LA homeless data is so SHOCKING, you have to see it to believe it

L.A. is dumping tax dollars left and right into the homelessness crisis that’s quite literally suffocating the city.

Well, at least authorities say they are.

Some residents are beginning to wonder where their hard-earned tax dollars are going, because the problem just keeps getting worse and there’s no evidence that anything’s being done to actually mitigate the issue.

“I’m wondering where that money is even going,” one resident admits.

Another L.A. resident confesses that he’s “afraid to go out without [his] pepper spray.” “They’re supposed to be housed by now and they’re supposed to put ‘no camping’ signs up,” he says.

The key phrase there is “supposed to.”

They are supposed to be taking active measures to ameliorate the homelessness crisis, but it certainly doesn’t seem that way.

If they were, why would there be approximately 75,518 homeless people now compared to 69,144 homeless people in 2022?

The numbers literally don't add up. If L.A. authorities are funneling tax dollars and resources into alleviating the crisis, then why have the numbers continued to climb?

Luckily, Karen Bass, the mayor of L.A., has a plan, and it’s called “Inside Safe.” In short, the initiative aims at moving people off the streets and into temporary housing.

Sounds great in theory.

However, Dave Rubin, a former resident of California himself, thinks Bass’ plan will go “horribly awry.”

“Every single thing that progressives do goes horribly awry,” he asserts.

Rubin then brings up Gavin Newsom, San Francisco’s progressive mayor from 2003 to 2011, who also attempted to eradicate homelessness.

Newsom “had his ten-year plan to eliminate homelessness in San Francisco … [which] now has 40,000 homeless people, most of whom are fentanyl addicts, crack addicts, etc. etc.” Rubin explains.

Clearly Newsom’s plan was a giant flop.

But it’s not just California cities that have a severe homelessness problem. Rubin mentions the notoriously woke cities of Philadelphia, New York, Seattle, and Portland, all of which are experiencing similar crises.

“These things are not coincidental,” Rubin argues.

“When [progressives] take over, they allow drugs on the street, they tell you you’re not going to be arrested for petty crimes … then the average person, the average law-abiding, tax-paying person – they flee,” he continues.

And he’s right.

Even the Los Angeles Times reported that California has said goodbye to hundreds of thousands of residents in the last couple of years, and those numbers are only continuing to grow.

Perhaps people don’t like living in progressive cities where drugs and crime and homelessness run rampant?

Who would’ve known?

Watch the full clip here.

Want more from Dave Rubin?

Want more from Dave Rubin?

To enjoy more honest conversations, free speech, and big ideas with Dave Rubin, subscribe to BlazeTV — the largest multi-platform network of voices who love America, defend the Constitution, and live the American dream.