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He's already picked up some notable endorsements, 0:01:10.319 --> 0:01:13.679 including several members of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors, 0:01:14.120 --> 0:01:19.960 Tom Wolf, and even Rick Caruso has endorsed Matt Mayhen 0:01:20.040 --> 0:01:23.800 for governor. Quite frankly, Rick Caruso, in his endorsement says 0:01:23.880 --> 0:01:27.280 he told Matt Mayhen to run. So if you're wondering 0:01:27.319 --> 0:01:30.479 why Rick Caruso is not running for governor, it could 0:01:30.520 --> 0:01:33.480 be that he thought Matt Mayhen had a better chance 0:01:33.520 --> 0:01:35.600 and was going to occupy the same lane as him. 0:01:36.080 --> 0:01:38.920 Now is Rick Caruso going to put his money behind Mayheen? 0:01:39.520 --> 0:01:44.560 One would hope, because Matt Mayhen is probably the most 0:01:44.560 --> 0:01:48.280 centrist candidate that is out there that has a chance. 0:01:49.120 --> 0:01:52.040 Antonio Viragosa, I'm so sorry you don't have a chance, 0:01:53.160 --> 0:01:57.520 but you know, keep trying. Matt Mayheen did an interview 0:01:57.640 --> 0:02:01.160 last night with our friend Elex michael On. The story 0:02:01.400 --> 0:02:03.960 is on CNN. Let's give it a listen. 0:02:04.560 --> 0:02:08.480 We don't just need to be against something, We need 0:02:08.520 --> 0:02:12.639 to be for something, a government that proves it can 0:02:12.720 --> 0:02:15.120 solve problems for working people. 0:02:15.160 --> 0:02:18.960 Once again, how about that? What a novel concept. If 0:02:19.000 --> 0:02:23.239 we have positive outcomes, people will vote for us because 0:02:23.440 --> 0:02:28.440 our ideas worked instead of you know, the typical politics 0:02:28.520 --> 0:02:30.000 of no, the other side's worse. 0:02:31.560 --> 0:02:34.000 Look, I don't know if Matt Mahon has the chance 0:02:34.040 --> 0:02:34.359 to win. 0:02:35.560 --> 0:02:39.280 I don't know if the appetite of the primary voters 0:02:39.320 --> 0:02:42.000 are going to be in for Matt Mayhan. But he 0:02:42.160 --> 0:02:45.400 certainly sounds a lot more pragmatic and common sense than 0:02:45.560 --> 0:02:51.280 most of the people who are running on the Democrat side. Honestly, 0:02:51.320 --> 0:02:53.160 in a lot of ways, he sounds closer to a 0:02:53.200 --> 0:02:56.280 Steve Hilton than he does to a Katie Porter Lied. 0:02:56.760 --> 0:02:59.240 But we'll see. But let's hear what he had to 0:02:59.240 --> 0:03:00.160 say to Elex. 0:03:00.080 --> 0:03:02.720 That is San Jose Mayor. Matt Mahon on his first 0:03:02.800 --> 0:03:05.760 official day as a candidate for California governor. You see 0:03:05.800 --> 0:03:08.520 him there with his wife and kids. The moderate Democrat 0:03:08.560 --> 0:03:11.280 who has called out the current governor, Kevin Newsom on 0:03:11.280 --> 0:03:14.880 several occasions, is getting a lot of supports, especially from 0:03:14.960 --> 0:03:18.280 Silicon Valley. Matt Mahon is a forty three year old 0:03:18.320 --> 0:03:21.600 former tech entrepreneur, a former public school teacher. 0:03:21.840 --> 0:03:25.760 He's only forty three. Okay that he might be the 0:03:25.800 --> 0:03:29.880 youngest person. Well, how old is Ian calderone? No, he 0:03:29.880 --> 0:03:32.359 also is also ran that has no chance to win. 0:03:33.440 --> 0:03:40.280 But Eden Calderon is, oh, he's my age. In fact, 0:03:40.400 --> 0:03:44.120 he's two months younger than me, so he's forty So 0:03:44.160 --> 0:03:46.960 that would be the youngest. But for like the candidates 0:03:46.960 --> 0:03:49.280 that have a chance, that's pretty young. How young is 0:03:49.320 --> 0:03:57.760 Swallwell Eric Swallwell age? He's forty five. That's interesting and 0:03:57.800 --> 0:04:01.280 Swallow's pulling pretty well right now. I think Katie Porterge 0:04:01.320 --> 0:04:05.200 just turned fifty. But then you have Antonio Viragosa who 0:04:06.480 --> 0:04:11.280 sounds like he's eighty, talks like he's ninety, and he's 0:04:11.280 --> 0:04:15.240 in his seventies. But yeah, Mayhan's only forty three. 0:04:15.680 --> 0:04:19.200 Matt Mahon is a forty three year old former tech entrepreneur, 0:04:19.279 --> 0:04:22.760 a former public school teacher, a Harvard grad. He's known 0:04:22.800 --> 0:04:25.920 as a tough on crime mayor and has often criticized 0:04:25.960 --> 0:04:30.040 this state of California's approach to crime and homelessness. Let's 0:04:30.040 --> 0:04:32.640 go Live to San Jose, where Matt Mayhon joins us 0:04:32.640 --> 0:04:36.600 for the first national TV interview of his campaign for governor. 0:04:37.120 --> 0:04:37.400 Mayor. 0:04:37.440 --> 0:04:40.840 Welcome because the Story is is the only show on 0:04:40.920 --> 0:04:46.479 cable news that will pay attention to California politics. It's 0:04:46.520 --> 0:04:49.960 the largest state in the Union. But because all the 0:04:50.000 --> 0:04:56.359 cable networks, Fox, NBC or whatever they call it now, MS, now, CNN. 0:04:56.480 --> 0:04:59.400 Up until this show, they're all based on the East coast. 0:05:00.040 --> 0:05:04.120 California doesn't matter, But now they get Alex from nine 0:05:04.160 --> 0:05:07.280 to eleven, So California matter is a little mayor. 0:05:07.320 --> 0:05:09.520 Welcome back to the story is and congrats on the run. 0:05:09.960 --> 0:05:11.520 Thank you, Alex. It's going to be with you. 0:05:12.440 --> 0:05:15.320 So when we talked about this many many times before, 0:05:16.000 --> 0:05:19.080 you said that you had young kids you wanted to 0:05:19.120 --> 0:05:21.960 focus on them, it wasn't the right time. 0:05:22.560 --> 0:05:25.159 What changed, Well, he met all of the people that 0:05:25.200 --> 0:05:31.520 were running and was thoroughly unimpressed. I guess scrub a 0:05:31.600 --> 0:05:34.120 dub dub didn't leave a very good impression on him. 0:05:34.360 --> 0:05:37.080 Well, I still have young kids, and we'll be focused 0:05:37.120 --> 0:05:42.960 on them. But I think it's really important that we 0:05:43.440 --> 0:05:45.520 fix our problems in California. 0:05:45.560 --> 0:05:48.000 I believe, Hey, that's the name of the one o'clock 0:05:48.040 --> 0:05:50.680 hour of this show. I mean the short version would 0:05:50.680 --> 0:05:53.440 be fixed California, but the long version is fix all 0:05:53.440 --> 0:05:55.240 of our problems in California hour. 0:05:55.480 --> 0:06:00.280 Fix our problems in California. I believe we can do better, Frankly, 0:06:00.640 --> 0:06:04.000 and I know it because in San Jose. We've been 0:06:04.000 --> 0:06:05.880 getting back to basics on. 0:06:06.480 --> 0:06:10.279 This is it's it's so refreshing just to hear someone 0:06:10.320 --> 0:06:14.000 that actually is going to run on a record like, Hey, 0:06:14.480 --> 0:06:16.640 here's what I'm doing in San Jose. People seem to 0:06:16.720 --> 0:06:18.839 like it. I think I'd like to take that to 0:06:18.880 --> 0:06:21.760 higher office. It used to be that simple, but of 0:06:21.760 --> 0:06:24.680 course it's not when you consider how many of the 0:06:24.720 --> 0:06:29.480 candidates in this race don't even bring up California until 0:06:29.560 --> 0:06:33.159 like the halfway point of their commercial because it's all 0:06:33.240 --> 0:06:37.240 about who's sitting in the Oval office. That does not 0:06:37.440 --> 0:06:42.000 matter for so many different issues, making a lot of 0:06:42.000 --> 0:06:47.120 California's problems. Most of California's problems are self inflicted and 0:06:47.160 --> 0:06:50.360 they persist whether it is a R or a D 0:06:50.920 --> 0:06:51.880 in the White House. 0:06:52.279 --> 0:06:56.880 Making it easier to build housing, getting people indoors into 0:06:56.960 --> 0:07:01.480 basic dignified shelter, intervening when cycles of addiction or causing 0:07:01.520 --> 0:07:05.719 people to harm themselves and others, addressing public safety issues, 0:07:05.800 --> 0:07:08.400 and it's working. We've reduced the number of people living 0:07:08.440 --> 0:07:13.200 outside by about one third by building basic dignified shelter. 0:07:13.960 --> 0:07:15.680 And one thing that he does that a lot of 0:07:15.720 --> 0:07:18.280 cities don't have the appetite for is if they've built 0:07:18.320 --> 0:07:21.480 a shelter, you don't get a choice. You don't get 0:07:21.480 --> 0:07:24.560 to stay in Columbus Park. That park is for the residents, 0:07:24.640 --> 0:07:25.240 not for you. 0:07:25.640 --> 0:07:28.960 Available. We do a lot of outreach and we effectively 0:07:28.960 --> 0:07:32.000 require that people come indoors, and we've saved lives. It's 0:07:32.160 --> 0:07:35.560 what we're doing is working. But the state needs those 0:07:35.560 --> 0:07:37.440 solutions and Frankly to follow through. 0:07:37.520 --> 0:07:38.440 Oh we're so close. 0:07:38.880 --> 0:07:41.840 The state needs those solutions and Frankly to follow through 0:07:41.880 --> 0:07:44.880 on this mission I've begun in San Jose. We need 0:07:44.880 --> 0:07:47.160 more help from state government. We need our state to 0:07:47.200 --> 0:07:50.080 be as focused and accountable as we've been at the 0:07:50.120 --> 0:07:52.400 local level. And I think as the mayor of a big. 0:07:52.240 --> 0:07:56.200 City, by the way, this is also I like this argument. Hey, 0:07:56.240 --> 0:07:58.600 we're doing everything we can at the local level. To 0:07:58.720 --> 0:08:03.080 use Gavin Newsom's favorite phrase, localism is determinative. But right now, 0:08:03.440 --> 0:08:06.520 in order to keep going, the state is in our way. 0:08:06.680 --> 0:08:09.640 The state literally cut off the funding for programs like 0:08:09.680 --> 0:08:12.760 the things that Matt Mahon is doing personally, because a 0:08:12.760 --> 0:08:14.840 lot of the funding that went to places like Los 0:08:14.880 --> 0:08:19.760 Angeles and San Francisco went nowhere, but in places where 0:08:19.760 --> 0:08:21.360 it is working, they're losing the funding. 0:08:21.600 --> 0:08:25.160 I have the best perspective on what our biggest challenges 0:08:25.160 --> 0:08:27.600 are and how we can solve them with a different 0:08:27.680 --> 0:08:29.080 kind of leadership and Sacramento. 0:08:29.880 --> 0:08:32.319 Of course, the big question is how do you get 0:08:32.320 --> 0:08:35.600 the legislature on board? You know, how do you get 0:08:35.640 --> 0:08:38.880 the legislature, for instance, who is vehemently opposed against the 0:08:38.880 --> 0:08:41.359 Prop thirty six to all of a sudden funded. 0:08:41.679 --> 0:08:45.320 And you pointed out your wife said it's time to run, right, 0:08:45.360 --> 0:08:48.000 And maybe she wasn't totally all in, but now she's in. 0:08:50.080 --> 0:08:52.360 Yeah, I got home. I got home the other night 0:08:52.400 --> 0:08:54.679 about three weeks ago, and she looked at me and said, 0:08:55.000 --> 0:08:57.720 I think you need to consider doing this because we're 0:08:57.720 --> 0:09:01.040 both worried about our future, or we're worried about the 0:09:01.040 --> 0:09:05.760 future of California, about our country. We think California needs 0:09:05.760 --> 0:09:09.560 someone who will fight for our values but also fix 0:09:09.640 --> 0:09:10.360 our problems. 0:09:10.360 --> 0:09:13.240 And I think, notice how we're three minutes into this interview. 0:09:13.280 --> 0:09:17.040 He hasn't said the tea word once, hasn't mentioned Trump 0:09:17.240 --> 0:09:22.360 at all, because that's not relevant here when we're talking 0:09:22.400 --> 0:09:27.200 about the California governor's race, even though certain people want 0:09:27.200 --> 0:09:32.720 to make it all about that. Swallwell porter Stier, who's 0:09:32.800 --> 0:09:37.040 supporting Tom Steyer. I spent an hour and a half 0:09:37.160 --> 0:09:43.080 yesterday listening to a debate at a Pasadena Green Society. 0:09:43.679 --> 0:09:50.120 It was a forum between Bessarah Porter Styer and Swallwell. 0:09:50.760 --> 0:09:52.720 And I still have a headache from that thing. 0:09:53.080 --> 0:09:55.640 But also fix our problems, and I think that in 0:09:55.640 --> 0:09:59.120 the long run, the best resistance as results, it's actually 0:09:59.200 --> 0:10:05.600 delivering safer neighborhoods, cleaner neighborhoods, better schools, better jobs. And 0:10:05.720 --> 0:10:06.760 showing you this. 0:10:06.600 --> 0:10:09.000 Styer, if you really want to make a difference, maybe 0:10:09.000 --> 0:10:11.600 you fund this campaign and you get out because there's 0:10:11.720 --> 0:10:14.920 nobody that is voting for Tom Steyer. Guy's got a 0:10:14.920 --> 0:10:16.240 little bit of an ego complex. 0:10:16.520 --> 0:10:19.880 Our values, our diversity in California, work in practice. 0:10:20.280 --> 0:10:23.760 What's the biggest difference from a public policy perspective between 0:10:23.800 --> 0:10:25.800 you and the current governor? 0:10:26.080 --> 0:10:29.920 Oh boy, Alex is doing what Alex does best, stir 0:10:30.000 --> 0:10:31.000 in the pot. 0:10:31.240 --> 0:10:34.720 What's the biggest difference from a public policy perspective between 0:10:34.760 --> 0:10:38.960 you and the current governor Gavin Newsom? What changes with 0:10:39.080 --> 0:10:39.840 you in charge? 0:10:40.360 --> 0:10:42.439 Because you got to remember he is probably the only 0:10:42.559 --> 0:10:46.960 person running on the Democrat side that openly has criticized 0:10:47.000 --> 0:10:51.800 Gavin Newsom for things like not funding Prop thirty six. 0:10:52.160 --> 0:10:56.199 Well, I think Gavin Newsom has been a really courageous 0:10:56.240 --> 0:10:57.600 governor in a lot of ways. 0:10:57.640 --> 0:10:59.959 Oh boy, we're going real diplomatic with this answer. 0:11:00.520 --> 0:11:03.960 Really create he knows that what's going to happen is 0:11:05.040 --> 0:11:07.560 that Gavin's press people are going to see this interview 0:11:07.920 --> 0:11:10.720 and if it's not nice enough to Gavin, they're going 0:11:10.760 --> 0:11:11.520 to go after him. 0:11:11.679 --> 0:11:14.320 Really courageous governor in a lot of ways. He's done 0:11:14.320 --> 0:11:18.720 more on homelessness than any past governor. He has stood 0:11:18.800 --> 0:11:23.240 up to abuses of power from this administration. He's articulated 0:11:23.280 --> 0:11:26.600 the case for our democratic institutions. He's done a lot 0:11:26.600 --> 0:11:29.160 of good work. And I think the next governor, whether 0:11:29.160 --> 0:11:31.120 it's me or someone else, has the. 0:11:31.240 --> 0:11:33.920 Job of filling in the details. 0:11:34.440 --> 0:11:37.160 Gavin made a bunch of big proclamations and now someone's 0:11:37.200 --> 0:11:38.680 actually got to do the work. 0:11:38.720 --> 0:11:40.880 To use a cliche, building. 0:11:40.520 --> 0:11:43.680 On many of the things he's done on homelessness, care court, 0:11:43.760 --> 0:11:46.600 setting up tools to help people get mental health care. 0:11:47.080 --> 0:11:49.600 He has done a lot to reform sequels so we 0:11:49.600 --> 0:11:53.160 can build housing faster, so there are a lot how. 0:11:52.960 --> 0:11:54.120 Many reforms do we need. 0:11:54.160 --> 0:11:56.200 At what point do we realize that the law is 0:11:56.280 --> 0:11:58.760 antiquated and it gets abused constantly. 0:12:00.080 --> 0:12:01.880 Gavin will give me the first one to admit. 0:12:01.720 --> 0:12:04.679 Part of the reason that the high speed rail is 0:12:04.960 --> 0:12:08.800 nowhere and non existent is because he got sued over 0:12:08.920 --> 0:12:10.360 sequa a lot. 0:12:10.760 --> 0:12:12.680 So there are a lot of areas of agreement, but 0:12:12.720 --> 0:12:16.800 of course it's always the disagreement that gets have we publicized. 0:12:16.840 --> 0:12:19.720 And you know, probably the biggest difference has been around addiction. 0:12:19.840 --> 0:12:23.200 I've had, by the way, appreciate that after that preamble 0:12:23.240 --> 0:12:27.040 he is answering the question and it is a pretty big, 0:12:27.240 --> 0:12:30.320 stark difference between Gavin Newsom and Matt Mayheon. 0:12:30.480 --> 0:12:32.760 You know, probably the biggest difference has been around addiction. 0:12:32.920 --> 0:12:35.320 I've had family members who've ended up on the streets 0:12:35.320 --> 0:12:38.480 because of severe addiction, and I know that in those 0:12:38.559 --> 0:12:42.120 cases it requires a certain amount of tough love to 0:12:42.200 --> 0:12:43.839 help people turn their lives around. You have to be 0:12:43.840 --> 0:12:48.200 willing to intervene, to impose consequences, to give people a 0:12:48.360 --> 0:12:51.319 choice for treatment, but also make sure they're held accountable 0:12:51.320 --> 0:12:54.240 for it. There has to be accountability, and that saves lives, 0:12:54.240 --> 0:12:57.559 It makes everybody better off and I just don't think 0:12:57.600 --> 0:12:59.959 the state has been bold enough in being willing to 0:13:00.160 --> 0:13:02.839 intervene in cycles of addiction and mental illness and get 0:13:02.840 --> 0:13:04.120 people the help that they need. 0:13:04.360 --> 0:13:07.800 No, we have made things like care Court voluntary. We 0:13:07.920 --> 0:13:12.079 have supported policies like Housing First that don't fund recovery housing. 0:13:12.080 --> 0:13:14.920 We've had so many experts over and over again talk 0:13:14.960 --> 0:13:18.200 about how this is one of the big problems you have, 0:13:18.240 --> 0:13:21.440 all this permanent support of housing, the SROs in San 0:13:21.480 --> 0:13:24.320 Francisco where drugs are allowed and a lot of people 0:13:24.360 --> 0:13:25.480 come out in a body bang. 0:13:25.960 --> 0:13:30.360 I mean you. You've Austin criticized the governor for some 0:13:30.480 --> 0:13:31.520 of his style for. 0:13:31.600 --> 0:13:34.640 Oh boy, alex Is Stern, the pop mar. 0:13:34.520 --> 0:13:37.840 For basically being so focused on memes and attacking President 0:13:37.880 --> 0:13:41.559 Trump and not enough focused on state issues and getting 0:13:41.600 --> 0:13:45.360 results for people here. That's gotten a lot of publicity. 0:13:45.760 --> 0:13:48.960 Jeremy White, political reporter is at a Bloomberg event with 0:13:49.080 --> 0:13:52.320 the governor today and he asked him about you. Here's 0:13:52.320 --> 0:13:52.840 what he said. 0:13:53.200 --> 0:13:55.240 I don't know enough about him, I don't good I 0:13:55.320 --> 0:13:59.720 wish him good luck. He said, you've jumped blindly into 0:13:59.760 --> 0:14:01.640 meme land, I believe was a quote. 0:14:03.040 --> 0:14:05.880 Well, I've tried to put a mirror up I don't 0:14:05.880 --> 0:14:10.040 know that quote, so he said I don't know enough 0:14:10.080 --> 0:14:13.839 about him, which reminded some folks of Mariah Carey when 0:14:13.880 --> 0:14:16.480 she talks about Jennifer Lopez. If she doesn't like when 0:14:16.480 --> 0:14:17.800 she says I don't know her. 0:14:22.280 --> 0:14:27.240 Is Alex Michaelson alleging that Gavin Newsom is mean girling 0:14:27.920 --> 0:14:28.600 Matt Mahon. 0:14:29.960 --> 0:14:32.560 I think so it's pretty good when. 0:14:32.400 --> 0:14:35.400 Clearly she knows her. So, I mean, what do you 0:14:35.480 --> 0:14:38.000 make of that? And are you worried that the governor 0:14:38.840 --> 0:14:41.040 may try to sort of hurt you behind the scenes 0:14:41.080 --> 0:14:43.360 because the idea of having you in there if he's 0:14:43.480 --> 0:14:46.280 potentially a Democratic nominee, may not be helpful to him. 0:14:47.680 --> 0:14:50.480 Well, I mean they're still on the same party. They 0:14:50.520 --> 0:14:53.760 have a lot of policy alignments. There's one major difference. 0:14:54.040 --> 0:14:57.760 But ultimately for Gavin's legacy, it's going to look bad 0:14:57.840 --> 0:15:03.120 if the younger, more effective version of Gavin, because Matt 0:15:03.200 --> 0:15:05.520 Mayhan in a lot of ways is what Gavin sells 0:15:05.600 --> 0:15:09.040 himself as, but Gavin has no follow through. Gavin gets 0:15:09.040 --> 0:15:12.920 distracted easily, makes a big proclamation, assumes everyone's going to 0:15:13.000 --> 0:15:15.840 do exactly what he says is going to happen and 0:15:15.920 --> 0:15:20.000 moves on care court being a huge one. Oversold that 0:15:20.080 --> 0:15:20.880 one a lot. 0:15:21.720 --> 0:15:24.640 No. I think this has been played up, particularly in 0:15:25.000 --> 0:15:25.880 the media. 0:15:25.720 --> 0:15:28.120 But he's not taking the bait in the media. 0:15:28.320 --> 0:15:31.840 But the truth is, even folks who share a lot 0:15:31.880 --> 0:15:36.040 of values that are very aligned. We're both Democrats, we're 0:15:36.040 --> 0:15:38.920 both pragmatic, we both try to solve problems. But we 0:15:38.960 --> 0:15:41.600 can have differences of opinion, as we did on Prop 0:15:41.680 --> 0:15:45.760 thirty six and on requiring treatment and severe cases of addiction. 0:15:45.880 --> 0:15:47.840 That's and those are some pretty stark differences. 0:15:47.880 --> 0:15:50.880 And this is where the you know, as Dan Walters 0:15:50.880 --> 0:15:53.680 put in his column today, a litmus test for the 0:15:53.760 --> 0:15:58.040 voters of California. You know, the voters in California. No, 0:15:58.240 --> 0:16:00.640 I don't know enough to give you any good, but 0:16:00.840 --> 0:16:04.080 good luck finding someone who does. Even with the results 0:16:04.120 --> 0:16:07.720 that we have an election after election after election. Twenty 0:16:07.800 --> 0:16:12.440 twenty four was interesting because in twenty twenty four, every 0:16:12.480 --> 0:16:17.160 single county overwhelmingly passed Prop thirty six, and Matt Mayhon 0:16:17.320 --> 0:16:20.480 was the loudest voice, the loudest big city mayor talking 0:16:20.520 --> 0:16:22.800 about why we need Prop thirty six. It came on 0:16:22.840 --> 0:16:25.080 this show to talk about Prop thirty six by the way, 0:16:25.120 --> 0:16:27.640 we're working on getting him on this show next week. 0:16:29.480 --> 0:16:32.960 If the voters who said yes to Prop thirty six 0:16:33.080 --> 0:16:35.880 want to see it fully funded, this is your guy. 0:16:36.000 --> 0:16:39.120 Hilton's your guy, Bianco's your guy. But if one of 0:16:39.160 --> 0:16:42.560 those two doesn't look like it's gonna happen, because California 0:16:42.720 --> 0:16:46.360 is California, and a Republican getting elected is a really 0:16:46.480 --> 0:16:49.160 uphill climb, Mayheon might. 0:16:49.040 --> 0:16:50.680 Be your guy leading to crime. 0:16:51.080 --> 0:16:54.000 Other than that, it's Vira Gosa and that's not happening. 0:16:54.520 --> 0:16:59.600 Everyone else is staunchly against Prop thirty six, including Katie Porter, which, 0:16:59.640 --> 0:17:03.040 by the way, someone just emailed something. I cannot read 0:17:03.080 --> 0:17:05.879 it on the air, but I am laughing on the inside. 0:17:06.119 --> 0:17:08.399 Leading to crime, we just had a difference of opinion 0:17:08.480 --> 0:17:12.200 over the best way to tackle that problem. On style, 0:17:12.320 --> 0:17:15.480 the point I was really trying to make, I don't 0:17:15.520 --> 0:17:19.960 particularly care what the governor's tweeting. I just would like 0:17:20.680 --> 0:17:23.600 more of his attention on what we're doing in our 0:17:23.640 --> 0:17:26.640 cities and how the state can help us. And I mean, 0:17:26.680 --> 0:17:30.159 to me, it's just really important that all of our 0:17:30.240 --> 0:17:33.200 leadership and Sacramento and I'm not just picking on the governor. 0:17:33.320 --> 0:17:36.680 I want to see the legislature and all the institutions 0:17:36.720 --> 0:17:41.160 of state government be more focused and accountable on the 0:17:41.200 --> 0:17:45.480 core challenges facing Californians right here at home, in our name. 0:17:45.600 --> 0:17:48.639 That should be the campaign right there, California should focus 0:17:48.680 --> 0:17:51.680 on California. Let's clean up our own house before we 0:17:51.720 --> 0:17:54.000 start complaining about the white house, right. 0:17:53.840 --> 0:17:56.720 Here at home, in our neighborhoods. You know, it's access 0:17:57.000 --> 0:18:02.480 to good schools, good jobs, affordable housing, addressing crime and holmlessness, 0:18:02.480 --> 0:18:05.000 the basics. We've got to do better. We have to deliver. 0:18:05.040 --> 0:18:06.879 And again I just been making the case that the 0:18:06.920 --> 0:18:11.240 best resistance is delivering results and showing a better example. 0:18:12.160 --> 0:18:14.640 Well, I open invite to come in here because I'd 0:18:14.680 --> 0:18:18.320 love to have a deeper dive conversation about affordability, about hiking, 0:18:18.359 --> 0:18:20.959 housing more affordable, and some of those issues that are 0:18:20.960 --> 0:18:24.040 really driving not only California politics but around the country. 0:18:24.240 --> 0:18:26.840 But a good introduction to you tonight on your first 0:18:26.920 --> 0:18:30.160 night as a candidate San Jose Mayor, Matt Mayhan, Thank 0:18:30.200 --> 0:18:31.600 you so much for being with us. 0:18:32.040 --> 0:18:34.359 Thanks Alex, look forward to We'll be right back. 0:18:34.960 --> 0:18:35.800 So there you go. 0:18:35.880 --> 0:18:37.480 That's any of you, by the way, huge shout out 0:18:37.520 --> 0:18:41.840 to Alex Michaelson. I don't know why CNN is not 0:18:42.240 --> 0:18:45.880 great about posting things on their YouTube channel. Alex has 0:18:45.920 --> 0:18:49.040 a lot of these really important interviews and they don't 0:18:49.040 --> 0:18:53.040 get posted often. So when he tweeted out that he 0:18:53.160 --> 0:18:54.879 was going to have Matt Mayhan on the show, I 0:18:55.000 --> 0:18:58.440 just commented on his tweet posted on YouTube please, because 0:18:58.440 --> 0:19:01.200 sometimes he'll put the interviews on his YouTube channel, which 0:19:01.200 --> 0:19:05.959 you should all follow. Alex Michaelson seven am, No, no, no, 0:19:06.119 --> 0:19:08.399 midnight last night? When did he text this to me? 0:19:09.080 --> 0:19:15.480 Let me see? Alexmichaelson texted me at twelve fifty four 0:19:15.560 --> 0:19:20.280 am a link to the video because he knew I 0:19:20.320 --> 0:19:24.960 wanted it. I appreciate that because you know, if it's 0:19:24.960 --> 0:19:27.720 not on YouTube, it might not even exist to me. 0:19:28.520 --> 0:19:31.320 I do one hundred percent of my show prep on YouTube, 0:19:31.680 --> 0:19:33.879 which is why I am now posting all the YouTube 0:19:33.960 --> 0:19:35.960 videos that I curate for this show on the new 0:19:36.000 --> 0:19:40.480 Substack Randywangradio dot substack dot com. Subscribe to what I 0:19:40.520 --> 0:19:43.600 am calling the California Report. And have we mentioned that 0:19:43.640 --> 0:19:45.919 We're going to be at Gladstone's in Long Beach for 0:19:46.000 --> 0:19:49.480 our next Jimmy Buffett Friday. Friday February sixth from noon 0:19:49.520 --> 0:19:51.760 to three, we're heading to Gladstoness in Long Beach for 0:19:51.800 --> 0:19:55.360 our next live broadcast. You're invited. John Sagmeister has got 0:19:55.359 --> 0:19:57.879 great food, good vibes, and a fun afternoon for you 0:19:57.920 --> 0:20:00.240 by the water. We'll have special guests like so and 0:20:00.280 --> 0:20:03.240 Shelley from the Howard Jarvis Taxpayer Association. She'll tell you 0:20:03.280 --> 0:20:06.320 more about your taxpayer rights and protecting Prop thirteen because 0:20:06.359 --> 0:20:08.480 the courts have made it easier to raise your Texas. 0:20:08.800 --> 0:20:11.080 Come by and sign the petition to save Prop thirteen. 0:20:11.119 --> 0:20:14.800 The deadlines coming fast. Save Prop thirteen dot com. That's 0:20:14.840 --> 0:20:17.679 save Prop thirteen dot com. Come hang out with us, 0:20:17.720 --> 0:20:19.359 grab a bite, and be part of the broadcast. The 0:20:19.440 --> 0:20:22.360 John Phillips Show Live at Gladstone's in Long Beach next 0:20:22.400 --> 0:20:25.199 Friday from noon to three. You can get the podcast 0:20:25.240 --> 0:20:28.919 of this show by going to the anywhere you get 0:20:28.960 --> 0:20:31.719 your podcast and searching for the John Phillips Show. And 0:20:31.760 --> 0:20:34.639 you can get The California Report, my curated list of 0:20:34.680 --> 0:20:37.479 YouTube videos we use for this show by going to 0:20:37.680 --> 0:20:42.040 Randywangradio dot substack dot com. We're just about a week 0:20:42.119 --> 0:20:45.600 out from that devastating winter storm that hit a lot 0:20:45.640 --> 0:20:49.000 of the Southwest and it really really really hit Texas. 0:20:49.000 --> 0:20:52.159 My in laws are in Texas and it was I 0:20:52.200 --> 0:20:54.160 think one of the days it was seven degrees. 0:20:54.440 --> 0:20:55.879 We flew out o New Mexico. 0:20:56.359 --> 0:20:58.199 We flew out a Santa Fe Airport, which is a 0:20:58.240 --> 0:21:02.080 tiny little airport on Saturday, and the flight was delayed 0:21:02.160 --> 0:21:05.720 an hour because of the conditions. We literally saw them 0:21:05.800 --> 0:21:08.480 trying to sweep ice out of the engine of the plane. 0:21:08.640 --> 0:21:10.760 We get onto the plane, we get on the tarmacts 0:21:10.760 --> 0:21:13.160 delayed another hour because they need to hose this thing 0:21:13.200 --> 0:21:15.800 down like you're at a car wash with de icer. 0:21:16.240 --> 0:21:18.520 But we made at home safely. A lot of flights 0:21:18.560 --> 0:21:20.720 did get delayed, and one of the things that you 0:21:20.760 --> 0:21:23.520 don't think about when you have that many flight delays 0:21:23.920 --> 0:21:26.760 is how many other things get canceled, including how many 0:21:27.240 --> 0:21:28.760 essential things get canceled. 0:21:29.480 --> 0:21:30.240 Think about this. 0:21:30.920 --> 0:21:33.800 The severe winter weather that we experienced in the last 0:21:33.800 --> 0:21:39.200 week intensified in already devastating blood shortage. More than twenty 0:21:39.400 --> 0:21:43.879 thousand donations were uncollected due to these winter storms. The 0:21:43.920 --> 0:21:47.879 Red Cross is experiencing a severe blood shortage because of 0:21:47.920 --> 0:21:51.480 this weather. The storm canceled more than five hundred blood drives, 0:21:51.520 --> 0:21:54.280 which would have resulted in more than twenty thousand blood 0:21:54.320 --> 0:21:58.919 and platelet donations going uncollected since January twenty third. To 0:21:59.200 --> 0:22:01.159