1 00:00:00,120 --> 00:00:02,800 Speaker 1: It is the News Blitz with Randy Wang on Talk 2 00:00:02,880 --> 00:00:06,640 Speaker 1: radio seven to ninety KABC, and there is a lot 3 00:00:06,800 --> 00:00:10,320 Speaker 1: going on today. We are minutes away from the Artemis 4 00:00:10,320 --> 00:00:14,160 Speaker 1: splashing down off the California coast, and in the last 5 00:00:14,200 --> 00:00:17,079 Speaker 1: three and a half hours, so much news has broken 6 00:00:17,160 --> 00:00:19,840 Speaker 1: on the Eric Swalwell front. I'm gonna give you a 7 00:00:19,920 --> 00:00:23,319 Speaker 1: quick recap of everything that's happened since John and I 8 00:00:23,520 --> 00:00:27,880 Speaker 1: broke down the incredible allegations from the San Francisco Chronicle. 9 00:00:27,880 --> 00:00:30,240 Speaker 1: By the way, there's also been new allegations just in 10 00:00:30,240 --> 00:00:33,360 Speaker 1: the last three hours from other staffers, three that talk 11 00:00:33,440 --> 00:00:36,960 Speaker 1: to CNN, one that talk to Politico. It's going all 12 00:00:37,040 --> 00:00:39,400 Speaker 1: over the place. But just based on some of the 13 00:00:39,400 --> 00:00:43,600 Speaker 1: things that I've been retweeting, Elady Conna Lockez has called 14 00:00:43,720 --> 00:00:48,400 Speaker 1: for Eric swalwell to withdraw from the race. Eric Swalwell's 15 00:00:48,520 --> 00:00:51,960 Speaker 1: Act Blue campaign, which means the website where you donate, 16 00:00:52,040 --> 00:00:57,200 Speaker 1: has been deactivated. Katie Porter is calling for Eric Swalwell 17 00:00:57,320 --> 00:00:59,760 Speaker 1: to resign from Congress and to step away from this. 18 00:01:00,320 --> 00:01:02,960 Speaker 1: She says, in light of the allegations of sexual assault, 19 00:01:03,320 --> 00:01:06,440 Speaker 1: Eric Swalwell should resign from Congress and end his campaign 20 00:01:06,520 --> 00:01:10,240 Speaker 1: for public office. Too often men escape any consequence for 21 00:01:10,319 --> 00:01:13,399 Speaker 1: sexual misconduct by stepping out of power. This is a 22 00:01:13,400 --> 00:01:18,720 Speaker 1: first and necessary step towards justice. CNN is about to 23 00:01:18,760 --> 00:01:20,959 Speaker 1: be airing a video with a one on one of 24 00:01:21,000 --> 00:01:24,520 Speaker 1: one of the women that's not very good. The SEIU 25 00:01:24,720 --> 00:01:29,320 Speaker 1: has suspended their campaign promoting Eric Swalwell. Gavin Newsom says, 26 00:01:29,400 --> 00:01:32,440 Speaker 1: as we continue to learn more, these allegations from multiple 27 00:01:32,480 --> 00:01:35,920 Speaker 1: sources are deeply troubling and must tape be taken seriously. 28 00:01:36,560 --> 00:01:41,119 Speaker 1: Mike Thompson is withdrawing his support of the campaign. Ted 29 00:01:41,200 --> 00:01:45,040 Speaker 1: lou Is withdrawing his support of the campaign. Robert Garcia 30 00:01:45,360 --> 00:01:49,080 Speaker 1: says that Swalwell should leave the governor's race. The California 31 00:01:49,120 --> 00:01:53,440 Speaker 1: Federation of Labor says Swalwell should get out. Nancy Pelosi 32 00:01:53,560 --> 00:01:57,120 Speaker 1: says Schwalwell should get out. That's a big one. Steyer 33 00:01:57,240 --> 00:01:59,960 Speaker 1: says he should get out. Alex Padilla says he should 34 00:02:00,040 --> 00:02:03,400 Speaker 1: get out. Steve Hilton, will you figured that one, Ami Bara, 35 00:02:03,600 --> 00:02:09,880 Speaker 1: It's just is Alex Padilla, Adam Schiff, it is everybody. Instantly, 36 00:02:10,120 --> 00:02:14,440 Speaker 1: they're all done with them because these allegations. Once you 37 00:02:14,639 --> 00:02:18,560 Speaker 1: read that story, it's hard to unread it. The allegations 38 00:02:18,560 --> 00:02:21,920 Speaker 1: are so specific, and the fact that the chronicle and 39 00:02:21,960 --> 00:02:24,560 Speaker 1: they didn't name the person because they want to protect 40 00:02:24,600 --> 00:02:28,560 Speaker 1: their safety, but the fact that she had text messages 41 00:02:28,840 --> 00:02:32,960 Speaker 1: detailing these assaults from years ago definitely adds a lot 42 00:02:32,960 --> 00:02:37,359 Speaker 1: of credibility. Eric Swalwell tried a preemptive strike to cease 43 00:02:37,360 --> 00:02:38,840 Speaker 1: and assist these accusers. 44 00:02:38,960 --> 00:02:40,079 Speaker 2: It did not work. 45 00:02:40,240 --> 00:02:43,799 Speaker 1: And I don't know how this campaign goes on past 46 00:02:43,919 --> 00:02:48,480 Speaker 1: this weekend. It is all over for Eric Swalwell. I 47 00:02:48,520 --> 00:02:51,919 Speaker 1: can't imagine he even stays in Congress. There's no way 48 00:02:51,960 --> 00:02:55,839 Speaker 1: you come back from this. It is a disaster for him, 49 00:02:55,960 --> 00:03:00,840 Speaker 1: and deservedly so. I mean, if you read those allegations, 50 00:03:02,000 --> 00:03:04,960 Speaker 1: and again, of course he is has not been proven guilty. 51 00:03:05,080 --> 00:03:08,400 Speaker 1: These are allegations. But if what's being said is true, 52 00:03:08,440 --> 00:03:10,720 Speaker 1: and you have so many people all saying it from 53 00:03:10,760 --> 00:03:15,000 Speaker 1: different accounts, it sure seems like it. It's it's crazy 54 00:03:15,040 --> 00:03:18,560 Speaker 1: to think that someone that did these things think that, oh, 55 00:03:18,600 --> 00:03:21,920 Speaker 1: they can keep moving up the ladder, they can continue 56 00:03:21,960 --> 00:03:25,120 Speaker 1: to do this, and they can become governor of the state. 57 00:03:25,200 --> 00:03:26,639 Speaker 2: This guy tried to run for president. 58 00:03:26,680 --> 00:03:30,640 Speaker 1: It's just there's a lot of crazy, delusional people in 59 00:03:30,680 --> 00:03:34,040 Speaker 1: the world, and a lot of those crazy, delusional, sometimes 60 00:03:34,080 --> 00:03:37,480 Speaker 1: monstrous people are the ones that run for office. So 61 00:03:38,200 --> 00:03:40,560 Speaker 1: I'm sure there'll be a lot more on the Swallowell 62 00:03:40,640 --> 00:03:45,760 Speaker 1: front on Monday, But there is other news. So with that, 63 00:03:46,240 --> 00:03:51,200 Speaker 1: let's get into today's California Report at Randy Wangradio dot 64 00:03:51,240 --> 00:03:57,360 Speaker 1: substack dot com, and we start with Bob Bantata because 65 00:03:57,720 --> 00:04:02,200 Speaker 1: there has been a little war going on between the 66 00:04:02,240 --> 00:04:07,320 Speaker 1: FEDS and the State AG's office as to who's getting 67 00:04:07,400 --> 00:04:10,600 Speaker 1: tougher on hospice fraud. And you know what I'm here 68 00:04:10,640 --> 00:04:14,400 Speaker 1: for it, Bill is Saley and Rob Bonta. Excuse me, 69 00:04:14,640 --> 00:04:18,880 Speaker 1: Bob Bonta. Bob Bonta can trade barbes all they want 70 00:04:18,920 --> 00:04:20,919 Speaker 1: about how no this is your fault. No, this is 71 00:04:20,960 --> 00:04:23,840 Speaker 1: your fault. They're all trying to outdo each other and 72 00:04:23,920 --> 00:04:26,880 Speaker 1: bust the fraud cases. And that's a win win because 73 00:04:26,920 --> 00:04:29,080 Speaker 1: we should all be on the same page about busting 74 00:04:29,120 --> 00:04:32,280 Speaker 1: these fraud cases. Now, there are some things that Bob 75 00:04:32,320 --> 00:04:34,279 Speaker 1: Bonta has said that are true. A lot of these 76 00:04:35,560 --> 00:04:40,839 Speaker 1: organizations were defrauding federal Medicare dollars, not state medical dollars. 77 00:04:41,160 --> 00:04:42,080 Speaker 2: That is true. 78 00:04:42,279 --> 00:04:44,640 Speaker 1: On the other end, you know, it's also true the 79 00:04:44,640 --> 00:04:48,480 Speaker 1: fact that the state gave these fake medicare companies licenses, 80 00:04:48,520 --> 00:04:51,200 Speaker 1: and when you talk about this specific situation, which is 81 00:04:51,240 --> 00:04:56,400 Speaker 1: a wild one where Bonta busted this multi hundred million 82 00:04:56,480 --> 00:05:00,880 Speaker 1: dollar hospice fraud ring involving fourteen different fake businesses who 83 00:05:00,880 --> 00:05:05,240 Speaker 1: all the way had business licenses from the state of California. 84 00:05:05,279 --> 00:05:08,599 Speaker 1: But it goes even further than that, because the way 85 00:05:08,640 --> 00:05:15,000 Speaker 1: this scam worked out was the scammers were stealing identities 86 00:05:15,040 --> 00:05:18,240 Speaker 1: on the dark web of people who did not even 87 00:05:18,360 --> 00:05:21,760 Speaker 1: live in the state of California. So they get someone's 88 00:05:21,760 --> 00:05:24,960 Speaker 1: Social Security number because their Walmart got hacked or their 89 00:05:24,960 --> 00:05:31,039 Speaker 1: target got hacked, and then they apparently without any verification 90 00:05:31,720 --> 00:05:35,600 Speaker 1: or any confirmation, you can take somebody's info with their 91 00:05:35,640 --> 00:05:40,560 Speaker 1: Social Security number and you can apply for medical This 92 00:05:40,800 --> 00:05:43,160 Speaker 1: is the failure of the state of California. There are 93 00:05:43,200 --> 00:05:45,599 Speaker 1: plenty of failures of the federal government, and only this 94 00:05:45,800 --> 00:05:49,080 Speaker 1: iteration of this Justice Department seems to be doing something 95 00:05:49,120 --> 00:05:52,360 Speaker 1: about this. This wasn't a big issue in the Biden administration. 96 00:05:52,520 --> 00:05:54,520 Speaker 1: Also wasn't a big issue in the Trump one point 97 00:05:54,560 --> 00:05:58,200 Speaker 1: zero administration. But this stuff has been going on for decades. 98 00:05:58,560 --> 00:06:01,080 Speaker 1: But one thing I will say is it should not 99 00:06:01,279 --> 00:06:04,440 Speaker 1: be so easy that you are able to take a 100 00:06:04,560 --> 00:06:09,080 Speaker 1: stolen social Security number, apply for medical, get approved, and 101 00:06:09,160 --> 00:06:13,200 Speaker 1: immediately start billing thousands and thousands of dollars for fake hospice. 102 00:06:13,680 --> 00:06:17,240 Speaker 1: There should be a few more verifications to make sure 103 00:06:17,240 --> 00:06:20,440 Speaker 1: that you're a real person before you qualify for free 104 00:06:20,480 --> 00:06:24,960 Speaker 1: state health insurance. So that is true, and I'm glad 105 00:06:24,960 --> 00:06:27,600 Speaker 1: to see that Bonta now wants to take this seriously, 106 00:06:27,680 --> 00:06:30,160 Speaker 1: and I'm glad that Bill of Sale's taking this seriously. 107 00:06:30,560 --> 00:06:33,080 Speaker 1: We should all be wanting to go after the fraudsters. 108 00:06:33,560 --> 00:06:37,599 Speaker 1: I will say there is one point that the Newsome 109 00:06:37,600 --> 00:06:40,400 Speaker 1: people are making that is worth making because I am 110 00:06:40,440 --> 00:06:43,039 Speaker 1: trying to be as fair as I can here. Yes, 111 00:06:43,120 --> 00:06:45,360 Speaker 1: the state of California has failed on this. The fact 112 00:06:45,360 --> 00:06:48,160 Speaker 1: that Shirley Weber has given out so many fake business 113 00:06:48,200 --> 00:06:53,000 Speaker 1: licenses is a failure. The fact that medical can instantly 114 00:06:53,080 --> 00:06:56,200 Speaker 1: qualify somebody who's not even a real person. It's almost 115 00:06:56,240 --> 00:06:59,240 Speaker 1: like what the ghost students at California Community colleges. There 116 00:06:59,240 --> 00:07:01,760 Speaker 1: should be a human I've been verifying all of these things. 117 00:07:02,520 --> 00:07:05,479 Speaker 1: All of that is true. But you can also point 118 00:07:05,520 --> 00:07:08,400 Speaker 1: out that on one end, the federal government says they 119 00:07:08,400 --> 00:07:11,240 Speaker 1: are taking this very seriously. And they are cracking down 120 00:07:11,240 --> 00:07:14,360 Speaker 1: on the fraud. And that's great, and I totally believe 121 00:07:14,440 --> 00:07:16,440 Speaker 1: Essale when he says that's what he wants to do. 122 00:07:16,720 --> 00:07:18,800 Speaker 1: I even believe doctor Oz when he says that's what 123 00:07:18,840 --> 00:07:21,800 Speaker 1: he wants to do. But what is the federal government 124 00:07:21,880 --> 00:07:24,080 Speaker 1: doing at the other end, And this is specifically the 125 00:07:24,120 --> 00:07:28,160 Speaker 1: president pardoning a whole lot of people for fraud, including 126 00:07:28,160 --> 00:07:31,760 Speaker 1: people that have defrauded medicare. That's just a true fact. 127 00:07:31,880 --> 00:07:35,160 Speaker 1: So I am all for cracking down on the fraud. 128 00:07:35,400 --> 00:07:36,960 Speaker 1: But if we're going to talk about that, you also 129 00:07:37,000 --> 00:07:39,080 Speaker 1: got to talk about the fact that Trump has pardoned 130 00:07:39,120 --> 00:07:42,000 Speaker 1: a whole lot of people for this exact not this 131 00:07:42,160 --> 00:07:46,120 Speaker 1: exact thing, but things very very similar to this, And 132 00:07:46,360 --> 00:07:50,760 Speaker 1: that seems a little silly to me. Now, speaking of fraud, 133 00:07:51,120 --> 00:07:53,520 Speaker 1: you can take a stolen social Security number and you 134 00:07:53,520 --> 00:07:56,640 Speaker 1: can apply for hospice money or and this is a 135 00:07:56,640 --> 00:07:59,400 Speaker 1: weird one and CBSLA and Christine Lazarre have been all 136 00:07:59,440 --> 00:08:03,520 Speaker 1: over this. You can take that stolen social Security number 137 00:08:04,000 --> 00:08:08,760 Speaker 1: and you can apply to be an Uber driver. And 138 00:08:09,040 --> 00:08:13,360 Speaker 1: there are so many reports of people who got a 139 00:08:13,520 --> 00:08:16,400 Speaker 1: ten ninety nine form in the mail finding out that 140 00:08:16,480 --> 00:08:20,720 Speaker 1: apparently they drive for Uber and didn't know because someone 141 00:08:20,800 --> 00:08:23,640 Speaker 1: stole their identity and is using it to ride for Uber, 142 00:08:23,720 --> 00:08:26,400 Speaker 1: which makes you wonder a few things. Is the person 143 00:08:26,440 --> 00:08:28,520 Speaker 1: that's picking you up really picking you up? I do 144 00:08:28,600 --> 00:08:32,120 Speaker 1: want to point out, and I am biased, but in 145 00:08:32,160 --> 00:08:34,680 Speaker 1: the report they say they have only gotten one report 146 00:08:34,679 --> 00:08:37,600 Speaker 1: of this ever happening with Lyft. It's almost exclusively Uber. 147 00:08:38,960 --> 00:08:42,199 Speaker 1: But you might not know the person that is driving 148 00:08:42,360 --> 00:08:45,239 Speaker 1: is really the person And why is that important? 149 00:08:45,280 --> 00:08:45,520 Speaker 3: Well? 150 00:08:47,000 --> 00:08:49,199 Speaker 2: How hard is it to become an Uber driver? 151 00:08:49,360 --> 00:08:49,440 Speaker 3: Like? 152 00:08:49,520 --> 00:08:51,640 Speaker 1: What is in your background that you need to steal 153 00:08:51,679 --> 00:08:54,680 Speaker 1: someone's identity? Do you not have a license? Do you 154 00:08:54,679 --> 00:08:56,600 Speaker 1: have a history of accidents, do you have a history 155 00:08:56,640 --> 00:09:00,640 Speaker 1: of tickets? Do you have a criminal record? The fact 156 00:09:00,679 --> 00:09:04,320 Speaker 1: that Uber's not cracking down on this is an indictment. 157 00:09:04,440 --> 00:09:05,240 Speaker 2: It is awful. 158 00:09:05,600 --> 00:09:09,400 Speaker 1: Them also wanting to fight the legislation to crack down 159 00:09:09,679 --> 00:09:12,800 Speaker 1: on potential sexual assaults, which this could also be linked to, 160 00:09:14,280 --> 00:09:17,720 Speaker 1: is only going to drive more people into finally dipping 161 00:09:17,760 --> 00:09:21,000 Speaker 1: their toe in the Weimo pool. And once you go 162 00:09:21,080 --> 00:09:24,760 Speaker 1: wei mo, and once that technology expands the ride share companies, 163 00:09:24,760 --> 00:09:26,960 Speaker 1: they're not going to be long for this world. And 164 00:09:27,000 --> 00:09:29,800 Speaker 1: by the way they know it, you know what Uber 165 00:09:29,880 --> 00:09:32,200 Speaker 1: and Lyft have been spending all of their money on 166 00:09:33,320 --> 00:09:38,000 Speaker 1: developing technology for autonomous vehicles. They've been screwing over their 167 00:09:38,080 --> 00:09:42,720 Speaker 1: riders since day one. Now, speaking of screwing people over, 168 00:09:43,240 --> 00:09:46,400 Speaker 1: LAUSD is real close to a strike, and of course 169 00:09:46,440 --> 00:09:49,000 Speaker 1: they're doing this for the kids, except because all the 170 00:09:49,120 --> 00:09:50,720 Speaker 1: unions are going to go on strike at the same 171 00:09:50,760 --> 00:09:54,040 Speaker 1: time the schools are going to close, so the district 172 00:09:54,040 --> 00:09:56,640 Speaker 1: it's figuring out resources to of course do the most 173 00:09:56,640 --> 00:10:00,760 Speaker 1: important job at LAUSD, pass out breakfast forever one and 174 00:10:00,800 --> 00:10:05,160 Speaker 1: figure out childcare education. That's a distant, distant, distant third. 175 00:10:05,880 --> 00:10:09,360 Speaker 1: But there are many things that can be true at 176 00:10:09,360 --> 00:10:13,559 Speaker 1: the same time. One, I understand that it's very expensive 177 00:10:13,559 --> 00:10:17,280 Speaker 1: to live here and especially for entry level teachers, that's 178 00:10:17,440 --> 00:10:18,160 Speaker 1: really tough. 179 00:10:19,360 --> 00:10:20,120 Speaker 2: That is true. 180 00:10:20,880 --> 00:10:24,960 Speaker 1: At the other end, you can look at LAUSD has horrible, 181 00:10:25,200 --> 00:10:28,920 Speaker 1: horrible outcomes and has seen a huge decline in enrollment, 182 00:10:29,200 --> 00:10:32,480 Speaker 1: which means less money for the district. That being said, 183 00:10:32,600 --> 00:10:35,760 Speaker 1: you can also look at how much money LAUSD has 184 00:10:35,920 --> 00:10:39,079 Speaker 1: and how much money actually goes to the classroom. When 185 00:10:39,120 --> 00:10:42,080 Speaker 1: you see the embezzlement deal or whatever the hell Carvalla 186 00:10:42,240 --> 00:10:45,040 Speaker 1: was doing with that AI chatbot, I just saw a 187 00:10:45,080 --> 00:10:47,439 Speaker 1: thing today where while the average for the state of 188 00:10:47,480 --> 00:10:51,040 Speaker 1: California is we spend twenty five thousand per student at LUSD, 189 00:10:51,120 --> 00:10:54,320 Speaker 1: it's like forty seven thousand per student, and they're still 190 00:10:54,320 --> 00:10:59,560 Speaker 1: getting a subpar education. So I believe that the district 191 00:10:59,640 --> 00:11:03,080 Speaker 1: might be But also when you look at the staff 192 00:11:03,080 --> 00:11:06,240 Speaker 1: that has been hired, how many of them are not teachers. 193 00:11:06,320 --> 00:11:06,480 Speaker 3: Now. 194 00:11:06,520 --> 00:11:08,880 Speaker 1: Of course the teachers union wants everyone to get more money, 195 00:11:08,920 --> 00:11:14,000 Speaker 1: including all of the non teacher staff, but these kinds 196 00:11:14,040 --> 00:11:17,000 Speaker 1: of strikes and these fights every three years are only 197 00:11:17,080 --> 00:11:19,840 Speaker 1: driving more people to say, screw it, I'm going to 198 00:11:19,880 --> 00:11:23,240 Speaker 1: a better district. You know, I'm one of these people. 199 00:11:24,040 --> 00:11:27,920 Speaker 1: My parents had a choice. They could either stay in 200 00:11:27,960 --> 00:11:31,040 Speaker 1: the San Fernando Valley and put me in private school 201 00:11:31,080 --> 00:11:33,040 Speaker 1: because they were not going to put me in LAUSD 202 00:11:33,200 --> 00:11:37,120 Speaker 1: even in the eighties and nineties, or they could drive 203 00:11:37,200 --> 00:11:40,640 Speaker 1: up to Valencia and put their kids in the New 204 00:11:40,640 --> 00:11:43,200 Speaker 1: Hall School District and the william S. Hart School District, 205 00:11:43,280 --> 00:11:46,600 Speaker 1: And well, that ended up working out real well for me. 206 00:11:47,720 --> 00:11:51,120 Speaker 1: And finally in Southern California, we talked a lot about 207 00:11:51,160 --> 00:11:53,520 Speaker 1: Juan Nala, the clean La with me guy, Well, there 208 00:11:53,559 --> 00:11:55,000 Speaker 1: are other people that want. 209 00:11:54,920 --> 00:11:55,760 Speaker 2: To do the same thing. 210 00:11:55,800 --> 00:11:59,120 Speaker 1: Included a group of women in Hollywood that are spending 211 00:11:59,120 --> 00:12:02,200 Speaker 1: their own time and hundreds of dollars of their own 212 00:12:02,240 --> 00:12:05,880 Speaker 1: money to clean up the streets of la And that's 213 00:12:05,960 --> 00:12:09,880 Speaker 1: great and it's admirable. They're now getting fed up because 214 00:12:09,880 --> 00:12:12,560 Speaker 1: the city's not helping. Even when they put everything in 215 00:12:12,600 --> 00:12:14,600 Speaker 1: a trash bag, the city won't pick it up. 216 00:12:14,640 --> 00:12:16,040 Speaker 2: Three one one is a joke. 217 00:12:16,720 --> 00:12:21,200 Speaker 1: And we have complete failures in elected government at the 218 00:12:21,200 --> 00:12:24,120 Speaker 1: city council level and the mayor level when you can't 219 00:12:24,120 --> 00:12:26,679 Speaker 1: do the basics of make sure the street lights are 220 00:12:26,720 --> 00:12:28,760 Speaker 1: working and the trash gets cleaned up. 221 00:12:29,760 --> 00:12:32,320 Speaker 2: Illegal dumping should not be a problem. 222 00:12:33,120 --> 00:12:35,839 Speaker 1: If you have people littering, we should be fighting them 223 00:12:35,880 --> 00:12:40,800 Speaker 1: for it. If you have people dumping things from contractor 224 00:12:40,880 --> 00:12:43,400 Speaker 1: sites because it's cheaper to get fined than it is 225 00:12:43,440 --> 00:12:45,640 Speaker 1: to take something to the dump, time. 226 00:12:45,440 --> 00:12:46,559 Speaker 2: To start rethinking that. 227 00:12:47,000 --> 00:12:51,160 Speaker 1: But it's one of these problems that's completely unacceptable, yet 228 00:12:51,200 --> 00:12:55,280 Speaker 1: it seems to be completely accepted. Now here's a wild one. 229 00:12:55,600 --> 00:12:58,839 Speaker 1: San Francisco, which has seen a huge improvement over the 230 00:12:58,920 --> 00:13:01,800 Speaker 1: last few years, especially since Daniel Lurie took over, But 231 00:13:01,880 --> 00:13:04,120 Speaker 1: even the last year of London Braid, she was really 232 00:13:04,160 --> 00:13:07,320 Speaker 1: starting to turn things around some of the problems she 233 00:13:07,440 --> 00:13:10,040 Speaker 1: did cause. But you know, so you got to give 234 00:13:10,080 --> 00:13:12,240 Speaker 1: a politician an attaboy when they do something right. 235 00:13:12,320 --> 00:13:12,600 Speaker 3: Well. 236 00:13:12,920 --> 00:13:16,040 Speaker 2: San Francisco is now seeing a surge in not. 237 00:13:16,160 --> 00:13:20,480 Speaker 1: Robberies or car break ins or anything like that, but homicides. 238 00:13:20,880 --> 00:13:23,839 Speaker 1: They've had a huge spike in homicides, which has all 239 00:13:23,880 --> 00:13:27,680 Speaker 1: of these gang intervention nonprofits calling for a twenty four 240 00:13:27,720 --> 00:13:31,720 Speaker 1: hour cease fire where they convince the gangs to all 241 00:13:31,760 --> 00:13:36,720 Speaker 1: stop retaliatory shooting at each other. And every time I 242 00:13:36,800 --> 00:13:39,440 Speaker 1: hear one of those things, I think, so then you 243 00:13:39,600 --> 00:13:41,960 Speaker 1: know who the gang members are, and you know that 244 00:13:41,960 --> 00:13:45,600 Speaker 1: they all have illegal guns, and we can't just turn 245 00:13:45,640 --> 00:13:49,160 Speaker 1: them over to the Feds. So bizarre, but of course 246 00:13:49,200 --> 00:13:51,360 Speaker 1: a lot of them are juveniles. It's just a mess. 247 00:13:53,160 --> 00:13:57,600 Speaker 1: Here's an interesting one. As insurance becomes even harder and 248 00:13:57,640 --> 00:14:00,560 Speaker 1: harder to get for homeowners, it's not just your premiums 249 00:14:00,600 --> 00:14:03,400 Speaker 1: that are going up, but insurance companies if they're going 250 00:14:03,440 --> 00:14:05,440 Speaker 1: to write you a policy or going to make sure 251 00:14:05,480 --> 00:14:08,840 Speaker 1: that you have things like a digital shut off valve 252 00:14:08,880 --> 00:14:12,600 Speaker 1: for your water that they can control and a detector 253 00:14:12,679 --> 00:14:14,920 Speaker 1: in case there's an earthquake and a brand new roof. 254 00:14:14,960 --> 00:14:18,400 Speaker 1: And while I understand that they want to minimize their 255 00:14:18,480 --> 00:14:22,680 Speaker 1: risk when it comes to buying these devices, why doesn't 256 00:14:22,720 --> 00:14:26,240 Speaker 1: the insurance company do it because it lowers their risk 257 00:14:26,400 --> 00:14:29,440 Speaker 1: on the rate pay. But of course we have just 258 00:14:29,600 --> 00:14:34,160 Speaker 1: the appearance of regulation in the insurance industry. I don't 259 00:14:34,160 --> 00:14:36,680 Speaker 1: want to hear anybody talk about how our insurance industry 260 00:14:36,720 --> 00:14:40,600 Speaker 1: is overregulated. It's a bunch of WHOI The person in charge, 261 00:14:41,080 --> 00:14:44,680 Speaker 1: Ricardo Laura, is bought and paid for by the insurance industry, 262 00:14:45,160 --> 00:14:48,000 Speaker 1: gave them everything they've ever wanted in more, and they're 263 00:14:48,040 --> 00:14:51,440 Speaker 1: still dropping people left and right. In fact, he lets 264 00:14:51,440 --> 00:14:53,880 Speaker 1: State Farm in on the discussions of what he was 265 00:14:53,920 --> 00:14:56,800 Speaker 1: going to do for them, which incentivized State Farm to 266 00:14:56,960 --> 00:14:59,320 Speaker 1: drop people left and right. And I'm just going to 267 00:14:59,400 --> 00:15:02,200 Speaker 1: point out till I'm blue in the face. You want 268 00:15:02,240 --> 00:15:05,040 Speaker 1: to tell me that the problem with California's insurance industry 269 00:15:05,040 --> 00:15:06,280 Speaker 1: it is it's overregulated. 270 00:15:07,000 --> 00:15:08,600 Speaker 2: Then why is. 271 00:15:08,640 --> 00:15:15,040 Speaker 1: Insurance also a crisis in Florida where prices have tripled, quadrupled. 272 00:15:15,080 --> 00:15:18,520 Speaker 1: You have people that cannot sell their condos because the 273 00:15:18,640 --> 00:15:23,560 Speaker 1: insurance is more than the mortgage payment. So there are 274 00:15:23,560 --> 00:15:26,840 Speaker 1: a lot of problems with our insurance industry over regulation 275 00:15:26,960 --> 00:15:29,320 Speaker 1: I don't think is one of them. At any point, 276 00:15:29,480 --> 00:15:32,720 Speaker 1: we need somebody who actually hold these companies accountable. And 277 00:15:32,800 --> 00:15:35,480 Speaker 1: if we're truly at a point where the business model 278 00:15:35,520 --> 00:15:39,560 Speaker 1: of home insurance just doesn't make sense anymore, I don't 279 00:15:39,560 --> 00:15:42,720 Speaker 1: know what we do if the insurance companies really cannot 280 00:15:42,720 --> 00:15:46,320 Speaker 1: make any more money, if they're really all losing money, 281 00:15:46,320 --> 00:15:48,120 Speaker 1: and not talking about the state wide I'm talking about 282 00:15:48,120 --> 00:15:51,760 Speaker 1: their parent companies, these multinational corporations. If they're really doing 283 00:15:51,800 --> 00:15:54,760 Speaker 1: nothing but losing money, then we have to rethink the 284 00:15:54,920 --> 00:15:56,480 Speaker 1: entire concept of insurance. 285 00:15:56,480 --> 00:15:58,440 Speaker 2: And I don't know what that looks like. 286 00:15:59,040 --> 00:16:01,760 Speaker 1: But if you have a situation where there is no 287 00:16:01,800 --> 00:16:04,720 Speaker 1: profit to be had, we still need to make people whole. 288 00:16:06,000 --> 00:16:08,640 Speaker 2: Something is going to have to change. In the meantime. 289 00:16:08,840 --> 00:16:11,240 Speaker 1: Maybe the insurance company should buy the water shut off 290 00:16:11,240 --> 00:16:14,360 Speaker 1: device that they want you to have. Oakland's taking away 291 00:16:14,440 --> 00:16:18,760 Speaker 1: something people like free meter parking on Sunday because well, 292 00:16:18,800 --> 00:16:21,280 Speaker 1: we got to raise revenues, and why not piss everybody 293 00:16:21,360 --> 00:16:23,280 Speaker 1: off and lower all that brunch traffic. 294 00:16:24,080 --> 00:16:27,440 Speaker 2: And you know, I have a policy here. 295 00:16:28,200 --> 00:16:33,240 Speaker 1: I'm I'm never specifically for or against any person in 296 00:16:33,320 --> 00:16:38,040 Speaker 1: political office. It's very much about what legislation are you 297 00:16:38,120 --> 00:16:40,720 Speaker 1: working on? What can you do for me. I'll take 298 00:16:40,760 --> 00:16:42,880 Speaker 1: a great idea if it comes from a Republican. I'll 299 00:16:42,880 --> 00:16:45,800 Speaker 1: take a great idea if it comes from a Democrat. Now, 300 00:16:45,800 --> 00:16:47,960 Speaker 1: notably in Congress, you don't have a lot of those 301 00:16:48,000 --> 00:16:50,560 Speaker 1: from either side, and I don't really understand what most 302 00:16:50,600 --> 00:16:52,760 Speaker 1: of those people do. I mean, we know what Eric 303 00:16:52,800 --> 00:16:57,200 Speaker 1: Swalwell's doing, but that's beyond the point. Laura Friedman, who 304 00:16:57,240 --> 00:16:59,600 Speaker 1: I'm not a huge fan of, who has done things 305 00:16:59,640 --> 00:17:01,920 Speaker 1: before she got out of the legislature, like the speed 306 00:17:02,000 --> 00:17:05,800 Speaker 1: camera law. She actually has a bill going through Congress 307 00:17:06,320 --> 00:17:11,880 Speaker 1: that I really like. It would use federal grant dollars 308 00:17:11,920 --> 00:17:15,359 Speaker 1: that go to police departments and allow them to use 309 00:17:15,440 --> 00:17:21,719 Speaker 1: the money on new technology to specifically stop high speed 310 00:17:21,800 --> 00:17:25,960 Speaker 1: chases before they begin. And what does that look like, Well, 311 00:17:26,000 --> 00:17:28,600 Speaker 1: it looks like using that federal grant money that goes 312 00:17:28,640 --> 00:17:32,720 Speaker 1: to police departments to build and hire people to run drones, 313 00:17:33,080 --> 00:17:35,199 Speaker 1: which I think is a way more efficient way of 314 00:17:35,240 --> 00:17:38,520 Speaker 1: tracking somebody than chasing them with a police car or 315 00:17:38,560 --> 00:17:41,920 Speaker 1: with a police helicopter. Not only that they have these 316 00:17:41,960 --> 00:17:45,840 Speaker 1: devices that you can shoot and they attach themselves to 317 00:17:45,920 --> 00:17:50,360 Speaker 1: the suspect's car and it's an automatic tracking device. As 318 00:17:50,440 --> 00:17:53,160 Speaker 1: much as some people might like to watch the chases 319 00:17:53,200 --> 00:17:56,000 Speaker 1: on the TV, we have all seen more often than 320 00:17:56,040 --> 00:17:58,560 Speaker 1: not how dangerous these things are. I mean, gosh, it 321 00:17:58,600 --> 00:18:00,600 Speaker 1: was just a couple of weeks ago a couple in 322 00:18:00,640 --> 00:18:03,359 Speaker 1: their unborn baby lost their lives because they got crashed 323 00:18:03,400 --> 00:18:07,160 Speaker 1: into by some jackass running from the cops. So if 324 00:18:07,200 --> 00:18:11,040 Speaker 1: there is a smarter, more technological way to do this, 325 00:18:11,840 --> 00:18:14,439 Speaker 1: we should totally look into it. I know some people 326 00:18:14,520 --> 00:18:17,119 Speaker 1: get afraid of the government having this kind of power, 327 00:18:17,800 --> 00:18:21,080 Speaker 1: but when it comes to somebody that could kill people 328 00:18:21,119 --> 00:18:24,080 Speaker 1: on the road because they're fleeing from the police, there's 329 00:18:24,119 --> 00:18:26,320 Speaker 1: got to be some kind of device that we can 330 00:18:26,359 --> 00:18:30,440 Speaker 1: attach to a drone that can disable a vehicle, that 331 00:18:30,520 --> 00:18:35,320 Speaker 1: can disable the electronics in the vehicle, fry the computer system, 332 00:18:35,440 --> 00:18:39,239 Speaker 1: what have you. There's got to be something there. So 333 00:18:39,880 --> 00:18:43,199 Speaker 1: having the grants that already go to the police agencies 334 00:18:43,240 --> 00:18:47,879 Speaker 1: from the federal government being used to specifically invest in 335 00:18:47,960 --> 00:18:52,400 Speaker 1: technology to make high speed chases a much less likely thing, 336 00:18:53,080 --> 00:18:55,679 Speaker 1: I am all for it, and I'm all for drones 337 00:18:55,720 --> 00:18:59,400 Speaker 1: replacing police helicopters. Outside of swift water rescue, I think 338 00:18:59,400 --> 00:19:02,280 Speaker 1: a drone can do almost everything a police helicopter can 339 00:19:02,320 --> 00:19:06,520 Speaker 1: do and more. Now in Sacramento, I am glad to 340 00:19:06,520 --> 00:19:09,520 Speaker 1: see we are seeing some huge charges being filed in 341 00:19:09,560 --> 00:19:13,359 Speaker 1: the fireworks blast in Esparto that killed seven people. In fact, 342 00:19:13,600 --> 00:19:17,280 Speaker 1: the people that owned this warehouse full of illegal fireworks, 343 00:19:17,320 --> 00:19:20,920 Speaker 1: which include somebody at the Sheriff's department, they are now 344 00:19:20,920 --> 00:19:24,720 Speaker 1: being charged with murder all the people involved with this, 345 00:19:24,800 --> 00:19:26,800 Speaker 1: including one of them who was a fugitive on the 346 00:19:26,920 --> 00:19:33,200 Speaker 1: run who they caught and arrested at Disney World. Now, 347 00:19:33,200 --> 00:19:37,520 Speaker 1: also in Sacramento, Jim Cooper, the sheriff, is warning that 348 00:19:37,560 --> 00:19:40,520 Speaker 1: he's about to see a huge cut to his budget. 349 00:19:40,960 --> 00:19:44,399 Speaker 1: We're looking at thirty five million dollars because counties are 350 00:19:44,440 --> 00:19:45,840 Speaker 1: losing funding across the board. 351 00:19:46,440 --> 00:19:49,200 Speaker 2: And here's where I got to speak out about something. 352 00:19:50,160 --> 00:19:54,000 Speaker 1: It is true that a lot of our county budgets 353 00:19:54,040 --> 00:19:55,240 Speaker 1: are completely bloated. 354 00:19:55,800 --> 00:19:57,160 Speaker 2: That is true. 355 00:19:57,400 --> 00:20:01,119 Speaker 1: Totally agree with that. That being said, one of the 356 00:20:01,160 --> 00:20:03,520 Speaker 1: reasons that all these budgets are getting stretched thin, and 357 00:20:03,520 --> 00:20:05,640 Speaker 1: while we're seeing so many cuts and we're talking about 358 00:20:05,680 --> 00:20:09,679 Speaker 1: adding more taxes is because of HR one, the quote 359 00:20:09,760 --> 00:20:13,399 Speaker 1: big beautiful bill that cut a whole bunch of things 360 00:20:13,440 --> 00:20:18,919 Speaker 1: including Medicare, cut Medicaid and a cut food stamps, and 361 00:20:19,400 --> 00:20:25,520 Speaker 1: the counties are trying to, I guess, shoulder that burden 362 00:20:25,600 --> 00:20:28,120 Speaker 1: all onto themselves by passing it on to us. We're 363 00:20:28,160 --> 00:20:33,719 Speaker 1: cutting things that we need, like you know, police, like fire, 364 00:20:34,040 --> 00:20:34,959 Speaker 1: like the basics. 365 00:20:35,400 --> 00:20:36,200 Speaker 2: I don't like that. 366 00:20:36,560 --> 00:20:39,280 Speaker 1: There truly is probably some big cuts that should be 367 00:20:39,320 --> 00:20:42,800 Speaker 1: made in those programs. At the same time, I'm not 368 00:20:42,840 --> 00:20:44,560 Speaker 1: a big fan of that we cut all of that 369 00:20:44,640 --> 00:20:47,440 Speaker 1: stuff to I don't know what pay for the war. 370 00:20:48,520 --> 00:20:53,639 Speaker 1: Not a fan of that whatsoever. And finally, this is 371 00:20:53,680 --> 00:20:57,080 Speaker 1: a great story. San Diego tried to get a lawsuit 372 00:20:57,080 --> 00:21:00,240 Speaker 1: thrown out from citizens over there insane trash feed and 373 00:21:00,280 --> 00:21:03,159 Speaker 1: they lost. It's going a trial. It's the News Blitz 374 00:21:03,200 --> 00:21:04,880 Speaker 1: with Randy Wang on KABC. 375 00:21:05,280 --> 00:21:06,560 Speaker 2: It is the News. 376 00:21:06,280 --> 00:21:09,960 Speaker 1: Blitz with Randy Wang on Talk radio seven ninety KABC. 377 00:21:10,200 --> 00:21:13,880 Speaker 1: Make sure to subscribe to the California Report at Randywangradio 378 00:21:14,080 --> 00:21:17,560 Speaker 1: dot substack dot com. By the way, the latest person 379 00:21:17,600 --> 00:21:19,760 Speaker 1: to call for Eric Swalwell to step out of the 380 00:21:19,760 --> 00:21:25,720 Speaker 1: governor's race is HAKEM. Jeffries, the House Minority Leader. Oh boy, 381 00:21:26,760 --> 00:21:29,440 Speaker 1: I would imagine after investigation, who also called for him 382 00:21:29,520 --> 00:21:34,240 Speaker 1: to resign from Congress. Our next guest is running for 383 00:21:34,480 --> 00:21:38,359 Speaker 1: controller in the state of California. His website is Herb 384 00:21:38,440 --> 00:21:42,360 Speaker 1: Morgan dot com. Herb Morgan. Welcome to the news Blitz. 385 00:21:43,640 --> 00:21:45,800 Speaker 3: Randy, good to be here. Thank you for having me. 386 00:21:46,640 --> 00:21:49,800 Speaker 1: So let's start with a little education for anyone that's 387 00:21:49,880 --> 00:21:54,560 Speaker 1: not aware. What is the job of the California State Controller. 388 00:21:55,920 --> 00:21:59,480 Speaker 4: The California State Controller's job is outlined in the eighteen 389 00:21:59,480 --> 00:22:04,960 Speaker 4: to seven nine Constitution. He or she is primarily responsible 390 00:22:05,080 --> 00:22:10,240 Speaker 4: for the outflow of money, and that duty means pre 391 00:22:10,720 --> 00:22:16,160 Speaker 4: auditing expenditures before they're approved and sent, and then post 392 00:22:16,240 --> 00:22:19,960 Speaker 4: auditing expenditures to make sure it went where they're supposed 393 00:22:20,000 --> 00:22:23,119 Speaker 4: to go and the services and products and things that 394 00:22:23,160 --> 00:22:26,720 Speaker 4: we want as the state were delivered efficiently. And that 395 00:22:27,000 --> 00:22:28,680 Speaker 4: the other way to say all of that is the 396 00:22:28,720 --> 00:22:31,240 Speaker 4: prevention of fraud. 397 00:22:32,480 --> 00:22:35,480 Speaker 1: Oh that's everyone's favorite word these days. Okay, that's a 398 00:22:35,520 --> 00:22:38,720 Speaker 1: great explanation. So let's go ahead and now introduce yourself 399 00:22:38,760 --> 00:22:41,280 Speaker 1: to the audience. If they don't know you, who are 400 00:22:41,359 --> 00:22:43,119 Speaker 1: you and why do you want this job? 401 00:22:45,200 --> 00:22:46,600 Speaker 3: So I am Herb Morgan. 402 00:22:46,720 --> 00:22:49,320 Speaker 4: I am an almost native Californian and I had my 403 00:22:49,440 --> 00:22:53,159 Speaker 4: first birthday here in nineteen sixty seven. Grew up in 404 00:22:53,280 --> 00:22:59,000 Speaker 4: Oceanside and Westminster, California, went up to school at Santa Cruz. 405 00:22:59,560 --> 00:23:01,600 Speaker 4: And the reason I want this job as I spent 406 00:23:01,760 --> 00:23:05,000 Speaker 4: thirty nine years in finance. I had a wonderful career 407 00:23:05,440 --> 00:23:08,680 Speaker 4: on Wall Street. I was able to start. 408 00:23:08,480 --> 00:23:11,119 Speaker 3: A company, found a company, sell a company. 409 00:23:10,800 --> 00:23:14,480 Speaker 4: And retire. My wife won't let me stay home every day, 410 00:23:15,000 --> 00:23:16,720 Speaker 4: and I thought I would take the back half of 411 00:23:16,760 --> 00:23:19,679 Speaker 4: my life. I'm turning sixty this year and provide some 412 00:23:19,920 --> 00:23:23,639 Speaker 4: service to the state I love, and that service is 413 00:23:24,280 --> 00:23:28,080 Speaker 4: really we need to fix the fiscal financial situation of 414 00:23:28,119 --> 00:23:31,080 Speaker 4: our state. I wrote a white paper about four hundred 415 00:23:31,119 --> 00:23:35,200 Speaker 4: and twenty five billion dollars worth of waste and fraud 416 00:23:35,280 --> 00:23:38,399 Speaker 4: and abuse and inefficiency in state government. I have a 417 00:23:38,480 --> 00:23:40,639 Speaker 4: very simple solution. We're going to try to fix it 418 00:23:40,680 --> 00:23:41,240 Speaker 4: for the people. 419 00:23:42,680 --> 00:23:46,480 Speaker 1: Let's talk about the budget first. We looked at what 420 00:23:46,640 --> 00:23:50,160 Speaker 1: Gavin Newsom's first budget was when he was first governor 421 00:23:50,240 --> 00:23:54,160 Speaker 1: in twenty nineteen, and it was about two hundred billion dollars. 422 00:23:54,600 --> 00:23:56,879 Speaker 1: Here we are in his final year as governor and 423 00:23:56,960 --> 00:23:59,960 Speaker 1: the state budget is nearly three hundred and fifty bills 424 00:24:00,000 --> 00:24:03,760 Speaker 1: billion dollars. How did the budget get that much bigger 425 00:24:03,920 --> 00:24:07,240 Speaker 1: that quickly? And how are we still broke and don't 426 00:24:07,240 --> 00:24:08,520 Speaker 1: have any money for anything? 427 00:24:09,960 --> 00:24:12,880 Speaker 4: Such a great question, and your numbers are accurate. By 428 00:24:12,920 --> 00:24:15,199 Speaker 4: the way, he's asked for three p forty nine for 429 00:24:15,240 --> 00:24:18,439 Speaker 4: the next fiscal year. I would guarantee you that the 430 00:24:18,560 --> 00:24:21,120 Speaker 4: legislature will give him more than he asked for. 431 00:24:21,680 --> 00:24:22,440 Speaker 3: They always do. 432 00:24:23,040 --> 00:24:25,359 Speaker 4: So the question is how did it get there, Why 433 00:24:25,359 --> 00:24:27,320 Speaker 4: did it get there? And what happens is when you 434 00:24:27,359 --> 00:24:31,080 Speaker 4: have a one party super majority control both of our 435 00:24:31,160 --> 00:24:34,480 Speaker 4: legislative houses, they just increase the budget every year. 436 00:24:35,040 --> 00:24:38,600 Speaker 3: The problem with all of that, if we have the wealth. 437 00:24:38,320 --> 00:24:41,040 Speaker 4: Right, we're a very wealthy state in a very wealthy country. 438 00:24:41,640 --> 00:24:45,720 Speaker 4: But our services continue to deteriorate each and every year. 439 00:24:46,320 --> 00:24:49,000 Speaker 4: And there's only one logical conclusion you can make when 440 00:24:49,040 --> 00:24:51,480 Speaker 4: you see, okay, we went from one hundred and eighty 441 00:24:51,520 --> 00:24:54,680 Speaker 4: five billion during COVID to three hundred and twenty this year. 442 00:24:54,480 --> 00:24:56,359 Speaker 3: To three, say three fifty three. 443 00:24:56,280 --> 00:25:00,520 Speaker 4: Sixty next year running deficits deteriorating service is the only 444 00:25:00,560 --> 00:25:05,280 Speaker 4: conclusion is that California state government has become a criminal operation. 445 00:25:06,200 --> 00:25:10,119 Speaker 4: The money is being stolen, it is being looted, and 446 00:25:10,160 --> 00:25:13,200 Speaker 4: it is not getting to our programs of compassion designed 447 00:25:13,200 --> 00:25:15,680 Speaker 4: to help Californians well. 448 00:25:15,720 --> 00:25:18,880 Speaker 1: And I think the most glaringly obvious example of that 449 00:25:18,920 --> 00:25:22,800 Speaker 1: would have to be the twenty billion dollars we've spent 450 00:25:22,880 --> 00:25:25,720 Speaker 1: over the last five years on homelessness in the state 451 00:25:25,720 --> 00:25:29,840 Speaker 1: of California. There was a bipartisan bill that had unanimous 452 00:25:29,840 --> 00:25:33,919 Speaker 1: support to figure out where that money went, and Gavin 453 00:25:34,000 --> 00:25:34,879 Speaker 1: Newsom vetoed in. 454 00:25:37,160 --> 00:25:40,320 Speaker 3: He sure did. And you know what, you don't need 455 00:25:40,320 --> 00:25:41,040 Speaker 3: that bill. 456 00:25:41,119 --> 00:25:45,879 Speaker 4: Because there is one constitutional office that is endowed with 457 00:25:45,960 --> 00:25:50,800 Speaker 4: the power, unlimited power, plenary power to investigate the books 458 00:25:50,840 --> 00:25:54,520 Speaker 4: and records of every entity that touches state money. That 459 00:25:54,680 --> 00:25:57,960 Speaker 4: is the State Controller's office. The problem is in the 460 00:25:58,000 --> 00:26:01,439 Speaker 4: State Controller's office slotted in When I say we, I 461 00:26:01,520 --> 00:26:05,000 Speaker 4: mean the public sector unions in California slotted in an 462 00:26:05,080 --> 00:26:09,000 Speaker 4: incapable person, a person who's very nice and kind and decent, 463 00:26:09,440 --> 00:26:14,399 Speaker 4: but who has no financial background whatsoever. I believe she 464 00:26:14,560 --> 00:26:18,040 Speaker 4: was intentionally slotted into that position so that she would 465 00:26:18,080 --> 00:26:22,320 Speaker 4: not ask the difficult questions about our state finances. Like 466 00:26:22,359 --> 00:26:25,480 Speaker 4: I said, we are a giant money laundering operation. Everybody 467 00:26:25,560 --> 00:26:28,760 Speaker 4: gets paid and then money comes back to the politicians 468 00:26:28,800 --> 00:26:32,000 Speaker 4: in the form of donations. It's a circular reference, it's 469 00:26:32,040 --> 00:26:36,399 Speaker 4: a spiraling reference. Look, there's no program of compassion. We 470 00:26:36,440 --> 00:26:39,240 Speaker 4: can't deliver at a higher level than any other country 471 00:26:39,320 --> 00:26:42,160 Speaker 4: or state in the world. Because of our vast wealth. 472 00:26:42,200 --> 00:26:44,800 Speaker 4: We're the fourth largest economy. We should have the best 473 00:26:44,800 --> 00:26:47,600 Speaker 4: schools in the world. Instead, we're forty six. We should 474 00:26:47,600 --> 00:26:50,080 Speaker 4: have the best roads, we're forty eighth. We should have 475 00:26:50,160 --> 00:26:52,560 Speaker 4: the best upward mobility. We're fiftieth. We should have the 476 00:26:52,600 --> 00:26:56,399 Speaker 4: lowest poverty. We're fiftieth in poverty in the country. Despite 477 00:26:56,480 --> 00:26:59,359 Speaker 4: the highest level of spending K through twelve, we spend 478 00:26:59,359 --> 00:27:01,080 Speaker 4: twenty eight thousand dollars per kid. 479 00:27:01,600 --> 00:27:03,480 Speaker 3: How are we doing. 480 00:27:05,080 --> 00:27:07,399 Speaker 1: We're not doing great. We're talking to Herb Morgan. He 481 00:27:07,480 --> 00:27:09,800 Speaker 1: is running for a California state controller. You can look 482 00:27:09,840 --> 00:27:13,760 Speaker 1: at his website Herbmorgan dot com. Now, one of the 483 00:27:13,760 --> 00:27:17,200 Speaker 1: things that everyone's paying attention to this week is all 484 00:27:17,240 --> 00:27:20,439 Speaker 1: of these investigations, whether they're at the federal level, they're 485 00:27:20,520 --> 00:27:23,280 Speaker 1: at the state level, or they're at the local or 486 00:27:24,119 --> 00:27:27,919 Speaker 1: you know, social media journalism level of the fraud that 487 00:27:27,920 --> 00:27:31,280 Speaker 1: we're seeing when it comes to hospices, specifically in Los 488 00:27:31,320 --> 00:27:35,439 Speaker 1: Angeles County and specifically within this one street in Van Eyes. 489 00:27:36,160 --> 00:27:40,439 Speaker 1: And Rob Bonta, to his credit, even though you wonder 490 00:27:40,520 --> 00:27:43,159 Speaker 1: why he's making a press announcement about it, this week, 491 00:27:43,560 --> 00:27:47,119 Speaker 1: holds a press conference talking about this huge bust of 492 00:27:48,480 --> 00:27:52,439 Speaker 1: almost two dozen individuals that stole nearly two hundred million 493 00:27:52,520 --> 00:27:56,240 Speaker 1: dollars of state and federal medicare and medical money. And 494 00:27:56,680 --> 00:28:00,760 Speaker 1: here's the thing that is infuriating about the scam. So 495 00:28:00,920 --> 00:28:04,960 Speaker 1: the way that Bonta explained it is the criminals here. 496 00:28:05,359 --> 00:28:09,240 Speaker 1: We're taking social Security numbers and people's identities from the 497 00:28:09,320 --> 00:28:12,159 Speaker 1: dark web from people that did not live in the 498 00:28:12,160 --> 00:28:15,920 Speaker 1: state of California. They could then use those social Security 499 00:28:16,000 --> 00:28:20,880 Speaker 1: numbers to apply a not real person for medical, get 500 00:28:20,880 --> 00:28:24,200 Speaker 1: them enrolled in medical, and start building medicare for something 501 00:28:24,200 --> 00:28:29,200 Speaker 1: that's really hard to track, like benefits for hospice. And 502 00:28:29,280 --> 00:28:31,760 Speaker 1: this has been going on for years and years and years. 503 00:28:31,800 --> 00:28:34,200 Speaker 1: But the takeaway that I have from that is, wait, 504 00:28:34,720 --> 00:28:38,080 Speaker 1: we don't have anybody verifying if the person applying for 505 00:28:38,200 --> 00:28:39,320 Speaker 1: medical is real. 506 00:28:41,800 --> 00:28:42,280 Speaker 3: We don't. 507 00:28:43,120 --> 00:28:45,240 Speaker 4: In fact, you can take that and apply it to 508 00:28:45,320 --> 00:28:48,479 Speaker 4: just about every one of the departments. Medical Medicaid is 509 00:28:48,520 --> 00:28:51,200 Speaker 4: the biggest my estimate is one hundred and fifty five 510 00:28:51,240 --> 00:28:55,480 Speaker 4: billion wasted over five years. Follow that with Employment Development Department, 511 00:28:55,560 --> 00:29:00,400 Speaker 4: same kind of story. We suspended eligibility verification and as 512 00:29:00,400 --> 00:29:03,600 Speaker 4: a state, we did not verify eligibility. 513 00:29:03,640 --> 00:29:04,440 Speaker 3: The word got out. 514 00:29:04,560 --> 00:29:09,360 Speaker 4: Every gang banger in California got unemployment, every prisoner applied 515 00:29:09,360 --> 00:29:10,880 Speaker 4: for unemployment. 516 00:29:10,280 --> 00:29:11,320 Speaker 3: And received it. 517 00:29:11,480 --> 00:29:15,400 Speaker 4: During COVID, we drained our trust fund to zero. We 518 00:29:15,440 --> 00:29:18,440 Speaker 4: applied for and received a twenty billion dollar loan from 519 00:29:18,440 --> 00:29:21,600 Speaker 4: the federal government, as did nineteen other states. We are 520 00:29:21,640 --> 00:29:24,800 Speaker 4: the only state to not pay back the federal government. Therefore, 521 00:29:24,880 --> 00:29:27,600 Speaker 4: their security was that they could raise our unemployment tax 522 00:29:27,640 --> 00:29:29,840 Speaker 4: on every employer in the state of California, which they 523 00:29:29,880 --> 00:29:32,760 Speaker 4: did on January first. When I say we are a 524 00:29:32,800 --> 00:29:36,480 Speaker 4: criminal operation, of money laundering operation, I am not prone 525 00:29:36,480 --> 00:29:39,920 Speaker 4: to hyperbole. I spent thirty nine years in finance. I 526 00:29:39,960 --> 00:29:45,640 Speaker 4: have never ever seen anything close to as ineffective and 527 00:29:45,720 --> 00:29:47,600 Speaker 4: wrong as the state of California. 528 00:29:49,200 --> 00:29:52,320 Speaker 1: Now, you talked about the EDD fraud, which some estimate 529 00:29:52,360 --> 00:29:55,160 Speaker 1: could be as high as thirty billion dollars, possibly even 530 00:29:55,240 --> 00:29:57,880 Speaker 1: more during COVID. One of the things that we found 531 00:29:57,880 --> 00:30:01,040 Speaker 1: out recently thanks to a great investigative piece from Julie 532 00:30:01,040 --> 00:30:04,800 Speaker 1: Watts at CBS News California is that the California State 533 00:30:04,840 --> 00:30:09,480 Speaker 1: Controller's Office in California state auditors years before that had 534 00:30:09,520 --> 00:30:12,719 Speaker 1: done audit after audit after audit of how ripe for fraud. 535 00:30:12,760 --> 00:30:16,680 Speaker 1: The edd system was, the EBT card system was how 536 00:30:16,840 --> 00:30:20,000 Speaker 1: ripe for fraud. All these systems were that we were 537 00:30:20,040 --> 00:30:24,560 Speaker 1: not verifying people. But apparently out of all of the 538 00:30:24,680 --> 00:30:28,960 Speaker 1: audits and all of the investigations that the state does 539 00:30:29,000 --> 00:30:33,360 Speaker 1: onto itself, the legislature and the governor ignore almost all 540 00:30:33,400 --> 00:30:36,400 Speaker 1: of them. If you are the controller, how do you 541 00:30:36,400 --> 00:30:39,320 Speaker 1: get the legislature to actually pay attention to the audits? 542 00:30:39,320 --> 00:30:40,240 Speaker 2: You'd be doing. 543 00:30:41,560 --> 00:30:44,720 Speaker 4: Well, you know what, the controller, if she did her job, 544 00:30:44,800 --> 00:30:48,160 Speaker 4: would not need the legislature. So what happens in California 545 00:30:48,200 --> 00:30:51,000 Speaker 4: is there is an auditor. The auditor puts out something 546 00:30:51,040 --> 00:30:55,200 Speaker 4: called a high risk list. Top of the list Medicare 547 00:30:55,240 --> 00:30:57,840 Speaker 4: has been there for eighteen or medical been there for 548 00:30:57,960 --> 00:31:02,840 Speaker 4: eighteen years on the list, and the controller can withhold 549 00:31:02,880 --> 00:31:06,800 Speaker 4: disbursements two entities who are on that list or who 550 00:31:06,800 --> 00:31:09,680 Speaker 4: have failed audits in any way, but she's never done that. 551 00:31:10,480 --> 00:31:16,240 Speaker 4: It shocks the conscience what we've seen here. Every single program. 552 00:31:16,280 --> 00:31:21,240 Speaker 4: In fact, the State Controller's office itself is on the 553 00:31:21,400 --> 00:31:25,840 Speaker 4: high risk audit list of the State Auditor. It's a 554 00:31:25,880 --> 00:31:28,960 Speaker 4: different kind of audit that the state Controller is supposed 555 00:31:28,960 --> 00:31:32,720 Speaker 4: to do. It's literally meant to protect us from fraud. 556 00:31:33,280 --> 00:31:38,400 Speaker 4: And so we have an individual no background in finance, none. 557 00:31:39,920 --> 00:31:42,440 Speaker 3: Never sat on an audit committee who's. 558 00:31:42,240 --> 00:31:46,480 Speaker 4: Literally the chief fiscal officer of the fourth largest economy 559 00:31:46,880 --> 00:31:51,640 Speaker 4: in the world. I believe that is by design and 560 00:31:51,720 --> 00:31:53,120 Speaker 4: we are being fleeced. 561 00:31:53,720 --> 00:31:56,320 Speaker 3: We could have the number one public school system. 562 00:31:56,720 --> 00:31:59,720 Speaker 4: We could have the best healthcare for immigrants, for non immigrants, 563 00:31:59,720 --> 00:32:03,720 Speaker 4: for everybody. We could have clean roads, waters sewer, everything 564 00:32:03,760 --> 00:32:06,880 Speaker 4: could be brilliant because we have so much productive capacity 565 00:32:06,880 --> 00:32:07,360 Speaker 4: and wealth. 566 00:32:08,320 --> 00:32:10,200 Speaker 3: But it's being stolen. 567 00:32:12,600 --> 00:32:16,400 Speaker 1: When you look at our current budget situation, where we 568 00:32:16,480 --> 00:32:19,720 Speaker 1: are in the third or fourth year in a row 569 00:32:19,880 --> 00:32:21,960 Speaker 1: of a budget deficit. We don't know how much it's 570 00:32:22,000 --> 00:32:24,120 Speaker 1: going to be. We're still waiting for the May revise. 571 00:32:24,560 --> 00:32:27,840 Speaker 1: Are we in a situation where we need to raise 572 00:32:28,040 --> 00:32:30,440 Speaker 1: more revenues or are we in a situation where we 573 00:32:30,480 --> 00:32:32,600 Speaker 1: need somebody to cut that budget. 574 00:32:34,240 --> 00:32:36,600 Speaker 4: Well, we have a budget this year of three hundred 575 00:32:36,600 --> 00:32:39,600 Speaker 4: and twenty billion dollars. If a dollar worth a second, 576 00:32:40,280 --> 00:32:43,360 Speaker 4: three hundred and twenty billion seconds would be ten thousand, 577 00:32:43,800 --> 00:32:47,960 Speaker 4: seven hundred years. We have way too much wealth, way 578 00:32:47,960 --> 00:32:50,800 Speaker 4: too much revenue. We are not in need of money. 579 00:32:50,960 --> 00:32:53,840 Speaker 4: We are in need of putting the money into our 580 00:32:53,880 --> 00:32:56,720 Speaker 4: programs of compassion that the legislature has. 581 00:32:56,640 --> 00:32:57,920 Speaker 3: Identified as important. 582 00:32:58,440 --> 00:33:00,719 Speaker 4: The job of the State Control is to make sure 583 00:33:00,760 --> 00:33:04,160 Speaker 4: our money is used effectively and efficiently. State Controller doesn't 584 00:33:04,200 --> 00:33:08,840 Speaker 4: decide policy, doesn't decide priorities. It's only there to prevent 585 00:33:09,240 --> 00:33:13,640 Speaker 4: theft of our money, and it's not getting done. 586 00:33:14,120 --> 00:33:17,000 Speaker 1: We're speaking with Herb Morgan, he's running for state controller. 587 00:33:17,160 --> 00:33:20,080 Speaker 1: Last question before you go, and this is a very 588 00:33:20,120 --> 00:33:24,840 Speaker 1: specific one, but last month Julie Watts did an incredible 589 00:33:24,880 --> 00:33:28,880 Speaker 1: report specifically on the California State Controller's office, because in 590 00:33:28,960 --> 00:33:33,000 Speaker 1: March is when you start seeing all of those announcements 591 00:33:33,080 --> 00:33:36,680 Speaker 1: about the website that shows that the State of California 592 00:33:36,680 --> 00:33:39,400 Speaker 1: owes you money claim it dot ca dot gov. I 593 00:33:39,440 --> 00:33:42,480 Speaker 1: actually went on that website found a whole like three 594 00:33:42,600 --> 00:33:44,640 Speaker 1: hundred dollars worth of money that was supposed to go 595 00:33:44,680 --> 00:33:47,480 Speaker 1: to my old address from ten years ago. One of 596 00:33:47,520 --> 00:33:49,720 Speaker 1: the things that we were looking at in that investigation 597 00:33:49,880 --> 00:33:52,720 Speaker 1: is that the state is holding on to money from 598 00:33:52,760 --> 00:33:56,600 Speaker 1: so many different Californians, but it's up to the person 599 00:33:56,800 --> 00:33:59,760 Speaker 1: to reach out and file the claim. Do you think 600 00:33:59,840 --> 00:34:02,320 Speaker 1: the controllers should be a little more proactive and if 601 00:34:02,360 --> 00:34:04,800 Speaker 1: the state owes us money, they should be sending it 602 00:34:04,800 --> 00:34:06,640 Speaker 1: to us, because if we owe the state money, they 603 00:34:06,680 --> 00:34:08,160 Speaker 1: know how to find us real quick. 604 00:34:09,880 --> 00:34:13,239 Speaker 3: It's actually even worse than described. I know, that's hard 605 00:34:13,239 --> 00:34:18,040 Speaker 3: to believe. The way it works, it should work, is. 606 00:34:18,000 --> 00:34:21,840 Speaker 4: That if somebody disappears, they have a life insurance policy 607 00:34:21,880 --> 00:34:24,600 Speaker 4: or a bank account or a stock account, they're supposed 608 00:34:24,600 --> 00:34:26,840 Speaker 4: to hold that money in trust, and they're supposed to 609 00:34:26,880 --> 00:34:29,200 Speaker 4: find the person. And as you point out, if you 610 00:34:29,320 --> 00:34:30,960 Speaker 4: owed the FTB money, they'd find. 611 00:34:30,760 --> 00:34:31,760 Speaker 3: You pretty darn quickly. 612 00:34:32,800 --> 00:34:36,640 Speaker 4: A couple of years ago, they turned this office, this 613 00:34:36,760 --> 00:34:40,560 Speaker 4: lost property into a profit center, a revenue center, and 614 00:34:40,600 --> 00:34:42,840 Speaker 4: so what they did is they went out and hired people, 615 00:34:43,480 --> 00:34:47,560 Speaker 4: basically salesmen, to go out and confiscate people's. 616 00:34:47,200 --> 00:34:48,840 Speaker 3: Wealth to escheat it to the state. 617 00:34:49,440 --> 00:34:51,600 Speaker 4: Which is fine. The private companies can't keep it. It 618 00:34:51,640 --> 00:34:55,120 Speaker 4: should be held in trust at the state. But instead 619 00:34:55,360 --> 00:34:57,960 Speaker 4: of holding it in trust, let's say you owned Amazon 620 00:34:58,040 --> 00:35:01,879 Speaker 4: stock ten years ago, they sell your property and they 621 00:35:01,920 --> 00:35:05,960 Speaker 4: record an IOU on their books, a non interest bearing IOU. 622 00:35:06,520 --> 00:35:08,520 Speaker 3: There is a class action lawsuit. 623 00:35:08,160 --> 00:35:12,000 Speaker 4: Going on now by the Palmer Law Group. An attorney 624 00:35:12,080 --> 00:35:14,799 Speaker 4: named Bill Palmer's heading it up. They are trying to 625 00:35:14,840 --> 00:35:16,600 Speaker 4: sue the state of California, and I think they will 626 00:35:16,640 --> 00:35:21,719 Speaker 4: be victorious for selling people's property. There's one example of 627 00:35:21,760 --> 00:35:25,040 Speaker 4: a man who moved to Germany and he didn't change 628 00:35:25,040 --> 00:35:29,600 Speaker 4: his address with his stockbroker. They sold his stock, kept 629 00:35:29,640 --> 00:35:32,560 Speaker 4: the money, put it into the general fund. He came 630 00:35:32,600 --> 00:35:35,440 Speaker 4: back and said, hey, I should have thirty million dollars 631 00:35:35,440 --> 00:35:37,359 Speaker 4: with of Amazon stock, and they said, now, we sold 632 00:35:37,360 --> 00:35:40,960 Speaker 4: it for forty thousand dollars. This is happening in our state. 633 00:35:42,840 --> 00:35:45,160 Speaker 1: Oh, it totally is. And just an anecdote. When we 634 00:35:45,200 --> 00:35:47,719 Speaker 1: did this story on the John Phillips Show, somebody called 635 00:35:47,760 --> 00:35:51,560 Speaker 1: in talking about how the state had apple stock that 636 00:35:51,600 --> 00:35:54,600 Speaker 1: his family had from the nineteen seventies. Can you imagine 637 00:35:54,600 --> 00:35:55,840 Speaker 1: what that would be worth today? 638 00:35:57,760 --> 00:35:58,239 Speaker 3: It is. 639 00:35:58,600 --> 00:36:01,719 Speaker 4: It shocks the conscious so that the people who are 640 00:36:01,760 --> 00:36:05,360 Speaker 4: supposed to be there to serve and protect us are 641 00:36:05,400 --> 00:36:11,400 Speaker 4: not doing the job. They're enriching themselves. They're enriching their constituents, their. 642 00:36:11,280 --> 00:36:13,919 Speaker 3: Friends, and I don't know if you saw the video. 643 00:36:13,920 --> 00:36:16,359 Speaker 4: It dropped three days ago as an undercover video by 644 00:36:16,360 --> 00:36:16,760 Speaker 4: a guy. 645 00:36:16,640 --> 00:36:17,919 Speaker 3: Named James O'Keefe. 646 00:36:18,440 --> 00:36:22,200 Speaker 4: They got the State Controller's Office number two employee. He 647 00:36:22,280 --> 00:36:24,120 Speaker 4: thought he was on a date with a pretty girl. 648 00:36:24,760 --> 00:36:28,080 Speaker 4: He was drinking wine, and he said, there's fraud everywhere. 649 00:36:28,120 --> 00:36:30,320 Speaker 4: There's fraud in the cities, there's fraud in the counties. 650 00:36:30,360 --> 00:36:33,760 Speaker 4: This fraud in the agencies, and we are not doing 651 00:36:33,800 --> 00:36:38,200 Speaker 4: the audits because the politicians don't want the audits to 652 00:36:38,239 --> 00:36:38,640 Speaker 4: get done. 653 00:36:38,840 --> 00:36:40,560 Speaker 3: He said this on tape. 654 00:36:40,719 --> 00:36:42,680 Speaker 4: Dig it up, you'll see it, post it, love it, 655 00:36:42,920 --> 00:36:44,000 Speaker 4: like it, all that good stuff. 656 00:36:45,080 --> 00:36:48,440 Speaker 1: Herb Morgan running for California State Controller. The website is 657 00:36:48,480 --> 00:36:51,640 Speaker 1: herbmrgan dot com. Thank you so much for coming on today. 658 00:36:52,920 --> 00:36:55,080 Speaker 3: It's my pleasure. Thanks for all your hard work. 659 00:36:56,000 --> 00:36:59,239 Speaker 1: It's the News Blitz with Randy Wang on KABC. It's 660 00:36:59,280 --> 00:37:03,400 Speaker 1: the News Blitz with Randy Wang on KABC, all over Twitter, 661 00:37:03,560 --> 00:37:07,360 Speaker 1: it's every single prominent elected Democrat in California, all with 662 00:37:07,480 --> 00:37:10,640 Speaker 1: the same message. Eric Swallwell should drop out of the race. 663 00:37:10,840 --> 00:37:13,160 Speaker 1: I don't think he survives the weekend. It's the News 664 00:37:13,160 --> 00:37:16,240 Speaker 1: Blitz with Randy Wang on KABC. It's the news Blitz 665 00:37:16,320 --> 00:37:19,919 Speaker 1: with Randy Wang on KABC. Well, I think everyone knows 666 00:37:19,960 --> 00:37:23,960 Speaker 1: what's going on this weekend. It's weekend one of Coachella's. 667 00:37:24,080 --> 00:37:26,560 Speaker 1: So if you're stuck on the ten Freeway right now 668 00:37:26,680 --> 00:37:29,600 Speaker 1: going to Coachella, have a great time. If you're stuck 669 00:37:29,640 --> 00:37:32,840 Speaker 1: on the freeway, not going to Coachella right now, sorry 670 00:37:32,840 --> 00:37:36,280 Speaker 1: about that. I've been to Coachella once, in twenty twelve. 671 00:37:36,360 --> 00:37:38,600 Speaker 1: It was the year that Snoop and Dre headlined one 672 00:37:38,600 --> 00:37:42,480 Speaker 1: of the nights and it was pretty darn epic. But 673 00:37:42,920 --> 00:37:45,160 Speaker 1: I don't think I'll be going back anytime soon. I'm 674 00:37:45,200 --> 00:37:48,160 Speaker 1: a little too old to do ecstasy. But if you 675 00:37:48,200 --> 00:37:51,040 Speaker 1: want to watch the performances, if you like Sabrina Carpenter 676 00:37:51,160 --> 00:37:53,840 Speaker 1: or Justin Bieber or I could not even tell you 677 00:37:53,880 --> 00:37:56,359 Speaker 1: who any of the other people are. They stream all 678 00:37:56,440 --> 00:37:59,720 Speaker 1: of it on YouTube, so that's pretty cool. Here's something 679 00:38:00,120 --> 00:38:03,200 Speaker 1: bagel Fest West at the Audrey Ermis Pavilion at the 680 00:38:03,200 --> 00:38:06,280 Speaker 1: Wilshire Temple at sixty nine dollars and what is begel 681 00:38:06,320 --> 00:38:12,200 Speaker 1: Fest West. Well, it is a festival of bagels. This 682 00:38:12,280 --> 00:38:14,160 Speaker 1: used to be just a New York thing, but now 683 00:38:14,480 --> 00:38:17,799 Speaker 1: you get unlimited bagel samples from top tier vendors and 684 00:38:17,840 --> 00:38:20,360 Speaker 1: you can cast your votes for the best bagel and 685 00:38:20,440 --> 00:38:24,480 Speaker 1: the smear of the year. Also fun stuff with live 686 00:38:24,520 --> 00:38:27,759 Speaker 1: demos and kids and if this is your vibe, it's 687 00:38:27,800 --> 00:38:31,320 Speaker 1: definitely not mine. The Rose Bowl is having their flea market. 688 00:38:32,080 --> 00:38:34,760 Speaker 1: Costs you twelve dollars to see people selling their crap. 689 00:38:36,239 --> 00:38:40,000 Speaker 1: I'm a minimalist. I do not own junk, and I'm 690 00:38:40,040 --> 00:38:42,440 Speaker 1: actively trying to get rid of junk, so going to 691 00:38:42,480 --> 00:38:46,239 Speaker 1: a flea market not my thing. My brother obsessed with 692 00:38:46,320 --> 00:38:48,360 Speaker 1: flea markets, but that's because he likes to think he 693 00:38:48,400 --> 00:38:50,080 Speaker 1: can buy things on the cheap and sell them for 694 00:38:50,120 --> 00:38:52,840 Speaker 1: a profit, and maybe he can. It's the News Blitz 695 00:38:52,840 --> 00:38:54,200 Speaker 1: with Randy Wang on KABC