1 00:00:01,720 --> 00:00:06,280 Speaker 1: From shorts and flip flops? Do you always carrying a light sweater? 2 00:00:09,440 --> 00:00:15,160 Speaker 1: And all points in between? He's a John Phillip Show. 3 00:00:34,200 --> 00:00:37,240 Speaker 2: And we continue at two o five in the afternoon 4 00:00:37,360 --> 00:00:40,640 Speaker 2: on the John and Phillip Show. Mister Randy Wegg's across 5 00:00:40,680 --> 00:00:41,279 Speaker 2: the glass. 6 00:00:41,479 --> 00:00:42,839 Speaker 3: What time did you think it was? 7 00:00:43,880 --> 00:00:44,239 Speaker 4: I don't know. 8 00:00:44,280 --> 00:00:46,440 Speaker 3: I was just in there talking to you. Yeah, but 9 00:00:46,520 --> 00:00:47,360 Speaker 3: we were going back. 10 00:00:47,240 --> 00:00:50,280 Speaker 5: On the air, oh five top of every single hour, 11 00:00:50,400 --> 00:00:54,720 Speaker 5: the same exact minute, every single hour of every single 12 00:00:54,800 --> 00:00:57,720 Speaker 5: three hour period that we do this, and you're just 13 00:00:57,760 --> 00:01:02,360 Speaker 5: sitting in there checking your phone. Don't even have your 14 00:01:02,400 --> 00:01:05,080 Speaker 5: headphones in. See you can't even hear the intro music. 15 00:01:08,760 --> 00:01:10,760 Speaker 5: Now we're even for me not potting you up at 16 00:01:10,760 --> 00:01:12,760 Speaker 5: one thirty. 17 00:01:16,800 --> 00:01:19,959 Speaker 2: Eight hundred two two two five two two two. Is 18 00:01:20,120 --> 00:01:23,480 Speaker 2: jelephone number one eight hundred two two two five two 19 00:01:23,560 --> 00:01:28,400 Speaker 2: two two. All right, So, our good friend Julie Watts 20 00:01:28,480 --> 00:01:32,640 Speaker 2: from CBS California, who was the one that invited us 21 00:01:32,760 --> 00:01:36,959 Speaker 2: to the debate over in Claremont when Pomona College hosted 22 00:01:37,000 --> 00:01:40,919 Speaker 2: the gubernatorial debate in the primary and featured you on 23 00:01:40,920 --> 00:01:46,120 Speaker 2: one of her raps about unclaimed property in California, is 24 00:01:46,280 --> 00:01:47,560 Speaker 2: back on the TV. 25 00:01:47,920 --> 00:01:49,360 Speaker 5: By the way, if you want to see that rap, 26 00:01:49,360 --> 00:01:52,480 Speaker 5: I have it pinned on my Instagram at Randy Wang Radio. 27 00:01:53,200 --> 00:01:55,960 Speaker 5: One of the stories that Julie Watts has been covering 28 00:01:56,120 --> 00:02:01,440 Speaker 5: for years and years and years in California was a 29 00:02:01,480 --> 00:02:06,960 Speaker 5: promise that Gavin Newsom made back in twenty nineteen when 30 00:02:07,000 --> 00:02:11,040 Speaker 5: he was first governor of the state of California, and 31 00:02:11,120 --> 00:02:16,600 Speaker 5: it had to do with giving state employee, specifically teachers, 32 00:02:17,480 --> 00:02:21,440 Speaker 5: paid family leave, which is something that state employees do 33 00:02:21,560 --> 00:02:25,800 Speaker 5: not get because state employees do not pay into unemployment 34 00:02:25,880 --> 00:02:29,800 Speaker 5: insurance or disability insurance. I'm not really sure why that is, 35 00:02:29,880 --> 00:02:34,440 Speaker 5: but that's just how it is. Well, in Gavin Newsom's 36 00:02:34,639 --> 00:02:40,240 Speaker 5: final summer as governor of California, he has signaled that 37 00:02:40,440 --> 00:02:43,240 Speaker 5: if this goes through the legislature this year, he won't 38 00:02:43,360 --> 00:02:48,240 Speaker 5: veto it. But the California legislature is definitely expanding the 39 00:02:48,320 --> 00:02:51,680 Speaker 5: definition in the language of the bill as it stands 40 00:02:51,800 --> 00:02:55,280 Speaker 5: right now as to what counts as paid family leave. 41 00:02:57,240 --> 00:03:00,760 Speaker 2: So family leave is typically just so we understand what 42 00:03:00,760 --> 00:03:06,040 Speaker 2: we're talking about here, your child is sick and can't 43 00:03:06,080 --> 00:03:09,360 Speaker 2: go to school and need someone there to care for them, 44 00:03:09,600 --> 00:03:13,079 Speaker 2: so you call in sick paid family leave to take 45 00:03:13,120 --> 00:03:18,119 Speaker 2: care of a sick child, a sick parent, a six spouse, whatever. 46 00:03:20,400 --> 00:03:23,320 Speaker 5: The California legislature has decided. You know what we should 47 00:03:23,400 --> 00:03:34,880 Speaker 5: add to that, paid leave for elective abortions. What not 48 00:03:35,440 --> 00:03:38,440 Speaker 5: medical abortions where you know, like you know, the threat, 49 00:03:38,560 --> 00:03:40,880 Speaker 5: the life is threatening, and you know you've got to 50 00:03:40,960 --> 00:03:46,720 Speaker 5: take care of this. Not that not miscarriages, but elective abortions. 51 00:03:47,800 --> 00:03:51,200 Speaker 2: How common are elective abortions where that needs to be 52 00:03:51,240 --> 00:03:55,720 Speaker 2: written into law. I'm really worried that in the next 53 00:03:55,800 --> 00:03:58,360 Speaker 2: fifteen minutes John is going to say something that goes 54 00:03:58,400 --> 00:04:00,960 Speaker 2: over the line in the middle of this secon. So 55 00:04:01,080 --> 00:04:04,480 Speaker 2: I'm just warning everybody right now, but for mar on 56 00:04:05,240 --> 00:04:09,200 Speaker 2: the new California bill that would create paid family leave 57 00:04:09,800 --> 00:04:14,600 Speaker 2: for abortions for teachers. Here's when you were a kid, 58 00:04:15,320 --> 00:04:18,240 Speaker 2: when you were a student, and you'd come home from 59 00:04:18,279 --> 00:04:21,719 Speaker 2: school and you'd all be sitting at the dinner table. 60 00:04:22,640 --> 00:04:27,480 Speaker 2: Mom made a pot roast, and you're there, your siblings 61 00:04:27,480 --> 00:04:30,479 Speaker 2: are there, it's mom and dad. Would you guys go 62 00:04:30,520 --> 00:04:33,159 Speaker 2: around the table and talk about how your day went. 63 00:04:34,279 --> 00:04:36,599 Speaker 5: It would happen from time to time, but usually in 64 00:04:36,680 --> 00:04:39,200 Speaker 5: our house the TV was on saved by the bell. 65 00:04:39,279 --> 00:04:40,839 Speaker 5: Repeats were on at five point thirty. 66 00:04:41,360 --> 00:04:42,880 Speaker 3: Thank god for WGN. 67 00:04:44,839 --> 00:04:48,360 Speaker 2: In my house, we used to do that and sometimes 68 00:04:48,480 --> 00:04:52,960 Speaker 2: the kids in particular weren't very talkative. Sometimes she had 69 00:04:53,000 --> 00:04:56,360 Speaker 2: to ask a follow up question or two to find 70 00:04:56,400 --> 00:05:00,560 Speaker 2: out just exactly what happened during the day because they 71 00:05:00,600 --> 00:05:03,400 Speaker 2: didn't want to share certain information, or they just weren't 72 00:05:03,400 --> 00:05:09,719 Speaker 2: being that talkative. But just imagine, imagine for one second, 73 00:05:10,480 --> 00:05:15,560 Speaker 2: you're going around the horn. So, Johnny, what did you 74 00:05:15,680 --> 00:05:21,120 Speaker 2: do today? Well, we had a substitute, so we watched 75 00:05:21,480 --> 00:05:25,280 Speaker 2: a video from the History Channel about World War Two 76 00:05:26,400 --> 00:05:30,120 Speaker 2: because Missus Brown had to go to the chop shop 77 00:05:30,160 --> 00:05:31,280 Speaker 2: for her fourth abortion. 78 00:05:33,520 --> 00:05:36,760 Speaker 5: I'm regretting putting this story on the rundown as we speak. 79 00:05:37,320 --> 00:05:40,760 Speaker 5: For more on this here at CBSLA and one of 80 00:05:40,760 --> 00:05:43,120 Speaker 5: my favorites, Julie Watts. 81 00:05:43,400 --> 00:05:45,760 Speaker 6: People just think, oh, you're on an attorney leave getting 82 00:05:45,920 --> 00:05:47,440 Speaker 6: paid to like take care of your baby. 83 00:05:47,440 --> 00:05:50,360 Speaker 3: It's like, no, not really, like ran out of pay 84 00:05:50,400 --> 00:05:51,000 Speaker 3: a while ago. 85 00:05:51,120 --> 00:05:53,440 Speaker 7: When we first met Emily Price back in twenty nineteen, 86 00:05:54,000 --> 00:05:56,920 Speaker 7: she just wanted California teachers to have the same paid 87 00:05:57,000 --> 00:06:00,680 Speaker 7: pregnancy leave options as everyone else. The teachers in California 88 00:06:00,760 --> 00:06:03,320 Speaker 7: aren't eligible for paid lead because they're public employees. 89 00:06:03,720 --> 00:06:07,919 Speaker 5: Why is that a situation where public employees don't have 90 00:06:08,000 --> 00:06:10,560 Speaker 5: to pay into the same systems that we pay into? 91 00:06:11,000 --> 00:06:13,920 Speaker 5: Because it's weird, I don't think for example, and if 92 00:06:13,960 --> 00:06:16,919 Speaker 5: you're a California public school teacher, feel free to correct me, 93 00:06:17,760 --> 00:06:22,040 Speaker 5: but I believe if you are a recipient of calsters, 94 00:06:22,720 --> 00:06:25,599 Speaker 5: you do not receive Social Security either. 95 00:06:25,920 --> 00:06:27,320 Speaker 3: I think it's a separate thing. 96 00:06:28,120 --> 00:06:32,880 Speaker 5: Very interesting they're showing in the video here file footage 97 00:06:32,920 --> 00:06:37,039 Speaker 5: of Julie's interview with Gavin in twenty nineteen. Boy in 98 00:06:37,200 --> 00:06:39,880 Speaker 5: seven years, that hair went real gray. 99 00:06:40,520 --> 00:06:41,760 Speaker 3: It did at the. 100 00:06:41,680 --> 00:06:45,960 Speaker 7: State allow individuals to opt into disability insurance without the 101 00:06:46,040 --> 00:06:47,320 Speaker 7: rest of their unit, part. 102 00:06:47,200 --> 00:06:47,960 Speaker 3: Of our task force. 103 00:06:47,960 --> 00:06:50,719 Speaker 7: This is what we're exploring in the Governor Newsom told 104 00:06:50,800 --> 00:06:52,080 Speaker 7: us he was working on it. 105 00:06:56,560 --> 00:07:01,840 Speaker 5: The quintessential Gavin Newsome's story, make a big, bold proclamation 106 00:07:02,320 --> 00:07:04,440 Speaker 5: and have no follow through. 107 00:07:05,480 --> 00:07:08,440 Speaker 7: But when we caught up with Emily, six years, two bills, 108 00:07:08,480 --> 00:07:12,400 Speaker 7: two kids, and a governor's veto later, she was still waiting. 109 00:07:12,520 --> 00:07:15,960 Speaker 8: It's been five years, like nothing has happened. We need 110 00:07:16,000 --> 00:07:16,800 Speaker 8: your help, Governor. 111 00:07:17,040 --> 00:07:21,119 Speaker 7: Then last month Governor knewso surpride everyone, including the Paid 112 00:07:21,120 --> 00:07:25,040 Speaker 7: Family Leave Bill's author. He decided to fund paid pregnancy 113 00:07:25,120 --> 00:07:27,800 Speaker 7: leave for teachers just as he prepares to leave office 114 00:07:27,840 --> 00:07:31,160 Speaker 7: and presumably the presidential campaign trail. 115 00:07:31,720 --> 00:07:35,560 Speaker 3: I think there's a union endorsement he wants. I think 116 00:07:35,600 --> 00:07:38,040 Speaker 3: you might be right. Get that money. 117 00:07:39,280 --> 00:07:42,840 Speaker 7: Bill he's planning to fund goes beyond giving teachers the 118 00:07:42,880 --> 00:07:46,679 Speaker 7: same paid pregnancy leave benefits as everyone else. Your bill 119 00:07:46,760 --> 00:07:50,320 Speaker 7: now gives teachers paid leave for pregnancy, for miscarriages, and 120 00:07:50,360 --> 00:07:53,600 Speaker 7: for any medical publication. Your bill also gives paid leave 121 00:07:53,720 --> 00:07:57,000 Speaker 7: for pregnancy termination, and under the language right now, that 122 00:07:57,040 --> 00:07:59,000 Speaker 7: would include elective abortion. 123 00:07:59,560 --> 00:08:05,920 Speaker 2: That's you know, why would that even come to mind 124 00:08:06,040 --> 00:08:08,800 Speaker 2: when you're writing something like this, Like, Hey, what the hell? 125 00:08:09,480 --> 00:08:09,960 Speaker 3: You know what? 126 00:08:10,720 --> 00:08:12,360 Speaker 2: Kids are a pain in the ass and they have 127 00:08:12,440 --> 00:08:14,960 Speaker 2: to be around them all day. What do you say 128 00:08:15,000 --> 00:08:16,240 Speaker 2: we just give them a bone. 129 00:08:17,040 --> 00:08:20,800 Speaker 5: The explanation as to why this is in this bill 130 00:08:21,560 --> 00:08:25,320 Speaker 5: is a deeper dive into how the sausage gets made 131 00:08:25,520 --> 00:08:31,680 Speaker 5: in California. Apparently, it is common practice when crafting new 132 00:08:31,800 --> 00:08:38,040 Speaker 5: legislation to add some clauses that are real crazy. That way, 133 00:08:38,400 --> 00:08:42,080 Speaker 5: as it's going through the appropriations process, as it's going 134 00:08:42,120 --> 00:08:46,120 Speaker 5: through the negotiation process, you can tell people, oh, we're 135 00:08:46,120 --> 00:08:48,360 Speaker 5: going to get rid of that, and then it's a 136 00:08:48,480 --> 00:08:49,559 Speaker 5: much calmer bill. 137 00:08:49,960 --> 00:08:53,840 Speaker 2: But in theory, this is writing laws that all of 138 00:08:53,920 --> 00:08:56,760 Speaker 2: us have to live by. It's not like it's buying 139 00:08:56,760 --> 00:09:00,199 Speaker 2: a used Nissan Ultima. 140 00:09:01,360 --> 00:09:03,160 Speaker 3: We have any whereabouts where that ultimate is. 141 00:09:04,559 --> 00:09:07,920 Speaker 1: That's an Altema Altma. 142 00:09:08,640 --> 00:09:13,400 Speaker 3: Fight nine one. Oh oh, please move it. Now, you're 143 00:09:13,440 --> 00:09:15,520 Speaker 3: blocking someone I've been. 144 00:09:15,920 --> 00:09:19,079 Speaker 5: I started cutting clips of Jesse Jackson twenty years ago 145 00:09:19,280 --> 00:09:20,160 Speaker 5: this September. 146 00:09:20,760 --> 00:09:22,079 Speaker 3: Wow, rest in peace, Jesse. 147 00:09:22,440 --> 00:09:25,600 Speaker 7: I believe Majority Leader Cecilia ad we Are Curry acknowledges 148 00:09:25,679 --> 00:09:29,800 Speaker 7: that that portion of the bill she authored could be controversial. 149 00:09:30,160 --> 00:09:32,480 Speaker 9: I think it could get taken out. 150 00:09:32,559 --> 00:09:34,480 Speaker 3: I'm hoping it doesn't, and there's enough. 151 00:09:34,600 --> 00:09:37,280 Speaker 5: I hope we make sure that all the teachers can 152 00:09:37,320 --> 00:09:39,720 Speaker 5: get all the abortion vacations they want. 153 00:09:42,120 --> 00:09:44,840 Speaker 2: You know, don't they have like three months a year 154 00:09:44,880 --> 00:09:49,160 Speaker 2: off anyway over the summer. Can't they just get their abortions? 155 00:09:49,200 --> 00:09:56,560 Speaker 5: Then, well, what if you get knocked up in the winter, Yes, 156 00:09:56,600 --> 00:09:58,320 Speaker 5: you have to wait those out. You gotta wait for 157 00:09:58,520 --> 00:10:00,400 Speaker 5: President's Day weekend. 158 00:10:01,679 --> 00:10:04,440 Speaker 2: Now wait a minute, Wait a minute, wait a minute. 159 00:10:04,960 --> 00:10:10,559 Speaker 2: So they get knocked up in what early December? Sure, Okay, 160 00:10:10,920 --> 00:10:14,680 Speaker 2: think about it. You got Christmas, you got New Year's 161 00:10:15,400 --> 00:10:18,440 Speaker 2: you got New Year's Eve, which some companies regard as 162 00:10:18,440 --> 00:10:19,200 Speaker 2: a holiday too. 163 00:10:19,760 --> 00:10:21,600 Speaker 3: We have to check SAG after for that one. 164 00:10:22,040 --> 00:10:30,400 Speaker 2: You got MLK Day, you got President's Day. Don't they 165 00:10:30,400 --> 00:10:32,680 Speaker 2: get spring break? That's like a week or two. 166 00:10:33,520 --> 00:10:35,840 Speaker 5: You got all those teacher in service days. No one's 167 00:10:35,880 --> 00:10:37,439 Speaker 5: really sure what they do during those. 168 00:10:37,880 --> 00:10:42,440 Speaker 2: No, they bring in some motivational speaker. Because Galvin Neusan's 169 00:10:42,440 --> 00:10:44,200 Speaker 2: paying the bill, it's probably Tony Robin. 170 00:10:49,080 --> 00:10:52,280 Speaker 5: So yes, to your point, there are several holidays, but 171 00:10:52,679 --> 00:10:57,040 Speaker 5: on those holidays, especially those national holidays, it's playing parenthood 172 00:10:57,040 --> 00:10:57,559 Speaker 5: even open. 173 00:10:58,040 --> 00:10:59,280 Speaker 3: Okay, I'm going. 174 00:10:59,080 --> 00:11:04,839 Speaker 2: To go to Rock right now because I don't want 175 00:11:04,840 --> 00:11:12,160 Speaker 2: to be fact checked later. Can you get an abortion 176 00:11:13,520 --> 00:11:24,400 Speaker 2: in California on a Saturday or after five pm on 177 00:11:24,480 --> 00:11:25,040 Speaker 2: a weekday? 178 00:11:26,720 --> 00:11:27,600 Speaker 3: I sure hope. 179 00:11:27,400 --> 00:11:30,840 Speaker 5: Rock Sayes gives you a response that includes, if you 180 00:11:30,880 --> 00:11:33,199 Speaker 5: need help with this right now, here's a phone number 181 00:11:33,240 --> 00:11:33,840 Speaker 5: you can call. 182 00:11:34,520 --> 00:11:35,880 Speaker 3: Okay, here's what it says. 183 00:11:37,480 --> 00:11:41,560 Speaker 2: Yes, you can generally get an abortion in California on 184 00:11:41,600 --> 00:11:46,400 Speaker 2: a Saturday or after five pm on weekdays, though availability 185 00:11:46,600 --> 00:11:51,080 Speaker 2: depends on the provider and type of procedure. California has 186 00:11:51,080 --> 00:11:54,520 Speaker 2: some of the most expansive abortion access in the United States. 187 00:11:55,440 --> 00:11:59,640 Speaker 2: You can pretty much get one anywhere. But the airport. 188 00:12:00,000 --> 00:12:02,400 Speaker 5: Does they want to convert one of those lactation lounges 189 00:12:02,440 --> 00:12:07,000 Speaker 5: to the opposite. Okay, now I'm going to get us 190 00:12:07,000 --> 00:12:07,480 Speaker 5: in trouble. 191 00:12:09,440 --> 00:12:12,320 Speaker 7: Another big difference, there's no limit to the number of 192 00:12:12,360 --> 00:12:15,280 Speaker 7: paid leave periods a teacher could take any given year. 193 00:12:15,760 --> 00:12:18,800 Speaker 5: Oh my, so if you want, and by the way, 194 00:12:19,080 --> 00:12:22,559 Speaker 5: do you have to prove that you got the operation 195 00:12:22,840 --> 00:12:24,960 Speaker 5: or is this like a self a test thing, because 196 00:12:25,000 --> 00:12:27,240 Speaker 5: you could say, well, I'm just real loose and I 197 00:12:27,320 --> 00:12:29,040 Speaker 5: got to go through about four of these a year, 198 00:12:29,840 --> 00:12:30,280 Speaker 5: so you have. 199 00:12:30,240 --> 00:12:31,160 Speaker 3: To bring a receipt in. 200 00:12:34,080 --> 00:12:36,319 Speaker 2: Well, I think I'm very concerned with that portion to 201 00:12:36,360 --> 00:12:38,319 Speaker 2: built extend leave indefinitely. 202 00:12:38,400 --> 00:12:39,880 Speaker 1: I don't think that we can do that. 203 00:12:40,360 --> 00:12:42,280 Speaker 3: From Yeah, how much time do you get off for this? 204 00:12:42,960 --> 00:12:45,160 Speaker 2: Well, what happens if you have a spouse with a 205 00:12:45,240 --> 00:12:49,080 Speaker 2: chronic illness, then you can take off for years. I 206 00:12:49,080 --> 00:12:52,880 Speaker 2: would imagine people live with chronic illness for a long 207 00:12:52,920 --> 00:12:54,960 Speaker 2: period of time. If you have a child that has it, 208 00:12:55,040 --> 00:12:56,920 Speaker 2: you have a spouse that has it, a parent that 209 00:12:56,960 --> 00:13:00,120 Speaker 2: has it, you may never come back to work. Well, 210 00:13:00,120 --> 00:13:03,120 Speaker 2: and that's what people pay into in the private economy 211 00:13:03,240 --> 00:13:06,599 Speaker 2: with those disability insurances and unemployment insurances. 212 00:13:06,600 --> 00:13:09,320 Speaker 3: That's what that goes towards. You know what. 213 00:13:09,360 --> 00:13:14,040 Speaker 2: This is the way they wrote this. This is meant 214 00:13:14,080 --> 00:13:17,920 Speaker 2: to be abused. I don't even think this is for 215 00:13:18,080 --> 00:13:21,720 Speaker 2: legitimate purposes. I think this is just for teachers who 216 00:13:21,720 --> 00:13:23,760 Speaker 2: are just over it. They're burned out. They don't want 217 00:13:23,800 --> 00:13:25,480 Speaker 2: to show up to work anymore. But they want the 218 00:13:25,480 --> 00:13:28,120 Speaker 2: paycheck our babies. 219 00:13:28,040 --> 00:13:30,760 Speaker 1: Or not elective abortions. 220 00:13:31,160 --> 00:13:34,640 Speaker 7: That's Republican assembly member David Tongy pop. He abstained from 221 00:13:34,720 --> 00:13:38,360 Speaker 7: voting on the bill, which passed the state Assembly anyway 222 00:13:38,480 --> 00:13:40,280 Speaker 7: and now heads to the state Senate. 223 00:13:40,520 --> 00:13:42,560 Speaker 3: So they didn't take that part out of it yet. 224 00:13:44,000 --> 00:13:45,360 Speaker 3: Well maybe the Senate will. 225 00:13:46,120 --> 00:13:49,240 Speaker 7: But keep in mind ninety percent of bills end up 226 00:13:49,240 --> 00:13:53,280 Speaker 7: getting amended in their second House. Legislative expert Chris mchaeley 227 00:13:53,360 --> 00:13:58,119 Speaker 7: says that's why lawmakers almost always include extra clauses that 228 00:13:58,160 --> 00:13:58,960 Speaker 7: they can live without. 229 00:14:01,000 --> 00:14:05,920 Speaker 5: They write something in potential legislation just to be used 230 00:14:05,920 --> 00:14:09,040 Speaker 5: as a bargaining chip to get people to vote for it. 231 00:14:09,559 --> 00:14:14,960 Speaker 3: This is such a stupid way to run a state. Well, 232 00:14:15,000 --> 00:14:15,679 Speaker 3: here's what you do. 233 00:14:15,800 --> 00:14:18,880 Speaker 5: You take an idea that some might find a little extreme, 234 00:14:19,440 --> 00:14:22,720 Speaker 5: you add in it an idea that seems incredibly extreme, 235 00:14:23,280 --> 00:14:27,680 Speaker 5: and it's the it's the ugly friend at the bar tactic. Okay, 236 00:14:27,760 --> 00:14:29,720 Speaker 5: we're going to get rid of that one. Now, do 237 00:14:29,760 --> 00:14:31,680 Speaker 5: you like this bill? It's a clean. 238 00:14:31,440 --> 00:14:35,840 Speaker 7: Bill, knowing that you'll have to give up some provisions 239 00:14:36,080 --> 00:14:39,040 Speaker 7: as you make your way through the entire legislative process. 240 00:14:39,560 --> 00:14:44,720 Speaker 7: But in California's one party super majority, even controversial clauses 241 00:14:44,880 --> 00:14:48,119 Speaker 7: can and have been overlooked and become. 242 00:14:47,960 --> 00:14:50,640 Speaker 3: Law if things are snuck into a bill and then 243 00:14:50,680 --> 00:14:51,360 Speaker 3: they just get through. 244 00:14:51,800 --> 00:14:55,360 Speaker 7: Now, Curry says she does hope this abortion leave won't 245 00:14:55,400 --> 00:14:56,480 Speaker 7: be a meted out of her bill. 246 00:14:57,240 --> 00:14:58,640 Speaker 3: I'd love to hear why. 247 00:15:00,320 --> 00:15:05,640 Speaker 2: Yeah, it seems like that deserves a more expansive conversation. 248 00:15:07,000 --> 00:15:08,080 Speaker 10: This so be it. 249 00:15:08,480 --> 00:15:10,120 Speaker 9: I can live with it as long as I get 250 00:15:10,160 --> 00:15:14,720 Speaker 9: the fourteen weeks of paid leaf for my teachers. 251 00:15:14,760 --> 00:15:17,880 Speaker 5: This is how we write. We cannot just write the simplest, 252 00:15:17,920 --> 00:15:21,440 Speaker 5: cleanest law that. Okay, here's a issue. Here's how we're 253 00:15:21,440 --> 00:15:23,320 Speaker 5: going to fix it. We have to add all this 254 00:15:23,440 --> 00:15:26,320 Speaker 5: other nonsense every time we write legislation and then we 255 00:15:26,360 --> 00:15:28,920 Speaker 5: pass five hundred of these things a year and nobody 256 00:15:28,960 --> 00:15:31,960 Speaker 5: knows what the law is in California. And then they 257 00:15:32,000 --> 00:15:35,760 Speaker 5: probably throw in some hot button thing about abortion or 258 00:15:35,800 --> 00:15:40,520 Speaker 5: about transgenders or something like that that will generate a 259 00:15:40,520 --> 00:15:43,280 Speaker 5: lot of attention, and they go, okay, okay, okay, we'll 260 00:15:43,320 --> 00:15:43,960 Speaker 5: take that out. 261 00:15:44,120 --> 00:15:45,400 Speaker 3: You twisted my arm. 262 00:15:46,040 --> 00:15:49,840 Speaker 7: Duptic California Senators. It aside whether it's that a nationwide 263 00:15:49,920 --> 00:15:53,680 Speaker 7: precedent beginning with California teachers. 264 00:15:53,680 --> 00:15:57,360 Speaker 5: In California, we are so pro choice that we'll pay 265 00:15:57,440 --> 00:16:00,240 Speaker 5: you to get an abortion to. 266 00:16:00,360 --> 00:16:02,600 Speaker 7: Use California investigates. I'm Julie Watts. 267 00:16:03,120 --> 00:16:04,080 Speaker 3: So there you go. 268 00:16:04,360 --> 00:16:07,920 Speaker 5: It's not a done deal yet, but right now it 269 00:16:08,040 --> 00:16:11,080 Speaker 5: certainly looks like the state of California is on track 270 00:16:11,160 --> 00:16:18,760 Speaker 5: to offer teachers paid family leave for getting an elective abortion. 271 00:16:21,680 --> 00:16:24,000 Speaker 2: Now, is that just for teachers or let's just say 272 00:16:24,000 --> 00:16:24,760 Speaker 2: a firefighter. 273 00:16:24,800 --> 00:16:30,000 Speaker 3: One's an elective abortion? Can they get one? They didn't specify. 274 00:16:30,080 --> 00:16:32,240 Speaker 5: If it's going to be all state employees, then it's 275 00:16:32,280 --> 00:16:34,000 Speaker 5: going to be all for state employees. But if it's 276 00:16:34,040 --> 00:16:38,360 Speaker 5: only for teachers, well you're going to be sol on 277 00:16:38,440 --> 00:16:38,840 Speaker 5: that one. 278 00:16:39,360 --> 00:16:39,760 Speaker 3: Okay. 279 00:16:41,440 --> 00:16:44,280 Speaker 2: Maybe the answer is we don't need a full time legislature. 280 00:16:45,120 --> 00:16:47,880 Speaker 2: If they have enough time to think up something like this, 281 00:16:48,080 --> 00:16:50,920 Speaker 2: then they have too much free time. Well, you can 282 00:16:50,960 --> 00:16:54,200 Speaker 2: definitely argue that do we really need five hundred to 283 00:16:54,280 --> 00:16:59,240 Speaker 2: one thousand bills passed every single year? There are states 284 00:16:59,240 --> 00:17:02,720 Speaker 2: of comparable set like the state of Texas, and Texas 285 00:17:02,760 --> 00:17:06,800 Speaker 2: isn't perfect, but Texas has a part time legislature. In fact, 286 00:17:06,840 --> 00:17:09,520 Speaker 2: don't they only have a big meet like every two years. 287 00:17:10,560 --> 00:17:12,840 Speaker 3: Some of these states only meet every other year. 288 00:17:12,840 --> 00:17:16,600 Speaker 5: If I'm not mistaken, In this state, we've got a 289 00:17:16,640 --> 00:17:20,400 Speaker 5: full time legislature with a whole lot of lobbying interests 290 00:17:20,480 --> 00:17:23,840 Speaker 5: up in the state to change every single thing going on. 291 00:17:23,920 --> 00:17:27,040 Speaker 5: There are there some bills that go through are obviously needed, 292 00:17:27,320 --> 00:17:29,680 Speaker 5: but there's a whole lot of nonsense that gets past 293 00:17:29,840 --> 00:17:33,720 Speaker 5: every single year. And even Gavin has to veto all 294 00:17:33,840 --> 00:17:37,000 Speaker 5: kinds of crazy stuff every year. Just wait till Bakaria 295 00:17:37,080 --> 00:17:39,320 Speaker 5: gets in there. Who doesn't even know how to read. 296 00:17:41,000 --> 00:17:57,760 Speaker 5: It's the Gian and Phillip Show. It's the Giant Philip Show. 297 00:17:57,920 --> 00:18:01,879 Speaker 5: Eight hundred two two two five two two is telephone number? 298 00:18:02,240 --> 00:18:05,240 Speaker 5: What eight hundred two two two five two two two. 299 00:18:06,119 --> 00:18:07,879 Speaker 5: Let's go to Vicki and Huntington Beach. 300 00:18:08,000 --> 00:18:11,800 Speaker 3: Vicky, Hello, Hi, good afternoon. 301 00:18:11,840 --> 00:18:15,919 Speaker 9: I have a question or two about teachers being you know, 302 00:18:16,000 --> 00:18:21,760 Speaker 9: these teachers are union, I'm assuming, and also they probably 303 00:18:21,840 --> 00:18:25,720 Speaker 9: have something like this already bargained for in their contracts. 304 00:18:26,320 --> 00:18:29,080 Speaker 9: And my guess my question would be, it seems to 305 00:18:29,119 --> 00:18:31,840 Speaker 9: me that it would be hypocritical, or not hypocritical, but 306 00:18:32,280 --> 00:18:38,280 Speaker 9: a hip of violation for my employer or my state 307 00:18:38,480 --> 00:18:41,399 Speaker 9: to know what my medical treatments are. 308 00:18:41,960 --> 00:18:42,360 Speaker 11: Period. 309 00:18:42,600 --> 00:18:46,960 Speaker 3: Thank you, all right, thank you for the call. So 310 00:18:47,119 --> 00:18:48,600 Speaker 3: you've been going to take your word for it. 311 00:18:50,440 --> 00:18:57,119 Speaker 2: I guess if there's anything for the honor system, what 312 00:18:57,240 --> 00:18:59,040 Speaker 2: if it's the honor system, you know, it's going to 313 00:18:59,080 --> 00:19:01,160 Speaker 2: be abused. I wonder if there's going to be men 314 00:19:01,160 --> 00:19:03,840 Speaker 2: who go, yeah, you know what. I had to take 315 00:19:03,840 --> 00:19:07,800 Speaker 2: the day off because I had this elective procedure that 316 00:19:07,840 --> 00:19:10,080 Speaker 2: I don't really want to go into the details about, 317 00:19:10,320 --> 00:19:11,440 Speaker 2: but that's what happened. 318 00:19:14,680 --> 00:19:16,840 Speaker 3: We have some emails on this, and I can't. 319 00:19:16,600 --> 00:19:26,560 Speaker 5: Read them, little too close to the edge. They're good, 320 00:19:27,040 --> 00:19:30,639 Speaker 5: but yeah, we've already danced very close to the line 321 00:19:30,640 --> 00:19:31,400 Speaker 5: on this issue. 322 00:19:31,600 --> 00:19:33,240 Speaker 3: Now, if this were. 323 00:19:34,880 --> 00:19:39,560 Speaker 2: July and people could comment on the program as we're 324 00:19:39,560 --> 00:19:39,960 Speaker 2: doing it. 325 00:19:41,520 --> 00:19:42,560 Speaker 3: How would you handle it? 326 00:19:43,280 --> 00:19:48,480 Speaker 5: So we can put whatever we want on the YouTube. Okay, 327 00:19:48,840 --> 00:19:54,399 Speaker 5: but I have judgment. I am in my forties now, 328 00:19:55,000 --> 00:19:58,160 Speaker 5: and if I don't think it is appropriate for the 329 00:19:58,359 --> 00:20:01,920 Speaker 5: radio show, it's not gonna go on the screen. 330 00:20:02,600 --> 00:20:02,760 Speaker 3: Now. 331 00:20:02,760 --> 00:20:06,879 Speaker 2: What you put Patricia's comment on there? Let me see 332 00:20:06,960 --> 00:20:10,720 Speaker 2: to like that one? What about men who claim they 333 00:20:10,720 --> 00:20:13,680 Speaker 2: are women? Are they entitled to an abortion? I would 334 00:20:13,760 --> 00:20:16,840 Speaker 2: put that on the screen if it's spelled exactly the 335 00:20:16,880 --> 00:20:19,760 Speaker 2: way that she spelled it with instead of ar as 336 00:20:19,880 --> 00:20:26,480 Speaker 2: just an R. All Right, we have thirty more minutes 337 00:20:26,480 --> 00:20:27,920 Speaker 2: to go of the John Phillips Show. 338 00:20:27,920 --> 00:20:29,000 Speaker 3: Don't you go anywhere. 339 00:20:54,119 --> 00:20:56,960 Speaker 2: It's the Chad and Phillip Show. Eight hundred two two 340 00:20:56,960 --> 00:21:00,239 Speaker 2: two five two two two is a telephone number one 341 00:21:00,280 --> 00:21:03,640 Speaker 2: eight hundred two two two five two two Tube. 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You'll be able to watch us do 352 00:21:32,200 --> 00:21:35,280 Speaker 5: this show every single day, react to the news stories 353 00:21:35,320 --> 00:21:37,800 Speaker 5: along with us, and comment in the chat room. If 354 00:21:37,800 --> 00:21:40,760 Speaker 5: your comments are appropriate and funny, they might even make 355 00:21:40,800 --> 00:21:44,439 Speaker 5: the screen. This happens every single day from noon to 356 00:21:44,480 --> 00:21:46,960 Speaker 5: three on YouTube, on Facebook, and on Twitter. We'll have 357 00:21:47,000 --> 00:21:49,520 Speaker 5: it on our websites as well, KABC dot com and 358 00:21:49,640 --> 00:21:53,320 Speaker 5: KSFO dot com every single day from noon to three 359 00:21:53,800 --> 00:21:56,960 Speaker 5: starting on Wednesday, which means it's going to be a 360 00:21:57,080 --> 00:21:58,320 Speaker 5: very special. 361 00:21:58,480 --> 00:22:01,200 Speaker 3: It's whoa Wednesday. 362 00:22:02,280 --> 00:22:05,560 Speaker 2: Ed. We're also going to be doing a standalone podcast. 363 00:22:05,240 --> 00:22:08,520 Speaker 5: The Accountability Podcast, with John Phillips and Randy. 364 00:22:08,280 --> 00:22:09,800 Speaker 3: Wang Accountability Accountability. 365 00:22:09,800 --> 00:22:15,600 Speaker 5: Accountability, launches on July first. The feed for Apple Podcasts 366 00:22:15,640 --> 00:22:18,120 Speaker 5: is already live, so if you want to subscribe, there's 367 00:22:18,160 --> 00:22:20,080 Speaker 5: just a teaser there right now. But we'll have a 368 00:22:20,119 --> 00:22:22,800 Speaker 5: brand new episode and that will be a video podcast 369 00:22:22,800 --> 00:22:24,600 Speaker 5: as well, but you could listen to it on audio 370 00:22:24,960 --> 00:22:27,920 Speaker 5: if you just search KABC and the Apple podcast app. 371 00:22:27,920 --> 00:22:31,400 Speaker 5: It shows up almost immediately. We will also be posting 372 00:22:31,560 --> 00:22:34,920 Speaker 5: all of the episodes of the Accountability podcast on YouTube. 373 00:22:35,240 --> 00:22:37,880 Speaker 5: You can subscribe to that channel. There's nothing on there now, 374 00:22:37,880 --> 00:22:40,080 Speaker 5: but there is going to be brand new content on 375 00:22:40,200 --> 00:22:46,440 Speaker 5: there starting on Wednesday. YouTube dot com slash at Accountability Podcast. 376 00:22:46,840 --> 00:22:49,000 Speaker 2: And tomorrow morning we're going to be running in a 377 00:22:49,080 --> 00:22:51,600 Speaker 2: five k for the Union Rescue Mission. 378 00:22:51,320 --> 00:22:54,520 Speaker 5: Tomorrow morning at Griffith Park. I'll be there at seven 379 00:22:54,560 --> 00:22:57,240 Speaker 5: am because that's what the email said when you're supposed 380 00:22:57,280 --> 00:22:59,800 Speaker 5: to get there. The Union Rescue Mission is putting on 381 00:22:59,840 --> 00:23:02,800 Speaker 5: a five K ten k walk run, So if you 382 00:23:02,840 --> 00:23:04,800 Speaker 5: don't feel like running, you can walk the thing. But 383 00:23:04,840 --> 00:23:07,080 Speaker 5: it's all for a great cause our friends at the 384 00:23:07,240 --> 00:23:09,720 Speaker 5: Union Rescue Mission. It's going to be at Griffith Park 385 00:23:09,960 --> 00:23:11,800 Speaker 5: and if you'd like to sign up, we're going to 386 00:23:11,880 --> 00:23:13,879 Speaker 5: be there. In fact, most of the station's going to 387 00:23:13,960 --> 00:23:17,440 Speaker 5: be there. You can go to the website RM dot 388 00:23:17,560 --> 00:23:19,399 Speaker 5: org slash Run Walk. 389 00:23:20,960 --> 00:23:25,040 Speaker 2: So the Bullet Train here in California that's never going 390 00:23:25,119 --> 00:23:28,800 Speaker 2: to be completed but still costing us a fortune, made 391 00:23:28,840 --> 00:23:33,760 Speaker 2: an announcement that I think surprised well maybe people in 392 00:23:33,800 --> 00:23:34,280 Speaker 2: one town. 393 00:23:35,119 --> 00:23:38,840 Speaker 5: So the scaled back project that was originally supposed to 394 00:23:38,880 --> 00:23:43,080 Speaker 5: go from San Francisco to Los Angeles and back by 395 00:23:43,200 --> 00:23:50,159 Speaker 5: twenty twenty. Now is Merced to Bakersfield by twenty thirty 396 00:23:50,240 --> 00:23:54,159 Speaker 5: three maybe, And the high speed rail authority just announced 397 00:23:54,640 --> 00:23:58,640 Speaker 5: they are scrapping plans for the station that would put 398 00:23:58,640 --> 00:24:01,280 Speaker 5: it in down town Bakersfield. 399 00:24:02,320 --> 00:24:04,960 Speaker 2: Okay, So if the whole thing was we're gonna go 400 00:24:05,000 --> 00:24:09,720 Speaker 2: from Bakersfield to Merced, and now you took Bakersfield out, 401 00:24:10,080 --> 00:24:11,960 Speaker 2: where's it gonna go to from Merced? 402 00:24:12,760 --> 00:24:18,080 Speaker 5: Let's find out together. Here's a report from KBAK in 403 00:24:18,119 --> 00:24:19,040 Speaker 5: the Central Valley. 404 00:24:19,600 --> 00:24:19,679 Speaker 11: Well. 405 00:24:19,760 --> 00:24:22,760 Speaker 7: California's high speed rail is hitting another hurdle when it 406 00:24:22,760 --> 00:24:25,480 Speaker 7: comes to its proposed Bakersfield station, the rail. 407 00:24:25,359 --> 00:24:27,639 Speaker 10: Authority telling us it will no longer be at its 408 00:24:27,680 --> 00:24:31,560 Speaker 10: proposed stop in downtown Bakersfield, but instead north of seventh 409 00:24:31,560 --> 00:24:33,159 Speaker 10: Standard Road. 410 00:24:33,280 --> 00:24:38,000 Speaker 2: So not downtown, Let's not make it convenient for people 411 00:24:38,040 --> 00:24:40,600 Speaker 2: to get to. Let's put it somewhere else. 412 00:24:41,200 --> 00:24:43,440 Speaker 10: Virgin spoke with a tax expert on what this means 413 00:24:43,440 --> 00:24:45,680 Speaker 10: for Bakersfield in the future of the high speed rail. 414 00:24:45,760 --> 00:24:50,800 Speaker 4: Steve Michael Rachelle. The f Street station in downtown Bakersfield 415 00:24:51,240 --> 00:24:52,359 Speaker 4: was doomed from the start. 416 00:24:56,320 --> 00:24:58,520 Speaker 5: It's almost like we didn't do a whole lot of 417 00:24:58,560 --> 00:25:02,080 Speaker 5: planning when we decide to start this whole project in 418 00:25:02,119 --> 00:25:05,439 Speaker 5: the Central Valley instead of I don't know, going along 419 00:25:05,520 --> 00:25:08,080 Speaker 5: the five Freeway where the state already had the right 420 00:25:08,119 --> 00:25:10,200 Speaker 5: of way. But of course, John, you know the story. 421 00:25:10,400 --> 00:25:14,480 Speaker 5: It's actually covered pretty extensively in Ezra Klein's book Abundance. 422 00:25:15,119 --> 00:25:18,959 Speaker 5: California wanted those sweet, sweet sweet federal dollars, and the 423 00:25:18,960 --> 00:25:21,800 Speaker 5: Obama administration said, we want you to do something about 424 00:25:21,800 --> 00:25:24,840 Speaker 5: all the asthma and Fresno. So they said, well, we 425 00:25:24,880 --> 00:25:29,000 Speaker 5: can build the high speed rail there first. How much 426 00:25:29,040 --> 00:25:31,480 Speaker 5: asthma do you think we've cured with the high speed 427 00:25:31,600 --> 00:25:34,000 Speaker 5: rail in Fresno, Johnny none. 428 00:25:34,680 --> 00:25:37,879 Speaker 4: That's what tax expert Michael turnip Seed had to say, 429 00:25:38,080 --> 00:25:38,600 Speaker 4: and more. 430 00:25:39,320 --> 00:25:42,560 Speaker 6: And this will probably go down in history as the 431 00:25:42,560 --> 00:25:45,800 Speaker 6: worst public works project in the history of the United States. 432 00:25:46,440 --> 00:25:51,359 Speaker 3: Accurate. Sounds like that guy hit the nail on the head. 433 00:25:52,240 --> 00:25:56,440 Speaker 4: That's Michael turnip Seed's latest reaction to the California High 434 00:25:56,480 --> 00:26:01,000 Speaker 4: Speed Rails update that it is changing its propose Bakerfield Station. 435 00:26:01,920 --> 00:26:04,959 Speaker 4: The board chairman of the Kerrent County Tax Bearers Association 436 00:26:05,600 --> 00:26:09,080 Speaker 4: says money played a big part in preventing the downtown plan, 437 00:26:09,480 --> 00:26:10,440 Speaker 4: and I had. 438 00:26:10,200 --> 00:26:13,520 Speaker 6: To do was talk to any engineer in town and 439 00:26:13,560 --> 00:26:17,680 Speaker 6: they will tell you can't build a twenty story building there. 440 00:26:19,000 --> 00:26:21,080 Speaker 5: But why would they talk to any of the locals. 441 00:26:21,119 --> 00:26:24,240 Speaker 5: By the way, they are so hostile towards locals. The 442 00:26:24,440 --> 00:26:29,560 Speaker 5: High Speed Rail Authority is proposing stealing sales tax revenue 443 00:26:29,840 --> 00:26:33,840 Speaker 5: from places like Fresno and Bakersfield to fund the project. 444 00:26:34,440 --> 00:26:35,720 Speaker 3: Think about this for a second. 445 00:26:35,840 --> 00:26:41,679 Speaker 2: What this man just said an infrastructure project felt that 446 00:26:41,760 --> 00:26:45,720 Speaker 2: they didn't need to consult with engineers about their project. 447 00:26:47,000 --> 00:26:49,680 Speaker 3: Sounds very u brand for the High Speed Rail Authority. 448 00:26:50,840 --> 00:26:56,560 Speaker 6: The sand because it's river sand, it's floodplain. It would 449 00:26:56,600 --> 00:26:57,720 Speaker 6: cost so much. 450 00:26:58,280 --> 00:27:02,080 Speaker 4: I asked the California High Speed Authority what prompted this change, 451 00:27:02,520 --> 00:27:05,480 Speaker 4: but a spokesperson told me they were unable to comment 452 00:27:05,560 --> 00:27:06,760 Speaker 4: before our newscasts. 453 00:27:07,119 --> 00:27:11,160 Speaker 5: Boy, they really are the most transparent public works authority 454 00:27:11,200 --> 00:27:12,240 Speaker 5: that you've ever seen. 455 00:27:13,080 --> 00:27:13,920 Speaker 3: It's wild. 456 00:27:14,440 --> 00:27:17,800 Speaker 2: They don't talk to anyone in the news, and they 457 00:27:18,880 --> 00:27:22,040 Speaker 2: pride themselves on being the most transparent project in the 458 00:27:22,119 --> 00:27:25,840 Speaker 2: history of infrastructure. Yet they're never around when you need them. 459 00:27:26,080 --> 00:27:29,560 Speaker 5: They have plenty of money for propaganda, but apparently no 460 00:27:29,720 --> 00:27:32,640 Speaker 5: money for public information officers. Do you know the High 461 00:27:32,640 --> 00:27:35,680 Speaker 5: Speed Rail authority has rented out space in Philip the 462 00:27:35,760 --> 00:27:39,080 Speaker 5: og the French Dip Sandwich place where they have this 463 00:27:39,280 --> 00:27:41,320 Speaker 5: like monument to the future of rail. 464 00:27:43,000 --> 00:27:46,040 Speaker 2: The amount of money that these people have wasted over 465 00:27:46,080 --> 00:27:48,560 Speaker 2: the years is criminal. 466 00:27:49,520 --> 00:27:52,320 Speaker 5: We've played you some of the propaganda videos that they 467 00:27:52,400 --> 00:27:56,560 Speaker 5: put together. They've got a whole team of editors, They've 468 00:27:56,600 --> 00:28:00,159 Speaker 5: got a voiceover person to talk about the successes of 469 00:28:00,200 --> 00:28:02,080 Speaker 5: this non existent project. 470 00:28:03,040 --> 00:28:07,440 Speaker 2: But to them, that's being transparent. Putting propaganda out on 471 00:28:07,520 --> 00:28:11,680 Speaker 2: social media is them communicating with the people of California. 472 00:28:12,080 --> 00:28:15,080 Speaker 2: They don't feel the need to answer any tough questions 473 00:28:15,200 --> 00:28:18,600 Speaker 2: about their disaster project. They don't want to do that 474 00:28:18,800 --> 00:28:20,320 Speaker 2: because there are no good answers. 475 00:28:20,800 --> 00:28:23,879 Speaker 5: That is par for the course with California and GAVENUSOM. 476 00:28:24,160 --> 00:28:26,680 Speaker 5: You remember how much money was going out to certain 477 00:28:26,760 --> 00:28:29,919 Speaker 5: nonprofits during the lockdowns, and a lot of that money 478 00:28:29,960 --> 00:28:33,720 Speaker 5: was going towards producing public service announcements. 479 00:28:35,040 --> 00:28:38,880 Speaker 4: The project's capital cost Basis of Estimate report refers to 480 00:28:38,920 --> 00:28:43,200 Speaker 4: the proposed seventh Standard location as interim and that it 481 00:28:43,240 --> 00:28:47,920 Speaker 4: will provide strategic access to Meadowsfield Airport. The report also 482 00:28:48,000 --> 00:28:51,320 Speaker 4: says the location won't block the future track alignment that 483 00:28:51,360 --> 00:28:54,280 Speaker 4: will continue to downtown Bakersfield and Palmdale. 484 00:28:54,320 --> 00:28:54,680 Speaker 3: It does. 485 00:28:54,800 --> 00:28:57,400 Speaker 5: Someday we might build that, and someday we might even 486 00:28:57,440 --> 00:28:59,200 Speaker 5: get it through the de Hatchbee Mountains. 487 00:28:59,680 --> 00:29:00,840 Speaker 3: Not in our lifetime. 488 00:29:01,200 --> 00:29:04,360 Speaker 4: Let's not say when the seventh standard location is set 489 00:29:04,440 --> 00:29:08,240 Speaker 4: to be completed, but some media outlets report that it 490 00:29:08,280 --> 00:29:10,240 Speaker 4: won't be until twenty thirty. 491 00:29:09,920 --> 00:29:12,160 Speaker 3: Three, seven years from now. 492 00:29:13,920 --> 00:29:18,080 Speaker 6: That'll be the next governor will be going out of office. 493 00:29:19,040 --> 00:29:25,240 Speaker 6: Since I think they're gonna come to Bakersfield. 494 00:29:23,920 --> 00:29:26,320 Speaker 3: It's not even gonna be buck Aria's problem. 495 00:29:27,120 --> 00:29:31,160 Speaker 2: How could you even come out with this and keep 496 00:29:31,160 --> 00:29:31,960 Speaker 2: a straight face. 497 00:29:33,000 --> 00:29:36,720 Speaker 5: They've been doing it for a very long time. This 498 00:29:36,840 --> 00:29:43,520 Speaker 5: project started construction in twenty twelve. Nearly my entire radio career, 499 00:29:43,920 --> 00:29:46,560 Speaker 5: we've been talking about the high speed rail. 500 00:29:47,280 --> 00:29:50,360 Speaker 2: And if you doubt them, man, they're right on you. 501 00:29:51,000 --> 00:29:53,760 Speaker 2: They act like you're the dumbest person on planet Earth. 502 00:29:54,280 --> 00:29:56,120 Speaker 2: And then when they come out and announce that there's 503 00:29:56,160 --> 00:29:58,400 Speaker 2: going to be further delays and it's gonna cost more, 504 00:29:59,000 --> 00:30:02,120 Speaker 2: they also act you're the dumbest person on planet Earth. Well, 505 00:30:02,160 --> 00:30:04,840 Speaker 2: didn't you know that the costs have gone up? Didn't 506 00:30:04,840 --> 00:30:08,200 Speaker 2: you know that circumstances change? I mean, this is how 507 00:30:08,240 --> 00:30:09,160 Speaker 2: projects are. 508 00:30:09,600 --> 00:30:11,720 Speaker 5: Well, and that's actually part of the reason that we're 509 00:30:11,760 --> 00:30:14,080 Speaker 5: in this disaster. Part of the reason that the cost 510 00:30:14,120 --> 00:30:19,680 Speaker 5: has ballooned so much is because of something called change orders. 511 00:30:20,040 --> 00:30:23,280 Speaker 5: They had a plan, and they had pre authorized contracts 512 00:30:23,320 --> 00:30:26,360 Speaker 5: with contractors to build all the things that we would 513 00:30:26,440 --> 00:30:29,440 Speaker 5: need from San Francisco to Los Angeles, and when they 514 00:30:29,560 --> 00:30:32,840 Speaker 5: changed the scope of the plan, they had to pay 515 00:30:32,880 --> 00:30:35,520 Speaker 5: out a whole bunch of contractors for nothing. 516 00:30:37,840 --> 00:30:40,760 Speaker 4: Turnip Seed calls the high speed rail a great idea. 517 00:30:40,840 --> 00:30:43,160 Speaker 5: By the way, it is just a little on the 518 00:30:43,240 --> 00:30:47,120 Speaker 5: nose that the guy from Bakersfield who's the expert on 519 00:30:47,200 --> 00:30:50,560 Speaker 5: Bakersfield infrastructure's name is turnip Seed. 520 00:30:51,360 --> 00:30:54,520 Speaker 3: It was a little farther north, it could be apple Seed. 521 00:30:54,920 --> 00:30:59,600 Speaker 4: Yeah, but says there's not enough intellectual capability to handle 522 00:30:59,640 --> 00:31:04,160 Speaker 4: such a complex problem. Reporting and studio Steve Virgin eyewitness 523 00:31:04,160 --> 00:31:05,400 Speaker 4: snooze Hi. 524 00:31:05,880 --> 00:31:06,800 Speaker 3: So there you go. 525 00:31:07,400 --> 00:31:11,160 Speaker 5: The high speed rail that has been scaled down and 526 00:31:11,280 --> 00:31:17,040 Speaker 5: promised to only go from Merced to Bakersfield. Doesn't look 527 00:31:17,120 --> 00:31:22,200 Speaker 5: like there will be building a downtown Bakersfield station any 528 00:31:22,640 --> 00:31:23,720 Speaker 5: time soon. 529 00:31:24,640 --> 00:31:38,920 Speaker 2: It's the John Phillips Show. It's the John Phillips Show. 530 00:31:39,080 --> 00:31:41,920 Speaker 2: Eight hundred two two two five two two two is 531 00:31:41,960 --> 00:31:45,320 Speaker 2: the telephone number one eight hundred two two two five 532 00:31:45,400 --> 00:31:48,280 Speaker 2: two two two. If you'd like to email the show, 533 00:31:48,320 --> 00:31:50,520 Speaker 2: you can do so at Johnny don't like show at 534 00:31:50,560 --> 00:31:54,280 Speaker 2: gmail dot com. That's Johnny don't like show at gmail 535 00:31:54,520 --> 00:31:55,440 Speaker 2: dot com. 536 00:31:55,880 --> 00:31:56,440 Speaker 3: And Randy. 537 00:31:56,560 --> 00:31:59,920 Speaker 2: I've got my running shoes ready to go for tomorrow, Moll. 538 00:32:00,680 --> 00:32:03,280 Speaker 5: We're going to be at Griffith Park for the Union 539 00:32:03,360 --> 00:32:07,920 Speaker 5: Rescue Missions five K ten K walk run. I'm very excited. 540 00:32:08,280 --> 00:32:10,680 Speaker 5: I haven't done a race like this since I was 541 00:32:10,720 --> 00:32:13,520 Speaker 5: about eighty pounds heavier, so I think the knees are 542 00:32:13,520 --> 00:32:15,760 Speaker 5: going to have a really good time. But this is 543 00:32:15,760 --> 00:32:17,920 Speaker 5: of course for a great cause, and if you want 544 00:32:17,920 --> 00:32:19,920 Speaker 5: to sign up and be a part of it, we're 545 00:32:19,960 --> 00:32:22,240 Speaker 5: all going to be down there, the whole team KABC 546 00:32:22,680 --> 00:32:25,680 Speaker 5: RM dot org, slash run walk or just support them 547 00:32:25,720 --> 00:32:27,320 Speaker 5: because they do a lot of great work. 548 00:32:28,800 --> 00:32:33,320 Speaker 2: Let's go to Victor, listening online in the state of Wyoming, Victor, Hello. 549 00:32:35,360 --> 00:32:40,160 Speaker 11: John, Rennie, how you guys doing good? Well? I grew 550 00:32:40,240 --> 00:32:44,320 Speaker 11: up in Bakersfield, and you know it has a terrible 551 00:32:44,520 --> 00:32:47,920 Speaker 11: rep of being armpied of California. But thank God for 552 00:32:48,120 --> 00:32:51,120 Speaker 11: buck Owens and Merle Haggard. Oh yeah, but where they're 553 00:32:51,160 --> 00:32:55,760 Speaker 11: gonna where they're going to put the proposed new site 554 00:32:55,760 --> 00:32:59,560 Speaker 11: in seven Standard Road does not Bakersfield, per se. It's 555 00:32:59,680 --> 00:33:05,440 Speaker 11: oil Dale, which is a completely another incredible wild animal 556 00:33:06,160 --> 00:33:10,680 Speaker 11: compared to the epitome of Baker's Field. There's a show 557 00:33:10,760 --> 00:33:12,920 Speaker 11: that you might, I know, you will get a lot 558 00:33:12,960 --> 00:33:16,440 Speaker 11: of traction of humor off called the oil Dale Royals. 559 00:33:17,000 --> 00:33:20,400 Speaker 11: So if you can imagine just the epitome of white trash, 560 00:33:20,680 --> 00:33:23,800 Speaker 11: oil Dale's where it's at. And I don't know if 561 00:33:23,800 --> 00:33:25,680 Speaker 11: those people are going to want to take the train 562 00:33:25,960 --> 00:33:29,520 Speaker 11: unless you want to hitchhike, but there'll be a plethora 563 00:33:29,560 --> 00:33:31,920 Speaker 11: of folks to give them a lot of hell. I'll 564 00:33:31,920 --> 00:33:33,200 Speaker 11: tell you that well. 565 00:33:33,240 --> 00:33:36,120 Speaker 5: And Victor, the original plan was not even to get 566 00:33:36,160 --> 00:33:39,120 Speaker 5: anywhere near Vegas Field, but to Wasco. And the only 567 00:33:39,160 --> 00:33:41,400 Speaker 5: thing Inco is a prison. 568 00:33:43,280 --> 00:33:50,120 Speaker 11: That's true. And you know it's all growing together. Maybe 569 00:33:50,160 --> 00:33:53,840 Speaker 11: one day it'll be a megopolis. But it's like that 570 00:33:54,400 --> 00:33:57,880 Speaker 11: scientist you had on all that sand, and you know, 571 00:33:57,920 --> 00:34:00,840 Speaker 11: building the highway is one thing, but trying to you know, 572 00:34:01,520 --> 00:34:04,440 Speaker 11: make a sustainable rail is not going to happen in 573 00:34:04,440 --> 00:34:07,800 Speaker 11: that soil. And it's just would be a maintenance nightmare 574 00:34:07,840 --> 00:34:08,920 Speaker 11: even if they did make it. 575 00:34:10,960 --> 00:34:12,600 Speaker 3: I do have to say this. 576 00:34:13,200 --> 00:34:16,120 Speaker 2: I've been on the road quite a bit the last 577 00:34:16,160 --> 00:34:19,239 Speaker 2: couple of weeks, and I went through many of these 578 00:34:19,280 --> 00:34:25,080 Speaker 2: Central Valley towns. I went through Fresno, Bakersfield, Modesto, and 579 00:34:25,480 --> 00:34:28,800 Speaker 2: stopped at many of them. And I've got to say, 580 00:34:29,560 --> 00:34:33,680 Speaker 2: compared to the big cities in California, like Los Angeles 581 00:34:33,719 --> 00:34:37,440 Speaker 2: and Oakland and others, the Central Valley looked good to me. 582 00:34:37,560 --> 00:34:41,719 Speaker 2: It was clean. I felt safe pretty much everywhere I was. 583 00:34:41,840 --> 00:34:41,960 Speaker 11: Now. 584 00:34:41,960 --> 00:34:43,719 Speaker 2: I didn't go to every part of town. I'm sure 585 00:34:43,719 --> 00:34:46,279 Speaker 2: there are bad parts of Fresno. I didn't see it 586 00:34:46,320 --> 00:34:49,440 Speaker 2: when I was there. The radio station happens to be 587 00:34:49,480 --> 00:34:52,719 Speaker 2: in a pretty good part of town. But I went 588 00:34:52,760 --> 00:34:56,160 Speaker 2: and had lunch and went to the Costco and had 589 00:34:56,160 --> 00:35:00,080 Speaker 2: some Starbucks and all of those different things, and I 590 00:35:00,160 --> 00:35:02,000 Speaker 2: came away being pretty impressed. 591 00:35:04,440 --> 00:35:07,080 Speaker 11: Yeah, it was a great place to grow up van 592 00:35:07,440 --> 00:35:13,080 Speaker 11: Still it's solid because agriculture brings families together, and that 593 00:35:13,360 --> 00:35:15,960 Speaker 11: is you know the bread basket in hart of California, 594 00:35:16,239 --> 00:35:19,080 Speaker 11: and you know it's diced up with red and blue. 595 00:35:19,160 --> 00:35:22,880 Speaker 11: But I really hope that Hilton brings them all together. 596 00:35:23,120 --> 00:35:26,040 Speaker 11: Especially with the water issues just being a terrible year 597 00:35:26,040 --> 00:35:29,520 Speaker 11: for water. I think the Hilton will make it. And 598 00:35:30,200 --> 00:35:32,960 Speaker 11: other than that, if you ever in Bakersfield again, I 599 00:35:33,160 --> 00:35:37,800 Speaker 11: highly recommend Benji's Basque Restaurant off of Rosedale Highway. 600 00:35:38,320 --> 00:35:41,600 Speaker 5: Benji's Basque Restaurant. All right, I'm writing it down. I 601 00:35:41,680 --> 00:35:43,279 Speaker 5: do love me some Spanish filing. 602 00:35:43,040 --> 00:35:46,600 Speaker 11: All right, jins, No, it's French basque actually. 603 00:35:46,440 --> 00:35:49,560 Speaker 5: Oh okay, that side of basque country great. I'll still 604 00:35:49,640 --> 00:35:50,120 Speaker 5: enjoy it. 605 00:35:51,440 --> 00:35:55,080 Speaker 11: Oh you'll love it. But you guys have a great weekend. 606 00:35:55,440 --> 00:35:59,640 Speaker 11: Awesome show looking for it. I heart up here and 607 00:36:00,080 --> 00:36:05,040 Speaker 11: full of Wyoming, not Jackson Bunghole where the millionaires moved 608 00:36:05,040 --> 00:36:06,960 Speaker 11: out and the billionaires moved in. I'll tell you it's 609 00:36:06,960 --> 00:36:12,160 Speaker 11: another right side of heading up here in northeast Wyoming. 610 00:36:14,560 --> 00:36:16,719 Speaker 2: All right, thank you for the call, sir, we appreciate it. 611 00:36:17,520 --> 00:36:19,760 Speaker 2: Let's go to Matthew and Conquered Matthew. 612 00:36:19,800 --> 00:36:26,000 Speaker 12: Hello, Hi, guys, have a good weekend. I've heard laying 613 00:36:26,080 --> 00:36:30,480 Speaker 12: track lane track lane track lane track twenty and thirty 614 00:36:30,920 --> 00:36:33,359 Speaker 12: is going to be the date. I haven't even seen 615 00:36:33,360 --> 00:36:35,760 Speaker 12: a design of a train to go on those tracks. 616 00:36:36,200 --> 00:36:37,640 Speaker 13: Oh, they haven't started ten years. 617 00:36:37,680 --> 00:36:40,240 Speaker 5: They haven't started that yet, and they actually haven't started 618 00:36:40,320 --> 00:36:43,680 Speaker 5: laying the track either. They're just figuring out the contractor 619 00:36:43,760 --> 00:36:44,840 Speaker 5: to buy the tracks. 620 00:36:46,000 --> 00:36:47,360 Speaker 13: I mean, are we going to have a bunch of 621 00:36:47,600 --> 00:36:51,200 Speaker 13: black and decker fucking dustbusters flying up down the rails 622 00:36:51,280 --> 00:36:53,720 Speaker 13: or they're going to be only to hold one hundred 623 00:36:53,719 --> 00:36:57,640 Speaker 13: people because they're so scared of insurance and all that stuff. 624 00:36:57,680 --> 00:37:02,960 Speaker 13: But yeah, let's get the dream of a train and 625 00:37:03,000 --> 00:37:05,560 Speaker 13: show what the train looks like, and then maybe it'll 626 00:37:05,600 --> 00:37:09,480 Speaker 13: put some effort into getting the tracks down and you know, 627 00:37:09,520 --> 00:37:12,359 Speaker 13: we're gonna put this on those tracks, give it a 628 00:37:12,400 --> 00:37:13,040 Speaker 13: good visual. 629 00:37:15,040 --> 00:37:19,000 Speaker 3: All right, Thank you for the call, sir. Think about 630 00:37:19,040 --> 00:37:20,520 Speaker 3: this for a second. 631 00:37:20,680 --> 00:37:26,080 Speaker 2: Think about how fast iPhones are out of date, how 632 00:37:26,160 --> 00:37:31,719 Speaker 2: fast automobiles are out of date. This is technology that 633 00:37:31,920 --> 00:37:34,840 Speaker 2: was conceived in what two thousand and eight. 634 00:37:35,320 --> 00:37:40,360 Speaker 5: Well, it's based on technology from nineteen sixty five. Countries 635 00:37:40,400 --> 00:37:44,279 Speaker 5: like Japan have had this for sixty years. 636 00:37:47,800 --> 00:37:52,920 Speaker 2: When you get on this thing after it's brand new, 637 00:37:53,560 --> 00:37:55,520 Speaker 2: do you think it's going to feel out of date 638 00:37:55,640 --> 00:37:58,759 Speaker 2: even as a brand new train if it ever is completed. 639 00:37:59,280 --> 00:38:02,080 Speaker 5: Yes, it will feel obsolete on day one, because by 640 00:38:02,120 --> 00:38:05,960 Speaker 5: the time this thing is completed. The WAIM revolution may 641 00:38:05,960 --> 00:38:09,120 Speaker 5: have already taken place, and you can have a robot 642 00:38:09,200 --> 00:38:12,919 Speaker 5: car take you from Los Angeles to San Francisco while 643 00:38:12,960 --> 00:38:14,080 Speaker 5: you sleep in the back. 644 00:38:15,280 --> 00:38:17,160 Speaker 3: That's the Elon model. 645 00:38:18,480 --> 00:38:22,239 Speaker 2: Elon believes that in the future, no one is going 646 00:38:22,320 --> 00:38:24,920 Speaker 2: to own a car, that you're just gonna have these 647 00:38:24,960 --> 00:38:30,400 Speaker 2: self driving vehicles that are everywhere. They're ubiquitous, and you 648 00:38:30,440 --> 00:38:33,680 Speaker 2: can just call them and be taken wherever it is 649 00:38:33,800 --> 00:38:37,200 Speaker 2: you need to go at any given time. And that's 650 00:38:37,320 --> 00:38:41,440 Speaker 2: just the way it's gonna be. And if that's the future, 651 00:38:41,800 --> 00:38:43,920 Speaker 2: if that's the world that we're going to live in, 652 00:38:45,560 --> 00:38:47,520 Speaker 2: I just don't know who's gonna want to ride on 653 00:38:47,560 --> 00:38:50,480 Speaker 2: a train with old technology that's going to stop in 654 00:38:50,520 --> 00:38:52,000 Speaker 2: every podunk town on the state. 655 00:38:52,520 --> 00:38:56,080 Speaker 5: Well, and you know, no offense to Bakersfield, no offense 656 00:38:56,120 --> 00:38:59,759 Speaker 5: to Merced, But what exactly is the point of the 657 00:39:00,000 --> 00:39:03,120 Speaker 5: initial line, like who is going, what is the ridership 658 00:39:03,280 --> 00:39:06,399 Speaker 5: and does that ridership have? How much is this going 659 00:39:06,440 --> 00:39:09,359 Speaker 5: to cost to actually ride and how is it going 660 00:39:09,400 --> 00:39:11,080 Speaker 5: to compare to a plane ticket. 661 00:39:13,280 --> 00:39:18,200 Speaker 2: I drove that route this week from Merced to Bakersfield, 662 00:39:18,760 --> 00:39:21,720 Speaker 2: and I drove it right in the heart of morning 663 00:39:21,800 --> 00:39:25,840 Speaker 2: rush hour and there was barely anyone on the road. 664 00:39:27,520 --> 00:39:32,120 Speaker 3: What demand is there for this train? That's a very 665 00:39:32,239 --> 00:39:36,320 Speaker 3: very very good question. Let's go to John and Long Beach. 666 00:39:36,400 --> 00:39:40,600 Speaker 11: John, Hello, gentlemen, love your show. 667 00:39:42,680 --> 00:39:45,960 Speaker 8: First off, you know, I guess because I live on 668 00:39:46,040 --> 00:39:49,359 Speaker 8: Bakersfield that are from Portugal that have dairies. I think 669 00:39:49,360 --> 00:39:52,759 Speaker 8: there's more cows up there than people, and a lot 670 00:39:52,760 --> 00:39:55,279 Speaker 8: of produce, so maybe they can haul the produce and 671 00:39:55,360 --> 00:39:59,240 Speaker 8: the cows around. I don't know, it's. 672 00:39:59,120 --> 00:40:01,360 Speaker 3: Going to be a Joe gigantic cow trailer. 673 00:40:03,120 --> 00:40:04,040 Speaker 11: Yeah. 674 00:40:04,400 --> 00:40:08,719 Speaker 8: Oh, Also, what are you guys doing your next remote broadcast? 675 00:40:09,360 --> 00:40:12,080 Speaker 5: You tell me, saying meister, has San Diego done yet? 676 00:40:14,880 --> 00:40:16,520 Speaker 11: It's almost done? 677 00:40:16,560 --> 00:40:18,160 Speaker 8: I was down there the other day. 678 00:40:18,239 --> 00:40:23,719 Speaker 5: Actually, well, we are very excited to possibly be doing 679 00:40:23,760 --> 00:40:26,879 Speaker 5: something down there when it opens. But when our LEX 680 00:40:26,920 --> 00:40:29,920 Speaker 5: and I when our next live broadcast is? That's a 681 00:40:29,960 --> 00:40:35,720 Speaker 5: you question, saying meister, Well, I went. 682 00:40:35,600 --> 00:40:37,759 Speaker 8: And checked out the new place down there when I 683 00:40:37,880 --> 00:40:41,000 Speaker 8: was there last Monday, and it really looks nice, So 684 00:40:41,239 --> 00:40:43,200 Speaker 8: it looks like they should be opening soon. 685 00:40:43,920 --> 00:40:46,759 Speaker 2: Love that stone, San Diego. You can visit the one 686 00:40:46,760 --> 00:40:50,920 Speaker 2: in Long Beach right on the water. Great great food, 687 00:40:51,000 --> 00:40:54,600 Speaker 2: exactly all right, Thanks for the call. That's gonna do 688 00:40:54,600 --> 00:40:56,760 Speaker 2: it for us this week. We'll be back on Monday 689 00:40:56,760 --> 00:41:10,560 Speaker 2: at noon for another edition of The John Phillips Show.