WEBVTT - Boyle Heights is Choking (And No One is Helping)

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<v Speaker 2>Well, that is because we're gonna give you an update,

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<v Speaker 2>or at least Randy is on what's going on in

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<v Speaker 2>Boil Heights.

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<v Speaker 3>The tragedy that is going on every single day, and

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<v Speaker 3>Boil Heights is getting worse and worse and worse, and

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<v Speaker 3>it has made the attention of the national news. This

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<v Speaker 3>next piece aired on NBC Nightly News, and Karen Bass

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<v Speaker 3>doesn't look good at all.

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<v Speaker 4>She's not gonna like that for more here is and BC.

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<v Speaker 1>People are sick right now. If something isn't done the

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<v Speaker 1>right way, what happens.

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<v Speaker 5>People are gonna die.

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<v Speaker 1>Morgan, It's been six weeks now since the black smoke

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<v Speaker 1>billowed over Ellie's boil Heights.

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<v Speaker 4>You know that smoke that was totally safe to breathe in.

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<v Speaker 2>Oh yeah, Bab's told us, Karen Bass told us, just

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<v Speaker 2>open up your front door, take a deep breath and

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<v Speaker 2>smile and look at the blackness.

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<v Speaker 4>Forreer's full of good advice.

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<v Speaker 5>Wash your hands often, and Oway's before eating and after toileting.

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<v Speaker 1>The fire burned for more than a week.

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<v Speaker 3>And why did the fire burn for more than a week.

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<v Speaker 3>We're not talking about a wildfire. We're talking about a

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<v Speaker 3>very concentrate area. It's a big warehouse, but it's just

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<v Speaker 3>a warehouse. But one of the things that does not

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<v Speaker 3>get talked about enough in this story by our politicians

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<v Speaker 3>is that they don't want you to remember that it

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<v Speaker 3>was a solar panel farm that caught fire that burned

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<v Speaker 3>down the warehouse that led to the rotting meat. Because

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<v Speaker 3>while Karen Bass makes all kinds of grandstanding about how

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<v Speaker 3>we don't want these kinds of cold storage facilities in

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<v Speaker 3>our neighborhoods because refrigerators are dangerous, the truth is they're

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<v Speaker 3>not going to say a damn thing about the fact

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<v Speaker 3>that the solar panels started the fire, because there are

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<v Speaker 3>solar panel and solar panel farms everywhere, including probably the

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<v Speaker 3>parking lot of your kids school.

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<v Speaker 2>And they would never say anything bad about green energy.

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<v Speaker 1>Four crews could even contain it.

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<v Speaker 4>Now, those who oh this poor guy, oh god.

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<v Speaker 1>Who live next door to the charred warehouse say they

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<v Speaker 1>can't catch their breath.

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<v Speaker 6>When I get the coffin fits and I can't pull okay,

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<v Speaker 6>can get air in that said, I need to just

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<v Speaker 6>take a hit to reassure myself.

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<v Speaker 3>Ok this guy's got to walk around with a floating

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<v Speaker 3>oxygen tank because of this.

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<v Speaker 2>And keep in mind, Farrer told him that this was

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<v Speaker 2>perfectly safe.

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<v Speaker 4>Not just for Rare, but the mayor of Los Angeles.

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<v Speaker 4>It's not a namsy pamsy thing who said shelter in place,

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<v Speaker 4>you'll be fine.

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<v Speaker 1>The fire tour through a massive warehouse owned by cold

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<v Speaker 1>storage company Lineage left behind more than eighty million tons

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<v Speaker 1>of rocky.

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<v Speaker 4>There it is again.

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<v Speaker 1>Oh god, chicken, fish and beef.

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<v Speaker 3>I just had to get away from the shot. But

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<v Speaker 3>whenever anyone's putting this story together, whether it's for the

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<v Speaker 3>local news on Fox eleven, CBSLA or the national news,

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<v Speaker 3>you gotta get that shot of the rotten pigfoot so gross.

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<v Speaker 1>All of it rotting next door to hundreds of homes

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<v Speaker 1>on the day we drove in the timp, already topping ninety.

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<v Speaker 3>You get that it's been hot, and it's been hot

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<v Speaker 3>and humid, which is real bad for the stinking air.

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<v Speaker 2>You can smell it right there, right.

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<v Speaker 4>Hold on, you can smell it right here. I'm a

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<v Speaker 4>prop comic.

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<v Speaker 2>Now.

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<v Speaker 1>Summer heat combined with that contaminated food bringing the flies.

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<v Speaker 1>It's like this gross, melting chemical nightmare.

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<v Speaker 3>This is, I bet not the story he thought he'd

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<v Speaker 3>get picked to do.

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<v Speaker 4>Nope, guess what you're going to Los Angeles?

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<v Speaker 1>Really?

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah? What am I gonna do? Cover the Oscars, cover

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<v Speaker 2>the Emmys, cover some kind of celebrity event. No, you're

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<v Speaker 2>going to Boil Heights where you can smell it right there.

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<v Speaker 3>Well, and this is a national correspondent this guy's probably

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<v Speaker 3>used to going to like an earthquake in Haiti and

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<v Speaker 3>it's not as bad as this.

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<v Speaker 1>Now in this working class, predominantly Latino neighborhood. As if

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<v Speaker 1>the smell and the flies weren't.

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<v Speaker 3>Bad enough, the flies that spread diseases to anyone that

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<v Speaker 3>has an open wound, and apparently it's worse than that.

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<v Speaker 2>How is it that it's not obvious to everyone that

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<v Speaker 2>these people are all gonna get cancer.

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<v Speaker 1>The Salmon Diego family are all battling different symptoms they

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<v Speaker 1>say stem from the fire.

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<v Speaker 6>Last time, I had to go to the hospital because

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<v Speaker 6>I was having a lot of breathing issues. They had

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<v Speaker 6>determined that due to the environmental factors, that my respiratory

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<v Speaker 6>issues were most likely caused by the pollution in the air.

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<v Speaker 4>You don't say.

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<v Speaker 7>Nose please, started around roughly a week after the fire.

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<v Speaker 7>To the doctor, they told me that it was because

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<v Speaker 7>of the air.

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<v Speaker 6>The air was bad.

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<v Speaker 8>I've seen him with the noose bleed and the bathroom

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<v Speaker 8>seeing filled with blood.

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<v Speaker 4>It's like, holy.

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<v Speaker 2>Come, Okay. Keep in mind, they all go to real

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<v Speaker 2>doctors who tell them it's because of the air that

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<v Speaker 2>they're breathing in and the environmental disaster that they live

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<v Speaker 2>next to, and the fake doctor tells them it's safe.

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<v Speaker 4>Well, just take a little tile in all.

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<v Speaker 7>Yeah, this is not right.

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<v Speaker 4>It's any seman.

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<v Speaker 1>Just a few blocks away, registered nurse Alexander Panis is

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<v Speaker 1>seeing the fall on firsthand.

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<v Speaker 4>Panis, just get that right, everybody.

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<v Speaker 1>He's now treating up to fifteen patients a day with

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<v Speaker 1>symptoms that he says are strikingly simil.

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<v Speaker 7>Headaches, I irritation. Knows irritation, they sell congestion, throat pain,

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<v Speaker 7>and cop Some of them are big vomiting from the smell.

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<v Speaker 4>Oh boy, well that one guy was dry heaving.

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<v Speaker 2>Remember that.

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<v Speaker 3>Oh on Matthew Sedar's report, the guy who owns the

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<v Speaker 3>car repair shop that's across the street from Leneage that

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<v Speaker 3>got all of his cars towed during the fire, and

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<v Speaker 3>then the city of la send him a bill.

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<v Speaker 1>Treatment helps, but Pennis says, only go so far when

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<v Speaker 1>the very home's patience.

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<v Speaker 4>Even doctor Panis says, this is not enough.

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<v Speaker 2>What do you think Junior high was like for him?

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<v Speaker 4>Well, I feel his pain.

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<v Speaker 1>They're living in our next door to the rotting remnants

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<v Speaker 1>still inside the warehouse.

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<v Speaker 7>If there's not a significant group of people complaining for

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<v Speaker 7>the same thing, like over and over, like you know

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<v Speaker 7>that that is a cost for a.

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<v Speaker 1>Concern that concerns in this group of residents to the

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<v Speaker 1>county Board of Supervisors this week to infrustrations about the

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<v Speaker 1>impacts of the fire.

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<v Speaker 9>Just because this is a private company, they can't take.

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<v Speaker 8>Their own sweet time to removing this.

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<v Speaker 4>Hey, everybody, it's America's worst. Mayor Karen Bass.

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<v Speaker 1>Many of them were angry with La Mayor Karen Bass,

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<v Speaker 1>who didn't issue an evacuation order after the fire. Instead,

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<v Speaker 1>she declared a state of emergency and told residents to

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<v Speaker 1>shelter in place.

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<v Speaker 10>It is not necessary for mandatory evacuation.

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<v Speaker 2>Yes it was.

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<v Speaker 3>If Nythia's people know what they're doing, that will be

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<v Speaker 3>in every single attack ad.

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<v Speaker 2>But Nythia's on the council. Nythia didn't call for an evacuation. Well,

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<v Speaker 2>she could say, not her district. There's Isabel Isabel DSA.

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<v Speaker 2>By the way, she didn't call for an evacuation either,

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<v Speaker 2>if they.

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<v Speaker 8>Are dangerous, No, the air is not dangerous.

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<v Speaker 3>Oh, come on, this is what she said when she

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<v Speaker 3>was telling residents they did not need to evacuate, who

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<v Speaker 3>now have all kinds of health complications. She can blame

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<v Speaker 3>the cold storage facility all she wants.

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<v Speaker 4>This was all on her.

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<v Speaker 3>She could have sounded the alarm evacuated the neighborhood the

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<v Speaker 3>same way that Orange County evacuated Garden Grove, And they

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<v Speaker 3>thought the bomb was going to go off a few

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<v Speaker 3>weeks ago, but they decided not to do that.

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<v Speaker 2>That guy who lives next to the fire looked like

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<v Speaker 2>he was going to die in the middle of that interview.

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<v Speaker 9>They need to be evacuated.

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<v Speaker 5>If people continue to breathe this air, they're literally going

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<v Speaker 5>to be sick.

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<v Speaker 9>At some point, something's got to give.

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<v Speaker 1>But evacuating requires money. Airbnb has already pledged more than

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<v Speaker 1>a million dollars in temporary stays for residents.

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<v Speaker 3>And some of that has to go back to Airbnb

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<v Speaker 3>when you don't pick up the towels on the floor.

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<v Speaker 1>And Lineage is offered hotel vouchers, but residents told us

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<v Speaker 1>that it's only a band aid type solution. As of

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<v Speaker 1>last weekend, about half the debris had been cleared, according

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<v Speaker 1>to Lineage. Now many want to leave until the entire

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<v Speaker 1>mess is cleaned up.

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<v Speaker 8>We don't have either the resources, the funds, or the

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<v Speaker 8>capacity to do so.

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<v Speaker 7>As a mother.

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<v Speaker 6>I feel defeated because there's so much that are only

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<v Speaker 6>I can do and provide for Rosa's family.

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<v Speaker 1>Their first week away was at a shelter. Then vouchers

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<v Speaker 1>covered a hotel, Airbnb house the family for the next

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<v Speaker 1>ten days.

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<v Speaker 3>But now this is such a pathetic response in the

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<v Speaker 3>middle of an emergency.

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<v Speaker 2>It seems like a complete nightmare.

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<v Speaker 1>They're back home with no health insurance, frightened for what

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<v Speaker 1>comes next.

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<v Speaker 3>So these people who are suffering all kinds of severe

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<v Speaker 3>health problems from the smoke that they inhaled that Karen

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<v Speaker 3>Bass said was safe. Even with everything that's being offered,

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<v Speaker 3>it's not nearly enough. And now they're back in their

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<v Speaker 3>house because the voucher out.

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<v Speaker 6>I don't know if I'll go back to the hospital.

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<v Speaker 6>I don't think I want to leave my family with

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<v Speaker 6>any medical dat I would much rather prefer to die

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<v Speaker 6>than to leave them with a deadly cut that is dark.

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<v Speaker 2>Oh god, how old do you think he is? I

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<v Speaker 2>can't tell because of the mask.

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<v Speaker 4>Do you believe he looks like a pretty young guy.

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<v Speaker 3>If you will be okay, if you stay in your home, no.

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<v Speaker 6>No, no no.

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<v Speaker 5>If in such a short period of time, we're getting sick.

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<v Speaker 9>Now, who wait for a longer time?

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<v Speaker 7>How much sicker are you going to get? No?

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<v Speaker 1>Earlier today we did hear from the office of La

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<v Speaker 1>Mayor Karen Bass, who stressed that the city's launched mobile

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<v Speaker 1>health connects throughout the impacted areas.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, those are the ones that Barbara for air runs

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<v Speaker 3>that are giving people tile and all. Seriously, it cannot

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<v Speaker 3>get any worse than this. As bad as the COVID

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<v Speaker 3>response was, imagine if if Best was mayor.

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<v Speaker 2>Then oh good lord.

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<v Speaker 3>I mean, I know she's a better rhymer than Garcetti,

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<v Speaker 3>and Garcetti was a joke.

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<v Speaker 2>I received things on both ends.

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<v Speaker 3>But she is so unbelievably incompetent and it is way

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<v Speaker 3>beyond anything that La has ever seen.

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<v Speaker 2>Well, part of this is her fault, because she should

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<v Speaker 2>have never run for this job because she doesn't have

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<v Speaker 2>the skill set. But part of this is on the

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<v Speaker 2>voters because they had an opportunity to vote for Rick

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<v Speaker 2>Caruso over her, but they chose her over Caruso. Well, okay,

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<v Speaker 2>that's your choice, but there are consequences to that. If

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<v Speaker 2>competence is something that's not relevant to you as a voter,

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<v Speaker 2>you just want to vote for someone who believes like you,

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<v Speaker 2>then fine, don't expect them to competently handle an emergency.

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<v Speaker 2>Then if and when one pops up, And that's what

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<v Speaker 2>happened here. This is a genuine public health and environmental emergency.

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<v Speaker 2>And you have someone who's not capable of running a

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<v Speaker 2>city the size of Los Angeles in charge, what do

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<v Speaker 2>you expect her to do? This is her level of competence.

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<v Speaker 2>It's not getting any better. And by the way, this

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<v Speaker 2>was her level of competence when she was elected the

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<v Speaker 2>first time around. What did you expect to have happened?

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<v Speaker 1>And regarding Leneage's permit to rebuild filed recently, the mayor said,

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<v Speaker 1>this corporation has devastated Boyle Hikes and East LA. I

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<v Speaker 1>can't believe they would even think about starting the rebuilding

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<v Speaker 1>process while they haven't cleaned up the mess they've created. Lineage.

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<v Speaker 3>One of the things that we found out in that

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<v Speaker 3>press conference on Friday that we played for you is

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<v Speaker 3>that one of the reasons this cleanup is taking longer

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<v Speaker 3>is they can't get enough landfills to take all the

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<v Speaker 3>stuff because the county is not being helpful.

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<v Speaker 4>So where is it all supposed to go?

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<v Speaker 3>Because if they're only taking it all to El Sabronte

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<v Speaker 3>and Corona, just the backup on the ninety one freeway.

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<v Speaker 4>Alone is going to slow down. This cleanup, for.

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<v Speaker 1>Its part, told us they've removed more than you imagine.

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<v Speaker 3>If you're on the freeway behind one of those trucks,

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<v Speaker 3>you better pass them.

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<v Speaker 1>Sixty percent of the food waste, adding they continue to

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<v Speaker 1>use aggressive odor and pest control measures, monitor air quality conditions,

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<v Speaker 1>and are committed to doing everything we can for this

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<v Speaker 1>community as part of the recovery until that cleanup is completed. Well,

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<v Speaker 1>thank you for so.

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<v Speaker 3>There you go national coverage of the disaster that we're

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<v Speaker 3>dealing with on a daily basis in Los Angeles. In

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<v Speaker 3>Boyle Heids at this warehouse facility, people have run out

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<v Speaker 3>of their limited time at the Airbnb and the hotel.

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<v Speaker 3>They're suffering all kinds of health consequences, and the mayor

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<v Speaker 3>doesn't give a damn. The Bord of Supervisors for all

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<v Speaker 3>of East La Hill does. Salise doesn't give a damn.

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<v Speaker 3>Barbara Ferrara doesn't give a damn. Gavin Newsom doesn't give

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<v Speaker 3>a damn. He hasn't even shown up. These people are

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<v Speaker 3>left on their own.

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<v Speaker 2>Gavin Newsom and Javier Bessera have not shown up to

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<v Speaker 2>ground zero, and I know I mentioned that before we

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<v Speaker 2>talked about that with John Fleischmann. I think it's really

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<v Speaker 2>important to point out because these are people who pat

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<v Speaker 2>themselves on the back and talk about what environmentalists they are.

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<v Speaker 2>These are people who pat themselves on the back and

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<v Speaker 2>say that they're the ones that follow the science, and

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<v Speaker 2>anyone who disagrees with them, particularly during COVID, was not

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<v Speaker 2>following the science. They're the ones who see racial discrimination

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<v Speaker 2>in literally everything. And you have an environmental disaster in

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<v Speaker 2>a poor Latino neighborhood where everyone was told to continue

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<v Speaker 2>breathing in the smoky air and it would be fine.

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<v Speaker 2>How could you not look at this and go Everything

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<v Speaker 2>that Gavin Newsom claims to be is a fraud, Everything

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<v Speaker 2>that Javierarbasera claims to be is a fraud. Because if

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<v Speaker 2>they really genuinely believe those things, this is their opportunity

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<v Speaker 2>to show it. This is their opportunity to prove it.

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<v Speaker 2>This is their opportunity to say we're not going to

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<v Speaker 2>let this happen in this neighborhood to these people, because

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<v Speaker 2>it offends me to my core. They had the opportunity

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<v Speaker 2>to do that, and they chose to ignore it because

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<v Speaker 2>they do not want the pictures of themselves at ground

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<v Speaker 2>zero getting screamed at in English and Spanish by the residents,

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<v Speaker 2>being shown all of the physical deformities that these people

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<v Speaker 2>now have because of the environmental situation in that neighborhood

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<v Speaker 2>and having to wear a mask or plug their nose

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<v Speaker 2>because of the smell or whatever. They don't want those

0:17:13.960 --> 0:17:18.320
<v Speaker 2>images to exist. So if they just ignore it, then

0:17:18.440 --> 0:17:22.560
<v Speaker 2>they figure they can get beyond it, and they figure

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<v Speaker 2>that people are so caught up in the partisan knife

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<v Speaker 2>fight that exists on a daily basis in Washington, DC,

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<v Speaker 2>where competence or allowing this to happen is something that's

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<v Speaker 2>just not regarded as being particularly relevant.

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<v Speaker 2>All right, let's get an update on Proposition forty three.

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<v Speaker 3>Proposition forty three, also known as the Save Prop thirteen Act,

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<v Speaker 3>is going to be on the ballot. It's a little

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<v Speaker 3>different than what was being passed around in the signature

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<v Speaker 3>gathering phase because HGATA had to make a deal to

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<v Speaker 3>make sure that there were no poison pills and no

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<v Speaker 3>bills to try to kill this thing. But what is

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<v Speaker 3>on the ballot seems to have widespread support. So let's

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<v Speaker 3>find out how you this November can help save and

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<v Speaker 3>strengthen Prop thirteen with Prop forty three. Here's a report

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<v Speaker 3>from Ashley's Evalla KSE or A three In California politics,

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<v Speaker 3>three sixty.

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<v Speaker 11>California voters in November will decide whether to make it

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<v Speaker 11>harder to pass new taxes in cities and counties.

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<v Speaker 3>Also, I can't wait to see who's going to oppose

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<v Speaker 3>this one.

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<v Speaker 11>Borders of Proposition forty three say this will protect communities

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<v Speaker 11>from higher taxes. Critics worry about the future of key services.

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<v Speaker 10>It will close a loophole that was created by the Court.

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<v Speaker 8>On capol with the Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association is the

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<v Speaker 8>reason why Prop forty three is on the ballot.

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<v Speaker 10>We're on a crane wreck path right now, and the

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<v Speaker 10>last thing we need to do is start raising taxes.

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<v Speaker 10>Will make it easier to raise taxes.

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<v Speaker 8>Proposition forty three makes it harder to pass special local

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<v Speaker 8>taxes that are proposed by citizens or special interest groups.

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<v Speaker 3>See there was a court decision a few years ago

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<v Speaker 3>that allowed not the government, but any kind of special

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<v Speaker 3>citizens initiative, which could be a union via the government,

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<v Speaker 3>to put a tax proposal on the ballot. And because

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<v Speaker 3>it was a citizens initiative, it only needed a fifty

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<v Speaker 3>one percent support, not the Prop thirteen mandated two thirds support.

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<v Speaker 3>And that's how we've snuck in a lot of tax

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<v Speaker 3>increases over the years. If this passes, it goes back

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<v Speaker 3>to two thirds for all of it, which makes a

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<v Speaker 3>lot of these a heck of a lot harder to pass.

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<v Speaker 2>And it would provide all kinds of protection for California

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<v Speaker 2>homeowners and taxpayers because we know what the California electorate

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<v Speaker 2>is like.

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<v Speaker 8>Special taxes are dedicated to a specific purpose instead of

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<v Speaker 8>general government use. Right now, local governments like your city

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<v Speaker 8>council or county supervisors can propose a special tax, but

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<v Speaker 8>voters must pass it by a two thirds vote. But

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<v Speaker 8>if a citizen or special interest group gets a special

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<v Speaker 8>tax on the city or county ballot, it only needs

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<v Speaker 8>to pass by a simple majority vote.

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<v Speaker 3>This happened, and by the way, this is something that

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<v Speaker 3>happened in San Diego.

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<v Speaker 4>In twenty twenty four.

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<v Speaker 3>San Diego City and San Diego County put forth tax

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<v Speaker 3>increases that both failed. So they figured, well, how about

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<v Speaker 3>this time around we get a union to put it

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<v Speaker 3>on the ballot instead of the government, and then we

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<v Speaker 3>go down from a two thirds to a fifty one percenter.

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<v Speaker 8>Recently, in Los Angeles, voters approved a citizen led mansion

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<v Speaker 8>tax to help with a four housing and homelessness programs.

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<v Speaker 4>How's that working out?

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<v Speaker 2>You know, just when you think the City of Los

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<v Speaker 2>Angeles the voters can't hit rock bottom, boy, we just

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<v Speaker 2>keep going lower and lower.

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<v Speaker 4>Well.

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<v Speaker 3>And this was the so called Measure Ula mansion tax.

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<v Speaker 3>What turned out it was a real estate transfer tax

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<v Speaker 3>that affected any property worth more than five million dollars,

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<v Speaker 3>which was every apartment building pretty much in the city

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<v Speaker 3>of Los Angeles, and in a housing crisis, has completely

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<v Speaker 3>killed development in the City of Los Angeles.

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<v Speaker 4>And they know it.

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<v Speaker 3>And even when the politicians like Nitia Rahman tried to

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<v Speaker 3>amend it, they got shouted down by the DSA people

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<v Speaker 3>that said, no, we need it. We need this money.

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<v Speaker 3>And you want to know where that money goes. It

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<v Speaker 3>goes towards nonprofit eviction defense law firms like bet Zeek

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<v Speaker 3>that sue the City of Los Angeles to make sure

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<v Speaker 3>nobody gets evicted. We're paying people to no sue us.

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<v Speaker 3>Just awful passed with fifteen I've said it before, I'll

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<v Speaker 3>say it again. Oakland is a terribly run city. LA

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<v Speaker 3>is worse.

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<v Speaker 8>Eight percent of the vote. Under Proposition forty three, that

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<v Speaker 8>tax would not have passed.

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<v Speaker 10>Proposition forty three, at its core, makes it harder to

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<v Speaker 10>raise taxes. It restores the original intent and language of

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<v Speaker 10>Proposition thirteen, and it may be one of the few

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<v Speaker 10>things that will prevent higher taxes.

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<v Speaker 8>Capaul is talking about the state's nearly fifty year old

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<v Speaker 8>real estate rules that are part of the state constitution.

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<v Speaker 8>He says, in twenty seventeen, the state Supreme Court undermined

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<v Speaker 8>some of those rules by lowering the threshold for citizens

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<v Speaker 8>groups to get special taxes passed. Since then, there have

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<v Speaker 8>been about thirty new special local taxes across the state,

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<v Speaker 8>on top of other cost of living increases in California.

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<v Speaker 10>Government is a growth industry in the state of California,

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<v Speaker 10>and unfortunately it is resulting in California having a very

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<v Speaker 10>hostile reputation nationally.

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<v Speaker 3>Also, it's never enough. The California state budget is one

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<v Speaker 3>and a half times larger than it was seven years ago.

0:26:13.440 --> 0:26:16.479
<v Speaker 3>Every department says they're broke and nobody's happy.

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<v Speaker 2>No, and are your services that much better than where

0:26:20.640 --> 0:26:24.520
<v Speaker 2>they used to be when taxes were less. The answer

0:26:24.600 --> 0:26:28.480
<v Speaker 2>is no. The services that you receive are worse today

0:26:28.840 --> 0:26:31.520
<v Speaker 2>than they were in the nineteen eighties. Yet the cost

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<v Speaker 2>to run the government has shot through the.

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<v Speaker 12>Roof firefighter and someone who serves the community Proposition forty

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<v Speaker 12>three is is written, it actually takes control away from

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<v Speaker 12>the communities we serve.

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<v Speaker 4>No, no, no, no no.

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<v Speaker 3>They're going to try to put the firefighters in front

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<v Speaker 3>of this thing because there is a firefighter special tax

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<v Speaker 3>that's going to be on the ballot of the City

0:26:53.040 --> 0:26:56.639
<v Speaker 3>of Los Angeles. It's not on the voters to have

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<v Speaker 3>a special tax to fund the fire department. That's what

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<v Speaker 3>the basic general fund is supposed to be for. If

0:27:03.240 --> 0:27:05.359
<v Speaker 3>they don't want to fully fund the fire department, then

0:27:05.359 --> 0:27:07.440
<v Speaker 3>we need new politicians that will.

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<v Speaker 8>Docrimental Area firefighter Trevor Jamison says Prop forty three could

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<v Speaker 8>put the future of local key services at risk.

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<v Speaker 12>Right now, the majority of voters have the ability to

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<v Speaker 12>direct the way their local resources are used through.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, and if you vote for a special tax for

0:27:25.080 --> 0:27:27.960
<v Speaker 3>the fire department and a special tax for the police department,

0:27:28.200 --> 0:27:30.399
<v Speaker 3>what do you think that tells the politicians, Oh, I

0:27:30.480 --> 0:27:32.800
<v Speaker 3>can defund all my general fund money now.

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<v Speaker 2>California voters also overwhelmingly approve Proposition thirteen. And this is

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<v Speaker 2>fixing something and making it consistent with what voters passed

0:27:43.440 --> 0:27:48.040
<v Speaker 2>when they approve Proposition third thirteen. Voters could be schizophrenic

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<v Speaker 2>at times as to what they believe.

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<v Speaker 12>In citizens' initiatives. You know, the Supreme Court found that

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<v Speaker 12>to be legal. I think what this is trying to

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<v Speaker 12>do is undermine the Supreme Court and take away local

0:28:03.600 --> 0:28:07.760
<v Speaker 12>citizens ability to serve their have the community to be served.

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<v Speaker 3>Now, this guy's obviously a firefighter union guy. When we

0:28:12.680 --> 0:28:16.560
<v Speaker 3>talk about these tax initiatives, tax hikes to fund the

0:28:16.600 --> 0:28:20.880
<v Speaker 3>fire department, how much goes towards fire trucks, fire engines, firefighters,

0:28:20.880 --> 0:28:23.199
<v Speaker 3>and how much goes towards the pensions.

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<v Speaker 2>That's a very good question. And also you need to

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<v Speaker 2>look at the overall budget of the city. If you're

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<v Speaker 2>gonna look be in the eye and tell me there's

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<v Speaker 2>no fat in the city of Los Angeles that you

0:28:34.760 --> 0:28:37.679
<v Speaker 2>can cut to give more money to the fire department,

0:28:38.720 --> 0:28:43.480
<v Speaker 2>you're nuts. None of those ambassadors should be employed. These

0:28:43.800 --> 0:28:49.280
<v Speaker 2>NGOs that are being supported by taxpayer dollars that are

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<v Speaker 2>supposed to help the homeless, and the number of people

0:28:52.240 --> 0:28:54.960
<v Speaker 2>living on the streets goes up and not down, that

0:28:55.040 --> 0:28:59.360
<v Speaker 2>money should be taken away. These NGOs that exist to

0:28:59.400 --> 0:29:03.080
<v Speaker 2>stop section harassment on the Metro should not receive any

0:29:03.280 --> 0:29:06.480
<v Speaker 2>government dollars. Take all that money from them and give

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<v Speaker 2>it to the firefighters.

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<v Speaker 8>Jamison and other opponents say it could impact future money

0:29:11.960 --> 0:29:16.840
<v Speaker 8>not just for firefighters, but other emergency responders, schools, healthcare,

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<v Speaker 8>and the response.

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<v Speaker 4>To homelessness good.

0:29:22.320 --> 0:29:26.240
<v Speaker 3>The homeless problem was not this bad when we didn't

0:29:26.280 --> 0:29:29.400
<v Speaker 3>spend so much money on it. We raised our own

0:29:29.480 --> 0:29:32.200
<v Speaker 3>taxes in the city and County of Los Angeles, and

0:29:32.280 --> 0:29:35.520
<v Speaker 3>the problem got worse. Gavin loves to toubt how the

0:29:35.560 --> 0:29:39.160
<v Speaker 3>state used to spend zero dollars on homelessness. Well, now

0:29:39.160 --> 0:29:41.120
<v Speaker 3>he spends so much money that we don't know where

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<v Speaker 3>any of it goes, and the problem gets worse.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't think we would have a worse situation if

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<v Speaker 2>we spend zero dollars on the homeless.

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<v Speaker 3>Let's try that, and then we have plenty of money

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<v Speaker 3>for the fire department.

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<v Speaker 8>Prop forty three faces fierce opposition from powerful labor unions.

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<v Speaker 12>They say, take a look at the opponents of the

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<v Speaker 12>Yes campaign. I believe those are driven by special interests,

0:30:08.080 --> 0:30:12.360
<v Speaker 12>big money groups that are not really looking out for

0:30:12.560 --> 0:30:13.480
<v Speaker 12>working families.

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<v Speaker 4>I think this guy's real nervous on camera. He is

0:30:17.360 --> 0:30:21.720
<v Speaker 4>because he knows he's shovel and manure well. And you're

0:30:21.720 --> 0:30:24.600
<v Speaker 4>a union guy. That's what you got to do sometimes.

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<v Speaker 12>Looking out for their own interests.

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<v Speaker 11>If past that higher vote threshold of two thirds vote

0:30:30.760 --> 0:30:33.880
<v Speaker 11>proposed in Prop. Forty three would apply to proposals after

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<v Speaker 11>January of twenty twenty seven, the legislative.

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<v Speaker 3>Am Now what was originally but they had to negotiate

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<v Speaker 3>it away because all the cities and counties were freaking out,

0:30:43.560 --> 0:30:46.280
<v Speaker 3>was that it would undo all those special taxes that

0:30:46.280 --> 0:30:49.000
<v Speaker 3>we voted on over the last seven years. That's not

0:30:49.120 --> 0:30:51.160
<v Speaker 3>going to happen, but this is still something that is

0:30:51.280 --> 0:30:56.440
<v Speaker 3>very necessary going forward. Did oh yeah, because the City

0:30:56.480 --> 0:30:58.000
<v Speaker 3>of la would have been on the hook for all

0:30:58.040 --> 0:31:01.560
<v Speaker 3>the money they promised all those eviction defense attorneys for.

0:31:01.640 --> 0:31:03.960
<v Speaker 4>Measure ULA, and then the well would have run dry.

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<v Speaker 11>This does not impact current local government budgets, but it

0:31:08.800 --> 0:31:12.200
<v Speaker 11>could prevent their revenues from increasing. It's not clear by

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<v Speaker 11>exactly how much.

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<v Speaker 4>There's how you sell it.

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<v Speaker 3>Make sure that we don't give your local government any

0:31:17.640 --> 0:31:18.800
<v Speaker 3>more money.

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<v Speaker 2>All right here with an update for us between the

0:31:41.640 --> 0:31:46.640
<v Speaker 2>rent dispute involving the Oakland Roots in the Oakland Alameda

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<v Speaker 2>County Coliseum. Mister Randy Wayne.

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<v Speaker 3>We've got dead beats for a soccer team in the

0:31:53.240 --> 0:31:55.560
<v Speaker 3>city of Oakland.

0:31:55.320 --> 0:31:57.440
<v Speaker 9>And we still got our Oakland a'sbaby.

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<v Speaker 4>No, you don't.

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<v Speaker 3>For more on the homeless soccer team that is really

0:32:04.800 --> 0:32:08.959
<v Speaker 3>getting close to getting evicted. Here is kpix.

0:32:08.480 --> 0:32:09.520
<v Speaker 1>Has so much history.

0:32:09.560 --> 0:32:12.680
<v Speaker 10>We've had Steph Curry here, Jamon Green.

0:32:13.040 --> 0:32:17.760
<v Speaker 3>As a long time ago. Isn't it sad that when

0:32:17.800 --> 0:32:19.560
<v Speaker 3>the Warriors got good they moved away?

0:32:21.600 --> 0:32:24.200
<v Speaker 2>Hey, they played in Oakland during the Chris Mullen years.

0:32:24.600 --> 0:32:25.120
<v Speaker 1>We'll see him.

0:32:25.120 --> 0:32:28.000
<v Speaker 13>Has always been where the city's biggest sports memories were made.

0:32:28.040 --> 0:32:32.360
<v Speaker 13>But now one of the last professional teams to call

0:32:32.440 --> 0:32:37.280
<v Speaker 13>the venue home is facing an uncertain future. Soccer team.

0:32:37.480 --> 0:32:40.400
<v Speaker 13>The Oakland Roots took on the Pittsburgh River Hounds at

0:32:40.400 --> 0:32:43.360
<v Speaker 13>the Coliseum tonight, but it came after a heated meeting

0:32:43.960 --> 0:32:47.520
<v Speaker 13>over nearly one and a half million dollars in unpaid rent.

0:32:48.120 --> 0:32:51.320
<v Speaker 3>They'll pay you someday. First they got to sell some tickets.

0:32:52.080 --> 0:32:54.040
<v Speaker 2>Don't count on that happening anytime soon.

0:32:54.800 --> 0:32:56.479
<v Speaker 13>Maddy White's got the story from Oakland.

0:33:04.400 --> 0:33:06.760
<v Speaker 14>Even if the Oakland Roots have only called it home

0:33:06.840 --> 0:33:09.720
<v Speaker 14>for a short time, for many fans, the team is

0:33:09.880 --> 0:33:11.640
<v Speaker 14>rooted right where it belongs.

0:33:11.760 --> 0:33:17.040
<v Speaker 3>They're ripping out the roots. Guys, I'm sorry at.

0:33:16.880 --> 0:33:18.280
<v Speaker 9>The Oakland Coliseum.

0:33:18.360 --> 0:33:20.680
<v Speaker 6>I've been going here since I was like five years old.

0:33:20.720 --> 0:33:21.280
<v Speaker 10>So it's like.

0:33:23.560 --> 0:33:27.560
<v Speaker 6>My dad and it's just like, I don't know, so

0:33:28.000 --> 0:33:28.960
<v Speaker 6>I get emotional sometimes.

0:33:29.280 --> 0:33:31.520
<v Speaker 3>Imagine taking your kids there now. I used to see

0:33:31.560 --> 0:33:34.600
<v Speaker 3>the A's and the Raiders play there and the Warriors.

0:33:35.000 --> 0:33:36.440
<v Speaker 4>What happened to all those teams?

0:33:36.520 --> 0:33:42.360
<v Speaker 2>Dad, well Son, It's about to happen again.

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<v Speaker 4>This is my this is my roots.

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<v Speaker 14>Many fans say they don't want to see the Roots

0:33:49.520 --> 0:33:52.960
<v Speaker 14>leave the Colisseum because of all the history and culture

0:33:53.160 --> 0:33:54.440
<v Speaker 14>that this place represents.

0:33:54.480 --> 0:33:57.400
<v Speaker 3>And if you're the colisseum, what are you going to

0:33:57.480 --> 0:33:59.440
<v Speaker 3>put in there? They have no teams.

0:34:01.240 --> 0:34:03.280
<v Speaker 2>They didn't even know who their owners were gonna be

0:34:03.360 --> 0:34:04.200
<v Speaker 2>for a long time.

0:34:04.600 --> 0:34:07.560
<v Speaker 4>They still don't like we just saw they were having it.

0:34:08.400 --> 0:34:09.879
<v Speaker 4>Maybe there's a rodeo going on.

0:34:11.600 --> 0:34:14.279
<v Speaker 2>She looks like she got attacked by a stapler.

0:34:17.640 --> 0:34:19.120
<v Speaker 4>As a big old bull horn.

0:34:19.840 --> 0:34:22.719
<v Speaker 2>Well, I know why. She's a fan of the Roots.

0:34:22.600 --> 0:34:24.680
<v Speaker 9>Dance battle, and that's just that's only something I feel

0:34:24.680 --> 0:34:25.440
<v Speaker 9>like you'd get an Oakley.

0:34:25.440 --> 0:34:27.240
<v Speaker 3>It's hard to see what the lighting. But her boyfriend

0:34:27.280 --> 0:34:31.760
<v Speaker 3>also has about seventeen earrings. These guys are fun.

0:34:32.160 --> 0:34:34.000
<v Speaker 2>What kind of children do you think they're gonna make?

0:34:35.160 --> 0:34:36.040
<v Speaker 4>Hopefully none.

0:34:36.440 --> 0:34:39.919
<v Speaker 14>Dan celebrated ahead of the game this weekend, just one

0:34:40.000 --> 0:34:40.640
<v Speaker 14>day prior.

0:34:40.880 --> 0:34:41.359
<v Speaker 6>I got a.

0:34:41.280 --> 0:34:41.920
<v Speaker 2>Problem with you.

0:34:42.040 --> 0:34:44.000
<v Speaker 6>Well, I have a problem with your statement.

0:34:44.200 --> 0:34:45.919
<v Speaker 9>The conversation at the coliseum off three.

0:34:46.000 --> 0:34:47.520
<v Speaker 3>Can I see more of that meaning? It seems like

0:34:47.600 --> 0:34:49.280
<v Speaker 3>Ken Houston was about to pop off.

0:34:50.239 --> 0:34:51.360
<v Speaker 2>It sounds like he did.

0:34:52.480 --> 0:34:55.000
<v Speaker 9>Ortie's meeting was far less festive.

0:34:55.360 --> 0:34:58.320
<v Speaker 1>Some of the members of this board felt blind sided.

0:35:00.239 --> 0:35:02.320
<v Speaker 2>I have felt.

0:35:01.680 --> 0:35:05.880
<v Speaker 14>Executives overseeing the Colisseum's budgets say the Oakland Roots are

0:35:05.920 --> 0:35:10.120
<v Speaker 14>behind in rent and own nearly one point four million dollars.

0:35:10.360 --> 0:35:12.319
<v Speaker 3>I mean, look how empty those stands are. How are

0:35:12.360 --> 0:35:15.000
<v Speaker 3>they supposed to pay the bill? The problem is you're

0:35:15.040 --> 0:35:17.080
<v Speaker 3>a team that has a fan base of two to

0:35:17.160 --> 0:35:20.360
<v Speaker 3>three thousand people and you're renting out a fifty thousand

0:35:20.400 --> 0:35:21.239
<v Speaker 3>seat stadium.

0:35:21.640 --> 0:35:23.919
<v Speaker 2>It's some point you are going to get evicted. That's

0:35:23.920 --> 0:35:29.560
<v Speaker 2>how it works. First payment was due by noon two

0:35:29.640 --> 0:35:30.080
<v Speaker 2>days ago.

0:35:30.280 --> 0:35:34.320
<v Speaker 14>Eventually, both sides reached a temporary agreement allowing the Roots

0:35:34.360 --> 0:35:36.760
<v Speaker 14>to stay on the field while negotiations continued.

0:35:37.320 --> 0:35:38.000
<v Speaker 1>Looking for it here.

0:35:38.040 --> 0:35:40.320
<v Speaker 3>I mean you're in a bad position if you're the Roots,

0:35:40.520 --> 0:35:42.480
<v Speaker 3>because you owe the money and where else are you

0:35:42.480 --> 0:35:44.400
<v Speaker 3>going to go? But I think you're also in a

0:35:44.440 --> 0:35:48.080
<v Speaker 3>bad position if you're the Colisseum because this is literally

0:35:48.120 --> 0:35:49.400
<v Speaker 3>the only game in town.

0:35:49.880 --> 0:35:51.839
<v Speaker 2>No, there's no one else who's going to rent out

0:35:51.880 --> 0:35:52.400
<v Speaker 2>that building.

0:35:53.480 --> 0:35:56.160
<v Speaker 14>But the club has also said this is expected to

0:35:56.160 --> 0:35:59.759
<v Speaker 14>be its final year playing at the Coliseum, citing the

0:35:59.800 --> 0:36:02.480
<v Speaker 14>high cost of operating the aging stadium.

0:36:02.560 --> 0:36:04.080
<v Speaker 9>It's really nice for us all come together.

0:36:04.640 --> 0:36:06.040
<v Speaker 4>I cannot get over that nose ring.

0:36:10.040 --> 0:36:11.520
<v Speaker 2>Who thinks that's attractive?

0:36:16.080 --> 0:36:16.560
<v Speaker 4>Steers?

0:36:19.239 --> 0:36:23.520
<v Speaker 9>It's ending now for supporters. We are rooted in Oakland, keeping.

0:36:23.200 --> 0:36:23.920
<v Speaker 4>Not much longer.

0:36:26.040 --> 0:36:29.000
<v Speaker 3>Have the fun what you can, they're going to replant

0:36:29.040 --> 0:36:36.480
<v Speaker 3>you in vallejoeping.

0:36:32.920 --> 0:36:36.360
<v Speaker 14>The club in Oakland matters just as much as keeping

0:36:36.400 --> 0:36:37.400
<v Speaker 14>it in the coliseum.

0:36:37.520 --> 0:36:39.000
<v Speaker 6>We've always got to have an Oakland team here.

0:36:39.040 --> 0:36:41.719
<v Speaker 1>I feel like it brings an inspiration to everyone here,

0:36:41.840 --> 0:36:42.200
<v Speaker 1>whether the.

0:36:42.239 --> 0:36:45.600
<v Speaker 14>Roots ultimately stay at the Coliseum or find another home.

0:36:45.920 --> 0:36:49.000
<v Speaker 14>Fans say the city of Oakland has already lost too

0:36:49.040 --> 0:36:49.880
<v Speaker 14>many teams.

0:36:50.239 --> 0:36:52.759
<v Speaker 3>They're hoping this, I mean, unfortunately, this is the thing

0:36:52.800 --> 0:36:54.280
<v Speaker 3>that Oakland is known for.

0:36:55.239 --> 0:37:01.760
<v Speaker 2>Losing sports teams well, and RVs being on fire that too.

0:37:02.239 --> 0:37:03.000
<v Speaker 4>Well, there is that.

0:37:03.600 --> 0:37:05.799
<v Speaker 14>You may be frightened, and I know how you feel.

0:37:06.800 --> 0:37:09.480
<v Speaker 9>It's roots where they believe they belong.

0:37:12.880 --> 0:37:15.759
<v Speaker 13>That is Maddy White reporting. The Roots say that they've

0:37:15.800 --> 0:37:18.080
<v Speaker 13>paid for this weekend's game and plan to pay off

0:37:18.120 --> 0:37:20.200
<v Speaker 13>what they owe by the end of the season.

0:37:21.560 --> 0:37:21.799
<v Speaker 3>Yeah.

0:37:21.880 --> 0:37:22.879
<v Speaker 4>I wouldn't trust that.

0:37:25.200 --> 0:37:25.960
<v Speaker 2>Not they will.

0:37:26.000 --> 0:37:29.759
<v Speaker 3>We plan to now Johnny real quick before we get

0:37:29.760 --> 0:37:31.520
<v Speaker 3>out of here. We also have an update on the

0:37:31.560 --> 0:37:36.320
<v Speaker 3>only other sports team in Oakland, Oakland Bees. They changed

0:37:36.360 --> 0:37:37.880
<v Speaker 3>their name for a pot event.

0:37:38.560 --> 0:37:41.040
<v Speaker 5>To be an Oakland sports fan is to know the

0:37:41.160 --> 0:37:45.120
<v Speaker 5>highest of highs and the lowest of low's. First, the Low's,

0:37:45.320 --> 0:37:48.360
<v Speaker 5>the A's, the Raiders, the Dubs. They have all ditched

0:37:48.440 --> 0:37:50.760
<v Speaker 5>the town so sad.

0:37:51.239 --> 0:37:52.200
<v Speaker 2>Who are the Doves?

0:37:52.880 --> 0:37:58.279
<v Speaker 3>The Dubs, the Warriors, oh the Okay, I see greener pastures.

0:37:58.680 --> 0:38:00.600
<v Speaker 4>The A's unless they had a look cross team that

0:38:00.640 --> 0:38:01.040
<v Speaker 4>I didn't know.

0:38:01.040 --> 0:38:04.759
<v Speaker 5>About, partically gave Oakland the finger when they opted to

0:38:04.760 --> 0:38:06.040
<v Speaker 5>play in Sacramento.

0:38:07.560 --> 0:38:10.840
<v Speaker 9>Also true, they waited for their ballpark in Vegas.

0:38:10.840 --> 0:38:13.160
<v Speaker 3>Screw you, We're not going back to the Coliseum. We're

0:38:13.200 --> 0:38:16.120
<v Speaker 3>going to the River CAATs Stadium and West Sacramento.

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<v Speaker 2>Hey, I saw three games there this summer. It was nice.

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<v Speaker 4>Did the Angels win any of them?

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah?

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<v Speaker 1>One?

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<v Speaker 5>Do you know the one that is still being built

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<v Speaker 5>on the strip. Instead, Oakland has their own, smaller but

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<v Speaker 5>beloved local teams. You've got the Roots, the soccer team

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<v Speaker 5>that has been playing in the coliseum it is not

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<v Speaker 5>much longer searching for its new home. And then you've

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<v Speaker 5>got the Oakland Ballers. The independent baseball team made its

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<v Speaker 5>debut two years ago in the Pioneer League and last.

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<v Speaker 3>Year Pioneer League, which mostly is comprised of teams from

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<v Speaker 3>Idaho and Montana Oakland Bees.

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<v Speaker 2>Are there more Pioneer League teams or more Pioneer Chickens left?

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<v Speaker 5>And just their second season, the Ballers won the league champion.

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<v Speaker 5>And let's just say they've been willing to take some risks.

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<v Speaker 5>They temporarily let Ai take over for their manager, and

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<v Speaker 5>then on April's fools Day, they posted this their weed

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<v Speaker 5>themed uniform. Parly a joke until people demand and the

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<v Speaker 5>team make it a thing, which brings us to our

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<v Speaker 5>highest of highs because the team actually did it.

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<v Speaker 3>Now they're the Oakland Blazers, all right, Well, good for them,