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[birds chirping]
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[birds chirping]
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[crow cawing]
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[somber music playing]
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[faucet running]
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[crow cawing]
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[birds chirping]
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[train rattling]
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[somber music crescendos]
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[door clicks open]
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[male interviewer] We're gonna do
a vulnerability assessment
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for the coordinated entry program
throughout the county.
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[man sighs]
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[interviewer] I'm going to
ask you some questions
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about your history of homelessness.
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I'm also gonna ask you questions
that'll help me understand
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how you get things that you need,
what you do when you need help.
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Some of the questions may feel like
I'm asking for personal information.
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I'm not trying to make you uncomfortable.
We ask everyone the same questions.
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The more information you give me,
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the better we are able to understand
your situation and what your needs are.
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All right. We'll just go ahead
and get started then.
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Sir, what kind of services
do you need help with?
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-I need a place.
-[interviewer] Mm-hm.
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An apartment or a house.
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Right now,
I'm mostly looking for psychiatric care,
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and I'm working on my housing.
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That's about it, really.
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Once I get my housing, I have my base,
and I'll be able to do what I need to do.
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[interviewer] How long have you been
experiencing homelessness?
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It's been about four years
for homelessness.
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Four years for being homeless.
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In November 2016, my brother put me up
in the hostels for a couple of months,
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but I just didn't want to burden him
with another bill.
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[sniffles] I started staying out
in the streets.
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I've been here for two years.
That's too long.
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[interviewer] Do you have family,
and did you have contact with?
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[sighs, sniffles]
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[man shudders]
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[quietly] Sorry. [clears throat]
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[somber music plays]
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[siren wailing in the distance]
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[horns blaring]
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[man] There's no medical tent today?
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[Annie] What do you need? A Band-Aid?
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Let me see if--
I got some stuff in the truck.
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-What'd you do? Did you smash it?
-No, it just got infected.
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And I went yesterday to the hospital,
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to general, and they numbed it
and sliced it and drained it.
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Oh, look. Ask Zia.
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-Did she go with you?
-She… She has a video.
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[both laugh]
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That's cool you're kicking it with her.
She's so cool.
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Yo, hey…
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Last Tuesday I met her here.
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[Annie] That's it?
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-Yeah, like--
-Oh, man…
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I wanna get off the streets for her.
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Oh, man. I know! Does she seem
to have her head on straight?
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-She's gonna take me and walk me through--
-[background chatter]
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[Annie] Can we not do this
at the showers, please?
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-Hey, Derek, what's going on, man?
-Nothing's going on!
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[Annie] Hey.
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-You're here.
-I'm right here. I'm always here.
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-What's up with him?
-[Derek speaks indistinctly]
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[phones ringing]
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[traffic noises]
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[music stops]
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[woman 1] Do you remember
the landlord's name
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at the RV park in Arizona?
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-[woman 2] Bonnie?
-Yeah.
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-[dog barks]
-Thank you. Shut up.
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-[woman 2 chuckles]
-[dog barks]
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You were working somewhere else
when I first came, and I saw the girls.
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[woman 1] I got to working again,
and things just kinda fell apart.
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'Cause the second you report
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that you have enough money
coming in to pay your rent
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and pay all your bills, bam!
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There goes most of your food stamps.
All of a sudden,
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the money that you had allotted
to pay rent, now has to pay for food.
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-[man] Yep.
-Because what is an immediate concern?
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Your child eating that night,
or the rent that's due in two weeks?
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I'm gonna feed my kid.
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[woman 3 clicks tongue, sighs]
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This is an extreme situation.
We gotta get you guys into housing.
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[woman 1] You know, this is funny--
You don't--
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You… You gradually get
into an extreme situation,
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it doesn't seem as extreme.
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[siren wailing in the distance]
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[siren blaring]
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[somber music resumes]
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[woman] The public health
and safety issues we've seen out there,
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include the sanitation issues
and risks of disease,
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and then also shootings,
other violence, and crime
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that are, obviously, a hazard
to the people living in the camps,
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as well as the surrounding community.
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And that's why we clean up locations.
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So, if we need more manpower
because it's a larger site, um,
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we have that at our disposal.
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[man] So, this week,
we visited 31 sites across the city.
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We made 50 contacts with individuals
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and referred 19 people to shelters
or alternative living arrangements.
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[somber music continues]
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[man 2] I think the resources
that you guys are using
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are the right entry points, uh,
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to get these unsheltered individuals, uh,
into the housing.
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But while we have developed a lot of units
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of permanent supportive housing, um,
we're not keeping pace to the need.
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[sirens wailing]
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[music turns calmer]
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[indistinct announcement over PA]
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[door clicks shut]
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[indistinct radio chatter]
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-[man over radio] Copy.
-[radio beeps]
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[woman] Thank you.
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[siren chirping]
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-[indistinct chatter]
-[R&B music playing over speakers]
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[door buzzing]
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[bed creaks]
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[interviewer] How did you end up homeless?
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Well, that's a long story. [chuckles]
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Well, it really started,
to be honest, from 9/11.
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9/11 put me in a deep depression.
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It was mainly because the cost of living
is so high, especially in Hollywood,
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that I can't afford
to live in an apartment.
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I lost my job,
and the person I was staying with--
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I couldn't pay my rent.
They had no understanding,
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so they kicked me out.
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Disability.
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Jail, prison, um, substance abuse,
mental health issues, family issues.
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Just a combination of things.
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I came out as transgender
my senior year in college,
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and I kind of lost
all of my family support.
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I've been homeless
since I was probably 19 or 20.
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I went to go stay
with my daughter for a while.
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And, after that, I winded down here, um…
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at the Union Rescue Mission. Yeah.
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[interviewer] Do you think
you're getting enough to eat?
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There's been a couple of times
where I felt my stomach
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was gonna touch my back.
[laughing] 'Cause I couldn't eat.
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I was hungry and didn't…
didn't have no money, no food.
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I didn't know where to get no food from.
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[fast-paced instrumental music playing]
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[woman] Was this the one
that was on sale for $5?
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-[cashier] Four ninety-nine.
-[woman] Hallelujah. Right on.
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Well, I'm gonna cook for my kids.
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That's really cool.
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[woman] I'm gonna feed them,
and I'm gonna feed them good. [laughs]
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Total is twenty-six dollars
and fifty-two cents.
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[woman] Well, thank you.
You have a good day.
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Twelve ninety-nine, that's insane.
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[man] But I didn't think about it.
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[woman] Take that jacket off.
I've got to wash it. It's filthy.
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Yeah. I gotta empty it out.
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[woman] So, for tomorrow
I gotta go to school.
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-And get my ID.
-I could finish laundry tomorrow.
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-[woman] Don't do laundry till Friday.
-[man] Okay.
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[man] Saturday night,
before we turn in, dinner or a movie?
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[woman] You tired?
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-Exhausted.
-[woman laughs]
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[machine rumbling]
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[girl] Hey, Mom.
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I was just telling you
that you're gonna be a grandma.
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No, I still have to go to the doctors
and confirm and find everything out,
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but it's a big positivo, probably.
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I don't know, Mom.
I'll-- I'll talk about this later.
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-[guy] What'd they say?
-[girl] "Take care of yourself."
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"Try getting into housing
as fast as possible and be a family."
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[train screeches by loudly]
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[woman] All right, love you.
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-I'll see you. [chuckles]
-[man] Bye.
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[woman] Call me. I love you.
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["Midnight" by Coldplay playing]
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♪ In the darkness ♪
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♪ Before the dawn ♪
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♪ In the swirling ♪
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♪ Of this storm ♪
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♪ When I'm rolling with the punches ♪
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♪ And hope is gone ♪
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♪ Leave a light ♪
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♪ A light on ♪
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Kind of bougie.
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♪ Millions of ♪
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♪ Miles from home ♪
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♪ In the swirling ♪
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♪ Swimming on ♪
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♪ When I'm rolling with the thunder ♪
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♪ But bleed from thorns ♪
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♪ Leave a light ♪
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♪ A light on ♪
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♪ Leave a light ♪
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♪ A light on ♪
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[vocalizing]
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♪ In the darkness ♪
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♪ Before the dawn ♪
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♪ In the darkness ♪
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♪ Before the dawn ♪
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♪ Leave a light ♪
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♪ A light on ♪
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♪ Leave a light ♪
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♪ A light on ♪
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[interviewer] Where do you usually sleep?
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They have, uh, a dorm on the second floor,
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um, and it's, like, 160 ladies.
'Cause it's bunk beds.
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[interviewer] How often do you say
you sleep outside?
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I did four nights,
and that was two years ago.
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[sighs]
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[interviewer] Do you know where to go
for showers and laundry?
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[voice wavering] I had to go to hotels
to take showers
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when the maids left the room.
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And, um…
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I kept going like that for a while.
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I'm sorry.
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[interviewer] Do you ever feel scared
or unsafe?
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I've been molested,
I've been stabbed, I've been shot,
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I've been run over.
Like, I've been through a lot of stuff.
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[interviewer] How many times
have you been attacked
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or beaten up since you've become homeless?
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Oh, recently I've been--
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Like, four or five.
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[interviewer] Okay.
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[somber instrumental music plays]
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[faucet running]
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[wheels scraping on asphalt]
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[woman] How do you feel?
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It feels good to be off the streets.
I'll tell you that.
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You wake up, you roll over,
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you got your toilet right there
and everything, huh?
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Good morning!
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Make me understand, Luis.
Being that you just got your place,
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and in six months,
you're gonna be homeless again?
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[Luis] Yeah, 'cause the rent is 700.
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I was supposed to continue,
but I can't afford that.
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If not, the weather's
nice enough out here that I could
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set up a tent
and break it up in the morning.
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[woman] Nah. We're not gonna go backwards.
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-We came too far to go backwards.
-Yeah.
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It ain't by choice if I do.
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[man] What's up? You want water?
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Water?
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-[man 2] Thank you.
-[man 1] You got it.
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Patty, have you been in touch with Anna?
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Uh… I'm not sure. But I'm trying
to go somewhere where I'm not--
247
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[sniffles]
248
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It's okay. It's okay.
249
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Was it-- What's his name? Mike?
250
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Yeah. Okay.
251
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It's been getting bad? Yeah.
252
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All right.
253
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I got this scar from him.
254
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Okay.
255
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Was it recent? Okay.
256
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It was, like, a week or two ago.
257
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-The last time when I seen her.
-Last time he was here. Okay.
258
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-[woman] It was big, she had a big--
-Okay.
259
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Where's he at? Is he around?
260
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-Yeah, somewhere.
-It's okay.
261
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-And then today he hit me in the face.
-Okay.
262
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[dog whimpering]
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-[Patty] He's gonna end up killing me.
-I know. You gotta get out.
264
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[dog whimpering]
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[man] Hey, I'm out here at the basin.
266
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Yeah, Patty has been
in a situation with Mike.
267
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She got beat up again.
268
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Is there any way that, while I'm out here,
you can talk to somebody to see
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if we can get her into Bridge?
She'll go today. She wants to get away.
270
00:23:45,298 --> 00:23:46,925
[woman] What do you want to eat
for dinner?
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-[boy] Bacon, eggs, and grits.
-[girl] Potatoes!
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-Bacon, eggs, and grits.
-[woman] That's breakfast food, though.
273
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[girl laughs]
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Give me a hug. Okay.
Bye, y'all. Have a good day at school.
275
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[woman 2] From the moment I met you,
you didn't share anything.
276
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You were just trying to move forward.
277
00:24:21,543 --> 00:24:23,587
I see you go
to the grocery store every night,
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when we serve food here,
to get food for your kids
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and come and make dinner
for them every night.
280
00:24:28,842 --> 00:24:32,429
Because I try not to lose our family
in homelessness.
281
00:24:32,971 --> 00:24:35,849
Like, despite the situation,
Momma got you.
282
00:24:35,932 --> 00:24:40,061
Right. So, let's talk about your story.
283
00:24:40,145 --> 00:24:41,062
Okay.
284
00:24:41,146 --> 00:24:43,773
Nine months ago,
my ex started stalking me.
285
00:24:44,274 --> 00:24:47,986
He kicked my door in,
and he pistol-whipped me, and he raped me.
286
00:24:48,069 --> 00:24:52,073
Um, and I'm currently 32 weeks pregnant
as a result of that.
287
00:24:52,574 --> 00:24:54,743
So, when I was in the hospital,
288
00:24:54,826 --> 00:24:57,913
I had black eyes, I was fucked-up-looking,
289
00:24:57,996 --> 00:25:01,291
and the Urban League here,
they were able to get me in the hotel.
290
00:25:01,374 --> 00:25:04,002
I didn't qualify
for any supportive services.
291
00:25:04,085 --> 00:25:07,380
I couldn't sign up for housing.
I was not considered homeless.
292
00:25:07,464 --> 00:25:11,343
-[woman 2] Because you were in a hotel.
-A hotel that the agency paid for me.
293
00:25:11,426 --> 00:25:14,721
So, they put us for six weeks in a hotel.
294
00:25:14,804 --> 00:25:18,767
I could financially afford to pay
for two weeks myself in the hotel,
295
00:25:18,850 --> 00:25:21,520
and then we were in a situation
where I didn't have money
296
00:25:21,603 --> 00:25:24,856
and nowhere else to go.
So we slept outside for three days,
297
00:25:24,940 --> 00:25:28,109
and then I was able to get into a place
called the Center of Hope.
298
00:25:28,193 --> 00:25:32,572
It's like a one-room facility,
and you sleep on mats on the floor.
299
00:25:32,656 --> 00:25:34,950
Um, there are no shower facilities.
300
00:25:36,076 --> 00:25:38,787
So, I made it be like we were camping.
301
00:25:39,329 --> 00:25:43,083
And we had to be out of the place
by 6:30, seven o'clock every morning.
302
00:25:43,166 --> 00:25:45,085
Rain or shine, we had to leave.
303
00:25:45,168 --> 00:25:48,046
So, I didn't want my kids to know.
I didn't want people to know.
304
00:25:48,129 --> 00:25:51,466
So I would go to Safeway
and get them something to eat
305
00:25:51,550 --> 00:25:53,969
and bathe them in the bathroom. [sniffles]
306
00:25:54,469 --> 00:25:55,971
I would take turns with them
307
00:25:56,054 --> 00:25:59,057
so I could go in the bathroom
and wash them up and brush their hair.
308
00:25:59,808 --> 00:26:02,143
'Cause I didn't want people
to look at my kids.
309
00:26:02,227 --> 00:26:04,729
I didn't wanna
just be walking the streets.
310
00:26:04,813 --> 00:26:07,399
And then we would wait around
for the library to open,
311
00:26:07,482 --> 00:26:09,484
'cause the library opens at 9:00.
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[inhales] And I could take my babies
in there,
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00:26:12,862 --> 00:26:14,739
'cause it was warm… [sobbing]
314
00:26:14,823 --> 00:26:19,578
…and they could
play video games and watch TV,
315
00:26:19,661 --> 00:26:23,665
and so they didn't understand
what the struggle was.
316
00:26:23,748 --> 00:26:25,667
So, that's what I did every day.
317
00:26:27,043 --> 00:26:28,044
[woman 2] Jeez.
318
00:26:30,964 --> 00:26:34,384
That's why I don't wanna be in a position
that I need anybody for anything.
319
00:26:34,467 --> 00:26:36,428
-[woman 2] Right.
-I will not do this again.
320
00:26:36,511 --> 00:26:37,470
[woman 2] Right.
321
00:26:38,763 --> 00:26:40,765
[intense music playing]
322
00:27:03,371 --> 00:27:05,373
[fast-paced instrumental music playing]
323
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[sirens wailing]
324
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[man] You guys, get your stuff.
They're coming down here. They're coming.
325
00:27:27,312 --> 00:27:29,314
[siren wailing]
326
00:27:34,277 --> 00:27:35,528
[banging on desk]
327
00:27:35,612 --> 00:27:37,238
-[man 2] Calling order, please.
-Check.
328
00:27:37,322 --> 00:27:40,408
[woman] Item 8A requests approval
of a resolution authorizing
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00:27:40,492 --> 00:27:42,285
the Department of Homelessness
330
00:27:42,369 --> 00:27:44,913
for the proposed
Embarcadero SAFE Navigation Center.
331
00:27:44,996 --> 00:27:47,999
[helicopter thrumming overhead]
332
00:27:49,167 --> 00:27:52,253
[officer] We're going to set up
a perimeter, all encampments.
333
00:27:52,337 --> 00:27:54,422
We just found
too many hazardous materials,
334
00:27:54,506 --> 00:27:57,592
so we have a crew out here
to remove that right now.
335
00:28:01,388 --> 00:28:03,765
[woman 2]
We need to be allowing homeless shelters
336
00:28:03,848 --> 00:28:06,476
in every single neighborhood
across the city.
337
00:28:10,021 --> 00:28:11,398
[man 1] Get all your stuff out.
338
00:28:11,481 --> 00:28:14,609
Get it out. At least get your tents
and all that stuff out of here.
339
00:28:17,445 --> 00:28:20,448
[man 3] This 200-bed Navigation Center
will act as a magnet
340
00:28:20,532 --> 00:28:23,451
and will import
a massive homeless population
341
00:28:23,535 --> 00:28:25,620
and will harm
the surrounding neighborhood.
342
00:28:27,914 --> 00:28:30,208
[man 1] I asked them,
"Where do you want them to go?"
343
00:28:30,291 --> 00:28:34,087
There's nowhere for anyone to go.
Where are they supposed to go?
344
00:28:34,170 --> 00:28:36,214
[siren wailing]
345
00:28:39,592 --> 00:28:43,680
[man 4] I have never seen
a mayor jam down the throats
346
00:28:43,763 --> 00:28:46,558
of a neighborhood a project
347
00:28:46,641 --> 00:28:49,686
when the neighborhood was 95% opposed.
348
00:28:50,186 --> 00:28:52,188
[siren wailing]
349
00:29:03,700 --> 00:29:05,493
[man 5] I was just called a racist
350
00:29:05,577 --> 00:29:08,788
for not wanting things
like drug use, drug sale,
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00:29:08,872 --> 00:29:11,708
importing additional homeless
into our neighborhood.
352
00:29:11,791 --> 00:29:15,253
Yeah, I don't think a lot of people
want those things in their backyard.
353
00:29:15,336 --> 00:29:18,756
[people chanting] People are dying
in your front yard!
354
00:29:19,340 --> 00:29:23,136
People are dying in your front yard!
355
00:29:23,219 --> 00:29:27,307
People are dying in your front yard!
356
00:29:43,406 --> 00:29:45,408
[solemn music playing]
357
00:30:12,602 --> 00:30:16,231
There's a better life out there, Patty.
There's a better life.
358
00:30:19,943 --> 00:30:22,946
You just gotta believe,
and you gotta work, you know?
359
00:30:23,613 --> 00:30:28,034
And I'm a paycheck away from being
in the tent right next to you, girl, so…
360
00:30:29,077 --> 00:30:32,413
It can happen to anybody.
You know? It really can.
361
00:30:55,520 --> 00:30:56,813
[Patty] Here we go.
362
00:30:58,523 --> 00:30:59,357
Hey.
363
00:30:59,440 --> 00:31:01,317
[dog sniffing]
364
00:31:01,401 --> 00:31:02,402
Okay.
365
00:31:07,740 --> 00:31:10,618
[interviewer] Uh, what are your plans
for housing?
366
00:31:12,203 --> 00:31:13,746
Oh…
367
00:31:17,041 --> 00:31:20,211
I plan on getting a house
and staying in it.
368
00:31:22,505 --> 00:31:24,173
If I can get housing,
369
00:31:24,257 --> 00:31:27,427
I will definitely be leaving
this shelter here.
370
00:31:27,510 --> 00:31:29,971
I would be in a better environment.
371
00:31:30,722 --> 00:31:34,434
I can actually eat more, shower more.
372
00:31:34,517 --> 00:31:38,229
Every time I get an apartment,
I always end up homeless again.
373
00:31:38,313 --> 00:31:42,775
So, at this point, I just want
to get a van, a big van, or an RV,
374
00:31:43,276 --> 00:31:47,488
and something that I own
that they can't take from me, you know?
375
00:31:48,072 --> 00:31:50,867
[interviewer] Is anyone helping you apply
for housing?
376
00:31:50,950 --> 00:31:51,951
Mm-mm.
377
00:31:53,369 --> 00:31:56,748
[man] Right now, I'm waiting.
I'm in a mental health program,
378
00:31:56,831 --> 00:31:59,709
and they helped me
get my Section 8 voucher, so
379
00:32:00,376 --> 00:32:03,963
I'm just waiting
for whatever they have to do.
380
00:32:04,672 --> 00:32:07,175
[interviewer] Are there any other goals
that you want to work on?
381
00:32:07,258 --> 00:32:10,887
[blubbers] If, like, I can get a place
382
00:32:10,970 --> 00:32:14,432
and do what I have to do
to keep my head, like,
383
00:32:14,515 --> 00:32:16,935
out of the street mind.
384
00:32:18,561 --> 00:32:22,106
[voice breaking] But that's all I--
Like, to be honest, that's all I know.
385
00:32:22,190 --> 00:32:23,191
[interviewer] Okay.
386
00:32:24,484 --> 00:32:25,985
I really want
387
00:32:27,612 --> 00:32:29,489
to be stable,
388
00:32:30,239 --> 00:32:31,282
and…
389
00:32:33,284 --> 00:32:36,204
have my family around me like I used to.
390
00:32:36,287 --> 00:32:39,457
I've always had that desire
to get off the streets.
391
00:32:39,540 --> 00:32:40,750
It's just been hard.
392
00:32:45,296 --> 00:32:49,342
I'm not trying to bother anybody,
you know, burden anybody.
393
00:32:52,345 --> 00:32:57,392
And when police
used to wake us up and rustle us up,
394
00:32:58,851 --> 00:33:00,186
"You can't be here."
395
00:33:01,104 --> 00:33:03,898
I used to tell them,
"I do the same things you do."
396
00:33:04,440 --> 00:33:07,276
I wash my teeth. I gotta eat.
397
00:33:09,153 --> 00:33:11,739
The only thing for me,
everything is spread out.
398
00:33:14,075 --> 00:33:17,453
Everybody else just got it inside,
in one spot.
399
00:33:20,123 --> 00:33:22,750
But I do the same things
everybody else does.
400
00:33:25,712 --> 00:33:26,921
Nothing different.
401
00:33:39,851 --> 00:33:42,186
[man] We're all in this ship,
and we're still sinking.
402
00:33:42,270 --> 00:33:45,606
[woman] Particularly in high-cost cities
like ours, I mean,
403
00:33:45,690 --> 00:33:47,859
we are not reaching enough people,
404
00:33:47,942 --> 00:33:52,697
and Oakland's homelessness
has doubled in four years. Doubled.
405
00:33:53,990 --> 00:33:56,534
[man] That especially hits hard
certain communities.
406
00:33:56,617 --> 00:33:59,620
If you're African-American,
or if you've ever served time,
407
00:33:59,704 --> 00:34:01,164
there's even a greater likelihood.
408
00:34:01,247 --> 00:34:04,667
And then, of course, COVID-19 hits.
409
00:34:04,751 --> 00:34:09,088
Everyone sees the tsunami
of homelessness coming
410
00:34:09,172 --> 00:34:11,924
because nobody can pay the rent
411
00:34:12,008 --> 00:34:14,469
and those eviction moratoriums
are gonna run out.
412
00:34:14,552 --> 00:34:16,596
[man] This requires
a different level of commitment,
413
00:34:16,679 --> 00:34:18,890
and we need a FEMA-like response to this.
414
00:34:18,973 --> 00:34:22,769
How do we make sure
there is a right to housing in California?
415
00:34:23,269 --> 00:34:27,148
We have a lot of work to do,
but cities and counties can't do it alone.
416
00:34:28,191 --> 00:34:33,488
[woman] These heartbreaking stories
have got to come to some dramatic,
417
00:34:33,571 --> 00:34:35,364
necessary change.
418
00:34:51,672 --> 00:34:54,675
["Endless Road" by Angel Olsen playing]
419
00:35:02,016 --> 00:35:04,602
♪ Well, every road I see ♪
420
00:35:05,353 --> 00:35:07,980
♪ Leads away from me ♪
421
00:35:08,564 --> 00:35:10,858
♪ There's not a single one ♪
422
00:35:10,942 --> 00:35:13,528
♪ That leads me home ♪
423
00:35:14,821 --> 00:35:16,489
♪ The road keeps saying ♪
424
00:35:16,572 --> 00:35:21,160
♪ Friend, come see what's round the bend ♪
425
00:35:21,244 --> 00:35:26,124
♪ So is it any wonder that I roam? ♪
426
00:35:27,291 --> 00:35:30,253
♪ All the places I have been ♪
427
00:35:30,336 --> 00:35:32,755
♪ Keep calling me back again ♪
428
00:35:32,839 --> 00:35:33,965
You're a good girl.
429
00:35:34,048 --> 00:35:35,383
♪ Down in the pines ♪
430
00:35:35,466 --> 00:35:39,178
♪ I hear the cold winds blow ♪
431
00:35:39,762 --> 00:35:42,849
♪ My heart keeps telling me ♪
432
00:35:42,932 --> 00:35:46,144
♪ Footloose and fancy-free ♪
433
00:35:46,227 --> 00:35:48,104
♪ And the road goes by ♪
434
00:35:48,187 --> 00:35:52,150
♪ And calls me as it goes ♪
435
00:35:52,900 --> 00:35:56,237
♪ Well, maybe somewhere
There's a someone ♪
436
00:35:56,320 --> 00:35:59,240
♪ Waiting there with a smile ♪
437
00:35:59,323 --> 00:36:02,535
♪ And maybe there'll be a place ♪
438
00:36:02,618 --> 00:36:05,621
♪ To stop and rest awhile ♪
439
00:36:05,705 --> 00:36:09,292
♪ And maybe you weren't meant to be ♪
440
00:36:09,375 --> 00:36:12,920
♪ Just a rolling stone ♪
441
00:36:13,546 --> 00:36:16,591
♪ And there's a road to travel on ♪
442
00:36:16,674 --> 00:36:20,303
♪ That leads you back to home ♪
443
00:36:24,223 --> 00:36:27,226
♪ Oh, but I'll keep traveling on ♪
444
00:36:27,310 --> 00:36:30,771
♪ Keep looking at the dawn ♪
445
00:36:30,855 --> 00:36:36,736
♪ Till I can lay this lonesome body down ♪
446
00:36:36,819 --> 00:36:40,156
[song continues over speakers]
♪ And when that day has come ♪
447
00:36:40,239 --> 00:36:43,367
♪ I nevermore will roam ♪
448
00:36:43,451 --> 00:36:48,372
♪ And every road I see will lead me home ♪
449
00:36:51,584 --> 00:36:53,544
[Luis] Ready for nite-nite, Luna?
450
00:36:56,214 --> 00:36:57,757
All right. [exhales]
451
00:36:59,133 --> 00:37:00,676
Tomorrow's another day.
452
00:37:03,846 --> 00:37:06,432
Luna, what are we gonna watch?
453
00:37:07,099 --> 00:37:09,101
[indistinct dialogue over phone]
454
00:37:44,136 --> 00:37:47,974
[somber music plays]