1 00:00:00,200 --> 00:00:06,760 Speaker 1: It's the Ray Appleton Podcast from KMJ and kmjnow dot com. 2 00:00:06,840 --> 00:00:08,760 Speaker 2: For one of the reasons that we've not heard from 3 00:00:08,760 --> 00:00:11,680 Speaker 2: Steve ln but Steve Hills here to prepare for this 4 00:00:12,920 --> 00:00:16,120 Speaker 2: jubernitorial debate last night up in the Northern California area. 5 00:00:16,520 --> 00:00:23,880 Speaker 2: He was the only Republican and this was kind of 6 00:00:23,880 --> 00:00:28,680 Speaker 2: a chosen moment for him. He and I had discussed 7 00:00:28,680 --> 00:00:31,360 Speaker 2: this long and hard. He has a lot of respect 8 00:00:31,440 --> 00:00:36,960 Speaker 2: for Sheriff Chad Bianco, but there's this little black cloud 9 00:00:37,159 --> 00:00:42,519 Speaker 2: in Bianco's history involving taking a knee at a George 10 00:00:42,520 --> 00:00:45,559 Speaker 2: Floyd protest when he was told to asked to by 11 00:00:45,600 --> 00:00:54,120 Speaker 2: a BLM member and then maybe fabricating an answer that 12 00:00:54,760 --> 00:00:58,520 Speaker 2: didn't really ring with the truth. And Steve and I 13 00:00:58,880 --> 00:01:04,040 Speaker 2: Steve did not want to play this card, but I 14 00:01:04,160 --> 00:01:05,959 Speaker 2: told Steve and you can blame this one on me. 15 00:01:06,080 --> 00:01:08,840 Speaker 2: Probably if there were ever a debate and the Bianco 16 00:01:08,959 --> 00:01:11,120 Speaker 2: was not there, he was probably going to have to 17 00:01:11,120 --> 00:01:14,640 Speaker 2: go for first blood because the Democrats were absolutely going 18 00:01:14,720 --> 00:01:18,280 Speaker 2: to play that card on Bianco. So better he heard 19 00:01:18,319 --> 00:01:21,600 Speaker 2: from one of his own than from somebody else of 20 00:01:21,640 --> 00:01:25,280 Speaker 2: a different party. And sure enough, Steve did it last 21 00:01:25,360 --> 00:01:31,280 Speaker 2: night and I was somewhat relieved for him, but at 22 00:01:31,280 --> 00:01:33,759 Speaker 2: the same time I was feeling very bad for Bianco. 23 00:01:34,280 --> 00:01:40,000 Speaker 2: Had he been honest in the first place, it wouldn't 24 00:01:40,040 --> 00:01:44,120 Speaker 2: have had to go down this road. But we have 25 00:01:44,160 --> 00:01:46,399 Speaker 2: a number of takes from last night from a number 26 00:01:46,440 --> 00:01:50,200 Speaker 2: of the people who are running for governor, including the 27 00:01:50,280 --> 00:01:52,200 Speaker 2: late comer here, the Santa se mayor who's a real 28 00:01:52,240 --> 00:01:57,560 Speaker 2: buffoon guy. Yeah, and then the progressive billionaire Tom Steyer. 29 00:01:58,840 --> 00:02:03,600 Speaker 2: I mean, just a lot of wrong people running at 30 00:02:03,640 --> 00:02:09,040 Speaker 2: the wrong time to govern California. Things have to change here, 31 00:02:10,160 --> 00:02:13,440 Speaker 2: and it's only going to change with the demise bye 32 00:02:13,480 --> 00:02:16,600 Speaker 2: bye of the Gavennuisms of the world. And you know 33 00:02:16,680 --> 00:02:21,320 Speaker 2: a Republican or you know a Democrat with some brains 34 00:02:21,760 --> 00:02:24,000 Speaker 2: taking over the state and looking at it genuinely for 35 00:02:24,080 --> 00:02:30,040 Speaker 2: what it is. So in twenty twenty and at Black 36 00:02:30,080 --> 00:02:35,520 Speaker 2: Lives Matter riot, Bianco took a knee and was told 37 00:02:35,560 --> 00:02:42,360 Speaker 2: to but do so by BLM. And the disingenuous piece 38 00:02:42,360 --> 00:02:45,120 Speaker 2: of this will come out in this clip that you're 39 00:02:45,160 --> 00:02:47,000 Speaker 2: going to hear now on KMJ. 40 00:02:48,200 --> 00:02:50,040 Speaker 3: Before we go on, I really think I need to 41 00:02:50,080 --> 00:02:53,520 Speaker 3: address the elephant in the room, or perhaps some might 42 00:02:53,520 --> 00:02:57,920 Speaker 3: say the Rhino, who's not in the room. My Republican colleague, 43 00:02:58,400 --> 00:03:02,639 Speaker 3: Chad Bianco is not here tonight to face these Democrats 44 00:03:02,760 --> 00:03:04,079 Speaker 3: or his record. 45 00:03:04,520 --> 00:03:06,600 Speaker 4: In twenty twenty, during the. 46 00:03:06,560 --> 00:03:10,799 Speaker 3: Black Lives Matter riots, he took a knee when told 47 00:03:10,840 --> 00:03:15,800 Speaker 3: to by BLM. Now he says he was praying, well, 48 00:03:15,880 --> 00:03:20,280 Speaker 3: watch the video for yourself at blmbianco dot org. 49 00:03:20,800 --> 00:03:23,760 Speaker 4: That is blmbianco dot org. 50 00:03:24,520 --> 00:03:29,600 Speaker 3: We cannot risk splitting the Republican vote and letting the 51 00:03:29,639 --> 00:03:34,760 Speaker 3: Democrats in. Chad Bianco has got more baggage than Lax. 52 00:03:35,960 --> 00:03:41,600 Speaker 3: We cannot BLM Bianco the shifty Sheriff as our candidate. 53 00:03:42,240 --> 00:03:45,080 Speaker 3: Chad Bianco, he needs to drop out of this race, 54 00:03:45,600 --> 00:03:47,880 Speaker 3: just as he dropped out of tonight's debate. 55 00:03:52,000 --> 00:03:54,680 Speaker 2: He sounded tough, he sounded hard, but that wasn't easy 56 00:03:54,720 --> 00:03:57,920 Speaker 2: for him. Again, I can tell you right now, but 57 00:03:58,000 --> 00:04:01,920 Speaker 2: he did so well last night. What was the number, 58 00:04:01,920 --> 00:04:06,839 Speaker 2: It was like seventy percent plus thereabouts. Thought he took 59 00:04:06,880 --> 00:04:13,080 Speaker 2: this thing wide open. Wow, when you're dealing with you know, 60 00:04:13,240 --> 00:04:17,120 Speaker 2: one Republican and up team Democrats. You know on the 61 00:04:17,200 --> 00:04:23,720 Speaker 2: diets there and a lot of these people have been there, 62 00:04:23,800 --> 00:04:27,159 Speaker 2: done that before and have never gotten anywhere. Is Antonio 63 00:04:27,279 --> 00:04:31,200 Speaker 2: Via Ragosa a nice guy. I gotta tell you right now, 64 00:04:31,360 --> 00:04:37,640 Speaker 2: he's a nice guy, but he's just not the right 65 00:04:37,720 --> 00:04:42,640 Speaker 2: guy for the right time. And we've got we've got 66 00:04:42,640 --> 00:04:45,120 Speaker 2: words from everybody here to kind of spread it out 67 00:04:45,520 --> 00:04:48,520 Speaker 2: so you can hear what's going on here is mister 68 00:04:48,600 --> 00:04:49,440 Speaker 2: Villa Ragosa. 69 00:04:50,720 --> 00:04:51,280 Speaker 5: Antonio. 70 00:04:51,760 --> 00:04:54,320 Speaker 6: Okay, Antonio, this me. 71 00:04:55,360 --> 00:04:55,840 Speaker 1: Does I go? 72 00:04:56,040 --> 00:04:56,479 Speaker 6: Does I go? 73 00:04:56,560 --> 00:04:57,360 Speaker 4: For all three of us? 74 00:04:57,440 --> 00:04:59,240 Speaker 5: All three of you can call me Antonio. 75 00:05:00,040 --> 00:05:01,240 Speaker 1: I'm not well. 76 00:05:01,960 --> 00:05:05,640 Speaker 5: Let me just say we spent twenty four billion dollars 77 00:05:05,640 --> 00:05:10,640 Speaker 5: at the state, along with billions more from the counties 78 00:05:10,680 --> 00:05:13,360 Speaker 5: and the cities throughout the state, and homelessness went on. 79 00:05:13,880 --> 00:05:16,840 Speaker 5: We've got to acknowledge that everybody, we can't be afraid 80 00:05:17,040 --> 00:05:19,960 Speaker 5: to look in the mirror. The fact is, when they 81 00:05:19,960 --> 00:05:24,880 Speaker 5: did that audit, if they couldn't say whether the vast. 82 00:05:24,600 --> 00:05:26,120 Speaker 1: Majority of those programs work. 83 00:05:26,160 --> 00:05:30,960 Speaker 5: There were only two home renter assistance programs from preventure 84 00:05:30,960 --> 00:05:33,360 Speaker 5: from going homeless in the first place, and I think 85 00:05:33,440 --> 00:05:36,320 Speaker 5: the Home Safe program. So we've got to acknowledge that 86 00:05:36,360 --> 00:05:38,960 Speaker 5: we've got to put dashboards on the money that we have, 87 00:05:39,320 --> 00:05:41,760 Speaker 5: because we've got we don't have unlimited money. 88 00:05:42,400 --> 00:05:43,760 Speaker 1: I've been a chief executive. 89 00:05:44,200 --> 00:05:48,640 Speaker 5: I left lay on a sound financial footing, and when 90 00:05:48,680 --> 00:05:52,080 Speaker 5: I was Speaker balanced two budgets with a surplus with 91 00:05:52,200 --> 00:05:55,680 Speaker 5: a Republican and a Democratic governor. So the next governor's 92 00:05:55,720 --> 00:05:57,839 Speaker 5: going to have to look at the bottom line. Because 93 00:05:57,880 --> 00:06:02,480 Speaker 5: you're right, we can't criminalize homeless lessness. We should be compassionate, 94 00:06:03,080 --> 00:06:06,120 Speaker 5: but we got to invest in what works. That's seven 95 00:06:06,279 --> 00:06:10,719 Speaker 5: and fifty thousand thank you units, don't thank you? 96 00:06:11,960 --> 00:06:12,280 Speaker 4: Uh huh. 97 00:06:15,920 --> 00:06:18,839 Speaker 2: There are about a dozen candidates in this race to 98 00:06:18,960 --> 00:06:22,600 Speaker 2: replace Gavin Newsom. Seven of them participated last night. But 99 00:06:22,680 --> 00:06:26,320 Speaker 2: I would call all of these, with the exception of Steve, 100 00:06:26,480 --> 00:06:30,120 Speaker 2: second tier candidates who don't have a chance. None of 101 00:06:30,120 --> 00:06:33,400 Speaker 2: them have a chance. And as it is, I'll repeat 102 00:06:33,480 --> 00:06:37,200 Speaker 2: that Steve Hilton has raised more money than anybody else. 103 00:06:37,880 --> 00:06:41,360 Speaker 2: He's number one in all the polls. It's pretty solid. Now. 104 00:06:42,560 --> 00:06:47,000 Speaker 2: Even last night, seventy five percent of those who viewed 105 00:06:48,120 --> 00:06:51,360 Speaker 2: What Happened up in Northern California the Bay Area said 106 00:06:51,400 --> 00:06:54,520 Speaker 2: he was the Winter Winter Chicken dinner hands down. Now, 107 00:06:55,000 --> 00:06:58,840 Speaker 2: one little area that where Steve got into it with 108 00:06:59,000 --> 00:07:03,200 Speaker 2: somebody he thought was a buddy. The Santa Mayor met 109 00:07:03,240 --> 00:07:06,960 Speaker 2: me and got into this race. Kind of late, and 110 00:07:07,040 --> 00:07:15,040 Speaker 2: he'd cause himself a moderate I think he's well, I can't. 111 00:07:15,120 --> 00:07:16,680 Speaker 2: I can't tell you of the air what I think 112 00:07:16,720 --> 00:07:19,280 Speaker 2: he is, and that he and Steve got into it 113 00:07:19,480 --> 00:07:25,600 Speaker 2: just a little bit over some earlier in the conversations 114 00:07:25,640 --> 00:07:26,240 Speaker 2: between the two. 115 00:07:26,360 --> 00:07:29,800 Speaker 3: Listen up, how have we put up with this for 116 00:07:29,840 --> 00:07:34,880 Speaker 3: so long? We would never allow someone, never tolerate someone 117 00:07:34,920 --> 00:07:37,760 Speaker 3: we love to live in the conditions we see all 118 00:07:37,760 --> 00:07:40,000 Speaker 3: over us state, So why should we accept it for 119 00:07:40,040 --> 00:07:43,120 Speaker 3: anyone else? I won't accept it. Here's my plan four points. 120 00:07:43,400 --> 00:07:47,040 Speaker 3: Number One, we have to stop the fraud. The fraud 121 00:07:47,120 --> 00:07:49,920 Speaker 3: in the homeless system is stealing from. 122 00:07:49,720 --> 00:07:51,160 Speaker 4: The people who need our help. 123 00:07:51,400 --> 00:07:54,280 Speaker 3: Number two, we have to enforce the law it is 124 00:07:54,360 --> 00:07:56,600 Speaker 3: illegal to camp on the streets. 125 00:07:56,920 --> 00:07:59,000 Speaker 1: If local leaders. 126 00:07:58,640 --> 00:08:01,520 Speaker 3: Won't enforce the law, as governor, I will make sure 127 00:08:01,680 --> 00:08:04,360 Speaker 3: from the state level that we do. After that, we 128 00:08:04,400 --> 00:08:07,160 Speaker 3: need to get people into the treatment that they need. 129 00:08:07,280 --> 00:08:11,080 Speaker 3: It is shameful that Gavin Newsom just vetoed a sober 130 00:08:11,320 --> 00:08:14,880 Speaker 3: housing bill. Shame on him for doing that. We have 131 00:08:14,960 --> 00:08:18,040 Speaker 3: to provide people the mental health treatment that they need. 132 00:08:18,200 --> 00:08:19,880 Speaker 4: We have to implement. 133 00:08:19,400 --> 00:08:23,000 Speaker 3: Prop thirty six that we all voted for in California 134 00:08:23,160 --> 00:08:25,280 Speaker 3: and then finally I have to say, sorry to keep 135 00:08:25,320 --> 00:08:27,440 Speaker 3: picking on that, but he just said in an interview 136 00:08:28,080 --> 00:08:31,400 Speaker 3: that the thing he most admires about Gavin Newsom is 137 00:08:31,440 --> 00:08:33,319 Speaker 3: his record on homelessness. 138 00:08:33,480 --> 00:08:35,000 Speaker 4: You've got to be kidding that. 139 00:08:35,000 --> 00:08:36,280 Speaker 1: That's your time, mister Hilton. 140 00:08:36,920 --> 00:08:39,760 Speaker 7: Bere mayhon thirty seconds to respond to mister Hilton. 141 00:08:42,200 --> 00:08:45,960 Speaker 8: Well, first, first, I'll just note that Steve, you came 142 00:08:46,000 --> 00:08:48,439 Speaker 8: to San Jose just a week ago to see what's 143 00:08:48,480 --> 00:08:52,160 Speaker 8: working in San Jose because we've been reducing on sheltered 144 00:08:52,160 --> 00:08:58,640 Speaker 8: homelessness faster. We've been reducing on sheltered homelessness faster than 145 00:08:58,679 --> 00:09:01,400 Speaker 8: any other city in the state. And last week Steve 146 00:09:01,480 --> 00:09:04,160 Speaker 8: came to see what's working in our interim housing communities 147 00:09:04,160 --> 00:09:06,400 Speaker 8: and with our outreach model. And I don't know what's 148 00:09:06,480 --> 00:09:08,840 Speaker 8: changed in the last week, but it you know, it 149 00:09:08,920 --> 00:09:11,640 Speaker 8: seems that it's the fact that I jumped into this race. 150 00:09:11,679 --> 00:09:13,320 Speaker 1: And frankly, that's exactly. 151 00:09:12,920 --> 00:09:15,760 Speaker 8: Wrong with our politics and all seriousness. Is that an 152 00:09:15,760 --> 00:09:19,560 Speaker 8: idea is good one day until the other side timeline rebuttle, sir, 153 00:09:20,360 --> 00:09:22,400 Speaker 8: go ahead on your inst a minute. So I'll just 154 00:09:22,679 --> 00:09:24,920 Speaker 8: can thank you all. Continue with the point, which is 155 00:09:24,960 --> 00:09:28,559 Speaker 8: what's wrong with our politics is when we detegrate ideas 156 00:09:28,600 --> 00:09:31,960 Speaker 8: because of who had them, and the truth is there 157 00:09:32,000 --> 00:09:36,520 Speaker 8: are there are gaps on all sides of this issue. 158 00:09:36,559 --> 00:09:39,480 Speaker 8: I ran for office because of the same concerns that 159 00:09:39,520 --> 00:09:42,560 Speaker 8: were raised in that audit. I saw us spending a 160 00:09:42,640 --> 00:09:45,560 Speaker 8: million dollars a door, taking six years to build housing 161 00:09:45,600 --> 00:09:47,280 Speaker 8: for people on our streets. We don't have that kind 162 00:09:47,320 --> 00:09:50,640 Speaker 8: of time to wait. We have thousands of people literally 163 00:09:50,800 --> 00:09:54,040 Speaker 8: out of our streets, many dying, thousands dying per year 164 00:09:54,040 --> 00:09:56,640 Speaker 8: in San Jose. What we've done is we've gotten back 165 00:09:56,679 --> 00:10:01,400 Speaker 8: to basics. We've built basic, dignified shelter, thoughtful outreach when 166 00:10:01,559 --> 00:10:05,240 Speaker 8: shelters available, make every effort to require that people come 167 00:10:05,280 --> 00:10:08,920 Speaker 8: indoors to connect them to services. We created those dashboards 168 00:10:08,920 --> 00:10:13,040 Speaker 8: that track utilization, cost per outcome and create greater accountability 169 00:10:13,120 --> 00:10:16,920 Speaker 8: for spending our precious dollars to help people turn their 170 00:10:16,960 --> 00:10:18,839 Speaker 8: lives around. And we could do a lot more if 171 00:10:18,840 --> 00:10:21,000 Speaker 8: the state got every city in county to do the same. 172 00:10:21,400 --> 00:10:21,920 Speaker 6: Thank you, Marre. 173 00:10:23,679 --> 00:10:32,840 Speaker 2: Yeah, Okay, moving right along. One of Steve's big weapons 174 00:10:32,840 --> 00:10:35,400 Speaker 2: that he likes to fire is that on the price 175 00:10:35,440 --> 00:10:40,240 Speaker 2: of gas and his plans for you know, gas in 176 00:10:40,400 --> 00:10:44,679 Speaker 2: housing and a number of things have been embraced not 177 00:10:44,880 --> 00:10:47,760 Speaker 2: only by you know, many Republicans, but also by many 178 00:10:47,800 --> 00:10:51,160 Speaker 2: Democrats who are saying, gee whiz, it's about time. So 179 00:10:51,200 --> 00:10:54,800 Speaker 2: we defer to Steve Hilton again, gas the topic off 180 00:10:54,840 --> 00:10:55,080 Speaker 2: we go. 181 00:10:56,200 --> 00:11:00,720 Speaker 3: We have to end the Democrat climate say that has 182 00:11:00,840 --> 00:11:05,520 Speaker 3: led to these astronomical gas prices that are particularly hurting 183 00:11:05,880 --> 00:11:09,800 Speaker 3: working families who drive their cars and trucks two, three, four, 184 00:11:09,920 --> 00:11:12,360 Speaker 3: five hours a day. It's not the climate warriors and 185 00:11:12,440 --> 00:11:15,640 Speaker 3: Marine County tapping away at their map books that are 186 00:11:15,720 --> 00:11:19,679 Speaker 3: hurt by how high gas prices. It's working class Californias. 187 00:11:19,800 --> 00:11:21,640 Speaker 3: Here's what we're going to do. We're going to stop 188 00:11:21,679 --> 00:11:26,400 Speaker 3: the insane importing of oil and gas from halfway around 189 00:11:26,440 --> 00:11:30,640 Speaker 3: the world on giant supertankers spewing out carbon emissions while 190 00:11:30,679 --> 00:11:34,160 Speaker 3: shutting down oil production right here in California. 191 00:11:34,440 --> 00:11:35,600 Speaker 4: That makes no sense. 192 00:11:35,760 --> 00:11:39,360 Speaker 3: We're going to end these environmental regulations on the refineries 193 00:11:39,400 --> 00:11:43,840 Speaker 3: that are causing them to shut down with zero environmental benefits. 194 00:11:44,120 --> 00:11:46,920 Speaker 4: That's how we get to three dollar gas. 195 00:11:47,080 --> 00:11:51,120 Speaker 3: That's going to help every single working family and small 196 00:11:51,120 --> 00:11:53,600 Speaker 3: business in California, will reduce. 197 00:11:53,280 --> 00:11:54,520 Speaker 1: Our costs overall. 198 00:11:54,679 --> 00:11:57,000 Speaker 3: We've got to get it done. 199 00:11:57,559 --> 00:11:57,719 Speaker 5: Now. 200 00:11:57,760 --> 00:12:01,640 Speaker 2: You heard coversman of the Clintock earlier predict and he'll 201 00:12:01,640 --> 00:12:05,800 Speaker 2: know and he would though. The gas this spring in 202 00:12:05,840 --> 00:12:07,880 Speaker 2: the state of California is gonna be reaching eight dollars. 203 00:12:08,679 --> 00:12:10,800 Speaker 2: As the rest of the country goes down, down, down, 204 00:12:10,880 --> 00:12:15,040 Speaker 2: down down, California goes up up, up, up up. I 205 00:12:15,400 --> 00:12:18,959 Speaker 2: always hear from my son back in the Fisher's Indiana 206 00:12:19,920 --> 00:12:24,600 Speaker 2: where he's living in a very idyllic life. I'm so jealous. Word, 207 00:12:24,720 --> 00:12:27,320 Speaker 2: hey dad, I got I filled up today for two 208 00:12:27,360 --> 00:12:30,840 Speaker 2: seventeen a gallon and he drives a hybrid, so he 209 00:12:31,000 --> 00:12:32,880 Speaker 2: fills up like two or three times a year in 210 00:12:32,880 --> 00:12:37,360 Speaker 2: this hard to hybrid, which is an incredible car. But 211 00:12:37,960 --> 00:12:41,520 Speaker 2: Stevon Housing, this was a boat of contention last night. 212 00:12:41,600 --> 00:12:43,760 Speaker 6: Listen up, mister Heilton, your housing plan. 213 00:12:44,840 --> 00:12:48,440 Speaker 3: So my parents were refugees from communism in Hungary. My 214 00:12:48,520 --> 00:12:51,960 Speaker 3: stepfather worked construction. My first job was project manager for 215 00:12:52,000 --> 00:12:56,760 Speaker 3: a construction company. I remember starting my first business and 216 00:12:56,800 --> 00:12:59,440 Speaker 3: made enough money just to buy a small home back 217 00:12:59,440 --> 00:13:02,400 Speaker 3: in London, and that feeling of walking across the threshold. 218 00:13:02,760 --> 00:13:06,520 Speaker 3: I achieved this, I earned this. We are stealing that 219 00:13:06,600 --> 00:13:10,760 Speaker 3: from this generation. That is a prime the very first 220 00:13:10,760 --> 00:13:14,280 Speaker 3: issue I worked on many years ago when I wanted 221 00:13:14,679 --> 00:13:18,160 Speaker 3: to develop solutions for California and our problems was housing. 222 00:13:18,600 --> 00:13:22,520 Speaker 3: I developed a plan to end the lawsuits that block housing, 223 00:13:22,679 --> 00:13:25,240 Speaker 3: but also to stop the taxes on housing. 224 00:13:25,280 --> 00:13:27,199 Speaker 4: I actually talked to Matt about it. 225 00:13:27,360 --> 00:13:30,679 Speaker 3: He didn't agree with me about capping taxes on housing. 226 00:13:31,360 --> 00:13:32,560 Speaker 1: He likes taxes. 227 00:13:32,200 --> 00:13:33,800 Speaker 4: Apparently, unless they're on billionaires. 228 00:13:34,320 --> 00:13:37,440 Speaker 3: We've got to end the taxes on housing, and we've 229 00:13:37,440 --> 00:13:41,760 Speaker 3: got to end the war on single family homes. 230 00:13:41,800 --> 00:13:42,720 Speaker 1: They call it sprawl. 231 00:13:43,000 --> 00:13:44,720 Speaker 4: I call it the California Dream. 232 00:13:45,040 --> 00:13:47,760 Speaker 3: I want everyone to have that dream of a single 233 00:13:47,880 --> 00:13:50,679 Speaker 3: family home of your own that you can afford to buy. 234 00:13:52,080 --> 00:13:54,920 Speaker 2: Now, let's check out with Tony Thurban. Toty Thurman, who's 235 00:13:54,920 --> 00:13:59,839 Speaker 2: the dead secretary I believe here is proposing a tax 236 00:14:00,120 --> 00:14:04,679 Speaker 2: break to help Californians pay for gas. Really listen up. 237 00:14:06,640 --> 00:14:08,880 Speaker 9: As I mentioned earlier, I'm going to give a tax 238 00:14:09,480 --> 00:14:12,840 Speaker 9: tax break to working California is to have a couple 239 00:14:12,960 --> 00:14:15,400 Speaker 9: hundred dollars a month more in your pocket every month 240 00:14:15,600 --> 00:14:18,120 Speaker 9: for rising cost of gas. Let's face it, the cost 241 00:14:18,160 --> 00:14:20,960 Speaker 9: of gas is high. The reality is is climate change 242 00:14:21,000 --> 00:14:23,280 Speaker 9: is real and we do have to shift to alternative 243 00:14:23,360 --> 00:14:25,800 Speaker 9: energy we have to have a plan and a timeline 244 00:14:25,800 --> 00:14:27,480 Speaker 9: for how to do that, and we have to build 245 00:14:27,480 --> 00:14:29,920 Speaker 9: out the infrastructure that allows us to get there. And 246 00:14:30,000 --> 00:14:32,680 Speaker 9: so while we are working to get there, two things 247 00:14:32,720 --> 00:14:35,080 Speaker 9: can be true. At the same time. We can keep 248 00:14:35,120 --> 00:14:37,480 Speaker 9: the refineries open that keep us from having to buy 249 00:14:37,480 --> 00:14:39,760 Speaker 9: gas from outside of the country, which will drive up 250 00:14:39,800 --> 00:14:42,840 Speaker 9: the cost because California has a very special blend that 251 00:14:42,880 --> 00:14:46,440 Speaker 9: we use for better emissions, and we can build a 252 00:14:46,520 --> 00:14:51,920 Speaker 9: million charging stations to move closer to electric vehicles. Those 253 00:14:51,920 --> 00:14:54,320 Speaker 9: two things have to be true at the same time. 254 00:14:54,480 --> 00:14:57,360 Speaker 9: We have to move with climate change in mind, use 255 00:14:57,400 --> 00:14:59,960 Speaker 9: the barrels of oil that we have until they're used up, 256 00:15:00,160 --> 00:15:02,400 Speaker 9: and move to alternative energy as quickly as we can. 257 00:15:04,720 --> 00:15:10,360 Speaker 2: California State Superintendent of Public Instruction, the brilliant Tony Thurman, 258 00:15:11,640 --> 00:15:15,920 Speaker 2: and of course, the billionaire Hedge Fund founder turned climate 259 00:15:15,960 --> 00:15:20,120 Speaker 2: activist Tom Styer was there says he favors rent control, 260 00:15:21,920 --> 00:15:25,320 Speaker 2: and the former State of Controller Betty Ye said they 261 00:15:25,320 --> 00:15:30,920 Speaker 2: would prioritize zoning permitting reform to build more housing, particularly 262 00:15:30,960 --> 00:15:35,760 Speaker 2: near public transit. Both Stire is a draving progressive, and 263 00:15:35,800 --> 00:15:39,080 Speaker 2: the Santa s mayor again good Old Matt who calls 264 00:15:39,160 --> 00:15:42,440 Speaker 2: himself a monor. It spoke about using new technologies, is 265 00:15:42,520 --> 00:15:45,880 Speaker 2: like prefab homes to build more affordable housing, and it 266 00:15:45,920 --> 00:15:48,880 Speaker 2: goes on and on. By the way, this whole debate 267 00:15:49,520 --> 00:15:54,600 Speaker 2: is still up on the internet, is on YouTube, Josh Okay, Yeah, 268 00:15:54,640 --> 00:15:57,240 Speaker 2: you can find it on YouTube and you can suffer 269 00:15:57,280 --> 00:15:59,760 Speaker 2: through it as much as you need to. I want 270 00:15:59,800 --> 00:16:03,080 Speaker 2: to go back to Antonio via Ragosa more from him. 271 00:16:03,080 --> 00:16:07,360 Speaker 2: This has to do with, you know, protecting immigrants, which 272 00:16:07,400 --> 00:16:10,160 Speaker 2: you know a lot of them, Betty Yee. By the way, 273 00:16:10,240 --> 00:16:11,640 Speaker 2: Josh and I were talking during the break and I 274 00:16:11,680 --> 00:16:15,440 Speaker 2: caught this too. I'm not playing anything from the former controller, 275 00:16:15,480 --> 00:16:19,400 Speaker 2: Betty Yee. She was so redundant last night. She's like 276 00:16:19,440 --> 00:16:23,520 Speaker 2: an immigrant, you see. And so she's like, you know, 277 00:16:23,560 --> 00:16:25,400 Speaker 2: if you're an immigrant, I see you, I see you, 278 00:16:25,480 --> 00:16:27,200 Speaker 2: I see you. She must have said I see you 279 00:16:27,280 --> 00:16:28,800 Speaker 2: like ninety times last night. 280 00:16:29,080 --> 00:16:31,800 Speaker 6: Every statement was I see you, I feel you, I 281 00:16:31,840 --> 00:16:34,080 Speaker 6: know how you feel, I touch you. 282 00:16:34,080 --> 00:16:34,640 Speaker 2: You're burning. 283 00:16:34,920 --> 00:16:36,720 Speaker 6: She must have felt that we were annoyed by all 284 00:16:36,720 --> 00:16:37,440 Speaker 6: those I see us. 285 00:16:37,640 --> 00:16:37,800 Speaker 5: Yeah. 286 00:16:38,800 --> 00:16:41,640 Speaker 2: But anyway, again, here's mister Villa Ragosa. 287 00:16:42,840 --> 00:16:48,520 Speaker 5: I've never in my life saying ice agents fresh from 288 00:16:48,560 --> 00:16:51,640 Speaker 5: head to toe, all covered up like the Ku Klux 289 00:16:51,680 --> 00:16:59,360 Speaker 5: Klan with assault weapons, flashbang grenades, beating up on women, children, 290 00:17:00,040 --> 00:17:06,280 Speaker 5: and innocence, arresting one hundred and seventy US citizens, killing 291 00:17:06,440 --> 00:17:08,440 Speaker 5: two people in the last two weeks. 292 00:17:08,800 --> 00:17:09,879 Speaker 1: We will stop Ice. 293 00:17:10,320 --> 00:17:14,320 Speaker 5: We will stand up for America's constitution. We will stand 294 00:17:14,400 --> 00:17:16,440 Speaker 5: up for civil liberties in this state. 295 00:17:16,480 --> 00:17:17,639 Speaker 1: When I'm governor, and what. 296 00:17:17,720 --> 00:17:21,040 Speaker 5: I've said, yes, we will pass those laws, all of 297 00:17:21,080 --> 00:17:24,320 Speaker 5: them to protect our liberties in this state. 298 00:17:24,600 --> 00:17:25,560 Speaker 4: But we were doing more. 299 00:17:25,960 --> 00:17:28,879 Speaker 5: We will use the courts, we will use the ballot box. 300 00:17:29,080 --> 00:17:31,119 Speaker 5: I come out of the movement and I'll tell you what. 301 00:17:31,440 --> 00:17:35,120 Speaker 5: We're gonna build a mass, peaceful MEW movement in support 302 00:17:35,160 --> 00:17:38,880 Speaker 5: of our rights and support of our democracy. We've got 303 00:17:38,920 --> 00:17:41,200 Speaker 5: to say no to Ice, and we've got to take 304 00:17:41,240 --> 00:17:44,320 Speaker 5: on Trump wherever he raises. 305 00:17:44,359 --> 00:17:45,879 Speaker 1: His ugly head. 306 00:17:46,760 --> 00:17:50,359 Speaker 2: Yeah, Okay. Like I said earlier, I've always liked him. 307 00:17:50,359 --> 00:17:52,960 Speaker 2: He's always been a nice guy. But this was a 308 00:17:53,080 --> 00:17:55,679 Speaker 2: sign of him that I was not expecting, because he 309 00:17:55,800 --> 00:17:58,560 Speaker 2: lied about all of these We've seen Ice beat up 310 00:17:58,640 --> 00:18:01,960 Speaker 2: children and women. He says he's seen it. No, you haven't, 311 00:18:01,960 --> 00:18:08,000 Speaker 2: because it hasn't happened. It hasn't happened, and it's a 312 00:18:08,080 --> 00:18:13,400 Speaker 2: shame that somebody that is pretty decent, uh, would would 313 00:18:13,400 --> 00:18:15,880 Speaker 2: go that route. He even agreed with Steve on a 314 00:18:15,920 --> 00:18:18,639 Speaker 2: gas when asked, you know about something to do with 315 00:18:18,720 --> 00:18:23,120 Speaker 2: gas and via Ragosa Antonio via Ragosa responding, well, Steve's. 316 00:18:22,800 --> 00:18:26,120 Speaker 6: Right, yeah, he's right across the seas. 317 00:18:26,560 --> 00:18:29,639 Speaker 2: Amen. So I mean there, yeah, And that's what I 318 00:18:29,640 --> 00:18:34,080 Speaker 2: always liked about via Ragosa because he's honest, uh, and 319 00:18:34,160 --> 00:18:37,480 Speaker 2: he he calls it the way it is like, you 320 00:18:37,520 --> 00:18:41,000 Speaker 2: know that that the missing money on homelessness and all that, 321 00:18:41,119 --> 00:18:42,760 Speaker 2: you know, where where is it? I mean he he 322 00:18:42,880 --> 00:18:45,359 Speaker 2: laid that one flattened the lap of the incumbent without 323 00:18:45,400 --> 00:18:50,639 Speaker 2: mentioning his name. So did wrap this one up for 324 00:18:50,720 --> 00:18:55,360 Speaker 2: the moment. We've got Steve's you know, farewell by the way. 325 00:18:55,400 --> 00:18:58,240 Speaker 2: By the way, via Ragosa, you know, you know the name. 326 00:18:58,760 --> 00:19:01,200 Speaker 2: But those of you who need a refresher on who 327 00:19:01,240 --> 00:19:04,520 Speaker 2: he is. He's a former two term mayor of Los Angeles, 328 00:19:04,560 --> 00:19:11,160 Speaker 2: and he's the former Speaker of the Assembly. Way back 329 00:19:11,160 --> 00:19:13,359 Speaker 2: in the day of three strikes when we were putting 330 00:19:13,359 --> 00:19:17,879 Speaker 2: that together. He was one guy that gave us a 331 00:19:18,000 --> 00:19:22,160 Speaker 2: lot of grief, a lot of grief and then flipped 332 00:19:22,560 --> 00:19:26,000 Speaker 2: to ultimately join us because he knew he was losing. 333 00:19:26,880 --> 00:19:31,360 Speaker 2: And it was Willie Brown who basically told mister via 334 00:19:31,400 --> 00:19:36,080 Speaker 2: Ragosa as speaker, this train has left the depot and 335 00:19:36,160 --> 00:19:38,080 Speaker 2: we better be on it or we're going to get 336 00:19:38,119 --> 00:19:41,199 Speaker 2: run right over. And that's where that thing wound up 337 00:19:41,240 --> 00:19:45,000 Speaker 2: with three strikes. And those days, you know, when Mike 338 00:19:45,040 --> 00:19:47,720 Speaker 2: had lost his daughter and we would meet in Mike's 339 00:19:47,760 --> 00:19:52,920 Speaker 2: backyard and me and Bill Jones and even in the 340 00:19:53,119 --> 00:19:56,000 Speaker 2: Costa was there and he was very helpful at the time. 341 00:19:56,760 --> 00:20:00,800 Speaker 2: So those were the days. Huh, those were the days. 342 00:20:01,440 --> 00:20:05,480 Speaker 2: Steve Hilton with his farewell is bye bye, is vote 343 00:20:05,480 --> 00:20:08,480 Speaker 2: for me. Let's uh a big little cynical Now, let's 344 00:20:08,480 --> 00:20:09,000 Speaker 2: listen to this. 345 00:20:09,840 --> 00:20:12,040 Speaker 3: So what sets me apart in this race is that 346 00:20:12,080 --> 00:20:13,080 Speaker 3: I'm not a Democrat. 347 00:20:13,400 --> 00:20:15,440 Speaker 1: And after sixteen years. 348 00:20:15,720 --> 00:20:19,159 Speaker 3: After sixteen years of Democrat one party rule that have 349 00:20:19,200 --> 00:20:22,640 Speaker 3: given us the highest poverty, the highest unemployment, the highest 350 00:20:22,640 --> 00:20:24,760 Speaker 3: cost of living in America, I think it's a very 351 00:20:24,760 --> 00:20:27,320 Speaker 3: good thing. We don't need another Democrat. We need change. 352 00:20:27,760 --> 00:20:31,320 Speaker 3: We've got the plans to make it happen. Read dollar gas, 353 00:20:31,560 --> 00:20:34,480 Speaker 3: cut your electric bill in half, your first one hundred 354 00:20:34,480 --> 00:20:37,160 Speaker 3: grand tax free a home you can afford to buy, 355 00:20:37,560 --> 00:20:40,439 Speaker 3: and that's how we make our state califfordable. But the 356 00:20:40,480 --> 00:20:42,600 Speaker 3: other thing that makes me different, I'm building a team. 357 00:20:43,320 --> 00:20:46,760 Speaker 3: I'm building a team to get this done. For Lieutenant 358 00:20:46,760 --> 00:20:49,399 Speaker 3: governor running with me, Gloria Romero, she was the former 359 00:20:49,720 --> 00:20:52,879 Speaker 3: Democrat leader of the state Senate, Michael Gates running with 360 00:20:52,920 --> 00:20:56,120 Speaker 3: me for Attorney General to enforce the law, Herb Morgan 361 00:20:56,320 --> 00:20:59,479 Speaker 3: running with me for State Controller to end the fraud 362 00:20:59,560 --> 00:21:03,200 Speaker 3: in our That's how we make I'll stay golden again 363 00:21:03,440 --> 00:21:06,440 Speaker 3: with the Golden ticket and the team I'm putting together. 364 00:21:08,000 --> 00:21:12,560 Speaker 2: Well, they throw that ass out, man, geez, God, even 365 00:21:12,600 --> 00:21:14,680 Speaker 2: the moderators in the Liberal going, well, you shut up? 366 00:21:15,240 --> 00:21:21,960 Speaker 2: Where'd you shut up? Well, stire, I got to throw 367 00:21:22,000 --> 00:21:24,000 Speaker 2: this in. Oh I got the time. 368 00:21:24,080 --> 00:21:24,280 Speaker 4: Yeah. 369 00:21:24,440 --> 00:21:26,679 Speaker 2: Who paints himself as a repentant billionaire and you know, 370 00:21:26,760 --> 00:21:30,080 Speaker 2: devoted to giving away his riches to make California a 371 00:21:30,080 --> 00:21:34,479 Speaker 2: better place for all did not directly answer a question 372 00:21:34,920 --> 00:21:39,840 Speaker 2: about his position on a controversial proposed ballot measure for 373 00:21:39,880 --> 00:21:44,720 Speaker 2: a new tax on billionaires to fund healthcare huh, but 374 00:21:45,080 --> 00:21:50,120 Speaker 2: he said he supported increasing taxes on the wealthy, boasted 375 00:21:50,119 --> 00:21:53,040 Speaker 2: of having you know, the political backing of the bus 376 00:21:53,160 --> 00:21:56,080 Speaker 2: drivers and nurses and cafeteria workers because he was the 377 00:21:56,160 --> 00:22:00,000 Speaker 2: rich guy willing to take on the billionaires for working family. 378 00:22:00,840 --> 00:22:05,920 Speaker 2: It was he's goofy. He's just spent I think, way 379 00:22:05,960 --> 00:22:08,360 Speaker 2: too much time smoking a lot of reefer. That's how 380 00:22:08,359 --> 00:22:14,480 Speaker 2: he comes across, you know what I mean. And then 381 00:22:14,520 --> 00:22:16,480 Speaker 2: the you know, the mayor of Santase I mean, the 382 00:22:16,560 --> 00:22:20,160 Speaker 2: last you know candidate to enter the race. He wasn't impressed. 383 00:22:20,200 --> 00:22:22,360 Speaker 2: You know, Tommy says, I got about three billion reasons 384 00:22:23,200 --> 00:22:27,560 Speaker 2: not to trust you your answer on that, and that 385 00:22:27,680 --> 00:22:34,399 Speaker 2: was an apparent reference to his net worth. So this, 386 00:22:34,400 --> 00:22:35,040 Speaker 2: this was good. 387 00:22:36,040 --> 00:22:37,399 Speaker 6: I've got a clip from Starr if you want to 388 00:22:37,400 --> 00:22:38,240 Speaker 6: hear him. 389 00:22:38,400 --> 00:22:39,080 Speaker 2: Do we have to? 390 00:22:39,200 --> 00:22:39,679 Speaker 6: You don't have to. 391 00:22:40,080 --> 00:22:43,080 Speaker 2: All right, let's lit'sten get Let's throw him at the 392 00:22:43,080 --> 00:22:44,320 Speaker 2: audience and see what they think. 393 00:22:44,400 --> 00:22:48,280 Speaker 6: Go ahead, mister Stier. Why should voters hand the keys 394 00:22:48,320 --> 00:22:48,800 Speaker 6: to you? 395 00:22:49,400 --> 00:22:49,560 Speaker 5: Well? 396 00:22:49,600 --> 00:22:52,040 Speaker 7: I want to start by thanking the Black Action Alliance 397 00:22:52,040 --> 00:22:54,560 Speaker 7: for getting us here on the one hundredth anniversary of 398 00:22:54,600 --> 00:23:02,000 Speaker 7: Black History months. I'm running because the number one problem 399 00:23:02,000 --> 00:23:05,040 Speaker 7: in California is that Californians can't afford to live here anymore. 400 00:23:05,520 --> 00:23:08,000 Speaker 7: And I'm going to go after those costs aggressively, and 401 00:23:08,040 --> 00:23:10,919 Speaker 7: I have a history of getting results. I come from 402 00:23:10,960 --> 00:23:14,800 Speaker 7: a family that believes in service. My mom was a teacher, 403 00:23:15,240 --> 00:23:18,200 Speaker 7: my dad was a Navy vet. I started a business, 404 00:23:18,560 --> 00:23:21,080 Speaker 7: it went really well, and I walked away from it 405 00:23:21,160 --> 00:23:24,760 Speaker 7: fourteen years ago. To give back. I took the Giving 406 00:23:24,800 --> 00:23:27,240 Speaker 7: Pledge to guarantee that I give the bulk of my 407 00:23:27,320 --> 00:23:31,240 Speaker 7: money away before I died. And during those fourteen years, 408 00:23:31,960 --> 00:23:34,840 Speaker 7: I took on the special interest in California on behalf 409 00:23:35,119 --> 00:23:38,399 Speaker 7: of working families. I delivered billions of dollars to this 410 00:23:38,560 --> 00:23:43,760 Speaker 7: state without charging Californians a penny. I'll continue to do 411 00:23:43,880 --> 00:23:48,440 Speaker 7: that as your governor. In a world where politicians routinely 412 00:23:48,520 --> 00:23:52,040 Speaker 7: serve special interests. I can't be bought. 413 00:23:54,280 --> 00:23:57,640 Speaker 2: If I may. And I was mentioning Steve had collected 414 00:23:57,640 --> 00:24:00,679 Speaker 2: more money than anybody else, and that's basically a true statement. 415 00:24:00,720 --> 00:24:03,399 Speaker 2: When you weed it out this way, you know Steyer 416 00:24:03,480 --> 00:24:05,720 Speaker 2: led the pack the last time around that he tried 417 00:24:05,720 --> 00:24:09,160 Speaker 2: to do this within twenty eight point nine million dollars 418 00:24:09,200 --> 00:24:16,240 Speaker 2: in contributions. The contributions were from him, got it. Other 419 00:24:16,280 --> 00:24:20,600 Speaker 2: top fundraisers were Katie Porter, who took from her campaign 420 00:24:20,640 --> 00:24:25,200 Speaker 2: treasure chest to running for other offices. So it's been 421 00:24:25,240 --> 00:24:30,640 Speaker 2: Steve Hilton who's collected five point seven million from the grassroots, 422 00:24:31,280 --> 00:24:38,720 Speaker 2: beginning with goose Egg zero nothing. Javiervisarah, I think five 423 00:24:38,760 --> 00:24:44,600 Speaker 2: point two. Bianco's got three point seven. My favorite, mister Swawell. 424 00:24:46,000 --> 00:24:48,080 Speaker 2: Did he pass gas during the news, Yes he did, 425 00:24:48,600 --> 00:24:51,960 Speaker 2: if you remember that three point one million via Raghos's 426 00:24:51,960 --> 00:24:55,399 Speaker 2: two point two and again, I mean he's, you know, 427 00:24:55,480 --> 00:24:59,240 Speaker 2: retaining stuff from past offices that he's run for. And 428 00:25:01,160 --> 00:25:05,960 Speaker 2: interesting that the mayor of San Jose, who recently entered 429 00:25:05,960 --> 00:25:11,040 Speaker 2: the race, wasn't required to file a campaign fundraising disclosure, 430 00:25:12,880 --> 00:25:16,000 Speaker 2: though he is expected to have notable support from the 431 00:25:16,040 --> 00:25:18,800 Speaker 2: Silicon Valley a lot of the tech counchers up there. 432 00:25:19,400 --> 00:25:23,720 Speaker 2: The former state controller Betty E I see you and 433 00:25:23,840 --> 00:25:26,639 Speaker 2: the state school's chief Tony Thurman were amongst the candidates 434 00:25:26,680 --> 00:25:30,119 Speaker 2: who raised the least, which spurs questions about viability in 435 00:25:30,160 --> 00:25:33,920 Speaker 2: a state with more than twenty three million voters registered 436 00:25:34,000 --> 00:25:37,760 Speaker 2: voters some of the most expensive media markets in the 437 00:25:37,800 --> 00:25:41,720 Speaker 2: freaking nation. So I mean that there are those that 438 00:25:42,000 --> 00:25:46,320 Speaker 2: just really need to check out check out now, because 439 00:25:46,320 --> 00:25:48,760 Speaker 2: they're going to be a waste of time, you know, 440 00:25:48,920 --> 00:25:50,639 Speaker 2: just a waste of time and a waste of effort. 441 00:25:50,920 --> 00:25:52,680 Speaker 2: I mean, if you want to vote for him, that 442 00:25:52,840 --> 00:25:55,440 Speaker 2: you can still write them in after they've checked out. 443 00:25:55,920 --> 00:25:56,600 Speaker 2: Be my guest.