1 00:00:11,609 --> 00:00:27,609 ♪ ♪ 2 00:00:27,676 --> 00:00:34,076 [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] 3 00:00:34,143 --> 00:00:35,043 >> John: WELCOME, WELCOME, 4 00:00:35,109 --> 00:00:35,776 WELCOME TO 5 00:00:35,843 --> 00:00:37,076 "LAST WEEK TONIGHT"! 6 00:00:37,143 --> 00:00:37,976 I'M JOHN OLIVER. 7 00:00:38,043 --> 00:00:39,043 THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING 8 00:00:39,109 --> 00:00:40,076 US. 9 00:00:40,143 --> 00:00:41,076 JUST TIME FOR A QUICK RECAP OF 10 00:00:41,143 --> 00:00:42,676 THE WEEK, WHICH HAS BEEN BUSY -- 11 00:00:42,743 --> 00:00:44,009 THE G20 MET, COVID SHOTS FOR 12 00:00:44,076 --> 00:00:45,176 CHILDREN WERE APPROVED, AND 13 00:00:45,243 --> 00:00:46,876 FACEBOOK, IN THE MIDST OF 14 00:00:46,943 --> 00:00:47,909 DAMAGING REVELATIONS FROM 15 00:00:47,976 --> 00:00:49,043 INTERNAL DOCUMENTS, MADE A BIG 16 00:00:49,109 --> 00:00:50,876 ANNOUNCEMENT: 17 00:00:50,943 --> 00:00:52,743 >> I AM PROUD TO ANNOUNCE THAT 18 00:00:52,809 --> 00:00:54,343 STARTING TODAY, OUR COMPANY IS 19 00:00:54,409 --> 00:00:56,943 NOW META. 20 00:00:57,009 --> 00:00:58,176 >> John: OKAY. 21 00:00:58,243 --> 00:00:59,209 I MEAN, THAT IS STUPID FOR 22 00:00:59,276 --> 00:01:00,343 SEVERAL REASONS. 23 00:01:00,409 --> 00:01:02,743 FIRST, META IS A TERRIBLE NAME. 24 00:01:02,809 --> 00:01:03,676 IT BELONGS IN THE BAD NAME HALL 25 00:01:03,743 --> 00:01:05,009 OF FAME ALONGSIDE 26 00:01:05,076 --> 00:01:06,543 RUTH'S CHRIS STEAKHOUSE, NOOM, 27 00:01:06,609 --> 00:01:11,043 AND "LAST WEEK TONIGHT." 28 00:01:11,109 --> 00:01:12,109 BUT ALSO, YOU CAN'T JUST CHANGE 29 00:01:12,176 --> 00:01:13,043 YOUR NAME TO COVER UP THE THINGS 30 00:01:13,109 --> 00:01:13,676 THAT YOU'RE ASHAMED OF. 31 00:01:13,743 --> 00:01:14,809 OTHERWISE, YEARS AGO, THE POPE 32 00:01:14,876 --> 00:01:15,343 WOULD'VE RESPONDED TO THE 33 00:01:15,409 --> 00:01:16,109 CHURCH'S SCANDALS BY SAYING, 34 00:01:16,176 --> 00:01:16,976 "GOOD NEWS, GUYS: WE'RE NO 35 00:01:17,043 --> 00:01:17,776 LONGER THE CATHOLIC CHURCH -- 36 00:01:17,843 --> 00:01:20,009 SAY HELLO TO 'HALO.' 37 00:01:20,076 --> 00:01:21,076 I REALLY THINK THAT SHOULD FIX 38 00:01:21,143 --> 00:01:21,709 EVERYTHING. 39 00:01:21,776 --> 00:01:23,009 DON'T WORRY, WE SHIPPED THE 40 00:01:23,076 --> 00:01:25,309 OLD NAME OFF TO ANOTHER PARISH." 41 00:01:25,376 --> 00:01:30,943 BUT WE'RE GOING TO FOCUS ON 42 00:01:31,009 --> 00:01:32,043 CONGRESS TONIGHT, WHICH SPENT 43 00:01:32,109 --> 00:01:32,943 THE WEEK ON TWO THINGS: 44 00:01:33,009 --> 00:01:33,676 FIRST, CELEBRATING HALLOWEEN, 45 00:01:33,743 --> 00:01:34,309 WITH MITT ROMNEY DRESSING UP AS 46 00:01:34,376 --> 00:01:35,176 TED LASSO, QUOTING "FRIDAY NIGHT 47 00:01:35,243 --> 00:01:36,776 LIGHTS" FOR NO CLEAR REASON, AND 48 00:01:36,843 --> 00:01:37,909 EVEN SHARING BISCUITS WITH 49 00:01:37,976 --> 00:01:39,443 KYRSTEN SINEMA, IN A MOVE THAT 50 00:01:39,509 --> 00:01:40,509 FELT VERY "HOMEROOM TEACHERS 51 00:01:40,576 --> 00:01:41,476 DRESS AS THE MOST POPULAR KIDS 52 00:01:41,543 --> 00:01:42,476 IN SCHOOL." 53 00:01:42,543 --> 00:01:44,476 YOU THINK YOU'RE IN 54 00:01:44,543 --> 00:01:46,043 ON IT, BUT YOU'RE VERY MUCH NOT. 55 00:01:46,109 --> 00:01:47,276 BUT THE OTHER MAJOR ACTION 56 00:01:47,343 --> 00:01:48,309 CONCERNED BIDEN'S SIGNATURE 57 00:01:48,376 --> 00:01:49,609 SPENDING PLAN, WHICH APPEARS TO 58 00:01:49,676 --> 00:01:51,909 BE TAKING ITS FINAL SHAPE. 59 00:01:51,976 --> 00:01:53,076 >> THE PRESIDENT OUTLINING A 60 00:01:53,143 --> 00:01:56,009 $1.75 TRILLION PLAN TO PROVIDE 61 00:01:56,076 --> 00:01:57,809 FREE UNIVERSAL PRE-K FOR KIDS 62 00:01:57,876 --> 00:01:59,443 AND EXTEND THE CHILD TAX CREDIT 63 00:01:59,509 --> 00:02:00,676 FOR FAMILIES. 64 00:02:00,743 --> 00:02:01,676 IT WOULD ALSO INCLUDE MONEY FOR 65 00:02:01,743 --> 00:02:03,076 CHILDCARE AND ELDERCARE AND 66 00:02:03,143 --> 00:02:04,709 EXPAND MEDICARE TO COVER 67 00:02:04,776 --> 00:02:06,443 HEARING, AND IT WOULD SET ASIDE 68 00:02:06,509 --> 00:02:08,643 MORE THAN A HALF-TRILLION 69 00:02:08,709 --> 00:02:09,043 DOLLARS TO COMBAT 70 00:02:09,109 --> 00:02:10,109 CLIMATE CHANGE. 71 00:02:10,176 --> 00:02:11,176 >> John: YEAH, THERE IS A LOT IN 72 00:02:11,243 --> 00:02:12,376 BUILD BACK BETTER -- 73 00:02:12,443 --> 00:02:13,509 UNFORTUNATELY, THOUGH, NONE OF 74 00:02:13,576 --> 00:02:14,676 IT INCLUDES CHANGING THE NAME TO 75 00:02:14,743 --> 00:02:15,676 SOMETHING THAT DOESN'T SOUND 76 00:02:15,743 --> 00:02:17,676 LIKE A GOLD'S GYM PROMOTIONAL 77 00:02:17,743 --> 00:02:19,009 OFFER. 78 00:02:19,076 --> 00:02:21,143 BUT WHILE WHAT'S CURRENTLY IN 79 00:02:21,209 --> 00:02:22,876 THERE IS GREAT, IT'S HARD NOT TO 80 00:02:22,943 --> 00:02:24,076 BE INFURIATED BY JUST HOW MUCH 81 00:02:24,143 --> 00:02:25,609 HAS BEEN CUT OUT. 82 00:02:25,676 --> 00:02:27,076 PAID FAMILY LEAVE, FREE 83 00:02:27,143 --> 00:02:28,076 COMMUNITY COLLEGE, AND LOWER 84 00:02:28,143 --> 00:02:29,176 PRESCRIPTION DRUG COSTS FOR 85 00:02:29,243 --> 00:02:30,643 SENIORS HAVE ALL BEEN DROPPED IN 86 00:02:30,709 --> 00:02:32,176 NEGOTIATIONS. 87 00:02:32,243 --> 00:02:33,776 SO SOME OF BIDEN'S CORNERSTONE 88 00:02:33,843 --> 00:02:35,676 PROMISES HAVE NOW GONE, AND 89 00:02:35,743 --> 00:02:36,609 BASICALLY JUST LIKE THAT... 90 00:02:36,676 --> 00:02:37,143 [SNAPS] 91 00:02:37,209 --> 00:02:38,909 OH, SHIT. 92 00:02:38,976 --> 00:02:45,843 >> GODDAMN IT. 93 00:02:45,909 --> 00:02:51,376 >> I'M SORRY, GEORGE. 94 00:02:51,443 --> 00:02:52,076 I'M SO SORRY. 95 00:02:52,143 --> 00:02:52,743 I DID IT AGAIN. 96 00:02:52,809 --> 00:02:53,509 >> YOU COULDN'T HAVE CAUGHT ME 97 00:02:53,576 --> 00:02:53,976 AT A WORSE TIME, JOHN. 98 00:02:54,043 --> 00:02:55,176 I'M ABOUT TO GO 99 00:02:55,243 --> 00:02:55,576 TRICK OR TREATING. 100 00:02:55,643 --> 00:02:56,143 >> OH, THAT ACTUALLY SOUNDS 101 00:02:56,209 --> 00:02:57,176 REALLY FUN, GEORGE. 102 00:02:57,243 --> 00:02:58,109 YOU HEADING OUT WITH YOUR KIDS? 103 00:02:58,176 --> 00:02:58,776 >> NO. 104 00:02:58,843 --> 00:02:59,276 [SNAPS] 105 00:02:59,343 --> 00:03:00,143 >> John: OH. 106 00:03:00,209 --> 00:03:01,176 OKAY. 107 00:03:01,243 --> 00:03:01,843 WHERE WAS I? 108 00:03:01,909 --> 00:03:02,909 OH, THAT'S RIGHT: 109 00:03:02,976 --> 00:03:03,676 PAID FAMILY LEAVE 110 00:03:03,743 --> 00:03:04,343 LOOKS TO BE GONE FROM 111 00:03:04,409 --> 00:03:05,476 BUILD BACK BETTER. 112 00:03:05,543 --> 00:03:06,076 AND JOE MANCHIN'S EXPLANATION 113 00:03:06,143 --> 00:03:06,876 FOR WHY HE COULD NOT SUPPORT IT 114 00:03:06,943 --> 00:03:07,576 WAS PRETTY WEAK. 115 00:03:07,643 --> 00:03:08,609 >> I WANT TO WORK WITH EVERYONE, 116 00:03:08,676 --> 00:03:09,343 AS LONG AS WE CAN START PAYING 117 00:03:09,409 --> 00:03:09,776 FOR THINGS. 118 00:03:09,843 --> 00:03:10,776 THAT'S ALL. 119 00:03:10,843 --> 00:03:11,743 I CAN'T PUT THIS BURDEN ON MY 120 00:03:11,809 --> 00:03:12,776 GRANDCHILDREN. 121 00:03:12,843 --> 00:03:14,143 I'VE GOT TEN GRANDCHILDREN, AND 122 00:03:14,209 --> 00:03:15,943 I'LL BE -- I JUST CAN'T DO IT. 123 00:03:16,009 --> 00:03:16,943 >> John: WHAT ARE YOU TALKING 124 00:03:17,009 --> 00:03:18,376 ABOUT? 125 00:03:18,443 --> 00:03:19,776 WE CAN'T HAVE PAID FAMILY LEAVE 126 00:03:19,843 --> 00:03:21,409 BECAUSE OF YOUR GRANDKIDS? 127 00:03:21,476 --> 00:03:22,076 YOU CAN'T JUST USE YOUR 128 00:03:22,143 --> 00:03:23,209 OFFSPRING AS AN EXCUSE FOR YOUR 129 00:03:23,276 --> 00:03:24,176 BAD DECISIONS. 130 00:03:24,243 --> 00:03:25,576 YOU'RE NOT TED CRUZ. 131 00:03:25,643 --> 00:03:26,343 WHAT? 132 00:03:26,409 --> 00:03:27,509 HIS DAUGHTERS WERE COLD! 133 00:03:27,576 --> 00:03:28,809 THEY WANTED A VACATION AND THEY 134 00:03:28,876 --> 00:03:31,643 WERE COLD. 135 00:03:31,709 --> 00:03:37,909 AND IF COST WAS THE ISSUE, IT 136 00:03:37,976 --> 00:03:39,143 DOES NOT HELP THAT A PROPOSED 137 00:03:39,209 --> 00:03:39,809 WAY TO RAISE REVENUE, A 138 00:03:39,876 --> 00:03:40,443 "BILLIONAIRES TAX," WAS ALSO 139 00:03:40,509 --> 00:03:41,143 SCRAPPED IN THE FINAL 140 00:03:41,209 --> 00:03:41,976 NEGOTIATING PUSH, FOLLOWING 141 00:03:42,043 --> 00:03:42,609 COMPLAINTS FROM, AMONG OTHERS, 142 00:03:42,676 --> 00:03:43,676 ELON MUSK, WHO TWEETED, 143 00:03:43,743 --> 00:03:44,443 "EVENTUALLY, THEY RUN OUT OF 144 00:03:44,509 --> 00:03:45,509 OTHER PEOPLE'S MONEY AND THEN 145 00:03:45,576 --> 00:03:47,043 THEY COME FOR YOU." 146 00:03:47,109 --> 00:03:48,409 WHICH IS ACTUALLY A PARAPHRASE 147 00:03:48,476 --> 00:03:49,776 OF A FAMOUS MARGARET THATCHER 148 00:03:49,843 --> 00:03:50,909 QUOTE ABOUT SOCIALISM, AND I 149 00:03:50,976 --> 00:03:52,876 ONLY HOPE HIS NEXT THATCHERISM 150 00:03:52,943 --> 00:03:54,209 INCLUDES MY PERSONAL FAVORITE OF 151 00:03:54,276 --> 00:03:55,509 HERS: "I AM DEAD AND HAVE GONE 152 00:03:55,576 --> 00:03:58,209 TO HELL." 153 00:03:58,276 --> 00:03:59,643 BUT IT WASN'T JUST ELON MUSK. 154 00:03:59,709 --> 00:04:00,743 HERE'S KYRSTEN SINEMA'S SCENE 155 00:04:00,809 --> 00:04:01,743 PARTNER, MITT ROMNEY, MAKING HIS 156 00:04:01,809 --> 00:04:03,943 CASE AGAINST THE TAX: 157 00:04:04,009 --> 00:04:04,976 >> WELL, FIRST OF ALL, IT'S NOT 158 00:04:05,043 --> 00:04:05,809 A GOOD IDEA TO TELL 159 00:04:05,876 --> 00:04:06,576 BILLIONAIRES, "DON'T COME TO 160 00:04:06,643 --> 00:04:08,009 AMERICA, DON'T START YOUR 161 00:04:08,076 --> 00:04:10,009 BUSINESS HERE," BUT NUMBER TWO, 162 00:04:10,076 --> 00:04:11,376 YOU'RE GONNA TAX PEOPLE NOT WHEN 163 00:04:11,443 --> 00:04:12,443 THEY SELL SOMETHING, BUT JUST 164 00:04:12,509 --> 00:04:13,476 WHEN THEY OWN IT AND THE VALUE 165 00:04:13,543 --> 00:04:14,576 GOES UP. 166 00:04:14,643 --> 00:04:15,643 AND WHAT THAT MEANS IS THAT 167 00:04:15,709 --> 00:04:17,609 PEOPLE ARE -- THESE 168 00:04:17,676 --> 00:04:18,776 MULTIBILLIONAIRES -- ARE GOING 169 00:04:18,843 --> 00:04:19,643 TO LOOK AND SAY, "I DON'T WANT 170 00:04:19,709 --> 00:04:21,443 TO INVEST IN THE STOCK MARKET 171 00:04:21,509 --> 00:04:24,243 BECAUSE AS THAT GOES UP, I'M 172 00:04:24,309 --> 00:04:25,343 GOING TO GET TAXED. 173 00:04:25,409 --> 00:04:26,176 SO MAYBE I WILL INSTEAD INVEST 174 00:04:26,243 --> 00:04:27,809 IN A RANCH OR IN PAINTINGS OR 175 00:04:27,876 --> 00:04:30,909 THINGS THAT DON'T BUILD JOBS AND 176 00:04:30,976 --> 00:04:31,509 CREATE A STRONGER ECONOMY. 177 00:04:31,576 --> 00:04:34,009 >> John: OKAY, NOT TO SOUND TOO 178 00:04:34,076 --> 00:04:34,943 MUCH LIKE MITT'S HERO TED LASSO, 179 00:04:35,009 --> 00:04:35,809 BUT MITT MUST BE MADE OF WOOD 180 00:04:35,876 --> 00:04:36,843 AND YAPPING ON THE HOUR, BECAUSE 181 00:04:36,909 --> 00:04:37,643 THAT MAN IS A CUCKOO LIKE A 182 00:04:37,709 --> 00:04:38,809 CLOCK. 183 00:04:38,876 --> 00:04:40,109 IS HE DORA THE EXPLORER ON AN 184 00:04:40,176 --> 00:04:40,776 ACID TRIP? 185 00:04:40,843 --> 00:04:42,243 BECAUSE HE JUST CAN'T STOP 186 00:04:42,309 --> 00:04:44,743 LICKING BOOTS. 187 00:04:44,809 --> 00:04:47,043 AND AT THE RISK OF STATING THE 188 00:04:47,109 --> 00:04:48,609 OBVIOUS HERE, BILLIONAIRES 189 00:04:48,676 --> 00:04:49,909 ALREADY BUY RANCHES AND 190 00:04:49,976 --> 00:04:51,909 PAINTINGS AND DINOSAUR BONES 191 00:04:51,976 --> 00:04:53,176 THEY HAVE NO USE FOR -- WHY? 192 00:04:53,243 --> 00:04:53,909 'CAUSE THEY HAVE TOO MUCH 193 00:04:53,976 --> 00:04:55,643 FUCKING MONEY! 194 00:04:55,709 --> 00:04:56,976 THERE LITERALLY AREN'T ENOUGH 195 00:04:57,043 --> 00:04:58,009 THINGS ON THIS PLANET FOR THEM 196 00:04:58,076 --> 00:05:00,876 TO BUY. 197 00:05:00,943 --> 00:05:03,009 THAT IS WHY THEY'RE ALL RACING 198 00:05:03,076 --> 00:05:03,709 TO SPACE. 199 00:05:03,776 --> 00:05:04,643 WHOEVER LANDS ON MARS FIRST 200 00:05:04,709 --> 00:05:05,809 GETS IT. 201 00:05:05,876 --> 00:05:07,076 IT DOES SEEM MANY POLITICIANS 202 00:05:07,143 --> 00:05:07,976 WOULD RATHER PRIORITIZE THE 203 00:05:08,043 --> 00:05:08,476 HYPOTHETICAL THREAT TO A 204 00:05:08,543 --> 00:05:09,543 BILLIONAIRE'S BANK ACCOUNT ABOVE 205 00:05:09,609 --> 00:05:10,443 ALL ELSE. 206 00:05:10,509 --> 00:05:11,909 BECAUSE THAT'S HOW OUR WORLD 207 00:05:11,976 --> 00:05:13,409 WORKS NOW. 208 00:05:13,476 --> 00:05:15,043 POLITICIANS TWEET ABOUT 209 00:05:15,109 --> 00:05:16,409 COSPLAYING AS TV'S NICEST GUY 210 00:05:16,476 --> 00:05:21,176 WHILE OPPOSING PROGRAMS THAT 211 00:05:21,243 --> 00:05:21,776 COULD FUNDAMENTALLY CHANGE 212 00:05:21,843 --> 00:05:22,509 PEOPLE'S LIVES. 213 00:05:22,576 --> 00:05:23,109 AND THE SCARIEST TRICK THIS 214 00:05:23,176 --> 00:05:23,976 HALLOWEEN MIGHT BE THAT SOME 215 00:05:24,043 --> 00:05:24,676 PEOPLE KEEP FUCKING FALLING FOR 216 00:05:24,743 --> 00:05:25,676 IT. 217 00:05:25,743 --> 00:05:27,909 AND NOW THIS. 218 00:05:27,976 --> 00:05:29,043 >> Announcer: AND NOW, ONCE 219 00:05:29,109 --> 00:05:32,976 AGAIN, OUR ANNUAL LOOK AT WHAT 220 00:05:33,043 --> 00:05:33,976 HAPPENS WHEN LOCAL NEWS AND 221 00:05:34,076 --> 00:05:35,409 HALLOWEEN COLLIDE. 222 00:05:35,476 --> 00:05:36,243 >> WELCOME TO LIVING EAST 223 00:05:36,309 --> 00:05:41,109 TENNESSEE. 224 00:05:41,176 --> 00:05:41,976 I'M JUSTIN YOUNG WITH MURPHY. 225 00:05:42,043 --> 00:05:42,976 CLEARLY WE HAD DIFFERENT IDEAS 226 00:05:43,043 --> 00:05:45,743 WHEN IT CAME TO DRESSING UP. 227 00:05:45,809 --> 00:05:46,309 >> WHAT'S UP, MAN? 228 00:05:46,376 --> 00:05:46,976 >> YOU LOOK LOVELY. 229 00:05:47,043 --> 00:05:49,976 >> YOU LOOK AMAZING. 230 00:05:50,043 --> 00:05:50,776 >> THANK YOU. 231 00:05:50,843 --> 00:05:52,043 >> LOOK AT THIS. 232 00:05:52,109 --> 00:05:54,876 >> RIGHT OVER HERE. 233 00:05:54,943 --> 00:05:55,509 >> I'M JUST GOING TO LEAN, I 234 00:05:55,576 --> 00:05:55,943 THINK. 235 00:05:56,009 --> 00:05:56,709 >> WE'VE GOT A BIG WRESTLING 236 00:05:56,776 --> 00:05:57,876 TOURNAMENT DOWNTOWN. 237 00:05:57,943 --> 00:05:59,609 >> I GOT THE CHANCE TO SPEAK 238 00:05:59,676 --> 00:06:00,509 WITH JAMES JUDE COURTNEY, WHO 239 00:06:00,576 --> 00:06:01,709 PLAYS MICHAEL MYERS IN THE 240 00:06:01,776 --> 00:06:06,309 "HALLOWEEN" FRANCHISE. 241 00:06:06,376 --> 00:06:07,309 >> SWEDISH CHEF, CAN YOU TELL US 242 00:06:07,376 --> 00:06:09,909 WHAT OUR TOPIC IS TODAY? 243 00:06:09,976 --> 00:06:11,876 >> HERP-A-DERB-A. 244 00:06:11,943 --> 00:06:13,643 >> MOVING TO NEW YORK CITY LATER 245 00:06:13,709 --> 00:06:19,743 ON. 246 00:06:19,809 --> 00:06:20,543 >> 57 DEGREES HIGH. 247 00:06:20,609 --> 00:06:21,509 ALL RIGHT, I'M DONE WITH THIS. 248 00:06:21,576 --> 00:06:22,109 >> HALLOWEEN IS THE BEST TIME 249 00:06:22,176 --> 00:06:23,143 FOR TRICKS, TREATS, CHILD'S 250 00:06:23,209 --> 00:06:24,176 PLAY, AND CLOWNING AROUND. 251 00:06:24,243 --> 00:06:25,976 EVEN CELEBRITIES LOVE TWISTED 252 00:06:26,043 --> 00:06:26,243 PENNYWISE. 253 00:06:26,309 --> 00:06:27,376 >> [LAUGHS] 254 00:06:27,443 --> 00:06:32,876 >> TAKE A LOOK. 255 00:06:32,943 --> 00:06:34,043 FEED THE CLIP? 256 00:06:34,109 --> 00:06:35,076 >> John: MOVING ON. 257 00:06:35,143 --> 00:06:36,343 OUR MAIN STORY TONIGHT CONCERNS 258 00:06:36,409 --> 00:06:41,476 HOMELESSNESS. 259 00:06:41,543 --> 00:06:43,043 AND I KNOW THAT WE ARE BY NO 260 00:06:43,109 --> 00:06:46,576 MEANS THE FIRST SHOW TO COVER 261 00:06:46,643 --> 00:06:47,809 THIS SUBJECT -- MANY HAVE TRIED, 262 00:06:47,876 --> 00:06:48,609 NONE MORE MEMORABLY THAN THE 263 00:06:48,676 --> 00:06:49,409 CRIMINALLY CANCELED 264 00:06:49,476 --> 00:06:50,176 "TYRA BANKS SHOW." 265 00:06:50,243 --> 00:06:51,209 >> I WANTED TO UNDERSTAND WHAT 266 00:06:51,276 --> 00:06:51,976 THEIR LIVES ARE REALLY LIKE AND 267 00:06:52,043 --> 00:06:53,043 WALK A DAY IN THEIR SHOES, NO 268 00:06:53,109 --> 00:06:55,176 MAKEUP, NO LIGHTS, NOTHING BUT 269 00:06:55,243 --> 00:06:57,609 ME AND THE STREET. 270 00:06:57,676 --> 00:06:58,643 I STOPPED AT TWO KIDS IN THE 271 00:06:58,709 --> 00:07:02,009 STREET PLAYING BALL. 272 00:07:02,076 --> 00:07:04,076 HI, MY NAME IS TYRA. 273 00:07:04,143 --> 00:07:05,509 HI, WHAT'S YOUR NAME? 274 00:07:05,576 --> 00:07:06,476 >> MY NAME'S FRANKLIN. 275 00:07:06,543 --> 00:07:10,976 >> FRANKLIN. 276 00:07:11,043 --> 00:07:12,676 >> John: I MEAN, THERE IS SO 277 00:07:12,743 --> 00:07:13,743 MUCH GOING ON THERE, BUT I WANT 278 00:07:13,809 --> 00:07:14,343 TO FOCUS ON FRANKLIN'S FACE. 279 00:07:14,409 --> 00:07:15,176 THAT IS THE FACE OF A KID WHO'S 280 00:07:15,243 --> 00:07:15,943 DEFINITELY FIGURED OUT THE 281 00:07:16,009 --> 00:07:17,076 SECRET IDENTITY OF THE WOMAN WHO 282 00:07:17,143 --> 00:07:18,443 HAD A CAMERA CREW, LOOKED LIKE 283 00:07:18,509 --> 00:07:19,976 TYRA BANKS, AND INTRODUCED 284 00:07:20,043 --> 00:07:21,476 HERSELF SAYING, "MY NAME IS 285 00:07:21,543 --> 00:07:23,743 TYRA." 286 00:07:23,809 --> 00:07:24,909 BUT DESPITE TYRA'S BEST EFFORTS, 287 00:07:24,976 --> 00:07:25,909 HOMELESSNESS IS STILL A HUGE 288 00:07:25,976 --> 00:07:27,543 PROBLEM IN THIS COUNTRY. 289 00:07:27,609 --> 00:07:29,276 FOR THE FOURTH CONSECUTIVE YEAR, 290 00:07:29,343 --> 00:07:30,976 IT INCREASED NATIONWIDE, WITH 291 00:07:31,043 --> 00:07:33,109 THE MOST RECENT COUNT SUGGESTING 292 00:07:33,176 --> 00:07:34,643 THERE ARE OVER 580,000 PEOPLE 293 00:07:34,709 --> 00:07:35,809 EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS IN 294 00:07:35,876 --> 00:07:39,943 AMERICA. 295 00:07:40,009 --> 00:07:41,309 BUT THE TRUTH IS, IT IS LIKELY 296 00:07:41,376 --> 00:07:42,076 WAY MORE THAN THAT, BECAUSE THAT 297 00:07:42,143 --> 00:07:43,843 ANNUAL COUNT ONLY INCLUDES 298 00:07:43,909 --> 00:07:45,543 PEOPLE THAT SURVEYORS COULD FIND 299 00:07:45,609 --> 00:07:46,143 ON STREETS OR IN SHELTERS ON A 300 00:07:46,209 --> 00:07:46,843 SINGLE NIGHT LAST YEAR -- A 301 00:07:46,909 --> 00:07:47,643 SYSTEM THAT MISSES COUNTLESS 302 00:07:47,709 --> 00:07:49,543 PEOPLE. 303 00:07:49,609 --> 00:07:51,043 AND NOT JUST THAT, EXPERTS 304 00:07:51,109 --> 00:07:52,743 PROJECT THE PANDEMIC RECESSION 305 00:07:52,809 --> 00:07:54,376 COULD CAUSE CHRONIC HOMELESSNESS 306 00:07:54,443 --> 00:07:55,976 TO INCREASE 49% OVER THE NEXT 307 00:07:56,043 --> 00:07:57,343 FOUR YEARS. 308 00:07:57,409 --> 00:07:59,876 AND WITH THIS RISE IN 309 00:07:59,943 --> 00:08:00,809 HOMELESSNESS HAS COME A 310 00:08:00,876 --> 00:08:01,509 CORRESPONDING RISE IN THE 311 00:08:01,576 --> 00:08:02,276 RHETORIC AROUND IT -- 312 00:08:02,343 --> 00:08:02,943 EXEMPLIFIED BY SEGMENTS LIKE 313 00:08:03,009 --> 00:08:04,876 THIS: 314 00:08:04,943 --> 00:08:05,809 >> WE CAME OUT, JUST HAVE SOME 315 00:08:05,876 --> 00:08:06,809 FUN. 316 00:08:06,876 --> 00:08:07,543 >> IT'S A GREAT TIME, 317 00:08:07,609 --> 00:08:08,743 EVERYBODY'S SAFE. 318 00:08:08,809 --> 00:08:09,643 >> IT'S AMERICA, IT'S MY HOME. 319 00:08:09,709 --> 00:08:15,476 [OMINOUS MUSIC] 320 00:08:15,543 --> 00:08:17,109 >> THIS USED TO BE ONE OF THE 321 00:08:17,176 --> 00:08:19,176 CROWN JEWELS OF AUSTIN. 322 00:08:19,243 --> 00:08:19,876 BUT AS YOU CAN SEE, ANOTHER TENT 323 00:08:19,943 --> 00:08:22,976 CITY. 324 00:08:23,043 --> 00:08:24,276 >> A GUY IS WALKING AROUND HERE 325 00:08:24,343 --> 00:08:24,976 WITH A MACHETE THREATENING 326 00:08:25,043 --> 00:08:25,576 PEOPLE. 327 00:08:25,643 --> 00:08:26,943 >> IT STARTED WITH BOX CUTTERS 328 00:08:27,009 --> 00:08:27,243 AS A WEAPON. 329 00:08:27,309 --> 00:08:28,043 NOW, WE -- SADLY, WE JOKE THAT 330 00:08:28,109 --> 00:08:29,243 WE'RE THE MACHETE CAPITAL OF 331 00:08:29,309 --> 00:08:30,743 TEXAS. 332 00:08:30,809 --> 00:08:34,043 >> John: OKAY, HOLD ON. 333 00:08:34,109 --> 00:08:35,509 I'M NOT SAYING THAT SOMEONE 334 00:08:35,576 --> 00:08:36,443 WALKING AROUND WITH A MACHETE 335 00:08:36,509 --> 00:08:37,343 ISN'T SCARY. 336 00:08:37,409 --> 00:08:39,776 BUT YOU'RE MAKING AN OUTLIER 337 00:08:39,843 --> 00:08:41,043 SEEM LIKE THE NORM THERE AND 338 00:08:41,109 --> 00:08:43,176 HAVE GONE OUT OF YOUR WAY TO 339 00:08:43,243 --> 00:08:44,309 MAKE IT SCARIER WITH 340 00:08:44,376 --> 00:08:44,676 VISUAL EFFECTS. 341 00:08:44,743 --> 00:08:45,209 AND YOU CAN MAKE ANYTHING 342 00:08:45,276 --> 00:08:45,676 FRIGHTENING THAT WAY. 343 00:08:45,743 --> 00:08:46,409 HERE, I'LL SHOW YOU: 344 00:08:46,476 --> 00:08:47,143 HERE'S A BIT OF FUN -- JUST 345 00:08:47,209 --> 00:08:47,843 SHAQUILLE O'NEAL DANCING WITH 346 00:08:47,909 --> 00:08:48,476 THE JABBAWOCKEEZ... 347 00:08:48,543 --> 00:08:51,243 [OMINOUS MUSIC] 348 00:08:51,309 --> 00:08:52,043 OH, GOD, OH, NO, NO, IT'S 349 00:08:52,109 --> 00:08:53,343 TERRIFYING! 350 00:08:53,409 --> 00:08:54,343 LEAVE HIM ALONE, JABBAWOCKEEZ! 351 00:08:54,409 --> 00:08:55,009 LEAVE SHAQ ALONE! 352 00:08:55,076 --> 00:08:55,809 RUN, SHAQ! 353 00:08:55,876 --> 00:09:00,209 JUST RUN! 354 00:09:00,276 --> 00:09:01,043 AND LOOK, I KNOW IT IS EASY TO 355 00:09:01,109 --> 00:09:01,609 CRITICIZE FOX NEWS FOR BEING 356 00:09:01,676 --> 00:09:02,609 ALARMIST. 357 00:09:02,676 --> 00:09:03,543 ALARMISM IS THEIR WHOLE THING, 358 00:09:03,609 --> 00:09:04,209 THAT AND AIRING ADS FOR PILLS 359 00:09:04,276 --> 00:09:05,509 THAT MAKE YOUR DICK GO BONGO. 360 00:09:05,576 --> 00:09:07,609 BUT THE TRUTH IS, EVEN SOME 361 00:09:07,676 --> 00:09:08,943 RESIDENTS OF AUSTIN -- FAMOUSLY 362 00:09:09,009 --> 00:09:10,643 A BLUE DOT IN A RED STATE -- 363 00:09:10,709 --> 00:09:12,843 HAVE SAID IT'S BEEN A STRUGGLE 364 00:09:12,909 --> 00:09:13,409 TO RECONCILE THEIR FEELINGS 365 00:09:13,476 --> 00:09:14,909 ABOUT THEIR HOMELESS NEIGHBORS. 366 00:09:14,976 --> 00:09:16,576 >> DO YOU THINK IF YOU HAD SEEN 367 00:09:16,643 --> 00:09:17,809 THIS ISSUE HAPPENING IN ANOTHER 368 00:09:17,876 --> 00:09:19,209 CITY AND IT WASN'T HAPPENING IN 369 00:09:19,276 --> 00:09:19,876 YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD, YOU WOULD 370 00:09:19,943 --> 00:09:21,243 FEEL DIFFERENTLY? 371 00:09:21,309 --> 00:09:22,743 >> ONCE YOU'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF 372 00:09:22,809 --> 00:09:23,609 IT, YOU CHANGE YOUR MIND OF HOW 373 00:09:23,676 --> 00:09:26,909 YOU APPROACH THIS SITUATION. 374 00:09:26,976 --> 00:09:28,443 BUT AS YOUR SAFETY DECLINES, SO 375 00:09:28,509 --> 00:09:30,809 DOES YOUR COMPASSION. 376 00:09:30,876 --> 00:09:32,809 EVERY -- EVERY TIME I HAVE TO 377 00:09:32,876 --> 00:09:35,409 PICK UP HUMAN SHIT, MY 378 00:09:35,476 --> 00:09:36,609 LIBERALNESS JUST GOT LOWERED ONE 379 00:09:36,676 --> 00:09:39,209 MORE NOTCH. 380 00:09:39,276 --> 00:09:41,476 >> John: WOW. 381 00:09:41,543 --> 00:09:42,443 THAT IS VERY HONEST. 382 00:09:42,509 --> 00:09:43,543 "EVERY TIME I HAVE TO PICK UP 383 00:09:43,609 --> 00:09:44,309 HUMAN SHIT, MY LIBERALISM GETS 384 00:09:44,376 --> 00:09:47,943 LOWERED" IS QUITE THE SENTENCE. 385 00:09:48,009 --> 00:09:48,643 ALTHOUGH I'M SURPRISED I HEARD 386 00:09:48,709 --> 00:09:49,376 IT IN THIS CONTEXT AND NOT IN A 387 00:09:49,443 --> 00:09:49,876 LEAKED RECORDING FROM AN 388 00:09:49,943 --> 00:09:56,776 AMY KLOBUCHAR STAFF MEETING. 389 00:09:56,843 --> 00:09:57,376 LOOK, AGAIN, I AM NOT SAYING 390 00:09:57,443 --> 00:09:58,076 THAT'S A NICE SITUATION TO BE 391 00:09:58,143 --> 00:09:58,809 PRESENTED WITH. 392 00:09:58,876 --> 00:09:59,743 BUT FAR TOO OFTEN, STORIES 393 00:09:59,809 --> 00:10:00,576 FOCUSING ON HOMELESSNESS ARE 394 00:10:00,643 --> 00:10:01,509 PRESENTED SOLELY THROUGH THE 395 00:10:01,576 --> 00:10:02,109 LENS OF HOW IT AFFECTS THOSE 396 00:10:02,176 --> 00:10:04,243 WITH HOMES. 397 00:10:04,309 --> 00:10:05,276 WHEN IN REALITY, IT'S OBVIOUSLY 398 00:10:05,343 --> 00:10:06,309 THE PEOPLE WITHOUT THEM WHO NEED 399 00:10:06,376 --> 00:10:07,809 THE REAL HELP. 400 00:10:07,876 --> 00:10:08,609 AND THE DEMONIZATION OF THE 401 00:10:08,676 --> 00:10:09,709 HOMELESS COMMUNITY IN AUSTIN MAY 402 00:10:09,776 --> 00:10:10,876 WELL HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO 403 00:10:10,943 --> 00:10:13,309 INCIDENTS LIKE THIS: 404 00:10:13,376 --> 00:10:15,743 >> WE HAD SO MANY PEOPLE THROW 405 00:10:15,809 --> 00:10:19,876 GLASS BOTTLES FROM THE CARS AT 406 00:10:19,943 --> 00:10:23,009 OUR TENTS AND SAID, "YOU ALL 407 00:10:23,076 --> 00:10:24,509 WHITE TRASH. 408 00:10:24,576 --> 00:10:26,943 YOU ALL NEED TO GET A JOB. 409 00:10:27,009 --> 00:10:29,143 YOU ALL NEED TO GET HOUSING. 410 00:10:29,209 --> 00:10:32,943 YOU ALL DON'T NEED TO BE OUT ON 411 00:10:33,009 --> 00:10:33,676 THE STREETS." 412 00:10:33,743 --> 00:10:34,376 >> OR SOME WOULD YELL OUT, 413 00:10:34,443 --> 00:10:35,143 "GO HOME." 414 00:10:35,209 --> 00:10:36,176 IT'S LIKE, THIS IS TECHNICALLY 415 00:10:36,243 --> 00:10:37,909 OUR HOME. 416 00:10:37,976 --> 00:10:38,543 >> John: RIGHT. 417 00:10:38,609 --> 00:10:39,409 AND THAT'S OBVIOUSLY HORRIBLE. 418 00:10:39,476 --> 00:10:40,476 ALTHOUGH I WILL SAY, NO ONE 419 00:10:40,543 --> 00:10:41,676 SCREAMING OUT OF A CAR WINDOW 420 00:10:41,743 --> 00:10:42,276 HAS EVER SAID ANYTHING 421 00:10:42,343 --> 00:10:44,643 WORTHWHILE. 422 00:10:44,709 --> 00:10:45,543 IT'S LIKE GIVING A EULOGY 423 00:10:45,609 --> 00:10:46,176 THROUGH FLASH MOB. 424 00:10:46,243 --> 00:10:49,343 THE METHOD OF DELIVERY ALONE IS 425 00:10:49,409 --> 00:10:50,943 JUST IMMEDIATELY DISQUALIFYING. 426 00:10:51,009 --> 00:10:51,509 THE STORY OF HOMELESSNESS IN 427 00:10:51,576 --> 00:10:52,243 THIS COUNTRY IS GROUNDED IN A 428 00:10:52,309 --> 00:10:53,643 FAILURE OF PERCEPTION, 429 00:10:53,709 --> 00:10:54,576 COMPOUNDED BY FAILURES OF 430 00:10:54,643 --> 00:10:57,176 POLICY. 431 00:10:57,243 --> 00:10:58,909 SO TONIGHT LET'S LOOK AT THE WAY 432 00:10:58,976 --> 00:10:59,809 HOMELESSNESS IS TALKED ABOUT, 433 00:10:59,876 --> 00:11:00,643 HOW THE PROBLEM IS CURRENTLY 434 00:11:00,709 --> 00:11:02,009 BEING MADE WORSE, AND WHAT CAN 435 00:11:02,076 --> 00:11:03,909 ACTUALLY HELP. 436 00:11:03,976 --> 00:11:06,709 AND LIKE SO MANY THINGS, THE 437 00:11:06,776 --> 00:11:07,776 MODERN VERSION OF THIS ISSUE WAS 438 00:11:07,843 --> 00:11:08,776 TURBOCHARGED BY RONALD REAGAN, 439 00:11:08,843 --> 00:11:10,176 WHO CAME TO POWER AT A TIME WHEN 440 00:11:10,243 --> 00:11:14,643 HOMELESSNESS WAS INCREASING, AND 441 00:11:14,709 --> 00:11:17,776 MADE THE PROBLEM FAR WORSE BY 442 00:11:17,843 --> 00:11:18,876 CUTTING PROGRAMS FOR THE POOR 443 00:11:18,943 --> 00:11:21,743 AND SLASHING HOUSING SUBSIDIES 444 00:11:21,809 --> 00:11:21,976 BY 75%. 445 00:11:22,043 --> 00:11:22,776 MAKING IT PRETTY GALLING THAT 446 00:11:22,843 --> 00:11:23,409 REAGAN REGULARLY MADE ARGUMENTS 447 00:11:23,476 --> 00:11:25,843 LIKE THIS: 448 00:11:25,909 --> 00:11:27,943 >> ONE PROBLEM THAT WE'VE HAD 449 00:11:28,009 --> 00:11:29,143 EVEN IN THE BEST OF TIMES, AND 450 00:11:29,209 --> 00:11:29,943 THAT IS THE PEOPLE WHO ARE 451 00:11:30,009 --> 00:11:34,676 SLEEPING ON THE GRATES. 452 00:11:34,743 --> 00:11:36,476 THE HOMELESS WHO ARE HOMELESS, 453 00:11:36,543 --> 00:11:37,009 YOU MIGHT SAY BY CHOICE. 454 00:11:37,076 --> 00:11:37,743 >> John: UH, I'M SORRY, 455 00:11:37,809 --> 00:11:38,776 "HOMELESS BY CHOICE?" 456 00:11:38,843 --> 00:11:39,776 LOOK, THERE WERE LOTS OF THINGS 457 00:11:39,843 --> 00:11:40,676 FROM 1984 WE COULD'VE USED AN 458 00:11:40,743 --> 00:11:42,576 UNDO BUTTON FOR -- 459 00:11:42,643 --> 00:11:43,043 LONG DUK DONG, MOST OF 460 00:11:43,109 --> 00:11:44,143 TEMPLE OF DOOM, 461 00:11:44,209 --> 00:11:45,743 THIS EXTREMELY UNFORTUNATE 462 00:11:45,809 --> 00:11:49,109 JELLO AD, BUT REAGAN'S 463 00:11:49,176 --> 00:11:50,009 QUARTER-ASSED THOUGHTS 464 00:11:50,076 --> 00:11:51,376 ON HOMELESSNESS ARE NEAR THE TOP 465 00:11:51,443 --> 00:11:51,876 OF THAT LIST. 466 00:11:51,943 --> 00:11:53,543 AND THAT NOTION -- THAT 467 00:11:53,609 --> 00:11:54,643 HOMELESSNESS ISN'T RELATED TO 468 00:11:54,709 --> 00:11:55,409 ECONOMIC POLICIES, BUT SIMPLY 469 00:11:55,476 --> 00:11:56,076 REFLECTS THE PROBLEMS OF THE 470 00:11:56,143 --> 00:11:57,843 INDIVIDUALS EXPERIENCING IT -- 471 00:11:57,909 --> 00:12:00,109 STILL INFORMS THE WAY IT'S 472 00:12:00,176 --> 00:12:01,609 DISCUSSED TODAY. 473 00:12:01,676 --> 00:12:03,176 HERE'S DR. DREW, OF ALL PEOPLE, 474 00:12:03,243 --> 00:12:03,976 TALKING TO SETH GREEN, OF ALL 475 00:12:04,043 --> 00:12:05,743 PEOPLE, AND PUSHING BACK ON THE 476 00:12:05,809 --> 00:12:06,809 NOTION THAT THE HOMELESS CRISIS 477 00:12:06,876 --> 00:12:10,043 IN L.A. MIGHT HAVE ANYTHING TO 478 00:12:10,109 --> 00:12:11,176 DO WITH A SHORTAGE OF AFFORDABLE 479 00:12:11,243 --> 00:12:12,709 HOUSING: 480 00:12:12,776 --> 00:12:13,343 >> THIS ISN'T A HOUSING PROBLEM. 481 00:12:13,409 --> 00:12:13,643 >> IT'S NOT? 482 00:12:13,709 --> 00:12:14,676 >> NO, NO. 483 00:12:14,743 --> 00:12:15,909 THAT'S A HOAX, THAT'S A HOAX 484 00:12:15,976 --> 00:12:17,209 BEING PERPETRATED BY THE 485 00:12:17,276 --> 00:12:18,543 GOVERNMENT HERE LOCALLY, THEY 486 00:12:18,609 --> 00:12:19,676 NEED TO STOP. 487 00:12:19,743 --> 00:12:20,876 >> 'CAUSE IT SEEMS LIKE -- 488 00:12:20,943 --> 00:12:21,709 >> OF COURSE WE HAVE HOUSING 489 00:12:21,776 --> 00:12:23,076 EXPENSE ISSUES, BUT WE JUST 490 00:12:23,143 --> 00:12:24,276 ABSORBED A MILLION ILLEGAL, UH, 491 00:12:24,343 --> 00:12:26,876 UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANTS WITHOUT 492 00:12:26,943 --> 00:12:27,409 A HOME, WITHOUT A COUNTRY, 493 00:12:27,476 --> 00:12:28,609 WITHOUT A JOB, WITHOUT A PENNY, 494 00:12:28,676 --> 00:12:30,109 AND WE ABSORBED THEM. 495 00:12:30,176 --> 00:12:31,376 THEY FOUND A PLACE TO LIVE. 496 00:12:31,443 --> 00:12:32,376 IT'S A HOAX. 497 00:12:32,443 --> 00:12:33,576 SO IT'S A MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS 498 00:12:33,643 --> 00:12:35,709 AND ADDICTION CRISIS, FULL ON. 499 00:12:35,776 --> 00:12:40,209 >> John: OH, OKAY THEN. 500 00:12:40,276 --> 00:12:42,009 I CERTAINLY DON'T SEE WHY WE 501 00:12:42,076 --> 00:12:42,809 WOULDN'T INNATELY TRUST DR. DREW 502 00:12:42,876 --> 00:12:43,476 CONFIDENTLY MOUTH-SPLOOGING 503 00:12:43,543 --> 00:12:43,909 BULLSHIT THEORIES TO 504 00:12:43,976 --> 00:12:44,809 DR. EVIL'S SON. 505 00:12:44,876 --> 00:12:46,076 BUT A FEW NOTES ON WHAT HE SAID 506 00:12:46,143 --> 00:12:47,909 THERE: 507 00:12:47,976 --> 00:12:49,043 SET ASIDE THE NONSENSE THAT 508 00:12:49,109 --> 00:12:51,076 UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANTS DON'T 509 00:12:51,143 --> 00:12:52,276 EXPERIENCE HOMELESSNESS -- 510 00:12:52,343 --> 00:12:53,609 BECAUSE EXPERTS WILL TELL YOU 511 00:12:53,676 --> 00:12:55,109 THAT THEY VERY MUCH DO, 512 00:12:55,176 --> 00:12:55,709 THEY'RE JUST LESS 513 00:12:55,776 --> 00:12:57,576 LIKELY TO AVAIL THEMSELVES OF 514 00:12:57,643 --> 00:12:58,343 SERVICES BECAUSE OF THE WHOLE 515 00:12:58,409 --> 00:13:00,776 "UNDOCUMENTED" THING. 516 00:13:00,843 --> 00:13:01,476 INSTEAD, LET'S ADDRESS THE 517 00:13:01,543 --> 00:13:02,276 NOTION THAT ALL THIS IS DOWN TO 518 00:13:02,343 --> 00:13:03,776 MENTAL HEALTH AND ADDICTION. 519 00:13:03,843 --> 00:13:05,409 BECAUSE, YES, MANY WHO ARE 520 00:13:05,476 --> 00:13:06,176 HOMELESS DO STRUGGLE WITH BOTH 521 00:13:06,243 --> 00:13:07,909 THOSE THINGS -- AND THOSE PEOPLE 522 00:13:07,976 --> 00:13:09,743 ARE OFTEN THE MOST VISIBLE -- 523 00:13:09,809 --> 00:13:12,076 BUT BY NO MEANS ALL OF THEM. 524 00:13:12,143 --> 00:13:13,443 ALSO, IN MANY CASES, THOSE 525 00:13:13,509 --> 00:13:15,709 STRUGGLES CAN BE THE RESULT OF 526 00:13:15,776 --> 00:13:17,109 BEING HOMELESS AND NOT THE CAUSE 527 00:13:17,176 --> 00:13:17,776 OF IT. 528 00:13:17,843 --> 00:13:20,109 THE TRUTH IS, THERE ARE MANY 529 00:13:20,176 --> 00:13:21,243 REASONS SOMEONE MIGHT FIND 530 00:13:21,309 --> 00:13:22,209 THEMSELVES WITHOUT HOUSING: 531 00:13:22,276 --> 00:13:22,843 MEDICAL DEBT, JOB LOSS, FLEEING 532 00:13:22,909 --> 00:13:24,009 DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, BEING KICKED 533 00:13:24,076 --> 00:13:25,009 OUT OF THEIR HOME BECAUSE THEIR 534 00:13:25,076 --> 00:13:27,109 PARENTS DON'T APPROVE OF THEIR 535 00:13:27,176 --> 00:13:27,909 SEXUALITY, BEING RECENTLY 536 00:13:27,976 --> 00:13:29,409 RELEASED FROM PRISON, OR JUST 537 00:13:29,476 --> 00:13:31,076 THE OVERRIDING FACT THAT HOUSING 538 00:13:31,143 --> 00:13:31,943 COSTS ARE RISING MUCH FASTER 539 00:13:32,009 --> 00:13:34,343 THAN WAGES. 540 00:13:34,409 --> 00:13:36,143 CURRENTLY 70% OF ALL EXTREMELY 541 00:13:36,209 --> 00:13:37,976 LOW-INCOME FAMILIES ARE SPENDING 542 00:13:38,043 --> 00:13:39,909 MORE THAN HALF THEIR INCOME ON 543 00:13:39,976 --> 00:13:41,043 RENT. 544 00:13:41,109 --> 00:13:42,209 AND ONLY 37 AFFORDABLE AND 545 00:13:42,276 --> 00:13:44,143 AVAILABLE HOMES EXIST FOR EVERY 546 00:13:44,209 --> 00:13:45,643 100 EXTREMELY LOW-INCOME RENTER 547 00:13:45,709 --> 00:13:47,243 HOUSEHOLDS. 548 00:13:47,309 --> 00:13:48,743 AND THAT'S A STARTLINGLY LOW 549 00:13:48,809 --> 00:13:51,043 NUMBER, CONSIDERING JUST HOW 550 00:13:51,109 --> 00:13:53,143 MUCH THIS COUNTRY LOVES WATCHING 551 00:13:53,209 --> 00:13:54,109 TV SHOWS ABOUT HOMES. 552 00:13:54,176 --> 00:13:55,509 LITTLE HOMES. 553 00:13:55,576 --> 00:13:56,176 HUMONGO HOMES. 554 00:13:56,243 --> 00:14:01,476 HOMES FOR GHOSTS. 555 00:14:01,543 --> 00:14:05,009 AND HOMES REMODELED BY 556 00:14:05,076 --> 00:14:06,643 WEIRDO TWINS WHO DEFINITELY 557 00:14:06,709 --> 00:14:07,276 SHOWER TOGETHER, TO NAME JUST A 558 00:14:07,343 --> 00:14:07,743 FEW OF THEM. 559 00:14:07,809 --> 00:14:08,743 THE POINT HERE IS, IT DOESN'T 560 00:14:08,809 --> 00:14:09,576 TAKE MUCH FOR PEOPLE TO SUDDENLY 561 00:14:09,643 --> 00:14:10,276 FIND THEMSELVES WITHOUT STABLE 562 00:14:10,343 --> 00:14:12,009 HOUSING, AS THIS WOMAN FOUND 563 00:14:12,076 --> 00:14:13,009 OUT. 564 00:14:13,076 --> 00:14:13,876 >> TWO YEARS AGO, PRISCILLA HAD 565 00:14:13,943 --> 00:14:15,576 A FULL-TIME JOB AT A HEALTH 566 00:14:15,643 --> 00:14:16,843 CLINIC FOR THE HOMELESS. 567 00:14:16,909 --> 00:14:17,876 HER HUSBAND, RYAN, STAYED HOME 568 00:14:17,943 --> 00:14:20,509 TO CARE FOR THEIR TWO SONS. 569 00:14:20,576 --> 00:14:24,276 THE YOUNGEST HAS SEVERE AUTISM. 570 00:14:24,343 --> 00:14:27,209 THEY LIVED ON A TIGHT BUDGET AND 571 00:14:27,276 --> 00:14:28,309 THEN THEIR LANDLORD RAISED THE 572 00:14:28,376 --> 00:14:30,109 RENT $150. 573 00:14:30,176 --> 00:14:32,443 >> THAT'S A LOT OF MONEY FOR A 574 00:14:32,509 --> 00:14:33,643 LOT OF PEOPLE THAT LIVE PAYCHECK 575 00:14:33,709 --> 00:14:36,743 BY PAYCHECK, AND WE LIVE LIKE 576 00:14:36,809 --> 00:14:37,876 THAT. 577 00:14:37,943 --> 00:14:39,309 >> THE FAMILY WAS EVICTED, AND 578 00:14:39,376 --> 00:14:40,176 IN A PLACE THEY NEVER IMAGINED: 579 00:14:40,243 --> 00:14:42,209 HOMELESS THEMSELVES, LIVING IN 580 00:14:42,276 --> 00:14:43,343 THEIR CAR. 581 00:14:43,409 --> 00:14:46,376 >> I WORK AT A HOMELESS CLINIC 582 00:14:46,443 --> 00:14:47,209 AND I'M HOMELESS. 583 00:14:47,276 --> 00:14:47,876 HOW THE HECK DOES THAT HAPPEN TO 584 00:14:47,943 --> 00:14:48,576 ME? 585 00:14:48,643 --> 00:14:51,009 >> John: YEAH, THAT IS AN AWFUL 586 00:14:51,076 --> 00:14:51,443 SITUATION TO BE IN. 587 00:14:51,509 --> 00:14:52,676 YOU NEVER WANT TO FIND YOURSELF 588 00:14:52,743 --> 00:14:54,209 SUDDENLY SAYING, "HOW DID THIS 589 00:14:54,276 --> 00:14:55,376 HAPPEN TO ME?" 590 00:14:55,443 --> 00:14:57,209 WITH THE SOLE EXCEPTION BEING 591 00:14:57,276 --> 00:14:57,876 IF YOU'RE KNEE DEEP IN 592 00:14:57,943 --> 00:14:59,443 STANLEY TUCCI'S SHEETS. 593 00:14:59,509 --> 00:15:00,576 AND EVEN THEN, WHY QUESTION IT? 594 00:15:00,643 --> 00:15:02,209 YOU'RE SWIMMING IN TOOCH. 595 00:15:02,276 --> 00:15:04,276 POP A MINT. 596 00:15:04,343 --> 00:15:06,943 THIS IS GONNA BE A DELIGHT! 597 00:15:07,009 --> 00:15:09,076 SO DESPITE REAGAN'S CONFIDENCE, 598 00:15:09,143 --> 00:15:10,176 THERE CAN BE NOT MUCH CHOICE IN 599 00:15:10,243 --> 00:15:11,443 THE MATTER AT ALL. 600 00:15:11,509 --> 00:15:13,609 AS FOR THOSE OUTWARD SIGNS OF 601 00:15:13,676 --> 00:15:14,443 HOMELESSNESS THAT RAISE SUCH 602 00:15:14,509 --> 00:15:16,643 ALARM, THEY'RE TYPICALLY THE 603 00:15:16,709 --> 00:15:18,509 RESULT OF PUBLIC POLICY CHOICES 604 00:15:18,576 --> 00:15:19,709 WE'VE MADE. 605 00:15:19,776 --> 00:15:20,943 REMEMBER THAT WOMAN COMPLAINING 606 00:15:21,009 --> 00:15:22,376 ABOUT HUMAN SHIT? 607 00:15:22,443 --> 00:15:23,276 THAT'S ACTUALLY A COMMON THREAD 608 00:15:23,343 --> 00:15:24,943 IN COVERAGE OF THE HOMELESS. 609 00:15:25,009 --> 00:15:26,009 IN L.A., YOU CAN FIND MULTIPLE 610 00:15:26,076 --> 00:15:27,709 STORIES ABOUT HUMAN FECES NEAR 611 00:15:27,776 --> 00:15:32,776 HOMELESS ENCAMPMENTS. 612 00:15:32,843 --> 00:15:33,776 BUT IT'S WORTH KNOWING THERE IS 613 00:15:33,843 --> 00:15:34,909 A REASON FOR THAT. 614 00:15:34,976 --> 00:15:35,609 >> MOST OF THE CITY'S HUNDREDS 615 00:15:35,676 --> 00:15:36,676 OF ENCAMPMENTS ARE NOWHERE NEAR 616 00:15:36,743 --> 00:15:39,409 A PUBLIC TOILET. 617 00:15:39,476 --> 00:15:42,543 IN FACT, L.A. HAS ONLY 16 MOBILE 618 00:15:42,609 --> 00:15:43,876 TOILET STATIONS FOR ITS 36,000 619 00:15:43,943 --> 00:15:45,343 HOMELESS PEOPLE. 620 00:15:45,409 --> 00:15:47,076 TO MAKE MATTERS WORSE, WITH NO 621 00:15:47,143 --> 00:15:49,876 FUNDING FOR ROUND-THE-CLOCK 622 00:15:49,943 --> 00:15:51,009 SECURITY, THE CITY HAULS AWAY 623 00:15:51,076 --> 00:15:52,043 THESE TOILETS AT NIGHT, LEAVING 624 00:15:52,109 --> 00:15:53,543 THE HOMELESS NO CHOICE BUT TO GO 625 00:15:53,609 --> 00:15:57,743 ON THE STREETS. 626 00:15:57,809 --> 00:15:58,709 >> John: WHAT THE FUCK TO ALL OF 627 00:15:58,776 --> 00:15:59,343 THAT. 628 00:15:59,409 --> 00:16:00,109 FROM THE AMOUNT OF PUBLIC 629 00:16:00,176 --> 00:16:01,343 TOILET STATIONS AVAILABLE BEING 630 00:16:01,409 --> 00:16:02,376 LESS THAN THE AMOUNT OF BOND 631 00:16:02,443 --> 00:16:03,676 MOVIES TO SHUFFLING THOSE VERY 632 00:16:03,743 --> 00:16:05,243 MINIMAL TOILETS AWAY LIKE 633 00:16:05,309 --> 00:16:06,109 THEY'RE GOING TO TURN INTO A 634 00:16:06,176 --> 00:16:10,376 PUMPKIN AT MIDNIGHT. 635 00:16:10,443 --> 00:16:11,209 AND WHILE THAT CLIP IS FROM JUST 636 00:16:11,276 --> 00:16:11,809 BEFORE THE PANDEMIC -- WHICH 637 00:16:11,876 --> 00:16:13,143 PROMPTED CITY OFFICIALS TO 638 00:16:13,209 --> 00:16:13,943 INCREASE TOILET STATIONS -- 639 00:16:14,009 --> 00:16:15,709 THERE ARE STILL CURRENTLY ONLY 640 00:16:15,776 --> 00:16:17,109 55 ACCESSIBLE 24/7. 641 00:16:17,176 --> 00:16:18,743 SO THE NEXT TIME YOU COMPLAIN 642 00:16:18,809 --> 00:16:20,143 ABOUT HUMAN SHIT IN THE STREET, 643 00:16:20,209 --> 00:16:21,176 MAYBE THINK ABOUT WHAT IT WOULD 644 00:16:21,243 --> 00:16:21,943 BE LIKE IF SOMEONE PADLOCKED 645 00:16:22,009 --> 00:16:24,109 YOUR BATHROOM EVERY NIGHT. 646 00:16:24,176 --> 00:16:25,709 YOU, TOO, WOULD SUDDENLY BE 647 00:16:25,776 --> 00:16:27,509 GETTING REALLY CREATIVE, REALLY 648 00:16:27,576 --> 00:16:28,909 FAST. 649 00:16:28,976 --> 00:16:30,443 AND IT SEEMS THE IMPULSE BEHIND 650 00:16:30,509 --> 00:16:32,043 MANY LOCAL POLICIES SURROUNDING 651 00:16:32,109 --> 00:16:37,243 UNHOUSED PEOPLE ISN'T SO MUCH TO 652 00:16:37,309 --> 00:16:38,843 HELP THEM AS TO PUNISH THEM FOR 653 00:16:38,909 --> 00:16:40,143 THEIR EXISTENCE AND KEEP THEM 654 00:16:40,209 --> 00:16:41,409 OUT OF SIGHT. 655 00:16:41,476 --> 00:16:42,176 YOU'RE PROBABLY FAMILIAR WITH 656 00:16:42,243 --> 00:16:43,409 "HOSTILE ARCHITECTURE," DESIGNED 657 00:16:43,476 --> 00:16:44,276 TO PREVENT HOMELESS PEOPLE FROM 658 00:16:44,343 --> 00:16:44,909 SITTING AND LYING ON CERTAIN 659 00:16:44,976 --> 00:16:45,843 PROPERTY. 660 00:16:45,909 --> 00:16:47,176 IT'S WHY YOU'LL SOMETIMES SEE 661 00:16:47,243 --> 00:16:48,076 SPIKES UNDER BRIDGES LIKE THIS, 662 00:16:48,143 --> 00:16:49,009 OR BENCHES WITH DIVIDERS TO 663 00:16:49,076 --> 00:16:51,076 PREVENT ANYONE LYING DOWN. 664 00:16:51,143 --> 00:16:51,909 AND ONE CITY WENT EVEN BEYOND 665 00:16:51,976 --> 00:16:54,176 ARCHITECTURE. 666 00:16:54,243 --> 00:16:55,776 >> A DEBATE RAGING OVER A 667 00:16:55,843 --> 00:16:56,843 FLORIDA CITY PLAYING CHILDREN'S 668 00:16:56,909 --> 00:16:58,676 MUSIC AT A PARK PAVILION AT 669 00:16:58,743 --> 00:16:59,243 NIGHT TO KEEP HOMELESS PEOPLE 670 00:16:59,309 --> 00:17:00,143 AWAY. 671 00:17:00,209 --> 00:17:02,243 PEOPLE SAY THE MUSIC ROTATES 672 00:17:02,309 --> 00:17:03,176 BETWEEN "BABY SHARK" AND THIS 673 00:17:03,243 --> 00:17:04,343 SONG. 674 00:17:04,409 --> 00:17:05,743 >> ♪ CHEESE, CHEESE ♪ 675 00:17:05,809 --> 00:17:08,876 ♪ IT'S RAINING TACOS ♪ 676 00:17:08,943 --> 00:17:15,309 ♪ RAINING TACOS ♪ 677 00:17:15,376 --> 00:17:16,909 >> John: IT'S TRUE, THEY PUMPED 678 00:17:16,976 --> 00:17:18,676 THE SONG "RAINING TACOS" AT 679 00:17:18,743 --> 00:17:19,676 PEOPLE WHEN THEY WERE TRYING TO 680 00:17:19,743 --> 00:17:20,443 SLEEP. 681 00:17:20,509 --> 00:17:21,343 WHICH IS INHUMANE. 682 00:17:21,409 --> 00:17:21,809 NO ONE DESERVES THAT. 683 00:17:21,876 --> 00:17:22,376 ALSO, AND THIS ISN'T THE KEY 684 00:17:22,443 --> 00:17:23,509 POINT -- THAT SONG DOESN'T 685 00:17:23,576 --> 00:17:24,943 DESERVE THAT, EITHER. 686 00:17:25,009 --> 00:17:25,576 BECAUSE IT IS A CERTIFIED 687 00:17:25,643 --> 00:17:28,609 BANGER. 688 00:17:28,676 --> 00:17:29,643 TAKE A LISTEN: 689 00:17:29,709 --> 00:17:30,676 >> ♪ IT'S RAINING TACOS ♪ 690 00:17:30,743 --> 00:17:31,909 ♪ OUT IN THE STREET ♪ 691 00:17:31,976 --> 00:17:35,309 ♪ TACOS, ALL YOU CAN EAT ♪ 692 00:17:35,376 --> 00:17:37,009 ♪ LETTUCE AND SHELLS ♪ 693 00:17:37,076 --> 00:17:39,276 ♪ CHEESE AND MEAT ♪ 694 00:17:39,343 --> 00:17:42,543 ♪ IT'S RAINING TACOS ♪ 695 00:17:42,609 --> 00:17:45,309 ♪ YUM YUM YUM YUM YUMMITY YUM ♪ 696 00:17:45,376 --> 00:17:45,643 >> John: STOP! 697 00:17:45,709 --> 00:17:48,843 STOP, STOP, STOP, STOP. 698 00:17:48,909 --> 00:17:50,309 I WOULD LOVE TO PLAY YOU MORE, 699 00:17:50,376 --> 00:17:51,576 BUT THE PROBLEM IS, THIS SHOW 700 00:17:51,643 --> 00:17:53,343 WOULD THEN GET TOO FUN, I'D 701 00:17:53,409 --> 00:17:55,509 SPEND THE REST OF THE SHOW 702 00:17:55,576 --> 00:17:57,909 DANCING IN THE AISLES WITH YOU, 703 00:17:57,976 --> 00:17:58,809 AND ELLEN WOULD LITERALLY 704 00:17:58,876 --> 00:17:59,043 KILL ME. 705 00:17:59,109 --> 00:17:59,976 BUT IT'S NOT JUST SPIKES AND 706 00:18:00,043 --> 00:18:00,243 SONGS. 707 00:18:00,309 --> 00:18:01,809 MORE AND MORE CITY ORDINANCES 708 00:18:01,876 --> 00:18:02,476 HAVE BEEN PUT INTO PLACE 709 00:18:02,543 --> 00:18:03,576 CRIMINALIZING BEHAVIORS 710 00:18:03,643 --> 00:18:05,909 ASSOCIATED WITH BEING HOMELESS. 711 00:18:05,976 --> 00:18:07,576 OVER THE COURSE OF 13 YEARS, 712 00:18:07,643 --> 00:18:09,476 CITY-WIDE BANS ON CAMPING HAVE 713 00:18:09,543 --> 00:18:11,009 INCREASED BY 92%, ON SITTING OR 714 00:18:11,076 --> 00:18:14,076 LYING BY 78%, ON LOITERING AND 715 00:18:14,143 --> 00:18:16,509 PANHANDLING BY 103%, AND ON 716 00:18:16,576 --> 00:18:21,576 LIVING IN VEHICLES BY 213%. 717 00:18:21,643 --> 00:18:23,943 SO WHEN YOU HEAR FEARMONGERING 718 00:18:24,009 --> 00:18:26,143 ABOUT RISING CRIME AMONG THE 719 00:18:26,209 --> 00:18:26,743 HOMELESS, IT'S WORTH ASKING IF 720 00:18:26,809 --> 00:18:27,709 THOSE CRIMES WERE ACTUALLY 721 00:18:27,776 --> 00:18:28,576 CRIMES OR JUST "SOMEONE SAT 722 00:18:28,643 --> 00:18:30,143 DOWN." 723 00:18:30,209 --> 00:18:31,643 TAKE KENNETH SHULTZ, A 724 00:18:31,709 --> 00:18:32,509 71-YEAR-OLD HOMELESS MAN WHO 725 00:18:32,576 --> 00:18:33,809 TOLD REPORTERS, "SOMETIMES I 726 00:18:33,876 --> 00:18:34,809 JUST GET EXHAUSTED, AND BOOM, 727 00:18:34,876 --> 00:18:35,709 SIT DOWN. 728 00:18:35,776 --> 00:18:36,443 THAT'S IT. 729 00:18:36,509 --> 00:18:38,576 YOU'RE TRESPASSING." 730 00:18:38,643 --> 00:18:39,909 IN THE NINE YEARS HE'S BEEN 731 00:18:39,976 --> 00:18:41,109 HOMELESS, HE'S BEEN CHARGED WITH 732 00:18:41,176 --> 00:18:43,809 TRESPASSING 96 TIMES AND HAS 733 00:18:43,876 --> 00:18:45,709 SPENT ONE OF EVERY THREE NIGHTS 734 00:18:45,776 --> 00:18:46,409 IN JAIL. 735 00:18:46,476 --> 00:18:48,009 THINK ABOUT WHAT THAT MEANS. 736 00:18:48,076 --> 00:18:49,243 IT MEANS HE'S SPENT THREE OF THE 737 00:18:49,309 --> 00:18:51,109 LAST NINE YEARS BEHIND BARS. 738 00:18:51,176 --> 00:18:52,943 IN WHAT WAY IS THAT MAN BEING 739 00:18:53,009 --> 00:18:58,276 HELPED? 740 00:18:58,343 --> 00:18:59,543 YOU CANNOT ARREST SOMEONE OUT OF 741 00:18:59,609 --> 00:19:00,176 HOMELESSNESS IN THE SAME WAY YOU 742 00:19:00,243 --> 00:19:00,709 CAN'T SING SOMEONE OUT OF 743 00:19:00,776 --> 00:19:01,476 BANKRUPTCY. 744 00:19:01,543 --> 00:19:05,143 ONE THING DOESN'T REMOTELY LEAD 745 00:19:05,209 --> 00:19:06,976 TO THE OTHER AND YOU'RE JUST 746 00:19:07,043 --> 00:19:07,576 GOING TO END UP MAKING THINGS 747 00:19:07,643 --> 00:19:07,776 WORSE. 748 00:19:07,843 --> 00:19:09,609 EVEN IF YOU'RE SINGING THIS: 749 00:19:09,676 --> 00:19:10,209 >> ♪ IT'S RAINING TACOS ♪ 750 00:19:10,276 --> 00:19:11,576 ♪ IT'S RAINING TACOS ♪ 751 00:19:11,643 --> 00:19:12,043 >> John: NOPE! 752 00:19:12,109 --> 00:19:12,576 NOPE! 753 00:19:12,643 --> 00:19:13,443 TURN IT OFF! 754 00:19:13,509 --> 00:19:14,976 I'M WARNING YOU -- ELLEN IS 755 00:19:15,043 --> 00:19:15,543 SHARPENING HER KNIVES AS WE 756 00:19:15,609 --> 00:19:16,143 SPEAK. 757 00:19:16,209 --> 00:19:17,109 SHE'LL DO IT. 758 00:19:17,176 --> 00:19:20,076 IT WON'T BE THE FIRST TIME. 759 00:19:20,143 --> 00:19:21,809 AND CRIMINALIZING HOMELESSNESS 760 00:19:21,876 --> 00:19:23,676 EXPOSES ALREADY VULNERABLE 761 00:19:23,743 --> 00:19:24,609 POPULATIONS TO UNNECESSARY 762 00:19:24,676 --> 00:19:26,476 INTERACTIONS WITH THE POLICE. 763 00:19:26,543 --> 00:19:27,943 UNHOUSED PEOPLE OF COLOR ARE 764 00:19:28,043 --> 00:19:29,176 MORE LIKELY TO BE CITED, 765 00:19:29,243 --> 00:19:30,376 SEARCHED, AND HAVE PROPERTY 766 00:19:30,443 --> 00:19:31,809 TAKEN THAN WHITE PEOPLE 767 00:19:31,876 --> 00:19:32,809 EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS. 768 00:19:32,876 --> 00:19:34,276 AND THOSE WITH MULTIPLE 769 00:19:34,343 --> 00:19:35,843 MARGINALIZED IDENTITIES, LIKE 770 00:19:35,909 --> 00:19:37,543 LGBTQ+ PEOPLE OF COLOR, ARE EVEN 771 00:19:37,609 --> 00:19:39,543 MORE VULNERABLE TO THESE LAWS. 772 00:19:39,609 --> 00:19:40,809 AND IF YOU'RE THINKING, 773 00:19:40,876 --> 00:19:41,943 "HOLD ON, WHY DON'T HOMELESS 774 00:19:42,009 --> 00:19:43,876 PEOPLE JUST GO TO SHELTERS?" 775 00:19:43,943 --> 00:19:45,243 THERE CAN BE A LOT OF PROBLEMS 776 00:19:45,309 --> 00:19:46,476 WITH THAT. 777 00:19:46,543 --> 00:19:47,509 SOME CITIES SIMPLY DON'T HAVE 778 00:19:47,576 --> 00:19:49,776 ENOUGH BEDS FOR EVERYONE. 779 00:19:49,843 --> 00:19:51,143 IN OAKLAND, FOR EXAMPLE, IN 780 00:19:51,209 --> 00:19:52,743 2019, THERE WERE 457 BEDS 781 00:19:52,809 --> 00:19:53,976 AVAILABLE FOR MORE THAN 4,000 782 00:19:54,043 --> 00:19:55,809 UNHOUSED PEOPLE. 783 00:19:55,876 --> 00:19:57,143 MEANING THEY COULDN'T PROVIDE 784 00:19:57,209 --> 00:19:59,176 EVERYONE WITH A BED EVEN IF THEY 785 00:19:59,243 --> 00:20:01,043 WILLY WONKA'D THE SITUATION. 786 00:20:01,109 --> 00:20:02,243 AND IF I MAY, I'D ACTUALLY LIKE 787 00:20:02,309 --> 00:20:03,543 TO PAUSE AT THIS POINT FOR A 788 00:20:03,609 --> 00:20:06,709 QUICK TANGENT. 789 00:20:06,776 --> 00:20:07,543 SO PUT 40 SECONDS ON THE CLOCK, 790 00:20:07,609 --> 00:20:08,243 PLEASE. 791 00:20:08,309 --> 00:20:09,043 REGARDING THIS: 792 00:20:09,109 --> 00:20:10,476 I DON'T MIND CHARLIE'S 793 00:20:10,543 --> 00:20:11,676 GRANDPARENTS SLEEPING 794 00:20:11,743 --> 00:20:12,609 IN ONE BED. 795 00:20:12,676 --> 00:20:14,009 EVERYONE ALWAYS ASKS, "BUT WHAT 796 00:20:14,076 --> 00:20:14,943 ABOUT WHEN THEY HAVE TO FUCK? 797 00:20:15,009 --> 00:20:15,609 DO THEY FUCK SEPARATELY OR ALL 798 00:20:15,676 --> 00:20:16,876 DO IT TOGETHER?" 799 00:20:16,943 --> 00:20:17,743 TO WHICH I SAY, I DON'T CARE, 800 00:20:17,809 --> 00:20:19,209 AND I HOPE SO! 801 00:20:19,276 --> 00:20:20,876 THEY'RE NOT RELATED BY BLOOD. 802 00:20:20,943 --> 00:20:21,376 THEY'RE RELATED BY THEIR 803 00:20:21,443 --> 00:20:22,476 CHILDREN'S MARRIAGE. 804 00:20:22,543 --> 00:20:23,676 IT'S NOT THEIR FAULT THEY HAVE 805 00:20:23,743 --> 00:20:25,776 TO SHARE ONE RICKETY BED. 806 00:20:25,843 --> 00:20:26,743 GRANDPA GEORGE IS GOING TO 807 00:20:26,809 --> 00:20:28,709 WANT TO MAKE LOVE TO 808 00:20:28,776 --> 00:20:29,109 GRANDMA GEORGINA. 809 00:20:29,176 --> 00:20:30,176 THEY'VE SHARED A LIFE TOGETHER. 810 00:20:30,243 --> 00:20:31,476 AND GRANDPA JOE IS OBVIOUSLY 811 00:20:31,543 --> 00:20:32,743 GOING TO WANT TO GET IT IN 812 00:20:32,809 --> 00:20:42,476 GRANDMA JOSEPHINE. 813 00:20:42,543 --> 00:20:43,109 THAT'S THE MOTHER OF HIS CHILD. 814 00:20:43,176 --> 00:20:44,109 BUT AT A CERTAIN POINT, IF YOU 815 00:20:44,176 --> 00:20:44,776 DON'T INVITE THE COUPLE SLEEPING 816 00:20:44,843 --> 00:20:45,443 IN THE SAME BED TO JOIN IN, IT'S 817 00:20:45,509 --> 00:20:45,709 JUST RUDE. 818 00:20:45,776 --> 00:20:46,643 SO THE NEXT TIME YOU TALK SHIT 819 00:20:46,709 --> 00:20:47,576 ABOUT CHARLIE BUCKET'S ELDER'S 820 00:20:47,643 --> 00:20:48,009 SEXUAL PROCLIVITIES, 821 00:20:48,076 --> 00:20:48,809 ASK YOURSELF THIS: 822 00:20:48,876 --> 00:20:49,509 ARE THEY THE PROBLEM? 823 00:20:49,576 --> 00:20:50,176 OR WERE YOU RAISED IN A 824 00:20:50,243 --> 00:20:51,043 PURITANICAL SOCIETY THAT SHAMES 825 00:20:51,109 --> 00:20:51,643 ANY SEXUAL DEVIATION FROM THE 826 00:20:51,709 --> 00:20:52,276 "NORM"? 827 00:20:52,343 --> 00:20:56,376 [TIMER DINGS] 828 00:20:56,443 --> 00:20:57,343 OH, THAT'S MY TIME. 829 00:20:57,409 --> 00:20:58,543 THAT'S MY TIME. 830 00:20:58,609 --> 00:21:00,676 I'VE SAID MY PIECE. 831 00:21:00,743 --> 00:21:01,676 BACK TO THE SAD STUFF. 832 00:21:01,743 --> 00:21:03,276 THE POINT IS, SOME CITIES DON'T 833 00:21:03,343 --> 00:21:03,943 HAVE ENOUGH SHELTER BEDS. 834 00:21:04,009 --> 00:21:06,309 AND EVEN IN THOSE THAT HAVE 835 00:21:06,376 --> 00:21:07,309 MANY, LIKE HERE IN NEW YORK, 836 00:21:07,376 --> 00:21:08,176 THEY'RE NOT ALWAYS AN OPTION FOR 837 00:21:08,243 --> 00:21:08,843 EVERYONE. 838 00:21:08,909 --> 00:21:09,943 SOME MIGHT NOT WANT TO SPLIT UP 839 00:21:10,009 --> 00:21:11,276 THEIR FAMILY OR PART WITH THEIR 840 00:21:11,343 --> 00:21:12,243 PETS OR ARE SIMPLY WARY OF 841 00:21:12,309 --> 00:21:13,909 BRINGING THEIR ONLY POSSESSIONS 842 00:21:13,976 --> 00:21:16,643 AROUND A ROOM FULL OF STRANGERS. 843 00:21:16,709 --> 00:21:17,243 BUT ALSO, THE KEY PROBLEM WITH 844 00:21:17,309 --> 00:21:19,176 SAYING "WHY DON'T THEY JUST GO 845 00:21:19,243 --> 00:21:19,843 TO SHELTERS?" IS THAT SHELTERS 846 00:21:19,909 --> 00:21:24,909 ARE ONLY A STOPGAP SOLUTION. 847 00:21:24,976 --> 00:21:25,609 BECAUSE YOU DON'T LIVE IN A 848 00:21:25,676 --> 00:21:26,409 SHELTER, YOU JUST SLEEP IN ONE, 849 00:21:26,476 --> 00:21:28,743 AS THIS WOMAN POINTS OUT: 850 00:21:28,809 --> 00:21:30,309 >> IT'S VERY, VERY ROUGH. 851 00:21:30,376 --> 00:21:31,543 I WOULD RATHER STAY ON THE 852 00:21:31,609 --> 00:21:32,776 STREETS. 853 00:21:32,843 --> 00:21:34,143 AND THIS IS WHY I UNDERSTAND 854 00:21:34,209 --> 00:21:35,009 WHEN I SEE A LOT OF HOMELESS 855 00:21:35,076 --> 00:21:35,976 PEOPLE, WHY THEY'RE ON THE 856 00:21:36,043 --> 00:21:37,276 STREETS. 857 00:21:37,343 --> 00:21:38,776 THE SHELTER DEGRADES YOU. 858 00:21:38,843 --> 00:21:40,743 I WORK PART-TIME. 859 00:21:40,809 --> 00:21:41,809 I WENT FROM A FULL-TIME JOB TO A 860 00:21:41,876 --> 00:21:43,209 PART-TIME JOB, BEING IN THE 861 00:21:43,276 --> 00:21:44,976 SHELTER, BECAUSE THERE'S TOO 862 00:21:45,043 --> 00:21:47,376 MUCH GOING ON. 863 00:21:47,443 --> 00:21:48,176 I HAVE TO BE IN AT 8:00 EVERY 864 00:21:48,243 --> 00:21:49,776 NIGHT. 865 00:21:49,843 --> 00:21:50,509 IF I'M NOT IN AT 8:00, I LOSE 866 00:21:50,576 --> 00:21:52,209 THAT BED. 867 00:21:52,276 --> 00:21:53,176 YOU WAKE UP AT 5:00, YOU HAVE TO 868 00:21:53,243 --> 00:21:54,343 BE OUT OF THERE BY 7:00, 869 00:21:54,409 --> 00:21:55,943 REGARDLESS. 870 00:21:56,009 --> 00:21:57,809 >> John: YEAH. 871 00:21:57,876 --> 00:21:59,176 AN 8:00 P.M. CURFEW AND A 872 00:21:59,243 --> 00:22:01,409 7:00 A.M. KICK OUT THE DOOR. 873 00:22:01,476 --> 00:22:02,709 SO IF "PULLING YOURSELF UP BY 874 00:22:02,776 --> 00:22:04,143 YOUR BOOTSTRAPS" INVOLVES 875 00:22:04,209 --> 00:22:05,709 WORKING NIGHTS, I'M SORRY, 876 00:22:05,776 --> 00:22:07,409 YOU'RE SHIT OUT OF LUCK. 877 00:22:07,476 --> 00:22:08,409 AND IF YOU'RE THINKING, "NO, 878 00:22:08,476 --> 00:22:09,443 JOHN, SURELY A SHELTER 879 00:22:09,509 --> 00:22:10,109 EVENTUALLY HELPS PEOPLE GET BACK 880 00:22:10,176 --> 00:22:11,543 ON THEIR FEET. 881 00:22:11,609 --> 00:22:13,476 EVERYTHING WORTHWHILE IN LIFE 882 00:22:13,543 --> 00:22:14,076 TAKES TIME -- I READ THAT ON A 883 00:22:14,143 --> 00:22:18,609 PILLOW ONCE." 884 00:22:18,676 --> 00:22:20,909 WELL, THINK AGAIN, BECAUSE 885 00:22:20,976 --> 00:22:22,276 JUST LOOK WHAT HAPPENED WHEN THE 886 00:22:22,343 --> 00:22:23,909 PERSON WHO FILMED THAT WOMAN 887 00:22:23,976 --> 00:22:25,443 CAUGHT UP WITH HER ALMOST EIGHT 888 00:22:25,509 --> 00:22:25,743 YEARS LATER: 889 00:22:25,809 --> 00:22:26,843 >> YOU TALKED ABOUT GOING IN AND 890 00:22:26,909 --> 00:22:27,776 OUT OF THE SHELTER SYSTEM, AND 891 00:22:27,843 --> 00:22:28,509 THAT'S STILL HAPPENING. 892 00:22:28,576 --> 00:22:30,976 >> AND THAT'S STILL HAPPENING. 893 00:22:31,043 --> 00:22:33,109 THEY PLACE YOU, THEY LET YOU GO, 894 00:22:33,176 --> 00:22:34,809 THEY MOVE YOU, THEY LET YOU GO, 895 00:22:34,876 --> 00:22:36,776 THEY GET YOUR MONEY FROM THE 896 00:22:36,843 --> 00:22:37,676 GOVERNMENT, THEY LET YOU GO, 897 00:22:37,743 --> 00:22:40,409 AND YOU'RE STILL MISPLACED. 898 00:22:40,476 --> 00:22:41,409 >> John: YEAH, THE SHELTER 899 00:22:41,476 --> 00:22:42,209 SYSTEM HAS DONE NOTHING TO 900 00:22:42,276 --> 00:22:44,276 CHANGE HER CIRCUMSTANCE. 901 00:22:44,343 --> 00:22:45,543 AND I'LL BE THE FIRST TO ADMIT 902 00:22:45,609 --> 00:22:47,509 HERE, IT'S IMPOSSIBLE FOR ME TO 903 00:22:47,576 --> 00:22:48,109 UNDERSTAND JUST HOW HARD THAT 904 00:22:48,176 --> 00:22:49,609 CYCLE IS. 905 00:22:49,676 --> 00:22:50,743 I'VE BEEN LUCKY ENOUGH TO HAVE 906 00:22:50,809 --> 00:22:52,243 ALWAYS LIVED IN AN APARTMENT OR 907 00:22:52,309 --> 00:22:53,843 HOUSE OR, MOST RECENTLY, AN 908 00:22:53,909 --> 00:22:54,543 INFINITE WHITE VOID RUN BY AN 909 00:22:54,609 --> 00:22:56,409 ABUSIVE LANDLORD. 910 00:22:56,476 --> 00:23:00,476 THAT WAS HARD IN ITS OWN WAY, 911 00:23:00,543 --> 00:23:01,209 BUT IT WAS NOTHING COMPARED TO A 912 00:23:01,276 --> 00:23:03,009 POTENTIALLY LIFE-OR-DEATH GAME 913 00:23:03,076 --> 00:23:03,376 OF MUSICAL BEDS. 914 00:23:03,443 --> 00:23:04,609 SO IF ALL WE'VE MENTIONED SO FAR 915 00:23:04,676 --> 00:23:05,809 TONIGHT -- POKING HOMELESS 916 00:23:05,876 --> 00:23:07,209 PEOPLE WITH SPIKES, BLASTING 917 00:23:07,276 --> 00:23:09,243 THEM WITH MUSIC, AND LOCKING 918 00:23:09,309 --> 00:23:09,809 THEM UP -- DOESN'T SOLVE THE 919 00:23:09,876 --> 00:23:11,276 PROBLEM, WHAT DOES? 920 00:23:11,343 --> 00:23:12,209 WELL, THIS HOUSING ADVOCATE HAS 921 00:23:12,276 --> 00:23:14,676 A BOLD NEW IDEA. 922 00:23:14,743 --> 00:23:16,176 >> THE SOLUTION IS SIMPLE. 923 00:23:16,243 --> 00:23:17,409 THIS IS WHAT THE SOLUTION IS. 924 00:23:17,476 --> 00:23:18,343 THIS IS ONLY THING THAT ENDS 925 00:23:18,409 --> 00:23:19,343 HOMELESSNESS. 926 00:23:19,409 --> 00:23:20,176 IT'S THIS RIGHT HERE: 927 00:23:20,243 --> 00:23:21,176 HOUSE KEYS. 928 00:23:21,243 --> 00:23:21,876 >> John: EXACTLY. 929 00:23:21,943 --> 00:23:25,176 HOUSE KEYS. 930 00:23:25,243 --> 00:23:25,543 IN OTHER WORDS, 931 00:23:25,609 --> 00:23:26,243 GIVE THE HOMELESS HOMES. 932 00:23:26,309 --> 00:23:28,376 IT'S THE SOLUTION YOU'VE 933 00:23:28,443 --> 00:23:29,309 PROBABLY BEEN SHOUTING AT 934 00:23:29,376 --> 00:23:30,709 YOUR TV FOR THE PAST 15 MINUTES, 935 00:23:30,776 --> 00:23:31,643 OR LET'S BE HONEST, 936 00:23:31,709 --> 00:23:32,409 SHOUTING AT YOUR LAPTOP, OR, IF 937 00:23:32,476 --> 00:23:32,943 WE'RE BEING REALLY HONEST, 938 00:23:33,009 --> 00:23:33,743 SHOUTING AT YOUR PHONE DURING 939 00:23:33,809 --> 00:23:36,243 YOUR MONDAY MORNING SHIT. 940 00:23:36,309 --> 00:23:37,809 AND IF YOU ARE ANNOYED I WASTED 941 00:23:37,876 --> 00:23:38,976 YOUR TIME TAKING THE SCENIC 942 00:23:39,043 --> 00:23:40,309 ROUTE HERE, LET ME MAKE IT UP TO 943 00:23:40,376 --> 00:23:41,843 YOU WITH ANOTHER EXCELLENT CLIP 944 00:23:41,909 --> 00:23:42,776 FROM "THE TYRA BANKS SHOW." 945 00:23:42,843 --> 00:23:50,376 >> [SCREAMING] 946 00:23:50,443 --> 00:23:51,709 >> John: THERE IS SOME CONTEXT 947 00:23:51,776 --> 00:23:52,976 FOR THAT, BUT THE TRUTH IS, IT 948 00:23:53,043 --> 00:23:54,243 HONESTLY WOULDN'T MAKE IT MAKE 949 00:23:54,309 --> 00:23:57,776 ANY MORE SENSE. 950 00:23:57,843 --> 00:23:58,976 NOW SOME WILL SAY, SURE, GIVING 951 00:23:59,043 --> 00:24:00,443 THE HOMELESS HOMES IS AN OBVIOUS 952 00:24:00,509 --> 00:24:02,109 SOLUTION, BUT BEFORE THAT, THEY 953 00:24:02,176 --> 00:24:03,909 NEED TO BE SOBER AND HAVE A JOB. 954 00:24:03,976 --> 00:24:06,309 BUT IT'S JUST NOT THAT SIMPLE. 955 00:24:06,376 --> 00:24:09,009 SET ASIDE THAT DEALING WITH 956 00:24:09,076 --> 00:24:09,709 SOBRIETY OR YOUR MENTAL HEALTH 957 00:24:09,776 --> 00:24:13,143 ISSUES IS HARD ENOUGH WHEN 958 00:24:13,209 --> 00:24:13,809 YOU ARE NOT LIVING ON THE 959 00:24:13,876 --> 00:24:14,443 STREETS. 960 00:24:14,509 --> 00:24:15,543 GETTING A JOB IS OFTEN, IF 961 00:24:15,609 --> 00:24:16,843 NOT CONTINGENT ON, AT LEAST 962 00:24:16,909 --> 00:24:18,443 AIDED BY HAVING AN ADDRESS. 963 00:24:18,509 --> 00:24:20,009 THAT IS WHY ADVOCATES ENDORSE AN 964 00:24:20,076 --> 00:24:21,643 APPROACH CALLED "HOUSING FIRST." 965 00:24:21,709 --> 00:24:23,709 IT PRIORITIZES HELPING PEOPLE 966 00:24:23,776 --> 00:24:25,309 GET A PLACE TO LIVE, BUT ALSO 967 00:24:25,376 --> 00:24:26,343 OFFERS SUPPORT LIKE MENTAL 968 00:24:26,409 --> 00:24:28,343 HEALTH AND ADDICTION SERVICES. 969 00:24:28,409 --> 00:24:29,676 WE'VE ACTUALLY TRIED A VERSION 970 00:24:29,743 --> 00:24:31,243 OF THIS WITH HOMELESS VETERANS, 971 00:24:31,309 --> 00:24:33,776 AND IT HAD SOME REAL SUCCESS: 972 00:24:33,843 --> 00:24:35,076 >> THE FIRST STEP OF THIS NEW 973 00:24:35,143 --> 00:24:36,209 MODEL IS A PERMANENT HOUSE, 974 00:24:36,276 --> 00:24:37,676 FUNDED MOSTLY AT GOVERNMENT 975 00:24:37,743 --> 00:24:38,543 EXPENSE, WITH SERVICES THEN 976 00:24:38,609 --> 00:24:41,876 ADDED AROUND THE RESIDENT. 977 00:24:41,943 --> 00:24:42,509 IT'S CALLED PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE 978 00:24:42,576 --> 00:24:43,676 HOUSING. 979 00:24:43,743 --> 00:24:44,376 AND THAT'S WHAT LENDELL SEAY 980 00:24:44,443 --> 00:24:46,176 FOUND HIMSELF IN. 981 00:24:46,243 --> 00:24:47,576 SEAY LIVES IN THIS COMPLEX THAT 982 00:24:47,643 --> 00:24:49,043 HOUSES ONLY FORMERLY HOMELESS 983 00:24:49,109 --> 00:24:49,809 VETERANS. 984 00:24:49,876 --> 00:24:52,909 WHILE THERE IS NO FIRM PROGRAM 985 00:24:52,976 --> 00:24:53,509 THAT HE HAS TO FOLLOW, HE HAS 986 00:24:53,576 --> 00:24:55,043 ACCESS TO SUPPORT SERVICES, 987 00:24:55,109 --> 00:24:56,176 INCLUDING ON-SITE CASE MANAGERS, 988 00:24:56,243 --> 00:24:57,709 MENTAL HEALTH COUNSELING, 989 00:24:57,776 --> 00:24:58,976 SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT, AND 990 00:24:59,043 --> 00:25:01,109 EVEN A COMMUNITY GARDEN. 991 00:25:01,176 --> 00:25:03,143 >> IT FEEL GOOD. 992 00:25:03,209 --> 00:25:04,443 SOMETIMES, I WALK AROUND THE 993 00:25:04,509 --> 00:25:05,776 APARTMENT AND NO TV OR NOTHING 994 00:25:05,843 --> 00:25:08,009 ON AND JUST SINGING FOR NO 995 00:25:08,076 --> 00:25:09,443 REASON AT ALL. 996 00:25:09,509 --> 00:25:10,643 AND THEN I CATCH MYSELF DOING IT 997 00:25:10,709 --> 00:25:11,843 AND I START TO LAUGH, AND I SAY, 998 00:25:11,909 --> 00:25:14,409 "YOU MUST BE GOING CRAZY NOW." 999 00:25:14,476 --> 00:25:15,809 BUT I'M JUST HAPPY, IT FEEL -- 1000 00:25:15,876 --> 00:25:16,843 >> A GOOD CRAZY. 1001 00:25:16,909 --> 00:25:21,176 >> IT FEEL GOOD. 1002 00:25:21,243 --> 00:25:21,909 >> John: THAT IS A VERY NICE 1003 00:25:21,976 --> 00:25:22,543 THING TO SEE. 1004 00:25:22,609 --> 00:25:23,176 IT'S LIKE TWO BABIES HUGGING OR 1005 00:25:23,243 --> 00:25:23,976 FOUR GRANDPARENTS ABSOLUTELY 1006 00:25:24,043 --> 00:25:25,143 RAILING EACH OTHER. 1007 00:25:25,209 --> 00:25:26,209 IT'S SOMETHING THAT JUST FILLS 1008 00:25:26,276 --> 00:25:27,976 YOU WITH HOPE. 1009 00:25:28,043 --> 00:25:29,476 AND THANKS TO THIS HOUSING FIRST 1010 00:25:29,543 --> 00:25:30,809 STRATEGY, THE NUMBER OF HOMELESS 1011 00:25:30,876 --> 00:25:32,843 VETERANS DROPPED FROM 74,000 IN 1012 00:25:32,909 --> 00:25:35,409 2010 TO 38,000 IN 2018, A NEAR 1013 00:25:35,476 --> 00:25:37,843 50% REDUCTION. 1014 00:25:37,909 --> 00:25:39,043 AND SUPPORTIVE HOUSING IS JUST 1015 00:25:39,109 --> 00:25:40,009 ONE VERSION OF WHAT THIS CAN 1016 00:25:40,076 --> 00:25:41,676 LOOK LIKE. 1017 00:25:41,743 --> 00:25:43,143 FOR THOSE RECENTLY MADE 1018 00:25:43,209 --> 00:25:45,309 HOMELESS, RAPID REHOUSING 1019 00:25:45,376 --> 00:25:47,776 PROVIDES SHORT-TERM RENTAL 1020 00:25:47,843 --> 00:25:48,543 ASSISTANCE AND SERVICES TO HELP 1021 00:25:48,609 --> 00:25:49,209 PEOPLE GET BACK ON THEIR FEET 1022 00:25:49,276 --> 00:25:50,543 QUICKLY. 1023 00:25:50,609 --> 00:25:52,009 AND LOOK, HOUSING FIRST PROGRAMS 1024 00:25:52,076 --> 00:25:53,543 CLEARLY REQUIRE SIGNIFICANT 1025 00:25:53,609 --> 00:25:54,676 RESOURCES AND FUNDING, BUT IT IS 1026 00:25:54,743 --> 00:25:56,009 NOT LIKE OUR CURRENT APPROACH IS 1027 00:25:56,076 --> 00:25:58,243 CHEAP. 1028 00:25:58,309 --> 00:25:59,943 ONE STUDY IN FLORIDA THAT 1029 00:26:00,009 --> 00:26:01,843 TRACKED A DECADE'S WORTH OF 1030 00:26:01,909 --> 00:26:03,243 SPENDING ON JUST 107 CHRONICALLY 1031 00:26:03,309 --> 00:26:04,576 HOMELESS PEOPLE FOUND THAT, 1032 00:26:04,643 --> 00:26:05,809 JUST BETWEEN MONEY SPENT ON 1033 00:26:05,876 --> 00:26:07,276 INCARCERATION AND EMERGENCY 1034 00:26:07,343 --> 00:26:08,576 MEDICAL TREATMENT, THEIR 1035 00:26:08,643 --> 00:26:09,809 COMMUNITIES AND LOCAL 1036 00:26:09,876 --> 00:26:11,509 GOVERNMENTS HAD SPENT AN AVERAGE 1037 00:26:11,576 --> 00:26:13,509 OF JUST OVER $31,000 PER PERSON 1038 00:26:13,576 --> 00:26:15,643 PER YEAR, WHEN THE ESTIMATED 1039 00:26:15,709 --> 00:26:16,676 COST OF PROVIDING THEM WITH 1040 00:26:16,743 --> 00:26:17,676 PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING 1041 00:26:17,743 --> 00:26:18,909 WOULD'VE ONLY BEEN AROUND 1042 00:26:18,976 --> 00:26:21,843 $10,000 PER YEAR. 1043 00:26:21,909 --> 00:26:22,776 SO IF YOUR ARGUMENT AGAINST 1044 00:26:22,843 --> 00:26:24,543 HOUSING FOR THE HOMELESS WAS 1045 00:26:24,609 --> 00:26:25,343 PURELY MONETARY, 1046 00:26:25,409 --> 00:26:26,776 CONGRATULATIONS, YOUR CONCERNS 1047 00:26:26,843 --> 00:26:28,309 HAVE BEEN ANSWERED. 1048 00:26:28,376 --> 00:26:29,376 ALSO, A PRE-CONGRATULATIONS FOR 1049 00:26:29,443 --> 00:26:30,476 BEING VISITED BY THREE GHOSTS 1050 00:26:30,543 --> 00:26:33,709 THIS UPCOMING CHRISTMAS EVE. 1051 00:26:33,776 --> 00:26:36,009 BUT FUNDING ISN'T THE ONLY ISSUE 1052 00:26:36,076 --> 00:26:36,876 HERE. 1053 00:26:36,943 --> 00:26:39,643 A HUGE OBSTACLE IN IMPLEMENTING 1054 00:26:39,709 --> 00:26:40,543 THESE SORTS OF PROGRAMS IS 1055 00:26:40,609 --> 00:26:43,976 OPPOSITION FROM LOCAL RESIDENTS. 1056 00:26:44,043 --> 00:26:44,976 IT IS THE "NIMBY" PROBLEM -- 1057 00:26:45,043 --> 00:26:45,576 "NOT IN MY BACK YARD" -- 1058 00:26:45,643 --> 00:26:48,809 AND IT HAPPENS EVERYWHERE. 1059 00:26:48,876 --> 00:26:49,376 TAKE CLAREMONT, CALIFORNIA, 1060 00:26:49,443 --> 00:26:50,909 WHERE NEW DEVELOPMENTS OFFERING 1061 00:26:50,976 --> 00:26:51,676 AFFORDABLE HOUSING, INCLUDING 1062 00:26:51,743 --> 00:26:53,376 THOSE GEARED TO THE HOMELESS, 1063 00:26:53,443 --> 00:26:54,976 WERE PROPOSED, ONLY TO ENCOUNTER 1064 00:26:55,043 --> 00:26:57,009 FIERCE COMMUNITY PUSHBACK LIKE 1065 00:26:57,076 --> 00:26:57,609 THIS: 1066 00:26:57,676 --> 00:26:58,309 >> YOU DON'T NEED TO PUT IT IN 1067 00:26:58,376 --> 00:26:59,509 OUR BACKYARD. 1068 00:26:59,576 --> 00:27:00,476 >> IT'S NOT FAIR. 1069 00:27:00,543 --> 00:27:01,376 >> WHAT THEY'RE DOING IS PAST 1070 00:27:01,443 --> 00:27:02,409 CRAZY. 1071 00:27:02,476 --> 00:27:03,543 >> WELL, IT'S JUST GOING TO GO 1072 00:27:03,609 --> 00:27:04,909 DOWNHILL IF YOU BRING ALL THAT 1073 00:27:04,976 --> 00:27:06,143 IN. 1074 00:27:06,209 --> 00:27:07,043 ALL THAT RIFF-RAFF. 1075 00:27:07,109 --> 00:27:08,309 I DON'T NEED IT. 1076 00:27:08,376 --> 00:27:09,176 >> IT'S JUST NOT THE RIGHT 1077 00:27:09,243 --> 00:27:10,409 PLACE. 1078 00:27:10,476 --> 00:27:11,576 I AGREE THAT THEY NEED HELP. 1079 00:27:11,643 --> 00:27:13,009 I AGREE THAT THEY NEED TO FIND A 1080 00:27:13,076 --> 00:27:13,643 LOCATION. 1081 00:27:13,709 --> 00:27:14,543 BUT CLAREMONT IS NOT THE 1082 00:27:14,609 --> 00:27:15,709 LOCATION TO BE HAD. 1083 00:27:15,776 --> 00:27:16,809 >> HOW IS THAT GOING TO IMPACT 1084 00:27:16,876 --> 00:27:17,109 CRIME? 1085 00:27:17,176 --> 00:27:17,909 HOW IS THAT GOING TO IMPACT THE 1086 00:27:17,976 --> 00:27:20,176 BUSINESSES OUT HERE? 1087 00:27:20,243 --> 00:27:21,576 IS THERE LOW-INCOME? 1088 00:27:21,643 --> 00:27:23,176 ARE THEY GOING TO BE SPENDING 1089 00:27:23,243 --> 00:27:24,109 MONEY AT THE SUSHI PLACE OR, YOU 1090 00:27:24,176 --> 00:27:25,743 KNOW, OR NOT? 1091 00:27:25,809 --> 00:27:26,909 >> John: OH, NO! 1092 00:27:26,976 --> 00:27:28,876 NOT THE SUSHI PLACE! 1093 00:27:28,943 --> 00:27:30,443 I DIDN'T REALIZE A PREREQUISITE 1094 00:27:30,509 --> 00:27:31,476 FOR HOUSING WAS A WILLINGNESS TO 1095 00:27:31,543 --> 00:27:32,209 SPEND FRIDAY NIGHTS 1096 00:27:32,276 --> 00:27:34,943 DEEP THROATING NIGIRI. 1097 00:27:35,009 --> 00:27:36,509 AS FOR THE GUY SAYING, "I AGREE 1098 00:27:36,576 --> 00:27:38,943 THEY NEED TO FIND A LOCATION, 1099 00:27:39,009 --> 00:27:43,009 JUST NOT HERE" -- WHERE THEN? 1100 00:27:43,076 --> 00:27:44,143 BECAUSE YOU DO GET JUST BECAUSE 1101 00:27:44,209 --> 00:27:44,676 SOMEONE LEAVES YOUR SIGHT 1102 00:27:44,743 --> 00:27:45,643 DOESN'T MEAN THEY STOP EXISTING, 1103 00:27:45,709 --> 00:27:46,743 RIGHT? 1104 00:27:46,809 --> 00:27:47,743 IT'S A CONCEPT WE ALL LEARN 1105 00:27:47,809 --> 00:27:48,976 PRETTY EARLY, AFTER ABOUT EIGHT 1106 00:27:49,076 --> 00:27:49,876 MONTHS OF ABSOLUTELY TERRIFYING 1107 00:27:49,943 --> 00:27:51,976 GAMES OF PEEK-A-BOO. 1108 00:27:52,043 --> 00:27:53,843 AND CLAREMONT'S BY NO MEANS AN 1109 00:27:53,909 --> 00:27:54,976 ISOLATED EXAMPLE. 1110 00:27:55,043 --> 00:27:56,009 IN NORTH TEXAS, LOCAL RESIDENTS 1111 00:27:56,076 --> 00:27:57,809 MOBILIZED AGAINST A PROPOSED 1112 00:27:57,876 --> 00:27:59,509 AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROJECT, 1113 00:27:59,576 --> 00:28:00,676 WHICH HAD UNITS SET ASIDE FOR 1114 00:28:00,743 --> 00:28:01,743 RESIDENTS USING "HOUSING 1115 00:28:01,809 --> 00:28:02,543 CHOICE," OR "SECTION 8" 1116 00:28:02,609 --> 00:28:04,076 VOUCHERS -- BASICALLY, RENTAL 1117 00:28:04,143 --> 00:28:05,743 SUBSIDIES FOR LOW-INCOME OR 1118 00:28:05,809 --> 00:28:07,843 HOMELESS INDIVIDUALS. 1119 00:28:07,909 --> 00:28:08,776 AND HERE'S HOW ONE OPPONENT OF 1120 00:28:08,843 --> 00:28:11,276 THE PROJECT EXPLAINED HERSELF. 1121 00:28:11,343 --> 00:28:13,009 >> THE LIFESTYLE I FEEL LIKE 1122 00:28:13,076 --> 00:28:14,409 THAT IS -- GOES WITH SECTION 8 1123 00:28:14,476 --> 00:28:17,543 IS USUALLY WORKING SINGLE -- 1124 00:28:17,609 --> 00:28:18,943 EITHER SINGLE MOMS OR PEOPLE WHO 1125 00:28:19,009 --> 00:28:20,643 ARE STRUGGLING TO KEEP THEIR 1126 00:28:20,709 --> 00:28:21,843 HEADS ABOVE WATER. 1127 00:28:21,909 --> 00:28:23,576 AND IT'S NOT -- I FEEL SO BAD 1128 00:28:23,643 --> 00:28:26,643 SAYING THAT, BUT IT'S NOT -- 1129 00:28:26,709 --> 00:28:28,576 IT'S JUST NOT PEOPLE WHO ARE, I 1130 00:28:28,643 --> 00:28:31,443 GUESS, OF THE SAME CLASS AS US, 1131 00:28:31,509 --> 00:28:33,576 WHICH SOUNDS BAD, BUT I DON'T 1132 00:28:33,643 --> 00:28:35,743 MEAN THAT IN A BAD WAY. 1133 00:28:35,809 --> 00:28:37,043 >> YOU THINK THAT YOU MAYBE ARE 1134 00:28:37,109 --> 00:28:38,876 STEREOTYPING THE FOLKS? 1135 00:28:38,943 --> 00:28:40,543 >> OH, I TOTALLY AM, 100%! 1136 00:28:40,609 --> 00:28:43,343 IT'S NOT -- IT WORKS BOTH WAYS. 1137 00:28:43,409 --> 00:28:44,709 I -- I'M DEFINITELY NOT A RACIST 1138 00:28:44,776 --> 00:28:45,676 AND I'M NOT BIGOT, BUT, UM, 1139 00:28:45,743 --> 00:28:47,543 I -- I THINK I HOLD A LITTLE BIT 1140 00:28:47,609 --> 00:28:50,676 OF A STIGMA AGAINST PEOPLE WHO 1141 00:28:50,743 --> 00:28:51,743 ARE DIFFERENT. 1142 00:28:51,809 --> 00:28:53,776 >> John: OKAY, SOME QUICK 1143 00:28:53,843 --> 00:28:55,109 CORRECTIONS THERE: 1144 00:28:55,176 --> 00:28:55,709 YOU DON'T FEEL THAT BAD SAYING 1145 00:28:55,776 --> 00:28:56,909 IT. 1146 00:28:56,976 --> 00:28:58,009 THE THINGS YOU'RE SAYING ARE 1147 00:28:58,076 --> 00:29:00,543 THINGS RACISTS AND BIGOTS SAY. 1148 00:29:00,609 --> 00:29:01,643 AND SAYING "I'M NOT A RACIST OR 1149 00:29:01,709 --> 00:29:02,576 A BIGOT" BUT ALSO SAYING YOU 1150 00:29:02,643 --> 00:29:03,843 HAVE "A STIGMA AGAINST PEOPLE 1151 00:29:03,909 --> 00:29:04,843 WHO ARE DIFFERENT" ISN'T 1152 00:29:04,909 --> 00:29:06,209 NECESSARILY SPLITTING HAIRS, BUT 1153 00:29:06,276 --> 00:29:07,443 IT'S DEFINITELY SEGREGATING 1154 00:29:07,509 --> 00:29:09,409 THEM. 1155 00:29:09,476 --> 00:29:11,843 AND WHILE THAT WOMAN LIVES IN A 1156 00:29:11,909 --> 00:29:12,943 CONSERVATIVE AREA OF TEXAS, 1157 00:29:13,009 --> 00:29:13,743 PLENTY OF THE PLACES YOU'VE SEEN 1158 00:29:13,809 --> 00:29:14,843 TONIGHT -- AND PLENTY OF THE 1159 00:29:14,909 --> 00:29:16,143 PLACES WHERE THESE SENTIMENTS 1160 00:29:16,209 --> 00:29:17,376 RUN DEEPEST -- ARE DEEP-BLUE 1161 00:29:17,443 --> 00:29:19,343 LIBERAL CITIES. 1162 00:29:19,409 --> 00:29:20,543 THE TRUTH IS, SOME OF YOU 1163 00:29:20,609 --> 00:29:21,476 WATCHING THIS RIGHT NOW MAY 1164 00:29:21,543 --> 00:29:23,276 SHARE SOME OF THOSE VIEWS. 1165 00:29:23,343 --> 00:29:25,276 AND IF YOU DO, I IMPLORE YOU TO 1166 00:29:25,343 --> 00:29:26,976 TAKE IN EVERY WORD OF THIS 1167 00:29:27,043 --> 00:29:28,876 FORMERLY UNHOUSED MOTHER, 1168 00:29:28,943 --> 00:29:30,009 KEANAKAY SCOTT, WHO WROTE A 1169 00:29:30,076 --> 00:29:31,343 LETTER TO THE NIMBYs IN HER 1170 00:29:31,409 --> 00:29:33,009 HOMETOWN. 1171 00:29:33,076 --> 00:29:34,509 >> YOU WEAR YOUR BIAS LIKE A 1172 00:29:34,576 --> 00:29:35,476 BADGE OF HONOR WHEN YOU SEE MY 1173 00:29:35,543 --> 00:29:36,643 HISTORY. 1174 00:29:36,709 --> 00:29:37,409 YOU JUDGE ME FOR HAVING 1175 00:29:37,476 --> 00:29:38,409 CHILDREN, FOR NEEDING 1176 00:29:38,476 --> 00:29:39,276 ASSISTANCE. 1177 00:29:39,343 --> 00:29:40,309 YOU HATE ME FOR WANTING THE 1178 00:29:40,376 --> 00:29:41,576 STABILITY YOU TAKE FOR GRANTED. 1179 00:29:41,643 --> 00:29:42,143 AND WHY? 1180 00:29:42,209 --> 00:29:43,576 BECAUSE YOU DIDN'T LIKE LOOKING 1181 00:29:43,643 --> 00:29:44,609 THE OTHER WAY WHEN YOU SAW ME ON 1182 00:29:44,676 --> 00:29:47,076 THE STREET? 1183 00:29:47,143 --> 00:29:48,243 OR IS IT SIMPLY BECAUSE I MAKE 1184 00:29:48,309 --> 00:29:48,809 YOU UNCOMFORTABLE, AND YOUR 1185 00:29:48,876 --> 00:29:49,443 DISCOMFORT IS ENOUGH TO 1186 00:29:49,509 --> 00:29:50,343 DISQUALIFY A PERSON FROM THE 1187 00:29:50,409 --> 00:29:52,076 AMERICAN DREAM? 1188 00:29:52,143 --> 00:29:53,143 >> John: EXACTLY. 1189 00:29:53,209 --> 00:29:55,143 SHE'S ABSOLUTELY RIGHT. 1190 00:29:55,209 --> 00:29:56,009 IT IS NOT THE HOUSED'S COMFORT 1191 00:29:56,076 --> 00:29:57,509 THAT NEEDS TO BE PRIORITIZED 1192 00:29:57,576 --> 00:29:58,943 RIGHT NOW. 1193 00:29:59,009 --> 00:30:00,209 SO IF YOU'RE WONDERING WHY 1194 00:30:00,276 --> 00:30:05,743 HOMELESSNESS CONTINUES TO GET 1195 00:30:05,809 --> 00:30:06,543 WORSE IN THIS COUNTRY, ONE 1196 00:30:06,609 --> 00:30:07,043 REASON IS THAT THERE 1197 00:30:07,109 --> 00:30:07,909 ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE -- EVEN 1198 00:30:07,976 --> 00:30:08,809 LIBERALS -- WHO BELIEVE THAT 1199 00:30:08,876 --> 00:30:09,609 HOMELESSNESS IS A PERSONAL 1200 00:30:09,676 --> 00:30:10,543 FAILING, POVERTY CAN BE AVOIDED, 1201 00:30:10,609 --> 00:30:11,476 AND THEIR OWN GOOD FORTUNE MAKES 1202 00:30:11,543 --> 00:30:12,409 THEM NOT ONLY BETTER THAN THE 1203 00:30:12,476 --> 00:30:12,976 UNHOUSED BUT MORE WORTHY OF 1204 00:30:13,043 --> 00:30:14,843 COMFORT. 1205 00:30:14,909 --> 00:30:16,109 IT IS BASICALLY REAGAN'S 1206 00:30:16,176 --> 00:30:17,309 ATTITUDE FROM A WHOLE FOODS 1207 00:30:17,376 --> 00:30:19,109 CROWD. 1208 00:30:19,176 --> 00:30:20,176 AND I DON'T WANT TO OVERSIMPLIFY 1209 00:30:20,243 --> 00:30:21,909 THE LOGISTICS INVOLVED HERE. 1210 00:30:21,976 --> 00:30:23,076 IT WILL TAKE A MASSIVE 1211 00:30:23,143 --> 00:30:25,309 COMMITMENT IN INFRASTRUCTURE, 1212 00:30:25,376 --> 00:30:27,176 FUNDING, AND RESOURCES. 1213 00:30:27,243 --> 00:30:27,909 BUT THE VERY FIRST STEP HERE IS 1214 00:30:27,976 --> 00:30:29,043 A COLLECTIVE CHANGE OF 1215 00:30:29,109 --> 00:30:31,643 PERCEPTIONS. 1216 00:30:31,709 --> 00:30:32,643 BASICALLY, WE NEED TO STOP BEING 1217 00:30:32,709 --> 00:30:33,576 DICKS AND ASSUMING THAT THE 1218 00:30:33,643 --> 00:30:34,209 UNHOUSED ARE A COLLECTION OF 1219 00:30:34,276 --> 00:30:35,476 DRUG ADDICT CRIMINALS WHO'VE 1220 00:30:35,543 --> 00:30:36,876 CHOSEN THIS LIFE FOR THEMSELVES, 1221 00:30:36,943 --> 00:30:38,909 INSTEAD OF PEOPLE SUFFERING THE 1222 00:30:38,976 --> 00:30:40,809 INEVITABLE CONSEQUENCES OF 1223 00:30:40,876 --> 00:30:42,109 GUTTED SOCIAL PROGRAMS AND A 1224 00:30:42,176 --> 00:30:43,276 NATIONWIDE DIVESTMENT FROM 1225 00:30:43,343 --> 00:30:46,709 AFFORDABLE HOUSING. 1226 00:30:46,776 --> 00:30:47,576 I REALLY HOPE THAT IS ONE OF THE 1227 00:30:47,643 --> 00:30:48,476 TWO KEY THINGS THAT STICKS IN 1228 00:30:48,543 --> 00:30:49,276 YOUR HEAD FROM TONIGHT'S SHOW -- 1229 00:30:49,343 --> 00:30:50,443 THE OTHER, OF COURSE, BEING 1230 00:30:50,509 --> 00:30:53,076 THIS: 1231 00:30:53,143 --> 00:30:53,843 >> ♪ IT'S RAINING TACOS ♪ 1232 00:30:53,909 --> 00:30:56,543 ♪ IT'S RAINING TACOS ♪ 1233 00:30:56,609 --> 00:30:57,143 THAT'S OUR SHOW, THANK YOU SO 1234 00:30:57,209 --> 00:30:57,543 MUCH FOR WATCHING! 1235 00:30:57,609 --> 00:30:58,309 WE'LL SEE YOU NEXT WEEK. 1236 00:30:58,376 --> 00:31:03,109 GOOD NIGHT! 1237 00:31:03,176 --> 00:31:03,576 [CHEERS AND APPLAUSE] 1238 00:31:03,643 --> 00:31:06,743 ♪ RAINING TACOS ♪ 1239 00:31:06,809 --> 00:31:08,309 ♪ ♪