ocean beach, california, a suburb of san diego known for its surfing and sunny weather. but it also plays host a growing homeless population of runaway youth, kids who have come from all parts of the country to live on the beaches and the streets, many of them runaways, many of them women, like 23-year-old cassandra. >> they arrested me at a bonfire in oceanside. >> and 18-year-old niki. >> i decided i'm not going to do anything except for smoke pot. >> yeah! >> because i feel that i might be pregnant. >> like many women who live on the streets, both quickly have attached themselves to men for companionship and protection.

>> stay there, stay there, stay there. >> niki with 20-year-old ivan. >> slammed the hand against the wall and threw a knife on the other side of the wall and then she hit me. >> and cassandra with 20-year-old eric. >> you're ridiculous. >> bring your hands up close to my face again like that, hit me? >> hit you! >> we spent a month following their volatile lives. >> out of my face. >> back up. >> watch the people you choose to ignore and witness how they learn the ropes and ways to survive on the streets of ocean beach through their eyes. ♪ i started running away when i was younger, actually, like 11. but that was just -- i would always come home. it was just for, like, you know,

a couple of days or like a week tops. i just didn't feel like i belonged there. first time i really left home i stayed with my friend for a really long time, my friend and her mother in alaska. my mom ended up having to move where she was living while i was gone. i didn't even know that she moved away until i went to go get some clothes. she wasn't there. i've been homeless down in san diego for almost seven months now with my husband, ivan. he's been down here longer, though. >> we've been married for about nine, ten months now. >> we're not actually married. in our eyes we are married, like, so we just lie to people, like, we are married. not on paper legally, no, but i mean, i got my ring tattooed on.

that says something to me. >> came to california to start my music career. that's what i wanted to do. i wanted to be a singer my entire life growing up, and then reality kicked in. not everybody who wants to be a singer can be a singer no matter how damn good they are at singing. >> i smoke a whole lot of marijuana. i smoke pot all day long every day. dude, we went downtown and i forgot how much downtown kids treat weed like it's meth, dude. they're just like, no, it's mine! i'm like, dude, it's weird! come on, brother. >> it's all mixed anyway, i'm like never mind. you guys can smoke it. have fun. >> since niki and ivan don't work, to get money they rely on something called spanging and busking.

busking is you play an instrument for money, like on the side of the street. >> it's like spanging. you know what spanging is, right? you play for spare change. it's like asking for spare change, but you play an instrument. people are, you know, more apt to give you money if you are doing something. not just asking. >> it makes me feel better. i don't like to sit on the sidewalk and ask everybody for their spare change. it kind of sucks. after a while, your ego stars to drop. >> feel like a piece of [ bleep ]. >> every person that walks by me. if i can throw out a hat and play some drums and not expect anybody to actually pay me, then that's cool. >> and they do. >> i feel good just sitting there playing music. i feel good playing music anyways. >> on a good day, niki can make up to $50 an hour spanging. but most days it averages around $10 to $12. much of the money goes to buy alcohol and drugs. food, on the other hand, is easy to come by. meals here are readily provided by churches, shelters, and even

by the local residents of ocean beach. >> oh, vegetables. i'm snagging a piece of chicken and a bag of jelly beans. breakfast and snacks. ♪ >> if i were to describe my childhood, i'd say rough. not like somebody else's who has been homie and, like, i don't know. >> i was a foster kid my whole life, and i never liked the rules in most foster homes. rebellious kind, i guess. >> the worst part about being on the street is the sicknesses. you get sick. you get -- you get pretty much diseases off the streets. >> it's not that hard. i have been doing it so long that it comes kind of second nature. but at the same time, i'm tired of it. >> when i was out in san

bernardino, we fooled around and i ended up getting pregnant out there. and then we came back out here, and i took a pregnancy test, it came out negative, i took another one and it came out positive. >> now i can't leave, and i was really contemplating it before she found out she was pregnant. i was really contemplating just kind of vanishing, you know what i mean? i was going to go up north, go and do my work for my homeys, you know what i mean? go and work for people i have met in my life and carry my life and go and make my money the way it's supposed to be. >> i mentioned to erich that i want to be in a shelter. >> she keeps wanting to go to this shelter. i'm deathly afraid of shelters because of my experience in l.a. as a child. deathly afraid. >> when i get that apartment, i'm staying in it. i'm never coming back to the streets. i now know how the streets are after living on the streets for a long time, and it just, it kills you. when you're pregnant, it doesn't help, either. >> it is kind of hard out here. it breaks you down a little bit,

changes who you are. you ain't the same person once you come to the streets and leave again. you ain't the same person. >> as the sun sets, one of the places erich and cassandra feel safest is the local park where many of the homeless go to hang out. >> i have to take a prenatal pill so that my pregnancy's healthy. >> this is actually cassandra's third pregnancy. her eldest child is living with her mother, while her second child is with the baby's father. this will be her first child with erich. julian, did you see my ultrasound picture? >> no. >> here. there's the head. and then there's the feet right there. >> that's incredible. >> yeah. >> how many months is it? >> two. >> wow!

>> the search for shelter is a constant struggle for erich and cassandra. the laws in san diego prohibit them from sleeping on the beach, in parks or any public location. this means they're on a never-ending quest to find a secluded place, not because they are afraid being victimized, but to avoid being woken up by the police. this daily task usually falls to erich and his friend boxer, while cassandra is in charge of looking out for their belongings. it's a routine born out of logistics on the streets. it's just too hard to carry around all your stuff while looking for a place to sleep. but this night, cassandra is tiring of the routine, and that leads to another one of their common practices, fighting. cassandra and erich have a history of verbal and physical abuse. >> never mind. don't go to the park and don't leave the stuff there. leave it with me at the fricken fire.

i'll stay at the fire. if this is going to stop this argument, i'll do it, because i'm tired of arguing with you. i've been tired of arguing with you since the first [ bleep ] day i hit you. you never care about what i say. >> no, i don't, because most of the time what you say [ bleep ] is -- you're going to get up in my face -- >> you honestly believe i'm going to let you argue with me on national camera? >> yes, i am. are you going to hit me? hurt me again. >> hit you? >> hurt me again? >> are you serious? >> gunshot wound. >> i don't give [ bleep ] about the gunshot [ bleep ]. that was four years ago. >> no, it wasn't. it was three years ago. >> whatever. i actually think that this relationship is not going to last. >> it's up to you. >> hit me. get rid of this baby. since he obviously doesn't [ bleep ] want it.

by your attitude i can tell you don't care. >> remember, i got tricked into this. >> i don't care. >> you tricked me into getting pregnant. >> i don't care, erich. >> she told me she was pregnant already. when i met back up with her. she told me i'm already pregnant. da, da, da, you know what i mean? so it's nothing to worry about. then i come to find out that she wasn't, and now i've gotten her pregnant again. and honestly, you know what i'm saying, i'm not going to say i don't want the baby. i just don't want the mother. this is completely illegal. this is the kind of [ bleep ] us street kids get messed with for. i have saved $75 in checked bag fees. priority boarding is really important to us. you can just get on the plane and relax. i love to travel, no foreign transaction fees means real savings. we can go to any country and spend money the way we would in the us. when i spend money on this card i can see brazil in my future. i use the explorer card to earn miles in order to go visit my family which means a lot to me. ♪

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flying a sign, you just grab a piece of cardboard and write on it, like mine is "pregnant, homeless and hungry." the pregnant part on my sign is, in fact, a lie. like, i've tried flying signs that are honest, and they work to an extent in certain places, but here, that's not what works. you've got to fly the right sign for where you are. >> niki and her friend brian take the bus to get here three to four times a week, 10 miles inland from where they squat. they do this to get away from the competition on the beach, and away from the people who know that she's lying about being pregnant. >> when i was really little, before i ever thought of running away, i wanted to be a ballerina. not very many people know that because i was about 9 years old when i wanted to be a ballerina. i learned the harsh reality before i turned 10 that there is no way i could ever be a ballerina because my body type just wasn't right. thank you so much.

>> you're welcome. >> thank you. i only got $7. that's so depressing. that's the least i've ever made out here. ever. i sat out here for a half hour once and made $32, for crying out loud. >> yeah, well, [ bleep ] doesn't include spanging. >> no seriously, another guy stopped, though. they always -- guys always -- >> guys stop for me. >> are you serious? >> he was, like, hey, would you want to do some yard work? i was like, no, man, i'm straight! but i know what he wants. he wants me to come to his house, do a little yard work and [ bleep ]. that ain't going to happen. you know? i'm sorry, buddy. it ain't going down like that. all right? >> they stop and say, hey, girl, you want some money? and i'm like, yeah, that's what i'm here for. and they, like, flash money, and they're like, you should -- or what are you doing? or you know, you should get in.

i'm like, i don't want to make money, dude. i just want you to give it to me. >> i don't want to work for it. >> this is all the money i have to eat. hope you sleep well. >> this is completely illegal. this is the kind of [ bleep ] us street kids get messed with for. >> for the most part, erich and cassandra don't fly signs or spange for money. to make ends meet, erich sells marijuana. >> selling drugs, we don't see it as the bad thing that the whole world maybes it out to be. basically, when we sell weed out here, it's someone that we know or something like that, you know, someone that's higher up than us that gave us some stuff, and basically says go to work, bring me my money, make your money, survive. that is the only reason we do that. i got invited to do some work up

north, you know what i'm saying? it involves scissors and bags. scissors and bags. >> scissors and bags. >> erich explains that "scissors and bags" means separating and organizing marijuana for distribution. to do this, erich plans to get a ride to oceanside, which is a few miles up the coast, then from there take the train to arcata, a town about 12 hours away. >> my scoop for tomorrow, i'm going to probably get here around 7:00 or 8:00. wake up in the morning and i'm going to come up here and meet his dad, and his dad's going to take me and my girl and him to oceanside. >> ivan used to sell drugs, too, until he was busted a few months ago. now that he's on probation and afraid to take the risk, he relies heavily on niki to bring in money. >> hey. basical basically, this morning somebody showed me how to make these roses. we're basically making them, just give them away and tell people that donations are accepted. and they'll give you lots of money that way. it's definitely better than flying a sign because nobody gets mad at you for trying to sell, you know, something that

you made. i'm going to go sell these. i'll be back. >> okay. >> love you. >> while niki tries to sell roses that she made, ivan stays at the park with all of their belongings so they don't get stolen. >> everything i own has been taken, like, four times since i've been down here. sometimes by the cops. sometimes by the people who told me they would store it. there is no reason to own anything if it is just going to get taken. >> after four hours niki only makes $8. but she forgets she has a deadline today. she and ivan are supposed to catch a bus downtown that night because they're staying on a friend's houseboat. panicked, ivan scrambles to find niki while carrying all of their belongings. [ bleep ] >> tell somebody i got five minutes to get down to the bus stop and get over here and you don't even say hi? thanks. >> left me sitting on the

[ bleep ] grass all day. >> i told you exactly where i was going to be. i told you exactly what -- >> pick up and [ bleep ] and leave all our [ bleep ] in the grass? that's a good idea. >> i couldn't just leave. i wouldn't make any money. i didn't make any money anyway. if you don't want me to, don't ask me to spange. you're not even listening. >> money, or lack of it, is a constant source of friction in their relationship. but that's not the only reason why niki and ivan fight, and sometimes those arguments turn violent. >> so i pulled a knife out and i clicked it down. i was about five feet away from him. i wasn't really going to stab him. i gotta take a sick day tomorrow. dads don't take sick days, dads take nyquil. the nighttime, sniffling, sneezing, coughing, aching, fever, best sleep with a cold, medicine.

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i gotta take a sick day tomorrow. dads don't take sick days, dads take nyquil. the nighttime, sniffling, sneezing, coughing, aching, fever, best sleep with a cold, medicine. cassandra and erich are waiting for boxer's parents to drive them to oceanside just north of san diego. this is the first leg of their trip to arcata, where erich is planning on making some money by organizing marijuana into bags for sale on the street. but cassandra's pregnancy has been making it difficult for her to travel. >> i am not doing very good with

morning sickness right now because this morning i threw up twice. and i felt like i was about to throw up again. every day for the last week i've been throwing up constantly. i cannot seem to get rid of it. >> as they wait for their ride, two former street kids nicknamed lunchbox and thermos arrive at the park. and they have another suggestion of how cassandra and erich can make some money. >> you need to make $3,000? >> no. >> well, not her, maybe your boyfriend. because i've got this number you can call. all you have to do is masturbate in front of a camera and take a shower and they put it on the internet, and then they give you like $3,000. >> they put -- hold on. erich! erich! babe! >> what? >> you want to make $3,000? >> how? >> all you do is, like, in front of a camera and you take a shower and then you get $3,000. and they post it on the internet. >> $3,000. >> do you know how much weed

that is? >> that's some funky [ bleep ]. >> many of the shelters in san diego county believe that it's common for the homeless to be solicited by the online porn industry. but there are no statistics on how many actually participate. erich decides against it. instead, boxer's parents arrive, and the group heads to oceanside. boxer, whose real name is andrew, says that he is forced to live on the streets because his parents are also homeless and have just entered a welfare housing program that will not allow him to stay with them now that he has turned 18. >> when andrew was their age, i mean, we were on top of the world living good and then medical problems with the two younger ones just devastated us. and so, we're rebuilding now. >> andrew is eligible for housing himself but declines to participate in any of the programs because of rules against using alcohol and drugs. >> it's a hard situation with our son being that we need help also. and we're getting the help. he's too old to come up with us.

it's a catch-22 and he's caught in the cycle right now. and it's very hard for us right now. it's very emotional for us to bring him down here and leave him. >> cassandra, erich and boxer plan on hanging out in oceanside for a few days before taking a train to arcata, a town just north of san francisco. ♪ >> meanwhile, niki and ivan are still in ocean beach dealing with some serious problems. the night before, niki's friend jessica invited them to spend the night at a local hotel. it's not unusual for street kids to pool their money and get a room for the night. but what was supposed to be a comfortable night indoors turned into an argument that got out of hand. >> last night i got pretty violent with ivan, and i hit him

after i saw him kissing jessica's leg. >> i mean, we were fighting from the second we got up yesterday. and that, mixed with booze, it just went haywire, man. >> i had his knife in my hand. it was actually in my pocket. and, like, he laid back down and he wasn't listening to me. he laid back down on jessica. and i was just asking him why, and he wouldn't talk to me. >> i was doing the same thing i always do. like, me and jessica are both flirtatious people. we've always just kind of flirted around. and there's been nothing of it. if i cross a boundary, niki will tell me. instead of telling me she decided to pull a knife out on me. >> i pulled a knife and clicked it down. i was about five feet away from him. i wasn't really going to stab him. >> i slammed her hand against the wall and threw the knife against the other side of the wall, and then she hit me. >> i punched him in the mouth again.

like i said, we turn each other into horrible people. >> but i'm pretty sure we bring out the best in each other, too, you know? >> everything i do is based on somebody else, and ivan was that somebody else. and now that he's no longer right by my side right now, like, i really almost feel like there's no reason to live. >> i really hate to think this is the end. >> we're not happy. i mean, we try to be. i try to be. i know he tries really hard. but i don't understand. we just make each other so miserable. i don't know why. >> as the clouds loom overhead, niki decides to spend the night at a friend's squat.

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she was looking for you. i said, i haven't seen ivan. >> yeah, i'm going to talk to her today. i'm sure she'll be around here. >> so, if i see nicole, do you want me to let her know you're looking for her? >> sure. >> okay. work it out, work it out if you can. >> work it out, man. >> you are like a decent couple. okay, that's all. >> all right. take it easy, jerry. >> by late afternoon, niki finally arrives and wants to talk with ivan. they go to the cove, a secluded part of the beach away from their friends. >> yeah. this is the first time i've talked to him since day before yesterday, like, evening. i just want to talk to him, let

him know that i love him and see how things go from there. i can't sleep very well living on the streets anyway, so living on the streets with nobody cuddled up next to you is a lot different. >> i still love you. >> i know i overreacted. i didn't know what to do with myself when i wasn't around you. >> me either. >> then i said last night when i was about to go to sleep, i was feeling my back. i reached on my back to itch and i felt it, and i was like, who's going to pop my damn back zits now? me and ivan both get pretty angry for no reason when we're drunk. between me and ivan, most the fights are probably started over

a misunderstanding. >> back at the park, cassandra and erich are about to wake up. they were supposed to be in arcata so erich can make money organizing marijuana for distribution, but the trip didn't go as planned. >> our little adventure in oceanside didn't turn out as much as an adventure. i ended up going to jail for a four-year warrant that i did not know i had. they arrested me at a bonfire in oceanside, and then they transferred me to las colinas women's detention facility, where i did two days with felons. my misdemeanor was on prostitution four years ago. and i regret that very much.

>> come here. >> i'll be back. >> crazy. >> we are going to the courthouse so i can take care of this stupid business. sometimes i think about what the hell is wrong with me and other times i laugh at myself. because all i did it for was money so i could survive on the streets. not for fun, for money to eat. i have a question. i went to court. i just got out of jail, like, three days ago, and they told me to come back on monday to get papers in room 1001, and i don't know where that is. >> it's around the corner. on the left. >> thank you. thank you. around the corner on the left, huh? >> i'm on probation for 90 days,

which means i don't have to go see a probation officer. i just have to do what they want me to do, which is go to an hiv education class and take a frickin' hiv test and give them the results. then i'm free. if i don't do that, i go to jail for two months. he gave me a copy of my court papers saying what i needed to do. i have to pay a fine? $478! good lord, that's a lot of money. >> it's a fine that cassandra will unlikely ever pay. what little money she does get goes towards her day-to-day survival on the streets. >> what made me go into prostitution is i was pregnant and i needed to survive, so i decided to do that to get money to eat. otherwise, i would have starved and my baby would not have been healthy. i'd have been sick. i was already losing ten pounds a day.

i needed to go to the hospital. so i had to go to the hospital to see what was wrong with me. and they said if i don't eat chances are i lose the baby, or my condition would get worse and i would end up having to stay in the hospital for the rest of the pregnancy. and neither one of those is what i wanted to do, so i did what i needed to do to survive. that's funny that people ask that, too, because the officer asked me the same question. said, i couldn't do it. i could not buy sex. some guys do. there's lawyers. there's doctors. oh, we have to go up a street. there's offenders, court offenders, there's judges.

there's all sorts of people do it. they will buy anything because their wives won't do it for them. so, they figure because their wife won't do it, they can find some chick on the street who will do it for them. who are willing to take their money. and after i did that, there ain't no more of that doing. i am totally against that. prostitution is not in my nature. when you do that, you face the consequences -- jail and hiv testing and classes. ugh. >> i've decided i'm not going to do anything except for smoke pot -- >> yeah! >> because i feel that i might be pregnant. i make a lot of purchases for my business.

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niki and ivan are worried that ivan is a wanted man. he skipped his assigned meeting with his parole officer because he has failed a previous drug test and is afraid of failing the next one. one more and he might be sent to jail. >> all right. i went to the library today because ivan didn't check into probation about a week ago. we just want to make sure that he doesn't have a warrant. >> ivan was arrested for dealing drugs right before niki arrived in san diego. to stay out of jail, ivan says he made a four-year probation deal with the courts he now regrets. >> it scares me because i know that if i go for any amount of time, i'm going to turn into one of those people, man. if i ever went through the prison system, like they say,

man, what you have to do to survive is grab a shank and stab someone of the opposite race. i would do it because i'm a survivor, but i wouldn't like it at all. stressful. >> the san diego sheriff's website is updated once a day but at random times, so ivan needs to keep refreshing the site. if a warrant is issued for his arrest, they plan on leaving california immediately and probably head back to alaska, out of fear of ivan being sent to jail. >> sweet. still no warrant. yes! probation's really dropped the ball. >> another free day. that's what that is. >> another free day. i'm going to try to get these stars. >> the library is an incredible asset for many homeless youth that use the free internet access not only to look up court

information but also as a way to keep in touch with their families and friends. >> it's really not worth it if we have to spend until 3:00 at the library. >> what do you plan on doing? >> i feel like our entire day is [ bleep ] gone. wasted. we can't even do anything. >> we wouldn't be doing anything if we were anywhere else, baby. what would we be doing if we were, like, downtown? another day of clear warrants. so, soak up the sun at the beach while i can, i guess. >> for the next three hours we have? >> please. >> i'm just telling you. ♪ >> back at the park, cassandra and erich are making plans to

take another trip, this time to downtown san diego, just a 20-minute bus ride from ocean beach. >> tomorrow i'm going to go to the welfare office. >> i'm [ bleep ] pregnant. >> and tell them that i'm pregnant and i -- >> bring me proof of pregnancy. okay. we'll go to the hospital. >> yeah. since i lost it. >> tomorrow we'll go to the hospital. >> okay. >> they'll need official proof of cassandra's pregnancy to receive welfare and other benefits available for pregnant women. they plan on spending the next week downtown, completing all of the necessary paperwork. >> i hate buses. i hate going downtown. i hate welfare. >> you hate welfare? you don't like using the system? >> no. because i grew up in it. >> i like using the system. >> their first stop, look for a place to call home for the week. they pick a somewhat secluded part of a mall parking garage. >> we are in the parking lot in the ventilation system behind one of the stairwells.

this is a good spot. you know what we could even do? >> climb up there. >> climb up on top of there. >> i could climb on the trash can to get up there. >> i'm thinking about getting up on here. on this thing, up there and sleeping. >> in that corner right there, nobody can see us. >> meanwhile, niki is growing restless. she is tired of waiting to see if a warrant will be issued for ivan's arrest, tired of life in ocean beach and she wants to go back home. but plane tickets to alaska can cost about $300 apiece. niki decides to go to a local teen shelter called stand up for kids to see if they will help pay. first she has to convince them she's telling the truth about her intentions. >> what do you mean, back to alaska? have you ever been there before? >> yeah, yeah. i lived there my whole life.

>> you have to convince me you are really from there and that sort of thing. can you say something in alaskan? >> alaskan? we can call my mom. you want to call her in alaska? >> i'd love to. >> she'll tell me that she wants me home. do you have a phone, a cell phone, or do you want me to use the center phone? >> i'm not going to call you [ bleep ]. >> i promise i'm being serious. >> i got to play the game. >> yeah. i understand that. >> there's a possibility the stand up for kids can help. >> really? >> stand up for kids provides tickets home on a case-by-case basis. if they approve the ticket, the kids have to sign a statement stating they will not come back to san diego and live on the streets again. niki is told that she'll have to wait two weeks before a decision is made. >> we'll find a way. >> thank you. >> but ivan's run-in with the law isn't the only reason niki

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niki has just promised to stop drinking because she thinks she might be pregnant despite being homeless and with no real means of support, she says this is exciting news and believes her boyfriend, ivan, will feel the same way. >> i asked him actually two months ago or three months ago if he wanted me to have a kid, and he said yes. that's when we decided we were going to try to have a baby. >> to verify if she is pregnant,

niki goes to the north park family health center, one of many local agencies that offer medical services to the homeless. >> hi there, niki. >> hey. >> how are you? >> pretty good. >> good. okay. so, i know you are in for a pregnancy test, and we have your results, and they are negative. >> okay. >> so you are not pregnant. were you trying to get pregnant? >> yeah. trying. not avidly trying but, yeah, i'd like to be pregnant. >> just as a reminder, but pregnancy and delivering and raising a child is a huge responsibility. it is wonderful, but it is a huge responsibility as far as finances, and it can be stressful. would you like to possibly start birth control? >> no. >> or use condoms? >> no. we never use condoms. >> okay. and you've never gotten pregnant? >> no. i've been pregnant a few times.

>> how many times? >> in my life time, about ten. >> okay. and have you had abortions or miscarriage? >> miscarriages. all of them. i have had quite a few miscarriages because of my condition. i'm rh negative. basically, from what i'm told my immune system will kill my baby unless i get a shot. i know that every time you have a miscarriage it increases your chance of, you know, infertility. so, we really want to have a kid before we can't. >> niki heads back to ocean beach to break the news to ivan. >> how did the clinic go, baby? >> well, i'm not pregnant, first

of all. the lady gave me prenatal pills, and she also told me to set up an appointment in a couple of days to get my test results because they took a lot of blood and get my shot because i'm rh negative. so -- >> i didn't know we were actually, like, trying to have a kid. >> well, we're not. but -- >> if you are setting up to go get this rh shot, that would tell that we are trying, right? >> it means if i did get pregnant there would not be complications. do you not want -- like, i could be on birth control. >> well, if it happens, it happens. >> with my body it can't really just happen. i will have a miscarriage.

and the more miscarriages i have, the less chance i have to have a kid, ever. what do you want to do? >> let's go smoke that bowl. you are obviously done talking. >> you don't know what i mean? >> no. i don't know what you mean. it is not as simple as yes or no, niki. >> well, do you want me to get the shot or do you want me to get on birth control? >> why do you have to do either one of them? >> i don't have to do either one of them. if i don't do either one of them, i'm going to just keep having miscarriages. that's why. >> i can't do this this morning. >> downtown, erich and cassandra

are waking up to deal with their own pregnancy issues after spending the night inside a mall parking garage. they have an appointment at the county's welfare office to see if they are eligible for food stamps and a monthly stipend. >> okay. i see you're here to apply for medical assistance. >> mm-hmm. >> okay. you have your proof of pregnancy. how far along are you? >> three months. >> you will be potentially eligible for $298. >> seeing that we are homeless, you guys have a homeless assistance program, right? >> yes. but the way the homeless assistance program is, it's when you have dependent children. >> so you can't get it when you are pregnant? >> no. they offer the sheltering and the vouchering. >> what how about emergency aid? >> emergency aid is only for people that have dependent children. there's not, like, a whole lot. >> thank you very much. have a nice day. take care and god bless you. >> after the meeting, erich is frustrated by the lack of immediate support from the

county. >> yeah. i have never been able to get aid, regardless of how many times i've tried. i've been trying to go and get county work. >> don't yell at me about that. yell at them about it. >> don't [ bleep ] come at me all stupid. >> they turn you down every [ bleep ]. don't flip me off. >> then shut the [ bleep ] up. please. [ bleep ] i don't want to be mad at you, but you just keep running your mouth. i'm tired of getting my hopes up for nothing. and that's all that seems to be happening is i'm getting my hopes up for nothing all the [ bleep ] time. >> i do feel like it is better to try. trying always gets you -- well, i mean, if you don't know you wouldn't know anything. you wouldn't know what would happen if you didn't try. >> i had dreams to travel the world. i can't go [ bleep ] travel now because i have to take care of cassandra and the baby. i'm a man. i can't just walk out on my kid, you know what i'm saying? i can't do that. i can't walk out on my kid. i'm not a piece of [ bleep ] like that. but i swear to god i want to. >> relax.

looking bright. >> all i'm saying is [ bleep ] people. you guys have watched me crack more and more as you've videotaped me, and now we're at the end, and i'm just about broken. and that's where i'm at. welcome to my world

if there were one foundation they should establish for the homeless, it should be socks for the homeless. >> it's the thought of losing it that scares me. >> everybody's looking for someone that they can have out here that's going to stick by their side. >> josh? wake up. >> this is a house we stayed in. >> we don't know if it's even safe to enter. >> this is our hell hole where we sleep at. >> we sleep right here. it's even more stressful when you go and do things that you know you can get in trouble for. >> but you are better off by yourself. >> this is the knife i sleep with. it ain't much of a knife but it will do the job. >> w i