Rising crime rates and homelessness in Los Angeles have made the city significantly less safe and livable.

“a boy west hollywood is a problem you're not good for crime if you google west hollywood crime you can you can just read some of the stories about things that are going on that's not good”

The recent increase in visible crime in Los Angeles is largely a result of pandemic-related societal issues rather than solely due to specific political policies.

“we all had the [ __ ] pandemic we all got let out we've been inside for nine months people with mental illness didn't [ __ ] interact with anybody you didn't get to be normal i've been crying way up everywhere stop being a little [ __ ] about it whoa it's called living in a big city”