1 00:00:00,280 --> 00:00:03,120 Speaker 1: And we continue at one five in the afternoon on 2 00:00:03,240 --> 00:00:07,680 Speaker 1: the John Phillips Show, Mister Randy Wangs in Culver City, John. 3 00:00:07,560 --> 00:00:11,040 Speaker 2: Kids are getting a very special education in South LA 4 00:00:11,480 --> 00:00:14,319 Speaker 2: because when their parents are walking them to school, they 5 00:00:14,360 --> 00:00:17,639 Speaker 2: have to pass a massive homeless encampment that, according to 6 00:00:17,680 --> 00:00:20,880 Speaker 2: Matthew Sedorf, is littered with used condoms. 7 00:00:21,560 --> 00:00:32,320 Speaker 1: WHOA we put up with this? Why in the world 8 00:00:32,360 --> 00:00:33,360 Speaker 1: do we put up with this? 9 00:00:34,479 --> 00:00:34,639 Speaker 3: Now? 10 00:00:34,640 --> 00:00:38,519 Speaker 2: How do you explain that to your elementary school age child? Oh, 11 00:00:38,560 --> 00:00:40,680 Speaker 2: there was a birthday party at the encampment and those 12 00:00:40,680 --> 00:00:42,080 Speaker 2: were all deflated balloons. 13 00:00:43,240 --> 00:00:47,000 Speaker 1: Here's what I would like to know. The bums living 14 00:00:47,080 --> 00:00:51,000 Speaker 1: on the streets don't have the judgment to not do math, 15 00:00:51,520 --> 00:00:53,720 Speaker 1: but they do have the judgment to use protection. 16 00:00:55,520 --> 00:01:00,240 Speaker 2: I bet you if we looked into it, the same 17 00:01:00,520 --> 00:01:04,679 Speaker 2: nonprofits that are getting paid to pass out meth pipes 18 00:01:04,680 --> 00:01:09,200 Speaker 2: to the homeless, they're also passing out condoms. Because I 19 00:01:09,319 --> 00:01:13,039 Speaker 2: don't think the homeless are taking their General Assistance money 20 00:01:13,280 --> 00:01:15,280 Speaker 2: and going to seven to eleven and asking for a 21 00:01:15,319 --> 00:01:16,319 Speaker 2: pack of Trojans. 22 00:01:17,800 --> 00:01:19,200 Speaker 3: Think about this for a second. 23 00:01:19,959 --> 00:01:23,280 Speaker 1: You're going to people who are living in squalor and 24 00:01:23,400 --> 00:01:27,960 Speaker 1: you're loading them up with drug paraphernalia and condoms and 25 00:01:28,040 --> 00:01:30,720 Speaker 1: you go home at night thinking you did something good. 26 00:01:32,520 --> 00:01:39,920 Speaker 3: The ideology is very, very special, with Barbara Ferrer as 27 00:01:39,959 --> 00:01:41,240 Speaker 3: the brains of the operation. 28 00:01:42,319 --> 00:01:45,960 Speaker 2: If there's any investigators out there, we should find out 29 00:01:46,400 --> 00:01:50,680 Speaker 2: if the County of Los Angeles or San Francisco or 30 00:01:50,720 --> 00:01:54,280 Speaker 2: Oakland is spending money on condoms for the homeless. 31 00:01:57,760 --> 00:01:58,480 Speaker 3: What else do. 32 00:01:58,480 --> 00:02:01,800 Speaker 1: They pass out besides the drug paraphernalia in the condoms? 33 00:02:02,040 --> 00:02:08,760 Speaker 1: Are we giving him transfats to eight hundred two two 34 00:02:08,880 --> 00:02:11,760 Speaker 1: two five two two two. Is the telephone number one 35 00:02:11,840 --> 00:02:15,400 Speaker 1: eight hundred two two two five two two two. Well, 36 00:02:15,400 --> 00:02:18,720 Speaker 1: we know that embattled Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass is 37 00:02:18,720 --> 00:02:21,920 Speaker 1: facing long odds at winning re election for a second 38 00:02:22,000 --> 00:02:26,840 Speaker 1: term as the chief executive of the nation's second largest city. 39 00:02:27,360 --> 00:02:31,160 Speaker 1: Spencer Pratt, of reality TV fame, whose home burned down 40 00:02:31,160 --> 00:02:34,840 Speaker 1: on the Pacific Palisades fire, has consistently been polling in 41 00:02:34,960 --> 00:02:38,320 Speaker 1: number two. He is now a threat to Karen Bass 42 00:02:38,360 --> 00:02:40,680 Speaker 1: and her rule at city Hall, to the point to 43 00:02:40,680 --> 00:02:44,520 Speaker 1: where Karen Bass's allies at the Los Angeles Times are 44 00:02:44,520 --> 00:02:48,200 Speaker 1: putting out unfair hit pieces directed at Spencer Pratt and 45 00:02:48,440 --> 00:02:51,440 Speaker 1: his domicile where he lives they claim he lives in 46 00:02:51,560 --> 00:02:55,799 Speaker 1: Santa Barbara County, not in Los Angeles. However, of course, 47 00:02:55,840 --> 00:02:58,600 Speaker 1: his home in Los Angeles burned down, and that's why 48 00:02:58,680 --> 00:03:02,399 Speaker 1: he has temporary logic in another county. If and when 49 00:03:02,400 --> 00:03:05,680 Speaker 1: his home is ever rebuilt, he plans on moving back 50 00:03:05,720 --> 00:03:09,760 Speaker 1: to Pacific Palisades, something that the county registrar voter says 51 00:03:10,080 --> 00:03:11,200 Speaker 1: is perfectly legal. 52 00:03:11,800 --> 00:03:12,640 Speaker 3: I digress. 53 00:03:13,400 --> 00:03:17,560 Speaker 1: Because he is currently a threat to Karen Bass's power 54 00:03:17,600 --> 00:03:20,919 Speaker 1: at city Hall. He is out making his rounds everywhere 55 00:03:20,960 --> 00:03:23,760 Speaker 1: he can go to make the argument that Karen Bass 56 00:03:23,800 --> 00:03:27,799 Speaker 1: doesn't deserve a second term, and Randy he's on the television. 57 00:03:28,880 --> 00:03:33,560 Speaker 2: Spencer Pratt decided that he needed to react to this 58 00:03:33,840 --> 00:03:39,320 Speaker 2: La Time story by sitting down with CBSLA. Let's listen 59 00:03:39,360 --> 00:03:41,440 Speaker 2: to that interview. It's a good one. 60 00:03:41,600 --> 00:03:42,080 Speaker 3: I think want to. 61 00:03:42,120 --> 00:03:45,000 Speaker 4: Attack me from not living in the pouseage while running 62 00:03:45,000 --> 00:03:47,880 Speaker 4: for mayor. Hey, brain surgeon, my house burned down. 63 00:03:48,440 --> 00:03:52,000 Speaker 2: I think that was his TikTok video and fact check 64 00:03:52,040 --> 00:03:52,880 Speaker 2: one hundred percent. 65 00:03:52,920 --> 00:03:56,400 Speaker 5: Tro former reality show star in candidate for La Mayor, 66 00:03:56,520 --> 00:04:00,000 Speaker 5: Spencer Pratt is blasting the La Times for a story 67 00:04:00,200 --> 00:04:03,800 Speaker 5: questioning his residency. Now, Pratt last chat at the newspaper 68 00:04:03,840 --> 00:04:06,800 Speaker 5: over a story questioning whether he is living in La 69 00:04:07,160 --> 00:04:09,600 Speaker 5: which is a requirement for mayor old candidates. 70 00:04:09,880 --> 00:04:10,680 Speaker 6: In the video, he. 71 00:04:10,640 --> 00:04:13,520 Speaker 5: Says his family is sheltered at his father's rental property 72 00:04:13,560 --> 00:04:16,240 Speaker 5: in Santa Barbara, but he says he got an airstream 73 00:04:16,279 --> 00:04:18,720 Speaker 5: and also stays at his property in the Palisades. 74 00:04:18,880 --> 00:04:21,040 Speaker 7: Spencer Pratt is joining us Now Live to talk about 75 00:04:21,040 --> 00:04:22,680 Speaker 7: the report and his candidacy for mayor. 76 00:04:22,680 --> 00:04:24,320 Speaker 6: Thank you so much for being with us this morning. 77 00:04:24,480 --> 00:04:25,720 Speaker 8: Thank you for having me so we. 78 00:04:25,680 --> 00:04:27,520 Speaker 7: Heard a little bit of your response in the post there. 79 00:04:27,560 --> 00:04:29,480 Speaker 7: We want to give you a chance here Live to 80 00:04:29,480 --> 00:04:32,080 Speaker 7: talk about a response. 81 00:04:31,760 --> 00:04:32,320 Speaker 6: To the article. 82 00:04:32,600 --> 00:04:35,200 Speaker 4: Well, first off, I find it ironic that the La 83 00:04:35,320 --> 00:04:38,400 Speaker 4: Times is in El Segundo for the last eight years 84 00:04:38,440 --> 00:04:40,480 Speaker 4: and they're not called the El Segundo Times. 85 00:04:42,320 --> 00:04:45,720 Speaker 1: That is also one hundred percent true. You can see 86 00:04:45,720 --> 00:04:48,400 Speaker 1: where the La Times is headquartered when you're on the 87 00:04:48,400 --> 00:04:52,360 Speaker 1: one oh five freeway going to lax in El Segundo. 88 00:04:53,040 --> 00:04:58,120 Speaker 2: Great line. I think John Cobalt gave it to him. 89 00:04:58,360 --> 00:05:02,400 Speaker 4: And speaking of my residency, I've been very transparent every 90 00:05:02,440 --> 00:05:07,000 Speaker 4: week showcasing my dirt lot that it has no chance 91 00:05:07,080 --> 00:05:08,400 Speaker 4: right now to be rebuilt. 92 00:05:08,720 --> 00:05:11,600 Speaker 2: That's where he does his podcast. He sits on a 93 00:05:11,680 --> 00:05:15,279 Speaker 2: lawn chair on his burned out dirt lot. What do 94 00:05:15,320 --> 00:05:18,120 Speaker 2: they think It's on a green screen in Culver City. 95 00:05:18,360 --> 00:05:22,240 Speaker 4: Because of all the red tape, insurance issues, the lawsuits 96 00:05:22,279 --> 00:05:27,080 Speaker 4: against Karen Bass, LADWP, the state park. So the idea 97 00:05:27,120 --> 00:05:30,039 Speaker 4: that I am not eligible to run from mayor is insane. 98 00:05:30,080 --> 00:05:31,559 Speaker 8: It takes one Google search. 99 00:05:31,920 --> 00:05:34,560 Speaker 4: My toddler could figure it out talking to AI that 100 00:05:34,640 --> 00:05:36,240 Speaker 4: I'm one hundred percent eight. 101 00:05:36,360 --> 00:05:38,039 Speaker 3: Oh, Spencer, I don't know if you want your kids 102 00:05:38,040 --> 00:05:41,960 Speaker 3: playing with rock No, no, no, let him get to 103 00:05:42,000 --> 00:05:43,039 Speaker 3: be teenagers first. 104 00:05:43,560 --> 00:05:46,159 Speaker 4: My toddler could figure it out talking to AI that 105 00:05:46,240 --> 00:05:49,080 Speaker 4: I'm one hundred percent able to run from mayor. Li 106 00:05:49,200 --> 00:05:53,400 Speaker 4: Times only ran this story when I in the UCLA polls. 107 00:05:53,400 --> 00:05:55,640 Speaker 4: They have me in the lead behind Caaren Bass, and 108 00:05:55,640 --> 00:05:58,479 Speaker 4: when their little puppet candidate they're trying to cook up 109 00:05:58,839 --> 00:06:02,520 Speaker 4: with the DSAY is now clearly not in the leade 110 00:06:02,560 --> 00:06:06,360 Speaker 4: like Spencer Pratt, they dropped this hit piece. It's diabolical 111 00:06:06,600 --> 00:06:07,080 Speaker 4: what they're doing. 112 00:06:07,160 --> 00:06:09,719 Speaker 1: Nithia Ramen, Yeah, and you know that's a very good point, 113 00:06:10,279 --> 00:06:13,720 Speaker 1: because yes, the Los Angeles Times endorsed Karen Bass the 114 00:06:13,800 --> 00:06:16,360 Speaker 1: last time around, but she was the most left wing 115 00:06:16,440 --> 00:06:17,400 Speaker 1: candidate in the race. 116 00:06:17,400 --> 00:06:18,960 Speaker 3: She was running against Rick Caruso. 117 00:06:19,839 --> 00:06:23,120 Speaker 1: Now we have Nitthia Rahman, who's a straight up socialist, 118 00:06:23,520 --> 00:06:27,600 Speaker 1: more in line with the politics of the La Times newspaper. 119 00:06:28,279 --> 00:06:32,640 Speaker 1: They could theoretically dump Bass and get behind Nitthia Raman well. 120 00:06:32,640 --> 00:06:36,240 Speaker 2: And it is interesting because we've seen reporting, not these 121 00:06:36,320 --> 00:06:38,760 Speaker 2: reporters at the La Times, but other reporters at the 122 00:06:38,839 --> 00:06:41,760 Speaker 2: La Times that have gone hard on Karen Bass in 123 00:06:41,800 --> 00:06:45,839 Speaker 2: the fire response, including finding out all of those documents 124 00:06:45,920 --> 00:06:48,920 Speaker 2: that showed that she doctored the after action reports. 125 00:06:49,839 --> 00:06:53,120 Speaker 1: Yes, but the editorial page endorsed Karen Bass the last 126 00:06:53,120 --> 00:06:53,800 Speaker 1: time around. 127 00:06:54,480 --> 00:06:56,719 Speaker 3: They did that, that is true. 128 00:06:57,279 --> 00:06:58,120 Speaker 8: I don't know who that is. 129 00:06:58,160 --> 00:07:00,360 Speaker 2: I don't know if they called Rick Caruso the face 130 00:07:00,360 --> 00:07:01,719 Speaker 2: of white supremacy, though. 131 00:07:03,360 --> 00:07:04,920 Speaker 3: If they had more time they would have. 132 00:07:05,560 --> 00:07:08,040 Speaker 8: I don't know who that is. A DSA candidate. 133 00:07:09,040 --> 00:07:14,560 Speaker 2: Spencer Pratt did that. I don't know her good, diabolical. 134 00:07:13,920 --> 00:07:16,640 Speaker 4: What they're doing Nthea Ramin, I don't know who that is. 135 00:07:17,040 --> 00:07:20,840 Speaker 4: A DSA candidate who's destroying her district. And anyone in 136 00:07:20,880 --> 00:07:24,679 Speaker 4: my DMS will tell you how horrible it is living 137 00:07:24,760 --> 00:07:29,480 Speaker 4: under her rule, with her dsa socialist trash. 138 00:07:29,600 --> 00:07:31,080 Speaker 8: So yes, I one hundred percent can run. 139 00:07:31,120 --> 00:07:32,760 Speaker 1: The more I hear from this guy, the more I 140 00:07:32,800 --> 00:07:37,120 Speaker 1: love him. I'll tell you he won me over when 141 00:07:37,120 --> 00:07:39,600 Speaker 1: he came into the studio for an hour and I 142 00:07:39,680 --> 00:07:43,400 Speaker 1: peppered him with questions, real questions for an hour, and 143 00:07:43,480 --> 00:07:46,720 Speaker 1: he was well read. He had clearly been thinking about it, 144 00:07:46,800 --> 00:07:48,360 Speaker 1: he had clearly been researching it. 145 00:07:49,040 --> 00:07:51,240 Speaker 3: I'm all in, let's go well. 146 00:07:51,280 --> 00:07:54,200 Speaker 2: And what's interesting when you interview any politician, you can 147 00:07:54,200 --> 00:07:57,160 Speaker 2: tell when they have a canned response because they practice 148 00:07:57,200 --> 00:07:59,640 Speaker 2: it over and over. It seemed like, no matter what 149 00:07:59,760 --> 00:08:02,600 Speaker 2: the issue is, he was speaking off the cuff, but 150 00:08:02,640 --> 00:08:04,320 Speaker 2: he was speaking off the cuff and knew what he 151 00:08:04,360 --> 00:08:05,600 Speaker 2: was talking about. 152 00:08:06,200 --> 00:08:09,360 Speaker 3: Which is not always the case with politicians for Madison, 153 00:08:09,440 --> 00:08:11,119 Speaker 3: politicians for mayor. 154 00:08:11,240 --> 00:08:13,400 Speaker 8: And there's no secrets. Everybody knows. 155 00:08:13,440 --> 00:08:16,880 Speaker 4: I've been posting from my dirt lot every week talking 156 00:08:16,920 --> 00:08:20,800 Speaker 4: about one day being able to rebuild here. It's disgusting 157 00:08:20,960 --> 00:08:24,800 Speaker 4: what they are doing. And also they're discounting everyone whose 158 00:08:24,840 --> 00:08:27,400 Speaker 4: house is burned down. Oh, they're not eligible to vote 159 00:08:27,440 --> 00:08:30,640 Speaker 4: now because Karen Bass let their houses burn down. This 160 00:08:30,720 --> 00:08:34,480 Speaker 4: is discussing obviously, I'm my lawyers reaching out to the 161 00:08:34,480 --> 00:08:37,000 Speaker 4: els again, I mean the La Times, and we're. 162 00:08:36,840 --> 00:08:41,080 Speaker 2: Going to get Yeah Cochin, no welcome to do that. 163 00:08:41,080 --> 00:08:45,640 Speaker 1: That's another excellent point. If he's ineligible to run, then 164 00:08:45,679 --> 00:08:48,280 Speaker 1: what they're saying is everyone who lived there, who's home 165 00:08:48,320 --> 00:08:52,199 Speaker 1: burned down, is an eligible to vote, And we're going. 166 00:08:52,200 --> 00:08:54,760 Speaker 8: To get a retraction because it's disgusting. 167 00:08:55,600 --> 00:08:58,679 Speaker 5: Spencer, you've said you never thought you'd be running for mayor, 168 00:08:59,120 --> 00:09:02,080 Speaker 5: but of course the Palace, as sayfire changed all that. Sadly, 169 00:09:02,120 --> 00:09:03,760 Speaker 5: you lost your home as well as. 170 00:09:03,679 --> 00:09:06,720 Speaker 2: So many other You learn that government matters real quick 171 00:09:06,840 --> 00:09:10,560 Speaker 2: when your house burns down because of the ineptitude of 172 00:09:10,600 --> 00:09:12,160 Speaker 2: the city, the county, and the state. 173 00:09:12,880 --> 00:09:15,880 Speaker 1: Well, it wasn't just one failure. It was a series 174 00:09:15,920 --> 00:09:19,720 Speaker 1: of failures, a series of dominoes falling that led to 175 00:09:19,760 --> 00:09:23,760 Speaker 1: this tragedy. And it's impossible to look at this and go, yeah, 176 00:09:23,880 --> 00:09:25,840 Speaker 1: you know what, the government did the best they could, 177 00:09:25,880 --> 00:09:28,680 Speaker 1: and sometimes an act of God just happens and there's 178 00:09:28,679 --> 00:09:31,760 Speaker 1: nothing you can do about it. This one is the 179 00:09:31,840 --> 00:09:33,400 Speaker 1: exact opposite. 180 00:09:33,440 --> 00:09:33,840 Speaker 3: This one. 181 00:09:33,920 --> 00:09:36,640 Speaker 1: You look at it and you go, how did these 182 00:09:36,760 --> 00:09:41,280 Speaker 1: idiots make mistake after mistake after mistake after mistake When 183 00:09:41,320 --> 00:09:43,439 Speaker 1: this was all avoidable. 184 00:09:44,040 --> 00:09:46,040 Speaker 5: As well as so many others. Can you talk about 185 00:09:46,040 --> 00:09:47,960 Speaker 5: what led you to join this race? 186 00:09:48,360 --> 00:09:49,040 Speaker 8: Absolutely? 187 00:09:49,240 --> 00:09:55,160 Speaker 3: Not only can I get an assist there? Shang led 188 00:09:55,200 --> 00:09:56,280 Speaker 3: you to join this race? 189 00:09:56,679 --> 00:09:57,439 Speaker 8: Absolutely? 190 00:09:58,000 --> 00:10:02,360 Speaker 2: There you go, your old friend. Maybe Spencer should look 191 00:10:02,360 --> 00:10:05,560 Speaker 2: into Shan. You know there's a mayor that had a 192 00:10:05,640 --> 00:10:06,720 Speaker 2: very interesting career. 193 00:10:06,960 --> 00:10:10,400 Speaker 3: That's right, I like that. That is amazing, learn all 194 00:10:10,400 --> 00:10:11,319 Speaker 3: the things not to do. 195 00:10:12,360 --> 00:10:14,720 Speaker 1: She was just in the California Post. A listener sent 196 00:10:14,760 --> 00:10:16,400 Speaker 1: that to us and we still. 197 00:10:16,200 --> 00:10:17,800 Speaker 9: Got our Oakland A's baby. 198 00:10:19,120 --> 00:10:23,720 Speaker 4: Absolutely not only losing homes, Twelve of my neighbors burned 199 00:10:23,760 --> 00:10:27,319 Speaker 4: alive due to the negligence of our city leaders and 200 00:10:27,440 --> 00:10:31,439 Speaker 4: Karen Bass, who was in Ghana knowing this wind read 201 00:10:31,559 --> 00:10:34,400 Speaker 4: weather event was coming. And then once I spent a 202 00:10:34,559 --> 00:10:39,520 Speaker 4: year researching it, speaking with whistleblowers, uncovering the corruption and 203 00:10:39,559 --> 00:10:42,160 Speaker 4: the cover ups, I was left with no choice. I 204 00:10:42,200 --> 00:10:44,679 Speaker 4: had to run for mayor because no one was stepping up. 205 00:10:44,960 --> 00:10:49,560 Speaker 1: Yeah, Rick Caruso, I want to know what happened with 206 00:10:49,679 --> 00:10:52,319 Speaker 1: him and what happened with a Laney at the state level, 207 00:10:52,800 --> 00:10:58,640 Speaker 1: because the actions of those two make zero sense for Californians. 208 00:10:59,240 --> 00:11:03,200 Speaker 4: It's saying we change, we need accountability, We need transparency 209 00:11:03,400 --> 00:11:06,000 Speaker 4: and that is why again the LA Times piece is 210 00:11:06,040 --> 00:11:09,800 Speaker 4: so disgusting because I'm running on accountability. Everything I've said 211 00:11:09,960 --> 00:11:13,200 Speaker 4: has been the truth, so of course I'm running for mayor. 212 00:11:13,240 --> 00:11:15,800 Speaker 4: We need change in Los Angeles. We need common sense. 213 00:11:16,120 --> 00:11:18,440 Speaker 4: And speaking of residency, the only thing that we should 214 00:11:18,480 --> 00:11:22,560 Speaker 4: be talking about is the seventy thousand drug addicted human 215 00:11:22,600 --> 00:11:25,600 Speaker 4: beings that are on the streets of Los Angeles dying. 216 00:11:25,679 --> 00:11:28,520 Speaker 4: Six people a day. That's the residency. The LA Times 217 00:11:28,520 --> 00:11:29,360 Speaker 4: should be focusing on. 218 00:11:29,400 --> 00:11:30,240 Speaker 6: Well, that's I do you know. 219 00:11:30,160 --> 00:11:32,520 Speaker 2: There was some improvement though when Karen Bass ran it 220 00:11:32,559 --> 00:11:33,840 Speaker 2: was only five people a day. 221 00:11:34,400 --> 00:11:37,800 Speaker 3: I thought it was seven, depends on the day. 222 00:11:37,840 --> 00:11:40,360 Speaker 8: I guess LA Times should be focusing on. 223 00:11:40,440 --> 00:11:40,520 Speaker 10: Well. 224 00:11:40,720 --> 00:11:42,120 Speaker 7: I did want to ask you because there are so 225 00:11:42,160 --> 00:11:45,439 Speaker 7: many issues affecting Los Angeles, at one of which you 226 00:11:45,559 --> 00:11:47,600 Speaker 7: just brought up, and there are forty percent of voters 227 00:11:47,760 --> 00:11:49,640 Speaker 7: surveyed who are still undecided. 228 00:11:49,679 --> 00:11:51,840 Speaker 6: How are you going to tap in to people. 229 00:11:51,559 --> 00:11:54,920 Speaker 7: Who maybe they feel terrible for the Palisades, but they 230 00:11:54,920 --> 00:11:57,000 Speaker 7: have so many other issues affecting their neighborhood. 231 00:11:57,400 --> 00:12:00,240 Speaker 4: The Palaces is gone, Mayor Bass already let that burn 232 00:12:00,320 --> 00:12:02,920 Speaker 4: to the ground. I'm fighting for Los Angeles. I'm fighting 233 00:12:02,960 --> 00:12:03,680 Speaker 4: so my kids. 234 00:12:03,920 --> 00:12:06,560 Speaker 2: I'm fighting to make sure your neighborhood doesn't burn down. 235 00:12:06,480 --> 00:12:10,040 Speaker 1: To yeah, because what happens when the President of Nigeria 236 00:12:10,120 --> 00:12:11,280 Speaker 1: is having an inauguration. 237 00:12:12,000 --> 00:12:14,520 Speaker 4: I'm fighting so my kids can grow up in the 238 00:12:14,640 --> 00:12:15,560 Speaker 4: LA that I grew up. 239 00:12:15,600 --> 00:12:18,880 Speaker 2: You know, she would probably be better off if she loses, 240 00:12:19,400 --> 00:12:22,520 Speaker 2: because there's no way she will ever be able to 241 00:12:22,559 --> 00:12:25,160 Speaker 2: take another international trip as long as she is mayor 242 00:12:25,200 --> 00:12:26,200 Speaker 2: of Los Angeles. 243 00:12:27,480 --> 00:12:29,720 Speaker 3: No, and she's not equipped to do the job. 244 00:12:30,559 --> 00:12:32,840 Speaker 1: So she's just going to have four more years of 245 00:12:33,000 --> 00:12:35,760 Speaker 1: completely embarrassing failure to look forward to. 246 00:12:36,679 --> 00:12:39,200 Speaker 4: I'm fighting so my kids can grow up in the 247 00:12:39,320 --> 00:12:40,480 Speaker 4: LA that I grew up in. 248 00:12:41,080 --> 00:12:41,839 Speaker 8: Moms, do not. 249 00:12:41,840 --> 00:12:44,520 Speaker 4: Feel safe whether you live in any part of LA 250 00:12:44,760 --> 00:12:46,000 Speaker 4: taking your kids to school. 251 00:12:46,240 --> 00:12:48,400 Speaker 8: Would they send me the videos? All over La? 252 00:12:48,640 --> 00:12:51,960 Speaker 4: There's people with just fenoyl smoke blowing next to swing 253 00:12:52,040 --> 00:12:53,079 Speaker 4: sets in every. 254 00:12:52,880 --> 00:12:56,160 Speaker 3: Part YEP, fact check true. 255 00:12:56,640 --> 00:13:00,120 Speaker 4: This is psycho And when they hear my message when 256 00:13:00,160 --> 00:13:03,400 Speaker 4: I come in, I'm enforcing the laws that exist. 257 00:13:03,559 --> 00:13:05,000 Speaker 6: What is your message. 258 00:13:04,720 --> 00:13:07,880 Speaker 8: Enforcing the law? These are all laws people are breaking. 259 00:13:08,040 --> 00:13:10,439 Speaker 4: You cannot be naked, crazy people running in front of 260 00:13:10,520 --> 00:13:13,440 Speaker 4: kids in schools you cannot be doing drugs in front 261 00:13:13,440 --> 00:13:16,439 Speaker 4: of parks, you cannot be living on the sidewalks. These 262 00:13:16,480 --> 00:13:19,160 Speaker 4: are all against the law, and as mayor, I'm going 263 00:13:19,200 --> 00:13:21,600 Speaker 4: to force the law. I'm not going to pretend I'm 264 00:13:21,600 --> 00:13:24,200 Speaker 4: compassionate while six people die a day. 265 00:13:24,440 --> 00:13:25,520 Speaker 8: That is not compassion. 266 00:13:25,679 --> 00:13:29,480 Speaker 4: We need to get these people treatment, mandatory treatment, help 267 00:13:29,520 --> 00:13:32,240 Speaker 4: them get sober. If you're having a mental health crisis, 268 00:13:32,559 --> 00:13:35,040 Speaker 4: just giving you needles and pipes on the street and 269 00:13:35,520 --> 00:13:38,360 Speaker 4: dropping off a sandwich is not helping these people. Sorry, 270 00:13:38,400 --> 00:13:41,920 Speaker 4: I'm getting pumped up. Yeah, no, it's unacceptable. 271 00:13:42,040 --> 00:13:45,360 Speaker 1: Well, and it's so refreshing to hear someone talk this 272 00:13:45,400 --> 00:13:48,840 Speaker 1: way because we feel like we're the only sane ones 273 00:13:48,840 --> 00:13:51,320 Speaker 1: in the asylum. Because you listen to Bash, you listen 274 00:13:51,360 --> 00:13:53,880 Speaker 1: to Ferrer, you listen to the Board of Supervisors, you 275 00:13:53,920 --> 00:13:54,920 Speaker 1: listen to the city. 276 00:13:54,679 --> 00:13:56,560 Speaker 3: Council, and they're all nuts. 277 00:13:56,960 --> 00:14:00,720 Speaker 1: They all buy into this left wing psychobabble that results 278 00:14:00,720 --> 00:14:04,440 Speaker 1: in people dying in complete misery every single day, to 279 00:14:04,480 --> 00:14:07,880 Speaker 1: the tune of six or seven per day. And if 280 00:14:07,880 --> 00:14:12,800 Speaker 1: you disagree with them, then they regard you as a neanderthal, 281 00:14:13,320 --> 00:14:15,160 Speaker 1: and there's no one in the room left to. 282 00:14:15,200 --> 00:14:16,360 Speaker 3: Make the sane argument. 283 00:14:16,920 --> 00:14:19,600 Speaker 1: I guess there's Catherine Barber on the Board of Supervisors 284 00:14:19,720 --> 00:14:21,520 Speaker 1: and Tracy Park on the City Council. 285 00:14:21,760 --> 00:14:24,560 Speaker 3: But that's it. There's one sane person in that. 286 00:14:24,600 --> 00:14:28,080 Speaker 1: Room, and they're just beaten down to the point to 287 00:14:28,080 --> 00:14:30,520 Speaker 1: where they don't even bother to make the arguments half 288 00:14:30,560 --> 00:14:33,480 Speaker 1: the time because they know they're going to lose. This 289 00:14:33,520 --> 00:14:35,160 Speaker 1: guy is going to go in there like a bull 290 00:14:35,240 --> 00:14:36,800 Speaker 1: in a china shop and. 291 00:14:36,760 --> 00:14:38,840 Speaker 3: Force these idiots to accept reality. 292 00:14:39,320 --> 00:14:42,840 Speaker 2: It is a stark difference between pretty much everybody that's running. 293 00:14:42,840 --> 00:14:44,720 Speaker 2: I mean, there's actually a whole lot of people running 294 00:14:44,720 --> 00:14:46,880 Speaker 2: that we still don't even know who they are, but 295 00:14:47,640 --> 00:14:50,000 Speaker 2: that you have so many people talking about with the 296 00:14:50,040 --> 00:14:52,040 Speaker 2: addiction we see on the streets, we need to meet 297 00:14:52,040 --> 00:14:54,120 Speaker 2: these people where they are, We need to enable them, 298 00:14:54,120 --> 00:14:57,000 Speaker 2: we need to make them more comfortable, harm reduction, all 299 00:14:57,000 --> 00:14:59,600 Speaker 2: that nonsense. And he is straight up saying no, what's 300 00:14:59,640 --> 00:15:03,800 Speaker 2: going on in the streets is unacceptable, unacceptable. 301 00:15:03,880 --> 00:15:07,040 Speaker 5: Well, Spencer, you mentioned the recent poll out of UCLA 302 00:15:07,120 --> 00:15:10,920 Speaker 5: that shows you behind incumbent Mayor Karen Bess. Where do 303 00:15:11,000 --> 00:15:14,200 Speaker 5: you think this momentum for your campaign is coming from 304 00:15:14,440 --> 00:15:16,360 Speaker 5: and how do you reach out to those voters that 305 00:15:16,480 --> 00:15:18,320 Speaker 5: forty percent who are still undecided. 306 00:15:18,720 --> 00:15:21,400 Speaker 4: Well, first off, I'm here on this beautiful television show 307 00:15:21,440 --> 00:15:24,200 Speaker 4: reaching out to all those forty percent voters. If you 308 00:15:24,240 --> 00:15:26,920 Speaker 4: want change in Los Angeles, you vote for Spencer Proud. 309 00:15:26,960 --> 00:15:29,920 Speaker 4: And that's why I continue doing these amazing opportunities to 310 00:15:29,920 --> 00:15:30,800 Speaker 4: get my message out. 311 00:15:31,160 --> 00:15:34,480 Speaker 1: He is doing quite a bit of earned media. Oh yeah, 312 00:15:34,840 --> 00:15:37,960 Speaker 1: and you notice he's going on these shows and there 313 00:15:37,960 --> 00:15:41,000 Speaker 1: are no rules. When he came on with us. It 314 00:15:41,040 --> 00:15:43,040 Speaker 1: wasn't like they said, Okay, you can talk about this, 315 00:15:43,160 --> 00:15:45,680 Speaker 1: but you can't talk about that. He just showed up 316 00:15:45,720 --> 00:15:47,120 Speaker 1: and he said, ask me anything. 317 00:15:48,720 --> 00:15:49,360 Speaker 3: I love that. 318 00:15:49,800 --> 00:15:52,240 Speaker 2: By the way, you know what earned media I get 319 00:15:52,280 --> 00:15:54,280 Speaker 2: to listen to on the way home, which has a 320 00:15:54,360 --> 00:15:59,280 Speaker 2: very different reach. Nithea went on Mike Bonnen's podcast. 321 00:15:59,600 --> 00:16:03,960 Speaker 3: Oh good lord, I'm. 322 00:16:03,760 --> 00:16:05,920 Speaker 2: Not even going to torture this audience with any clips 323 00:16:05,960 --> 00:16:09,320 Speaker 2: from it, but for my own curiosity, I'm gonna listen 324 00:16:09,360 --> 00:16:12,320 Speaker 2: to that because I am, like the one person subscribed 325 00:16:12,680 --> 00:16:17,520 Speaker 2: to Mike Bonnen's podcast. 326 00:16:17,680 --> 00:16:20,560 Speaker 4: Amazing opportunities to get my message out. My message is 327 00:16:20,600 --> 00:16:23,880 Speaker 4: common sense. We have lost the plot in LA and 328 00:16:23,920 --> 00:16:25,960 Speaker 4: we need to go back to the beautiful La that 329 00:16:26,080 --> 00:16:27,840 Speaker 4: a lot of us grew up here and we know 330 00:16:27,880 --> 00:16:29,640 Speaker 4: what it's like and I'm gonna get it back. I'm 331 00:16:29,640 --> 00:16:32,560 Speaker 4: gonna fight for it because once you lose everything, you 332 00:16:32,640 --> 00:16:35,760 Speaker 4: have this drive. These these are politicians I'm running against. 333 00:16:36,120 --> 00:16:40,400 Speaker 4: I'm an Angelino that lost everything because of the city's negligence. 334 00:16:40,720 --> 00:16:43,760 Speaker 7: What I think is really interesting, and we've asked Mayor 335 00:16:43,840 --> 00:16:45,880 Speaker 7: Karen Bass by the way to be in studio before. 336 00:16:45,920 --> 00:16:48,200 Speaker 7: She has not currently taken us up on that offer. 337 00:16:48,320 --> 00:16:52,000 Speaker 1: Your other No, she's still pissed, Yeah, because what answers 338 00:16:52,040 --> 00:16:52,560 Speaker 1: does she have? 339 00:16:53,440 --> 00:16:56,520 Speaker 3: What can she say that can put lipstick on this pig. 340 00:16:57,680 --> 00:17:00,200 Speaker 2: She probably has CBS on a list somewhere where she 341 00:17:00,200 --> 00:17:02,080 Speaker 2: doesn't like any of those people because it was that 342 00:17:02,200 --> 00:17:05,320 Speaker 2: CBS national reporter that was peppering her with all kinds 343 00:17:05,320 --> 00:17:07,399 Speaker 2: of questions about why she was in Ghana when the 344 00:17:07,400 --> 00:17:08,280 Speaker 2: fires broke out. 345 00:17:08,720 --> 00:17:11,119 Speaker 3: Now she's going to stick to spectrum in kN X. 346 00:17:11,560 --> 00:17:13,440 Speaker 6: Other opponent, Nathia Ramman, was here. 347 00:17:13,840 --> 00:17:16,520 Speaker 7: We asked her about solutions to address our homeless crisis 348 00:17:16,680 --> 00:17:18,359 Speaker 7: different from the current strategy. 349 00:17:18,600 --> 00:17:20,240 Speaker 6: We've now asked you that question. 350 00:17:20,280 --> 00:17:22,600 Speaker 7: What I think is interesting here as things are playing out, 351 00:17:22,640 --> 00:17:25,400 Speaker 7: is that you're using as opposed to these other two 352 00:17:25,440 --> 00:17:28,520 Speaker 7: candidates a really big social media strategy. We've seen this 353 00:17:28,640 --> 00:17:32,320 Speaker 7: work for other candidates in the past, people who have thought, oh, 354 00:17:32,359 --> 00:17:36,000 Speaker 7: that person will never win outspoken personalities. 355 00:17:36,240 --> 00:17:37,520 Speaker 6: How are you using. 356 00:17:37,200 --> 00:17:40,399 Speaker 7: It and will we continue to see these outspoken moments 357 00:17:40,400 --> 00:17:42,400 Speaker 7: for you or are you trying to Are you trying 358 00:17:42,440 --> 00:17:46,680 Speaker 7: to navigate now being politician Spencer Pratt versus reality TV 359 00:17:46,760 --> 00:17:47,840 Speaker 7: star Spencer Pratt. 360 00:17:47,880 --> 00:17:49,359 Speaker 8: See, I'm not a reality TV star. 361 00:17:49,520 --> 00:17:52,199 Speaker 4: I'm a father with two sons that I want to 362 00:17:52,200 --> 00:17:54,200 Speaker 4: be able to come back to Los Angeles and grew 363 00:17:54,240 --> 00:17:55,760 Speaker 4: up in the city I loved. 364 00:17:56,000 --> 00:17:57,679 Speaker 8: I'm not running as reality star. 365 00:17:57,760 --> 00:18:00,359 Speaker 4: I'm running as Angela who grew up here and wants 366 00:18:00,359 --> 00:18:02,840 Speaker 4: his children to grow up here. And the difference between 367 00:18:02,840 --> 00:18:06,359 Speaker 4: me and these politicians is their liars. I am telling 368 00:18:06,359 --> 00:18:09,159 Speaker 4: the truth. I am authentic. I use social media to 369 00:18:09,200 --> 00:18:11,320 Speaker 4: tell the truth. The reason she can't come up here 370 00:18:11,359 --> 00:18:13,600 Speaker 4: and tell you she's gonna do anything, it's because. 371 00:18:13,400 --> 00:18:14,640 Speaker 8: She's on the city council right now. 372 00:18:14,680 --> 00:18:18,560 Speaker 4: She's in charge of the homeless scam that they're doing 373 00:18:18,640 --> 00:18:19,040 Speaker 4: right now. 374 00:18:19,320 --> 00:18:20,480 Speaker 3: That is also true. 375 00:18:20,600 --> 00:18:23,199 Speaker 2: Nithea, who's talking about all this change she would do 376 00:18:23,240 --> 00:18:26,520 Speaker 2: if she becomes mayor, is the chair of the Homelessness 377 00:18:26,520 --> 00:18:29,760 Speaker 2: Committee on the city council, and before that she worked 378 00:18:29,800 --> 00:18:32,520 Speaker 2: for one of those phony, blooney homeless organizations in the 379 00:18:32,560 --> 00:18:33,360 Speaker 2: private sector. 380 00:18:33,840 --> 00:18:34,680 Speaker 8: It is a scam. 381 00:18:34,840 --> 00:18:38,880 Speaker 4: They're laundering billions of dollars to increase homelessness. 382 00:18:39,000 --> 00:18:40,320 Speaker 8: These numbers they give you. 383 00:18:40,320 --> 00:18:42,639 Speaker 4: You look at the Rand Corporation, they say it's thirty 384 00:18:42,680 --> 00:18:45,159 Speaker 4: percent higher than what the city will tell you. 385 00:18:45,320 --> 00:18:48,320 Speaker 3: Anyow, he pulled that out of his asz and that's true. Yep. 386 00:18:48,400 --> 00:18:50,280 Speaker 3: Good for science. To Greek us eight. 387 00:18:50,600 --> 00:18:53,879 Speaker 4: Anyone with eyeballs can drive around and see this is 388 00:18:54,160 --> 00:18:58,280 Speaker 4: apocalypse level. It is zombie takeover. This is an emergency. 389 00:18:58,280 --> 00:19:01,159 Speaker 4: We have the Olympics coming and this business as usual 390 00:19:01,200 --> 00:19:04,840 Speaker 4: for these elected leaders. Enough is enough. Obviously, it took 391 00:19:04,880 --> 00:19:07,560 Speaker 4: my house burning, now, my parents' house berning, Now my 392 00:19:07,640 --> 00:19:10,480 Speaker 4: neighbor's burning alive for me to get in this fight 393 00:19:10,560 --> 00:19:11,119 Speaker 4: for the city. 394 00:19:11,240 --> 00:19:12,960 Speaker 8: But now I'm here and I'm not stopping. 395 00:19:13,359 --> 00:19:15,480 Speaker 7: Well, we're so glad you joined us. In the commercial break, 396 00:19:15,480 --> 00:19:16,720 Speaker 7: you said you'd come back every week. 397 00:19:17,160 --> 00:19:18,320 Speaker 8: I want to come back every day. 398 00:19:19,160 --> 00:19:23,480 Speaker 1: But he promised that to us too. Well, we negotiated, 399 00:19:23,520 --> 00:19:24,679 Speaker 1: but we couldn't make it work. 400 00:19:25,240 --> 00:19:28,080 Speaker 2: He'll be back at some point, Yeah, there you go, 401 00:19:28,160 --> 00:19:33,040 Speaker 2: Spencer Pratt on with CBSLA blasting that La Times hit piece. 402 00:19:33,480 --> 00:19:35,320 Speaker 1: If you'd like to email the show, you can do 403 00:19:35,359 --> 00:19:38,280 Speaker 1: so at Johnny don't like show at gmail dot com. 404 00:19:38,359 --> 00:19:42,520 Speaker 1: That's Johnny don't like show at gmail dot com and Randy. 405 00:19:42,600 --> 00:19:45,000 Speaker 1: Now that we've crossed the halfway point of today's show, 406 00:19:45,240 --> 00:19:47,320 Speaker 1: if you want to continue listening to us after we 407 00:19:47,359 --> 00:19:49,560 Speaker 1: sign off at three, that's easy to do. 408 00:19:49,600 --> 00:19:52,560 Speaker 2: You want even more of this, You're so greedy, but 409 00:19:52,640 --> 00:19:55,680 Speaker 2: we are happy to oblige by giving you the content 410 00:19:55,720 --> 00:19:58,119 Speaker 2: you're probably already listening to right now, but in a 411 00:19:58,160 --> 00:20:01,439 Speaker 2: different format. 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There are so 421 00:20:25,920 --> 00:20:28,560 Speaker 2: many different ways to listen to this noon to three show. 422 00:20:28,640 --> 00:20:31,840 Speaker 2: Wherever you are thanks to streaming, and whenever you want, 423 00:20:31,840 --> 00:20:32,960 Speaker 2: thanks to podcasting. 424 00:20:34,600 --> 00:20:37,439 Speaker 1: Eight hundred two two two five two two two is 425 00:20:37,520 --> 00:20:40,800 Speaker 1: telephone number one. Eight hundred two two two five two 426 00:20:40,840 --> 00:20:44,680 Speaker 1: two two. Well, Gavin Newsom always likes to brag when 427 00:20:44,680 --> 00:20:48,760 Speaker 1: the state of California finishes first in something. We just 428 00:20:48,840 --> 00:20:53,240 Speaker 1: finished first in something that is generating national headlines. But Randy, 429 00:20:53,280 --> 00:20:54,960 Speaker 1: I don't know if he's going to be bragging about 430 00:20:54,960 --> 00:20:56,400 Speaker 1: this one. 431 00:20:57,040 --> 00:21:01,240 Speaker 2: The District Attorney of Alameda County of Jones Dixon, the 432 00:21:01,280 --> 00:21:03,240 Speaker 2: woman that replaced Pammy. 433 00:21:03,760 --> 00:21:06,200 Speaker 8: She called me a crime boss. 434 00:21:05,840 --> 00:21:09,760 Speaker 2: Has announced the new initiative to crack down on retail theft. 435 00:21:10,080 --> 00:21:13,320 Speaker 2: And in that initiative, she walked through in East Bay 436 00:21:13,400 --> 00:21:20,320 Speaker 2: Walmart where everything in the store was locked up. Apparently 437 00:21:20,440 --> 00:21:23,959 Speaker 2: at this Walmart, they were stealing the men's genes, so 438 00:21:24,000 --> 00:21:26,600 Speaker 2: they locked them up. Then they were stealing the women's gens, 439 00:21:26,600 --> 00:21:28,359 Speaker 2: so they locked them up. Then they were stealing the 440 00:21:28,440 --> 00:21:30,520 Speaker 2: kid's jeens, so they locked them up, and they said, 441 00:21:30,520 --> 00:21:32,639 Speaker 2: screw it, all the genes. 442 00:21:35,160 --> 00:21:35,600 Speaker 3: I'll ghet it. 443 00:21:36,320 --> 00:21:38,080 Speaker 6: Had the log up the soft. 444 00:21:37,880 --> 00:21:41,280 Speaker 3: For more on this, we go to NBC in the. 445 00:21:41,200 --> 00:21:44,600 Speaker 11: Bay alme the County District attorney is stepping up efforts 446 00:21:44,640 --> 00:21:47,439 Speaker 11: to crack down on organized retail crime. 447 00:21:47,520 --> 00:21:48,440 Speaker 6: This is an issue of crime. 448 00:21:48,520 --> 00:21:52,280 Speaker 2: This is why elections matter. If Pammy Price wasn't recalled, 449 00:21:52,359 --> 00:21:53,920 Speaker 2: you know, she wouldn't be doing this. 450 00:21:54,240 --> 00:21:56,040 Speaker 6: I've been bipped several times. 451 00:21:57,240 --> 00:21:58,960 Speaker 3: No, she would ill crime. 452 00:21:59,040 --> 00:21:59,600 Speaker 12: This is an issue. 453 00:21:59,600 --> 00:22:01,440 Speaker 2: She would tell tell you that the people stealing those 454 00:22:01,520 --> 00:22:02,960 Speaker 2: genes are the real victims. 455 00:22:04,040 --> 00:22:06,600 Speaker 1: That's right, because they need more genes and they can't 456 00:22:06,600 --> 00:22:07,200 Speaker 1: afford them. 457 00:22:07,440 --> 00:22:08,040 Speaker 3: Ill crime. 458 00:22:08,080 --> 00:22:10,520 Speaker 11: This is an issue across the state. It involves me 459 00:22:10,840 --> 00:22:15,680 Speaker 11: working directly with major retailers and other das across California. 460 00:22:15,960 --> 00:22:19,360 Speaker 11: NBC's Lena Jones explains what's being done and whether it's 461 00:22:19,440 --> 00:22:20,320 Speaker 11: making a difference. 462 00:22:22,080 --> 00:22:25,320 Speaker 6: Carol's actually one of our highest categories in the store. 463 00:22:25,520 --> 00:22:28,960 Speaker 13: From big box stores like Walmart to local small businesses, 464 00:22:29,160 --> 00:22:34,920 Speaker 13: organized retail theF continues to impact retailers and shoppers across California. Now, 465 00:22:34,960 --> 00:22:38,720 Speaker 13: Alameda County District Attorney Ursula Jones Dixon is taking a 466 00:22:38,760 --> 00:22:42,119 Speaker 13: new approach, launching a listening toward to meet directly with 467 00:22:42,280 --> 00:22:44,800 Speaker 13: retailers about the issue and the solution. 468 00:22:45,200 --> 00:22:48,080 Speaker 2: Helping is also a smart thing to do, as she 469 00:22:48,320 --> 00:22:54,000 Speaker 2: is campaigning for re election, because you know who she's 470 00:22:54,080 --> 00:23:01,480 Speaker 2: running against, our favorite quite frankly, although I'm not saying 471 00:23:01,560 --> 00:23:05,320 Speaker 2: that campaign get any traction whatsoever. 472 00:23:06,320 --> 00:23:08,479 Speaker 3: No, because they've lived through her rule before. 473 00:23:09,640 --> 00:23:11,840 Speaker 10: Helping to find out what the trends are and what 474 00:23:11,920 --> 00:23:16,080 Speaker 10: these stores do to help combat organize retail theft helps 475 00:23:16,160 --> 00:23:17,240 Speaker 10: us to work regionally. 476 00:23:17,400 --> 00:23:20,280 Speaker 13: The DA met with Walmart leaders today in Union City. 477 00:23:20,400 --> 00:23:24,040 Speaker 13: The focus was on something called boosters, which are professional 478 00:23:24,080 --> 00:23:27,000 Speaker 13: theft rings that target stores across multiple cities. 479 00:23:27,080 --> 00:23:27,840 Speaker 8: The das are. 480 00:23:27,880 --> 00:23:31,280 Speaker 2: Yes, and the boosters then sell to the fencers, and 481 00:23:31,640 --> 00:23:34,280 Speaker 2: so the boosters are usually the homeless, the crazy, what 482 00:23:34,440 --> 00:23:36,879 Speaker 2: have you. They get paid to go into stores and 483 00:23:36,920 --> 00:23:40,439 Speaker 2: steal stuff. Then that stuff goes to places like the 484 00:23:40,520 --> 00:23:44,040 Speaker 2: Mission in San Francisco, or MacArthur Park in Los Angeles, 485 00:23:44,400 --> 00:23:47,679 Speaker 2: or flea markets in Oakland where they're just straight up 486 00:23:47,720 --> 00:23:49,000 Speaker 2: selling stolen goods. 487 00:23:49,520 --> 00:23:52,119 Speaker 1: I thought boosters were supposed to be just super fans 488 00:23:52,119 --> 00:23:53,080 Speaker 1: of the football team. 489 00:23:53,440 --> 00:23:57,399 Speaker 13: Boosters, which are professional theft rings that target stores across 490 00:23:57,560 --> 00:24:00,520 Speaker 13: multiple cities. The DA's office says it's easy data to 491 00:24:00,600 --> 00:24:03,560 Speaker 13: track which stores are hit hardest, what's being stolen, and 492 00:24:03,600 --> 00:24:07,960 Speaker 13: whether trends are improving. Officials say numbers are already showing progress, 493 00:24:08,280 --> 00:24:10,360 Speaker 13: including at a Whole Foods in Oakland. 494 00:24:10,880 --> 00:24:13,360 Speaker 10: The stor in Oakland had the highest loss of any 495 00:24:13,400 --> 00:24:16,480 Speaker 10: of their five hundred and fifty stores in three countries. 496 00:24:22,560 --> 00:24:24,359 Speaker 2: Okay, so that was the Whole Foods. I thought that 497 00:24:24,440 --> 00:24:27,680 Speaker 2: was the Walmart, but it's the Whole Foods. The Whole 498 00:24:27,680 --> 00:24:31,640 Speaker 2: Foods in Oakland had the highest amount of theft of 499 00:24:31,720 --> 00:24:33,960 Speaker 2: every Whole Foods in the world. 500 00:24:34,560 --> 00:24:36,000 Speaker 3: My god, that is hilarious. 501 00:24:36,440 --> 00:24:40,320 Speaker 2: But apparently Prop thirty six changed that. And having a 502 00:24:40,440 --> 00:24:43,480 Speaker 2: DA that will enforce these laws change that. 503 00:24:44,040 --> 00:24:46,840 Speaker 3: Pammy, she called me a crime boss. 504 00:24:48,000 --> 00:24:50,560 Speaker 10: The storm Oakland had the highest loss of any of 505 00:24:50,600 --> 00:24:53,560 Speaker 10: their five hundred and fifty stores in three countries. 506 00:24:55,400 --> 00:24:57,240 Speaker 3: I love that she had that part at the end. 507 00:24:59,240 --> 00:25:02,200 Speaker 2: Even the Whole and Begaladesh doesn't have as much theft 508 00:25:02,240 --> 00:25:03,280 Speaker 2: as Oakland. 509 00:25:04,040 --> 00:25:05,920 Speaker 10: And so for me, that's something to know. Although I 510 00:25:05,960 --> 00:25:08,480 Speaker 10: have been coming down, so those numbers are coming down. 511 00:25:08,520 --> 00:25:10,520 Speaker 10: We're doing something right, But what can we do to 512 00:25:10,560 --> 00:25:11,160 Speaker 10: help that store? 513 00:25:11,280 --> 00:25:14,760 Speaker 13: Much like the problem, the solution has spread beyond city lines. 514 00:25:15,080 --> 00:25:17,840 Speaker 13: That's why the DA says she's partnering with other district 515 00:25:17,880 --> 00:25:23,440 Speaker 13: attorneys statewide to track suspects in streamlined prosecution. Walmart says 516 00:25:23,520 --> 00:25:24,840 Speaker 13: it seemed the results. 517 00:25:24,920 --> 00:25:27,120 Speaker 14: There's still an issue, but I do think we've seen 518 00:25:27,200 --> 00:25:31,160 Speaker 14: success as the DA's offices and other DA's offices across 519 00:25:31,200 --> 00:25:35,439 Speaker 14: the state have increased cooperation and collaboration and prosecution. 520 00:25:36,040 --> 00:25:38,119 Speaker 2: I don't think this stuff at Walmart's going to not 521 00:25:38,160 --> 00:25:39,840 Speaker 2: be locked up anytime soon, though. 522 00:25:40,359 --> 00:25:42,720 Speaker 1: Oh no, You're going to be buying your shampoo through 523 00:25:42,760 --> 00:25:45,200 Speaker 1: bulletproof glass for a long time. 524 00:25:46,000 --> 00:25:50,639 Speaker 2: The most ridiculous example of the things that the retailers 525 00:25:50,640 --> 00:25:54,120 Speaker 2: have had to do in recent years to prevent the 526 00:25:54,119 --> 00:25:58,359 Speaker 2: theft was what the Walgreens in San Francisco did, where 527 00:25:58,680 --> 00:26:04,360 Speaker 2: they used metal chains when a lock to lock up 528 00:26:04,720 --> 00:26:09,639 Speaker 2: the freezer section because people were stealing frozen pizzas and 529 00:26:09,920 --> 00:26:10,679 Speaker 2: ice cream. 530 00:26:11,400 --> 00:26:12,840 Speaker 3: They got the munchies at night. 531 00:26:13,480 --> 00:26:17,960 Speaker 13: Small businesses say they're seeing some relief too. Osvaldo Sanchez 532 00:26:18,000 --> 00:26:21,840 Speaker 13: says his restaurant Agave Uptown was hit more than twenty times, 533 00:26:22,080 --> 00:26:24,040 Speaker 13: but hasn't been broken into in a year. 534 00:26:24,600 --> 00:26:30,760 Speaker 3: Elections matter. Twenty times. It's been around for a while. 535 00:26:31,480 --> 00:26:32,920 Speaker 3: That is so ridiculous. 536 00:26:33,920 --> 00:26:35,760 Speaker 6: I've been bipped several times. 537 00:26:36,080 --> 00:26:36,560 Speaker 3: Oh we know. 538 00:26:37,000 --> 00:26:40,840 Speaker 13: Still, he notes. He closes his new Fruitville restaurant Dakaria 539 00:26:40,920 --> 00:26:43,199 Speaker 13: elo early to avoid crime. 540 00:26:45,960 --> 00:26:48,600 Speaker 2: No midnight Margarite is at Takaia and a lazoko. 541 00:26:49,240 --> 00:26:49,440 Speaker 3: No. 542 00:26:49,600 --> 00:26:51,920 Speaker 1: I mean, who wants to eat dinner at night for 543 00:26:52,040 --> 00:26:56,000 Speaker 1: a week? Well, you eat dinner at like four, I do, 544 00:26:56,200 --> 00:26:57,800 Speaker 1: but I also go to bed at like eight. 545 00:26:59,560 --> 00:27:05,480 Speaker 15: Really hoped that whatever they're doing works for the community's safety, 546 00:27:05,880 --> 00:27:09,119 Speaker 15: you know, like we wanted it to feel saved, and 547 00:27:09,400 --> 00:27:12,639 Speaker 15: so we wanted it to feel safe. Us of business owners, 548 00:27:13,000 --> 00:27:14,919 Speaker 15: we want the community to feel saved. 549 00:27:15,000 --> 00:27:16,920 Speaker 13: Seven eleven stores remain free, which hard. 550 00:27:16,960 --> 00:27:18,720 Speaker 1: This guy had a problem. They took the gun in 551 00:27:18,760 --> 00:27:20,160 Speaker 1: his face. He dropped the Cheloupa. 552 00:27:22,119 --> 00:27:25,640 Speaker 13: Seven eleven stores remain frequent targets. One Oakland owner says 553 00:27:25,640 --> 00:27:28,560 Speaker 13: break ins have cost him nearly one hundred thousand dollars 554 00:27:28,600 --> 00:27:29,000 Speaker 13: a year. 555 00:27:29,680 --> 00:27:34,080 Speaker 1: Yep, well you have one stolen Kia that comes through 556 00:27:34,080 --> 00:27:36,639 Speaker 1: a wall. That right there is tens of thousands of 557 00:27:36,640 --> 00:27:38,240 Speaker 1: dollars by itself. 558 00:27:39,040 --> 00:27:41,480 Speaker 2: Was it earlier this year or was it late last 559 00:27:41,560 --> 00:27:45,960 Speaker 2: year where the seven to eleven got burglar It got robbed, 560 00:27:46,280 --> 00:27:49,560 Speaker 2: and the employee was like, that's it. I quit And 561 00:27:49,600 --> 00:27:51,359 Speaker 2: then they say, can you stay one more day so 562 00:27:51,440 --> 00:27:53,840 Speaker 2: we can find you a replacement. So he stayed one 563 00:27:53,880 --> 00:27:56,600 Speaker 2: more day and then he got robbed and beaten again. 564 00:27:57,800 --> 00:28:00,400 Speaker 3: Dum, and they hit him on the coconut too. 565 00:28:01,440 --> 00:28:03,879 Speaker 13: Still, he has faith in the coordinated approach. 566 00:28:04,240 --> 00:28:07,399 Speaker 3: As long as they have a commitment to continue, it 567 00:28:07,560 --> 00:28:10,960 Speaker 3: will make a lasting impact because we've been reporting the 568 00:28:11,040 --> 00:28:11,960 Speaker 3: patterns in. 569 00:28:12,000 --> 00:28:14,280 Speaker 2: Oakland, and of course, what do we know John about 570 00:28:14,320 --> 00:28:17,080 Speaker 2: seven Eleven's in Oakland. We know that seven to eleven 571 00:28:17,480 --> 00:28:21,040 Speaker 2: can't get any franchises to open any new locations there. 572 00:28:21,080 --> 00:28:23,200 Speaker 2: People are pulling out and they're having a really hard 573 00:28:23,240 --> 00:28:24,000 Speaker 2: time hiring. 574 00:28:24,920 --> 00:28:26,359 Speaker 3: Thank Heaven in Oakland. 575 00:28:26,400 --> 00:28:28,760 Speaker 13: Felina Jones, NBC Bay Area News. 576 00:28:28,960 --> 00:28:32,640 Speaker 2: If there's one thing you learned on today's show, know this, 577 00:28:33,359 --> 00:28:38,280 Speaker 2: Before Pam Price got kicked out, before Shang got kicked out, 578 00:28:38,320 --> 00:28:44,480 Speaker 2: and before Prop thirty six, the whole foods in Oakland 579 00:28:44,760 --> 00:28:48,520 Speaker 2: had the most theft of any whole foods in the world. 580 00:28:50,920 --> 00:28:54,800 Speaker 1: I'm kind of surprised because you wouldn't think if thieves 581 00:28:54,800 --> 00:29:01,120 Speaker 1: as being interested in organic products, what are they going 582 00:29:01,160 --> 00:29:07,480 Speaker 1: to do with those blueberries? Eight hundred two two two 583 00:29:07,600 --> 00:29:10,880 Speaker 1: five two two two is a telephone number? What eight 584 00:29:10,960 --> 00:29:15,480 Speaker 1: hundred two two two five two two two. Well, we 585 00:29:15,760 --> 00:29:21,000 Speaker 1: just told you about the whole foods in Oakland, at 586 00:29:21,040 --> 00:29:24,440 Speaker 1: one point in time being the most robbed whole foods 587 00:29:24,800 --> 00:29:28,200 Speaker 1: in the entire system. Well, now we're going to move 588 00:29:28,240 --> 00:29:31,480 Speaker 1: to a different part of the East Bay where illegal 589 00:29:31,600 --> 00:29:35,800 Speaker 1: dumping is now a problem. However, it's not a problem 590 00:29:35,880 --> 00:29:38,200 Speaker 1: like it is in Oakland where they do the dumping 591 00:29:38,240 --> 00:29:43,080 Speaker 1: on city property. This illegal dumping is going on private property. 592 00:29:43,600 --> 00:29:47,800 Speaker 2: This is a bizarre story about someone that was going 593 00:29:47,840 --> 00:29:51,320 Speaker 2: to hire someone to have a dumpster take all their 594 00:29:51,440 --> 00:29:55,280 Speaker 2: trash to the dump but then as the dumpster was full, 595 00:29:55,960 --> 00:29:58,960 Speaker 2: the payment didn't clear, and so the person with the 596 00:29:59,040 --> 00:30:02,959 Speaker 2: dumpster decided to dump all the trash in their driveway. 597 00:30:03,360 --> 00:30:08,800 Speaker 3: Uh oh. For more, here's KTVU Fox two. 598 00:30:15,280 --> 00:30:19,560 Speaker 16: Now at ten garbage collected and then return right back 599 00:30:19,680 --> 00:30:22,320 Speaker 16: to where it came from, the dispute prompting this debris 600 00:30:22,360 --> 00:30:24,920 Speaker 16: dilemma in an East Bay neighborhood. 601 00:30:24,440 --> 00:30:26,600 Speaker 3: Debris dilemma, there's some alliteration for you. 602 00:30:27,000 --> 00:30:30,880 Speaker 16: I love it that ensuing pile of blight causing problems 603 00:30:30,920 --> 00:30:31,600 Speaker 16: with some neighbors. 604 00:30:31,600 --> 00:30:33,120 Speaker 6: Good evening, I'm plotting walk and. 605 00:30:33,040 --> 00:30:33,560 Speaker 11: I'm Greg Lee. 606 00:30:33,640 --> 00:30:36,080 Speaker 1: The owner of that dumpster company says he got duped 607 00:30:36,120 --> 00:30:38,920 Speaker 1: by a customer who agreed to pay, but never did so. 608 00:30:39,000 --> 00:30:42,360 Speaker 6: It returned the favor by returning the garbage. 609 00:30:44,040 --> 00:30:47,840 Speaker 1: Like that old Elvis Presley song. Return to sender. 610 00:30:47,800 --> 00:30:55,720 Speaker 16: New attend ktv's Tom Baker Live and San Pablo to explain, Tom. 611 00:30:53,520 --> 00:30:55,640 Speaker 17: You know this could have actually been a he said, 612 00:30:55,720 --> 00:30:58,440 Speaker 17: she said story with those old ring cameras. 613 00:30:58,480 --> 00:31:00,400 Speaker 12: They provided a whole bunch of udence. 614 00:31:02,160 --> 00:31:05,840 Speaker 17: Express rental dumpster's owner says people moving out of a 615 00:31:05,880 --> 00:31:09,800 Speaker 17: house on San Pablo's nineteenth Street rented a dumpster for 616 00:31:09,960 --> 00:31:14,120 Speaker 17: debris removal. The company placed the dumpster as ordered, but 617 00:31:14,200 --> 00:31:16,800 Speaker 17: says the credit card number given was a problem. 618 00:31:17,080 --> 00:31:17,280 Speaker 6: Uh. 619 00:31:17,280 --> 00:31:25,680 Speaker 3: Oh, it's simple mistake or scam. It's a decline. He 620 00:31:25,760 --> 00:31:26,720 Speaker 3: declined the cars. 621 00:31:26,760 --> 00:31:29,720 Speaker 17: Martin Perez, owner of the dumpster firm, says when he 622 00:31:29,760 --> 00:31:33,400 Speaker 17: asked about payment, all he got was delayed and broken promises. 623 00:31:33,640 --> 00:31:36,080 Speaker 3: Keep saying like, oh, I'm gonna pay later, I'm gonna 624 00:31:36,080 --> 00:31:38,680 Speaker 3: pay later. I'm gonna pay later. And I don't think 625 00:31:38,680 --> 00:31:41,160 Speaker 3: they were gonna pay later. No, they were gonna pay 626 00:31:41,200 --> 00:31:45,560 Speaker 3: never uh and never did or say you. 627 00:31:45,520 --> 00:31:47,920 Speaker 2: Know, there can be a problem with that credit card 628 00:31:48,320 --> 00:31:50,560 Speaker 2: and if you only have one, that's a red flag. 629 00:31:52,000 --> 00:31:54,440 Speaker 1: You know, when I worked over at K and X 630 00:31:54,640 --> 00:31:57,560 Speaker 1: back in the old days when we did cards, my 631 00:31:57,840 --> 00:32:02,680 Speaker 1: job was to erase all of the cards. You would 632 00:32:02,760 --> 00:32:04,880 Speaker 1: use the cards to play something like a sound clip 633 00:32:04,920 --> 00:32:08,080 Speaker 1: and a news story. Well, one of the things that 634 00:32:08,240 --> 00:32:10,720 Speaker 1: happens when you erase all the cards is if you 635 00:32:10,720 --> 00:32:13,440 Speaker 1: have credit cards in your pocket and you're too close 636 00:32:13,520 --> 00:32:16,800 Speaker 1: to the machine, it will also erase your credit cards. 637 00:32:17,960 --> 00:32:20,160 Speaker 1: So I went through a period of time before I 638 00:32:20,280 --> 00:32:24,120 Speaker 1: figured out what the connection was where my cards would 639 00:32:24,160 --> 00:32:26,840 Speaker 1: be erased and not usable all the time. 640 00:32:27,520 --> 00:32:31,480 Speaker 3: Oh boy uh. And never did or say, oh, I'm 641 00:32:31,480 --> 00:32:33,360 Speaker 3: gonna put it money in the car so and you 642 00:32:33,400 --> 00:32:38,360 Speaker 3: can charge a Monday happened like Monday we try a 643 00:32:38,440 --> 00:32:44,520 Speaker 3: game col Oh, oh I forgot the car. Yeah, I 644 00:32:44,520 --> 00:32:45,440 Speaker 3: don't think they forgot. 645 00:32:46,160 --> 00:32:49,120 Speaker 17: When the company came for its dumpster, it was full, 646 00:32:49,720 --> 00:32:55,480 Speaker 17: so the driver dumped the dumpster contents back on the driveway. 647 00:32:59,240 --> 00:33:02,600 Speaker 3: You know, I would dumpster company on this one. I 648 00:33:02,600 --> 00:33:04,000 Speaker 3: think they're completely in the right. 649 00:33:04,080 --> 00:33:07,240 Speaker 2: They were not paid for the services, which include taking 650 00:33:07,280 --> 00:33:09,880 Speaker 2: all that trash to the dump So if you don't 651 00:33:09,920 --> 00:33:12,520 Speaker 2: want to pay, well, we're just gonna put it right 652 00:33:12,560 --> 00:33:16,160 Speaker 2: back where we found it in the most embarrassing way. 653 00:33:17,360 --> 00:33:20,320 Speaker 17: When the company came for its dumpster, it was full, 654 00:33:20,920 --> 00:33:25,040 Speaker 17: so the driver dumped the dumpster contents back on the driveway. 655 00:33:25,680 --> 00:33:27,120 Speaker 12: A neighbor told us this. 656 00:33:27,320 --> 00:33:29,200 Speaker 9: It didn't block the street. It kind of just went 657 00:33:29,280 --> 00:33:32,160 Speaker 9: on the sidewalk in a little bit onto like just 658 00:33:32,200 --> 00:33:34,560 Speaker 9: the literally at the edge of the sidewalk. 659 00:33:34,720 --> 00:33:38,000 Speaker 17: Dumpster owner Perez said he had already lost money on 660 00:33:38,080 --> 00:33:41,920 Speaker 17: the dumpster delivery and pickup. Had he taken the debris 661 00:33:41,920 --> 00:33:44,000 Speaker 17: to the dump he would have had to pay hundreds 662 00:33:44,000 --> 00:33:47,320 Speaker 17: more in dumping fees, increasing his loss. 663 00:33:47,280 --> 00:33:50,400 Speaker 3: Or take it to Oakland and just leave it on 664 00:33:50,440 --> 00:33:50,880 Speaker 3: the street. 665 00:33:51,520 --> 00:33:55,000 Speaker 17: At some point, a neighbor apparently called the police, and 666 00:33:55,040 --> 00:33:57,960 Speaker 17: the police came out and they required that the driver 667 00:33:58,480 --> 00:34:01,200 Speaker 17: removed the debris from the edge of the sidewalk onto 668 00:34:01,240 --> 00:34:02,400 Speaker 17: the property itself. 669 00:34:02,760 --> 00:34:04,760 Speaker 2: Boy, some of these towns in the East Bay that 670 00:34:04,800 --> 00:34:07,840 Speaker 2: aren't Oakland, their police have a lot of free time. 671 00:34:09,600 --> 00:34:11,680 Speaker 3: It seems like they were right on top of this one. 672 00:34:12,239 --> 00:34:15,160 Speaker 17: Yep, remove the debris from the edge of the sidewalk 673 00:34:15,239 --> 00:34:20,360 Speaker 17: onto the property itself. Later scavengers came and spread the 674 00:34:20,400 --> 00:34:21,880 Speaker 17: stuff all over the place. 675 00:34:22,120 --> 00:34:23,240 Speaker 6: She said. 676 00:34:27,400 --> 00:34:31,520 Speaker 2: Apparently, if there's a giant pile of garbage in your driveway. 677 00:34:32,239 --> 00:34:34,839 Speaker 2: People will come out to try to see if there's 678 00:34:34,920 --> 00:34:36,239 Speaker 2: any valuables. 679 00:34:36,560 --> 00:34:38,560 Speaker 3: I'm sure the neighbors love that. 680 00:34:39,320 --> 00:34:43,560 Speaker 17: Later scavengers came and spread the stuff all over the place. 681 00:34:43,800 --> 00:34:46,120 Speaker 9: She said she paid seven hundred dollars for it, and 682 00:34:46,160 --> 00:34:48,200 Speaker 9: then all of a sudden, I see him back up 683 00:34:48,239 --> 00:34:51,080 Speaker 9: and dump it all on the ground. I didn't really 684 00:34:51,120 --> 00:34:52,240 Speaker 9: know what that was about. 685 00:34:54,640 --> 00:34:57,080 Speaker 17: Now the mess of the scavengers left was cleaned up 686 00:34:57,120 --> 00:35:00,960 Speaker 17: by a neighbor who covered it. Send Pablo Cold Enforcement 687 00:35:01,040 --> 00:35:03,440 Speaker 17: has opened a case which could come back on the 688 00:35:03,480 --> 00:35:05,200 Speaker 17: tenant or the property owner. 689 00:35:05,440 --> 00:35:08,200 Speaker 12: Who we are told still lives right in town. 690 00:35:09,000 --> 00:35:12,239 Speaker 17: Reporting live, Tom Baker, KTV Fox two News. 691 00:35:12,760 --> 00:35:14,480 Speaker 16: All right, Tom, So for now, all we know is 692 00:35:14,480 --> 00:35:16,040 Speaker 16: that pile's just gonna sit. 693 00:35:15,920 --> 00:35:16,759 Speaker 6: There where it's been left. 694 00:35:16,760 --> 00:35:18,960 Speaker 16: At least it's covered because we know the rain is coming. 695 00:35:20,360 --> 00:35:24,000 Speaker 17: Oh no, well, the rain is coming, and then there's 696 00:35:24,040 --> 00:35:26,560 Speaker 17: a problem with potential vermin, you know, moving in to 697 00:35:26,640 --> 00:35:28,440 Speaker 17: keep out of the rain and all of that stuff. 698 00:35:28,600 --> 00:35:29,399 Speaker 3: So this has to wait. 699 00:35:29,440 --> 00:35:31,879 Speaker 2: Know what type is coming to San Pablo, because that's 700 00:35:31,880 --> 00:35:33,080 Speaker 2: what's in La right now. 701 00:35:33,600 --> 00:35:36,640 Speaker 3: Oh, this just keeps getting better and better, So this. 702 00:35:36,600 --> 00:35:39,120 Speaker 12: Has to be taken care of. And eventually it will be. 703 00:35:39,440 --> 00:35:41,399 Speaker 17: But somebody's going to have to pay for this, and 704 00:35:41,600 --> 00:35:43,279 Speaker 17: it's going to be a whole lot more expensive than 705 00:35:43,360 --> 00:35:44,640 Speaker 17: they just paid for the dumpster. 706 00:35:44,920 --> 00:35:47,600 Speaker 6: Yeah, all right, all right, Tom bakerfort Live tonight. Thank you, Tom. 707 00:35:47,840 --> 00:35:51,440 Speaker 2: There you go the dumpster dispute in San Pablo that 708 00:35:51,520 --> 00:35:55,000 Speaker 2: led to a giant pile of garbage in somebody's driveway 709 00:35:55,160 --> 00:35:57,640 Speaker 2: because they were trying to get out of paying the 710 00:35:57,719 --> 00:35:58,560 Speaker 2: dumpster people. 711 00:35:59,760 --> 00:36:04,080 Speaker 1: I've said this on more than one occasion on this program. 712 00:36:04,760 --> 00:36:11,839 Speaker 1: Hoa's come straight to California courtesy of the devil. They 713 00:36:11,880 --> 00:36:16,959 Speaker 1: are awful in every imaginable way. One of the few 714 00:36:17,040 --> 00:36:20,000 Speaker 1: things they're good for is to make sure you don't 715 00:36:20,040 --> 00:36:25,480 Speaker 1: have to live next to this because, let me tell you, 716 00:36:26,800 --> 00:36:31,239 Speaker 1: the moment there was a hint of a problem, there 717 00:36:31,239 --> 00:36:34,360 Speaker 1: would have been a blonde ponytail marching right up to 718 00:36:34,440 --> 00:36:39,120 Speaker 1: that front door figuring out what happened. If it was 719 00:36:39,239 --> 00:36:46,480 Speaker 1: in an HOA that I can promise you. Let's go 720 00:36:46,520 --> 00:36:48,160 Speaker 1: to Kirk in Buena Park, Kirk. 721 00:36:48,200 --> 00:36:53,040 Speaker 18: Hello, Ah, good evening, gentlemen. I was just wondering, since 722 00:36:53,040 --> 00:36:55,319 Speaker 18: it's fixing California, or if you were going to get 723 00:36:55,360 --> 00:37:00,920 Speaker 18: to Ron Bonto's press conference. I mean Bote, Robert, whatever 724 00:37:00,960 --> 00:37:04,440 Speaker 18: his name is. He's so interconsequential to me where he is, 725 00:37:05,320 --> 00:37:09,560 Speaker 18: you know, a voice coach by Obama where he can't 726 00:37:09,960 --> 00:37:13,440 Speaker 18: say three words together without pausing. But he alleges that 727 00:37:13,440 --> 00:37:18,440 Speaker 18: they've been aware of the medicaid fraud for years, and 728 00:37:18,480 --> 00:37:20,879 Speaker 18: they've been working on it, and they've managed to find 729 00:37:20,920 --> 00:37:24,600 Speaker 18: a whopping two hundred and seventy five million dollars in 730 00:37:24,680 --> 00:37:30,560 Speaker 18: fraud gotten thirty million back, which by other reports there's 731 00:37:30,760 --> 00:37:33,080 Speaker 18: in the billions of dollars of fraud, but they just 732 00:37:33,120 --> 00:37:33,800 Speaker 18: can't find that. 733 00:37:36,320 --> 00:37:40,279 Speaker 1: Well, we got into that heavily yesterday, and I will 734 00:37:40,320 --> 00:37:45,360 Speaker 1: tell you this, Rob Bonta is someone who planned on 735 00:37:45,480 --> 00:37:48,800 Speaker 1: doing nothing about any of this fraud. He was shamed 736 00:37:48,800 --> 00:37:52,160 Speaker 1: into it by the federal government and by the news media. 737 00:37:52,640 --> 00:37:55,879 Speaker 1: The news media covered it, the federal government acted on it, 738 00:37:55,920 --> 00:37:59,120 Speaker 1: and the state of California was perfectly prepared to let 739 00:37:59,120 --> 00:38:02,880 Speaker 1: this go on for and he got shamed into doing something. 740 00:38:03,239 --> 00:38:03,960 Speaker 8: Bob Bonta. 741 00:38:05,280 --> 00:38:07,759 Speaker 18: Part of the thing is is he like planning to 742 00:38:07,800 --> 00:38:09,920 Speaker 18: go for another office because I want to bring it 743 00:38:10,239 --> 00:38:13,440 Speaker 18: really highlight this so he doesn't have an ice cubes chance. 744 00:38:14,480 --> 00:38:18,000 Speaker 1: Well, he's running for reelection, and according to a recent 745 00:38:18,120 --> 00:38:21,960 Speaker 1: poll he was leading in that race. However, as an 746 00:38:21,960 --> 00:38:24,040 Speaker 1: incumbent in a one party state, I think he was 747 00:38:24,080 --> 00:38:28,280 Speaker 1: at something like forty percent, which is really pathetic, which 748 00:38:28,320 --> 00:38:32,600 Speaker 1: means I guess in theory, Rob Bonta could lose if 749 00:38:32,719 --> 00:38:35,160 Speaker 1: we spend enough time talking about that, and believe me, 750 00:38:35,400 --> 00:38:36,239 Speaker 1: we plan on it.