Crime L.A. is a mess

[The Servant]

It’s the same problem for any place that breeds great prosperity.

Lol at the graffiti

Not in Asia. Its a western thing.

 

[Richmma80]

Every single "diverse" city has this problem

 

[JudoThrowFiasco]

Implement the Fox News Strategy for dealing with the dregs and LA improves in months

 

[luckyshot]

Everything on the west coast is pussy bullshit.

Oh, no, there are too many people having campouts and doing public art.

 

[F1980]

Everything on the west coast is pussy bullshit.

Oh, no, there are too many people having campouts and doing public art.

how do you feel about a brand new bridge not having street lights because people keep stealing the copper? they fix them one day, the next day they're gone. How do you feel about the gang graffiti?

 

[welcometohavoc]

I've been to LA proper, once in my entire life. We went to the Funko "museum store" in 2022. As soon as we got out of the Uber we were harassed by a homeless, mentally ill and/or drug addict. I turned to confront the guy but my fiancé pulled me into the store

Anaheim on the other hand, was magical. Even the sketchy people were chill and friendly

 

[luckyshot]

how do you feel about a brand new bridge not having street lights because people keep stealing the copper? they fix them one day, the next day they're gone. How do you feel about the gang graffiti?

I love gang graffiti. I've been Crip walking on the inside for like 10 days now.

 

[Osculater]

Last time I was in LA I had to hiza guruma a drunken homeless bum. Not too proud of that but the bums there are different than the bums where I'm from here in Detroit. You can tell they are used to the easy on crime laws out there. Way too aggressive. Guy lost his shit on my wife and I simply because we sat down a bench near the coast that he was sleeping under and we didn't see him. Demanded money. Not asked, demanded. Then advanced on us after we were leaving so he went shoulder first into the sand.

Yeah so in summary I'm not a big fan of LA

Maybe the bum was from Detroit because I heard many of them are transients/out of state

 

[RemyR]

Maybe the bum was from Detroit because I heard many of them are transients/out of state

Possibly. If I was a bum I'd much rather be one in Cali or Florida than Detroit or Chicago

 

[Osculater]

Possibly. If I was a bum I'd much rather be one in Cali or Florida than Detroit or Chicago

 

[LeonardoBjj]

graffiti on bridges? that's disgusting! horrible! thankfully it only happens in los angeles!

- We dont grafit natural rocks here. A argentinian dude got surprised that people made him clean the grafit he did on our beach. I watched some movies, and those grafited rocks look terrible

 

[Mr. Shickadance]

This hateful obsession with people who have more money than you is a really unattractive feature of the left.

First off, your numbers are clearly bullshit, or at best meaningless without proper context, as Japanese CEOs average about 1/7th the pay of American CEOs, but the USA is wealthier than Japan with a median wage that is nearly double theirs. So for Americans CEOs to be enjoying a ratio to the median base worker wage 66x greater than their Japanese counterparts obviously doesn't add up. Did you really read that somewhere on some shit leftist blog and believe it? Are you that gullible?

Second, CEOs make up 0.016% of the adult population in the USA. That means for every one CEO there are 6,347 adults in the USA. So even if they did make 400x the amount of their base worker, if we assumed these base workers reflected the American average (they don't, but that's not the point), there would still be nearly 6000 other American workers left over forming a surplus economy. That's nearly 94% of the adult population. In other words, no, the CEO compensation packages aren't driving anyone to homelessness. The CEOs aren't a prime cause warping the price of common goods or housing. They sure as hell aren't forcing anyone to be drug addicts.

God you’re such an angry little drama queen.
First you compare CEO pay of different countries and not to their own country men. Secondly what I posted is true and what context do you need?

https://www.epi.org/publication/ceo-pay-in-2023/#:~:text=Over%20the%202009%E2%80%932021%20period,was%20290%2Dto%2D1.

“Over the 2009–2021 period, another surge in realized CEO compensation brought the ratio to 405-to-1, a historic high. The ratio experienced significant declines between 2021 and 2023, as CEO pay fell. In 2023, the CEO-to-worker compensation ratio was 290-to-1. Even with the recent losses, the 2023 ratio is still far higher than it was in the 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, and the early 1990s.”

Secondly your point about the CEOs and the size of their population is actually the problem, it’s the consolidation of wealth and power. How you couldn’t see that would lead to more homelessness is laughable.now granted the Japanese culture definitely is different, for sure that has something to do with it. I mean they think it’s worse to not fire someone and have them live in shame as an employee. In your last post you really said a lot without saying thing.

Furthermore I find it laughable that you don’t think prosperity will lead to people coming to try and have a chance at being prosperous.
Furthermore CEO decision literally did help thousands and thousands become addicted to drugs. The even were sued for it . Do the Sacklers ring a bell?

 

[Madmick]

God you’re such an angry little drama queen.
First you compare CEO pay of different countries and not to their own country men. Secondly what I posted is true and what context do you need?

https://www.epi.org/publication/ceo-pay-in-2023/#:~:text=Over%20the%202009%E2%80%932021%20period,was%20290%2Dto%2D1.

“Over the 2009–2021 period, another surge in realized CEO compensation brought the ratio to 405-to-1, a historic high. The ratio experienced significant declines between 2021 and 2023, as CEO pay fell. In 2023, the CEO-to-worker compensation ratio was 290-to-1. Even with the recent losses, the 2023 ratio is still far higher than it was in the 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, and the early 1990s.”

Yes, I was quite transparent about that, and the point was to mock your gullible fake fact about Japanese vs. American CEO pay ratios, not to dispute the American pay ratio. Because you grounded your assertion about Tokyo's low homelessness by stating the Japanese CEO pay ratio was 1/66th what it is in the US. Of course, this already conceded your original assertion that "it's the same problem for any place that breeds great prosperity" was wrong. You didn't even try defending that. Concession accepted, but I'm happy to move to the next false assertion.

Care to substantiate it?

 

[joy2day]

Actually, LA isn't bad when you look at per capita crime in large cities. Most populous places in the US are worse.

https://ktla.com/news/nationworld/study-finds-los-angeles-is-second-safest-large-city-in-the-united-states/#:~:text=Out%20of%2050%20of%20the,109%2C285%20property%20crimes%20were%20reported.

 

[MeatheadMike]

L.A. is fine. The real concern is Greenwich, Connecticut.

 

[chrisdiaz]

Actually, LA isn't bad when you look at per capita crime in large cities. Most populous places in the US are worse.

https://ktla.com/news/nationworld/study-finds-los-angeles-is-second-safest-large-city-in-the-united-states/#:~:text=Out%20of%2050%20of%20the,109%2C285%20property%20crimes%20were%20reported.

Crime statistics usually go down when you stop prosecuting crimials. Getting arrested does not count towards criminal convictions. Most people dont understand this.

Either that or the chickenshit DA's offer plea deals to keep their felony conviction rate low. Add that in with Porp 47 making drug possession and shoplifting legal and theres not a whole lot to prosecute criminals for anyway.

 

[joy2day]

Crime statistics usually go down when you stop prosecuting crimials. Getting arrested does not count towards criminal convictions. Most people dont understand this.

Either that or the chickenshit DA's offer plea deals to keep their felony conviction rate low. Add that in with Porp 47 making drug possession and shoplifting legal and theres not a whole lot to prosecute criminals for anyway.

Not really. If you are looking at an actual conviction rate that is specified, then that would be true. Per capita crime rates, including those by the FBI, are usually based on crimes reported, not convicted. There actually is no illusion there- LA actually has lower crime than other major cities per capita.

Prop 36 reversed much of prop 47. Some counties still aren't prosecuting those as felonies, but LA is:

What LA is Doing​

• The Los Angeles County District Attorney Nathan Hochman announced that since Prop 36 took effect on December 18, 2024, his office has filed over 1,000 felony petty theft or shoplifting charges against repeat offenders under the new law. L.A. County DA's Office+1
• One example: A person named Corry Summerville has been charged with 12 felony counts of petty theft/shoplifting (with two prior convictions) for alleged repeated thefts from the same 7-Eleven in West L.A. L.A. County+1
• Other cases cited in the news include thefts from Nordstrom Rack, Macy’s, Walgreens and others, where the offender had multiple prior convictions. L.A. County DA's Office+2L.A. County+2

 

[helltoupee]

San Diego is somehow 70-85 degrees all year long

Went to SDSU in 1990 and played baseball for a year

Came from Colorado... Wasn't prepared for TJ - College Night = $.50 Dos Equis and $.50 Tequila shots

lololol

Did you know John Lynn? From the SDSU baseball team?

I grew up in SD, and went to high school with John. We graduated HS in 1990 and he went on to play for the Aztecs (maybe 1991?) - not sure how well he did, I believe he pitched - he was always a little undersized.

What position did you play?

 

[tank666]

How does LA crime rate compare to London. I bet our capital shithole diverse city is worse!

 

[Osculater]

How does LA crime rate compare to London. I bet our capital shithole diverse city is worse!

"Based on 2024 data,
Los Angeles has a higher overall crime rate and significantly higher violent crime rates compared to London. London, however, reports higher rates of certain property crimes, like theft and shoplifting."