Frank Stallone has to ‘batten down’ windows in ‘scary’ LA

Actor Frank Stallone sat down for an interview with Fox News Digital where he opened up about what is, in his eyes, the downfall of California.

Brother of Sylvester Stallone, he opened up about the place when he first moved there in 1979, when it was “sunny” with little crime.

“I came to California in ‘79 and it was totally — it was California Dreamin’, and I wasn’t even in the best time,” he stated.

“No, it was a lot better earlier...but it was real California sunny, you know? Cool. Not much crime,” the actor added.

Discussing a recent drive through L.A., he recalled that the “filth, the graffiti and the homelessness is almost like that movie Escape from New York.”

“I mean, it’s that scary. I mean, I batten down the window, locks...You’re talking trash piled four feet high. Just filth,” Stallone continued.

About homeless encampments, he said, “You’ve just got to move them out. No more of these Winnebagos parked for months on the curb. You know, we got to move. No more pitching tents on sidewalks where people can't walk. No more pitching tents in front of people’s houses. I mean, when I was going down to the gym, it was so compacted with homeless people. The stench — also that that type of unsanitariness breeds you know... All kinds of bad stuff… There's a lot of human excrement. It’s just terrible.”

On Gavin Newsome, the California Governor, the actor claimed, “I think this guy is so transparent. He’s so phony. He’s a terrible speaker. The hands and the hair and everything. He’s just set up to be made fun of, you know what I mean? And he’s a bad governor.”

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