Posted on 05/19/2025 12:58:06 AM PDT by Libloather
A Los Angeles business owner has found a novel way to keep homeless people from camping near his building: playing a children’s song on an annoying loop.
“They played ‘Baby Shark’ all night long,” Tracy, a woman who lives in an encampment next door to the building at the corner of West 11th and Main streets, told NBC4 Los Angeles. “They’re doing everything they can to make us move or drive us crazy. But it’s doing the latter. It’s driving people crazy.”
The building owners began playing the song through a loudspeaker pointed directly at the encampment, which Tracy told the outlet had “kept her and others up all night.”
“This is ridiculous. We can’t get any sleep. We can’t get housing. We can’t eat,” she said. “And now they’re trying to drive us crazy with children’s music.”
Shalom Styles, who owns the barbershop Styles Barber Lounge, around the corner from the business playing “Baby Shark” told the outlet that they aren’t trying to be mean or insensitive to the homeless, but have businesses to run and are “just trying to survive.”
“It’s not always about being kind, because when people are taking away from business, and all the stores are going out of business,” Styles said. “We’re still here surviving, trying to put up for our family.”
California Gov. Gavin Newsom released details last week about his multi-billion-dollar plan to tackle the homeless crisis in the Golden State and is pushing cities and counties to take “immediate action.”
On Monday, Newsom shared a model ordinance for cities and counties to “immediately address dangerous and unhealthy encampments and connect people experiencing homelessness with shelter and services.”
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My lawyer did this like four years ago in Austin. Same song.
I’ve posted about it before.
I wonder if the store owner is a freeper or read about it.
Pencil Neck Geek by Fred Blassie
The Geneva Suggestions? The Geneva Checklist?
It's never a war crime the first time ...
I have developed a reflex to hit the volume button before the brat’s voice gets through the word “one”.
Do do do do do
I grew up in rural Illinois and the only rock/pop station we could get was WLS out of Chicago on AM. One summer, they played “You Light Up My Life” by Debby Boone, I swear, 4 times an hour. THAT would be my candidate for torture song.
“ Endless jazz would torture me.“
Yes…..indeed
Loops of Anne Murray would work well.
Next they’ll be calling serial killers “people experiencing homicidal mania.”
I finally learned to appreciate jazz.
On a recent long road trip to the midwest, Sirius XM jazz had a lot of great driving music.
It really helped going through downtown Chicago since I hate being anywhere near the place.
45 minutes on the interstate passing through is more than enough.
“I hate how they have turned bums and druggies into the word homeless. They chose to be out there. Homeless people have jobs or want one but can’t afford a home.”
Absolute fact there. Thank you. They should indeed be classified separately because they are NOT the same. This stereotyping them all as the same in one big wrapper label is not at all accurate or honest.
Anything by Bruce Springsteen.
At least the King of the Road worked.
How about “tie a yellow ribbon?”
Courts have ruled that actions encouraging the homeless to leave is a violation of their constitutional rights. These actions have included playing music and turning on sprinklers.
Yep. And on TV too - the kids with the pink guitars and amps...
Walk through one of them “homeless” camps without retching from the smell...I’m on the side of those trying to annoy them away....
They could also play “Eentsy-weentsie yellow polka dot bikini”.
Worked at Macy's for a few years.
Usually acceptable music, except at Christmas time. Wanted to scream every time "Last Christmas" was played - seemed like every half hour!
Two hours of pushin broom buys an 8 by 12 four-bed room.
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