1 00:00:08,840 --> 00:00:14,360 Speaker 1: David Soto Toro who was ran over by a Los 2 00:00:14,400 --> 00:00:21,959 Speaker 1: Angeles sanitation truck, Elizabeth who died from frost conditions in 3 00:00:22,040 --> 00:00:32,680 Speaker 1: Sherman Oaks Allen who died of natural causes, Christopher schumannan 4 00:00:34,360 --> 00:00:48,680 Speaker 1: unsolved murder, Maria natural causes, Gustavo a story natural causes. Mia, 5 00:00:49,960 --> 00:00:53,320 Speaker 1: a young trans woman got run over by a car 6 00:00:53,520 --> 00:01:04,320 Speaker 1: and died from complications. Danny Sepsis. 7 00:01:07,160 --> 00:01:10,520 Speaker 2: Can you see me? By theo Henderson, People walk by 8 00:01:10,560 --> 00:01:13,720 Speaker 2: me while I'm filled with pain. I've been running so 9 00:01:13,840 --> 00:01:16,759 Speaker 2: long to find an escape from the literal and figurative reign. 10 00:01:17,520 --> 00:01:19,920 Speaker 2: Excuse me, I'm sorry to bother you, But do you 11 00:01:19,959 --> 00:01:23,440 Speaker 2: see me? I see how you read me, naked, hatred 12 00:01:23,480 --> 00:01:26,840 Speaker 2: and fears. When I leave this curtly sphere, there will 13 00:01:26,880 --> 00:01:29,760 Speaker 2: be no shedding of tears. You may not realize that 14 00:01:29,840 --> 00:01:32,880 Speaker 2: you erase me. You walk past me, fast in fear 15 00:01:32,880 --> 00:01:36,360 Speaker 2: and disgust, so you can't see me. It haunts me 16 00:01:36,480 --> 00:01:39,560 Speaker 2: how you will remember me. The world watched me die, 17 00:01:39,920 --> 00:01:43,920 Speaker 2: only to be remembered in a lie. Cruelty and disinterest 18 00:01:44,120 --> 00:01:47,039 Speaker 2: is my sad reward. Watch the fear and hate when 19 00:01:47,040 --> 00:01:50,919 Speaker 2: I move forward. Living on housed is not free twenty 20 00:01:50,960 --> 00:01:53,960 Speaker 2: four to seven work on survival and trauma plagues me. 21 00:01:54,520 --> 00:01:57,800 Speaker 2: How will you accept me? This has been for me 22 00:01:57,960 --> 00:02:01,920 Speaker 2: the land of the free. That thought stays with me 23 00:02:02,240 --> 00:02:04,880 Speaker 2: until I go to my grave. This will still haunt me. 24 00:02:15,840 --> 00:02:19,080 Speaker 1: Welcome back to Wedan House. I'm your host, Theo Henderson. 25 00:02:19,800 --> 00:02:22,440 Speaker 1: I'm very excited about the responses I got from our 26 00:02:22,480 --> 00:02:28,000 Speaker 1: relaunch and first episode. I receive an incredible amount of 27 00:02:28,080 --> 00:02:31,720 Speaker 1: positive responses and feedback, and I thank you for the 28 00:02:31,800 --> 00:02:36,640 Speaker 1: kind words and encouragement and support. Thank you and for 29 00:02:36,800 --> 00:02:40,920 Speaker 1: your heart feel words. Especially In addition, I want to 30 00:02:40,919 --> 00:02:43,200 Speaker 1: thank everyone who reached out to me to submit names 31 00:02:43,240 --> 00:02:49,760 Speaker 1: for today's episode. Let me toss out a number to 32 00:02:49,800 --> 00:02:55,120 Speaker 1: get your thought and reaction. One thousand, six hundred and 33 00:02:55,200 --> 00:03:03,320 Speaker 1: ninety two car mileage, perhaps calorie counting for holiday over indulgence. 34 00:03:04,560 --> 00:03:08,320 Speaker 1: The truth is it's not even close. One thousand, six 35 00:03:08,400 --> 00:03:10,880 Speaker 1: hundred and ninety two is a number of unhoused people 36 00:03:11,120 --> 00:03:14,480 Speaker 1: who perished in twenty twenty two in Los Angeles. Counting 37 00:03:15,960 --> 00:03:20,480 Speaker 1: in human terms, that's one thousand, six hundred and ninety 38 00:03:20,480 --> 00:03:34,160 Speaker 1: two sons, daughters, parents and grandparents. Possible musicians, inventors, dancers, bodybuilders, explorers, 39 00:03:34,200 --> 00:03:39,600 Speaker 1: you name it. This episode aims to reignite your empathy 40 00:03:40,120 --> 00:03:43,560 Speaker 1: and motivate you to see them. A grand goal of 41 00:03:43,640 --> 00:03:46,040 Speaker 1: mine is to have a big march on Washington, but 42 00:03:46,240 --> 00:03:49,800 Speaker 1: can you see me? Memorials being the focus. This number 43 00:03:50,720 --> 00:03:53,680 Speaker 1: one thousand, six hundred and ninety two is a trop 44 00:03:53,880 --> 00:03:59,920 Speaker 1: in a very large ocean of unhoused depths around the country. 45 00:04:00,520 --> 00:04:04,840 Speaker 1: I caution our listeners against carceral hypty solutions such as 46 00:04:04,920 --> 00:04:09,880 Speaker 1: tiny shit and insize safe horror show. The Los Angeles 47 00:04:09,880 --> 00:04:13,560 Speaker 1: Mayor's metaphor building the airplane while still flying is a 48 00:04:13,600 --> 00:04:18,039 Speaker 1: poor metaphor. Mayor Karen Bath fails to realize that a 49 00:04:18,120 --> 00:04:23,120 Speaker 1: crash is inevitable with no survivors. There are no easy solutions, 50 00:04:23,400 --> 00:04:28,240 Speaker 1: but permanent support of housing that is not carceral. There 51 00:04:28,279 --> 00:04:31,400 Speaker 1: is an African proverb that says you died twice, one 52 00:04:31,440 --> 00:04:34,640 Speaker 1: where you die physically, the second when no one remembers 53 00:04:34,680 --> 00:04:38,120 Speaker 1: your name. Hence, this is what inspired me to create 54 00:04:38,680 --> 00:04:42,760 Speaker 1: the memorial. In twenty twenty one, I witnessed an incredible 55 00:04:42,800 --> 00:04:46,000 Speaker 1: amount of indifference in callousness when an unhoused man passed 56 00:04:46,040 --> 00:04:49,560 Speaker 1: away in Little Tokyo, Los Angeles. His name is lost 57 00:04:49,600 --> 00:04:52,039 Speaker 1: to the sense of time, but not his impact on 58 00:04:52,080 --> 00:04:55,760 Speaker 1: the community. I wrote the poem out of the spirit 59 00:04:55,760 --> 00:04:59,279 Speaker 1: of the indifference that was generated. The poem was the 60 00:04:59,279 --> 00:05:02,760 Speaker 1: impetus for City Hall event which invited people from all 61 00:05:02,760 --> 00:05:06,039 Speaker 1: over the city to come and pay homage and respect 62 00:05:06,080 --> 00:05:10,760 Speaker 1: for the people who have passed away. Recently. We have 63 00:05:10,839 --> 00:05:15,240 Speaker 1: been shocked by the international interference and depravity, and rightfully 64 00:05:15,279 --> 00:05:18,640 Speaker 1: have protested and mourned the until number of deaths that 65 00:05:18,680 --> 00:05:23,120 Speaker 1: are occurring. They are being seen, and space is being 66 00:05:23,160 --> 00:05:27,360 Speaker 1: set aside. Yet six on housed people perish a day, 67 00:05:28,080 --> 00:05:32,560 Speaker 1: and it continues to register barely a murmur of concern 68 00:05:33,000 --> 00:05:39,400 Speaker 1: except for the Banshee Whales for criminalization of the unhoused community. Collectively, 69 00:05:39,440 --> 00:05:41,719 Speaker 1: we can do better and we do not have to 70 00:05:41,800 --> 00:05:46,680 Speaker 1: choose between each injustice in the vain spirit of oppression Olympics. 71 00:05:48,320 --> 00:05:50,839 Speaker 1: It is my hope that this episode and events opens 72 00:05:50,920 --> 00:05:54,799 Speaker 1: up the conversation in other places. Other cities reached outing 73 00:05:55,040 --> 00:05:58,680 Speaker 1: and were grateful and attended the memorial places such as 74 00:05:58,720 --> 00:06:01,640 Speaker 1: San Diego and Long Beach. Among artists have joined us 75 00:06:01,640 --> 00:06:06,240 Speaker 1: in Los Angeles to share in our collective greet to 76 00:06:06,240 --> 00:06:08,200 Speaker 1: give me an idea what it feels like to be there. 77 00:06:08,279 --> 00:06:10,719 Speaker 1: Here's the section of the memorial taken from last year. 78 00:06:15,160 --> 00:06:17,599 Speaker 3: Today, I want to remember Jennifer. We called her Hyper. 79 00:06:17,720 --> 00:06:22,920 Speaker 3: She lived in Hollywood. Also remember Thaddeus Thattius was a young, 80 00:06:23,720 --> 00:06:28,400 Speaker 3: beautiful person of color, and he was so intelligent. And 81 00:06:28,480 --> 00:06:30,400 Speaker 3: I lived when I lived on a Streeterer and Selma. 82 00:06:30,560 --> 00:06:32,960 Speaker 3: Every day I would look forward to seeing Thattius and 83 00:06:33,040 --> 00:06:36,480 Speaker 3: having this deep, intelligent conversation with him, because he looked 84 00:06:36,520 --> 00:06:37,680 Speaker 3: like he never paid attention, but. 85 00:06:37,640 --> 00:06:38,440 Speaker 4: He knew everything. 86 00:06:39,320 --> 00:06:43,159 Speaker 3: And Thaddius liked to drink. And one day some a 87 00:06:43,240 --> 00:06:45,640 Speaker 3: silver Porsche pulled up with someone that was dressed in 88 00:06:45,680 --> 00:06:48,840 Speaker 3: scrubs and they gave Thattius a drink in an apple 89 00:06:49,440 --> 00:06:52,400 Speaker 3: juice bottle and they said, hey, take a drink, and 90 00:06:52,480 --> 00:06:54,360 Speaker 3: I'm going to take a photo, but don't tell anyone 91 00:06:54,400 --> 00:06:56,839 Speaker 3: this is a reality show. And Battius died in his 92 00:06:56,920 --> 00:07:03,320 Speaker 3: sleep that night, poisoned. Also Hyper was a female veteran, Jennifer, 93 00:07:03,760 --> 00:07:05,800 Speaker 3: and she lived in the streets for years and hiper 94 00:07:05,839 --> 00:07:11,400 Speaker 3: went to the Straighter Bridge Home and they screwed her 95 00:07:11,480 --> 00:07:16,880 Speaker 3: around for months and then she got kicked out of 96 00:07:16,880 --> 00:07:19,080 Speaker 3: the Bridge home. She was very heavy, she had a 97 00:07:19,120 --> 00:07:20,960 Speaker 3: lot of health issue. She was a veteran, she was 98 00:07:21,000 --> 00:07:25,360 Speaker 3: a female, and they gave her a house and shortly 99 00:07:25,400 --> 00:07:28,240 Speaker 3: before they moved in, they snatched it away from her 100 00:07:28,960 --> 00:07:33,600 Speaker 3: and she had no one to advocate. And my daughter 101 00:07:33,720 --> 00:07:37,160 Speaker 3: took Hyper to her house for a couple of weeks 102 00:07:37,200 --> 00:07:39,680 Speaker 3: because Hyper couldn't do anything for herself. She was very 103 00:07:39,800 --> 00:07:42,160 Speaker 3: very ill. She had to be bathed, she had to 104 00:07:42,200 --> 00:07:45,000 Speaker 3: be helped to the toilet. And then she told my 105 00:07:45,080 --> 00:07:47,120 Speaker 3: daughter one afternoon, life, I don't want to be a burden. 106 00:07:47,160 --> 00:07:49,320 Speaker 3: You have to take me back to the streets. And 107 00:07:49,320 --> 00:07:51,320 Speaker 3: my daughter took her back to the streets and she 108 00:07:51,400 --> 00:07:57,240 Speaker 3: died within like five hours on the street. She had 109 00:07:57,280 --> 00:08:00,560 Speaker 3: a chance, and these fucking people didn't step up when 110 00:08:00,840 --> 00:08:04,360 Speaker 3: she had the chance to have that key. And absolutely, 111 00:08:04,400 --> 00:08:06,120 Speaker 3: you don't put someone in the house and not gipt 112 00:08:06,120 --> 00:08:07,960 Speaker 3: those services. Eat of my own child. I said to 113 00:08:08,000 --> 00:08:09,600 Speaker 3: her case worker, what do you give her a house 114 00:08:09,640 --> 00:08:12,800 Speaker 3: to have a nice date. No, we have to have 115 00:08:12,880 --> 00:08:15,120 Speaker 3: hands on, we have to hold hands. We didn't hold 116 00:08:15,160 --> 00:08:18,600 Speaker 3: Hyper's head and Hyper died in the streets a veteran 117 00:08:19,040 --> 00:08:27,080 Speaker 3: that that we should honor. Thank you, Hyper, Kyla. 118 00:08:28,320 --> 00:08:31,120 Speaker 5: I want to say that this is the work right, 119 00:08:31,480 --> 00:08:36,720 Speaker 5: this group right here during the work we humanize folks 120 00:08:37,600 --> 00:08:43,720 Speaker 5: that this lady has double, triple, quadrupled downs on dehumanizing. 121 00:08:44,960 --> 00:08:50,680 Speaker 5: We have addressed our largest crisis with sanitation. 122 00:08:50,559 --> 00:08:52,640 Speaker 3: And colice for. 123 00:08:52,640 --> 00:08:55,760 Speaker 4: So long, for so long that. 124 00:08:55,960 --> 00:09:01,240 Speaker 5: Folks now see those human beings as criminal. True, and 125 00:09:01,280 --> 00:09:02,679 Speaker 5: that's because of the city. 126 00:09:03,000 --> 00:09:05,439 Speaker 4: It's because of the county, it's because of the state. 127 00:09:06,200 --> 00:09:10,040 Speaker 5: It's an absolute failure at all levels of government. So 128 00:09:10,360 --> 00:09:14,600 Speaker 5: coming together for moments like this, thank you THEO to 129 00:09:14,720 --> 00:09:19,640 Speaker 5: remember the humanity of folks, you know, going out every 130 00:09:19,679 --> 00:09:22,439 Speaker 5: weekend j town Action. I'm so impressed with what you 131 00:09:22,559 --> 00:09:26,280 Speaker 5: had grown here in little Tokyo. I remember saying to 132 00:09:26,360 --> 00:09:28,080 Speaker 5: feel like a year ago, my gosh, looks like a 133 00:09:28,080 --> 00:09:28,880 Speaker 5: farmer's market. 134 00:09:28,960 --> 00:09:31,600 Speaker 4: Like it's just it's beyond beautiful. 135 00:09:31,679 --> 00:09:34,960 Speaker 5: But what it's doing is making connections for folks who 136 00:09:35,040 --> 00:09:38,679 Speaker 5: live in the area to remember that these are human beings. 137 00:09:38,679 --> 00:09:41,000 Speaker 5: And I'm sad to say that that's what we need 138 00:09:41,040 --> 00:09:43,280 Speaker 5: to be doing, and we need to be doing it. 139 00:09:43,200 --> 00:09:43,840 Speaker 3: All the time. 140 00:09:43,960 --> 00:09:47,040 Speaker 5: This morning at Codiella's house, most of the neighbors were 141 00:09:47,080 --> 00:09:50,079 Speaker 5: on our side, but the three who weren't. The man 142 00:09:50,160 --> 00:09:52,280 Speaker 5: looked at me and said, I don't care about any 143 00:09:52,320 --> 00:09:55,839 Speaker 5: of this, and I said, you back, absolutely correct, you don't, 144 00:09:55,880 --> 00:09:58,640 Speaker 5: and that's why we're here. That's why there are people 145 00:09:58,679 --> 00:10:01,040 Speaker 5: living on the street because people like you and your. 146 00:10:01,040 --> 00:10:02,040 Speaker 4: House don't care. 147 00:10:03,280 --> 00:10:04,920 Speaker 5: And so I'm just grateful. 148 00:10:05,080 --> 00:10:06,280 Speaker 3: I think the reclaimers of. 149 00:10:06,360 --> 00:10:10,520 Speaker 5: The future, you know, we're done. We're done waiting for 150 00:10:10,640 --> 00:10:14,200 Speaker 5: Section eight vouchers. We're done waiting to put people in houses. 151 00:10:14,720 --> 00:10:18,200 Speaker 5: There's lots of houses, folks. It's time to put people 152 00:10:18,280 --> 00:10:18,840 Speaker 5: in them. 153 00:10:19,040 --> 00:10:20,880 Speaker 4: So let's join the reclaimers. 154 00:10:21,280 --> 00:10:24,120 Speaker 5: You know, when they get those eviction notices, I'm gonna 155 00:10:24,120 --> 00:10:25,160 Speaker 5: be there every single day. 156 00:10:25,400 --> 00:10:26,360 Speaker 4: Again. Thank you THEO. 157 00:10:26,520 --> 00:10:30,920 Speaker 5: It's a beautiful honoring what you do and long overdue 158 00:10:30,960 --> 00:10:33,640 Speaker 5: that everybody in the city doesn't take. 159 00:10:33,520 --> 00:10:45,079 Speaker 6: That nuts any whoo, thank you to those speakers, Mama, 160 00:10:45,200 --> 00:10:45,920 Speaker 6: Kat and Je. 161 00:10:55,520 --> 00:10:59,040 Speaker 7: Remember me when it's cold, dark and you don't see 162 00:10:59,040 --> 00:11:03,520 Speaker 7: me anymore, remember me. Life has been unkind to me 163 00:11:04,120 --> 00:11:08,400 Speaker 7: and I suffered silently. I've tried and escaped in the 164 00:11:08,440 --> 00:11:12,280 Speaker 7: ways you and others can see, and you found me, 165 00:11:12,840 --> 00:11:15,800 Speaker 7: but you didn't see me on your way to your 166 00:11:15,840 --> 00:11:23,480 Speaker 7: life's obligations. Yet you didn't see me under the corner's sheet. Oney, 167 00:11:23,640 --> 00:11:27,840 Speaker 7: five hundred of us have left this cold and empty place, 168 00:11:28,440 --> 00:11:32,280 Speaker 7: leaving others to carry on in this empty rat race, 169 00:11:32,920 --> 00:11:36,440 Speaker 7: only to have no one to remember me today, on 170 00:11:36,480 --> 00:11:41,480 Speaker 7: this day, Homeless Remembrance Day, What things will you do? 171 00:11:42,679 --> 00:11:46,280 Speaker 7: The people out here are cold, poor and suffering. This 172 00:11:46,400 --> 00:11:50,480 Speaker 7: part is true. The world continues and refuses to see 173 00:11:51,160 --> 00:11:53,320 Speaker 7: and sadly won't remember me. 174 00:12:02,679 --> 00:12:07,200 Speaker 1: The voice you heard reading might sound familiar. That's Martha's creator, 175 00:12:07,240 --> 00:12:09,880 Speaker 1: who we spoke to in our last episode about her 176 00:12:09,920 --> 00:12:13,760 Speaker 1: work at the Reclaimer Activist. The piece is called remember Me, 177 00:12:13,920 --> 00:12:17,719 Speaker 1: another poem I wrote. In today's episode, we're going to 178 00:12:17,760 --> 00:12:20,120 Speaker 1: speak with people who had relationships with members of the 179 00:12:20,120 --> 00:12:23,600 Speaker 1: Young House community and discuss the impact of their passing away. 180 00:12:24,240 --> 00:12:33,320 Speaker 1: This is Weedian House and we'll be right back. Welcome 181 00:12:33,360 --> 00:12:36,560 Speaker 1: back to Weedian House. I'm your host, Theo Henderson. When 182 00:12:36,559 --> 00:12:39,520 Speaker 1: we left off, we discussed the warrigins of can You 183 00:12:39,559 --> 00:12:42,720 Speaker 1: See Me Memorial, the need for the memorial, and what 184 00:12:42,800 --> 00:12:46,600 Speaker 1: could be done to keep the momentum going. Let's listen 185 00:12:46,600 --> 00:12:48,600 Speaker 1: in to the memories from people who have lost loved 186 00:12:48,640 --> 00:12:51,000 Speaker 1: ones due to the war on the Young Housed. Our 187 00:12:51,000 --> 00:12:57,199 Speaker 1: first guest is Cindy with j Town Action Solidarity and 188 00:12:57,280 --> 00:12:59,559 Speaker 1: the studio. This is Sydney and Cindy tell us a 189 00:12:59,559 --> 00:13:00,680 Speaker 1: little bit of about yourself. 190 00:13:00,720 --> 00:13:04,959 Speaker 4: I am an organizer with Jaytown Action and Solidarity. We're 191 00:13:04,960 --> 00:13:09,400 Speaker 4: an anti gentrification grassroots group organizing in Little Tokyo in 192 00:13:09,400 --> 00:13:13,360 Speaker 4: Los Angeles, California. And we see the issue of anti 193 00:13:13,440 --> 00:13:18,120 Speaker 4: gentrification being more than just rising rents. We see that 194 00:13:18,640 --> 00:13:23,200 Speaker 4: intricately connected to the house assist crisis that we're facing today. 195 00:13:23,480 --> 00:13:27,600 Speaker 4: Because gentrification raises rents, because it kicks out businesses, because 196 00:13:27,640 --> 00:13:30,880 Speaker 4: it destroys communities. What happens to the people who are 197 00:13:30,880 --> 00:13:33,119 Speaker 4: in those situations, They become unhoused. 198 00:13:33,400 --> 00:13:38,000 Speaker 6: So yeah, we have had a lot of unhoused depths 199 00:13:38,240 --> 00:13:40,920 Speaker 6: in the last few years. In particularly last year it 200 00:13:40,960 --> 00:13:44,400 Speaker 6: went up at least twenty percent. I duessay would probably 201 00:13:44,440 --> 00:13:47,000 Speaker 6: be the same a little bit higher this year, but 202 00:13:47,080 --> 00:13:49,280 Speaker 6: we're going to take a moment to remember or asks. 203 00:13:49,360 --> 00:13:51,560 Speaker 6: Do you have any experience of any of the Inn 204 00:13:51,600 --> 00:13:54,280 Speaker 6: House community members that you would like to speak on. 205 00:13:55,280 --> 00:13:58,640 Speaker 4: Unfortunately, I have a few people who come to mind 206 00:13:58,679 --> 00:14:02,560 Speaker 4: when I think about unhoused members of the community, my 207 00:14:02,600 --> 00:14:05,440 Speaker 4: neighbors who have passed. A few people come to mind. 208 00:14:05,480 --> 00:14:09,520 Speaker 4: I want to talk about mo first, So Jaytown Action 209 00:14:09,600 --> 00:14:15,160 Speaker 4: and Solidarity. We are primarily started to support an encampment 210 00:14:15,200 --> 00:14:17,880 Speaker 4: at Trinamu Plaza at the corner of First and Judge 211 00:14:17,880 --> 00:14:22,480 Speaker 4: Isso in Little Tokyo. After a large sweep that swept 212 00:14:22,520 --> 00:14:25,800 Speaker 4: the entire encampment, there was a series of smaller encampments 213 00:14:25,840 --> 00:14:28,640 Speaker 4: that were set up on the sidewalk here because people 214 00:14:28,680 --> 00:14:31,440 Speaker 4: need somewhere to be and that's where some some folks 215 00:14:31,560 --> 00:14:35,320 Speaker 4: chose uh to set up their their homes. And so 216 00:14:35,440 --> 00:14:37,680 Speaker 4: Moe was a gentleman who had set up his home there, 217 00:14:38,320 --> 00:14:41,440 Speaker 4: and I got to know him because we had to 218 00:14:41,720 --> 00:14:45,560 Speaker 4: face sweeps every week, or he did, and I in 219 00:14:45,600 --> 00:14:47,960 Speaker 4: the show Solidarity, went to go help him and the 220 00:14:48,440 --> 00:14:50,960 Speaker 4: folks that are over there make sure that their stuff 221 00:14:50,960 --> 00:14:54,400 Speaker 4: didn't get trashed, their personal belongings, that kind of thing. 222 00:14:54,920 --> 00:14:57,400 Speaker 4: And so we spent a lot of time together because 223 00:14:57,440 --> 00:14:59,680 Speaker 4: we were just waiting for the city to show up 224 00:14:59,720 --> 00:15:03,120 Speaker 4: to form their their very deadly sweeps. And you know, 225 00:15:03,440 --> 00:15:06,320 Speaker 4: in that time, we got to talking and we found, 226 00:15:06,760 --> 00:15:08,960 Speaker 4: unsurprisingly that we had a lot in common. He and 227 00:15:09,000 --> 00:15:11,840 Speaker 4: I had a very similar relationship, but from opposite sides. 228 00:15:13,000 --> 00:15:14,800 Speaker 4: He was a strange from his daughter and I am 229 00:15:14,840 --> 00:15:17,040 Speaker 4: a strange from my father, and so we had a 230 00:15:17,080 --> 00:15:21,000 Speaker 4: really interesting ongoing conversation around what it means to forgive 231 00:15:21,040 --> 00:15:23,920 Speaker 4: and what it means to be forgiven. And I think 232 00:15:23,960 --> 00:15:26,080 Speaker 4: he and I both I certainly at least walked away, 233 00:15:26,480 --> 00:15:29,680 Speaker 4: you know, reconsidering that relationship and understanding my father a 234 00:15:29,680 --> 00:15:32,200 Speaker 4: little bit better. And so I'm always going to be 235 00:15:32,240 --> 00:15:35,360 Speaker 4: grateful that that was, you know, someone that I was 236 00:15:35,400 --> 00:15:40,760 Speaker 4: able to have that experience with. And then unfortunately he 237 00:15:40,920 --> 00:15:44,320 Speaker 4: decided that this location that he was in where I 238 00:15:44,320 --> 00:15:47,160 Speaker 4: got to know him, was no longer where he wanted 239 00:15:47,160 --> 00:15:50,080 Speaker 4: to set up. He wound up moving to another location, 240 00:15:50,520 --> 00:15:53,560 Speaker 4: and I, you know, didn't hear from him in about 241 00:15:53,560 --> 00:15:56,640 Speaker 4: six months, and I found out about six months later 242 00:15:56,720 --> 00:16:00,680 Speaker 4: that the week after he moved out, as about to 243 00:16:00,720 --> 00:16:04,960 Speaker 4: be a year from today, about a week after he moved, 244 00:16:04,720 --> 00:16:08,600 Speaker 4: he had passed from a medical issue. So that was 245 00:16:09,520 --> 00:16:12,920 Speaker 4: that was heartbreaking that like a week after I have 246 00:16:13,040 --> 00:16:18,040 Speaker 4: lost touch with him, he was gone. And that's that's it. 247 00:16:18,840 --> 00:16:22,360 Speaker 1: And there was obviously no reconnection or way to reunify. 248 00:16:22,720 --> 00:16:25,960 Speaker 1: And it's one of the things that I also had 249 00:16:26,000 --> 00:16:30,880 Speaker 1: mentioned earlier was Shorty and Sunny and the relationships and 250 00:16:30,240 --> 00:16:34,760 Speaker 1: the impact that the families had on each individual ones 251 00:16:34,880 --> 00:16:38,080 Speaker 1: or did not have. Is there any other people you 252 00:16:38,240 --> 00:16:38,680 Speaker 1: like to talk on. 253 00:16:38,920 --> 00:16:40,840 Speaker 4: Yeah, I would love to talk about Sonny and Shorty. 254 00:16:41,520 --> 00:16:45,640 Speaker 4: Those two were such characters. I mean, they were set 255 00:16:45,720 --> 00:16:50,560 Speaker 4: up in the encampment before the larger sweep swept them out. 256 00:16:50,560 --> 00:16:53,720 Speaker 4: They were here for a few years. So we do 257 00:16:53,760 --> 00:16:55,800 Speaker 4: a power up. Jay Town Action does a power up 258 00:16:55,800 --> 00:16:57,800 Speaker 4: every Saturday, and we used to set up on the 259 00:16:57,800 --> 00:17:03,360 Speaker 4: corner there and that were Sonny used to have his spot, 260 00:17:03,760 --> 00:17:06,240 Speaker 4: and he at one point had set up like a 261 00:17:06,280 --> 00:17:08,960 Speaker 4: whole living room situation. He had a sofa, he had 262 00:17:09,000 --> 00:17:12,520 Speaker 4: like a bedside or like a was at a side table, 263 00:17:12,720 --> 00:17:15,080 Speaker 4: and he just like was like it looked like he 264 00:17:15,119 --> 00:17:18,760 Speaker 4: was just enjoying his like Saturday afternoon there. And even 265 00:17:18,840 --> 00:17:21,239 Speaker 4: though we're like we are here every week, Sunny, you 266 00:17:21,280 --> 00:17:23,680 Speaker 4: have to move your stuff, He's like, oh okay, okay, okay. 267 00:17:24,040 --> 00:17:27,199 Speaker 4: And so it was, you know, it's not all like 268 00:17:27,359 --> 00:17:30,159 Speaker 4: sad memories, it's not all sweeps. And certainly that was 269 00:17:30,880 --> 00:17:34,000 Speaker 4: a very it was very comical just seeing those two. 270 00:17:34,200 --> 00:17:39,320 Speaker 4: They were like best friends, yeah, whole or opposite Like 271 00:17:39,720 --> 00:17:44,919 Speaker 4: Shorty like pretty affable, like you know, he he was 272 00:17:44,960 --> 00:17:49,359 Speaker 4: always wearing something some new fashion, which was I always 273 00:17:49,359 --> 00:17:51,080 Speaker 4: thought it was very impressive what he was able to 274 00:17:51,119 --> 00:17:55,040 Speaker 4: pull together kind of outfits. Sunny very sullen. He kind 275 00:17:55,040 --> 00:17:56,679 Speaker 4: of had a hunch back, but he was you know, 276 00:17:57,160 --> 00:18:00,159 Speaker 4: he made a very few words. But towards the and 277 00:18:00,760 --> 00:18:07,119 Speaker 4: before or in the end, right before he passed, he 278 00:18:08,160 --> 00:18:10,480 Speaker 4: you know, started to share with us at PowerUP from 279 00:18:10,480 --> 00:18:13,159 Speaker 4: his from his bounty, he was able to share and 280 00:18:13,160 --> 00:18:15,560 Speaker 4: that was really lovely to see that he was willing 281 00:18:15,600 --> 00:18:19,919 Speaker 4: to share with us. And unfortunately after the large sweep, 282 00:18:19,960 --> 00:18:22,000 Speaker 4: they were some of the folks that moved onto the 283 00:18:22,040 --> 00:18:26,120 Speaker 4: sidewalk there. They were affected by the weekly sweeps that happened, 284 00:18:26,160 --> 00:18:29,119 Speaker 4: the care Plus sweeps or as the city calls him, 285 00:18:29,119 --> 00:18:32,159 Speaker 4: the care Plus cleanups or whatever they are. You know, 286 00:18:32,320 --> 00:18:34,000 Speaker 4: at the end of the day, their sweeps are deadly. 287 00:18:34,160 --> 00:18:37,879 Speaker 4: They they kill. And we saw that because one Thursday 288 00:18:38,680 --> 00:18:42,000 Speaker 4: they took all of Sunny's stuff saying that it would 289 00:18:42,000 --> 00:18:45,400 Speaker 4: be at the bin. Meanwhile, you know, whoever told him 290 00:18:45,400 --> 00:18:48,480 Speaker 4: that was lying or was misinformed. They threw all of 291 00:18:48,520 --> 00:18:52,880 Speaker 4: sunny stuff away, including cash, including IDs, including family pictures, 292 00:18:53,240 --> 00:18:59,959 Speaker 4: things that are things that are important and like essential, 293 00:19:00,400 --> 00:19:03,600 Speaker 4: right like if there is an opportunity. All those things 294 00:19:03,720 --> 00:19:06,160 Speaker 4: are necessary. You need to have your idea, you need 295 00:19:06,200 --> 00:19:08,840 Speaker 4: to have the cash that you have, right and like 296 00:19:09,160 --> 00:19:12,800 Speaker 4: the effremera of your life, the pictures of your family, 297 00:19:12,880 --> 00:19:15,960 Speaker 4: the things that like make you who you individually are, 298 00:19:16,400 --> 00:19:18,720 Speaker 4: you can't just throw that away. But yeah, those things 299 00:19:18,720 --> 00:19:22,159 Speaker 4: were gone. And within a few weeks after that, both 300 00:19:22,320 --> 00:19:27,280 Speaker 4: Sonny and Shorty had passed, and within twenty four hours 301 00:19:27,320 --> 00:19:33,320 Speaker 4: of each other. We have this grief for these people 302 00:19:33,359 --> 00:19:36,520 Speaker 4: that come into our lives that we know, that we 303 00:19:36,560 --> 00:19:39,480 Speaker 4: see and and it was just so interesting learning too 304 00:19:39,520 --> 00:19:43,080 Speaker 4: about specifically Sonny's life after he had passed. We wound 305 00:19:43,160 --> 00:19:47,399 Speaker 4: up meeting his his kids and his nephew and getting 306 00:19:47,440 --> 00:19:49,680 Speaker 4: to know more about what his life was like before 307 00:19:50,280 --> 00:19:54,840 Speaker 4: and just like this, well it seemed like he was 308 00:19:54,880 --> 00:19:57,840 Speaker 4: always kind of he always had kind of like the 309 00:19:58,440 --> 00:20:01,840 Speaker 4: that like I don't know how to say it without starring, 310 00:20:01,840 --> 00:20:05,000 Speaker 4: but no fucks and no fucks to give, like that 311 00:20:05,160 --> 00:20:09,520 Speaker 4: was always his personality, certainly when he was hanging around 312 00:20:09,520 --> 00:20:11,920 Speaker 4: with us, but also when he was hanging around with 313 00:20:12,680 --> 00:20:14,359 Speaker 4: or when he was taking care of his kids. And 314 00:20:14,400 --> 00:20:16,679 Speaker 4: that was really it was really funny to see, like 315 00:20:16,760 --> 00:20:21,119 Speaker 4: the ways that you know, personalities don't change over time, 316 00:20:21,280 --> 00:20:24,560 Speaker 4: and if they do, it's because of usually trauma. But 317 00:20:24,720 --> 00:20:26,840 Speaker 4: you know, it was it was really interesting. And we 318 00:20:26,880 --> 00:20:29,199 Speaker 4: got to see some pictures of him when he was 319 00:20:29,600 --> 00:20:32,480 Speaker 4: a younger man, and so it was it was really 320 00:20:32,520 --> 00:20:36,720 Speaker 4: interesting to just get to know for us to share 321 00:20:36,720 --> 00:20:40,000 Speaker 4: our experiences with Sonny, and for his family to share 322 00:20:40,000 --> 00:20:42,399 Speaker 4: their experiences, and for us to get to know a 323 00:20:42,440 --> 00:20:45,320 Speaker 4: little bit more about this person that we both knew, 324 00:20:46,359 --> 00:20:48,520 Speaker 4: but just at different phases of his life. Well. 325 00:20:48,720 --> 00:20:48,880 Speaker 7: Wow. 326 00:20:48,920 --> 00:20:51,520 Speaker 6: Another interesting fact too, is like I do think he 327 00:20:51,720 --> 00:20:53,720 Speaker 6: was like into bodybuilding at one point in his life. 328 00:20:53,760 --> 00:20:56,480 Speaker 4: Oh that's right. Yeah, I remember seeing some pictures of him, 329 00:20:56,520 --> 00:21:00,119 Speaker 4: like really really, I mean, like I said, I I 330 00:21:00,720 --> 00:21:03,080 Speaker 4: remember him as kind of like he was like in 331 00:21:03,119 --> 00:21:07,280 Speaker 4: his fifties I think, and a hunched over type person. 332 00:21:07,640 --> 00:21:10,440 Speaker 4: And to see him like just strutting like you think 333 00:21:10,560 --> 00:21:13,200 Speaker 4: of you know, those eighties bodybuilders, that's exactly what he 334 00:21:13,240 --> 00:21:15,399 Speaker 4: looked like. It was such a trip to be like, 335 00:21:15,480 --> 00:21:18,200 Speaker 4: that's the sunny that I knew. That's I've been good 336 00:21:18,200 --> 00:21:18,560 Speaker 4: for him. 337 00:21:19,200 --> 00:21:21,720 Speaker 1: Yeah, and Shorty believe in that. 338 00:21:21,800 --> 00:21:24,119 Speaker 6: People who have told me Shorty was a dancer, and 339 00:21:24,160 --> 00:21:25,720 Speaker 6: when no one knew that I didn't know that. 340 00:21:25,840 --> 00:21:30,720 Speaker 4: Yeah, yeah, I can believe it though. You know, he, 341 00:21:31,119 --> 00:21:33,480 Speaker 4: like I said, he was super fashionable. I could definitely 342 00:21:33,560 --> 00:21:37,760 Speaker 4: see him like busting out some dance moves while you know, 343 00:21:37,880 --> 00:21:40,480 Speaker 4: just wearing the fly as shit so I can and 344 00:21:40,520 --> 00:21:41,040 Speaker 4: then shape. 345 00:21:41,080 --> 00:21:43,520 Speaker 6: You know. It was another thing that was really noticed 346 00:21:43,880 --> 00:21:47,920 Speaker 6: about what Shorty Shorty for He stayed ripped and I 347 00:21:48,080 --> 00:21:50,439 Speaker 6: was like, I don't know how he's doing. And I'm like, 348 00:21:50,520 --> 00:21:53,360 Speaker 6: I look at, you know, a pizza and I get 349 00:21:53,400 --> 00:21:57,280 Speaker 6: five hundred pounds. This guy was always very well maintained 350 00:21:57,280 --> 00:21:59,640 Speaker 6: in health wise, and which is a very unique thing 351 00:21:59,680 --> 00:22:01,680 Speaker 6: to do, and being on the streets to be still 352 00:22:01,720 --> 00:22:04,680 Speaker 6: in that kind of physicality. So I have to say 353 00:22:04,680 --> 00:22:06,640 Speaker 6: that was another thing that was very different with them. 354 00:22:06,680 --> 00:22:08,200 Speaker 1: So absolutely, yeah. 355 00:22:08,440 --> 00:22:11,879 Speaker 6: So these are the the individuals. These are the people 356 00:22:12,080 --> 00:22:14,199 Speaker 6: that when you see on the street, there's more to 357 00:22:14,320 --> 00:22:16,639 Speaker 6: them than just what people have made them out to 358 00:22:16,680 --> 00:22:20,080 Speaker 6: be or to discard them or make them into these 359 00:22:20,119 --> 00:22:24,680 Speaker 6: parias or these criminals that as communities members and politicians 360 00:22:24,800 --> 00:22:27,239 Speaker 6: right now because it's an election time, it's creating this 361 00:22:27,359 --> 00:22:31,959 Speaker 6: kind of uh subculture or narrative that these people are 362 00:22:32,000 --> 00:22:33,840 Speaker 6: dangerous or they need to be locked in or they 363 00:22:33,840 --> 00:22:35,080 Speaker 6: need to be put away somewhere. 364 00:22:35,160 --> 00:22:37,439 Speaker 4: Yeah, and just to add to that, I mean I 365 00:22:37,440 --> 00:22:42,760 Speaker 4: talked about how gentrification causes unhoused or causes homelessness, and 366 00:22:43,240 --> 00:22:46,159 Speaker 4: on top of that, the gentrification that is happening in 367 00:22:46,160 --> 00:22:50,120 Speaker 4: Little Tokyo also not only creates folks that are on house, 368 00:22:50,240 --> 00:22:53,080 Speaker 4: it continues to criminalize and make it even harder to 369 00:22:53,160 --> 00:22:56,280 Speaker 4: exist as an unhoused person. And we see that time 370 00:22:56,320 --> 00:22:59,160 Speaker 4: and time again. We see people passing, you know, laws 371 00:22:59,240 --> 00:23:02,760 Speaker 4: including news as forty one eighteen zones that make it 372 00:23:03,200 --> 00:23:06,359 Speaker 4: illegal for you to sit, sleep, and lie as an 373 00:23:06,440 --> 00:23:11,199 Speaker 4: unhoused person in certain areas. And so that is that 374 00:23:11,359 --> 00:23:13,719 Speaker 4: is because they don't want to see that. These nimbies 375 00:23:13,760 --> 00:23:15,280 Speaker 4: are saying, we don't want to see that. We want 376 00:23:15,320 --> 00:23:18,760 Speaker 4: to have this. We want to see the world as 377 00:23:18,760 --> 00:23:22,040 Speaker 4: it is not right, and so we will force our 378 00:23:22,040 --> 00:23:25,480 Speaker 4: will upon people so that we don't have to witness 379 00:23:25,560 --> 00:23:28,400 Speaker 4: the death and destruction. You know, unhoused people are still 380 00:23:28,400 --> 00:23:30,439 Speaker 4: going to exist, they still have to go somewhere, and 381 00:23:30,480 --> 00:23:32,399 Speaker 4: that just means that you're just placing them and causing 382 00:23:32,440 --> 00:23:34,760 Speaker 4: even more violence upon them. And yeah, and that leads 383 00:23:34,800 --> 00:23:37,840 Speaker 4: to death. And we've seen that and unfortunately, it's it's heartbreaking. 384 00:23:42,640 --> 00:23:46,320 Speaker 1: Our second guest is Mario, also from Jaytown Action Solidary. 385 00:23:48,760 --> 00:23:52,800 Speaker 2: Hi, my name is Mario. Organized with jay Town Action 386 00:23:52,880 --> 00:23:58,040 Speaker 2: and Solidarity out of Little Tokyo. We operate on First 387 00:23:58,119 --> 00:24:01,680 Speaker 2: and Judge I every Saturday two to five. We've been 388 00:24:01,840 --> 00:24:04,960 Speaker 2: serving the un housed community here in Little Tokyo and 389 00:24:05,480 --> 00:24:10,160 Speaker 2: for almost three years now, and in that time we 390 00:24:10,280 --> 00:24:13,280 Speaker 2: have lost many people, we know, many people we care about. 391 00:24:13,400 --> 00:24:18,440 Speaker 2: From the encampment where we initially started serving that got 392 00:24:18,440 --> 00:24:22,000 Speaker 2: swept by Kevin dal Leone in March I think of 393 00:24:22,119 --> 00:24:24,800 Speaker 2: last year or was that two years ago. They tried 394 00:24:24,840 --> 00:24:27,879 Speaker 2: to get us out of there as well. But we 395 00:24:28,280 --> 00:24:31,200 Speaker 2: continue and press on and we still see the same 396 00:24:31,240 --> 00:24:33,640 Speaker 2: people that they claim to have housed. We see them 397 00:24:33,680 --> 00:24:37,040 Speaker 2: coming around. We know they did not get out. It's 398 00:24:37,080 --> 00:24:40,800 Speaker 2: how we were able to see very clearly what actually 399 00:24:40,840 --> 00:24:47,560 Speaker 2: sweeps are and how they are ineffective, violent, and they're 400 00:24:47,880 --> 00:24:50,760 Speaker 2: not the approach we need to take. And unfortunately we 401 00:24:51,359 --> 00:24:54,159 Speaker 2: have people that we are mourning to prove it, and 402 00:24:53,920 --> 00:24:56,760 Speaker 2: we hold those memorials with with the O and we 403 00:24:56,840 --> 00:24:58,760 Speaker 2: the en House and we really appreciate it for that 404 00:25:00,119 --> 00:25:00,840 Speaker 2: for that service. 405 00:25:01,440 --> 00:25:04,040 Speaker 6: One of the things that really struck because there has 406 00:25:04,080 --> 00:25:05,560 Speaker 6: you correct, there's been a lot of people that have 407 00:25:05,600 --> 00:25:08,439 Speaker 6: passed away around in our encampment, our community. But one 408 00:25:08,480 --> 00:25:12,280 Speaker 6: of the things, the flashpoints that really I think set 409 00:25:12,320 --> 00:25:15,760 Speaker 6: a tipping scale of one on house community as well 410 00:25:15,800 --> 00:25:18,840 Speaker 6: as the activist community, was the on the same day 411 00:25:18,960 --> 00:25:21,800 Speaker 6: death of two friends that had It was a unique story. 412 00:25:21,880 --> 00:25:23,399 Speaker 1: Would you like to talk a little bit about that. 413 00:25:24,000 --> 00:25:24,359 Speaker 4: Yeah. 414 00:25:24,520 --> 00:25:30,040 Speaker 2: Yeah, our friends Anthony and Sonny long term Little Tokyo 415 00:25:30,160 --> 00:25:34,000 Speaker 2: residents much earlier than we came around. I think Sonny 416 00:25:34,200 --> 00:25:37,639 Speaker 2: lived in Little Tokyo for about seven or eight years 417 00:25:37,680 --> 00:25:41,240 Speaker 2: by the time we uh started doing our work here. Anthony, 418 00:25:41,720 --> 00:25:44,239 Speaker 2: I think is around the same time. So when we 419 00:25:44,280 --> 00:25:47,200 Speaker 2: talk about them, we were talking about long term residents 420 00:25:48,240 --> 00:25:51,560 Speaker 2: of our community. And that's one of the things as 421 00:25:51,600 --> 00:25:56,160 Speaker 2: we memorialize our loss loved ones, we want to send 422 00:25:56,160 --> 00:25:59,360 Speaker 2: the message again that like public safety is not something 423 00:25:59,840 --> 00:26:05,000 Speaker 2: that should be weaponized against unhoused people. It's actually you know, 424 00:26:05,080 --> 00:26:10,800 Speaker 2: they are the most vulnerable community. Yeah, we want public 425 00:26:10,800 --> 00:26:15,720 Speaker 2: safety that includes everybody, and that considers everybody who lives 426 00:26:15,720 --> 00:26:17,960 Speaker 2: in the community to be a resident of that community. 427 00:26:19,920 --> 00:26:22,440 Speaker 1: Thank you very much for your time and your memories. 428 00:26:22,520 --> 00:26:26,679 Speaker 1: Findney and Mario. We'll be back with more from Widian 429 00:26:26,720 --> 00:26:32,639 Speaker 1: Howes with two more important stories on hun house news. 430 00:26:37,280 --> 00:26:39,960 Speaker 1: Welcome back to Willian Howes. I'm your host Theo Henderson 431 00:26:40,640 --> 00:26:47,040 Speaker 1: and here are our top story about house news. A 432 00:26:47,160 --> 00:26:51,320 Speaker 1: Serra killer who murdered Jose Bolano's thirty seven, Sean Alvarez 433 00:26:51,400 --> 00:26:56,320 Speaker 1: fifty two and Mark Diggs sixty two, where scott By accident. 434 00:26:57,560 --> 00:27:00,720 Speaker 1: Thirty three year old Jared Joseph Powell was arrested in 435 00:27:00,760 --> 00:27:05,560 Speaker 1: connection of house victim Nicholas Simolon's robbery and murder. Powell 436 00:27:05,640 --> 00:27:09,000 Speaker 1: murdered the young House while they were sleeping. Law enforcement 437 00:27:09,080 --> 00:27:11,920 Speaker 1: connected Howes bing w and firearm to the Young houseed 438 00:27:11,920 --> 00:27:15,359 Speaker 1: in the space of a week. Law enforcement officials believe 439 00:27:15,720 --> 00:27:20,280 Speaker 1: he has murdered before. Our second story is example of 440 00:27:20,280 --> 00:27:22,679 Speaker 1: a frustration many of the house people go through and 441 00:27:22,760 --> 00:27:27,320 Speaker 1: seeking services. Median House placed the call for locations on 442 00:27:27,600 --> 00:27:32,480 Speaker 1: to shelters. According to LARSA, that's Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority. 443 00:27:32,960 --> 00:27:35,720 Speaker 1: If you don't know, their number is two one one. 444 00:27:36,160 --> 00:27:38,480 Speaker 1: It is supposed to be a resource number for the 445 00:27:38,480 --> 00:27:41,080 Speaker 1: Young House community. This is how far I got. 446 00:27:45,320 --> 00:27:50,960 Speaker 8: Los Angeles County for services In English. 447 00:27:49,760 --> 00:28:00,359 Speaker 9: English English English, I'm sorry I didn't hear you English. 448 00:28:01,400 --> 00:28:12,680 Speaker 8: I'm sorry, idstand hello one of Los Angeles County English. 449 00:28:19,520 --> 00:28:23,120 Speaker 6: Now imagine temperatures dropping, You're in need of a warm 450 00:28:23,160 --> 00:28:26,359 Speaker 6: place to stay, your phone battery is dying, and you 451 00:28:26,480 --> 00:28:29,199 Speaker 6: dial two one one and you receive this type of service. 452 00:28:29,920 --> 00:28:34,200 Speaker 6: How would you feel if city leaders, nimbis and law 453 00:28:34,280 --> 00:28:39,240 Speaker 6: enforcements say that you are resistant to services. Incidentally, the 454 00:28:39,360 --> 00:28:41,960 Speaker 6: number to report on unhoused people is three one one. 455 00:28:42,720 --> 00:28:45,800 Speaker 6: There's no number to report on house vigilanteism except two 456 00:28:45,840 --> 00:28:50,360 Speaker 6: one one to obtain services. And that's on House News. 457 00:28:53,920 --> 00:28:57,120 Speaker 6: The warring in houses on every front. Be sure to 458 00:28:57,200 --> 00:29:00,560 Speaker 6: check out our next episode, The RV Blues. The primary 459 00:29:00,600 --> 00:29:03,240 Speaker 6: players will be Mayor Bass and Venice Council WM with 460 00:29:03,280 --> 00:29:07,240 Speaker 6: Tracy Parks, who are targeting the young house community. They're 461 00:29:07,240 --> 00:29:10,520 Speaker 6: doing so by using explosive language which criminalizes our V 462 00:29:10,600 --> 00:29:12,560 Speaker 6: dwellers who are one step away. 463 00:29:12,360 --> 00:29:23,440 Speaker 1: From being on the streets. Stay with us. We're going 464 00:29:23,480 --> 00:29:25,800 Speaker 1: to have our very first can you see Me memorial 465 00:29:26,280 --> 00:29:43,240 Speaker 1: on iHeartRadio. Five unhoused people a day die in Los Angeles, 466 00:29:43,640 --> 00:29:47,520 Speaker 1: a number which has drastically increased and will not end 467 00:29:47,880 --> 00:29:52,280 Speaker 1: unless key conditions are addressed. The community lost vital members 468 00:29:52,280 --> 00:29:57,040 Speaker 1: of society due to societal scorn and indifference. Here are 469 00:29:57,040 --> 00:30:00,320 Speaker 1: some of the names we hop hold in their memory. 470 00:30:03,840 --> 00:30:14,360 Speaker 1: Dakota carry twenty four asthma attack, Dennis Healey COVID nineteen overdose, 471 00:30:16,960 --> 00:30:28,840 Speaker 1: Q murdered, unsolved, Daniel Walker, Sepsis, Lorenzo Lewis hit by 472 00:30:28,880 --> 00:30:45,959 Speaker 1: a drug driver, Trayvon O'Brien accidental overdose, clemented Delgado, mister Ivan, Terry, 473 00:30:46,640 --> 00:31:01,680 Speaker 1: Mason Kendrid, Mike Flow, Mike Baldwin, and Neely killed by 474 00:31:01,720 --> 00:31:09,719 Speaker 1: a vigilante. Victor killed by lapd was approved of housing. 475 00:31:13,280 --> 00:31:24,080 Speaker 1: Olivia murdered by a trunk driver. Elijah Shepherd, Aaron Phillips, 476 00:31:27,040 --> 00:31:41,680 Speaker 1: Aaron David Abdillo, Duran Abel Sosa, Abigail Cowell, Adam Samfratello, 477 00:31:44,360 --> 00:31:59,280 Speaker 1: Ayesha Butler, Albert Cruz, Ala Juwan, Aleen acep Henderson, Albert 478 00:31:59,560 --> 00:32:10,600 Speaker 1: Nunya Benson, Williams, Bernadette Perez, Karra, Doris. 479 00:32:12,520 --> 00:32:27,680 Speaker 6: Amanda Load, Amanda Amaya, Amanda Buse, Amber Sufferlin Amber and 480 00:32:27,800 --> 00:32:42,520 Speaker 6: Jelia Amen Abdullah Amen i'm Hodie Amy Nelson, Anna hernandez 481 00:32:45,280 --> 00:33:00,560 Speaker 6: Anna Rosa, Andre Moody, Andre Bridget, Andre Green, Andre Brown, 482 00:33:02,480 --> 00:33:18,840 Speaker 6: Andrea Ortega, Andrew Fernandez, Andrew Heel, Andrew Esparza, Andrew Renounced, 483 00:33:20,560 --> 00:33:35,800 Speaker 6: Angel ruid Us, Angel Olivero, Angel Roa, Angela Wedgeworth, Ann Dewey, 484 00:33:36,000 --> 00:33:53,880 Speaker 6: le Anna Aquiliana, Anthony Lampkin, Anthony Larson, Anthony Stevens, Anthony Kennedy, 485 00:33:56,000 --> 00:34:07,680 Speaker 6: Anthony are Zati and Anthony Jeffries, Anthony Jones, Anthony Carter, 486 00:34:10,160 --> 00:34:26,719 Speaker 6: Anthony Smith, Anthony Smith, Anthony Esparza, Anthony Nunneley, Anthony Valdez, 487 00:34:28,520 --> 00:34:44,120 Speaker 6: Anthony Duval, Anthony Wells, Anthony Wilderson Jr. Anthony Siebel, Anthony. 488 00:34:44,080 --> 00:34:58,520 Speaker 1: Rogers, Anthony Puentes, Antonio Mendoza, Antonio The Terrorists, Antonio Bacon, 489 00:35:00,719 --> 00:35:15,400 Speaker 1: Antonio Flores, Addarell Pegways, April Easley, Arcino, J. Dominguez, Archie 490 00:35:15,640 --> 00:35:30,520 Speaker 1: and Navidis Urginni Castro, Rile Geminez, Serrate, Ariel Moran, Arique Carrigan, 491 00:35:32,840 --> 00:35:51,480 Speaker 1: Arlene Precorian, Armando Navarro, armand Marcian, Arnardo m Silva, Arthur Saunders, 492 00:35:51,560 --> 00:36:02,719 Speaker 1: Arthur Conan, Artie, Doro Gamis, Camacho, Artist Wilson our Tour Somas, 493 00:36:05,520 --> 00:36:17,480 Speaker 1: Arturo Arora, Aurelio G. 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Suffice it 521 00:43:50,680 --> 00:43:53,400 Speaker 6: to say the importance of Can You See Me? Memorial 522 00:43:53,680 --> 00:43:56,240 Speaker 6: is to show the community the weight and the number 523 00:43:56,239 --> 00:43:57,239 Speaker 6: of people who have left. 524 00:44:01,880 --> 00:44:04,680 Speaker 1: The war on Young House continues. Please join us for 525 00:44:04,680 --> 00:44:06,919 Speaker 1: episode three. The r V Blues. 526 00:44:11,560 --> 00:44:16,040 Speaker 6: William Howes is a production of iHeartRadio. It is written, hosted, 527 00:44:16,080 --> 00:44:20,799 Speaker 6: and created by me Theo Henderson. Our producers are Seamie Loftus, 528 00:44:21,120 --> 00:44:25,279 Speaker 6: Lyra Smith and Katie Fisher. Our editor is Adam Wong, 529 00:44:25,600 --> 00:44:28,120 Speaker 6: and our logo art is also Ya Katie Fisher. 530 00:44:28,960 --> 00:44:29,840 Speaker 1: Thanks for listening.