1 00:00:00,240 --> 00:00:03,400 Speaker 1: And we continue at two five in the afternoon on 2 00:00:03,520 --> 00:00:06,880 Speaker 1: the John Phillips Show, Mister Randy Wiggs in Culver City. 3 00:00:07,000 --> 00:00:10,040 Speaker 2: John, we got so many emails last hour from people 4 00:00:10,200 --> 00:00:13,520 Speaker 2: checking out that website. Claim it dot ca dot gov 5 00:00:13,600 --> 00:00:15,440 Speaker 2: to see if the state is holding onto any of 6 00:00:15,480 --> 00:00:18,080 Speaker 2: your money. Chris writes in it, Johnny, don't like show 7 00:00:18,079 --> 00:00:20,400 Speaker 2: at gmail dot com. I put my name in and 8 00:00:20,480 --> 00:00:22,960 Speaker 2: my wife's name in there, and it showed three cents 9 00:00:22,960 --> 00:00:25,279 Speaker 2: from a bank. But I had an LLC for a 10 00:00:25,280 --> 00:00:27,120 Speaker 2: couple of years when I was self employed, and I 11 00:00:27,240 --> 00:00:30,240 Speaker 2: found four hundred and forty five bucks. Let's see if 12 00:00:30,240 --> 00:00:33,720 Speaker 2: I can claim it. This is the shot pays there. 13 00:00:33,760 --> 00:00:37,760 Speaker 2: You go, look at that I put in the LLC 14 00:00:37,920 --> 00:00:40,040 Speaker 2: I used to have for my old podcast. There's no 15 00:00:40,120 --> 00:00:40,680 Speaker 2: money in there. 16 00:00:43,800 --> 00:00:46,040 Speaker 1: I'm going to start putting all of my relatives names 17 00:00:46,080 --> 00:00:50,559 Speaker 1: in there. That's not a bad idea. See if I 18 00:00:50,600 --> 00:00:53,760 Speaker 1: can find anything now, actually the dead ones. 19 00:00:54,000 --> 00:00:56,840 Speaker 2: Now, if you find your relatives money, you're the one 20 00:00:56,840 --> 00:00:59,560 Speaker 2: that found it, so you get a percentage, right, Well. 21 00:00:59,440 --> 00:01:06,080 Speaker 1: They call it finders keepers for a reason. Eight hundred 22 00:01:06,160 --> 00:01:09,279 Speaker 1: two two two five two two two is the telephone number. 23 00:01:09,360 --> 00:01:12,000 Speaker 1: What eight hundred two two two five two two two. 24 00:01:12,680 --> 00:01:14,679 Speaker 1: It is our pleasure to welcome our next guest to 25 00:01:14,720 --> 00:01:17,959 Speaker 1: the program. He is a filmmaker who you can get 26 00:01:18,000 --> 00:01:21,920 Speaker 1: online at Highway sixty one e NT dot com. You 27 00:01:21,959 --> 00:01:25,200 Speaker 1: can follow him on x at Joel Gilbert, and you 28 00:01:25,200 --> 00:01:29,440 Speaker 1: can check out his film Roseanne Is America at Roseanneesamerica 29 00:01:29,600 --> 00:01:32,240 Speaker 1: dot com. Joel Gilbert, Welcome. 30 00:01:32,959 --> 00:01:34,000 Speaker 3: Okay, great to be here. 31 00:01:34,000 --> 00:01:37,120 Speaker 1: Thank you well, thanks so much for stopping by. So 32 00:01:37,760 --> 00:01:39,720 Speaker 1: you were one of the first ones, if not the 33 00:01:39,920 --> 00:01:44,800 Speaker 1: first one to be on to Congressman Eric Swalwell and 34 00:01:44,920 --> 00:01:48,880 Speaker 1: candidate for California Governor, Eric Swalwell, who claims that he 35 00:01:48,960 --> 00:01:52,320 Speaker 1: has a legal resident of the state of California and 36 00:01:52,440 --> 00:01:56,320 Speaker 1: legally eligible to run for governor, And you have to 37 00:01:56,320 --> 00:01:58,840 Speaker 1: be a resident of California for I believe it's five 38 00:01:58,920 --> 00:02:03,840 Speaker 1: years to have a legal stake as a candidate for 39 00:02:04,000 --> 00:02:08,040 Speaker 1: that office here in the state of California. But you 40 00:02:08,160 --> 00:02:11,240 Speaker 1: conducted your own investigation and found out that he is 41 00:02:11,320 --> 00:02:14,480 Speaker 1: not in fact a resident of the state of California, 42 00:02:14,639 --> 00:02:16,400 Speaker 1: and you decided to take him to court. 43 00:02:17,480 --> 00:02:20,400 Speaker 3: That's correct. It started with my looking at his public 44 00:02:20,639 --> 00:02:24,240 Speaker 3: mortgage document, his deed of trust in Washington, DC. He 45 00:02:24,360 --> 00:02:27,400 Speaker 3: told his bank that his Washington, d c. Home was 46 00:02:27,400 --> 00:02:30,960 Speaker 3: his principal residence in order to get the lowest interest rate. 47 00:02:31,600 --> 00:02:34,240 Speaker 3: Then I looked at his candidate statement which he was 48 00:02:34,280 --> 00:02:36,920 Speaker 3: required to provide to the Secretary of State of California 49 00:02:37,000 --> 00:02:40,160 Speaker 3: to run for governor Form five oh one, and it 50 00:02:40,360 --> 00:02:42,880 Speaker 3: asks him for his home address, and instead he puts 51 00:02:42,919 --> 00:02:47,440 Speaker 3: the address of his attorney's office in Sacramento. So that's 52 00:02:47,480 --> 00:02:49,919 Speaker 3: when I decided to go ahead and file a petition 53 00:02:50,000 --> 00:02:53,160 Speaker 3: for writ of mandate. It's called asking the court to 54 00:02:53,280 --> 00:02:58,200 Speaker 3: force the Secretary of State to disqualify Swallwell. That hearing 55 00:02:58,280 --> 00:03:01,200 Speaker 3: is coming up on March twenty third, and if I win, 56 00:03:01,800 --> 00:03:04,400 Speaker 3: he will not be certified on March twenty sixth to 57 00:03:04,400 --> 00:03:07,560 Speaker 3: be in the June primary. In the meantime, Swalwell has 58 00:03:07,960 --> 00:03:11,239 Speaker 3: tried to hide the fact that he doesn't live in California, 59 00:03:11,280 --> 00:03:14,160 Speaker 3: has not lived in California for many years. He's trying 60 00:03:14,200 --> 00:03:17,960 Speaker 3: to claim that he rents a home from a woman 61 00:03:18,040 --> 00:03:20,360 Speaker 3: who lives in a thirteen hundred square foot home with 62 00:03:20,400 --> 00:03:23,280 Speaker 3: her husband, kid, and her dog, and he's trying to 63 00:03:23,400 --> 00:03:26,600 Speaker 3: kind of say, well, I rented that house, but it's 64 00:03:26,639 --> 00:03:30,280 Speaker 3: not credible. The woman has a homestead exemption on that 65 00:03:30,440 --> 00:03:32,680 Speaker 3: house that requires her to live there. She does live 66 00:03:32,720 --> 00:03:34,240 Speaker 3: there with her dog. It was in the New York 67 00:03:34,280 --> 00:03:37,200 Speaker 3: Post today. So Swalwell's in a heap of trouble. He's 68 00:03:37,240 --> 00:03:40,600 Speaker 3: a very bad liar, and he is not qualified to 69 00:03:40,680 --> 00:03:43,000 Speaker 3: run for governor because he has not lived and does 70 00:03:43,080 --> 00:03:45,360 Speaker 3: not live in California. 71 00:03:45,560 --> 00:03:48,200 Speaker 1: Here is another thing that was in the California Post 72 00:03:48,240 --> 00:03:52,080 Speaker 1: today that I found to be extremely suspicious, and that 73 00:03:52,320 --> 00:03:56,480 Speaker 1: is he spends a substantial amount of money on hotel 74 00:03:56,560 --> 00:04:00,400 Speaker 1: rooms in the state of California, including in his own 75 00:04:00,440 --> 00:04:04,360 Speaker 1: congressional district. I get it. We're a big state. So 76 00:04:04,560 --> 00:04:07,200 Speaker 1: if I'm going to San Francisco, or I'm going to 77 00:04:07,320 --> 00:04:10,920 Speaker 1: San Diego, or I'm going to Sacramento, I'll rent a 78 00:04:10,960 --> 00:04:13,760 Speaker 1: hotel room, even though I am a legal resident of 79 00:04:13,760 --> 00:04:17,120 Speaker 1: the state of California. But if I'm going to something 80 00:04:17,200 --> 00:04:20,240 Speaker 1: in my own town, there's no way in the world 81 00:04:20,320 --> 00:04:22,880 Speaker 1: I would rent a hotel room because I'd sleep in 82 00:04:22,920 --> 00:04:23,560 Speaker 1: my own bed. 83 00:04:24,760 --> 00:04:29,680 Speaker 3: Yeah, look, that's correct. Swawell tries to claim that he 84 00:04:29,760 --> 00:04:34,120 Speaker 3: lives at a house where he's registered to vote. It's 85 00:04:34,160 --> 00:04:37,279 Speaker 3: the sister in law of a former campaign worker, and 86 00:04:37,520 --> 00:04:40,200 Speaker 3: she lives there with her husband, kid and her dog. 87 00:04:40,320 --> 00:04:43,440 Speaker 3: Swawell never goes there. The New York Posts interviewed the neighbors. 88 00:04:43,440 --> 00:04:46,320 Speaker 3: They said they've never seen him. So California has very 89 00:04:46,320 --> 00:04:49,320 Speaker 3: strict laws. You have to live in California for five years, 90 00:04:49,400 --> 00:04:52,400 Speaker 3: you have to be a domicile and have a residence 91 00:04:52,800 --> 00:04:56,480 Speaker 3: in California. Swalwell has none of those, and he's trying 92 00:04:56,520 --> 00:04:58,840 Speaker 3: to trick the people of California into saying that he's 93 00:04:58,880 --> 00:05:02,720 Speaker 3: a California resident when he's really not. He has released 94 00:05:02,760 --> 00:05:06,440 Speaker 3: all kinds of ridiculous statements. His campaign said, oh, he 95 00:05:06,520 --> 00:05:09,840 Speaker 3: goes to a donut shop in Livermore, or they said, oh, 96 00:05:09,839 --> 00:05:12,280 Speaker 3: I get a thousand death threats. I can't tell people 97 00:05:12,320 --> 00:05:16,240 Speaker 3: where I live in California. Meanwhile, he posts photos on 98 00:05:16,320 --> 00:05:20,240 Speaker 3: Instagram every day of his kids and his Washington, DC house. 99 00:05:21,000 --> 00:05:23,279 Speaker 3: Someone would not do that if they were getting death threats. 100 00:05:25,120 --> 00:05:27,640 Speaker 1: Yeah, none of that makes sense. And I've got to 101 00:05:27,680 --> 00:05:30,680 Speaker 1: tell you, in addition to being a problem with the 102 00:05:30,720 --> 00:05:34,840 Speaker 1: California Secretary of State's office, this theoretically should be a 103 00:05:34,880 --> 00:05:38,799 Speaker 1: problem with the federal government too, because you're not supposed 104 00:05:38,839 --> 00:05:42,040 Speaker 1: to lie on bank documents, and it's just It's wild 105 00:05:42,120 --> 00:05:45,599 Speaker 1: to me how lying on bank documents is like calling 106 00:05:45,640 --> 00:05:49,400 Speaker 1: holding in the NFL. You can blow the whistle whenever 107 00:05:49,440 --> 00:05:51,760 Speaker 1: you want. They just pick and choose when they do it. 108 00:05:51,839 --> 00:05:55,120 Speaker 1: Because I mean, you go back to Todd and Julie Chrisley, 109 00:05:55,279 --> 00:05:58,880 Speaker 1: for example, who were just pardoned by President Trump not 110 00:05:58,960 --> 00:06:02,360 Speaker 1: long ago, the reality TV show couple, and they were 111 00:06:02,400 --> 00:06:06,039 Speaker 1: accused of lying about their assets on bank forms to 112 00:06:06,120 --> 00:06:11,440 Speaker 1: qualify for loans that they shouldn't have qualified for. Well, okay, 113 00:06:11,839 --> 00:06:13,560 Speaker 1: I guess that's a cry. A lot of people do 114 00:06:13,680 --> 00:06:17,480 Speaker 1: that in the nineteen nineties or the late nineteen nineties 115 00:06:17,520 --> 00:06:21,159 Speaker 1: early two thousands, everyone was doing that because they wanted 116 00:06:21,160 --> 00:06:23,680 Speaker 1: you to get into a loan that the bank would 117 00:06:23,680 --> 00:06:25,840 Speaker 1: say no to if you were honest when you answered 118 00:06:25,839 --> 00:06:28,800 Speaker 1: those questions. But it's illegal. I get it, you're not 119 00:06:28,839 --> 00:06:31,880 Speaker 1: supposed to do that. But they actually were charged with 120 00:06:31,960 --> 00:06:34,919 Speaker 1: a crime, they went to prison, and it wasn't until 121 00:06:34,920 --> 00:06:37,680 Speaker 1: President Trump gave them the pardon that they got out. 122 00:06:38,040 --> 00:06:40,600 Speaker 1: Why is it that the government can step in and 123 00:06:40,720 --> 00:06:43,800 Speaker 1: ruin the lives of the Chrislies and then just look 124 00:06:43,880 --> 00:06:47,520 Speaker 1: the other way. When Eric Swalwell fills out these documents, 125 00:06:47,560 --> 00:06:51,039 Speaker 1: these banking documents and puts things on those documents that 126 00:06:51,120 --> 00:06:54,359 Speaker 1: are provably not true or I guess if they are true, 127 00:06:54,720 --> 00:06:57,280 Speaker 1: makes him ineligible to hold the office that he has. 128 00:06:58,520 --> 00:07:02,000 Speaker 3: That's right. Either Swallwell committed mortgage fraud in Washington, d C. 129 00:07:02,600 --> 00:07:05,760 Speaker 3: Or he's eligible to run for governor in California. He 130 00:07:05,839 --> 00:07:08,560 Speaker 3: can't have it both ways now. He did get referred 131 00:07:08,560 --> 00:07:11,840 Speaker 3: to the Department of Justice for relying on his mortgage 132 00:07:11,840 --> 00:07:15,760 Speaker 3: document in DC. I compared that to Maxine Waters. She 133 00:07:15,920 --> 00:07:19,960 Speaker 3: has a house in Los Angeles, and on her mortgage 134 00:07:20,000 --> 00:07:22,120 Speaker 3: in Washington, d C. She told the bank it was 135 00:07:22,240 --> 00:07:25,800 Speaker 3: her second home, accepting a little higher interest rate so 136 00:07:25,840 --> 00:07:28,880 Speaker 3: she could run for governor of California. But Swollwolf told 137 00:07:28,880 --> 00:07:31,160 Speaker 3: the bank it's his principal residence in d C. But 138 00:07:31,240 --> 00:07:33,400 Speaker 3: he wants us to believe that he lives in California. 139 00:07:33,800 --> 00:07:36,360 Speaker 3: You know, you can't have it both ways now. 140 00:07:36,400 --> 00:07:40,760 Speaker 1: Adam Schiff was under the same microscope not long ago, 141 00:07:41,320 --> 00:07:44,120 Speaker 1: where he has a home outside the state of California 142 00:07:44,120 --> 00:07:47,440 Speaker 1: in the Washington DC area Maryland. I believe where he 143 00:07:47,480 --> 00:07:50,600 Speaker 1: claimed it was his primary residence. He got the lower 144 00:07:50,640 --> 00:07:54,400 Speaker 1: interest rate. He does own a condo, a one bedroom 145 00:07:54,480 --> 00:07:58,119 Speaker 1: condo in Burbank that he allegedly stays at when he's here. 146 00:07:58,480 --> 00:08:00,400 Speaker 1: I assume that he would if you have a one 147 00:08:00,400 --> 00:08:03,840 Speaker 1: bedroom condo, I would probably stay there too, even if 148 00:08:03,920 --> 00:08:06,840 Speaker 1: I lived in another state. But he wasn't kicked out 149 00:08:06,880 --> 00:08:09,200 Speaker 1: of Congress. What do you make of that one? And 150 00:08:09,240 --> 00:08:09,840 Speaker 1: do you think. 151 00:08:12,480 --> 00:08:14,960 Speaker 3: The laws to run for Congress are much looser? You 152 00:08:15,000 --> 00:08:18,280 Speaker 3: can kind of get away with some stuff. California constitution 153 00:08:18,440 --> 00:08:22,040 Speaker 3: requires you to have a residence for five years. California 154 00:08:22,080 --> 00:08:24,600 Speaker 3: Election Law three four nine says you have to have 155 00:08:24,680 --> 00:08:28,400 Speaker 3: a domicile in California for five years before running for governor. 156 00:08:28,480 --> 00:08:31,720 Speaker 3: So the laws are much stricter when running for state office. 157 00:08:32,160 --> 00:08:35,920 Speaker 3: And that's where Swallwell, you know, just didn't follow the law. 158 00:08:36,000 --> 00:08:38,360 Speaker 3: I mean, every time you look at something Swalwell does, 159 00:08:38,800 --> 00:08:42,200 Speaker 3: he's really not following the law. He even, you know, 160 00:08:42,280 --> 00:08:45,120 Speaker 3: started attacking me on Twitter. He said, Joel, I'll see 161 00:08:45,120 --> 00:08:48,240 Speaker 3: you in court. But he's not going to court. I'm 162 00:08:48,240 --> 00:08:51,960 Speaker 3: not suing him. I'm I'm asking the court to order 163 00:08:52,000 --> 00:08:56,000 Speaker 3: the Secretary of State to disqualify him. So everything he 164 00:08:56,080 --> 00:09:00,480 Speaker 3: does is just really not very smart. It was smart 165 00:09:00,480 --> 00:09:03,560 Speaker 3: of him to declare his principal residence in DC. It 166 00:09:03,640 --> 00:09:05,720 Speaker 3: wasn't smart of him to think that he could fool 167 00:09:05,760 --> 00:09:09,360 Speaker 3: California voters by saying, Oh, this woman in his thirteen 168 00:09:09,440 --> 00:09:12,520 Speaker 3: hundred square foot house, who's the sister in law of 169 00:09:12,600 --> 00:09:16,480 Speaker 3: my old campaign manager. Yeah, yeah, I lived there. I 170 00:09:16,520 --> 00:09:18,800 Speaker 3: lived there with my wife and kids. It's just not 171 00:09:19,280 --> 00:09:20,359 Speaker 3: credible whatsoever. 172 00:09:21,240 --> 00:09:23,960 Speaker 1: He seems to be very thin skinned about all of it, too, 173 00:09:24,040 --> 00:09:27,559 Speaker 1: because not only is he attacking you, he's also attacking 174 00:09:28,360 --> 00:09:31,160 Speaker 1: Tom Steyer, who is a candidate for governor who's brought 175 00:09:31,160 --> 00:09:34,560 Speaker 1: this issue up. He's attacking the London Daily Mail and 176 00:09:34,600 --> 00:09:38,400 Speaker 1: the California Post for investigating these claims and making him 177 00:09:38,400 --> 00:09:42,040 Speaker 1: look bad in public. He seems to really really be 178 00:09:42,120 --> 00:09:44,240 Speaker 1: angry that you guys are moving forward with this. 179 00:09:45,120 --> 00:09:45,320 Speaker 4: Yeah. 180 00:09:45,320 --> 00:09:48,800 Speaker 3: He's a very childish person. I went to his town 181 00:09:48,920 --> 00:09:51,760 Speaker 3: hall in Santa Monica last month. Actually, he came around 182 00:09:51,800 --> 00:09:53,800 Speaker 3: and greet everybody. He looked me in the eye and 183 00:09:53,800 --> 00:09:56,079 Speaker 3: shook my hand, and I think he recognized me because 184 00:09:56,400 --> 00:09:58,760 Speaker 3: he cut the town hall from two hours to only 185 00:09:58,800 --> 00:10:01,880 Speaker 3: thirty minutes, and then three of his security came up 186 00:10:01,880 --> 00:10:04,800 Speaker 3: and threw me out. Afterwards. I did hear him say 187 00:10:04,840 --> 00:10:07,400 Speaker 3: that the reason he became a Democrat was to annoy 188 00:10:07,480 --> 00:10:11,440 Speaker 3: his parents. So I think he's got some real issues. 189 00:10:12,480 --> 00:10:16,600 Speaker 3: He even sued the person in Washington, Bill Poulte, who 190 00:10:16,679 --> 00:10:20,320 Speaker 3: referred him the Department of Justice. He immediately sued him, 191 00:10:20,360 --> 00:10:24,520 Speaker 3: saying his privacy was violated because I had looked at 192 00:10:24,559 --> 00:10:28,200 Speaker 3: his mortgage. But his mortgage has been online at the 193 00:10:28,280 --> 00:10:31,040 Speaker 3: DC dot gov. It's a public document. It's been online 194 00:10:31,080 --> 00:10:33,760 Speaker 3: for years. So he always comes out and says I'm 195 00:10:33,760 --> 00:10:38,640 Speaker 3: going on offense. He attacks people, called me names, and 196 00:10:38,679 --> 00:10:40,920 Speaker 3: he just doesn't look at the substance. If he would 197 00:10:40,960 --> 00:10:42,599 Speaker 3: just you know, he's an attorney, if he would just 198 00:10:42,640 --> 00:10:44,600 Speaker 3: follow in the law, he wouldn't get in this mess. 199 00:10:45,520 --> 00:10:47,640 Speaker 1: I would love for someone to ask him if he 200 00:10:47,720 --> 00:10:51,560 Speaker 1: nailed that Chinese spy in that small house that he 201 00:10:51,640 --> 00:10:54,400 Speaker 1: claims to live in with a husband and wife and 202 00:10:54,440 --> 00:10:56,760 Speaker 1: their daughter living under that same roof. 203 00:10:57,880 --> 00:11:00,880 Speaker 3: Well, look, he did get divorced. I don't forget. I 204 00:11:00,920 --> 00:11:03,920 Speaker 3: got his divorce document. In the divorce him and his 205 00:11:03,960 --> 00:11:07,440 Speaker 3: wife are fighting over the can opener napkin rings that 206 00:11:07,520 --> 00:11:09,920 Speaker 3: cost two dollars. They're having a big fight in the 207 00:11:09,960 --> 00:11:12,839 Speaker 3: divorce document. It's a little bit ridiculous, and it looks 208 00:11:12,840 --> 00:11:15,319 Speaker 3: like he left her for Fang Fang for the Chinese spy. 209 00:11:16,000 --> 00:11:19,240 Speaker 3: The FBI catches him and he gets kicked off the 210 00:11:19,280 --> 00:11:22,679 Speaker 3: Intelligence Committee. So he's got a lot of issues. I mean, 211 00:11:22,720 --> 00:11:25,240 Speaker 3: I wasn't surprised that he didn't have an address in 212 00:11:25,240 --> 00:11:28,360 Speaker 3: California because he can't afford it. When you look at 213 00:11:28,400 --> 00:11:32,840 Speaker 3: his disclosure statements running for Congress, he hasn't paid off 214 00:11:32,840 --> 00:11:35,920 Speaker 3: his student loans. He still owes his student loans from 215 00:11:35,960 --> 00:11:39,520 Speaker 3: twenty twelve. He also still owes one hundred thousand in 216 00:11:39,559 --> 00:11:42,600 Speaker 3: credit card debt. He hasn't paid off anything. So where 217 00:11:42,640 --> 00:11:45,400 Speaker 3: is all his money going. I don't know, but something 218 00:11:45,440 --> 00:11:46,360 Speaker 3: is wrong with this guy. 219 00:11:47,360 --> 00:11:49,000 Speaker 1: I don't know if you saw the tweet, but the 220 00:11:49,040 --> 00:11:51,520 Speaker 1: tweet has since been deleted, so I can't read it 221 00:11:51,559 --> 00:11:54,120 Speaker 1: to you word for word. But the tweet was put 222 00:11:54,160 --> 00:11:58,000 Speaker 1: out by a Democratic strategy just longtime Democratic strategist based 223 00:11:58,000 --> 00:12:01,720 Speaker 1: out of Los Angeles by the name of Trehio, Michael Trehillo, 224 00:12:02,200 --> 00:12:06,480 Speaker 1: who's affiliated with Antonio via Regosa. And this tweet was 225 00:12:06,520 --> 00:12:10,240 Speaker 1: put out right when Stier, excuse him, not Stier, right 226 00:12:10,280 --> 00:12:13,480 Speaker 1: when Swalwell was getting into the race, and he talked 227 00:12:13,480 --> 00:12:18,480 Speaker 1: about how every Democratic consultant, every Democratic elected in California 228 00:12:19,000 --> 00:12:23,120 Speaker 1: knows this guy's problems, and it was alluded to people 229 00:12:23,120 --> 00:12:26,280 Speaker 1: who work for him in his office and inappropriate relationships 230 00:12:26,320 --> 00:12:29,920 Speaker 1: and those sorts of things, and said that this guy 231 00:12:30,679 --> 00:12:33,440 Speaker 1: is a ticking time bomb and it is only a 232 00:12:33,440 --> 00:12:37,040 Speaker 1: matter of time before this guy self destructs. And everyone 233 00:12:37,160 --> 00:12:40,800 Speaker 1: knows it. So if you want to sleep on the grenade, 234 00:12:41,320 --> 00:12:45,199 Speaker 1: go ahead and do it, Swallwell, but everyone knows how 235 00:12:45,280 --> 00:12:48,720 Speaker 1: this story is going to end. And at a certain point, 236 00:12:48,880 --> 00:12:53,120 Speaker 1: Trehillo took the tweet down. And Trehillo is a supporter 237 00:12:53,200 --> 00:12:57,200 Speaker 1: of Antonio Viragosa, so obviously he has his preferred candidate. 238 00:12:57,720 --> 00:13:01,400 Speaker 1: But enough pressure was put on him to delete that tweet. 239 00:13:01,880 --> 00:13:04,240 Speaker 1: I assume that when he put it out he meant it, 240 00:13:04,720 --> 00:13:07,600 Speaker 1: and the other Democrats in California know what he was 241 00:13:07,640 --> 00:13:08,320 Speaker 1: talking about. 242 00:13:09,800 --> 00:13:13,840 Speaker 3: Well, look, Swallow is a very immature person. The way 243 00:13:13,840 --> 00:13:17,640 Speaker 3: he talks. He talks on television, he gives speeches in Congress, 244 00:13:17,679 --> 00:13:20,480 Speaker 3: he tweets constantly with the F word. He's using the 245 00:13:20,559 --> 00:13:22,840 Speaker 3: F word every other word out of his mouth, the 246 00:13:23,080 --> 00:13:27,640 Speaker 3: S word constantly, Everything is SF SF, and then he 247 00:13:27,679 --> 00:13:30,560 Speaker 3: doesn't shave anymore. He looks like some homeless person from 248 00:13:30,600 --> 00:13:33,960 Speaker 3: San Francisco from his district. So that's his whole campaign. 249 00:13:34,040 --> 00:13:37,160 Speaker 3: It's trying to make people think he's cool because he 250 00:13:37,280 --> 00:13:42,120 Speaker 3: curses and doesn't shave. He has no substance whatsoever. He 251 00:13:42,280 --> 00:13:45,840 Speaker 3: decided if I'm an anti Trump person, I'll get the 252 00:13:46,080 --> 00:13:49,360 Speaker 3: far left anti Trump people to vote for me, and 253 00:13:49,440 --> 00:13:52,440 Speaker 3: maybe I can get enough votes to make the runoff, 254 00:13:52,840 --> 00:13:55,240 Speaker 3: and because I'm a Democrat, maybe I can become governor. 255 00:13:55,280 --> 00:13:59,839 Speaker 3: But he's got no substance whatsoever. It's all cursing and 256 00:14:00,080 --> 00:14:02,160 Speaker 3: trying to make himself look cool. But I think he 257 00:14:02,200 --> 00:14:03,080 Speaker 3: looks like a fool. 258 00:14:04,520 --> 00:14:06,560 Speaker 1: If you win in court, what do you think his 259 00:14:06,640 --> 00:14:07,680 Speaker 1: reaction is going to be. 260 00:14:08,840 --> 00:14:11,199 Speaker 3: Well, March twenty third coming up in a week and 261 00:14:11,240 --> 00:14:14,440 Speaker 3: a half, and then on March twenty six is the 262 00:14:14,480 --> 00:14:17,200 Speaker 3: certification to be in a June primary. So if I win, 263 00:14:17,280 --> 00:14:20,680 Speaker 3: he's out. Now how's he going to react? You know, 264 00:14:20,760 --> 00:14:22,800 Speaker 3: he'll go on Twitter and call me names like he's 265 00:14:22,800 --> 00:14:26,520 Speaker 3: done before. He'll say, oh, it's a magic conspiracy. Donald 266 00:14:26,560 --> 00:14:28,920 Speaker 3: Trump told me to do it. I'm a California voter. 267 00:14:29,040 --> 00:14:31,360 Speaker 3: I'm just looking at the law. He's a lawyer. He 268 00:14:31,400 --> 00:14:34,960 Speaker 3: should know the law better than me. So you know, 269 00:14:35,120 --> 00:14:37,920 Speaker 3: I think he's gonna cry and melt down and call 270 00:14:37,960 --> 00:14:39,280 Speaker 3: everybody names. That's how he. 271 00:14:39,280 --> 00:14:44,560 Speaker 1: Behaves judges in California, US being a one party state, 272 00:14:44,600 --> 00:14:47,480 Speaker 1: we're a state where the Democrats have all the statewide 273 00:14:47,520 --> 00:14:51,360 Speaker 1: constitutional offices. They have a super majority in the state legislature. 274 00:14:51,840 --> 00:14:53,640 Speaker 1: If you want to move up through the ranks as 275 00:14:53,640 --> 00:14:56,760 Speaker 1: an appointed judge at the state level in California, you 276 00:14:56,880 --> 00:14:59,360 Speaker 1: need to be in the good graces of the Democratic Party, 277 00:14:59,400 --> 00:15:04,360 Speaker 1: the Californi in the Democratic Party specifically, judges have historically 278 00:15:04,400 --> 00:15:08,120 Speaker 1: been hesitant to step in and to take names off 279 00:15:08,160 --> 00:15:12,200 Speaker 1: the ballot if it could impact the results of the election. 280 00:15:13,640 --> 00:15:16,120 Speaker 1: Do you believe that this judge that you're going in 281 00:15:16,120 --> 00:15:20,200 Speaker 1: front of could be hesitant the way the judges previously 282 00:15:20,200 --> 00:15:20,560 Speaker 1: have been. 283 00:15:21,520 --> 00:15:23,480 Speaker 3: Look, I believe in the system. I think I have 284 00:15:23,520 --> 00:15:26,360 Speaker 3: a good shot. This judge is not an Obama judge 285 00:15:26,440 --> 00:15:29,640 Speaker 3: or a Biden judge. She was appointed by Governor Gray 286 00:15:29,720 --> 00:15:33,280 Speaker 3: Davis in two thousand and two. She seems pretty straight. 287 00:15:33,360 --> 00:15:35,720 Speaker 3: I mean, my first petition that I filed had a 288 00:15:35,720 --> 00:15:38,880 Speaker 3: couple problems with it. She issued a minute order and 289 00:15:38,920 --> 00:15:41,480 Speaker 3: told me what I needed to fix. I fixed it. 290 00:15:41,640 --> 00:15:44,400 Speaker 3: She moved the case forward then she put the date 291 00:15:44,440 --> 00:15:46,840 Speaker 3: of the hearing on March twenty seven, one day after 292 00:15:46,880 --> 00:15:51,000 Speaker 3: the certification. I applied for an expedited hearing and she 293 00:15:51,120 --> 00:15:53,680 Speaker 3: gave it to me. So she's treated me very fairly 294 00:15:53,760 --> 00:15:56,200 Speaker 3: so far, and I gotta believe I'm going to get 295 00:15:56,200 --> 00:15:59,000 Speaker 3: a fair shake if she follows the law. I win. 296 00:15:59,600 --> 00:16:02,520 Speaker 3: If for some reason, you know, the courts say they 297 00:16:02,520 --> 00:16:04,960 Speaker 3: don't want to be involved in a election, they can 298 00:16:05,200 --> 00:16:08,000 Speaker 3: find something nicality and say, oh, you have to go 299 00:16:08,040 --> 00:16:11,240 Speaker 3: to the legislature. We can't do this. So it's possible 300 00:16:11,240 --> 00:16:13,360 Speaker 3: it could be a fifty to fifty thing. But if 301 00:16:13,360 --> 00:16:14,920 Speaker 3: they follow the law, I think I went. 302 00:16:15,760 --> 00:16:19,640 Speaker 1: It seems like everyone knows that he's lying. Nobody believes 303 00:16:19,720 --> 00:16:22,440 Speaker 1: that he's living with that couple and their child in 304 00:16:22,520 --> 00:16:25,960 Speaker 1: a small house in northern California, particularly when he's spending 305 00:16:25,960 --> 00:16:28,920 Speaker 1: a bunch of money on hotel rooms in his own 306 00:16:29,000 --> 00:16:32,240 Speaker 1: congressional district, not when he's just traveling around the state, 307 00:16:32,360 --> 00:16:35,400 Speaker 1: but in the area where he claims to live. And 308 00:16:35,520 --> 00:16:37,560 Speaker 1: it's just is the judge willing to do it? 309 00:16:40,040 --> 00:16:42,840 Speaker 3: Look, the facts are there. I've documented it. You can 310 00:16:42,880 --> 00:16:46,000 Speaker 3: go to the Alameda County, the Sacramento courthouse website. You 311 00:16:46,000 --> 00:16:48,920 Speaker 3: can read all my documents, my website with all the 312 00:16:48,960 --> 00:16:53,080 Speaker 3: filings and my articles. Is Swalwell is disqualified? Dot com? 313 00:16:53,240 --> 00:16:56,000 Speaker 3: Swallwell is disqualified dot com. You can keep up with it, 314 00:16:56,680 --> 00:17:02,360 Speaker 3: and the facts couldn't. Every time Swollwell tries to refute 315 00:17:02,400 --> 00:17:05,800 Speaker 3: the facts, it just becomes a disaster. First, his campaign 316 00:17:05,840 --> 00:17:07,800 Speaker 3: said he gets a thousand death threat, then it was 317 00:17:07,840 --> 00:17:11,840 Speaker 3: one hundred deaths. Conservatives actually don't make death threats. So 318 00:17:12,200 --> 00:17:15,679 Speaker 3: it's all a big lie, and he's running out of lies, 319 00:17:15,760 --> 00:17:18,199 Speaker 3: he's running out of excuses. The facts are catching up 320 00:17:18,200 --> 00:17:22,280 Speaker 3: with him, and it's just he's just not a good politician. 321 00:17:23,320 --> 00:17:25,080 Speaker 3: All he's going to do is use a bunch of 322 00:17:25,119 --> 00:17:27,560 Speaker 3: curse words, and that's how he thinks he's going to 323 00:17:27,680 --> 00:17:30,600 Speaker 3: pave his way to the governor's offices by cursing up 324 00:17:30,600 --> 00:17:31,680 Speaker 3: a storm. 325 00:17:32,200 --> 00:17:34,120 Speaker 1: Well, I just don't even know why you would want 326 00:17:34,119 --> 00:17:36,280 Speaker 1: to be governor of a state that you couldn't identify 327 00:17:36,280 --> 00:17:36,840 Speaker 1: on a map. 328 00:17:38,480 --> 00:17:40,720 Speaker 3: Well he's got you know, that's funny. But look, he's 329 00:17:40,800 --> 00:17:44,280 Speaker 3: very ambitious. He ran for president already, don't forget. So 330 00:17:44,440 --> 00:17:47,680 Speaker 3: he really wants to become California governor so he can 331 00:17:47,800 --> 00:17:51,439 Speaker 3: lead this kind of insurrection against Trump from California and 332 00:17:51,480 --> 00:17:54,200 Speaker 3: then run for president. That's absolutely in his plans. I've 333 00:17:54,200 --> 00:17:58,159 Speaker 3: studied him very carefully. I know a lot about presidential politics. 334 00:17:58,200 --> 00:18:00,440 Speaker 3: I was on the Ted Cruz for President campaign for 335 00:18:00,520 --> 00:18:03,919 Speaker 3: two years. I know what he's up to, and he 336 00:18:04,040 --> 00:18:06,320 Speaker 3: wants to run for president, and he wants to use 337 00:18:06,359 --> 00:18:08,680 Speaker 3: the state of California to run for president one day. 338 00:18:09,160 --> 00:18:12,679 Speaker 3: That's his vision. But he has no substance. All he 339 00:18:12,800 --> 00:18:17,000 Speaker 3: does is come up with this looney tune kind of stuff. 340 00:18:17,440 --> 00:18:21,320 Speaker 3: He's got very little personality. I found things he wrote 341 00:18:21,359 --> 00:18:24,760 Speaker 3: in college where he was He wrote an article demanding 342 00:18:24,800 --> 00:18:27,600 Speaker 3: that cop killers be let out of prison. He wrote 343 00:18:27,640 --> 00:18:32,479 Speaker 3: some crazy, violent, erotic poem. He's not a very substantive person. 344 00:18:33,000 --> 00:18:36,119 Speaker 3: So he's trying to fool the California voters by trying 345 00:18:36,160 --> 00:18:37,679 Speaker 3: to say that he lives in the state when he 346 00:18:37,720 --> 00:18:39,560 Speaker 3: hasn't lived here for many years. I don't think it's 347 00:18:39,560 --> 00:18:40,040 Speaker 3: going to work. 348 00:18:40,800 --> 00:18:41,960 Speaker 1: What's the website again? 349 00:18:43,280 --> 00:18:50,320 Speaker 3: Swawell is disqualified dot com. Swawell is disqualified dot com. 350 00:18:50,280 --> 00:18:53,760 Speaker 1: And you can follow Joel on exit Joel Gilbert. Joel Gilbert, 351 00:18:53,760 --> 00:18:55,000 Speaker 1: thanks so much for stopping by. 352 00:18:55,720 --> 00:18:58,679 Speaker 3: Joel S Gilbert Joel s Okay, thanks for having me 353 00:18:59,000 --> 00:18:59,400 Speaker 3: all right. 354 00:19:00,119 --> 00:19:03,080 Speaker 1: Eight hundred two two two five two two two is 355 00:19:03,080 --> 00:19:06,320 Speaker 1: a telephone number. What eight hundred two two two five 356 00:19:06,400 --> 00:19:08,960 Speaker 1: two two two. 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So give it 367 00:19:38,320 --> 00:19:42,880 Speaker 2: a listen. The Fixed California Hour replay Saturdays at noon 368 00:19:43,000 --> 00:19:47,159 Speaker 2: on KMJ. Hell tell KMJ that you love listening to 369 00:19:47,280 --> 00:19:49,080 Speaker 2: the Fix California Hour Replay. 370 00:19:49,720 --> 00:19:53,000 Speaker 1: Eight hundred two two two five two two two is 371 00:19:53,040 --> 00:19:56,560 Speaker 1: a telephone number. What eight hundred two two two five 372 00:19:56,680 --> 00:19:59,160 Speaker 1: two two tube And right now it's time to open 373 00:19:59,280 --> 00:20:01,640 Speaker 1: up the cal FORDYA Crime Bladder. 374 00:20:01,840 --> 00:20:03,119 Speaker 5: It's happened yet again. 375 00:20:03,280 --> 00:20:06,280 Speaker 1: This is wow, Wow, what's up here? Dun dun dun 376 00:20:06,359 --> 00:20:08,520 Speaker 1: dunk dunn dun dun dun. 377 00:20:08,480 --> 00:20:12,639 Speaker 5: Reached the Califonia crime Bladder with jun. 378 00:20:15,240 --> 00:20:19,120 Speaker 1: And I'm not gonna make any allegations regarding this one 379 00:20:19,240 --> 00:20:23,200 Speaker 1: other than just to say this comes from the city 380 00:20:23,240 --> 00:20:23,840 Speaker 1: of Irvine. 381 00:20:25,320 --> 00:20:30,560 Speaker 2: A UCI student was attacked by a wild mob of 382 00:20:30,800 --> 00:20:36,119 Speaker 2: e biking teens. They physically assaulted him with their e 383 00:20:36,280 --> 00:20:41,640 Speaker 2: bikes and used all kinds of racist language. For more, 384 00:20:42,359 --> 00:20:48,280 Speaker 2: here's NBC LA let me just turn this out, okay. 385 00:20:49,200 --> 00:20:52,480 Speaker 4: Now at eleven chased, spit on and attacked, and a 386 00:20:52,600 --> 00:20:54,640 Speaker 4: UC Irvine student says, that's not all. 387 00:20:55,320 --> 00:20:57,840 Speaker 2: That's not what people pay Irvine prices for. 388 00:20:59,160 --> 00:21:01,560 Speaker 1: Nope, they're supposed to be safe over there. 389 00:21:01,600 --> 00:21:02,000 Speaker 5: He says. 390 00:21:02,000 --> 00:21:04,760 Speaker 4: A group of teens called him racially charged names, and 391 00:21:04,800 --> 00:21:08,640 Speaker 4: tonight he's talking about what happened only to NBC four. 392 00:21:08,960 --> 00:21:09,840 Speaker 5: Good evening everyone. 393 00:21:09,880 --> 00:21:12,840 Speaker 4: I'm Carolyn Johnson. This all took place on Friday night 394 00:21:12,840 --> 00:21:14,800 Speaker 4: at the end of February, when he was on his 395 00:21:14,840 --> 00:21:17,479 Speaker 4: way back to his dorm room. NBC four is Macy Jenkins, 396 00:21:17,560 --> 00:21:19,880 Speaker 4: his live in Irvine force where she spoke to him 397 00:21:19,880 --> 00:21:24,480 Speaker 4: and has reaction from campus police and the university macy. 398 00:21:25,359 --> 00:21:28,480 Speaker 6: Hi Carolyn Will, that student is a fourth year art 399 00:21:28,520 --> 00:21:29,240 Speaker 6: history major. 400 00:21:29,280 --> 00:21:31,879 Speaker 2: He says, Okay, not a part of the story, but 401 00:21:33,480 --> 00:21:34,639 Speaker 2: kind of job you get with that? 402 00:21:36,400 --> 00:21:39,280 Speaker 1: Maybe you'd be a really good game show contestant. 403 00:21:40,640 --> 00:21:43,199 Speaker 2: Maybe you can work at a museum. It seems like 404 00:21:43,240 --> 00:21:46,000 Speaker 2: the prospects are quite limited for art history. 405 00:21:48,840 --> 00:21:50,840 Speaker 5: Hi Carolyn Will, that student and not. 406 00:21:50,800 --> 00:21:54,760 Speaker 2: A part of the story, but just curious because you see, 407 00:21:54,760 --> 00:21:56,520 Speaker 2: I costs a lot of money to go to. 408 00:21:58,560 --> 00:22:02,159 Speaker 1: Well. I think with degrees like that, you're supposed to 409 00:22:02,200 --> 00:22:05,280 Speaker 1: accumulate more degrees and then you teach it and it 410 00:22:05,320 --> 00:22:07,200 Speaker 1: becomes like Amway with a track team. 411 00:22:07,600 --> 00:22:08,360 Speaker 5: Hi Carolyn Well. 412 00:22:08,400 --> 00:22:11,600 Speaker 6: That student is a fourth year art history major. He 413 00:22:11,640 --> 00:22:14,480 Speaker 6: says he had just left a cookout with several of 414 00:22:14,520 --> 00:22:17,200 Speaker 6: his fellow black students here on campus when he says 415 00:22:17,359 --> 00:22:21,080 Speaker 6: he was approached by five white teenagers on their e bikes. 416 00:22:21,280 --> 00:22:25,119 Speaker 6: He was attacked and assaulted, then called a monkey at it? 417 00:22:25,359 --> 00:22:30,119 Speaker 1: WHOA What is it about being on an e bike 418 00:22:30,200 --> 00:22:32,200 Speaker 1: that turns you into a complete a hole? 419 00:22:34,640 --> 00:22:37,159 Speaker 5: And it was two days before the Well. 420 00:22:37,040 --> 00:22:39,280 Speaker 2: The fact that you have the e bike to begin with, 421 00:22:39,400 --> 00:22:41,600 Speaker 2: says that your parents have money but don't want to 422 00:22:41,640 --> 00:22:44,480 Speaker 2: spend any time with you, And that. 423 00:22:44,400 --> 00:22:45,639 Speaker 1: Could be for a good reason. 424 00:22:46,160 --> 00:22:49,000 Speaker 6: And it was two days before the end of Black 425 00:22:49,080 --> 00:22:51,840 Speaker 6: History Month. Now, he says he wants the university to 426 00:22:51,880 --> 00:22:52,800 Speaker 6: do something about it. 427 00:22:54,119 --> 00:22:56,359 Speaker 7: An it was just a matter of just trying to 428 00:22:56,440 --> 00:22:58,760 Speaker 7: make it safely and make it back to my dorm. 429 00:22:58,800 --> 00:23:02,120 Speaker 5: And it was awful, was horrible. What was going through 430 00:23:02,119 --> 00:23:02,520 Speaker 5: your mind? 431 00:23:02,880 --> 00:23:06,480 Speaker 7: That number one, that these kids were trying to kill me? 432 00:23:06,720 --> 00:23:10,560 Speaker 6: A fourth year UC Irvine student describes a harrowing ordeal 433 00:23:10,840 --> 00:23:14,720 Speaker 6: around eight thirty pm after a February twenty seventh cookout 434 00:23:14,800 --> 00:23:17,840 Speaker 6: on the Arroyo Vista lawn with several of his fellow 435 00:23:17,840 --> 00:23:20,639 Speaker 6: members of the Black Student Union. He asked we not 436 00:23:20,800 --> 00:23:22,720 Speaker 6: share his name or show his face. 437 00:23:23,119 --> 00:23:26,040 Speaker 2: He needs his identity protected from these e biking teens. 438 00:23:27,480 --> 00:23:29,640 Speaker 1: How often does that happen in the blotter. 439 00:23:31,200 --> 00:23:34,680 Speaker 2: Every story? Now, nobody wants their face shown. 440 00:23:35,680 --> 00:23:38,439 Speaker 6: At that point, you were having a good time, You 441 00:23:38,440 --> 00:23:40,880 Speaker 6: were about to head home. Yes, that's when the art 442 00:23:40,960 --> 00:23:42,920 Speaker 6: history major says he noticed five. 443 00:23:43,040 --> 00:23:44,600 Speaker 2: You don't have to keep referencing that. 444 00:23:47,160 --> 00:23:49,240 Speaker 1: They just keep going back to the well with that one. 445 00:23:51,160 --> 00:23:55,200 Speaker 2: And she seems like a really specific degree. 446 00:23:56,960 --> 00:23:59,800 Speaker 6: That's when the art history major says he noticed five 447 00:24:00,359 --> 00:24:01,159 Speaker 6: on e bikes. 448 00:24:01,359 --> 00:24:04,000 Speaker 5: One girl, four boys who all happened. 449 00:24:03,680 --> 00:24:05,400 Speaker 2: To a girl. That's new. 450 00:24:07,600 --> 00:24:09,000 Speaker 1: I guess this is equality. 451 00:24:09,600 --> 00:24:12,679 Speaker 6: One girl, four boys who all happened to be white. 452 00:24:12,920 --> 00:24:16,080 Speaker 7: One of the other juveniles asking me an inappropriate question 453 00:24:16,200 --> 00:24:18,200 Speaker 7: about one of the sorority girls that was there. 454 00:24:18,640 --> 00:24:19,760 Speaker 5: I told them to leave me alone. 455 00:24:19,800 --> 00:24:23,760 Speaker 7: That's an appropriate So another one came up and said, hey, 456 00:24:23,920 --> 00:24:26,760 Speaker 7: why are you so pressed, proceeded to call me a 457 00:24:26,800 --> 00:24:29,640 Speaker 7: slurry It was the N word, but soft a boy. 458 00:24:29,680 --> 00:24:33,200 Speaker 2: These little white kids have got quite a mouth on them. 459 00:24:33,680 --> 00:24:35,480 Speaker 1: Well do you think they have that kind of mouth 460 00:24:35,560 --> 00:24:36,399 Speaker 1: off the e bike? 461 00:24:38,280 --> 00:24:42,160 Speaker 2: Something about the e bike it turns you into a monster. 462 00:24:42,800 --> 00:24:45,080 Speaker 2: So stop buying these things for your kids. And I 463 00:24:45,119 --> 00:24:48,439 Speaker 2: wonder how many of these e bikes were purchased for 464 00:24:48,560 --> 00:24:53,320 Speaker 2: almost nothing thanks to the California Air Resources Board Cap 465 00:24:53,359 --> 00:24:57,480 Speaker 2: and Trade voucher program, where we were given two thousand 466 00:24:57,480 --> 00:25:00,159 Speaker 2: dollars off e bikes to take the cars off off 467 00:25:00,200 --> 00:25:02,960 Speaker 2: the roads. If your kid comes to you and says 468 00:25:03,040 --> 00:25:06,000 Speaker 2: I want an e bike, your response should be how 469 00:25:06,000 --> 00:25:09,119 Speaker 2: about a shwin? And if they keep pressing the issue, 470 00:25:09,520 --> 00:25:11,879 Speaker 2: your response should be how about a rickshaw. 471 00:25:12,560 --> 00:25:15,040 Speaker 7: I didn't respond to it. I just said, please leave 472 00:25:15,080 --> 00:25:18,000 Speaker 7: me alone, and I made the decision to then head 473 00:25:18,000 --> 00:25:18,800 Speaker 7: further up the road. 474 00:25:18,960 --> 00:25:21,240 Speaker 5: But he says the group started chasing him. 475 00:25:21,280 --> 00:25:23,800 Speaker 7: They were close enough that they started spitting on me, 476 00:25:24,119 --> 00:25:26,320 Speaker 7: trying to grab at me doing And. 477 00:25:26,359 --> 00:25:29,320 Speaker 2: While you could probably outrun a bicycle, out running an 478 00:25:29,320 --> 00:25:32,040 Speaker 2: e bike that's a little tougher. It's like the Sons 479 00:25:32,040 --> 00:25:37,439 Speaker 2: of Anarchy Irvine style, all. 480 00:25:37,320 --> 00:25:41,720 Speaker 7: Sorts of heinous things in between. I'm being called monkey, Blackie, 481 00:25:42,080 --> 00:25:45,359 Speaker 7: completely out of my name. Obviously. This is stuff I 482 00:25:45,520 --> 00:25:46,640 Speaker 7: never expected to hear. 483 00:25:46,960 --> 00:25:49,240 Speaker 6: He was halfway home when one of the teens hit 484 00:25:49,280 --> 00:25:51,880 Speaker 6: the accelerator and headed straight for him. 485 00:25:51,920 --> 00:25:53,879 Speaker 7: And says, what's good? 486 00:25:54,040 --> 00:25:55,080 Speaker 5: Ufing n word? 487 00:25:55,440 --> 00:26:03,840 Speaker 1: Whoa these parents who bought the e bikes for their 488 00:26:03,920 --> 00:26:06,760 Speaker 1: kids in Irvine? Because none of these kids have been 489 00:26:06,760 --> 00:26:10,159 Speaker 1: caught correct now yet? Well no, some of them have 490 00:26:10,240 --> 00:26:13,520 Speaker 1: been detained. This is Orange County, Okay, all right, if 491 00:26:13,520 --> 00:26:17,720 Speaker 1: that's one of your kids, the bike needs to go 492 00:26:17,840 --> 00:26:19,440 Speaker 1: away and never come back. 493 00:26:20,560 --> 00:26:23,040 Speaker 7: And in an attempt to clit me off the road, 494 00:26:23,359 --> 00:26:25,359 Speaker 7: his tire not only hit the back of my scooter, 495 00:26:25,840 --> 00:26:29,800 Speaker 7: but it hit my ankle and at that point, it 496 00:26:30,000 --> 00:26:31,840 Speaker 7: was the worst pain that I had felt in. 497 00:26:31,840 --> 00:26:32,720 Speaker 5: A very long time. 498 00:26:33,040 --> 00:26:36,320 Speaker 6: Eventually, he ducked into the Rosa Parks Dorm for safety, 499 00:26:36,560 --> 00:26:40,480 Speaker 6: called his friends and UCIPD, which he says arrived to 500 00:26:40,560 --> 00:26:42,000 Speaker 6: de escalate the situation. 501 00:26:42,320 --> 00:26:44,880 Speaker 2: I first time they got a call in a long time. 502 00:26:45,840 --> 00:26:50,240 Speaker 1: Well, maybe domestic disputes at a certain house. 503 00:26:55,119 --> 00:26:58,760 Speaker 2: Let me just reiterate, even though this story took place 504 00:26:58,800 --> 00:27:02,320 Speaker 2: on the campus of UC Irvine, it has nothing to 505 00:27:02,400 --> 00:27:03,560 Speaker 2: do with Katie Porter. 506 00:27:04,160 --> 00:27:08,280 Speaker 1: Please, I'm just saying, did the potato incident happen there? 507 00:27:10,560 --> 00:27:14,280 Speaker 7: I hear about this happening in so many other places, 508 00:27:14,280 --> 00:27:17,080 Speaker 7: but for it to happen in Irvine is far beyond 509 00:27:17,080 --> 00:27:18,160 Speaker 7: what I ever expected. 510 00:27:18,520 --> 00:27:21,800 Speaker 6: In a statement, the UCI Chief of Police confirms a 511 00:27:21,840 --> 00:27:25,840 Speaker 6: hate crime investigation after multiple juveniles on e bikes use 512 00:27:26,000 --> 00:27:29,080 Speaker 6: racial slurs, spat, and hit the back leg of the 513 00:27:29,160 --> 00:27:32,040 Speaker 6: reporting party with the tire of an e bike. One 514 00:27:32,080 --> 00:27:34,240 Speaker 6: of the teens was detained the schools. 515 00:27:34,320 --> 00:27:35,400 Speaker 2: I mean they got one of them. 516 00:27:35,960 --> 00:27:40,000 Speaker 1: Okay, Well, let's hope that this graduating art history major 517 00:27:40,080 --> 00:27:42,960 Speaker 1: doesn't say I can't wait for a little piece and 518 00:27:43,080 --> 00:27:45,359 Speaker 1: quiet to get away from all of these e bikes 519 00:27:45,359 --> 00:27:48,640 Speaker 1: and the monsters who drive them. As soon as I graduate, 520 00:27:48,720 --> 00:27:50,119 Speaker 1: I'm moving to Manhattan Beach. 521 00:27:51,200 --> 00:27:55,280 Speaker 6: The school says uc Irvine remains firmly committed to fostering 522 00:27:55,359 --> 00:27:59,320 Speaker 6: a safe, inclusive, and respectful environment for all members of 523 00:27:59,320 --> 00:28:03,600 Speaker 6: our community. But Black Student Union President Unique Chairo says 524 00:28:03,960 --> 00:28:07,399 Speaker 6: UCI and UCIPD need to do more. 525 00:28:07,600 --> 00:28:10,679 Speaker 8: We demand that these five juveniles be charged and the 526 00:28:10,720 --> 00:28:13,959 Speaker 8: one that specifically clipped his angle be charged with assault, 527 00:28:14,000 --> 00:28:17,159 Speaker 8: m battery, and that they take more precautions to protect 528 00:28:17,200 --> 00:28:18,760 Speaker 8: the black students here on this campus. 529 00:28:19,080 --> 00:28:22,560 Speaker 6: Skin abrasions and a medical boot now cover his right foot. 530 00:28:22,960 --> 00:28:25,640 Speaker 5: As for those five teens on the bikes. 531 00:28:25,480 --> 00:28:29,639 Speaker 7: I want accountability to be had. They've had it in 532 00:28:29,680 --> 00:28:30,360 Speaker 7: the back of their mind. 533 00:28:30,480 --> 00:28:34,200 Speaker 2: This kid wants vengeance, No, he wants accountability. 534 00:28:34,680 --> 00:28:37,399 Speaker 1: And if he has the same definition of accountability that 535 00:28:37,480 --> 00:28:40,040 Speaker 1: Gavin Newsom has, that means he wants. 536 00:28:39,840 --> 00:28:42,520 Speaker 7: Nothing had it in the back of their minds that well, 537 00:28:42,560 --> 00:28:45,160 Speaker 7: if I do this for as many times I can 538 00:28:45,160 --> 00:28:45,840 Speaker 7: get away with it. 539 00:28:48,240 --> 00:28:49,960 Speaker 5: Now the excuse me. 540 00:28:50,040 --> 00:28:52,880 Speaker 6: The students of the students that we spoke to say 541 00:28:52,880 --> 00:28:55,000 Speaker 6: they hope the parents of the kids on the bike 542 00:28:55,240 --> 00:28:57,280 Speaker 6: do a better job of keeping an eye on what 543 00:28:57,400 --> 00:28:59,160 Speaker 6: their children are doing at night. 544 00:28:59,520 --> 00:29:02,400 Speaker 2: Because the e bike is practically a motorcycle, and because 545 00:29:02,440 --> 00:29:06,080 Speaker 2: obviously the kids aren't buying them themselves, the parents should 546 00:29:06,080 --> 00:29:09,720 Speaker 2: be liable for anything the children do on those bikes. 547 00:29:10,240 --> 00:29:12,840 Speaker 1: One hundred percent, because that's the only way to get 548 00:29:12,880 --> 00:29:15,560 Speaker 1: the parents to stop buying those bikes for their kids. 549 00:29:15,840 --> 00:29:18,360 Speaker 6: Anyone who has seen these kids on the e bikes 550 00:29:18,400 --> 00:29:22,680 Speaker 6: around campus is asked to reach out to UCIPD. Reporting 551 00:29:22,760 --> 00:29:26,720 Speaker 6: live at Irvine tonight, Macy Jenkins, NBC four News Go. 552 00:29:28,560 --> 00:29:30,960 Speaker 1: Well, no, because they're in the Big West Tournament too. 553 00:29:31,360 --> 00:29:35,600 Speaker 1: Oh go Titans, Go Titans, But we have to get 554 00:29:35,640 --> 00:29:44,720 Speaker 1: through UC Davis and then Hawaii first. I'll be watching 555 00:29:44,760 --> 00:29:50,120 Speaker 1: that game tonight at eight thirty on ESPN Plus. And 556 00:29:50,160 --> 00:29:52,160 Speaker 1: it took me a very long time to figure out 557 00:29:52,320 --> 00:29:57,880 Speaker 1: what ESPN Plus was, so because I've invested that much 558 00:29:57,920 --> 00:30:00,680 Speaker 1: time and energy in it, I am definitely watching that game. 559 00:30:03,240 --> 00:30:06,560 Speaker 1: Eight hundred two two two five two two two is 560 00:30:06,600 --> 00:30:09,680 Speaker 1: a telephone number. What eight hundred two two two five 561 00:30:09,840 --> 00:30:12,400 Speaker 1: two two two. If you'd like to email the show, 562 00:30:12,440 --> 00:30:14,640 Speaker 1: you can do so at Johnny Don't Like Show at 563 00:30:14,680 --> 00:30:18,240 Speaker 1: gmail dot com. That's Johnny Don't Like Show at gmail 564 00:30:18,480 --> 00:30:22,200 Speaker 1: dot com. And Randy. We have an update on the 565 00:30:22,320 --> 00:30:26,160 Speaker 1: SCIU initiative to confiscate the wealth of billionaires. 566 00:30:26,600 --> 00:30:30,520 Speaker 2: A new poll from UC Berkeley shows a sixty four 567 00:30:30,720 --> 00:30:35,720 Speaker 2: to twenty eight support for the California Billionaire tax. This 568 00:30:35,840 --> 00:30:39,600 Speaker 2: was an email poll, but still it looks like my 569 00:30:39,760 --> 00:30:43,200 Speaker 2: theory was true. The more you see a Tom Steyer 570 00:30:43,320 --> 00:30:46,560 Speaker 2: ad the more you want to take away his money. 571 00:30:47,880 --> 00:30:51,080 Speaker 1: Could be. But guess what, It's not just him, it's 572 00:30:51,120 --> 00:30:53,360 Speaker 1: all the other billionaires. And if they leave, they're going 573 00:30:53,440 --> 00:30:54,640 Speaker 1: to take their wealth with them. 574 00:30:54,840 --> 00:30:58,000 Speaker 2: Could we collect signatures for a ballot initiative that would 575 00:30:58,040 --> 00:30:59,960 Speaker 2: just take away Tom Steyer's money. 576 00:31:00,600 --> 00:31:01,480 Speaker 1: I'd sign that one. 577 00:31:02,520 --> 00:31:05,240 Speaker 2: I mean, hey, can could that be legal? If this 578 00:31:05,440 --> 00:31:08,080 Speaker 2: is legal, why isn't that legal? Why can't we single 579 00:31:08,080 --> 00:31:10,120 Speaker 2: out one obnoxious billionaire? 580 00:31:10,960 --> 00:31:15,120 Speaker 1: It's an excellent point, all right. Now, speaking of claiming money, 581 00:31:15,360 --> 00:31:18,760 Speaker 1: over the course of the commercial break, you found money 582 00:31:18,800 --> 00:31:19,560 Speaker 1: that is owed to you. 583 00:31:19,800 --> 00:31:22,479 Speaker 2: We're getting so many emails of people that have found 584 00:31:22,560 --> 00:31:25,840 Speaker 2: money on this website claim it dot CA dot gov 585 00:31:25,920 --> 00:31:28,880 Speaker 2: that I'm like, let me just look and I'm just 586 00:31:28,920 --> 00:31:31,480 Speaker 2: gonna put my name, but I'm gonna just scroll through 587 00:31:31,520 --> 00:31:34,600 Speaker 2: the addresses and what do you know from my old 588 00:31:34,920 --> 00:31:38,480 Speaker 2: dumpy studio apartment in Valley Village that I haven't lived 589 00:31:38,520 --> 00:31:46,680 Speaker 2: at since twenty fourteen. I am owed fifteen cents. 590 00:31:49,320 --> 00:31:50,280 Speaker 1: Are you going to claim it? 591 00:31:50,600 --> 00:31:53,800 Speaker 2: I'm gonna claim it. I'm gonna claim my fifteen cents 592 00:31:53,840 --> 00:31:58,680 Speaker 2: from a price versus Uber Technology settlement fund. So someone 593 00:31:58,720 --> 00:32:01,360 Speaker 2: held a class action law suit against Uber. I'm going 594 00:32:01,400 --> 00:32:06,080 Speaker 2: to assume ten years ago and I got fifteen cents, 595 00:32:06,200 --> 00:32:10,080 Speaker 2: So I'm gonna hit claim. I'm gonna file this claim. 596 00:32:10,520 --> 00:32:12,720 Speaker 2: I'm gonna get my fifteen cents. Yo. 597 00:32:14,160 --> 00:32:18,480 Speaker 1: Well, good for you swimming Pools movie stars. 598 00:32:19,480 --> 00:32:22,560 Speaker 2: I'm actually doing this. I'm putting in my name and 599 00:32:22,600 --> 00:32:26,840 Speaker 2: all my information for fifteen cents because I want to 600 00:32:26,880 --> 00:32:27,720 Speaker 2: see that check. 601 00:32:29,360 --> 00:32:31,440 Speaker 1: Well. I think that's an excellent idea, and I think 602 00:32:31,480 --> 00:32:34,480 Speaker 1: you need to report back when you get it might 603 00:32:34,480 --> 00:32:37,160 Speaker 1: be a while, or report back when they tell you 604 00:32:37,200 --> 00:32:38,520 Speaker 1: to go to hell. We're keeping it. 605 00:32:39,760 --> 00:32:42,960 Speaker 2: How much interest have they accumulated on my fifteen cents 606 00:32:43,000 --> 00:32:46,000 Speaker 2: in the last twelve years? 607 00:32:46,040 --> 00:32:47,080 Speaker 1: Three cents. 608 00:32:48,240 --> 00:32:49,880 Speaker 2: Interest? Isn't that good? 609 00:32:51,920 --> 00:32:54,400 Speaker 1: All right, let's reopen the California crime blaughter. 610 00:32:55,720 --> 00:33:03,120 Speaker 5: It's happened yet again. Nice time for the California crime 611 00:33:03,160 --> 00:33:04,959 Speaker 5: Blodder and Randy. 612 00:33:05,000 --> 00:33:07,080 Speaker 1: This one takes us to Long Beach. 613 00:33:07,320 --> 00:33:12,160 Speaker 2: Long Beach is shrouded in darkness because of copper wire theft. 614 00:33:12,480 --> 00:33:16,960 Speaker 2: For more, here is nbcla. 615 00:33:16,520 --> 00:33:17,560 Speaker 5: New tonight at eleven. 616 00:33:17,640 --> 00:33:20,440 Speaker 4: Copper wire thefts have left some streets in Long Beach 617 00:33:20,480 --> 00:33:23,280 Speaker 4: in the dark. In fact, entire neighborhoods don't have lights 618 00:33:23,280 --> 00:33:27,280 Speaker 4: to illuminate roads and sidewalks, making people there feel unsafe. 619 00:33:27,480 --> 00:33:30,080 Speaker 4: NBC four Starsha Phillipsy is live in Long Beach for 620 00:33:30,200 --> 00:33:32,640 Speaker 4: us with more on the problem in the city's efforts 621 00:33:32,680 --> 00:33:34,040 Speaker 4: to repair the lights. 622 00:33:34,120 --> 00:33:34,479 Speaker 5: Darsha. 623 00:33:36,800 --> 00:33:40,000 Speaker 9: Yeah, Carolyn, we are here on Coronado and Second Street 624 00:33:40,040 --> 00:33:42,120 Speaker 9: in Long Beach. We have our camera lights on, but 625 00:33:42,200 --> 00:33:44,920 Speaker 9: these streets are dark. We have seen some of these 626 00:33:45,000 --> 00:33:47,400 Speaker 9: lights very dim, and then we also have seen some 627 00:33:47,440 --> 00:33:50,200 Speaker 9: of these street lights completely out. And as you mentioned, 628 00:33:50,240 --> 00:33:52,880 Speaker 9: many people who live here in Long Beach say these 629 00:33:52,960 --> 00:33:55,440 Speaker 9: dark streets are making them feel unsafe. 630 00:33:55,720 --> 00:33:58,840 Speaker 2: Rex, you gotta fix the lights, dude. 631 00:33:59,040 --> 00:34:01,200 Speaker 1: You know he doesn't get a lot of play, but 632 00:34:01,280 --> 00:34:04,800 Speaker 1: he is one of the worst mayors in all of California. 633 00:34:04,840 --> 00:34:08,200 Speaker 1: And that's saying something. Because Karen Bass and Barbara Lee 634 00:34:08,239 --> 00:34:08,800 Speaker 1: work here. 635 00:34:09,440 --> 00:34:12,360 Speaker 9: This street near Redondo in second and long Beach is 636 00:34:12,400 --> 00:34:15,680 Speaker 9: plunged into darkness. After the sun goes down, the street 637 00:34:15,760 --> 00:34:19,280 Speaker 9: lights out or dimmed, making it difficult to see people 638 00:34:19,400 --> 00:34:21,520 Speaker 9: crossing the street just feet away. 639 00:34:21,840 --> 00:34:23,799 Speaker 10: There are a lot of stop signs around, and so 640 00:34:24,480 --> 00:34:26,880 Speaker 10: it's difficult to be seen in the dark, so you 641 00:34:26,960 --> 00:34:28,680 Speaker 10: never know if a car is going to stop or not, 642 00:34:28,880 --> 00:34:29,160 Speaker 10: and so. 643 00:34:29,400 --> 00:34:35,120 Speaker 1: That is aussy or New Zealander. I'm still deliberating internally. 644 00:34:35,800 --> 00:34:37,719 Speaker 10: There are a lot of stop signs around and. 645 00:34:37,719 --> 00:34:40,839 Speaker 2: So sorry, that's assy, I think. 646 00:34:40,880 --> 00:34:43,239 Speaker 10: So there are a lot of stop signs around, and 647 00:34:43,320 --> 00:34:46,160 Speaker 10: so it's difficult to be seen in the dark, so 648 00:34:46,400 --> 00:34:47,960 Speaker 10: you never know if a car is going to stop 649 00:34:48,080 --> 00:34:49,960 Speaker 10: or not, and so that is probably one of the 650 00:34:50,000 --> 00:34:51,279 Speaker 10: biggest danger points for me. 651 00:34:51,600 --> 00:34:54,040 Speaker 9: Others like Morgan Smith says her stroll a lot. 652 00:34:54,160 --> 00:34:56,280 Speaker 2: Well, we needed some trainees to fix those lights. 653 00:34:57,520 --> 00:35:01,560 Speaker 1: WHOA, You're not allowed to use that word anymore, Trady. Oh, 654 00:35:01,640 --> 00:35:02,960 Speaker 1: I thought you said something else. 655 00:35:03,520 --> 00:35:08,880 Speaker 2: That's what the Australians call electricians or construction workers. 656 00:35:09,280 --> 00:35:11,359 Speaker 1: Oh no, no, no, no no, I thought you said 657 00:35:11,360 --> 00:35:13,080 Speaker 1: something entirely different. 658 00:35:13,640 --> 00:35:17,640 Speaker 2: I learn a lot from watching Love Island Australia. Okay, 659 00:35:17,760 --> 00:35:19,840 Speaker 2: I don't know where you thought I was going with that, 660 00:35:20,400 --> 00:35:23,800 Speaker 2: but just to reiterate, I said trady. 661 00:35:24,320 --> 00:35:26,399 Speaker 1: Okay, yeah, because I had to go through a whole 662 00:35:26,440 --> 00:35:28,480 Speaker 1: meeting one time for using a different word. 663 00:35:29,880 --> 00:35:32,839 Speaker 9: Others like Morgan Smith, says her stroll alone a few 664 00:35:32,960 --> 00:35:37,280 Speaker 9: days ago was anything but relaxing because of the unlit streets. 665 00:35:37,520 --> 00:35:40,000 Speaker 5: I didn't feel safe. I was constantly looking over my shoulder. 666 00:35:40,000 --> 00:35:42,759 Speaker 2: But yeah, how can you have a relaxing walk in 667 00:35:42,920 --> 00:35:43,920 Speaker 2: pure darkness? 668 00:35:44,800 --> 00:35:47,480 Speaker 1: You can't because it's like going to one of those 669 00:35:47,480 --> 00:35:48,440 Speaker 1: haunted mansions. 670 00:35:49,040 --> 00:35:53,760 Speaker 6: I am always nervous, So I wish that the streets 671 00:35:53,800 --> 00:35:55,120 Speaker 6: were more lit up, for sure. 672 00:35:55,400 --> 00:35:57,880 Speaker 9: People who live in Long Beach say dark streets have 673 00:35:57,920 --> 00:36:00,400 Speaker 9: been a problem for years, and they say because of 674 00:36:00,440 --> 00:36:03,360 Speaker 9: this they feel less safe, feel that there is more crime, 675 00:36:03,680 --> 00:36:05,640 Speaker 9: and say it has changed the way they live. 676 00:36:06,080 --> 00:36:07,800 Speaker 2: Vote for Rex twenty twenty six. 677 00:36:08,680 --> 00:36:10,680 Speaker 1: That is quite a platform for re election. 678 00:36:11,400 --> 00:36:15,200 Speaker 5: We walk less, we walk less. Oh, we walk where 679 00:36:15,239 --> 00:36:19,040 Speaker 5: it's crowded, but it still feels dangerous. 680 00:36:19,160 --> 00:36:22,280 Speaker 9: Long Beach police says a spike in copper wire theft 681 00:36:22,360 --> 00:36:24,680 Speaker 9: may be the reason why so many street lights are 682 00:36:24,680 --> 00:36:26,440 Speaker 9: dimmed or simply not working. 683 00:36:26,719 --> 00:36:27,720 Speaker 2: They cracked that case. 684 00:36:29,520 --> 00:36:31,120 Speaker 1: Sounds like they're right on top of it. 685 00:36:31,400 --> 00:36:33,160 Speaker 10: I mean we have the bowls, they should have bulbs 686 00:36:33,160 --> 00:36:33,480 Speaker 10: in them. 687 00:36:33,560 --> 00:36:38,120 Speaker 9: The department encouraging people to immediately report suspicious vehicles and alleys, 688 00:36:38,400 --> 00:36:44,120 Speaker 9: individuals tampering with utility infrastructure, and nighttime activity around commercial buildings. 689 00:36:44,360 --> 00:36:45,320 Speaker 5: Southern California. 690 00:36:45,440 --> 00:36:48,520 Speaker 9: Edison is also aware of the problem, saying in part 691 00:36:48,719 --> 00:36:51,560 Speaker 9: that the City of Long Beach recently raised this issue 692 00:36:51,600 --> 00:36:55,160 Speaker 9: and we have offered our full cooperation. We encourage customers 693 00:36:55,160 --> 00:36:58,359 Speaker 9: to report street light outages on our outage website. 694 00:36:58,880 --> 00:37:00,360 Speaker 2: But what if the website say out. 695 00:37:02,120 --> 00:37:05,160 Speaker 1: The reason they won't replace the copper wires because it's 696 00:37:05,200 --> 00:37:07,560 Speaker 1: just going to get stolen again. And the reason that 697 00:37:07,600 --> 00:37:09,520 Speaker 1: it gets stolen all the time is because we won't 698 00:37:09,520 --> 00:37:10,560 Speaker 1: put anyone in prison. 699 00:37:11,440 --> 00:37:13,759 Speaker 9: And many people we spoke to tonight say they want 700 00:37:13,760 --> 00:37:16,719 Speaker 9: the city to do more to fix lights that are 701 00:37:16,719 --> 00:37:21,080 Speaker 9: broken promptly and implement a plan to get these lights 702 00:37:21,080 --> 00:37:24,719 Speaker 9: that are dimmed brighter and also have more lights in 703 00:37:24,880 --> 00:37:27,160 Speaker 9: areas that are dark. And they also want the city 704 00:37:27,200 --> 00:37:31,080 Speaker 9: to do more to prevent copper wire thefts. Reporting line 705 00:37:31,080 --> 00:37:34,200 Speaker 9: from Long Beach tonight, I'm Darsha Phillips, NBC four News. 706 00:37:34,600 --> 00:37:38,200 Speaker 2: There you go, Long Beach yet another major city in 707 00:37:38,239 --> 00:37:42,000 Speaker 2: southern California plunged into darkness because there's nothing we can 708 00:37:42,080 --> 00:37:44,600 Speaker 2: do about rampant copper wire theft. 709 00:37:45,520 --> 00:37:48,640 Speaker 1: Well, there's plenty we can do. We choose not to, 710 00:37:49,400 --> 00:37:52,680 Speaker 1: but we shouldn't confuse the two. If we wanted to 711 00:37:52,680 --> 00:37:54,719 Speaker 1: put an end to this, we could put it endto 712 00:37:54,760 --> 00:37:59,440 Speaker 1: it tomorrow. But they're more upset with over incarceration than 713 00:37:59,480 --> 00:38:01,920 Speaker 1: they are with people having to live their life in 714 00:38:01,960 --> 00:38:08,400 Speaker 1: the dark, which is totally insane when you think about it, 715 00:38:08,440 --> 00:38:10,640 Speaker 1: because the people who are living their life in the dark, 716 00:38:10,719 --> 00:38:13,040 Speaker 1: or the people who are paying the bills, the people 717 00:38:13,040 --> 00:38:16,240 Speaker 1: who are stealing the copper wire, they're the ones on math. 718 00:38:16,680 --> 00:38:18,560 Speaker 1: If there's any group that you want to come down 719 00:38:18,600 --> 00:38:20,920 Speaker 1: on with a ton of bricks, shouldn't it be the 720 00:38:20,960 --> 00:38:23,120 Speaker 1: group that's on math and not the group that's paying 721 00:38:23,120 --> 00:38:23,600 Speaker 1: the bills. 722 00:38:23,840 --> 00:38:26,640 Speaker 2: You would think at least the very least the cities 723 00:38:26,680 --> 00:38:28,960 Speaker 2: and the counties would come or the state would come 724 00:38:29,000 --> 00:38:32,799 Speaker 2: down hard on the licensed businesses that are buying the 725 00:38:32,840 --> 00:38:36,120 Speaker 2: stolen copper wire, But apparently that's something we don't want 726 00:38:36,160 --> 00:38:37,280 Speaker 2: to do anything about either. 727 00:38:38,600 --> 00:38:43,160 Speaker 1: Nope. But again, it's a choice. It's something we choose 728 00:38:43,239 --> 00:38:46,200 Speaker 1: to do, and that is something that in the case 729 00:38:46,200 --> 00:38:49,480 Speaker 1: of Long Beach, the mayor of that city, Rex Richardson, 730 00:38:50,080 --> 00:38:53,400 Speaker 1: has made his decision to side with the crackheads stealing 731 00:38:53,440 --> 00:38:56,680 Speaker 1: the copper wire over the people who pay the taxes 732 00:38:57,040 --> 00:38:59,160 Speaker 1: and live there and run the businesses.