1 00:00:00,240 --> 00:00:03,200 Speaker 1: And we continue at one oh five in the afternoon 2 00:00:03,240 --> 00:00:05,920 Speaker 1: on the John Phillips Show. Mister Randy Wang is in 3 00:00:06,000 --> 00:00:06,800 Speaker 1: Culver City. 4 00:00:07,080 --> 00:00:11,160 Speaker 2: John, the San Francisco Board of Supervisors, it's considering putting 5 00:00:11,160 --> 00:00:14,360 Speaker 2: a measure on the November ballot that would allow for 6 00:00:14,720 --> 00:00:16,920 Speaker 2: publicly funded grocery stores. 7 00:00:17,079 --> 00:00:20,479 Speaker 3: Mom Donnie's style, I'm. 8 00:00:20,320 --> 00:00:24,239 Speaker 1: Telling you in big cities that socialism is selling to 9 00:00:24,280 --> 00:00:24,959 Speaker 1: the residents. 10 00:00:25,360 --> 00:00:27,920 Speaker 2: Well, and they say, we need this because there's a 11 00:00:27,920 --> 00:00:32,920 Speaker 2: lot of grocery stores that closed up shop like certain safeways, 12 00:00:33,320 --> 00:00:37,000 Speaker 2: but they're holding on to the least so no competitors 13 00:00:37,040 --> 00:00:40,000 Speaker 2: can move in there, creating what they call a food desert. 14 00:00:41,080 --> 00:00:47,360 Speaker 1: Okay, this is what always happens. Always, we go through 15 00:00:47,400 --> 00:00:50,400 Speaker 1: periods of time where we get real tolerant with things 16 00:00:50,440 --> 00:00:55,120 Speaker 1: like retail theft and homelessness, and the bums and the 17 00:00:55,160 --> 00:01:00,520 Speaker 1: thieves caused the stores to go under, and then no 18 00:01:00,600 --> 00:01:03,240 Speaker 1: one in the neighborhood has a place to shop in. 19 00:01:04,280 --> 00:01:07,520 Speaker 1: And then you get these really long think pieces in 20 00:01:07,600 --> 00:01:10,720 Speaker 1: the newspaper saying, you know, in certain parts of town 21 00:01:10,800 --> 00:01:13,000 Speaker 1: there are food deserts and they don't have access to 22 00:01:13,040 --> 00:01:16,200 Speaker 1: fresh fruits and vegetables. I wonder why it is that 23 00:01:16,280 --> 00:01:18,720 Speaker 1: none of the supermarket chains want to move in to 24 00:01:18,840 --> 00:01:19,959 Speaker 1: those neighborhoods. 25 00:01:20,840 --> 00:01:23,360 Speaker 2: I mean, it is no surprise that the Walgreens got 26 00:01:23,400 --> 00:01:29,000 Speaker 2: shut down that was using a metal chain to protect 27 00:01:29,120 --> 00:01:32,560 Speaker 2: the ice cream and frozen pizza from getting stolen. 28 00:01:34,160 --> 00:01:36,920 Speaker 1: And then they wonder why they don't have any place 29 00:01:36,959 --> 00:01:37,640 Speaker 1: to shop at. 30 00:01:38,319 --> 00:01:41,920 Speaker 2: We may have more on San Francisco's push towards publicly 31 00:01:41,920 --> 00:01:44,520 Speaker 2: funded grocery stores coming up later in the show. 32 00:01:45,400 --> 00:01:48,160 Speaker 1: Eight hundred two two two five two two two is 33 00:01:48,200 --> 00:01:51,040 Speaker 1: a telephone number one eight hundred two to two five 34 00:01:51,120 --> 00:01:53,880 Speaker 1: two two two. It is our pleasure to welcome our 35 00:01:53,880 --> 00:01:56,920 Speaker 1: next guest to the program. She is the chairwoman of 36 00:01:56,960 --> 00:01:59,720 Speaker 1: the La County Republican Party. You can follow her on 37 00:01:59,760 --> 00:02:02,400 Speaker 1: at Roxanne Hogue. Roxanne Hogue. 38 00:02:02,440 --> 00:02:07,600 Speaker 4: Welcome, a fine afternoon to you guys. 39 00:02:07,680 --> 00:02:08,080 Speaker 3: How are you. 40 00:02:09,280 --> 00:02:11,839 Speaker 1: I'm good here in the state capitol of Sacramento. 41 00:02:13,080 --> 00:02:19,440 Speaker 4: All right, so as some people call it excremento, but yes, so. 42 00:02:19,680 --> 00:02:22,200 Speaker 1: Earlier in the week, we had John Dennis on the program, 43 00:02:22,280 --> 00:02:27,200 Speaker 1: the former chairman of the San Francisco County Republican Party, 44 00:02:27,880 --> 00:02:32,080 Speaker 1: and we talked about mayoral elections in his city and 45 00:02:32,160 --> 00:02:35,560 Speaker 1: the role that Republicans played in getting someone elected. And 46 00:02:35,600 --> 00:02:39,080 Speaker 1: he talked about how when Willie Brown was a candidate 47 00:02:39,160 --> 00:02:41,519 Speaker 1: that they cut a deal with Willy Brown for various 48 00:02:41,520 --> 00:02:44,359 Speaker 1: seats on boards and commissions and those sorts of things. 49 00:02:44,960 --> 00:02:47,920 Speaker 1: And Willy Brown came through with every single promise that 50 00:02:48,000 --> 00:02:51,600 Speaker 1: he made to them, that Willie's word was gold and 51 00:02:51,680 --> 00:02:55,600 Speaker 1: you could do business with him. Then Gavin Newsom comes 52 00:02:55,600 --> 00:03:00,239 Speaker 1: along and he wants the support of the Republicans. They 53 00:03:00,280 --> 00:03:04,480 Speaker 1: cut a deal with him, and he renigged on everything 54 00:03:04,560 --> 00:03:07,600 Speaker 1: that he agreed to do with the Republican Party of 55 00:03:07,639 --> 00:03:12,919 Speaker 1: San Francisco. He was an untrustworthy person. And whenever you're 56 00:03:12,960 --> 00:03:16,760 Speaker 1: dealing with city politics, you're dealing with coalition politics. The 57 00:03:16,800 --> 00:03:19,680 Speaker 1: way to beat your opponent is to build a bigger 58 00:03:19,720 --> 00:03:24,520 Speaker 1: coalition than they did. And even though Republicans are not 59 00:03:24,600 --> 00:03:27,720 Speaker 1: a majority in Los Angeles, they're still a huge chunk 60 00:03:28,160 --> 00:03:32,079 Speaker 1: of the city. What twenty percent of registered voters something 61 00:03:32,120 --> 00:03:33,960 Speaker 1: along those lines. 62 00:03:33,880 --> 00:03:37,200 Speaker 4: Of the city of La Now we're seven, but I'll take. 63 00:03:37,000 --> 00:03:41,760 Speaker 1: It, okay, fourteen point seven. So now you're looking at 64 00:03:41,800 --> 00:03:46,160 Speaker 1: a November matchup of the Democratic incumbent Karen Bass, who's 65 00:03:46,240 --> 00:03:51,880 Speaker 1: running against the socialist city councilwoman Nitia Rahman. And even 66 00:03:51,880 --> 00:03:54,800 Speaker 1: though Spencer Pratt will not be on the November ballot, 67 00:03:55,640 --> 00:03:59,560 Speaker 1: his supporters may determine who wins the election, because the 68 00:03:59,600 --> 00:04:03,440 Speaker 1: way I see it, his supporters have three options. They 69 00:04:03,480 --> 00:04:06,680 Speaker 1: can vote for Bass, they can vote for Ramen, or 70 00:04:06,680 --> 00:04:10,680 Speaker 1: they can leave it blank, and depending on how they vote, 71 00:04:11,040 --> 00:04:14,560 Speaker 1: that will determine who wins the election because he was 72 00:04:14,560 --> 00:04:18,640 Speaker 1: the candidate that finished third. Do you believe that those 73 00:04:18,680 --> 00:04:22,800 Speaker 1: two candidates are have those two candidates started courting Spencer 74 00:04:22,880 --> 00:04:25,960 Speaker 1: Pratt or you as the chair of the party, or 75 00:04:26,040 --> 00:04:29,919 Speaker 1: any other players in the Republican Party right now to 76 00:04:30,000 --> 00:04:34,240 Speaker 1: try to get those supporters, those Pratt supporters to vote 77 00:04:34,240 --> 00:04:36,520 Speaker 1: for one of these other candidates or are they just 78 00:04:36,600 --> 00:04:37,240 Speaker 1: ignoring you? 79 00:04:39,839 --> 00:04:44,320 Speaker 4: Barren Bass and Niafia Rahman are Farno, Gavin Newsom and 80 00:04:44,440 --> 00:04:49,000 Speaker 4: certainly no Willie Brown. They have so little interest in 81 00:04:49,320 --> 00:04:53,680 Speaker 4: an actual governing coalition. And as you've said many times, 82 00:04:54,000 --> 00:04:59,359 Speaker 4: the true puppet masters for LA and certainly California are 83 00:04:59,400 --> 00:05:02,760 Speaker 4: public sector unions and developers, and mostly now it's public 84 00:05:02,800 --> 00:05:05,920 Speaker 4: sector unions in the DSA that not only have they 85 00:05:05,960 --> 00:05:11,960 Speaker 4: not reached out to us, and other classic liberals have 86 00:05:12,120 --> 00:05:13,839 Speaker 4: by the way, So it's not that we don't speak 87 00:05:13,839 --> 00:05:18,400 Speaker 4: to them. They are so dismissive and unwilling to even 88 00:05:18,520 --> 00:05:24,080 Speaker 4: court Spencer Pratt's voters even in language that they are 89 00:05:24,200 --> 00:05:27,359 Speaker 4: going to just have a full on, tilted whirl of 90 00:05:27,440 --> 00:05:30,480 Speaker 4: who can be more leftist and who can take us 91 00:05:30,480 --> 00:05:31,480 Speaker 4: off the cliff faster. 92 00:05:33,640 --> 00:05:36,880 Speaker 1: What are you recommending the Republicans who voted for Spencer 93 00:05:36,920 --> 00:05:39,839 Speaker 1: Pratt in the primary and are now looking at two 94 00:05:39,920 --> 00:05:43,719 Speaker 1: choices that they don't like. What are you recommending that 95 00:05:43,800 --> 00:05:46,599 Speaker 1: they do in the vote for mayor. 96 00:05:48,520 --> 00:05:53,159 Speaker 4: Eric No, I'm kidding. My first recommendation is actually for 97 00:05:53,240 --> 00:05:55,720 Speaker 4: the two hundred thousand Republicans in the city of la 98 00:05:55,800 --> 00:05:59,680 Speaker 4: who did not vote. I would love to know what 99 00:06:00,080 --> 00:06:03,080 Speaker 4: thinking was behind that. Please email us at info at 100 00:06:03,160 --> 00:06:07,560 Speaker 4: la gop dot org, because that's insane. You're right, fourteen 101 00:06:07,600 --> 00:06:11,919 Speaker 4: point seven is a significant block. I mean, the Democrats 102 00:06:11,920 --> 00:06:14,360 Speaker 4: have been dining out on the twelve percent of the 103 00:06:14,400 --> 00:06:18,640 Speaker 4: American electorate that are African American or Black for decades, 104 00:06:18,920 --> 00:06:22,640 Speaker 4: So you would think that someone would would make an 105 00:06:22,680 --> 00:06:26,280 Speaker 4: attempt to build a coalition that included the people who 106 00:06:26,360 --> 00:06:31,800 Speaker 4: actually build, make, buy and sell things and create families 107 00:06:31,800 --> 00:06:33,680 Speaker 4: and do everything you need to do in order to 108 00:06:33,680 --> 00:06:37,920 Speaker 4: have a functioning city. The problem with the third option 109 00:06:38,240 --> 00:06:42,320 Speaker 4: of leaving it blank is that that not making choice 110 00:06:42,360 --> 00:06:45,520 Speaker 4: is a choice, and by leaving it blank, we are 111 00:06:45,640 --> 00:06:52,520 Speaker 4: guaranteed destroyed city. Now, some people will say that's what 112 00:06:52,560 --> 00:06:55,240 Speaker 4: we deserve, and that's what we need in order to 113 00:06:55,320 --> 00:06:59,440 Speaker 4: rebuild and rise from the ashes like a phoenix. I 114 00:06:59,520 --> 00:07:02,400 Speaker 4: don't belie that. I am a delusional optimist, and I 115 00:07:02,440 --> 00:07:06,040 Speaker 4: would like to see a functioning city that we can 116 00:07:06,080 --> 00:07:09,000 Speaker 4: stay in, that my kids can stay in. Was the 117 00:07:09,160 --> 00:07:15,640 Speaker 4: less bad option between the youthful VENs almost brigade communist 118 00:07:16,080 --> 00:07:23,400 Speaker 4: and the current Ivy League DSA candidate Karen Bass Call me. 119 00:07:26,040 --> 00:07:29,000 Speaker 1: Yeah, I just don't see a difference between the two 120 00:07:29,160 --> 00:07:33,000 Speaker 1: because Karen Bass, as you mentioned, cut her teeth in 121 00:07:33,080 --> 00:07:38,480 Speaker 1: politics by becoming enamored with Fidel Castro and the communist 122 00:07:38,480 --> 00:07:42,480 Speaker 1: government in Cuba. She has since worked her way through 123 00:07:42,480 --> 00:07:45,840 Speaker 1: the system. She's a Speaker of the Assembly, Member of Congress, 124 00:07:46,160 --> 00:07:50,000 Speaker 1: mayor of Los Angeles, but her roots are in that 125 00:07:50,480 --> 00:07:54,000 Speaker 1: extreme left wing communist world, and I think at her 126 00:07:54,000 --> 00:07:57,040 Speaker 1: core that's who she is. And she's certainly been a 127 00:07:57,040 --> 00:08:00,000 Speaker 1: disaster as mayor for the last four years. I can't 128 00:08:00,080 --> 00:08:04,960 Speaker 1: point to one success. Her program, Project Inside Safe, has 129 00:08:05,240 --> 00:08:11,520 Speaker 1: wasted millions of dollars, starved other programs, enriched all of 130 00:08:11,560 --> 00:08:15,480 Speaker 1: the worst players in Los Angeles by laundering money to 131 00:08:15,560 --> 00:08:19,080 Speaker 1: these NGOs, these non for profits that are making the 132 00:08:19,160 --> 00:08:23,520 Speaker 1: problem worse, not better. She was a wall during the fires. 133 00:08:23,920 --> 00:08:26,960 Speaker 1: There was no water in the fire hydrants, there was 134 00:08:27,000 --> 00:08:30,760 Speaker 1: no water in the reservoir. Her liaison to public safety 135 00:08:30,920 --> 00:08:35,280 Speaker 1: was on administrative leave for making bomb threads. What did 136 00:08:35,320 --> 00:08:38,040 Speaker 1: she do that was good? I can't point to something. 137 00:08:38,400 --> 00:08:41,440 Speaker 1: And then you have Nithia Rahman, who is arguably the 138 00:08:41,480 --> 00:08:45,760 Speaker 1: worst member of the city Council, a self described socialist. 139 00:08:46,160 --> 00:08:49,360 Speaker 1: I think that she only ran for mayor because she 140 00:08:49,480 --> 00:08:52,839 Speaker 1: wanted to ride the coattails of Mom Donnie and his 141 00:08:52,920 --> 00:08:56,480 Speaker 1: success in New York City, and she saw an opening. 142 00:08:57,200 --> 00:08:59,360 Speaker 1: I see both of them as bad actors. 143 00:09:00,720 --> 00:09:03,560 Speaker 4: Well, the Matt missus Lincoln how is the play? Is 144 00:09:03,920 --> 00:09:09,559 Speaker 4: pretty much my feeling about this upcoming y oral runoff. Now, 145 00:09:09,840 --> 00:09:14,280 Speaker 4: that doesn't mean that Republicans and common sense people should 146 00:09:14,320 --> 00:09:18,280 Speaker 4: take their ball and go home. That's the worst possible 147 00:09:18,320 --> 00:09:20,880 Speaker 4: outcome of this. There are so many other races on 148 00:09:20,920 --> 00:09:24,839 Speaker 4: the ballot that need our presence, that demand our voice, 149 00:09:24,880 --> 00:09:29,240 Speaker 4: there's voter ID, there's statewide races. Yeah, but our choices 150 00:09:29,320 --> 00:09:32,360 Speaker 4: in the city of LA quite frankly suck. 151 00:09:33,760 --> 00:09:36,240 Speaker 1: And just for the record, I'm not saying to stay home. 152 00:09:36,320 --> 00:09:39,000 Speaker 1: I'm saying to leave that spot on your ballot blank. 153 00:09:39,800 --> 00:09:42,360 Speaker 1: But vote in the other races because those other things 154 00:09:42,360 --> 00:09:44,800 Speaker 1: are very important, including the propositions. 155 00:09:46,040 --> 00:09:49,400 Speaker 4: I would like one of them to at least pretend 156 00:09:49,640 --> 00:09:54,760 Speaker 4: to care about the issues that drove Spencer Pratt's wonderful 157 00:09:54,800 --> 00:09:58,840 Speaker 4: campaign and drove the conversation about why can't we have 158 00:09:59,040 --> 00:10:05,200 Speaker 4: nice things? Why are we letting broken, pained souls die 159 00:10:05,240 --> 00:10:09,480 Speaker 4: on the streets every day in Los Angeles? Why are 160 00:10:09,559 --> 00:10:13,200 Speaker 4: we living in what looks worse than the third world country? 161 00:10:13,200 --> 00:10:15,480 Speaker 4: Because I'm from one, and I can tell you that 162 00:10:15,559 --> 00:10:18,760 Speaker 4: parts of LA really look like Calcutta more than anything. 163 00:10:19,840 --> 00:10:23,679 Speaker 4: If somebody wants to solve those problems legitimately wants to 164 00:10:23,720 --> 00:10:29,880 Speaker 4: be the mayor, they should definitely be working to get 165 00:10:30,280 --> 00:10:33,280 Speaker 4: common sense voters on board. But maybe one of them 166 00:10:33,280 --> 00:10:36,679 Speaker 4: will disappear. Maybe that's what Spencer's video is about. Maybe 167 00:10:36,679 --> 00:10:39,079 Speaker 4: there's a looming indictment. By the way, all the people 168 00:10:39,080 --> 00:10:42,360 Speaker 4: who say right Spencer in I love you. I love 169 00:10:42,400 --> 00:10:45,920 Speaker 4: your enthusiasm, but we are in the land of Calvin 170 00:10:45,960 --> 00:10:48,520 Speaker 4: Ball and the Dems already took care of that. So 171 00:10:48,559 --> 00:10:51,280 Speaker 4: the charter for the City of la and by the way, 172 00:10:51,400 --> 00:10:57,319 Speaker 4: separately partisan top two laws mean that there are no 173 00:10:57,440 --> 00:11:00,600 Speaker 4: there's no ability to write in a candidate or any 174 00:11:00,720 --> 00:11:02,439 Speaker 4: runoff election in November. 175 00:11:03,280 --> 00:11:05,719 Speaker 1: What was your read on that Spencer Pratt video where 176 00:11:05,760 --> 00:11:09,000 Speaker 1: he said that he had damaging information on one of 177 00:11:09,040 --> 00:11:12,520 Speaker 1: the two candidates that would end their political career. He 178 00:11:12,640 --> 00:11:15,600 Speaker 1: won't say which one it is, and he said he's 179 00:11:15,640 --> 00:11:18,800 Speaker 1: going to wait until after the election to release the information. 180 00:11:19,640 --> 00:11:21,679 Speaker 1: Who do you think he has the information on. 181 00:11:23,960 --> 00:11:29,319 Speaker 4: I think unlike many people who put their pat in 182 00:11:29,360 --> 00:11:32,720 Speaker 4: the ring for politics and discover how nasty and difficult 183 00:11:32,800 --> 00:11:35,120 Speaker 4: and awful it is behind the blue curtains, so they 184 00:11:35,160 --> 00:11:38,720 Speaker 4: take their ball and go home, he is loaded for bear. 185 00:11:39,520 --> 00:11:44,080 Speaker 4: And in the immortal words of Andrew Breitbart, which I 186 00:11:44,120 --> 00:11:48,440 Speaker 4: can't say there's a preface, but it's war and I 187 00:11:48,480 --> 00:11:51,280 Speaker 4: don't know who he's talking about, but I can't wait 188 00:11:51,320 --> 00:11:51,800 Speaker 4: to see. 189 00:11:53,000 --> 00:11:54,600 Speaker 1: Have you talked to him since the election? 190 00:11:56,240 --> 00:12:00,679 Speaker 4: We mostly, you know, interact via text, not really. I've 191 00:12:00,679 --> 00:12:03,280 Speaker 4: been traveling a bunch with family stuff and. 192 00:12:05,080 --> 00:12:12,320 Speaker 1: Connect that way, and he went away from the public 193 00:12:12,440 --> 00:12:16,319 Speaker 1: world for a period of time after the election as 194 00:12:16,320 --> 00:12:18,240 Speaker 1: a guy who was showing up on a lot of 195 00:12:18,280 --> 00:12:21,280 Speaker 1: the programs, a lot of the shows. It wasn't until 196 00:12:21,400 --> 00:12:23,199 Speaker 1: he put that video up. I guess he put a 197 00:12:23,280 --> 00:12:25,400 Speaker 1: video of a sitting duck or a picture of a 198 00:12:25,440 --> 00:12:28,120 Speaker 1: sitting duck up on social media in between. 199 00:12:28,320 --> 00:12:30,200 Speaker 4: That's funny that you thought it was a sitting duck. 200 00:12:30,520 --> 00:12:33,679 Speaker 4: I pictured it as a duck because I always use 201 00:12:33,760 --> 00:12:37,480 Speaker 4: that analogy that just because I'm sitting here calmly doesn't 202 00:12:37,520 --> 00:12:40,480 Speaker 4: mean that my little feet aren't just picking and screw, 203 00:12:40,600 --> 00:12:44,200 Speaker 4: you know, moving beneath the surface. I feel like that 204 00:12:44,360 --> 00:12:45,760 Speaker 4: was what he was saying, that there's a lot of 205 00:12:45,800 --> 00:12:47,720 Speaker 4: activity that people can't see. 206 00:12:49,280 --> 00:12:51,599 Speaker 1: Yeah, and it would I would be curious to just 207 00:12:51,679 --> 00:12:54,000 Speaker 1: pick his brain right now to find out what he 208 00:12:54,120 --> 00:12:58,559 Speaker 1: thinks about these people and this upcoming election, because clearly 209 00:12:59,160 --> 00:13:02,200 Speaker 1: he is not so someone who plans on going away 210 00:13:02,760 --> 00:13:06,040 Speaker 1: or staying quiet in the general election, according to that 211 00:13:06,200 --> 00:13:09,560 Speaker 1: video that he put up. But I wonder if he 212 00:13:09,679 --> 00:13:12,080 Speaker 1: plans on, I don't know, running for counsel at some 213 00:13:12,160 --> 00:13:15,320 Speaker 1: point in the future, or staying involved in politics beyond 214 00:13:15,320 --> 00:13:15,800 Speaker 1: this election. 215 00:13:17,679 --> 00:13:19,960 Speaker 4: I think he has lots to say, and if he 216 00:13:20,000 --> 00:13:21,840 Speaker 4: says it to you, I think Randy should just be 217 00:13:21,880 --> 00:13:25,280 Speaker 4: ready with the dump button at any moment. 218 00:13:27,480 --> 00:13:29,640 Speaker 1: All Right, let's shift gears here and talk about Gavin 219 00:13:29,679 --> 00:13:32,520 Speaker 1: Newsom for a second, because I'm here in Sacramento, as 220 00:13:32,520 --> 00:13:36,440 Speaker 1: I mentioned, and Gavin Newsom is now claiming to be 221 00:13:36,520 --> 00:13:40,760 Speaker 1: the victim of a political witch hunt originating from the 222 00:13:40,760 --> 00:13:44,959 Speaker 1: White House in Washington, d C. He said that the 223 00:13:45,000 --> 00:13:47,280 Speaker 1: FBI has been knocking on the door of any number 224 00:13:47,320 --> 00:13:50,440 Speaker 1: of associates of his and his wife, and that there 225 00:13:50,480 --> 00:13:53,320 Speaker 1: is nothing to it that Donald Trump is mad at 226 00:13:53,400 --> 00:13:56,040 Speaker 1: him over what he's been tweeting and his potential run 227 00:13:56,080 --> 00:14:00,920 Speaker 1: for the presidency. But there's no there there. However, this 228 00:14:01,040 --> 00:14:04,960 Speaker 1: investigation allegedly started when Joe Biden was president, and it 229 00:14:05,040 --> 00:14:08,600 Speaker 1: started here in California, not in Washington. 230 00:14:08,200 --> 00:14:08,480 Speaker 3: D C. 231 00:14:09,200 --> 00:14:12,880 Speaker 1: Allegedly there were whistleblowers here in the Golden State that 232 00:14:12,960 --> 00:14:16,960 Speaker 1: tipped off the FEDS of alleged wrongdoing, and that's how 233 00:14:17,000 --> 00:14:20,200 Speaker 1: this ball started rolling. What do you make of what 234 00:14:20,280 --> 00:14:23,200 Speaker 1: Gavin had to say earlier this week and what do 235 00:14:23,200 --> 00:14:25,120 Speaker 1: you think is going to come from this investigation? 236 00:14:27,000 --> 00:14:30,640 Speaker 4: Well, I think, first of all, any whistle blower, their 237 00:14:30,760 --> 00:14:36,960 Speaker 4: name likely rhymes with Mama La Ferris. Gavin is the 238 00:14:36,960 --> 00:14:42,080 Speaker 4: thirstiest of thirsty influencers because he's not really a governor 239 00:14:42,560 --> 00:14:47,360 Speaker 4: that I've ever seen. And whether he made this up 240 00:14:47,520 --> 00:14:50,520 Speaker 4: entirely out of hole cloth or he decided to get 241 00:14:50,560 --> 00:14:54,160 Speaker 4: out in front of something, and your conversation with Jennifer 242 00:14:54,240 --> 00:15:00,000 Speaker 4: Van Laurer yesterday was incredible. Her articles are incredibly illuminating 243 00:15:00,040 --> 00:15:02,720 Speaker 4: for anyone who wants to find those and do their homework. 244 00:15:03,160 --> 00:15:08,640 Speaker 4: The Newsoms are dirty from the jump, and so doubt 245 00:15:09,080 --> 00:15:12,520 Speaker 4: that Donald Trump thinks very much about Gavin Newsom at all. 246 00:15:12,560 --> 00:15:15,000 Speaker 4: But it's very clear that Gavin thinks about Donald Trump 247 00:15:15,120 --> 00:15:19,440 Speaker 4: all the time. His campaign for president, should he choose 248 00:15:19,480 --> 00:15:23,680 Speaker 4: to run, will have nothing. Well, it's not against Donald Trump. 249 00:15:23,760 --> 00:15:26,600 Speaker 4: That's not the as we know, the Left has made 250 00:15:26,680 --> 00:15:29,560 Speaker 4: everything about Donald Trump. So in twenty twenty eight, no 251 00:15:29,600 --> 00:15:35,600 Speaker 4: matter who the Republican nominee or candidates are, suffice it 252 00:15:35,680 --> 00:15:38,000 Speaker 4: to say that all the conversation will be about Trump. 253 00:15:38,080 --> 00:15:41,480 Speaker 4: And I think this was just Gavin trying to get 254 00:15:41,560 --> 00:15:44,840 Speaker 4: himself in front of the news cameras again with a 255 00:15:44,960 --> 00:15:52,000 Speaker 4: side benefit of inoculating himself from any Dana Williamson fallout 256 00:15:52,320 --> 00:15:56,320 Speaker 4: from that case. I mean, he's he's dirty and not 257 00:15:56,480 --> 00:15:59,440 Speaker 4: that smart, and so the likelihood that there's there there 258 00:15:59,480 --> 00:16:04,080 Speaker 4: to invest gate suggests to me that Jen could be 259 00:16:04,280 --> 00:16:05,720 Speaker 4: in some hot water. 260 00:16:07,400 --> 00:16:10,040 Speaker 1: Well. And we also live in a one party state 261 00:16:10,960 --> 00:16:13,880 Speaker 1: where I think people play fast and loose with ethics 262 00:16:13,960 --> 00:16:16,720 Speaker 1: if they believe that they're never going to lose an election, 263 00:16:17,480 --> 00:16:20,440 Speaker 1: And Gavin Newsom certainly believes that he's never going to 264 00:16:20,440 --> 00:16:23,960 Speaker 1: lose an election in California and has believed that for 265 00:16:24,000 --> 00:16:26,400 Speaker 1: a very long time. The only elections that ever posed 266 00:16:26,400 --> 00:16:29,000 Speaker 1: a threat to him were primaries when he was trying 267 00:16:29,000 --> 00:16:31,680 Speaker 1: to move up the food chain. But outside of that, 268 00:16:32,280 --> 00:16:36,240 Speaker 1: no Republican is ever going to defeat him. And when 269 00:16:36,480 --> 00:16:39,400 Speaker 1: you know that Republicans are never going to take over 270 00:16:39,440 --> 00:16:43,400 Speaker 1: the state legislature and have the ability to investigate, or 271 00:16:43,440 --> 00:16:45,320 Speaker 1: no Republican is ever going to get elected to be 272 00:16:45,320 --> 00:16:49,720 Speaker 1: attorney general of the state, I think you approach your 273 00:16:49,880 --> 00:16:54,680 Speaker 1: job in politics differently, and any ethical boundaries that you 274 00:16:54,720 --> 00:16:57,400 Speaker 1: would otherwise have had because you know that the other 275 00:16:57,520 --> 00:17:01,640 Speaker 1: side is watching don't exist, And I think you play 276 00:17:01,720 --> 00:17:05,480 Speaker 1: fast and loose with ethics and you assume you're never 277 00:17:05,520 --> 00:17:07,640 Speaker 1: going to get caught. You assume that someone is never 278 00:17:07,680 --> 00:17:08,600 Speaker 1: going to blow the whistle. 279 00:17:10,320 --> 00:17:13,240 Speaker 4: Yeah, not to mention. And the same thing happened with 280 00:17:13,280 --> 00:17:16,560 Speaker 4: the election. Right, they've made all the things they do 281 00:17:16,800 --> 00:17:21,240 Speaker 4: that are dodgy legal. The hasted payments are a thing 282 00:17:21,560 --> 00:17:23,560 Speaker 4: because they thought, yeah, wouldn't it be a great idea 283 00:17:23,600 --> 00:17:26,040 Speaker 4: if we could figure out a way the launder money 284 00:17:26,240 --> 00:17:31,200 Speaker 4: and voila, there you go. So I think he would. 285 00:17:31,560 --> 00:17:34,720 Speaker 4: He must be feeling very surprised that anyone is looking 286 00:17:34,760 --> 00:17:38,600 Speaker 4: at anything he does with a raised eyebrow. But I'm 287 00:17:38,840 --> 00:17:39,960 Speaker 4: I'm really enjoying it. 288 00:17:41,359 --> 00:17:45,480 Speaker 1: Roxanne Hogue, chairwoman of the La County Republican Party. You 289 00:17:45,520 --> 00:17:49,639 Speaker 1: can follow her on x at Roxanne Hogue, Chairwoman Hogue, 290 00:17:49,680 --> 00:17:50,960 Speaker 1: thanks so much for stopping by. 291 00:17:52,440 --> 00:17:53,440 Speaker 4: Thank you guys. 292 00:17:53,960 --> 00:17:57,240 Speaker 1: It it's the Giant Phillips Show. Eight hundred two two 293 00:17:57,280 --> 00:18:00,479 Speaker 1: two five two two two is telephone number. What eight 294 00:18:00,600 --> 00:18:03,600 Speaker 1: hundred two two two five two two two. If you'd 295 00:18:03,640 --> 00:18:05,320 Speaker 1: like to email the show, you can do so at 296 00:18:05,359 --> 00:18:08,800 Speaker 1: Johnny don't like show at gmail dot com. That's Johnny 297 00:18:08,800 --> 00:18:12,919 Speaker 1: Don't Like Show at gmail dot com and Randy. 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If you'd like 335 00:20:08,640 --> 00:20:10,760 Speaker 1: to email the show, you can do so at Johnny 336 00:20:10,800 --> 00:20:14,000 Speaker 1: Don't like show at gmail dot com. That's Johnny Don't 337 00:20:14,040 --> 00:20:18,600 Speaker 1: like show at gmail dot com. There was yet another 338 00:20:18,800 --> 00:20:22,160 Speaker 1: buss that went down over at MacArthur Park. For more 339 00:20:22,200 --> 00:20:24,040 Speaker 1: on that, mister Randy Wang. 340 00:20:24,359 --> 00:20:28,040 Speaker 2: This is the fourth or fifth operation that has happened now. 341 00:20:28,040 --> 00:20:31,280 Speaker 2: It is a collab, as the kids say, between the 342 00:20:31,720 --> 00:20:36,040 Speaker 2: US Attorney's Office, the LA County District Attorney's office, the 343 00:20:36,160 --> 00:20:40,959 Speaker 2: DEA and LAPD. It's almost like they've got a green 344 00:20:41,040 --> 00:20:44,240 Speaker 2: light to go through MacArthur Park whenever they want and 345 00:20:44,359 --> 00:20:48,960 Speaker 2: addressed gang members and arrest drug dealers and arrest drug 346 00:20:49,080 --> 00:20:54,840 Speaker 2: users and usually Matthew Sedory, buddy at Fox eleven, gets 347 00:20:54,840 --> 00:20:57,359 Speaker 2: the tip off that the raid is a happening and 348 00:20:57,440 --> 00:21:00,400 Speaker 2: he went along for the ride. For more on this, 349 00:21:00,520 --> 00:21:03,480 Speaker 2: we go to a report from Fox eleven and our 350 00:21:03,520 --> 00:21:05,600 Speaker 2: buddy Matthew Sedor. 351 00:21:05,480 --> 00:21:08,880 Speaker 6: Conducting a large scaled drug rate in MacArthur Park right now, 352 00:21:08,920 --> 00:21:12,440 Speaker 6: focusing on an open air feednyl market in the Westlake District. 353 00:21:12,640 --> 00:21:13,880 Speaker 6: Officials emphasize this. 354 00:21:13,880 --> 00:21:15,600 Speaker 2: I want to go back to the good old days 355 00:21:15,640 --> 00:21:17,680 Speaker 2: were the only things you could buy at MacArthur Park. 356 00:21:17,680 --> 00:21:21,440 Speaker 2: We're stolen social Security cards. 357 00:21:22,440 --> 00:21:26,960 Speaker 6: Operation is unrelated to immigration enforcement. Fox Love is Matthew 358 00:21:27,000 --> 00:21:29,359 Speaker 6: Suitor live MacArthur Park with the update. 359 00:21:29,440 --> 00:21:33,800 Speaker 7: Matthew, Yeah, Christine, this is at least the third operation 360 00:21:33,920 --> 00:21:35,119 Speaker 7: that I've covered here MacArthur. 361 00:21:35,240 --> 00:21:37,879 Speaker 2: Noticed how because the FEDS are there, he actually feels 362 00:21:37,880 --> 00:21:40,160 Speaker 2: comfortable doing the live shot from the park. 363 00:21:40,920 --> 00:21:43,239 Speaker 1: Oh yeah, because when it's just the city, you're on 364 00:21:43,280 --> 00:21:43,680 Speaker 1: your own. 365 00:21:44,040 --> 00:21:47,679 Speaker 7: The park where DEA agents and local police are targeting 366 00:21:47,960 --> 00:21:51,800 Speaker 7: actual drugs activity out here. Right now, I'm seeing someone 367 00:21:52,200 --> 00:21:54,280 Speaker 7: yelling at members of law enforcement on the side of 368 00:21:54,280 --> 00:21:56,200 Speaker 7: the street over here. They're shining the light back at him, 369 00:21:56,400 --> 00:21:58,719 Speaker 7: and then you can see all the law enforce mount here. 370 00:21:59,000 --> 00:22:04,920 Speaker 7: They've got the law speed for going about another mensub member. 371 00:22:05,160 --> 00:22:09,600 Speaker 2: Oh boy, yes, you see the DEA rating all the 372 00:22:09,680 --> 00:22:11,440 Speaker 2: drug dealing own at MacArthur Park. 373 00:22:11,480 --> 00:22:13,680 Speaker 3: And you have a bone to pick with the DEA. 374 00:22:15,480 --> 00:22:18,880 Speaker 7: Smart arrest warrant that's being issued and that they're going 375 00:22:18,920 --> 00:22:22,400 Speaker 7: to go out here looking for narcotics that's in open use. 376 00:22:23,119 --> 00:22:26,520 Speaker 7: We've got it. First attorney Attorney Bissily with us and 377 00:22:26,560 --> 00:22:28,560 Speaker 7: then especially in charge of the DEA. If you guys 378 00:22:28,560 --> 00:22:30,399 Speaker 7: don't mind if we take a walk and sure and 379 00:22:30,520 --> 00:22:33,000 Speaker 7: look at MacArthur Park and kind of explain to us 380 00:22:33,000 --> 00:22:34,120 Speaker 7: what's happening on here time. 381 00:22:34,600 --> 00:22:38,320 Speaker 8: Yeah, tonight, it's the continuation of our narcotics operation in 382 00:22:38,359 --> 00:22:41,520 Speaker 8: and around MacArthur Park. We've gone after the gang leadership, 383 00:22:41,560 --> 00:22:42,760 Speaker 8: We've gone after drug. 384 00:22:42,600 --> 00:22:47,639 Speaker 2: Dealers, and they've also arrested people who work for nonprofits 385 00:22:47,640 --> 00:22:50,080 Speaker 2: that are getting paid to be in MacArthur Park that 386 00:22:50,240 --> 00:22:52,680 Speaker 2: also are gang members and drug dealers. 387 00:22:53,040 --> 00:22:58,159 Speaker 1: I am telling you this is something that we haven't 388 00:22:58,400 --> 00:23:01,399 Speaker 1: spent enough time on, not just on this show, but 389 00:23:01,560 --> 00:23:05,879 Speaker 1: just in general. The non for profits and the NGOs 390 00:23:06,160 --> 00:23:09,360 Speaker 1: that get money from the city, the state, the county, 391 00:23:09,480 --> 00:23:14,520 Speaker 1: the federal government various levels. These need to be investigated. 392 00:23:14,880 --> 00:23:17,720 Speaker 1: They need to be audited. We need to make sure 393 00:23:17,920 --> 00:23:22,560 Speaker 1: just exactly what money is being laundered and where it's going. 394 00:23:23,359 --> 00:23:26,760 Speaker 1: Because part of the reason that taxes are so high 395 00:23:26,880 --> 00:23:29,800 Speaker 1: in the city, the state, this country are because so 396 00:23:29,880 --> 00:23:34,280 Speaker 1: much money is stolen, and it's stolen by these nonprofits 397 00:23:34,600 --> 00:23:38,479 Speaker 1: who take the money and enrich themselves or use it 398 00:23:39,000 --> 00:23:43,720 Speaker 1: in the illegal activity of some sort. And the proliferation 399 00:23:44,119 --> 00:23:47,320 Speaker 1: of these groups. I don't remember there being this many 400 00:23:47,400 --> 00:23:50,560 Speaker 1: nonprofits in the eighties and nineties, do you. 401 00:23:50,080 --> 00:23:53,280 Speaker 2: Know, Because at that point they were just charitable foundations 402 00:23:53,320 --> 00:23:56,160 Speaker 2: that were donor based. These are, and to the term 403 00:23:56,720 --> 00:24:00,199 Speaker 2: more accurately by people like Spencer Pratt, is NGOs. They 404 00:24:00,240 --> 00:24:05,200 Speaker 2: are non governmental organizations. All their funding comes from government contracts. 405 00:24:05,440 --> 00:24:08,600 Speaker 2: So that's how you have organizations like Homeless Healthcare Los 406 00:24:08,640 --> 00:24:12,119 Speaker 2: Angeles running that skid rowe Care campus where they're passing 407 00:24:12,119 --> 00:24:15,840 Speaker 2: out drug paraphernalia and allowing you to od. You also 408 00:24:15,920 --> 00:24:21,320 Speaker 2: have organizations like PATH People Assisting the Homeless, where a 409 00:24:21,680 --> 00:24:25,840 Speaker 2: person who was paid by Path to pass out needles 410 00:24:26,200 --> 00:24:29,399 Speaker 2: was arrested in MacArthur Park for also selling the fentanyl 411 00:24:29,680 --> 00:24:32,640 Speaker 2: that you can use with the needles. And Johnny who 412 00:24:32,760 --> 00:24:35,159 Speaker 2: used to be one of the big executives over a 413 00:24:35,240 --> 00:24:36,760 Speaker 2: People Assisting the Homeless? 414 00:24:37,680 --> 00:24:42,080 Speaker 1: Who would that be, Katie Hill? Well, and it's not 415 00:24:42,119 --> 00:24:44,960 Speaker 1: even just a homeless organizations. Do you remember that phony 416 00:24:45,000 --> 00:24:49,240 Speaker 1: blooney organization that was supposed to prevent sexual harassment from 417 00:24:49,240 --> 00:24:52,280 Speaker 1: going on on the Metro and it was a politically 418 00:24:52,320 --> 00:24:56,320 Speaker 1: connected group associated with Sheila Kule And we found out 419 00:24:56,359 --> 00:24:58,840 Speaker 1: that there were virtually no calls made to that eight 420 00:24:58,920 --> 00:25:02,440 Speaker 1: hundred number, yet they received huge sums of money from 421 00:25:02,560 --> 00:25:03,080 Speaker 1: the county. 422 00:25:03,400 --> 00:25:06,600 Speaker 2: Oh yeah, that was Bill Malusian's big investigative story before 423 00:25:06,600 --> 00:25:10,199 Speaker 2: he got plucked to national Fox News and alex Vinaweva 424 00:25:10,320 --> 00:25:14,400 Speaker 2: put forth an investigation. The county Board of Supervisor said no, no, no, 425 00:25:14,400 --> 00:25:16,200 Speaker 2: no no, we have to kick this to the state 426 00:25:16,600 --> 00:25:18,720 Speaker 2: and then Bonta made it go away sort of. 427 00:25:19,200 --> 00:25:23,879 Speaker 9: You know, snowflake weepees, I bet you the umbrella is 428 00:25:23,960 --> 00:25:27,159 Speaker 9: much bigger than even we suspect I bet you if 429 00:25:27,200 --> 00:25:30,080 Speaker 9: you look at like community health clinics and groups like that, 430 00:25:30,240 --> 00:25:31,960 Speaker 9: I bet you they're doing the same thing. 431 00:25:32,200 --> 00:25:35,680 Speaker 2: Well, if you remember, earlier this year, we found out 432 00:25:35,960 --> 00:25:40,120 Speaker 2: that a nonprofit organization that was supposed to be a 433 00:25:40,160 --> 00:25:43,159 Speaker 2: youth after school football league to keep kids out of 434 00:25:43,160 --> 00:25:45,840 Speaker 2: the gangs, something that the City of la has been 435 00:25:45,920 --> 00:25:50,720 Speaker 2: funding for this mayor, Mayor Garcetti before her and Antonio 436 00:25:50,800 --> 00:25:55,639 Speaker 2: Viragosa before him, was a front for an actual gang. 437 00:25:57,080 --> 00:26:02,679 Speaker 2: There are huge sums of people, criminals who have been 438 00:26:02,720 --> 00:26:05,720 Speaker 2: able to bust their way into the upper middle class 439 00:26:05,760 --> 00:26:09,680 Speaker 2: by participating in the scam. You're almost better off coming 440 00:26:09,760 --> 00:26:13,000 Speaker 2: up with one of these phony bologna organizations, getting your 441 00:26:13,040 --> 00:26:16,040 Speaker 2: preferred candidate in the city council to send all this 442 00:26:16,160 --> 00:26:20,879 Speaker 2: money your way. All of these organizations that unices Hernandez 443 00:26:20,920 --> 00:26:24,640 Speaker 2: has gotten county and city and state money into MacArthur Park, 444 00:26:24,880 --> 00:26:29,400 Speaker 2: including healing Urban Barrios, where the Feds arrested someone who 445 00:26:29,480 --> 00:26:32,399 Speaker 2: was a known gang member who was working as a 446 00:26:32,480 --> 00:26:37,040 Speaker 2: community interventionist inside the park. It is a legal way 447 00:26:37,119 --> 00:26:41,120 Speaker 2: to launder all kinds of money to criminal organizations. 448 00:26:40,680 --> 00:26:42,840 Speaker 1: And the locals are never going to do anything about 449 00:26:42,880 --> 00:26:46,080 Speaker 1: it because so many of these organizations are politically connected, 450 00:26:46,640 --> 00:26:48,880 Speaker 1: and who wants to go to war with the mayor, 451 00:26:49,040 --> 00:26:51,760 Speaker 1: or with the board of supervisors or with the fill 452 00:26:51,800 --> 00:26:56,240 Speaker 1: in the blank. However, if you're dealing with financial crimes, 453 00:26:56,280 --> 00:26:59,000 Speaker 1: if you're dealing with money laundering, and you're dealing with 454 00:26:59,119 --> 00:27:03,359 Speaker 1: wiring money and the banks, the FEDS have a say 455 00:27:03,400 --> 00:27:07,960 Speaker 1: in that because all of that is theoretically interstate. So 456 00:27:08,200 --> 00:27:10,840 Speaker 1: if you commit bank fraud, if you commit tax fraud, 457 00:27:10,920 --> 00:27:14,080 Speaker 1: if you commit wire fraud, it'll be the FEDS that 458 00:27:14,160 --> 00:27:15,919 Speaker 1: can be the ones that can pop you for that, 459 00:27:16,520 --> 00:27:20,119 Speaker 1: and the locals, the das, the Attorney General, all the 460 00:27:20,160 --> 00:27:21,919 Speaker 1: same people who have to put their own name on 461 00:27:21,960 --> 00:27:25,760 Speaker 1: the ballot and they rely on these coalitions support to 462 00:27:25,800 --> 00:27:29,200 Speaker 1: get behind them so that they can win election and reelection, 463 00:27:29,560 --> 00:27:31,679 Speaker 1: you just cut them out of the process altogether. 464 00:27:33,440 --> 00:27:36,200 Speaker 8: And tonight we're continue to go after drug sellers and 465 00:27:36,520 --> 00:27:39,679 Speaker 8: dealing with the public nuisance issues at the park with 466 00:27:39,720 --> 00:27:40,880 Speaker 8: the help of LAPD. 467 00:27:41,320 --> 00:27:43,320 Speaker 5: And so it was important that were you in nighttime. 468 00:27:43,240 --> 00:27:46,280 Speaker 2: See when the FEDS are around, LAPD can actually do 469 00:27:46,359 --> 00:27:46,960 Speaker 2: their job. 470 00:27:48,040 --> 00:27:49,400 Speaker 1: That's right operation. 471 00:27:49,800 --> 00:27:53,160 Speaker 8: So people know that we'll be here anytime, any day, 472 00:27:53,560 --> 00:27:54,159 Speaker 8: any place. 473 00:27:54,440 --> 00:27:57,640 Speaker 7: And yeah, booking at MacArthur Park right now. We see 474 00:27:57,680 --> 00:28:00,760 Speaker 7: obviously police here, but the park itself is pretty quiet. 475 00:28:01,200 --> 00:28:02,919 Speaker 3: From a d it still looks really dirty. 476 00:28:04,480 --> 00:28:05,879 Speaker 1: Yeah, no kidding in. 477 00:28:05,960 --> 00:28:08,600 Speaker 7: Perspective, I know that some arrest were made tonight. We're 478 00:28:08,640 --> 00:28:09,840 Speaker 7: waiting to narcotics use. 479 00:28:10,320 --> 00:28:12,600 Speaker 10: Yeah, so tonight in some of our operations, we were 480 00:28:12,600 --> 00:28:15,639 Speaker 10: able to take approximately six sellers off the streets. And 481 00:28:15,760 --> 00:28:18,720 Speaker 10: we're still dealing some narcotics out here in the area. 482 00:28:18,800 --> 00:28:20,920 Speaker 2: But as you can explain, the bullhorn is so loud 483 00:28:20,960 --> 00:28:24,520 Speaker 2: you can barely hear the DEA agent being interviewed with 484 00:28:24,600 --> 00:28:26,960 Speaker 2: the TV microphone. 485 00:28:27,640 --> 00:28:29,920 Speaker 10: See if you look around, it's a very different vibe 486 00:28:30,280 --> 00:28:33,120 Speaker 10: than what was out here maybe four or five weeks ago, 487 00:28:33,200 --> 00:28:35,000 Speaker 10: you know, when we started this operation. So this is 488 00:28:35,040 --> 00:28:37,720 Speaker 10: a continuation. We're going to keep it going. We told 489 00:28:37,760 --> 00:28:39,360 Speaker 10: everybody that this was not going to be a one 490 00:28:39,400 --> 00:28:41,720 Speaker 10: and done. This is not a photo op, this is not, 491 00:28:42,240 --> 00:28:43,920 Speaker 10: you know, a free moment in the sun. We're here 492 00:28:43,960 --> 00:28:45,200 Speaker 10: to make a change and it's gonna happen. 493 00:28:45,240 --> 00:28:47,760 Speaker 7: So no law enforcement has gone after the gang members. 494 00:28:47,800 --> 00:28:51,560 Speaker 7: They've gone after the dealers. Now they're essentially going after users. 495 00:28:51,600 --> 00:28:53,760 Speaker 5: Is I don't know, I'd say going after. 496 00:28:53,840 --> 00:28:58,280 Speaker 1: I mean, look, no, you can say it, we're going after. Yeah, 497 00:28:58,600 --> 00:29:00,520 Speaker 1: they need to hear it, and they needed to know what. 498 00:29:01,880 --> 00:29:04,120 Speaker 2: By the way, if you're looking at the liveshot of 499 00:29:04,160 --> 00:29:08,800 Speaker 2: this on Fox eleven's YouTube page, the most thriving business 500 00:29:08,800 --> 00:29:11,960 Speaker 2: in that corridor is the Yoshanoia beef ball. 501 00:29:15,320 --> 00:29:19,880 Speaker 1: I don't think I've eaten at a Yoshanoia in thirty years. 502 00:29:20,800 --> 00:29:21,560 Speaker 3: You're better off. 503 00:29:22,080 --> 00:29:24,360 Speaker 5: I think none of us want to put users in jail. 504 00:29:24,440 --> 00:29:27,120 Speaker 8: We want them to get help, and so whatever tools 505 00:29:27,200 --> 00:29:28,360 Speaker 8: mechanisms we need to do to. 506 00:29:28,360 --> 00:29:30,120 Speaker 5: Get people help, we're gonna use those tools. 507 00:29:30,640 --> 00:29:33,160 Speaker 8: As a federal government, we don't prosecute drug users. 508 00:29:33,680 --> 00:29:35,560 Speaker 3: So that's why, well you could. 509 00:29:35,680 --> 00:29:38,720 Speaker 2: I mean, these are federal laws that are being broken here. 510 00:29:39,480 --> 00:29:41,800 Speaker 2: I mean, if we can't prosecute them at the level 511 00:29:41,800 --> 00:29:44,840 Speaker 2: we should at the state, it is, there are federal 512 00:29:44,960 --> 00:29:47,120 Speaker 2: laws that we could be using to go after the 513 00:29:47,120 --> 00:29:50,000 Speaker 2: people that are carrying fentanyl, a deadly poison. 514 00:29:52,720 --> 00:29:53,479 Speaker 3: Maybe we can do that. 515 00:29:53,840 --> 00:29:54,400 Speaker 5: We're here with. 516 00:29:54,920 --> 00:29:57,680 Speaker 8: LAPD and they're using all the tools in their belt 517 00:29:57,960 --> 00:29:59,800 Speaker 8: to try to get the users help and get them 518 00:29:59,840 --> 00:30:00,560 Speaker 8: out of the park. 519 00:30:00,800 --> 00:30:03,920 Speaker 5: We want this park to be returned to the. 520 00:30:03,840 --> 00:30:06,400 Speaker 8: Law abiding citizens of Los Angeles, and I think what 521 00:30:06,440 --> 00:30:08,720 Speaker 8: you see tonight is what the potential of this park has. 522 00:30:09,440 --> 00:30:11,720 Speaker 5: And really, when you enforce the law and. 523 00:30:11,680 --> 00:30:13,760 Speaker 8: You work together as a community, we can make this 524 00:30:13,800 --> 00:30:15,680 Speaker 8: a better place for the people of Los Angeles. 525 00:30:15,760 --> 00:30:15,920 Speaker 1: Yeah. 526 00:30:15,920 --> 00:30:17,920 Speaker 7: I think my last question as we actually step into 527 00:30:17,960 --> 00:30:21,120 Speaker 7: MacArthur Park and look around, you know, you never see 528 00:30:21,120 --> 00:30:23,320 Speaker 7: it this quiet, especially at at night. 529 00:30:24,400 --> 00:30:27,560 Speaker 2: Nope, all the bad element heard that the fuzz was 530 00:30:27,600 --> 00:30:30,880 Speaker 2: coming and they got the hell out of there. It's 531 00:30:30,880 --> 00:30:33,240 Speaker 2: amazing how you can clear out that park of all 532 00:30:33,360 --> 00:30:37,240 Speaker 2: the drug addicts just by having law enforcement show up. 533 00:30:40,440 --> 00:30:42,920 Speaker 7: The goal is to make it safe again. I know 534 00:30:43,000 --> 00:30:45,640 Speaker 7: that there's talks. I actually see a rat scrambling underneath 535 00:30:45,640 --> 00:30:46,360 Speaker 7: the trees over here. 536 00:30:46,520 --> 00:30:49,640 Speaker 2: Oh gosh, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no. 537 00:30:49,480 --> 00:30:55,480 Speaker 3: No, never go into that park. Nope, nope, nope, nope, nope, nope. 538 00:30:56,200 --> 00:30:58,960 Speaker 7: Several of them. But there's talks and there's FIFA World 539 00:30:59,000 --> 00:31:01,360 Speaker 7: Cup watch parties taking. I mean, do you feel like 540 00:31:01,400 --> 00:31:03,640 Speaker 7: we're moving in the right direction and making this area 541 00:31:03,880 --> 00:31:04,480 Speaker 7: safe again? 542 00:31:04,760 --> 00:31:04,960 Speaker 5: Oh? 543 00:31:05,000 --> 00:31:15,000 Speaker 2: Absolutely, we got another one. Oh, Johnny's mike has muted again. 544 00:31:15,240 --> 00:31:17,200 Speaker 2: Oh wait, hold on a second, Let's see if I 545 00:31:17,200 --> 00:31:18,840 Speaker 2: can do this on my end. Let me see if 546 00:31:18,840 --> 00:31:21,920 Speaker 2: I can fix this, because we made it longest that 547 00:31:22,000 --> 00:31:24,840 Speaker 2: we've made so far in our testing of the live thing. Yep, 548 00:31:24,880 --> 00:31:28,520 Speaker 2: it went back to the other thing again. Hold on, okay, Johnny, 549 00:31:28,560 --> 00:31:35,080 Speaker 2: can you talk now? No, we can't. Nope, all right, Johnny, 550 00:31:35,440 --> 00:31:37,520 Speaker 2: it looks like we've gone as far as we can 551 00:31:37,640 --> 00:31:40,640 Speaker 2: once again with our test, and it's time for John 552 00:31:40,720 --> 00:31:44,600 Speaker 2: to log off of the stream yard and log back 553 00:31:44,640 --> 00:31:48,480 Speaker 2: into the clean feed. I don't know what happened, but 554 00:31:48,640 --> 00:31:51,680 Speaker 2: it happened yet again. It was wondering why. It felt 555 00:31:51,720 --> 00:31:53,920 Speaker 2: like I was talking by myself for a minute there. 556 00:31:56,560 --> 00:31:59,719 Speaker 2: This is why we do the testing phase, people, This 557 00:31:59,800 --> 00:32:02,880 Speaker 2: is why we make sure that we get all this 558 00:32:03,040 --> 00:32:07,160 Speaker 2: figured out before we go live. Because today we made 559 00:32:07,200 --> 00:32:10,440 Speaker 2: it an hour and forty six minutes without it crashing. Johnny, 560 00:32:10,920 --> 00:32:17,280 Speaker 2: Well that's a record. All right, Let's get back to 561 00:32:17,320 --> 00:32:18,080 Speaker 2: Matthew Sidor. 562 00:32:18,600 --> 00:32:19,760 Speaker 3: It's gonna be a process. 563 00:32:20,480 --> 00:32:23,040 Speaker 10: Things are better, people can come out watch the FIFA Games, 564 00:32:23,320 --> 00:32:25,800 Speaker 10: feel safer, and we're gearing up for what's probably going 565 00:32:25,840 --> 00:32:28,480 Speaker 10: to be the biggest event that Los Angeles has seen 566 00:32:28,520 --> 00:32:30,160 Speaker 10: in a long time, and that's gonna be the Olympics 567 00:32:30,200 --> 00:32:31,000 Speaker 10: in twenty twenty eight. 568 00:32:31,320 --> 00:32:32,760 Speaker 3: So we're making a difference. 569 00:32:32,800 --> 00:32:35,000 Speaker 10: It's going to take time. We need people to support us, 570 00:32:35,200 --> 00:32:37,840 Speaker 10: get behind us, especially with the business owners, the community here, 571 00:32:38,160 --> 00:32:40,560 Speaker 10: and we're gonna branch this out into other areas in Los. 572 00:32:40,440 --> 00:32:43,600 Speaker 8: Angeles, Mateel. We're not doing this because of FIFA or 573 00:32:43,640 --> 00:32:44,840 Speaker 8: the Olympics. We're doing this. 574 00:32:44,920 --> 00:32:47,400 Speaker 2: That is the right answer, by the way, for the 575 00:32:47,440 --> 00:32:50,640 Speaker 2: people that live here. It is so insulting that we 576 00:32:50,720 --> 00:32:53,040 Speaker 2: only want to clean this up because of the fancy 577 00:32:53,080 --> 00:32:54,560 Speaker 2: international sporting event. 578 00:32:55,160 --> 00:32:57,600 Speaker 1: Oh yeah, if the Japanese come here, we have to 579 00:32:57,640 --> 00:33:01,080 Speaker 1: make everything clean and shiny. But if it's just us, 580 00:33:01,160 --> 00:33:02,680 Speaker 1: we can live in a dump. 581 00:33:03,240 --> 00:33:05,760 Speaker 8: It's because it's the right thing to do for the community. 582 00:33:05,920 --> 00:33:07,880 Speaker 5: It just happens to be these other things are happening 583 00:33:07,920 --> 00:33:08,600 Speaker 5: at the same time. 584 00:33:08,920 --> 00:33:11,080 Speaker 8: But it's really about the people who live here, who 585 00:33:11,160 --> 00:33:13,560 Speaker 8: work here, who pay taxes. They deserve to live in 586 00:33:13,560 --> 00:33:15,400 Speaker 8: a place that doesn't have an open air drug market, 587 00:33:15,480 --> 00:33:18,080 Speaker 8: open air drug dealing and usage, and people should be. 588 00:33:18,040 --> 00:33:20,520 Speaker 5: Able to bring our families here and enjoy the park. 589 00:33:20,880 --> 00:33:22,880 Speaker 7: Last question, there are some people that feel like that 590 00:33:23,240 --> 00:33:25,680 Speaker 7: this is just kind of smoking mirrors. It's not really 591 00:33:25,680 --> 00:33:27,920 Speaker 7: going to help. How do you respond to those people. 592 00:33:28,160 --> 00:33:30,280 Speaker 10: So it's not smoking mirrors. You can come out here 593 00:33:30,320 --> 00:33:32,520 Speaker 10: and you can see there's a difference. Change is happening. 594 00:33:32,560 --> 00:33:36,920 Speaker 2: But it's if you arrested drug dealer, that person, assuming 595 00:33:36,920 --> 00:33:40,000 Speaker 2: that he gets held, will not be dealing drugs. 596 00:33:40,560 --> 00:33:42,680 Speaker 1: Nope. It's amazing how that works. 597 00:33:43,160 --> 00:33:43,440 Speaker 2: Slow. 598 00:33:45,040 --> 00:33:48,360 Speaker 10: The systemic problem that was happening here was embedded and 599 00:33:48,400 --> 00:33:49,840 Speaker 10: it's going to take time to change that. 600 00:33:49,920 --> 00:33:50,920 Speaker 1: But we're moving the needle. 601 00:33:51,040 --> 00:33:53,080 Speaker 10: It's happened and every time we come out here and 602 00:33:53,160 --> 00:33:55,920 Speaker 10: you can see by looking around, we're deep into the park. 603 00:33:55,960 --> 00:33:58,840 Speaker 10: Today we have the whole entire park and soon it 604 00:33:58,880 --> 00:34:00,320 Speaker 10: will be come back to the comunity. 605 00:34:00,640 --> 00:34:03,320 Speaker 5: Yeah. I really want to thank the LAPD. I mean, 606 00:34:03,320 --> 00:34:04,440 Speaker 5: we can't do this without them. 607 00:34:04,440 --> 00:34:08,040 Speaker 8: They've really stepped up and it's a huge complements to 608 00:34:08,080 --> 00:34:12,120 Speaker 8: them and working with us for the betterment of the community. 609 00:34:12,200 --> 00:34:14,960 Speaker 3: And how about that everyone on the same side for once. 610 00:34:15,280 --> 00:34:17,480 Speaker 1: I love the fact that they think that the LAPD 611 00:34:17,640 --> 00:34:18,680 Speaker 1: and not Mere Bass. 612 00:34:19,239 --> 00:34:23,080 Speaker 2: Well, Bass isn't opposing these raids, but she certainly isn't 613 00:34:23,120 --> 00:34:25,680 Speaker 2: showing up to any of the press conferences about them. 614 00:34:25,880 --> 00:34:30,680 Speaker 2: Hawkman'll be there, McDonald will be there. Bass is out fishing. 615 00:34:30,640 --> 00:34:32,400 Speaker 7: These raids are going to continue. 616 00:34:32,920 --> 00:34:34,799 Speaker 10: This will keep going on until this park is back 617 00:34:34,800 --> 00:34:35,280 Speaker 10: to the people. 618 00:34:35,680 --> 00:34:37,600 Speaker 7: All Right, thank you guys so much. We appreciate it. 619 00:34:37,840 --> 00:34:40,320 Speaker 7: And again, this is the third raid that I've personally 620 00:34:40,360 --> 00:34:42,239 Speaker 7: covered here in about the last two months or so. 621 00:34:42,560 --> 00:34:44,720 Speaker 7: Each time was a different day of the week, different 622 00:34:44,760 --> 00:34:47,120 Speaker 7: hours of the day. So it does appear like they're 623 00:34:47,120 --> 00:34:49,440 Speaker 7: trying to keep these raids random, but really just amazing 624 00:34:49,719 --> 00:34:52,600 Speaker 7: looking around MacArthur Park tonight and how quiet it is 625 00:34:52,880 --> 00:34:55,640 Speaker 7: and how different it is than what you normally see it. Obviously, 626 00:34:55,640 --> 00:34:58,719 Speaker 7: there's dozens and donzs of members of law enforcement out here. 627 00:34:58,760 --> 00:35:02,320 Speaker 7: So we're MacArthur part time. Matthew Seedorf, Foxlevenips. 628 00:35:02,360 --> 00:35:04,760 Speaker 2: We imagine being seed doorf Maybe you have dinner plans. 629 00:35:04,800 --> 00:35:06,920 Speaker 2: You're gonna sit down, order a nice steak. Can you 630 00:35:06,960 --> 00:35:09,400 Speaker 2: get a text? Ah, crap, I gotta go to MacArthur 631 00:35:09,440 --> 00:35:10,000 Speaker 2: Park again. 632 00:35:11,760 --> 00:35:14,960 Speaker 1: I'm surprised he hasn't doesn't have PTSD from that park. 633 00:35:15,360 --> 00:35:20,000 Speaker 2: This guy volunteers for all of these dangerous assignments. Seedorf 634 00:35:20,040 --> 00:35:21,439 Speaker 2: is a brave, brave man. 635 00:35:22,760 --> 00:35:24,400 Speaker 1: If you went to weigh in on any of this, 636 00:35:24,520 --> 00:35:26,680 Speaker 1: give us a call at eight hundred two two two 637 00:35:26,760 --> 00:35:29,879 Speaker 1: five two two tube. One eight hundred two two two 638 00:35:30,080 --> 00:35:34,279 Speaker 1: five two two tube It's the John Phillips Show. It's 639 00:35:34,320 --> 00:35:37,520 Speaker 1: the John Phillips Show. Eight hundred two two two five 640 00:35:37,600 --> 00:35:40,840 Speaker 1: two two two is a telephone number one eight hundred 641 00:35:40,880 --> 00:35:44,000 Speaker 1: two two two five two two two. If you'd like 642 00:35:44,080 --> 00:35:46,040 Speaker 1: to email the show, you can do so at Johnny 643 00:35:46,040 --> 00:35:49,480 Speaker 1: don't like show at gmail dot com. That's Johnny don't 644 00:35:49,520 --> 00:35:53,239 Speaker 1: like show at gmail dot com. Have you noticed a 645 00:35:53,320 --> 00:35:55,719 Speaker 1: theme here, Randy, with so many of the stories that 646 00:35:55,760 --> 00:35:57,200 Speaker 1: we've been covering of late. 647 00:35:57,920 --> 00:36:01,200 Speaker 2: There sure is a lot of legalized grifting going on 648 00:36:01,480 --> 00:36:04,480 Speaker 2: in California, that's for sure there is. 649 00:36:05,200 --> 00:36:09,799 Speaker 1: But the state of California is perfectly happy to let 650 00:36:09,800 --> 00:36:14,280 Speaker 1: it go on forever. It isn't until the Fed step 651 00:36:14,400 --> 00:36:18,959 Speaker 1: in that something gets done. Whether it is with these 652 00:36:19,200 --> 00:36:24,000 Speaker 1: organizations that are illegally selling drugs and places like MacArthur Park, 653 00:36:24,640 --> 00:36:27,760 Speaker 1: whether it is the governor or members of his family 654 00:36:27,960 --> 00:36:34,200 Speaker 1: who are profiting due to his position as governor, or 655 00:36:34,440 --> 00:36:41,400 Speaker 1: any other entity that is operating outside the law. California 656 00:36:41,600 --> 00:36:43,879 Speaker 1: just acts as if this is just the way it is, 657 00:36:44,080 --> 00:36:47,040 Speaker 1: and these things are allowed to go on. And the 658 00:36:47,080 --> 00:36:49,840 Speaker 1: real problem is with the people who blow the whistle 659 00:36:50,000 --> 00:36:52,040 Speaker 1: and not the people who are stealing the money. 660 00:36:52,600 --> 00:36:55,960 Speaker 2: We have been conditioned in this state to accept the 661 00:36:56,120 --> 00:36:59,600 Speaker 2: unacceptable and what's been going on at MacArthur Park for 662 00:36:59,760 --> 00:37:03,359 Speaker 2: years and years and years. That got noticeably worse when 663 00:37:04,000 --> 00:37:07,160 Speaker 2: they finally got shamed into cleaning out the MacArthur Park 664 00:37:07,280 --> 00:37:09,840 Speaker 2: metro station and all of the open air drug market 665 00:37:09,920 --> 00:37:13,200 Speaker 2: moved to the park. The city just throws their hands 666 00:37:13,280 --> 00:37:15,760 Speaker 2: up and say, well, nothing we can do. We can't 667 00:37:15,800 --> 00:37:17,759 Speaker 2: force people to stop using fentanyl. 668 00:37:18,800 --> 00:37:22,320 Speaker 1: I think what got this ball rolling was the phony 669 00:37:22,360 --> 00:37:26,960 Speaker 1: baloney hospice centers in the San Fernando Valley. That's what 670 00:37:27,120 --> 00:37:31,400 Speaker 1: started all of this, because it was obvious to anyone 671 00:37:31,480 --> 00:37:37,120 Speaker 1: who paid attention to Nick Sorter or CBS News or 672 00:37:37,120 --> 00:37:39,680 Speaker 1: whoever it was it was reporting on it that this 673 00:37:39,880 --> 00:37:42,760 Speaker 1: was blatant fraud that was going on in broad daylight. 674 00:37:43,080 --> 00:37:47,440 Speaker 1: And what was the response from the state. Shirley Weber, 675 00:37:47,520 --> 00:37:52,520 Speaker 1: the Secretary of State responsible for handing out business licenses, goes, 676 00:37:52,800 --> 00:37:56,080 Speaker 1: don't look at me. It's not my job to vet 677 00:37:56,120 --> 00:38:00,800 Speaker 1: every business license that comes before my office. Not my fault. 678 00:38:02,160 --> 00:38:05,560 Speaker 1: You have representatives for the governor who go on social 679 00:38:05,640 --> 00:38:09,840 Speaker 1: media and they attack the reporters who broke the story. 680 00:38:10,600 --> 00:38:13,160 Speaker 1: They were angrier at the fact that the story was 681 00:38:13,200 --> 00:38:18,279 Speaker 1: being reported then that the money was being stolen, and 682 00:38:18,480 --> 00:38:21,880 Speaker 1: it was so outrageous the response from the state and 683 00:38:21,920 --> 00:38:25,240 Speaker 1: the locals that I think they got on the radar 684 00:38:25,360 --> 00:38:31,320 Speaker 1: of the FEDS, I really do. And the FED said, Okay, well, 685 00:38:31,440 --> 00:38:35,560 Speaker 1: if this fraud is going on, and they not only 686 00:38:35,640 --> 00:38:38,160 Speaker 1: don't care, but they're mad at the fact that we're 687 00:38:38,200 --> 00:38:42,960 Speaker 1: exposing it, let's see what else we can find. And 688 00:38:43,000 --> 00:38:45,560 Speaker 1: then you go into MacArthur Park and oh boy, that's 689 00:38:45,560 --> 00:38:48,680 Speaker 1: a treasure trove. And you start looking in the newsom 690 00:38:48,760 --> 00:38:52,160 Speaker 1: Standards and Practices and oh boy, that's a treasure trove. 691 00:38:53,680 --> 00:38:57,640 Speaker 1: I hope they keep looking. I hope they keep digging, 692 00:38:58,160 --> 00:39:01,680 Speaker 1: because let me tell you, as I sit here in 693 00:39:01,719 --> 00:39:04,840 Speaker 1: the belly of the beast, every time you hit the pinnata, 694 00:39:05,000 --> 00:39:10,600 Speaker 1: candy comes out. So take that Louisville slugger and just 695 00:39:10,719 --> 00:39:15,279 Speaker 1: start whacking away. Give us your best Berry Bonds or 696 00:39:15,320 --> 00:39:20,279 Speaker 1: Mark maguire, because there's some Tutsie rolls in there, there's 697 00:39:20,320 --> 00:39:24,000 Speaker 1: some Snickers in there, there's some Starburst in there, some 698 00:39:24,040 --> 00:39:30,959 Speaker 1: twigs bars, some kit Kats, you name it, we got it. 699 00:39:31,040 --> 00:39:35,480 Speaker 1: Time to break open the pinata. It's the John Phillips Show.