1 00:00:04,274 --> 00:00:07,975 >>> HOMELESSNESS WAS BAD BEFORE, BUT COVID JUST PUSHED IT THROUGH 2 00:00:08,074 --> 00:00:09,943 THE ROOF. 3 00:00:10,043 --> 00:00:12,845 >> THERE'S A MORATORIUM, BUT -- 4 00:00:12,945 --> 00:00:14,946 >> NO. IT'S MY FUCKING HOUSE. 5 00:00:15,046 --> 00:00:17,515 >> I WILL TELL YOU, MAN, IT'S GOING TO GET WORSE. 6 00:00:17,615 --> 00:00:21,784 >> THAT'S A VERY REAL POSSIBILITY THAT YOU CAN BE 7 00:00:21,884 --> 00:00:22,751 HARMED OR INJURED. 8 00:00:23,219 --> 00:00:27,088 >> I WANT PEOPLE TO SEE THAT WE ARE JUST LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE, WE 9 00:00:27,189 --> 00:00:28,622 JUST DON'T HAVE A HOUSE. 10 00:00:28,722 --> 00:00:31,658 >>> IN HAITI THE FIGHTING HAS REACHED A NEW LEVEL OF 11 00:00:31,757 --> 00:00:32,357 INTENSITY. 12 00:00:32,826 --> 00:00:33,826 >> SHORTLY AFTER WE GOT HERE THEY STARTED FIRING. 13 00:00:33,927 --> 00:00:38,429 WHO IS BEHIND THE SURGE IN STREET VIOLENCE THAT WE'RE 14 00:00:38,528 --> 00:00:49,135 SEEING? [ SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE ] 15 00:01:02,611 --> 00:01:10,716 >> WE WANT JUSTICE! 16 00:01:14,152 --> 00:01:17,322 >>> SO IN SOUTH L.A. WHERE PEOPLE ARE BEING EVICTED EVERY 17 00:01:17,421 --> 00:01:21,189 DAY WE JUST GOT A CALL ABOUT ONE MAN WHO IS IMMINENTLY GOING TO 18 00:01:21,289 --> 00:01:26,727 BE EVICTED AND WE ARE COMING TO SEE WHAT HE'S DOING TO PREPARE 19 00:01:26,826 --> 00:01:27,694 FOR IT. 20 00:01:27,795 --> 00:01:32,463 >> I FEEL TERRIBLE, DEPRESSED, STRESSED, SAD. 21 00:01:32,563 --> 00:01:39,669 I MEAN, MY SON -- MY SON LIVES HERE, YOU KNOW? 22 00:01:39,769 --> 00:01:45,240 I CAN'T STOP IT, BUT I COULD TRY TO. 23 00:01:45,340 --> 00:01:49,408 >> FOR A YEAR NOW HENRY SAYS HIS LANDLORD HAS BEEN PRESSURING HIM 24 00:01:49,508 --> 00:01:52,510 TO LEAVE BY OFFERING HIM A SMALL BUYOUT. 25 00:01:52,610 --> 00:01:56,347 NOW DESPITE HENRY MAKING HIS RENT PAYMENTS, THE LANDLORD IS 26 00:01:56,447 --> 00:01:59,248 COMING AT HIM WITH AN EVICTION LAWYER, CLAIMING HE BUILT AN 27 00:01:59,348 --> 00:02:01,082 UNAUTHORIZED SHED IN THE BACKYARD. 28 00:02:01,182 --> 00:02:05,485 HE HAS NOW BARRICADED HIMSELF IN TO TRY TO PREVENT A LOCKOUT. 29 00:02:05,585 --> 00:02:09,688 THE LANDLORD DIDN'T RESPOND TO OUR REQUEST FOR COMMENT. 30 00:02:09,787 --> 00:02:13,157 >> IT'S FUCKING KILLING ME. IT'S DESTROYING ME. 31 00:02:13,258 --> 00:02:16,259 I THINK THAT'S PROBABLY ONE OF HIS GOALS AS WELL, TO MESS WITH 32 00:02:16,359 --> 00:02:23,798 ME LIKE THAT. TO THE POINT THAT SUICIDE COMES 33 00:02:23,899 --> 00:02:24,965 TO THOUGHT. 34 00:02:25,198 --> 00:02:28,568 >> THE PANDEMIC HAS DRAMATICALLY EXACERBATED HOUSING INSECURITY 35 00:02:28,668 --> 00:02:32,804 IN THE U.S. AND NOW THE NATION IS STARING DOWN THE BARREL OF 36 00:02:32,903 --> 00:02:35,805 THE WORST HOMELESSNESS CRISIS IN ITS HISTORY. 37 00:02:35,906 --> 00:02:39,608 BY SUMMER WITHOUT SWEEPING RENT AND MORTGAGE FORGIVENESS AN 38 00:02:39,707 --> 00:02:43,944 ESTIMATED 30 MILLION AMERICANS COULD LOSE THEIR HOMES. 39 00:02:44,044 --> 00:02:47,445 AN EVICTION MORATORIUMS ENACTED BY THE GOVERNMENT TO PREVENT 40 00:02:47,546 --> 00:02:50,081 LANDLORDS FROM KICKING OUT STRUGGLING TENANTS HAS IN SOME 41 00:02:50,181 --> 00:02:53,616 CASES ACTUALLY MADE IT EASIER FOR SOME TO EXPLOIT LOOPHOLES 42 00:02:53,717 --> 00:03:04,758 AND EVICT WHOMEVER THEY PLEASE. FOUR DAYS AFTER WE MET HENRY THE 43 00:03:04,858 --> 00:03:13,830 SHERIFFS ARRIVED TO EVICT HIM. 44 00:03:13,931 --> 00:03:15,132 >> OPEN THE DOOR, PLEASE. 45 00:03:15,232 --> 00:03:18,633 >> THE POLICE ARE TRYING TO GET INTO THE HOUSE HERE WHERE HENRY 46 00:03:18,734 --> 00:03:21,068 IS. HE'S GOT HIMSELF BARRICADED 47 00:03:21,169 --> 00:03:23,169 INSIDE. THERE IS A GROUP HERE THAT ARE 48 00:03:23,270 --> 00:03:25,504 PROTESTING AND TRYING TO GET THE POLICE TO GO AWAY, BUT IT 49 00:03:25,604 --> 00:03:39,913 DOESN'T LOOK LIKE THEY'RE GOING ANYWHERE. 50 00:03:44,585 --> 00:03:45,151 ANYWHERE. 51 00:03:45,352 --> 00:03:50,655 >> THAT IS MY SHIT. FUCK YOU. 52 00:03:50,755 --> 00:03:52,455 I WILL SUE YOUR FUCKING ADS S I WILL SUE YOUR FUCKING ADSSSES. 53 00:03:52,556 --> 00:03:57,893 YOU CAN'T BE BREAKING DOORS. I WON'T FUCKING LEAVE. 54 00:03:57,993 --> 00:04:04,763 >> THIS DOESN'T BELONG TO YOU ANYMORE 55 00:04:04,864 --> 00:04:05,599 ANYM ANYMORE. 56 00:04:05,698 --> 00:04:07,666 >> YOU DON'T NEED TO BREAK MY SHIT. 57 00:04:07,765 --> 00:04:09,299 >> WE WILL SECURE IT FOR 15 DAYS. 58 00:04:09,400 --> 00:04:11,201 >> NO. NO. 59 00:04:11,301 --> 00:04:14,637 IT'S MY FUCKING HOUSE. GIVE ME ONE MORE FUCKING CHANCE. 60 00:04:14,736 --> 00:04:18,907 >> BEFORE COVID HIT AT LEAST 150,000 PEOPLE IN CALIFORNIA 61 00:04:19,006 --> 00:04:23,977 WERE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS, NOW THE PANDEMIC IS PROJECTED TO 62 00:04:24,076 --> 00:04:27,212 INCREASE THE NUMBER OF NEWLY HOMELESS LIKE HENRY. 63 00:04:27,311 --> 00:04:30,313 ACCORDING TO ONE STUDY THE PANDEMIC RECESSION OVER THE NEXT 64 00:04:30,414 --> 00:04:36,217 FEW YEARS COULD CAUSE AN 86% JUMP IN HOMELESSNESS IN L.A. 65 00:04:36,318 --> 00:04:40,554 COUNTY AND ALMOST 50% ACROSS THE NATION, THE WORST IN MOD HE WERE 66 00:04:40,654 --> 00:04:43,989 AMERICAN HISTORY. 67 00:04:44,090 --> 00:04:48,960 >> SO WE'RE IN McARTHUR PARK WHICH IS ONE OF THE GROWING 68 00:04:49,059 --> 00:04:51,128 POPULATIONS WHERE PEOPLE WITHOUT HOMES ARE COMING AND LIVING 69 00:04:51,227 --> 00:04:52,762 INSIDE THE PARK. THERE IS A CHURCH SERVICE HERE 70 00:04:52,861 --> 00:04:55,864 AND WE'RE GOING TO CHECK IT OUT AND TALK TO THE PASTOR HERE WHO 71 00:04:55,964 --> 00:05:11,008 PUTS IT ON EVERY WEEK. [ SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE ] 72 00:05:11,107 --> 00:05:17,512 >> WE USED TO DO LIKE 150, 135, 150 PEOPLE, NOW WE'RE SERVING 73 00:05:17,611 --> 00:05:18,378 OVER 300. 74 00:05:18,479 --> 00:05:19,780 >> WHAT KIND OF PEOPLE ARE COMING NOW? 75 00:05:19,879 --> 00:05:26,051 >> I WOULD SAY PROBABLY, YOU KNOW, THE 30% IS PEOPLE BEING ON 76 00:05:26,150 --> 00:05:28,885 THE STREET ALL THE TIME. SINCE LAST YEAR I SEE THAT IT'S 77 00:05:28,986 --> 00:05:32,755 NOT JUST SINGLE MEN OR SINGLE WOMAN, IT'S FAMILIES INVOLVED, 78 00:05:32,854 --> 00:05:36,123 KIDS INVOLVED, AND I KNOW A LOT OF FAMILIES THEY'RE LIVING IN 79 00:05:36,224 --> 00:05:38,825 THEIR CARS BECAUSE OF THE PANDEMIC. 80 00:05:38,924 --> 00:05:40,227 >> WHAT DO YOU THINK HAPPENS NEXT NOW? 81 00:05:40,326 --> 00:05:43,029 WHAT DO YOU THINK IT'S GOING TO BE LIKE HERE FOR THESE PEOPLE? 82 00:05:43,128 --> 00:05:45,496 >> I TELL YOU, MAN, IT'S GOING TO GET WORSE. 83 00:05:45,597 --> 00:05:48,898 IT'S GOING TO BE ALMOST A YEAR AND FOR THESE PEOPLE TO 84 00:05:48,998 --> 00:05:53,835 RECUPERATE WHAT THEY HAD LOST, THEY HAVE TO START ALL OVER 85 00:05:53,934 --> 00:05:58,239 AGAIN. AGAIN. 86 00:05:58,339 --> 00:06:02,174 >> SO RIGHT NOW WE'RE HEADED TO SAFE PARKING, WHICH IS A 87 00:06:02,273 --> 00:06:04,808 NONPROFIT THAT IS HELPING FIND LOCAL BUSINESSES THAT OPEN UP 88 00:06:04,909 --> 00:06:09,479 THEIR PARKING LOTS FOR PEOPLE THAT ARE LIVING IN THEIR CARS TO 89 00:06:09,578 --> 00:06:12,547 STAY SO THAT THEY CAN STAY SOMEWHERE SAFE OVERNIGHT AND NOT 90 00:06:12,647 --> 00:06:15,316 GET HARASSED BY THE POLICE. WHAT'S IT LIKE FOR YOU TO SEE 91 00:06:15,417 --> 00:06:17,217 MORE AND MORE PEOPLE COME HERE LATELY? 92 00:06:17,316 --> 00:06:20,018 >> IT'S DIFFICULT. A LOT OF PEOPLE THINK THIS IS 93 00:06:20,119 --> 00:06:23,688 TRANSITIONAL TO THE FACT THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T EVEN 94 00:06:23,789 --> 00:06:25,955 CONSIDER THEMSELVES HOMELESS BECAUSE THEY ARE LIKE I'M NOT 95 00:06:26,056 --> 00:06:28,525 LIVING IN A TENT. IT'S THE THING WHERE YOU CAN 96 00:06:28,624 --> 00:06:31,693 WALK AND YOU CAN LOCK THE DOOR AND AT LEAST YOU CAN THINK TO 97 00:06:31,794 --> 00:06:36,595 YOURSELF YOU ARE SAFE. THIS IS THEIR LAST HOPE. 98 00:06:36,696 --> 00:06:40,666 >> IN THE PAST FEW YEARS, ESPECIALLY L.A., RECREATIONAL 99 00:06:40,765 --> 00:06:46,203 VEHICLE SALES ARE SKYROCKETING BECAUSE PEOPLE KNOW THEY CAN 100 00:06:46,302 --> 00:06:49,337 AFFORD A RETIREMENT. HOMELESSNESS WAS BAD BEFORE, BUT 101 00:06:49,438 --> 00:06:51,606 COVID JUST PUSHED IT THROUGH THE ROOF. 102 00:06:51,707 --> 00:06:56,443 WITH A LOT OF THE PEOPLE WHO USE OUR SERVICES, THEY ARE 103 00:06:56,544 --> 00:06:59,311 HOMELESSNESS FROM BEING IN A VEHICLE TO GOING IN A TENT COULD 104 00:06:59,412 --> 00:07:02,879 BE A SIMPLE ENGINE FAILURE? IN L.A. COUNTY SOME 19,000 105 00:07:02,979 --> 00:07:08,950 PEOPLE ARE LIVING IN THEIR CARS. MEL'S NGO PROVIDES AROUND 190 106 00:07:09,051 --> 00:07:11,152 SPOTS A NIGHT. THEY ALSO OFFER POP UP SHOWERS 107 00:07:11,251 --> 00:07:14,587 IN PARKING LOTS FOR THE THOUSANDS CUT OFF FROM BASIC 108 00:07:14,688 --> 00:07:16,590 RESOURCES. MANY OF WHOM STILL NEED TO BE 109 00:07:16,690 --> 00:07:22,693 PRESENTABLE FOR WORK EACH DAY, LIKE SHADY MALLORY WHO IS A 110 00:07:22,792 --> 00:07:24,061 LICENSED HAIRSTYLIST. 111 00:07:24,161 --> 00:07:27,464 >> I'M HERE TODAY FOR A SHOWER, AS USUAL. 112 00:07:27,563 --> 00:07:31,933 >> WHAT YOU GOT TODAY? SOCKS? 113 00:07:32,032 --> 00:07:32,866 MAKE SURE YOU SHOWER. 114 00:07:32,967 --> 00:07:33,934 >> OKAY. I WILL BE BACK. 115 00:07:34,034 --> 00:07:36,035 CALL ME, I WILL BE IN MY CAR. 116 00:07:36,135 --> 00:07:38,037 >> HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN IN YOUR CAR? 117 00:07:38,136 --> 00:07:39,772 HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN LIVING HERE? 118 00:07:39,871 --> 00:07:44,707 >> DECEMBER 23rd, 2019. I'VE BEEN INDEPENDENT ALL MY 119 00:07:44,808 --> 00:07:47,809 LIFE. IF IT WASN'T FOR MY SKILL, I 120 00:07:47,909 --> 00:07:49,777 PROBABLY WOULD REALLY BE WITHOUT ANYTHING. 121 00:07:49,878 --> 00:07:52,145 >> THERE IS A MISCONCEPTION ABOUT PEOPLE HERE THAT THEY ARE 122 00:07:52,246 --> 00:07:54,948 NOT WORKING, BUT THESE PEOPLE ARE COMING HERE TO SHOWER SO 123 00:07:55,047 --> 00:07:56,749 THAT THEY CAN GO TO WORK AFTER CLEAN AND READY. 124 00:07:56,849 --> 00:08:00,951 >> JUST BECAUSE YOU LIVE IN A HOME AND YOU GO TO WORK EVERY 125 00:08:01,051 --> 00:08:04,488 DAY, WELL, I'M HOMELESS AND SHOWER AND COME TO WORK EVERY 126 00:08:04,588 --> 00:08:07,089 DAY. WE HAVE A PAYCHECK, WE GET PAID 127 00:08:07,189 --> 00:08:13,127 THE SAME DAYS, BUT WE DON'T HAVE THE SAME STABILITY OUTSIDE OF 128 00:08:13,226 --> 00:08:14,894 WORKING. JUST KNOWING THAT WE'RE HERE TO 129 00:08:14,994 --> 00:08:20,065 TAKE A SHOWER, GO STRAIGHT TO WORK GIVES US THE CONFIDENCE 130 00:08:20,165 --> 00:08:30,370 THAT WE NEED. 131 00:08:37,075 --> 00:08:41,478 >> BUT MANY OF TODAY'S SHORT-TERM HOUSING SOLUTIONS ARE 132 00:08:41,577 --> 00:08:45,348 OVERSHADOWED BY THE ECONOMY'S LONG-TERM PROBLEM. 133 00:08:45,447 --> 00:08:49,950 NORTH OF L.A. IS OREGON, A STATE THAT TIES CALIFORNIA IN 134 00:08:50,050 --> 00:08:54,420 HOMELESSNESS PER CAPITA DESPITE BEING A TENTH OF THE POPULATION. 135 00:08:54,521 --> 00:08:58,955 IN THE CITY OF SALEM WHERE 70% OF THE HOMELESS POPULATION IS 136 00:08:59,056 --> 00:09:03,593 UNSHELTERED, ENTIRE MAKE SHIFT COMMUNITIES HAVE POPPED UP. 137 00:09:03,692 --> 00:09:08,128 JUST BEHIND A LOCAL WALMART IS CASCADE GATEWAY PARK WHERE ABOUT 138 00:09:08,229 --> 00:09:13,032 300 PEOPLE, SOME CHRONICALLY HOMELESS AND OTHERS NEWLY HOME 139 00:09:13,132 --> 00:09:16,600 LESSED ARE PACKING TOGETHER IN ENCAMPMENTS. 140 00:09:16,700 --> 00:09:18,470 >> WHAT WAS IT LIKE WHEN YOU FIRST GOT HERE? 141 00:09:18,570 --> 00:09:20,671 >> VERY TOUGH. WE CAME HERE LOOKING FOR HELP 142 00:09:20,771 --> 00:09:24,873 FROM OUR FAMILY, OUR FAMILY WAS IN THE SAME PREDICAMENT, I MEAN, 143 00:09:24,973 --> 00:09:27,742 THEY WERE ONE PAYCHECK FROM BEING OUT ON THE STREET AS WELL 144 00:09:27,841 --> 00:09:28,408 AS US. 145 00:09:29,143 --> 00:09:32,546 >> SINCE LOSING HIS JOB AS AN AUTO MECHANIC WHEN THE PANDEMIC 146 00:09:32,646 --> 00:09:35,781 BEGAN AARON HAS BEEN LIVING ON THE EDGE OF THE PARK WITH HIS 147 00:09:35,880 --> 00:09:38,950 FAMILY. HE'S EMBLEMATIC OF THE AMERICANS 148 00:09:39,048 --> 00:09:44,452 WHO ARE ONE PAYCHECK AWAY FROM LOSING EVERYTHING. 149 00:09:44,553 --> 00:09:47,556 >> BACK OVER ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE BRIDGE, THAT'S WHERE A 150 00:09:47,656 --> 00:09:49,989 LOT OF THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE BEEN IN THE PARK FOR A LONGER PERIOD 151 00:09:50,090 --> 00:09:51,224 OF TIME ARE STAYING. 152 00:09:51,324 --> 00:09:53,758 >> THEY PUSH BACK LIKE A LITTLE DEEPER IN? 153 00:09:53,859 --> 00:09:56,927 >> YES. THE NEW PEOPLE OF THE PARK, 154 00:09:57,027 --> 00:09:59,930 ESPECIALLY THE FAMILIES, THEY LIKE TO BE CLOSE TO THE ENTRANCE 155 00:10:00,029 --> 00:10:06,099 IN CASE SOMETHING DOES HAPPEN. THEY CAN HAVE FASTER EMERGENCY 156 00:10:06,200 --> 00:10:06,768 RESPONSE. 157 00:10:07,368 --> 00:10:08,936 >> WHAT ARE SOME OF THE DANGERS THAT YOU'VE SEEN HERE? 158 00:10:09,036 --> 00:10:12,338 >> I'VE SEEN PEOPLE GET STABBED. WE HAD KIDS COME UP MISSING HERE 159 00:10:12,437 --> 00:10:15,974 AND ACTUALLY TAKEN BY PEOPLE AND TAKEN INTO THE WOODS. 160 00:10:16,074 --> 00:10:19,375 THAT'S A VERY REAL POSSIBILITY THAT YOU CAN BE HARMED OR 161 00:10:19,475 --> 00:10:20,810 INJURED ON A NIGHTLY BASIS. 162 00:10:20,910 --> 00:10:24,779 >> SO THIS IS JUST LIKE THE WILD WEST HERE, YOU'RE JUST KIND OF 163 00:10:24,879 --> 00:10:25,646 ON YOUR OWN? 164 00:10:25,745 --> 00:10:27,915 >> FOR THE MOST PART IT DEFINITELY IS. 165 00:10:28,014 --> 00:10:30,550 >> HOW HAS IT CHANGED SINCE THE WORLD SHUT DOWN? 166 00:10:30,649 --> 00:10:37,387 >> THE POPULATION IS GROWING QUITE A BIT NOW THAT COVID HAS 167 00:10:37,487 --> 00:10:38,555 HAPPENED WE HAVE LOTS OF FAMILIES HERE, LOTS OF COUPLES 168 00:10:38,654 --> 00:10:39,422 HERE. THEY'RE SETTING UP FOR LONGER 169 00:10:39,522 --> 00:10:41,724 TERM. THEY'RE NOT SHORT TERM STAYING 170 00:10:41,824 --> 00:10:45,359 AND LEAVING OVERNIGHT, THESE ARE PEOPLE THAT HAVE TO SET UP 171 00:10:45,460 --> 00:10:52,830 BASICALLY THEIR WHOLE LIVES OVER IN A TENT. 172 00:10:52,931 --> 00:10:59,069 WOULD YOU LIKE SOME PANCAKES, EGGS, SAUSAGE? 173 00:10:59,168 --> 00:11:00,201 BISCUIT? 174 00:11:00,301 --> 00:11:04,973 >> THE PEOPLE WHO ARE EXPERIENCING HOMELESS LIVE FOR, 175 00:11:05,072 --> 00:11:06,205 YOURSELF IN THIS SITUATION? 176 00:11:06,306 --> 00:11:09,508 >> I HAD A BIASED VIEW, I HAD ALWAYS SEEN THEM AS BEING LAZY 177 00:11:09,609 --> 00:11:12,076 OR DRUNKS OR ADDICTS OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. 178 00:11:12,176 --> 00:11:16,546 NEVER REALLY SAW THEM AS BEING EQUAL. 179 00:11:16,647 --> 00:11:18,815 I COME TO FIND THAT THEY ARE JUST LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE, THEY 180 00:11:18,915 --> 00:11:25,385 ARE JUST NORMAL PEOPLE THAT WERE LIVING NORMAL LIVES AND THEY 181 00:11:25,485 --> 00:11:35,825 JUST LOST EVERYTHING. 182 00:11:37,859 --> 00:11:41,595 >> THIS IS THE OREGON STATE FAIRGROUNDS PAVILION, THIS IS 183 00:11:41,695 --> 00:11:47,767 WHERE THEY LIKE TO HAVE ALL THEIR BIG CONCERTS, EVERY HIGH 184 00:11:47,867 --> 00:11:58,373 SCHOOL GRADUATION HAPPENS HERE. THEY CAN BRING MONSTER TRUCKS IN 185 00:11:58,474 --> 00:11:58,907 HERE. 186 00:11:59,807 --> 00:12:04,444 >> DJ VINCENT IS A SALEM PASTOR THAT HAS SPENT THE LAST 13 YEARS 187 00:12:04,543 --> 00:12:06,379 SERVING THE HOMELESS POPULATION HERE. 188 00:12:06,479 --> 00:12:08,647 WITH A SHARP INCREASE IN NUMBERS SINCE THE PANDEMIC BEGAN THE 189 00:12:08,748 --> 00:12:15,752 CITY HAS TASKED HIM TO FIND SOMEWHERE NEW TO HOUSE PEOPLE. 190 00:12:15,851 --> 00:12:24,356 >> SO WHAT YOU'RE SEEING HERE IS A TOTAL OF 50 SQUARES, 15 X 15 191 00:12:24,456 --> 00:12:27,859 FEET, AND EVERY HOUSEHOLD THAT COMES IN IS GOING TO GET THEIR 192 00:12:27,960 --> 00:12:28,726 OWN SQUARE. 193 00:12:29,228 --> 00:12:31,229 >> AND WHY IS THIS IMPORTANT TO HAVE THIS SPACE AND TO HAVE 194 00:12:31,329 --> 00:12:33,463 THESE LIKE SPREAD OUT AND HAVE THEM ORGANIZED? 195 00:12:33,562 --> 00:12:37,633 >> WE WANT PEOPLE TO FEEL LIKE, YOU KNOW, THEY'VE GOT THEIR OWN 196 00:12:37,733 --> 00:12:41,869 PLACE TO BE AND THAT THEY'RE ALLOWED TO BE THERE, THEY CAN BE 197 00:12:41,969 --> 00:12:46,138 AT PEACE THERE, THEY CAN BE SAFE IN TERMS OF COVID AND WE'RE NOT 198 00:12:46,239 --> 00:12:52,710 GOING TO JUST ASK THEM TO PACK UP THEIR STUFF AND LEAVE THE 199 00:12:52,810 --> 00:13:01,883 NEXT MORNING. 200 00:13:01,981 --> 00:13:05,250 >> FOR MANY LIVING IN THEIR CARS WHAT STARTED AS A LAST RESORT IS 201 00:13:05,350 --> 00:13:10,187 LOOKING LIKE A PERMANENT WAY OF LIFE. 202 00:13:10,287 --> 00:13:14,958 FOR YEARS GLORIA HAS BEEN IN AND OUT OF SHELTERS, EVICTIONS HAVE 203 00:13:15,057 --> 00:13:17,792 RUINED HER CREDIT SCORE AND WHAT LITTLE MONEY SHE MAKES DOESN'T 204 00:13:17,893 --> 00:13:20,393 GET HER VERY FAR. THIS FAIRGROUND OFFERS HER THE 205 00:13:20,494 --> 00:13:22,929 HOPE OF GETTING BACK ON HER FEET. 206 00:13:23,028 --> 00:13:24,229 WHAT BROUGHT YOU TO YOUR CAR? 207 00:13:24,330 --> 00:13:30,133 >> WE GOT EVICTED AND WE HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO FIND A PLACE SINCE. 208 00:13:30,234 --> 00:13:34,570 I'M HOPING TO BE ABLE TO SAVE UP FOR A MOTOR HOME. 209 00:13:34,670 --> 00:13:36,504 I'VE TRIED TO GET INTO HOUSING AND THE HOUSING AUTHORITY JUST 210 00:13:36,604 --> 00:13:39,340 NEVER CALLS BACK. I'M LIKE I'M DONE, YOU KNOW, I 211 00:13:39,441 --> 00:13:40,941 JUST CAN'T TRUST PEOPLE. 212 00:13:41,041 --> 00:13:41,407 >> HI. 213 00:13:41,508 --> 00:13:42,242 >> I'M CHRISTY. 214 00:13:42,343 --> 00:13:44,377 >> HI. I WILL NEED A TENT AND THERE'S 215 00:13:44,476 --> 00:13:46,711 TWO OF US AND A PUPPY. 216 00:13:46,811 --> 00:13:50,348 >> I GREW UP, YOU KNOW, YOU GOT GOOD GRADES, YOU WENT TO 217 00:13:50,447 --> 00:13:54,282 COLLEGE, GOT MARRIED, HAD KIDS. I DID EVERYTHING RIGHT AND IT 218 00:13:54,383 --> 00:13:56,417 STILL CAME OUT WRONG. 219 00:13:56,518 --> 00:13:57,151 >> CUDDLES. 220 00:13:57,250 --> 00:13:58,119 >> HEY, CUDDLES. 221 00:13:58,219 --> 00:14:01,921 >> YEAH, THIS IS GOING TO BE US FOR A WHILE. 222 00:14:02,022 --> 00:14:05,523 >> SO THIS IS BLUE, SO WE WANT TO GO TO THE NEXT SECTION 223 00:14:05,623 --> 00:14:08,624 BECAUSE IT'S GREEN. THIS IS US, MS. CUDDLES. 224 00:14:08,725 --> 00:14:11,627 >> YOU GUYS ARE DOING AMAZING WORK GETTING THIS ALL SET UP. 225 00:14:11,728 --> 00:14:14,396 >> YOU KNOW, RIGHT NOW I'M AT THE POINT WHERE IT'S READY TO 226 00:14:14,495 --> 00:14:16,631 START FALLING BACK TOGETHER. 227 00:14:16,731 --> 00:14:20,033 >> WHILE GLORIA IS HOPEFUL IT'S ONLY A TEMPORARY FIX. 228 00:14:20,133 --> 00:14:24,168 SHE'S ONLY ALLOWED TO STAY FOR 90 DAYS AND NO MATTER HOW MUCH 229 00:14:24,268 --> 00:14:27,805 PROGRESS IS MADE IT'S CLEAR THAT THE COUNTRY IS NOW ENTERING A 230 00:14:27,904 --> 00:14:31,675 NEW ERA OF HOMELESSNESS. 231 00:14:31,774 --> 00:14:33,341 >> SO WHAT'S IT LIKE IN HERE? 232 00:14:33,441 --> 00:14:36,878 >> IT'S COMFORTABLE. I CAN RELAX. 233 00:14:36,978 --> 00:14:37,610 >> YEAH. 234 00:14:37,811 --> 00:14:40,380 >> JUST LIKE A BIG SIGH OF RELIEF. 235 00:14:40,479 --> 00:14:44,416 >> WHAT ARE YOU HOPING FOR, UNSHELTERED PEOPLE FOR THE NEXT 236 00:14:44,516 --> 00:14:45,417 FEW YEARS? 237 00:14:45,850 --> 00:14:49,619 >> I WANT PEOPLE TO SEE THAT WE ARE JUST LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE, WE 238 00:14:49,719 --> 00:14:51,153 JUST DON'T HAPPEN TO HAVE A HOUSE. 239 00:14:51,253 --> 00:14:53,122 THE PANDEMIC IS NOT GOING TO LAST FOREVER. 240 00:14:53,221 --> 00:14:55,455 PEOPLE ARE STILL GOING TO BE HERE. 241 00:14:55,556 --> 00:15:00,027 WE'RE STILL GOING TO NEED JOBS AND, YOU KNOW, YOU JUST HAVE TO 242 00:15:00,127 --> 00:15:10,298 BE HOPEFUL. 243 00:15:21,672 --> 00:15:32,147 [ SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE ] 244 00:15:36,383 --> 00:15:40,186 >> IN HAITI THERE'S REAL RESENTMENT AND ANGER AT YEARS OF 245 00:15:40,286 --> 00:15:51,859 GOVERNMENT CORRUPTION AND CHAOS. [ SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE ] 246 00:15:51,960 --> 00:15:54,961 >> HAITI IS A MULTI-BILLION DOLLAR TRADE PARTNER WITH THE 247 00:15:55,062 --> 00:15:58,098 U.S. AND A STRATEGIC POLITICAL ALLY. 248 00:15:58,197 --> 00:16:01,800 THE CAPITAL CITY OF PORT OF PRINCE IS HOME TO MORE THAN TWO 249 00:16:01,899 --> 00:16:06,402 MILLION PEOPLE SPREAD OUT ACROSS DOZENS OF NEIGHBORHOODS DIVIDED 250 00:16:06,503 --> 00:16:08,237 BY POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC FAULT LINES. 251 00:16:08,336 --> 00:16:11,038 VIOLENCE AND POLITICS HAVE LONG GONE HAND IN HAND HERE, BUT 252 00:16:11,138 --> 00:16:13,673 RECENTLY THE FIGHTING THAT'S ENGULFED THE CAPITAL HAS REACHED 253 00:16:13,773 --> 00:16:21,080 A NEW LEVEL OF INTENSITY, A RESULT, THESE MEN SAY, OF 254 00:16:21,180 --> 00:16:26,516 HAITI'S U.S.-BACKED PRESIDENT. 255 00:16:26,615 --> 00:16:30,286 >> DO YOU THINK THE PRESIDENT IS IN ANY WAY CONNECTED TO THE 256 00:16:30,386 --> 00:16:34,387 SURGE IN VIOLENCE HERE? [ SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE ] 257 00:16:34,488 --> 00:16:36,922 >> THE PRESIDENT IS A BUSINESSMAN WHO ROSE TO POWER IN 258 00:16:37,023 --> 00:16:41,726 2017 AFTER AN ELECTION AND REELECTION THAT WERE WIDELY 259 00:16:41,826 --> 00:16:44,361 CONDEMNED BY HIS ON NENTS AS RANKED. 260 00:16:44,461 --> 00:16:49,530 AS LEADER OF THE PHT PARTY HE PROMISED FOOD ON EVERY PLATE AND 261 00:16:49,631 --> 00:16:52,365 MONEY IN EVERY POCKET. INSTEAD HAITIANS GOT AN 262 00:16:52,467 --> 00:16:54,334 ADMINISTRATION HIT WITH MORE CORRUPTION SCANDALS AND 263 00:16:54,433 --> 00:16:56,969 VIOLENCE. HIS CRITICS SAY HE'S EMBEZZLED 264 00:16:57,068 --> 00:17:00,704 MILLIONS IN PUBLIC FUNDS AND IS ATTEMPTING TO TURN THE COUNTRY 265 00:17:00,805 --> 00:17:03,172 INTO AN AUTOCRACY. NOW THERE'S DISAGREEMENT AS TO 266 00:17:03,272 --> 00:17:05,775 WHEN HIS FIVE-YEAR TERM ENDS. THE OPPOSITION CLAIMS IT SHOULD 267 00:17:05,874 --> 00:17:09,911 HAVE ENDED IN FEBRUARY BUT HE SAYS THAT BECAUSE THE CHAOTIC 268 00:17:10,010 --> 00:17:12,313 ELECTION PROCESS DELAYED HIS INAUGURATION HE HAS ANOTHER YEAR 269 00:17:12,412 --> 00:17:15,414 IN POWER. THE IMPASSE HAS PLUNGED HAITI 270 00:17:15,515 --> 00:17:25,720 INTO CRISIS. 271 00:17:26,654 --> 00:17:29,757 SO WE JUST GOT TO BEL-AIR, WE WERE TOLD THERE WAS FIGHTING 272 00:17:29,857 --> 00:17:35,161 HERE, SO WE'RE JUST HUNKERED DOWN WAITING TO SEE WHAT'S GOING 273 00:17:35,260 --> 00:17:46,067 TO HAPPEN. [ SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE ] 274 00:18:00,943 --> 00:18:11,418 [ SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE ] 275 00:18:14,953 --> 00:18:17,088 >> PIERRE HAS OPINION INVESTIGATING THE LINKS HE 276 00:18:17,189 --> 00:18:20,458 CLAIMS EXIST BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT, THE GANGS AND THE 277 00:18:20,557 --> 00:18:23,259 VIOLENCE UNDER THE PRESIDENT. TO UNDERSTAND THE CONNECTIONS, 278 00:18:23,360 --> 00:18:26,995 HE SAYS, LOOK TO UNDERSERVED EASILY INTIMIDATED NEIGHBORHOODS 279 00:18:27,095 --> 00:18:31,597 WITH THE POWER TO SWING ELECTIONS. 280 00:18:31,698 --> 00:18:50,309 NEIGHBORHOODS LIKE LA SALINE. [ SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE ] 281 00:18:50,410 --> 00:18:53,612 >> THE GOVERNMENT STRONGLY DENIED ANY INVOLVEMENT AND 282 00:18:53,711 --> 00:18:58,082 DESPITE A POLICE INVESTIGATION NO ONE HAS BEEN ARRESTED. 283 00:18:58,182 --> 00:19:04,518 A WARRANT WAS ISSUED FOR ONE MAN WHO WITNESSES SAY HELPED PLAN 284 00:19:04,618 --> 00:19:06,121 THE LA SALINE ATTACK, BUT IT'S NEVER BEEN SERVED. 285 00:19:06,220 --> 00:19:11,623 THAT MAN WAS AN ACTIVE POLICEMAN AT THE TIME OF THE MASSACRE AND 286 00:19:11,723 --> 00:19:21,397 A HENCHMAN OF THE PRESIDENT. HIS NAME IS JIMMY BARBECUE. 287 00:19:21,498 --> 00:19:23,699 [ SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE ] 288 00:19:23,798 --> 00:19:29,536 >> HIS POWER IN PORT OF PRINCE HAS ONLY GROWN, OPERATING WITH 289 00:19:29,635 --> 00:19:33,072 SEEMING IMPUNITY HE CREATED THE G-9 UNITING A COALITION OF NINE 290 00:19:33,171 --> 00:19:35,739 SEPARATE GANGS, THOSE GANGS HAVE BEEN NAMED IN REPORTS AS BEING 291 00:19:35,839 --> 00:19:41,743 BEHIND A SERIES OF ATTACKS ON NEIGHBORHOODS KNOWN FOR OPPOSING 292 00:19:41,844 --> 00:19:53,851 THE GOVERNMENT. THIS WOMAN LIVES NEAR LA SALINE. 293 00:19:53,951 --> 00:19:57,621 DAYS BEFORE WE SPOKE TO HER SHE SAID ARMED MEN RAIDED THE 294 00:19:57,720 --> 00:20:08,527 NEIGHBORHOOD. [ SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE ] 295 00:20:24,905 --> 00:20:35,379 [ SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE ] 296 00:20:47,220 --> 00:20:57,692 [ SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE ] 297 00:21:21,308 --> 00:21:31,783 [ SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE ] 298 00:21:35,218 --> 00:21:40,988 >> HE CLAIMS HE WASN'T PART OF ANY MASSACRE BUT INVESTIGATIONS 299 00:21:41,087 --> 00:21:43,024 BY THE NATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENSE NETWORK AND THE UNITED 300 00:21:43,123 --> 00:21:46,191 NATIONS BOTH IMPLICATE HIM AND HIS ORGANIZATION IN VIOLENCE. 301 00:21:46,293 --> 00:21:48,794 DESPITE THIS HE CONTINUES TO PROMOTE HIMSELF AS SOMEONE WHO 302 00:21:48,893 --> 00:22:05,904 CAN BRING ORDER TO THE STREETS. [ SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE ] 303 00:22:11,741 --> 00:22:17,313 >> THOSE HOSPITALS AND SCHOOLS HAVE YET TO MATERIALIZE, BUT THE 304 00:22:17,412 --> 00:22:27,885 G-9 HAS CONTROL OVER LARGE 305 00:22:28,585 --> 00:22:35,857 PARTS -- [ SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE ] 306 00:22:35,957 --> 00:22:38,326 >> YOU HAVE A REPUTATION IN PARTS OF THIS COMMUNITY FOR 307 00:22:38,427 --> 00:22:42,127 BEING BEHIND THE MASSACRE. HOW DO YOU FEEL WALKING AROUND 308 00:22:42,228 --> 00:22:52,068 HERE RIGHT NOW? [ SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE ] 309 00:22:52,169 --> 00:22:56,805 >> DO YOU THINK PEOPLE IN THIS AREA FEAR YOU? 310 00:22:56,904 --> 00:23:07,379 [ SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE ] 311 00:23:20,586 --> 00:23:31,059 [ SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE ] 312 00:23:49,105 --> 00:23:59,579 [ SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE ] 313 00:24:12,054 --> 00:24:16,289 >> GLADYS HAS LIVED IN BEL-AIR FOR 27 YEARS, IT'S WHERE SHE 314 00:24:16,391 --> 00:24:20,059 RAISED HER 18-YEAR-OLD SON DANNY, ALONG WITH THREE OTHER 315 00:24:20,160 --> 00:24:25,095 CHILDREN. JUST DAYS AGO SHE SAID HE WAS 316 00:24:25,196 --> 00:24:37,703 KILLED. [ SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE ] 317 00:24:54,949 --> 00:25:05,422 [ SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE ] 318 00:25:16,762 --> 00:25:17,831 >> BARBECUE. 319 00:25:17,931 --> 00:25:23,601 >> BARBECUE. 320 00:25:23,700 --> 00:25:31,539 >> WHO DO YOU BLAME FOR YOUR SON'S DEATH? 321 00:25:31,640 --> 00:25:44,114 >> BARBECUE. [ SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE ] 322 00:25:44,214 --> 00:25:48,616 >> HATE YES HAS A LONG HISTORY OF CASTING OUT ITS OPPRESSORS 323 00:25:48,717 --> 00:25:51,585 AND AS TODAY'S OPPOSITION HARDENS THERE ARE SIGNS THAT A 324 00:25:51,685 --> 00:26:04,194 TIPPING POINT MAY BE COMING. [ SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE ] 325 00:26:04,295 --> 00:26:10,397 >> THIS MAN RAN AGAINST THE PRESIDENT IN THE PRESIDENTIAL 326 00:26:10,498 --> 00:26:21,873 ELECTION. [ SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE ] 327 00:26:22,905 --> 00:26:26,142 >> PRESIDENT MOYES IS DETERMINED TO HOLD ON TO POWER UNTIL AT 328 00:26:26,241 --> 00:26:31,312 LEAST 2022 AND BOTH THE U.S. AND THE U.N. AGREE, CITING THAT 329 00:26:31,412 --> 00:26:33,113 HAITI'S CONSTITUTION SETS PRESIDENTIAL TERMS BEGINNING 330 00:26:33,213 --> 00:26:36,149 FROM INAUGURATION DATES, NOT ELECTION DATES. 331 00:26:36,248 --> 00:26:40,116 STILL THE SITUATION IS FAR FROM BEING RESOLVED. 332 00:26:40,218 --> 00:26:45,020 IT'S A CRUEL PARADOX OF HAITIAN CLIQUES TODAY AT A TIME WHEN 333 00:26:45,121 --> 00:26:48,155 LARGE NUMBERS OF PEOPLE ARE DEMANDING RADICAL CHANGE, OTHERS 334 00:26:48,256 --> 00:26:56,127 SEEM CAPABLE OF HOLDING ENTIRE COMMUNITIES HOSTAGE AT GUNPOINT. 335 00:26:56,229 --> 00:27:06,701 [ SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE ] 336 00:27:14,973 --> 00:27:18,675 [ SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE ] 337 00:27:18,776 --> 00:27:22,446 >> WHAT HAPPENS IF THE PRESIDENT DOESN'T LEAVE OFFICE? 338 00:27:22,546 --> 00:27:33,018 [ SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE ]