1 00:00:00,120 --> 00:00:02,880 Speaker 1: And very happy Wednesday to you. At twelve oh seven. 2 00:00:03,040 --> 00:00:06,040 Speaker 1: In the West, it's the John Phillip Show, Mister Randy 3 00:00:06,080 --> 00:00:07,240 Speaker 1: Wings in Culver City. 4 00:00:07,360 --> 00:00:07,600 Speaker 2: John. 5 00:00:07,680 --> 00:00:10,640 Speaker 3: As the race for California governor heats up, expect to 6 00:00:10,640 --> 00:00:14,000 Speaker 3: see a lot of polls dropping every single week. We 7 00:00:14,080 --> 00:00:16,479 Speaker 3: might get to the point where it's every single day. 8 00:00:16,840 --> 00:00:20,320 Speaker 3: The latest poll today comes from the internal polling from 9 00:00:20,360 --> 00:00:24,919 Speaker 3: the Eric Swalwell campaign, been to research eight hundred likely voters, 10 00:00:24,960 --> 00:00:28,080 Speaker 3: polled from April first through the sixth, so just a 11 00:00:28,120 --> 00:00:31,280 Speaker 3: couple of days ago, but notably before any of these 12 00:00:31,400 --> 00:00:35,239 Speaker 3: Eric Swalwell stories came out. In of the Eric Swalwell 13 00:00:35,360 --> 00:00:39,479 Speaker 3: internal poll, not Sure is not in first place. 14 00:00:42,960 --> 00:00:43,960 Speaker 2: Well, that's a first. 15 00:00:44,240 --> 00:00:46,839 Speaker 3: Not Sure's only got ten percent of the vote. In 16 00:00:46,920 --> 00:00:50,080 Speaker 3: first place with twenty two percent of the vote is 17 00:00:50,120 --> 00:00:53,720 Speaker 3: Steve Hilton in second place, And again this is a 18 00:00:53,760 --> 00:00:58,160 Speaker 3: Swalwell poll has Swallwell at eighteen percent, and then there's 19 00:00:58,200 --> 00:01:02,800 Speaker 3: a big leap into third place Bianco at thirteen percent, 20 00:01:03,400 --> 00:01:08,880 Speaker 3: Styer at twelve percent, and rounding out the top candidates 21 00:01:09,200 --> 00:01:11,960 Speaker 3: kt Porter at eleven percent. 22 00:01:13,000 --> 00:01:16,520 Speaker 1: Right here, Well, leave it to Eric Swalwell to whip 23 00:01:16,560 --> 00:01:20,120 Speaker 1: out his own pole. If you're wondering how it's going 24 00:01:20,240 --> 00:01:24,280 Speaker 1: for the lower polling candidates. This poll shows a little 25 00:01:24,360 --> 00:01:29,440 Speaker 1: bump from Mayheon at five percent, Bessarah at four, Thurman Yee, 26 00:01:29,720 --> 00:01:31,800 Speaker 1: and Via Gosa at two. 27 00:01:33,440 --> 00:01:33,759 Speaker 2: Well. 28 00:01:34,160 --> 00:01:37,120 Speaker 1: The theme to this campaign might be Eric Swalwell whipping 29 00:01:37,120 --> 00:01:37,960 Speaker 1: out his own pole. 30 00:01:38,560 --> 00:01:40,959 Speaker 3: You know what, I'm going to just put the hammer 31 00:01:41,000 --> 00:01:43,480 Speaker 3: down right now. Stop using that phrase. 32 00:01:45,440 --> 00:01:50,000 Speaker 1: Now, Speaking of which, there were allegations about Eric Swalwell 33 00:01:50,480 --> 00:01:55,200 Speaker 1: sexually harassing subordinates in his office that hit the internet yesterday, 34 00:01:55,920 --> 00:02:00,320 Speaker 1: not specifics, not with any individual names, but there is 35 00:02:00,360 --> 00:02:03,640 Speaker 1: a Democratic lawyer and former candidate for office who says 36 00:02:03,720 --> 00:02:06,440 Speaker 1: that she is working with women who have worked with 37 00:02:06,480 --> 00:02:10,800 Speaker 1: Swalwell in the past who claim that he sexually harassed 38 00:02:10,840 --> 00:02:14,080 Speaker 1: them and then forced them to sign NBAS And now 39 00:02:14,280 --> 00:02:16,760 Speaker 1: Eric Swalwell was responding to those rumors. 40 00:02:17,200 --> 00:02:20,520 Speaker 3: Eric Swalwell was at a town hall in Sacramento and 41 00:02:20,560 --> 00:02:24,080 Speaker 3: he was asked about these allegations and did not ignore it, 42 00:02:24,160 --> 00:02:27,200 Speaker 3: decided to come out against it. Here is what he 43 00:02:27,400 --> 00:02:30,440 Speaker 3: told KCRA three in Sacramento. 44 00:02:30,960 --> 00:02:34,200 Speaker 4: So tonight Democratic governor, a candidate for governor, I should say, 45 00:02:34,280 --> 00:02:38,600 Speaker 4: Eric Swalwell was in Sacramento denying online claims that he 46 00:02:38,720 --> 00:02:42,840 Speaker 4: behaved inappropriately with female staffers now post on social media 47 00:02:43,120 --> 00:02:46,919 Speaker 4: have not offered details or evidence, but claimed the women 48 00:02:46,960 --> 00:02:50,600 Speaker 4: are hesitant to come forward because they signed non disclosure agreements. 49 00:02:50,680 --> 00:02:52,840 Speaker 5: So tonight I asked him about this. 50 00:02:53,680 --> 00:02:57,160 Speaker 4: Did you ever behave inappropriate way with female staffers? 51 00:02:57,200 --> 00:03:00,720 Speaker 6: No? Now it's false. And also some of the allegations 52 00:03:00,720 --> 00:03:03,840 Speaker 6: I've seen, which is that we've had NDAs in the office. Never, 53 00:03:04,520 --> 00:03:08,680 Speaker 6: There's never been an allegation, and there's never been a settlement. 54 00:03:08,720 --> 00:03:10,480 Speaker 6: And you know, I will also just take stock that, Look, 55 00:03:10,520 --> 00:03:15,280 Speaker 6: we're twenty seven days before and an election starts. 56 00:03:15,639 --> 00:03:17,680 Speaker 5: Why address it? Have their internet rumors? 57 00:03:17,720 --> 00:03:19,160 Speaker 4: Why even come out and address this? 58 00:03:19,360 --> 00:03:21,760 Speaker 6: Yeah, I don't want there to be any question. 59 00:03:24,400 --> 00:03:27,720 Speaker 2: I see getting out in front of the story. 60 00:03:28,960 --> 00:03:30,760 Speaker 5: Fell off the Espace cars. 61 00:03:30,760 --> 00:03:33,880 Speaker 3: And by the way, it didn't get reported on by 62 00:03:34,120 --> 00:03:39,520 Speaker 3: any mainstream publications, including Politico in the La Times, until 63 00:03:39,560 --> 00:03:42,440 Speaker 3: Swallwell started denying it at that point if it was 64 00:03:42,560 --> 00:03:45,360 Speaker 3: just a rumor, until he started speaking up about it, 65 00:03:45,680 --> 00:03:49,080 Speaker 3: And notably in the Politico story, it says that we 66 00:03:49,160 --> 00:03:52,080 Speaker 3: never did any NDAs in the thirteen years he was 67 00:03:52,120 --> 00:03:56,440 Speaker 3: in Congress. But some of these allegations might be going 68 00:03:56,520 --> 00:03:59,760 Speaker 3: way further back than his time in Washington. 69 00:04:00,680 --> 00:04:05,160 Speaker 1: Well, according to the woman who is blowing the whistle 70 00:04:05,440 --> 00:04:08,560 Speaker 1: on all of these allegations, she claims that it goes 71 00:04:08,600 --> 00:04:11,280 Speaker 1: back to his time on the Dublin City Council. And 72 00:04:11,440 --> 00:04:15,200 Speaker 1: as I mentioned yesterday, there are a number of different 73 00:04:15,600 --> 00:04:20,360 Speaker 1: relationships that members of Congress have with employees. People who 74 00:04:20,440 --> 00:04:23,600 Speaker 1: work directly for your office, that's one of them. But 75 00:04:23,720 --> 00:04:26,039 Speaker 1: you have staff members who work for committees that you 76 00:04:26,120 --> 00:04:28,800 Speaker 1: happen to sit on. You have staff members who work 77 00:04:28,839 --> 00:04:32,480 Speaker 1: for the campaigns that you are engaged in. You have 78 00:04:32,560 --> 00:04:36,039 Speaker 1: staffers that are involved in the independent expenditure groups that 79 00:04:36,080 --> 00:04:40,560 Speaker 1: are supporting your campaigns, those sorts of things. So because 80 00:04:40,600 --> 00:04:44,200 Speaker 1: someone didn't directly work for your office staff in Washington, DC, 81 00:04:45,000 --> 00:04:49,880 Speaker 1: doesn't necessarily mean that there wasn't an employer employee relationship. 82 00:04:50,560 --> 00:04:52,800 Speaker 3: Now, there were a lot of town halls last night 83 00:04:52,960 --> 00:04:56,960 Speaker 3: in Sacramento as the campaign is really in full gear 84 00:04:57,000 --> 00:05:00,520 Speaker 3: for everybody for a recap on all of that, including 85 00:05:00,560 --> 00:05:05,120 Speaker 3: the Swalwell town hall. Here is Fox forty in Sacramento, Well, Eric. 86 00:05:04,960 --> 00:05:07,279 Speaker 7: And Nikki for Republican Steve Hilton. It was a fairly 87 00:05:07,360 --> 00:05:11,080 Speaker 7: normal campaign stop. He talked about fraud and wasteful spending 88 00:05:11,200 --> 00:05:14,760 Speaker 7: a lot. He also touched on immigration and even vaccine mandates, 89 00:05:15,000 --> 00:05:17,640 Speaker 7: but for Democrat Eric Swalwell. While his town hall was 90 00:05:17,680 --> 00:05:20,760 Speaker 7: full of supporters asking questions about policy, much of the 91 00:05:20,839 --> 00:05:24,320 Speaker 7: reporter questioning focused on recent allegations that he had inappropriate 92 00:05:24,360 --> 00:05:25,600 Speaker 7: relations with staffers. 93 00:05:26,040 --> 00:05:28,000 Speaker 3: This story is getting bigger by the minute, and we 94 00:05:28,040 --> 00:05:31,120 Speaker 3: still don't have an actual allegation, not yet. 95 00:05:31,440 --> 00:05:34,240 Speaker 1: But apparently the women, and there are a lot of them, 96 00:05:34,720 --> 00:05:39,480 Speaker 1: are talking to reporters, reporters from left leaning outlets who 97 00:05:39,600 --> 00:05:42,680 Speaker 1: are working to verify the checkable facts that are being 98 00:05:42,720 --> 00:05:46,880 Speaker 1: provided to them by these women, and the stories will 99 00:05:46,880 --> 00:05:49,560 Speaker 1: come out at a later date. That's what the women 100 00:05:49,640 --> 00:05:52,360 Speaker 1: who were referencing said on social media today. 101 00:05:55,320 --> 00:05:58,600 Speaker 7: A town hall in Sacramento tonight part of Democratic candidate 102 00:05:58,600 --> 00:06:02,560 Speaker 7: for California Governor Eric Swallwells Fight for a New California tour. 103 00:06:02,760 --> 00:06:05,000 Speaker 7: His main message tonight to voters, the. 104 00:06:04,920 --> 00:06:08,640 Speaker 6: Next governor has to be a fighter protector for all Californians. 105 00:06:08,720 --> 00:06:12,080 Speaker 3: He loves to call himself a protector. Yeah, what's the 106 00:06:12,160 --> 00:06:14,960 Speaker 3: deal with that? A fighter protector. It's a little weird. 107 00:06:15,920 --> 00:06:19,200 Speaker 5: His message to reporters after the town Hall was different. 108 00:06:19,760 --> 00:06:20,279 Speaker 8: It's false. 109 00:06:20,560 --> 00:06:22,760 Speaker 6: And also you know some of the allegations I've seen, 110 00:06:22,880 --> 00:06:25,560 Speaker 6: which is that we've had nbas in the office. Never 111 00:06:26,200 --> 00:06:29,960 Speaker 6: there's never been an allegation, and there's never been a. 112 00:06:29,920 --> 00:06:32,000 Speaker 5: Settlement well denying allegation. 113 00:06:32,360 --> 00:06:35,240 Speaker 1: I want to point one more thing out. At the 114 00:06:35,400 --> 00:06:39,120 Speaker 1: very beginning, when he became a candidate himself, there is 115 00:06:39,160 --> 00:06:42,919 Speaker 1: a Democratic strategist, a real strategist by the name of 116 00:06:42,960 --> 00:06:48,680 Speaker 1: Michael Trehillo who works out of California, who tweeted that 117 00:06:48,839 --> 00:06:52,680 Speaker 1: this campaign is doomed from the start because everyone in 118 00:06:52,720 --> 00:06:57,279 Speaker 1: Democratic politics knows that he has sexually harassed staffers and interns, 119 00:06:57,760 --> 00:07:00,839 Speaker 1: and this campaign would blow up and Democrats would be 120 00:07:00,880 --> 00:07:05,040 Speaker 1: foolish to nominate this guy. And then at some point 121 00:07:06,040 --> 00:07:10,400 Speaker 1: that tweet was deleted. I don't know why, I don't 122 00:07:10,440 --> 00:07:13,280 Speaker 1: know who asked him to delete it, but that tweet 123 00:07:13,360 --> 00:07:14,000 Speaker 1: was deleted. 124 00:07:14,960 --> 00:07:17,680 Speaker 2: And then at a later date, after. 125 00:07:18,720 --> 00:07:21,160 Speaker 1: It looked like Squalwell would be the candidate that the 126 00:07:21,160 --> 00:07:25,640 Speaker 1: Democratic Party coalesced behind, that's when the tweets from this 127 00:07:25,760 --> 00:07:30,240 Speaker 1: woman who were referencing came out. This former congressional candidate 128 00:07:30,240 --> 00:07:34,240 Speaker 1: and attorney and the allegations that she has laid out, 129 00:07:34,280 --> 00:07:38,640 Speaker 1: while not specific, are almost identical to what was in 130 00:07:38,680 --> 00:07:41,520 Speaker 1: the Michael Treheo tweet when he said that everyone in 131 00:07:41,560 --> 00:07:43,640 Speaker 1: Democratic Party politics was aware of it. 132 00:07:44,760 --> 00:07:47,640 Speaker 3: Now, of course, you know these things will get adjudicated, 133 00:07:47,680 --> 00:07:51,280 Speaker 3: but it always makes me think, if these stories are 134 00:07:51,320 --> 00:07:53,960 Speaker 3: out there, and you know they're out there because you 135 00:07:54,040 --> 00:07:57,160 Speaker 3: did them, how delulu are you that you think you 136 00:07:57,200 --> 00:07:58,400 Speaker 3: can still run for governor. 137 00:07:59,160 --> 00:08:01,280 Speaker 1: Well, you've been able to get away with it in 138 00:08:01,320 --> 00:08:04,640 Speaker 1: a high profile position for quite some time. Not only 139 00:08:04,720 --> 00:08:07,560 Speaker 1: is he a member of Congress, he was a confidant 140 00:08:07,560 --> 00:08:10,720 Speaker 1: in Nancy Pelosi's he was part of the impeachment committee. 141 00:08:10,840 --> 00:08:12,000 Speaker 2: He ran for president. 142 00:08:12,560 --> 00:08:14,520 Speaker 1: This is not a guy who you would regard as 143 00:08:14,560 --> 00:08:16,280 Speaker 1: a backbencher who no one knows. 144 00:08:17,520 --> 00:08:21,800 Speaker 5: Swalwell denying allegations that he had inappropriate relationships with staff 145 00:08:21,880 --> 00:08:24,680 Speaker 5: or interns during his career, He says the timing of 146 00:08:24,720 --> 00:08:26,400 Speaker 5: these claims is no coincidence. 147 00:08:26,640 --> 00:08:29,280 Speaker 6: I will also just take Stocktor, Look, we're twenty seven 148 00:08:29,360 --> 00:08:32,800 Speaker 6: days before and an election starts. 149 00:08:32,960 --> 00:08:36,480 Speaker 5: I also asked about Republican candidate Sheriff Chad Bianco, who 150 00:08:36,559 --> 00:08:39,160 Speaker 5: called for Swalwell to drop out of the race Tuesday 151 00:08:39,200 --> 00:08:40,280 Speaker 5: over the allegations. 152 00:08:40,520 --> 00:08:43,080 Speaker 6: I think he's got some issues with not getting the 153 00:08:43,160 --> 00:08:45,120 Speaker 6: endorsement that he was so thirsty. 154 00:08:44,800 --> 00:08:51,840 Speaker 1: For, and Thursday he sounds sedate. Typically, Swalwell is firing 155 00:08:51,920 --> 00:08:56,280 Speaker 1: on all cylinders. He's an aggressive attack dog. He's the 156 00:08:56,320 --> 00:08:59,600 Speaker 1: one who's going after his political enemies with great vigor. 157 00:09:00,679 --> 00:09:04,240 Speaker 1: And you could almost tell in his voice that he 158 00:09:04,360 --> 00:09:08,600 Speaker 1: knows it's over. Because whether these allegations are true or not, 159 00:09:09,920 --> 00:09:13,400 Speaker 1: people in radio land may not know, but he knows. 160 00:09:14,120 --> 00:09:17,200 Speaker 1: And it sounds like he knows exactly what that answer is. 161 00:09:18,120 --> 00:09:20,680 Speaker 6: I think he's got some issues with not getting the 162 00:09:20,760 --> 00:09:23,760 Speaker 6: endorsement that he was so thirsty for, and you know, 163 00:09:23,840 --> 00:09:27,240 Speaker 6: we're we're seeing somebody who wants to be relevant. 164 00:09:28,480 --> 00:09:31,240 Speaker 2: He sounds like he got shot with a tranquilizer gun. 165 00:09:33,679 --> 00:09:37,720 Speaker 5: That endorsement Swalwell is talking about was President Trump's Steve 166 00:09:37,800 --> 00:09:39,520 Speaker 5: Hilton campaigning in Roseville. 167 00:09:39,880 --> 00:09:42,800 Speaker 9: You just need a bit of pummon, says, that's what 168 00:09:42,800 --> 00:09:45,360 Speaker 9: you need, and what I'm governor, that's what we're going 169 00:09:45,440 --> 00:09:45,679 Speaker 9: to have. 170 00:09:45,640 --> 00:09:48,559 Speaker 3: In there fresh off What microphone did they give him, 171 00:09:48,960 --> 00:09:49,400 Speaker 3: I don't know. 172 00:09:49,480 --> 00:09:51,760 Speaker 2: It sounds like the clowns knows a jack in the box. 173 00:09:52,760 --> 00:09:54,120 Speaker 5: Hush off that endorsement. 174 00:09:54,400 --> 00:09:58,080 Speaker 3: I'm just going to advise every candidate for governor do 175 00:09:58,160 --> 00:10:01,199 Speaker 3: a sound check before you start a town hall. 176 00:10:02,840 --> 00:10:05,080 Speaker 5: Push off that endorsement from the President. 177 00:10:05,200 --> 00:10:09,960 Speaker 9: We had a brief conversation on Sunday night after I 178 00:10:10,160 --> 00:10:13,000 Speaker 9: texted him to say thank you, how much I appreciate it, 179 00:10:13,280 --> 00:10:14,600 Speaker 9: and we had a quick call after that. 180 00:10:14,840 --> 00:10:17,360 Speaker 5: Hilton also outlined his Califordable Plan. 181 00:10:17,480 --> 00:10:20,000 Speaker 3: I wonder if Trump picked Hilton over Bianco because Trump 182 00:10:20,000 --> 00:10:20,880 Speaker 3: hates facial hair. 183 00:10:22,280 --> 00:10:25,160 Speaker 1: He doesn't like it. He's like Walt Disney in that respect. 184 00:10:26,240 --> 00:10:28,240 Speaker 2: And that mustache was offensive to him. 185 00:10:28,600 --> 00:10:29,840 Speaker 3: Well, he looks like wyat Er. 186 00:10:32,320 --> 00:10:35,640 Speaker 7: Califordable Plan, which includes eliminating the state income tax for 187 00:10:35,720 --> 00:10:38,800 Speaker 7: Californians earning less than one hundred thousand dollars a year. 188 00:10:39,200 --> 00:10:41,199 Speaker 2: Do you hear that? Katie Porter liked that idea so 189 00:10:41,360 --> 00:10:42,480 Speaker 2: much she's ripping it off. 190 00:10:42,920 --> 00:10:44,960 Speaker 5: Oh does she restricting medicals? 191 00:10:45,000 --> 00:10:46,880 Speaker 2: What's just saying, I'm ripping off Steve. 192 00:10:46,679 --> 00:10:52,760 Speaker 7: Hilton restricting medical for undocumented immigrants and targeting fraud only. 193 00:10:52,960 --> 00:10:58,640 Speaker 9: California has a cost of living that is completely out 194 00:10:58,640 --> 00:11:04,480 Speaker 9: of control regular working families and small businesses that is 195 00:11:04,760 --> 00:11:08,080 Speaker 9: entirely because of Democrat policies. 196 00:11:08,280 --> 00:11:11,559 Speaker 1: One attendee urge Okay, so he doesn't want anyone making 197 00:11:11,640 --> 00:11:14,040 Speaker 1: under one hundred thousand dollars a year to pay taxes. 198 00:11:14,559 --> 00:11:16,720 Speaker 2: State taxes, Yes, state taxes. 199 00:11:16,760 --> 00:11:21,080 Speaker 1: Okay, I completely disagree with that everyone should be forced 200 00:11:21,080 --> 00:11:24,400 Speaker 1: to pay taxes. If you create a class of people 201 00:11:24,480 --> 00:11:27,760 Speaker 1: that doesn't pay taxes, you create a class of people 202 00:11:27,800 --> 00:11:30,320 Speaker 1: who will vote for every tax increase under the sun. 203 00:11:31,360 --> 00:11:33,920 Speaker 1: I don't care how much money you make, you should 204 00:11:33,960 --> 00:11:36,800 Speaker 1: have to pay taxes. All of us live here, all 205 00:11:36,840 --> 00:11:38,680 Speaker 1: of us should have to kick in well. 206 00:11:38,720 --> 00:11:41,720 Speaker 3: And when you have these specific income thresholds. We see 207 00:11:41,720 --> 00:11:44,200 Speaker 3: this with medical we see this with food assistants. But 208 00:11:44,880 --> 00:11:46,840 Speaker 3: what do you do if all of a sudden you're 209 00:11:46,920 --> 00:11:49,880 Speaker 3: making one hundred and one thousand dollars, but now you're 210 00:11:49,920 --> 00:11:52,640 Speaker 3: taking a ten thousand dollars hit to your salary You 211 00:11:52,800 --> 00:11:54,560 Speaker 3: just lost money when you got a raise. 212 00:11:55,200 --> 00:11:57,559 Speaker 1: Well, and this opens up the door to all kinds 213 00:11:57,600 --> 00:12:01,480 Speaker 1: of idiotic ideas where I could easily see them saying 214 00:12:02,520 --> 00:12:05,360 Speaker 1: nurses shouldn't have to pay taxes at all because they 215 00:12:05,400 --> 00:12:08,760 Speaker 1: perform such a valuable service to the people of California, 216 00:12:09,200 --> 00:12:12,720 Speaker 1: we shouldn't expect them to pay taxes too. Well, guess 217 00:12:12,760 --> 00:12:16,040 Speaker 1: what you should have to pay taxes along with everyone else. 218 00:12:16,679 --> 00:12:18,720 Speaker 1: Isn't it enough that we look the other way when 219 00:12:18,760 --> 00:12:21,240 Speaker 1: you steal the drugs from your patients. 220 00:12:21,720 --> 00:12:24,640 Speaker 7: One attendee urged Hilton to stop a tax on fellow 221 00:12:24,679 --> 00:12:28,880 Speaker 7: Republican Chat Bianco, calling for party unity. Hilton pushedback, saying 222 00:12:28,880 --> 00:12:31,000 Speaker 7: Bianco is mud slinging more than he is. 223 00:12:31,559 --> 00:12:32,440 Speaker 2: I don't know about that. 224 00:12:34,800 --> 00:12:37,839 Speaker 3: There's a lot of mud slinging going on from all 225 00:12:37,880 --> 00:12:41,920 Speaker 3: of them. Personally, I enjoy it and think only will 226 00:12:41,920 --> 00:12:44,360 Speaker 3: imagine how boring these would be without it. I think 227 00:12:44,400 --> 00:12:47,480 Speaker 3: only one of them has bought the domain name blmbianco 228 00:12:47,600 --> 00:12:48,760 Speaker 3: dot com. 229 00:12:50,720 --> 00:12:53,000 Speaker 1: And it's not because of the wyatt art mustache that 230 00:12:53,040 --> 00:12:54,880 Speaker 1: he works at the Bureau of Land Management. 231 00:12:55,360 --> 00:12:58,720 Speaker 5: But said if Bianco one in the primary with a Democrat, 232 00:12:58,920 --> 00:13:00,000 Speaker 5: Hilton would support them. 233 00:13:00,120 --> 00:13:09,439 Speaker 3: Sheriff seriously, who checked on the acoustics for Hilton's rally? 234 00:13:10,480 --> 00:13:13,240 Speaker 1: I don't know, but it's probably something that they should 235 00:13:13,280 --> 00:13:15,320 Speaker 1: look into. 236 00:13:17,280 --> 00:13:17,760 Speaker 5: And Sheriff. 237 00:13:17,760 --> 00:13:21,959 Speaker 7: Bianco also had a private campaign fundraising event in Sacramento tonight. 238 00:13:22,160 --> 00:13:24,439 Speaker 1: Nikki, back to you, all right, Riley, thank you new 239 00:13:24,440 --> 00:13:24,760 Speaker 1: for you with. 240 00:13:24,800 --> 00:13:25,720 Speaker 2: So there you go. 241 00:13:26,040 --> 00:13:29,280 Speaker 3: There are the latest on all the town halls that 242 00:13:29,360 --> 00:13:32,280 Speaker 3: happen in Sacramento. But of course, there's a lot going 243 00:13:32,320 --> 00:13:36,000 Speaker 3: on in this governor's race all throughout the state of California. 244 00:13:36,800 --> 00:13:40,160 Speaker 3: And Katie Porter has a new ad that's out and 245 00:13:40,240 --> 00:13:45,120 Speaker 3: it's touching on an issue central to most Californian's daily lives. 246 00:13:45,679 --> 00:13:48,360 Speaker 5: What does it mean to be a people powered campaign? 247 00:13:48,679 --> 00:13:51,720 Speaker 2: Oh boy, there's some alliteration. 248 00:13:53,400 --> 00:13:56,079 Speaker 10: What does it mean to be a people powered campaign? 249 00:13:56,360 --> 00:13:58,880 Speaker 10: It means proudly having the support of ten. 250 00:13:58,920 --> 00:14:00,800 Speaker 2: She really loves the vibe violins. 251 00:14:01,200 --> 00:14:03,439 Speaker 1: Oh she does because it makes her sound like a 252 00:14:03,480 --> 00:14:06,320 Speaker 1: pro Wrestlerho's trying to sell tickets to Madison Square Garden. 253 00:14:06,720 --> 00:14:09,800 Speaker 10: It means probably having the support of tens of thousands 254 00:14:09,840 --> 00:14:13,600 Speaker 10: of donors, the people who understand that I'll always have 255 00:14:13,960 --> 00:14:17,440 Speaker 10: your back. That's why I'm not taking any corporate money 256 00:14:17,440 --> 00:14:18,080 Speaker 10: and never have. 257 00:14:18,480 --> 00:14:22,280 Speaker 3: What we're still on this This is what she ran 258 00:14:22,320 --> 00:14:25,320 Speaker 3: on for US Senate and no one cared. Then I 259 00:14:25,360 --> 00:14:27,960 Speaker 3: don't understand why she thinks that anyone cares. 260 00:14:28,000 --> 00:14:29,240 Speaker 2: Now, I call it. 261 00:14:29,160 --> 00:14:30,400 Speaker 5: The shift gift. 262 00:14:30,840 --> 00:14:33,840 Speaker 10: That's why I'm not taking any corporate money and never have. 263 00:14:34,560 --> 00:14:37,360 Speaker 10: And I'm the only candidate in the race who's always 264 00:14:37,480 --> 00:14:40,520 Speaker 10: refused corporate money. I'm Katie. 265 00:14:40,520 --> 00:14:43,120 Speaker 2: Why are the violins getting so much louder? 266 00:14:46,560 --> 00:14:49,600 Speaker 1: I guess because you can't hear her. And if you're 267 00:14:49,680 --> 00:14:52,040 Speaker 1: one of her staffers that's recording this for us, she's 268 00:14:52,040 --> 00:14:56,080 Speaker 1: probably cursed you out fifteen ways from Sunday already. You know, 269 00:14:56,360 --> 00:14:59,160 Speaker 1: it's kind of an old joke that like the people 270 00:14:59,160 --> 00:15:01,600 Speaker 1: who get into pow politics, they do it because they're 271 00:15:01,640 --> 00:15:04,240 Speaker 1: failures and everything else, and this is the only way 272 00:15:04,280 --> 00:15:06,800 Speaker 1: they can get money, fame, or power. I think the 273 00:15:06,840 --> 00:15:10,400 Speaker 1: people in political salt consulting it's the same thing, and 274 00:15:10,440 --> 00:15:13,520 Speaker 1: the people putting together political ads it's the same thing. 275 00:15:13,920 --> 00:15:16,800 Speaker 1: They all can't make it in the real world. Even 276 00:15:16,840 --> 00:15:20,680 Speaker 1: the people putting together these commercials are uniquely terrible. 277 00:15:24,040 --> 00:15:27,800 Speaker 10: I'm Katie Porter, and I still think democracy shouldn't be 278 00:15:27,920 --> 00:15:28,720 Speaker 10: for sale. 279 00:15:29,320 --> 00:15:33,480 Speaker 2: I couldn't even hear her. Well, that's probably for the best. 280 00:15:33,840 --> 00:15:36,880 Speaker 5: If you agreed, I'd love to have your support. 281 00:15:36,880 --> 00:15:38,200 Speaker 2: Give me money. 282 00:15:39,040 --> 00:15:41,840 Speaker 1: Here's something else, it's interesting. I'm looking at a tweet 283 00:15:41,840 --> 00:15:45,400 Speaker 1: that she put out earlier today, and she has a 284 00:15:45,440 --> 00:15:50,080 Speaker 1: graphic of a Politico article that said Eric Swalwell received 285 00:15:50,600 --> 00:15:55,360 Speaker 1: just under thirteen thousand dollars in contributions from Apak for 286 00:15:55,440 --> 00:15:59,600 Speaker 1: his congressional races. That's the American Israeli Public Affairs Council. 287 00:16:00,080 --> 00:16:04,320 Speaker 1: According to Open Secrets, the two other gubernatorial hopefuls who 288 00:16:04,360 --> 00:16:08,760 Speaker 1: previously served in Congress, Katie Porter and Javey Aarbicera, didn't 289 00:16:08,760 --> 00:16:10,160 Speaker 1: get any money from this group. 290 00:16:10,600 --> 00:16:13,000 Speaker 2: End quote. Here was Katie's tweet. 291 00:16:13,600 --> 00:16:16,440 Speaker 1: I've never taken APAC money, and I'm the only major 292 00:16:16,480 --> 00:16:19,440 Speaker 1: candidate in this race who has never taken a dime 293 00:16:19,480 --> 00:16:23,720 Speaker 1: from corporations. California deserves a governor who isn't for sale 294 00:16:24,080 --> 00:16:30,600 Speaker 1: and doesn't think democracy should be either. They don't give 295 00:16:30,720 --> 00:16:33,680 Speaker 1: money to state races, do they They don't. 296 00:16:33,760 --> 00:16:36,680 Speaker 3: That's why she's making the distinction. They gave him money 297 00:16:36,760 --> 00:16:40,600 Speaker 3: when he was running for Congress. Okay, but she's been 298 00:16:40,640 --> 00:16:43,960 Speaker 3: out of Congress for some time. Yeah, she has, because 299 00:16:43,960 --> 00:16:45,920 Speaker 3: she ran and lost for Senate. 300 00:16:48,720 --> 00:16:52,560 Speaker 1: Of all the political action committees that exist out there, 301 00:16:53,840 --> 00:16:55,720 Speaker 1: she singles out the Jews. 302 00:16:56,720 --> 00:16:58,440 Speaker 3: I've never had a noise on cutting carrots. 303 00:16:58,840 --> 00:17:04,680 Speaker 1: I've never taken money from that or the rest of them. 304 00:17:04,880 --> 00:17:05,439 Speaker 2: So weird. 305 00:17:07,320 --> 00:17:10,359 Speaker 1: Eight hundred two two two five two two two Easy 306 00:17:10,359 --> 00:17:14,040 Speaker 1: telephone number one eight hundred two two two five two 307 00:17:14,080 --> 00:17:16,639 Speaker 1: two two if you'd like to email the show, you 308 00:17:16,680 --> 00:17:19,000 Speaker 1: can do so at Johnny don't like show at gmail 309 00:17:19,040 --> 00:17:23,240 Speaker 1: dot com. 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So after he hit the home run, the 354 00:19:29,880 --> 00:19:33,560 Speaker 1: picture was upset and was thrown at him, and he 355 00:19:33,680 --> 00:19:38,479 Speaker 1: understood exactly what that meant, and so he charges the 356 00:19:38,520 --> 00:19:42,840 Speaker 1: mound and the Atlanta Braves pitcher takes the ball, which 357 00:19:42,880 --> 00:19:45,639 Speaker 1: is still in his hand, and uses it as a 358 00:19:45,680 --> 00:19:51,320 Speaker 1: pair of brass knuckles and hits him with it. Holy go, 359 00:19:53,359 --> 00:19:55,120 Speaker 1: it was full on, Jerry Springer. 360 00:19:55,800 --> 00:19:58,639 Speaker 3: Now what was your feeling when you woke up and 361 00:19:58,720 --> 00:20:01,160 Speaker 3: saw that and you knew that you could have seen 362 00:20:01,200 --> 00:20:01,680 Speaker 3: that live? 363 00:20:02,200 --> 00:20:02,400 Speaker 2: Oh? 364 00:20:02,520 --> 00:20:05,520 Speaker 1: I of course was kicking myself, But of course I 365 00:20:05,560 --> 00:20:07,720 Speaker 1: go to bed early, and I watched Vegas Matt play 366 00:20:07,760 --> 00:20:10,240 Speaker 1: the slot machines and then I fall asleep. 367 00:20:11,119 --> 00:20:14,679 Speaker 3: That's your bedtime story, huh, pretty much? You live a 368 00:20:14,760 --> 00:20:15,920 Speaker 3: fascinating life. 369 00:20:16,760 --> 00:20:19,439 Speaker 1: Eight hundred two two two five two two two is 370 00:20:19,440 --> 00:20:22,600 Speaker 1: the telephone number one eight hundred two two two five 371 00:20:22,680 --> 00:20:25,960 Speaker 1: two two two. So we know that the fire victims 372 00:20:25,960 --> 00:20:29,520 Speaker 1: in Pacific Palisades have been disrespected in just about every way. 373 00:20:29,560 --> 00:20:33,719 Speaker 1: The government can disrespect fire victims, but Randy, it's not 374 00:20:33,800 --> 00:20:36,160 Speaker 1: just the government who is disrespecting them. 375 00:20:36,560 --> 00:20:39,639 Speaker 3: Now, the fire victims in the Palisades in Malibu are 376 00:20:39,640 --> 00:20:43,600 Speaker 3: getting disrespected in a brand new way because the taggers 377 00:20:43,680 --> 00:20:47,000 Speaker 3: are taken over the burned out lots in the abandoned homes. 378 00:20:47,720 --> 00:20:51,160 Speaker 3: If everything burned down, what's even left to tad? There 379 00:20:51,160 --> 00:20:56,119 Speaker 3: are some walls for more. Here is Fox eleven and 380 00:20:56,280 --> 00:20:57,840 Speaker 3: Matthew Sedorf. 381 00:20:57,920 --> 00:21:01,480 Speaker 11: Chief meteorologist Adam Krueger will be along in just a 382 00:21:01,520 --> 00:21:04,080 Speaker 11: moment to check that forecast. In the meantime, let's get 383 00:21:04,119 --> 00:21:08,200 Speaker 11: to this story. This is and only on Fox eleven. 384 00:21:08,240 --> 00:21:13,840 Speaker 11: Outrage in Pacific Palisades tonight. Fire victims targeted again, this 385 00:21:13,960 --> 00:21:17,879 Speaker 11: time by vandals with spray cans. Fox eleven is Matthew 386 00:21:17,880 --> 00:21:21,120 Speaker 11: se Rphy's Live with a closer look at this growing problem. 387 00:21:21,280 --> 00:21:24,760 Speaker 3: Matthew, what percentage of spray paint sold at home depots 388 00:21:24,760 --> 00:21:26,119 Speaker 3: for legitimate purposes? 389 00:21:27,920 --> 00:21:30,760 Speaker 1: I think if they only sold it for legitimate purposes, 390 00:21:30,800 --> 00:21:31,919 Speaker 1: they wouldn't even carry it. 391 00:21:33,720 --> 00:21:35,840 Speaker 3: Yeah, Marl, this is so f like when I see 392 00:21:35,840 --> 00:21:39,960 Speaker 3: people painting a house, they're using brushes and rollers. What 393 00:21:40,119 --> 00:21:42,880 Speaker 3: is spray paint actually legitimately used for? 394 00:21:43,640 --> 00:21:44,600 Speaker 2: That's a good question. 395 00:21:45,720 --> 00:21:48,080 Speaker 8: Yeah, Marl, this is so frustrated and you just think 396 00:21:48,160 --> 00:21:50,920 Speaker 8: back to everything that these fire victims have experienced the 397 00:21:51,000 --> 00:21:54,160 Speaker 8: last fifteen months, and now this on top of it all. 398 00:21:54,440 --> 00:21:56,639 Speaker 8: Take a look at this video. You can see just 399 00:21:56,840 --> 00:22:00,040 Speaker 8: some of the graffiti around the Palisades today, and it 400 00:22:00,119 --> 00:22:03,040 Speaker 8: looks like on trash cans, street signs. 401 00:22:02,680 --> 00:22:07,440 Speaker 1: Fences, everything they can tag what happened, did Chaka turn 402 00:22:07,520 --> 00:22:09,440 Speaker 1: fifty and we let him out of prison too? 403 00:22:10,160 --> 00:22:12,639 Speaker 8: And a retaining wall for what was a home that 404 00:22:12,760 --> 00:22:15,520 Speaker 8: burned down. The message is sometimes hard to read, but 405 00:22:15,560 --> 00:22:18,560 Speaker 8: in other instances it says, quote eat the rich. 406 00:22:19,119 --> 00:22:26,920 Speaker 1: Oh boy, so it's the left wing political people Antifa. 407 00:22:27,840 --> 00:22:29,680 Speaker 3: Well let's see what some of the other messages are. 408 00:22:29,720 --> 00:22:33,000 Speaker 3: Maybe they have a diverse set of opinions. 409 00:22:32,560 --> 00:22:35,240 Speaker 8: Eat the rich or free Palestine. 410 00:22:36,200 --> 00:22:38,200 Speaker 3: Okay, I knew eventually we'd get to. 411 00:22:38,160 --> 00:22:39,040 Speaker 2: The Jews. 412 00:22:40,320 --> 00:22:40,399 Speaker 12: Now. 413 00:22:40,520 --> 00:22:43,840 Speaker 8: Last month, the La County Sheriff's Department arrested two people 414 00:22:43,880 --> 00:22:46,960 Speaker 8: in Malibu who admitted to tagging homes destroyed by the 415 00:22:47,000 --> 00:22:50,480 Speaker 8: Palisades fire. In that case, they had more than fifty 416 00:22:50,560 --> 00:22:52,480 Speaker 8: cans of spray paint with them. 417 00:22:55,280 --> 00:22:58,080 Speaker 1: I'm sure their criminal defense attorney would say, well, that 418 00:22:58,119 --> 00:22:59,080 Speaker 1: doesn't mean anything. 419 00:23:00,359 --> 00:23:02,600 Speaker 3: I mean, you want to talk about being caught red handed. 420 00:23:02,960 --> 00:23:05,280 Speaker 3: The pain was all over their hands and it was 421 00:23:05,359 --> 00:23:06,560 Speaker 3: red time. 422 00:23:06,600 --> 00:23:09,000 Speaker 8: Many people here say it's just another example of them 423 00:23:09,040 --> 00:23:10,280 Speaker 8: getting hit while they're down. 424 00:23:11,080 --> 00:23:11,760 Speaker 2: I think it's. 425 00:23:13,119 --> 00:23:15,880 Speaker 8: Just being people who are already down, and I don't 426 00:23:15,880 --> 00:23:19,080 Speaker 8: think it does any good no matter whose property it is. 427 00:23:19,320 --> 00:23:24,320 Speaker 13: So that's just salt in the wounds. That's disheartening. But 428 00:23:24,400 --> 00:23:27,159 Speaker 13: there are bigger crimes here. The fire department's pointing the 429 00:23:27,240 --> 00:23:31,240 Speaker 13: finger at the state. The state. The State's pointing the 430 00:23:31,960 --> 00:23:33,760 Speaker 13: finger at the fire department. 431 00:23:34,720 --> 00:23:36,080 Speaker 3: There's a lot of crimes. 432 00:23:36,560 --> 00:23:40,440 Speaker 13: You can erase that it's offensive, but there's bigger offenses here. 433 00:23:40,960 --> 00:23:44,560 Speaker 3: Yeah, they might be pissed about the graffiti, but their 434 00:23:44,640 --> 00:23:47,600 Speaker 3: anger is still mostly directed at Karen Bass. 435 00:23:48,800 --> 00:23:51,359 Speaker 1: Could you imagine that being a person who looks at 436 00:23:51,400 --> 00:23:54,639 Speaker 1: the fire victims and goes, you know, these people have 437 00:23:54,720 --> 00:23:58,320 Speaker 1: lost everything they own down to their toothbrush. Why didn't 438 00:23:58,320 --> 00:24:01,199 Speaker 1: I take their remaining rubble and use it as a 439 00:24:01,240 --> 00:24:03,800 Speaker 1: canvas to apply on Middle Eastern politics. 440 00:24:04,680 --> 00:24:07,760 Speaker 8: So, driving around the Palisades tonight, the graffiti is by 441 00:24:07,800 --> 00:24:11,480 Speaker 8: no means widespread. It's pretty scattered. But despite that, we 442 00:24:11,560 --> 00:24:13,760 Speaker 8: did reach out to Councilman Tracy Park. She says that 443 00:24:13,800 --> 00:24:16,600 Speaker 8: her office already reached out to LAPD. They're going to 444 00:24:16,640 --> 00:24:19,920 Speaker 8: try to increase patrol, especially around the bluffs area where 445 00:24:19,960 --> 00:24:21,280 Speaker 8: this is taking place tonight. 446 00:24:21,600 --> 00:24:23,960 Speaker 3: And by the way, this morning, she was out there 447 00:24:24,000 --> 00:24:26,080 Speaker 3: herself trying to clean it up. 448 00:24:26,640 --> 00:24:30,000 Speaker 1: I saw that. Well, if she doesn't do it, who 449 00:24:30,040 --> 00:24:31,359 Speaker 1: with the city is going to. 450 00:24:31,920 --> 00:24:32,639 Speaker 2: That's the thing. 451 00:24:33,000 --> 00:24:36,320 Speaker 3: This city is so broken that the city council person 452 00:24:36,440 --> 00:24:39,360 Speaker 3: making two hundred and twenty thousand dollars a year, if 453 00:24:39,400 --> 00:24:41,639 Speaker 3: she wants to see it cleaned up, she's going to 454 00:24:41,720 --> 00:24:44,720 Speaker 3: have to go do it. She's gonna have to roll 455 00:24:44,760 --> 00:24:46,800 Speaker 3: up her sleeves and get the job done. 456 00:24:47,640 --> 00:24:49,600 Speaker 1: Roll up her sleeves. I think this is a job 457 00:24:49,640 --> 00:24:51,359 Speaker 1: that requires overalls. 458 00:24:51,240 --> 00:24:53,600 Speaker 8: And they're hoping to get in contact with the homeowners 459 00:24:53,640 --> 00:24:56,320 Speaker 8: impacted so they can help clean it up. We're live 460 00:24:56,359 --> 00:24:59,119 Speaker 8: in the Palisades. Matthew Sedoor Fox eleven News. 461 00:24:59,160 --> 00:25:02,399 Speaker 11: What about help of any private security. When I've been 462 00:25:02,400 --> 00:25:05,040 Speaker 11: out there, I've noticed some of those private security vehicles 463 00:25:05,040 --> 00:25:06,040 Speaker 11: patrolling the area. 464 00:25:06,119 --> 00:25:08,680 Speaker 5: That's during the day, though, are they there at night? 465 00:25:09,400 --> 00:25:14,240 Speaker 2: Do those private security companies actually do anything? I think 466 00:25:14,240 --> 00:25:15,960 Speaker 2: they're just armed with flashlights. 467 00:25:16,280 --> 00:25:16,800 Speaker 8: Yeah, they are. 468 00:25:17,240 --> 00:25:20,480 Speaker 3: It is the appearance of safety because they're in a 469 00:25:20,680 --> 00:25:22,800 Speaker 3: car that looks kind of like a cop car. 470 00:25:24,480 --> 00:25:25,640 Speaker 5: Yeah, they are at night. 471 00:25:25,720 --> 00:25:27,359 Speaker 8: But you know where we are on the bluffs, it 472 00:25:27,480 --> 00:25:28,919 Speaker 8: is eerily quiet. 473 00:25:28,920 --> 00:25:29,119 Speaker 13: I know. 474 00:25:29,160 --> 00:25:31,119 Speaker 8: One resident told us he referred to it as the 475 00:25:31,160 --> 00:25:34,000 Speaker 8: wild wild West. 476 00:25:34,560 --> 00:25:38,560 Speaker 1: Well it's not quite Oakland, is wow wow West out here? 477 00:25:39,160 --> 00:25:40,480 Speaker 2: So there you go. 478 00:25:41,600 --> 00:25:45,480 Speaker 3: The victims of the fires in the Palisades who still 479 00:25:45,520 --> 00:25:50,200 Speaker 3: cannot rebuild their homes are now having what is left 480 00:25:50,240 --> 00:25:54,440 Speaker 3: of their homes tagged up by vandals, because of course 481 00:25:54,920 --> 00:25:58,360 Speaker 3: that's what the down ass kids in Los Angeles love 482 00:25:58,560 --> 00:25:58,920 Speaker 3: to do. 483 00:25:59,160 --> 00:26:01,240 Speaker 5: The neighborhood kids, the down as kids. 484 00:26:01,040 --> 00:26:01,640 Speaker 2: Don't like it. 485 00:26:02,359 --> 00:26:06,720 Speaker 1: Just another totally normal day here in the Insane Asylum 486 00:26:06,760 --> 00:26:09,840 Speaker 1: eight hundred two two two five two two two easy 487 00:26:09,880 --> 00:26:13,320 Speaker 1: telephone number one eight hundred two two two five two 488 00:26:13,359 --> 00:26:16,359 Speaker 1: two two. Well, we know that in the race to 489 00:26:16,520 --> 00:26:19,560 Speaker 1: be governor of California, a right of passage is to 490 00:26:19,600 --> 00:26:21,840 Speaker 1: go observe the stench in the sewage. 491 00:26:21,880 --> 00:26:23,240 Speaker 2: That is the you't want. 492 00:26:23,040 --> 00:26:25,280 Speaker 3: A river, You can smell it right here. 493 00:26:26,240 --> 00:26:29,840 Speaker 1: The latest candidate to take the plunge is former state 494 00:26:29,880 --> 00:26:34,840 Speaker 1: Controller Betty e. Here is NBC seven in San Diego, 495 00:26:35,080 --> 00:26:39,360 Speaker 1: who sat down with Betty Yee after she toured the TJ. 496 00:26:40,560 --> 00:26:42,520 Speaker 3: Maill Ballas go out in just about a month here 497 00:26:42,600 --> 00:26:46,679 Speaker 3: in California, and candidates for governor are campaigning at full speed. 498 00:26:46,720 --> 00:26:49,080 Speaker 12: They no time to make a name for themselves is ticking. 499 00:26:49,480 --> 00:26:52,600 Speaker 5: Former state Controller Betty Yee is in San Diego today 500 00:26:52,640 --> 00:26:55,440 Speaker 5: and she spoke one on one with NBC seven political 501 00:26:55,480 --> 00:26:56,840 Speaker 5: reporter Joey Sapschik. 502 00:26:58,119 --> 00:27:01,359 Speaker 14: This is a very crowded field. Everyone has an impressive 503 00:27:01,400 --> 00:27:04,040 Speaker 14: political resume. What do you need to do to increase 504 00:27:04,040 --> 00:27:06,040 Speaker 14: your name recognition and set yourself apart? 505 00:27:06,640 --> 00:27:08,720 Speaker 2: For Joey, you don't even know who she is. 506 00:27:10,480 --> 00:27:12,920 Speaker 3: You know, she sounds good for having a close bit 507 00:27:12,960 --> 00:27:15,280 Speaker 3: on her nose in it. I don't think they're doing 508 00:27:15,320 --> 00:27:19,479 Speaker 3: this interview at the Tijuana River. Oh really, that would 509 00:27:19,840 --> 00:27:23,960 Speaker 3: be difficult. You don't want to be asking questions and 510 00:27:24,040 --> 00:27:27,280 Speaker 3: have to wretch in the middle of them. 511 00:27:27,440 --> 00:27:28,720 Speaker 2: Yeah, that could go viral. 512 00:27:29,280 --> 00:27:29,520 Speaker 3: You know. 513 00:27:29,600 --> 00:27:32,200 Speaker 12: Well, for me, it's really about the experience that I bring. 514 00:27:32,760 --> 00:27:34,760 Speaker 12: I'm the only woman who's served in the state wide office. 515 00:27:35,440 --> 00:27:38,320 Speaker 12: I've been a state executive. My deep fiscal financial experience 516 00:27:38,440 --> 00:27:42,200 Speaker 12: is what people resonate with. And look, we need someone 517 00:27:42,200 --> 00:27:43,160 Speaker 12: who really is kind. 518 00:27:42,960 --> 00:27:46,679 Speaker 3: Of Betty you have an interesting tick that I just 519 00:27:46,720 --> 00:27:51,679 Speaker 3: picked up on what she can talk very quickly, but 520 00:27:51,920 --> 00:27:57,199 Speaker 3: most of the words are for rare eggs. And you know, 521 00:27:58,200 --> 00:28:00,960 Speaker 3: listen to how many ums and as there are while 522 00:28:01,040 --> 00:28:02,600 Speaker 3: she's talking about her resume. 523 00:28:03,400 --> 00:28:05,840 Speaker 12: You know, well, for me, it's really about the experience 524 00:28:05,840 --> 00:28:08,040 Speaker 12: that I bring. I'm the only woman who's served in 525 00:28:08,080 --> 00:28:11,240 Speaker 12: state wide office. I've been a state executive. My deep 526 00:28:11,240 --> 00:28:14,920 Speaker 12: fiscal and financial experience is what people resonate with. And look, 527 00:28:15,320 --> 00:28:16,520 Speaker 12: we need someone. 528 00:28:16,280 --> 00:28:22,680 Speaker 3: Who's maybe they are at the river. I'd be distracted too. 529 00:28:25,160 --> 00:28:28,320 Speaker 12: And you know, it really is going to tackle the 530 00:28:28,320 --> 00:28:31,280 Speaker 12: affordability crisis. And you can't have tackle the affordability crisis 531 00:28:31,359 --> 00:28:33,439 Speaker 12: without a governor that's going to fix the state budget. 532 00:28:33,640 --> 00:28:34,880 Speaker 12: I mean, that's just where you begin. 533 00:28:35,280 --> 00:28:36,720 Speaker 2: And so we have a wait. 534 00:28:37,040 --> 00:28:40,560 Speaker 3: You were part of that state budget for many, many 535 00:28:40,640 --> 00:28:45,680 Speaker 3: years up till twenty twenty three, including some of her 536 00:28:45,680 --> 00:28:47,080 Speaker 3: most recent deficits. 537 00:28:48,640 --> 00:28:51,640 Speaker 1: They act like they're just sitting in their easy chair 538 00:28:51,680 --> 00:28:56,520 Speaker 1: screaming at the TV instead of someone with significant amounts 539 00:28:56,560 --> 00:28:59,280 Speaker 1: of power who could theoretically do something about it. 540 00:29:00,040 --> 00:29:01,880 Speaker 3: And by the way, this is in office that the 541 00:29:02,000 --> 00:29:05,720 Speaker 3: legislature and the governor completely ignores, and she's not speaking 542 00:29:05,720 --> 00:29:08,640 Speaker 3: out about that about how her office has done audit 543 00:29:08,680 --> 00:29:11,960 Speaker 3: after audit after audit that nobody took any action. 544 00:29:11,880 --> 00:29:15,680 Speaker 1: On well, and you could use that office as a 545 00:29:15,680 --> 00:29:18,880 Speaker 1: way to highlight the waste, fraud and abuse, or highlight 546 00:29:19,480 --> 00:29:21,800 Speaker 1: changes that should be made to the budget based on 547 00:29:22,120 --> 00:29:25,960 Speaker 1: investigations and audits that come from your office. We saw 548 00:29:26,000 --> 00:29:28,800 Speaker 1: that at the local level in Los Angeles with Laura Chick, 549 00:29:29,360 --> 00:29:32,560 Speaker 1: who rode the council and rode the mirror and embarrassed 550 00:29:32,560 --> 00:29:36,320 Speaker 1: them on a regular basis when she would highlight all 551 00:29:36,400 --> 00:29:39,479 Speaker 1: of the abuses that were going on on their watch. 552 00:29:39,920 --> 00:29:42,800 Speaker 1: Betty could have done that, but she decided to play 553 00:29:42,880 --> 00:29:45,800 Speaker 1: nice instead, Like if you really knew you were going 554 00:29:45,840 --> 00:29:47,800 Speaker 1: to be running for governor, and she's been running for 555 00:29:47,840 --> 00:29:50,400 Speaker 1: about two years, so she probably was preparing for this 556 00:29:50,520 --> 00:29:53,800 Speaker 1: her entire last couple of years as controller. Wouldn't you 557 00:29:53,880 --> 00:29:55,680 Speaker 1: think that maybe a good way to get your name 558 00:29:55,720 --> 00:29:58,960 Speaker 1: out there would be to speak out very loudly on 559 00:29:59,040 --> 00:30:02,800 Speaker 1: the thirty billion dollars of fraud that went out through 560 00:30:03,120 --> 00:30:06,600 Speaker 1: edd during the lockdown. But then you'd have to be 561 00:30:06,680 --> 00:30:09,960 Speaker 1: willing to offend Gavin and the legislature and all the 562 00:30:10,000 --> 00:30:14,040 Speaker 1: interest groups who benefit from the graft. One of the 563 00:30:14,120 --> 00:30:17,920 Speaker 1: audits that her office put out was how the edd 564 00:30:18,080 --> 00:30:20,440 Speaker 1: system was ripe for fraud. It was pointed out in 565 00:30:20,560 --> 00:30:23,960 Speaker 1: Julie Watts's report, and the state took no action on it, 566 00:30:24,000 --> 00:30:26,880 Speaker 1: and thirty billion went out the window. She could have 567 00:30:26,920 --> 00:30:29,560 Speaker 1: had a great I told you so moment, But everyone's 568 00:30:29,600 --> 00:30:32,480 Speaker 1: of course in lockstep with each other, and no one's 569 00:30:32,520 --> 00:30:35,240 Speaker 1: to blame for the state situation. They all admit the 570 00:30:35,280 --> 00:30:37,760 Speaker 1: state is a mess, but they will never say whose 571 00:30:37,760 --> 00:30:41,280 Speaker 1: fault it is. That may have been her opportunity to 572 00:30:41,320 --> 00:30:43,000 Speaker 1: become governor and she blew it. 573 00:30:43,720 --> 00:30:45,960 Speaker 12: And so we have a structural budget deficit that we're 574 00:30:45,960 --> 00:30:47,840 Speaker 12: going to have to contend with. Yes, we're gonna have 575 00:30:47,840 --> 00:30:50,320 Speaker 12: to make cuts, not like Doze by any means. We 576 00:30:50,360 --> 00:30:52,320 Speaker 12: don't want to hurt people. At the same time, we 577 00:30:52,360 --> 00:30:55,080 Speaker 12: have looming healthcare cuts that are facing California as well. 578 00:30:55,240 --> 00:30:57,600 Speaker 12: We're probably going to have to increase revenue as well. 579 00:30:57,960 --> 00:31:03,040 Speaker 2: That means taxes. She wants to increase your taxes, Oh boy. 580 00:31:03,720 --> 00:31:05,760 Speaker 12: But what I like to focus on is the attributes 581 00:31:05,800 --> 00:31:07,440 Speaker 12: that we have throughout this state, and that is our 582 00:31:07,480 --> 00:31:10,320 Speaker 12: people and our innovation, and here in San Diego, that's 583 00:31:10,320 --> 00:31:12,600 Speaker 12: just such a model where we can grow the economy 584 00:31:12,720 --> 00:31:14,880 Speaker 12: and be sure that we're generating more revenue. 585 00:31:15,720 --> 00:31:18,000 Speaker 2: Wait, how is San Diego the model? Right now? 586 00:31:18,120 --> 00:31:20,640 Speaker 3: San Diego is in a massive budget deficit to the 587 00:31:20,680 --> 00:31:24,560 Speaker 3: point where they started jacking up parking fees and trash 588 00:31:24,600 --> 00:31:26,080 Speaker 3: fees and. 589 00:31:26,040 --> 00:31:28,480 Speaker 12: Our innovation, and here in San Diego, that's just such 590 00:31:28,520 --> 00:31:30,800 Speaker 12: a model where we can grow the economy and be 591 00:31:30,840 --> 00:31:34,680 Speaker 12: sure that we're generating more revenue on our own. 592 00:31:34,680 --> 00:31:37,440 Speaker 3: Wait a second, So does that mean if San Diego's 593 00:31:37,480 --> 00:31:40,800 Speaker 3: the model, her idea is to jack up parking fees 594 00:31:40,840 --> 00:31:41,840 Speaker 3: on state property. 595 00:31:42,600 --> 00:31:45,360 Speaker 1: I think that's what she's saying because San Diego used 596 00:31:45,400 --> 00:31:48,440 Speaker 1: to be an incredibly well run big city, but they 597 00:31:48,520 --> 00:31:53,000 Speaker 1: had Republican mayors Kevin Faukner among them, and they would 598 00:31:53,000 --> 00:31:56,560 Speaker 1: push back on tax increases. But now you have a 599 00:31:56,600 --> 00:31:59,640 Speaker 1: Democratic majority on the council and a Democratic mayor who 600 00:31:59,680 --> 00:32:03,520 Speaker 1: came from Sacramento, and they just raise the fees every 601 00:32:03,560 --> 00:32:07,560 Speaker 1: opportunity they have. So from her point of view, that's victory. 602 00:32:08,320 --> 00:32:10,560 Speaker 1: What are who ruined the reputation of the San Diego 603 00:32:10,640 --> 00:32:11,560 Speaker 1: Republican Party? 604 00:32:12,840 --> 00:32:16,480 Speaker 12: Just a question and be sure that we're generating more 605 00:32:16,520 --> 00:32:19,840 Speaker 12: revenue on our own and being sure that people are 606 00:32:19,840 --> 00:32:21,720 Speaker 12: getting into those stable, high paying jobs. 607 00:32:21,800 --> 00:32:23,640 Speaker 14: Would you declare a state of emergency? 608 00:32:23,720 --> 00:32:25,280 Speaker 2: Here we go, it's TJ time? 609 00:32:26,080 --> 00:32:27,360 Speaker 3: Uh oh? 610 00:32:27,600 --> 00:32:28,800 Speaker 2: Would you do gas mask? 611 00:32:29,120 --> 00:32:31,360 Speaker 14: Would you declare a state of emergency in the t 612 00:32:31,360 --> 00:32:32,400 Speaker 14: you wanna seewage crisis? 613 00:32:32,480 --> 00:32:32,760 Speaker 9: Yes? 614 00:32:32,880 --> 00:32:34,840 Speaker 12: Yes, I have been with this crisis since I was 615 00:32:35,480 --> 00:32:36,320 Speaker 12: the state controller. 616 00:32:37,200 --> 00:32:39,640 Speaker 3: So if you've known about it this whole time, then 617 00:32:39,680 --> 00:32:43,520 Speaker 3: why weren't you advocating for Gavin, the current governor, call 618 00:32:43,560 --> 00:32:46,280 Speaker 3: a state of emergency. Why are you, as a candidate 619 00:32:46,360 --> 00:32:48,600 Speaker 3: go calling for the current governor to call a state 620 00:32:48,600 --> 00:32:49,400 Speaker 3: of emergency. 621 00:32:49,680 --> 00:32:50,840 Speaker 2: If what's going on in the. 622 00:32:50,800 --> 00:32:55,320 Speaker 3: Tijuana River is an emergency, then do we really have 623 00:32:55,440 --> 00:32:58,840 Speaker 3: time to be waiting another eight months before someone's even 624 00:32:58,880 --> 00:33:00,480 Speaker 3: going to declare it in an emergency? 625 00:33:01,160 --> 00:33:05,040 Speaker 1: Okay, if she thinks this is a good look, she's 626 00:33:05,040 --> 00:33:08,680 Speaker 1: smoking something because it looks like she's a smart lady, 627 00:33:09,160 --> 00:33:12,440 Speaker 1: and it looks like she's aware that the state failed 628 00:33:12,760 --> 00:33:17,200 Speaker 1: on this particular issue, but out of partisan loyalty, she 629 00:33:17,240 --> 00:33:19,640 Speaker 1: didn't do anything about it because it would be embarrassing 630 00:33:19,680 --> 00:33:20,640 Speaker 1: for Gavin. 631 00:33:21,800 --> 00:33:24,680 Speaker 12: Deal with this crisis since I was the state controller 632 00:33:25,040 --> 00:33:27,920 Speaker 12: and actually sitting on the State Lands Commission. I just 633 00:33:28,000 --> 00:33:29,320 Speaker 12: recently visited. 634 00:33:29,560 --> 00:33:31,840 Speaker 3: It's not really a great thing to say. I've known 635 00:33:31,880 --> 00:33:33,680 Speaker 3: about this for a really long time. 636 00:33:34,360 --> 00:33:39,440 Speaker 1: No, because if you saw an environmental disaster that was 637 00:33:39,680 --> 00:33:42,400 Speaker 1: negatively impacting the lives of people who live and pay 638 00:33:42,480 --> 00:33:45,280 Speaker 1: taxes here, and you had the power to do something 639 00:33:45,320 --> 00:33:48,040 Speaker 1: about it, and you chose not to because it would 640 00:33:48,040 --> 00:33:52,640 Speaker 1: make your friends look bad. I don't know why you 641 00:33:52,680 --> 00:33:55,600 Speaker 1: would assume that we would then elevate you to become governor. 642 00:33:56,280 --> 00:33:58,520 Speaker 3: This is a state that loves to talk about how 643 00:33:58,640 --> 00:34:01,960 Speaker 3: environmental they are and look at all of our regulations. Well, 644 00:34:02,000 --> 00:34:04,520 Speaker 3: there is a sewage crisis that has been going on 645 00:34:04,680 --> 00:34:08,720 Speaker 3: for years and years and years, making it so bad 646 00:34:08,840 --> 00:34:12,080 Speaker 3: that kids can't go play outside during spring break, and 647 00:34:12,239 --> 00:34:16,120 Speaker 3: businesses are shutting down and they pay at lip service. 648 00:34:16,200 --> 00:34:19,040 Speaker 3: But nobody actually wants to do anything about it. 649 00:34:19,640 --> 00:34:22,080 Speaker 1: No, because then they'd have to go tell Mexico to 650 00:34:22,160 --> 00:34:25,480 Speaker 1: knock it off. And if Mexico refuses to stop dumping 651 00:34:25,560 --> 00:34:28,719 Speaker 1: raw sewage directly into the river, then there has to 652 00:34:28,760 --> 00:34:31,920 Speaker 1: be a stick. It's a carrot and a stick. And 653 00:34:32,040 --> 00:34:33,919 Speaker 1: all they want to do is they want to meet 654 00:34:33,960 --> 00:34:37,080 Speaker 1: at fancy resorts and talk about problems, but they don't 655 00:34:37,120 --> 00:34:40,000 Speaker 1: actually want to do something about it. Well, if they're 656 00:34:40,080 --> 00:34:44,200 Speaker 1: not altering their behavior, at some point, you have to 657 00:34:44,200 --> 00:34:47,640 Speaker 1: be the bad guy and you have to start threatening them. 658 00:34:48,000 --> 00:34:51,000 Speaker 12: Visited the site again, and I have to say, I'm 659 00:34:51,040 --> 00:34:53,640 Speaker 12: pretty disgusted that it's gotten worse rather than better. And 660 00:34:53,719 --> 00:34:55,839 Speaker 12: when I talk about declaring a state of emergency, it's 661 00:34:55,880 --> 00:34:59,440 Speaker 12: not necessarily the dollars. That's about just marshaling all the resources, 662 00:34:59,480 --> 00:35:02,800 Speaker 12: information and resources tools that all of our state departments 663 00:35:02,840 --> 00:35:04,640 Speaker 12: have that can really be helpful to these communities. 664 00:35:04,800 --> 00:35:08,000 Speaker 1: And why isn't the current governor doing this? Okay, so 665 00:35:08,120 --> 00:35:10,560 Speaker 1: you're going to give them more dollars, You're going to, 666 00:35:10,840 --> 00:35:13,640 Speaker 1: I don't know, clean up what you can clean up 667 00:35:13,640 --> 00:35:17,000 Speaker 1: on this side. If Mexico doesn't stop dumping ross sewage 668 00:35:17,040 --> 00:35:19,320 Speaker 1: in that river, this is going to be a problem forever. 669 00:35:20,440 --> 00:35:23,399 Speaker 1: That's where you have to fix the problem. But none 670 00:35:23,440 --> 00:35:25,600 Speaker 1: of them want to tell Mexico to knock it off. 671 00:35:26,760 --> 00:35:30,400 Speaker 12: The fact that we're in a border community suggests to 672 00:35:30,440 --> 00:35:32,319 Speaker 12: me that if we were somewhere else, we probably would 673 00:35:32,320 --> 00:35:34,920 Speaker 12: have done that already. But I visited the schools and 674 00:35:35,080 --> 00:35:36,880 Speaker 12: just talk to some of the families who are there. 675 00:35:37,239 --> 00:35:39,720 Speaker 12: This cannot continue. It is affecting their health and certainly 676 00:35:39,719 --> 00:35:40,480 Speaker 12: for our young people. 677 00:35:40,600 --> 00:35:42,640 Speaker 2: What do you think property values are like right now 678 00:35:42,640 --> 00:35:43,360 Speaker 2: in that area. 679 00:35:44,520 --> 00:35:47,400 Speaker 1: Well, we've talked to people who have lived in what 680 00:35:47,560 --> 00:35:51,799 Speaker 1: was it, Imperial Beach. Yeah, our business owners in Imperial Beach, 681 00:35:51,880 --> 00:35:54,400 Speaker 1: and they say that the smell is so disgusting. No 682 00:35:54,480 --> 00:35:56,600 Speaker 1: one could stand to be there for any length of time. 683 00:35:57,719 --> 00:36:00,560 Speaker 12: Their ability to to learn and to develop is going 684 00:36:00,600 --> 00:36:02,120 Speaker 12: to be really significantly effective. 685 00:36:02,480 --> 00:36:04,680 Speaker 14: You're pulling in about two percent based on the most 686 00:36:04,719 --> 00:36:07,400 Speaker 14: recent polls from California Democrats. What gives you confidence that 687 00:36:07,440 --> 00:36:09,600 Speaker 14: you're going to be able to break away from the path? 688 00:36:09,719 --> 00:36:10,520 Speaker 2: I think nothing. 689 00:36:11,640 --> 00:36:15,120 Speaker 1: Well, if Eric Swalwell has a rough month or two, 690 00:36:15,200 --> 00:36:16,880 Speaker 1: maybe the deck of cards. 691 00:36:16,640 --> 00:36:20,480 Speaker 2: Will be shuffled. Time will tell