1 00:00:07,442 --> 00:00:09,574 Heya Heya 2 00:00:09,618 --> 00:00:11,185 Heya Heya 3 00:00:12,055 --> 00:00:13,491 - That's my great Indian word. 4 00:00:13,883 --> 00:00:15,580 Lots of people hear it all the time. 5 00:00:15,624 --> 00:00:16,364 Heya Heya, 6 00:00:18,279 --> 00:00:21,108 but my real name is Ana'oi. 7 00:00:21,151 --> 00:00:22,718 I was four years young. 8 00:00:22,761 --> 00:00:25,155 When my grandpa called me on Ana'oi 9 00:00:25,199 --> 00:00:27,114 it means grizzly spirit 10 00:00:27,157 --> 00:00:28,985 Thats why I'm faster that lightning 11 00:00:29,029 --> 00:00:31,161 and strong as thunder 12 00:00:31,205 --> 00:00:35,644 even though I'm crippled up I'm still the same way. 13 00:00:35,687 --> 00:00:39,300 I ran up in Seattle on and off for 10 years. 14 00:00:39,343 --> 00:00:42,607 And I was, I ran them streets. 15 00:00:44,087 --> 00:00:46,046 Hey, this is my family. 16 00:00:47,308 --> 00:00:48,700 Heya heya 17 00:00:51,921 --> 00:00:55,316 - [Man] The river and the river front property 18 00:00:55,359 --> 00:00:59,320 our folks are very well versed to respond pretty much daily 19 00:00:59,363 --> 00:01:02,192 to that section of the city. 20 00:01:02,236 --> 00:01:03,759 - That place has been there since 1945. 21 00:01:03,802 --> 00:01:05,369 It was hobo beach. 22 00:01:05,413 --> 00:01:07,023 - [Woman] Yeah. And I remember I was a teenager when 23 00:01:07,067 --> 00:01:08,503 the timber industry crashed 24 00:01:08,546 --> 00:01:10,070 and I remember loggers going door to door. 25 00:01:10,113 --> 00:01:13,073 And I remember people becoming homeless 26 00:01:13,116 --> 00:01:14,900 - [Councilwoman] Finding in consideration of the event 27 00:01:14,944 --> 00:01:17,860 The city council finds the river street property 28 00:01:17,903 --> 00:01:20,993 in its current condition to be unfit for either 29 00:01:21,037 --> 00:01:24,171 human habitation, or open public access. 30 00:01:24,214 --> 00:01:27,609 - [Councilman] This is purely a safety action. 31 00:01:27,652 --> 00:01:29,828 I know from the public hearing that there was a lot 32 00:01:29,872 --> 00:01:32,353 of comments about the homeless individuals that are 33 00:01:32,396 --> 00:01:36,139 on the property and implications this can have to them. 34 00:01:36,183 --> 00:01:39,186 And that's something that I definitely have 35 00:01:39,229 --> 00:01:42,972 a place in my heart for. And I definitely want to find 36 00:01:43,015 --> 00:01:44,626 better resolutions to help me address homelessness in 37 00:01:44,669 --> 00:01:47,455 this County and in this nation. 38 00:01:47,498 --> 00:01:51,676 I have worked with several different organizations 39 00:01:51,720 --> 00:01:52,634 to those ends. 40 00:01:55,854 --> 00:01:59,467 [indistinct chatter rising] 41 00:02:01,382 --> 00:02:05,429 [overlapping chatter crescendos] 42 00:02:24,187 --> 00:02:26,233 And I think the balance of what is 43 00:02:26,276 --> 00:02:27,843 of what is safest 44 00:02:27,886 --> 00:02:29,192 for the community 45 00:02:29,236 --> 00:02:30,846 and for the public's safety 46 00:02:30,889 --> 00:02:32,543 is the closure of the sight 47 00:02:32,587 --> 00:02:34,066 [chatter stops] 48 00:02:34,110 --> 00:02:36,591 [static noise] 49 00:03:03,922 --> 00:03:06,751 - [Speaker] All right it is 7:18 call to order 50 00:03:06,795 --> 00:03:09,319 council meeting for April 24th. 51 00:03:17,632 --> 00:03:19,416 I was not at the 52 00:03:19,460 --> 00:03:21,592 at the meeting where the first reading was brought forward 53 00:03:21,636 --> 00:03:23,464 and this was brought forward on my behalf. 54 00:03:23,507 --> 00:03:24,987 And so I feel 55 00:03:25,030 --> 00:03:26,510 like I should provide a little bit of background 56 00:03:26,554 --> 00:03:29,165 as to the reasoning behind this. 57 00:03:31,211 --> 00:03:34,083 The riverfront property. 58 00:03:34,126 --> 00:03:36,825 We respond pretty much daily to that section 59 00:03:36,868 --> 00:03:37,869 of the city. 60 00:03:39,871 --> 00:03:42,744 Fire department responds there quite frequently as well 61 00:03:42,787 --> 00:03:46,182 for a variety of different medical issues, 62 00:03:47,531 --> 00:03:49,446 overdose related issues. 63 00:03:49,490 --> 00:03:53,145 And that's, unfortunately that occurs quite too often. 64 00:03:55,626 --> 00:03:58,412 You know, if this were a property that was safe 65 00:03:58,455 --> 00:04:00,501 I would be making a recommendation to council 66 00:04:00,544 --> 00:04:03,765 that we create a sanctioned facility there to 67 00:04:03,808 --> 00:04:07,508 take what is an ad hoc grouping of homeless individuals 68 00:04:07,551 --> 00:04:10,162 and turn into something that mirrors some 69 00:04:10,206 --> 00:04:13,122 of the facilities that exist in other parts of the state 70 00:04:13,165 --> 00:04:14,602 but it's not a safe property 71 00:04:14,645 --> 00:04:16,299 and it's never been a safe property. 72 00:04:16,343 --> 00:04:18,562 And there's a lot of data that's been collected 73 00:04:18,606 --> 00:04:21,913 over the last year that demonstrates that. 74 00:04:21,957 --> 00:04:24,568 [man over radio] 75 00:04:26,440 --> 00:04:30,052 - We've had individuals who are within the community 76 00:04:30,095 --> 00:04:33,316 at the riverfront who have fell victim to crimes 77 00:04:33,360 --> 00:04:35,231 whether they're assaults 78 00:04:35,275 --> 00:04:38,190 or theft that occur, you know, to themselves 79 00:04:38,234 --> 00:04:42,456 we may respond to, it's just a, not a safe location. 80 00:04:43,935 --> 00:04:46,329 And then as you're aware, the female who lost both 81 00:04:46,373 --> 00:04:47,330 of her legs. 82 00:04:49,289 --> 00:04:50,768 -[Officer Capps On Phone] You know, 83 00:04:50,812 --> 00:04:52,770 we're wrapping up this investigation. 84 00:04:52,814 --> 00:04:56,121 I hear what sounds like screaming, blood curdling scream 85 00:04:56,165 --> 00:04:58,080 some crazy what's going on. 86 00:04:58,123 --> 00:05:01,344 I heard that several blocks away generally 87 00:05:01,388 --> 00:05:03,825 towards the train tracks area. 88 00:05:05,479 --> 00:05:08,612 And so I saw a lady named Shauna bent down 89 00:05:08,656 --> 00:05:10,397 and it looked like a lady laying 90 00:05:10,440 --> 00:05:15,358 on the ground and saw that she was missing her leg. 91 00:05:21,625 --> 00:05:24,715 - [Interviewer] Where were her legs severed? 92 00:05:24,759 --> 00:05:26,500 - [Man On Phone] Just below the knee, four inches 93 00:05:26,543 --> 00:05:27,762 below the knee. 94 00:05:29,546 --> 00:05:33,985 Keep her talking, you're going to be okay. 95 00:05:34,029 --> 00:05:35,900 You're going to be all right, keep talking 96 00:05:35,944 --> 00:05:38,120 keep breathing. on the other side, 97 00:05:38,163 --> 00:05:39,730 they're like, what's going on. 98 00:05:39,774 --> 00:05:41,950 People approaching. 99 00:05:41,993 --> 00:05:45,040 You're trying to get people to back away from the tracks 100 00:05:45,083 --> 00:05:47,216 because they're only putting themselves in danger. 101 00:05:47,259 --> 00:05:49,349 We were on the tracks at this moment too 102 00:05:53,135 --> 00:05:54,876 It's built into you 103 00:05:54,919 --> 00:05:57,879 You know, training experience was like by the numbers 104 00:05:57,922 --> 00:06:01,361 but it's really a chaotic moment, you know? 105 00:06:03,928 --> 00:06:05,277 - [Speaker] And I think the balance 106 00:06:05,321 --> 00:06:07,845 of what is safest for the community 107 00:06:07,889 --> 00:06:12,763 and for the public's safety is, is the closure of the site. 108 00:06:12,807 --> 00:06:16,114 So that is why this has come before you 109 00:06:16,158 --> 00:06:21,076 and I'll leave it to the, the debate from the council. 110 00:06:22,469 --> 00:06:24,819 Is there any other comments? 111 00:06:26,081 --> 00:06:28,257 Seeing none all in favor? 112 00:06:28,300 --> 00:06:29,432 [in unison] Aye. 113 00:06:29,476 --> 00:06:30,694 - All opposed. 114 00:06:30,738 --> 00:06:33,175 Alright the aye's have it. 115 00:06:33,218 --> 00:06:36,352 We'll move to the third rating of the may eighth meeting. 116 00:06:36,396 --> 00:06:38,049 And with that, I believe we'll move 117 00:06:38,093 --> 00:06:39,486 to the public comment period. 118 00:06:39,529 --> 00:06:40,704 Please limit your comments to three minutes 119 00:06:40,748 --> 00:06:42,967 but it can be about anything 120 00:06:44,447 --> 00:06:46,188 - It's never ending. There's no solution. 121 00:06:46,231 --> 00:06:47,407 You're just pushing it from one place to another. 122 00:06:47,450 --> 00:06:48,364 - That's what we need to know. 123 00:06:48,408 --> 00:06:49,844 What is the solution? 124 00:06:49,887 --> 00:06:51,106 There still, hasn't been a solution. 125 00:06:51,149 --> 00:06:52,194 You guys haven't said anything 126 00:06:52,237 --> 00:06:53,413 about a solution. 127 00:06:53,456 --> 00:06:54,849 - Its not going to be safe 128 00:06:54,892 --> 00:06:57,199 for us to walk our grandchildren. 129 00:06:57,242 --> 00:06:59,854 I'm not even comfortable walking downtown now 130 00:06:59,897 --> 00:07:01,421 to be honest with you. 131 00:07:01,464 --> 00:07:03,292 - I was homeless for quite a while. 132 00:07:03,335 --> 00:07:04,989 Down on the river. 133 00:07:05,033 --> 00:07:07,557 Not only people's kids also the homeless people 134 00:07:07,601 --> 00:07:10,038 that are going to get into it with shop owners 135 00:07:10,081 --> 00:07:11,300 the person that is angry 136 00:07:11,343 --> 00:07:12,910 because we're out on the streets 137 00:07:12,954 --> 00:07:14,564 coming in the middle of the night and attacking us. 138 00:07:14,608 --> 00:07:17,045 - As my daughter's case 139 00:07:17,088 --> 00:07:19,221 she lives down there full-time 140 00:07:19,264 --> 00:07:21,266 I brought her in my own home 141 00:07:21,310 --> 00:07:23,007 to help her, 142 00:07:23,051 --> 00:07:26,707 but in turn she's stolen from my family. 143 00:07:26,750 --> 00:07:28,839 Got herself kicked back out, 144 00:07:28,883 --> 00:07:32,321 and it would be great to have something being done. 145 00:07:32,364 --> 00:07:35,106 But for myself, I personally don't know what it would be 146 00:07:35,150 --> 00:07:37,761 because if they're not willing to help themselves. 147 00:07:37,805 --> 00:07:40,503 Then it's not our fault that they're there. 148 00:07:40,547 --> 00:07:42,157 It's what they've done. 149 00:07:42,200 --> 00:07:43,550 Not us. 150 00:07:43,593 --> 00:07:44,986 That's why I look at it. 151 00:07:45,029 --> 00:07:46,248 - And most of you know my story. 152 00:07:46,291 --> 00:07:49,077 I'm a non-active recovered addict 153 00:07:49,120 --> 00:07:51,688 because the people that I love decided to 154 00:07:51,732 --> 00:07:54,517 choose to not enable me anymore. 155 00:07:54,561 --> 00:07:56,258 I hit rock bottom. 156 00:07:56,301 --> 00:07:57,912 And when I hit rock bottom 157 00:07:57,955 --> 00:08:00,610 I had to come up because there was nowhere else to go. 158 00:08:00,654 --> 00:08:03,047 There's beds at the mission open every night 159 00:08:03,091 --> 00:08:05,746 there's beds at friendship house open every night 160 00:08:05,789 --> 00:08:07,051 you can take a shower every day 161 00:08:07,095 --> 00:08:09,314 at the friendship house for free 162 00:08:09,358 --> 00:08:10,968 - [Audience Member] For certain hours of the day. 163 00:08:11,012 --> 00:08:12,187 - What else are you doing? 164 00:08:12,230 --> 00:08:13,623 -[Mayor Larson] Okay. 165 00:08:13,667 --> 00:08:14,581 This isn't the Arsenio hall show, 166 00:08:14,624 --> 00:08:16,104 you're not the dog pound 167 00:08:16,147 --> 00:08:17,235 no hooting and hollering while the persons talking 168 00:08:17,279 --> 00:08:19,150 clapping afterwards is fine. 169 00:08:19,194 --> 00:08:21,892 But please, any comments while someone is testifying 170 00:08:21,936 --> 00:08:23,328 it's their turn to speak. 171 00:08:23,372 --> 00:08:26,070 - You don't depend on a city 172 00:08:26,114 --> 00:08:28,638 and other citizens to take care of you. 173 00:08:28,682 --> 00:08:31,206 You gotta take care of yourself and you have to 174 00:08:31,249 --> 00:08:32,729 want to help yourself. 175 00:08:32,773 --> 00:08:34,426 And you gonna have to want to stop numbing 176 00:08:34,470 --> 00:08:37,038 yourself and face yourself and look in the mirror 177 00:08:37,081 --> 00:08:39,736 and love yourself so you can get better. 178 00:08:39,780 --> 00:08:41,608 Thank you. 179 00:08:41,651 --> 00:08:43,305 - But that doesn't mean that everybody down on the 180 00:08:43,348 --> 00:08:46,047 river has denied help or doesn't want to help themselves 181 00:08:46,090 --> 00:08:49,224 or is just wanting to mooch off of everybody else 182 00:08:49,267 --> 00:08:50,878 because that's not the case. 183 00:08:50,921 --> 00:08:52,967 And for you to just to tell me that next week 184 00:08:53,010 --> 00:08:55,752 I don't have anywhere to go. 185 00:08:55,796 --> 00:08:57,188 Isn't fair. 186 00:08:57,232 --> 00:08:58,494 - [Audience Member] That's right. 187 00:08:58,538 --> 00:09:00,540 - My name is Tom Davis. 188 00:09:00,583 --> 00:09:03,325 - [Mayor Larson] ward or city? Which ward do you belong to? 189 00:09:03,368 --> 00:09:05,240 Or which city do you reside in? 190 00:09:05,283 --> 00:09:07,372 - I'm an Aberdeen Bobcat, sir. 191 00:09:08,678 --> 00:09:12,682 - [Audience Members Cheering, Clapping] 192 00:09:14,075 --> 00:09:16,556 I've been here approximate 30 years. 193 00:09:16,599 --> 00:09:19,863 And is it a problem to be homeless? 194 00:09:19,907 --> 00:09:21,386 Is it a problem of being 195 00:09:21,430 --> 00:09:22,649 a drug addict? 196 00:09:22,692 --> 00:09:25,173 Is it a problem of just being 197 00:09:25,216 --> 00:09:29,307 I have to sabotage myself every time things start going 198 00:09:29,351 --> 00:09:31,222 good I'm going to screw it up. 199 00:09:31,266 --> 00:09:35,139 Maybe I want to be out there on my own. 200 00:09:35,183 --> 00:09:37,620 Maybe this is the best I can do. 201 00:09:37,664 --> 00:09:40,275 Maybe I don't have any training 202 00:09:40,318 --> 00:09:42,843 maybe jobs aren't available. 203 00:09:42,886 --> 00:09:47,804 Maybe I'm not really able to communicate with the city 204 00:09:48,762 --> 00:09:50,546 the County so forth 205 00:09:52,330 --> 00:09:55,682 but I think it has to do with the perception. 206 00:09:55,725 --> 00:09:58,206 - I can give you guys one chance just to be out there 207 00:09:58,249 --> 00:09:59,642 for a month. 208 00:09:59,686 --> 00:09:59,860 -[Audience Member] That's right preach it. 209 00:10:01,252 --> 00:10:03,646 and see how you would like to be looked at. 210 00:10:19,140 --> 00:10:21,838 - Its KBKW's coffee talk 211 00:10:21,882 --> 00:10:23,884 It is now 7:13. 212 00:10:23,927 --> 00:10:28,802 And we have in the control room here, 213 00:10:28,845 --> 00:10:30,586 not only two of our guests, 214 00:10:30,630 --> 00:10:32,544 but also camera's and everything else. 215 00:10:32,588 --> 00:10:35,983 So it should be interesting because this broadcast part 216 00:10:36,026 --> 00:10:38,072 of it might even show up 217 00:10:38,115 --> 00:10:41,075 on the documentary film or the documentary film The River. 218 00:10:41,118 --> 00:10:43,947 And with us this morning, we have the producer 219 00:10:43,991 --> 00:10:47,559 Heather Pilder Olson and the director, Rick Walters with us. 220 00:10:47,603 --> 00:10:48,560 Good morning. 221 00:10:48,604 --> 00:10:50,040 - Good morning. 222 00:10:50,084 --> 00:10:51,738 I was homeless for a couple of years, myself. 223 00:10:51,781 --> 00:10:53,522 I'm recovered heroin addict. 224 00:10:53,565 --> 00:10:56,220 I've done intravenous drugs and I've smoked other drugs. 225 00:10:56,264 --> 00:10:59,223 I have all of the addictive tendencies that some 226 00:10:59,267 --> 00:11:01,791 of the folks down here in Aberdeen have. 227 00:11:01,835 --> 00:11:04,141 And I'm at the point in my life where, you know 228 00:11:04,185 --> 00:11:06,535 finances being what they are. 229 00:11:06,578 --> 00:11:08,319 I'm like a stiff breeze from ending up 230 00:11:08,363 --> 00:11:11,366 back in a sticky situation like that. 231 00:11:18,678 --> 00:11:20,636 - No, no, I live on the other side. 232 00:11:20,680 --> 00:11:22,638 - Oh, your mom lives over here. 233 00:11:22,682 --> 00:11:26,033 - Yeah. She moved over here while the whole like lawsuit 234 00:11:26,076 --> 00:11:28,035 and everything with the court case 235 00:11:28,078 --> 00:11:32,343 and the city was going on, they moved over here thinking 236 00:11:32,387 --> 00:11:33,649 like 237 00:11:33,693 --> 00:11:35,651 - They're going to get swept. 238 00:11:35,695 --> 00:11:37,740 So they're going to beat, they're going to beat the sweep. 239 00:11:37,784 --> 00:11:39,133 Something like that? 240 00:11:39,176 --> 00:11:41,352 - Right. Yeah. I guess. 241 00:11:42,745 --> 00:11:44,051 - Where do you think all those folks 242 00:11:44,094 --> 00:11:45,705 are going to filter out to? 243 00:11:45,748 --> 00:11:47,315 - I have no idea. 244 00:11:47,358 --> 00:11:49,186 We're all this is going to span 245 00:11:49,230 --> 00:11:51,188 out and I'm not sure yet. 246 00:11:52,624 --> 00:11:54,888 - How do we find Adalley? 247 00:12:14,342 --> 00:12:16,039 - I hate the sniffles. 248 00:12:16,083 --> 00:12:17,911 My allergies are awful. 249 00:12:19,782 --> 00:12:21,566 This my friend wrapped like herself 250 00:12:21,610 --> 00:12:23,699 for me and gave it to me as a gift. 251 00:12:23,743 --> 00:12:25,309 I don't know what kind of crystal just 252 00:12:25,353 --> 00:12:28,356 it's just a crystal I guess, but the wrappings on it 253 00:12:28,399 --> 00:12:30,837 little like leaves looking parts that are wrapped around it. 254 00:12:30,880 --> 00:12:33,100 by my friend are like woven together. 255 00:12:33,143 --> 00:12:34,884 Like helix's like DNA. 256 00:12:37,495 --> 00:12:41,717 - [Rick] Adalley what's the name of this camp? 257 00:12:41,761 --> 00:12:43,023 - Oh, this has no name anymore. 258 00:12:43,066 --> 00:12:45,199 This is just abandoned now. 259 00:12:49,116 --> 00:12:51,248 I haven't really been like sick, like the flu 260 00:12:51,292 --> 00:12:53,381 or a cold or anything really, except for a couple of times. 261 00:12:53,424 --> 00:12:54,861 But I have had some other issues 262 00:12:54,904 --> 00:12:56,993 like infection and such like that. 263 00:12:57,037 --> 00:13:00,518 Like abscesses and stuff, which just sound kind 264 00:13:00,562 --> 00:13:04,479 of really gross to say so casually like this, I guess. 265 00:13:04,522 --> 00:13:05,828 But no, I've, I've gone 266 00:13:05,872 --> 00:13:10,790 to the ER, at least four times. 267 00:13:12,226 --> 00:13:14,228 I want to say since I've been out here 268 00:13:14,271 --> 00:13:16,404 and luckily my parents put me on a good medical plan 269 00:13:16,447 --> 00:13:19,146 and luckily the ER has my information for that saved. 270 00:13:19,189 --> 00:13:21,844 Cause I don't have my card to remember any of it 271 00:13:21,888 --> 00:13:24,151 but they remember it for me. 272 00:13:26,588 --> 00:13:31,593 - I have a bike that has a 44 CC engine on it. 273 00:13:32,681 --> 00:13:33,900 - [Rick] Oh yeah. 274 00:13:33,943 --> 00:13:36,337 - I call it my car because 275 00:13:36,380 --> 00:13:38,992 it has a basket in the back 276 00:13:39,035 --> 00:13:40,994 occasional people can fit in it. 277 00:13:41,037 --> 00:13:42,169 - How's it been for you? 278 00:13:42,212 --> 00:13:43,953 - Not too bad. 279 00:13:43,997 --> 00:13:45,476 Well, its a little shitty. 280 00:13:45,520 --> 00:13:50,438 I just moved out recently and there was, you know 281 00:13:52,396 --> 00:13:55,878 shit situation and ended up having to resort to this side. 282 00:13:56,836 --> 00:13:58,098 Couldn't find the place. 283 00:13:58,141 --> 00:13:59,664 All I heard was like, Oh, that's 284 00:13:59,708 --> 00:14:01,623 like the Rivertown moseyed around town, 285 00:14:01,666 --> 00:14:03,625 ask a couple people around. 286 00:14:03,668 --> 00:14:05,366 And they were just like, Oh yeah, it's right over here. 287 00:14:05,409 --> 00:14:07,411 So it was a little rough cause coming down 288 00:14:07,455 --> 00:14:08,935 and just like, you know, new face 289 00:14:08,978 --> 00:14:10,893 and everything just kinda like meeting people 290 00:14:10,937 --> 00:14:14,636 and was just like, Hey, like what's going on? 291 00:14:14,679 --> 00:14:16,246 Like what do I do? 292 00:14:16,290 --> 00:14:19,946 Like, do I set up a tent or do I just like claim a spot? 293 00:14:19,989 --> 00:14:21,817 Like how does this all go down? 294 00:14:21,861 --> 00:14:24,864 And pretty much they were just like, well it depends 295 00:14:24,907 --> 00:14:27,388 on whether or not people like you or not. 296 00:14:27,431 --> 00:14:28,868 Because if you're not a good face 297 00:14:28,911 --> 00:14:31,087 and you don't have a personality 298 00:14:31,131 --> 00:14:34,482 you steal rob and cheat fucking all day long 299 00:14:34,525 --> 00:14:38,051 then you're not welcome like it's a really tight community 300 00:14:38,094 --> 00:14:41,489 and people around here don't really fuck around like that. 301 00:14:41,532 --> 00:14:43,404 But yeah, first night was a little rough 302 00:14:43,447 --> 00:14:45,406 because just meeting people and talking to people 303 00:14:45,449 --> 00:14:50,193 no one wanted to really like share anything or, you know 304 00:14:50,237 --> 00:14:51,934 wanna fuck with me, 305 00:14:51,978 --> 00:14:54,328 a couple of people did know little bit further down 306 00:14:54,371 --> 00:14:56,156 I met some really nice people 307 00:14:56,199 --> 00:14:57,984 and they kind of started to introduce me to others. 308 00:14:58,027 --> 00:15:00,334 - Well he had no choice. 309 00:15:00,377 --> 00:15:02,989 - Insight too because I used to do that, that whole house. 310 00:15:03,032 --> 00:15:05,687 - I planned on doing it anyways. 311 00:15:05,730 --> 00:15:08,342 - Have you ever heard of who Shawn Vann is? 312 00:15:08,385 --> 00:15:11,519 - I have heard the name, but I don't really know who he is. 313 00:15:11,562 --> 00:15:15,001 - Sean was advocate for the homeless, but he was homeless. 314 00:15:15,044 --> 00:15:16,785 He lived on this river right here 315 00:15:16,828 --> 00:15:18,918 on this side of this river for 30 plus years. 316 00:15:18,961 --> 00:15:22,486 I'm telling you he died here a couple years ago. 317 00:15:22,530 --> 00:15:24,488 Like everyone looked up to him 318 00:15:24,532 --> 00:15:28,710 and everything like he was the fucking head of everything. 319 00:15:28,753 --> 00:15:30,625 He controlled everything down here 320 00:15:30,668 --> 00:15:32,888 and made sure that everyone was treated fairly out here. 321 00:15:32,932 --> 00:15:35,847 That's what really started out all this down here. 322 00:15:35,891 --> 00:15:39,373 Being family with him matter of fact his ashes 323 00:15:39,416 --> 00:15:42,376 are actually spread down here on this river. 324 00:15:48,643 --> 00:15:51,037 We used to have memorial sites down 325 00:15:51,080 --> 00:15:53,517 in the middle for him. 326 00:15:53,561 --> 00:15:55,215 But with his ashes being spread 327 00:15:55,258 --> 00:15:56,999 on this river and he's always had forever be a part 328 00:15:57,043 --> 00:15:59,523 of this river and that's what he would've wanted too. 329 00:16:01,612 --> 00:16:06,574 He looked at all of us, his own family as if we were blood. 330 00:16:07,792 --> 00:16:09,881 Treated us all like that too. 331 00:16:10,752 --> 00:16:12,319 To me. 332 00:16:12,362 --> 00:16:14,451 It's been my home away from home pretty much. 333 00:16:14,495 --> 00:16:16,845 10, some odd years been here. 334 00:16:24,505 --> 00:16:26,811 - Yeah. I'm a fire buff I like fire. 335 00:16:26,855 --> 00:16:28,378 [indistinct] 336 00:16:28,422 --> 00:16:29,597 I always played with matches. 337 00:16:29,640 --> 00:16:31,642 I never listened to my mother. 338 00:16:33,470 --> 00:16:35,820 Fourth grade was the best three years of my life. 339 00:16:35,864 --> 00:16:37,953 It seems like I like that. 340 00:16:43,045 --> 00:16:44,786 - [Cameraman] Lift it up so I can see it from the side. 341 00:16:44,829 --> 00:16:46,440 - Where's a piece of wood. 342 00:16:46,483 --> 00:16:47,615 wheres a piece of wood here? 343 00:16:47,658 --> 00:16:48,442 Hey wood. 344 00:16:48,485 --> 00:16:49,399 That's me. 345 00:16:49,443 --> 00:16:51,532 I live in Northern Idaho. 346 00:16:51,575 --> 00:16:53,447 - So your name is okay to be in the movie. 347 00:16:53,490 --> 00:16:57,538 - Name is Benji Stevenson its all right to be in the movie. 348 00:16:57,581 --> 00:16:59,801 - My names Dirty Dog Dean 349 00:16:59,844 --> 00:17:02,543 I drink gasoline a lot of gas 350 00:17:02,586 --> 00:17:05,067 I've been high since 1974. 351 00:17:05,111 --> 00:17:07,548 It really doesn't matter what I do. 352 00:17:07,591 --> 00:17:09,680 Got a good rope ill just hang myself. 353 00:17:09,724 --> 00:17:11,639 But anyway, I used to say 354 00:17:11,682 --> 00:17:15,469 that shit that's probably why I need treatments, right? 355 00:17:16,905 --> 00:17:19,603 I love you do your dance wheres your mama's at? 356 00:17:20,952 --> 00:17:22,258 - [Shirley] Every single person down here. 357 00:17:22,302 --> 00:17:23,738 I consider family because I've been 358 00:17:23,781 --> 00:17:25,392 through so much down here with people 359 00:17:25,435 --> 00:17:28,830 that I will never ever go through anywhere else. 360 00:17:28,873 --> 00:17:30,832 You know, it's a tight knit community. 361 00:17:30,875 --> 00:17:33,965 We have a commonality, you know, on being down and out. 362 00:17:34,009 --> 00:17:36,185 And the things that, you know, we feel 363 00:17:36,229 --> 00:17:40,407 like everybody looks at us like we're just garbage. 364 00:17:45,629 --> 00:17:47,414 - I became a homeless June of 2017 365 00:17:53,028 --> 00:17:54,899 on December 1st of 2016 366 00:17:54,943 --> 00:17:57,424 I came home from school and I found my mom's body. 367 00:17:57,467 --> 00:18:02,124 She had been there for about 12 hours and like, I couldn't 368 00:18:02,168 --> 00:18:05,084 I couldn't even sleep in my own bedroom after that day. 369 00:18:05,127 --> 00:18:06,998 Like for the last remainder, me being there 370 00:18:07,042 --> 00:18:08,435 I had to sleep on the couch. 371 00:18:08,478 --> 00:18:10,132 Cause I had, I couldn't walk down 372 00:18:10,176 --> 00:18:12,395 past my mom's bedroom doorway to get to my room every night. 373 00:18:12,439 --> 00:18:13,353 Like it was. 374 00:18:14,136 --> 00:18:14,963 It was fucked 375 00:18:15,006 --> 00:18:15,442 And then, 376 00:18:16,095 --> 00:18:16,573 um... 377 00:18:17,270 --> 00:18:18,097 and so it was, 378 00:18:19,010 --> 00:18:20,708 narrowed down to moving 379 00:18:20,751 --> 00:18:23,189 up to my dad's like, yeah, I love my dad by all means. 380 00:18:23,232 --> 00:18:25,104 And he's always been a great dad for me 381 00:18:25,147 --> 00:18:26,409 but he's still learning. 382 00:18:26,453 --> 00:18:28,107 And we were just bumping heads 383 00:18:28,150 --> 00:18:31,284 in areas that I just couldn't handle at the moment. 384 00:18:31,327 --> 00:18:36,245 And so with my search for self-reliance and responsibility 385 00:18:38,465 --> 00:18:41,990 and such that I've always kind of wanted to like, well 386 00:18:42,033 --> 00:18:43,948 I'm just independence in general. 387 00:18:43,992 --> 00:18:45,689 I moved out on my own 388 00:18:47,648 --> 00:18:50,564 and I've been out here since then trying to figure it all 389 00:18:50,607 --> 00:18:53,219 out and trying to find stability. 390 00:18:57,223 --> 00:18:58,920 I know the river 391 00:18:58,963 --> 00:19:00,400 it may not be the best place to find stability at 392 00:19:00,443 --> 00:19:02,184 but you work with what you got I guess. 393 00:19:02,228 --> 00:19:07,102 And that was where my situation has led me at the moment. 394 00:19:07,842 --> 00:19:09,539 So who knows? 395 00:19:21,116 --> 00:19:22,596 - [Man] ...teach us your will... 396 00:19:22,639 --> 00:19:23,597 - [Man] We always desire to have a 397 00:19:24,772 --> 00:19:26,295 relationship with you, lord 398 00:19:26,339 --> 00:19:27,601 we just ask that you make our path straight. 399 00:19:27,644 --> 00:19:29,298 So that may be possible 400 00:19:29,342 --> 00:19:33,389 bless the hands that prepared this meal Lord. 401 00:19:33,433 --> 00:19:37,132 We ask that you would always comfort us and guide us. 402 00:19:37,176 --> 00:19:41,354 Always, always love us never forget. 403 00:19:52,887 --> 00:19:56,499 - Got ruined got wet out here that bummed us out 404 00:19:56,543 --> 00:19:58,240 this paper doesn't burn very good though. 405 00:19:58,284 --> 00:19:59,328 - Its because it got wet. 406 00:19:59,372 --> 00:20:00,851 - I know it's still. 407 00:20:08,729 --> 00:20:10,383 I need some plastic. 408 00:20:13,081 --> 00:20:15,257 - I actually thought about hopping a train out of here. 409 00:20:15,301 --> 00:20:16,040 - Huh? 410 00:20:17,433 --> 00:20:19,827 Well, we've got a dog now so we won't 411 00:20:19,870 --> 00:20:23,700 but we thought about it out hopping out of here 412 00:20:23,744 --> 00:20:26,529 Cause we want to do that as a bucket list. 413 00:20:26,573 --> 00:20:29,228 Ride a freight train cross states 414 00:20:30,838 --> 00:20:32,361 - [Rick] What's your youngest 415 00:20:32,405 --> 00:20:33,536 - 19. 416 00:20:33,580 --> 00:20:34,363 No, no. -and you're 30? 417 00:20:34,407 --> 00:20:35,190 He's 17. 418 00:20:36,844 --> 00:20:38,367 Yeah. He's 17. 419 00:20:38,411 --> 00:20:40,326 Richard just turned 19. 420 00:20:40,369 --> 00:20:41,762 - [Rick] I'm a Richard 421 00:20:41,805 --> 00:20:44,025 Yeah, my first husband's name was Richard. 422 00:20:44,068 --> 00:20:44,852 So was my second. 423 00:20:44,895 --> 00:20:46,332 They both beat me 424 00:20:46,375 --> 00:20:47,594 - [Rick] I shouldn't have said that. 425 00:20:47,637 --> 00:20:48,551 - Well, I shot my first husband. 426 00:20:48,595 --> 00:20:50,249 - [Rick] wait, what? 427 00:20:50,292 --> 00:20:53,469 - Oh, I shot him with a 12 gauge he's cheating on me. 428 00:20:53,513 --> 00:20:55,515 And he used to beat me all the time. 429 00:20:55,558 --> 00:20:59,301 Hardcore. I mean, hold me up by my throat against the wall 430 00:20:59,345 --> 00:21:01,216 and just in my stomach and. 431 00:21:01,260 --> 00:21:03,131 -[distant] shut the fuck up 432 00:21:05,220 --> 00:21:06,656 Oh no, no, he did not die. 433 00:21:06,700 --> 00:21:09,224 I shot him in the shoulder with a 12 gauge. 434 00:21:09,268 --> 00:21:12,749 He ran, we had a dog that had our puppies had puppies 435 00:21:12,793 --> 00:21:15,056 and they were just little guys, you know. 436 00:21:15,099 --> 00:21:16,231 They're just so cute. 437 00:21:16,275 --> 00:21:17,711 You know? 438 00:21:17,754 --> 00:21:20,061 And he turned around and ran them over. 439 00:21:20,104 --> 00:21:21,671 Ran a couple of them over, well, he ended 440 00:21:21,715 --> 00:21:23,978 up picking one up and he threw it at me 441 00:21:24,021 --> 00:21:28,722 and he hit me in my leg and that just, yeah, I pick him one 442 00:21:28,765 --> 00:21:31,768 up and it was just, it was still making noise 443 00:21:31,812 --> 00:21:32,987 it was really sad. 444 00:21:33,683 --> 00:21:34,293 it was real sad. 445 00:21:35,076 --> 00:21:36,817 - Is there a lot 446 00:21:36,860 --> 00:21:37,470 of people down here who have mental health problems 447 00:21:39,689 --> 00:21:40,299 Um. 448 00:21:41,474 --> 00:21:44,651 everyone I've talked to or seen 449 00:21:44,694 --> 00:21:46,261 - What kind of mental health problems 450 00:21:46,305 --> 00:21:49,917 - They just seem like, I don't know. 451 00:21:49,960 --> 00:21:53,224 I don't know if they've done too much dope or 452 00:21:53,268 --> 00:21:58,142 or they really let things get to them. 453 00:22:00,319 --> 00:22:02,277 living homeless, you know 454 00:22:02,321 --> 00:22:05,628 not having the life that they dreamed of. 455 00:22:05,672 --> 00:22:09,023 - So if, if I'm strung out on a 50 cent Jones 456 00:22:09,066 --> 00:22:10,590 and I come up from the river 457 00:22:10,633 --> 00:22:14,811 and I can't spell my name or read or communicate 458 00:22:14,855 --> 00:22:19,033 with people in a civil way, how, how do I get help? 459 00:22:21,427 --> 00:22:22,819 - That's difficult. 460 00:22:22,863 --> 00:22:24,691 - A lot of times you don't. 461 00:22:27,998 --> 00:22:29,739 - I think there's always been an emergency 462 00:22:29,783 --> 00:22:31,872 with homeless people in our town 463 00:22:31,915 --> 00:22:34,440 but because of current politics 464 00:22:34,483 --> 00:22:37,094 people are just now kind of like opening their eyes 465 00:22:37,138 --> 00:22:39,096 and realizing we've been here 466 00:22:39,140 --> 00:22:41,316 since 46 doing the same thing that we're doing every day 467 00:22:41,360 --> 00:22:44,450 you know, and our numbers haven't gone down. 468 00:22:44,493 --> 00:22:46,539 They haven't, you know, it, it it's. 469 00:22:46,582 --> 00:22:49,977 So, no, I think it's, it's always, always been here 470 00:22:50,020 --> 00:22:52,414 but just people are now kind of waking 471 00:22:52,458 --> 00:22:54,590 up to it and, and realizing it. 472 00:22:56,113 --> 00:22:58,333 But I was one of those dumb kids that expected 473 00:22:58,377 --> 00:23:01,292 the world at right out of high school, you know 474 00:23:01,336 --> 00:23:02,772 and I'm the middle of six kids. 475 00:23:02,816 --> 00:23:05,166 You start drinking and you start, you know 476 00:23:05,209 --> 00:23:06,994 partying and just make some stupid 477 00:23:07,037 --> 00:23:10,824 stupid mistakes and you hurt people. 478 00:23:10,867 --> 00:23:13,043 And then, you know, then I got a little bit in trouble 479 00:23:13,087 --> 00:23:15,829 with the law and I was like, all right, here we go. 480 00:23:15,872 --> 00:23:17,483 Here's my life. 481 00:23:17,526 --> 00:23:19,267 Here's what we're going to do. 482 00:23:19,310 --> 00:23:24,228 And so I came here and I just, I finally, I just shut 483 00:23:25,665 --> 00:23:28,319 up and I just watched, I watched people, you know 484 00:23:28,363 --> 00:23:30,670 the people that were here and these people 485 00:23:30,713 --> 00:23:33,586 all they want to do with their lives was help people. 486 00:23:33,629 --> 00:23:35,326 That's it, that's all they wanted. 487 00:23:35,370 --> 00:23:37,328 And I was like, that floored me. 488 00:23:37,372 --> 00:23:39,940 I was like, you, I, I could do that. 489 00:23:39,983 --> 00:23:40,854 You know? 490 00:23:40,897 --> 00:23:42,769 And I, and I, I enjoy it. 491 00:23:45,772 --> 00:23:47,295 - I always bounce them 492 00:23:47,338 --> 00:23:49,210 to make sure it gets the bugs off. 493 00:23:49,253 --> 00:23:51,734 Or at least some of the bugs 494 00:23:53,127 --> 00:23:54,694 I'm not normally really scared of bugs 495 00:23:54,737 --> 00:23:57,131 but like earwigs and fucking that one kind of 496 00:23:57,174 --> 00:24:00,308 that one kind of spider they have around here 497 00:24:00,351 --> 00:24:02,789 are creepy as fuck. 498 00:24:04,268 --> 00:24:06,532 I draw mostly I can do other things too. 499 00:24:06,575 --> 00:24:10,187 Like I can paint and such too, I can write, I like to sing 500 00:24:10,231 --> 00:24:12,059 but probably not right now because my voice is up. 501 00:24:12,102 --> 00:24:13,843 Plus I get stage fright. 502 00:24:13,887 --> 00:24:15,497 So, but if I don't feel 503 00:24:15,541 --> 00:24:16,977 like anyone's paying attention to me, that I'm good. 504 00:24:17,020 --> 00:24:18,674 But um- 505 00:24:18,718 --> 00:24:22,504 But I mostly draw and I don't really like using pencils. 506 00:24:22,548 --> 00:24:24,724 I usually use pen or marker 507 00:24:26,160 --> 00:24:28,075 because it helps me when I'm anxious, which I 508 00:24:28,118 --> 00:24:31,339 I kind of shut down into myself kind of a little bit 509 00:24:32,775 --> 00:24:34,429 and get kind of quiet and draw whenever I'm 510 00:24:34,473 --> 00:24:35,648 whenever it's getting a little bit worse and stuff. 511 00:24:35,691 --> 00:24:37,563 It helps me a lot with that 512 00:24:37,606 --> 00:24:39,173 because it's something else to focus on for a minute. 513 00:24:41,131 --> 00:24:43,046 But like sometimes if I don't have anything else 514 00:24:43,090 --> 00:24:44,744 I'll just draw on myself like 515 00:24:44,787 --> 00:24:47,094 on the arms and stuff or on my pants or whatever, I'll draw. 516 00:24:47,137 --> 00:24:50,924 If I'm allowed to I'll draw on people's walls and shit too. 517 00:24:52,360 --> 00:24:53,840 But that's only if they say it's okay 518 00:24:54,449 --> 00:24:54,710 Um... 519 00:24:55,972 --> 00:24:56,625 Just 520 00:24:57,496 --> 00:24:58,540 just on whatever I can. 521 00:24:59,715 --> 00:25:01,761 If, if I have the means to do so. 522 00:25:03,197 --> 00:25:05,068 like, if I have a pen or marker or something 523 00:25:05,112 --> 00:25:06,940 I'll find something to draw on 524 00:25:15,035 --> 00:25:16,471 Yea like, the lifestyle I came from 525 00:25:16,515 --> 00:25:18,125 I lived up on the Hill 526 00:25:18,168 --> 00:25:21,520 got my backyard in the city with a hot tub on my deck. 527 00:25:23,391 --> 00:25:26,263 And I went to a Christian private school with a uniform. 528 00:25:26,307 --> 00:25:28,788 Like I went from there to a small break period to this. 529 00:25:28,831 --> 00:25:31,094 Fucking bottom. 530 00:25:32,879 --> 00:25:34,620 So... 531 00:25:37,057 --> 00:25:40,277 - Its not much but this is my home. 532 00:25:40,321 --> 00:25:41,844 - It's more than what I got right now. 533 00:25:41,888 --> 00:25:43,411 I mean, I'm couch surfing in a tree house right now. 534 00:25:43,454 --> 00:25:45,500 - Like if it wasn't for the homie, like I said 535 00:25:45,544 --> 00:25:48,285 I got a couple of homies that are still like, you know 536 00:25:48,329 --> 00:25:50,157 like riding with me and shit. 537 00:25:50,200 --> 00:25:52,072 Like he was the one that got me all this. 538 00:25:52,115 --> 00:25:54,640 Like he got me this tent, like you said, you know, you came 539 00:25:54,683 --> 00:25:56,598 you came from like a good fucking family. 540 00:25:56,642 --> 00:25:58,295 Like you had it all. 541 00:25:58,339 --> 00:25:59,862 Like, you know, like it was the same for me, you know? 542 00:25:59,906 --> 00:26:01,821 Like my mom's like, she 543 00:26:01,864 --> 00:26:04,171 she got locked up because she fucking, she was hustling. 544 00:26:04,214 --> 00:26:06,173 You know, she, she, she was big fucking time. 545 00:26:06,216 --> 00:26:07,783 So she got caught up. 546 00:26:07,827 --> 00:26:11,178 She fucking doing five years in prison and you know 547 00:26:11,221 --> 00:26:13,702 like we had, we had it all, you know, me and my brothers 548 00:26:13,746 --> 00:26:17,010 and like, you know, like even after she got locked up 549 00:26:17,053 --> 00:26:19,360 like I was doing pretty good for a couple of years 550 00:26:19,403 --> 00:26:21,449 and all like I was hustling and I was making good money. 551 00:26:21,492 --> 00:26:23,799 Like I was helping my brother and you know 552 00:26:23,843 --> 00:26:26,280 like whatever I wanted, I could buy, you know, like 553 00:26:26,323 --> 00:26:29,718 and like, I came from all that, to fucking, to this shit. 554 00:26:29,762 --> 00:26:31,198 You know what I mean? 555 00:26:31,241 --> 00:26:33,940 Even now, you know, like, I'm just trying to 556 00:26:33,983 --> 00:26:36,551 keep like the level head, you know, like 557 00:26:36,595 --> 00:26:39,380 just like the, like, like just right now, like I was 558 00:26:39,423 --> 00:26:42,992 I was chilling with the homie, you know, and like, you know and fucking 559 00:26:43,036 --> 00:26:45,865 and, you know, and he has to go to work and shit and. 560 00:26:45,908 --> 00:26:49,216 And like, just like the thought, like, you know 561 00:26:49,259 --> 00:26:51,392 when I know like, am I have to come back here 562 00:26:51,435 --> 00:26:53,568 and just like the thought of coming back here, like 563 00:26:53,612 --> 00:26:56,658 it's like this deep depression, like, it just hits me. 564 00:26:56,702 --> 00:26:58,399 I mean like such fuck, like, look 565 00:26:58,442 --> 00:27:00,270 look where the fuck I'm at. 566 00:27:05,232 --> 00:27:07,451 People say they feel lonely, but like 567 00:27:07,495 --> 00:27:09,976 they don't really like, get, like, they don't 568 00:27:10,019 --> 00:27:12,587 know what the fuck lonely is until, you know what I mean? 569 00:27:12,631 --> 00:27:15,111 Like all my family is gone. 570 00:27:15,155 --> 00:27:16,939 Like, like most of my brothers, like I had to send 571 00:27:16,983 --> 00:27:19,899 out like to Mexico and like, fucking, you know 572 00:27:19,942 --> 00:27:21,683 like my mom's just locked up. 573 00:27:21,727 --> 00:27:24,904 Like I ain't got no real family left out here. 574 00:27:24,947 --> 00:27:27,210 And yeah, like, you know 575 00:27:27,254 --> 00:27:29,865 that being lonely is like, it it's a 576 00:27:29,909 --> 00:27:31,954 it's a fucked up feeling, 577 00:27:33,347 --> 00:27:35,958 especially like out here, you know. 578 00:27:49,842 --> 00:27:52,148 - Back in the day me and Kurt used to come under here 579 00:27:52,192 --> 00:27:53,454 and this was all sticker bushes 580 00:27:53,497 --> 00:27:55,369 this was the only way under here. 581 00:27:56,544 --> 00:27:58,633 But in here we used to go up t- chr- eh- 582 00:27:58,677 --> 00:28:00,113 Chris was up there, king of the hill, and we have come through here 583 00:28:00,156 --> 00:28:02,593 we come down here and we'd smoke weed, 584 00:28:02,637 --> 00:28:03,769 and worship Satan and uh- 585 00:28:03,812 --> 00:28:04,030 and worship Satan and uh- 586 00:28:05,466 --> 00:28:05,596 drink piss beer - you didn't worship no Satan. 587 00:28:06,467 --> 00:28:08,469 Yea, we called it c- 588 00:28:08,512 --> 00:28:08,687 Kurt called it drinking piss beer and worshipping Satan. 589 00:28:09,818 --> 00:28:10,732 One night we robbed an old 590 00:28:10,776 --> 00:28:12,081 [inaudible] 591 00:28:12,125 --> 00:28:14,170 Dad's liqour cabinet had gin. 592 00:28:15,302 --> 00:28:16,825 And we went to kurt, me and kurt- 593 00:28:18,435 --> 00:28:20,002 Took it to Kurt's house and mixed it with kool-aid 594 00:28:20,046 --> 00:28:21,700 and we got hammered 595 00:28:36,236 --> 00:28:39,239 [heavy metal music] 596 00:29:03,916 --> 00:29:07,789 - Including previously unheard recordings. 597 00:29:07,833 --> 00:29:10,618 That's how I knew I was getting paid because I was working 598 00:29:10,661 --> 00:29:13,752 at Tacoma and it was like, '03 or '04. 599 00:29:13,795 --> 00:29:16,189 And they said, Oh, they're coming out with a box set. 600 00:29:16,232 --> 00:29:18,365 And the commercial, I was working graveyard 601 00:29:18,408 --> 00:29:21,629 at a lamination mill at the Port of Tacoma. 602 00:29:21,672 --> 00:29:24,371 And I'm like, listen to this commercial and 603 00:29:24,414 --> 00:29:28,027 and previously never heard uh 604 00:29:29,115 --> 00:29:30,899 show or uh recordings of their first 605 00:29:30,943 --> 00:29:33,206 or show ever in Raymond Washington. 606 00:29:33,249 --> 00:29:36,165 And I went, Whoa, I said that's me. 607 00:29:36,209 --> 00:29:37,688 That's me. 608 00:29:37,732 --> 00:29:39,299 And I went and I got really excited. 609 00:29:39,342 --> 00:29:40,735 - [Rick] You know anybody down at the river. 610 00:29:40,779 --> 00:29:42,389 - Yeah. I know everybody's down there. 611 00:29:42,432 --> 00:29:44,695 Give the city should go in and just put some outhouses 612 00:29:44,739 --> 00:29:47,873 out and let the people live there. 613 00:29:47,916 --> 00:29:50,353 You know, that are going, like you said, in, in wham 614 00:29:50,397 --> 00:29:52,312 pull the bandaid off and bring in the troops 615 00:29:52,355 --> 00:29:55,054 or whatever national guard going there, move them 616 00:29:55,097 --> 00:29:56,229 screw them out. 617 00:29:56,272 --> 00:29:57,752 Boom. That's all you got 618 00:29:57,796 --> 00:29:59,580 you go into the sticks, your Batons 619 00:29:59,623 --> 00:30:01,669 I can't do it right March. 620 00:30:01,712 --> 00:30:03,279 And mow em you get them all out. 621 00:30:03,323 --> 00:30:04,628 What are you going to do? 622 00:30:04,672 --> 00:30:06,761 Don't just, don't play with them. 623 00:30:06,805 --> 00:30:09,416 This is only going to give you another 30 days. 624 00:30:09,459 --> 00:30:10,199 Fair. 625 00:30:12,723 --> 00:30:14,595 Its like let them stay. 626 00:30:14,638 --> 00:30:18,425 Let them stay and let people come in to help them. 627 00:30:18,468 --> 00:30:23,386 But you know, that's my in, in my fantasy world thats what... 628 00:30:39,533 --> 00:30:43,319 - They're gonna basically get the bulldozers out 629 00:30:43,363 --> 00:30:47,671 and just bulldoze everything that they can 630 00:30:49,151 --> 00:30:50,936 just smash it all down to the ground like they did. 631 00:30:50,979 --> 00:30:53,721 But as far as I've heard that what they did last time 632 00:30:53,764 --> 00:30:55,810 I heard the rumor, they were going to sweep it. 633 00:30:55,854 --> 00:30:59,727 And I also heard that couple people that have been down here 634 00:30:59,770 --> 00:31:01,511 for a good three, four years 635 00:31:01,555 --> 00:31:05,820 that they do it every fucking year. 636 00:31:05,864 --> 00:31:07,039 Once a year, they come down 637 00:31:07,082 --> 00:31:08,605 and they try to like clean house. 638 00:31:08,649 --> 00:31:13,132 But right now there is an ongoing court case. 639 00:31:15,047 --> 00:31:16,135 And there's a few people down here that are representing 640 00:31:16,178 --> 00:31:17,310 said case. 641 00:31:17,353 --> 00:31:18,572 They actually show up to court 642 00:31:18,615 --> 00:31:20,617 and they plead their cases. 643 00:31:22,054 --> 00:31:23,316 outside the court house. 644 00:31:23,359 --> 00:31:25,318 We'll get there kinda early 645 00:31:25,361 --> 00:31:26,754 Parking is... uh. 646 00:31:26,797 --> 00:31:28,060 It's a shitty situation. 647 00:31:29,496 --> 00:31:32,586 We have parking lots on either side of the court 648 00:31:32,629 --> 00:31:36,198 one is like cash only one is cash or a visa. 649 00:31:37,983 --> 00:31:39,506 And I don't know 650 00:31:39,549 --> 00:31:41,682 if our card is a visa 651 00:31:43,727 --> 00:31:45,555 - Yes its visa. 652 00:31:45,599 --> 00:31:47,862 [indistinct] 653 00:31:49,298 --> 00:31:50,952 - Some of them are like quarters right? 654 00:31:50,996 --> 00:31:53,302 - Yeah you can use cash or visa card. 655 00:31:57,611 --> 00:32:01,615 - Levi Hunt 4th ward I'm a survivor of addiction. 656 00:32:02,790 --> 00:32:05,445 I lived here my entire life. 657 00:32:05,488 --> 00:32:09,536 I've lived on that river for many, many years 658 00:32:09,579 --> 00:32:12,713 out of the 14 people sitting up here right now 659 00:32:12,756 --> 00:32:16,151 in your nice dress clothes, paying your taxes. 660 00:32:16,195 --> 00:32:17,370 Like we should, you guys are 661 00:32:18,719 --> 00:32:20,199 you guys are 662 00:32:20,242 --> 00:32:24,159 a wake up away, or step out that door away 663 00:32:24,203 --> 00:32:26,553 from losing everything you have 664 00:32:26,596 --> 00:32:28,468 Maybe due to a fire, 665 00:32:28,511 --> 00:32:30,035 maybe due to um 666 00:32:30,078 --> 00:32:31,645 your boss doesn't like what you do. 667 00:32:31,688 --> 00:32:33,125 So you're fired now what? 668 00:32:33,168 --> 00:32:37,303 I buried 36 people, 38 people, since 2016 669 00:32:39,174 --> 00:32:41,655 not of them are from active addiction. 670 00:32:41,698 --> 00:32:43,962 A lot of it's from mental health issues as well. 671 00:32:44,005 --> 00:32:45,572 We need to come together 672 00:32:45,615 --> 00:32:48,140 and figure it out as adults, instead of fucking 673 00:32:48,183 --> 00:32:48,879 Sorry. 674 00:32:49,793 --> 00:32:50,925 Instead of uh, uh. 675 00:32:50,969 --> 00:32:52,492 pushing people around 676 00:32:53,275 --> 00:32:55,234 bullying them 677 00:32:55,277 --> 00:32:57,018 because they're less than 678 00:33:01,066 --> 00:33:01,718 Misty. 679 00:33:04,199 --> 00:33:05,070 It's Levi. 680 00:33:05,113 --> 00:33:06,027 It's Levi. 681 00:33:06,071 --> 00:33:06,985 It's Levi. 682 00:33:08,856 --> 00:33:10,423 Are you coming with us? 683 00:33:10,466 --> 00:33:12,947 Sarah wants to know if you were coming. 684 00:33:15,428 --> 00:33:17,169 Okay. Yeah. 685 00:33:17,212 --> 00:33:18,953 Its all right. 686 00:33:18,997 --> 00:33:20,955 - I see you'll be back down. 687 00:33:20,999 --> 00:33:25,264 - This is, this is a lawsuit for you guys. 688 00:33:25,307 --> 00:33:28,963 - Yep. For coming on a little road trip to Tacoma. 689 00:33:29,007 --> 00:33:30,312 - We have to go right now. 690 00:33:30,356 --> 00:33:32,445 You need a cigarette. 691 00:33:32,488 --> 00:33:34,360 Can I have a cigarette? 692 00:33:35,796 --> 00:33:37,711 - I'm gonna go through a metal detector here 693 00:33:37,754 --> 00:33:39,843 but you got valid ID. 694 00:33:39,887 --> 00:33:42,237 You are welcome to join us. 695 00:33:42,281 --> 00:33:44,109 We'll probably be lunch. 696 00:33:44,152 --> 00:33:45,632 Okay. 697 00:33:45,675 --> 00:33:46,807 - Yeah. Sarah is going to be up there. 698 00:33:46,850 --> 00:33:48,156 April's going to be up there. 699 00:33:48,200 --> 00:33:49,679 - We'll all be up there. 700 00:33:49,723 --> 00:33:51,986 - A few people from down here will be up there. 701 00:33:53,118 --> 00:33:54,815 Probably free lunch... 702 00:33:55,729 --> 00:33:56,730 Oh, there is free lunch. 703 00:33:56,773 --> 00:33:57,557 Oh, there is free lunch. 704 00:33:57,600 --> 00:33:58,514 Where's mugs. 705 00:33:58,558 --> 00:34:00,081 - [Cameraman] He got it. 706 00:34:00,125 --> 00:34:01,300 He got accepted by CAP to get his own place. 707 00:34:01,343 --> 00:34:02,127 - Oh, good. 708 00:34:02,997 --> 00:34:03,954 Okay. Good. 709 00:34:04,955 --> 00:34:05,913 Oh, fuck yea. 710 00:34:09,395 --> 00:34:12,006 - You want to come along or you want to stay here. 711 00:34:12,050 --> 00:34:15,096 Okay. And we'll keep you updated 712 00:34:15,140 --> 00:34:16,532 and let you know how it goes. 713 00:34:16,576 --> 00:34:20,319 Yeah for sure do that. 714 00:34:20,362 --> 00:34:22,103 - To stall them from sweeping the camp 715 00:34:22,147 --> 00:34:23,931 until they get serious 716 00:34:23,974 --> 00:34:26,499 about offering folks somewhere else to go. 717 00:34:26,542 --> 00:34:29,850 So Reverend Sarah is going to be there, April, 718 00:34:29,893 --> 00:34:31,504 Obai is going to be there 719 00:34:31,547 --> 00:34:35,029 but we will happily give folks there a ride and back. 720 00:34:35,073 --> 00:34:38,250 If anybody wants to come on a little road trip to Tacoma. 721 00:34:38,293 --> 00:34:39,120 - I'm down. 722 00:34:39,164 --> 00:34:40,034 - You down? 723 00:34:40,078 --> 00:34:41,122 Awesome. All right. 724 00:34:41,166 --> 00:34:41,992 You can come with us. 725 00:34:42,036 --> 00:34:42,819 Anyone else? 726 00:34:42,863 --> 00:34:43,646 - When? 727 00:34:43,690 --> 00:34:44,473 - Right now? 728 00:34:44,517 --> 00:34:45,431 Oh. I can't. 729 00:34:48,477 --> 00:34:50,000 Yeah, no, I can't. 730 00:34:50,871 --> 00:34:51,132 We have to- damnit. 731 00:34:52,612 --> 00:34:55,180 I wish it was like a little later tomorrow. 732 00:34:55,223 --> 00:34:59,401 - I would but my car's been breaking into every time I leave. 733 00:34:59,445 --> 00:35:00,359 - That's a priority. 734 00:35:00,402 --> 00:35:02,143 All right. 735 00:35:02,187 --> 00:35:05,712 We will report back and let everybody know how it goes. 736 00:35:08,671 --> 00:35:10,195 - [Adalley] There's a lot of bullshit 737 00:35:10,238 --> 00:35:11,718 and drama that goes down on there. 738 00:35:11,761 --> 00:35:13,198 And a lot of stupid unnecessary crap. 739 00:35:13,241 --> 00:35:15,548 But honestly, we're all kind of like one big 740 00:35:15,591 --> 00:35:19,160 like extremely dysfunctional family. 741 00:35:19,204 --> 00:35:20,683 I mean, some of us don't like each other 742 00:35:20,727 --> 00:35:22,598 but when it really comes down to it 743 00:35:22,642 --> 00:35:25,079 if we really need something, we will help each other. 744 00:35:25,123 --> 00:35:28,691 Even if we screw each other over right the next day. 745 00:35:30,171 --> 00:35:33,218 It's kind of screwed up and kind of confusing 746 00:35:33,261 --> 00:35:35,307 but it's just the way it is down there. 747 00:35:35,350 --> 00:35:37,918 Like we screw each other over, but we got each other's backs 748 00:35:37,961 --> 00:35:39,180 at the same time 749 00:35:40,573 --> 00:35:42,009 saying that 750 00:35:42,879 --> 00:35:44,533 we're all just messy 751 00:35:44,577 --> 00:35:47,754 like drug addict, bums, who just live down there 752 00:35:47,797 --> 00:35:51,540 because we want to, or whatever, and just trash the place. 753 00:35:51,584 --> 00:35:53,586 That's kind of the big perception that a lot 754 00:35:53,629 --> 00:35:56,328 of the towns people have, especially the people up on Belair 755 00:35:56,371 --> 00:35:59,069 up on the Hill and the nice neighborhood and stuff. 756 00:35:59,113 --> 00:36:01,202 They forget that the view from the bridge 757 00:36:01,246 --> 00:36:06,164 isn't the only perspective that there is of the, of my home. 758 00:36:08,731 --> 00:36:09,732 And they forget that. 759 00:36:09,776 --> 00:36:11,212 Not everyone's the same. 760 00:36:11,256 --> 00:36:12,387 - [Levi] I love you. 761 00:36:22,528 --> 00:36:24,617 - [Aaron] Everybody who showed up wearing a collar. 762 00:36:24,660 --> 00:36:28,098 If you could, maybe if you want to, when we go in 763 00:36:28,142 --> 00:36:30,971 seat yourself near the front, so that you're nice 764 00:36:31,014 --> 00:36:35,454 and visible, just so that, so that you're seen. 765 00:36:37,282 --> 00:36:39,066 It's important, I think, for the court to understand 766 00:36:39,109 --> 00:36:41,982 that this is a moral issue, as much as it's a legal issue 767 00:36:42,025 --> 00:36:44,027 this is about what's right and wrong. 768 00:36:44,071 --> 00:36:45,986 What we're at court for today, if you didn't get the message 769 00:36:46,029 --> 00:36:48,815 from the Bishop or anywhere else is we have 770 00:36:48,858 --> 00:36:51,470 requested a temporary restraining order 771 00:36:51,513 --> 00:36:55,822 against the city of Aberdeen, essentially to stall them 772 00:36:55,865 --> 00:36:58,303 from sweeping the largest encampment in the County. 773 00:36:58,346 --> 00:37:00,740 There's about a hundred people living there right now 774 00:37:00,783 --> 00:37:02,350 to stall them 775 00:37:02,394 --> 00:37:05,266 until there's an alternative place for people to go. 776 00:37:05,310 --> 00:37:09,314 Currently, there is not, not even kind of. 777 00:37:09,357 --> 00:37:11,838 The mayor has said that people are welcome to sleep 778 00:37:11,881 --> 00:37:13,840 in the sidewalks and public right away 779 00:37:13,883 --> 00:37:17,670 but there's several ordinances in town, criminalizing 780 00:37:17,713 --> 00:37:19,498 homeless people from doing just that. 781 00:37:19,541 --> 00:37:21,195 So that's not even an option. 782 00:37:21,239 --> 00:37:23,719 I'm going to start with a quick reading. 783 00:37:23,763 --> 00:37:25,330 Why doesn't God set a time 784 00:37:25,373 --> 00:37:29,116 for judging a day of justice, for those who serve him 785 00:37:29,159 --> 00:37:33,425 people move property lines to get more land. 786 00:37:34,904 --> 00:37:36,645 They steal sheep and put them in their own flocks. 787 00:37:36,689 --> 00:37:39,257 They take donkeys that belong to orphans 788 00:37:39,300 --> 00:37:42,216 and keep a widow's ox till she pays her debts. 789 00:37:42,260 --> 00:37:45,132 They prevent the poor from getting their rights 790 00:37:45,175 --> 00:37:48,744 and force the needy to run and hide. 791 00:37:48,788 --> 00:37:51,312 At night they sleep with nothing to cover them 792 00:37:51,356 --> 00:37:54,707 nothing to keep them from the cold they're drenched 793 00:37:54,750 --> 00:37:58,101 by the rain that falls on the mountains. 794 00:37:58,145 --> 00:38:01,888 And they huddled beside the rocks for shelter. 795 00:38:01,931 --> 00:38:04,717 Holy one of many names. 796 00:38:04,760 --> 00:38:07,502 We know that you're always closest to those. 797 00:38:07,546 --> 00:38:10,026 Who have no shelter over their heads, but heaven. 798 00:38:10,070 --> 00:38:14,901 So we're asking for your protection over our plaintiffs. 799 00:38:14,944 --> 00:38:17,077 We're asking for your protection 800 00:38:17,120 --> 00:38:20,254 over the people living in this encampment. 801 00:38:20,298 --> 00:38:23,126 We ask that you shield and defend them in the name 802 00:38:23,170 --> 00:38:26,086 of the one who creates redeems and sustains us all. 803 00:38:26,129 --> 00:38:26,869 Amen. 804 00:38:28,567 --> 00:38:31,439 - And they said, well, why listen to them? 805 00:38:31,483 --> 00:38:32,962 They would say that, you know 806 00:38:33,006 --> 00:38:35,225 because they're there, they're just addicts. 807 00:38:35,269 --> 00:38:36,357 They're just liars. 808 00:38:36,401 --> 00:38:37,576 They're thieves, you know? 809 00:38:37,619 --> 00:38:39,665 And this one sided deal. 810 00:38:39,708 --> 00:38:42,624 Yeah, it is a lot of that down here. 811 00:38:42,668 --> 00:38:47,020 But then again, this is a, it's a whole other world 812 00:38:47,063 --> 00:38:49,718 across the other side from the tracks for the most part. 813 00:39:08,868 --> 00:39:10,173 - Especially honored to acknowledge 814 00:39:10,217 --> 00:39:12,959 our former mayor, Steven Bucksbaum 815 00:39:13,002 --> 00:39:14,134 in the back of the room. 816 00:39:14,177 --> 00:39:16,397 Thank you for joining us Steven. 817 00:39:17,833 --> 00:39:19,661 One thing I can say after having been mayor 818 00:39:19,705 --> 00:39:23,448 for three years is I respect you even more each year 819 00:39:23,491 --> 00:39:24,797 as it goes by. 820 00:39:24,840 --> 00:39:26,886 And that you set a lot 821 00:39:26,929 --> 00:39:30,324 of the things in motion that are now coming to fruition. 822 00:39:30,368 --> 00:39:31,847 That's one thing that mayors 823 00:39:31,891 --> 00:39:34,633 you inherit the previous administration. 824 00:39:34,676 --> 00:39:36,156 And so you can't take all the credit 825 00:39:36,199 --> 00:39:38,114 for all the good things that happened 826 00:39:38,158 --> 00:39:40,639 because a lot of it was set in place before you and 827 00:39:40,682 --> 00:39:44,643 so how many of you have had a chance to see that KOMO show? 828 00:39:44,686 --> 00:39:46,384 I don't want to call it like a documentary. 829 00:39:46,427 --> 00:39:47,733 I don't want to give it that much credibility 830 00:39:47,776 --> 00:39:49,996 but it's called Seattle is Dying. 831 00:39:50,039 --> 00:39:51,258 You know? 832 00:39:51,301 --> 00:39:52,781 So it, it really struck a chord 833 00:39:52,825 --> 00:39:54,261 with a lot of people in this community who feel 834 00:39:54,304 --> 00:39:57,351 that they haven't had their concerns addressed. 835 00:39:57,395 --> 00:40:00,746 And it also, I believe 836 00:40:00,789 --> 00:40:03,401 painted a very bleak picture 837 00:40:03,444 --> 00:40:07,013 and a wide, broad brush of a problem. 838 00:40:07,056 --> 00:40:10,190 That's way more complex than what they presented. 839 00:40:10,233 --> 00:40:11,844 But what we're going to talk 840 00:40:11,887 --> 00:40:14,499 about today is the complexity of the homeless. 841 00:40:14,542 --> 00:40:17,023 There's no one pathway into homelessness 842 00:40:17,066 --> 00:40:19,373 and there's no one pathway out of it. 843 00:40:19,417 --> 00:40:22,681 So what I'm really proud to go around in our community 844 00:40:22,724 --> 00:40:26,859 and elsewhere is tell the story of what Olympia is doing. 845 00:40:26,902 --> 00:40:29,731 So how many of you have attended a city council meeting 846 00:40:29,775 --> 00:40:31,385 on a Tuesday night 847 00:40:31,429 --> 00:40:34,432 and given your three minutes of public comment? 848 00:40:34,475 --> 00:40:36,085 Wow, that's great. 849 00:40:36,129 --> 00:40:37,565 That's great. 850 00:40:37,609 --> 00:40:39,175 But what you're going to get today 851 00:40:39,219 --> 00:40:40,655 for those of you that haven't been downtown 852 00:40:40,699 --> 00:40:42,396 on a Tuesday night is you're going to get more 853 00:40:42,440 --> 00:40:44,442 than three minutes and you're going to get to be sitting 854 00:40:44,485 --> 00:40:45,921 around a table with people 855 00:40:45,965 --> 00:40:47,923 that you may not have ever met before. 856 00:40:47,967 --> 00:40:49,577 And that's what this is about 857 00:40:49,621 --> 00:40:53,146 is to share our experiences and learn together. 858 00:40:56,802 --> 00:41:01,241 - So, you know, a year ago when I would walk this route 859 00:41:02,634 --> 00:41:06,464 every doorway would have, you know 860 00:41:07,987 --> 00:41:10,772 between one and four people, five people in it. 861 00:41:10,816 --> 00:41:12,426 - Wow. On fifth. 862 00:41:12,470 --> 00:41:14,733 - Yeah. And on fourth. 863 00:41:14,776 --> 00:41:16,256 - Wow. 864 00:41:16,299 --> 00:41:18,258 - And on Washington and Capitol and Franklin 865 00:41:18,301 --> 00:41:21,000 - How were you able to stop that from happening? 866 00:41:21,043 --> 00:41:22,175 I don't see anybody out here 867 00:41:22,218 --> 00:41:23,437 no security guards or anything. 868 00:41:23,481 --> 00:41:25,526 How do you literally move people 869 00:41:25,570 --> 00:41:28,660 from a street once they're used to hanging out there? 870 00:41:28,703 --> 00:41:33,186 - So it started with, you know, some businesses were okay. 871 00:41:33,229 --> 00:41:37,364 With it, some businesses weren't okay with it. 872 00:41:37,407 --> 00:41:39,409 Some businesses would be okay with it as long 873 00:41:39,453 --> 00:41:43,022 as people were up and at it by, you know, a reasonable time 874 00:41:43,065 --> 00:41:46,112 in the morning so that they could get their business open. 875 00:41:46,155 --> 00:41:47,766 Sometimes in the beginning, people would go 876 00:41:47,809 --> 00:41:51,160 out from the city and we'd have hot coffee 877 00:41:51,204 --> 00:41:54,990 and we would offer them, Hey, here's a cup of coffee. 878 00:41:55,034 --> 00:41:59,691 Here is a gift card for McDonald's to get a sandwich. 879 00:41:59,734 --> 00:42:02,128 Good morning. 880 00:42:02,171 --> 00:42:06,088 Riley is that you, how are you doing? 881 00:42:07,568 --> 00:42:11,485 Yeah. Time to kind of get up and get the day going. 882 00:42:11,529 --> 00:42:13,008 It is uh... 883 00:42:13,705 --> 00:42:14,836 about eight 30. 884 00:42:15,707 --> 00:42:17,622 Can you do that for me? 885 00:42:17,665 --> 00:42:19,449 Okay. I'll come back and check in a little bit. 886 00:42:19,493 --> 00:42:20,625 Okay. All right. 887 00:42:20,668 --> 00:42:21,408 Thank you. 888 00:42:23,279 --> 00:42:25,804 I was just being out here every morning 889 00:42:25,847 --> 00:42:27,327 letting people know 890 00:42:27,370 --> 00:42:28,241 - [Rick] Doing what you just did. 891 00:42:28,284 --> 00:42:29,721 - [Amy] Yep, exactly. 892 00:42:29,764 --> 00:42:31,984 And telling them, this is where you can go. 893 00:42:32,027 --> 00:42:33,986 This is, you know 894 00:42:34,029 --> 00:42:36,249 this business is not okay with you being in their alcove 895 00:42:36,292 --> 00:42:37,729 but here's a spot where you can be. 896 00:42:37,772 --> 00:42:39,687 - What kid of repercussions did you get other 897 00:42:39,731 --> 00:42:42,342 than just, you know, people come and physically moving them. 898 00:42:42,385 --> 00:42:44,823 Others can take them to jail for sleeping there. 899 00:42:44,866 --> 00:42:46,215 And getting a ticket doesn't do anything. 900 00:42:46,259 --> 00:42:47,521 - Nope. 901 00:42:47,565 --> 00:42:50,306 - What's the real leverage you have 902 00:42:50,350 --> 00:42:51,264 if it's not the law. 903 00:42:51,307 --> 00:42:53,701 - It's the relationship. 904 00:42:53,745 --> 00:42:57,096 So the site that we're going to eventually go to 905 00:42:57,139 --> 00:43:01,622 is the city sanctioned mitigation side is what we refer 906 00:43:01,666 --> 00:43:02,623 to it as. 907 00:43:10,762 --> 00:43:12,459 - [Cheryl] ...I think it might be in one of the packets 908 00:43:12,502 --> 00:43:14,287 It's a lot of information right there. 909 00:43:15,462 --> 00:43:18,117 It helps to explain what we are doing. 910 00:43:21,337 --> 00:43:24,210 So this is a great graphic to explain what 911 00:43:24,253 --> 00:43:27,692 an unmanaged site looks like the before and after pictures. 912 00:43:27,735 --> 00:43:29,563 And then the mitigation site, 913 00:43:29,607 --> 00:43:31,521 here's a site that obviously wasn't completely full 914 00:43:31,565 --> 00:43:32,958 at that time. 915 00:43:33,001 --> 00:43:36,309 But you can see where we were able to take one 916 00:43:36,352 --> 00:43:38,398 one of our downtown parking lots 917 00:43:38,441 --> 00:43:42,054 move people off temporarily come in re-stripe it. 918 00:43:42,097 --> 00:43:44,317 Move in the tents. 919 00:43:47,537 --> 00:43:49,235 - [Rick] It seems challenging 920 00:43:49,278 --> 00:43:51,063 for some folks to understand why there's even a need 921 00:43:51,106 --> 00:43:53,065 for a mitigation site. 922 00:43:53,108 --> 00:43:56,764 One of the Olympia city planners asked us before we left 923 00:43:56,808 --> 00:43:58,331 would you prefer these individuals? 924 00:43:58,374 --> 00:44:00,768 Some of which are strung out on drugs 925 00:44:00,812 --> 00:44:03,118 have extensive criminal backgrounds 926 00:44:03,162 --> 00:44:05,077 or mental health disorders, and some 927 00:44:05,120 --> 00:44:09,690 of which truly are in need and interested in help. 928 00:44:09,734 --> 00:44:11,692 Do you want them on your streets? 929 00:44:11,736 --> 00:44:14,521 Do you want them near your schools in your parks 930 00:44:14,564 --> 00:44:17,132 in front of your businesses downtown? 931 00:44:17,176 --> 00:44:19,482 My number one takeaway from Olympia is the amount 932 00:44:19,526 --> 00:44:22,921 of highly qualified and extremely passionate people 933 00:44:22,964 --> 00:44:26,446 who were troubleshooting this problem every day. 934 00:44:26,489 --> 00:44:28,535 The problem is judgment 935 00:44:28,578 --> 00:44:32,495 - And not realizing that we're all one of same, you know? 936 00:44:32,539 --> 00:44:34,280 And that's the whole problem. 937 00:44:34,323 --> 00:44:35,281 If there's a lady on the city 938 00:44:35,324 --> 00:44:36,761 council said it perfectly 939 00:44:36,804 --> 00:44:38,066 if you change the way you see things 940 00:44:38,110 --> 00:44:40,068 the things you see will change 941 00:44:40,112 --> 00:44:41,940 its like the haves and the have-nots. 942 00:44:41,983 --> 00:44:43,419 And they see this distance 943 00:44:43,463 --> 00:44:45,117 which creates a conflict and a battle 944 00:44:45,160 --> 00:44:46,901 never going to be ended 945 00:44:47,772 --> 00:44:48,773 wars and conflicts 946 00:44:48,816 --> 00:44:51,123 until I see you as me. 947 00:44:53,081 --> 00:44:55,083 She sees me as her, you know, and then we'll come together. 948 00:44:55,127 --> 00:44:57,129 When the love is there, then everything will be fixed 949 00:44:57,172 --> 00:44:58,304 - [Rick] When the love is there. 950 00:44:58,347 --> 00:44:59,784 - That's what it is. 951 00:44:59,827 --> 00:45:01,481 That's what's needed is a lack of love. 952 00:45:01,524 --> 00:45:04,136 And it's a lack of forgiveness. 953 00:45:04,179 --> 00:45:05,790 And that's a, it's 954 00:45:05,833 --> 00:45:08,488 like the rich people are judging the homeless people 955 00:45:08,531 --> 00:45:10,011 the dirty drug addicts 956 00:45:10,055 --> 00:45:11,970 the homeless people are judging the rich people 957 00:45:12,013 --> 00:45:13,623 You know? They're hoity toity 958 00:45:15,234 --> 00:45:17,802 the idea that you're not like me, and I'm not like you 959 00:45:17,845 --> 00:45:20,543 that's it that simple to literally be like 960 00:45:20,587 --> 00:45:23,242 You can get it that raw. 961 00:45:24,460 --> 00:45:25,940 this is my sister. 962 00:45:27,550 --> 00:45:29,727 You're my brother it doesn't matter who you are 963 00:45:29,770 --> 00:45:31,163 I've never met you before... 964 00:46:11,290 --> 00:46:14,815 - So being as Mayor Larson is out. I will 965 00:46:16,512 --> 00:46:18,210 So the only thing I have to say is yesterday evening 966 00:46:18,253 --> 00:46:22,388 or yesterday day council member Rowe and I 967 00:46:22,431 --> 00:46:25,173 both attended the Tacoma federal hearing. 968 00:46:25,217 --> 00:46:27,219 So I'm going to have some clarification when we get 969 00:46:27,262 --> 00:46:29,569 to the actual meeting on that one. 970 00:46:29,612 --> 00:46:34,530 But it was an interesting process to go to federal court. 971 00:46:35,270 --> 00:46:36,750 That's for sure. 972 00:46:36,794 --> 00:46:38,273 - It was back and forth 973 00:46:38,317 --> 00:46:40,580 between our attorney and the city attorney 974 00:46:40,623 --> 00:46:42,538 but the judge and the city attorney were kind 975 00:46:42,582 --> 00:46:45,237 of making the argument that folks down at the river 976 00:46:45,280 --> 00:46:46,760 they just want to stay there. 977 00:46:46,804 --> 00:46:48,457 They don't want to go anywhere else. 978 00:46:48,501 --> 00:46:50,851 And our attorney was like, where else will they go? 979 00:46:50,895 --> 00:46:53,419 Like, do you have like, Nope, there's nowhere else. 980 00:46:53,462 --> 00:46:55,160 The city has identified nowhere else 981 00:46:55,203 --> 00:46:59,077 for people to be the judge gave a lot of, it seemed 982 00:46:59,120 --> 00:47:02,820 like a lot of openings to the city attorney to just name a 983 00:47:02,863 --> 00:47:06,388 an alternative site, any alternative site, any park. 984 00:47:06,432 --> 00:47:07,912 And they wouldn't. 985 00:47:07,955 --> 00:47:09,914 So then the judge got mad and it was like, 986 00:47:10,523 --> 00:47:11,437 Um... 987 00:47:11,480 --> 00:47:12,525 and it was like, 988 00:47:12,568 --> 00:47:13,918 What'd he say? 989 00:47:13,961 --> 00:47:15,615 He said, you need to get an oar, and put it 990 00:47:15,658 --> 00:47:17,791 in the water and start working on this thing. 991 00:47:17,835 --> 00:47:22,100 He got very kind of like grumpy grandpa about it, 992 00:47:22,143 --> 00:47:23,579 - the 3rd reading is 993 00:47:23,623 --> 00:47:26,713 an adoption of bill number 1905 994 00:47:26,756 --> 00:47:28,280 prohibiting public access 995 00:47:28,323 --> 00:47:30,282 to river street properties for life safety 996 00:47:30,325 --> 00:47:34,634 public safety and public welfare reasons I moved to. 997 00:47:35,940 --> 00:47:37,942 Pass the 3rd reading. 998 00:47:37,985 --> 00:47:39,987 - 2nd 999 00:47:40,031 --> 00:47:41,641 - Its been moved and 2nded that we adopt the third reading 1000 00:47:41,684 --> 00:47:43,599 is there any discussion? 1001 00:47:47,081 --> 00:47:51,042 - I would like to make an amendment to the 3rd reading 1002 00:47:51,956 --> 00:47:53,609 Uh, amendment would 1003 00:47:55,394 --> 00:47:57,396 Take the bill 1905 1004 00:47:58,223 --> 00:47:59,441 through the third reading 1005 00:48:00,921 --> 00:48:02,836 and amend only as to the affected day. 1006 00:48:02,880 --> 00:48:06,231 Is not sooner than June 5th, 2019 1007 00:48:07,362 --> 00:48:08,668 That would be the first Monday 1008 00:48:08,711 --> 00:48:10,888 after the stay on the TRO 1009 00:48:12,063 --> 00:48:14,892 he did grant the restraining order 1010 00:48:14,935 --> 00:48:18,330 or the injunction as written, but he said, I'm putting a 1011 00:48:18,373 --> 00:48:20,201 stay a 30 day, stay on this eviction. 1012 00:48:20,245 --> 00:48:21,724 And within that time 1013 00:48:21,768 --> 00:48:23,726 the city has to find a place for people. 1014 00:48:23,770 --> 00:48:25,685 You need to talk to each other? 1015 00:48:25,728 --> 00:48:28,122 So um, uh... 1016 00:48:28,166 --> 00:48:29,863 So the ball's on the city's court 1017 00:48:29,907 --> 00:48:32,692 at this point in terms of identifying a place. 1018 00:48:32,735 --> 00:48:34,302 So that's what I heard. 1019 00:48:34,346 --> 00:48:36,957 No, for the sake of discussion, please bear with me 1020 00:48:37,001 --> 00:48:40,439 because I am more in favor of an option where 1021 00:48:40,482 --> 00:48:45,270 we postpone the third reading, but direct staff to prepare 1022 00:48:45,313 --> 00:48:50,231 to identify an alternative location for our consideration 1023 00:48:50,840 --> 00:48:52,364 and 1024 00:48:52,407 --> 00:48:53,843 - you have that right to make that amendment. 1025 00:48:53,887 --> 00:48:56,455 - And that's what I, I'm not familiar enough. 1026 00:48:56,498 --> 00:48:57,978 Robert's rules 1027 00:48:58,022 --> 00:49:00,850 of order to know how to get that considered. 1028 00:49:00,894 --> 00:49:04,376 - So I'm going to take it as your word 1029 00:49:04,419 --> 00:49:06,856 and the amendment you'd like to bring forward is 1030 00:49:06,900 --> 00:49:09,642 that we, u table this 1031 00:49:10,469 --> 00:49:12,036 and then direct staff- 1032 00:49:12,079 --> 00:49:13,951 -Not table, postpone the 3rd reading. 1033 00:49:15,039 --> 00:49:17,215 postponed the 3rd reading until when? 1034 00:49:18,085 --> 00:49:20,348 - Until June 12th. 1035 00:49:21,828 --> 00:49:23,656 - So you'd like to post on the third reading 1036 00:49:23,699 --> 00:49:25,745 to the June 12 council meeting 1037 00:49:25,788 --> 00:49:29,227 and direct staff to come up with an alternative location. 1038 00:49:29,270 --> 00:49:32,230 Would anyone like to 2nd that amendment. 1039 00:49:32,273 --> 00:49:33,753 - Sure I will. 1040 00:49:33,796 --> 00:49:37,757 It's been moved and seconded all in favor. 1041 00:49:37,800 --> 00:49:38,584 - Aye. 1042 00:49:38,627 --> 00:49:39,411 - All opposed 1043 00:49:39,454 --> 00:49:40,151 - Nay 1044 00:49:41,674 --> 00:49:43,241 - That amendment is failed. 1045 00:49:43,284 --> 00:49:45,417 - What else did other people hear? 1046 00:49:45,460 --> 00:49:46,940 - Well? Yeah. 1047 00:49:46,984 --> 00:49:49,334 And he said he wanted them to negotiate. 1048 00:49:49,377 --> 00:49:52,598 The, the two sides needed to negotiate something 1049 00:49:52,641 --> 00:49:55,253 because he didn't want to see us back 1050 00:49:55,296 --> 00:49:57,951 for the actual litigation that we filed. 1051 00:49:57,995 --> 00:50:00,780 He wants something resolved out of court rather 1052 00:50:00,823 --> 00:50:02,608 than in court, 1053 00:50:02,651 --> 00:50:07,004 - Back to the original amended ordinance 1054 00:50:08,875 --> 00:50:11,617 Is there any discussion on that original amendment? 1055 00:50:11,660 --> 00:50:13,053 All right, so it's good. 1056 00:50:13,097 --> 00:50:15,403 - Could you restate the amendment. 1057 00:50:16,535 --> 00:50:21,018 - So the, the amendment was to 1058 00:50:22,932 --> 00:50:25,022 change the effective date 1059 00:50:25,065 --> 00:50:27,720 to June 10, 2019 1060 00:50:27,763 --> 00:50:29,504 in respect of the 1061 00:50:29,548 --> 00:50:31,158 which is the Monday 1062 00:50:31,202 --> 00:50:33,552 after the stay of the temporary restraining order. 1063 00:50:33,595 --> 00:50:34,814 All right. 1064 00:50:34,857 --> 00:50:36,381 So this is a roll call vote 1065 00:50:38,035 --> 00:50:41,038 roll call as amended Alstrom is absent Andrews. 1066 00:50:41,081 --> 00:50:41,864 - Yes. 1067 00:50:41,908 --> 00:50:42,996 - James Cook. 1068 00:50:43,040 --> 00:50:44,476 - Yes. 1069 00:50:44,519 --> 00:50:46,695 - Jeff Cook is absent Gordon is absent. 1070 00:50:46,739 --> 00:50:47,696 Maki is absent. 1071 00:50:47,740 --> 00:50:48,523 Prieto 1072 00:50:48,567 --> 00:50:49,655 - Yes. 1073 00:50:49,698 --> 00:50:50,482 - Rodgers. 1074 00:50:50,525 --> 00:50:51,309 - Yes. 1075 00:50:51,352 --> 00:50:52,136 - Rowe. 1076 00:50:52,179 --> 00:50:53,006 - Yes. 1077 00:50:53,050 --> 00:50:53,833 - Schave 1078 00:50:53,876 --> 00:50:54,660 - Yes. 1079 00:50:54,703 --> 00:50:55,487 - Shaw. 1080 00:50:55,530 --> 00:50:56,314 - Yes. 1081 00:50:56,357 --> 00:50:57,141 - Shortt. 1082 00:50:57,184 --> 00:50:58,098 - Yes. 1083 00:50:58,142 --> 00:50:59,969 - Madam Mayor Pro Tem 1084 00:51:00,013 --> 00:51:01,841 that it has passed unanimously eight to zero. 1085 00:51:01,884 --> 00:51:03,364 - All right. 1086 00:51:03,408 --> 00:51:06,672 - DSHS statistics for December of 2017, was 1087 00:51:06,715 --> 00:51:09,240 that there were a thousand people homeless in Aberdeen. 1088 00:51:09,283 --> 00:51:12,678 So about five, roughly 500 people unsheltered 1089 00:51:12,721 --> 00:51:15,898 and 500 people couch surfing. 1090 00:51:15,942 --> 00:51:18,292 And that number is constantly revolving 1091 00:51:18,336 --> 00:51:20,033 and changing all of the time. 1092 00:51:20,077 --> 00:51:23,341 But that's a lot of people in a town of 16,000. 1093 00:51:23,384 --> 00:51:24,037 But that's a lot of people in a town of 16,000. 1094 00:51:24,081 --> 00:51:25,212 Um... 1095 00:51:25,256 --> 00:51:26,474 That's a lot people to be unhoused. 1096 00:51:26,518 --> 00:51:28,302 unhoused or very unstabley housed 1097 00:51:29,695 --> 00:51:31,827 and not a lot of places for them to go. 1098 00:51:33,786 --> 00:51:37,355 - I'm James. I live in Aberdeen, B street. 1099 00:51:37,398 --> 00:51:39,792 I don't know what ward that is 1100 00:51:44,188 --> 00:51:45,841 I just want to say, man, one 1101 00:51:45,885 --> 00:51:48,540 of the things that upsets me the most 1102 00:51:48,583 --> 00:51:53,110 about our mayor or any of you is when you go to that river 1103 00:51:53,153 --> 00:51:57,157 you want to just say these people, these river people 1104 00:51:57,201 --> 00:51:58,898 that's the city of Aberdeen. 1105 00:51:58,941 --> 00:52:00,900 That's your people. 1106 00:52:00,943 --> 00:52:03,337 That's ward, whatever you want on here. 1107 00:52:03,381 --> 00:52:05,383 That's Aberdeen. 1108 00:52:05,426 --> 00:52:07,167 We just need to sit down and discuss some stuff. 1109 00:52:07,211 --> 00:52:09,952 I don't care to go to court for anybody. 1110 00:52:09,996 --> 00:52:11,606 I don't like dressing up, like I'm going 1111 00:52:11,650 --> 00:52:16,220 to a funeral all the time, but it feels that way. 1112 00:52:16,263 --> 00:52:20,789 Every time I walk in those doors with you all. 1113 00:52:20,833 --> 00:52:22,269 I just want 1114 00:52:22,313 --> 00:52:25,272 I've seen dreams and visions for this town. 1115 00:52:25,316 --> 00:52:28,232 We should be living in skyscrapers by now. 1116 00:52:28,275 --> 00:52:29,798 We're still trying to figure 1117 00:52:29,842 --> 00:52:32,061 out crap out on the ground that's sad. 1118 00:52:32,105 --> 00:52:34,063 That's pathetic. 1119 00:52:34,107 --> 00:52:36,240 -[Rev Sarah] I mean, in the end, I think the conversation is. 1120 00:52:36,283 --> 00:52:39,243 I mean the two things that I keep in mind is number one 1121 00:52:39,286 --> 00:52:40,374 like 1122 00:52:41,332 --> 00:52:42,420 people are people. 1123 00:52:43,769 --> 00:52:45,771 Whether they're homeless 1124 00:52:45,814 --> 00:52:48,600 or drug addicted or any of that, people are people 1125 00:52:48,643 --> 00:52:51,211 and they deserve dignity and they deserve respect. 1126 00:52:51,255 --> 00:52:53,257 And they deserve to be treated as people, no 1127 00:52:53,300 --> 00:52:55,476 matter who they are and no matter what they're dealing with. 1128 00:52:55,520 --> 00:52:57,130 And if we started the conversation there 1129 00:52:57,174 --> 00:53:00,002 we would have a lot more productive conversations. 1130 00:53:00,046 --> 00:53:01,569 But if we start the conversation 1131 00:53:01,613 --> 00:53:05,138 with this idea that there are respectable people 1132 00:53:05,182 --> 00:53:09,360 and trash people and trash people don't deserve anything. 1133 00:53:09,403 --> 00:53:11,057 And we really would rather that they weren't 1134 00:53:11,100 --> 00:53:13,581 they were either out of town or not alive. 1135 00:53:13,625 --> 00:53:15,453 Because literally people have come to city council meetings 1136 00:53:15,496 --> 00:53:18,543 and said that they just wish everyone would die. 1137 00:53:18,586 --> 00:53:19,326 So, I mean 1138 00:53:19,370 --> 00:53:20,153 So, I mean 1139 00:53:20,197 --> 00:53:21,589 So, I mean 1140 00:53:21,633 --> 00:53:23,156 it's really hard to have a conversation when 1141 00:53:23,200 --> 00:53:26,681 we don't accept the basic dignity of every person. 1142 00:53:26,725 --> 00:53:28,683 - You know, we just have differences of opinion. 1143 00:53:28,727 --> 00:53:31,164 We know nothing about each other at this point. 1144 00:53:31,208 --> 00:53:33,384 There's, there's gotta be some way that each 1145 00:53:33,427 --> 00:53:36,648 and every one of us has an ideal end goal here. 1146 00:53:36,691 --> 00:53:39,259 Nobody wants those people to live like that. 1147 00:53:39,303 --> 00:53:42,784 At the river, nobody hates anybody 1148 00:53:44,743 --> 00:53:46,179 nobody wishes that they would all just like, Oh, go away. 1149 00:53:46,223 --> 00:53:48,181 I didn't put them there. 1150 00:53:48,225 --> 00:53:52,185 I don't want to leave them there because it's a danger. 1151 00:53:52,229 --> 00:53:54,753 Not only to them at this point, it's 1152 00:53:54,796 --> 00:53:57,930 it's inhumane to leave them living like that. - It's a danger to our city. 1153 00:53:59,148 --> 00:54:00,454 You can't provide port-a-potties 1154 00:54:00,498 --> 00:54:02,021 and accept that that's sanitary. 1155 00:54:02,064 --> 00:54:04,806 But when we can't even have an interaction 1156 00:54:06,765 --> 00:54:09,985 - When these people are calling us out of Facebook live. 1157 00:54:10,029 --> 00:54:12,205 - Yeah it gets to be a little petty. 1158 00:54:12,249 --> 00:54:16,340 I've never had a conversation with Ms Obai 1159 00:54:16,383 --> 00:54:17,819 in real life we've 1160 00:54:17,863 --> 00:54:19,604 and I don't even think we've had banter 1161 00:54:19,647 --> 00:54:22,128 on Facebook because I've connected with Shelby. 1162 00:54:22,171 --> 00:54:23,695 She lumps me in with this. 1163 00:54:23,738 --> 00:54:25,218 I hate everybody group 1164 00:54:25,262 --> 00:54:27,394 and she doesn't know how I feel we've 1165 00:54:27,438 --> 00:54:29,135 never had a conversation. 1166 00:54:29,178 --> 00:54:32,181 And that's my thing too, is that some people come out here 1167 00:54:32,225 --> 00:54:35,315 and like, Oh, I feel so bad for them. 1168 00:54:35,359 --> 00:54:36,490 We can't kick them out of the river 1169 00:54:36,534 --> 00:54:38,057 but it's not because they care. 1170 00:54:38,100 --> 00:54:40,233 They don't want them in their neighborhoods. 1171 00:54:40,277 --> 00:54:41,669 That's the bottom line. 1172 00:54:41,713 --> 00:54:43,105 There's Oh, there's a whole handful 1173 00:54:43,149 --> 00:54:44,890 of people that are doing this whole like, Oh 1174 00:54:44,933 --> 00:54:47,371 the poor homeless people at the river. 1175 00:54:47,414 --> 00:54:48,850 They don't give a shit. 1176 00:54:48,894 --> 00:54:50,330 You know? 1177 00:54:50,374 --> 00:54:51,810 And I don't know what the end result goals is. 1178 00:54:51,853 --> 00:54:54,769 There's gotta be a way to work together instead 1179 00:54:54,813 --> 00:54:58,164 of constantly battling on Facebook for Christ sake 1180 00:54:58,207 --> 00:55:01,733 and a mayor that doesn't even show up. 1181 00:55:01,776 --> 00:55:06,346 - [Rick] On the count of three. One, two, three, freeze. 1182 00:55:15,399 --> 00:55:18,271 - So plum street village is our first effort 1183 00:55:18,315 --> 00:55:20,186 in a tiny home approach to 1184 00:55:20,229 --> 00:55:21,753 the elements of this crisis. 1185 00:55:21,796 --> 00:55:23,581 It's a high level of management 1186 00:55:23,624 --> 00:55:25,974 which you'll see when we got there that hand 1187 00:55:26,018 --> 00:55:28,412 up to the community that holds community 1188 00:55:28,455 --> 00:55:30,196 with our street outreach 1189 00:55:30,239 --> 00:55:32,590 try to get them into a managed site. 1190 00:55:32,633 --> 00:55:35,114 And then once they stabilize in the managed site and show 1191 00:55:35,157 --> 00:55:38,117 that they can be successful with that level of oversight 1192 00:55:38,160 --> 00:55:40,598 then they can interview to go into the plum street village. 1193 00:55:40,641 --> 00:55:43,775 And that's one more level of case management. 1194 00:55:43,818 --> 00:55:47,518 - So right now we have 29 houses after this. 1195 00:55:47,561 --> 00:55:49,433 We're also going through a tour. 1196 00:55:49,476 --> 00:55:51,957 We're looking at housing anywhere between 40 1197 00:55:52,000 --> 00:55:55,700 and 45 residents here, we currently have one meal a day. 1198 00:55:55,743 --> 00:55:58,703 That's provided from union gospel mission 1199 00:55:58,746 --> 00:56:00,313 around five and five 30. 1200 00:56:00,357 --> 00:56:03,316 And then also we have a local food bank that drops 1201 00:56:03,360 --> 00:56:04,535 off donations here. 1202 00:56:04,578 --> 00:56:06,319 And then residents can come here 1203 00:56:06,363 --> 00:56:08,452 and bring food as they, like. 1204 00:56:08,495 --> 00:56:11,411 We also have a resource center here. 1205 00:56:11,455 --> 00:56:13,413 Full bathrooms, three of them. 1206 00:56:13,457 --> 00:56:16,111 Washer and dryer on the backside smoking area. 1207 00:56:16,155 --> 00:56:18,592 Of course, cigarettes only because there's no drugs 1208 00:56:18,636 --> 00:56:20,464 and alcohol. 1209 00:56:20,507 --> 00:56:21,987 -[Jovita] and whatever barrier they come in here with. 1210 00:56:22,030 --> 00:56:23,249 - We do our best to try to make sure we 1211 00:56:23,292 --> 00:56:25,251 can overcome that barrier. 1212 00:56:25,294 --> 00:56:26,557 So when we looked for them for permanent supportive housing 1213 00:56:26,600 --> 00:56:28,602 they can sustain that housing. 1214 00:56:28,646 --> 00:56:29,647 Cause it's a different thing. 1215 00:56:29,690 --> 00:56:31,344 We can always find housing 1216 00:56:31,388 --> 00:56:33,433 but can they sustain that housing is the biggest thing. 1217 00:56:33,477 --> 00:56:35,653 And we don't want them to fall back into the cycle. 1218 00:56:35,696 --> 00:56:38,177 And so this is what the village is here for this is that 1219 00:56:38,220 --> 00:56:41,354 pit stop for us to get them physically, mentally 1220 00:56:41,398 --> 00:56:43,312 financially stable, to go back 1221 00:56:43,356 --> 00:56:45,663 and be productive citizens in whatever County they live in. 1222 00:56:45,706 --> 00:56:47,665 So this is the purpose of the village. 1223 00:56:47,708 --> 00:56:50,668 - We had a local hotel actually bring blankets here 1224 00:56:50,711 --> 00:56:52,017 that they weren't using anymore. 1225 00:56:52,060 --> 00:56:53,497 I mean, we've had mothers come here 1226 00:56:53,540 --> 00:56:56,456 drop off food, Tide pods. 1227 00:56:56,500 --> 00:56:57,979 And you know 1228 00:56:58,023 --> 00:56:59,894 we've actually had the St Michael's people that go 1229 00:56:59,938 --> 00:57:02,375 to their faith organizations come and drop off things. 1230 00:57:02,419 --> 00:57:05,204 They actually built one of the houses here 1231 00:57:05,247 --> 00:57:08,207 the blue house they actually built one of the houses here. 1232 00:57:08,250 --> 00:57:10,209 -[Jovita] The person who lives there they always want to meet 1233 00:57:10,252 --> 00:57:11,689 every time I've heard, Oh can I meet the person in 19? 1234 00:57:11,732 --> 00:57:13,517 Cause that's our house. 1235 00:57:14,648 --> 00:57:16,215 - [John] Very true 1236 00:57:16,258 --> 00:57:17,651 and it really took the community of Lacey 1237 00:57:17,695 --> 00:57:19,653 and it really took the community of Lacey 1238 00:57:19,697 --> 00:57:20,654 in Olympia coming together and really making this happen. 1239 00:57:20,698 --> 00:57:22,308 And it's been great. 1240 00:57:46,767 --> 00:57:50,423 - We've been as an agency protecting citizens 1241 00:57:50,467 --> 00:57:52,425 on riverfront for decades. 1242 00:57:52,469 --> 00:57:55,559 And you know, I think sometimes we lose sight of that. 1243 00:57:55,602 --> 00:57:57,082 I think the citizens may lose sight 1244 00:57:57,125 --> 00:57:58,736 of that because of course what comes 1245 00:57:58,779 --> 00:58:02,087 to the forefront is the criminal element. 1246 00:58:02,130 --> 00:58:04,524 Not everybody on the riverfront are criminals. 1247 00:58:04,568 --> 00:58:06,744 Not everybody on the river, front property are addicted 1248 00:58:06,787 --> 00:58:10,574 to drugs or have mental health issues are, are alcoholics. 1249 00:58:10,617 --> 00:58:12,532 Obviously there are those who have a combination 1250 00:58:12,576 --> 00:58:14,229 of perhaps all three. 1251 00:58:17,581 --> 00:58:19,539 I think there's a lot 1252 00:58:19,583 --> 00:58:21,802 of positive interaction that is not really spoke of. 1253 00:58:21,846 --> 00:58:23,282 I think you're going to get an opportunity when 1254 00:58:23,325 --> 00:58:24,979 you speak with some 1255 00:58:25,023 --> 00:58:27,591 of the officers that do frequent the riverfront property 1256 00:58:27,634 --> 00:58:30,681 and you'll hear that same information 1257 00:58:32,073 --> 00:58:33,597 - Like this sleeping bag right here, you know 1258 00:58:33,640 --> 00:58:36,121 like this thing saved my fucking life. 1259 00:58:36,164 --> 00:58:37,775 I remember the first night I was out here 1260 00:58:37,818 --> 00:58:41,430 like the very first night I had this tent and like 1261 00:58:41,474 --> 00:58:42,693 I didn't even have a blanket. 1262 00:58:42,736 --> 00:58:43,868 You know what I mean? 1263 00:58:43,911 --> 00:58:45,043 And it was cold. 1264 00:58:45,086 --> 00:58:46,566 It was like cold and windy. 1265 00:58:46,610 --> 00:58:49,482 And like, it was my first time setting up a tent. 1266 00:58:49,526 --> 00:58:52,311 So like my dumb ass didn't even put on like the tarp on. 1267 00:58:52,354 --> 00:58:53,530 Right. You know what I mean? 1268 00:58:53,573 --> 00:58:54,966 And like 1269 00:58:55,009 --> 00:58:56,445 Fucking... so like 1270 00:58:56,489 --> 00:58:58,143 it was a little bit exposed to wind coming in 1271 00:58:58,186 --> 00:58:59,927 and I was in here like fucking freezing 1272 00:58:59,971 --> 00:59:02,321 until like about two in the morning. 1273 00:59:02,364 --> 00:59:03,975 And then fucking... 1274 00:59:04,018 --> 00:59:05,803 I ended up having to, I was like, dude, I can't do this. 1275 00:59:05,846 --> 00:59:07,108 I ended up having to, fuck I was like, dude, I can't do this. 1276 00:59:07,152 --> 00:59:08,588 I got the, I seen this cop drive by 1277 00:59:08,632 --> 00:59:10,329 and I got the idea, you know, like, you know 1278 00:59:10,372 --> 00:59:12,636 as much as I fucking hate cops, you know, as much 1279 00:59:12,679 --> 00:59:15,813 as they ruined my life, you know, like, like I was 1280 00:59:15,856 --> 00:59:18,163 I was in a tight spot, you know what I mean? 1281 00:59:18,206 --> 00:59:20,208 And I fucking looked up the police department 1282 00:59:20,252 --> 00:59:24,561 non emergency number and I, I told them my situation 1283 00:59:24,604 --> 00:59:26,911 and you know, they fucking hooked me 1284 00:59:26,954 --> 00:59:29,174 up with this fucking blanket right here. 1285 00:59:29,217 --> 00:59:30,610 They gave me 1286 00:59:30,654 --> 00:59:32,307 like a little fucking care package and shit. 1287 00:59:32,351 --> 00:59:33,961 And I was like, you know 1288 00:59:34,005 --> 00:59:36,007 like I was like, you know, like, thank you guys. 1289 00:59:36,050 --> 00:59:37,574 You know? 1290 00:59:37,617 --> 00:59:39,053 Like I was appreciating like, you know, I don't 1291 00:59:39,097 --> 00:59:40,664 I usually don't like cops, you know? 1292 00:59:40,707 --> 00:59:42,187 But like 1293 00:59:42,230 --> 00:59:44,885 they fucking they saved my life that night 1294 00:59:46,757 --> 00:59:47,801 - What's going on, man? 1295 00:59:47,845 --> 00:59:49,020 How are you? 1296 00:59:49,063 --> 00:59:49,977 - I can't find my brother. 1297 00:59:50,021 --> 00:59:51,022 - Your brother? 1298 00:59:51,065 --> 00:59:51,936 -Chubby 1299 00:59:51,979 --> 00:59:52,850 -Chubbzzz 1300 00:59:52,893 --> 00:59:53,851 Isn't he over on Wishkah? 1301 00:59:53,894 --> 00:59:55,504 - Yeah. 1302 00:59:55,548 --> 00:59:57,550 I want to check on him though. 1303 00:59:57,594 --> 00:59:58,246 - All right. Cool. I'll go check on him too in a little bit. 1304 00:59:59,465 --> 01:00:00,074 - Yea thats all I want to do. 1305 01:00:00,684 --> 01:00:02,207 - Cool. 1306 01:00:02,250 --> 01:00:04,383 I'll go check on him too in a little bit. 1307 01:00:04,426 --> 01:00:05,166 - Yea let me know. 1308 01:00:05,906 --> 01:00:06,733 - All right. 1309 01:00:06,777 --> 01:00:07,212 take care. 1310 01:00:08,648 --> 01:00:11,564 - [Rick] What's wrong with Chubbzzz? 1311 01:00:11,608 --> 01:00:13,044 - I know he, he's probably sitting 1312 01:00:13,087 --> 01:00:16,656 down to throwing back, but. 1313 01:00:16,700 --> 01:00:17,570 - [Rick] And that was his 1314 01:00:17,614 --> 01:00:18,440 that was 1315 01:00:18,484 --> 01:00:20,660 - his way of saying 1316 01:00:20,704 --> 01:00:22,270 - I'm not doing nothing. 1317 01:00:22,314 --> 01:00:23,663 - I'm just trying to check on Chubbzzz 1318 01:00:23,707 --> 01:00:25,404 here's chubbzzz right here. 1319 01:00:28,886 --> 01:00:30,975 I'm looking for Ken Pinkernell. 1320 01:00:31,018 --> 01:00:35,936 Has anyone seen, we're also looking for David gangle. 1321 01:00:36,807 --> 01:00:39,070 If anyone had seen, 1322 01:00:39,113 --> 01:00:41,376 how are you doing Ken? 1323 01:00:42,813 --> 01:00:45,337 - I just gotta check on these people. 1324 01:00:46,381 --> 01:00:47,948 - That's a good thing. 1325 01:00:47,992 --> 01:00:49,123 Hey, Ken, take care of Homer. 1326 01:00:49,167 --> 01:00:50,124 All right. 1327 01:00:51,604 --> 01:00:52,953 - [Ken] Awe, cmon. I can't take care of both! 1328 01:00:54,912 --> 01:00:56,522 - I think Dave, I think Dave needs the most help though. 1329 01:00:56,565 --> 01:00:57,697 - I love you, brother 1330 01:00:57,741 --> 01:00:58,567 Take care. 1331 01:01:02,920 --> 01:01:04,269 He's always pretty cool. 1332 01:01:04,312 --> 01:01:08,186 Always, always laughing, joking. 1333 01:01:08,229 --> 01:01:10,231 - Harbor Two Seven Six 1334 01:01:11,363 --> 01:01:12,756 -[Radio] Two Seven Six, go ahead. 1335 01:01:14,627 --> 01:01:16,455 - I'll be down at the river camps 1336 01:01:16,498 --> 01:01:17,848 checking on things 1337 01:01:20,677 --> 01:01:22,156 - [Radio] 276, 15 50 1338 01:01:24,158 --> 01:01:26,987 as this situation is getting worse 1339 01:01:28,902 --> 01:01:31,078 and you realize, well, you know, work in these people go. 1340 01:01:31,122 --> 01:01:32,732 They there isn't somewhere they can go. 1341 01:01:33,951 --> 01:01:35,387 And there's no single answer. 1342 01:01:35,430 --> 01:01:37,998 Everyone has a different story to tell. 1343 01:01:38,042 --> 01:01:39,652 It's not like you can just say 1344 01:01:39,696 --> 01:01:41,132 this is the way we're going to fix it. 1345 01:01:41,175 --> 01:01:43,656 And so I'm just trying to do as much 1346 01:01:43,700 --> 01:01:47,791 as I can to show them it's better for everybody. 1347 01:01:47,834 --> 01:01:50,707 And it's certainly better for us in our careers. 1348 01:01:50,750 --> 01:01:55,624 If they can fix their issues, they have and... 1349 01:01:56,538 --> 01:01:59,324 become uh...uh... happier 1350 01:01:59,367 --> 01:02:02,762 with their life and, and be in a better 1351 01:02:03,676 --> 01:02:05,199 situation 1352 01:02:05,243 --> 01:02:06,592 to where they want to get up in the morning. 1353 01:02:06,635 --> 01:02:08,159 And they have goals like, 1354 01:02:08,202 --> 01:02:09,116 hi, what's up 1355 01:02:09,160 --> 01:02:10,988 out for a little jog 1356 01:02:11,031 --> 01:02:12,816 - going down to get some food 1357 01:02:12,859 --> 01:02:14,339 - getting some food, huh? 1358 01:02:14,382 --> 01:02:16,167 - Oh, it's down at the gate now. 1359 01:02:16,210 --> 01:02:17,472 right. 1360 01:02:17,516 --> 01:02:18,865 Oh its down at the gate now. 1361 01:02:18,909 --> 01:02:20,998 You better get it before everyone else does. 1362 01:02:21,041 --> 01:02:21,825 Yeah. All right. 1363 01:02:21,868 --> 01:02:23,522 Good, good. 1364 01:02:23,565 --> 01:02:26,177 You I'm glad you're looking good and everything. 1365 01:02:26,220 --> 01:02:27,700 So, all right. 1366 01:02:27,744 --> 01:02:29,310 You keeping them all in line down here. 1367 01:02:29,354 --> 01:02:30,137 Oh, you bet. Trying. 1368 01:02:30,181 --> 01:02:31,138 All right. 1369 01:02:31,182 --> 01:02:32,357 All right. 1370 01:02:32,400 --> 01:02:33,358 We'll go grab some of that food. 1371 01:02:33,401 --> 01:02:34,185 All right. 1372 01:02:34,228 --> 01:02:35,012 All right. 1373 01:02:35,055 --> 01:02:37,014 Have a good day. 1374 01:02:37,057 --> 01:02:40,495 And we just need to do the best we can to help them. 1375 01:02:40,539 --> 01:02:42,410 They're the ones that decide. 1376 01:02:42,454 --> 01:02:43,847 If they're going to make those decisions to get back 1377 01:02:43,890 --> 01:02:46,371 on their feet, you can't arrest the problem. 1378 01:02:46,414 --> 01:02:48,721 You know, you got to try to get them to take control 1379 01:02:48,765 --> 01:02:51,028 of their life and try to get out of it. 1380 01:02:53,204 --> 01:02:56,120 Someone ever help you carry that stuff. 1381 01:02:56,163 --> 01:02:57,904 - Once somebody did last week. 1382 01:02:57,948 --> 01:02:59,210 - Oh 1383 01:02:59,253 --> 01:03:00,820 - Dude, he is very, very, very capable. 1384 01:03:00,864 --> 01:03:01,734 That man is one of the strongest men. 1385 01:03:01,778 --> 01:03:02,561 I know. 1386 01:03:02,604 --> 01:03:03,388 - I know he is. 1387 01:03:03,431 --> 01:03:04,476 I know he is. 1388 01:03:05,651 --> 01:03:07,784 - If you were to ask 30 years ago 1389 01:03:07,827 --> 01:03:10,308 when I started in this profession and mission statements 1390 01:03:10,351 --> 01:03:11,875 really weren't a thing. 1391 01:03:11,918 --> 01:03:14,138 If you were doing choir, I would say, well 1392 01:03:14,181 --> 01:03:16,401 it's the serve and protect, serve and protect. 1393 01:03:16,444 --> 01:03:18,229 I think the protect thing is pretty 1394 01:03:18,272 --> 01:03:20,492 evident that that's what we should be doing. 1395 01:03:20,535 --> 01:03:22,755 I think the serve thing in some 1396 01:03:22,799 --> 01:03:24,931 with some agencies has gotten 1397 01:03:24,975 --> 01:03:26,237 a bit skewed 1398 01:03:26,280 --> 01:03:29,153 as to what that translates into. 1399 01:03:30,328 --> 01:03:31,590 - What's like the ugly part 1400 01:03:31,633 --> 01:03:33,418 of relating to folks down here? 1401 01:03:33,461 --> 01:03:33,810 of relating to folks down here? 1402 01:03:35,550 --> 01:03:36,813 - Ugly...part? 1403 01:03:43,732 --> 01:03:46,866 - Some would say, they're like in the gutter 1404 01:03:46,910 --> 01:03:48,433 they don't care about it. 1405 01:03:48,476 --> 01:03:51,479 They don't care about what, what they look like. 1406 01:03:51,523 --> 01:03:55,396 And we're looking like this is a sad thing 1407 01:03:56,571 --> 01:03:58,704 and they don't want to change. 1408 01:03:58,747 --> 01:04:03,535 And you're, they're, trying to like speak some sense into them. 1409 01:04:04,144 --> 01:04:05,842 And it's 1410 01:04:05,885 --> 01:04:08,235 it's hard to see that know they're hurting their life 1411 01:04:08,279 --> 01:04:12,239 and they, they just don't really care about that. 1412 01:04:15,286 --> 01:04:15,808 - [Cameraman] What do you tell- 1413 01:04:16,896 --> 01:04:17,157 - Two PaulThirteen, go ahead. 1414 01:04:19,029 --> 01:04:19,203 - [Cameraman] What do you tell Rick Walters when he falls off 1415 01:04:19,943 --> 01:04:21,466 when he falls off 1416 01:04:21,509 --> 01:04:23,816 and you find them down there at the river 1417 01:04:24,948 --> 01:04:26,166 - What do I tell Rick? 1418 01:04:26,210 --> 01:04:27,689 - Yeah. 1419 01:04:27,733 --> 01:04:28,952 - I'll go grab him 1420 01:04:28,995 --> 01:04:30,954 and put him in my uh 1421 01:04:31,868 --> 01:04:33,739 Chevy express van. 1422 01:04:35,219 --> 01:04:37,656 And then I'll duct tape him to my tree at home. 1423 01:04:39,049 --> 01:04:42,966 I'll tell him, honestly, 1424 01:04:43,009 --> 01:04:45,098 I'll just be there for him. 1425 01:04:45,142 --> 01:04:46,578 He's my friend. 1426 01:04:46,621 --> 01:04:50,016 And I would probably go down 1427 01:04:50,060 --> 01:04:54,978 and visit him and just talk hope into his life, you know 1428 01:04:55,979 --> 01:04:57,763 because 1429 01:04:57,806 --> 01:05:00,157 I shouldn't give up on him. 1430 01:05:00,200 --> 01:05:02,159 That's, that's what it is. 1431 01:05:02,202 --> 01:05:03,769 You know, 1432 01:05:03,812 --> 01:05:06,685 I probably want to like punch him a few times but, 1433 01:05:08,469 --> 01:05:09,993 you better not fall off. 1434 01:05:10,036 --> 01:05:12,996 But if he does, I'll be there for him. 1435 01:05:13,039 --> 01:05:13,953 I mean, 1436 01:05:14,867 --> 01:05:15,389 that's what family 1437 01:05:16,260 --> 01:05:17,130 that's what brothers do 1438 01:05:17,870 --> 01:05:18,392 stick together. 1439 01:05:36,889 --> 01:05:38,935 - [Rick] I got to admit there was some people I was 1440 01:05:38,978 --> 01:05:40,937 uncomfortable talking to. 1441 01:05:42,851 --> 01:05:45,332 I met this cat named Samuel 1442 01:05:45,376 --> 01:05:46,855 and he scared the shit out of me. 1443 01:05:46,899 --> 01:05:48,379 When I first saw him, 1444 01:05:48,422 --> 01:05:51,382 I wasn't able to record what he said 1445 01:05:51,425 --> 01:05:53,601 but I figured I'd tell you anyway 1446 01:05:55,038 --> 01:05:57,388 because he's pretty much me. 1447 01:05:58,998 --> 01:06:01,696 I've been on the streets and a lot 1448 01:06:01,740 --> 01:06:05,831 of different States since I graduated high school. 1449 01:06:07,398 --> 01:06:11,054 What else there is to say, but being with my friends 1450 01:06:11,097 --> 01:06:15,058 being outside in nature, I get cabin fever sometimes. 1451 01:06:15,101 --> 01:06:16,711 And I just want to travel. 1452 01:06:16,755 --> 01:06:18,148 You got to take care 1453 01:06:18,191 --> 01:06:19,976 of things and all that bull crap in life. 1454 01:06:20,019 --> 01:06:21,455 I understand that. 1455 01:06:25,024 --> 01:06:27,418 I don't even know what to say right now, man. 1456 01:06:27,461 --> 01:06:30,987 I rather live in a tent in the forest 1457 01:06:31,030 --> 01:06:34,207 and sleep around the birds and the bees than a 1458 01:06:34,251 --> 01:06:36,688 than a house full of problems. 1459 01:06:39,517 --> 01:06:41,171 I love the road. 1460 01:06:41,214 --> 01:06:42,650 I love the river. 1461 01:06:42,694 --> 01:06:44,130 I love hopping the trains 1462 01:06:44,174 --> 01:06:45,958 the streets and all the different places 1463 01:06:46,002 --> 01:06:50,223 I've been over the years and years. 1464 01:06:51,094 --> 01:06:52,921 Right now I feel like 1465 01:06:53,792 --> 01:06:56,186 I'm stagnant having to, 1466 01:06:58,101 --> 01:07:00,190 Having to... 1467 01:07:01,408 --> 01:07:03,019 I don't know, flip the page 1468 01:07:03,062 --> 01:07:05,282 or turn the chapter on life. 1469 01:07:10,243 --> 01:07:11,418 - Sometimes 1470 01:07:12,941 --> 01:07:14,117 almost all the time. 1471 01:07:16,032 --> 01:07:18,512 I wish I could find like one 1472 01:07:18,556 --> 01:07:21,037 solid girl around my age 1473 01:07:22,255 --> 01:07:24,040 and just 1474 01:07:24,083 --> 01:07:25,215 travel all over the country with her or something. 1475 01:07:26,085 --> 01:07:27,782 See this beautiful world. 1476 01:07:30,568 --> 01:07:31,438 But, 1477 01:07:32,613 --> 01:07:33,745 that has yet to really happen. 1478 01:07:37,618 --> 01:07:40,056 I don't know how much more I want to say other than that 1479 01:07:40,099 --> 01:07:40,621 I don't know how much more I want to say other than that 1480 01:07:42,145 --> 01:07:42,797 I don't know... 1481 01:07:45,235 --> 01:07:47,759 I guess thank you for letting me speak. 1482 01:07:48,629 --> 01:07:50,327 Put a smile on my face. 1483 01:07:50,370 --> 01:07:51,632 Just... 1484 01:07:52,807 --> 01:07:53,678 Just stopping and talking to me 1485 01:07:53,721 --> 01:07:54,766 for a minute. 1486 01:07:55,593 --> 01:07:57,116 You know the difference 1487 01:07:57,160 --> 01:07:58,770 between a right hug and a left hug? 1488 01:07:58,813 --> 01:08:02,339 When you hug someone this way your hearts beat apart. 1489 01:08:02,382 --> 01:08:06,386 When you hug someone this way they beat together. 1490 01:08:10,173 --> 01:08:14,090 - [Rick] Not everybody wants to be part of the system. 1491 01:08:15,917 --> 01:08:17,397 Not everybody wants help 1492 01:08:20,008 --> 01:08:22,141 but everybody's definitely somebody. 1493 01:08:24,187 --> 01:08:26,102 - [Woman] I've known [indistinct] since we were little kids. 1494 01:08:26,145 --> 01:08:27,712 He wasn't always like this. 1495 01:08:27,755 --> 01:08:29,714 - [Rick] what was he like before? 1496 01:08:29,757 --> 01:08:31,368 - [Woman] He was a normal bright young man very athletic 1497 01:08:31,411 --> 01:08:33,109 - [Rick] And what happened? 1498 01:08:33,152 --> 01:08:34,240 - [Woman] He got a hot dose. 1499 01:08:35,285 --> 01:08:36,851 - [Woman] He got, a- 1500 01:08:36,895 --> 01:08:38,679 Somebody shot him up with a hot dose 1501 01:08:38,723 --> 01:08:40,159 - [Rick] Hot dose what do you mean? 1502 01:08:40,203 --> 01:08:41,421 - [Woman] Its drug induced schizophrenia. 1503 01:08:42,857 --> 01:08:44,163 - Yeah. And I remember I was a teenager when 1504 01:08:44,207 --> 01:08:45,643 the timber industry crashed 1505 01:08:45,686 --> 01:08:47,166 and I remember loggers going door 1506 01:08:47,210 --> 01:08:49,734 to door and I remember people becoming homeless 1507 01:08:49,777 --> 01:08:52,171 and I remember all of that happening. 1508 01:08:52,215 --> 01:08:56,219 And I remember people turning to drugs as an alternative 1509 01:08:56,262 --> 01:08:58,351 not just as a coping skill 1510 01:08:58,395 --> 01:09:01,006 but also as an alternative economy. 1511 01:09:01,049 --> 01:09:02,573 -Right. 1512 01:09:02,616 --> 01:09:05,228 Right. It's an, it's a way to make money, you know? 1513 01:09:05,271 --> 01:09:08,579 And you know, that's part of the problem. 1514 01:09:08,622 --> 01:09:10,102 There's not a lot of ways to make money here. 1515 01:09:10,146 --> 01:09:13,888 And when you're 18, 19 and end up on the street. 1516 01:09:15,455 --> 01:09:20,112 - Yeah. People like pissing and shit into fucking 1517 01:09:21,548 --> 01:09:23,333 to bottles just to fucking cook with 1518 01:09:23,376 --> 01:09:25,335 so like like fucking piss into a bottle 1519 01:09:25,378 --> 01:09:27,250 and like pour under the fucking spoon just to cook with 1520 01:09:27,293 --> 01:09:30,122 with like dude really you're gonna fucking put that in you. 1521 01:09:30,166 --> 01:09:31,297 I'm like, man. 1522 01:09:31,341 --> 01:09:32,733 That's why I only smoke like, 1523 01:09:32,777 --> 01:09:33,952 That's why I only smoke like, 1524 01:09:33,995 --> 01:09:35,171 I don't fuck with any- like 1525 01:09:35,214 --> 01:09:36,433 I don't fucking slam nothing, like... 1526 01:09:36,476 --> 01:09:37,347 I'll smoke it all. 1527 01:09:37,390 --> 01:09:38,043 I'll smoke it all. 1528 01:09:38,086 --> 01:09:39,610 Fucking 1529 01:09:39,653 --> 01:09:40,567 put it on a foil, put it in the fucking glass pipe. 1530 01:09:40,611 --> 01:09:41,742 Like I'm down with black. 1531 01:09:41,786 --> 01:09:42,656 I'm down with white. 1532 01:09:42,700 --> 01:09:43,309 I'm down with white. 1533 01:09:43,353 --> 01:09:44,136 Fucking 1534 01:09:44,180 --> 01:09:45,268 I'll do anything 1535 01:09:45,311 --> 01:09:46,138 on the fucking face of the earth. 1536 01:09:46,182 --> 01:09:47,270 I'll take tabs. 1537 01:09:47,313 --> 01:09:48,793 I'll fucking, I'll do ecstasy. 1538 01:09:48,836 --> 01:09:49,968 I'll fucking I'll shoot pills fucking all day. 1539 01:09:50,011 --> 01:09:50,621 -[Rick] Do you have your lighter? 1540 01:09:50,664 --> 01:09:52,100 Yes I do. 1541 01:09:54,102 --> 01:09:57,541 - Yeah. fucking heroin made me into the person that allowed 1542 01:09:57,584 --> 01:09:59,282 my boyfriend at the time 1543 01:09:59,325 --> 01:10:03,068 and a friend of his basically robbed my mom's house. 1544 01:10:03,111 --> 01:10:04,461 Let them into my mom's house 1545 01:10:04,504 --> 01:10:06,114 let them take whatever they wanted just 1546 01:10:06,158 --> 01:10:08,073 so I can get my next fucking 1547 01:10:08,900 --> 01:10:09,770 get well. 1548 01:10:10,510 --> 01:10:11,207 -[Rick] Fuck... 1549 01:10:12,860 --> 01:10:15,167 And realizing that and realizing the person I really am. 1550 01:10:15,211 --> 01:10:16,473 And that wasn't it. 1551 01:10:16,516 --> 01:10:18,605 Gave me the...the... 1552 01:10:19,302 --> 01:10:20,216 confidence to 1553 01:10:21,260 --> 01:10:22,870 fucking kick it. 1554 01:10:22,914 --> 01:10:24,263 And I kicked the cold Turkey smoking chronic weed 1555 01:10:24,307 --> 01:10:25,482 for two weeks. 1556 01:10:25,525 --> 01:10:26,700 - If I get beat up 1557 01:10:26,744 --> 01:10:28,006 on throw me in that fucking fire. 1558 01:10:28,049 --> 01:10:30,182 just make sure my mom gets my body 1559 01:10:30,226 --> 01:10:32,010 don't just pit me in garbage can. 1560 01:10:32,053 --> 01:10:33,185 I don't like that. 1561 01:10:33,229 --> 01:10:34,665 I died three times in Seattle. 1562 01:10:34,708 --> 01:10:36,319 - [Rick] That's how you communicate. 1563 01:10:36,362 --> 01:10:38,277 - Heroine and cocaine, shit. 1564 01:10:38,321 --> 01:10:40,932 I've had a problem since I was 11 1565 01:10:40,975 --> 01:10:42,586 - I don't even have anything against needles. 1566 01:10:42,629 --> 01:10:46,590 Like I'm just like as sketchy, like dude fucking... 1567 01:10:48,026 --> 01:10:51,986 - [Rick] I died a couple times. Its bad 1568 01:10:54,728 --> 01:10:57,122 - [Woman] He can be within, you know 1569 01:10:57,165 --> 01:11:00,473 a normal state of mind when he is sober 1570 01:11:00,517 --> 01:11:03,911 but it takes a long time months, you know, when 1571 01:11:03,955 --> 01:11:08,699 they get back and they still it's never the same, but yeah 1572 01:11:09,961 --> 01:11:11,354 he's lucky to be alive. 1573 01:11:11,397 --> 01:11:13,834 - [Rick] What is, where is he? 1574 01:11:13,878 --> 01:11:15,009 - Not sure. 1575 01:11:15,053 --> 01:11:16,707 His mother, family, everything. 1576 01:11:16,750 --> 01:11:18,709 Everybody has tried, but I don't 1577 01:11:18,752 --> 01:11:22,800 I don't really know if it can be completely rectified. 1578 01:11:22,843 --> 01:11:24,062 He lost a lot. 1579 01:11:24,105 --> 01:11:26,194 When he went, he lost our brother 1580 01:11:26,238 --> 01:11:28,327 Daniel and him were very best friends 1581 01:11:28,371 --> 01:11:31,374 and he died right down there is his Memorial. 1582 01:11:31,417 --> 01:11:33,593 And they both had the same thing. 1583 01:11:33,637 --> 01:11:34,551 Drug induced schizophrenia. 1584 01:11:34,594 --> 01:11:36,553 They were very close. 1585 01:11:36,596 --> 01:11:38,076 And since then 1586 01:11:38,119 --> 01:11:40,644 he's never really never really tried as hard. 1587 01:11:40,687 --> 01:11:43,777 You know, he lost a lot when Daniel passed away. 1588 01:11:43,821 --> 01:11:44,604 You know, he lost a lot when Daniel passed away. 1589 01:11:45,866 --> 01:11:47,172 -[Off Camera] He lost is best friend. 1590 01:11:47,781 --> 01:11:48,173 - Yea. 1591 01:11:50,044 --> 01:11:50,697 -[Councilwoman] Thats why I asked twice 1592 01:11:51,611 --> 01:11:52,220 -You got bad hearing. 1593 01:11:53,831 --> 01:11:57,704 - Hi, my name is Tom Davis, I live in Aberdeen. 1594 01:11:57,748 --> 01:11:59,184 Third ward. 1595 01:12:00,838 --> 01:12:03,362 I'd like to share with you, what I consider maybe 1596 01:12:04,885 --> 01:12:08,411 what sometimes people call it the wrong perception 1597 01:12:08,454 --> 01:12:09,412 and a little reading here. 1598 01:12:09,455 --> 01:12:11,152 Bear with me, please. 1599 01:12:13,590 --> 01:12:17,811 A man once had to leave home for a long time. 1600 01:12:17,855 --> 01:12:22,120 Before he left home, his wife got pregnant 1601 01:12:22,163 --> 01:12:24,340 but he didn't know it. 1602 01:12:24,383 --> 01:12:29,301 When he returned, his wife had given birth to a child. 1603 01:12:30,824 --> 01:12:33,958 He suspected that little boy was not his and believed 1604 01:12:34,001 --> 01:12:38,223 that he was the son of the neighbor that he used to come 1605 01:12:38,266 --> 01:12:39,833 and work for the family, the little boy with suspicion. 1606 01:12:41,400 --> 01:12:42,923 He looked at the little boy with suspicion. 1607 01:12:43,750 --> 01:12:44,838 He hated him. 1608 01:12:46,405 --> 01:12:49,452 He saw the neighbor's face in the little boy's face. 1609 01:12:49,495 --> 01:12:50,714 And one day. 1610 01:12:50,757 --> 01:12:53,369 The Man's brother came to visit 1611 01:12:53,412 --> 01:12:57,634 for the first time when he saw the little boy he said 1612 01:12:57,677 --> 01:13:01,072 to the father, he looks just like you. 1613 01:13:02,247 --> 01:13:03,901 He's your exact duplicate. 1614 01:13:04,728 --> 01:13:06,207 The brothers visit 1615 01:13:06,904 --> 01:13:08,471 was a happy event 1616 01:13:08,514 --> 01:13:09,646 because it helped the father get rid 1617 01:13:09,689 --> 01:13:11,604 Get rid of his wrong perception. 1618 01:13:13,432 --> 01:13:16,348 But the wrong perception had controlled the man's life 1619 01:13:16,392 --> 01:13:18,045 for 12 years. 1620 01:13:19,307 --> 01:13:20,874 It made the fathers suffer deeply. 1621 01:13:22,049 --> 01:13:23,747 It made his wife suffer deeply. 1622 01:13:23,790 --> 01:13:26,358 And of course the little boys suffered from 1623 01:13:27,228 --> 01:13:28,142 that kind of hatred. 1624 01:13:30,057 --> 01:13:34,279 We act on the basis of wrong perceptions all the time. 1625 01:13:35,715 --> 01:13:39,458 We should not be sure of any perception we have. 1626 01:13:39,502 --> 01:13:44,332 When you look at the beautiful sunset, you may be quite sure 1627 01:13:44,376 --> 01:13:49,163 that you're seeing the sun as it is in that moment. 1628 01:13:50,687 --> 01:13:54,038 but a scientist will tell you that that image 1629 01:13:54,081 --> 01:13:57,258 of the sun that you see is an image 1630 01:13:57,302 --> 01:14:00,218 of the sun from eight minutes ago 1631 01:14:01,828 --> 01:14:04,614 sunlight takes eight minutes to reach the earth 1632 01:14:05,789 --> 01:14:07,791 from such a long distance. 1633 01:14:07,834 --> 01:14:08,618 Also, 1634 01:14:10,184 --> 01:14:13,927 when you see a star, you think that the star is there 1635 01:14:15,363 --> 01:14:17,453 but that star may have disappeared already. 1636 01:14:17,496 --> 01:14:20,717 One, two or 10,000 years before 1637 01:14:21,892 --> 01:14:24,068 we have to be very careful 1638 01:14:25,156 --> 01:14:26,723 with our perceptions. 1639 01:14:26,766 --> 01:14:29,073 Otherwise we will suffer. 1640 01:14:30,640 --> 01:14:34,861 It is very helpful to write on a piece of paper. 1641 01:14:35,601 --> 01:14:36,384 Are you sure 1642 01:14:37,560 --> 01:14:39,518 and hang it up in your room 1643 01:14:41,520 --> 01:14:45,219 and medical clinics, hospitals, they're beginning to hang 1644 01:14:45,263 --> 01:14:49,963 up these kinds of signs, even if you are sure. 1645 01:14:50,703 --> 01:14:52,444 Check again. 1646 01:14:52,488 --> 01:14:57,144 It is a caution that if disease is not detected early 1647 01:14:58,276 --> 01:14:59,320 it can be very difficult to heal. 1648 01:15:00,496 --> 01:15:02,889 Medical doctors are not thinking 1649 01:15:04,021 --> 01:15:05,762 in terms of mental formations. 1650 01:15:07,198 --> 01:15:09,592 They are thinking in terms of a hidden disease 1651 01:15:09,635 --> 01:15:10,375 but 1652 01:15:11,768 --> 01:15:14,031 we can also make use of this slogan. 1653 01:15:15,206 --> 01:15:16,990 Even if you are sure, check again 1654 01:15:18,035 --> 01:15:19,950 we have made ourselves suffer. 1655 01:15:19,993 --> 01:15:23,170 We made a hell for ourselves. 1656 01:15:24,694 --> 01:15:27,827 And our beloved ones because of our perceptions. 1657 01:15:27,871 --> 01:15:30,830 Are you sure of your perception? 1658 01:15:30,874 --> 01:15:32,310 There are people who suffer 1659 01:15:32,353 --> 01:15:36,314 from wrong perceptions for 10, 20 years. 1660 01:15:36,357 --> 01:15:37,968 They are sure 1661 01:15:38,011 --> 01:15:42,450 as the other person has betrayed them or hates them. 1662 01:15:43,626 --> 01:15:44,888 And even though the other person 1663 01:15:44,931 --> 01:15:47,586 has portrayed only good intentions 1664 01:15:47,630 --> 01:15:52,243 a person who is the victim or wrong perception 1665 01:15:52,896 --> 01:15:54,332 makes himself 1666 01:15:54,375 --> 01:15:56,595 and the people around him suffered a lot. 1667 01:15:56,639 --> 01:15:58,684 When you're angry 1668 01:15:58,728 --> 01:16:01,600 and you're suffering, please go back and inspect 1669 01:16:01,644 --> 01:16:05,822 very deeply, the content and the nature of your perception. 1670 01:16:06,605 --> 01:16:07,867 If you're capable 1671 01:16:07,911 --> 01:16:09,826 of rebuilding the wrong perception, 1672 01:16:09,869 --> 01:16:11,349 peace 1673 01:16:11,392 --> 01:16:12,350 happiness 1674 01:16:12,393 --> 01:16:14,439 will be restored you 1675 01:16:15,614 --> 01:16:16,572 and you will be able to, uh... 1676 01:16:17,747 --> 01:16:20,184 love the other person again. 1677 01:16:20,227 --> 01:16:21,925 Thank you, Madam Mayor. 1678 01:16:36,592 --> 01:16:40,073 - [Mayer Larson] In Aberdeen, we're kinda in a unique postion, similar to Olympia. 1679 01:16:40,117 --> 01:16:41,771 - There's kind of the elephant in the room. 1680 01:16:41,814 --> 01:16:45,209 The fact that the city is currently being in a lawsuit 1681 01:16:45,252 --> 01:16:48,908 and a lot of that has stemmed from, I think, a disconnect 1682 01:16:48,952 --> 01:16:52,259 between some of the people who were looking to advocate 1683 01:16:52,303 --> 01:16:54,348 for homeless individuals in our community 1684 01:16:54,392 --> 01:16:57,525 and the realities of what, what is attainable 1685 01:16:57,569 --> 01:17:00,616 and also understanding that, you know, ultimately 1686 01:17:00,659 --> 01:17:03,619 we're government agencies, we, we represent all people. 1687 01:17:03,662 --> 01:17:05,098 We have to be thoughtful 1688 01:17:05,142 --> 01:17:07,057 about how we're using the public's money 1689 01:17:07,100 --> 01:17:10,408 - how we manage public spaces for everybody's right. 1690 01:17:10,451 --> 01:17:12,366 - And so it's a very challenging thing 1691 01:17:12,410 --> 01:17:13,890 because sometimes everybody has different expectations 1692 01:17:13,933 --> 01:17:15,239 about what the city should do. 1693 01:17:15,282 --> 01:17:17,241 And as far as they're concerned 1694 01:17:17,284 --> 01:17:19,460 their expectation is the one that everybody supports. 1695 01:17:19,504 --> 01:17:21,201 And you always find yourself 1696 01:17:21,245 --> 01:17:22,855 in the situation of trying to find that common 1697 01:17:22,899 --> 01:17:25,423 middle ground that you know is going to be sustainable. 1698 01:17:25,466 --> 01:17:27,425 - And then you make everybody mad. 1699 01:17:27,468 --> 01:17:29,209 I think that's the biggest 1700 01:17:29,253 --> 01:17:31,516 challenge is that homelessness is a continuum. 1701 01:17:31,559 --> 01:17:34,824 You know, every program has a discreet population that it 1702 01:17:34,867 --> 01:17:37,740 that it deals with and you're always going to have gaps. 1703 01:17:37,783 --> 01:17:39,698 And I think, I think even when you talk 1704 01:17:39,742 --> 01:17:41,744 about temporary housing, you know, it's really temporary 1705 01:17:41,787 --> 01:17:43,267 for the individual and not temporary 1706 01:17:43,310 --> 01:17:45,182 for the community in the sense that it's, it's 1707 01:17:45,225 --> 01:17:47,314 it's always going to be a need the word temporary 1708 01:17:47,358 --> 01:17:49,752 applies to the person that you're helping, not 1709 01:17:49,795 --> 01:17:51,449 not the housing 1710 01:17:51,492 --> 01:17:53,407 And it's, it's a very difficult thing. 1711 01:17:53,451 --> 01:17:55,932 Cause people think, Oh, well, we'll do this. 1712 01:17:55,975 --> 01:17:57,890 And then we'll, we'll get all of these people housed 1713 01:17:57,934 --> 01:17:59,283 and then there'll be no more homelessness in the city. 1714 01:17:59,326 --> 01:18:00,893 Good luck with that. 1715 01:18:00,937 --> 01:18:03,809 The value of the home in general is so depreciated 1716 01:18:03,853 --> 01:18:06,029 by the need for flood insurance 1717 01:18:06,072 --> 01:18:08,640 that yes the banks won't lend 1718 01:18:08,684 --> 01:18:11,948 - in many of those homes reviewed do over 50% improvements. 1719 01:18:11,991 --> 01:18:13,210 You're going to have to raise it 1720 01:18:13,253 --> 01:18:15,603 up up five base flood elevation. 1721 01:18:17,562 --> 01:18:20,347 - Which more than doubles the cost of any of the models. 1722 01:18:20,391 --> 01:18:22,785 It's a very delicate situation. 1723 01:18:22,828 --> 01:18:24,308 We're working on addressing that. 1724 01:18:24,351 --> 01:18:27,354 We've got a major levy project that's that's 1725 01:18:27,398 --> 01:18:29,792 in the works that we've gotten significant state funding 1726 01:18:29,835 --> 01:18:31,968 from working on the federal component to it. 1727 01:18:32,011 --> 01:18:34,492 And that should take about 3,300 properties 1728 01:18:34,535 --> 01:18:35,885 out of the flood plan. 1729 01:18:35,928 --> 01:18:39,671 And it represents about half 1730 01:18:39,715 --> 01:18:41,064 of the city's real estate. 1731 01:18:41,107 --> 01:18:42,718 When we build this levy and we 1732 01:18:42,761 --> 01:18:44,371 and we have all of this growth 1733 01:18:44,415 --> 01:18:46,547 and we've got to manage all of this. 1734 01:18:46,591 --> 01:18:49,899 We aren't going to see any increases in funding to do that. 1735 01:18:49,942 --> 01:18:52,162 So that's, that's the other challenge. 1736 01:18:52,205 --> 01:18:55,165 So it's, it's, it's, it's always complicated, isn't it? 1737 01:18:55,208 --> 01:18:57,733 - Yes. And like I said, we're all in this together. 1738 01:18:57,776 --> 01:18:58,516 Really. 1739 01:19:06,654 --> 01:19:08,134 - [Phone Speaker] Hello? 1740 01:19:08,178 --> 01:19:09,962 - Hey, what's what's going on, Barb. 1741 01:19:10,833 --> 01:19:12,399 Hi. How are you doing 1742 01:19:12,443 --> 01:19:13,357 -[Barb] Who is this? 1743 01:19:13,400 --> 01:19:14,184 - Dean 1744 01:19:14,227 --> 01:19:15,359 - [Barb] oh 1745 01:19:15,402 --> 01:19:16,621 its that long lost idiot son. 1746 01:19:16,664 --> 01:19:18,492 - [Barb] How are you doing. 1747 01:19:19,842 --> 01:19:20,973 - Oh, I'm doing all right. 1748 01:19:21,017 --> 01:19:22,758 I'm down on the river. 1749 01:19:22,801 --> 01:19:25,369 How are you guys doing? 1750 01:19:25,412 --> 01:19:29,416 - [Barb] Do you still have you apartment there in Aberdeen. 1751 01:19:29,460 --> 01:19:32,071 - Oh, no, no, no, I don't got that either 1752 01:19:32,115 --> 01:19:36,380 but I am going to treatment there within two weeks. 1753 01:19:36,423 --> 01:19:38,208 - [Barb] You're going to treatment. 1754 01:19:38,251 --> 01:19:40,688 - Yeah, I got a bed date. 1755 01:19:40,732 --> 01:19:41,864 I haven't told anybody. 1756 01:19:41,907 --> 01:19:44,867 You're the first one, so, yeah. 1757 01:19:44,910 --> 01:19:47,086 - [Barb] So you're camping out too. 1758 01:19:47,130 --> 01:19:48,566 Hey, I love camping. 1759 01:19:48,609 --> 01:19:50,046 I should've did this a long time ago. 1760 01:19:50,089 --> 01:19:51,569 Who needs a truck and shit 1761 01:19:51,612 --> 01:19:53,745 When I can just live down at the river. 1762 01:19:53,789 --> 01:19:55,355 What's father doing. 1763 01:19:57,314 --> 01:20:00,578 - [Barb] sitting at the table he can't hear on this phone. 1764 01:20:01,971 --> 01:20:03,581 - Well, just tell him to say hi to me anyway. 1765 01:20:03,624 --> 01:20:05,235 Just say, Hey. 1766 01:20:05,278 --> 01:20:06,976 Oh, Hey, you dumb son. 1767 01:20:07,628 --> 01:20:08,064 Anything. 1768 01:20:10,370 --> 01:20:12,372 I met him right here for my first time. 1769 01:20:12,416 --> 01:20:13,286 -[Father] Hello? 1770 01:20:13,330 --> 01:20:14,853 Hey, what are you doing. 1771 01:20:16,072 --> 01:20:17,638 - [Father] I can't hear 1772 01:20:17,682 --> 01:20:19,684 Hey, what are you doing Pops. anyway. 1773 01:20:20,685 --> 01:20:21,425 Anyway. 1774 01:20:22,339 --> 01:20:23,862 It's all right. 1775 01:20:23,906 --> 01:20:25,429 I want to hear his voice. 1776 01:20:25,472 --> 01:20:26,909 - [Rick] There you go. 1777 01:20:26,952 --> 01:20:28,606 Can you say anything you want brother. 1778 01:20:28,649 --> 01:20:31,478 You know, my brother and my friends. 1779 01:20:31,522 --> 01:20:32,915 - [Rick] What keeps you happy? 1780 01:20:32,958 --> 01:20:34,917 - What keeps me happy? 1781 01:20:34,960 --> 01:20:36,179 I mean, fucking... 1782 01:20:39,095 --> 01:20:41,358 society, I guess, fuck. 1783 01:20:41,401 --> 01:20:43,490 Knowing that there's a fucking possibility 1784 01:20:43,534 --> 01:20:45,362 of going back. 1785 01:20:45,405 --> 01:20:47,103 I mean, like this isn't forever, I guess. 1786 01:20:47,146 --> 01:20:48,408 Like, I don't want to do this. 1787 01:20:48,452 --> 01:20:49,627 The rest of my life. 1788 01:20:49,670 --> 01:20:51,368 It's a fucking stepping stone. 1789 01:20:52,891 --> 01:20:54,545 - [Rick] What, what keeps you happy? 1790 01:20:54,588 --> 01:20:55,807 - I don't know. 1791 01:20:55,851 --> 01:20:57,896 My son has been teaching me. 1792 01:20:57,940 --> 01:21:00,986 I don't know the Bible, but even kind of working, you know 1793 01:21:01,030 --> 01:21:04,468 teaching me the word about God and everything. 1794 01:21:04,511 --> 01:21:06,035 It keeps my hopes up 1795 01:21:06,078 --> 01:21:08,080 - The Lord is my shepherd. 1796 01:21:08,124 --> 01:21:09,473 I shall not want and makes him lay down in green pastures. 1797 01:21:09,516 --> 01:21:11,127 He leadeth me beside still waters. 1798 01:21:11,170 --> 01:21:12,345 He restores my soul. 1799 01:21:12,389 --> 01:21:13,651 He leads me in paths of righteousness 1800 01:21:13,694 --> 01:21:15,305 for his namesake though, I walked 1801 01:21:15,348 --> 01:21:17,263 Though I walk through the Valley of shadow and death 1802 01:21:17,307 --> 01:21:18,482 I shall fear no evil. 1803 01:21:18,525 --> 01:21:19,787 For his rod, his staff 1804 01:21:19,831 --> 01:21:20,963 they shall comfort me. 1805 01:21:21,006 --> 01:21:23,443 He prepares a table before me. 1806 01:21:24,749 --> 01:21:25,968 He annoys my head with oil. 1807 01:21:26,011 --> 01:21:26,925 My cup runs way over. 1808 01:21:26,969 --> 01:21:28,666 I don't want anymore. 1809 01:21:28,709 --> 01:21:30,276 Surely goodness and mercy will follow the rest 1810 01:21:30,320 --> 01:21:31,974 of my days in life. 1811 01:21:32,017 --> 01:21:33,149 And I shall dwell in the house forever in Jesus' Holy name. 1812 01:21:33,192 --> 01:21:34,672 Amen. And that's Psalm 23. 1813 01:21:34,715 --> 01:21:36,761 I learned that in jail. 1814 01:21:38,763 --> 01:21:42,506 and it seems to work sometimes and keep a positive attitude. 1815 01:21:42,549 --> 01:21:44,943 - [Rick] How do you stay happy? 1816 01:21:46,989 --> 01:21:47,424 -Um... 1817 01:21:49,426 --> 01:21:53,909 - I just go on with my day, do what I, whatever I gotta do. 1818 01:21:55,432 --> 01:21:58,000 Get my things taken care of that daily 1819 01:21:58,043 --> 01:22:01,786 like water and getting fed and everything and 1820 01:22:01,829 --> 01:22:04,484 make sure that dried clean clothes and stuff. 1821 01:22:04,528 --> 01:22:07,705 It just became a habit, something normal. 1822 01:22:09,489 --> 01:22:12,188 - You know, and you can't help everybody, you know 1823 01:22:12,231 --> 01:22:13,929 but I can make sure everybody's got coffee. 1824 01:22:13,972 --> 01:22:16,366 Everybody's got food in their bellies. 1825 01:22:16,409 --> 01:22:19,543 You know, there's, you know, there's some people 1826 01:22:19,586 --> 01:22:22,894 that are just so far gone that 1827 01:22:24,504 --> 01:22:26,028 You really... 1828 01:22:26,071 --> 01:22:27,594 you try to just make sure that that they're safe 1829 01:22:27,638 --> 01:22:30,815 at night and that they I've got some, you know 1830 01:22:30,858 --> 01:22:35,559 they go home or go outside with food in their bellies 1831 01:22:35,602 --> 01:22:38,736 but that's about all you can do for them. 1832 01:22:38,779 --> 01:22:42,783 And it it's sad and it's depressing, but you know 1833 01:22:43,480 --> 01:22:44,785 but, you know 1834 01:22:46,135 --> 01:22:47,745 we're here every day trying to just make sure 1835 01:22:47,788 --> 01:22:49,747 that everybody's at least taking care 1836 01:22:49,790 --> 01:22:54,708 of a little bit and there's no easy or neat solution to it. 1837 01:22:56,319 --> 01:22:57,929 There's a lot of different cities that are doing a lot 1838 01:22:57,973 --> 01:23:00,845 of different things, but really, I mean, it's 1839 01:23:00,888 --> 01:23:05,719 it's not going to be not gonna be easy to fix the homeless problem 1840 01:23:06,677 --> 01:23:09,158 if you could even fix it. 1841 01:23:10,333 --> 01:23:10,637 So. 1842 01:23:12,248 --> 01:23:13,249 But, you know, everybody's got to eat. 1843 01:23:13,292 --> 01:23:14,946 - And there was also 1844 01:23:14,990 --> 01:23:16,948 what always happens when there's lack is there's always 1845 01:23:16,992 --> 01:23:21,909 there's always the temptation to fight each other. 1846 01:23:23,346 --> 01:23:24,782 - Do you have any, is it like contested 1847 01:23:24,825 --> 01:23:25,696 like your relationship with the city 1848 01:23:25,739 --> 01:23:26,958 or the police department? 1849 01:23:27,002 --> 01:23:29,395 Or are you guys working together? 1850 01:23:29,439 --> 01:23:33,138 - Well, it's always contested particularly, you know 1851 01:23:33,182 --> 01:23:35,619 now we're in the middle of I'm, I'm in the middle 1852 01:23:35,662 --> 01:23:38,970 of litigation with the city, so it's contested 1853 01:23:39,014 --> 01:23:40,972 - but is there anyone that you, I mean 1854 01:23:41,016 --> 01:23:42,713 do you guys talk sensibly, like when you have phone calls 1855 01:23:42,756 --> 01:23:44,280 or like in other situations, like, 1856 01:23:44,323 --> 01:23:47,065 - I mean I've had many one-on-one conversations 1857 01:23:47,109 --> 01:23:48,806 and also group conversations with 1858 01:23:48,849 --> 01:23:53,767 both the mayor and city officials on numerous occasions. 1859 01:23:55,204 --> 01:23:57,510 And I'm always open to continuing that. 1860 01:23:57,554 --> 01:23:59,382 Um... 1861 01:23:59,425 --> 01:24:02,124 What I would like to see is those conversations move toward 1862 01:24:02,167 --> 01:24:04,430 you know, actual solutions. 1863 01:24:04,474 --> 01:24:06,824 - You know, I I'm cognizant of the fact 1864 01:24:06,867 --> 01:24:09,653 that right now there's a large number of people homeless 1865 01:24:09,696 --> 01:24:12,047 in this area that are trying to find a place to go. 1866 01:24:12,090 --> 01:24:14,440 And no matter where they go, they, they 1867 01:24:14,484 --> 01:24:16,399 there there's somebody that doesn't want them there. 1868 01:24:16,442 --> 01:24:17,965 I get that. 1869 01:24:18,009 --> 01:24:19,445 And that's something that we're struggling 1870 01:24:19,489 --> 01:24:21,447 with and we're trying to find solutions. 1871 01:24:21,491 --> 01:24:23,797 I very much appreciate what people come together and say 1872 01:24:23,841 --> 01:24:27,410 I understand, I understand both sides of this issue. 1873 01:24:27,453 --> 01:24:30,848 How do we go from the divisiveness that we're at now 1874 01:24:30,891 --> 01:24:33,329 and find to find a solution that that might not 1875 01:24:33,372 --> 01:24:35,548 be everything everybody was looking for 1876 01:24:35,592 --> 01:24:37,855 but it's better than what we have today. 1877 01:24:37,898 --> 01:24:40,162 And, you know, that's something that I still 1878 01:24:40,205 --> 01:24:41,685 am hopeful we'll be able to get to. 1879 01:24:41,728 --> 01:24:43,339 But a lot of the comments there tonight were not 1880 01:24:43,382 --> 01:24:44,862 comments that were coming 1881 01:24:44,905 --> 01:24:46,864 from a place of trying to reach that point. 1882 01:24:46,907 --> 01:24:51,303 And so, you know, it's something that is frustrating for me 1883 01:24:51,347 --> 01:24:52,826 but you know, we're 1884 01:24:52,870 --> 01:24:55,394 we're just going to keep moving forward. 1885 01:24:55,438 --> 01:24:58,049 on trying to address this issue, like many other areas 1886 01:24:58,093 --> 01:25:02,140 in this state and this country are trying to do. 1887 01:25:02,184 --> 01:25:04,186 - I think we have the opportunity as a community. 1888 01:25:04,229 --> 01:25:07,189 We, we either can choose healing. 1889 01:25:07,232 --> 01:25:10,975 We can choose to invest in solutions 1890 01:25:11,802 --> 01:25:14,196 or we can self-destruct 1891 01:25:14,239 --> 01:25:15,022 um... 1892 01:25:15,936 --> 01:25:16,372 and tear each other apart. 1893 01:25:16,981 --> 01:25:17,416 um... 1894 01:25:18,548 --> 01:25:19,766 And I hope we choose healing. 1895 01:25:19,810 --> 01:25:21,812 I hope we choose solutions. 1896 01:25:23,944 --> 01:25:25,772 - [Adalley] I'm gonna say right now, you don't know me and shit. 1897 01:25:25,816 --> 01:25:26,382 and I'm... 1898 01:25:27,687 --> 01:25:28,688 I don't know, probably sound weird. 1899 01:25:28,732 --> 01:25:29,472 I don't know, fuck. 1900 01:25:29,515 --> 01:25:29,820 but um... 1901 01:25:31,169 --> 01:25:32,736 I'm in a similar situation, I guess, but 1902 01:25:32,779 --> 01:25:33,563 -Right. 1903 01:25:33,606 --> 01:25:33,693 -But, um... 1904 01:25:35,565 --> 01:25:36,566 if you ever need anything and you see me around or anything 1905 01:25:36,609 --> 01:25:37,480 like holler at me, 1906 01:25:37,523 --> 01:25:38,176 - I do appreciate that. 1907 01:25:38,220 --> 01:25:39,830 You too. 1908 01:25:39,873 --> 01:25:41,266 Like, I mean, even somebody to talk to you, you know? 1909 01:25:41,310 --> 01:25:42,789 And just like I tell people, you know 1910 01:25:42,833 --> 01:25:44,400 I don't got much, but like, you know 1911 01:25:44,443 --> 01:25:47,185 like I know how I know what it is, like how it's like 1912 01:25:47,229 --> 01:25:50,971 when you like feeling like, you know, like, like you wanna 1913 01:25:51,015 --> 01:25:52,451 you just want to give up, you know? 1914 01:25:52,495 --> 01:25:54,279 And like, you got nobody to talk to you. 1915 01:25:54,323 --> 01:25:54,975 You know what I mean? 1916 01:25:55,019 --> 01:25:55,672 -Yea. 1917 01:25:56,586 --> 01:25:57,587 I'm going to come up. 1918 01:25:57,630 --> 01:25:58,544 You know what I mean? 1919 01:25:58,588 --> 01:25:59,937 I still got faith. 1920 01:25:59,980 --> 01:26:02,069 - [Adalley] Good don't let go of that. 1921 01:26:02,113 --> 01:26:03,245 - But you know exactly like, cause if you don't have that 1922 01:26:03,288 --> 01:26:04,115 then what the fuck do we have? 1923 01:26:04,681 --> 01:26:05,595 -Exactly. 1924 01:26:05,638 --> 01:26:07,162 Every day- 1925 01:26:07,205 --> 01:26:08,772 - No matter how hard and fucking fucked up it is 1926 01:26:08,815 --> 01:26:10,426 at least you have something to learn from it. 1927 01:26:10,469 --> 01:26:11,905 The only way you can really look 1928 01:26:11,949 --> 01:26:14,038 at things and keep moving forward. 1929 01:26:18,129 --> 01:26:21,828 [ background music playing] 1930 01:27:11,617 --> 01:27:13,010 -Uh, what's your name, sir? 1931 01:27:13,053 --> 01:27:14,185 -Uh, David. 1932 01:27:14,229 --> 01:27:15,665 -David, okay David. 1933 01:27:15,708 --> 01:27:17,971 Do you have anyone we can contact for you, David? 1934 01:27:19,408 --> 01:27:21,453 Get some assistance to help you get moved? 1935 01:27:23,107 --> 01:27:26,197 Because we have some tent sites set up by city hall... 1936 01:27:27,807 --> 01:27:32,812 [inaubible] 1937 01:28:35,005 --> 01:28:38,530 [background music fading] 1938 01:28:38,574 --> 01:28:40,663 - Long as I'm warm 1939 01:28:40,706 --> 01:28:43,579 middle of the night till I wake up. 1940 01:28:43,622 --> 01:28:45,537 Ill sleep nice and warm. 1941 01:28:46,451 --> 01:28:47,931 and that's all I need. 1942 01:28:48,671 --> 01:28:49,411 The rest... 1943 01:28:50,194 --> 01:28:51,151 It's love. 1944 01:28:51,195 --> 01:28:52,196 I'm surrounded by love. 1945 01:28:52,239 --> 01:28:53,545 Heya, Heya, Heya, 1946 01:28:55,199 --> 01:28:57,114 That's sort of my old sayings. 1947 01:28:57,157 --> 01:28:59,769 Actually its a- Actually its a song. 1948 01:28:59,812 --> 01:29:01,074 Heya, Heya, Heya, 1949 01:29:01,901 --> 01:29:03,250 can I sing it? 1950 01:29:03,294 --> 01:29:04,426 - [Rick] Yeah. 1951 01:29:04,469 --> 01:29:05,992 - All right. 1952 01:29:06,036 --> 01:29:09,692 This is how the, Heya, Heya, Heya, song goes. 1953 01:29:11,868 --> 01:29:16,873 ♪ Heya heya he heya heya heya heya ♪ 1954 01:29:19,745 --> 01:29:22,139 ♪ Heya heya 1955 01:29:22,922 --> 01:29:24,228 ♪ Heya heya 1956 01:29:25,011 --> 01:29:26,535 ♪ indistinct 1957 01:29:27,797 --> 01:29:29,276 ♪ river comes to the ocean ♪ 1958 01:29:30,234 --> 01:29:31,627 ♪ at home heya heya 1959 01:29:32,541 --> 01:29:33,455 ♪ Taholah Washington 1960 01:29:33,498 --> 01:29:34,978 ♪ Heya Heya 1961 01:29:35,021 --> 01:29:39,548 ♪ oh the big family, go on the river bed ♪ 1962 01:29:41,158 --> 01:29:43,378 ♪ gonna say hi to grandma and hows everybody else ♪ 1963 01:29:43,421 --> 01:29:44,988 ♪ Heya Heya 1964 01:29:45,031 --> 01:29:46,555 ♪ All the way to Taholah ♪ 1965 01:29:47,469 --> 01:29:49,732 ♪ Heya Heya Heya 1966 01:29:50,646 --> 01:29:51,473 ♪ Everybody okay? 1967 01:29:51,516 --> 01:29:52,474 Heya Heya. 1968 01:29:53,953 --> 01:29:55,128 Like that one? 1969 01:29:57,827 --> 01:29:59,785 That's the one I wrote.