1 00:00:16,079 --> 00:00:19,000 Speaker 1: Power never takes a step back except in the face 2 00:00:19,079 --> 00:00:23,040 Speaker 1: of more power. Malcolm X said that in the sixties. 3 00:00:23,400 --> 00:00:27,280 Speaker 1: In twenty twenty, this is more true than ever before. 4 00:00:28,240 --> 00:00:32,320 Speaker 1: In this episode from Pallas and Versus Banishment, we're going 5 00:00:32,400 --> 00:00:35,800 Speaker 1: to explore live on the scenes the Echo Park rising 6 00:00:35,920 --> 00:00:40,080 Speaker 1: up and standing against the anti unhoused Cinnamon and the 7 00:00:40,200 --> 00:00:44,720 Speaker 1: enforced eviction that the police, Mitchell, Pharaoh and the Mayor 8 00:00:44,880 --> 00:00:47,519 Speaker 1: is trying to impose on Echo Park neighbors. You know, 9 00:00:47,640 --> 00:00:49,760 Speaker 1: PD comes out here at two and three o'clock in 10 00:00:49,800 --> 00:00:53,199 Speaker 1: the morning just to rile people up and scare them 11 00:00:53,200 --> 00:00:57,440 Speaker 1: with the threat of eviction. That's unacceptable. Terrorizing our house 12 00:00:57,480 --> 00:00:59,400 Speaker 1: brothers and sisters who are already and you know, some 13 00:00:59,440 --> 00:01:04,240 Speaker 1: of the darkest time their lives. It's inhumane. The House 14 00:01:04,319 --> 00:01:07,640 Speaker 1: and House Right neighbors have bended together and they have 15 00:01:07,680 --> 00:01:10,680 Speaker 1: a special message for you and other communities that are 16 00:01:10,720 --> 00:01:29,000 Speaker 1: facing the same torturous treatment against the End House. This 17 00:01:29,120 --> 00:01:32,160 Speaker 1: is theo Henderson from Wien House. I have Bishop John Taylor. 18 00:01:32,280 --> 00:01:34,119 Speaker 1: He has a church. I don't you want to put 19 00:01:34,160 --> 00:01:36,280 Speaker 1: you the name, so please help me out. So Thel, 20 00:01:36,400 --> 00:01:39,360 Speaker 1: I'm the Episcopal Bishop of Los Angeles. We're actually in 21 00:01:39,400 --> 00:01:42,560 Speaker 1: five and a half counties from Orange County, Los Angeles, 22 00:01:42,640 --> 00:01:45,959 Speaker 1: Santa Barbara, Venturas, San Bernardino, and part of Riverside County, 23 00:01:46,080 --> 00:01:49,440 Speaker 1: about one hundred and thirty four churches two hundred institutions 24 00:01:49,480 --> 00:01:53,000 Speaker 1: in all. Wow, that's a lot. How do you keep 25 00:01:53,080 --> 00:01:55,440 Speaker 1: track of it all? Really? Well? Because we got a 26 00:01:55,480 --> 00:01:58,160 Speaker 1: lot of good people doing the work of the Gospel 27 00:01:58,200 --> 00:02:01,080 Speaker 1: all over the all over the region. And our job 28 00:02:01,160 --> 00:02:04,560 Speaker 1: at the diocese, our offices or neighbors here of this 29 00:02:04,840 --> 00:02:07,880 Speaker 1: encampment right here in Eco Park is to provide kind 30 00:02:07,880 --> 00:02:11,320 Speaker 1: of support, services and inspiration and administrative support for all 31 00:02:11,320 --> 00:02:14,920 Speaker 1: of those episcopalians all over the region. So what brought 32 00:02:14,960 --> 00:02:18,079 Speaker 1: you here? What drew you here? To echo partmer later, Well, 33 00:02:18,480 --> 00:02:21,840 Speaker 1: once again, we're here because we're bearing witness for those 34 00:02:21,919 --> 00:02:24,280 Speaker 1: who have no place else to live. We're doing their 35 00:02:24,320 --> 00:02:26,360 Speaker 1: best to be our good neighbors here in the park 36 00:02:26,720 --> 00:02:29,400 Speaker 1: until we as a community figure out how to make 37 00:02:29,440 --> 00:02:33,520 Speaker 1: a long term, safe and secure provision for the people 38 00:02:33,560 --> 00:02:36,640 Speaker 1: who are living here. And we don't think it's necessary 39 00:02:36,639 --> 00:02:39,600 Speaker 1: to a victim because they're doing their best to be 40 00:02:39,680 --> 00:02:42,560 Speaker 1: good neighbors. It's not ideal for anyone, but we need 41 00:02:42,600 --> 00:02:46,240 Speaker 1: to come up with a solution that takes care everybody 42 00:02:46,240 --> 00:02:49,280 Speaker 1: before we evict people. Outstanding. So one of the things 43 00:02:49,320 --> 00:02:51,840 Speaker 1: I noticed is too because it seems like the Mitchell 44 00:02:51,840 --> 00:02:54,040 Speaker 1: Pharaoh and the police are putting the cart before divorce. 45 00:02:54,280 --> 00:02:56,480 Speaker 1: Where will they go if they're trying to evict people, 46 00:02:56,480 --> 00:02:58,280 Speaker 1: if they want law and order and there's nowhere for 47 00:02:58,320 --> 00:03:01,440 Speaker 1: them to go? Have any suggestions politicians do is they 48 00:03:01,480 --> 00:03:04,200 Speaker 1: listen to all the voices. They listen to property owners, 49 00:03:04,680 --> 00:03:07,440 Speaker 1: they listen to people who vote, and sometimes people who 50 00:03:07,480 --> 00:03:10,760 Speaker 1: don't own property and who don't vote don't speak with 51 00:03:10,840 --> 00:03:13,240 Speaker 1: this loud of voice because we're in a reality of 52 00:03:13,240 --> 00:03:17,240 Speaker 1: a political situation. So what we're doing here is trying 53 00:03:17,280 --> 00:03:21,040 Speaker 1: to say there aren't necessarily any bad people in this situation. 54 00:03:21,360 --> 00:03:24,799 Speaker 1: There's just competing interests, and it's the responsibility of a 55 00:03:24,919 --> 00:03:28,920 Speaker 1: humane and decent society to put the weakest and the 56 00:03:29,000 --> 00:03:33,040 Speaker 1: least well resourced first. Because if a humane society doesn't 57 00:03:33,080 --> 00:03:36,480 Speaker 1: do that, nobody will. So a society as rich as 58 00:03:36,560 --> 00:03:39,680 Speaker 1: ours needs to find a way to put the least 59 00:03:39,720 --> 00:03:43,680 Speaker 1: well resourced first. That's what a humane society does, That's 60 00:03:43,720 --> 00:03:47,000 Speaker 1: what a god driven society does. Well said also, I 61 00:03:47,080 --> 00:03:50,360 Speaker 1: was going to say this episode is about ballots and banishment, 62 00:03:50,440 --> 00:03:53,400 Speaker 1: and I'm teaching and empowering on how it's community to 63 00:03:53,600 --> 00:03:57,480 Speaker 1: learn how to vote or to exercise that right because 64 00:03:57,480 --> 00:03:59,920 Speaker 1: they are constituents. Here, a lot of people do not 65 00:04:00,040 --> 00:04:02,280 Speaker 1: believe that they're constituents, that they don't vote, and many do. 66 00:04:02,880 --> 00:04:05,880 Speaker 1: I don't think a lot of house people realize, as 67 00:04:05,920 --> 00:04:08,520 Speaker 1: you know so well, feel that a person who does 68 00:04:08,520 --> 00:04:11,640 Speaker 1: not have a fixed residence can register to vote by 69 00:04:11,760 --> 00:04:14,720 Speaker 1: just saying where's the place they spend most of their time. 70 00:04:15,120 --> 00:04:17,920 Speaker 1: That can be their address. We've got a situation in 71 00:04:17,960 --> 00:04:21,320 Speaker 1: this country where we seem as though we're obsessed with politics, 72 00:04:21,480 --> 00:04:25,000 Speaker 1: but only half an eligible voters vote. What you find 73 00:04:25,040 --> 00:04:27,359 Speaker 1: when you look at who votes, people who have a 74 00:04:27,360 --> 00:04:29,880 Speaker 1: lot of property tend to vote more, people who are 75 00:04:29,960 --> 00:04:32,560 Speaker 1: richer tend to vote more, and frankly, people who are 76 00:04:32,600 --> 00:04:34,960 Speaker 1: white tend to vote more. What we need in our 77 00:04:35,000 --> 00:04:39,880 Speaker 1: country is greater voter turnout, because everybody deserves to be represented. 78 00:04:40,160 --> 00:04:42,960 Speaker 1: If we had two or three percent more turnout in 79 00:04:43,000 --> 00:04:46,920 Speaker 1: the twenty twenty election, we would have a transformed country. 80 00:04:47,120 --> 00:04:49,240 Speaker 1: We need people to vote, and we need to organize 81 00:04:49,240 --> 00:04:52,599 Speaker 1: as well for voter rice. That is excellently point thank 82 00:04:52,640 --> 00:04:55,960 Speaker 1: you very much, Bishop John Taylor. This is Theo Henderson 83 00:04:55,960 --> 00:04:58,920 Speaker 1: from William Howes. And if you want to leave anything 84 00:04:58,920 --> 00:05:02,120 Speaker 1: with us, quote or scripture or anything. I'm just so 85 00:05:02,200 --> 00:05:05,240 Speaker 1: grateful for the opportunity to be here and hear the 86 00:05:05,279 --> 00:05:08,160 Speaker 1: passion of both those who live here and those who 87 00:05:08,200 --> 00:05:11,120 Speaker 1: support them, and frankly be indicted a little bit by 88 00:05:11,160 --> 00:05:14,159 Speaker 1: some voices who say that the church needs to do more. 89 00:05:14,279 --> 00:05:16,400 Speaker 1: Because the Church does need to do more, and I 90 00:05:16,440 --> 00:05:19,320 Speaker 1: admit that THEO and We're going to do it for Jesus. 91 00:05:19,600 --> 00:05:21,880 Speaker 1: Thank you very much, well said, Thank you THEO. God 92 00:05:21,920 --> 00:05:39,960 Speaker 1: bless you, thank you. This is Ceo Henderson from will 93 00:05:40,040 --> 00:05:41,640 Speaker 1: You in Howes. I'm right now in the think of 94 00:05:41,680 --> 00:05:44,880 Speaker 1: Echo Park rising, and that really means what it sounds like. 95 00:05:45,040 --> 00:05:48,360 Speaker 1: The Echo Park residents on How's residents have banded together 96 00:05:48,760 --> 00:05:52,440 Speaker 1: to make Mitchell Parrow listen to their voices. He's trying 97 00:05:52,480 --> 00:05:56,159 Speaker 1: to get their attention on the park. I'm washing around 98 00:05:56,160 --> 00:05:58,839 Speaker 1: and I'm seeing signs on tents. One of them says 99 00:05:59,200 --> 00:06:01,880 Speaker 1: Mitch meets with the rich but leaves us in the ditch. 100 00:06:02,520 --> 00:06:05,360 Speaker 1: On another tenth, I see here. If everyone can't afford 101 00:06:05,400 --> 00:06:09,800 Speaker 1: the rent, they shouldn't blanking take our rent. So there 102 00:06:09,839 --> 00:06:12,040 Speaker 1: seems to be a lot of movement going on. There 103 00:06:12,040 --> 00:06:14,719 Speaker 1: are new camera crews here and right now I'm going 104 00:06:14,720 --> 00:06:17,800 Speaker 1: to interview one of the people from Los Angeles, Canada. 105 00:06:17,920 --> 00:06:20,240 Speaker 1: His name is Pete White. Pee White, could you give 106 00:06:20,320 --> 00:06:23,159 Speaker 1: us a quick statement on what's going on here? Yeah, 107 00:06:23,160 --> 00:06:26,080 Speaker 1: And so we are out here on a beautiful yet 108 00:06:26,200 --> 00:06:30,680 Speaker 1: ugly morning at Echo Park and we are looking and 109 00:06:30,760 --> 00:06:34,920 Speaker 1: witnessing the deployment of a vast amount, an enormous amount 110 00:06:34,960 --> 00:06:39,400 Speaker 1: of resources, state resources, aimed at removing people from the 111 00:06:39,480 --> 00:06:44,240 Speaker 1: park with no option. We're looking at also a beautiful 112 00:06:44,320 --> 00:06:50,360 Speaker 1: display of resistance as housed and unhoused Angelino's come together 113 00:06:50,440 --> 00:06:55,479 Speaker 1: and say no more, no way, not today. I'm noticing 114 00:06:55,520 --> 00:06:58,880 Speaker 1: there's bulldozer and police powers all around the trucks. What's 115 00:06:58,920 --> 00:07:02,120 Speaker 1: going on here? Why are they? And so? Right? Right? 116 00:07:02,160 --> 00:07:05,760 Speaker 1: So it is quite interesting. You are absolutely right, Lloyd. 117 00:07:05,800 --> 00:07:09,920 Speaker 1: We have a right THEO. I don't know what I 118 00:07:09,960 --> 00:07:14,480 Speaker 1: was thinking about. So if your viewer, if the viewers 119 00:07:14,520 --> 00:07:18,120 Speaker 1: could see what we see, right, We see dump trucks, 120 00:07:18,160 --> 00:07:23,280 Speaker 1: we see bobcats, we see personnel, we see park ranger vehicles, 121 00:07:23,280 --> 00:07:28,360 Speaker 1: we see lapd all for the removal of voltable tints, 122 00:07:28,760 --> 00:07:32,240 Speaker 1: right tints that weigh less than two or three pounds. 123 00:07:32,280 --> 00:07:36,600 Speaker 1: And so we're very clear that this display, this display 124 00:07:37,080 --> 00:07:42,080 Speaker 1: of machinery and our artillery, is more about attempting to 125 00:07:42,120 --> 00:07:46,040 Speaker 1: intimidate us away from public spaces, and we say in 126 00:07:46,600 --> 00:07:50,080 Speaker 1: no way, theo no way, no way, no way. One 127 00:07:50,200 --> 00:07:52,560 Speaker 1: question I have before I let you go is where 128 00:07:52,680 --> 00:07:54,280 Speaker 1: is the console member in all of this? I don't 129 00:07:54,320 --> 00:07:57,480 Speaker 1: see Mitchell Farrell. These are these on house people are 130 00:07:57,480 --> 00:08:00,240 Speaker 1: constituents and they can vote, aren't they that? Yo? So 131 00:08:00,520 --> 00:08:04,520 Speaker 1: definitely unhoused folks can vote. And it's very interesting that 132 00:08:04,840 --> 00:08:09,360 Speaker 1: the leadership Mitch o'faraoh would be the council district. He's 133 00:08:09,560 --> 00:08:13,120 Speaker 1: really really comfortable with going into the lofts and the 134 00:08:13,200 --> 00:08:18,240 Speaker 1: condominiums and listening to the concerns of those housed wealthy 135 00:08:18,520 --> 00:08:22,960 Speaker 1: and largely white constituents. His black and brown and poor 136 00:08:23,080 --> 00:08:26,800 Speaker 1: constituents mean nothing to him. And so we are on 137 00:08:26,840 --> 00:08:30,440 Speaker 1: the Where's Mitch campaign? I think there are plans today 138 00:08:30,480 --> 00:08:32,240 Speaker 1: to go to his office to see if we can 139 00:08:32,360 --> 00:08:37,199 Speaker 1: find him. We know from protest Pass that he likes 140 00:08:37,280 --> 00:08:41,360 Speaker 1: doing drive bys, and so we're keeping an eye out 141 00:08:41,400 --> 00:08:43,520 Speaker 1: for him. But we don't believe that he has the 142 00:08:43,520 --> 00:08:48,640 Speaker 1: political leadership to actually come and address the situations. It 143 00:08:48,679 --> 00:08:50,920 Speaker 1: sounds like if he was up for reelection, he would 144 00:08:50,920 --> 00:08:53,360 Speaker 1: be in some great peril by the looks of the 145 00:08:53,480 --> 00:08:56,520 Speaker 1: community out here. I noticed that there's some commotion on 146 00:08:56,559 --> 00:08:59,640 Speaker 1: over there, mister White. I thank you for your time. 147 00:09:00,000 --> 00:09:02,320 Speaker 1: Will probably touch base lady with you THEO. Thank you 148 00:09:02,360 --> 00:09:04,040 Speaker 1: so much for doing the work that you're doing. It's 149 00:09:04,080 --> 00:09:07,080 Speaker 1: important that we get real news from the front lines. 150 00:09:07,120 --> 00:09:10,680 Speaker 1: It's not distilled by the lamestream media. Keep it up, brother, 151 00:09:10,760 --> 00:09:13,040 Speaker 1: We appreciate you. Thank you, mister White. This is THEO 152 00:09:13,080 --> 00:09:15,560 Speaker 1: Henderson from Weedy on House. I'm going to follow on 153 00:09:15,600 --> 00:09:17,240 Speaker 1: to see where there's a new commotion to see what's 154 00:09:17,280 --> 00:09:19,880 Speaker 1: really going on over here. I see santitation crews with 155 00:09:20,240 --> 00:09:26,000 Speaker 1: garbage bags, and I see brooms, dust pans, and they 156 00:09:26,080 --> 00:09:30,319 Speaker 1: are taking on house residence thing and put it in 157 00:09:30,559 --> 00:09:36,000 Speaker 1: the trash can a card. There seems to be someone 158 00:09:36,080 --> 00:09:42,040 Speaker 1: contesting their belongings as well as police are converging as well. 159 00:09:42,080 --> 00:09:56,120 Speaker 1: As we're in the city of la this is technically 160 00:09:56,200 --> 00:09:58,720 Speaker 1: like six city itself. If they're not happy, we all 161 00:09:58,800 --> 00:10:02,680 Speaker 1: to solve you. Tech frum outside of people just trying 162 00:10:02,679 --> 00:10:04,839 Speaker 1: to live because they're broken before and have nowhere else 163 00:10:04,840 --> 00:10:14,640 Speaker 1: to go. Realme, I got the people that friendly actually 164 00:10:14,960 --> 00:10:19,520 Speaker 1: wasting money. It's money, was good money of our taxes 165 00:10:19,640 --> 00:10:22,240 Speaker 1: to do this. This costs a leave three thousand dollars 166 00:10:22,240 --> 00:10:33,880 Speaker 1: today three thousand dollars and dollars. They come every night 167 00:10:32,960 --> 00:10:37,720 Speaker 1: night trying to building, to start building. Who this offices 168 00:10:37,800 --> 00:10:40,199 Speaker 1: names officers? We don't know the name. I mean, we 169 00:10:40,280 --> 00:10:46,480 Speaker 1: got Captain Beast got the throw. But that's a small 170 00:10:46,520 --> 00:10:49,000 Speaker 1: man with a small ego. Got Ashley fired and now 171 00:10:49,040 --> 00:10:50,880 Speaker 1: he's trying to get guns for him in his whole unit. 172 00:10:51,720 --> 00:10:54,520 Speaker 1: Do the park rangers need guns for their park range? 173 00:10:55,200 --> 00:10:58,319 Speaker 1: They'll take your job too. Damn Seriously, you are not command. 174 00:10:58,559 --> 00:11:03,040 Speaker 1: This is not the Navy seals for a Comet flight security. 175 00:11:03,240 --> 00:11:06,880 Speaker 1: Come down. Well, this is the Henderson from Weizian House. 176 00:11:07,240 --> 00:11:09,200 Speaker 1: This is where you hear it from their protesters. Here. 177 00:11:09,960 --> 00:11:11,920 Speaker 1: Let's see what else we can find out here. There 178 00:11:11,960 --> 00:11:14,760 Speaker 1: seems to be some other they don't want to conversations 179 00:11:14,760 --> 00:11:18,520 Speaker 1: going on around and there's the police officer that you mentioned, Steve, 180 00:11:19,559 --> 00:11:22,800 Speaker 1: Captain Lopez. I believe sting on guard with guns against 181 00:11:22,840 --> 00:11:25,640 Speaker 1: the community. We can do. This is the community talk 182 00:11:25,720 --> 00:11:28,000 Speaker 1: to us. We can do this every time. A gun 183 00:11:28,000 --> 00:11:30,760 Speaker 1: for a solution right now, we can organize every time 184 00:11:30,920 --> 00:11:34,320 Speaker 1: within minutes. That sounds familiar because I hear police officers 185 00:11:34,320 --> 00:11:36,400 Speaker 1: saying that all the time, telling you that they're gonna 186 00:11:36,840 --> 00:11:39,320 Speaker 1: they keep coming out and rash you. That correct, They 187 00:11:39,400 --> 00:11:41,560 Speaker 1: keep going out to arrash you. Guys. They keep saying 188 00:11:41,559 --> 00:11:44,040 Speaker 1: they're coming every day, or they do come every day. 189 00:11:44,240 --> 00:11:50,160 Speaker 1: Everything's happening. That's council members mentor training officers to have 190 00:11:50,480 --> 00:11:59,000 Speaker 1: to create trust and then let me do this where 191 00:12:00,240 --> 00:12:33,520 Speaker 1: quizmish whish whish? Which fun house news. On February eleventh, 192 00:12:33,559 --> 00:12:37,360 Speaker 1: twenty twenty fifteenth, District Council Member Joe Piscano and council 193 00:12:37,440 --> 00:12:41,360 Speaker 1: Member Gilsidillo presented and directed the park rangers to be 194 00:12:41,600 --> 00:12:45,280 Speaker 1: armed at parks. They further directed the Los Angeles Police 195 00:12:45,600 --> 00:12:48,920 Speaker 1: and Recreation in parks to report back with policies and 196 00:12:49,040 --> 00:12:52,960 Speaker 1: procedures for the implementation of the proposal program to armed 197 00:12:53,040 --> 00:13:04,840 Speaker 1: park rangers. An unhouseman issuing Los Angeles City over Facebook 198 00:13:04,880 --> 00:13:07,760 Speaker 1: pages used by the police, Rex Schellenberg, along with his 199 00:13:07,880 --> 00:13:11,040 Speaker 1: lawyer Carol Sobu, are suing the police in the city 200 00:13:11,200 --> 00:13:14,960 Speaker 1: for allowing police officers to target and harass and release 201 00:13:15,040 --> 00:13:18,439 Speaker 1: personal information about him and his living conditions. With the 202 00:13:18,520 --> 00:13:22,360 Speaker 1: help of the Facebook groups volunteers in Los Angeles Police Department, 203 00:13:22,520 --> 00:13:26,480 Speaker 1: they have encouraged residents to target unhoused with vigilante attacks 204 00:13:26,559 --> 00:13:29,680 Speaker 1: such as throwing eyes, be beguns and other violent acts 205 00:13:29,840 --> 00:13:40,120 Speaker 1: without eating supervision and other news. Actually, Bennett, a former 206 00:13:40,200 --> 00:13:44,080 Speaker 1: employee of Losa, was terminated act the behest of Mitchell Ferrell, 207 00:13:44,160 --> 00:13:47,640 Speaker 1: who accused her of creating anarchy and put a hit 208 00:13:47,720 --> 00:13:50,120 Speaker 1: on her and her family a mother and sister or 209 00:13:50,120 --> 00:13:52,760 Speaker 1: are still on house. She was their only source of income. 210 00:13:57,800 --> 00:14:02,800 Speaker 1: Riverside County Houseless Youth as shocking the Riverside County Survey 211 00:14:02,960 --> 00:14:06,440 Speaker 1: county a total of eight hundred and eleven unhoused people, 212 00:14:06,640 --> 00:14:09,440 Speaker 1: including two thousand and forty five living on the streets 213 00:14:09,679 --> 00:14:12,880 Speaker 1: and seven hundred and sixty six staying in shelters. Another 214 00:14:12,960 --> 00:14:15,079 Speaker 1: two hundred and fifteen on the street were under eighteen 215 00:14:15,160 --> 00:14:26,720 Speaker 1: year olds. Reading California mayor requests involuntary lockdown on unhouseless shelter, 216 00:14:27,400 --> 00:14:30,360 Speaker 1: Mayor Julie Winters sent a state of emergency request to 217 00:14:30,400 --> 00:14:34,760 Speaker 1: Governor Newsom, approved by city Council to involuntarily detain people 218 00:14:35,120 --> 00:14:38,440 Speaker 1: in houseless shelters. She complains many appeared to be on 219 00:14:38,560 --> 00:14:42,040 Speaker 1: the influence of unknown substances and are suffering from mental illness. 220 00:14:47,400 --> 00:14:50,160 Speaker 1: The neighbor the council moves to remove Matt Fisher, a 221 00:14:50,240 --> 00:14:54,320 Speaker 1: houseless advocate, from the board. In particular, anti unhoused member 222 00:14:54,440 --> 00:14:58,200 Speaker 1: Mark Ryback. My Broadback helps vigilante and house residents in 223 00:14:58,240 --> 00:15:01,880 Speaker 1: the hostile architecture schemes to displaced the houseless people from camping. 224 00:15:02,000 --> 00:15:04,840 Speaker 1: He has spent hundreds of thousands of dollars against shelters 225 00:15:04,920 --> 00:15:12,880 Speaker 1: for unhouse people. A Brooklyn grandmother died on House Joy 226 00:15:13,200 --> 00:15:16,400 Speaker 1: Noel was eighty five years old. She learned that she 227 00:15:16,480 --> 00:15:20,480 Speaker 1: had been evicted from her home. Flatbush Power Group worked 228 00:15:20,560 --> 00:15:25,800 Speaker 1: tirlesly to reverse the situation. Her landlord, the Carnegie management, 229 00:15:26,200 --> 00:15:29,040 Speaker 1: changed her locks and told her how the longings would 230 00:15:29,040 --> 00:15:43,360 Speaker 1: be auctioned off. This is THEO Henderson from Weedy on House. 231 00:15:43,760 --> 00:15:46,800 Speaker 1: I am out here getting different perspectives from people on 232 00:15:46,920 --> 00:15:49,960 Speaker 1: what happened earlier, and I understand that there's more things 233 00:15:50,000 --> 00:15:51,880 Speaker 1: that it's going to come on in a few minutes. 234 00:15:51,920 --> 00:15:54,840 Speaker 1: But let's get to take on from our new guests. 235 00:15:55,080 --> 00:15:58,000 Speaker 1: What's your name mail? My name is Susan Anderson. I 236 00:15:58,120 --> 00:16:01,440 Speaker 1: live in the neighborhood for fifty years. Yeah. When I 237 00:16:01,600 --> 00:16:05,440 Speaker 1: heard about this on KPPC and also the east Sider 238 00:16:05,560 --> 00:16:08,080 Speaker 1: that comes in my email, I said, you know, this 239 00:16:08,240 --> 00:16:11,400 Speaker 1: is my neighborhood. I must come down and support the 240 00:16:11,480 --> 00:16:16,120 Speaker 1: people exactly. And I truly believe that people need a 241 00:16:16,240 --> 00:16:20,200 Speaker 1: place to live. It is not healthy not to have 242 00:16:20,320 --> 00:16:23,880 Speaker 1: a home. And if you're taking away someone's tend for 243 00:16:23,960 --> 00:16:25,600 Speaker 1: some of all you have to ask permission. We just 244 00:16:25,680 --> 00:16:29,680 Speaker 1: can't take it. And then you must provide a safe 245 00:16:30,080 --> 00:16:34,400 Speaker 1: place for people to live. The thinking just is unreasonable. Yeah, 246 00:16:34,680 --> 00:16:38,920 Speaker 1: I totally agree. I noticed today I saw bulldozers. I 247 00:16:39,000 --> 00:16:41,000 Speaker 1: saw a lot of cops and I saw a lot 248 00:16:41,080 --> 00:16:44,000 Speaker 1: of it looked like a lot of intimidation tactics with 249 00:16:44,160 --> 00:16:46,520 Speaker 1: I'm off base, what is going on? Well, I think 250 00:16:46,720 --> 00:16:49,360 Speaker 1: just to see a role of police officers, knowing their 251 00:16:49,560 --> 00:16:56,680 Speaker 1: armed standing in aligned by their cars is intimidating. I 252 00:16:56,760 --> 00:16:59,680 Speaker 1: don't understand why they're here. I went up and I 253 00:17:00,000 --> 00:17:03,240 Speaker 1: talk to some sanitation people and they were identified by 254 00:17:03,280 --> 00:17:08,040 Speaker 1: their white suits, their masks and some equipment. And I said, 255 00:17:08,080 --> 00:17:11,359 Speaker 1: you know, I understand that this is your job and 256 00:17:12,920 --> 00:17:15,359 Speaker 1: that you work for an entity that says you have 257 00:17:15,480 --> 00:17:17,320 Speaker 1: to come out and do this, and if you don't 258 00:17:17,359 --> 00:17:20,160 Speaker 1: do it, you lose your job and then you lose 259 00:17:20,200 --> 00:17:23,440 Speaker 1: your paycheck. So we empathize that you have to be here. 260 00:17:23,480 --> 00:17:27,000 Speaker 1: You don't look happy being here doing this, And they 261 00:17:27,119 --> 00:17:29,440 Speaker 1: thanked me for saying that, because I think it's important, 262 00:17:30,600 --> 00:17:33,920 Speaker 1: because this is really a systemic thing. It is a 263 00:17:34,040 --> 00:17:37,480 Speaker 1: system of the United States of America. That's the point. 264 00:17:37,680 --> 00:17:39,520 Speaker 1: That's one of the points of Weedy on House to 265 00:17:39,600 --> 00:17:42,840 Speaker 1: understand that when you are embroiled into a system, even 266 00:17:42,880 --> 00:17:44,440 Speaker 1: though you could be the nicest person in the world, 267 00:17:44,520 --> 00:17:48,119 Speaker 1: you can do some horrific things that give you nightmares, because, 268 00:17:48,240 --> 00:17:50,399 Speaker 1: like some of them, layer is a person that works 269 00:17:50,680 --> 00:17:53,240 Speaker 1: within the city that doesn't want to really do these things, 270 00:17:53,600 --> 00:17:56,320 Speaker 1: but because they are emboldened by the job and their boss, 271 00:17:56,520 --> 00:17:58,440 Speaker 1: they have to do it. And if not, as I 272 00:17:58,520 --> 00:18:00,800 Speaker 1: found out, one of the loss of workers fired for 273 00:18:01,000 --> 00:18:05,920 Speaker 1: trying to be humane. Yes, I believe that's what happens. Yes, Yes, 274 00:18:06,280 --> 00:18:09,840 Speaker 1: that's just it. So what else? Was there anything else 275 00:18:09,880 --> 00:18:14,480 Speaker 1: that you any takeaways that you notice here? I think 276 00:18:14,640 --> 00:18:19,480 Speaker 1: that there was a very among the people. There was 277 00:18:19,560 --> 00:18:23,280 Speaker 1: a great deal of calmness. There were many different coalitions 278 00:18:23,440 --> 00:18:28,200 Speaker 1: and groups here, which made it very exciting to see 279 00:18:29,119 --> 00:18:33,760 Speaker 1: the community come out and the concerns expressed. And what 280 00:18:34,040 --> 00:18:39,040 Speaker 1: is quite interesting that across the street from this encampment 281 00:18:39,240 --> 00:18:44,560 Speaker 1: in the park is a large white apartment building and 282 00:18:45,119 --> 00:18:49,840 Speaker 1: I heard stories that the people there are complaining when 283 00:18:49,840 --> 00:18:53,040 Speaker 1: they look out the window and see the tents, and 284 00:18:53,160 --> 00:18:57,240 Speaker 1: that they have had opportunities to speak with city Council 285 00:18:57,680 --> 00:19:02,080 Speaker 1: Mitch O'Farrell. However, and the people representing the people that 286 00:19:02,240 --> 00:19:05,600 Speaker 1: live in tents, when these groups want to dialogue with 287 00:19:05,760 --> 00:19:09,560 Speaker 1: Mitchell Ferrell, they don't get that opportunity to do this. 288 00:19:10,480 --> 00:19:14,119 Speaker 1: And so we really have to think of what is 289 00:19:14,400 --> 00:19:17,159 Speaker 1: best for our community and the people that live in it, 290 00:19:17,920 --> 00:19:21,720 Speaker 1: and we have to be supportive of those who at 291 00:19:21,760 --> 00:19:26,520 Speaker 1: this moment do not have the ability to pay rent 292 00:19:26,720 --> 00:19:31,200 Speaker 1: and live in housing excellently put. And yesterday I've heard 293 00:19:31,240 --> 00:19:34,359 Speaker 1: the many horrific stories about them. For example, one of 294 00:19:34,440 --> 00:19:37,360 Speaker 1: the one residents that passed me why I was interviewing 295 00:19:37,400 --> 00:19:40,080 Speaker 1: one of the guests here is that they said parks 296 00:19:40,119 --> 00:19:43,840 Speaker 1: are for children, and the implication is that's the only 297 00:19:43,920 --> 00:19:45,880 Speaker 1: people that should be here, So what is your thoughts 298 00:19:45,960 --> 00:19:50,000 Speaker 1: on that. Well, of course, parks are for everyone that 299 00:19:50,119 --> 00:19:53,480 Speaker 1: lives in the community, and even perhaps some people that 300 00:19:53,600 --> 00:19:56,880 Speaker 1: might live in another community. Be passing by and see 301 00:19:56,920 --> 00:20:01,080 Speaker 1: this lake and this beautiful pathway the heart was developed 302 00:20:01,119 --> 00:20:04,040 Speaker 1: a few years ago. It's such a beautiful place to 303 00:20:04,160 --> 00:20:10,119 Speaker 1: spend time that it's welcoming everyone to be here. And 304 00:20:10,720 --> 00:20:13,920 Speaker 1: this is public property. The tents are put up on 305 00:20:14,040 --> 00:20:19,520 Speaker 1: the ground under trees. I think that the people deserve 306 00:20:20,600 --> 00:20:25,919 Speaker 1: a beautiful place to reside, much safer than side walks 307 00:20:26,040 --> 00:20:30,760 Speaker 1: or being under the freeway, and this just makes sense 308 00:20:30,960 --> 00:20:34,040 Speaker 1: for where people can set up their tent. I think 309 00:20:34,119 --> 00:20:36,920 Speaker 1: that's well put and I thank you for your time. 310 00:20:37,160 --> 00:20:40,160 Speaker 1: This is Theo Henderson from Weedian House, and I will 311 00:20:40,320 --> 00:20:42,760 Speaker 1: give you abreast of the further developments that I see. 312 00:20:42,800 --> 00:20:46,159 Speaker 1: That seems like the police most of the police are 313 00:20:46,320 --> 00:20:49,520 Speaker 1: gone and there's a few reporters still milling around. I 314 00:20:49,560 --> 00:20:52,040 Speaker 1: think there's a second part of the direct action. Let's 315 00:20:52,040 --> 00:20:54,600 Speaker 1: see what's going on here. Thank you very much, You're 316 00:20:54,720 --> 00:21:29,000 Speaker 1: very welcome, my pleasure. Thank you. This is Deio Henderson 317 00:21:29,040 --> 00:21:31,360 Speaker 1: from weezy On House and I'm here in the thick 318 00:21:31,480 --> 00:21:34,520 Speaker 1: of this seems to be a uprising with the unhoused 319 00:21:34,520 --> 00:21:37,760 Speaker 1: and house community banding together to demand a meeting with 320 00:21:37,920 --> 00:21:40,800 Speaker 1: Mitchell Farrell. And here is one of the activists here 321 00:21:40,880 --> 00:21:43,440 Speaker 1: who's demanding the same thing. I want to hear his 322 00:21:43,520 --> 00:21:48,320 Speaker 1: impressions on the situation. Well, I think it's awful that 323 00:21:49,000 --> 00:21:53,760 Speaker 1: Joe Buskiano, our city council member, and Gil Sadio, another 324 00:21:53,840 --> 00:21:57,840 Speaker 1: of our city council members from this area, wants to 325 00:21:58,119 --> 00:22:01,360 Speaker 1: arm the park rangers here the park believe you give 326 00:22:01,440 --> 00:22:05,359 Speaker 1: them guns on top of the police already. You know, 327 00:22:05,760 --> 00:22:08,560 Speaker 1: is that I can show Pusquiano he should be known 328 00:22:08,600 --> 00:22:13,640 Speaker 1: as an rai Giuseppe. You know, the guy is too much. 329 00:22:14,080 --> 00:22:16,520 Speaker 1: It's terrible. Why didn't you think that they need the 330 00:22:16,960 --> 00:22:20,760 Speaker 1: arm the park ranges for coming into a park. What's 331 00:22:20,800 --> 00:22:24,800 Speaker 1: the reason for that? Well, because you know, the paymasters 332 00:22:25,480 --> 00:22:28,800 Speaker 1: of the city council are the people that are producing 333 00:22:28,920 --> 00:22:32,960 Speaker 1: the guns, are manufacturing the guns, and they want more 334 00:22:33,080 --> 00:22:36,399 Speaker 1: and more guns on the streets. You know, that's what 335 00:22:36,520 --> 00:22:38,200 Speaker 1: it comes down to. What is it? I know it 336 00:22:38,560 --> 00:22:42,560 Speaker 1: sounds a little crazy, but a little paranoid, but you know, 337 00:22:43,240 --> 00:22:46,159 Speaker 1: you can't find out who's giving him money. One of 338 00:22:46,200 --> 00:22:48,600 Speaker 1: the reasons I find, and one of the protest is 339 00:22:48,640 --> 00:22:51,359 Speaker 1: said is the fact that there has been some issues, 340 00:22:51,400 --> 00:22:53,959 Speaker 1: some clashes between the park ranges and the residents here. 341 00:22:54,520 --> 00:22:57,360 Speaker 1: Why would they add fuel to the fire. That's that's 342 00:22:57,760 --> 00:23:01,560 Speaker 1: confusing to me. Well, the police come every night and 343 00:23:01,680 --> 00:23:06,320 Speaker 1: the rangers and harass the residents living in the park 344 00:23:06,400 --> 00:23:10,000 Speaker 1: here that are forced by our city not having any 345 00:23:10,080 --> 00:23:14,000 Speaker 1: public housing, to live in tents because of the high 346 00:23:14,080 --> 00:23:19,040 Speaker 1: price of renstone. So they come here and they try 347 00:23:19,080 --> 00:23:22,480 Speaker 1: to instigate it because you know, Mitchell Ferrell is pointing 348 00:23:22,560 --> 00:23:25,240 Speaker 1: them over here, and this is the only place in 349 00:23:25,320 --> 00:23:31,199 Speaker 1: the city besides skid Row where people are really standing up. 350 00:23:31,280 --> 00:23:33,960 Speaker 1: You go out to the West Side and you know, 351 00:23:34,200 --> 00:23:38,119 Speaker 1: the police and the wreckon parks, they do whatever they 352 00:23:38,200 --> 00:23:41,000 Speaker 1: want out there, you know. But we're actually making a 353 00:23:41,119 --> 00:23:44,680 Speaker 1: stand here, and I think the city council hates it. 354 00:23:45,440 --> 00:23:48,520 Speaker 1: I think Mitchell Ferrell hates this more than anything. I 355 00:23:48,840 --> 00:23:52,480 Speaker 1: I think. So if they're siding with vigilantes that go 356 00:23:52,600 --> 00:23:55,440 Speaker 1: out and terrorise on house people, vulnerable people who have 357 00:23:55,560 --> 00:23:58,119 Speaker 1: no place to go, maybe do you think that they 358 00:23:58,160 --> 00:24:01,160 Speaker 1: are afraid that this will spread to other areas where 359 00:24:01,320 --> 00:24:04,800 Speaker 1: other park rangers and other council members would see this 360 00:24:04,920 --> 00:24:09,400 Speaker 1: kind of thing happening. Oh well, personally, I hope it spreads, 361 00:24:09,640 --> 00:24:13,880 Speaker 1: you know, I hope because we know that the majority 362 00:24:13,920 --> 00:24:19,960 Speaker 1: of people in LA want the unhoused people to have homes. 363 00:24:21,000 --> 00:24:23,840 Speaker 1: And you know what, leaving it to the private sector, 364 00:24:24,080 --> 00:24:26,320 Speaker 1: to me, is not going to work. We have to 365 00:24:26,359 --> 00:24:30,320 Speaker 1: have social housing for the middle class, for working people, 366 00:24:30,800 --> 00:24:34,800 Speaker 1: and especially for the poor. And when LA stopped building 367 00:24:34,880 --> 00:24:39,040 Speaker 1: social housing back in nineteen fifty five, eventually this was 368 00:24:39,119 --> 00:24:41,920 Speaker 1: going to happen where people were going to be living intents. 369 00:24:42,840 --> 00:24:46,720 Speaker 1: What's been going down, you know, in skid Row for forever, 370 00:24:47,359 --> 00:24:51,160 Speaker 1: you know, but now it's happening, and you know everyday 371 00:24:51,240 --> 00:24:54,720 Speaker 1: regular people's neighborhoods. They didn't see it. They could drive 372 00:24:54,800 --> 00:24:57,040 Speaker 1: by skid Row and not see it. But when it's 373 00:24:57,160 --> 00:25:01,119 Speaker 1: right in your face, you feel sorry. You want somebody 374 00:25:01,200 --> 00:25:04,280 Speaker 1: to do something. It's weird that you say that some 375 00:25:04,440 --> 00:25:06,320 Speaker 1: of the most of the community here, some of them 376 00:25:06,359 --> 00:25:09,080 Speaker 1: are house in this neighborhood. They want to do something 377 00:25:09,160 --> 00:25:11,520 Speaker 1: and they're wanting to help the house. But there's a 378 00:25:11,640 --> 00:25:15,600 Speaker 1: small fraction of the loudest voices that are always calling 379 00:25:15,680 --> 00:25:18,399 Speaker 1: the police on our vulnerable members. They don't want to 380 00:25:18,400 --> 00:25:20,800 Speaker 1: see poverty, and they don't want to see suffering. They 381 00:25:20,960 --> 00:25:23,720 Speaker 1: just want you to be gone. I have another question. 382 00:25:23,880 --> 00:25:26,000 Speaker 1: Have you noticed that there's a bulldozer here? What do 383 00:25:26,080 --> 00:25:28,560 Speaker 1: you think? Why would they be using a bulldozer on tents? 384 00:25:28,680 --> 00:25:30,640 Speaker 1: Do you have any ideas on that? Well, a couple 385 00:25:30,720 --> 00:25:34,239 Speaker 1: of weeks ago, they had that build bulldozer and they 386 00:25:34,280 --> 00:25:38,080 Speaker 1: were filling it up with stuff, you know, supposedly tense 387 00:25:38,920 --> 00:25:43,359 Speaker 1: and what they call garbage, which was people's belongings, and 388 00:25:43,560 --> 00:25:46,560 Speaker 1: probably some of that stuff was some of the unhoused 389 00:25:46,600 --> 00:25:50,840 Speaker 1: people over here. They're medication, you know, they don't look 390 00:25:50,920 --> 00:25:56,800 Speaker 1: through it. And besides they according to Boise, they're ruling 391 00:25:56,920 --> 00:26:01,040 Speaker 1: they shouldn't be touching their their personal proper. It's kind 392 00:26:01,080 --> 00:26:03,160 Speaker 1: of stupid. Question I have to ask you is, then, 393 00:26:03,200 --> 00:26:05,560 Speaker 1: why are the police and the park rangers breaking the law? 394 00:26:05,920 --> 00:26:08,359 Speaker 1: If this is a ruling and everyone always end up 395 00:26:08,400 --> 00:26:10,719 Speaker 1: talking about law and order and following the law, why 396 00:26:10,760 --> 00:26:13,280 Speaker 1: are they the criminals? Why are they breaking the law? 397 00:26:13,359 --> 00:26:16,440 Speaker 1: I don't understand. Well, the police are the biggest gang 398 00:26:16,520 --> 00:26:21,200 Speaker 1: in Los Angeles. You know, they have more arms. They killed, 399 00:26:21,760 --> 00:26:24,200 Speaker 1: you know, I don't know how many people they've killed. 400 00:26:24,280 --> 00:26:30,280 Speaker 1: Since twenty twelve, you know, on our streets here, since 401 00:26:30,359 --> 00:26:34,320 Speaker 1: Mitchell Ferrell has been a city council member, I don't 402 00:26:34,320 --> 00:26:37,600 Speaker 1: know how many people have been, you know, seriously injured 403 00:26:38,040 --> 00:26:42,080 Speaker 1: or killed by the police. And you know, three people 404 00:26:42,240 --> 00:26:45,560 Speaker 1: die every day in the city of Los Angeles and 405 00:26:45,680 --> 00:26:52,000 Speaker 1: they're buried anonymously in a pitt grave over in Evergreen 406 00:26:52,119 --> 00:26:58,800 Speaker 1: Park every December's thousand people every year die on our 407 00:26:58,920 --> 00:27:04,120 Speaker 1: streets here, and it's all because of city policy. I'm 408 00:27:04,200 --> 00:27:06,240 Speaker 1: very sorry to hear that, but it's a true fact. 409 00:27:07,720 --> 00:27:10,240 Speaker 1: You had something. You're part of the church. What church 410 00:27:10,240 --> 00:27:14,440 Speaker 1: are you from? We at Saint Athanaeus, which is the 411 00:27:14,560 --> 00:27:19,520 Speaker 1: cathedral center over on Echo Park three years ago. For 412 00:27:20,119 --> 00:27:23,120 Speaker 1: several years we used to serve food to the homeless 413 00:27:23,200 --> 00:27:30,680 Speaker 1: on Wednesdays free our church group, and Mitchell Ferrell sent 414 00:27:30,880 --> 00:27:34,879 Speaker 1: wreck and Parks over here and shut us down. Our 415 00:27:35,000 --> 00:27:38,320 Speaker 1: priests fought against it, but finally he just had to 416 00:27:38,400 --> 00:27:43,520 Speaker 1: give it up, you know, finally there was nothing you 417 00:27:43,600 --> 00:27:48,480 Speaker 1: can do. Mitch was against feeding poor people basically, and 418 00:27:48,600 --> 00:27:52,200 Speaker 1: that's how a cruel you know, I'm not going to 419 00:27:52,240 --> 00:27:55,160 Speaker 1: say the word that's popping into my mind right now, 420 00:27:55,680 --> 00:27:59,720 Speaker 1: but that's what a cool kind of person Mitchell Ferrell is. 421 00:28:00,920 --> 00:28:04,000 Speaker 1: When it comes to the rich and people who can 422 00:28:04,080 --> 00:28:07,479 Speaker 1: give him a donation, he's all there for. But when 423 00:28:07,520 --> 00:28:11,640 Speaker 1: it comes to the least among us, as a great 424 00:28:11,720 --> 00:28:18,480 Speaker 1: man once said, he's he's conscious pilot me. My question 425 00:28:18,680 --> 00:28:22,240 Speaker 1: is this. There was a resident or I guess one 426 00:28:22,280 --> 00:28:25,760 Speaker 1: of the rich residents, came by to the protesters and said, 427 00:28:26,200 --> 00:28:28,119 Speaker 1: parks are for children. What are your thoughts on that. 428 00:28:28,960 --> 00:28:32,879 Speaker 1: I agree parks are for people. Children are people, and 429 00:28:33,840 --> 00:28:37,680 Speaker 1: I'll tell you I don't see anybody here that would 430 00:28:37,720 --> 00:28:41,400 Speaker 1: be a threat to children. These are people that love children, 431 00:28:42,160 --> 00:28:45,760 Speaker 1: you know. And that's you know, that just goes to 432 00:28:45,840 --> 00:28:51,400 Speaker 1: show you what people have been brainwashed into thinking about. 433 00:28:51,480 --> 00:28:54,560 Speaker 1: People that have been forced to live intents, you know 434 00:28:54,720 --> 00:28:58,400 Speaker 1: as if well, you know, when I was fifteen years old, 435 00:28:58,480 --> 00:29:01,360 Speaker 1: I decided someday I want to live to attend. You 436 00:29:01,480 --> 00:29:04,200 Speaker 1: know that that was their plan and their life. It's 437 00:29:04,280 --> 00:29:08,120 Speaker 1: not their plan, it's City Hall's plan for people to 438 00:29:08,200 --> 00:29:11,600 Speaker 1: live in tents. Well said, I know you're part of 439 00:29:11,640 --> 00:29:13,880 Speaker 1: the protests, and I want to hold you anymore longer, 440 00:29:14,240 --> 00:29:16,360 Speaker 1: but I will thank you very much for your time. Well, 441 00:29:16,400 --> 00:29:18,920 Speaker 1: it was nice speaking to you, and God bless thank you. 442 00:29:19,480 --> 00:29:21,640 Speaker 1: This is Dean Henderson from Weedie on howse I'm going 443 00:29:22,280 --> 00:29:25,280 Speaker 1: on the moment. I'm asking questions and asking people what 444 00:29:25,360 --> 00:29:27,680 Speaker 1: they see and feel out here, because there seems to 445 00:29:27,840 --> 00:29:30,960 Speaker 1: be a charge electric charge in the air with the 446 00:29:31,080 --> 00:29:35,040 Speaker 1: protesters as well as the armed battalion that they have 447 00:29:35,240 --> 00:29:40,040 Speaker 1: park rangers, police officers and undercover officers as well here 448 00:29:40,120 --> 00:29:44,760 Speaker 1: along with the Department of Sanitation as well as has Met. 449 00:29:44,880 --> 00:29:47,320 Speaker 1: I think they are half met group along with construction 450 00:29:47,440 --> 00:29:50,240 Speaker 1: is construction, I'm not sure, but there's a lot of 451 00:29:51,000 --> 00:29:54,479 Speaker 1: opposing people here trying to run out the un housed 452 00:29:54,920 --> 00:29:58,040 Speaker 1: and they seem to be a new time, a new era. 453 00:29:58,520 --> 00:30:02,560 Speaker 1: This is what's called the ballot all their banishment. 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I'm live 479 00:32:02,800 --> 00:32:05,120 Speaker 1: and in the field with a lot of action that's 480 00:32:05,160 --> 00:32:07,640 Speaker 1: been going on today at Echo Park. So I have 481 00:32:07,840 --> 00:32:10,320 Speaker 1: in the studios with me. It's actually from ground Game 482 00:32:10,640 --> 00:32:12,640 Speaker 1: La and she's going to tell us a little bit 483 00:32:12,680 --> 00:32:17,320 Speaker 1: but what's going on. So today what happened was this 484 00:32:17,520 --> 00:32:20,800 Speaker 1: is the third large escalation that we've had over the 485 00:32:20,920 --> 00:32:23,680 Speaker 1: last two months, because the first one was in January 486 00:32:24,640 --> 00:32:27,200 Speaker 1: when our folks are in house, brothers and sisters here 487 00:32:27,240 --> 00:32:31,400 Speaker 1: were actually threatened to be evicted. So the power in 488 00:32:31,480 --> 00:32:35,480 Speaker 1: the community has grown from there. Specifically, today, this is 489 00:32:35,600 --> 00:32:38,360 Speaker 1: the largest action that we've had thus far. We've had 490 00:32:38,400 --> 00:32:40,840 Speaker 1: over one hundred people come out to support our unhoused 491 00:32:40,840 --> 00:32:43,800 Speaker 1: brothers and sisters. There's about sixty unhoused brothers and sisters 492 00:32:43,920 --> 00:32:48,200 Speaker 1: living here right now. Our guestimate is we had over 493 00:32:48,240 --> 00:32:51,840 Speaker 1: one hundred organizers, activists, house, members of the community come 494 00:32:51,880 --> 00:32:54,920 Speaker 1: out to support. We want to show a demonstration of 495 00:32:56,400 --> 00:33:00,000 Speaker 1: what this camp looks like and had a lot of 496 00:33:00,160 --> 00:33:04,080 Speaker 1: people bring in tense and said absolutely not like this 497 00:33:04,440 --> 00:33:07,160 Speaker 1: sweep that was scheduled. We don't want this to happen 498 00:33:07,320 --> 00:33:11,280 Speaker 1: until we get the meeting with our council member, Mitchell Ferrell. 499 00:33:11,480 --> 00:33:14,360 Speaker 1: As we've been demanding week after week, time after time, 500 00:33:14,560 --> 00:33:19,400 Speaker 1: and continuously have gotten ignored. So all we're looking for 501 00:33:19,560 --> 00:33:23,560 Speaker 1: is a discussion and in agreement with him that these 502 00:33:23,600 --> 00:33:27,000 Speaker 1: folks will be allowed to say the harassment will stop, 503 00:33:28,120 --> 00:33:31,160 Speaker 1: because it's been constant. You know, PD comes out here 504 00:33:31,200 --> 00:33:33,640 Speaker 1: at two and three o'clock in the morning just to 505 00:33:33,880 --> 00:33:36,760 Speaker 1: rile people up and scare them with the threat of eviction. 506 00:33:37,080 --> 00:33:40,920 Speaker 1: That's unacceptable. Terrorizing our in house brothers and sisters who 507 00:33:40,920 --> 00:33:42,920 Speaker 1: already in you know, some of the darkest times of 508 00:33:42,960 --> 00:33:46,760 Speaker 1: their lives. It's inhumane. So we want to have a 509 00:33:46,800 --> 00:33:50,440 Speaker 1: conversation with our council member in the interim. We want 510 00:33:50,480 --> 00:33:52,320 Speaker 1: them to be able to stay here, but we also 511 00:33:52,400 --> 00:33:54,440 Speaker 1: want to build towards a more permanent solution, which is 512 00:33:54,480 --> 00:33:57,239 Speaker 1: permanent support of housing for every single person who's unhoused here, 513 00:33:57,480 --> 00:33:59,480 Speaker 1: because that's what they want, that's what they're working forwards 514 00:33:59,480 --> 00:34:02,479 Speaker 1: and they deserve. My question is, I noticed that there 515 00:34:02,560 --> 00:34:04,840 Speaker 1: was a bulldozer here. Why do you think they had 516 00:34:04,840 --> 00:34:09,480 Speaker 1: a bulldozer here? To be honest, I don't know for sure. 517 00:34:09,600 --> 00:34:15,040 Speaker 1: This is my guesstimates. It feels like an intimidation tactic. 518 00:34:16,280 --> 00:34:19,279 Speaker 1: The large protest that we had before, they drove the 519 00:34:19,320 --> 00:34:22,080 Speaker 1: bulldozer in and actually sat in front of it because 520 00:34:22,120 --> 00:34:23,960 Speaker 1: people were like trying to jump in front of it 521 00:34:24,160 --> 00:34:28,040 Speaker 1: to stop it. And I've never seen them actually use 522 00:34:28,080 --> 00:34:30,880 Speaker 1: a bulldozer to do a cleanup, So I think that 523 00:34:31,000 --> 00:34:33,840 Speaker 1: that was just a scare tactic to get people to 524 00:34:33,920 --> 00:34:37,600 Speaker 1: move out of the way and beaking a scare tactics. 525 00:34:37,719 --> 00:34:42,040 Speaker 1: I just learned that Gilsidio and Joe Piscano or Mitchel 526 00:34:42,040 --> 00:34:46,400 Speaker 1: Ferroll or both Joe Ascano has authorized for park rangers 527 00:34:46,440 --> 00:34:49,359 Speaker 1: to have weapons. Why is that? Is that a great 528 00:34:49,400 --> 00:34:52,480 Speaker 1: idea due to the climate and attensions that are going 529 00:34:52,520 --> 00:34:55,000 Speaker 1: on now? That is I actually just heard of this today, 530 00:34:55,200 --> 00:34:57,680 Speaker 1: and that is one of the most horrifying things I've 531 00:34:57,719 --> 00:35:02,960 Speaker 1: heard in a long time. I do the park rangers 532 00:35:03,040 --> 00:35:06,359 Speaker 1: are already scary and intimidating on their own, and they 533 00:35:06,480 --> 00:35:10,480 Speaker 1: have such hateful rhetoric, especially towards our unhoused brothers and sisters. 534 00:35:11,400 --> 00:35:16,120 Speaker 1: Giving them weapons knowing that their mentality is that these 535 00:35:16,160 --> 00:35:18,759 Speaker 1: people are terrible, they're dirty, they're drug addicts, they need 536 00:35:18,840 --> 00:35:22,520 Speaker 1: to be incarcerated, they don't want help. Uh, that would 537 00:35:22,520 --> 00:35:26,040 Speaker 1: be exacerbating the problem. I would be truly fearful if 538 00:35:26,480 --> 00:35:29,440 Speaker 1: something like that actually did come to fruition. I would fight. 539 00:35:30,320 --> 00:35:33,000 Speaker 1: We're gonna have to fight that one percent. That can't happen. 540 00:35:33,480 --> 00:35:35,080 Speaker 1: One of the things I also wanted to point out 541 00:35:35,280 --> 00:35:38,080 Speaker 1: is that there's a high level of police shootings with 542 00:35:38,280 --> 00:35:41,920 Speaker 1: unarmed African American on people of color shootings. Do you 543 00:35:42,000 --> 00:35:44,319 Speaker 1: think that that will be extended if they have park 544 00:35:44,400 --> 00:35:46,440 Speaker 1: ranges with weapons, do you think that's going to We're 545 00:35:46,440 --> 00:35:49,520 Speaker 1: going to see an increase and shooting deaths. Would unhoused 546 00:35:49,560 --> 00:35:52,640 Speaker 1: people with without a doubt, without a doubt, if you 547 00:35:52,760 --> 00:35:56,960 Speaker 1: look at our unhoused population, they're if you look at 548 00:35:57,000 --> 00:36:02,560 Speaker 1: the demographics, marginally oppressed people. The highest number of our 549 00:36:02,640 --> 00:36:07,200 Speaker 1: unhoused brothers and sisters are African Americans. So if they 550 00:36:07,280 --> 00:36:10,560 Speaker 1: were armed, without a doubt, those numbers would go up. 551 00:36:12,280 --> 00:36:15,000 Speaker 1: Thank you much very much, Ashley. I am going to 552 00:36:15,480 --> 00:36:16,959 Speaker 1: move on. I have to see a few for people 553 00:36:16,960 --> 00:36:20,200 Speaker 1: I'm not to interview, but I thank you for your time. 554 00:36:20,600 --> 00:36:23,040 Speaker 1: And this is Steo Henderson for Witty and Howse and 555 00:36:23,360 --> 00:36:25,960 Speaker 1: I will keep you abreast of the new developments as 556 00:36:26,000 --> 00:36:48,480 Speaker 1: a unfold. This is Steo Henderson from Weedy On House. 557 00:36:48,560 --> 00:36:54,839 Speaker 1: I'm here asking different activists and homeowners and they banded 558 00:36:54,920 --> 00:36:57,200 Speaker 1: together with the un housed community to stand out and 559 00:36:57,239 --> 00:37:00,200 Speaker 1: speak out against the un house uh A fiction of 560 00:37:00,440 --> 00:37:03,319 Speaker 1: Echo Park Lake. This has been an ongoing source spot 561 00:37:03,480 --> 00:37:06,600 Speaker 1: for Mitchell Farrell. He's been resistant in meeting with them, 562 00:37:06,640 --> 00:37:08,960 Speaker 1: but I've learned that he has no problem meeting with 563 00:37:09,040 --> 00:37:12,080 Speaker 1: the rich. He's thrown out of attack of the church 564 00:37:12,160 --> 00:37:15,600 Speaker 1: over there for feeding the young. Housed he's done definitely 565 00:37:15,680 --> 00:37:19,239 Speaker 1: a campaign against the poor. Earlier I saw someone run 566 00:37:19,280 --> 00:37:21,880 Speaker 1: by and say as parks are for children, which implies 567 00:37:21,920 --> 00:37:24,400 Speaker 1: that on house people are criminals, are danger to children. 568 00:37:24,640 --> 00:37:27,560 Speaker 1: So let's get in another perspective of take from some 569 00:37:27,719 --> 00:37:31,000 Speaker 1: residents here. So introduce us to our audience. I'm macing 570 00:37:31,120 --> 00:37:34,759 Speaker 1: Carol and I'm Joey Bush. So what's your thoughts on 571 00:37:34,840 --> 00:37:38,080 Speaker 1: the simples. I think it's really sad that our neighbors 572 00:37:38,160 --> 00:37:41,800 Speaker 1: are being harrassed and are being treated as the problem 573 00:37:42,080 --> 00:37:46,360 Speaker 1: as opposed to a symptom of an institutional issue. And 574 00:37:46,840 --> 00:37:49,920 Speaker 1: it breaks my heart to watch my neighbors being harassed 575 00:37:49,960 --> 00:37:53,200 Speaker 1: and having their property through in the lay and feeling 576 00:37:53,360 --> 00:37:56,399 Speaker 1: scared and not being able to go wash their clothes 577 00:37:56,440 --> 00:37:58,040 Speaker 1: because they don't know if they come back and all 578 00:37:58,040 --> 00:38:00,520 Speaker 1: their stuff is going to be gone. And so it 579 00:38:00,680 --> 00:38:04,520 Speaker 1: just feels like the least we can do as housed 580 00:38:04,600 --> 00:38:07,040 Speaker 1: people who the city seems to respond to more than 581 00:38:07,160 --> 00:38:11,040 Speaker 1: unhauked people, which is messed up, but it seems like 582 00:38:11,360 --> 00:38:15,040 Speaker 1: we should be using that ability to capture attention in 583 00:38:15,280 --> 00:38:21,120 Speaker 1: order to meet with Mitchell Ferrell, who has refused so 584 00:38:21,280 --> 00:38:24,520 Speaker 1: far to meet with my neighbors here at the camp. 585 00:38:25,320 --> 00:38:28,600 Speaker 1: So what's your thoughts on I'm actually not from la 586 00:38:28,719 --> 00:38:31,160 Speaker 1: I am. I'm actually from Orange County, so I actually 587 00:38:31,239 --> 00:38:34,040 Speaker 1: don't know a whole ton of the details of the situation, 588 00:38:34,280 --> 00:38:37,239 Speaker 1: but I'm aware of the cause and my buddy mack 589 00:38:37,320 --> 00:38:40,879 Speaker 1: in here, I came with him, and yeah, I would 590 00:38:40,960 --> 00:38:43,719 Speaker 1: just say that, especially and especially to something that he 591 00:38:43,760 --> 00:38:45,920 Speaker 1: didn't touch on. The park rangers are looking to get 592 00:38:46,000 --> 00:38:49,080 Speaker 1: guns as well, from what I've heard from some of 593 00:38:49,120 --> 00:38:53,759 Speaker 1: the residents here, And I mean that just seems pretty nefarious, 594 00:38:54,120 --> 00:38:57,160 Speaker 1: especially because of the grssive nature that I'm observing here. 595 00:38:57,360 --> 00:38:59,440 Speaker 1: What would they need guns for? For vulnerable people? Just 596 00:38:59,480 --> 00:39:03,239 Speaker 1: trying to some I exactly, I don't understand. Yes, It's 597 00:39:03,640 --> 00:39:06,959 Speaker 1: it's strange that the threat of violence comes into play 598 00:39:07,320 --> 00:39:11,279 Speaker 1: with people just like using the park and you know, 599 00:39:11,400 --> 00:39:13,960 Speaker 1: and like people they're coming through and pretending to pick 600 00:39:14,040 --> 00:39:16,520 Speaker 1: up trash and things like that, and you know, people 601 00:39:16,560 --> 00:39:19,520 Speaker 1: are like anyone, like if I as a housed person, 602 00:39:19,560 --> 00:39:21,840 Speaker 1: I'm allowed to have food in the park, like, So 603 00:39:22,000 --> 00:39:24,960 Speaker 1: it's it's crazy that the threat of violence is being 604 00:39:25,680 --> 00:39:30,359 Speaker 1: propagated specifically against the unhoused. It sounds like too as 605 00:39:30,400 --> 00:39:33,040 Speaker 1: well as like that you say, the propagation is that 606 00:39:33,280 --> 00:39:35,480 Speaker 1: only certain people can have food, and on house people 607 00:39:35,520 --> 00:39:39,239 Speaker 1: are supposed to suffer and die from starvation or just 608 00:39:39,680 --> 00:39:42,040 Speaker 1: go somewhere, but there's no place to go. I see 609 00:39:42,040 --> 00:39:44,200 Speaker 1: you have a Bernie cap, so I obviously we would 610 00:39:44,200 --> 00:39:48,240 Speaker 1: talk a little bit on that. Yeah, I mean, Bernie 611 00:39:48,360 --> 00:39:51,680 Speaker 1: is Bernie is my candidate, and he and his entire 612 00:39:51,760 --> 00:39:54,560 Speaker 1: base firmly believe that housing is a human right, and 613 00:39:54,680 --> 00:39:56,560 Speaker 1: that's something that Bernie is fighting for and that's a 614 00:39:56,640 --> 00:40:00,640 Speaker 1: huge reason why I'm a Bernie supporter. This episode that 615 00:40:00,680 --> 00:40:03,439 Speaker 1: I'm talking about for unhoused people we're having, we're talking 616 00:40:03,440 --> 00:40:06,160 Speaker 1: about the voting rights for unhoused people, and the title 617 00:40:06,280 --> 00:40:09,480 Speaker 1: is Ballots or Banishment. Do you think the on house 618 00:40:09,520 --> 00:40:14,160 Speaker 1: have the same voting rights as house people. Yeah? Absolutely, 619 00:40:14,239 --> 00:40:16,920 Speaker 1: I mean we're all we're all members of the same district, 620 00:40:17,040 --> 00:40:19,680 Speaker 1: and just because I live in an apartment doesn't give 621 00:40:19,680 --> 00:40:23,839 Speaker 1: me more shouldn't give me more legal power, And so absolutely, 622 00:40:24,480 --> 00:40:28,440 Speaker 1: the residents of this park are as much constituents of 623 00:40:28,520 --> 00:40:32,480 Speaker 1: Mitchell Ferrell as the rest of us agree. Yeah, I 624 00:40:32,520 --> 00:40:35,880 Speaker 1: would definitely agree with that. So is there anything you 625 00:40:35,960 --> 00:40:39,160 Speaker 1: want our listeners to know to join if they feel 626 00:40:39,239 --> 00:40:41,080 Speaker 1: that they want to take a part of this, what 627 00:40:41,160 --> 00:40:45,239 Speaker 1: would your suggestions be come in protest with us? I mean, 628 00:40:46,560 --> 00:40:50,239 Speaker 1: this is my first time coming down here, but it's 629 00:40:50,320 --> 00:40:54,759 Speaker 1: crazy to it's crazy to see the immediate impact of 630 00:40:54,800 --> 00:41:00,480 Speaker 1: your actions of protesting and protecting people. And so I 631 00:41:00,520 --> 00:41:03,279 Speaker 1: would say that that's probably the best thing, and the 632 00:41:03,360 --> 00:41:06,400 Speaker 1: other best thing is just to get informed and figure 633 00:41:06,400 --> 00:41:08,480 Speaker 1: out what you can do to help, because a lot 634 00:41:08,520 --> 00:41:11,160 Speaker 1: of these people don't have resources to be able to 635 00:41:11,320 --> 00:41:14,200 Speaker 1: find ways to help. But the people that do have 636 00:41:14,360 --> 00:41:17,839 Speaker 1: resources need to be the ones that are finding ways 637 00:41:17,920 --> 00:41:22,839 Speaker 1: to help and helping the people who don't have resources. Yeah. Well, 638 00:41:22,840 --> 00:41:25,480 Speaker 1: I'm going to check out this podcast for sure. And yeah, 639 00:41:25,560 --> 00:41:28,479 Speaker 1: definitely the reason the reason that I'm here is because 640 00:41:28,520 --> 00:41:30,879 Speaker 1: of a podcast called La Podcast, which is a great 641 00:41:30,920 --> 00:41:34,920 Speaker 1: local issues podcast run by Alissa. I don't know the 642 00:41:35,000 --> 00:41:36,480 Speaker 1: last names. I'm not going to do the names, but 643 00:41:36,560 --> 00:41:44,200 Speaker 1: it's a great podcast and street watch LA and uh yeah, snap, 644 00:41:44,239 --> 00:41:47,080 Speaker 1: well yeah, so I'm sure if you're listening to this podcast, 645 00:41:47,080 --> 00:41:51,600 Speaker 1: you're already aware. But Wednesday Mornings at Echo Park Lakes 646 00:41:52,040 --> 00:41:56,680 Speaker 1: seven thirty. We're setting up tents and protecting our neighbors. Yeah, excellent. 647 00:41:57,040 --> 00:41:59,560 Speaker 1: This is the Oo Henderson from we then House. I'm 648 00:41:59,600 --> 00:42:01,960 Speaker 1: going to if you guys at breast of of the situation. 649 00:42:02,400 --> 00:42:05,919 Speaker 1: It seems like now that the police are standing off 650 00:42:06,239 --> 00:42:08,880 Speaker 1: and just have a watch and see stance. And I 651 00:42:08,880 --> 00:42:11,759 Speaker 1: don't see where the park rangers have gone off to. 652 00:42:12,320 --> 00:42:14,839 Speaker 1: So I'm going to travel around to see asks people 653 00:42:14,920 --> 00:42:18,640 Speaker 1: around what their feelings are on this matter. Stay tuned, 654 00:42:36,640 --> 00:42:39,160 Speaker 1: we can Ceo Henderson from Weedia on House. Lloyd was 655 00:42:39,200 --> 00:42:42,120 Speaker 1: one of the representatives that had a sit down conversation 656 00:42:42,360 --> 00:42:47,400 Speaker 1: with a couple of Mitchell Pharaoh's lieutenants and the political process. 657 00:42:47,880 --> 00:42:51,480 Speaker 1: It's full disclosure Juan for Growtho has been one that 658 00:42:51,719 --> 00:42:54,719 Speaker 1: has sided with the vigilantes in order to try to 659 00:42:55,360 --> 00:42:59,480 Speaker 1: evict the unhouse community. So it's kind of a bizarre 660 00:42:59,600 --> 00:43:02,560 Speaker 1: that he will meet with the unhoused resident and no 661 00:43:02,680 --> 00:43:05,680 Speaker 1: Mitchell Farrell. So let's get to intake on what happened. 662 00:43:05,719 --> 00:43:09,560 Speaker 1: How how was the meeting? Well, initially we we went 663 00:43:09,680 --> 00:43:12,759 Speaker 1: into the office, go into the lobby. I did have 664 00:43:13,239 --> 00:43:16,400 Speaker 1: we had a couple of warm reporters, but people were 665 00:43:16,440 --> 00:43:20,600 Speaker 1: just trying to record the conversation, which you know is important. 666 00:43:21,040 --> 00:43:23,640 Speaker 1: But eventually we had one of the field deputies, his 667 00:43:23,800 --> 00:43:26,600 Speaker 1: name is Juan for Goso, and he allowed us. He 668 00:43:26,719 --> 00:43:30,279 Speaker 1: allowed just meet in. He wouldn't allow anybody else to 669 00:43:30,400 --> 00:43:32,800 Speaker 1: come in, and he was willing to sit down with 670 00:43:32,920 --> 00:43:36,040 Speaker 1: me one on one to kind of discuss, uh, you know, 671 00:43:36,440 --> 00:43:39,279 Speaker 1: what the issues were. And now the first thing I 672 00:43:39,400 --> 00:43:41,239 Speaker 1: did tell him was, you know who I was, what 673 00:43:41,400 --> 00:43:45,560 Speaker 1: my situation was, and so that was and so for 674 00:43:45,680 --> 00:43:49,040 Speaker 1: him to like remember who I was. Backstory, We did 675 00:43:49,120 --> 00:43:52,920 Speaker 1: receive an email from one of the field deputies responds 676 00:43:53,000 --> 00:43:55,880 Speaker 1: to the letter that had been sent out where they 677 00:43:55,920 --> 00:43:58,440 Speaker 1: were willing to help, you know, a selective group of 678 00:43:58,520 --> 00:44:03,200 Speaker 1: people with their how and so I brought that up. 679 00:44:03,480 --> 00:44:06,080 Speaker 1: But I told him that, you know, that's not really 680 00:44:06,160 --> 00:44:09,440 Speaker 1: what we were just aiming for here. We want housing 681 00:44:09,560 --> 00:44:13,160 Speaker 1: for everyone. And also what's very important for us to 682 00:44:13,200 --> 00:44:16,080 Speaker 1: have us sit down meeting with Mitchell Farah, which we 683 00:44:16,239 --> 00:44:19,960 Speaker 1: still have not had. I did bring up that Mitchell 684 00:44:19,960 --> 00:44:23,640 Speaker 1: Ferr had a meeting with the seniors that live at 685 00:44:23,640 --> 00:44:26,280 Speaker 1: the nineteen oh two place across the street from Echo 686 00:44:26,360 --> 00:44:29,319 Speaker 1: Park Lake. So the question was why are you meeting 687 00:44:29,400 --> 00:44:32,359 Speaker 1: with them and not with us. So what we got 688 00:44:32,400 --> 00:44:35,759 Speaker 1: in response to that was it was a process. He 689 00:44:35,840 --> 00:44:38,680 Speaker 1: gave me all his business cards. He also gave me 690 00:44:38,760 --> 00:44:43,360 Speaker 1: a pamphlets here where you can put your name, address, phone, email, 691 00:44:43,920 --> 00:44:47,520 Speaker 1: and the concern that you have. And he's basically said 692 00:44:47,520 --> 00:44:49,799 Speaker 1: that we can email him personally, we can fill out 693 00:44:49,840 --> 00:44:52,279 Speaker 1: the information there, and then we can drop it back 694 00:44:52,400 --> 00:44:55,120 Speaker 1: off with the office. But he would be willing to 695 00:44:55,320 --> 00:44:58,040 Speaker 1: set up some type of meeting with Mitchell Farrell. That 696 00:44:58,200 --> 00:45:00,360 Speaker 1: is something that he said that he could have read too. 697 00:45:00,840 --> 00:45:03,239 Speaker 1: It was just the process. He said the process was wrong. 698 00:45:03,719 --> 00:45:05,840 Speaker 1: So I asked him, you know, what is the process? 699 00:45:05,880 --> 00:45:08,640 Speaker 1: What are we supposed to do? And he basically said 700 00:45:08,640 --> 00:45:12,680 Speaker 1: that what we need to do is email him and 701 00:45:13,160 --> 00:45:15,800 Speaker 1: respond to that email that he sent. Why didn't he 702 00:45:15,880 --> 00:45:19,120 Speaker 1: say this before when all of the address would lodge 703 00:45:19,160 --> 00:45:22,240 Speaker 1: at him where this mysterious process. That's kind of curious 704 00:45:23,160 --> 00:45:25,840 Speaker 1: if he had this process in place before, why'd he 705 00:45:26,080 --> 00:45:30,319 Speaker 1: just just explain that in the missive that he sent you. Uh, 706 00:45:30,480 --> 00:45:33,000 Speaker 1: And that's that's something that it's a very good question. 707 00:45:33,080 --> 00:45:36,759 Speaker 1: I'm not sure why he did that, but I just 708 00:45:36,800 --> 00:45:38,759 Speaker 1: found it encouraging that at least they were able to 709 00:45:38,920 --> 00:45:41,600 Speaker 1: open the door this time and we're actually able to 710 00:45:41,719 --> 00:45:45,160 Speaker 1: have us sit down a conversation. Unfortunately, people came with 711 00:45:45,280 --> 00:45:47,920 Speaker 1: me who wanted to record the conversation. We were unable 712 00:45:48,000 --> 00:45:50,200 Speaker 1: to record it, which I was kind of disappointed with 713 00:45:51,040 --> 00:45:53,960 Speaker 1: because we just kind of, you know, want to document, 714 00:45:54,160 --> 00:45:56,719 Speaker 1: you know, some of the things that they may say 715 00:45:56,880 --> 00:46:00,200 Speaker 1: or promise. But again, I was the holy one that 716 00:46:00,360 --> 00:46:02,520 Speaker 1: was allowed in the office. We were just kind of 717 00:46:02,600 --> 00:46:05,320 Speaker 1: going back and forth, back and forth. One of the 718 00:46:05,440 --> 00:46:09,000 Speaker 1: interesting things that one kept saying was that the reason 719 00:46:09,040 --> 00:46:11,680 Speaker 1: why the police keep coming out is because they keep 720 00:46:11,719 --> 00:46:15,279 Speaker 1: getting calls. And what I brought up to him was, no, 721 00:46:15,600 --> 00:46:19,239 Speaker 1: not necessarily, because I don't believe that, because a lot 722 00:46:19,320 --> 00:46:22,240 Speaker 1: of the police when they come out, it seems very organized. 723 00:46:22,280 --> 00:46:25,080 Speaker 1: Sometimes it comes thirteen to fourteen deep. We have park 724 00:46:25,160 --> 00:46:28,359 Speaker 1: rangers that show up at a specific time. He also 725 00:46:28,440 --> 00:46:31,319 Speaker 1: said that, well, and this is one saying this. He said, well, 726 00:46:31,360 --> 00:46:34,000 Speaker 1: if you could comply to the eight to eight then, 727 00:46:34,280 --> 00:46:37,399 Speaker 1: you know, which is basically saying the tents being down 728 00:46:38,160 --> 00:46:40,000 Speaker 1: during the day at a certain time and then up, 729 00:46:40,440 --> 00:46:43,200 Speaker 1: you know, at a certain time of the night, then 730 00:46:43,480 --> 00:46:46,880 Speaker 1: everything should be fine. But what we're facing right now 731 00:46:47,080 --> 00:46:50,600 Speaker 1: is the police showing up at ten thirty and telling 732 00:46:50,680 --> 00:46:53,480 Speaker 1: us that the parks are close? So one person is 733 00:46:53,560 --> 00:46:56,719 Speaker 1: saying A to A and the other person is saying 734 00:46:57,200 --> 00:47:00,560 Speaker 1: the parks are close. So where is there some kind 735 00:47:00,600 --> 00:47:05,160 Speaker 1: of consensus? Is there some kind of agreement between what 736 00:47:05,400 --> 00:47:08,240 Speaker 1: you know Mitchell Farrell is suggesting and what law enforcement 737 00:47:08,320 --> 00:47:11,280 Speaker 1: is suggesting. What is going on? There is a coordination 738 00:47:11,400 --> 00:47:15,359 Speaker 1: that's going on, because my reporters have unearthed a lot 739 00:47:15,400 --> 00:47:19,120 Speaker 1: of the emails. They have a coordinated focused on in 740 00:47:19,239 --> 00:47:22,200 Speaker 1: house people and they are attacked us as one of 741 00:47:22,239 --> 00:47:25,759 Speaker 1: the reporters that I've interviewed stated that they have instructed 742 00:47:26,040 --> 00:47:29,840 Speaker 1: by Mitchell Farrell and city Council President Neuri Martinez to 743 00:47:30,080 --> 00:47:33,560 Speaker 1: make these crackdowns. So my question is this, where do 744 00:47:33,640 --> 00:47:36,200 Speaker 1: you go from here? Well, where we go from here? 745 00:47:36,840 --> 00:47:39,360 Speaker 1: And thank you for that question? Is he gave me 746 00:47:39,960 --> 00:47:43,640 Speaker 1: a handful of intake forms where you basically have the 747 00:47:43,719 --> 00:47:46,120 Speaker 1: name of the residents. I think it was targeted towards 748 00:47:46,200 --> 00:47:49,000 Speaker 1: the homeless people that are in the encampment in Eco 749 00:47:49,080 --> 00:47:51,759 Speaker 1: Park lay where we will put our name, address, phone number, 750 00:47:51,920 --> 00:47:55,239 Speaker 1: and put our concerns, which most of our concerns will 751 00:47:55,280 --> 00:48:00,640 Speaker 1: be housing. He attacked it through a two part where 752 00:48:01,120 --> 00:48:06,640 Speaker 1: we would focus on housing for the unhoused, and then 753 00:48:06,800 --> 00:48:09,800 Speaker 1: I was also pressuring the second part of the solution, 754 00:48:10,239 --> 00:48:13,560 Speaker 1: which is a sit down meeting with Mitchell Farrell. So 755 00:48:14,000 --> 00:48:17,080 Speaker 1: we kind of agree on, you know, it being a 756 00:48:17,120 --> 00:48:20,759 Speaker 1: two part solution where not only helping the homeless find 757 00:48:20,920 --> 00:48:25,560 Speaker 1: something that's more consistent, but also having a sit down 758 00:48:25,600 --> 00:48:28,080 Speaker 1: meeting with Mitch. So he said to have a sit 759 00:48:28,160 --> 00:48:31,200 Speaker 1: down meeting with Mitch. We have to just respond to 760 00:48:31,239 --> 00:48:35,480 Speaker 1: the email that he sent out, have our list of expectations. 761 00:48:36,000 --> 00:48:37,920 Speaker 1: One of the worries that he had was is the 762 00:48:38,000 --> 00:48:42,480 Speaker 1: meeting going to be cordial? And I did, you know, 763 00:48:42,600 --> 00:48:46,479 Speaker 1: reassure him that it would be cordial, But a group 764 00:48:46,520 --> 00:48:48,640 Speaker 1: of us would want to meet with Mitch to have 765 00:48:48,719 --> 00:48:51,080 Speaker 1: a sit down with him, kind of the same way 766 00:48:51,160 --> 00:48:52,920 Speaker 1: that you know, Mitch had to sit down with the 767 00:48:53,239 --> 00:48:55,919 Speaker 1: seniors across the street. So we'll see where it goes 768 00:48:55,960 --> 00:48:58,800 Speaker 1: from here. Hopefully we can get some kind of progress 769 00:48:59,280 --> 00:49:01,880 Speaker 1: on it. But again, we have his business cards, we 770 00:49:02,000 --> 00:49:04,800 Speaker 1: have the intake forms, and we have that email that 771 00:49:04,840 --> 00:49:06,920 Speaker 1: we're going to respond to. One last question, do you 772 00:49:07,000 --> 00:49:10,840 Speaker 1: think the sweeps the police harassment or the police pushing 773 00:49:10,920 --> 00:49:13,960 Speaker 1: for the park closures will let continue well, and that's 774 00:49:13,960 --> 00:49:16,600 Speaker 1: the confusing thing about it. One thing that I picked 775 00:49:16,640 --> 00:49:19,800 Speaker 1: up is no one wants to take the blame for anything. 776 00:49:20,719 --> 00:49:23,040 Speaker 1: You know, if I ask, you know one for example, 777 00:49:23,120 --> 00:49:27,960 Speaker 1: the gentleman that I had the conversation with, he's he's 778 00:49:28,040 --> 00:49:30,560 Speaker 1: basically saying, yeah, you know, he's aware of the sweeps. 779 00:49:30,920 --> 00:49:33,319 Speaker 1: But it's a to a you know, is what they 780 00:49:33,600 --> 00:49:36,680 Speaker 1: they were okay with this is you know, the field 781 00:49:36,719 --> 00:49:40,280 Speaker 1: deputy here, but then when you talk to law enforcement, 782 00:49:40,360 --> 00:49:42,759 Speaker 1: it's the parts are close to ten thirty. So we 783 00:49:42,880 --> 00:49:47,200 Speaker 1: don't know what's going on. There's no consistency really in 784 00:49:47,880 --> 00:49:51,279 Speaker 1: how they're attacking the situation. And while you know they're 785 00:49:51,360 --> 00:49:53,719 Speaker 1: doing that, we're just basically trying to have a sit 786 00:49:53,800 --> 00:49:57,920 Speaker 1: down meeting with Mitch and try to resolve this unhoused 787 00:49:58,160 --> 00:50:01,400 Speaker 1: situation and bring to light this homelessness crisis. So we 788 00:50:01,560 --> 00:50:06,160 Speaker 1: know it's statewide. So thank you Lloyd for your for 789 00:50:06,320 --> 00:50:09,759 Speaker 1: your time and telling us what's going on. So right 790 00:50:09,800 --> 00:50:12,000 Speaker 1: now it seems like everybody is in limbo on what's 791 00:50:12,040 --> 00:50:15,120 Speaker 1: going on. This is THEO Henderson from WEEDI on Howes, 792 00:50:15,200 --> 00:50:17,480 Speaker 1: I thank you for listening and maybe we again made 793 00:50:17,520 --> 00:50:47,880 Speaker 1: a lot of understanding. This episode clearly demonstrates this quote. 794 00:50:48,280 --> 00:50:51,360 Speaker 1: We are not makers of history. Where I made my history. 795 00:50:53,200 --> 00:50:58,160 Speaker 1: There is undeniable proof of history of police Park and 796 00:50:58,320 --> 00:51:02,000 Speaker 1: city Council as well nimbiism that has brought us to 797 00:51:02,120 --> 00:51:07,040 Speaker 1: this time and history. The question becomes, how does these 798 00:51:07,080 --> 00:51:10,480 Speaker 1: events shape you? There comes a time when people get 799 00:51:10,560 --> 00:51:13,840 Speaker 1: tired of being pushed out by the glittering sunlight of 800 00:51:14,000 --> 00:51:18,120 Speaker 1: life Suly and left standing amid the piercing chill of 801 00:51:18,200 --> 00:51:23,040 Speaker 1: an alpine November. This direct action should call upon you 802 00:51:23,680 --> 00:51:29,719 Speaker 1: to not stay silent against the tyranny of corrupt officials 803 00:51:30,120 --> 00:51:32,600 Speaker 1: that we entrust with power to do the right thing. 804 00:51:33,480 --> 00:51:35,680 Speaker 1: When they are become the criminals. It is upon us 805 00:51:35,760 --> 00:51:39,279 Speaker 1: as citizeny to push back and to remind them that 806 00:51:39,400 --> 00:51:42,640 Speaker 1: civil rights is not just for the tony few. It 807 00:51:42,760 --> 00:51:46,800 Speaker 1: is not just for police officers to be weaponized against 808 00:51:46,840 --> 00:51:50,520 Speaker 1: people of color or poor unhoused people. It is designed 809 00:51:50,560 --> 00:51:54,480 Speaker 1: for all of us. Housing is a human right, and 810 00:51:54,680 --> 00:51:57,960 Speaker 1: it is incumbent upon us, house and unhoused, to fight 811 00:51:58,080 --> 00:52:01,279 Speaker 1: for the rights of all our citizens. This is theo 812 00:52:01,400 --> 00:52:05,040 Speaker 1: Henderson from Weedian Howe's and I will leave you with 813 00:52:05,600 --> 00:52:10,840 Speaker 1: a quote. Power never takes a step back, except in 814 00:52:10,920 --> 00:52:14,840 Speaker 1: the face of more power. Thank you for listening, and 815 00:52:15,040 --> 00:52:17,160 Speaker 1: may we all get and again meet in the light 816 00:52:17,200 --> 00:52:17,920 Speaker 1: of understanding.