Stop giving the Bums money

Homelessness in Los Angeles County

According to the Institute for the Study of Homelessness and Poverty at the Weingart Center, an estimated 254,000 men, women and children experience homelessness in Los Angeles County during some part of the year and approximately 82,000 people are homeless on any given night. Unaccompanied youth, especially in the Hollywood area, are estimated to make up from 4,800 to 10,000 of these.

Although homeless people may be found throughout the county, the largest percentages are in South Los Angeles and Metro Los Angeles.  Most are from the Los Angeles area and stay in or near the communities from which they came. About 14 to 18 percent of homeless adults in Los Angeles County are not U.S. citizens compared with 29% of adults overall. A high percentage – as high as 20 percent – are veterans. African Americans make up approximately half of the Los Angeles County homeless population – disproportionately high compared to the percentage of African Americans in the county overall (about 9 percent).

I work as an E.M.T. in Santa Monica and every night i get my frequent flyers, the same homeless people that call 911 about once a month and there is nothing wrong with them.  They know what to say to get taken to the hospital like they are having chest pain or they are having trouble breathing.  We are supposedly in a health care reform, lets do something about these bums taking advantage of the system.  We are the ones that are paying for them they have no jobs and they definetly are not doing their part in society.  We need to round all of these homeless people that do not not have mental problems and put there ass to work.  These bums could be fixing our roads planting trees and picking up trash.  These bums just sit around all day and do nothing.  Put them to work and maybe it will spark some motavation in their nasty lazy bodies and they can start contributing like the rest of us.  Too many nights emergency medical services are going on calls to bums that have nothing wrong with them and it is killing our economy.