Homeless man creates mini mansion alongside Pacoima freeway

Homeless man creates mini mansion alongside Pacoima freeway

A Pacoima homeless encampment has turned into an art piece, a mini mansion for some. FOX 11’s Chelsea Edwards gives us a look.

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50 Comments

  1. @noelkinz on February 3, 2024 at 4:54 am

    I just hated when I am taking a dump and water splashes my asshole 😢



  2. @SpadesWinner on February 3, 2024 at 4:54 am

    Now if he was black……



  3. @jenniferbatnes7391 on February 3, 2024 at 4:56 am

    How can somebody just go out there taking over public land as their own ?



  4. @tristancarroll8552 on February 3, 2024 at 4:57 am

    That’s a humble man right there, despite the position that’s he’s in he’s making the best of it.



  5. @cathleenpierce972 on February 3, 2024 at 5:00 am

    Only in California.what a mess😂



  6. @erache6667 on February 3, 2024 at 5:01 am

    It does not matter how nice the homeless squatter is. Breaking the law is exactly that. No free passes for anybody. This property is an eyesore not a mansion. Get the bulldozer out CalTrans and clean this mess up. If the guy is here illegally deport his ass back to where he came from!



  7. @user-lg4mc9qy2r on February 3, 2024 at 5:02 am

    God bless his heart



  8. @silverfox__12 on February 3, 2024 at 5:03 am

    It’s embarrassing how this homeless man will work so hard to string out trash on a hill side, but won’t get a job



  9. @serenafelix6794 on February 3, 2024 at 5:05 am

    So now we’re going to normalize this?
    Jose is talented but come one people. We cannot normalize this shxt



  10. @raechelyndawn2580 on February 3, 2024 at 5:05 am

    That is far from a mansion. Really?



  11. @knarftrakiul3881 on February 3, 2024 at 5:05 am

    Big difference between this guy and most homeless. He isn’t a druggie



  12. @christalball93_ on February 3, 2024 at 5:07 am

    The fuck? Looks like a bunch of trash



  13. @123Alvenia on February 3, 2024 at 5:07 am

    When the reporter bragged, he even has a children’s slide on top, my stomach sank.



  14. @bornvet9952 on February 3, 2024 at 5:09 am

    😂why she keep acting like he cool he need a house



  15. @robroy8207 on February 3, 2024 at 5:11 am

    It’s NOT his property to build anything on! Ridiculous.



  16. @madisoncooling8010 on February 3, 2024 at 5:13 am

    Love how he has a fence to keep things out that don’t belong …on property that he doesn’t own ….mmmmmm so ironic



  17. @JuanMartinez-df1lc on February 3, 2024 at 5:13 am

    Reporter was trying to hard not to laugh 1:26



  18. @surferbri5346 on February 3, 2024 at 5:14 am

    Keeps it real clean,
    How did it look before that dump took over



  19. @tobytyler4223 on February 3, 2024 at 5:16 am

    How freaking stupid.



  20. @Rustyshackleferdish on February 3, 2024 at 5:17 am

    Fuck this



  21. @catherinecastelli9105 on February 3, 2024 at 5:17 am

    God bless him. Lord knows Biden is letting tons of migrants in and putting them in four star hotels.



  22. @byebitchforever on February 3, 2024 at 5:18 am

    Why are they reaching out to cal trans and mayor



  23. @sophiegonzalez2841 on February 3, 2024 at 5:19 am

    SIR RED CARPET TO YOU,YOU ARE GODS WORKER TO EMBARRASSED THOSE THAT COULD DO BETTER ,ESPECIALLY THE ONCE THAT ARE IN HIGHER POWER TO DO BETTER .WHERE EVER YOU ARE SIR ,MAY GODS DIVIN PROTECTION FOWLOW YOU ,🙏👵



  24. @recipesandsongs8050 on February 3, 2024 at 5:20 am

    Why would they keep poking these situations? Getting people in trouble . Not everything needs to be news. He will be removed.



  25. @jumboslice1514 on February 3, 2024 at 5:21 am

    Why not offer him a one way ride back across the border



  26. @darsonb.3745 on February 3, 2024 at 5:24 am

    🙏🙏



  27. @ofadeesnatz on February 3, 2024 at 5:24 am

    in a world of strip malls and cookie cutter homes… his dwelling fills the world with color. KEEP IT UP



  28. @user-richard-noggin on February 3, 2024 at 5:26 am

    Why did she sound like it it’s not normal that he hasn’t been offered free housing I’ve been in this country since day one of my life in 1977 and I have paid a fuckload of taxes out of my paycheck and also every transaction I have ever paid costs more than the actual amount cause they put taxes on the bill and sometimes they figure out how to put more than one kind of tax cause they make up a new name like I’ve seen a store have a tax called product picking and it was cause the cashier turned around and grabbed a item that was only accessible for the cashier if you wanted to purchase something that they only stocked on that shelf and area but anyway I have yet to be offered free housing 😂



  29. @silbaez2101 on February 3, 2024 at 5:29 am

    So they called to town to talk to them about what? They just snitched on this man smh



  30. @maryzipperer2610 on February 3, 2024 at 5:29 am

    So creative



  31. @jonathannila7936 on February 3, 2024 at 5:31 am

    No he saved me from someone robbing my wallett



  32. @shaystern2453 on February 3, 2024 at 5:32 am

    someone catches him taking a whizz and it’s all downhill PR wise



  33. @erickg3000 on February 3, 2024 at 5:32 am

    Give this man a landscaping job. Dude gots talent.



  34. @z-man6925 on February 3, 2024 at 5:33 am

    Well I have one thing in common, in my 65 years of paying taxes, no one has offered me housing either!



  35. @DanielMartinez-pn4pz on February 3, 2024 at 5:34 am

    Get him help to get a job and a real home please 😢



  36. @JB-qt3wo on February 3, 2024 at 5:35 am

    Haha…yeah hilarious



  37. @apulanta1393 on February 3, 2024 at 5:37 am

    How about someplace hires him, pays him, and he uses that money towards housing? Just a thought.



  38. @jenifermartin739 on February 3, 2024 at 5:38 am

    Mini mansion? What are y’all mocking him ?



  39. @imcopper on February 3, 2024 at 5:39 am

    Leave him alone.. At least he is keeping it cleaner than downtown LA and the rest of city life in that state.



  40. @harrisonnavarra2441 on February 3, 2024 at 5:39 am

    King of the homeless



  41. @chocolate4135 on February 3, 2024 at 5:40 am

    we should all be homeless for free real estate 😮



  42. @user-vi5ko1dw6b on February 3, 2024 at 5:41 am

    Looks like shit



  43. @29008000 on February 3, 2024 at 5:43 am

    "differently residenced"



  44. @lawrencehobson6848 on February 3, 2024 at 5:44 am

    "He never seeked housing??" Yeah the shelter systems that are worse than jail?? Where you sleep in a bunkbed with a schizophrenic maniac that smells like corn chips and vinegar?? And have to stay there for half a decade to even start the process to get into a permanent place?? Where people are constantly screaming, fighting, even stabbing each other??,Those shelters? I know why he hasn’t "taken advantage" of the shelter system.



  45. @melanieholz9136 on February 3, 2024 at 5:45 am

    Not OK



  46. @dollygutz8418 on February 3, 2024 at 5:45 am

    you are a reporter and dont know how to use the word came , its come not came



  47. @sevati6167 on February 3, 2024 at 5:46 am

    I say too bad for this man we don’t have any extra to get him a house. We have to worry for the people of Ukraine first they need it much more then he does. I see no bombs on the piece of land he claims for now.



  48. @rfcbass6810 on February 3, 2024 at 5:48 am

    I made better forts out of trash.



  49. @markmitchell457 on February 3, 2024 at 5:49 am

    FOX 11 just screwed this man.



  50. @josejr.8671 on February 3, 2024 at 5:49 am

    mansion ? rephrase this plz. more like a run down shack lol