WEBVTT - Steve Hilton's Closing Argument 0:00:01.690 --> 0:00:07.470 We can agree to disagree, but our views are unapologetically right. 0:00:08.590 --> 0:00:10.070 It's the John Phillips Show. 0:00:17.370 --> 0:00:20.830 And we continue at 2.05 in the afternoon on the 0:00:20.870 --> 0:00:21.870 John Phillips Show. 0:00:22.350 --> 0:00:24.510 Mr. Randy Wags in the San Fernando Valley. 0:00:24.980 --> 0:00:29.050 Johnny, we're broadcasting live on the radio, 790 KABC in 0:00:29.090 --> 0:00:32.610 Southern California, 810 KSFO in the Bay Area. And we're 0:00:32.630 --> 0:00:35.870 also broadcasting on video every single day from noon to 0:00:35.909 --> 0:00:40.590 three at johnnydontlike.com. And something that we can do because 0:00:41.010 --> 0:00:45.019 we haven't sold the live show yet is we play 0:00:45.060 --> 0:00:48.360 a lot of older segments during that long news break 0:00:48.440 --> 0:00:50.340 from 5850 till 05 past the top of the hour. 0:00:53.030 --> 0:00:56.870 And I'm sitting here chuckling at some of the Shang 0:00:56.910 --> 0:00:59.570 stories that we did earlier this week. It was a 0:00:59.670 --> 0:01:03.020 good old time. So you want even more content, you 0:01:03.060 --> 0:01:06.580 get it at johnnydontlike.com. Until we sell this thing. Then 0:01:06.620 --> 0:01:07.240 you'll get ads. 0:01:08.160 --> 0:01:10.819 Now, speaking of Shang, what do you say we do 0:01:10.880 --> 0:01:12.420 a Shang update right now? 0:01:12.940 --> 0:01:15.650 Oh, you want a Shang update? I can give you 0:01:15.690 --> 0:01:16.690 a Shang update. 0:01:17.240 --> 0:01:21.020 We have a brand new update in the corruption trial 0:01:21.140 --> 0:01:27.780 for one Shang-I-Tao, the former mayor of the city of Dumpy, 0:01:28.260 --> 0:01:33.360 who was recalled by her constituents for a massive spike 0:01:33.410 --> 0:01:37.770 in crime and a crooked Coliseum deal, among a lot 0:01:37.850 --> 0:01:42.170 of other things. Let me switch to today's lower thirds. 0:01:43.069 --> 0:01:48.010 The latest update in the Shang-Tao trial is that One 0:01:48.050 --> 0:01:51.750 of the people who was secretly recording all of these 0:01:51.890 --> 0:01:57.010 meetings between the Dongs and Mario Juarez wasn't Andy Dong. 0:01:57.730 --> 0:02:01.860 Turns out Mario Juarez's girlfriend was working for the Dongs, 0:02:02.320 --> 0:02:05.580 and she knew something doesn't smell right about any of this, 0:02:05.620 --> 0:02:08.459 so I better record all of these conversations when all 0:02:08.500 --> 0:02:10.299 of a sudden Mario goes missing. 0:02:12.820 --> 0:02:13.300 That's right. 0:02:13.680 --> 0:02:14.260 I like that. 0:02:14.600 --> 0:02:15.360 That was amazing. 0:02:15.860 --> 0:02:20.440 So for even more hidden tapes in the corrupt dealings 0:02:20.520 --> 0:02:26.139 between the Dong family, the Shangis, the Andres, and the Marios, 0:02:26.900 --> 0:02:30.070 here is our latest episode of, you know, I'm dumb 0:02:30.130 --> 0:02:32.169 calling this as the Shangtaos. 0:02:32.370 --> 0:02:33.389 We're changing it now. 0:02:33.970 --> 0:02:36.850 This segment every single day is just going to be 0:02:36.910 --> 0:02:40.970 called Dumb Mafia because that's what this is. It is 0:02:41.030 --> 0:02:43.560 the dumbest mafia movie you've never seen. 0:02:46.280 --> 0:02:49.900 And given that tease that you just gave, or that setup, 0:02:49.980 --> 0:02:52.500 I guess I should say, it sounds like Mario Juarez's 0:02:52.620 --> 0:02:55.620 wife has more photos of the dongs on her phone 0:02:55.660 --> 0:02:56.660 than Conor McGregor. 0:02:57.780 --> 0:03:00.980 To be clear, I think it's ex-girlfriend, not current wife. 0:03:01.120 --> 0:03:02.639 But let's see what's going on here. 0:03:03.320 --> 0:03:05.910 Shanghai is back in court. There she is today. 0:03:05.970 --> 0:03:10.210 Look at Shangi. Blazer in a dress, my girl. Trying 0:03:10.230 --> 0:03:14.450 to impress the jury, are we? Smiling for the camera. 0:03:16.000 --> 0:03:17.359 Testimony in the federal. 0:03:17.440 --> 0:03:18.840 Look, there's Dan Noyce. 0:03:25.870 --> 0:03:29.169 This trial is like the last episode of Seinfeld for us. 0:03:30.930 --> 0:03:31.589 It really is. 0:03:31.630 --> 0:03:34.440 And it has enough characters in this trial that it 0:03:34.580 --> 0:03:35.640 feels like it too. 0:03:36.280 --> 0:03:40.470 Corruption trial of the former Oakland mayor. An ex-girlfriend of 0:03:40.510 --> 0:03:45.210 the government's key witness testified about secret recordings capturing discussions 0:03:45.270 --> 0:03:49.550 about money and alleged city deals. NBC's Valena Jones was 0:03:49.690 --> 0:03:50.150 in court. 0:03:51.770 --> 0:03:54.900 He said, yeah, but I need money. He said, I said, Andre, 0:03:55.220 --> 0:03:59.060 last time we talked, we said that you were going to, 0:03:59.080 --> 0:04:00.740 you were not going to get any more money from 0:04:00.860 --> 0:04:03.400 us until you deliver the deal. 0:04:03.940 --> 0:04:06.990 So what he's talking about here, this is a, recorded 0:04:07.070 --> 0:04:12.420 call that Mario Juarez's girlfriend recorded between Mario Juarez and 0:04:12.560 --> 0:04:16.120 one of the dongs about how Andre was like, give 0:04:16.160 --> 0:04:16.780 me more money. 0:04:16.960 --> 0:04:19.300 I need more money. And they're like, dude, you. 0:04:19.180 --> 0:04:22.430 Haven't convinced your dumb girlfriend to buy any shipping containers yet. 0:04:22.490 --> 0:04:27.950 We don't have any money for you. Poor Shangy. 0:04:28.630 --> 0:04:29.690 I'm not delivering a deal. 0:04:29.770 --> 0:04:33.789 That's businessman Mario Juarez, a key government witness discussing Andre 0:04:33.850 --> 0:04:35.980 Jones with David Duong in. 0:04:35.940 --> 0:04:36.960 A secret recording. 0:04:37.339 --> 0:04:42.000 Today, Juarez's ex-girlfriend and mother of his child testified she 0:04:42.160 --> 0:04:46.940 secretly recorded evolutionary homes meetings in 2023. 0:04:46.930 --> 0:04:50.350 To be clear, this is not Mario Juarez's wife. It's 0:04:50.430 --> 0:04:52.570 Mario Juarez's baby mama. 0:04:56.350 --> 0:04:59.710 In 2024 and eventually turn them over to the FBI. 0:05:00.110 --> 0:05:04.969 Prosecutors say Cecilia Mendez's recordings help show a bribery scheme 0:05:05.029 --> 0:05:09.570 involving former Oakland Mayor Shane Tao, Jones, and businessmen David 0:05:09.600 --> 0:05:13.479 and Andy Duong. The government alleges the Duongs conspired with. 0:05:13.700 --> 0:05:16.900 Oh look, there's all the people that are either working 0:05:16.940 --> 0:05:20.820 for the Duongs or literally being paid to hold up 0:05:20.920 --> 0:05:25.630 signs saying that The Dong family is being discriminated against. 0:05:26.050 --> 0:05:29.480 Let's read some of these signs. We stand with David 0:05:29.560 --> 0:05:31.380 Dong and the Dong family. 0:05:33.060 --> 0:05:38.680 Stand with David Dong. Stand for fairness. Mario scammed over 0:05:38.680 --> 0:05:42.070 200 people. Yeah, that one's probably true. 0:05:42.790 --> 0:05:46.250 But he states witness now because, don't forget, the Dongs 0:05:46.310 --> 0:05:47.420 tried to bump him off. 0:05:50.600 --> 0:05:52.240 Unfair media coverage. 0:05:54.620 --> 0:06:00.690 In very illegible writing, challenge Mario's credibility, question mark? 0:06:04.029 --> 0:06:06.330 This family is so crooked. 0:06:08.060 --> 0:06:11.730 Paying them to get city contracts for their companies, California 0:06:11.770 --> 0:06:14.130 Waste Solution and Evolutionary Homes. 0:06:14.610 --> 0:06:16.970 Juarez has already pleaded guilty. 0:06:16.990 --> 0:06:21.430 I know that we should have the city administrator assign 0:06:21.470 --> 0:06:25.250 to us Larry Gallegos to do this project, and we 0:06:25.300 --> 0:06:27.800 have not had him. How does he go to Mexico 0:06:27.820 --> 0:06:30.080 to collect? If he goes to Mexico, I'm going to 0:06:30.120 --> 0:06:30.430 kill him. 0:06:30.440 --> 0:06:43.760 Laughter Don't forget, this is the star witness for the prosecution. 0:06:43.779 --> 0:06:49.789 He won't come back alive. 0:06:50.050 --> 0:06:53.669 Cecilia Mendez testified Juarez asked her to take meetings, but 0:06:53.730 --> 0:06:55.650 she secretly recorded instead. 0:06:56.029 --> 0:07:00.230 She knew someday this is all going to be in 0:07:00.290 --> 0:07:00.970 a courtroom. 0:07:02.010 --> 0:07:02.950 And she was right. 0:07:03.990 --> 0:07:06.169 He received immunity for her testimony. 0:07:06.550 --> 0:07:09.830 Defense attorneys challenged her motive, pointing out she never used 0:07:09.850 --> 0:07:11.950 the recordings to produce meeting notes. 0:07:12.270 --> 0:07:15.830 Say not to the order. She's not going to order? Yes, 0:07:16.890 --> 0:07:18.490 until the county order first. 0:07:18.850 --> 0:07:22.250 In another clip, David Duong says Tao wouldn't commit Oakland 0:07:22.290 --> 0:07:25.950 to buying their modular homes until the county committed first. 0:07:30.900 --> 0:07:32.880 So she wanted to make sure that the heat was 0:07:32.920 --> 0:07:33.620 not on her. 0:07:33.720 --> 0:07:36.860 She was willing to do it, but she wanted someone 0:07:36.900 --> 0:07:38.660 else to jump into the pool first. 0:07:39.440 --> 0:07:42.080 It's like, yeah, who's going to jump in first? Who's 0:07:42.120 --> 0:07:46.420 the first person brave enough to leave the party? She's dumb, 0:07:46.500 --> 0:07:49.000 but she's not so dumb to be the first city 0:07:49.080 --> 0:07:53.540 to go for this obviously crooked contract with the shipping containers. 0:07:54.020 --> 0:07:57.280 She was probably sure if she just waited, Brian Acevedo 0:07:57.320 --> 0:07:59.400 would get San Leandro to do it first, too. 0:08:01.430 --> 0:08:04.250 A position that sparked disagreement with Juarez. 0:08:04.450 --> 0:08:09.100 Help them to clear that they have no trouble later. 0:08:09.140 --> 0:08:12.840 There's no liability, there's no trouble that we. 0:08:12.700 --> 0:08:13.660 Created for them later. 0:08:14.120 --> 0:08:17.580 It's not because I promised you, so yeah, I'm ready. 0:08:17.660 --> 0:08:21.690 I will go to jail for this. You know that. 0:08:22.710 --> 0:08:25.790 These people all know what they're doing is going to 0:08:25.830 --> 0:08:28.090 get them in jail, but they're dumb enough to go 0:08:28.170 --> 0:08:29.030 for it anyway. 0:08:29.490 --> 0:08:33.319 And all record each other saying it. This is interesting, too. 0:08:33.640 --> 0:08:37.300 This might be the first time we've ever heard David Dong, 0:08:37.580 --> 0:08:41.320 Daddy Dong, talking in these secretly recorded calls. 0:08:43.120 --> 0:08:45.870 Consequences to not keeping your end of the bargain. But 0:08:45.910 --> 0:08:46.710 that's her decision. 0:08:47.350 --> 0:08:52.370 On cross-examination, defense attorneys also highlighted Mendez's prior convictions, including 0:08:52.490 --> 0:08:53.230 grand theft. 0:08:57.980 --> 0:09:01.559 So you're saying Wario Juarez's baby mama is a criminal, too? 0:09:02.120 --> 0:09:02.760 I'm shocked. 0:09:03.340 --> 0:09:06.860 Everyone involved in this story is a complete dirtbag. 0:09:08.250 --> 0:09:12.630 In her continuing financial and personal ties to Juarez, she 0:09:12.670 --> 0:09:16.930 testified they remained in regular contact and spoke as recently 0:09:17.150 --> 0:09:21.390 as this morning. In Oakland, Felina Jones, NBC Bay Area News. 0:09:21.910 --> 0:09:22.809 So there you go. 0:09:22.890 --> 0:09:26.550 That is our latest update in the Shang Tao trial. 0:09:27.250 --> 0:09:31.220 As it turns out, Mario Juarez's baby mama... was taping 0:09:31.400 --> 0:09:34.700 all of the conversations going on between Juarez and the 0:09:34.780 --> 0:09:38.959 Dongs about apparently trying to kill somebody in Mexico over 0:09:39.020 --> 0:09:40.420 this shipping container deal. 0:09:44.260 --> 0:09:47.560 So that's the latest on the Shanghai trial. And Randy, 0:09:47.720 --> 0:09:51.600 let's move on to yet another race on the California ballot. 0:09:52.120 --> 0:09:54.730 It's not just the race for L.A. mayor that has 0:09:54.780 --> 0:10:00.540 two bad options. The race for California insurance commissioner, also 0:10:00.559 --> 0:10:04.680 has two bad options. We know that the incumbent, Ricardo Lara, 0:10:04.740 --> 0:10:07.260 is termed out. He can't run for a third term. 0:10:07.860 --> 0:10:09.660 And now we're going to have a choice between a 0:10:09.880 --> 0:10:13.550 DSA Democrat and a standard partisan Democrat. 0:10:13.950 --> 0:10:15.209 I'm very kind of sketched. 0:10:15.710 --> 0:10:19.160 And the question is, Hey, are either of these two 0:10:19.280 --> 0:10:22.059 taking any money from the insurance companies, you know, like 0:10:22.100 --> 0:10:24.520 Ricardo Lara promised he would and then did? 0:10:24.610 --> 0:10:29.070 Trailblazing is rarely comfortable, yo. For more, here is ABC 0:10:29.070 --> 0:10:30.550 10 in Sacramento. 0:10:36.690 --> 0:10:40.240 Both candidates running to become California's next insurance commissioner have 0:10:40.280 --> 0:10:44.420 promised not to accept campaign contributions from the insurance industry. 0:10:44.850 --> 0:10:45.770 but industry money. 0:10:45.929 --> 0:10:47.250 What about getting paid? 0:10:48.670 --> 0:10:51.770 Why is it that it's so taboo for the insurance 0:10:51.830 --> 0:10:57.120 commissioner candidates to not accept money from insurance companies, but 0:10:57.220 --> 0:11:01.660 it's perfectly fine for Rob Bonta to solicit campaign contributions 0:11:02.080 --> 0:11:04.240 from entities that he's investigating? 0:11:05.179 --> 0:11:09.280 That is a very, very, very good question, Bobbethy. 0:11:09.700 --> 0:11:12.780 Is still influencing this race. CBS 10's Becca Habegger shows 0:11:12.860 --> 0:11:15.030 us where that money is going. And also hear us 0:11:15.070 --> 0:11:15.890 from both candidates. 0:11:17.050 --> 0:11:20.230 Civil rights attorney and former San Francisco supervisor Jane Kim 0:11:20.410 --> 0:11:23.580 and current state Senator Ben Allen, both Democrats, are running 0:11:23.600 --> 0:11:25.599 to become California's next insurance commissioner. 0:11:25.840 --> 0:11:28.340 Did they both decide at the same time that the 0:11:28.380 --> 0:11:30.400 way that they look like they're the right person for 0:11:30.420 --> 0:11:32.860 the job is with glasses that make them look 20 0:11:32.860 --> 0:11:33.400 years older? 0:11:34.660 --> 0:11:35.040 Maybe. 0:11:35.990 --> 0:11:39.930 My number one mandate is making insurance affordable, available, and fair. 0:11:40.090 --> 0:11:42.750 We desperately need to get a handle on this crisis 0:11:42.790 --> 0:11:45.290 with regards to insurance availability and affordability. 0:11:45.429 --> 0:11:49.130 This statewide elected position oversees and regulates the insurance industry 0:11:49.170 --> 0:11:52.179 here in California. And this year, according to the non-profit, 0:11:52.220 --> 0:11:56.600 non-partisan news organization CalMatters, a record amount of outside spending 0:11:56.660 --> 0:11:59.840 is pouring into this race. More than $ 6 million raised 0:11:59.900 --> 0:12:03.800 by political action committees, which operate separately from the official campaigns. 0:12:04.390 --> 0:12:08.030 These PACs have spent about $ 3. 2 million to support State 0:12:08.070 --> 0:12:08.950 Senator Ben Allen. 0:12:09.170 --> 0:12:11.900 So don't you worry, he will definitely hold the insurance 0:12:11.960 --> 0:12:12.939 companies accountable. 0:12:13.780 --> 0:12:16.940 Well, for me, the big issue in this race is 0:12:16.980 --> 0:12:19.420 that she wants you to buy your insurance from the 0:12:19.460 --> 0:12:22.970 state of California. She wants a new state agency to 0:12:23.000 --> 0:12:27.089 sell insurance. And he is going to be a continuation 0:12:27.130 --> 0:12:30.770 of Ricardo Lara. Now, Ricardo Lara has a million and 0:12:30.870 --> 0:12:34.160 one problems. One of the things he did not do 0:12:34.250 --> 0:12:37.429 was create a new state agency that will sell you 0:12:37.450 --> 0:12:41.650 your insurance. And I can tell you this, as someone 0:12:41.950 --> 0:12:44.890 who has struggled with the state of California on any 0:12:44.929 --> 0:12:48.550 number of fronts, I mean, think about dealing with the DMV. 0:12:49.070 --> 0:12:51.989 Think about trying to get any money that is owed 0:12:52.030 --> 0:12:55.870 to you from the state controller's office. Fill in the blank. 0:12:55.910 --> 0:12:59.650 If you had to apply for EDD during the COVID-19 shutdowns, 0:13:00.030 --> 0:13:02.150 you know what a nightmare it's like to deal with 0:13:02.660 --> 0:13:05.260 When you deal with the state of California, I do 0:13:05.360 --> 0:13:07.439 not want to buy my insurance through these people. 0:13:08.260 --> 0:13:10.690 So instead, I guess the option is go with the 0:13:10.730 --> 0:13:14.270 guy who's going to continue Ricardo Lara's plan of giving 0:13:14.309 --> 0:13:17.589 the insurance companies everything they want to jack up your rates. 0:13:17.710 --> 0:13:20.120 And I may be criticized and dragged through the mud 0:13:20.140 --> 0:13:24.040 for it and get my wig snatched as the gay 0:13:24.059 --> 0:13:24.439 guy say. 0:13:27.309 --> 0:13:29.849 I love having my soundboard at the home studio. I 0:13:29.890 --> 0:13:31.650 have access to all the drops. 0:13:31.790 --> 0:13:35.070 I may be criticized and dragged through the mud for 0:13:35.150 --> 0:13:42.679 it and get my wig snatched, as the gay guys say. Oh, Queenie. 0:13:43.059 --> 0:13:45.819 And some of their funders include companies from the insurance industry. 0:13:46.140 --> 0:13:48.949 Those same groups have spent more than $ 1. 5 million to 0:13:49.110 --> 0:13:52.440 oppose his opponent, Jane Kim. Other companies that have donated 0:13:52.480 --> 0:13:56.199 to groups spending to support Allen include investor-owned utilities such 0:13:56.260 --> 0:13:58.760 as Southern California Edison and PG & E. 0:13:59.300 --> 0:14:00.120 Oh, great. 0:14:00.220 --> 0:14:04.380 We're also bought and paid for by the utilities, are we? No, 0:14:04.500 --> 0:14:07.429 you gotta go into this wide open. That's who he is. 0:14:08.890 --> 0:14:12.370 I asked Allen about concerns of the industry influencing him 0:14:12.450 --> 0:14:13.010 if he wins. 0:14:13.150 --> 0:14:14.770 I think you can look at my track record. 0:14:14.870 --> 0:14:15.490 I've taken on. 0:14:15.670 --> 0:14:18.309 Well, his track record is this is the daddy of 0:14:18.370 --> 0:14:19.480 the plastic bag ban. 0:14:20.850 --> 0:14:23.930 His record in the legislature is beyond awful. 0:14:25.310 --> 0:14:27.990 The utilities, I've taken on the insurers. I've taken on 0:14:28.510 --> 0:14:30.790 the oil industry and the petrochemical interests and all these 0:14:30.930 --> 0:14:31.450 various folks. 0:14:31.570 --> 0:14:34.720 He highlights his experience in the legislature, writing and passing 0:14:34.760 --> 0:14:37.680 bills to make homes safer from wildfires and holding insurance 0:14:37.740 --> 0:14:38.560 companies accountable. 0:14:38.820 --> 0:14:41.020 Hey, that's the name of our podcast. 0:14:41.500 --> 0:14:45.520 Doesn't he represent the Pacific Palisades in the legislature? 0:14:46.120 --> 0:14:48.550 Yes, he says he was inspired to run for this 0:14:48.690 --> 0:14:51.460 office not because he was termed out, but because he 0:14:51.500 --> 0:14:55.000 saw how many constituents were calling him because the insurance 0:14:55.020 --> 0:14:56.900 commissioner's office wouldn't call them back. 0:14:57.380 --> 0:14:59.660 But they still can't get their money from the insurance 0:14:59.700 --> 0:15:01.560 companies and they still can't rebuild. 0:15:02.360 --> 0:15:02.620 Yep. 0:15:03.300 --> 0:15:05.970 He says this became deeply personal for him after watching 0:15:06.010 --> 0:15:09.010 people he represents in the Pacific Palisades lose their homes 0:15:09.130 --> 0:15:13.070 and battle insurance companies. Kim served most recently as California 0:15:13.090 --> 0:15:16.270 director for the Progressive Working Families Party. which has spent 0:15:16.310 --> 0:15:20.270 more than $ 600, 000 in supporting Kim through political action committees. 0:15:20.450 --> 0:15:23.980 Kim's campaign told CalMatters there's a strict firewall between her 0:15:24.010 --> 0:15:27.900 campaign and Working Families Party's independent expenditure decisions. 0:15:28.140 --> 0:15:31.720 Yes, and people totally believe that there's no coordination going 0:15:31.880 --> 0:15:35.340 on between certain unions, certain parties, and certain candidates. 0:15:36.350 --> 0:15:37.110 Never happens. 0:15:37.930 --> 0:15:40.340 I asked each candidate what they would do to stabilize 0:15:40.400 --> 0:15:45.060 California's insurance marketplace if elected, especially the availability and affordability 0:15:45.080 --> 0:15:48.260 of homeowners insurance in the face of more frequent wildfires 0:15:48.320 --> 0:15:51.860 driving up costs. Both say they're focused on reducing risk. 0:15:52.080 --> 0:15:53.870 So that the insurance industry that pays a lot of 0:15:53.970 --> 0:15:56.770 lip service to risk reduction work around the state is 0:15:56.830 --> 0:16:00.470 actually finally stepping up and rewarding and incentivizing that risk 0:16:00.530 --> 0:16:03.170 reduction work. And I've got a whole plan associated with that. 0:16:03.790 --> 0:16:06.250 Sounds like the exact same thing that Ricardo Lara said 0:16:06.290 --> 0:16:06.830 he was going to do. 0:16:07.400 --> 0:16:11.700 Okay, let's just say that he is sincere about his 0:16:11.760 --> 0:16:14.900 belief to do that. How could the insurance commissioner's office 0:16:14.940 --> 0:16:16.720 do that? Don't you need the governor to do that? 0:16:17.680 --> 0:16:18.229 Good point. 0:16:18.350 --> 0:16:19.570 I'm very kind of sketchy. 0:16:20.310 --> 0:16:23.590 Says she wants to create a state-run public nonprofit to 0:16:23.630 --> 0:16:25.810 provide natural disaster insurance for all. 0:16:25.930 --> 0:16:28.430 What we're proposing through a public nonprofit insurance program is 0:16:28.490 --> 0:16:30.670 that we actually use some of the premiums, and instead 0:16:30.710 --> 0:16:33.970 of driving it towards profits to shareholders and CEOs and 0:16:33.990 --> 0:16:37.110 buying private jets, We actually invest it back in fireproofing 0:16:37.130 --> 0:16:39.230 and floodproofing our communities to make us more resilient. 0:16:39.710 --> 0:16:40.850 We know how this works. 0:16:40.910 --> 0:16:43.770 Johnny, you remember when they legalized pot and they said, hey, 0:16:43.810 --> 0:16:45.650 all the money from the pot taxes is going to 0:16:45.690 --> 0:16:50.050 go towards like education and rehab and making sure that 0:16:50.090 --> 0:16:52.670 people don't get too addicted to this stuff. And the 0:16:52.710 --> 0:16:55.380 money went to a bunch of crooked nonprofits. And it 0:16:55.410 --> 0:16:58.940 went to some people who decided that what they wanted 0:16:58.980 --> 0:17:02.140 to do was get people to register to vote because 0:17:02.200 --> 0:17:03.660 that's what the pot tax is for. 0:17:04.580 --> 0:17:05.140 Of course. 0:17:06.160 --> 0:17:10.260 Allen calls Kim's plan unrealistic. She calls Allen's plan more 0:17:10.280 --> 0:17:14.119 of the same. Voters will decide on November 3rd. In Sacramento, 0:17:14.200 --> 0:17:16.119 Becca Habegger, ABC 10. 0:17:16.119 --> 0:17:17.060 So there you go. 0:17:17.400 --> 0:17:21.820 Your other race on the ballot with two awful, awful, 0:17:22.340 --> 0:17:26.179 awful candidates. But I can say this. Even though they 0:17:26.200 --> 0:17:29.480 are both uniquely awful, they're not going to be as 0:17:29.590 --> 0:17:30.870 bad as the last guy. 0:17:31.170 --> 0:17:31.730 Hell no. 0:17:34.160 --> 0:17:37.140 He's turned out, and he was so bad in that office, 0:17:37.359 --> 0:17:41.540 as a Democrat in California who is well-liked by the 0:17:41.580 --> 0:17:47.080 Democratic Party establishment and been elected twice statewide, before that 0:17:47.200 --> 0:17:50.500 in the leadership in the legislature, isn't even running for 0:17:50.640 --> 0:17:53.220 office because he knows he'd go through the meat grinder. 0:17:54.980 --> 0:18:00.609 I thought that was a bar in West Hollywood. Absolutely. Absolutely. 0:18:01.650 --> 0:18:04.730 It's the John Phillips Show. It's the John Phillips Show. 0:18:05.380 --> 0:18:07.540 If you'd like to email the show, you can do 0:18:07.600 --> 0:18:15.020 so at johnnydontlikeshow at gmail.com. That's johnnydontlikeshow at gmail.com. 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You can get there by Muni 0:19:21.810 --> 0:19:24.210 and BART. You can get there by ferry and Waymo. 0:19:24.230 --> 0:19:26.240 You can even try driving. We're going to have a 0:19:26.310 --> 0:19:28.629 whole bunch of special guests. It is a packed show, 0:19:28.910 --> 0:19:30.570 and we're going to be there with our friend Susan 0:19:30.590 --> 0:19:34.770 Shelley from the Howard Jarvis Taxpayer Association talking about Proposition 43, 0:19:34.770 --> 0:19:38.270 the local Taxpayer Protection Act. We want to make it 0:19:38.390 --> 0:19:41.750 harder to raise your taxes. Prop 43 does that, so 0:19:41.790 --> 0:19:46.190 spread the word, yeson43. com. We'll be spreading that message this 0:19:46.310 --> 0:19:49.600 Friday from noon to 3 at Johnny Foley's tomorrow. 0:19:51.119 --> 0:19:51.500 All right. 0:19:51.660 --> 0:19:54.180 It is our pleasure right now to welcome our next 0:19:54.240 --> 0:19:57.740 guest to the program. He is a candidate for governor 0:19:57.920 --> 0:20:01.060 here in the state of California. You can follow him 0:20:01.140 --> 0:20:04.360 on X at SteveHiltonX. Steve Hilton, welcome. 0:20:04.900 --> 0:20:06.480 Great to be with you both. How are you doing? 0:20:07.180 --> 0:20:09.630 I'm good. I'm good. It seems like you're all over 0:20:09.670 --> 0:20:10.050 the place. 0:20:10.410 --> 0:20:10.909 Yeah, yeah, yeah. 0:20:11.240 --> 0:20:13.740 I'm not going to ask you, but I bet you're tired. 0:20:15.080 --> 0:20:15.399 You know what? 0:20:15.420 --> 0:20:18.419 It's really interesting. I am in theory. I'm tired in theory, 0:20:18.460 --> 0:20:21.320 but not in practice. So it's like very little sleep, 0:20:21.380 --> 0:20:25.040 but somehow the energy is there because the people's energy 0:20:25.100 --> 0:20:27.030 is there. We're doing these events all over the state. 0:20:27.720 --> 0:20:33.629 Amazing crowds coming out. Something's happening. Just tonight, I'm in 0:20:33.670 --> 0:20:36.510 Fresno right now. We just did one of my favorite 0:20:36.550 --> 0:20:40.120 events that we do, the gas station takeovers. So we 0:20:40.160 --> 0:20:44.450 offered $ 3 gas today for a limited period only as 0:20:44.510 --> 0:20:46.150 a preview of what you'll get with me as governor. 0:20:46.490 --> 0:20:49.409 And the press conference we did, of course, focused on 0:20:49.430 --> 0:20:53.110 the mileage tax, which now we know Becerra is going 0:20:53.130 --> 0:20:56.100 to introduce. I will veto it. I think we can 0:20:56.150 --> 0:20:58.660 see after this blew up in that interview last night 0:20:58.720 --> 0:21:01.320 with Ashley Zavala, now we can see why he hasn't 0:21:01.340 --> 0:21:03.800 been out on the campaign trail because every time he 0:21:03.840 --> 0:21:07.139 opens his mouth, he just falls into a disaster. 0:21:08.020 --> 0:21:08.800 We played. 0:21:09.330 --> 0:21:12.970 many excerpts of that interview that he did with Ashley Zavala. 0:21:13.470 --> 0:21:16.230 And if you played the drinking game, every time he said, 0:21:16.430 --> 0:21:18.710 I don't know, you would end up in the Betty 0:21:18.790 --> 0:21:21.960 Ford clinic before the end of this show. He didn't 0:21:22.020 --> 0:21:24.380 know what he was going to do about the insurance 0:21:24.440 --> 0:21:27.439 companies and the wildfires. He didn't know what he was 0:21:27.460 --> 0:21:30.740 going to do about the inmates on death row. He 0:21:30.780 --> 0:21:32.859 doesn't know what he's going to do about fill in 0:21:32.900 --> 0:21:36.000 the blank for a guy who doesn't spend his time 0:21:36.020 --> 0:21:40.560 traveling around the state, actively campaigning as candidates normally do, 0:21:41.020 --> 0:21:44.740 he's certainly not spending his time reading the newspapers because 0:21:44.880 --> 0:21:46.440 there's a whole lot he doesn't know. 0:21:47.220 --> 0:21:49.950 It's a desire. I've never actually seen anything like this. So, 0:21:50.410 --> 0:21:52.170 you know, most of my career has been in business. 0:21:52.250 --> 0:21:55.770 I've run restaurants, tech company here, consulting firm, you know, 0:21:55.790 --> 0:21:58.410 but I've been in and around politics, government, the media 0:21:58.650 --> 0:22:01.210 for a long time, one way or another in England 0:22:01.270 --> 0:22:05.590 and here in California, nearly 40 years. I'm just and 0:22:05.609 --> 0:22:08.350 across the world, I've helped out on campaigns across the 0:22:08.390 --> 0:22:12.330 world in nearly four decades. I've never seen such a 0:22:12.369 --> 0:22:15.820 pathetic candidate. I mean, honestly, ever. I've never seen anything 0:22:15.880 --> 0:22:18.260 like this where you've got someone running for this office 0:22:18.560 --> 0:22:21.300