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Boulders Under Overpasses and LA's Homeless Housing Racket
from #218 - Fake Business | The Tim Dillon Show · #218
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Tim discusses a Hollywood screenwriter placing boulders and spikes under LA freeways to deter homeless encampments, then pivots into a rant about $746,000-per-unit homeless housing costs, red tape, and a satirical campaign urging LA's homeless to relocate to more tourist-friendly cities.
- LA is placing boulders under freeways to prevent homeless people from setting up tents.
- Tim argues that a functional society doesn't solve homelessness by installing obstacles like boulders, spikes, and bench rings.
- Two guys placing boulders under an overpass is the perfect sign of a completely dysfunctional society.
- A Hollywood screenwriter behind Point Break and Varsity Blues arranged 60 boulders on a freeway underpass on the hottest weekend of the year.
- LA's homeless housing costs $746,000 per unit, more expensive than some luxury condos.
- Prop HHH intended to build 10,000 homeless housing units; only 228 have been built in four years.
- Tim questions why there's red tape preventing homeless housing projects when it should be a simple process.
- The real problem is that people don't want low-income homeless housing in their neighborhoods, which delays approvals.
- LA should launch a campaign encouraging homeless people to relocate to other cities with better opportunities and climates.
- With 60,000 homeless in LA County, Tim jokes there should be far more given housing costs and lack of jobs.
- Nobody should have a home in LA—it's a talent-free city where people barely scrape by working for wealthy employers.
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