PIPE IN THE
KIDS?
HERE IS YOUR CRACK PIPE, TAKE
THE HOMELESS, THE BORDER IS
OPEN.
WE ARE GOING TO FIDDLE WITH
RACISM FOR THE NEXT THREE YEARS.
THIS IS WHAT WE ARE DEALING
WITH, GERALDO!
NO WOMAN WOULD EVER DO IT, NO
FAMILY WOULD EVER DO IT.
IT WOULD PROBABLY BE SOME MANGY
SINGLE DUE JUST OUT OF COLLEGE
HUNGRY FOR SOME CASH.
THAT’S A ROLL OF THE DICE.
>> Geraldo: THERE ARE SOME
MANGY DUDES RIGHT OUT OF COLLEGE
LOOKING FOR A COUPLE OF BUCKS.
>> Jesse: ALL IN
SAN FRANCISCO.
IT >> Geraldo: THERE AND
ELSEWHERE.
>> Jesse: I DON’T THINK IT’S
WORTH THE RISK, AND YOU KNOW IT
BETTER THAN ANYBODY.
[LAUGHTER]
>> Geraldo: REMEMBER WHEN ED CONDRON WAS MAYOR?
CONDRON WAS MAYOR?
WE HAD THE LIBERAL FO ETHOS TO B
COMPASSIONATE.
THE MAYOR OF NEW YORK SAID "PASS
THEM BY, GIVE THEM NOTHING.
WHEN YOU GIVE THEM SOMETHING,
THEY USE IT TO BUY DRUGS AND
ALCOHOL."
IT STARTED A HARDENING OF
NEW YORKERS TOWARDS THE
HOMELESS.
IT MADE THE PROBLEM LESS SEVERE
FOR A TIME.
>> I LOOKED IT UP TODAY.
I COULDN’T FIGURE OUT WHO IS
RESPONSIBLE.
AS A MATTER OF FACT, CALIFORNIA
HAS THE MOST HOMELESS PEOPLE IN
THE COUNTRY, AND THE BEST
CLAIMANT.
MAYBE, THAT’S WHY THEY GO THERE.
THERE IS AN AGENCY IN THE
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, IT’S CALLED
THE UNITED STATES INTER AGENCY
COUNCIL ON HOMELESSNESS.
IT’S THE ONLY AGENCY AT A
FEDERAL LEVEL WHOSE SOLE
RESPONSIBILITY IT IS TO END
HOMELESSNESS, AND IT WORKS WITH
19 OTHER FEDERAL AGENCY.
THEY HAVE MONEY, THEY SAY IT’S
THE LACK OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
WE HAVE SECTION 8 AND ALL THAT
STUFF.
THAT IS WHAT I READ.
I’M LOOKING IT UP.
>> I AGREE.
>> I DON’T KNOW THE REASON.
>> MENTAL ILLNESS.
>> OKAY THAT’S FINE.
WHAT I LET THEM OF MY HOUSE?
NOT A CHANCE!
MOST OF THE PEOPLE WE ARE SEEING
WHO ARE ON THE STREET, TAKING
BATHS TO PEOPLE -- HOW MANY
TIMES HAVE YOU HEARD "THEY ARE
HOMELESS?"
"THEY HAVE A MENTAL HEALTH
PROBLEM."
WE HAVE TO FIX THE MENTAL HEALTH
PROBLEM.
>> Jesse: MAYBE IF WE ARE
FAILED DURING A BASEBALL TEAM,
BUT NOT TO SLEEP OVER.
DID YOU HEAR THIS IN THE TIMES?
I READ THAT PAPER NOW, DANA.
>> Dana: GOT IT.
>> Jesse: THIS GUY WHO RUNS
THE BIGGEST HOMELESS SHELTER IN
THE CITY, TAKES $300,000 IN
KICKBACK.
>> Greg: HIS NAME IS ROY
BARRA.
NO RELATION.
[LAUGHTER]
>> Jesse: THE MAYOR SAID
SOMETHING INTERESTING TODAY. HE
>> Geraldo: THE MAYOR SAID
SOMETHING INTERESTING TODAY,
DANA.
HE SAID A LOT OF IT IS THE LACK
OF FACILITIES FOR THE MENTALLY
ILL.
HE WANTS TO CREATE MORE BEDS FOR
THE ACUTE -- THEY GET OFF THEIR
MEDS, THAT IS THE PROBLEM.
HE WANTS TO CREATE, NOT
INSTITUTIONS, BUT FACILITIES FOR
THE MENTALLY ILL.
>> Dana: THE PREVIOUS WIRE
GAVE HIS WIFE $1 BILLION TO
SPEND ON THIS ISSUE, AND THEN I
HAD TO COME OUT WITH A REPORT
THAT SAYS "WE HAVE NO IDEA HOW
THAT WAS SPENT."
IF YOU TALK ABOUT COMPASSION,
NONE OF THIS IS COMPASSION.
LETTING PEOPLE SIT THERE IN
THEIR OWN FILTH IS NOT
COMPASSIONATE IN ANY WAY.
I THINK THAT THE GOVERNMENT
GIVING UP AND SAYING "CAN YOU
TAKE THESE PEOPLE AND BECAUSE
THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL --" WHAT
IS THE NEXT STEP?
I THINK THE QUESTION ABOUT HOW
MANY PEOPLE WE ARE ALLOWING INTO
THIS COUNTRY ILLEGALLY, THERE IS
THAT QUESTION.
WOULD YOU TAKE MORE PEOPLE IN?
NO.
AT SOME POINT, THERE HAS TO BE
TOUGH LOVE, AND I KNOW GREG HAS
A LOT TO SAY ON THIS.
>> Geraldo: ARE YOU INTO TOUGH
LOVE?
AT >> Greg: IN MANY WAYS,
GERALDO, I AM.
[LAUGHTER]
THIS WOULD MAKE SENSE IF YOU
WERE TALKING ABOUT A CHILD WHO
LOST HER FAMILY IN A FIRE.
SOMEONE WHO LOST A ROOF.
YOU CAN COUNT THEM ON YOUR
HANDS -- METAPHORICALLY, A GIANT
HAND.
THAT’S NOT THE ISSUE.
WE’VE ALL SEEN THE HOMELESS
SITUATION UP CLOSE.
WE DON’T NEED TO PRETEND THERE
ARE 2 MILLION CHILDREN DOWN ON
THEIR LUCK.
THESE ARE NOT CHILDREN.
THESE ARE MEN, MANY ARE
CRIMINALS, MANY ARE MENTALLY
ILL, MANY ARE DRUG ADDICTS.
THAT’S A FACT YOU DON’T HEAR IN
THESE COMMISSIONS ON
HOMELESSNESS.
THEY PAINTED AS THE TEARY-EYED
PEOPLE DOWN ON THEIR LUCK.
THESE ARE NOT CHARACTERISTICS
FOR A SOUND ROOMMATE, UNLESS
GAVIN NEWSOM TAKES FOUR OF THEM
INTO HIS MANSION.
YOU BROUGHT UP THE IDEA -- IT’S
ALL ABOUT AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
IF YOU GOOGLE STUFF ON
HOMELESSNESS, THAT IS NAMED
NUMBER ONE HIT, IT’S ABOUT
AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
THAT’S A LIE.
IT HAS NO EFFECT ON THE
TRANSIENT POPULATION.
IF YOU DO NOT CONTRIBUTE TO
SOCIETY THROUGH WORK, THE ONLY
AFFORDABLE HOUSING HAS TO BE
FREE.
IT DOESN’T MATTER IF IT’S $300 A
MONTH OR $200, THEY ARE NOT
GOING TO PAY.
THE MONEY FOR MOST HOMELESS GOES
TO DRUGS AND ALCOHOL.
I KNOW THAT IS POLITICALLY
INCORRECT TO SAY, BUT IT IS AN
UNSPEAKABLE TRUTH.
GERALDO BROUGHT UP THE
CALIFORNIA HAS THE MOST BECAUSE
OF THE CLIMATE.
THAT’S WHAT YOU CALL A CHOICE.
IT’S PREFERABLE.
MANY PEOPLE PREFER TO BE
HOMELESS, NO RENT, BUY A
SHELTER, FREE MEALS, GET DRUGS,
SUSTAINABLE LIFESTYLE.
YOU KNOW WHY IT’S SUSTAINABLE,
OR THE PROOF THAT IT IS
SUSTAINABLE?
IT’S NOT SHRINKING.
IT’S GROWING.
IT’S POSSIBLE.
THE IDEA THAT IT IS NOT
AFFORDABLE HOUSING -- THAT’S
TRUE FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE WORKING,
LOW INCOME PEOPLE.
YES, BUT THEY ARE NOT AS
PEOPLE -- THAT IS WHY WE ARE NOT
FIXING --
>> Jeanine: DO YOU THINK ALL
THE HOMELESS JUST DON’T WANT
ANYMORE TO LIVE?
WHO ARE THEY TAKING IN?
THIS ARTICLE, THIS PERSON SAYS
OF THE PATH I TOOK A HOMELESS
PERSON IN."
>> Greg: LOOK AT THE NUMBERS.
AGAIN, YOU CAN COUNT THEM.
THERE’S SO FEW.
THEY CAN’T MATCH THEM.
>> Geraldo: THE OTHER THING HE
WANTED DURING THE ADMINISTRATION
WAS TO GIVE BUS TICKETS TO
ANYWHERE.
THEN, THEY HAD TO GO AND TAKE