1 00:00:05,320 --> 00:00:09,440 Speaker 1: Once upon a time in a place called Los Angeles. 2 00:00:10,760 --> 00:00:15,040 Speaker 1: It has been known as the Sunshine City, but darkness 3 00:00:15,040 --> 00:00:19,400 Speaker 1: clouded the sunshine. Here, people who lived in houses would 4 00:00:19,480 --> 00:00:24,200 Speaker 1: hurt people who didn't have a home. Men, women, and children. 5 00:00:24,640 --> 00:00:28,680 Speaker 1: It did not matter. They would tell their kids that 6 00:00:28,720 --> 00:00:33,960 Speaker 1: the unhoused people were bad people and would hurt them. 7 00:00:34,280 --> 00:00:40,599 Speaker 1: Because of this, they relied on ogres called police. They 8 00:00:40,600 --> 00:00:43,760 Speaker 1: would call their leaders to go after these people. They 9 00:00:43,800 --> 00:00:47,720 Speaker 1: would call them if they saw them at parks, restaurants, 10 00:00:48,120 --> 00:00:54,360 Speaker 1: coffee shops, you name it. The un housed people would 11 00:00:54,400 --> 00:00:58,680 Speaker 1: try to hide, but the house people would find them. 12 00:00:58,920 --> 00:01:01,880 Speaker 1: When the ogres would not come, they would come and 13 00:01:01,960 --> 00:01:05,880 Speaker 1: attack and shoot at the unhoused people. This was a 14 00:01:06,000 --> 00:01:10,520 Speaker 1: very dark time for the inn housed people. But in 15 00:01:10,600 --> 00:01:15,400 Speaker 1: every dark time, he rose and she rolls emerged. A 16 00:01:15,560 --> 00:01:22,080 Speaker 1: Both movements started. Warriors such as lakn Streetwatch, Democratic Socialist 17 00:01:22,080 --> 00:01:27,800 Speaker 1: Association did difficult battles with the city and the teletoby 18 00:01:27,920 --> 00:01:33,800 Speaker 1: orgers called the bid as you know that that guy's 19 00:01:34,080 --> 00:01:38,800 Speaker 1: always ploted. They placed people who would be bought to 20 00:01:38,920 --> 00:01:43,600 Speaker 1: terrorize in house. They created laws and stories to prevent 21 00:01:43,680 --> 00:01:50,480 Speaker 1: people from caring and helping the in house community. Times 22 00:01:50,520 --> 00:01:58,560 Speaker 1: brought heroes like Jed, Mark, Gogon, Pete and others as 23 00:01:58,600 --> 00:02:05,960 Speaker 1: well as she Rose, Jane, Shayla, Melissa, Kathy, Nikki, Mary Victoria. 24 00:02:06,640 --> 00:02:11,120 Speaker 1: They will hold the line against the hate. A funny 25 00:02:11,160 --> 00:02:16,160 Speaker 1: thing about karma it never forgets an address, It just 26 00:02:16,240 --> 00:02:22,920 Speaker 1: shows up at the appointed time. Karma came in the 27 00:02:23,040 --> 00:02:27,520 Speaker 1: name of COVID nineteen, a pandemic that was brought to 28 00:02:27,600 --> 00:02:32,720 Speaker 1: the world. COVID nineteen was here and the monster could 29 00:02:32,720 --> 00:02:38,120 Speaker 1: not be stopped. It swept through the house communities all 30 00:02:38,160 --> 00:02:42,600 Speaker 1: over the world. As usual, they look for answers and 31 00:02:42,680 --> 00:02:46,640 Speaker 1: some group to blame the young house community to try 32 00:02:46,720 --> 00:02:53,440 Speaker 1: to social distance themselves in fear that asks the people 33 00:02:53,480 --> 00:02:57,760 Speaker 1: that terrorize them for a hotel to stay. However, the 34 00:02:57,800 --> 00:03:02,480 Speaker 1: house community did not like that. They got together to 35 00:03:02,520 --> 00:03:07,800 Speaker 1: close the libraries, bathrooms, coffee shops and any outlet to 36 00:03:07,880 --> 00:03:11,560 Speaker 1: allow unhoused people to go to the restrooms and prevented 37 00:03:11,600 --> 00:03:19,080 Speaker 1: places for putting the house into hotels. They used the 38 00:03:19,120 --> 00:03:23,520 Speaker 1: police ogres to put them into back rooms called shelters 39 00:03:23,520 --> 00:03:27,920 Speaker 1: with garbage camps to place their belongings. So the heroes 40 00:03:27,960 --> 00:03:31,000 Speaker 1: and she Rolls went to these hostels and the minute 41 00:03:31,000 --> 00:03:36,000 Speaker 1: they opened up and treat them as human beings. This 42 00:03:36,200 --> 00:03:45,400 Speaker 1: battle has no ending yet, it's to be continued. As 43 00:03:45,440 --> 00:03:48,400 Speaker 1: you've heard that all of these abandoned rules has been 44 00:03:48,440 --> 00:03:51,680 Speaker 1: shut down. And if you can look here, there is 45 00:03:51,720 --> 00:03:54,760 Speaker 1: a bed. There's a place where I can put my 46 00:03:54,840 --> 00:03:58,160 Speaker 1: things that doesn't meet the scrutiny of police or the 47 00:03:58,200 --> 00:04:02,640 Speaker 1: fifty sixty eleven closit Here, oh my goodness, where people 48 00:04:02,680 --> 00:04:06,920 Speaker 1: could put their belongings. Look at here, they got a 49 00:04:06,960 --> 00:04:12,920 Speaker 1: safe here for your personal valuables. Unbrother for rain. I 50 00:04:12,920 --> 00:04:14,720 Speaker 1: don't know what this. Oh it's a bat battle. I 51 00:04:14,800 --> 00:04:18,560 Speaker 1: have to check that out for research purposes. And what 52 00:04:18,600 --> 00:04:21,840 Speaker 1: the heck is brush for your suits? That have an 53 00:04:21,839 --> 00:04:25,160 Speaker 1: iron ironing board? I don't know what this is, but 54 00:04:25,320 --> 00:04:30,760 Speaker 1: it's a table. So let's take what else that unhoused 55 00:04:30,760 --> 00:04:34,600 Speaker 1: people would probably like, just like everybody else. So, oh, 56 00:04:34,640 --> 00:04:40,279 Speaker 1: look what we have here in flooding door bathroom. I've 57 00:04:40,320 --> 00:04:46,080 Speaker 1: always wanted one, and they got a shower here. I 58 00:04:46,120 --> 00:04:49,600 Speaker 1: think they look like something from James Bond. But I'm 59 00:04:49,640 --> 00:04:53,080 Speaker 1: going oh, I take it. I stand corrected. This is 60 00:04:53,120 --> 00:05:00,560 Speaker 1: the Porcelain Goddess and we are being environmentally sound. I 61 00:05:00,600 --> 00:05:06,440 Speaker 1: guess that's for the tinkle and other stuff. Ah, what 62 00:05:06,560 --> 00:05:10,200 Speaker 1: we have here, imagine on house people would want to 63 00:05:10,240 --> 00:05:14,279 Speaker 1: have a bath without having to be with one hundred people. 64 00:05:14,600 --> 00:05:19,800 Speaker 1: So they have a shower, they have a baptob, which 65 00:05:19,839 --> 00:05:22,080 Speaker 1: is I'm going to investigate and see if it's really 66 00:05:22,400 --> 00:05:24,520 Speaker 1: up on the off and up. I haven't had a 67 00:05:24,560 --> 00:05:27,440 Speaker 1: good soak in a while, if at showers, but the 68 00:05:27,520 --> 00:05:32,200 Speaker 1: baths is a different thing. So Mary Garcetti, you have 69 00:05:32,279 --> 00:05:37,400 Speaker 1: stated that you have done all you can. Unfortunately I 70 00:05:37,440 --> 00:05:41,440 Speaker 1: don't think you've done enough because this coronavirus outbreak pandemic 71 00:05:41,920 --> 00:05:46,320 Speaker 1: is spreading and it's not going to get better anytime soon. 72 00:05:47,000 --> 00:05:49,919 Speaker 1: And we have people that still are out on the 73 00:05:49,960 --> 00:05:53,800 Speaker 1: street not too far from here that would love to 74 00:05:53,839 --> 00:05:56,279 Speaker 1: have a place to be treated as some kind of 75 00:05:56,360 --> 00:06:00,840 Speaker 1: home at some kind of shelter in place. So this 76 00:06:00,960 --> 00:06:14,920 Speaker 1: is Sto Henderson from Whedy and housed stay tuned for more. 77 00:06:15,080 --> 00:06:17,720 Speaker 1: Oh not too many people they had to close down 78 00:06:17,839 --> 00:06:20,840 Speaker 1: like the common areas of restaurant. Yeah, a lot of 79 00:06:20,880 --> 00:06:23,960 Speaker 1: people did have revolutions and when they came, they just 80 00:06:23,960 --> 00:06:25,400 Speaker 1: turn it and they don't want to take it. I 81 00:06:25,560 --> 00:06:29,080 Speaker 1: just have So it's not asat capacity to look like 82 00:06:29,360 --> 00:06:32,279 Speaker 1: no Oh cool, you literally have to shut off shut 83 00:06:32,320 --> 00:06:35,880 Speaker 1: down that the Jeda Marion, Oh really, which is same building, 84 00:06:35,920 --> 00:06:38,040 Speaker 1: but you know, and then kind of like only have 85 00:06:38,160 --> 00:06:42,040 Speaker 1: this site running okay rooms because j B Merial has 86 00:06:42,080 --> 00:06:44,480 Speaker 1: twenty one fourds okay, and we only have twenty two 87 00:06:44,560 --> 00:06:46,840 Speaker 1: through twenty six. So they have eight hundred and seventy 88 00:06:46,880 --> 00:06:49,039 Speaker 1: eight rooms and they have just close them off and 89 00:06:49,240 --> 00:06:51,880 Speaker 1: wowndred and twenty three rooms off. How do you guys 90 00:06:51,880 --> 00:06:54,400 Speaker 1: stay working because it's like this is a lot of work. Dude, 91 00:06:54,640 --> 00:06:56,039 Speaker 1: I used to work at the hotel, so I do 92 00:06:56,240 --> 00:06:59,159 Speaker 1: this is can't be easy? Oh that you open the 93 00:06:59,200 --> 00:07:03,320 Speaker 1: doors and since you hasn't been, Oh you don't have 94 00:07:03,400 --> 00:07:05,919 Speaker 1: the minimal staff right now? We don't. Usually we have 95 00:07:05,920 --> 00:07:08,200 Speaker 1: a thousand employees in the building. Oh okay, right now 96 00:07:08,240 --> 00:07:12,760 Speaker 1: we're down to like les sixty. Oh okay if not, Wow, 97 00:07:12,960 --> 00:07:16,680 Speaker 1: this is not bad. So where would you oh so, 98 00:07:16,720 --> 00:07:18,800 Speaker 1: where would uh you recommend to go to eat? If 99 00:07:18,840 --> 00:07:21,960 Speaker 1: you have a recreation the places? Luckily, we have a 100 00:07:22,680 --> 00:07:26,080 Speaker 1: small shopping in sight the hotel that's opened for you guys. Okay, 101 00:07:26,200 --> 00:07:29,160 Speaker 1: like small items. You know, they have a coffee, they 102 00:07:29,240 --> 00:07:32,120 Speaker 1: have u like some breakfast, small breakfast items, and they 103 00:07:32,200 --> 00:07:35,240 Speaker 1: have groceries too, like to stuff that you grab and pick. 104 00:07:35,600 --> 00:07:38,600 Speaker 1: Other than that, there's there's not a whole lot of 105 00:07:38,640 --> 00:07:42,080 Speaker 1: stuff around this area. The restaurants are kind of closed 106 00:07:42,080 --> 00:07:46,000 Speaker 1: off right now. Well, do you guys accept tips? Yeah, 107 00:07:46,600 --> 00:07:51,520 Speaker 1: thank you, right, but if you need assistance stuff that 108 00:07:51,560 --> 00:07:53,920 Speaker 1: still point out that right now, thank you very much. 109 00:08:03,480 --> 00:08:07,000 Speaker 1: Welcome to the twentieth episode of Weedi in House. We 110 00:08:07,080 --> 00:08:10,720 Speaker 1: are currently in week four, day two of Shelter in 111 00:08:10,720 --> 00:08:14,600 Speaker 1: Place by Eric Varset, and right now we're here in 112 00:08:14,800 --> 00:08:18,760 Speaker 1: one of the hotels of Many that is unoccupied. As 113 00:08:18,800 --> 00:08:21,920 Speaker 1: you heard earlier that one of the workers here has 114 00:08:21,960 --> 00:08:27,360 Speaker 1: explained that sales and occupancy has dropped and plummeted. And 115 00:08:27,400 --> 00:08:31,000 Speaker 1: so here we are in the studios with Jed Period, 116 00:08:31,080 --> 00:08:34,000 Speaker 1: one of the organizers of DSA as well. We're going 117 00:08:34,040 --> 00:08:37,640 Speaker 1: to talk about what our plans is to dramatize and 118 00:08:37,760 --> 00:08:40,200 Speaker 1: highlight what we should do to get the city and 119 00:08:40,240 --> 00:08:43,160 Speaker 1: the governor to get up off their butts and provide 120 00:08:43,880 --> 00:08:49,640 Speaker 1: hotels to unhouse people, hotels, not hospitals. So without further 121 00:08:49,679 --> 00:08:53,320 Speaker 1: to do, here is Jeed Praiod. Welcome, Hey THEA, thanks 122 00:08:53,360 --> 00:08:57,480 Speaker 1: for having me on. And yet it's pretty wild being 123 00:08:57,480 --> 00:09:01,600 Speaker 1: in this room and just looking out the way, seeing 124 00:09:01,600 --> 00:09:05,120 Speaker 1: this giant skyscraper that we're in, and hearing that the 125 00:09:05,320 --> 00:09:07,600 Speaker 1: entire of the entirety of the Marriott Hotel has been 126 00:09:07,600 --> 00:09:10,040 Speaker 1: shut down. I believe it is eight hundred and something 127 00:09:10,120 --> 00:09:14,040 Speaker 1: rooms are empty right now, and the ones that we're 128 00:09:14,040 --> 00:09:15,839 Speaker 1: in right now, this on these floors, I think it's 129 00:09:15,880 --> 00:09:18,200 Speaker 1: just two or three floors that are open at the Ritz, 130 00:09:18,280 --> 00:09:21,760 Speaker 1: which is part of the JW. Marriott building, a giant complex, 131 00:09:22,960 --> 00:09:29,360 Speaker 1: and just to look at the extravagant, decadent landscape, and 132 00:09:29,440 --> 00:09:31,160 Speaker 1: then and then right out the window you see all 133 00:09:31,200 --> 00:09:34,560 Speaker 1: this development, Staple Center, the Ocean View properties that have 134 00:09:35,000 --> 00:09:37,920 Speaker 1: with the cranes around them, all just a stone's throw 135 00:09:38,040 --> 00:09:41,280 Speaker 1: from skid Row, which is where thousands of people are 136 00:09:41,280 --> 00:09:45,360 Speaker 1: living and dying on the streets, a disaportionate amount of 137 00:09:45,360 --> 00:09:49,920 Speaker 1: which are black folks, which also represents, you know, the 138 00:09:49,960 --> 00:09:55,480 Speaker 1: COVID nineteen virus has been disproportionately killing black people in 139 00:09:56,000 --> 00:10:00,720 Speaker 1: America right now. And so we're looking at, you know, 140 00:10:00,760 --> 00:10:03,160 Speaker 1: a mayor and a governor who are saying they're doing 141 00:10:03,160 --> 00:10:05,880 Speaker 1: everything they can, but they clearly are not. Eric Arcetti 142 00:10:06,440 --> 00:10:08,560 Speaker 1: even admitted he has the power to come and dear 143 00:10:08,800 --> 00:10:12,120 Speaker 1: vacant hotel rooms. Why isn't he doing it right now 144 00:10:13,640 --> 00:10:15,360 Speaker 1: just in downtown alone. You know, I don't have the 145 00:10:15,440 --> 00:10:18,080 Speaker 1: numbers top my head, but when you look out at 146 00:10:18,160 --> 00:10:23,680 Speaker 1: all these hotels surrounding La Live, the Ritz, the Indigo Lucks, 147 00:10:24,200 --> 00:10:26,760 Speaker 1: on and on and on, you could put everyone in 148 00:10:26,760 --> 00:10:29,840 Speaker 1: schied Row in these hotels, and why isn't he doing it? 149 00:10:30,040 --> 00:10:33,440 Speaker 1: One of the questions is the pressure, Because for the audience, 150 00:10:33,760 --> 00:10:37,360 Speaker 1: I need to explain that recently in Granada Hills there 151 00:10:37,440 --> 00:10:41,280 Speaker 1: has been on house people contracted coronavirus or COVID nineteen, 152 00:10:42,000 --> 00:10:45,240 Speaker 1: and also thirty six police officers to date as well 153 00:10:45,280 --> 00:10:48,160 Speaker 1: as eleven employees from the Los Angeles Police Department have 154 00:10:48,320 --> 00:10:52,640 Speaker 1: contracted COVID nineteen. So one of the things that ties 155 00:10:52,679 --> 00:10:55,240 Speaker 1: into this as well is the recent ruling by Judge 156 00:10:55,320 --> 00:11:00,720 Speaker 1: Dale Fisher about the moratory injunction against the police taking 157 00:11:00,760 --> 00:11:04,640 Speaker 1: fifty six eleven. And I propose that all of these 158 00:11:04,640 --> 00:11:06,880 Speaker 1: people that are in skid Row not too far from here, 159 00:11:07,280 --> 00:11:09,840 Speaker 1: that could be in these hotels that are empty, they're 160 00:11:09,880 --> 00:11:13,440 Speaker 1: going to be renovated anyway. As well as another fun 161 00:11:13,559 --> 00:11:16,960 Speaker 1: fact that twelve point seven million dollars what's given to 162 00:11:17,120 --> 00:11:19,640 Speaker 1: this as tax free for of its hotel that we're 163 00:11:19,679 --> 00:11:24,040 Speaker 1: sitting in. So here is that twelve point seven million 164 00:11:24,120 --> 00:11:26,679 Speaker 1: dollars that they gave they could have given to the 165 00:11:26,880 --> 00:11:29,520 Speaker 1: housed to have supportive housing. So let's not say that 166 00:11:29,559 --> 00:11:31,520 Speaker 1: they don't have the money. They definitely have the money. 167 00:11:32,360 --> 00:11:35,440 Speaker 1: So my question Jed to you is that we were 168 00:11:35,480 --> 00:11:37,560 Speaker 1: talking about a couple of the buildings out there that 169 00:11:37,640 --> 00:11:41,160 Speaker 1: are vacant office buildings that will not be used, that 170 00:11:41,200 --> 00:11:44,199 Speaker 1: they could use as storage facilities for in house people's belongings. 171 00:11:44,280 --> 00:11:47,760 Speaker 1: So that way the ticketing ridiculousness that goes on in 172 00:11:47,840 --> 00:11:52,360 Speaker 1: the criminalization could be exterminate. So one of the things 173 00:11:52,440 --> 00:11:54,800 Speaker 1: I want to ask of you is why do you 174 00:11:54,840 --> 00:11:58,800 Speaker 1: think that they are so resistant of this. It's the 175 00:11:58,840 --> 00:12:01,880 Speaker 1: same as always. It's it's corruption, it's capitalism, it's white 176 00:12:01,880 --> 00:12:06,560 Speaker 1: supremacy here again. And you know, city council can say 177 00:12:06,600 --> 00:12:10,200 Speaker 1: they're progressive, they could say they're all, you know, a 178 00:12:10,280 --> 00:12:12,920 Speaker 1: diverse you know, while we're black and brown and more 179 00:12:12,960 --> 00:12:15,319 Speaker 1: look at us. It's it's progress in LA and yet 180 00:12:15,320 --> 00:12:19,520 Speaker 1: they're all taking bribes and kickbacks and they're all they're 181 00:12:19,520 --> 00:12:23,400 Speaker 1: all answering to to big real estate and and to 182 00:12:23,600 --> 00:12:26,360 Speaker 1: private equity firms. That's who they work for. They don't 183 00:12:26,400 --> 00:12:30,720 Speaker 1: work for, definitely don't work for houseless folks. They definitely 184 00:12:31,080 --> 00:12:34,160 Speaker 1: are not there for working class people, as they've been 185 00:12:34,200 --> 00:12:39,880 Speaker 1: resistant to bring forth a true real eviction. However you 186 00:12:39,920 --> 00:12:44,440 Speaker 1: want to call it suspension, a rent cancelation, I would 187 00:12:44,440 --> 00:12:48,720 Speaker 1: say that it needs to be abolished straightforward. But but 188 00:12:48,840 --> 00:12:51,800 Speaker 1: you know, when you look at downtown, you've got billions 189 00:12:51,840 --> 00:12:55,800 Speaker 1: in subsidies that have been given to hotel developers. You 190 00:12:55,880 --> 00:12:57,600 Speaker 1: have these hotels like the one we're thinking now, who 191 00:12:57,880 --> 00:13:03,679 Speaker 1: avoided the tot tax for affordable housing. And so think 192 00:13:03,679 --> 00:13:05,439 Speaker 1: of all those resources, all that money, and then all 193 00:13:05,440 --> 00:13:09,640 Speaker 1: these material resources just sitting here empty. It's absurd and 194 00:13:09,679 --> 00:13:12,680 Speaker 1: it's disgusting that they're not getting called out for it, 195 00:13:12,720 --> 00:13:16,320 Speaker 1: and that they are just just standing by and just 196 00:13:16,440 --> 00:13:22,840 Speaker 1: basically admitting by doing nothing, they are condoning the eradication 197 00:13:23,000 --> 00:13:27,080 Speaker 1: of the houseless, in particularly black houseless population. Here's another 198 00:13:27,160 --> 00:13:29,600 Speaker 1: thing is that this money that they have used these 199 00:13:29,640 --> 00:13:35,480 Speaker 1: tax to abolished supportive housing, these same people have proliferated 200 00:13:35,760 --> 00:13:39,080 Speaker 1: business improvement districts to terrorize these unhoused people. They have 201 00:13:39,120 --> 00:13:43,120 Speaker 1: given them over moneies for example, and the Chinatown district 202 00:13:43,800 --> 00:13:47,800 Speaker 1: guiltedeal worded five hundred thousand dollars for a beautification project 203 00:13:48,080 --> 00:13:51,360 Speaker 1: to George you and his business improvement district. Who goes 204 00:13:51,400 --> 00:13:55,280 Speaker 1: around terrorizing unhouse people? And how many much millions or 205 00:13:55,280 --> 00:13:58,800 Speaker 1: one hundred thousand dollars that they have used to vilify 206 00:13:58,880 --> 00:14:01,840 Speaker 1: and blame the unhoused can unity as part of the problem. 207 00:14:02,440 --> 00:14:05,160 Speaker 1: Where do you see this as going? What's is there 208 00:14:05,200 --> 00:14:07,480 Speaker 1: anything else that we as in house and as our 209 00:14:07,480 --> 00:14:11,240 Speaker 1: community members. Six point eight million people are now filing 210 00:14:11,280 --> 00:14:14,920 Speaker 1: on unemployment. There is going to be some blowback. They 211 00:14:14,920 --> 00:14:17,080 Speaker 1: will be out here on the streets. Do you think 212 00:14:17,080 --> 00:14:20,480 Speaker 1: it's possible, just possible that the same people that had 213 00:14:20,480 --> 00:14:23,840 Speaker 1: these anti unhoused beliefs, or the white supremacists on a 214 00:14:23,880 --> 00:14:26,360 Speaker 1: death grip, do you think that they could possibly be 215 00:14:26,480 --> 00:14:30,840 Speaker 1: changed and really have more of a compassion. I don't. 216 00:14:32,320 --> 00:14:34,440 Speaker 1: I do think though that right now, this is such 217 00:14:34,520 --> 00:14:38,040 Speaker 1: an extreme situation. This is you know, we're not going 218 00:14:38,080 --> 00:14:40,920 Speaker 1: to go back to the status quo after this. We 219 00:14:40,960 --> 00:14:44,280 Speaker 1: can't go back to the status quo, and so you know, 220 00:14:44,400 --> 00:14:48,760 Speaker 1: we now have to use this moment to call out 221 00:14:49,640 --> 00:14:51,760 Speaker 1: the inequality that's always been there, and to say that 222 00:14:51,800 --> 00:14:54,720 Speaker 1: now that COVID has really just further exposed and highlighted 223 00:14:54,760 --> 00:14:58,960 Speaker 1: what was already happening. Right there are people now who 224 00:14:59,000 --> 00:15:01,360 Speaker 1: can't afford to pay their rent at all because they 225 00:15:01,360 --> 00:15:04,400 Speaker 1: can't go to work. What's that going to lead to 226 00:15:04,600 --> 00:15:07,520 Speaker 1: down the road in the months ahead. You know, we're 227 00:15:07,520 --> 00:15:09,400 Speaker 1: talking about the city saying, oh, well, people will pay 228 00:15:09,400 --> 00:15:11,880 Speaker 1: for it later, No they can't. How are people going 229 00:15:11,920 --> 00:15:13,680 Speaker 1: to pay for it later? Are you really now saying 230 00:15:13,680 --> 00:15:15,800 Speaker 1: that people are just gonna well become homeless or get 231 00:15:15,800 --> 00:15:19,480 Speaker 1: evicted if they can't pay down the road. People are 232 00:15:19,480 --> 00:15:21,920 Speaker 1: not going to stand for that both. They're not going 233 00:15:21,960 --> 00:15:26,040 Speaker 1: to stand by and allow these politicians to continue to 234 00:15:26,080 --> 00:15:28,320 Speaker 1: pay lip service and say that they care about working 235 00:15:28,400 --> 00:15:34,720 Speaker 1: Angelinos and marginalized Angelinos when clearly their policies are are 236 00:15:34,760 --> 00:15:39,240 Speaker 1: doing the opposite or half asked versions of helping folks 237 00:15:39,240 --> 00:15:41,760 Speaker 1: out the way that they need to. It ends up 238 00:15:41,800 --> 00:15:45,320 Speaker 1: being on us to do mutual aid to provide food 239 00:15:45,320 --> 00:15:49,440 Speaker 1: to folks as many people are doing right now, and 240 00:15:49,600 --> 00:15:52,080 Speaker 1: look out for each other and organizing together. You know, 241 00:15:52,120 --> 00:15:53,920 Speaker 1: it's really hard because we can't meet in groups, but 242 00:15:54,160 --> 00:15:56,080 Speaker 1: we do have the Internet which has let us hold 243 00:15:56,120 --> 00:16:00,440 Speaker 1: meetings online and conference calls, and so we continue to 244 00:16:00,560 --> 00:16:05,960 Speaker 1: organize together and start analyzing and really looking at how 245 00:16:06,000 --> 00:16:09,720 Speaker 1: we can again take this moment to push for radical 246 00:16:09,800 --> 00:16:12,920 Speaker 1: changes in society. And the current powers that be will 247 00:16:12,960 --> 00:16:19,800 Speaker 1: will never agree with that them well, most definitely stated. 248 00:16:19,880 --> 00:16:22,200 Speaker 1: But here's the question I have. Like we mentioned mutual aid, 249 00:16:22,560 --> 00:16:25,280 Speaker 1: here's the thing that my concern is. Like, for example, 250 00:16:25,320 --> 00:16:28,200 Speaker 1: I've noticed around when COVID nineteen hit there was a 251 00:16:28,200 --> 00:16:31,560 Speaker 1: lot of anti Asian sentiment and they were attacking Asian people, 252 00:16:31,960 --> 00:16:34,600 Speaker 1: blaming them for the COVID nineteen, and we had a 253 00:16:34,640 --> 00:16:39,000 Speaker 1: podcast about blaming people for it. Conversely, in China there 254 00:16:39,200 --> 00:16:42,920 Speaker 1: is an anti black sentiment. They are making African residents 255 00:16:43,000 --> 00:16:46,160 Speaker 1: or African American residents unhoused. And one of the questions 256 00:16:46,160 --> 00:16:48,920 Speaker 1: that I have is like, for example, we're all in 257 00:16:48,960 --> 00:16:53,720 Speaker 1: this fight together, but unfortunately, these deeply hateful beliefs, systems 258 00:16:53,760 --> 00:16:56,800 Speaker 1: that have been created by white supremacy and that broad 259 00:16:56,880 --> 00:17:01,400 Speaker 1: brush against one another. It's what's holding back the six 260 00:17:01,440 --> 00:17:04,760 Speaker 1: point eight million people that are filing for unemployment. And 261 00:17:04,800 --> 00:17:07,680 Speaker 1: there's a working class mother that can use a job, 262 00:17:07,800 --> 00:17:10,840 Speaker 1: or the restaurant worker. They are maybe the same people 263 00:17:10,880 --> 00:17:13,720 Speaker 1: that have been against unhouse people having a shelter in 264 00:17:13,760 --> 00:17:15,840 Speaker 1: their area because they were afraid of the school children. 265 00:17:16,240 --> 00:17:19,000 Speaker 1: So or but do you have to understand that now 266 00:17:19,240 --> 00:17:22,080 Speaker 1: you may be part of that group that people are 267 00:17:22,119 --> 00:17:24,200 Speaker 1: not going to want around if you lose your home. 268 00:17:25,040 --> 00:17:26,760 Speaker 1: So what is it you think it will take to 269 00:17:26,800 --> 00:17:29,240 Speaker 1: get us to the point where we learn that we 270 00:17:29,320 --> 00:17:33,080 Speaker 1: truly have layers of this that we need to look 271 00:17:33,119 --> 00:17:37,560 Speaker 1: at and address and be really much more unified. That's 272 00:17:37,560 --> 00:17:41,360 Speaker 1: a big question. Race is a very complicated question that's 273 00:17:41,400 --> 00:17:43,560 Speaker 1: not going to be solved quickly. But I do think 274 00:17:43,600 --> 00:17:44,880 Speaker 1: that in this moment, there are a lot of people 275 00:17:44,920 --> 00:17:50,680 Speaker 1: who maybe before before COVID were less inclined to push 276 00:17:50,720 --> 00:17:54,040 Speaker 1: for radical systemic changes and are now saying, holy crap, 277 00:17:54,520 --> 00:17:56,800 Speaker 1: I might become homeless. You know, I may have been 278 00:17:56,880 --> 00:17:59,040 Speaker 1: calling the cops on that encampment, but now it's me 279 00:17:59,080 --> 00:18:03,080 Speaker 1: who's potentially going to be living in a tent. Yeah. 280 00:18:03,160 --> 00:18:05,000 Speaker 1: And so you have people who are now, oh my god, 281 00:18:05,000 --> 00:18:07,040 Speaker 1: I can't I need to buy food and how am 282 00:18:07,080 --> 00:18:10,040 Speaker 1: I going to pay rent? Making these decisions that poor 283 00:18:10,080 --> 00:18:13,200 Speaker 1: people have already been trying to been going through those 284 00:18:13,600 --> 00:18:16,760 Speaker 1: conundrums their entire lives before COVID. So I think that 285 00:18:16,800 --> 00:18:19,320 Speaker 1: there is something happening where people are waking up and 286 00:18:19,359 --> 00:18:24,480 Speaker 1: seeing that, you know, if something radical doesn't shift, a 287 00:18:24,560 --> 00:18:27,239 Speaker 1: lot of people are going to die. And and it's 288 00:18:27,280 --> 00:18:29,480 Speaker 1: a question do you accept that masses of people are 289 00:18:29,520 --> 00:18:31,639 Speaker 1: going to die? Do you accept that or you know 290 00:18:32,400 --> 00:18:34,399 Speaker 1: and that that's just the way things are, or do 291 00:18:34,480 --> 00:18:38,360 Speaker 1: you maybe think that we should start changing the way 292 00:18:38,400 --> 00:18:44,520 Speaker 1: we approach you know, private property, should should rent exist 293 00:18:44,560 --> 00:18:48,400 Speaker 1: at all? Should landlords exist at all? Right? Should healthcare 294 00:18:48,960 --> 00:18:51,719 Speaker 1: be commodity or human? Right again? You know, that's been 295 00:18:51,760 --> 00:18:54,639 Speaker 1: a debate we've been having for a long time, and 296 00:18:54,840 --> 00:18:58,679 Speaker 1: recently in the presidential campaign. I think now people are 297 00:18:58,720 --> 00:19:02,080 Speaker 1: really starting to because it's hitting them. It's hitting them 298 00:19:02,200 --> 00:19:06,119 Speaker 1: at home right now, all at once. And so I 299 00:19:06,160 --> 00:19:07,920 Speaker 1: can't say that there's a good that all of a 300 00:19:07,920 --> 00:19:10,840 Speaker 1: sudden we're going to come together, you know, all races, 301 00:19:10,880 --> 00:19:15,119 Speaker 1: all you know, backgrounds and classes and overthrow the ruling 302 00:19:15,160 --> 00:19:18,760 Speaker 1: class and and we're all gonna be happy together. It's 303 00:19:18,840 --> 00:19:22,000 Speaker 1: it's not as simple as that at all. And you know, 304 00:19:22,240 --> 00:19:24,320 Speaker 1: the status quo, the ruling class folks would love for 305 00:19:24,359 --> 00:19:27,160 Speaker 1: this to just sort of end in a few months 306 00:19:27,200 --> 00:19:29,399 Speaker 1: and things to go back to normal. But it's not 307 00:19:29,440 --> 00:19:32,080 Speaker 1: going to go back to normal, and we have to 308 00:19:32,119 --> 00:19:35,240 Speaker 1: be in this time really pushing for some radical things, 309 00:19:35,280 --> 00:19:37,399 Speaker 1: starting with you know, as we're here right now, we 310 00:19:37,440 --> 00:19:41,640 Speaker 1: started this conversation, they could put every homeless person into 311 00:19:41,680 --> 00:19:44,639 Speaker 1: a hotel room right now, let's start with giving everyone 312 00:19:44,720 --> 00:19:48,119 Speaker 1: that basic shelter, a bathroom, a place to wash their 313 00:19:48,160 --> 00:19:52,240 Speaker 1: hands and remove their own to protect themselves. Why don't 314 00:19:52,240 --> 00:19:55,280 Speaker 1: we start there and and again not allow them to 315 00:19:55,280 --> 00:19:58,359 Speaker 1: be victed from those hotels back to the street. You know, 316 00:19:58,480 --> 00:20:01,800 Speaker 1: put plans a place to people permanent housing, maybe potentially 317 00:20:01,800 --> 00:20:06,680 Speaker 1: turn the hotels into some form of permitter, semi permanent housing. 318 00:20:07,720 --> 00:20:09,320 Speaker 1: There's a lot of different things that could happen. And 319 00:20:09,359 --> 00:20:13,080 Speaker 1: I think this is there's a major shift going on. 320 00:20:13,840 --> 00:20:16,119 Speaker 1: I don't know what's going to happen. There is also, 321 00:20:16,359 --> 00:20:19,959 Speaker 1: you know, the fascist tendency that arises in these moments, 322 00:20:19,960 --> 00:20:26,080 Speaker 1: so we have to be vigilant and looking out, get 323 00:20:26,119 --> 00:20:31,640 Speaker 1: to fight against that backlash that again will be people calling, 324 00:20:31,800 --> 00:20:34,680 Speaker 1: you know, whether it's whether it's race, whether it's you know, 325 00:20:34,680 --> 00:20:38,320 Speaker 1: blaming immigrants, blaming poor people, blaming black people, blaming, you know, 326 00:20:38,520 --> 00:20:40,679 Speaker 1: homeless folks. They're all drug addicts who still hear that, 327 00:20:42,640 --> 00:20:44,960 Speaker 1: and you know that the fight against that is going 328 00:20:45,000 --> 00:20:47,240 Speaker 1: to be tough. And also, I should say there's there's 329 00:20:47,240 --> 00:20:52,480 Speaker 1: folks who consider themselves progressive. Uh you know, the liberals say, 330 00:20:52,520 --> 00:20:54,240 Speaker 1: you know, oh yeah, you know, I believe there should 331 00:20:54,240 --> 00:20:58,000 Speaker 1: be healthcare and and yeah, corporations, oh my god, they 332 00:20:58,000 --> 00:21:01,760 Speaker 1: have too much power, and you attack the rich. But 333 00:21:01,800 --> 00:21:04,760 Speaker 1: then they're still talking about how the homeless people on 334 00:21:04,800 --> 00:21:07,320 Speaker 1: the street, you know needed you know, the calling the 335 00:21:07,320 --> 00:21:08,880 Speaker 1: cops on them, and Steve and thinking, oh, they're still 336 00:21:08,920 --> 00:21:13,399 Speaker 1: using the humanizing language against the houseless. And so there 337 00:21:13,400 --> 00:21:18,080 Speaker 1: are folks who claim to be progressive, and in these times, 338 00:21:18,240 --> 00:21:19,800 Speaker 1: you know, they really are going to have to choose 339 00:21:19,840 --> 00:21:21,639 Speaker 1: do you stand with the fascists or did you stand 340 00:21:21,720 --> 00:21:30,840 Speaker 1: with this people powered movement on the left? I have 341 00:21:30,920 --> 00:21:33,480 Speaker 1: to agree. I had a argument yesterday with a woman 342 00:21:33,520 --> 00:21:36,960 Speaker 1: who was trying to gaslight or invalidate my experience and 343 00:21:37,160 --> 00:21:40,479 Speaker 1: labeled me man explaining when she complained about the ruling 344 00:21:41,080 --> 00:21:43,960 Speaker 1: the injunction, and I explained to her, I said, well, 345 00:21:43,960 --> 00:21:46,600 Speaker 1: this could have been the career stopped if they had 346 00:21:46,600 --> 00:21:49,600 Speaker 1: spent money in order to help the unhoused instead of 347 00:21:49,640 --> 00:21:53,399 Speaker 1: criminalizing them. But of course I digress. I want to 348 00:21:53,400 --> 00:21:55,920 Speaker 1: thank Jed period again for your time, and this is 349 00:21:55,960 --> 00:21:58,520 Speaker 1: THEO Henderson from When you're in a house. I want 350 00:21:58,560 --> 00:22:02,080 Speaker 1: you to remember we all are in the same boat 351 00:22:02,119 --> 00:22:05,000 Speaker 1: in many respects, no matter what boat we came in, 352 00:22:05,080 --> 00:22:07,560 Speaker 1: but we're all in the same boat. Now. Thank you 353 00:22:07,560 --> 00:22:09,680 Speaker 1: all for listening, and maybe we again meet in the 354 00:22:09,760 --> 00:22:22,680 Speaker 1: light of understanding. Week four, Day one mark Eric gar 355 00:22:22,840 --> 00:22:29,560 Speaker 1: Citi's Shelter in Place. Last week, Eric Garcetti extended the 356 00:22:29,640 --> 00:22:33,320 Speaker 1: Shelter in Place rules and orders. I can help, but 357 00:22:33,359 --> 00:22:36,639 Speaker 1: look at the news and see how the president is 358 00:22:36,680 --> 00:22:41,359 Speaker 1: posturing for his non existent control. He's trying to force 359 00:22:41,640 --> 00:22:46,800 Speaker 1: us to reopen. I don't know how I feel about that, 360 00:22:46,960 --> 00:22:49,880 Speaker 1: because one on house people could get access to services. 361 00:22:49,880 --> 00:22:53,879 Speaker 1: But will the world be the same after this? The 362 00:22:53,920 --> 00:22:57,440 Speaker 1: second thing I'm concerned about is the fact that we are, 363 00:22:58,119 --> 00:23:03,000 Speaker 1: in a way have changed. Our behaviors have changed in 364 00:23:03,080 --> 00:23:06,640 Speaker 1: some ways, and our feelings towards the Young House are different. 365 00:23:07,320 --> 00:23:10,879 Speaker 1: Staying at this PodShare has made me very realize a 366 00:23:10,960 --> 00:23:13,359 Speaker 1: necessity for all of the Young House to be in 367 00:23:13,440 --> 00:23:16,600 Speaker 1: a place where they can go to the bathroom, shelter 368 00:23:16,720 --> 00:23:21,080 Speaker 1: in place, without police harassment, shelter rules, and be able 369 00:23:21,119 --> 00:23:24,800 Speaker 1: to live like a human being. The question then becomes, 370 00:23:25,280 --> 00:23:27,479 Speaker 1: why does the city in the country do not look 371 00:23:27,520 --> 00:23:32,600 Speaker 1: at unhoused people as human beings. We need to change that. 372 00:23:32,600 --> 00:23:42,800 Speaker 1: The society at large needs to change that. Today is 373 00:23:42,920 --> 00:23:47,919 Speaker 1: week four, Day two. Eric guard settis shelter in place. 374 00:23:48,720 --> 00:23:52,480 Speaker 1: This is the O Henderson from Weeding and Housed. I'm 375 00:23:52,560 --> 00:23:56,760 Speaker 1: out here in a bright sunny morning. I'm about to 376 00:23:56,840 --> 00:24:04,720 Speaker 1: engage into a very historic direct action protests. The mayor, 377 00:24:05,600 --> 00:24:12,000 Speaker 1: the president, and the governor all are culpable. There are 378 00:24:12,119 --> 00:24:17,280 Speaker 1: slaves to public opinion and political greed. I say this 379 00:24:17,400 --> 00:24:22,240 Speaker 1: because this unhoused crisis is ridiculous. The things that needs 380 00:24:22,280 --> 00:24:26,120 Speaker 1: to be taking place. The pandemic had put a microscope 381 00:24:26,520 --> 00:24:33,560 Speaker 1: on the issue very intensely. There are so many hotels 382 00:24:33,840 --> 00:24:38,359 Speaker 1: that are occupied that could be used. They're using a 383 00:24:38,480 --> 00:24:42,200 Speaker 1: glacial pace of selectively using some of the unhoused into 384 00:24:42,240 --> 00:24:45,760 Speaker 1: those hotels, and then they're trying to pack unhoused people 385 00:24:45,800 --> 00:24:51,480 Speaker 1: into shelters, which is a petri dish of COVID nineteen possibilities, 386 00:24:51,720 --> 00:24:54,520 Speaker 1: as well as other illnesses. The interviews that I have 387 00:24:54,680 --> 00:24:59,840 Speaker 1: had with unhoused people has highlighted and stated that's very unequivalent. 388 00:25:00,640 --> 00:25:04,400 Speaker 1: They want a hotel. This is also on the wings 389 00:25:04,440 --> 00:25:08,400 Speaker 1: of a partial temporary injunction against the city against fifty 390 00:25:08,440 --> 00:25:14,080 Speaker 1: six eleven. I had a difficult argument with a resident 391 00:25:14,119 --> 00:25:19,080 Speaker 1: who believed that is unfair that the city cannot just 392 00:25:19,359 --> 00:25:23,360 Speaker 1: up and take people's medications and things that they need 393 00:25:23,400 --> 00:25:28,520 Speaker 1: to survive. I rejoined that if we had a place 394 00:25:28,560 --> 00:25:32,639 Speaker 1: for them to stay, this argument would be mute. But 395 00:25:32,720 --> 00:25:37,760 Speaker 1: I was considered. I was called mansplaining because I'm unhoused. 396 00:25:38,440 --> 00:25:41,960 Speaker 1: I can't talk articulately about the matter, more so than 397 00:25:42,000 --> 00:25:46,359 Speaker 1: someone house who's so worried about COVID nineteen, who incidentally 398 00:25:46,359 --> 00:25:48,919 Speaker 1: are housed people that have passed the COVID nineteen, but 399 00:25:49,000 --> 00:25:52,320 Speaker 1: we haven't talked about quarantining them putting them somewhere else. 400 00:25:53,200 --> 00:26:07,160 Speaker 1: The irony abounds. This is week four, Day three, Eric 401 00:26:07,200 --> 00:26:13,359 Speaker 1: guard city's shelter in place. I spent the night last 402 00:26:13,440 --> 00:26:18,080 Speaker 1: night at the Rich Carlton to stand up and hold 403 00:26:18,359 --> 00:26:22,840 Speaker 1: the mayor accountable for what he said. He said that 404 00:26:22,920 --> 00:26:26,680 Speaker 1: we need to command their hotels. To date, he's only 405 00:26:26,720 --> 00:26:31,840 Speaker 1: commander partial hotels to appease the developers only the very ill, 406 00:26:31,960 --> 00:26:35,399 Speaker 1: but many other house people that I interview have needs 407 00:26:35,440 --> 00:26:38,520 Speaker 1: of this too, because a house offers a new unique 408 00:26:38,520 --> 00:26:44,720 Speaker 1: circumstances bathroom lack of access, hand washing station is non existent, 409 00:26:45,359 --> 00:26:48,679 Speaker 1: and most importantly, the ability to go to the bathroom 410 00:26:49,080 --> 00:26:54,360 Speaker 1: unobated without a fear of being arrested. Currently, right now, 411 00:26:54,520 --> 00:26:58,520 Speaker 1: I'm at the Plio del Ray in at Plio del Ray. 412 00:26:59,359 --> 00:27:02,920 Speaker 1: This place. It's important because mark Ard said he is 413 00:27:03,040 --> 00:27:08,720 Speaker 1: partial investor in this hotel and it is closed. It 414 00:27:08,760 --> 00:27:12,960 Speaker 1: has bathrooms, It has rooms where people could be safe 415 00:27:13,400 --> 00:27:17,760 Speaker 1: without the hostility of Nimby's or the city using any 416 00:27:18,800 --> 00:27:22,840 Speaker 1: weaponized tactics from the police to terrorize on house people. 417 00:27:24,440 --> 00:27:27,639 Speaker 1: This is the Deio Henderson from Wedy in House. Stay 418 00:27:27,640 --> 00:27:34,640 Speaker 1: tuned for more. This is Theo Henderson from Wedy on House. 419 00:27:34,680 --> 00:27:38,680 Speaker 1: I'm right now and in Hollywood dealing with the protest 420 00:27:38,800 --> 00:27:42,040 Speaker 1: on the hotels not hospitals. So what's your name, sir, 421 00:27:42,640 --> 00:27:45,800 Speaker 1: Mine's Keith Sholgy. So tell me what's your story. How 422 00:27:45,800 --> 00:27:47,639 Speaker 1: long you been on the house. I've been out of 423 00:27:47,640 --> 00:27:50,879 Speaker 1: the house now so far about two years. So you've 424 00:27:50,920 --> 00:27:53,159 Speaker 1: been on the streets this long? Yes, sir, how did 425 00:27:53,200 --> 00:27:55,960 Speaker 1: you ended up out there? I got out of jail 426 00:27:56,440 --> 00:27:59,000 Speaker 1: and my probation officer said that I had to stay 427 00:27:59,000 --> 00:28:01,000 Speaker 1: in a small town in tennis See. I mean, my 428 00:28:01,080 --> 00:28:05,359 Speaker 1: purpose officers said that I had to do a rehab 429 00:28:05,400 --> 00:28:07,359 Speaker 1: center in Tennessee. And then I was stuck there for 430 00:28:07,359 --> 00:28:08,960 Speaker 1: a year and I didn't have anywhere to live, but 431 00:28:09,000 --> 00:28:10,320 Speaker 1: he told me I had to stay in a small town. 432 00:28:10,320 --> 00:28:13,080 Speaker 1: So I ended up staying there and work in maintenance 433 00:28:13,119 --> 00:28:14,960 Speaker 1: at the convenience stores. But I still had to live 434 00:28:14,960 --> 00:28:17,199 Speaker 1: on the streets there for about a year, and then 435 00:28:17,240 --> 00:28:19,600 Speaker 1: I ended up coming back to California and I had 436 00:28:19,640 --> 00:28:22,600 Speaker 1: to So we're working on trying to get to hotels 437 00:28:22,680 --> 00:28:25,719 Speaker 1: or instead of the shelters, would you prefer a hotel? 438 00:28:25,760 --> 00:28:29,359 Speaker 1: Law Shelton Hotel also is the COVID nineteen. How are 439 00:28:29,400 --> 00:28:33,320 Speaker 1: you guys surviving in the COVID nineteen. We go canning. 440 00:28:33,480 --> 00:28:36,080 Speaker 1: We collect bottles and cans almost all that long and 441 00:28:36,160 --> 00:28:38,720 Speaker 1: throughout the day, and then we take them to the 442 00:28:38,800 --> 00:28:41,720 Speaker 1: recycling center and we recycle them. We collect things that 443 00:28:41,840 --> 00:28:44,640 Speaker 1: we can find, like new fans, stuff that looks nice, 444 00:28:44,800 --> 00:28:46,680 Speaker 1: and then we refurbish it and fix it up and 445 00:28:46,720 --> 00:28:50,560 Speaker 1: we sell it to people. We find brandy boxes and DVDs, movies, 446 00:28:50,640 --> 00:28:52,200 Speaker 1: stereos and stuff like that, we fix them up and 447 00:28:52,240 --> 00:28:55,480 Speaker 1: then we sell them again. I'm trying to start a 448 00:28:55,720 --> 00:28:57,880 Speaker 1: you know, like a I want to start my own 449 00:28:57,920 --> 00:29:00,480 Speaker 1: flea market and fix you know, old things, redo the 450 00:29:00,520 --> 00:29:02,560 Speaker 1: circuit boards because I can kind of you know, event 451 00:29:02,640 --> 00:29:04,840 Speaker 1: like circuit boards and still like that and redo everything 452 00:29:05,000 --> 00:29:07,600 Speaker 1: and stuff like that. So I was kind of working 453 00:29:07,600 --> 00:29:09,760 Speaker 1: on that. I'm actually have one of the process right now. 454 00:29:09,840 --> 00:29:12,440 Speaker 1: I'm almost done with it. Well, as a house a 455 00:29:12,680 --> 00:29:14,760 Speaker 1: person that's living on the street himself. One of the 456 00:29:14,800 --> 00:29:17,800 Speaker 1: things that people always ask is what is the best way? 457 00:29:17,960 --> 00:29:21,120 Speaker 1: What is the best way to help? Well, it would 458 00:29:21,160 --> 00:29:23,760 Speaker 1: help just you know, to have a hotel room for 459 00:29:23,760 --> 00:29:25,840 Speaker 1: a couple of days, you know, somebody I could shower up, 460 00:29:26,680 --> 00:29:29,880 Speaker 1: wash our clothes and watch the chief news stuff and 461 00:29:29,880 --> 00:29:31,520 Speaker 1: just kick back on a comfortable bed and you know, 462 00:29:32,520 --> 00:29:35,400 Speaker 1: and that would really help. To have a stable address 463 00:29:35,680 --> 00:29:38,800 Speaker 1: or even a nice, you know, new cell phone something 464 00:29:38,840 --> 00:29:41,640 Speaker 1: like that, that would help out and that would give 465 00:29:41,680 --> 00:29:44,120 Speaker 1: us a lot of So what's your name, sir, cool? 466 00:29:44,320 --> 00:29:46,520 Speaker 1: My name is Keith, Okay, Keith. This my name is CEO. 467 00:29:47,400 --> 00:29:50,040 Speaker 1: This is theo Henderson for winning Unhoused. Our whole message 468 00:29:50,360 --> 00:29:52,960 Speaker 1: has been to try to help the unhoused community get 469 00:29:53,000 --> 00:29:56,120 Speaker 1: somewhere out of the streets during the COVID nineteen. So 470 00:29:56,200 --> 00:29:59,000 Speaker 1: this is where we're here. We have hotels, not hospitals. 471 00:29:59,680 --> 00:30:01,120 Speaker 1: Is there anything else? Would you like to have your 472 00:30:01,160 --> 00:30:05,000 Speaker 1: audience know? Yes, sir, that I'm a master inventor and 473 00:30:05,040 --> 00:30:09,160 Speaker 1: I'm a king creator. Well, thank you very much. Keys, 474 00:30:09,320 --> 00:30:11,160 Speaker 1: And this is the old Henderson from wide on House. 475 00:30:11,280 --> 00:30:13,800 Speaker 1: I hope we all learned something today, and may we 476 00:30:13,840 --> 00:30:23,240 Speaker 1: all again meet in the light of understanding. This is 477 00:30:23,240 --> 00:30:25,880 Speaker 1: the Henderson from Witty on House. We're just talking about 478 00:30:26,200 --> 00:30:29,000 Speaker 1: getting hotels for people that are living on the streets 479 00:30:29,160 --> 00:30:31,120 Speaker 1: instead of having having to live on a tent or 480 00:30:31,480 --> 00:30:34,200 Speaker 1: being bothered by the police. I'm here in the studios 481 00:30:34,240 --> 00:30:36,720 Speaker 1: with an individual that is trying to find a shelter 482 00:30:36,800 --> 00:30:40,960 Speaker 1: for him to be for the audience. What's your name, earl? Earl? 483 00:30:41,120 --> 00:30:43,080 Speaker 1: So how long have you been finding looking for shelters? 484 00:30:43,600 --> 00:30:47,800 Speaker 1: Just for the past two days? Have you been successful? No? Oh, 485 00:30:47,840 --> 00:30:50,719 Speaker 1: my goodness, so we're trying to help you. How long 486 00:30:50,760 --> 00:30:55,840 Speaker 1: have you been in house for the past six days? Oh? Wow? 487 00:30:56,240 --> 00:30:58,560 Speaker 1: So how did you become house on house in six days? 488 00:30:58,600 --> 00:31:04,440 Speaker 1: That's pretty fact because that I was coming from Texas 489 00:31:05,040 --> 00:31:12,560 Speaker 1: and someone stole my money and I'm left left, left 490 00:31:12,560 --> 00:31:15,440 Speaker 1: me there. So are you worried about the COVID nineteen 491 00:31:15,480 --> 00:31:21,479 Speaker 1: and being infected? No, because that my becauses that I 492 00:31:21,520 --> 00:31:25,880 Speaker 1: am don't touch anything and then I keep my face covered. Yes, 493 00:31:25,920 --> 00:31:28,760 Speaker 1: I noticed you have a face covering. So, uh, would 494 00:31:28,800 --> 00:31:30,640 Speaker 1: you prefer to be in the shelter at the hotel? 495 00:31:31,960 --> 00:31:35,800 Speaker 1: I don't care enough, sir. Any anything would help very 496 00:31:35,840 --> 00:31:39,120 Speaker 1: good us, did you? Well? One of the things that 497 00:31:39,120 --> 00:31:41,960 Speaker 1: we've been talking about as hotels and not hospitals, and 498 00:31:42,080 --> 00:31:44,160 Speaker 1: one of the things we are trying to do is 499 00:31:44,200 --> 00:31:47,120 Speaker 1: give you get places for people like us a hotel 500 00:31:47,120 --> 00:31:50,240 Speaker 1: where we can have running water, bathrooms and showers or 501 00:31:50,480 --> 00:31:53,800 Speaker 1: so where shelters are all packed on with people, where 502 00:31:53,800 --> 00:31:56,520 Speaker 1: you have your own room within the hotel. So is 503 00:31:56,560 --> 00:31:59,840 Speaker 1: that would be? Would you prefer that? Or yeah? Yes, 504 00:32:00,240 --> 00:32:02,680 Speaker 1: you're sure? So yo. One of the things is that, yeah, 505 00:32:02,720 --> 00:32:05,840 Speaker 1: because a hotel would give a lot of more autonomy 506 00:32:05,880 --> 00:32:11,080 Speaker 1: and more power for you. Yeah, you're sir. So, mister earl, 507 00:32:11,120 --> 00:32:13,440 Speaker 1: I thank you for your time, and I hopefully you 508 00:32:13,480 --> 00:32:29,960 Speaker 1: get something soon. This is THEO Henderson from wire in 509 00:32:30,000 --> 00:32:33,239 Speaker 1: House went and checked on the hand washing sessions. It 510 00:32:33,240 --> 00:32:36,720 Speaker 1: doesn't exist here and Hollywood as well as the bathroom. 511 00:32:36,960 --> 00:32:39,640 Speaker 1: They do not finish or service the bathrooms. They have 512 00:32:39,760 --> 00:32:42,800 Speaker 1: feces and all on the seats as well as in 513 00:32:43,240 --> 00:32:46,320 Speaker 1: the toilet. There's no upkeep of these, despite what the 514 00:32:46,320 --> 00:33:04,720 Speaker 1: mayor has said. Unhoused News The Union Rescue Mission, where 515 00:33:05,160 --> 00:33:09,040 Speaker 1: Andy Bales is the CEO and advocates to placing the 516 00:33:09,120 --> 00:33:13,680 Speaker 1: unhoused in shelters instead of supporting housing, are now scrambling 517 00:33:13,680 --> 00:33:18,520 Speaker 1: to relocate dozens of houseless people after six of its 518 00:33:18,520 --> 00:33:24,200 Speaker 1: residents are effected with COVID nineteen. Union Rescue Mission employee 519 00:33:24,360 --> 00:33:28,560 Speaker 1: Gerald Cioma died lastly at the USC County Medical Center. 520 00:33:29,720 --> 00:33:34,280 Speaker 1: He also lived in the Union Rescue Mission. Reverend Baal 521 00:33:34,440 --> 00:33:38,400 Speaker 1: stated twenty seven were quarantine for five more became infected. 522 00:33:40,080 --> 00:33:43,959 Speaker 1: In other news, EBT cards can now be used to 523 00:33:44,280 --> 00:33:51,080 Speaker 1: make online food purchases starting April twenty eight and San Diego. 524 00:33:51,320 --> 00:33:57,040 Speaker 1: San Diego police continue to ticket the unhoused community. A 525 00:33:57,160 --> 00:34:01,000 Speaker 1: suspect has been arrested for setting fire to an unhoused 526 00:34:01,000 --> 00:34:06,960 Speaker 1: man in Santa Ana. Houseless shelters are running low on 527 00:34:07,120 --> 00:34:12,520 Speaker 1: cash and volunteers. At the COVID nineteen rages on, Larry Haynes, 528 00:34:13,080 --> 00:34:17,480 Speaker 1: executive director of Mercy House, says, trying to optimize what 529 00:34:17,640 --> 00:34:20,400 Speaker 1: space you have, so you're going to be either serving 530 00:34:20,480 --> 00:34:25,280 Speaker 1: less people or finding alternate spaces such as motels, trailers, 531 00:34:25,280 --> 00:34:32,839 Speaker 1: and large gens. On April fifteen, twenty twenty, another campaign 532 00:34:33,520 --> 00:34:38,359 Speaker 1: protests spread throughout California demanding opening the hotels for all 533 00:34:38,400 --> 00:34:44,399 Speaker 1: of the other House. Here are ver demands. One, make 534 00:34:44,719 --> 00:34:48,719 Speaker 1: hotel rooms available to all other House Californias in the 535 00:34:48,800 --> 00:34:53,880 Speaker 1: interest of public health. Two. No Vacancy is a California 536 00:34:53,960 --> 00:34:59,440 Speaker 1: statewide coalition made up of community organizations and individuals with 537 00:34:59,640 --> 00:35:04,840 Speaker 1: lived the e spirits of houselessness. Demand one. We demand states, county, 538 00:35:04,960 --> 00:35:09,120 Speaker 1: and city elected officials to act now to provide house 539 00:35:09,160 --> 00:35:13,359 Speaker 1: into all an house people and the hundreds of thousands 540 00:35:13,400 --> 00:35:16,440 Speaker 1: of vacant hotel rooms across the state for the health 541 00:35:16,480 --> 00:35:20,040 Speaker 1: and safety of all Californias. In short, commandeer of the 542 00:35:20,080 --> 00:35:25,480 Speaker 1: hotels demand too. We demand that when opening hotel rooms 543 00:35:25,480 --> 00:35:28,040 Speaker 1: to the other house, hotels will offer their out of 544 00:35:28,120 --> 00:35:34,080 Speaker 1: work service employees the opportunity to reclaim their jobs number three, 545 00:35:34,239 --> 00:35:37,959 Speaker 1: We demand the dignity and personal property rights of all 546 00:35:38,000 --> 00:35:42,320 Speaker 1: individuals moved into hotel rooms must be respected. Family units 547 00:35:42,360 --> 00:35:46,080 Speaker 1: must stay together and accommodations for pets must be made. 548 00:35:46,719 --> 00:35:50,839 Speaker 1: A humane and holistic approach at all times and must 549 00:35:50,840 --> 00:35:55,400 Speaker 1: never be canceled that will restrict profile or criminalize on 550 00:35:55,560 --> 00:36:00,919 Speaker 1: house people. It is also not subjection, at least little 551 00:36:01,000 --> 00:36:03,839 Speaker 1: regulations and certain for all the linen of the out 552 00:36:03,840 --> 00:36:08,080 Speaker 1: of the house community. And this is un house less. 553 00:36:28,080 --> 00:36:30,839 Speaker 1: This is THEO Henderson from Weedy On House. I'm here, 554 00:36:30,960 --> 00:36:33,920 Speaker 1: implia del ray as when my friend just said, the 555 00:36:33,960 --> 00:36:36,040 Speaker 1: beach is the king. So I'm going to get some 556 00:36:36,560 --> 00:36:39,279 Speaker 1: questions and his perspective on what is going on with 557 00:36:39,400 --> 00:36:42,480 Speaker 1: COVID nineteen and how he's dealing with it. Without further ado, 558 00:36:42,680 --> 00:36:46,400 Speaker 1: let's introduce him. What's your name, sir Thomas? Thomas is 559 00:36:46,480 --> 00:36:49,239 Speaker 1: nice to meet you, so tell me what has how 560 00:36:49,280 --> 00:36:51,640 Speaker 1: has life been different for you out here due to 561 00:36:51,680 --> 00:36:57,000 Speaker 1: COVID nineteen. We can't go to the beach. There really 562 00:36:57,080 --> 00:36:59,600 Speaker 1: isn't much to do because I don't do too much, 563 00:36:59,680 --> 00:37:06,680 Speaker 1: but you can't do nothing. Everything's on lockdown. I agree. 564 00:37:07,000 --> 00:37:09,879 Speaker 1: How long have you been out here? And May it'll 565 00:37:09,920 --> 00:37:12,160 Speaker 1: be two years, so I haven't been out here that long. 566 00:37:13,600 --> 00:37:15,400 Speaker 1: How did you ended up out in this pretty quiet 567 00:37:15,400 --> 00:37:17,880 Speaker 1: and peaceful place? How did you end up out here? Well, 568 00:37:18,280 --> 00:37:21,920 Speaker 1: I still have a job, but it's just tough to 569 00:37:21,960 --> 00:37:24,040 Speaker 1: get back on your feet to get into a place 570 00:37:24,080 --> 00:37:27,560 Speaker 1: because everything's so expensive. But I don't want to get 571 00:37:27,600 --> 00:37:33,040 Speaker 1: into that. How I came out here? So has anybody 572 00:37:33,080 --> 00:37:35,640 Speaker 1: came out here to talk to you about COVID nineteen 573 00:37:36,600 --> 00:37:40,720 Speaker 1: just you? Did you know that the Mayor Garcetti owns 574 00:37:40,960 --> 00:37:44,200 Speaker 1: part of this hotel over here? No? I didn't. The 575 00:37:44,200 --> 00:37:46,920 Speaker 1: reason why I'm asking is because we're part of initiative 576 00:37:47,040 --> 00:37:50,520 Speaker 1: is asking questions about what on house people would choose. 577 00:37:50,840 --> 00:37:52,840 Speaker 1: Would you prefer to be in a hotel where you 578 00:37:52,840 --> 00:37:55,120 Speaker 1: can put your things in or would you prefer to 579 00:37:55,160 --> 00:37:58,440 Speaker 1: be in a shelter. I would prefer to be in 580 00:37:58,480 --> 00:38:01,080 Speaker 1: a hotel where I could put myself if I had to. 581 00:38:01,239 --> 00:38:05,400 Speaker 1: But I do have a car that I stay in. 582 00:38:05,760 --> 00:38:08,920 Speaker 1: But because I still have a job, I just don't 583 00:38:09,280 --> 00:38:13,360 Speaker 1: work enough to get myself out of this position. Right now, 584 00:38:14,239 --> 00:38:17,879 Speaker 1: six eight million people do not, So you're fortunate in that, 585 00:38:18,120 --> 00:38:20,399 Speaker 1: but still you don't have enough funding to be able 586 00:38:20,440 --> 00:38:23,399 Speaker 1: to get yourself into an expensive apartment. Well not even 587 00:38:23,480 --> 00:38:26,120 Speaker 1: an expensive apartment, because I don't need to live here. 588 00:38:26,400 --> 00:38:29,200 Speaker 1: The only reason I'm here is because it's convenient for 589 00:38:29,880 --> 00:38:32,640 Speaker 1: my boss to get me to go to work. Okay, 590 00:38:33,200 --> 00:38:35,880 Speaker 1: all right, So one of the things is I wanted 591 00:38:35,880 --> 00:38:37,840 Speaker 1: to ask you, is what would be a good way 592 00:38:38,239 --> 00:38:40,200 Speaker 1: for them to be able to get you on your 593 00:38:40,239 --> 00:38:48,920 Speaker 1: feet for money? Were well said? So, like I said, 594 00:38:49,000 --> 00:38:52,080 Speaker 1: you know, this is Ceo Henderson from Weedien House. As 595 00:38:52,080 --> 00:38:55,680 Speaker 1: we've heard, we have heard very little information about COVID nineteen. 596 00:38:56,000 --> 00:38:58,200 Speaker 1: There's no portable parties and things like that that the 597 00:38:58,560 --> 00:39:03,040 Speaker 1: city had promised. They they locked all the beaches down. 598 00:39:03,120 --> 00:39:05,279 Speaker 1: When they locked the beaches down, they locked up all 599 00:39:05,320 --> 00:39:08,680 Speaker 1: the bathrooms. So there's only one bathroom in the park 600 00:39:08,800 --> 00:39:11,440 Speaker 1: that you know, all the homeless have to use to 601 00:39:11,480 --> 00:39:16,520 Speaker 1: go to the toilet to do whatever. Yeah, at least 602 00:39:16,600 --> 00:39:20,640 Speaker 1: that bathroom. Any showers good, No showers. They shut off 603 00:39:20,640 --> 00:39:24,080 Speaker 1: all the water to the showers, Oh my god, because 604 00:39:24,080 --> 00:39:26,680 Speaker 1: that's where I usually go is down there, or my 605 00:39:26,760 --> 00:39:28,799 Speaker 1: boss lets me take a shower once in a while. 606 00:39:28,840 --> 00:39:32,520 Speaker 1: But you know, I don't want to rely on him. 607 00:39:32,840 --> 00:39:35,719 Speaker 1: You know, nobody wants to rely on. That's why May 608 00:39:35,880 --> 00:39:38,239 Speaker 1: what we are pushing for is for hotels for the 609 00:39:38,360 --> 00:39:42,279 Speaker 1: end house. They are all these empty rooms with bathrooms, toilets, 610 00:39:42,440 --> 00:39:44,680 Speaker 1: and you don't have to worry about the people talking 611 00:39:44,680 --> 00:39:46,759 Speaker 1: about taking your things. You don't have to worry. All 612 00:39:46,760 --> 00:39:49,479 Speaker 1: of it is in a secure location in your hotel room. 613 00:39:49,800 --> 00:39:54,640 Speaker 1: And that's what all people say. I'm here because I 614 00:39:54,680 --> 00:39:57,440 Speaker 1: don't have a vehicle, but my boss picks me up 615 00:39:59,440 --> 00:40:02,040 Speaker 1: so it's easy to get to work. But I don't 616 00:40:02,040 --> 00:40:04,680 Speaker 1: want to be in South Central or you know, on 617 00:40:04,719 --> 00:40:07,960 Speaker 1: the other side of LA or something, because then it depends. 618 00:40:08,120 --> 00:40:11,479 Speaker 1: I know I could take a bus, but still bus 619 00:40:11,520 --> 00:40:14,840 Speaker 1: services have slowed down a lot since COVID. Yeah, but 620 00:40:16,360 --> 00:40:17,919 Speaker 1: you know I'd have to get up at four point 621 00:40:17,920 --> 00:40:20,000 Speaker 1: thirty in the morning just to get here on time. 622 00:40:21,960 --> 00:40:24,719 Speaker 1: Well that's there. It is. Thank you for much for 623 00:40:24,760 --> 00:40:27,680 Speaker 1: your time. I really appreciate it. Thomas, You're welcome. This 624 00:40:27,760 --> 00:40:30,040 Speaker 1: is THEO Henderson for weedy On House. I thank you 625 00:40:30,080 --> 00:40:32,560 Speaker 1: all for listening and maybe we all again meet in 626 00:40:32,560 --> 00:40:40,520 Speaker 1: the life of understanding. Take it from the top. This 627 00:40:40,600 --> 00:40:43,120 Speaker 1: is THEO Henderson from weedy On House. We are here 628 00:40:43,239 --> 00:40:46,239 Speaker 1: out in Flier del Ray in the midst of this 629 00:40:46,360 --> 00:40:49,600 Speaker 1: episode twenty of COVID nineteen, we have an un house 630 00:40:49,640 --> 00:40:53,000 Speaker 1: resident who's I'm walked up on him sweeping and keeping 631 00:40:53,040 --> 00:40:55,200 Speaker 1: the park clean. I'm going to ask him a few 632 00:40:55,280 --> 00:40:57,000 Speaker 1: questions and he's going to tell us a little bit 633 00:40:57,000 --> 00:41:00,520 Speaker 1: about his story. What's your name, sir, Josh? Josh? Thank 634 00:41:00,560 --> 00:41:03,440 Speaker 1: you for having some time to talk with us. So 635 00:41:03,480 --> 00:41:06,120 Speaker 1: how long have you been out here on the street 636 00:41:06,200 --> 00:41:08,359 Speaker 1: or at this part, Yes, on the street. I've been 637 00:41:08,400 --> 00:41:11,160 Speaker 1: out for about eight years now. Oh, okay about saying 638 00:41:11,239 --> 00:41:13,080 Speaker 1: I've been here seven So how long you been in 639 00:41:13,120 --> 00:41:18,800 Speaker 1: this park? I've been in here for about like maybe 640 00:41:19,120 --> 00:41:22,080 Speaker 1: six about like four or five months, maybe I'll say, 641 00:41:22,480 --> 00:41:24,720 Speaker 1: I noticed you're cleaning the park. Why are you cleaning 642 00:41:24,719 --> 00:41:26,960 Speaker 1: the park? Are they paying you? No? No, the city 643 00:41:26,960 --> 00:41:29,319 Speaker 1: doesn't do anything. And I figured, since I, you know, 644 00:41:29,360 --> 00:41:31,520 Speaker 1: I've been staying here, I might as well do something positive. 645 00:41:31,560 --> 00:41:34,520 Speaker 1: So I started, you know, cleaning up the park, started 646 00:41:34,520 --> 00:41:36,880 Speaker 1: trimming every you know, I pretty much maintained everything, trimming 647 00:41:36,920 --> 00:41:39,200 Speaker 1: everything full of weeds. I've been doing a lot of 648 00:41:39,239 --> 00:41:41,360 Speaker 1: weed pulling for a lot of weeds and stuff and 649 00:41:41,800 --> 00:41:44,040 Speaker 1: just trying to maintain the park. So I'm doing something positive. 650 00:41:44,080 --> 00:41:46,080 Speaker 1: So it's like, now, am I just like, Oh, I'm 651 00:41:46,120 --> 00:41:48,120 Speaker 1: just like living here, like you know, doing nothing. At 652 00:41:48,200 --> 00:41:51,040 Speaker 1: least I'm doing something positive for the community. So you're 653 00:41:51,080 --> 00:41:54,080 Speaker 1: saying that someone next to the next door made a mess. 654 00:41:54,440 --> 00:41:56,920 Speaker 1: Oh yeah, they made this message through all the shopping 655 00:41:57,000 --> 00:41:59,359 Speaker 1: cart and all this stuff right here. Oh wow. Yeah. 656 00:41:59,520 --> 00:42:02,040 Speaker 1: But so how are you how are you guys handling 657 00:42:02,080 --> 00:42:05,319 Speaker 1: the COVID nineteen. Do you know anything about it? Oh? Yeah, 658 00:42:05,360 --> 00:42:07,640 Speaker 1: I mean, I know it's a pretty big thing right 659 00:42:07,680 --> 00:42:12,760 Speaker 1: now across the world. You know, there's people dying from it. Obviously. 660 00:42:12,840 --> 00:42:16,479 Speaker 1: They fit all of us in America in a really 661 00:42:17,000 --> 00:42:19,960 Speaker 1: you know, bad situation where everyone having to wear a 662 00:42:19,960 --> 00:42:22,319 Speaker 1: mask like you are. We're supposed to be like six 663 00:42:22,320 --> 00:42:25,360 Speaker 1: feet away from each other, you know, practice social distancing. 664 00:42:26,040 --> 00:42:28,200 Speaker 1: I don't know, but you know, to me, I'm like, 665 00:42:28,239 --> 00:42:29,799 Speaker 1: if either I'm gonna get it. I'm gonna get it, 666 00:42:29,800 --> 00:42:31,440 Speaker 1: you know. I mean, if it's that bad, you know, 667 00:42:32,080 --> 00:42:33,799 Speaker 1: there's nothing you could do, really, you know, if it's 668 00:42:33,800 --> 00:42:37,120 Speaker 1: that bad the way they're making a sound. And I 669 00:42:37,120 --> 00:42:39,680 Speaker 1: have one another question I have. Has anybody came out 670 00:42:39,680 --> 00:42:42,240 Speaker 1: here to offer you guys some masks or at bathroom 671 00:42:42,280 --> 00:42:45,960 Speaker 1: and hand washing station. Wow, and this is the mayor's 672 00:42:46,160 --> 00:42:48,719 Speaker 1: area that he invested in this park. I would think 673 00:42:48,760 --> 00:42:52,239 Speaker 1: he would have made it concern for all of his residents. Yeah, 674 00:42:52,239 --> 00:42:55,279 Speaker 1: you would think that. Yeah, I don't know. I mean, 675 00:42:55,360 --> 00:42:58,239 Speaker 1: I don't think they really cared. I mean, obviously the 676 00:42:58,239 --> 00:43:00,719 Speaker 1: city doesn't even like maintain it. I mean they come 677 00:43:00,719 --> 00:43:02,080 Speaker 1: and take the trash, that's you know what I mean 678 00:43:02,120 --> 00:43:05,919 Speaker 1: for sure, But I mean they don't do anything else. 679 00:43:06,000 --> 00:43:07,560 Speaker 1: I mean, so that's why I took it upon myself 680 00:43:07,600 --> 00:43:10,360 Speaker 1: to start doing it, you know, maintaining the park and 681 00:43:10,760 --> 00:43:13,480 Speaker 1: trying to keep it nice. I was going to ask 682 00:43:13,520 --> 00:43:15,160 Speaker 1: you if there was a way for us to help 683 00:43:15,200 --> 00:43:17,839 Speaker 1: you guys, because it's what would be the best way 684 00:43:17,840 --> 00:43:20,040 Speaker 1: to help you guys. Would you prefer going into a 685 00:43:20,040 --> 00:43:23,840 Speaker 1: shelter or would you prefer having a hotel room by yourself? Well, 686 00:43:23,840 --> 00:43:27,680 Speaker 1: of course I'd rather be by myself a shelter. That 687 00:43:27,760 --> 00:43:30,520 Speaker 1: I did get offered the shelter because of the one 688 00:43:30,560 --> 00:43:33,520 Speaker 1: that just opened up in Venice. I was on the list. 689 00:43:33,560 --> 00:43:35,920 Speaker 1: But when they gave me, when they came through and 690 00:43:36,040 --> 00:43:38,600 Speaker 1: left the thing for me, I woke up and it 691 00:43:38,640 --> 00:43:40,799 Speaker 1: was already late, so I never got a chance to 692 00:43:40,800 --> 00:43:43,480 Speaker 1: do that. I have friends that live in the shelter. 693 00:43:44,680 --> 00:43:46,239 Speaker 1: They did say it was pretty cool, you know what 694 00:43:46,280 --> 00:43:48,480 Speaker 1: I mean. But the only downside of that is I 695 00:43:48,520 --> 00:43:52,360 Speaker 1: do have a lot of things, and the thing was 696 00:43:52,719 --> 00:43:54,960 Speaker 1: my story. The storage part was going to be the 697 00:43:55,320 --> 00:43:59,160 Speaker 1: difficult part. So a hotel room would solve that, wouldn't it. Yeah, yeah, 698 00:43:59,200 --> 00:44:01,320 Speaker 1: it would help me out most stuff. You get to 699 00:44:01,360 --> 00:44:02,960 Speaker 1: choose your own stuff and have your own stuff in 700 00:44:03,000 --> 00:44:05,560 Speaker 1: your own room, and then you going into a show. Yeah, 701 00:44:05,880 --> 00:44:08,120 Speaker 1: and then the shelter, you're like around a bunch of people, 702 00:44:08,160 --> 00:44:10,600 Speaker 1: so it's like you have a higher chance of maybe 703 00:44:10,600 --> 00:44:14,120 Speaker 1: catching something. I guess that way. You know. Well, thank 704 00:44:14,160 --> 00:44:16,600 Speaker 1: you very much for your time. This is THEO Henderson 705 00:44:16,600 --> 00:44:19,560 Speaker 1: for wity on House. I thank you all for listening. 706 00:44:19,840 --> 00:44:35,879 Speaker 1: Stay tuned for more. This is THEO Henderson for wity 707 00:44:35,960 --> 00:44:39,440 Speaker 1: on House. We talk about how COVID nineteen has brought 708 00:44:39,440 --> 00:44:41,360 Speaker 1: out the worst in people and the best of people, 709 00:44:41,760 --> 00:44:44,680 Speaker 1: but we didn't talk about prior to COVID nineteen on 710 00:44:44,719 --> 00:44:49,040 Speaker 1: how vigilanteism that carries over even today. This business here, 711 00:44:49,600 --> 00:44:53,880 Speaker 1: good morning. Vietnam has been responsible for harassing and terrorizing 712 00:44:53,880 --> 00:44:56,919 Speaker 1: the in the house community. They have been putting out. 713 00:44:57,360 --> 00:45:00,319 Speaker 1: They have been stating that this gentleman here it has 714 00:45:00,320 --> 00:45:03,520 Speaker 1: this door open, is the one that runs and pulls 715 00:45:03,560 --> 00:45:06,759 Speaker 1: guns on them to terrorize and harass them. But I 716 00:45:06,800 --> 00:45:09,920 Speaker 1: want to also point out to how quick the uh 717 00:45:10,120 --> 00:45:16,719 Speaker 1: the police were called because of his sake. So sir, okay, 718 00:45:17,840 --> 00:45:21,200 Speaker 1: all right, is it true that you put pull guns 719 00:45:21,200 --> 00:45:24,320 Speaker 1: on the in house community? Is it true that you 720 00:45:24,400 --> 00:45:28,880 Speaker 1: hate this? Is? This was pull this is private, this 721 00:45:29,000 --> 00:45:33,200 Speaker 1: was probably property. So as you can see here, he's 722 00:45:33,239 --> 00:45:36,280 Speaker 1: denied that he pulls guns and terrorizes the down house community. 723 00:45:36,440 --> 00:45:38,920 Speaker 1: They have said that you are stalking them. Is it true? 724 00:45:40,120 --> 00:45:42,560 Speaker 1: You can cross that line now? Is it true that 725 00:45:42,560 --> 00:45:46,520 Speaker 1: you're stalking on the house community? Is it true you're stopping? 726 00:45:46,920 --> 00:45:48,560 Speaker 1: You really want me to call it? Pop on you 727 00:45:48,680 --> 00:45:51,920 Speaker 1: right now? If you wish, you can continue, if you 728 00:45:51,960 --> 00:45:54,680 Speaker 1: want to, like step on that sidewalk, that's wonderful. So 729 00:45:55,120 --> 00:45:58,480 Speaker 1: how long have you owned this business? I see? So 730 00:45:58,640 --> 00:46:01,359 Speaker 1: what's the reasons that you have by the job? Yes, 731 00:46:01,760 --> 00:46:03,759 Speaker 1: this is it? This is it. I'm asking you the 732 00:46:03,840 --> 00:46:06,360 Speaker 1: questions you're not asking me. So tell me, is this 733 00:46:06,400 --> 00:46:09,520 Speaker 1: your real job? What use is that job? Is? This 734 00:46:09,600 --> 00:46:12,759 Speaker 1: job is to a highlight the unhouse vigilanteism that goes 735 00:46:12,800 --> 00:46:15,879 Speaker 1: on with business owners who claim that they are better 736 00:46:15,880 --> 00:46:18,080 Speaker 1: than a house peace. Because if that was the case, 737 00:46:18,120 --> 00:46:20,200 Speaker 1: and we're in COVID nineteen, why would you call the 738 00:46:20,239 --> 00:46:23,720 Speaker 1: police on them and deliberately stating that they're not practicing 739 00:46:23,760 --> 00:46:28,520 Speaker 1: social distancing? Because we've had this on camera and our camera, yes, 740 00:46:28,560 --> 00:46:31,160 Speaker 1: they told the officers told us that you were the 741 00:46:31,200 --> 00:46:34,640 Speaker 1: one that called. So you can deny it all you 742 00:46:34,680 --> 00:46:37,120 Speaker 1: on public records will bear out that you're the one 743 00:46:37,120 --> 00:46:40,239 Speaker 1: that called, and public and yes, we've already had the 744 00:46:40,280 --> 00:46:43,399 Speaker 1: public records also say that you have been terrorizing their house, 745 00:46:43,440 --> 00:46:45,080 Speaker 1: and we're trying to find out why do you hate 746 00:46:45,120 --> 00:46:49,680 Speaker 1: the un house so much? You just believe you didn't 747 00:46:49,680 --> 00:46:52,880 Speaker 1: ask the question. Job. This is a job, This is useful. 748 00:46:53,040 --> 00:46:55,160 Speaker 1: But what the question I have is you find it 749 00:46:55,280 --> 00:47:01,720 Speaker 1: useful terrorizing you have you you say, are you saying 750 00:47:02,080 --> 00:47:04,799 Speaker 1: that this is used to sure? Yes, you're saying that 751 00:47:04,880 --> 00:47:10,440 Speaker 1: you find that you're useful harassing unhoused people. As you 752 00:47:10,480 --> 00:47:15,279 Speaker 1: can see, this is where the unhoused vigilanteism. The vigilante 753 00:47:15,280 --> 00:47:20,080 Speaker 1: stays and of course he denies it, but apparently this 754 00:47:20,160 --> 00:47:21,719 Speaker 1: is a part of it, and he has a light 755 00:47:21,800 --> 00:47:25,680 Speaker 1: as you can see here. So this is Ceo Henderson 756 00:47:25,680 --> 00:47:28,799 Speaker 1: from WiDi in House. Here's a common refrain when you're 757 00:47:28,800 --> 00:47:32,280 Speaker 1: confronted with people that have the vigilanteism about against unhoused 758 00:47:32,280 --> 00:47:35,040 Speaker 1: people they have. You don't have a job. You have 759 00:47:35,080 --> 00:47:39,080 Speaker 1: to get a job, get a life, he said. He 760 00:47:39,120 --> 00:47:42,040 Speaker 1: said a job too, right, He said, get a job. 761 00:47:42,280 --> 00:47:44,400 Speaker 1: And he says, because we want to be treated like 762 00:47:44,480 --> 00:47:48,879 Speaker 1: human beings, he said, he calls us. He says that 763 00:47:49,000 --> 00:47:52,000 Speaker 1: we should feel the burn. So here is Theo Henderson 764 00:47:52,040 --> 00:47:55,560 Speaker 1: from Willian House. This is good morning Vietnam and traditional 765 00:47:55,640 --> 00:48:09,920 Speaker 1: Vietnam Vieman cuisine. More to follow anatotally France sarcastically said, 766 00:48:10,440 --> 00:48:14,239 Speaker 1: the law and its majestic equality forbids all people to 767 00:48:14,320 --> 00:48:19,600 Speaker 1: sleep under benches. The rich and the poor. Merrik Arcetti, 768 00:48:20,000 --> 00:48:23,200 Speaker 1: Governor Nuisom and the Civiy Council members have failed to 769 00:48:23,280 --> 00:48:28,560 Speaker 1: follow in that memo. They have strategically placed themselves away 770 00:48:28,600 --> 00:48:33,160 Speaker 1: from responsibility. They have closed down meetings, they have avoided 771 00:48:33,200 --> 00:48:36,440 Speaker 1: the tough questions, and they have did this and the 772 00:48:36,480 --> 00:48:40,560 Speaker 1: behas of rich landowners who are as dictating what they 773 00:48:40,600 --> 00:48:46,520 Speaker 1: do in this country. This protests this Sunday dictated how 774 00:48:46,640 --> 00:48:50,200 Speaker 1: that they were catering to the rich by arresting people 775 00:48:50,280 --> 00:48:55,120 Speaker 1: for beeping doing their constitutional rights. And this is another example. 776 00:48:55,800 --> 00:48:59,960 Speaker 1: We are using. The mantrap while these hotels are business 777 00:49:00,160 --> 00:49:02,960 Speaker 1: is that they did such hard work that they deserve 778 00:49:03,640 --> 00:49:07,399 Speaker 1: to be empty, while on house people who had made 779 00:49:07,400 --> 00:49:10,360 Speaker 1: a personal choice to be out on the street to 780 00:49:10,440 --> 00:49:15,440 Speaker 1: be harassed and arrested. This is the mantro. This is 781 00:49:15,480 --> 00:49:18,840 Speaker 1: the conversation that mainstream media is also pressing. For example, 782 00:49:18,920 --> 00:49:24,320 Speaker 1: Channel seven. Channel seven this week used an unhoused person, 783 00:49:24,320 --> 00:49:29,440 Speaker 1: but they also use it as a tokenized message to 784 00:49:29,640 --> 00:49:32,360 Speaker 1: state that they are in agreement with their homeowners and 785 00:49:32,400 --> 00:49:35,720 Speaker 1: business owners. Why should we have humanity that we should 786 00:49:35,719 --> 00:49:38,279 Speaker 1: be working at market rate. There's no one in here 787 00:49:38,400 --> 00:49:41,359 Speaker 1: that's our employee that are working at market rate. They're 788 00:49:41,400 --> 00:49:45,000 Speaker 1: working in extreme poverty. They don't have their jobs, and 789 00:49:45,080 --> 00:49:48,800 Speaker 1: they are in serious peril of trying to stay in places. 790 00:49:49,200 --> 00:49:53,120 Speaker 1: In fact, their landlords running around tracking people's stimulus checks 791 00:49:53,200 --> 00:49:57,480 Speaker 1: in order to get their money. The city has abdicated 792 00:49:57,520 --> 00:50:02,960 Speaker 1: their responsibility to the whims vile individuals who have no 793 00:50:03,040 --> 00:50:06,040 Speaker 1: idea or any care about what other people suffering is. 794 00:50:07,160 --> 00:50:10,120 Speaker 1: So follow us next week and we will explore this 795 00:50:10,239 --> 00:50:13,600 Speaker 1: issue deeper, but I thank you all for listening, and 796 00:50:13,680 --> 00:50:15,719 Speaker 1: may we again meet in the light of understanding.