The Oakland, California Homeless Problem is Beyond Belief
Is this where America is headed?
Oakland California sure does have a homeless problem. Driving around town, there’s homeless encampments all over the place. They’re on the side of the roads in dirt lots. There’s long stretches of them on sidewalks. Some of em are tents, some are RVs, some are actual encampments with makeshift structures where hundreds of people gather in communities.
It’s estimated there’s around 5,000 homeless individuals throughout the city of Oakland, but no one really knows the exact number. And the number of people on the streets in Oakland has nearly doubled in the last two years alone.
A lot of that has to do with the high cost of living in the Bay Area. Apartments that were once $1,000 a month now cost closer to $3,000 a month. A lot of the homeless are addicts. But there’s no real one reason homelessness is so high in Oakland. You ask 10 homeless people why they live on the streets and you’ll get 10 different answers.
Look at this one in West Oakland. This one is sort of sanctioned by the city - meaning they don’t run them off. Sometimes, it’s easier to keep them in one place so they can monitor them and provide support. But this problem is impacting the community in a big way.
Local businesses complain about losing customers. I mean would you want to park near here to shop? Residents complain about homeless people stealing from them. Neighbors complain about loud noise and trash. Some say helping the homeless is backfiring.
And the Oakland police are already stretched thin because of low numbers. There’s many reasons for that - you know, vaccine mandates, early retirements and being defunded.
I spent two days driving around Oakland, looking at how run down this once proud city has become. And along the way, I recorded all the homeless camps I saw. But there was one particular homeless camp that I stumbled onto which put into perspective the state of homelessness here in Oakland, and actually changed my perspective on the homeless problem in general.
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Housing isn't affordable.
These homeless people speak better than most of our politicians in the D.C!!
I left Seattle because of the ridiculous cost of living. If I stayed I would be homeless. Move to arkansas and now have a great life
Instead of US Government sending $100 billion overseas to fight wars, building by building, they could have built simple but clean dwellings for these poor Americans.
It's not just Oakland. Small to mid sized cities are seeing a huge influx of homelessness. The U.S. is turning into a third world country astonishingly fast.
I live in Bangkok,Thailand where there are no homeless people. What a blessing !!!
Thank you for interviewing people on the streets for real info
Not one politician deserves a pay check while there’s a single homeless veteran!
It is incredible that there is no money to make houses for these people, but for the war there are billions😢
Thank you again Nick. I am so glad so many people are reading your Commentaries here.
Bro this is by far the best doco and footage ive seen on this topic,well done ✔️ 👏
This need to be shown on every news outlet in the US.
I've been homeless a bunch of times and it's incredibly difficult to climb up, but I did. While homeless I always worked a job, never begged, never stole anything. I can take a bath with one gallon of water. A bar of soap lasts me a month. My belief in God helped me throughout my life.
When can he run for office. This man had KNOWLEDGE.
Thank you for taking this educational video. Homelessness is becoming such a huge problem all over the place.. including Canada where I live. The cost to live is becoming out of reach for so many of us. My heart goes out to everyone dealing with this issue.
When I was a kid back in the '70s people used to talk about Mexicans living in cardboard boxes down in Tijuana. I've been all over Mexico since then and never saw anyone living in a cardboard box but I sure have seen it in California!
i was impressed by his statement by him saying the rich people will go broke without the poor people
4 years ago I was riding by this homeless camp on my Harley and due to a pothole next to the old railroad tracks I wrecked my bike. The homeless came out of their dwellings and gave me unbelievable care and concern. They broke out a first aid kit and helped me gather my wits. I will NEVER forget them and the concern for my welfare. At the time I was managing a popular restaurant chain in San Francisco and after I closed I would drop off food for them to share.
This is really sad to see. The number of homeless is shocking. I'm from Norway, and I've never seen anything like it. Even though we in Scandinavia have private property rights, an open market economy and among the world's highest wages, we don't leave anyone behind in the mud like this. I was particularly moved by the interview with Monte (from 26 minutes). Such an eloquent and intelligent man would never live on the sidelines of society in Scandinavia.
So heartbreaking 😢💔 I've been gone from oakland 16yrs and to see my hometown like this is so unfortunate 🙏🏾🙏🏾