1 00:00:00,240 --> 00:00:02,080 Speaker 1: And very happy Monday to you. 2 00:00:02,120 --> 00:00:05,120 Speaker 2: At twelve oh six in the West, it's the Giant 3 00:00:05,120 --> 00:00:10,760 Speaker 2: Phillips Show, broadcasting live from our sister station KMJAY in Fresno. 4 00:00:11,480 --> 00:00:14,280 Speaker 2: Mister Randy Wggs in Culver City, John. 5 00:00:14,120 --> 00:00:19,599 Speaker 3: We found out late last night that embattled LAUSD superintendent 6 00:00:19,720 --> 00:00:24,840 Speaker 3: Alberto Carvallo is resigning after three months of being put 7 00:00:24,920 --> 00:00:29,080 Speaker 3: on administrative leave after being raided by the FBI. Let's 8 00:00:29,080 --> 00:00:34,199 Speaker 3: all remember Alberto Carvallo's time in the LAUSD with this 9 00:00:34,360 --> 00:00:37,519 Speaker 3: fantastic clip of him telling sick kids to come to 10 00:00:37,560 --> 00:00:38,880 Speaker 3: school because we need the money. 11 00:00:39,159 --> 00:00:42,320 Speaker 4: So for parents, if your child simply has you know, 12 00:00:42,360 --> 00:00:46,080 Speaker 4: a mild coal some sniffles, does not have fever, is 13 00:00:46,120 --> 00:00:48,640 Speaker 4: not vomiting, please send them to school. 14 00:00:50,479 --> 00:00:53,640 Speaker 2: Well so much for all those COVID policies that shut down. 15 00:00:53,440 --> 00:00:54,800 Speaker 1: The schools for over a year. 16 00:00:56,960 --> 00:01:00,280 Speaker 2: Yep, your kid has an iron lung, what the he hell? 17 00:01:00,360 --> 00:01:02,080 Speaker 2: Send them to school anyway. 18 00:01:01,960 --> 00:01:04,880 Speaker 1: We need the funds money. 19 00:01:06,319 --> 00:01:09,200 Speaker 2: Any reaction from Cecily myart Cruz to the news that 20 00:01:09,280 --> 00:01:13,080 Speaker 2: Alberto Carvallo is resigning from office. 21 00:01:12,959 --> 00:01:16,560 Speaker 3: And I want you to be all the way, but 22 00:01:16,680 --> 00:01:19,080 Speaker 3: we're not sure if that's related to Carvallo because she's 23 00:01:19,120 --> 00:01:20,199 Speaker 3: always pissed off. 24 00:01:20,720 --> 00:01:22,560 Speaker 1: That woman has one speed. 25 00:01:22,600 --> 00:01:28,119 Speaker 2: Only eight hundred two two two five two two two 26 00:01:28,520 --> 00:01:31,039 Speaker 2: is the telephone number one eight hundred two to two 27 00:01:31,080 --> 00:01:34,600 Speaker 2: two five two two two. Well, there is a fire 28 00:01:34,760 --> 00:01:38,280 Speaker 2: and an environmental disaster going on right now in the 29 00:01:38,319 --> 00:01:42,039 Speaker 2: city of Los Angeles. It's not just making local news, 30 00:01:42,360 --> 00:01:45,199 Speaker 2: state news, but national and international news. 31 00:01:45,640 --> 00:01:48,080 Speaker 1: And guess what, Just like with the. 32 00:01:48,000 --> 00:01:52,480 Speaker 2: Fires that burned down Pacific Palisades, La Mayor Karen Bass 33 00:01:52,680 --> 00:01:54,800 Speaker 2: wasn't here at a critical time. 34 00:01:55,080 --> 00:01:57,640 Speaker 1: It's not a namsey pamsy thing, that's right. 35 00:01:57,760 --> 00:02:01,640 Speaker 3: Karen Bass was out in Chicago celebrating the opening of 36 00:02:01,680 --> 00:02:06,480 Speaker 3: the Obama Center when this disaster started, A disaster that 37 00:02:06,560 --> 00:02:10,360 Speaker 3: apparently had to do with a solar panel farm on 38 00:02:10,480 --> 00:02:14,800 Speaker 3: the top of a five hundred thousand square foot cold 39 00:02:14,880 --> 00:02:19,919 Speaker 3: storage facility. What was going on, apparently was the people 40 00:02:20,240 --> 00:02:24,959 Speaker 3: were trying to reactivate some solar panels they deactivated two 41 00:02:25,040 --> 00:02:29,919 Speaker 3: years ago because they caught on fire. And the problem 42 00:02:29,960 --> 00:02:34,440 Speaker 3: with solar panel fires, like with EV battery fires and 43 00:02:34,680 --> 00:02:39,600 Speaker 3: lithium ion backup battery fires, is they get so hot 44 00:02:39,800 --> 00:02:44,000 Speaker 3: it is very, very very difficult to actually put them out. 45 00:02:44,520 --> 00:02:47,680 Speaker 3: A simple EV battery fire can take over twenty four 46 00:02:47,720 --> 00:02:50,200 Speaker 3: hours to put out. So imagine when a whole solar 47 00:02:50,400 --> 00:02:54,280 Speaker 3: farm on top of a giant warehouse facility goes on fire, 48 00:02:54,880 --> 00:02:59,360 Speaker 3: which means you have toxic chemicals going all over the 49 00:02:59,440 --> 00:03:03,200 Speaker 3: southern cal California region. I live in the San Fernando Valley, 50 00:03:03,360 --> 00:03:06,919 Speaker 3: not necessarily close but not necessarily far from Boil Heights 51 00:03:06,919 --> 00:03:10,160 Speaker 3: in downtown LA, and I can attest to the entire 52 00:03:10,280 --> 00:03:12,760 Speaker 3: region smelled like death all weekend. 53 00:03:13,480 --> 00:03:15,800 Speaker 2: Now, I'm not a chemist, and I don't even play 54 00:03:15,840 --> 00:03:20,240 Speaker 2: one on TV, but the thought of putting solar panels, 55 00:03:20,760 --> 00:03:24,400 Speaker 2: which you know could be lit on fire and start 56 00:03:24,440 --> 00:03:28,000 Speaker 2: a chemical fire that impacts the entire region on a 57 00:03:28,040 --> 00:03:32,280 Speaker 2: building of that size is akin to smoking will pumping gas. 58 00:03:35,680 --> 00:03:39,480 Speaker 3: We may need to revisit, just like Orange County is 59 00:03:39,520 --> 00:03:42,680 Speaker 3: trying to figure out how the hell we allowed a 60 00:03:42,800 --> 00:03:46,000 Speaker 3: chemical facility that could have led to Garden Grove getting 61 00:03:46,000 --> 00:03:48,360 Speaker 3: wiped off the map. I'm sure there are a lot 62 00:03:48,360 --> 00:03:52,760 Speaker 3: of people wondering whyy oh, why does the giant solar 63 00:03:52,840 --> 00:03:55,400 Speaker 3: farm need to be in the middle of downtown LA 64 00:03:55,640 --> 00:03:59,600 Speaker 3: in Boyle Heights. Maybe they figured no one would see 65 00:03:59,600 --> 00:04:03,119 Speaker 3: the solar panels, so why not put it there because 66 00:04:03,240 --> 00:04:06,360 Speaker 3: when you put solar panels on the roofs of single 67 00:04:06,400 --> 00:04:10,480 Speaker 3: family homes, it looks like the top of Mikhil Gorbachev's head. 68 00:04:13,040 --> 00:04:17,720 Speaker 3: For more on the disaster going on in Boyle Heights, 69 00:04:17,720 --> 00:04:20,600 Speaker 3: here's the latest that we have from Fox eleven. 70 00:04:20,360 --> 00:04:24,120 Speaker 5: A state of emergency. Lin in communication with the governor 71 00:04:24,440 --> 00:04:27,360 Speaker 5: and his office, he declared a state of emergency. 72 00:04:27,720 --> 00:04:30,320 Speaker 1: Gavin's not even coming down for this one. Oh No, 73 00:04:30,560 --> 00:04:32,599 Speaker 1: wasn't he in Chicago too? Yes? 74 00:04:33,120 --> 00:04:36,839 Speaker 5: Which allowed us to get resources from the region and 75 00:04:37,000 --> 00:04:39,920 Speaker 5: also to make sure that our fire department had no 76 00:04:40,120 --> 00:04:43,599 Speaker 5: financial constraints and is able to meet the needs here. 77 00:04:44,040 --> 00:04:44,880 Speaker 1: That means nothing. 78 00:04:45,520 --> 00:04:48,600 Speaker 2: Maybe what she's going to do is have the helicopters, 79 00:04:48,640 --> 00:04:52,039 Speaker 2: you know, the scoopers fly down to the Tiajuana River 80 00:04:52,680 --> 00:04:55,760 Speaker 2: and scoop out some of that well, I can't really 81 00:04:55,760 --> 00:04:59,240 Speaker 2: call it water, Let's just call it wet substance and 82 00:04:59,320 --> 00:05:00,479 Speaker 2: dump that on the fire. 83 00:05:01,320 --> 00:05:05,839 Speaker 3: The mental gymnastics that mister John Phillips goes through to 84 00:05:05,960 --> 00:05:08,880 Speaker 3: find some way to get me to play this drop 85 00:05:09,040 --> 00:05:12,159 Speaker 3: you can is truly extraordinary. 86 00:05:13,040 --> 00:05:16,400 Speaker 2: Now, what do you think would happen if the scooper 87 00:05:17,240 --> 00:05:20,640 Speaker 2: dumped a scoop of water from the Tiajuana River that 88 00:05:20,800 --> 00:05:24,800 Speaker 2: is also filled with dangerous chemicals. On top of the fire, 89 00:05:25,440 --> 00:05:26,800 Speaker 2: that is a chemical fire. 90 00:05:28,400 --> 00:05:31,000 Speaker 3: I'm going to imagine that we don't want to even 91 00:05:31,040 --> 00:05:33,839 Speaker 3: approach that we don't need to have our own Chernobyl 92 00:05:34,120 --> 00:05:35,400 Speaker 3: in boil Heights. 93 00:05:37,080 --> 00:05:40,080 Speaker 6: Now at five point thirty firefighters continuing to battle a 94 00:05:40,160 --> 00:05:43,800 Speaker 6: massive warehouse fire in Boil Heights for the fifth day, 95 00:05:44,880 --> 00:05:48,080 Speaker 6: and for the fifth day, sending toxic smoke across La County. 96 00:05:48,279 --> 00:05:52,800 Speaker 3: And by the way, this cold storage facility apparently already 97 00:05:53,320 --> 00:05:56,360 Speaker 3: millions of tons of food has spoiled. 98 00:05:56,960 --> 00:06:00,760 Speaker 2: Okay, why is it that we're having any youth sports 99 00:06:00,839 --> 00:06:05,279 Speaker 2: going on right now outdoors? I'm sorry. I love to 100 00:06:05,320 --> 00:06:09,720 Speaker 2: play golf just as much as the next guy. I 101 00:06:09,839 --> 00:06:12,920 Speaker 2: don't think I would be playing eighteen holes of golf 102 00:06:13,000 --> 00:06:16,360 Speaker 2: right now in Los Angeles County with all of those 103 00:06:16,440 --> 00:06:17,440 Speaker 2: chemicals in the air. 104 00:06:17,720 --> 00:06:21,080 Speaker 3: I didn't feel comfortable walking my dogs this weekend until 105 00:06:21,080 --> 00:06:23,760 Speaker 3: it started getting windy and that smoke blew away. But 106 00:06:24,200 --> 00:06:28,280 Speaker 3: it's not just a smoke smell. There's all kinds of toxins. 107 00:06:28,320 --> 00:06:31,360 Speaker 3: This is part of the reason why the Palisades fire 108 00:06:31,520 --> 00:06:34,120 Speaker 3: was so destructive. Was it wasn't just the homes that 109 00:06:34,200 --> 00:06:37,200 Speaker 3: burned down, but it was the EV's, the solar panels, 110 00:06:37,240 --> 00:06:40,679 Speaker 3: and the EV backup batteries that burned down. Yes, these 111 00:06:40,720 --> 00:06:44,680 Speaker 3: technologies can reduce our dependence on oil and gas what 112 00:06:44,839 --> 00:06:48,400 Speaker 3: have you, but they're not perfect and when they catch 113 00:06:48,440 --> 00:06:51,920 Speaker 3: on fire, it can be a disaster. How in the 114 00:06:51,960 --> 00:06:56,120 Speaker 3: hell did they play a baseball game at Dodger Stadium 115 00:06:56,600 --> 00:06:59,880 Speaker 3: with all of those chemicals in the air and for. 116 00:06:59,839 --> 00:07:03,160 Speaker 6: The fifth day sending toxic smoke across La County. 117 00:07:03,000 --> 00:07:05,280 Speaker 3: As you just heard, Well show haz on paternity leaves, 118 00:07:05,320 --> 00:07:06,280 Speaker 3: it probably didn't matter. 119 00:07:06,880 --> 00:07:11,640 Speaker 2: But if you're the players union and everyone knows there's 120 00:07:11,640 --> 00:07:14,440 Speaker 2: going to be a lockout next season anyway, so what 121 00:07:14,520 --> 00:07:18,440 Speaker 2: really does it matter? Why not throw down over this 122 00:07:18,520 --> 00:07:21,880 Speaker 2: and say, guess what, our members are not playing in 123 00:07:21,920 --> 00:07:23,720 Speaker 2: a dangerous situation like this. 124 00:07:24,240 --> 00:07:26,800 Speaker 1: Canceled the game and for. 125 00:07:26,800 --> 00:07:30,080 Speaker 6: The fifth day, sending toxic smoke across La County as 126 00:07:30,080 --> 00:07:33,160 Speaker 6: you just heard, Mark Karen Mass and Governor Gavin Newsom 127 00:07:33,200 --> 00:07:35,920 Speaker 6: have declared a state of emergency as crews worked to 128 00:07:35,960 --> 00:07:38,760 Speaker 6: contain the blaze. Let's not take a live look from 129 00:07:38,840 --> 00:07:42,960 Speaker 6: Skyfox as you see that the conditions continue with water 130 00:07:43,120 --> 00:07:46,720 Speaker 6: onto the fire, but plenty of smoke coming off of 131 00:07:46,720 --> 00:07:49,760 Speaker 6: that fire. And for the first time for me is 132 00:07:49,800 --> 00:07:52,560 Speaker 6: to see that that wall there has come all the 133 00:07:52,600 --> 00:07:55,080 Speaker 6: way down. I was there yesterday and that is not 134 00:07:55,200 --> 00:07:59,480 Speaker 6: the way it looks. So clearly the fire has made 135 00:07:59,560 --> 00:08:03,400 Speaker 6: some roads with the building to the point that that 136 00:08:03,480 --> 00:08:05,280 Speaker 6: part of the building has collapsed. 137 00:08:05,920 --> 00:08:08,720 Speaker 3: Yeah, that whole building's going down. That whole warehouse is 138 00:08:08,760 --> 00:08:11,520 Speaker 3: going down. It's weird. There have been so many warehouse 139 00:08:11,600 --> 00:08:15,640 Speaker 3: fires this year, whether you're talking about the intentional ones 140 00:08:15,920 --> 00:08:18,800 Speaker 3: that happen in the Inland Empire, or you just had 141 00:08:18,800 --> 00:08:22,120 Speaker 3: a medical facility warehouse burned down in Tracy and there's 142 00:08:22,120 --> 00:08:24,600 Speaker 3: all kinds of shortages because of that. And now you 143 00:08:24,600 --> 00:08:27,440 Speaker 3: have this cold storage warehouse burning down that could lead 144 00:08:27,480 --> 00:08:31,400 Speaker 3: to potential food shortages of frozen foods like Dino nuggets. 145 00:08:32,320 --> 00:08:35,440 Speaker 2: It does feel like a man bites Dog story whenever 146 00:08:35,480 --> 00:08:38,839 Speaker 2: we talk about a fire that wasn't started by the homeless. 147 00:08:39,920 --> 00:08:44,280 Speaker 6: Me residents are facing health concerns, business disruptions, and air 148 00:08:44,400 --> 00:08:47,280 Speaker 6: quality issues. Welcome to the Fox Loved Weekend News. 149 00:08:47,320 --> 00:08:49,720 Speaker 3: I'm sus how long before Farrera comes out and tells 150 00:08:49,720 --> 00:08:50,600 Speaker 3: you to wear the mask? 151 00:08:51,200 --> 00:08:51,360 Speaker 1: Oh? 152 00:08:51,440 --> 00:08:54,600 Speaker 2: Yeah, Yeah, we have a dangerous chemical fire going on 153 00:08:54,679 --> 00:08:57,960 Speaker 2: in downtown Los Angeles. So she's going to be buy 154 00:08:58,000 --> 00:09:01,480 Speaker 2: an ad time on channels two, four, five, seven, eleven, 155 00:09:01,720 --> 00:09:06,400 Speaker 2: and thirteen reminding everyone to wear a condom. 156 00:09:06,559 --> 00:09:08,679 Speaker 6: Welcome to the Fox Loven Weekend News. I'm Susan here, 157 00:09:08,679 --> 00:09:11,840 Speaker 6: Asuona fox Leves. Christi Vardo is live in Boyle Heights 158 00:09:11,920 --> 00:09:15,320 Speaker 6: with the latest on this Christy. 159 00:09:15,480 --> 00:09:18,360 Speaker 4: Yes, isn't it a news conference? Chief Heiman Moore actually 160 00:09:18,360 --> 00:09:20,120 Speaker 4: said that well did not collapse. He said they were 161 00:09:20,160 --> 00:09:22,480 Speaker 4: able to tear it down, and he says that is 162 00:09:22,559 --> 00:09:25,800 Speaker 4: progress because it'll allow them to put water inside the building. 163 00:09:26,040 --> 00:09:29,120 Speaker 4: At that same news conference, Mayor Karen Bass reiterated that 164 00:09:29,200 --> 00:09:32,400 Speaker 4: it is not necessary for people to evacuate, but said 165 00:09:32,400 --> 00:09:34,640 Speaker 4: if people are sure. 166 00:09:34,440 --> 00:09:38,640 Speaker 2: About that, I wonder what Karen Bass's first reaction was 167 00:09:38,800 --> 00:09:41,920 Speaker 2: in Chicago when they told her that there was a 168 00:09:42,000 --> 00:09:47,400 Speaker 2: chemical fire going on in downtown Los Angeles, because the 169 00:09:47,480 --> 00:09:52,280 Speaker 2: last time it was uh uh uh fire. 170 00:09:52,320 --> 00:09:53,840 Speaker 1: The Lesbian Fire chief. 171 00:09:57,320 --> 00:10:01,079 Speaker 4: No for people to evacuate, but said if people are 172 00:10:01,240 --> 00:10:04,560 Speaker 4: uncomfortable staying at home, they should come to shelters like 173 00:10:04,920 --> 00:10:06,640 Speaker 4: this one that has been set up by the Red 174 00:10:06,679 --> 00:10:10,199 Speaker 4: Cross at Pequan Recreation Center. But let's go up to 175 00:10:10,240 --> 00:10:11,840 Speaker 4: sky Fox because I want to show you what the 176 00:10:11,880 --> 00:10:15,120 Speaker 4: Palos incident, that's what they're calling it, looks like right now. 177 00:10:15,400 --> 00:10:20,160 Speaker 4: And Chief Moore actually says that this is progress. The building, 178 00:10:20,200 --> 00:10:21,280 Speaker 4: by the way, he says. 179 00:10:21,360 --> 00:10:25,320 Speaker 3: It's not a great sign that we have situations now 180 00:10:25,360 --> 00:10:29,880 Speaker 3: where there are fires that burn so badly we cannot 181 00:10:29,920 --> 00:10:33,320 Speaker 3: put them. This isn't like a wildfire where it's spreading everywhere. 182 00:10:33,360 --> 00:10:36,520 Speaker 3: This is a contained area, but we cannot put out 183 00:10:36,520 --> 00:10:39,920 Speaker 3: the flames with the technology that we have. No, this 184 00:10:40,080 --> 00:10:42,920 Speaker 3: is like one of those birthday candles when you turn 185 00:10:43,040 --> 00:10:45,520 Speaker 3: fifty and you blow and blow and blow and blow 186 00:10:45,559 --> 00:10:47,559 Speaker 3: and blow, and it won't go out. 187 00:10:47,720 --> 00:10:49,560 Speaker 1: And no, I'm not turning that into a drop. 188 00:10:50,240 --> 00:10:52,400 Speaker 4: The building, by the way, he says, is five hundred 189 00:10:52,440 --> 00:10:55,120 Speaker 4: thousand square feet. And he also told us today that 190 00:10:55,200 --> 00:10:58,600 Speaker 4: solar panels on top of that same building caught fire 191 00:10:58,720 --> 00:10:59,960 Speaker 4: back in twenty twenty four. 192 00:11:00,559 --> 00:11:02,440 Speaker 3: This is the part of the story that kind of 193 00:11:02,440 --> 00:11:06,240 Speaker 3: shocked me. Wait a second, this has already happened before. 194 00:11:06,960 --> 00:11:11,200 Speaker 3: How often do these things catch fire? Specifically with this 195 00:11:11,360 --> 00:11:14,920 Speaker 3: solar farm on top of this massive warehouse in downtown 196 00:11:15,040 --> 00:11:17,199 Speaker 3: La that is a very good question. 197 00:11:18,040 --> 00:11:20,680 Speaker 4: On top of that, same building caught fire back in 198 00:11:20,720 --> 00:11:25,040 Speaker 4: twenty twenty four and were deactivated. He says they believe 199 00:11:25,080 --> 00:11:28,360 Speaker 4: the fire started on Wednesday because crews were working on 200 00:11:28,559 --> 00:11:31,280 Speaker 4: those panels to get them back up and running, and 201 00:11:31,320 --> 00:11:34,720 Speaker 4: the panels were energized because they have those lithium batteries 202 00:11:35,080 --> 00:11:36,960 Speaker 4: and he said, just like at home, sometimes there's still 203 00:11:36,960 --> 00:11:40,480 Speaker 4: a charge. And he says that sparked three different friars. 204 00:11:40,559 --> 00:11:43,840 Speaker 4: Crews got two out but called nine one one after 205 00:11:43,880 --> 00:11:44,319 Speaker 4: the third. 206 00:11:45,160 --> 00:11:45,640 Speaker 1: Yikes. 207 00:11:47,920 --> 00:11:51,360 Speaker 2: So my dad's business was in the city of Vernon, 208 00:11:51,400 --> 00:11:54,680 Speaker 2: which is just east of downtown Los Angeles, not far 209 00:11:54,760 --> 00:11:58,640 Speaker 2: from where this fire is, and there are a lot 210 00:11:58,760 --> 00:12:02,719 Speaker 2: of cold storages and warehouses in Vernon. Vernon was one 211 00:12:02,760 --> 00:12:08,840 Speaker 2: of the last pockets of industry and manufacturing in Los Angeles. 212 00:12:09,000 --> 00:12:14,920 Speaker 2: That's where Michael Jackson's music video Thriller was shot, for example, and. 213 00:12:15,200 --> 00:12:16,880 Speaker 1: The Vernon Fire Department. 214 00:12:17,000 --> 00:12:20,359 Speaker 2: Vernon has its own police department and its own fire department, 215 00:12:21,080 --> 00:12:23,360 Speaker 2: and one of the reasons why it was so important 216 00:12:23,360 --> 00:12:27,120 Speaker 2: to those businesses that Vernon have its own independent police 217 00:12:27,160 --> 00:12:29,680 Speaker 2: and fire departments and not be part of La County 218 00:12:30,040 --> 00:12:33,760 Speaker 2: or not become part of La city is that the 219 00:12:33,840 --> 00:12:37,480 Speaker 2: demands in an industrial area like that are different than 220 00:12:37,520 --> 00:12:39,160 Speaker 2: what you would have in an area with a lot 221 00:12:39,160 --> 00:12:43,440 Speaker 2: of homes or let's say, canyons. The fire department in 222 00:12:43,559 --> 00:12:48,560 Speaker 2: Vernon is very specialized in how to put out chemical fires, 223 00:12:49,080 --> 00:12:51,360 Speaker 2: because those are the types of fires you get when 224 00:12:51,360 --> 00:12:54,520 Speaker 2: you have a cold storage, when you have manufacturing, when 225 00:12:54,559 --> 00:12:56,240 Speaker 2: you have a lot of chemicals that are in use 226 00:12:56,280 --> 00:12:59,360 Speaker 2: for a variety of reasons. I wonder if the City 227 00:12:59,360 --> 00:13:03,720 Speaker 2: of Los Angeles is accepting help from departments like Vernon, 228 00:13:04,360 --> 00:13:07,319 Speaker 2: like the City of Industry, like the City of Commerce, 229 00:13:07,640 --> 00:13:11,439 Speaker 2: where those guys and gals and those fire departments specialize 230 00:13:11,480 --> 00:13:12,679 Speaker 2: in fighting fires like. 231 00:13:12,640 --> 00:13:16,559 Speaker 4: This Lineage, which is the company that operates the cold 232 00:13:16,559 --> 00:13:20,760 Speaker 4: storage facility there, leases the five hundred thousand square foot warehouse, 233 00:13:21,160 --> 00:13:24,319 Speaker 4: but says they do not own or operate the panels 234 00:13:24,559 --> 00:13:26,800 Speaker 4: which are on the roof of the massive building. The 235 00:13:26,840 --> 00:13:27,520 Speaker 4: governor as you. 236 00:13:27,679 --> 00:13:30,079 Speaker 3: How about that, You're a commercial business owner. You own 237 00:13:30,160 --> 00:13:33,120 Speaker 3: this massive warehouse, and you're leasing the inside to the 238 00:13:33,160 --> 00:13:36,880 Speaker 3: refrigeration company, and you're leasing the roof to the solar company, 239 00:13:37,080 --> 00:13:40,199 Speaker 3: and the solar company screws up and burns down everything. 240 00:13:41,760 --> 00:13:42,559 Speaker 1: Now do we know of. 241 00:13:42,640 --> 00:13:47,920 Speaker 2: This building is owned by Donald Sterling. He's still alive, 242 00:13:48,600 --> 00:13:49,080 Speaker 2: I think so. 243 00:13:49,920 --> 00:13:52,839 Speaker 4: The governor, as you said, has declared a state of emergency, 244 00:13:53,120 --> 00:13:55,920 Speaker 4: and La City Fire says it's getting twelve more fire 245 00:13:55,960 --> 00:13:59,440 Speaker 4: engines and six trucks. The chief also says they've switched 246 00:13:59,480 --> 00:14:03,560 Speaker 4: up their and they made great progress today. 247 00:14:03,400 --> 00:14:07,079 Speaker 7: With the support of the building owner and the building occupant. 248 00:14:07,080 --> 00:14:10,880 Speaker 7: As the mayor mentioned, they've been extremely supportive of our operations, 249 00:14:11,040 --> 00:14:13,520 Speaker 7: and they've requested water cannons from as far away as 250 00:14:13,600 --> 00:14:15,520 Speaker 7: Texas that you're coming in today. 251 00:14:16,040 --> 00:14:19,640 Speaker 1: So I would anticipate we don't have water cannons. 252 00:14:20,280 --> 00:14:23,520 Speaker 3: We have to borrow them from Texas. Now, I'll be 253 00:14:23,640 --> 00:14:26,440 Speaker 3: totally honest. I don't know what a water canon is. 254 00:14:26,840 --> 00:14:27,080 Speaker 1: To me. 255 00:14:27,200 --> 00:14:30,080 Speaker 3: That sounds like something that you play with in the pool. 256 00:14:30,280 --> 00:14:34,640 Speaker 3: But whatever it is, why don't we have it here? Well, 257 00:14:35,000 --> 00:14:37,920 Speaker 3: here's something I do know. If they're sending those water 258 00:14:38,040 --> 00:14:41,840 Speaker 3: cannons to Los Angeles from Texas and they're on American airlines, 259 00:14:42,120 --> 00:14:49,520 Speaker 3: they will be delayed. So hopefully you guys have Admiral's club. 260 00:14:49,880 --> 00:14:53,080 Speaker 7: So I would anticipate this smoke for about two more days, 261 00:14:53,120 --> 00:14:53,880 Speaker 7: possibly three. 262 00:14:54,280 --> 00:14:55,600 Speaker 1: But now we're going to extinguish. 263 00:14:55,640 --> 00:14:59,640 Speaker 3: If you live in La County, do not spend much 264 00:14:59,680 --> 00:15:04,600 Speaker 3: time outside if possible. I was going to smoke pulled 265 00:15:04,640 --> 00:15:06,920 Speaker 3: pork this week, and I'm like, nope, I'm not going 266 00:15:07,000 --> 00:15:09,440 Speaker 3: to add any more toxins to the atmosphere. 267 00:15:10,280 --> 00:15:11,120 Speaker 1: Well, if this. 268 00:15:11,080 --> 00:15:13,200 Speaker 2: Goes on for more than two days, all of us 269 00:15:13,200 --> 00:15:15,200 Speaker 2: get to spin the wheel to find out what kind 270 00:15:15,200 --> 00:15:16,400 Speaker 2: of cancer we're going to get. 271 00:15:16,800 --> 00:15:18,400 Speaker 7: But now we're going to extinguish the fire, and we're 272 00:15:18,440 --> 00:15:20,360 Speaker 7: going to do that aggressively. We're gonna go in there, 273 00:15:20,360 --> 00:15:22,560 Speaker 7: we're gonna put this fire out, and then we're gonna 274 00:15:22,560 --> 00:15:24,680 Speaker 7: be able to mitigate all the other hazards in around 275 00:15:24,720 --> 00:15:26,520 Speaker 7: the area and turn it back over to the building 276 00:15:26,520 --> 00:15:27,560 Speaker 7: owner and occupant. 277 00:15:28,200 --> 00:15:29,320 Speaker 1: The building's done. 278 00:15:29,560 --> 00:15:33,400 Speaker 2: Yeah, Yeah, I don't think you're going to be storing 279 00:15:33,400 --> 00:15:35,720 Speaker 2: any Klondike bars in there anytime soon. 280 00:15:36,520 --> 00:15:38,960 Speaker 4: And you might be seeing people wearing masks in areas 281 00:15:39,000 --> 00:15:41,480 Speaker 4: outside of boil Heights, and that's because the South Coast 282 00:15:41,520 --> 00:15:46,040 Speaker 4: Air Quality Management District has issued a particle pollution advisory 283 00:15:46,440 --> 00:15:50,280 Speaker 4: until twelve thirty pm tomorrow because of the fire and 284 00:15:50,320 --> 00:15:53,560 Speaker 4: the smoke, saying they've measured unhealthy to very unhealthy air 285 00:15:53,680 --> 00:15:56,359 Speaker 4: quality for people with sensitivity to pollutants. 286 00:15:56,680 --> 00:15:59,080 Speaker 3: And you know, again, I don't live too close to this, 287 00:15:59,320 --> 00:16:03,000 Speaker 3: but the air just kind of sticks around. When I 288 00:16:03,080 --> 00:16:06,880 Speaker 3: walked outside of my house on Saturday morning, it reminded 289 00:16:06,920 --> 00:16:09,960 Speaker 3: me of what it smelled like during the Palisades fires. 290 00:16:10,200 --> 00:16:13,400 Speaker 3: And again a lot of those same toxic chemicals were 291 00:16:13,440 --> 00:16:14,800 Speaker 3: going on with that as well. 292 00:16:16,480 --> 00:16:19,640 Speaker 4: For central La County, the San Gabriel Valley and East 293 00:16:19,800 --> 00:16:24,080 Speaker 4: San Fernando Valleys, and also La City Fire is urging 294 00:16:24,120 --> 00:16:29,280 Speaker 4: anyone who sees or smells smokes to stay indoors and 295 00:16:29,800 --> 00:16:30,800 Speaker 4: they're back out here live. 296 00:16:30,840 --> 00:16:36,080 Speaker 2: There are no pull parties for you, no cannon balls, 297 00:16:36,200 --> 00:16:37,160 Speaker 2: no barbecues. 298 00:16:37,640 --> 00:16:38,680 Speaker 1: They're back out here live. 299 00:16:38,760 --> 00:16:42,240 Speaker 4: There are some masks that are available here at this 300 00:16:42,560 --> 00:16:44,720 Speaker 4: Red Cross shelter for people who need them. They told 301 00:16:44,720 --> 00:16:46,520 Speaker 4: me at least fifty people have come by to pick 302 00:16:46,560 --> 00:16:49,160 Speaker 4: them up, and they say headful people are also staying there. 303 00:16:49,160 --> 00:16:52,640 Speaker 4: But in the meantime, Lineage says that they again do 304 00:16:52,800 --> 00:16:56,880 Speaker 4: not operate the solar panels and they also do not 305 00:16:56,960 --> 00:17:00,200 Speaker 4: own the buildings to say they least this cold storage facility. 306 00:17:00,000 --> 00:17:02,520 Speaker 4: They also say they've given two million dollars to a 307 00:17:02,560 --> 00:17:06,439 Speaker 4: community fund to help those who have been impacted by 308 00:17:06,600 --> 00:17:09,120 Speaker 4: the fire, and I want to show you their statement, 309 00:17:09,200 --> 00:17:10,680 Speaker 4: or at least part of the statement, because it wasn't 310 00:17:10,760 --> 00:17:14,440 Speaker 4: lengthy statement. It reads Liddage top priority is the health 311 00:17:14,480 --> 00:17:17,639 Speaker 4: and safety of our team members, partners, and the communities 312 00:17:17,640 --> 00:17:19,040 Speaker 4: in which we live and operate. 313 00:17:19,359 --> 00:17:23,280 Speaker 3: Well, this isn't on them, it's they are not the 314 00:17:23,359 --> 00:17:26,320 Speaker 3: company that started this fire. They just happened to be 315 00:17:26,400 --> 00:17:29,040 Speaker 3: in the building that is on fire right now. But 316 00:17:29,119 --> 00:17:31,760 Speaker 3: it's whoever was operating the solar panel farm that was 317 00:17:31,800 --> 00:17:35,439 Speaker 3: trying to reactivate solar panels that already caught on fire 318 00:17:35,520 --> 00:17:41,320 Speaker 3: three years ago. And that's only the fire that we 319 00:17:41,400 --> 00:17:45,439 Speaker 3: know about. Maybe there are other fires that happened that 320 00:17:45,560 --> 00:17:50,919 Speaker 3: haven't been reported yet. It's definitely possible. We'll keep an 321 00:17:50,960 --> 00:17:53,679 Speaker 3: eye on this, but for the next couple of days, 322 00:17:53,760 --> 00:17:57,480 Speaker 3: if you're in the Greater Los Angeles area, pretend like 323 00:17:57,520 --> 00:18:00,760 Speaker 3: it's COVID and don't go outside. 324 00:18:01,560 --> 00:18:06,160 Speaker 2: My goodness, everyone knows you can't let something burn that's 325 00:18:06,240 --> 00:18:11,040 Speaker 2: made with nothing but hazardous chemicals. That's why Michael Jackson 326 00:18:11,080 --> 00:18:19,160 Speaker 2: couldn't get cremated. Proud of yourself, it's the giant Phillip Show. 327 00:18:19,440 --> 00:18:22,440 Speaker 2: Eight hundred two two two five two two two is 328 00:18:22,480 --> 00:18:25,560 Speaker 2: the telephone number one eight hundred two two two five 329 00:18:25,640 --> 00:18:28,440 Speaker 2: two two two. If you'd like to email the show, 330 00:18:28,480 --> 00:18:30,560 Speaker 2: you can do so at Johnny Don't Like Show at 331 00:18:30,560 --> 00:18:34,320 Speaker 2: gmail dot com. That's Johnny Don't Like Show at gmail 332 00:18:34,480 --> 00:18:37,960 Speaker 2: dot com. And come July, you're gonna be able to 333 00:18:38,000 --> 00:18:40,360 Speaker 2: not just listen to us, but watch us too. 334 00:18:40,880 --> 00:18:44,960 Speaker 3: Starting on July first, which is a week from Wednesday, 335 00:18:45,480 --> 00:18:49,440 Speaker 3: you'll be able to watch the John Phillips Show streaming 336 00:18:49,560 --> 00:18:53,480 Speaker 3: live on video on our websites KABC dot com and 337 00:18:53,600 --> 00:18:57,720 Speaker 3: KSFO dot com, as well as YouTube and Twitter and 338 00:18:57,800 --> 00:19:00,359 Speaker 3: Facebook and who knows what else. I was being talked 339 00:19:00,359 --> 00:19:02,760 Speaker 3: all weekend. How we got to put ourselves on TikTok too, 340 00:19:02,880 --> 00:19:05,880 Speaker 3: So we'll see but not only be able to listen 341 00:19:05,960 --> 00:19:08,199 Speaker 3: to this show and download the podcast, but you'll be 342 00:19:08,160 --> 00:19:11,359 Speaker 3: able to watch us in real time live comment on 343 00:19:11,480 --> 00:19:13,600 Speaker 3: the show. Some of those comments will be seen on 344 00:19:13,680 --> 00:19:16,520 Speaker 3: the screen, and of course you can watch and react 345 00:19:16,520 --> 00:19:19,480 Speaker 3: to all the crazy stories that we cover in real 346 00:19:19,600 --> 00:19:23,560 Speaker 3: time live on video starting a week from Wednesday. 347 00:19:24,560 --> 00:19:28,080 Speaker 1: And we're also going to do a standalone podcast. 348 00:19:27,760 --> 00:19:30,239 Speaker 3: Starting a week from Wednesday, which means we're gonna need 349 00:19:30,280 --> 00:19:34,480 Speaker 3: to tape that soon. It is the brand new, exclusive 350 00:19:34,560 --> 00:19:38,720 Speaker 3: content additional hour of the John Phillips Show, The Accountability 351 00:19:38,760 --> 00:19:41,000 Speaker 3: Podcast with John Phillips and Randy Waang. 352 00:19:40,760 --> 00:19:42,760 Speaker 8: Accountability, Accountability, Accountability. 353 00:19:42,800 --> 00:19:45,520 Speaker 3: There are hours and hours and hours of show prep 354 00:19:45,560 --> 00:19:47,520 Speaker 3: that I do that we never get to, so we 355 00:19:47,600 --> 00:19:51,240 Speaker 3: needed more time, and what we decided to do was 356 00:19:51,320 --> 00:19:54,360 Speaker 3: create our own special podcast where we can cover all 357 00:19:54,400 --> 00:19:56,360 Speaker 3: of the stories that we never had time to get 358 00:19:56,400 --> 00:19:59,520 Speaker 3: to on this noon to three show. So when we 359 00:19:59,600 --> 00:20:01,960 Speaker 3: have that feed up, we'll tell you how to subscribe. 360 00:20:02,119 --> 00:20:05,840 Speaker 3: The Accountability Podcast with John Phillips and Randy Wang premiering 361 00:20:05,960 --> 00:20:07,240 Speaker 3: a week from Wednesday. 362 00:20:07,280 --> 00:20:09,399 Speaker 8: Accountability, Accountability, Accountability. 363 00:20:09,880 --> 00:20:13,600 Speaker 2: And come Saturday, assuming they put out the chemical fire, 364 00:20:14,000 --> 00:20:16,919 Speaker 2: we're going to be running for the Union Rescue Mission. 365 00:20:17,240 --> 00:20:20,200 Speaker 3: Oh boy, I didn't think about that. Well, right now, 366 00:20:20,200 --> 00:20:23,840 Speaker 3: it's still happening. We're lacing up for something that actually matters, 367 00:20:23,880 --> 00:20:28,240 Speaker 3: the Union Rescue Mission. Five K ten K Walk Run 368 00:20:28,280 --> 00:20:32,639 Speaker 3: in Griffith Park. Mark your calendar for Saturday, June twenty seventh. 369 00:20:32,640 --> 00:20:35,000 Speaker 3: It'll be a great morning for a great cause and 370 00:20:35,080 --> 00:20:38,400 Speaker 3: we'll be there in person, running or walking or doing 371 00:20:38,440 --> 00:20:42,359 Speaker 3: something between joined team KABC. Stop by, say hello, we'd 372 00:20:42,359 --> 00:20:45,359 Speaker 3: love to meet you. Every step supports the incredible work 373 00:20:45,400 --> 00:20:48,959 Speaker 3: the Union Rescue Mission is doing right here in Los Angeles. 374 00:20:49,200 --> 00:20:50,879 Speaker 3: If you'd like to sign up, you can do so 375 00:20:51,080 --> 00:20:53,840 Speaker 3: at RM dot org slash run Walk. 376 00:20:54,400 --> 00:20:55,040 Speaker 1: I'm not too. 377 00:20:55,000 --> 00:20:57,159 Speaker 2: Worried about it, But then again, I was planning on 378 00:20:57,240 --> 00:21:02,720 Speaker 2: cheating anyway. You know the old saying, Randy, what's that 379 00:21:02,800 --> 00:21:05,320 Speaker 2: if you can lose, if you must, but always cheat. 380 00:21:07,720 --> 00:21:10,680 Speaker 3: It's got to take some gusto to cheat at a charity. 381 00:21:10,760 --> 00:21:15,240 Speaker 3: Five K, Hey, I've got a golf cart ready to go. 382 00:21:17,920 --> 00:21:19,520 Speaker 3: In the meantime, what do you say we make a 383 00:21:19,520 --> 00:21:21,280 Speaker 3: couple of listeners very happy? 384 00:21:21,440 --> 00:21:22,720 Speaker 1: Well, let's do that right now. 385 00:21:22,840 --> 00:21:27,439 Speaker 3: Seven ninety KABCAY Welcomes, Abba, La and Elton. The Early 386 00:21:27,560 --> 00:21:30,399 Speaker 3: Year is a fully immersive tribute act of the Pacific 387 00:21:30,440 --> 00:21:33,719 Speaker 3: Amphitheater at the OC Fair on July twenty fifth. Tickets 388 00:21:33,720 --> 00:21:36,920 Speaker 3: are on sale now at pacamp dot com, but right 389 00:21:36,960 --> 00:21:40,000 Speaker 3: now caller number nine at one eight eight eight seven 390 00:21:40,119 --> 00:21:42,600 Speaker 3: ninety five two two two gets a pair of tickets 391 00:21:42,640 --> 00:21:45,399 Speaker 3: to the show. All concert tickets include ad mission to 392 00:21:45,440 --> 00:21:49,679 Speaker 3: the OC Fair. Tickets furnished by the Pacific Amphitheater. Good 393 00:21:50,160 --> 00:21:51,600 Speaker 3: Luck Dyland. 394 00:21:51,960 --> 00:21:54,160 Speaker 2: As I mentioned at the top of the show, I'm 395 00:21:54,160 --> 00:21:58,960 Speaker 2: in Fresno today, but I was in Sacramento five days 396 00:21:59,000 --> 00:22:04,000 Speaker 2: prior to today, and the big talk in Sacramento was 397 00:22:04,119 --> 00:22:07,480 Speaker 2: how much trouble is Gavin in with the FBI, but 398 00:22:07,600 --> 00:22:13,080 Speaker 2: also will Gavin and the SCIU cut a deal to 399 00:22:13,200 --> 00:22:18,200 Speaker 2: take the wealth confiscation tax off the November ballot. So far, 400 00:22:18,520 --> 00:22:22,520 Speaker 2: the answer is no, and it looks like a deal 401 00:22:22,680 --> 00:22:26,639 Speaker 2: will likely not be reached. One of the reasons is 402 00:22:26,680 --> 00:22:30,720 Speaker 2: that Dana Williamson, who was the longtime chief of staff 403 00:22:30,800 --> 00:22:34,359 Speaker 2: known for threatening people on the phone, is no longer 404 00:22:34,400 --> 00:22:38,080 Speaker 2: the chief of staff of Galvin Newsom. So if Gavin 405 00:22:38,320 --> 00:22:42,680 Speaker 2: is an absentee landlord and he's gallivanting around the globe 406 00:22:42,680 --> 00:22:48,280 Speaker 2: trying to promote himself as a presidential candidate, Unfortunately for him, 407 00:22:48,680 --> 00:22:52,840 Speaker 2: he doesn't have drunk Dana back in Sacramento pulling her 408 00:22:52,880 --> 00:22:55,359 Speaker 2: nose out of a bottle of gin long enough to 409 00:22:55,440 --> 00:22:58,159 Speaker 2: go up to one of these union bosses, kick him 410 00:22:58,200 --> 00:23:00,600 Speaker 2: in the crotch and tell him if he doesn't do 411 00:23:00,720 --> 00:23:02,919 Speaker 2: what she says, he's going to end up in the 412 00:23:02,920 --> 00:23:06,000 Speaker 2: trunk of a Nissan Altima and ultimately the bottom of 413 00:23:06,080 --> 00:23:06,560 Speaker 2: Lake Mead. 414 00:23:09,080 --> 00:23:12,639 Speaker 3: For more on the fight to try to get the 415 00:23:12,760 --> 00:23:18,159 Speaker 3: billionaire's tax proposal off the November ballot, here is Fox 416 00:23:18,240 --> 00:23:21,160 Speaker 3: forty and Aton Wallace in Sacramento. 417 00:23:21,640 --> 00:23:25,520 Speaker 9: The battle over the propose so called California Billionaire's Tax, 418 00:23:25,520 --> 00:23:28,639 Speaker 9: has taken an unexpected turn. After qualifying the measure for 419 00:23:28,680 --> 00:23:32,200 Speaker 9: the November ballot, organizers behind the proposal are now asking government. 420 00:23:32,200 --> 00:23:34,080 Speaker 3: You know, they haven't titled this thing yet, but how 421 00:23:34,119 --> 00:23:36,880 Speaker 3: great would it be if they called it Measure FU. 422 00:23:40,760 --> 00:23:43,600 Speaker 9: Are now asking Governor Newsom to back a smaller wealth 423 00:23:43,680 --> 00:23:46,880 Speaker 9: tax instead. In exchange, they say that they'll take their 424 00:23:46,960 --> 00:23:50,240 Speaker 9: much larger tax initiative off the ballot. But the governor 425 00:23:50,359 --> 00:23:52,720 Speaker 9: himself a leading critic of the proposed wealth this. 426 00:23:52,760 --> 00:24:02,000 Speaker 3: Is like taking the insurance in blackjack. Well, you either 427 00:24:02,200 --> 00:24:05,000 Speaker 3: are going to have to pay five percent, you billionaires, 428 00:24:05,400 --> 00:24:07,879 Speaker 3: or convince Gavin to allow him to just tax you 429 00:24:07,920 --> 00:24:08,680 Speaker 3: the two percent. 430 00:24:09,640 --> 00:24:13,560 Speaker 2: He can't cut a deal, though, because either way he 431 00:24:13,640 --> 00:24:16,680 Speaker 2: will be known as a tax and spender, and he'll 432 00:24:16,720 --> 00:24:19,520 Speaker 2: be known as the governor who pushed the state's leading 433 00:24:19,600 --> 00:24:21,639 Speaker 2: industry to some other state. 434 00:24:22,760 --> 00:24:25,400 Speaker 9: But the governor himself, a leading critic of the proposed 435 00:24:25,400 --> 00:24:28,399 Speaker 9: wealth tax, says that he will not support any billionaires 436 00:24:28,400 --> 00:24:31,800 Speaker 9: tax going forward. So what happens now? The key leadline 437 00:24:31,840 --> 00:24:35,280 Speaker 9: is approaching Fox forty Capitol reporter Aton Wallace reports on 438 00:24:35,320 --> 00:24:37,359 Speaker 9: whether or not this fight is headed for a compromise, 439 00:24:37,560 --> 00:24:39,919 Speaker 9: or whether or not voters ultimately or going to have 440 00:24:39,960 --> 00:24:40,640 Speaker 9: the final say. 441 00:24:42,560 --> 00:24:45,520 Speaker 10: Will it or will it not appear on the November ballot. 442 00:24:45,760 --> 00:24:49,399 Speaker 10: That's the big question about the California Billionaire's tax proposal. 443 00:24:49,560 --> 00:24:53,520 Speaker 3: It's also the big question at every single television, radio 444 00:24:53,640 --> 00:24:55,240 Speaker 3: and newspaper sales. 445 00:24:54,920 --> 00:24:59,440 Speaker 2: Department, because if this thing is on the ballot, everyone 446 00:24:59,520 --> 00:24:59,880 Speaker 2: makes buy. 447 00:25:01,240 --> 00:25:04,919 Speaker 10: That's the big question about the California Billionaires tax proposal. 448 00:25:05,119 --> 00:25:08,520 Speaker 10: The initiative, which is organized by the SEIU United Healthcare 449 00:25:08,560 --> 00:25:12,040 Speaker 10: Workers West Union, would impose a one time five percent 450 00:25:12,200 --> 00:25:15,760 Speaker 10: tax on the worldwide assets of California billionaires who've lived 451 00:25:15,760 --> 00:25:19,480 Speaker 10: in the Golden State as of January first of this year, about. 452 00:25:19,200 --> 00:25:19,879 Speaker 1: Two that's right. 453 00:25:19,920 --> 00:25:21,919 Speaker 3: If you live here right now, but you see this 454 00:25:21,960 --> 00:25:24,679 Speaker 3: thing pass in November and you move out by December, 455 00:25:25,280 --> 00:25:26,119 Speaker 3: you're still paying. 456 00:25:26,240 --> 00:25:28,600 Speaker 1: How is that legal? Nobody knows. 457 00:25:29,000 --> 00:25:32,760 Speaker 2: Okay, the courts are unpredictable and it's hard to tell 458 00:25:32,800 --> 00:25:36,560 Speaker 2: what they will ultimately do. But given the fact that 459 00:25:37,400 --> 00:25:40,640 Speaker 2: we know at least that the United States Supreme Court 460 00:25:40,880 --> 00:25:45,520 Speaker 2: is conservative. I can't imagine if they just decide, all right, 461 00:25:45,600 --> 00:25:48,200 Speaker 2: we're in this to win this and we're not backing down. 462 00:25:48,640 --> 00:25:50,600 Speaker 1: We don't care how many times we lose. 463 00:25:51,320 --> 00:25:55,000 Speaker 2: Ultimately, the billionaires are going to win because what they 464 00:25:55,040 --> 00:25:57,840 Speaker 2: want to do, what the SEIU wants to do, is 465 00:25:57,920 --> 00:25:59,240 Speaker 2: fundamentally illegal. 466 00:26:00,320 --> 00:26:06,399 Speaker 10: About two hundred Californians fall into that category. Backers of 467 00:26:06,440 --> 00:26:09,280 Speaker 10: the measure and the California Secretary of State this week 468 00:26:09,320 --> 00:26:13,480 Speaker 10: announce the initiative organizers collected enough signatures to qualify the 469 00:26:13,520 --> 00:26:17,840 Speaker 10: proposal for the November ballot. Backers say the revenue generated 470 00:26:17,880 --> 00:26:20,520 Speaker 10: from the tax will help backfill an estimated one hundred 471 00:26:20,600 --> 00:26:23,359 Speaker 10: billion dollars in federal health care cuts from the Trump 472 00:26:23,359 --> 00:26:27,240 Speaker 10: Administration's HR one law, or, as President Trump often described it, 473 00:26:27,480 --> 00:26:30,600 Speaker 10: the Big Beautiful Bill. Those backing the proposed billion their 474 00:26:30,640 --> 00:26:33,840 Speaker 10: tax say without it, impacts from HR one will be 475 00:26:33,880 --> 00:26:35,200 Speaker 10: felt statewide to. 476 00:26:35,240 --> 00:26:38,000 Speaker 11: Avoid healthcare cuts that will hurt millions. 477 00:26:38,240 --> 00:26:40,439 Speaker 3: Wait a second, isn't that the whole reason why the 478 00:26:40,480 --> 00:26:43,320 Speaker 3: idiots in La County voted yes and measure er? 479 00:26:44,160 --> 00:26:44,320 Speaker 4: Oh? 480 00:26:44,400 --> 00:26:47,399 Speaker 1: Yes, but they rinse and repeat that argument all the time. 481 00:26:48,080 --> 00:26:50,160 Speaker 3: All you're going to hear for the next four years 482 00:26:50,240 --> 00:26:52,280 Speaker 3: is well, you got to do this, or the hospitals 483 00:26:52,320 --> 00:26:53,760 Speaker 3: of close and you got to do this, or the 484 00:26:53,800 --> 00:26:56,240 Speaker 3: hospitals are close to. 485 00:26:56,320 --> 00:26:59,119 Speaker 11: Avoid healthcare cuts that will hurt millions. 486 00:26:59,200 --> 00:27:01,760 Speaker 3: We are, of course, Let's not forget some of that 487 00:27:01,800 --> 00:27:04,840 Speaker 3: measure er money is also going to Barbara Ferrara. Do 488 00:27:05,040 --> 00:27:07,960 Speaker 3: put together PSAs to make sure that you bring narcand 489 00:27:07,960 --> 00:27:08,680 Speaker 3: to the World Cup. 490 00:27:10,560 --> 00:27:14,600 Speaker 1: And don't forget what she put out during Pride. We'll 491 00:27:14,640 --> 00:27:18,120 Speaker 1: have to discuss that on the Accountability podcast. No thank you. 492 00:27:19,320 --> 00:27:22,639 Speaker 3: Actually that might be too explicit even for an uncensored show. 493 00:27:23,520 --> 00:27:25,439 Speaker 1: Yeah, I don't know. 494 00:27:25,520 --> 00:27:28,040 Speaker 2: Even when you and I text message about it, I 495 00:27:28,080 --> 00:27:29,240 Speaker 2: still kind of feel dirty. 496 00:27:31,520 --> 00:27:35,879 Speaker 11: We are demanding that billionaires pay their fair share so 497 00:27:36,000 --> 00:27:36,520 Speaker 11: our hospital. 498 00:27:36,600 --> 00:27:38,000 Speaker 1: Oh we've got to end that term. 499 00:27:38,480 --> 00:27:41,960 Speaker 2: Oh yes, we got a woman with a room temperature 500 00:27:42,000 --> 00:27:45,359 Speaker 2: IQ who is going to push out all of the 501 00:27:45,600 --> 00:27:50,800 Speaker 2: job creators from this state and force the state's leading 502 00:27:50,880 --> 00:27:54,960 Speaker 2: industry to go someplace else so she can make sure 503 00:27:55,040 --> 00:27:58,520 Speaker 2: her members are taken care of for the time being, so. 504 00:27:58,520 --> 00:28:02,520 Speaker 11: Our hospitals, clinic and emergency rooms can stay open. 505 00:28:02,680 --> 00:28:06,800 Speaker 10: But the proposal does face opposition, including from Governor Gavin Newsom. 506 00:28:07,000 --> 00:28:11,240 Speaker 3: What does it say ultimately that for as astronomical as 507 00:28:11,240 --> 00:28:15,879 Speaker 3: everyone's healthcare costs are, apparently without a whole bunch of subsidies, 508 00:28:15,920 --> 00:28:17,440 Speaker 3: it's all going to go out of business. 509 00:28:18,760 --> 00:28:20,080 Speaker 1: Doesn't really make sense. 510 00:28:21,080 --> 00:28:25,240 Speaker 10: But the proposal does face opposition, including from Governor Gavin Newsom. 511 00:28:25,440 --> 00:28:29,200 Speaker 10: He's concerned and could drive major employers and importantly their 512 00:28:29,280 --> 00:28:31,040 Speaker 10: tax space out of the state. 513 00:28:31,320 --> 00:28:35,760 Speaker 8: This is not something that will allow us to be competitive. 514 00:28:35,800 --> 00:28:40,800 Speaker 2: The la oh, he is extra gravelly today. What was 515 00:28:40,840 --> 00:28:45,640 Speaker 2: he doing in Chicago? Gavin Newsom sounds like Lucille Ball 516 00:28:45,680 --> 00:28:46,760 Speaker 2: in her final years. 517 00:28:47,280 --> 00:28:51,280 Speaker 3: To be fair, I'm pretty sure this is file footage 518 00:28:51,280 --> 00:28:54,120 Speaker 3: from him back in May being asked about this, but 519 00:28:54,320 --> 00:28:56,560 Speaker 3: that is when he did sound extra gravelly. 520 00:28:57,600 --> 00:28:59,880 Speaker 1: Us to be competitive, he's kind of missing this week. 521 00:29:00,640 --> 00:29:03,760 Speaker 8: Has to be competitive. The LAO just spelled it out. 522 00:29:04,280 --> 00:29:06,800 Speaker 8: Detail is going to cost hundreds of millions of dollars 523 00:29:06,840 --> 00:29:10,840 Speaker 8: a year in reduced revenue to the statege put enormous 524 00:29:10,880 --> 00:29:12,240 Speaker 8: pressure on those same programs. 525 00:29:12,320 --> 00:29:16,320 Speaker 2: Following which, by the way, I didn't know Harvey Firestein 526 00:29:16,440 --> 00:29:18,200 Speaker 2: was going to weigh in on the tags. 527 00:29:19,120 --> 00:29:23,800 Speaker 3: If this tax goes forward, they get their five percent assessment, 528 00:29:24,760 --> 00:29:27,520 Speaker 3: a good portion of the two hundred billionaires leave, the 529 00:29:27,560 --> 00:29:31,880 Speaker 3: state tax revenue goes down. That means Prop ninety eight 530 00:29:31,920 --> 00:29:36,720 Speaker 3: goes down, which means Cecily mayerk Cruz and the Teachers' Union, 531 00:29:36,760 --> 00:29:38,680 Speaker 3: who is not cut into this deal, is going to 532 00:29:38,760 --> 00:29:39,760 Speaker 3: be and I want. 533 00:29:39,600 --> 00:29:41,200 Speaker 1: You to be all the way. 534 00:29:42,960 --> 00:29:45,200 Speaker 2: I guess that would be the only pot of gold 535 00:29:45,240 --> 00:29:48,160 Speaker 2: at the end of this rainbow. Is that passing this 536 00:29:48,240 --> 00:29:50,160 Speaker 2: would ultimately defund the schools. 537 00:29:50,840 --> 00:29:53,600 Speaker 3: Well, but that's the question as to who's going to 538 00:29:53,640 --> 00:29:57,200 Speaker 3: be paying to defeat this thing in November, because the 539 00:29:57,280 --> 00:30:00,840 Speaker 3: schools have a vested interest in making sure of this pass. 540 00:30:01,720 --> 00:30:05,000 Speaker 2: Oh yeah, and they're already out against it, and it 541 00:30:05,040 --> 00:30:06,520 Speaker 2: didn't take them long to do it. 542 00:30:07,160 --> 00:30:10,800 Speaker 10: Following pushback from Newsome, business groups and some labor unions, 543 00:30:10,800 --> 00:30:14,920 Speaker 10: including the California Teachers Association, organizers of the Billionaire's tax 544 00:30:14,960 --> 00:30:18,360 Speaker 10: sent news this letter proposing a deal. They say they'll 545 00:30:18,360 --> 00:30:22,000 Speaker 10: take their proposed one time five percent billionaire tax initiative 546 00:30:22,080 --> 00:30:25,080 Speaker 10: off the ballot if Newsom agrees to sign a smaller, 547 00:30:25,240 --> 00:30:29,000 Speaker 10: one time two percent tax on California billionaires into law. 548 00:30:32,320 --> 00:30:36,320 Speaker 2: This really is like a mob negotiation, isn't it With 549 00:30:36,560 --> 00:30:39,880 Speaker 2: our direct democracy system and all the dirty money that's 550 00:30:39,920 --> 00:30:42,600 Speaker 2: in it, whether it's union money or Tom Steyer money, 551 00:30:43,000 --> 00:30:46,000 Speaker 2: you can effectively hold the state hostage. 552 00:30:46,320 --> 00:30:48,680 Speaker 3: If you know that something can get on the ballot 553 00:30:48,680 --> 00:30:49,800 Speaker 3: that will be a disaster. 554 00:30:51,880 --> 00:30:55,400 Speaker 10: New Some spokesperson quickly responding the governor will not agree 555 00:30:55,440 --> 00:30:58,200 Speaker 10: to that, writing in part quote changing the tax rate 556 00:30:58,320 --> 00:31:01,720 Speaker 10: doesn't change this measures fund mona mental flaws that harm working. 557 00:31:01,840 --> 00:31:06,040 Speaker 10: Californias organizers responded with their own statement, calling out the 558 00:31:06,040 --> 00:31:09,000 Speaker 10: governor and arguing the revenue raised from the proposed billionaires 559 00:31:09,080 --> 00:31:10,720 Speaker 10: tax will prevent cuts. 560 00:31:10,840 --> 00:31:19,360 Speaker 1: There's they're not backing down. No, they're not. He's termed out. 561 00:31:20,000 --> 00:31:21,440 Speaker 1: There's less than a week to go. 562 00:31:21,520 --> 00:31:24,560 Speaker 10: In mcgeorge's School of Law, adjunct professor Chris mcaey says 563 00:31:24,680 --> 00:31:27,400 Speaker 10: time is running out for organizers to strike a deal 564 00:31:27,440 --> 00:31:30,240 Speaker 10: with the governor. The deadline to remove any measure from 565 00:31:30,240 --> 00:31:33,200 Speaker 10: the November ballot is this Thursday, June twenty fifth. 566 00:31:33,280 --> 00:31:36,480 Speaker 9: At this stage, the governor has made clear that he's 567 00:31:36,560 --> 00:31:40,120 Speaker 9: not interested in any sort of wealth tax, no matter 568 00:31:40,160 --> 00:31:41,960 Speaker 9: what the percentage. 569 00:31:41,360 --> 00:31:43,800 Speaker 10: Is, and ahead of the deadline, we'll closely follow what 570 00:31:43,880 --> 00:31:46,320 Speaker 10: happens with this measure and more than a dozen other 571 00:31:46,440 --> 00:31:50,200 Speaker 10: measures likely to qualify for the general election ballot election 572 00:31:50,280 --> 00:31:52,680 Speaker 10: days November third, twenty twenty six. 573 00:31:53,160 --> 00:31:55,400 Speaker 1: Now here's the other thing about this. 574 00:31:56,040 --> 00:32:00,160 Speaker 3: The SEIU also said, Okay, well, if you don't want 575 00:32:00,160 --> 00:32:03,040 Speaker 3: to go for the wealth tax, then you can use 576 00:32:03,240 --> 00:32:07,520 Speaker 3: the budget to fully fund what we need. And if 577 00:32:07,520 --> 00:32:10,480 Speaker 3: you do that, then we can take this thing off 578 00:32:10,520 --> 00:32:14,440 Speaker 3: the ballot. Because ultimately this thing is for as much 579 00:32:14,520 --> 00:32:17,720 Speaker 3: talk as it is about the justice against the billionaires, 580 00:32:18,160 --> 00:32:21,600 Speaker 3: this is a cash grab by one specific union. 581 00:32:22,840 --> 00:32:25,400 Speaker 2: And if this works, guess what's going to happen in 582 00:32:25,400 --> 00:32:30,400 Speaker 2: the future. It's going to be hostage negotiation after hostage 583 00:32:30,440 --> 00:32:33,440 Speaker 2: negotiation after hostage negotiation. 584 00:32:34,880 --> 00:32:37,280 Speaker 1: You know who's going to have their next billionaire tax. 585 00:32:37,160 --> 00:32:38,200 Speaker 4: Get that money? 586 00:32:39,280 --> 00:32:40,360 Speaker 1: You better believe it. 587 00:32:42,000 --> 00:32:46,160 Speaker 2: Here with an update on more potential initiatives on your 588 00:32:46,160 --> 00:32:48,480 Speaker 2: November ballot, mister Brandy Wang, One. 589 00:32:48,400 --> 00:32:51,560 Speaker 3: Of the biggest fights that we might see in November 590 00:32:52,000 --> 00:32:56,600 Speaker 3: is a battle between trial lawyers and the big ride 591 00:32:56,600 --> 00:33:00,800 Speaker 3: share companies Lift but mostly Uber. Because there is a 592 00:33:00,840 --> 00:33:03,800 Speaker 3: potential measure that's going to be on the November ballot 593 00:33:04,160 --> 00:33:07,640 Speaker 3: funded by the ride share companies to cap attorneys fees, 594 00:33:08,000 --> 00:33:10,680 Speaker 3: and there is also a ballot measure funded by the 595 00:33:10,760 --> 00:33:16,240 Speaker 3: trial attorneys to make it easier to identify or go 596 00:33:16,320 --> 00:33:19,360 Speaker 3: after lift an uber when they hire somebody who sexually 597 00:33:19,360 --> 00:33:24,720 Speaker 3: assaults somebody. The two sides have realized that if this 598 00:33:24,760 --> 00:33:27,480 Speaker 3: thing goes to November, each of them are going to 599 00:33:27,560 --> 00:33:32,200 Speaker 3: have to spend maybe one hundred million dollars, so they're 600 00:33:32,240 --> 00:33:35,920 Speaker 3: looking to come up with a compromise negotiated by the 601 00:33:36,040 --> 00:33:41,480 Speaker 3: legislature instead. Okay, if that group is going to negotiate 602 00:33:41,520 --> 00:33:44,400 Speaker 3: the compromise, I'd rather have them do get out on 603 00:33:44,440 --> 00:33:49,040 Speaker 3: the ballot. Well, most advertising things would for more. Here 604 00:33:49,120 --> 00:33:50,760 Speaker 3: is ABC ten and Sacramento. 605 00:33:51,240 --> 00:33:55,000 Speaker 10: This week, several ballot initiatives qualified for the November ballot, 606 00:33:55,120 --> 00:33:57,200 Speaker 10: and they're already causing a lot of debate. 607 00:33:57,760 --> 00:34:00,840 Speaker 3: ABC ten State Matters political reporter Jenny huh is here 608 00:34:00,920 --> 00:34:02,560 Speaker 3: now with the latest update, Jinny. 609 00:34:03,400 --> 00:34:06,200 Speaker 12: For over one hundred years now, California voters have been 610 00:34:06,240 --> 00:34:09,680 Speaker 12: able to propose changes to the state constitution and legislation 611 00:34:09,800 --> 00:34:13,759 Speaker 12: via ballot initiatives. It's an expensive and complicated process, but 612 00:34:13,840 --> 00:34:15,640 Speaker 12: any voter can file a proposal. 613 00:34:16,719 --> 00:34:20,640 Speaker 13: You get frustrated voters, You get frustrated special interests and 614 00:34:20,719 --> 00:34:23,520 Speaker 13: they can't get what they want from the legislature. 615 00:34:23,160 --> 00:34:25,880 Speaker 3: Which is why every two years, for some reason, we 616 00:34:26,000 --> 00:34:29,719 Speaker 3: have to vote on the union conditions of people who 617 00:34:29,760 --> 00:34:31,280 Speaker 3: do kidney dialysis. 618 00:34:32,160 --> 00:34:35,080 Speaker 2: And I never understood it to begin with, and I 619 00:34:35,160 --> 00:34:38,160 Speaker 2: don't understand it now, but they figured, you know. 620 00:34:39,120 --> 00:34:43,680 Speaker 3: Like at the twenty eighteen election year, we started doing 621 00:34:43,719 --> 00:34:47,799 Speaker 3: this series here where we would have Peter Tilden interview 622 00:34:48,239 --> 00:34:52,000 Speaker 3: both sides for a ballot initiative to educate the public. 623 00:34:52,440 --> 00:34:54,919 Speaker 3: And I remember we did one about the kidney bill 624 00:34:54,960 --> 00:34:56,279 Speaker 3: that was on the ballot that year. 625 00:34:57,160 --> 00:35:02,319 Speaker 1: Nobody could understand what it was me included, but. 626 00:35:02,360 --> 00:35:03,920 Speaker 13: They figure, well they'll go to the people. 627 00:35:04,360 --> 00:35:07,759 Speaker 14: That has been the political sway of ballot initiatives in California, 628 00:35:07,880 --> 00:35:10,880 Speaker 14: a way to bypass the legislature and let voters decide. 629 00:35:10,920 --> 00:35:14,600 Speaker 14: Political analysts say, while the process is expensive, it's effective. 630 00:35:15,000 --> 00:35:17,520 Speaker 13: If they can't get legislation, they figure, well, you know, 631 00:35:17,719 --> 00:35:20,280 Speaker 13: we can buy it, perhaps through the ballot box. 632 00:35:20,600 --> 00:35:24,359 Speaker 14: Take the dueling initiatives between Uber and Consumer Attorneys of California, 633 00:35:24,440 --> 00:35:28,000 Speaker 14: which pit right share companies against trial lawyers, both groups 634 00:35:28,000 --> 00:35:31,840 Speaker 14: carrying significant political weight. According to analysts. Uber's measured to 635 00:35:31,880 --> 00:35:34,520 Speaker 14: cap attorneys fees in auto accidents as well as. 636 00:35:34,400 --> 00:35:38,759 Speaker 3: The Remember Uber has used this before. Uber financed a 637 00:35:38,800 --> 00:35:43,000 Speaker 3: ballot initiative in twenty twenty two to exempt themselves from 638 00:35:43,040 --> 00:35:44,880 Speaker 3: AB five and it passed. 639 00:35:46,400 --> 00:35:49,200 Speaker 1: It works going to the ballot sometimes. 640 00:35:48,880 --> 00:35:52,000 Speaker 14: Uber's measured to cap attorneys fees in auto accidents, as 641 00:35:52,000 --> 00:35:55,480 Speaker 14: well as coeoc's counter initiative to hold Uber more accountable 642 00:35:55,480 --> 00:35:57,160 Speaker 14: and sexual assault cases. 643 00:35:56,840 --> 00:35:59,439 Speaker 3: Both Yeah, their campaign is called every eight seconds because 644 00:35:59,440 --> 00:36:03,000 Speaker 3: apparently every eight seconds somebody has sexually assaulted in an Uber. 645 00:36:03,560 --> 00:36:05,520 Speaker 1: That's pathetic. Yep. 646 00:36:05,880 --> 00:36:08,920 Speaker 14: Both just qualified for the November ballot, but the two you. 647 00:36:08,920 --> 00:36:15,279 Speaker 3: Know who can't sexually assault you way mow, at least 648 00:36:15,280 --> 00:36:15,719 Speaker 3: not yet. 649 00:36:17,880 --> 00:36:20,680 Speaker 14: Both just qualified for the November ballot, but the two 650 00:36:20,760 --> 00:36:23,560 Speaker 14: have reached a compromise with each other and the legislature, 651 00:36:23,600 --> 00:36:26,520 Speaker 14: agreeing to withdraw their respective measures if they can get 652 00:36:26,520 --> 00:36:27,080 Speaker 14: a deal through. 653 00:36:27,080 --> 00:36:31,080 Speaker 10: The legislature engage in conversations with those who have qualified 654 00:36:31,120 --> 00:36:35,320 Speaker 10: for the ballot to say is there a possibility for compromise? 655 00:36:35,480 --> 00:36:38,560 Speaker 1: Obviously the legislature felt that there was too much at stake. 656 00:36:38,320 --> 00:36:42,520 Speaker 3: Hereislators, And of course the legislature has incentive to do 657 00:36:42,600 --> 00:36:46,880 Speaker 3: this because you're talking about big donors on both sides 658 00:36:46,920 --> 00:36:48,720 Speaker 3: to the people in the legislature. 659 00:36:51,120 --> 00:36:53,960 Speaker 14: Legislators have been allowed to do that since twenty fourteen, 660 00:36:54,080 --> 00:36:56,799 Speaker 14: and analysts say about a dozen such deals have been 661 00:36:56,840 --> 00:36:57,440 Speaker 14: reached since. 662 00:36:57,680 --> 00:37:00,000 Speaker 3: Of course, we had the complete opposite go on in 663 00:37:00,080 --> 00:37:03,560 Speaker 3: twenty twenty two, where the legislature could not figure out 664 00:37:03,560 --> 00:37:07,120 Speaker 3: a way to legalize sports gambling, so they let two 665 00:37:07,160 --> 00:37:10,840 Speaker 3: competing initiatives make it to the November ballot that outspent 666 00:37:10,920 --> 00:37:13,880 Speaker 3: one hundred million dollars against each other. Everyone got pissed 667 00:37:13,880 --> 00:37:15,759 Speaker 3: off because they all were trying to cut each other out. 668 00:37:15,800 --> 00:37:18,320 Speaker 3: And Johnny, no sports gambling. 669 00:37:18,560 --> 00:37:19,120 Speaker 1: That's right. 670 00:37:19,280 --> 00:37:21,759 Speaker 2: Both of those initiatives blew up in their face like 671 00:37:21,800 --> 00:37:22,960 Speaker 2: a hillbilly's rifle. 672 00:37:23,200 --> 00:37:25,799 Speaker 3: Of course, now it's all moot because there's Calshi and 673 00:37:25,880 --> 00:37:27,360 Speaker 3: for some reason that's legal. 674 00:37:27,560 --> 00:37:28,600 Speaker 1: So enjoy that.