WEBVTT - Daniel Guss On The Madness At LA City Hall 0:00:01.160 --> 0:00:02.680 Something's not right here. 0:00:03.600 --> 0:00:05.280 Crime is up all over the. 0:00:05.240 --> 0:00:08.200 State, Homelessness and the city is out of control. 0:00:08.320 --> 0:00:11.200 The economy is sick, axes are high. 0:00:10.960 --> 0:00:12.960 Housing is expensive, and businesses are leaving. 0:00:13.160 --> 0:00:18.480 Leaving California means fixing, and John Phillips is just the 0:00:18.520 --> 0:00:22.040 man to leave the charge. 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Yes, 0:01:39.120 --> 0:01:42.480 three fridays from today, we're gonna be in Sherman Oaks 0:01:42.480 --> 0:01:44.640 and we want you to all come out and hang out. 0:01:44.680 --> 0:01:46.720 It's gonna be a great broadcast. 0:01:47.400 --> 0:01:50.080 And we have another one in Southern California that we're 0:01:50.080 --> 0:01:56.720 also working on over at Gladstone's in Long Beach, and 0:01:56.760 --> 0:02:00.200 then we're also working on one for Northern California. Oh, 0:02:00.280 --> 0:02:01.880 so that would be great if we were able to 0:02:01.920 --> 0:02:05.080 have a listener event in Northern California. That would be 0:02:05.080 --> 0:02:06.320 the first one we've done. 0:02:06.680 --> 0:02:09.040 Yes, listeners reached out to us about a brewery in 0:02:09.080 --> 0:02:11.120 Oakland that we should react you out to, So we're 0:02:11.160 --> 0:02:13.240 trying to figure that one out. It can be a 0:02:13.280 --> 0:02:16.400 little more complicated because of like travel rules, but we're 0:02:16.440 --> 0:02:19.520 trying to make it happen. We no matter what, are 0:02:19.560 --> 0:02:21.680 going to get out there and do a live event 0:02:21.880 --> 0:02:24.440 in the Bay area. Whether it's a live broadcast or 0:02:24.480 --> 0:02:27.360 a podcast, what have you. We need to be getting 0:02:27.400 --> 0:02:30.160 out to the Bay and hanging out with our Bay peoples. 0:02:30.639 --> 0:02:33.440 Eight hundred two two two five two two two. He 0:02:33.560 --> 0:02:36.560 is a telephone number one eight hundred two two two 0:02:36.560 --> 0:02:39.840 five two two two. I believe we have them. Do 0:02:39.880 --> 0:02:42.880 we have Gus? We have Gus on the phone, all right. 0:02:43.360 --> 0:02:45.359 It is our pleasure to welcome our next guest to 0:02:45.400 --> 0:02:49.040 the program. He is the editor of The Gus Report. 0:02:49.480 --> 0:02:52.400 You can read him online at Daniel Gus dot substack 0:02:52.480 --> 0:02:56.440 dot com and follow him on x at the Gus Report. 0:02:56.720 --> 0:02:58.720 Daniel Gus, Welcome. 0:02:59.360 --> 0:03:02.360 Welcome back to thank you very much. You know, I 0:03:02.400 --> 0:03:05.840 had Karen Bass fixing my iPad and wouldn't you know, 0:03:06.080 --> 0:03:08.560 just as I'm ready to go on, things go south. 0:03:08.680 --> 0:03:11.239 So thank you very much for having me on. I'll 0:03:11.280 --> 0:03:12.639 fix the tech next time. 0:03:13.680 --> 0:03:16.680 So you are our eyes and ears at City Hall, 0:03:16.880 --> 0:03:19.200 and I cannot wait to get into all of the 0:03:19.280 --> 0:03:23.200 drama that's been going on recently because now that we 0:03:23.320 --> 0:03:26.160 know that the November ballad is going to be Karen 0:03:26.240 --> 0:03:31.560 Bass against Nythia Rahmen, Nythia Rahmen's colleagues on the City 0:03:31.600 --> 0:03:36.840 Council are almost uniformly siding with Bass over her, and 0:03:36.920 --> 0:03:41.400 apparently they don't like her that much, because, oh boy, 0:03:41.640 --> 0:03:44.920 are they taking shots at her right and left during 0:03:44.960 --> 0:03:46.200 those council meetings. 0:03:47.960 --> 0:03:52.280 Yeah, and if you saw a Milda Padilla, the council 0:03:52.280 --> 0:03:56.560 member for CD six, which is Van Eyes and locations 0:03:56.640 --> 0:04:00.400 north of Van Eyes, she was ripping into her. She's 0:04:00.920 --> 0:04:07.000 her new homelesses are in La and Monica Rodriguez from 0:04:07.080 --> 0:04:10.240 the northern part of Council District seven. They were taking 0:04:10.280 --> 0:04:15.080 shots at Nythia and clearly it's a feeding frenzy and 0:04:15.160 --> 0:04:20.680 for once, Nythia Ramen is on the menu, and it. 0:04:20.640 --> 0:04:24.599 Looks like it looks like they're being directed by Bass 0:04:24.680 --> 0:04:28.440 to do this. They are Bass's henchmen. Not that I'm 0:04:28.440 --> 0:04:31.599 opposed to it, because I love seeing Nythia Ramen get 0:04:31.600 --> 0:04:35.400 her come up ins, but it seems like a coordinated 0:04:35.600 --> 0:04:40.520 attack against Ramen from various members of the council that 0:04:40.720 --> 0:04:43.120 just goes on on a daily basis. 0:04:45.040 --> 0:04:48.320 Yeah, I mean, it's going on and it's like the 0:04:49.600 --> 0:04:52.480 part in the politically incorrect expression, but it's the Chinese 0:04:52.520 --> 0:04:55.839 water torture because it's one after the other. And you 0:04:55.960 --> 0:04:59.680 know it's being directed by Bass and her acolytes because 0:05:00.120 --> 0:05:03.839 they control the city council agenda. Well, that's actually Marquis 0:05:03.880 --> 0:05:09.880 Harris Dawson, who used to run Karen Bass's nonprofit. And 0:05:09.960 --> 0:05:13.960 of course, if something happens to Karen Bass's mayor, like 0:05:14.000 --> 0:05:17.880 if there's a recall, like if she's indicted, well he 0:05:18.000 --> 0:05:23.960 can actually appoint himself as inter a mayor for virtually 0:05:24.120 --> 0:05:27.799 her entire term in office if I read the law correctly. 0:05:28.200 --> 0:05:32.239 So it's in Harris Dawson's best interest to hold Nythia 0:05:32.360 --> 0:05:37.440 Ramen down fair or not. But who wants Nythia rama 0:05:37.520 --> 0:05:40.320 to be treated on an even playing field when she 0:05:40.520 --> 0:05:44.680 has more than done her part to contribute to the erosion, 0:05:45.000 --> 0:05:47.800 the corrosion, and the corruption in the city of Los Angeles. 0:05:47.880 --> 0:05:51.120 So yes, absolutely coordinated. We may not see it, but 0:05:51.200 --> 0:05:52.120 we know it's there. 0:05:52.880 --> 0:05:55.840 We know that DSA candidates have been doing well in 0:05:55.960 --> 0:06:01.640 big city mayor's races around the country, including New York City, Chicago, Seattle, 0:06:01.800 --> 0:06:05.560 and elsewhere. We've also seen DSA candidates do well at 0:06:05.600 --> 0:06:11.280 the congressional level. They've won primaries in states like New York, Colorado, California, 0:06:11.720 --> 0:06:15.200 and beyond. We just saw a DSA friendly candidate when 0:06:15.279 --> 0:06:18.719 the US Senate nomination in the state of Michigan, which 0:06:18.720 --> 0:06:22.640 is regarded as being the swingiest of polls. But right now, 0:06:22.880 --> 0:06:27.160 recent polls show that Karen Bass is leading Nythia Ramen 0:06:27.839 --> 0:06:31.160 in the polls. There was one that came out recently 0:06:31.200 --> 0:06:34.520 that was conducted between July the thirtieth and August the 0:06:34.560 --> 0:06:38.479 fifth of likely voters, and they found Bass on top 0:06:38.960 --> 0:06:43.560 with fifty percent over Nythia Rahman's thirty nine percent. That 0:06:43.640 --> 0:06:47.599 was median strategies that would then be outside the margin 0:06:47.680 --> 0:06:50.839 of air. So if that poll is correct, it certainly 0:06:50.880 --> 0:06:54.279 looks like Karen Bass is the favorite right now. 0:06:55.240 --> 0:06:58.279 Right And the truth is not that I want to 0:06:58.279 --> 0:07:00.880 be one to help Karen Bass get a second term, 0:07:00.960 --> 0:07:04.599 because it will only affirm for her and all of 0:07:04.279 --> 0:07:08.240 her cronies that what they did for the past four 0:07:08.320 --> 0:07:11.360 years is something we want more of for the next 0:07:11.360 --> 0:07:14.560 four years. But the dagger in the heart if the 0:07:14.680 --> 0:07:18.760 Karen Bass wants to defeat Nythia Ramen whenever they debate 0:07:19.160 --> 0:07:22.600 all she has to do is say, miss Ramen, in 0:07:22.840 --> 0:07:27.560 order to get the DSA endorsement that you've got last 0:07:27.600 --> 0:07:31.400 time you ran for city council, you had to agree 0:07:31.440 --> 0:07:36.320 to co govern with the Democratic Socialists of America. Please 0:07:36.440 --> 0:07:40.800 tell us how you co governed with the DSA. How 0:07:40.880 --> 0:07:43.760 much power did you give them? That will be the 0:07:43.840 --> 0:07:46.320 dagger in the heart that will end the campaign and 0:07:46.440 --> 0:07:49.560 send Karen Bass for a second back for a second term. 0:07:50.160 --> 0:07:53.520 Nythia Rahman won't know how to respond, and anything that 0:07:53.600 --> 0:07:58.000 she does say will will basically suffocate what's remaining of 0:07:58.000 --> 0:07:58.720 her campaign. 0:07:59.480 --> 0:08:02.440 Yesterday, it was announced that Lineage would not meet the 0:08:02.440 --> 0:08:06.160 deadline and Boyle Heights would not be cleaned up when 0:08:06.320 --> 0:08:09.960 residents were told it would be cleaned up. Karen Mass 0:08:09.960 --> 0:08:12.880 seems to be furious over this and has been publicly 0:08:12.920 --> 0:08:16.960 attacking the company, saying there will be repercussions for them 0:08:17.000 --> 0:08:20.440 not meeting the deadline. How much does she think this 0:08:20.600 --> 0:08:23.520 hurts her, the fact that this deadline was not met. 0:08:26.200 --> 0:08:29.600 It's not ideal, but she has to toe the line. 0:08:29.640 --> 0:08:32.280 She has to say, why, by golly, I'm going to 0:08:32.360 --> 0:08:36.480 stand up for those blue collar folks and the immigrant 0:08:36.480 --> 0:08:39.040 community and Boyle Heights and if you just give me 0:08:39.120 --> 0:08:42.280 four years, I will hold their feet to the fire. Ooh, 0:08:42.600 --> 0:08:46.680 bad choice of words. You know, it's not ideal whenever 0:08:46.720 --> 0:08:49.480 you have an environmental disaster, especially in a load to 0:08:49.600 --> 0:08:54.960 median income community like Boyle Heights. So not ideal, but 0:08:55.120 --> 0:08:58.480 it gives her something to champion. If you just kind 0:08:58.480 --> 0:09:01.120 of go one eight on it, she could say this 0:09:01.160 --> 0:09:02.920 is going to be my this is going to be 0:09:03.000 --> 0:09:06.640 my reason for living and getting another four years. I'm 0:09:06.640 --> 0:09:09.320 going to fight Lineage for the people of Boyle Heights. 0:09:09.840 --> 0:09:12.640 Why do you think she hasn't gone after the county 0:09:13.000 --> 0:09:16.000 Because it was Barbara Ferrer in the county who told 0:09:16.040 --> 0:09:18.160 those people it was safe to breathe in the smoke. 0:09:18.760 --> 0:09:21.480 It was the county who said you don't need to evacuate. 0:09:22.120 --> 0:09:24.760 It's the county that runs the Department of Public Health, 0:09:24.960 --> 0:09:30.520 not the city. Bass is blaming Lineage and she is 0:09:30.640 --> 0:09:34.600 going after them with swords, But so far she hasn't 0:09:34.640 --> 0:09:37.320 directly attacked the county. Why do you think that is? 0:09:38.559 --> 0:09:39.640 Oh well, geeve. 0:09:39.720 --> 0:09:41.679 These are the people who sit next to her at 0:09:41.679 --> 0:09:46.760 the Metro board meetings. These are the people whose endorsements 0:09:46.960 --> 0:09:52.200 do matter. Hilda Slise Catherine Barger, Holly Mitchell, Janis Hahn, 0:09:53.360 --> 0:09:57.720 Lindsay Horbet. Their endorsements do matter. They do make a difference. 0:09:58.120 --> 0:10:02.079 And when you have a private company or public I 0:10:02.080 --> 0:10:04.760 don't know if it's privately or publicly held, but a 0:10:04.800 --> 0:10:09.679 politician will always criticize a company rather than other politicians 0:10:10.160 --> 0:10:16.439 until unless it's a Neuri Martinez, Kevin Dalone Gilsedio disaster 0:10:16.559 --> 0:10:19.960 on a national level, they will always attack a company 0:10:20.400 --> 0:10:24.040 rather than a politician because that's what they do, and 0:10:24.080 --> 0:10:27.240 that's what the La Times does. They go after something 0:10:27.320 --> 0:10:32.079 other than the political circle that has got them into 0:10:32.120 --> 0:10:34.800 the office and will keep them in office. 0:10:35.520 --> 0:10:39.000 As someone who closely covered the LA Mayor's race in 0:10:39.040 --> 0:10:43.040 the primary, you became very familiar with Spencer Pratt as 0:10:43.080 --> 0:10:46.600 a candidate, as certainly someone who was a victim of 0:10:46.640 --> 0:10:51.480 the fire and in other capacities. It was reported yesterday 0:10:51.520 --> 0:10:55.679 by the California Post that he is being considered to 0:10:55.720 --> 0:10:59.200 be the next Press secretary for the White House. You 0:10:59.240 --> 0:11:02.760 look at the Betty Markets, his name is on that list. 0:11:02.880 --> 0:11:06.560 So it's real enough for Las Vegas to be taking money. 0:11:06.880 --> 0:11:09.400 If you want to lay some down on Spencer Pratt 0:11:09.440 --> 0:11:12.960 as the next Press secretary for the White House. What 0:11:13.080 --> 0:11:15.400 kind of press secretary do you think he would make 0:11:15.640 --> 0:11:17.719 if he were to take that job, If he were 0:11:17.720 --> 0:11:19.080 to be offered and accept that. 0:11:19.080 --> 0:11:26.160 Job, you presciently said yesterday exactly my thoughts. He would 0:11:26.160 --> 0:11:30.200 be transparent, he would be direct, he would be crisp 0:11:30.240 --> 0:11:34.200 and his messaging he would be on point all the time. 0:11:34.360 --> 0:11:38.080 He would be fantastic in that job if he were 0:11:38.160 --> 0:11:42.880 to be offered it and accepted it. From a betting perspective, 0:11:43.000 --> 0:11:46.559 my money would be on Alena Haba for her history 0:11:46.600 --> 0:11:50.800 with Trump. She's a good looking attorney, she's good on camera, 0:11:51.400 --> 0:11:57.520 and she's worked more closely with Trump. But you know, 0:11:57.679 --> 0:12:02.040 I think Spencer would be a fantastic spokesperson, although from 0:12:02.040 --> 0:12:06.040 a personal point of view, I want to see his 0:12:07.800 --> 0:12:13.600 imprint on Southern California politics because I just in my gut, 0:12:13.920 --> 0:12:16.760 maybe I'm delusional. I think there's going to be indictment. 0:12:16.920 --> 0:12:19.000 I think there's going to be a recall, and I'm 0:12:19.040 --> 0:12:21.120 not sure it's going to be so easy for Harris 0:12:21.160 --> 0:12:25.240 daus And to appoint himself mayor if and when Karen 0:12:25.280 --> 0:12:29.400 Bass is indicted or recalled. That's my selfish personal point 0:12:29.440 --> 0:12:32.360 of view. But to your question, Spencer would be a 0:12:32.480 --> 0:12:37.480 fantastic pre secretary for President Trump. 0:12:38.120 --> 0:12:41.560 Yesterday, we got a call from a Los Angeles resident, 0:12:41.640 --> 0:12:45.040 a voter in LA. He described himself as being a Republican, 0:12:45.600 --> 0:12:48.680 as someone who was a Trump voter, as someone who 0:12:48.720 --> 0:12:51.839 is certainly right of center, and he said that on 0:12:51.880 --> 0:12:56.319 the issues he agreed with Spencer Pratt pretty much across 0:12:56.360 --> 0:12:59.560 the board. However, he didn't vote for him. In fact, 0:12:59.600 --> 0:13:03.080 he didn't voted at all because he thought that Spencer 0:13:03.120 --> 0:13:06.280 Pratt would be an embarrassment, would bring on embarrassment to 0:13:06.280 --> 0:13:09.520 the city of Los Angeles. As someone who covered Spencer 0:13:09.559 --> 0:13:12.520 Pratt closely, do you think he would have been an 0:13:12.600 --> 0:13:15.160 embarrassment if he was elected mayor? 0:13:16.440 --> 0:13:19.480 Oh gosh, no, I didn't think that from the outset, 0:13:19.640 --> 0:13:23.040 but I heard that caller, and I could understand where 0:13:23.120 --> 0:13:27.280 somebody might have thought that from the outset. But if 0:13:27.320 --> 0:13:33.840 you listen to any of Pratt's media interviews, his social 0:13:33.880 --> 0:13:38.240 media content, every time I saw this. By the way, 0:13:38.360 --> 0:13:41.640 I never met the guy prior to election day. I 0:13:41.679 --> 0:13:44.920 had been in touch with him, but I'd never actually 0:13:45.000 --> 0:13:48.360 met him in person prior to election day. And so 0:13:48.559 --> 0:13:53.600 if anybody was considering him may have harbored those thoughts 0:13:53.920 --> 0:13:57.720 at the outset at the announcement of his campaign. I 0:13:57.800 --> 0:14:01.240 don't know a single person who would be open to 0:14:01.360 --> 0:14:07.800 voting for him that didn't eventually come to think, Gee, 0:14:07.840 --> 0:14:10.800 this guy is on and you know what. Phat had 0:14:10.840 --> 0:14:13.560 the right answer. He said, I don't know how to 0:14:13.800 --> 0:14:17.239 have to run a city budget. I would have economists 0:14:17.280 --> 0:14:20.920 and budget experts. It's the same way Karen Bass didn't 0:14:20.960 --> 0:14:23.760 have any experience with this. He was on point with 0:14:23.840 --> 0:14:28.480 the issues every single time I saw him say anything 0:14:29.120 --> 0:14:32.160 in the mayor's race. So no, he wouldn't have been 0:14:32.160 --> 0:14:37.120 an embarrassment. And I don't know anybody who didn't evolve 0:14:37.240 --> 0:14:40.280 into that. So it makes me wonder if that person 0:14:40.480 --> 0:14:44.080 really is a Republican or really is a Democrat. Because 0:14:44.160 --> 0:14:47.480 by the time a month before election day, it was 0:14:47.600 --> 0:14:50.080 very clear that this guy had a handle on the issues, 0:14:50.320 --> 0:14:52.680 and he said the thing that was most important to 0:14:52.680 --> 0:14:55.040 me if he were elected mayor, he was going to 0:14:55.040 --> 0:14:57.560 open the books to the FBI and open the books 0:14:57.600 --> 0:15:01.400 to the irs. That is the number one thing that 0:15:01.440 --> 0:15:04.280 the city of Los Angeles needs. He's the only one 0:15:04.280 --> 0:15:08.040 who promised it. So if that person was speaking genuinely. 0:15:08.680 --> 0:15:10.360 I don't know where they're coming from. 0:15:10.960 --> 0:15:14.320 Spencer Pratt says that he is no longer going to 0:15:14.440 --> 0:15:17.120 run for elected office, that he is going to try 0:15:17.120 --> 0:15:21.880 to influence the government from outside of elected office. Do 0:15:21.920 --> 0:15:23.920 you believe him or do you think we could see 0:15:23.920 --> 0:15:26.080 his name on the ballot at some point in the future. 0:15:27.480 --> 0:15:31.280 I have found him to be a very transparent person. 0:15:31.680 --> 0:15:34.400 I don't want to believe that statement. I hope that 0:15:34.520 --> 0:15:38.520 circumstances may change that he will appear on it. I 0:15:38.600 --> 0:15:41.960 absolutely thought this guy was the right person at the 0:15:42.080 --> 0:15:46.080 right time, and I think his messaging was so much 0:15:46.120 --> 0:15:50.680 greater than Rick Caruso's was four years earlier. So if 0:15:50.760 --> 0:15:56.040 he says it, I hope. I hope circumstances change that 0:15:56.080 --> 0:15:59.960 we can see him once he learns even more about 0:16:00.080 --> 0:16:02.520 the system then we know already, So I take him 0:16:02.520 --> 0:16:05.800 at face value. I hope things change that will change 0:16:05.840 --> 0:16:06.360 his mind. 0:16:07.080 --> 0:16:11.280 Spencer Pratt has also suggested that he has damaging information 0:16:11.440 --> 0:16:13.680 on at least one of the two candidates for mayor 0:16:14.160 --> 0:16:17.240 that could be damaging enough to put them behind bars 0:16:17.400 --> 0:16:21.080 and to cost them the LA mayor seed. Do you 0:16:21.200 --> 0:16:24.680 believe that to be true, and if so, do you 0:16:24.720 --> 0:16:26.880 have any idea what it is that he has. 0:16:28.360 --> 0:16:34.920 I absolutely believe it's true, because every indication was that 0:16:34.960 --> 0:16:37.000 he was going to make the runoff, and he would 0:16:37.040 --> 0:16:39.360 have had to have shown his cards. And I have 0:16:39.560 --> 0:16:43.960 never known him to be dishonest or disingenuous or do 0:16:44.040 --> 0:16:48.720 a sleight of hand. Not in any single instance. Do 0:16:48.800 --> 0:16:51.680 I have a clue about what it is. I have 0:16:51.880 --> 0:16:55.880 my own ideas about what it might be about Bass 0:16:56.040 --> 0:16:59.440 or about Ramen, but I do not have a clue 0:16:59.480 --> 0:17:05.360 about what he has on whichever one he has stuff on, 0:17:05.600 --> 0:17:07.520 I have my own ideas, but I don't know if 0:17:07.520 --> 0:17:11.040 those are the same things that he has in his 0:17:11.400 --> 0:17:12.160 hip pocket there. 0:17:12.920 --> 0:17:15.080 What does your gut tell you about who's going to 0:17:15.160 --> 0:17:17.440 win this race? We know the polls we talked about 0:17:17.440 --> 0:17:21.240 the polls moments ago show Bass currently in the lead. 0:17:21.840 --> 0:17:23.639 Do you think that she is going to be able 0:17:23.680 --> 0:17:26.359 to survive this challenge or do you think Ramen's going 0:17:26.400 --> 0:17:29.040 to be able to sneak up from behind. 0:17:30.160 --> 0:17:32.600 I think that's a great question. I think Karen Bass 0:17:32.640 --> 0:17:35.600 is going to win in a landslide, right. And it's 0:17:35.640 --> 0:17:39.280 tragic because what you said, just what you said before, 0:17:39.880 --> 0:17:45.120 is that they both deserve to neither deserves to win, 0:17:45.680 --> 0:17:50.000 but Karen Bass deserves to lose. Yet, knowing what we know, 0:17:50.440 --> 0:17:53.560 election after election after election, I think it's not going 0:17:53.600 --> 0:17:55.240 to be closed. I think Bass is going to win 0:17:55.640 --> 0:17:58.600 at least by double digits, unless there's some sort of 0:17:58.640 --> 0:18:01.800 ballot harvesting chaos, which we know is always an option. 0:18:02.840 --> 0:18:06.560 Daniel Gus the muckraker you need to pay attention to 0:18:06.840 --> 0:18:10.000 at LA City Hall. You can read them online at 0:18:10.080 --> 0:18:13.399 Daniel Guss dot substack dot com and follow him on 0:18:13.520 --> 0:18:17.560 Exit the Gus Report. Two s's in Gus. 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That'll push 0:19:38.760 --> 0:19:41.400 this show in front of as many eyeballs as possible. 0:19:41.760 --> 0:19:45.520 Or play on that YouTube algorithm game help us play. 0:19:47.600 --> 0:19:51.000 All right, it's now time to open up the California 0:19:51.080 --> 0:19:51.960 crime bladder. 0:19:52.840 --> 0:19:54.119 It's happened yet again. 0:19:56.320 --> 0:20:00.879 Nice see time for the California r Blood. 0:20:01.400 --> 0:20:05.000 And Randy correct me if I'm wrong on the pronunciation. 0:20:05.640 --> 0:20:08.880 But I think this one involves catalytic converters. 0:20:10.200 --> 0:20:11.160 Can we get a check on. 0:20:11.160 --> 0:20:13.640 That, you know, let's criminalize catalystic converters. 0:20:13.720 --> 0:20:16.280 Let's criminalized copper. I think it's catalystic. 0:20:19.280 --> 0:20:22.159 There's been some catalystic converter thieve and going on in 0:20:22.280 --> 0:20:24.959 Eagle Rock for more on this. We got a KTLA 0:20:25.119 --> 0:20:28.320 five in Los Angeles now at. 0:20:28.200 --> 0:20:31.240 Eleven catalytic converter thieves strike in the dead of night 0:20:31.359 --> 0:20:34.440 with an armed lookout scene pointing a long gun at home. 0:20:34.840 --> 0:20:37.880 Holy cow, they mean business. 0:20:38.480 --> 0:20:39.520 Good evening. I'm MICHAELH. 0:20:39.520 --> 0:20:39.840 Holman. 0:20:39.960 --> 0:20:42.399 Crime is down right, Oh yeah. 0:20:42.560 --> 0:20:45.480 Criminals are afraid of getting caught, so they are just 0:20:45.640 --> 0:20:47.800 holding out a gun in the middle of the street 0:20:47.840 --> 0:20:50.320 while their buddies boost a catalytic converter. 0:20:50.840 --> 0:20:53.720 If you were smart enough to understand statistics, you'd know 0:20:53.840 --> 0:20:56.960 that crime in Los Angeles is at historic lows. 0:20:57.320 --> 0:20:59.679 And I'm Sandra Mitchell cher has the night off that 0:20:59.760 --> 0:21:00.399 in't higher. 0:21:00.400 --> 0:21:03.919 Coordinated crime was captured on a surveillance camera. 0:21:04.119 --> 0:21:06.840 The themes are scene ripping that catalytic converter from the 0:21:06.880 --> 0:21:09.640 car and fleeing the scene in less than ninety seconds. 0:21:09.800 --> 0:21:11.560 KTLA's Jillian smucked their live. 0:21:11.440 --> 0:21:13.600 And even if we had a fully staffed LAPD, we 0:21:13.640 --> 0:21:14.600 couldn't respond to that. 0:21:15.119 --> 0:21:18.040 Ninety seconds. That's shorter than a commercial break. 0:21:18.880 --> 0:21:21.680 Eagle Rock with the video man, a story you'll see 0:21:21.720 --> 0:21:22.600 only on five. 0:21:22.720 --> 0:21:26.320 Jillian, Yeah, Mike. And while we were here, we met 0:21:26.320 --> 0:21:29.640 another man who's actually had two cars stolen in less 0:21:29.680 --> 0:21:33.000 than two months, with one of those happening adjust this morning. 0:21:33.080 --> 0:21:38.119 And now, my goodness, I told you about my cousin 0:21:39.160 --> 0:21:42.159 who had his truck stolen out of his driveway in 0:21:42.280 --> 0:21:45.360 Seal Beach and they found it in South LA. They 0:21:45.400 --> 0:21:47.720 caught the person who did it, and he had a 0:21:47.800 --> 0:21:51.960 rap sheet a mile long. And I asked him what 0:21:52.040 --> 0:21:54.399 he was doing this morning, and he said he's in 0:21:54.520 --> 0:21:58.200 rural Oregon looking at helmes that that was the straw 0:21:58.240 --> 0:22:00.200 that broke the camel's back, and he's done. 0:22:00.600 --> 0:22:01.200 I get it. 0:22:01.560 --> 0:22:04.800 How the neighborhood is left on edge as police continue 0:22:04.840 --> 0:22:05.760 searching for those. 0:22:05.600 --> 0:22:09.359 Suspects, something like this is just unimaginable to me. 0:22:09.840 --> 0:22:13.879 For eleven years, Sylvia Sassetto says, this Eagle Rock neighborhood 0:22:13.880 --> 0:22:16.359 has felt safe until Tuesday morning. 0:22:16.680 --> 0:22:19.240 My car alarm started going off and I ran to 0:22:19.320 --> 0:22:22.000 the window because I thought my car was being stolen. 0:22:22.240 --> 0:22:25.760 And when she looked outside, she saw a man underneath. 0:22:25.240 --> 0:22:27.240 It, and once I saw that, I knew they were 0:22:27.280 --> 0:22:29.040 trying to steal my catalytic converter. 0:22:29.400 --> 0:22:33.280 Surveillance video shows one man under Sylvia's car, while another 0:22:33.400 --> 0:22:37.160 appears to be underneath a blue Toyota Corolla parked nearby. 0:22:37.760 --> 0:22:41.280 Sylvia says four or five men were involved, working together 0:22:41.400 --> 0:22:44.720 to get both catalytic converters in less than three minutes. 0:22:45.040 --> 0:22:48.040 Then she noticed another man in the street. The video 0:22:48.119 --> 0:22:51.399 shows him holding what appears to be a rifle, pointing 0:22:51.400 --> 0:22:53.440 it toward the direction of Sylvia's apartment. 0:22:53.560 --> 0:22:56.280 But at the time that is scary as hell, So 0:22:56.480 --> 0:23:00.400 they were fully prepared to kill someone if so someone 0:23:00.480 --> 0:23:01.880 woke up due to the car. 0:23:01.760 --> 0:23:05.240 Alarm and walked in on them stealing the catalytic converters. 0:23:05.520 --> 0:23:07.600