Scott Pelley
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And I know I sound redundant, but I will tell you this.
The reason we have a homeless problem is because they will not understand the homeless problem.
Karen Bass said when she was talking about Pratt calling these people crazy, she said, you sleep on the sidewalk for two weeks and tell me if that doesn't make you a little bit crazy.
Oh, my God.
Sidewalk doesn't make you crazy.
You have to be crazy to sleep outdoors on the sidewalk.
She acts like regular folk just lost their job and went and slept on a sidewalk.
They can't.
Gavin Newsom sat right here and told me all about homelessness is insane.
What he they think these are mothers that got divorced, that lost their job.
One last point, Megan.
They Karen Bass also says a lot of the homeless.
These are elderly people who lost their job and now can't pay their rent.
Do you know how long in Los Angeles it takes to evict a person from your apartment building if they stop paying rent?
The over under is like 18 years.
Every law is on their side.
You don't miss one payment and then you're out on the street the next day.
If you're in an apartment building in California, in Los Angeles, and you can't pay your rent, you can stay there for at least a year without paying rent with no consequence whatsoever.
So what do you mean they lost their job and now they can't pay their rent?
You lose your job.