1 00:00:07,800 --> 00:00:12,760 Speaker 1: One day we will have to stand before the God 2 00:00:12,840 --> 00:00:20,200 Speaker 1: of History. We will talk in terms of things we've done. 3 00:00:20,880 --> 00:00:24,279 Speaker 1: I was un housed myself for most of last year, 4 00:00:25,600 --> 00:00:27,639 Speaker 1: and so this work is very personal to me. But 5 00:00:27,760 --> 00:00:29,800 Speaker 1: it doesn't have to be personal to you. It's just 6 00:00:29,840 --> 00:00:33,800 Speaker 1: the right thing to say. It said, Yes, we will 7 00:00:33,840 --> 00:00:39,040 Speaker 1: be able to say we build gargantuan bridges to spand 8 00:00:39,080 --> 00:00:43,320 Speaker 1: the seas, We build gigantic buildings to kiss the sky, 9 00:00:45,159 --> 00:00:48,760 Speaker 1: because that is so real for what women, especially black 10 00:00:48,800 --> 00:00:54,200 Speaker 1: women and black transmen fa Yes, we made our submarines 11 00:00:54,280 --> 00:00:59,600 Speaker 1: to penetrate oceanic depths. We brought into being many other 12 00:00:59,680 --> 00:01:05,160 Speaker 1: things with our scientific and technological power. Definitely, part of 13 00:01:05,160 --> 00:01:07,600 Speaker 1: why we're here is to document any abuses that happened 14 00:01:07,640 --> 00:01:10,600 Speaker 1: during this week, because of course, you know, the testimonies 15 00:01:10,600 --> 00:01:13,400 Speaker 1: of in house people are generally ignored by law enforcement. 16 00:01:14,440 --> 00:01:16,760 Speaker 1: Seems that I can hear the God of History is 17 00:01:16,840 --> 00:01:23,480 Speaker 1: saying that was not enough. But I was hungry and 18 00:01:23,600 --> 00:01:27,760 Speaker 1: you said me not. I was naked and you clothed 19 00:01:27,760 --> 00:01:31,520 Speaker 1: me not. You work for us. That's the other where 20 00:01:31,600 --> 00:01:37,680 Speaker 1: less that's it? Did you hear? I didn't say what oftime? 21 00:01:37,800 --> 00:01:40,000 Speaker 1: That's what I've got. I wonder if there's any other 22 00:01:40,000 --> 00:01:43,399 Speaker 1: sheriff the near the other location preventing the exit party 23 00:01:43,400 --> 00:01:47,560 Speaker 1: in house community, I was devoid of a decent, sanitary 24 00:01:47,680 --> 00:01:51,240 Speaker 1: house to live in, and you provided no shelter upon it. 25 00:01:51,560 --> 00:01:56,000 Speaker 1: You consequently you cannot enter the Kingdom of greatness. Do 26 00:01:56,160 --> 00:02:01,080 Speaker 1: it unto the least of these? My brother in me? 27 00:02:01,320 --> 00:02:10,760 Speaker 1: Do it under me? That's the question, basic American game. 28 00:02:41,120 --> 00:02:58,120 Speaker 1: When you were and feeling small and teason, you're a 29 00:03:00,639 --> 00:03:40,560 Speaker 1: how drug, i'mon your winds, get rough and friends just care. 30 00:03:41,400 --> 00:03:44,200 Speaker 1: Mary Guard City calls a success and a model to 31 00:03:44,240 --> 00:03:48,440 Speaker 1: be used in other encampments. Council member Mitchell Pharaoh states 32 00:03:48,440 --> 00:03:50,640 Speaker 1: this is a victory. He housed over two hundred people 33 00:03:50,920 --> 00:03:56,160 Speaker 1: and house people in Project Room. Key Chief Michael Morris 34 00:03:56,160 --> 00:03:59,240 Speaker 1: eyeing other possible places to enact what he did at 35 00:03:59,240 --> 00:04:03,400 Speaker 1: Echo Park. This episode is called Sweeps Coming to a 36 00:04:03,440 --> 00:04:06,400 Speaker 1: Place near You. It is important to note that there 37 00:04:06,520 --> 00:04:09,360 Speaker 1: was one sweep that happened prior to Echo Park that 38 00:04:09,400 --> 00:04:12,000 Speaker 1: doesn't get too much attention, but Echo Park is the 39 00:04:12,000 --> 00:04:14,920 Speaker 1: one that has made headlines and have got people clamoring 40 00:04:14,960 --> 00:04:18,880 Speaker 1: for answers and questions. This episode will highlight the sweep 41 00:04:18,880 --> 00:04:22,400 Speaker 1: that occurred over in Hawthorn, and of course the self 42 00:04:22,440 --> 00:04:25,600 Speaker 1: explanatory sweep is the one that is in Echo Park 43 00:04:25,640 --> 00:04:28,359 Speaker 1: that I witnessed at both. I was at Hawthorne and 44 00:04:28,400 --> 00:04:31,719 Speaker 1: I was at Echo Park too. There's much lies to 45 00:04:31,839 --> 00:04:35,760 Speaker 1: uncover here and there's so much voluminous activity that it 46 00:04:35,839 --> 00:04:37,680 Speaker 1: is in paramount to say, if you want a more 47 00:04:37,680 --> 00:04:40,880 Speaker 1: expansive you as well to look onto my video podcast 48 00:04:40,960 --> 00:04:43,800 Speaker 1: where I take to task some of the erroneous statements 49 00:04:43,800 --> 00:04:47,760 Speaker 1: and lies. This is THEO Henderson from William House and 50 00:04:47,800 --> 00:04:50,400 Speaker 1: I'm sincerely hoping we meet in a light of understanding 51 00:04:50,800 --> 00:04:54,080 Speaker 1: and utilize this moment, this galvanizing moment to speak out 52 00:04:54,240 --> 00:05:23,880 Speaker 1: against this injustice. Come for you, Dotte, you bar when 53 00:05:24,040 --> 00:05:53,600 Speaker 1: dogs come and pay is a line, Dame, Oh true, 54 00:06:00,600 --> 00:06:29,520 Speaker 1: I would. This is THEO Henderson from Willi and House 55 00:06:29,560 --> 00:06:32,080 Speaker 1: and we are here and all throwing and then but 56 00:06:32,200 --> 00:06:34,920 Speaker 1: in a different location. We were doing a segment, a 57 00:06:34,960 --> 00:06:37,599 Speaker 1: follow up segment on where they are now, as well 58 00:06:37,600 --> 00:06:41,520 Speaker 1: as introducing newer guests. UH to our show, We the 59 00:06:41,600 --> 00:06:43,880 Speaker 1: and House is to uplift the voices of houses people 60 00:06:43,920 --> 00:06:46,920 Speaker 1: at this place and get their perspective instead of someone 61 00:06:47,000 --> 00:06:49,680 Speaker 1: telling them their story it's best that they hear hear 62 00:06:49,760 --> 00:06:52,040 Speaker 1: from their own words. And what I'm further do, I'm 63 00:06:52,040 --> 00:06:54,960 Speaker 1: gonna introduce you to MISR Cisco. MISSR Cisco. Thank you 64 00:06:55,000 --> 00:06:59,040 Speaker 1: for having you. Thank you? Uh so MISR Cisco. Uh, 65 00:06:59,120 --> 00:07:02,520 Speaker 1: how long have you been out here? About kill? Ten years? 66 00:07:02,880 --> 00:07:06,640 Speaker 1: What's uh? Huh? What brought you out here for ten years? What? 67 00:07:06,760 --> 00:07:10,960 Speaker 1: What what's happened? Family problems? Problem and you were younger 68 00:07:11,000 --> 00:07:13,000 Speaker 1: you obviously you were a younger man and and family 69 00:07:13,040 --> 00:07:16,560 Speaker 1: problems and so what was your first night like being 70 00:07:16,920 --> 00:07:19,480 Speaker 1: displaced and being out here? Because it's not like a 71 00:07:19,680 --> 00:07:22,480 Speaker 1: what they're saying that it's a party, you're having a 72 00:07:22,520 --> 00:07:25,040 Speaker 1: mansion and things like that. What's what was the challenges? 73 00:07:25,760 --> 00:07:30,640 Speaker 1: Cold party? For little house old it it's hard, but 74 00:07:30,760 --> 00:07:34,960 Speaker 1: it's done hard. Uh, it's for rob making. Yeah. So 75 00:07:35,040 --> 00:07:37,200 Speaker 1: what is your average day like for uh you to 76 00:07:37,200 --> 00:07:39,960 Speaker 1: get up in the morning, Let's say, like say tomorrow, 77 00:07:40,000 --> 00:07:42,120 Speaker 1: because right now the window, uh window and the weather 78 00:07:42,240 --> 00:07:44,640 Speaker 1: is very cold. So what would you your first few 79 00:07:44,640 --> 00:07:47,600 Speaker 1: steps in order for it kid to survive? Well? Since 80 00:07:47,640 --> 00:07:52,800 Speaker 1: you put rain keep like dunk drive you, is it 81 00:07:52,800 --> 00:07:55,440 Speaker 1: hard to keep it driving when it rains? Yes? Yeah, 82 00:07:55,520 --> 00:08:01,240 Speaker 1: what techniques do you usually use its hard so it's talk. 83 00:08:02,400 --> 00:08:05,640 Speaker 1: Oh I see uh so, uh what when you say 84 00:08:05,800 --> 00:08:07,840 Speaker 1: there is are there places where you can get food? 85 00:08:07,960 --> 00:08:10,120 Speaker 1: Or is there places that you have to make do 86 00:08:10,360 --> 00:08:12,920 Speaker 1: or what? What? What? What's what skills do you use 87 00:08:13,000 --> 00:08:16,480 Speaker 1: to do that? Well? Well kick 'em one hundred IU. 88 00:08:16,840 --> 00:08:18,800 Speaker 1: I go out through still. You know what I'm saying. 89 00:08:19,120 --> 00:08:22,080 Speaker 1: Sometime I'll go through the churches. You know, I'll talk 90 00:08:23,440 --> 00:08:27,200 Speaker 1: they church, you t truch food? Want well, wanna talking 91 00:08:27,200 --> 00:08:29,760 Speaker 1: about it? The we you know we every day you know, 92 00:08:29,920 --> 00:08:32,160 Speaker 1: as I gotta go out there still go and cook 93 00:08:32,200 --> 00:08:34,120 Speaker 1: for everybody. You know what I look like, I'm OWDs, 94 00:08:34,240 --> 00:08:37,520 Speaker 1: So I look I take there. Uh yeah, absolutely, I 95 00:08:37,559 --> 00:08:39,680 Speaker 1: agree with that and I'm one of the things. I 96 00:08:39,840 --> 00:08:42,600 Speaker 1: also I've noticed in what ahouse people that have to 97 00:08:42,640 --> 00:08:45,400 Speaker 1: do a lot of survival things in order to survive. 98 00:08:45,840 --> 00:08:48,840 Speaker 1: How do you deal with people judging you negatively when 99 00:08:48,880 --> 00:08:51,120 Speaker 1: you have to deal with that? Or do you encounter that? 100 00:08:52,240 --> 00:08:56,760 Speaker 1: Uh a lot? I talk to 'em sometime or I 101 00:08:56,920 --> 00:08:59,400 Speaker 1: just said time. You know, but they live, just don't 102 00:08:59,400 --> 00:09:01,560 Speaker 1: know they lot betrays that wal put the dog rector. 103 00:09:05,200 --> 00:09:07,599 Speaker 1: One of the things also that it is brought to 104 00:09:07,640 --> 00:09:10,840 Speaker 1: my attention and I hope to uh talk about is like, uh, 105 00:09:11,240 --> 00:09:13,480 Speaker 1: is it possible that your family because they always people 106 00:09:13,480 --> 00:09:15,839 Speaker 1: are saying where whereas people where your family is? Is 107 00:09:15,880 --> 00:09:18,120 Speaker 1: it possible that your family can prepare you guys in 108 00:09:18,160 --> 00:09:20,719 Speaker 1: relationships so you could be put back in home? Or 109 00:09:21,160 --> 00:09:23,520 Speaker 1: is that n not a not a not a possibility? 110 00:09:24,880 --> 00:09:31,800 Speaker 1: We once uh most of once I got put out. Uh, 111 00:09:31,880 --> 00:09:35,679 Speaker 1: let's go back and just pull out And sorry to 112 00:09:35,760 --> 00:09:39,199 Speaker 1: hear that. So what if there's a person that's just 113 00:09:39,320 --> 00:09:42,959 Speaker 1: becoming unhoused and or uh on the streets, what was 114 00:09:43,080 --> 00:09:45,559 Speaker 1: advice would you give them? Because you know, usually it's 115 00:09:45,679 --> 00:09:48,000 Speaker 1: very scary For me, I walked all night, uh my 116 00:09:48,120 --> 00:09:50,079 Speaker 1: first night. The second night, I just rode on the 117 00:09:50,120 --> 00:09:53,199 Speaker 1: bus all night because I was tired. But so what 118 00:09:53,440 --> 00:09:56,120 Speaker 1: what what offer? What's skill? What what techniques or what 119 00:09:56,960 --> 00:09:59,200 Speaker 1: advice that you can give the people that just becoming 120 00:09:59,240 --> 00:10:03,120 Speaker 1: an housed Put the skelter? What if the shelters are 121 00:10:03,160 --> 00:10:08,160 Speaker 1: for so? Well, just what you can you know what 122 00:10:08,200 --> 00:10:11,040 Speaker 1: I'm saying, it's it's a rival, you know what I'm saying. 123 00:10:11,080 --> 00:10:14,880 Speaker 1: That's for help. That's all I can say. That's what help. 124 00:10:16,920 --> 00:10:18,760 Speaker 1: So what would be the best way for us to help. 125 00:10:18,800 --> 00:10:20,880 Speaker 1: Have you been here ten years? Would you be open 126 00:10:21,000 --> 00:10:23,599 Speaker 1: to going to a hotel or or a place so 127 00:10:23,720 --> 00:10:25,320 Speaker 1: that they can get you at the home or your 128 00:10:25,400 --> 00:10:27,880 Speaker 1: own home instead of happen to worry about someone else 129 00:10:27,920 --> 00:10:29,640 Speaker 1: throwing you out. You have your own control of your 130 00:10:29,640 --> 00:10:31,520 Speaker 1: own destiny. Would you like to do be able to 131 00:10:31,520 --> 00:10:35,520 Speaker 1: get your own home? Uh? Yes, you had a couple 132 00:10:35,559 --> 00:10:38,400 Speaker 1: of programs come out here. You know, they pull the shit. 133 00:10:38,440 --> 00:10:41,400 Speaker 1: You know what I'm saying, cause they happen schedules to 134 00:10:41,520 --> 00:10:46,280 Speaker 1: go to uh treasure, it's home. I need some paperwork things. 135 00:10:46,360 --> 00:10:49,000 Speaker 1: I left that paperwork thing I called when it come 136 00:10:49,040 --> 00:10:51,640 Speaker 1: to get it to liver from every time? Yeah, ever 137 00:10:51,679 --> 00:10:56,079 Speaker 1: do That's why. But then some other people come and 138 00:10:56,200 --> 00:10:58,680 Speaker 1: I just play the triller. What happened? They call the dudes? 139 00:10:58,800 --> 00:11:01,320 Speaker 1: Actually what happened? A lot of y'all was here because 140 00:11:01,600 --> 00:11:05,839 Speaker 1: you can't ever neg came so so basically they just 141 00:11:05,920 --> 00:11:08,600 Speaker 1: shafted you out of your own opportunity to have your 142 00:11:08,640 --> 00:11:11,760 Speaker 1: own home. How do you guys? Have much of police 143 00:11:11,760 --> 00:11:15,200 Speaker 1: are coming by to bother you guys. So it's time 144 00:11:15,280 --> 00:11:19,120 Speaker 1: though day if we cause problems, they called, you know 145 00:11:19,120 --> 00:11:22,319 Speaker 1: what I'm saying. We got to keep this, try to 146 00:11:22,400 --> 00:11:26,560 Speaker 1: keep it clean over they don't do a schedule sweepstor 147 00:11:26,800 --> 00:11:32,120 Speaker 1: clean and things like that. Oh illegally okay, they'll they'll 148 00:11:32,240 --> 00:11:36,320 Speaker 1: joy wait as close to okay, you're right, Jo you okay? Cool? 149 00:11:37,120 --> 00:11:40,160 Speaker 1: So wow, what would you like to leave for people 150 00:11:40,200 --> 00:11:42,960 Speaker 1: to understand about your situation? You've just told us it's hard. 151 00:11:43,760 --> 00:11:46,760 Speaker 1: What would you like to leave the audience to understand 152 00:11:46,960 --> 00:11:49,959 Speaker 1: about your condition? Because people believe that people like to 153 00:11:50,000 --> 00:11:53,280 Speaker 1: be out here, they don't want help, and it's like 154 00:11:53,360 --> 00:11:55,400 Speaker 1: you guys live in the mansions and you know, it's 155 00:11:55,440 --> 00:11:58,839 Speaker 1: like a constant Disneyland experience and what you're telling me 156 00:11:58,920 --> 00:12:01,480 Speaker 1: that is not true. So what what insight would you 157 00:12:01,640 --> 00:12:04,000 Speaker 1: like to let these people that say that didn't it 158 00:12:04,080 --> 00:12:08,480 Speaker 1: to know? Sure could so that living right cloth So 159 00:12:09,280 --> 00:12:12,240 Speaker 1: you ain't living in a bash, You're not having a 160 00:12:12,280 --> 00:12:14,920 Speaker 1: Disneyland experience where you know, I fucking pull the muney. 161 00:12:15,679 --> 00:12:17,880 Speaker 1: Well that's the why. Actually they really believe we got 162 00:12:17,920 --> 00:12:20,760 Speaker 1: how people look like that because being paid up really nothing. Yeah, 163 00:12:20,840 --> 00:12:26,040 Speaker 1: still got paid it's hard. Yeah, let's say you gotta 164 00:12:26,080 --> 00:12:29,079 Speaker 1: try walking my shoes right now. Yeah, yeah, we'll try 165 00:12:29,559 --> 00:12:33,920 Speaker 1: try this four day. You know what I'm saying it understand. 166 00:12:34,040 --> 00:12:39,680 Speaker 1: You know, we're a little better, a little better than absolutely. 167 00:12:39,840 --> 00:12:42,200 Speaker 1: Thank you very much for your time. I appreciate your 168 00:12:42,320 --> 00:12:45,240 Speaker 1: h your candor. Uh. This is Theo Henderson from weeding 169 00:12:45,320 --> 00:12:48,480 Speaker 1: a house here uh at Hawthorn, and I thank you 170 00:12:48,640 --> 00:12:51,200 Speaker 1: hard for listening and less warmly meet in the light 171 00:12:51,240 --> 00:13:21,240 Speaker 1: of understanding. Got to me, good morning, it's the Steil Henderson. 172 00:13:21,320 --> 00:13:23,280 Speaker 1: When we are in the house, we are here at 173 00:13:23,400 --> 00:13:26,400 Speaker 1: Age Sleep. Here. We have a few activists here that 174 00:13:26,559 --> 00:13:30,880 Speaker 1: has been charting and documenting as well as observing how 175 00:13:30,920 --> 00:13:33,839 Speaker 1: the city has been criminalizing our house neighbors out here. 176 00:13:34,280 --> 00:13:36,640 Speaker 1: And I have one of the activists here who has 177 00:13:36,720 --> 00:13:39,240 Speaker 1: been has some very good insight and I wanted to 178 00:13:39,320 --> 00:13:41,480 Speaker 1: talk with her a little bit about this as well 179 00:13:41,520 --> 00:13:45,760 Speaker 1: as other batteries without perfect us to hear. Daddy, Hi, 180 00:13:46,360 --> 00:13:49,920 Speaker 1: good morning. My name is Danny. I bounced the train 181 00:13:49,920 --> 00:13:54,360 Speaker 1: in San Pedro and Long Beach, California. But I really 182 00:13:54,440 --> 00:13:57,360 Speaker 1: I go all over wherever the work needs to be done, 183 00:13:57,480 --> 00:14:00,680 Speaker 1: that's where I go. So that's why I'm here. We're 184 00:14:00,720 --> 00:14:03,920 Speaker 1: here in the border of Guardina and Hawthorne, which is 185 00:14:04,080 --> 00:14:08,560 Speaker 1: more north of me but still in the South Bay. Yeah, 186 00:14:08,679 --> 00:14:14,120 Speaker 1: so we were just talking about documenting sweeps. So technically 187 00:14:14,240 --> 00:14:17,320 Speaker 1: this canal is not part of the City of Los 188 00:14:17,320 --> 00:14:21,080 Speaker 1: Angeles or Guardiana Hawthorne. It's a weird gray area that 189 00:14:22,320 --> 00:14:26,640 Speaker 1: public works and other entities like to do that, so 190 00:14:27,800 --> 00:14:31,800 Speaker 1: it pushes off accountability from the city and city council 191 00:14:31,840 --> 00:14:35,960 Speaker 1: members quite frankly. The supervisor here for this district is 192 00:14:36,080 --> 00:14:40,160 Speaker 1: Board of Supervisor Holly Mitchel. So I would advise people 193 00:14:40,480 --> 00:14:43,520 Speaker 1: watching to write to Holly Mitchell tell her to stop 194 00:14:43,560 --> 00:14:47,600 Speaker 1: the sweeps. And it's important to document these sweeps because 195 00:14:48,920 --> 00:14:52,680 Speaker 1: the egregiousness and these are human rights violations. Right people 196 00:14:52,880 --> 00:14:57,400 Speaker 1: deserve housing. I'm a tenant rights organizer, but to me, 197 00:14:58,080 --> 00:15:00,120 Speaker 1: housing is a human rights no matter what. It's not 198 00:15:00,240 --> 00:15:03,640 Speaker 1: just a cute saying that we say. And just because 199 00:15:03,680 --> 00:15:06,400 Speaker 1: somebody is living on the street or in their car, 200 00:15:06,680 --> 00:15:09,360 Speaker 1: as I have as well, I was m on house 201 00:15:09,440 --> 00:15:13,240 Speaker 1: myself and most of last year, and so this work 202 00:15:13,320 --> 00:15:15,400 Speaker 1: is very personal to me. But it doesn't have to 203 00:15:15,480 --> 00:15:18,200 Speaker 1: be personal to you. It's just the right thing to do. Right, 204 00:15:18,480 --> 00:15:22,560 Speaker 1: just because somebody doesn't have an actual building that they 205 00:15:22,680 --> 00:15:25,480 Speaker 1: live in doesn't mean that this isn't their home, right, 206 00:15:25,680 --> 00:15:28,680 Speaker 1: and it doesn't mean that somebody's self worth is less 207 00:15:28,760 --> 00:15:30,720 Speaker 1: than or that you should treat them less than that 208 00:15:31,280 --> 00:15:33,360 Speaker 1: because they're living in their car or living in a 209 00:15:33,480 --> 00:15:37,280 Speaker 1: tent and not in an actual apartment building or house 210 00:15:37,400 --> 00:15:40,680 Speaker 1: or so on and self forth, right, Danny, based on 211 00:15:40,760 --> 00:15:42,840 Speaker 1: your lived experience with doing the house, what was the 212 00:15:43,000 --> 00:15:46,920 Speaker 1: what was it like for you? You know, like I 213 00:15:47,120 --> 00:15:51,280 Speaker 1: hate to quantify, but you know, my experience, I'm sure 214 00:15:52,000 --> 00:15:56,360 Speaker 1: wasn't as bad as some other women that I know 215 00:15:56,680 --> 00:15:59,600 Speaker 1: who have been living on schedule for many years and 216 00:15:59,600 --> 00:16:03,080 Speaker 1: stuff that I was very fortunate that you know, I 217 00:16:03,320 --> 00:16:06,040 Speaker 1: was CouchSurfing and I was I did have to sleep 218 00:16:06,080 --> 00:16:08,400 Speaker 1: in my car at times, you know, and it's and 219 00:16:08,560 --> 00:16:10,520 Speaker 1: so that's why it was important for me to find 220 00:16:10,560 --> 00:16:14,280 Speaker 1: these resources because I work with tenants that were illegally 221 00:16:14,320 --> 00:16:18,560 Speaker 1: evicted as well before they started working with me. And 222 00:16:19,040 --> 00:16:22,360 Speaker 1: you know, but it's still scary, like being perceived as 223 00:16:22,400 --> 00:16:25,840 Speaker 1: a woman, like I'm non binary, but I use all genders, 224 00:16:26,040 --> 00:16:30,000 Speaker 1: all dinner pronouns, but looking feminine and being perceived as 225 00:16:30,040 --> 00:16:36,840 Speaker 1: a woman as is very as incredibly dangerous. And we've 226 00:16:36,920 --> 00:16:40,800 Speaker 1: had discussions in different locals about asking for consent to 227 00:16:41,040 --> 00:16:44,200 Speaker 1: arm women and friends and queer folks that are on house, 228 00:16:44,280 --> 00:16:46,280 Speaker 1: and trans folks that are on house, especially people of 229 00:16:46,360 --> 00:16:50,280 Speaker 1: colored by POSC people, right, because we are the folks 230 00:16:50,360 --> 00:16:55,160 Speaker 1: that the most amount of state violence is impressed upon us, right, 231 00:16:55,280 --> 00:16:58,800 Speaker 1: And so it's very important to teach people these skills 232 00:16:58,840 --> 00:17:00,760 Speaker 1: how to protect themselves if they want it, right, And 233 00:17:00,840 --> 00:17:05,200 Speaker 1: we've even talked about self defense classes too, right. So yeah, 234 00:17:05,280 --> 00:17:08,040 Speaker 1: I mean being a woman or fem or being perceived 235 00:17:08,040 --> 00:17:13,480 Speaker 1: as a woman is if you like, I'm so sorry 236 00:17:13,520 --> 00:17:16,520 Speaker 1: I can't remember her name. Yes, but yesterday a bunch 237 00:17:16,600 --> 00:17:19,720 Speaker 1: of amazing black women spoke at an event for Ella 238 00:17:19,840 --> 00:17:24,720 Speaker 1: can for International Women's Day, and they the stories were 239 00:17:24,880 --> 00:17:29,880 Speaker 1: just so horrific. But that is so real for black women, 240 00:17:30,040 --> 00:17:33,440 Speaker 1: especially black women and black trans women face, right, And 241 00:17:33,960 --> 00:17:36,280 Speaker 1: if I'm gonna sit here and I'm gonna say black 242 00:17:36,320 --> 00:17:38,440 Speaker 1: lives matter, then like those are the women that I 243 00:17:38,520 --> 00:17:41,160 Speaker 1: need to uplift. Right. So that's why I like, personally 244 00:17:41,240 --> 00:17:43,679 Speaker 1: for me, like, I don't like talking about my story 245 00:17:43,760 --> 00:17:46,560 Speaker 1: because I feel like, you know, there are other people 246 00:17:46,640 --> 00:17:49,920 Speaker 1: that I need to uplift, right, I agree, And most importantly, 247 00:17:50,000 --> 00:17:53,359 Speaker 1: guess many times black women that story questions you can 248 00:17:53,400 --> 00:17:55,680 Speaker 1: fake as the views of the world. But your story 249 00:17:55,760 --> 00:17:57,720 Speaker 1: is yes important, as al was with one of the 250 00:17:57,760 --> 00:17:59,920 Speaker 1: things that I always talk about, in order for black 251 00:18:00,080 --> 00:18:02,600 Speaker 1: liberation to occur, we don't want to be sitting there 252 00:18:02,640 --> 00:18:04,639 Speaker 1: at the table alone. We want a seat at the table. 253 00:18:04,880 --> 00:18:06,919 Speaker 1: So your story is just as important too. We are 254 00:18:06,920 --> 00:18:10,920 Speaker 1: all white white supremacy, and also in addition to this 255 00:18:11,560 --> 00:18:14,959 Speaker 1: that there is an optick of Asian anti Asian violence, 256 00:18:15,200 --> 00:18:18,399 Speaker 1: So your story is just as important to be uplifted too. 257 00:18:18,800 --> 00:18:21,880 Speaker 1: I have I've reached several communities in the Asian communities 258 00:18:22,000 --> 00:18:25,120 Speaker 1: here and I definitely am against that and I'm also 259 00:18:25,240 --> 00:18:28,080 Speaker 1: in stand with you guys and fighting against this as well. 260 00:18:28,680 --> 00:18:31,159 Speaker 1: Thank you so much they. I really appreciate that to 261 00:18:31,240 --> 00:18:33,960 Speaker 1: be seen as we heard value and the community. Like 262 00:18:34,080 --> 00:18:36,680 Speaker 1: that's that's really like that means a lot to me. 263 00:18:37,480 --> 00:18:41,320 Speaker 1: And yeah, I mean I always say it yellow Carol 264 00:18:41,359 --> 00:18:44,400 Speaker 1: supports black power. Oh you know, like that's that's real 265 00:18:44,560 --> 00:18:47,440 Speaker 1: for me, Like that's that's not just the saying, and 266 00:18:47,560 --> 00:18:50,000 Speaker 1: like that's something that is so important and I try 267 00:18:50,040 --> 00:18:52,280 Speaker 1: to live that to the best of my ability every day. 268 00:18:52,400 --> 00:18:55,680 Speaker 1: And you know, I think being I have I have 269 00:18:55,840 --> 00:18:57,880 Speaker 1: had friends that have called me out when they felt 270 00:18:57,920 --> 00:19:00,240 Speaker 1: like I've done anti black things and you know, yeah, 271 00:19:00,320 --> 00:19:02,399 Speaker 1: and by good but he excuse me for lack of 272 00:19:02,440 --> 00:19:05,240 Speaker 1: better words. But you know, at the same time, like 273 00:19:05,400 --> 00:19:08,720 Speaker 1: if I'm truly for black liberation, I need to take 274 00:19:08,800 --> 00:19:11,280 Speaker 1: the criticism and I need to work on myself, right, 275 00:19:11,359 --> 00:19:15,000 Speaker 1: I need to be accountable because that's moving towards abolition, 276 00:19:15,160 --> 00:19:18,520 Speaker 1: that's moving towards transformative justice and the future that we 277 00:19:18,640 --> 00:19:20,320 Speaker 1: want to live in and we want to exist in 278 00:19:20,400 --> 00:19:24,320 Speaker 1: build right, So yeah, thank you for giving me the space. 279 00:19:25,480 --> 00:19:28,359 Speaker 1: Thank you so much for being thank you for being 280 00:19:28,440 --> 00:19:30,600 Speaker 1: here for us as well. Like I said, we are 281 00:19:30,600 --> 00:19:32,840 Speaker 1: all in this in a way together. We all we 282 00:19:33,000 --> 00:19:34,440 Speaker 1: may not be in the same boat, but we're in 283 00:19:34,480 --> 00:19:36,600 Speaker 1: the same storm. And the best thing we can do 284 00:19:36,800 --> 00:19:39,080 Speaker 1: is with each other to protect ourself from the store 285 00:19:39,359 --> 00:19:41,280 Speaker 1: is be there for each other. And Thanny, I really 286 00:19:41,359 --> 00:19:45,120 Speaker 1: appropiate you coming out speaking and coming out and there's 287 00:19:45,240 --> 00:19:48,000 Speaker 1: many people are probably invad off the work. You know, 288 00:19:48,280 --> 00:19:50,439 Speaker 1: this is something that's really important for all of us. 289 00:19:50,520 --> 00:19:52,560 Speaker 1: This is a human rights it's just for everyone. So 290 00:19:52,760 --> 00:19:54,359 Speaker 1: is there anything else that I missed or you'd like 291 00:19:54,480 --> 00:19:59,600 Speaker 1: to say no, If you want to donate, you can 292 00:19:59,640 --> 00:20:03,040 Speaker 1: donate to LA can you can donate the street Latch LA. 293 00:20:03,160 --> 00:20:07,560 Speaker 1: You can donate directly to THEO. The Downtown Women's Coalition 294 00:20:07,960 --> 00:20:10,840 Speaker 1: is an amazing resource. You should. They help women that 295 00:20:10,920 --> 00:20:14,200 Speaker 1: are on housed directly on skid row, that are directly impacted, 296 00:20:14,280 --> 00:20:17,560 Speaker 1: that are mostly by POC women. You should donate to 297 00:20:17,600 --> 00:20:23,560 Speaker 1: Reclaim Black LA and Black August. And there's so many 298 00:20:23,640 --> 00:20:26,320 Speaker 1: other resources out there, like just do a little bit 299 00:20:26,359 --> 00:20:28,800 Speaker 1: of googling or sorry not to give them money, but 300 00:20:29,280 --> 00:20:31,400 Speaker 1: that to plug them. But yeah, just do a little 301 00:20:31,400 --> 00:20:34,399 Speaker 1: bit of digging. And there's so many great organizations. If 302 00:20:34,440 --> 00:20:36,679 Speaker 1: you can't be on the ground right now, do the COVID. 303 00:20:36,960 --> 00:20:40,600 Speaker 1: That's totally understandable. There are ways to give directly to 304 00:20:40,800 --> 00:20:44,520 Speaker 1: the community. That way you've helped directly and you advocate directly. 305 00:20:44,640 --> 00:20:48,640 Speaker 1: With the comment, this is about advocating. It's not about saviorism, 306 00:20:49,240 --> 00:20:53,160 Speaker 1: it's not about charity. This is working directly with people 307 00:20:53,320 --> 00:20:58,200 Speaker 1: asking for their consent, and that's that's how we do it. Absolutely, 308 00:20:58,320 --> 00:21:01,440 Speaker 1: we're working with the out the house. We're working with 309 00:21:01,520 --> 00:21:04,440 Speaker 1: the other groups, not for them or accuse them. This 310 00:21:04,600 --> 00:21:06,600 Speaker 1: is THEO and Henderson Formedia in the house. Thank you 311 00:21:06,680 --> 00:21:09,440 Speaker 1: all for listening. This is media House Exclusive and I 312 00:21:09,520 --> 00:21:29,840 Speaker 1: hope we again meet in a lot of understanding. Good evening. 313 00:21:30,119 --> 00:21:33,040 Speaker 1: This is the Henderson from Median House and we're here 314 00:21:33,320 --> 00:21:35,879 Speaker 1: back at hastor has been in another area, and I 315 00:21:36,160 --> 00:21:38,520 Speaker 1: want to take a moment to explain to the listeners 316 00:21:38,560 --> 00:21:41,280 Speaker 1: who are so helping or the game of throws and 317 00:21:41,400 --> 00:21:44,400 Speaker 1: have the time, all the abundance times and other mainstream 318 00:21:44,560 --> 00:21:47,280 Speaker 1: kind of entertainment, but when it comes to learning about 319 00:21:47,280 --> 00:21:49,720 Speaker 1: the other house, they want us to capsulate it in 320 00:21:49,880 --> 00:21:52,120 Speaker 1: like two or three minutes so they can go back 321 00:21:52,160 --> 00:21:55,280 Speaker 1: to their regular schedule programs. Well, if this is War 322 00:21:55,480 --> 00:21:58,720 Speaker 1: one and two for most part for the young house 323 00:21:59,200 --> 00:22:01,560 Speaker 1: and to getting their stories out, the second part is 324 00:22:01,640 --> 00:22:04,080 Speaker 1: your guest, and by all means you must be listening 325 00:22:04,160 --> 00:22:06,720 Speaker 1: in and learning and figuring out. Because one of the 326 00:22:06,800 --> 00:22:09,680 Speaker 1: elementary things that's going on right now is a very 327 00:22:09,800 --> 00:22:13,000 Speaker 1: windy cold day, which is why I got my hoodie 328 00:22:13,080 --> 00:22:16,440 Speaker 1: on because this cold is hell and I'm trying to 329 00:22:16,840 --> 00:22:18,760 Speaker 1: I used to have my little style, the sunglasses and 330 00:22:18,800 --> 00:22:21,080 Speaker 1: all that. I kind of threw knocked that off when 331 00:22:21,080 --> 00:22:24,320 Speaker 1: it got cold. So without further ado, I'm gonna introduce 332 00:22:24,359 --> 00:22:27,440 Speaker 1: Sam and we're gonna have just a brief conversation to 333 00:22:27,560 --> 00:22:30,920 Speaker 1: talk about, you know, his experiences in his own words. 334 00:22:31,600 --> 00:22:35,879 Speaker 1: Welcome Sam, But so Sam tell us what is like? 335 00:22:36,440 --> 00:22:39,280 Speaker 1: This is a unique situation obviously, So how long have 336 00:22:39,359 --> 00:22:43,240 Speaker 1: you been unhoused or on the streets. You're about like 337 00:22:43,480 --> 00:22:45,040 Speaker 1: two and a half years. Two and a half years. 338 00:22:45,080 --> 00:22:47,639 Speaker 1: And what got you to this place? Because this is 339 00:22:48,520 --> 00:22:51,080 Speaker 1: one way it's kind of sectioned off from people, but 340 00:22:51,200 --> 00:22:54,120 Speaker 1: it's also you're still around people because there's houses over there. 341 00:22:54,480 --> 00:22:57,920 Speaker 1: So what made you come through this area? Really? Even 342 00:22:58,000 --> 00:23:04,880 Speaker 1: Guardina doing trucking h got into it, you know, family issues, 343 00:23:06,280 --> 00:23:10,040 Speaker 1: came out here and tried to make the best of it. Well, 344 00:23:10,119 --> 00:23:12,680 Speaker 1: my mom is ill and trying to stay real close 345 00:23:13,720 --> 00:23:17,760 Speaker 1: to what's going on, sis less with her after that, 346 00:23:17,920 --> 00:23:20,640 Speaker 1: I I really don't know. I'm sorry to hear about 347 00:23:20,640 --> 00:23:23,200 Speaker 1: your muscle's illness and the family issues because most people 348 00:23:23,440 --> 00:23:27,439 Speaker 1: have you know, usually utilized it's your family, it's your 349 00:23:27,480 --> 00:23:29,639 Speaker 1: connection and your backbone, right. But when you got an 350 00:23:29,640 --> 00:23:31,600 Speaker 1: ill family member and you had trying to take care 351 00:23:31,600 --> 00:23:34,040 Speaker 1: of her and dealing with house bus cause it could 352 00:23:34,040 --> 00:23:36,840 Speaker 1: be very difficult. How how do you manage this? Uh? 353 00:23:37,640 --> 00:23:39,040 Speaker 1: What you try to manage is the best way. You 354 00:23:39,080 --> 00:23:41,600 Speaker 1: can tell to well me, I keep everything on me. 355 00:23:43,119 --> 00:23:45,040 Speaker 1: I try to go out my way to just try 356 00:23:45,080 --> 00:23:48,200 Speaker 1: to help everybody else, decide myself, get out of me, 357 00:23:49,640 --> 00:23:53,240 Speaker 1: try to do the business less for that day, keep on. 358 00:23:53,560 --> 00:23:55,320 Speaker 1: Do you have any children or anything like that? Or 359 00:23:55,400 --> 00:23:58,840 Speaker 1: how many children you have? Her has four? Wow? Uh 360 00:23:59,040 --> 00:24:02,439 Speaker 1: so I they're obviously not here because you know so, uh, 361 00:24:02,520 --> 00:24:05,200 Speaker 1: they're to being taken care of. That's that's usually what 362 00:24:05,320 --> 00:24:08,320 Speaker 1: I noticed. Most parents or fathers prefer the kids to 363 00:24:08,440 --> 00:24:10,159 Speaker 1: be taken care of and they will just go and 364 00:24:10,359 --> 00:24:13,119 Speaker 1: and and make do with it. So it's it's your 365 00:24:13,200 --> 00:24:16,520 Speaker 1: family taking care of your kids. Yeah, yeah, I know. 366 00:24:16,560 --> 00:24:22,560 Speaker 1: I how a beautiful wife, a little kids, mother. Everything 367 00:24:22,680 --> 00:24:24,520 Speaker 1: worked out for you know, I'm not a bad guy. 368 00:24:24,680 --> 00:24:29,560 Speaker 1: This was a father. Sorry to hear that. God is 369 00:24:30,160 --> 00:24:34,040 Speaker 1: uh so what what? You lost your job obviously and 370 00:24:34,320 --> 00:24:37,240 Speaker 1: now you're trying to get yourself on the track. What 371 00:24:37,440 --> 00:24:39,320 Speaker 1: ideas do you think that can help you get you 372 00:24:39,440 --> 00:24:43,479 Speaker 1: out of the situation when you think, first of all, 373 00:24:43,480 --> 00:24:46,320 Speaker 1: I gotta be real with me and get ab out 374 00:24:46,320 --> 00:24:49,600 Speaker 1: of the situation, do me and stuff? Just you looking 375 00:24:49,640 --> 00:24:53,880 Speaker 1: for everybody to come through and just you know, God said, 376 00:24:53,960 --> 00:24:59,080 Speaker 1: you know, and yes, actually was the word. Well, that 377 00:24:59,240 --> 00:25:01,920 Speaker 1: usually being said people come to help because we're a community. 378 00:25:02,280 --> 00:25:03,920 Speaker 1: You know that that doing when that you know that 379 00:25:04,119 --> 00:25:07,560 Speaker 1: somebody is sent to help you. So one of the 380 00:25:07,640 --> 00:25:10,960 Speaker 1: things is one out here, what's living like out here? 381 00:25:11,160 --> 00:25:13,280 Speaker 1: Because I right now, for me, I'm cold, So I 382 00:25:13,320 --> 00:25:16,040 Speaker 1: don't know how you got a tougher skin than I do. 383 00:25:16,280 --> 00:25:26,240 Speaker 1: But sorry, they deal with it. You know, there's people 384 00:25:26,280 --> 00:25:28,800 Speaker 1: around that say that people on the street that living 385 00:25:28,800 --> 00:25:31,159 Speaker 1: in lap of luxury. This is like a high. You know, 386 00:25:31,320 --> 00:25:33,800 Speaker 1: people are living in mansions on mc mansions and you 387 00:25:33,840 --> 00:25:36,280 Speaker 1: guys make getting millions of dollars and you know you 388 00:25:36,520 --> 00:25:39,560 Speaker 1: just basically love living in the uh the high party 389 00:25:39,640 --> 00:25:45,040 Speaker 1: life is this? Is this true? No? No, I mean 390 00:25:45,080 --> 00:25:50,480 Speaker 1: it's more for me try to get out of me 391 00:25:51,080 --> 00:25:54,399 Speaker 1: and dealing with the situation I am and then to 392 00:25:54,520 --> 00:25:59,920 Speaker 1: be walking around here mad knowing that I am home 393 00:26:00,119 --> 00:26:03,479 Speaker 1: isn't hurting somebody else because of my situation. So they 394 00:26:03,520 --> 00:26:07,159 Speaker 1: can think that they want until they hear it's just 395 00:26:07,240 --> 00:26:09,600 Speaker 1: the The part to get to me is staring, you know, 396 00:26:10,000 --> 00:26:13,400 Speaker 1: mean yeah really cool. Yeah. People definitely love to stare 397 00:26:13,440 --> 00:26:16,679 Speaker 1: at people and make themselves feel better by putting other 398 00:26:16,720 --> 00:26:18,840 Speaker 1: people down. I I I've noticed that being down in 399 00:26:18,960 --> 00:26:22,240 Speaker 1: La So are there any programs out here? I like, 400 00:26:22,320 --> 00:26:24,520 Speaker 1: for example, do they have a project room, key or 401 00:26:24,640 --> 00:26:27,199 Speaker 1: places where uh they help on house people out here? 402 00:26:27,240 --> 00:26:29,320 Speaker 1: Do you have you seen any of that? Yeah? They Yeah, 403 00:26:29,320 --> 00:26:33,320 Speaker 1: they say open the program with giving hotels to clients 404 00:26:33,440 --> 00:26:37,480 Speaker 1: and things have worked out to nature. You know it's 405 00:26:38,240 --> 00:26:42,080 Speaker 1: ye don't mean to say this, but we get the 406 00:26:42,119 --> 00:26:46,040 Speaker 1: wrong people. Oh okay, well some of the uh what 407 00:26:46,160 --> 00:26:49,159 Speaker 1: I've heard multiple different reports. One is like people have 408 00:26:49,280 --> 00:26:51,840 Speaker 1: told me it's like a prison sell that they give 409 00:26:51,880 --> 00:26:54,960 Speaker 1: them a five or six o'clock curfews. I wouldn't. Yeah, 410 00:26:55,080 --> 00:26:58,720 Speaker 1: so so you know, the so there's a mixed uh, 411 00:26:58,920 --> 00:27:01,280 Speaker 1: mixed conversation. No point there what I'm trying to say, 412 00:27:01,320 --> 00:27:03,760 Speaker 1: it's not just like out here, it's not like you're 413 00:27:03,760 --> 00:27:06,040 Speaker 1: not living a life of luxury that even though they 414 00:27:06,119 --> 00:27:08,239 Speaker 1: may have hotels and still treat it like they are 415 00:27:08,400 --> 00:27:11,000 Speaker 1: done the primes that they haven't done so so that 416 00:27:11,720 --> 00:27:15,520 Speaker 1: it's a very fluid conversation. So what would be the 417 00:27:15,560 --> 00:27:17,480 Speaker 1: best way to help you in order for us to 418 00:27:17,800 --> 00:27:21,800 Speaker 1: figure out how to get you on the track help me, 419 00:27:22,000 --> 00:27:26,400 Speaker 1: is you know, open up and ask for help. M Okay, 420 00:27:26,920 --> 00:27:29,520 Speaker 1: it's hard for you to open them. Yeah, I mean 421 00:27:29,600 --> 00:27:33,159 Speaker 1: for a man, I mean yeah, it's very hard for me. 422 00:27:33,240 --> 00:27:36,280 Speaker 1: That society trying to drum that it is. But there's 423 00:27:36,320 --> 00:27:39,160 Speaker 1: nothing wrong with any asking for help. We all need help. 424 00:27:39,200 --> 00:27:41,320 Speaker 1: None of us came and done this alone. That, despite 425 00:27:41,359 --> 00:27:43,160 Speaker 1: what people always like to say, that is not true. 426 00:27:43,400 --> 00:27:45,840 Speaker 1: We've had help somewhere. Our systems have been set up 427 00:27:45,840 --> 00:27:49,040 Speaker 1: before we could be able to do things for ourselves. 428 00:27:49,119 --> 00:27:52,719 Speaker 1: But we all need help. So yeah, So that's one 429 00:27:52,760 --> 00:27:54,680 Speaker 1: of the things. I'm glad you're saying that you're you're 430 00:27:54,800 --> 00:27:57,200 Speaker 1: you're opening with that. One of the things that I 431 00:27:57,240 --> 00:28:00,280 Speaker 1: would also say is like, you know, has anyone any 432 00:28:00,359 --> 00:28:02,320 Speaker 1: Losso or any workers came to you to get you 433 00:28:02,440 --> 00:28:06,879 Speaker 1: any hotels? Yes, they name was put in the list, 434 00:28:07,000 --> 00:28:09,760 Speaker 1: and I it's just anything that followed up. I haven't known. 435 00:28:10,119 --> 00:28:12,160 Speaker 1: They haven't followed up. So I was on it once 436 00:28:12,280 --> 00:28:13,600 Speaker 1: and then it was like it was a s uh 437 00:28:13,880 --> 00:28:18,520 Speaker 1: two years ago and two years waiting. Yeah, yeah, it 438 00:28:18,720 --> 00:28:21,399 Speaker 1: is what it is. I just learned how to be 439 00:28:21,480 --> 00:28:23,600 Speaker 1: patient on you and put in God's hands and leave 440 00:28:23,640 --> 00:28:26,560 Speaker 1: it on. Yeah. Yeah, So, uh, what is a l 441 00:28:26,680 --> 00:28:28,960 Speaker 1: your average day like out here? What what do you 442 00:28:29,040 --> 00:28:30,399 Speaker 1: do when you get up in the morning. What's your 443 00:28:30,440 --> 00:28:34,440 Speaker 1: first few things that you do to survive? H praying, 444 00:28:34,520 --> 00:28:39,080 Speaker 1: like go see my mom and they make one day 445 00:28:39,080 --> 00:28:41,600 Speaker 1: and then make sure you know everything cool? An is 446 00:28:41,640 --> 00:28:44,800 Speaker 1: they around, it's you know it just it de pans 447 00:28:44,840 --> 00:28:51,600 Speaker 1: out excellent. I don't really schedule excellent. Uh So one 448 00:28:51,640 --> 00:28:53,400 Speaker 1: of the things that I I'm glad you hear that 449 00:28:53,480 --> 00:28:55,760 Speaker 1: you saying you're taking care of your family. Uh. One 450 00:28:55,800 --> 00:28:57,280 Speaker 1: of the things that I would like to uh leave 451 00:28:57,360 --> 00:28:59,520 Speaker 1: this after this conversation is what would you like to 452 00:28:59,600 --> 00:29:02,720 Speaker 1: let your audience know about your situation and how they 453 00:29:02,760 --> 00:29:10,600 Speaker 1: can help you? Don't judge to you are actually all here. 454 00:29:12,640 --> 00:29:15,160 Speaker 1: Look at us we having a party or were celebrating, 455 00:29:15,960 --> 00:29:21,120 Speaker 1: and I'm happy to be alive. And then we all together. 456 00:29:21,520 --> 00:29:24,960 Speaker 1: We don't have CV nineteen. They say, stick together as 457 00:29:25,000 --> 00:29:30,960 Speaker 1: one and it's just stay prayed up cause the doors 458 00:29:31,000 --> 00:29:36,160 Speaker 1: eventually gonna open. Anyway, something's gonna happen. So thank you 459 00:29:36,280 --> 00:29:38,000 Speaker 1: Sam for taking time to talk with me, and I 460 00:29:38,120 --> 00:29:40,640 Speaker 1: really appreciate it. Sure, this is Seo Henderson from me 461 00:29:40,840 --> 00:29:43,240 Speaker 1: in house, and I thank you all for listening. And 462 00:29:43,360 --> 00:29:45,720 Speaker 1: I hope we meet in the light of understanding and 463 00:29:45,800 --> 00:30:09,920 Speaker 1: in the warmer climbs sad. This is THEO Henderson for 464 00:30:10,040 --> 00:30:12,160 Speaker 1: well in house. We are here and this is our 465 00:30:12,240 --> 00:30:15,000 Speaker 1: first county sweep, and I was just mentioning with Maggie 466 00:30:15,840 --> 00:30:18,880 Speaker 1: wanted to get her insight on what her experiences this 467 00:30:19,000 --> 00:30:22,040 Speaker 1: with other sweeps besides county sleep. So, what's guest you 468 00:30:22,120 --> 00:30:25,560 Speaker 1: involved in here? So I live here in Hawthorne, which 469 00:30:25,640 --> 00:30:27,880 Speaker 1: is right next to where we are right now, but 470 00:30:28,000 --> 00:30:31,160 Speaker 1: where we are is officially, I believe, county, and so 471 00:30:31,240 --> 00:30:34,040 Speaker 1: we're just sort of an unincorporated La County. But I 472 00:30:34,120 --> 00:30:36,040 Speaker 1: live really close to here, just a couple of miles away, 473 00:30:36,080 --> 00:30:38,720 Speaker 1: and we've been doing power ups right down there for 474 00:30:39,080 --> 00:30:43,280 Speaker 1: probably four or five months. So I've found to know 475 00:30:43,400 --> 00:30:45,760 Speaker 1: the folks along the canal pretty well over the last 476 00:30:45,840 --> 00:30:50,080 Speaker 1: few months, and I really bummed out to hear that 477 00:30:51,080 --> 00:30:54,160 Speaker 1: they're facing this harassment from the county and just wanted 478 00:30:54,200 --> 00:30:56,600 Speaker 1: to make sure that we're out here. It it looks 479 00:30:56,640 --> 00:30:59,200 Speaker 1: like the police is driving by. Is there any difference, 480 00:31:00,440 --> 00:31:10,160 Speaker 1: uh or that practic serf. The difference is is that 481 00:31:10,320 --> 00:31:12,600 Speaker 1: is that instead of dealing with LAPD today, my guess 482 00:31:12,640 --> 00:31:15,600 Speaker 1: is we're gonna be dealing with the county sheriffs with 483 00:31:15,960 --> 00:31:18,360 Speaker 1: maybe some local law law enforcement. I'm actually not really 484 00:31:18,400 --> 00:31:21,080 Speaker 1: sure what to expect. Are they better than worse? Use 485 00:31:21,120 --> 00:31:22,800 Speaker 1: as they should say? You're not even sure, except but 486 00:31:22,920 --> 00:31:27,160 Speaker 1: there he's turning she's the black the tops cars turning around. So, uh, 487 00:31:27,240 --> 00:31:31,960 Speaker 1: they're definitely pretty funny. I've the unhoused folks are on podworn. 488 00:31:32,080 --> 00:31:34,280 Speaker 1: I know, I've had a lot of issues with shas 489 00:31:35,440 --> 00:31:39,960 Speaker 1: seeing their property, running them out of town, this general 490 00:31:40,160 --> 00:31:42,600 Speaker 1: sort of harassment as you can see there that they're 491 00:31:43,080 --> 00:31:48,040 Speaker 1: pulling up a good aggressively. Uh yeah, okay, and a 492 00:31:48,160 --> 00:31:50,480 Speaker 1: lot of ads. They have seen the met officers and 493 00:31:50,640 --> 00:31:52,680 Speaker 1: I'm curious, I know, I don't know they have senior 494 00:31:52,760 --> 00:31:55,520 Speaker 1: leave officers here. What happens are there is a use 495 00:31:55,560 --> 00:31:58,920 Speaker 1: of practices against unhoused people here? What recourses can unhouse 496 00:31:58,920 --> 00:32:02,360 Speaker 1: people use? Ut a lot? Well, Definitely, part of why 497 00:32:02,400 --> 00:32:04,880 Speaker 1: we're here is to document any abuses that happen during 498 00:32:04,960 --> 00:32:06,800 Speaker 1: this week. I feel like that's the first step is 499 00:32:06,880 --> 00:32:10,560 Speaker 1: to developing that base of evidence, because of course, you know, 500 00:32:10,640 --> 00:32:13,400 Speaker 1: the testimonies of and house people are generally ignored by 501 00:32:13,480 --> 00:32:16,400 Speaker 1: law enforcement and by the courts, so that I think 502 00:32:16,520 --> 00:32:18,360 Speaker 1: is the first step and then hopefully we'll be able 503 00:32:18,400 --> 00:32:22,800 Speaker 1: to work with some of our you know, lawyer friends 504 00:32:22,840 --> 00:32:25,080 Speaker 1: that we would have through street watch other works to 505 00:32:25,760 --> 00:32:31,200 Speaker 1: gove forward any cases where people are really being abused. Yeah, 506 00:32:31,760 --> 00:32:33,720 Speaker 1: I was gonso when to say not only that they 507 00:32:33,800 --> 00:32:36,360 Speaker 1: are ignored too, but they also ignored by people in 508 00:32:36,400 --> 00:32:39,800 Speaker 1: neighborhood councils because they really have this group living uh 509 00:32:40,040 --> 00:32:43,479 Speaker 1: idolation for police off too, as if they're the uh, 510 00:32:43,560 --> 00:32:46,120 Speaker 1: the source and the sob of all kind of social will. 511 00:32:46,640 --> 00:32:48,320 Speaker 1: Is that? So we are I well, of course we're 512 00:32:48,360 --> 00:32:51,400 Speaker 1: feel trying to see what's going on here. They've gotten 513 00:32:51,440 --> 00:32:54,880 Speaker 1: out the car and the uh the share of she 514 00:32:55,080 --> 00:33:02,680 Speaker 1: seems to be communicating on more than one and I 515 00:33:02,840 --> 00:33:05,720 Speaker 1: just how can we get more people involved? So I notice, 516 00:33:05,760 --> 00:33:09,840 Speaker 1: But sometimes out here farther away from the Lallet city proper, 517 00:33:09,960 --> 00:33:12,160 Speaker 1: it's a little bit challenging to to activate people. What 518 00:33:12,280 --> 00:33:16,160 Speaker 1: can lead you to be a part of the system 519 00:33:16,200 --> 00:33:19,360 Speaker 1: here will help stop this kind of stuff totally. I 520 00:33:19,480 --> 00:33:22,160 Speaker 1: think one of the biggest challenges to working in the 521 00:33:22,240 --> 00:33:24,560 Speaker 1: South Bay is that there's tons of different municipalities, so 522 00:33:24,600 --> 00:33:27,160 Speaker 1: there isn't like a centralized place to look for things 523 00:33:27,200 --> 00:33:28,880 Speaker 1: like when sweeps are going to be stuff like that, 524 00:33:29,440 --> 00:33:32,160 Speaker 1: so I definitely recommend following some of our local boards 525 00:33:32,200 --> 00:33:35,120 Speaker 1: on Instagram. I'm part of street Watch, but I'm also 526 00:33:35,160 --> 00:33:37,320 Speaker 1: out here with South Bay Community Care and they're doing 527 00:33:37,760 --> 00:33:39,720 Speaker 1: they've been doing some really awesome work here at Hawthorns, 528 00:33:39,720 --> 00:33:43,240 Speaker 1: so I would definitely recommend following now outstanding Maggie, thank 529 00:33:43,280 --> 00:33:45,200 Speaker 1: you very much for your time. I don't want to 530 00:33:45,240 --> 00:33:46,840 Speaker 1: take you away because I don't want to feel to 531 00:33:47,440 --> 00:33:50,680 Speaker 1: observe the goings on over across the street there. Okay, 532 00:33:50,720 --> 00:33:53,000 Speaker 1: but this is THEO Henderson from me in house. I 533 00:33:53,080 --> 00:33:55,200 Speaker 1: thank you all for listening and maybe we again meet 534 00:33:55,240 --> 00:33:57,200 Speaker 1: in the light of other stand Thank you very much. 535 00:33:57,440 --> 00:34:17,360 Speaker 1: It's my pleasure, thank you to keep them keep a 536 00:34:17,440 --> 00:34:25,640 Speaker 1: distance because there has to be privacy. No problem. You 537 00:34:25,680 --> 00:34:27,440 Speaker 1: can do that all day, any day. I'll give you 538 00:34:27,520 --> 00:34:29,880 Speaker 1: my supervisor's name, and if you want to give you 539 00:34:29,880 --> 00:34:32,760 Speaker 1: a phone about how my supervisor call you, no problem. 540 00:34:32,840 --> 00:34:35,160 Speaker 1: But the same way that you guys are here to 541 00:34:35,239 --> 00:34:37,440 Speaker 1: help out, people are here to help them out to 542 00:34:37,800 --> 00:34:40,040 Speaker 1: and they need to maintain a good distance from you, 543 00:34:40,520 --> 00:34:43,000 Speaker 1: so there could be privacy because they have that issue. 544 00:34:43,680 --> 00:34:45,160 Speaker 1: Just to let you know if you didn't know, now 545 00:34:45,200 --> 00:34:48,680 Speaker 1: you're informed. You're a liar. That's what you are. You're 546 00:34:48,680 --> 00:34:51,160 Speaker 1: a liar. You don't have anybody if you're helping out, 547 00:34:51,239 --> 00:34:57,719 Speaker 1: why are you not helping them? Patting understand I've been 548 00:34:57,800 --> 00:35:01,640 Speaker 1: very cooperative with all of your accent special can you 549 00:35:01,880 --> 00:35:06,759 Speaker 1: see to maintain a distance? You understand you? Thank you. 550 00:35:07,000 --> 00:35:09,239 Speaker 1: We just told you to go about your business. You 551 00:35:09,360 --> 00:35:12,960 Speaker 1: worked for us, not the other way around. If you 552 00:35:13,000 --> 00:35:15,480 Speaker 1: get a hearing, did I step 'em? Did I step? 553 00:35:15,719 --> 00:35:18,040 Speaker 1: I didn't say? What? Okay, that's what I thought. I 554 00:35:18,120 --> 00:35:19,879 Speaker 1: don't think, so that's what I thought. I don't think, 555 00:35:19,920 --> 00:35:22,960 Speaker 1: So that's what I thought. Your flush to me? No, 556 00:35:23,160 --> 00:35:28,359 Speaker 1: if they talk. But that's how old it that people 557 00:35:28,440 --> 00:35:51,600 Speaker 1: like you? That's a lot. I have a lifetime right 558 00:35:56,840 --> 00:36:34,120 Speaker 1: off care about they don't. That's for that that. This 559 00:36:34,239 --> 00:36:36,160 Speaker 1: is Steil Henderson from Me and House. This is on 560 00:36:36,280 --> 00:36:40,439 Speaker 1: House News. We're right here live at MacArthur Park. After 561 00:36:40,600 --> 00:36:45,319 Speaker 1: the horror food displacement eviction that occurred under Mitchell Pharaoh's watch. 562 00:36:45,960 --> 00:36:49,880 Speaker 1: They are now having discussions with the l a p 563 00:36:50,000 --> 00:36:53,759 Speaker 1: D after the incident where a distressed woman had a 564 00:36:54,160 --> 00:36:58,840 Speaker 1: mental episode to displace the unhoused community members here. So 565 00:36:59,040 --> 00:37:00,480 Speaker 1: what they have been doing with they did in the 566 00:37:00,520 --> 00:37:02,560 Speaker 1: Echo Park is the same things that they're doing now. 567 00:37:02,920 --> 00:37:06,239 Speaker 1: They're using urban alchemy, which is the henchmen of the 568 00:37:06,320 --> 00:37:09,040 Speaker 1: council members to to joel and house people to go 569 00:37:09,160 --> 00:37:13,080 Speaker 1: into hotels or shelters, and after that they can claim 570 00:37:13,160 --> 00:37:16,280 Speaker 1: of success after they displaced them with the heavy police 571 00:37:16,640 --> 00:37:25,600 Speaker 1: battalion in presence with shotguns, batons and violence. Last couple 572 00:37:25,640 --> 00:37:29,360 Speaker 1: of weeks there has been much discussion on the horrific 573 00:37:29,880 --> 00:37:33,080 Speaker 1: incident over at Echo Park in case the people have 574 00:37:33,239 --> 00:37:36,520 Speaker 1: not known an Echo Park there with over two hundred 575 00:37:36,560 --> 00:37:41,040 Speaker 1: people that were displaced and police violence as well as 576 00:37:41,560 --> 00:37:45,520 Speaker 1: a protests that stood up against this injustice. Mitchel Ferrell 577 00:37:45,560 --> 00:37:48,120 Speaker 1: claims it was a victure. Mark Ar said it claims 578 00:37:48,160 --> 00:37:51,000 Speaker 1: as the victory as well. But here is also where 579 00:37:51,040 --> 00:37:55,000 Speaker 1: it's equally disturbing its conversations and focuses down on the 580 00:37:55,080 --> 00:37:58,520 Speaker 1: Garcter Park. The Garthor Park recently had an incident where 581 00:37:58,760 --> 00:38:03,239 Speaker 1: a stressed woman killed a couple of ducks, shot out 582 00:38:03,280 --> 00:38:05,800 Speaker 1: the police, and now they're using that as the pretext 583 00:38:05,840 --> 00:38:09,520 Speaker 1: to displace all unhoused people here and they're using the 584 00:38:09,640 --> 00:38:12,960 Speaker 1: band aid actually said the carry pretending that there are 585 00:38:13,080 --> 00:38:16,759 Speaker 1: enough housing opportunities for the unhoused out here, and then 586 00:38:16,800 --> 00:38:19,640 Speaker 1: when they've used it on the stick, they'll have a 587 00:38:19,800 --> 00:38:27,800 Speaker 1: massive police presence and other news. Echo Park residents have 588 00:38:28,000 --> 00:38:32,680 Speaker 1: been displaced the under house community. So to basically present 589 00:38:33,040 --> 00:38:36,560 Speaker 1: an Mitchell Pharaoh side which was full of live This 590 00:38:36,800 --> 00:38:40,279 Speaker 1: was the conversation that happened, he stated from Echo Park 591 00:38:40,360 --> 00:38:44,920 Speaker 1: temporarily closed through the innovation it states landscape irritation and 592 00:38:45,000 --> 00:38:48,680 Speaker 1: other park improvements projects scheduled to be completed. That is 593 00:38:48,760 --> 00:38:51,200 Speaker 1: the big question mark of two thousand thirty run and 594 00:38:51,320 --> 00:38:54,799 Speaker 1: he says park crowd LA for questions police call two 595 00:38:54,880 --> 00:38:58,799 Speaker 1: and three to zero two ninety nine ninety seven. He said, 596 00:38:58,920 --> 00:39:02,040 Speaker 1: thank you for your creation doing our reservations. We're working 597 00:39:02,120 --> 00:39:05,439 Speaker 1: hard to make your part. Crowds and here who's helps 598 00:39:05,480 --> 00:39:07,960 Speaker 1: signed off on it, Eric art Study, Eli Mayor and 599 00:39:08,239 --> 00:39:12,560 Speaker 1: Mitchell Farrell, who has a history of being criminally hostile 600 00:39:12,640 --> 00:39:16,520 Speaker 1: to the unhoused community. Here I was in an uproar 601 00:39:17,120 --> 00:39:20,880 Speaker 1: in twenty fifteen when there was her organization groups that 602 00:39:20,920 --> 00:39:24,120 Speaker 1: were leading the unhoused, and after NIMBI pressure that he 603 00:39:24,280 --> 00:39:29,040 Speaker 1: discontinued that practice. So according to Mitchell Ferrell, he states 604 00:39:29,120 --> 00:39:32,520 Speaker 1: that the park will be going through renovations, and that 605 00:39:32,800 --> 00:39:36,360 Speaker 1: over two hundred and nine people were housed. There was 606 00:39:36,400 --> 00:39:40,040 Speaker 1: no criminal activity, there was no police oppression or harassment 607 00:39:40,320 --> 00:39:44,000 Speaker 1: and intimidation. He calls us some success. Mike Bonnen and 608 00:39:44,160 --> 00:39:50,040 Speaker 1: Nathia Rahman voiced their congratulations as well. And then as 609 00:39:50,320 --> 00:39:52,439 Speaker 1: the end of the story is that there's a bunch 610 00:39:52,440 --> 00:39:55,680 Speaker 1: of people that were the incredible threats of violence to 611 00:39:55,880 --> 00:39:59,560 Speaker 1: him and to the people in the park. He also 612 00:39:59,640 --> 00:40:01,920 Speaker 1: said that that was an unhouse person there that was 613 00:40:01,960 --> 00:40:05,600 Speaker 1: a slumlord and a gang member that was threatening violence 614 00:40:05,719 --> 00:40:09,320 Speaker 1: to other people there. He also made the conversation that 615 00:40:09,719 --> 00:40:12,560 Speaker 1: the women in the Echo Park were not safe as 616 00:40:12,640 --> 00:40:15,239 Speaker 1: well as he's showing that they were thus to be 617 00:40:15,320 --> 00:40:19,879 Speaker 1: doing improvements here. The Furber investigation has shown that park 618 00:40:19,960 --> 00:40:23,040 Speaker 1: rangers were taking boat rides looking deeply into each other's eyes. 619 00:40:23,760 --> 00:40:28,640 Speaker 1: And then also that there was basically a overhaul of 620 00:40:28,880 --> 00:40:32,480 Speaker 1: if nothing happened, here's with no activity, as you can see, 621 00:40:32,600 --> 00:40:35,800 Speaker 1: just a bunch of trucks that are idling buy but 622 00:40:35,960 --> 00:40:43,359 Speaker 1: you don't see the improvements that they're talking about. As 623 00:40:43,400 --> 00:40:46,719 Speaker 1: I mentioned earlier about Mitchell Pharaoh's this Unhouse News exclusive 624 00:40:46,760 --> 00:40:49,279 Speaker 1: but still with a couple of statements. So we're going 625 00:40:49,360 --> 00:40:51,960 Speaker 1: to break this down by calling at Mitchell Faraoll's alive 626 00:40:52,520 --> 00:40:55,839 Speaker 1: Laves number one, two hundred and six. People were put 627 00:40:55,920 --> 00:40:59,359 Speaker 1: in Roger grooms. People they were placed in project rooms 628 00:40:59,360 --> 00:41:01,920 Speaker 1: need authority. He said, there was a success and this 629 00:41:02,160 --> 00:41:04,359 Speaker 1: should be a model for other parks to be able 630 00:41:04,400 --> 00:41:06,480 Speaker 1: to join forces and do the same thing that he 631 00:41:06,600 --> 00:41:08,759 Speaker 1: did at at the park. But the truth of the 632 00:41:08,840 --> 00:41:12,840 Speaker 1: matter is a few days before the police raid Urban Alchemy. 633 00:41:13,680 --> 00:41:15,719 Speaker 1: A few days before, as well as a few weeks 634 00:41:15,800 --> 00:41:20,080 Speaker 1: before Urban Alchemy had told how people as well as 635 00:41:20,120 --> 00:41:23,040 Speaker 1: their advocates and others that were concerned about it, that 636 00:41:23,200 --> 00:41:26,160 Speaker 1: there were zero beds or hotel rooms to offer. He 637 00:41:26,239 --> 00:41:30,440 Speaker 1: would tell support for this until the day of the 638 00:41:30,520 --> 00:41:33,400 Speaker 1: week before that. He claims that the miraculously the bets 639 00:41:33,440 --> 00:41:36,800 Speaker 1: opened up, neglecting the fact that there were other people 640 00:41:36,840 --> 00:41:40,840 Speaker 1: that would waiting patiently, that had more serious conditions that 641 00:41:41,000 --> 00:41:43,400 Speaker 1: needed those rooms. But he used it as to make 642 00:41:43,440 --> 00:41:45,840 Speaker 1: a political point to use as the model. So the 643 00:41:45,920 --> 00:41:48,680 Speaker 1: model is, you know, people that have severe issues and 644 00:41:48,760 --> 00:41:51,240 Speaker 1: things like that, they can get jundles in line. Because 645 00:41:51,280 --> 00:41:52,799 Speaker 1: you want to be able to look at that new 646 00:41:52,840 --> 00:41:55,120 Speaker 1: yea of a park or a lotus festival because you 647 00:41:55,160 --> 00:41:59,240 Speaker 1: don't want to shoeve the in house today. Mitchell Farrell 648 00:41:59,320 --> 00:42:03,560 Speaker 1: had a support of Jokoskino, who's also antion House, has 649 00:42:03,600 --> 00:42:07,160 Speaker 1: stated put out a resolution to investigate the actions of 650 00:42:07,200 --> 00:42:09,880 Speaker 1: the police, to having the police to investigate himself on 651 00:42:10,120 --> 00:42:12,640 Speaker 1: the lie that he says the credible threat of violence. 652 00:42:13,400 --> 00:42:16,040 Speaker 1: And the truth of it is is that I covered 653 00:42:16,080 --> 00:42:19,360 Speaker 1: it on the ground the night before, and I covered 654 00:42:19,480 --> 00:42:22,560 Speaker 1: both nights and you can see footage showing a battalion 655 00:42:22,640 --> 00:42:27,080 Speaker 1: of militarized police dressed in riot here antagonizing people protesters, 656 00:42:27,440 --> 00:42:30,319 Speaker 1: breaking the arm of one and severely injuring a non 657 00:42:30,400 --> 00:42:32,920 Speaker 1: protester who lived in the apartment in the neighborhood. The 658 00:42:33,040 --> 00:42:35,960 Speaker 1: truth is there was not a credible a threat of violence, 659 00:42:36,239 --> 00:42:39,560 Speaker 1: but it was a credible threat act of violence by 660 00:42:39,640 --> 00:42:43,680 Speaker 1: the Los Angeles police after they has Marrick Darceti and 661 00:42:43,800 --> 00:42:47,560 Speaker 1: since the city Council Mitell Pararell. In fact, Mitchell Pharaoh 662 00:42:47,600 --> 00:42:50,920 Speaker 1: has said that this is military occupation is a success. 663 00:42:51,600 --> 00:42:55,440 Speaker 1: He said he housed two hundred and nine people Jothahs 664 00:42:55,480 --> 00:42:59,160 Speaker 1: gano is eroin San Pedro as the next occupation force 665 00:42:59,440 --> 00:43:01,680 Speaker 1: to be in that fit on the Young House. Another 666 00:43:01,800 --> 00:43:05,320 Speaker 1: fact is the week's leading to the occupation Mitchel Urban Alchemists. 667 00:43:05,600 --> 00:43:10,279 Speaker 1: Pharaoh's Stephanie Henchman said there were no beds, hotel rooms PEP. 668 00:43:11,080 --> 00:43:14,239 Speaker 1: The fact is unhoused people were skipped and to accommodate 669 00:43:14,280 --> 00:43:18,440 Speaker 1: the Echo Park occuitation. There was also documented from unhoused 670 00:43:18,440 --> 00:43:21,759 Speaker 1: people that were shifting far from places like Palmdell as 671 00:43:21,800 --> 00:43:24,879 Speaker 1: well as other places that they have a accommodations forward 672 00:43:24,960 --> 00:43:28,480 Speaker 1: them and it's left outside. So now that he's displaced 673 00:43:28,560 --> 00:43:31,399 Speaker 1: unhoused people and put them in other communities in other 674 00:43:31,440 --> 00:43:34,080 Speaker 1: SIP council districts, will this be the model where the 675 00:43:34,120 --> 00:43:38,759 Speaker 1: other city council members will return the favor to show 676 00:43:38,800 --> 00:43:42,200 Speaker 1: that this is not just a relegated to Los Angeles. 677 00:43:42,360 --> 00:43:45,400 Speaker 1: The city of Austin has evicted and displaced four houseless 678 00:43:45,480 --> 00:43:48,800 Speaker 1: encampments sack to the story is the story of a 679 00:43:48,880 --> 00:43:53,040 Speaker 1: rural town and gettings moving dumpted unhoused man into Austin, 680 00:43:53,719 --> 00:43:57,040 Speaker 1: getting police dropped off unhoused man of the Austin Racesource 681 00:43:57,080 --> 00:44:01,640 Speaker 1: Center for their homers. A video shows by the Simplice Union. Meanwhile, 682 00:44:02,120 --> 00:44:05,120 Speaker 1: Austin is discussing the reinstatement of the city's camping family. 683 00:44:07,280 --> 00:44:10,160 Speaker 1: Also in Austin, proposition B is on the May ballot 684 00:44:10,400 --> 00:44:13,439 Speaker 1: where Nimbis will use the excuse of fires to emit 685 00:44:13,520 --> 00:44:17,120 Speaker 1: one hundred people from the encamping. A wait list for 686 00:44:17,200 --> 00:44:22,480 Speaker 1: housing is extraordinarily last. Santa Cruz Sheltered for the Young 687 00:44:22,560 --> 00:44:24,839 Speaker 1: House was shut down on May first, twenty twenty one. 688 00:44:25,880 --> 00:44:28,520 Speaker 1: City of Santa Cruz Elizabeth Smith states that the LAE 689 00:44:28,600 --> 00:44:31,360 Speaker 1: was until June twenty first, and they will not extend. 690 00:44:32,719 --> 00:44:35,080 Speaker 1: Many people in the community of the era that had 691 00:44:35,080 --> 00:44:37,840 Speaker 1: suffered from behavioral or mental health issues will have no 692 00:44:37,960 --> 00:44:41,600 Speaker 1: place to go unless with The only alternative will be criminalization. 693 00:44:47,080 --> 00:44:49,960 Speaker 1: Taking the league from Mitchell Pharrell on April fifteen, twenty 694 00:44:50,120 --> 00:44:52,640 Speaker 1: twenty one minute speech will be E fifty the end 695 00:44:52,680 --> 00:44:55,920 Speaker 1: housed from eight to four pm. The science will posted 696 00:44:56,000 --> 00:44:59,279 Speaker 1: a eighteen hundred ocean front walk. Nimbis have frushured mike 697 00:44:59,360 --> 00:45:02,919 Speaker 1: bones to take exact if you don't anything from house 698 00:45:02,960 --> 00:45:31,960 Speaker 1: and this is that house. Ship brings the spring of 699 00:45:32,200 --> 00:46:02,160 Speaker 1: the Yeah, every thing, Hey, it's a mad da. This 700 00:46:02,280 --> 00:46:05,880 Speaker 1: segment is the Echo Park debacle that occurred on earlier 701 00:46:06,040 --> 00:46:09,120 Speaker 1: weeks before the March twenty fourth and twenty fifth the 702 00:46:09,360 --> 00:46:11,960 Speaker 1: lap he had descended on the park. That much we 703 00:46:12,080 --> 00:46:14,520 Speaker 1: know and that much you're going to learn about. But 704 00:46:14,640 --> 00:46:17,600 Speaker 1: what was not told in several points and several interviews 705 00:46:17,640 --> 00:46:21,120 Speaker 1: that I've had after the fact after investigating, was one 706 00:46:21,239 --> 00:46:25,000 Speaker 1: ground game. Actually Bennett had been working diligently for some 707 00:46:25,160 --> 00:46:28,239 Speaker 1: time housing unhoused people. Case in point, there was a 708 00:46:28,360 --> 00:46:31,239 Speaker 1: family that was living with the infant child in Echo 709 00:46:31,400 --> 00:46:35,239 Speaker 1: Park and Mitchell Faraoll, due to public shaming, put the 710 00:46:35,360 --> 00:46:38,360 Speaker 1: unhoused couple up for a week and they returned unceremoniously 711 00:46:38,480 --> 00:46:42,080 Speaker 1: into the park. Actually Bennett stepped into action and found 712 00:46:42,120 --> 00:46:45,000 Speaker 1: a solid and stable place for them to stay. These 713 00:46:45,040 --> 00:46:47,719 Speaker 1: are this kind of conversations that when Mitchell Pharaoh did 714 00:46:47,800 --> 00:46:51,239 Speaker 1: not speak about when he says he's housed or did 715 00:46:51,360 --> 00:46:55,160 Speaker 1: the solution, His solution was very temporary. The second part 716 00:46:55,239 --> 00:46:58,040 Speaker 1: we need to understand is as of Todate that project 717 00:46:58,080 --> 00:47:01,279 Speaker 1: group Key is depowering. That means the same people that 718 00:47:01,440 --> 00:47:03,279 Speaker 1: he places the sames, he claims he's going to put 719 00:47:03,320 --> 00:47:05,520 Speaker 1: it in places, they're going to be thrown back out 720 00:47:05,520 --> 00:47:08,000 Speaker 1: on the street. So basically, in essence, it's not a 721 00:47:08,080 --> 00:47:11,200 Speaker 1: victory it's just a public relations doc and now new 722 00:47:11,239 --> 00:47:14,680 Speaker 1: people are displaced because of a park for fictitious reasons. 723 00:47:15,120 --> 00:47:17,759 Speaker 1: As you hear these stories, keep in mind that this 724 00:47:17,960 --> 00:47:19,640 Speaker 1: is nothing but a war on the poor and a 725 00:47:19,719 --> 00:47:23,279 Speaker 1: class division as well as more to understand the statistics. 726 00:47:23,840 --> 00:47:26,600 Speaker 1: More people that are unhoused are people of color than 727 00:47:26,600 --> 00:47:30,960 Speaker 1: any group in the world, particularly Black Americans and Latino 728 00:47:31,360 --> 00:48:20,080 Speaker 1: brothers and sisters as well. When you mentioned his crony 729 00:48:20,200 --> 00:48:23,240 Speaker 1: try their best to keep us divided, but it's failing. 730 00:48:23,320 --> 00:48:26,000 Speaker 1: There's something in the air. It's failing. It's failing. It's failing, 731 00:48:26,040 --> 00:48:32,239 Speaker 1: and we're all waking up to it and Teaszon You're 732 00:48:33,480 --> 00:48:37,000 Speaker 1: this is a historical moment and also with a sense 733 00:48:37,040 --> 00:48:45,200 Speaker 1: of dread and sadness because of the city decides to 734 00:48:45,320 --> 00:48:48,560 Speaker 1: close it out without letting anyone else knows. It's gonna 735 00:48:48,600 --> 00:48:52,080 Speaker 1: be Yeah, mother, my daughters are not school yet. The 736 00:48:52,200 --> 00:48:54,759 Speaker 1: only fun and outlets that they have a schools as 737 00:48:54,840 --> 00:49:01,680 Speaker 1: fun Win. Relo City Council Mitchell Farrell calling efforts to 738 00:49:01,760 --> 00:49:04,319 Speaker 1: shelter more than two hundred homeless people who are living 739 00:49:04,400 --> 00:49:08,040 Speaker 1: in Echo Park, they called a success. Nobody in your 740 00:49:08,120 --> 00:49:12,440 Speaker 1: conscience good exception that or call that an offer of 741 00:49:12,600 --> 00:49:19,800 Speaker 1: shelter or housing can be f This is the largest 742 00:49:19,960 --> 00:49:23,720 Speaker 1: housing transition of an encampment ever in the city's history. Today, 743 00:49:23,880 --> 00:49:27,840 Speaker 1: city leaders called it a success. Gratified. I'm gratified that 744 00:49:27,920 --> 00:49:33,480 Speaker 1: we've housed nearly two hundred people since January. Getting tired 745 00:49:33,640 --> 00:49:38,080 Speaker 1: of our entire country being run by nimbies and politicians. 746 00:49:38,520 --> 00:49:40,520 Speaker 1: The vast majority of people don't even have a say 747 00:49:44,440 --> 00:49:51,440 Speaker 1: this is corruption. Are you going to violent without our 748 00:49:51,480 --> 00:50:02,040 Speaker 1: house too? What the sounds that you hear from it 749 00:50:02,200 --> 00:50:06,040 Speaker 1: is the helicopter. And if protesters are protesting these situations 750 00:50:06,280 --> 00:50:09,239 Speaker 1: that police officers have come in the darker knight to 751 00:50:09,400 --> 00:50:13,320 Speaker 1: remove the unhoused community, and they have three police arrest buses. 752 00:50:13,480 --> 00:50:16,640 Speaker 1: They have two trucks of fifty as well as they 753 00:50:16,680 --> 00:50:20,800 Speaker 1: have over sixty officers. I'm converging on different advantage points. 754 00:50:21,080 --> 00:50:25,759 Speaker 1: The cattle, the protesters, the police officers are moving forward aggressively, 755 00:50:26,280 --> 00:50:28,920 Speaker 1: ready to do what they did in the George Floyd protest. 756 00:50:30,960 --> 00:50:33,600 Speaker 1: All we say to America is be true to what 757 00:50:33,719 --> 00:50:38,080 Speaker 1: you're saying on paper. Somewhere I read of the freedom 758 00:50:38,320 --> 00:50:42,920 Speaker 1: of assembly, Somewhere I read of the freedom of speech. 759 00:50:43,640 --> 00:50:48,640 Speaker 1: Somewhere I read of the freedom of press. Somewhere I 760 00:50:48,800 --> 00:50:53,560 Speaker 1: read the greatness of America is the right to protest 761 00:50:53,920 --> 00:51:14,600 Speaker 1: far right. This is theo Henderson from media and how 762 00:51:15,000 --> 00:51:16,719 Speaker 1: we are here at Epple Park Black and one of 763 00:51:16,760 --> 00:51:20,000 Speaker 1: the actors here. He gave a very moving speech. For 764 00:51:20,200 --> 00:51:24,200 Speaker 1: further seeing that speech, we'll have that plugged later, but 765 00:51:24,320 --> 00:51:26,200 Speaker 1: right now we have him and we want to get 766 00:51:26,239 --> 00:51:29,160 Speaker 1: his collective thoughts and what he thought about today. So 767 00:51:29,239 --> 00:51:30,800 Speaker 1: what do you think about the turnout here? For you, 768 00:51:31,440 --> 00:51:33,840 Speaker 1: I mean, the turnout is amazing and it shows what 769 00:51:34,080 --> 00:51:37,520 Speaker 1: God has proven time and time again that can people 770 00:51:37,680 --> 00:51:40,520 Speaker 1: stand together, that we really are together, that these issues 771 00:51:40,560 --> 00:51:43,480 Speaker 1: are common mentioned his crony try their best to keep 772 00:51:43,560 --> 00:51:46,440 Speaker 1: us divided, but it's failing. There's something in the air. 773 00:51:46,600 --> 00:51:48,480 Speaker 1: It's failing. Its failing and s failing, and we're all 774 00:51:48,520 --> 00:51:51,680 Speaker 1: waking up to it. I noticed the energy here is 775 00:51:51,920 --> 00:51:54,480 Speaker 1: quite different. It's like people who are wanting about like 776 00:51:54,560 --> 00:51:56,680 Speaker 1: eight years ago we would have gotten whether or not, 777 00:51:56,760 --> 00:51:59,799 Speaker 1: have gotten this kind of response. But right now, why 778 00:52:00,000 --> 00:52:02,400 Speaker 1: do you think that there's such a movement among so 779 00:52:02,520 --> 00:52:05,839 Speaker 1: many people now? One again, I give credit to my father. 780 00:52:05,920 --> 00:52:08,279 Speaker 1: There's something open up in people's spirits that is having 781 00:52:08,360 --> 00:52:10,279 Speaker 1: them realize, you know, now's the time to stand up. 782 00:52:10,360 --> 00:52:14,600 Speaker 1: And two, there's only so many times you can hit 783 00:52:14,640 --> 00:52:16,799 Speaker 1: a person. Hit a person, hit a person where they 784 00:52:16,800 --> 00:52:19,320 Speaker 1: can hit that, And that's what's happening. The level of 785 00:52:19,320 --> 00:52:22,200 Speaker 1: corruption agreed is reaching its tipping point. People are waking 786 00:52:22,280 --> 00:52:26,040 Speaker 1: up to it. So Adially Mitchell Farrell was trying to 787 00:52:26,080 --> 00:52:28,000 Speaker 1: deny that they were about to do this, and they 788 00:52:28,080 --> 00:52:30,840 Speaker 1: were stating that they didn't want to meet your presence. 789 00:52:31,080 --> 00:52:33,120 Speaker 1: Do you think that they're going to be successful trying 790 00:52:33,160 --> 00:52:36,680 Speaker 1: to do this tomorrow? We're gonna do our best to 791 00:52:36,719 --> 00:52:39,960 Speaker 1: make sure they're not gonna be successful. We need everybody 792 00:52:40,000 --> 00:52:42,160 Speaker 1: to show up tomorrow like they showed up today and tonight. 793 00:52:42,200 --> 00:52:43,960 Speaker 1: We're gonna have a good amount showing up in case 794 00:52:44,000 --> 00:52:46,319 Speaker 1: they try to do some sorry, in case they try 795 00:52:46,360 --> 00:52:48,680 Speaker 1: to do some late night thing and we're just prepared 796 00:52:48,719 --> 00:52:50,239 Speaker 1: for the dog bite like it was last year. You 797 00:52:50,280 --> 00:52:53,320 Speaker 1: know what late night things that happened, because I remember 798 00:52:53,520 --> 00:52:55,600 Speaker 1: I was here when you guys were going through seven 799 00:52:55,640 --> 00:52:58,200 Speaker 1: seconds similar what the late night stuff. For the audience 800 00:52:58,239 --> 00:53:01,719 Speaker 1: to know, well, what happens is imagine sleeping comfortably at 801 00:53:01,840 --> 00:53:05,040 Speaker 1: night three am and then your whole home being rattle, 802 00:53:05,120 --> 00:53:07,040 Speaker 1: and that's hard to magic, hope, because your home's made 803 00:53:07,040 --> 00:53:09,160 Speaker 1: a brit because like in a tent, it feels like 804 00:53:09,200 --> 00:53:11,120 Speaker 1: a home until someone shakes it and it feels like 805 00:53:11,160 --> 00:53:13,680 Speaker 1: an earthquake. So imagine an earthquake going on. You're going, 806 00:53:13,760 --> 00:53:16,719 Speaker 1: what's going on? You run outside and who twenty to 807 00:53:16,800 --> 00:53:19,840 Speaker 1: thirty police telling you you have to leave? I'm sleeping. 808 00:53:20,040 --> 00:53:22,120 Speaker 1: Where am I gonna go? It's three am. This is 809 00:53:22,160 --> 00:53:25,200 Speaker 1: how they roll. So we're just declared for that. Excellent, 810 00:53:25,320 --> 00:53:27,759 Speaker 1: and we need as many supporters as we can. And 811 00:53:27,840 --> 00:53:30,759 Speaker 1: I'm very glad to see that this was prending not 812 00:53:30,920 --> 00:53:33,400 Speaker 1: only in California. I wanted to point out I was 813 00:53:33,520 --> 00:53:36,359 Speaker 1: noticing there too, is like this is reaching all over 814 00:53:36,480 --> 00:53:38,719 Speaker 1: the world. And that's one of the things that's I 815 00:53:38,800 --> 00:53:41,160 Speaker 1: think it's so exciting against so wonderful that this is 816 00:53:41,440 --> 00:53:44,120 Speaker 1: an issue that other cities need to bigly take note 817 00:53:44,200 --> 00:53:46,440 Speaker 1: and notice, is that people are getting tired of these 818 00:53:46,719 --> 00:53:49,800 Speaker 1: nimbi's running around and using the same time natural like 819 00:53:49,920 --> 00:53:51,920 Speaker 1: criminal is at the police. So you mentioned that in 820 00:53:51,960 --> 00:53:55,200 Speaker 1: your your feet, So tell us a little bit about that. Yeah, 821 00:53:55,239 --> 00:53:56,440 Speaker 1: I mean, I want to like what it is is 822 00:53:56,480 --> 00:53:59,920 Speaker 1: we're getting tired of our entire country being run by 823 00:54:00,480 --> 00:54:03,920 Speaker 1: nimbies and politicians. The vast majority of people don't even 824 00:54:03,960 --> 00:54:06,160 Speaker 1: have a say, I mean, look at the turnout. Mitch 825 00:54:06,160 --> 00:54:08,440 Speaker 1: would never have this turnout brandy type of speech. Yet 826 00:54:08,480 --> 00:54:11,120 Speaker 1: he's making decisions. This is what we're tired of. The 827 00:54:11,200 --> 00:54:14,319 Speaker 1: decision lies to the public. It's the public. We are 828 00:54:14,360 --> 00:54:17,080 Speaker 1: the society, not just a few people. In terms of 829 00:54:17,120 --> 00:54:19,439 Speaker 1: the criminal thing, they tried hard last year to form 830 00:54:19,480 --> 00:54:22,040 Speaker 1: a narrative that we're lazy, that we're all criminals that 831 00:54:22,120 --> 00:54:25,560 Speaker 1: were drug addicts. That's not the case. That's not the case. 832 00:54:25,680 --> 00:54:27,840 Speaker 1: It was when I became homeless, it was the biggest 833 00:54:27,880 --> 00:54:30,440 Speaker 1: blessing in my life because guess what happened. I was 834 00:54:30,520 --> 00:54:32,840 Speaker 1: still mean. So I'm still mean whether I'm in a 835 00:54:32,920 --> 00:54:35,480 Speaker 1: home or outside. That means everyone else is still just them. 836 00:54:35,719 --> 00:54:39,279 Speaker 1: There is no distinction, There is no separation, you know. 837 00:54:39,320 --> 00:54:40,719 Speaker 1: And this is the truth. This is the truth that 838 00:54:40,760 --> 00:54:42,840 Speaker 1: has to hung light because people are being mistreated up 839 00:54:42,880 --> 00:54:45,359 Speaker 1: the boss narratives. As you see the duck fiver there 840 00:54:45,800 --> 00:54:47,320 Speaker 1: and the luser paid a couple of people. Know what 841 00:54:47,400 --> 00:54:49,040 Speaker 1: this lady came with a baseball guy. What you want 842 00:54:49,080 --> 00:54:51,279 Speaker 1: to do with her baseball bat. Ah, yes, that's the 843 00:54:51,360 --> 00:54:53,839 Speaker 1: woman that was running around being agrestive. Yeah, so as 844 00:54:53,880 --> 00:54:57,040 Speaker 1: you can see, this is right here, baseball bat trying 845 00:54:57,040 --> 00:54:58,719 Speaker 1: to be aggressive? What do you want to hit people 846 00:54:58,760 --> 00:55:01,480 Speaker 1: with your baseball bat? No, I don't want anybody calling 847 00:55:01,520 --> 00:55:03,080 Speaker 1: me a bit because I want to walk with up 848 00:55:03,360 --> 00:55:05,319 Speaker 1: to hook people in the baseball bat. What you talked 849 00:55:05,320 --> 00:55:08,520 Speaker 1: at your baseball bat? How are you trying to escalate 850 00:55:08,600 --> 00:55:12,080 Speaker 1: this here? Not here? As you can see, here's a 851 00:55:12,160 --> 00:55:14,520 Speaker 1: gap up and then be that has a baseball back 852 00:55:14,680 --> 00:55:18,840 Speaker 1: pushing through power. But I just want to inform you 853 00:55:19,000 --> 00:55:22,279 Speaker 1: that want to be so called not in my backyard. 854 00:55:22,600 --> 00:55:25,560 Speaker 1: Let's go with a baseball bat some form of intimidation. 855 00:55:26,239 --> 00:55:32,279 Speaker 1: Why you got run? I did? I can't do that 856 00:55:33,280 --> 00:55:38,239 Speaker 1: right me? I look even lucky, Mike, As you know 857 00:55:38,400 --> 00:55:42,800 Speaker 1: you said if you'd excuse me, you don't tell me 858 00:55:42,880 --> 00:55:48,160 Speaker 1: how you have you have live? Yeah? Yeah, you set 859 00:55:48,200 --> 00:55:54,040 Speaker 1: your little man. Oh you don't have to tell me anyway, 860 00:55:57,080 --> 00:55:59,320 Speaker 1: Go ahead. You wanted the attention attentions on you? What 861 00:55:59,400 --> 00:56:01,880 Speaker 1: you didn't do? What I baseball bat? Are you about 862 00:56:01,920 --> 00:56:05,239 Speaker 1: to do violence to people out here? Fast? One of 863 00:56:05,280 --> 00:56:07,560 Speaker 1: our stuff hit us. We're trying to do that baseball bat? 864 00:56:08,400 --> 00:56:11,239 Speaker 1: You are you going to do violence to what's out here? Yeah? 865 00:56:12,080 --> 00:56:15,160 Speaker 1: That house? Because it's all at home too. You ain't 866 00:56:15,200 --> 00:56:17,440 Speaker 1: know that. And I'm never roteating all right down? You 867 00:56:17,520 --> 00:56:20,439 Speaker 1: got a baseball bat, I'm about what's baseball back? Dude? 868 00:56:21,000 --> 00:56:23,799 Speaker 1: Are you about to do violence to be at that? Damn? 869 00:56:23,880 --> 00:56:26,560 Speaker 1: I go in terrorist? Are you trying to hurt her? 870 00:56:26,760 --> 00:56:29,520 Speaker 1: People out here to make back? You just put it? 871 00:56:29,800 --> 00:56:32,320 Speaker 1: Are you got rough? You're not going to see what 872 00:56:32,480 --> 00:56:35,000 Speaker 1: I mean? Right? Or something? Brought a weapon? What're you 873 00:56:35,040 --> 00:56:38,080 Speaker 1: gonna do? That weapon? Going to do violence? Everyone grassed 874 00:56:38,120 --> 00:56:40,120 Speaker 1: her for her face up. This is the face of 875 00:56:40,200 --> 00:56:45,919 Speaker 1: a person. What what I'm trying to hurt? You don't 876 00:56:45,920 --> 00:56:54,160 Speaker 1: at the attention, glad? Are you about to ride? Yeah? 877 00:56:54,160 --> 00:57:17,280 Speaker 1: I'm you do know you brought that trying to intimidate 878 00:57:17,400 --> 00:57:31,840 Speaker 1: us with a baseball bat. You will not intimidate us. Hey, y'all, 879 00:57:32,120 --> 00:57:34,400 Speaker 1: we're not gonna follow this crazy lady. You want to 880 00:57:34,480 --> 00:57:43,600 Speaker 1: walk off, to walk off. This woman came with a 881 00:57:43,640 --> 00:57:46,960 Speaker 1: baseball bat, came back to commit violence to people out 882 00:57:47,000 --> 00:57:50,400 Speaker 1: here peacefully protested, and then when we confronted her with it, 883 00:57:50,520 --> 00:57:53,640 Speaker 1: she denied that she was coming here and I asked her, basically, 884 00:57:54,120 --> 00:57:56,800 Speaker 1: in my own culful way, asked her why would she 885 00:57:56,920 --> 00:57:59,560 Speaker 1: be trying to push people through what I say an 886 00:57:59,600 --> 00:58:01,880 Speaker 1: excuse me? And she told me to shut up. So 887 00:58:04,160 --> 00:58:37,680 Speaker 1: of course the cops are right. Now, come on, brother, 888 00:58:39,320 --> 00:58:57,480 Speaker 1: come on, can't stand it. I'm right. Did you set 889 00:58:57,520 --> 00:59:00,120 Speaker 1: hender saying we have water from ground bay? If so, 890 00:59:00,200 --> 00:59:02,480 Speaker 1: tell us what's going on? What happened here today? So 891 00:59:02,720 --> 00:59:05,120 Speaker 1: what's going on is part of the press conference regarding 892 00:59:05,160 --> 00:59:07,800 Speaker 1: the uture of the lakes. During a lot of our revenues, 893 00:59:07,880 --> 00:59:13,000 Speaker 1: we were prisons and displaced from the military operation that 894 00:59:13,080 --> 00:59:16,400 Speaker 1: Mitchel Ferial unleashed this past week. So let's listen to 895 00:59:16,440 --> 00:59:19,680 Speaker 1: their stories and something about the community that Cloting continue 896 00:59:19,720 --> 00:59:21,280 Speaker 1: to build from the life. You didn't want to miss 897 00:59:21,320 --> 00:59:24,120 Speaker 1: Pharaoh live because I know for a fact that you 898 00:59:24,240 --> 00:59:26,640 Speaker 1: were working way before Mitchell Pharaoh all of a sudden 899 00:59:26,720 --> 00:59:30,360 Speaker 1: had this concern. You were helping unhouse people way before 900 00:59:30,480 --> 00:59:32,520 Speaker 1: he was trying to close the park, and I wanted 901 00:59:32,520 --> 00:59:34,760 Speaker 1: to talk with what's your thoughts? What are you saying 902 00:59:35,000 --> 00:59:38,240 Speaker 1: that he's trying to get a victory. Just this this, 903 00:59:38,440 --> 00:59:40,960 Speaker 1: this is what you did recently with a victory. This 904 00:59:41,120 --> 00:59:43,680 Speaker 1: is in no way, shape or form of victory. I'm 905 00:59:43,720 --> 00:59:46,400 Speaker 1: a person who change is posing a human rights but 906 00:59:46,520 --> 00:59:50,280 Speaker 1: this is a political move to him. He didn't actually 907 00:59:50,680 --> 00:59:53,160 Speaker 1: try to do an evisce for the better good of 908 00:59:53,200 --> 00:59:55,400 Speaker 1: the people here. He's trying to get people out of 909 00:59:55,400 --> 00:59:57,600 Speaker 1: the park so he would look better we do. We're 910 00:59:57,640 --> 01:00:02,240 Speaker 1: looking for holistic Hially, we're looking for this solution CLO adequately, adequately, 911 01:00:02,360 --> 01:00:04,320 Speaker 1: need and want. We're centering the voices of our house 912 01:00:04,360 --> 01:00:07,840 Speaker 1: communities housing solutions that they was on. So he's an 913 01:00:07,840 --> 01:00:10,000 Speaker 1: out and outlier. We've been doing the work on the 914 01:00:10,040 --> 01:00:12,280 Speaker 1: ground for more than a year. These are the people 915 01:00:12,320 --> 01:00:13,800 Speaker 1: that we know. These are the people that we love. 916 01:00:13,920 --> 01:00:15,280 Speaker 1: These are the people that we're going to continue to 917 01:00:15,360 --> 01:00:17,400 Speaker 1: fight for. So he can go ahead and run off 918 01:00:17,800 --> 01:00:20,080 Speaker 1: not the mouth as much as he wants. The facts 919 01:00:20,080 --> 01:00:22,240 Speaker 1: are there. We've been in the park every single day. 920 01:00:22,360 --> 01:00:24,840 Speaker 1: We've been working with people towards getting into the programs 921 01:00:24,880 --> 01:00:27,560 Speaker 1: that they would like. Do it, I believe and want 922 01:00:27,600 --> 01:00:31,480 Speaker 1: tos The Echo Park was then for, is the traditional 923 01:00:31,560 --> 01:00:36,840 Speaker 1: model of housing child are not working today? Is fill 924 01:00:36,920 --> 01:00:40,160 Speaker 1: there something that is so much greater than a lot 925 01:00:40,200 --> 01:00:44,120 Speaker 1: of the other interim health opportunities that they right one 926 01:00:44,160 --> 01:00:46,240 Speaker 1: of the questions that I have, we're gonna try to 927 01:00:46,320 --> 01:00:48,520 Speaker 1: know what this nimby year matter. One of the things 928 01:00:48,680 --> 01:00:52,200 Speaker 1: is that he's he's saying, but he from on my record, 929 01:00:52,440 --> 01:00:55,400 Speaker 1: I've been recording this for some time and interviewing a 930 01:00:55,480 --> 01:00:58,600 Speaker 1: lot of the h advocates and the unhoused after lists 931 01:00:58,600 --> 01:01:00,760 Speaker 1: and things like that, has he ever sat down and 932 01:01:00,840 --> 01:01:03,200 Speaker 1: talked with you guys about what you guys needed? No? 933 01:01:03,320 --> 01:01:07,000 Speaker 1: Absolutely not. A little over a year ago when the 934 01:01:07,720 --> 01:01:10,680 Speaker 1: sleep stand placed in the park, let's first be trying 935 01:01:10,680 --> 01:01:13,919 Speaker 1: to try to correcting first enough to trying to carry 936 01:01:13,920 --> 01:01:16,400 Speaker 1: it out. About a year ago, presidents drafted a letter 937 01:01:16,480 --> 01:01:18,800 Speaker 1: asked specifically to have a sit in meeting with Kitten 938 01:01:18,840 --> 01:01:20,880 Speaker 1: barrels heard of you guys, that's not the kind of 939 01:01:21,000 --> 01:01:25,640 Speaker 1: complete better science to say. Just multiple times after that, 940 01:01:26,120 --> 01:01:29,720 Speaker 1: you've never come off part for anything inside for phooks 941 01:01:29,840 --> 01:01:32,600 Speaker 1: with you know, his programs that we're there for a 942 01:01:32,680 --> 01:01:36,520 Speaker 1: day or so, all the actually invation for residence. So 943 01:01:36,680 --> 01:01:38,720 Speaker 1: here's the thing also I want to notice too, is 944 01:01:38,760 --> 01:01:41,560 Speaker 1: like one he hasn't talked to the activis is that 945 01:01:42,160 --> 01:01:45,240 Speaker 1: also it's like, how did this aft urban alphimates this 946 01:01:45,360 --> 01:01:48,440 Speaker 1: parts this group here with sick compacticly sharing on this 947 01:01:48,600 --> 01:01:52,120 Speaker 1: kind of displacement on a press Who is urban apphemy? 948 01:01:52,200 --> 01:01:54,640 Speaker 1: Are they are they worked with any of our organizations 949 01:01:54,760 --> 01:01:58,080 Speaker 1: or that they get I employed by the city. I 950 01:01:58,200 --> 01:02:09,360 Speaker 1: believe you know during the one time the other always 951 01:02:09,400 --> 01:02:12,280 Speaker 1: teams have been fooled in the field and outreach teams, 952 01:02:12,880 --> 01:02:16,280 Speaker 1: police counselor shows. So that we're unified, we got another 953 01:02:16,320 --> 01:02:19,760 Speaker 1: press conference. Remember the same enemies, LABD and the marriage 954 01:02:19,800 --> 01:02:27,120 Speaker 1: the same people, all of us. So okay, thank you, 955 01:02:30,080 --> 01:02:54,240 Speaker 1: thank you, thank you very much. Then this is THEO 956 01:02:54,320 --> 01:02:57,200 Speaker 1: Henderson from Willian House. We were coming into another segment 957 01:02:57,440 --> 01:02:59,800 Speaker 1: and if we stumbled upon this beautiful thing out of 958 01:02:59,840 --> 01:03:02,880 Speaker 1: our all of the chaos and negativinity. They're always talking 959 01:03:03,000 --> 01:03:05,320 Speaker 1: with you and you're a thingnample. This is the active 960 01:03:05,440 --> 01:03:09,200 Speaker 1: art part. So that's a beautiful array of different plants. 961 01:03:09,480 --> 01:03:10,960 Speaker 1: Now I don't have a green thumb, but I do 962 01:03:11,120 --> 01:03:14,320 Speaker 1: recognize talent and skill. And this is coming from one 963 01:03:14,360 --> 01:03:17,080 Speaker 1: of the people that here is Monica. Monica, tell us 964 01:03:17,080 --> 01:03:20,360 Speaker 1: a little bit about this part here. Well, my boyfriend 965 01:03:20,400 --> 01:03:24,240 Speaker 1: started or his name is Marcus, said, yes, it's particular. 966 01:03:24,640 --> 01:03:30,280 Speaker 1: It's a warlock, a tomato chili flowers, what type of 967 01:03:30,360 --> 01:03:36,280 Speaker 1: flowers house? Um, not really sure either that what are 968 01:03:36,320 --> 01:03:42,120 Speaker 1: you fills? So what inspired you guys to make a garden? Uh? 969 01:03:42,960 --> 01:03:45,360 Speaker 1: Well one of the let me started more like sad 970 01:03:45,640 --> 01:03:50,360 Speaker 1: or down? So you say you have to are you 971 01:03:50,360 --> 01:03:54,200 Speaker 1: make happy where we stays, make the place happy so 972 01:03:54,400 --> 01:03:58,200 Speaker 1: everybody could see is like a or us. It's where 973 01:03:58,280 --> 01:04:03,200 Speaker 1: the bet you enjoy the view of the flowers you made. 974 01:04:03,400 --> 01:04:07,120 Speaker 1: So for us to be positive when people see positive 975 01:04:07,240 --> 01:04:11,720 Speaker 1: things that going us have in my left without whether 976 01:04:11,800 --> 01:04:13,960 Speaker 1: your house or not, you always trying to find some 977 01:04:14,080 --> 01:04:16,680 Speaker 1: beauty in in in the circumstances that you live. Yeah, 978 01:04:16,680 --> 01:04:18,640 Speaker 1: that's what it looks like here. Yes, And when I 979 01:04:18,800 --> 01:04:20,480 Speaker 1: saw it, when I immediately I always wanted to use 980 01:04:20,480 --> 01:04:22,600 Speaker 1: the shot over there of the water. But then when 981 01:04:22,600 --> 01:04:24,320 Speaker 1: I saw this, I said, you know, this is like 982 01:04:24,400 --> 01:04:28,280 Speaker 1: a perfect metaphor to understand that despite what nimbiism and 983 01:04:28,360 --> 01:04:31,520 Speaker 1: that the violent exchange up their shows that even through 984 01:04:31,560 --> 01:04:33,840 Speaker 1: all of this, people are trying to find oak and 985 01:04:34,080 --> 01:04:36,480 Speaker 1: this is one of the ways that we are we 986 01:04:36,600 --> 01:04:38,920 Speaker 1: try to find hope. And many of the news articles 987 01:04:38,960 --> 01:04:40,800 Speaker 1: that people are talking about how they were depressed in 988 01:04:40,880 --> 01:04:43,400 Speaker 1: the house when they're going through the pandemic, which is 989 01:04:43,480 --> 01:04:46,160 Speaker 1: not to uh diminish it, but you we don't think 990 01:04:46,200 --> 01:04:49,040 Speaker 1: about the the alienation that our house people have before 991 01:04:49,120 --> 01:04:52,000 Speaker 1: dependemic as well as going through a dependemic as well 992 01:04:52,040 --> 01:04:55,120 Speaker 1: when people just abandoned them until we started mutual aid 993 01:04:55,200 --> 01:04:58,760 Speaker 1: to start to uh connect with all in the same matter. So, Monica, 994 01:04:58,800 --> 01:05:01,160 Speaker 1: how long have you been out here? And nine ten 995 01:05:01,280 --> 01:05:03,720 Speaker 1: months at least? How did you end up out here 996 01:05:03,800 --> 01:05:06,360 Speaker 1: in Epa Harbor? What happened? Well? I used to stay 997 01:05:06,520 --> 01:05:09,760 Speaker 1: before in my pa can park it? Are you like it? Older? 998 01:05:09,880 --> 01:05:14,280 Speaker 1: Too much? Problems? And so my boyfriend said, of this park, 999 01:05:14,320 --> 01:05:16,120 Speaker 1: you say you came here one is to visit and 1000 01:05:16,320 --> 01:05:20,000 Speaker 1: you left that the lights that's you're so far and 1001 01:05:20,560 --> 01:05:25,280 Speaker 1: you calamative people's business say just parking around the stuff? 1002 01:05:25,760 --> 01:05:29,720 Speaker 1: I mean tainteen that's as before things. It seems like 1003 01:05:29,840 --> 01:05:31,760 Speaker 1: you guys have built a life and a home here. 1004 01:05:31,920 --> 01:05:33,960 Speaker 1: It seems like that's one of the things we we 1005 01:05:34,120 --> 01:05:38,360 Speaker 1: seem to what it is for us pay which is 1006 01:05:38,440 --> 01:05:43,240 Speaker 1: not actually a lot of things. It is and it's 1007 01:05:43,280 --> 01:05:45,800 Speaker 1: just a a building that's not necessarily denote that that's 1008 01:05:45,840 --> 01:05:48,240 Speaker 1: a home. And you can be evicted at any time, 1009 01:05:48,640 --> 01:05:50,640 Speaker 1: and it shouldn't be only the rich or the people 1010 01:05:50,720 --> 01:05:53,640 Speaker 1: that have this delusional thing that they packed pay taxes 1011 01:05:53,680 --> 01:05:55,640 Speaker 1: and un house people don't. But the fact of the 1012 01:05:55,720 --> 01:05:59,240 Speaker 1: matter is that building doesn't preclude you from distripping other 1013 01:05:59,280 --> 01:06:02,200 Speaker 1: people up that he matter. So what is the way 1014 01:06:02,400 --> 01:06:04,680 Speaker 1: the best way for people to help you, guys, get 1015 01:06:04,720 --> 01:06:09,080 Speaker 1: you in a different situation than this. Well cool, the 1016 01:06:09,200 --> 01:06:13,560 Speaker 1: thinking started working so tenderly. You just want to us 1017 01:06:14,040 --> 01:06:16,400 Speaker 1: somewhere to live. We don't wanna, right, we don't wanna. 1018 01:06:17,560 --> 01:06:22,720 Speaker 1: We don't want hill pass might even as a child 1019 01:06:22,800 --> 01:06:26,440 Speaker 1: for it, just to try to Clai heard about anything 1020 01:06:26,480 --> 01:06:29,560 Speaker 1: to stay with place, and that's just one of those 1021 01:06:29,640 --> 01:06:31,959 Speaker 1: programs that I remember earlier Mike Bonding was talking about 1022 01:06:32,000 --> 01:06:34,560 Speaker 1: in camp mister housing, and I agree. I definitely don't 1023 01:06:34,600 --> 01:06:37,320 Speaker 1: wanna go through any more of these really parsible ideas 1024 01:06:37,520 --> 01:06:40,080 Speaker 1: or or policies. I just want uh uh a place 1025 01:06:40,160 --> 01:06:42,080 Speaker 1: to stay where I can lay my head down and 1026 01:06:42,160 --> 01:06:44,600 Speaker 1: I don't have to have worry about some ridiculous rule. 1027 01:06:44,680 --> 01:06:46,200 Speaker 1: And then when if you tell them that you want 1028 01:06:46,200 --> 01:06:48,320 Speaker 1: to be treated like a human, they say, you know, 1029 01:06:48,560 --> 01:06:52,480 Speaker 1: beggars can't be choosing. Yes, that's true, because you know 1030 01:06:52,560 --> 01:06:55,440 Speaker 1: you you sound like you got some experiences that too. Yeah, 1031 01:06:56,720 --> 01:07:00,200 Speaker 1: one was put to toil. My son was two years then. Oh, 1032 01:07:00,400 --> 01:07:02,240 Speaker 1: they make them from the shelf. That's one of the lasers. 1033 01:07:02,280 --> 01:07:04,400 Speaker 1: Are the christ shelter. They took your son when you 1034 01:07:04,480 --> 01:07:06,680 Speaker 1: was in the shelter? Yes, are you tell me the 1035 01:07:06,800 --> 01:07:08,600 Speaker 1: where's going to take 'em to the next day and 1036 01:07:08,720 --> 01:07:11,280 Speaker 1: the mother's day? They took them away for you. Oh 1037 01:07:11,360 --> 01:07:13,920 Speaker 1: my god, I'm so sorry to hear that. Uh was 1038 01:07:14,000 --> 01:07:16,320 Speaker 1: d Were you able to get your son back? Well? 1039 01:07:16,560 --> 01:07:19,520 Speaker 1: You all about them for like she hang on in 1040 01:07:19,560 --> 01:07:22,479 Speaker 1: a world I take pictures. So right now I'm spending 1041 01:07:22,520 --> 01:07:25,280 Speaker 1: from medical billion, I spend for medical system, ready for 1042 01:07:26,640 --> 01:07:30,160 Speaker 1: moving on a little bit to take someone's kid because 1043 01:07:30,200 --> 01:07:32,480 Speaker 1: they're poor. It's it's unconscious of You're not the first 1044 01:07:32,520 --> 01:07:34,680 Speaker 1: story that I've learned this, but and I'm very I'm 1045 01:07:34,760 --> 01:07:36,880 Speaker 1: very sorry to hear that. But i also have to 1046 01:07:37,080 --> 01:07:39,160 Speaker 1: uh uh say, you know, y, despite it, you're still 1047 01:07:39,200 --> 01:07:42,320 Speaker 1: trying to maintain your sanity and your resilience. And this 1048 01:07:42,480 --> 01:07:44,800 Speaker 1: is such a beautiful scene that you have the flowers 1049 01:07:44,840 --> 01:07:46,920 Speaker 1: here and you're looking over at the water here. The 1050 01:07:47,000 --> 01:07:50,080 Speaker 1: paul seems like it's a very tranquil place over here. Yes, 1051 01:07:51,400 --> 01:07:53,200 Speaker 1: this is still Henderson from me in house, and I 1052 01:07:53,320 --> 01:07:55,320 Speaker 1: thank you very much Monica for taking the time to 1053 01:07:55,360 --> 01:07:58,240 Speaker 1: tell your story and your c uh creation of beauty. 1054 01:07:58,320 --> 01:08:00,200 Speaker 1: Here is it okay? If we come back, I can 1055 01:08:00,320 --> 01:08:03,600 Speaker 1: check on you and see you all right. This is 1056 01:08:03,680 --> 01:08:06,360 Speaker 1: the Henderson and I thank you all for listening. Maybe 1057 01:08:06,480 --> 01:08:32,920 Speaker 1: again meet in the light of under that we don't 1058 01:08:33,040 --> 01:09:01,800 Speaker 1: help me, help me, help me, I can't them fly, Queen. 1059 01:09:01,840 --> 01:09:04,240 Speaker 1: I've been a repart for thirty years. The reason why 1060 01:09:04,280 --> 01:09:06,760 Speaker 1: we're here today is because a lot of us grew 1061 01:09:06,840 --> 01:09:09,519 Speaker 1: up in this park. If you close, quite great they're 1062 01:09:09,560 --> 01:09:12,599 Speaker 1: planning on grain because the way that they're planning are 1063 01:09:12,640 --> 01:09:18,400 Speaker 1: doing it. Not only we really moved up that probably 1064 01:09:18,479 --> 01:09:22,200 Speaker 1: I will my pig program, I have plenty of everything. 1065 01:09:22,680 --> 01:09:25,200 Speaker 1: And you see people homeless in this one is because 1066 01:09:25,200 --> 01:09:27,960 Speaker 1: these are people that got feel worse for every by 1067 01:09:28,000 --> 01:09:31,680 Speaker 1: the situation or whatever happened. I know, faies that we're 1068 01:09:31,800 --> 01:09:34,120 Speaker 1: up there, we're both going into all the time time. 1069 01:09:34,520 --> 01:09:37,040 Speaker 1: But now they're down here. That's why of justice their 1070 01:09:37,080 --> 01:09:40,640 Speaker 1: campare that thousand, one thousand five of the right by 1071 01:09:40,760 --> 01:09:44,600 Speaker 1: myself the justice. Over thirty years, you have read in 1072 01:09:44,720 --> 01:09:47,840 Speaker 1: Trouble thirty years. I'd rather grow up. My mother was 1073 01:09:47,880 --> 01:09:51,240 Speaker 1: this trouble me and parted with me. I'm a resident. 1074 01:09:51,360 --> 01:09:53,479 Speaker 1: I'm type of vide year. I haven't really in a 1075 01:09:53,560 --> 01:09:56,880 Speaker 1: test for three husbands. Why because I had a concidence 1076 01:09:57,120 --> 01:10:00,200 Speaker 1: carn on me. I had my three other Christian I'm 1077 01:10:00,200 --> 01:10:04,000 Speaker 1: gonna trust. I used to work with the great up 1078 01:10:04,000 --> 01:10:07,080 Speaker 1: the time there. I have six kids, six beautiful daughters. 1079 01:10:07,080 --> 01:10:09,200 Speaker 1: I don't get no, I don't care know even you 1080 01:10:09,240 --> 01:10:11,040 Speaker 1: know well because I have to act to be I 1081 01:10:11,080 --> 01:10:13,400 Speaker 1: don't follow my perdy of that. There's a lot of 1082 01:10:13,439 --> 01:10:16,680 Speaker 1: people met with people, hard working people that will not 1083 01:10:16,840 --> 01:10:20,120 Speaker 1: follow fight for any of the program. And to be honest, 1084 01:10:20,200 --> 01:10:24,400 Speaker 1: it's rouge projects. It would what has gonna work for everybody? 1085 01:10:24,680 --> 01:10:26,920 Speaker 1: And if it isn't the kid or something, let it 1086 01:10:27,040 --> 01:10:29,120 Speaker 1: not be conditioned. Because I don't know about you guys, 1087 01:10:29,160 --> 01:10:37,120 Speaker 1: but I'm grown up. I don't like yeah, yeah, the 1088 01:10:37,240 --> 01:10:40,920 Speaker 1: why can have over people who have socialized? Who could 1089 01:10:40,960 --> 01:10:42,920 Speaker 1: I could be with? Not only that, but if I 1090 01:10:43,000 --> 01:10:45,040 Speaker 1: have a party my bother, you can't be in the 1091 01:10:45,080 --> 01:10:47,080 Speaker 1: same woman. If you are, you don't get the present 1092 01:10:47,200 --> 01:10:49,760 Speaker 1: just that other people do. And it's only temporary. Even 1093 01:10:49,800 --> 01:10:51,920 Speaker 1: when you're in beected coming at you in six months 1094 01:10:51,960 --> 01:10:55,439 Speaker 1: of housing whoever is affecting you, and that has to 1095 01:10:55,479 --> 01:11:00,320 Speaker 1: be proper education. I don't see anything on these three yeah, 1096 01:11:01,880 --> 01:11:06,120 Speaker 1: first day, Yeah, that's right that I seek that they 1097 01:11:06,200 --> 01:11:10,320 Speaker 1: didn't effect. The businesses are around here, every leasing. Look, 1098 01:11:10,560 --> 01:11:14,720 Speaker 1: it's cleanest heart anywhere around. That's like you don't see 1099 01:11:14,760 --> 01:11:18,760 Speaker 1: the first You're gonna have problems on the part. Anybody please, 1100 01:11:18,920 --> 01:11:22,920 Speaker 1: who's not tied all of us I'm speaking. I'm calling 1101 01:11:23,000 --> 01:11:28,120 Speaker 1: out the mothers, the daughters, but the has, but uncles, 1102 01:11:28,320 --> 01:11:31,880 Speaker 1: anyone out here in Mexican. My mother's recoded for sixteen years, 1103 01:11:31,960 --> 01:11:35,479 Speaker 1: or Longan in Sussex for sixty years. It's about I 1104 01:11:35,960 --> 01:11:38,280 Speaker 1: my son used to work. This age need to be strong. 1105 01:11:38,560 --> 01:11:41,120 Speaker 1: I've seen this place cheap from what it was. You 1106 01:11:41,200 --> 01:11:43,880 Speaker 1: couldn't pay back. Is a day to enter at the part, 1107 01:11:44,160 --> 01:11:47,080 Speaker 1: not even if the police would come worse than that name. 1108 01:11:48,200 --> 01:11:50,680 Speaker 1: But this is one of the cleanest ones that we have. 1109 01:11:51,160 --> 01:11:53,880 Speaker 1: We take care of our own. They're roly clea. I 1110 01:11:54,080 --> 01:11:56,400 Speaker 1: never gave myself a name, and I try to take 1111 01:11:56,439 --> 01:11:59,200 Speaker 1: care of my because I know the one above were allays. 1112 01:11:59,280 --> 01:12:01,640 Speaker 1: Give me more. People ask me, are you afraid you're 1113 01:12:01,640 --> 01:12:04,160 Speaker 1: gonna lose your house and people, yes, but you'll feel afraid. 1114 01:12:04,640 --> 01:12:07,120 Speaker 1: And if you're losing your house, you can you can't see. 1115 01:12:08,240 --> 01:12:10,559 Speaker 1: And I don't know any parson. I don't know any 1116 01:12:10,680 --> 01:12:14,320 Speaker 1: person that having debts with this pandemic. And me that 1117 01:12:14,400 --> 01:12:17,040 Speaker 1: I don't receive anything. There's times have coming in to sleep. 1118 01:12:17,080 --> 01:12:19,280 Speaker 1: I mind. I look at the cilia and let's just 1119 01:12:19,479 --> 01:12:23,599 Speaker 1: keep seeing the dead hound cutting up now with this accident. Yeah, 1120 01:12:23,720 --> 01:12:26,679 Speaker 1: yes we're talking medical, but that's not gonna cover everything 1121 01:12:26,760 --> 01:12:31,759 Speaker 1: I have to do. I've had researcheries, researcheries once gain grounds, 1122 01:12:31,800 --> 01:12:34,400 Speaker 1: final towns, and I'm still filled with my people. All 1123 01:12:34,520 --> 01:12:37,120 Speaker 1: people have performed. All the people that you walk around 1124 01:12:37,160 --> 01:12:39,639 Speaker 1: with your daughter wants a little candy or a little tree, 1125 01:12:39,800 --> 01:12:41,960 Speaker 1: or you came back to Tirs momentum. I'm like God, 1126 01:12:42,240 --> 01:12:46,040 Speaker 1: all of the toiler setting up tad colored setting the chocolate, 1127 01:12:46,080 --> 01:12:49,400 Speaker 1: their small because they don't have money or they don't, 1128 01:12:49,439 --> 01:12:52,800 Speaker 1: but not because they're criminals. We're not criminals. We are 1129 01:12:52,920 --> 01:12:58,240 Speaker 1: not criminals. Mean, we take care of our name and 1130 01:12:58,400 --> 01:13:03,599 Speaker 1: got my life, gave attention. This is not about any 1131 01:13:03,720 --> 01:13:08,840 Speaker 1: general race, North Town, East West. There's no no gender 1132 01:13:09,080 --> 01:13:12,639 Speaker 1: is applied, no race is implied, no age is incid, 1133 01:13:12,800 --> 01:13:15,960 Speaker 1: no sex is a client. Whatever you are, I know 1134 01:13:16,120 --> 01:13:20,080 Speaker 1: every pot want you because ny, because there's the city 1135 01:13:20,200 --> 01:13:27,519 Speaker 1: things because of the city. Besides to close it down 1136 01:13:27,600 --> 01:13:31,559 Speaker 1: without letting anyone else know, it's gonna affect Yes, my mother, 1137 01:13:32,040 --> 01:13:34,640 Speaker 1: my daughters are not school here. We only found an 1138 01:13:34,720 --> 01:13:37,720 Speaker 1: outlet that they have a school. Tis fie. Hundreds of 1139 01:13:37,800 --> 01:13:39,920 Speaker 1: mothers are not to hear one because if the kids 1140 01:13:39,920 --> 01:13:42,760 Speaker 1: are not learning frustration enough. This is where they come 1141 01:13:43,000 --> 01:13:46,360 Speaker 1: and having escape pens when they come to coming town's 1142 01:13:46,439 --> 01:13:52,040 Speaker 1: friends become after some trees. Sometimes the worst battles quite 1143 01:13:52,120 --> 01:13:54,760 Speaker 1: by itself, and this is a place that he needs. 1144 01:13:55,200 --> 01:13:58,120 Speaker 1: Let peace of mind. It comes with the water. It'scaus, 1145 01:13:58,200 --> 01:14:01,240 Speaker 1: not not co. I'm down in tomorrow that that that 1146 01:14:01,479 --> 01:14:05,439 Speaker 1: view overlooking La. I didn't run anything. I have been like, well, 1147 01:14:05,520 --> 01:14:08,519 Speaker 1: I'm a proud Mexican big grand Yes i am mother, 1148 01:14:08,800 --> 01:14:11,120 Speaker 1: Yes I am a daughter, Yes i am. But I'm 1149 01:14:11,160 --> 01:14:22,960 Speaker 1: also a member of this part. Are you everyone? What's 1150 01:14:23,000 --> 01:14:25,720 Speaker 1: your teacher? What's your name? Your first last day? The 1151 01:14:25,840 --> 01:14:32,200 Speaker 1: Queen and rega party. I lived with the party because 1152 01:14:32,600 --> 01:14:34,600 Speaker 1: of things out of my hand and after having a 1153 01:14:34,680 --> 01:14:36,479 Speaker 1: little time job where I got paid SI stee in 1154 01:14:36,560 --> 01:14:39,160 Speaker 1: an hour, where I had you know, cars and everything, 1155 01:14:39,680 --> 01:14:43,280 Speaker 1: nothing else. Nobody in this accident when I woke up 1156 01:14:43,960 --> 01:14:47,280 Speaker 1: were two days later, two months in the hospital, thank god, 1157 01:14:47,320 --> 01:14:49,639 Speaker 1: and the hospital there I managed to leave in leg 1158 01:14:49,960 --> 01:14:52,200 Speaker 1: Whatever months did I give up? I can tell myself 1159 01:14:52,240 --> 01:14:55,519 Speaker 1: I must endore, I must adore. There's there's plain that's 1160 01:14:55,680 --> 01:15:00,040 Speaker 1: in humanly describable. You can't have to describe it. And 1161 01:15:00,200 --> 01:15:07,920 Speaker 1: I'm seeing now takes place to live work you've ever 1162 01:15:08,040 --> 01:15:12,759 Speaker 1: hand not knowing there. Someone in the tent is quignant 1163 01:15:13,160 --> 01:15:15,600 Speaker 1: with the families who have come. Wen't choose to be 1164 01:15:15,720 --> 01:15:18,080 Speaker 1: out here. We are pushed out here by a second 1165 01:15:18,120 --> 01:15:21,840 Speaker 1: class of situation of the lack of government health, the 1166 01:15:21,920 --> 01:15:25,080 Speaker 1: lack of humanity, and the lack of information that our 1167 01:15:25,160 --> 01:15:28,320 Speaker 1: council or the people in power are failing to give us. 1168 01:15:28,640 --> 01:15:31,560 Speaker 1: We didn't know about this. I is enough time. It 1169 01:15:31,640 --> 01:15:34,320 Speaker 1: takes a month? Why because they didn't not want us 1170 01:15:34,400 --> 01:15:37,760 Speaker 1: to have enough time to gather together and tell the people, Hey, there, 1171 01:15:38,360 --> 01:15:40,600 Speaker 1: I know a couple of people from these buildings that 1172 01:15:40,760 --> 01:15:43,240 Speaker 1: won't to Tricee for save by someone in this play 1173 01:15:43,760 --> 01:15:45,920 Speaker 1: not too long ago. Because who got muck. We just 1174 01:15:46,000 --> 01:15:48,240 Speaker 1: took out because we wanted to fight the people at didn't. 1175 01:15:49,120 --> 01:15:51,600 Speaker 1: We don't ask for anything. But in this part, for 1176 01:15:51,760 --> 01:15:57,200 Speaker 1: you want to have tice, there's friendship, there's a family loyalty, 1177 01:15:57,840 --> 01:16:03,360 Speaker 1: there's humanity, and there's understanding. No one judges. But you're 1178 01:16:03,400 --> 01:16:06,479 Speaker 1: not beneficially appli you're not contributing. You're not gonna be here, 1179 01:16:06,600 --> 01:16:08,760 Speaker 1: you're not gonna last something. But if you're something that 1180 01:16:09,200 --> 01:16:12,360 Speaker 1: needed help or down on your luf, you try to 1181 01:16:12,479 --> 01:16:18,360 Speaker 1: plan here unconditioned, unselfish, and without anything in return except 1182 01:16:18,360 --> 01:16:20,320 Speaker 1: for you to be okay. Right on one day you're 1183 01:16:20,320 --> 01:16:33,360 Speaker 1: gonna pass it out. You'll know something's racist. Numbers and 1184 01:16:33,520 --> 01:16:36,000 Speaker 1: like I said, this is about race. It isn't about children. 1185 01:16:36,080 --> 01:16:39,080 Speaker 1: It's about showing your presence to tell the city you 1186 01:16:39,200 --> 01:16:42,160 Speaker 1: can't keep running us. Yeah, you can't keep telling us 1187 01:16:42,200 --> 01:16:44,960 Speaker 1: what to do. You can't keep telling us what's right wrong. 1188 01:16:45,640 --> 01:16:48,800 Speaker 1: You can keep telling us sweeping under the road. Oh, 1189 01:16:48,840 --> 01:17:06,000 Speaker 1: they're poor, homeless people, not a human being. He hadn't 1190 01:17:06,120 --> 01:17:14,679 Speaker 1: getting that. I hadn't to call to turn pay pay 1191 01:17:15,960 --> 01:17:40,599 Speaker 1: hagl take me, take me, take me, And you said, 1192 01:17:45,040 --> 01:18:36,519 Speaker 1: moment he said, don't my name is David Bush Lily. 1193 01:18:36,840 --> 01:18:40,040 Speaker 1: It's a hyphen it D A V I, D B 1194 01:18:40,160 --> 01:18:43,640 Speaker 1: U S C H dash L I L l Y. 1195 01:18:44,560 --> 01:18:49,120 Speaker 1: The last eight months, I've been a residing in Echo 1196 01:18:49,240 --> 01:18:53,479 Speaker 1: Park Lake. For the past twenty years. Prior to this, 1197 01:18:54,200 --> 01:18:56,880 Speaker 1: I've been homes on the streets of Los Angeles, almost 1198 01:18:57,120 --> 01:19:01,760 Speaker 1: entirely on the sideway. I think that Eco Park Lake 1199 01:19:01,920 --> 01:19:06,320 Speaker 1: is the first time in twenty years other than one 1200 01:19:06,439 --> 01:19:09,160 Speaker 1: or two nights with friends in hotel rooms in one 1201 01:19:09,240 --> 01:19:12,479 Speaker 1: or two weeks with family or something like that. But 1202 01:19:12,600 --> 01:19:14,840 Speaker 1: I've been able to get off the side of a 1203 01:19:15,040 --> 01:19:19,800 Speaker 1: long Angeles as a homeless person without displacing somebody who's 1204 01:19:19,960 --> 01:19:24,519 Speaker 1: near nowhere near as healthy as I am, nowhere near 1205 01:19:25,400 --> 01:19:29,799 Speaker 1: as present in mind, as I've been able to maintain 1206 01:19:29,920 --> 01:19:34,720 Speaker 1: my sanity, and starting a month ago, we saw a 1207 01:19:34,920 --> 01:19:42,960 Speaker 1: secret conspiracy cooked up by local city officials to bypass 1208 01:19:43,160 --> 01:19:51,679 Speaker 1: county health regulations, Parks and rec commissioners, and normal LAPD 1209 01:19:51,960 --> 01:19:54,840 Speaker 1: procedures on how you deal with homeless people in the 1210 01:19:54,920 --> 01:20:00,479 Speaker 1: midst of a COVID pandemic. Starting two months ago, the 1211 01:20:00,800 --> 01:20:05,120 Speaker 1: councilman Mitchell Ferrell decided on his own that he was 1212 01:20:05,200 --> 01:20:08,160 Speaker 1: now the health authority of Los Angeles or where homeless 1213 01:20:08,280 --> 01:20:13,160 Speaker 1: double should be safely residing, and rather than waiting for 1214 01:20:13,360 --> 01:20:17,000 Speaker 1: the COVID lockdown to children place lockdown to end, he 1215 01:20:17,160 --> 01:20:21,320 Speaker 1: rushed in and displaced and threatened the health of healthy, 1216 01:20:22,400 --> 01:20:26,080 Speaker 1: residing homeless people in that park. And that was after 1217 01:20:26,240 --> 01:20:31,400 Speaker 1: a year of doing nothing to reach out to Iman 1218 01:20:31,640 --> 01:20:35,160 Speaker 1: or any of the other community groups that have been 1219 01:20:35,240 --> 01:20:39,240 Speaker 1: working with him, standing with him, working to maintain peace 1220 01:20:39,920 --> 01:20:44,720 Speaker 1: and a sense of harmony in Echo Park. This is 1221 01:20:44,960 --> 01:20:50,240 Speaker 1: corruption when a person, for political reasons, whether they're a 1222 01:20:50,320 --> 01:20:54,400 Speaker 1: bureaucrat or a politician in the city, can take a 1223 01:20:54,520 --> 01:20:59,280 Speaker 1: precious resource like hotel rooms they're supposed to go to 1224 01:20:59,360 --> 01:21:06,200 Speaker 1: the most and subvert them to destroy a homeless built 1225 01:21:06,880 --> 01:21:12,280 Speaker 1: community gathering place off the sidewalk and a cart in 1226 01:21:12,400 --> 01:21:14,800 Speaker 1: a small section of the park and do nothing to 1227 01:21:14,880 --> 01:21:18,200 Speaker 1: help us maintain the peace and the serenity for everybody there. 1228 01:21:18,680 --> 01:21:22,320 Speaker 1: This is corruption that he did, and it was not 1229 01:21:22,479 --> 01:21:27,639 Speaker 1: an adequate alternative. What I was approached with were people 1230 01:21:28,320 --> 01:21:33,280 Speaker 1: telling me join in a conspiracy to deny needing people 1231 01:21:33,479 --> 01:21:36,639 Speaker 1: more needy than me their right to that hotel room tonight. 1232 01:21:38,080 --> 01:21:43,479 Speaker 1: I am not going to Nobody in their conscience could 1233 01:21:43,560 --> 01:21:47,280 Speaker 1: accept that or call that an offer of shelter or 1234 01:21:47,400 --> 01:21:50,439 Speaker 1: house it. That was an offer to participate in a 1235 01:21:50,560 --> 01:21:57,519 Speaker 1: criminal conspiracy to violate codes of city, county, state, federal 1236 01:21:57,680 --> 01:22:04,720 Speaker 1: civil procedure. That's what that was. And the other, the 1237 01:22:04,880 --> 01:22:08,439 Speaker 1: other alternative that was offered to me was to be 1238 01:22:08,600 --> 01:22:11,240 Speaker 1: told to go back out to blocking the sidewalks of 1239 01:22:11,360 --> 01:22:16,320 Speaker 1: Los Angeles. It's long past time that we recognize that 1240 01:22:16,520 --> 01:22:20,080 Speaker 1: this crisis had done nothing but grow and grow and 1241 01:22:20,240 --> 01:22:24,679 Speaker 1: grow and grow grow the last forty years. Sixty percent 1242 01:22:24,760 --> 01:22:27,479 Speaker 1: of us now in Los Angeles, we're not get out 1243 01:22:27,520 --> 01:22:30,200 Speaker 1: of the sidewalks. We're in our vehicles. The only thing 1244 01:22:30,280 --> 01:22:33,840 Speaker 1: we can affoward, according to every kind of message who 1245 01:22:33,920 --> 01:22:36,360 Speaker 1: looked at us and saying you're paying you're paying more 1246 01:22:36,439 --> 01:22:39,120 Speaker 1: than thirty or forty or fifty percent of your monthly 1247 01:22:39,240 --> 01:22:43,280 Speaker 1: income and rent. The only thing you can aboard if 1248 01:22:43,320 --> 01:22:45,840 Speaker 1: you're in that condition, and we all know it is 1249 01:22:46,000 --> 01:22:49,439 Speaker 1: to be homeless in Los Angeles and to look out 1250 01:22:49,479 --> 01:22:51,880 Speaker 1: on the sidewalks and say, is that what the city 1251 01:22:52,000 --> 01:22:56,320 Speaker 1: is offering me? Is that the adequate alternative. We need 1252 01:22:56,520 --> 01:22:59,479 Speaker 1: to start doing more of what I'm in and the 1253 01:22:59,560 --> 01:23:02,400 Speaker 1: others done in Echo Park, and that is to make 1254 01:23:02,479 --> 01:23:05,920 Speaker 1: some space in our part so that we can get 1255 01:23:06,000 --> 01:23:10,080 Speaker 1: people off the sidewalks. I want to add a couple 1256 01:23:10,120 --> 01:23:13,720 Speaker 1: of other things. We're here a week later after this 1257 01:23:15,439 --> 01:23:19,840 Speaker 1: unlawful eviction from our shelter in place, in the midst 1258 01:23:19,880 --> 01:23:24,160 Speaker 1: of this COVID pandemic again, and we've seen a media 1259 01:23:24,560 --> 01:23:29,000 Speaker 1: management campaign, and we've seen lie after lie after lie 1260 01:23:29,200 --> 01:23:33,080 Speaker 1: after lie ben put out there by counsel in ol'pero 1261 01:23:33,840 --> 01:23:37,280 Speaker 1: and passed on to its mayor and other city officials 1262 01:23:37,360 --> 01:23:43,280 Speaker 1: as fact. There are tons of rumors that were collected 1263 01:23:43,400 --> 01:23:47,880 Speaker 1: by Quote outreach workers in Echo Park in the weeks 1264 01:23:47,960 --> 01:23:52,799 Speaker 1: leading up to this. Those were rumors collected by basically 1265 01:23:52,960 --> 01:23:57,360 Speaker 1: a security guard course and they did their job. They 1266 01:23:57,479 --> 01:24:03,160 Speaker 1: collected reports, they observed, and they reported those rumors went 1267 01:24:03,200 --> 01:24:08,000 Speaker 1: to Councilmento Ferrell's staff and councilment Oh Ferrell and came 1268 01:24:08,080 --> 01:24:12,160 Speaker 1: out of his office somehow or another as fact. And 1269 01:24:12,280 --> 01:24:17,160 Speaker 1: they're not fact. They're a smear campaign against a community 1270 01:24:17,280 --> 01:24:21,920 Speaker 1: effort of homeless people and house supporters and tenants wrights 1271 01:24:21,960 --> 01:24:24,959 Speaker 1: advocates to say we need to do something to expand 1272 01:24:25,120 --> 01:24:28,720 Speaker 1: shelters at a time when we should be expanding shelters 1273 01:24:29,280 --> 01:24:32,960 Speaker 1: with every option, including the options of those who know 1274 01:24:33,080 --> 01:24:35,479 Speaker 1: the shelter systems in the need of homeless people are 1275 01:24:35,520 --> 01:24:40,600 Speaker 1: fast be homeless. Joan Mitchell should have been supporting this. 1276 01:24:41,439 --> 01:24:43,960 Speaker 1: The city should have been supporting this. County should have 1277 01:24:44,040 --> 01:24:47,640 Speaker 1: been saying stop, don't shut this down. He rushed this in. 1278 01:24:48,680 --> 01:24:50,880 Speaker 1: He could have waited a week, he could have waited 1279 01:24:50,960 --> 01:24:55,120 Speaker 1: two weeks, he could have waited a month. But he 1280 01:24:55,360 --> 01:24:58,840 Speaker 1: rushed this end and endangered everyone's health in the midst 1281 01:24:58,880 --> 01:25:01,360 Speaker 1: of a COVID pandemic. And he covers it and he's 1282 01:25:01,400 --> 01:25:09,240 Speaker 1: trying to cover it up with a sneer campaign. Tell 1283 01:25:09,280 --> 01:25:13,679 Speaker 1: them if they've gotten backs, where's the city attorney, where's 1284 01:25:14,080 --> 01:25:18,040 Speaker 1: where's the prosecution of it? Where's the police investigation of this? 1285 01:25:18,360 --> 01:25:22,080 Speaker 1: And what are the facts behind it? None? This is 1286 01:25:22,160 --> 01:25:24,920 Speaker 1: a smear campaign that they put out for the last 1287 01:25:25,040 --> 01:25:58,400 Speaker 1: week and it's criminal. I'm making this out honors the 1288 01:25:59,080 --> 01:26:03,200 Speaker 1: lives atmories of the unhoused community. They honor the on 1289 01:26:03,360 --> 01:26:05,519 Speaker 1: house friends and family that have left us too soon. 1290 01:26:07,640 --> 01:26:13,280 Speaker 1: We remember mister Harris Hartsfield. He was a talented photographer 1291 01:26:13,680 --> 01:26:18,320 Speaker 1: with lived experience of being unhoused. He was also mentor 1292 01:26:18,439 --> 01:26:22,400 Speaker 1: to many people housing on house alike and was noted 1293 01:26:22,439 --> 01:26:26,679 Speaker 1: of having a street wise wisdom. His work was featured 1294 01:26:26,800 --> 01:26:30,280 Speaker 1: in the Museum of Modern Arts gallery. His work shows 1295 01:26:30,720 --> 01:26:38,080 Speaker 1: his photos while he was in the house whim will 1296 01:26:44,600 --> 01:27:00,479 Speaker 1: I follow the night Gusty the line whim will We 1297 01:27:00,640 --> 01:27:05,120 Speaker 1: also remember Jay Sasso. His proud daughter remembers her father 1298 01:27:05,400 --> 01:27:08,960 Speaker 1: being in her life even during his illness and his houselessness. 1299 01:27:10,439 --> 01:27:13,280 Speaker 1: He would give her with phone cards, visits and just 1300 01:27:13,439 --> 01:27:17,080 Speaker 1: being there present in her life. She did not find 1301 01:27:17,120 --> 01:27:19,280 Speaker 1: out that he was on housed until after his death. 1302 01:27:21,400 --> 01:27:46,479 Speaker 1: What more can We also remember Miss Angie, who was 1303 01:27:46,520 --> 01:27:48,719 Speaker 1: twenty four years old that passed away in the valley. 1304 01:27:49,800 --> 01:27:51,960 Speaker 1: A whole life ahead of her, but what she did 1305 01:27:52,080 --> 01:27:55,880 Speaker 1: cover in a short time of life was love, friendship 1306 01:27:56,000 --> 01:27:59,880 Speaker 1: and community. Her neighbors in the house community remember her 1307 01:28:00,360 --> 01:28:03,439 Speaker 1: having an upbeat personality, but also is the fact that 1308 01:28:03,600 --> 01:28:05,800 Speaker 1: she had so much to give and that she was 1309 01:28:05,840 --> 01:28:10,599 Speaker 1: a survivor dealing with her troubled challenges. But she also 1310 01:28:10,840 --> 01:28:21,679 Speaker 1: was persevered on a day to day basis. One day 1311 01:28:21,760 --> 01:28:37,920 Speaker 1: house fly away, Lead your loved. We also remember mister Curly, 1312 01:28:38,080 --> 01:28:40,680 Speaker 1: who was also an elderly gentleman that passed away in 1313 01:28:40,720 --> 01:28:55,320 Speaker 1: the Valley as well, whining you remember mister Bernard who 1314 01:28:55,360 --> 01:28:57,760 Speaker 1: passed away a couple of years ago, elderly and house 1315 01:28:57,840 --> 01:29:02,920 Speaker 1: gentlemen that had dementia, and many many more unhoused people. 1316 01:29:03,600 --> 01:29:06,920 Speaker 1: As you listen in and think about this that unhoused 1317 01:29:06,960 --> 01:29:10,719 Speaker 1: people do not get the same remembrance as house people. 1318 01:29:10,880 --> 01:29:26,719 Speaker 1: Of note, if you know anybody that you have passed 1319 01:29:26,720 --> 01:29:29,080 Speaker 1: away that was un housed or have family members, please 1320 01:29:29,120 --> 01:29:32,320 Speaker 1: reach out to weed in House. There's also a video 1321 01:29:33,080 --> 01:29:36,000 Speaker 1: we do to honor the young house as well. You're 1322 01:29:36,160 --> 01:29:39,759 Speaker 1: welcome Defining on YouTube as well. This is CEO Henderson 1323 01:29:40,200 --> 01:29:43,240 Speaker 1: with Weedia in the House. I thank you all for 1324 01:29:43,400 --> 01:29:46,440 Speaker 1: listening and maybe we again meet in the light of understanding. 1325 01:30:01,600 --> 01:30:08,760 Speaker 1: Pop the Chim