1 00:00:00,160 --> 00:00:03,200 Speaker 1: It is the Newsplintz with Randy Wang on talk radio 2 00:00:03,360 --> 00:00:09,039 Speaker 1: seven ninety KABC. Let's get into today's California report at 3 00:00:09,119 --> 00:00:14,920 Speaker 1: Randy Wang Radio dot substack dot com. And let's start 4 00:00:14,960 --> 00:00:22,079 Speaker 1: with the potential strike at LAUSD strike Appaloosa is coming home. Everybody. 5 00:00:23,880 --> 00:00:28,080 Speaker 1: The original striker, Cecily my RK cruise is ready to 6 00:00:28,160 --> 00:00:34,239 Speaker 1: go on April fourteenth. Now this is good news or 7 00:00:34,360 --> 00:00:38,040 Speaker 1: bad news, depending on how you see it. The UTLA 8 00:00:38,280 --> 00:00:42,720 Speaker 1: held a rally at Grand Park yesterday and they posted 9 00:00:42,760 --> 00:00:46,480 Speaker 1: the entire seventy one minute rally to their Instagram feed. 10 00:00:47,440 --> 00:00:50,520 Speaker 1: And so I thought, all right, time to look at this, 11 00:00:51,200 --> 00:00:54,200 Speaker 1: download the sound and then we'll have a whole bunch 12 00:00:54,240 --> 00:00:57,240 Speaker 1: of crazy Cecily sound to play. And I want you 13 00:00:57,320 --> 00:01:02,640 Speaker 1: to be all the way. But I can't believe this. 14 00:01:04,240 --> 00:01:09,679 Speaker 1: UTLA and their speakers were so loud that by the 15 00:01:09,800 --> 00:01:13,760 Speaker 1: time Cecily got on the stage, they had blown out 16 00:01:13,840 --> 00:01:17,840 Speaker 1: the microphones and the speakers. And if you look at 17 00:01:17,840 --> 00:01:22,679 Speaker 1: the at the rally video on UTLA now Instagram page, 18 00:01:23,240 --> 00:01:27,400 Speaker 1: you will see that you can't understand a word that 19 00:01:27,480 --> 00:01:33,760 Speaker 1: they are saying. Well, no, no, Cecily for you that 20 00:01:33,880 --> 00:01:39,160 Speaker 1: being said, UTLA says they need better pay, even though 21 00:01:39,200 --> 00:01:43,520 Speaker 1: they just got a twenty two percent raise three years ago. Money, 22 00:01:43,560 --> 00:01:46,920 Speaker 1: but hey, it's very expensive to live here, and they 23 00:01:46,959 --> 00:01:49,160 Speaker 1: don't want to see any of these layoffs that the 24 00:01:49,200 --> 00:01:53,600 Speaker 1: district is proposing of teachers or classified staff. At the 25 00:01:53,640 --> 00:01:56,440 Speaker 1: same time, the SEIU Local ninety nine says they're going 26 00:01:56,520 --> 00:02:00,080 Speaker 1: to strike as well. But here's the problem. And I know, oh, 27 00:02:00,160 --> 00:02:02,680 Speaker 1: this is LAUSD, so nobody's really good at math. But 28 00:02:04,920 --> 00:02:08,520 Speaker 1: when you're talking about declining enrollment, if you ever actually 29 00:02:08,560 --> 00:02:12,600 Speaker 1: do the math of what that means. Let's, for instance, 30 00:02:12,639 --> 00:02:17,600 Speaker 1: talk about LAUSD that is a forty percent smaller student 31 00:02:17,680 --> 00:02:20,600 Speaker 1: population than it did twenty years ago. But okay, that's 32 00:02:20,639 --> 00:02:23,920 Speaker 1: a long time ago. How about just compared to last year, 33 00:02:24,480 --> 00:02:27,600 Speaker 1: it was down about four percent. Okay, that doesn't sound 34 00:02:27,639 --> 00:02:33,720 Speaker 1: like much, but do the math here. LAUSD lost sixteen 35 00:02:34,240 --> 00:02:40,560 Speaker 1: thousand students last year. That's a lot, especially when you 36 00:02:41,240 --> 00:02:45,959 Speaker 1: remember that these districts are funded by how many students 37 00:02:46,000 --> 00:02:50,560 Speaker 1: attend regularly, and just on average, what we say we 38 00:02:50,639 --> 00:02:55,040 Speaker 1: spend on students is like twenty five thousand dollars. So 39 00:02:56,200 --> 00:03:02,079 Speaker 1: take your handy little calculator and multiply sixteen thousand by 40 00:03:02,360 --> 00:03:10,800 Speaker 1: twenty five thousand. That number is four hundred million dollars. 41 00:03:11,840 --> 00:03:16,400 Speaker 1: That's a whole lot of money and probably a big 42 00:03:16,480 --> 00:03:22,880 Speaker 1: contributor to the eight hundred million dollar deficit that LAUSD 43 00:03:23,160 --> 00:03:28,080 Speaker 1: is facing. So what is the answer here, Well, the 44 00:03:28,200 --> 00:03:32,240 Speaker 1: district is faced with only a few options. They could 45 00:03:32,880 --> 00:03:36,080 Speaker 1: make cuts to balance their budget, which would mean a 46 00:03:36,080 --> 00:03:40,320 Speaker 1: lot of layoffs. Or they could give the teachers union 47 00:03:40,480 --> 00:03:46,880 Speaker 1: everything that they want, go insolvent, become received by the state, 48 00:03:46,920 --> 00:03:49,440 Speaker 1: where now the state is in charge and the cuts 49 00:03:49,480 --> 00:03:55,040 Speaker 1: will happen. Anyway, these population declines are only moving in 50 00:03:55,120 --> 00:03:58,760 Speaker 1: one direction. It's not going to get any better. And 51 00:03:58,800 --> 00:04:01,920 Speaker 1: when you talk about a district like LAUSD where the 52 00:04:01,960 --> 00:04:04,480 Speaker 1: outcomes are not great for most of the students that 53 00:04:04,520 --> 00:04:08,840 Speaker 1: are going there, well, I don't see that improving anytime soon. 54 00:04:09,360 --> 00:04:13,400 Speaker 1: So while I do sympathize, I understand it's very expensive 55 00:04:13,440 --> 00:04:16,960 Speaker 1: to live here, and I understand how important these jobs are. 56 00:04:18,800 --> 00:04:21,880 Speaker 1: Don't we have to be a little more realistic. If 57 00:04:22,080 --> 00:04:25,080 Speaker 1: the money is going down, what do we do do 58 00:04:25,200 --> 00:04:28,040 Speaker 1: We just constantly be spending more money on it. Now, 59 00:04:28,520 --> 00:04:30,680 Speaker 1: you could argue maybe we need to really look at 60 00:04:30,760 --> 00:04:34,520 Speaker 1: LAUSD's finances. I mean, the FBI is looking and that's 61 00:04:34,560 --> 00:04:38,840 Speaker 1: for sure. The fact that UTLA is negotiating with lausd As. 62 00:04:38,880 --> 00:04:44,680 Speaker 1: Alberto Carvallo is under investigation by the FBI after they 63 00:04:44,800 --> 00:04:48,680 Speaker 1: raided his home and his office, potentially for that crooked 64 00:04:48,720 --> 00:04:52,719 Speaker 1: AI deal. Maybe there's something to be found there. But 65 00:04:53,320 --> 00:04:57,279 Speaker 1: I think the district, in order to avoid a longer 66 00:04:57,320 --> 00:05:03,040 Speaker 1: strike than the famous strike that lasted Wednesday, gave the 67 00:05:03,040 --> 00:05:08,040 Speaker 1: teachers union everything they wanted and more and they couldn't 68 00:05:08,040 --> 00:05:12,680 Speaker 1: afford it. And with enrollment constantly declining, I don't know 69 00:05:12,720 --> 00:05:17,400 Speaker 1: what we do here, but the deadline is April fourteenth. 70 00:05:17,520 --> 00:05:21,640 Speaker 1: If UTLA does not get what they want by April fourteenth, 71 00:05:21,720 --> 00:05:25,640 Speaker 1: a strike will happen. A strike that could last for 72 00:05:26,520 --> 00:05:32,760 Speaker 1: one week, maybe two weeks, maybe three four way, this 73 00:05:32,839 --> 00:05:36,680 Speaker 1: thing could go all the way into Okay, I got 74 00:05:36,680 --> 00:05:40,320 Speaker 1: all my Cecily myrak Cruz drops out of the way. Now. 75 00:05:40,400 --> 00:05:43,320 Speaker 1: There's been a lot of talk about fraud in the 76 00:05:43,360 --> 00:05:46,400 Speaker 1: state of California, and this has been talked about for 77 00:05:46,440 --> 00:05:49,120 Speaker 1: a very long time by a whole lot of people, 78 00:05:49,200 --> 00:05:51,279 Speaker 1: but it's getting a big spotlight because a lot of 79 00:05:51,279 --> 00:05:55,480 Speaker 1: the influencer kids are down here and one of the 80 00:05:55,520 --> 00:05:58,039 Speaker 1: things that's been talked about quite a bit lately, and 81 00:05:58,080 --> 00:06:01,800 Speaker 1: even CBS News has been doing investigated pieces nationally but 82 00:06:01,880 --> 00:06:04,920 Speaker 1: focusing on the Los Angeles and specifically the San Fernando 83 00:06:05,040 --> 00:06:09,360 Speaker 1: Valley is hospice fraud and there is an office building 84 00:06:09,920 --> 00:06:17,440 Speaker 1: in Van Eyes that has eighty nine registered hospices, and 85 00:06:17,520 --> 00:06:19,680 Speaker 1: that should raise a whole bunch of red flags to 86 00:06:19,760 --> 00:06:23,479 Speaker 1: a whole bunch of people, including of course our Attorney 87 00:06:23,520 --> 00:06:28,520 Speaker 1: General Bobbonta. But Bob Banta is not doing anything about 88 00:06:28,520 --> 00:06:33,000 Speaker 1: it now. The state of California will tell you that, hey, 89 00:06:33,520 --> 00:06:37,920 Speaker 1: we put a moratorium on new hospices in twenty twenty one. 90 00:06:38,560 --> 00:06:42,360 Speaker 1: That's fine, But California State auditors have put out six 91 00:06:42,400 --> 00:06:46,200 Speaker 1: different flags that show that these businesses are most likely fraudulent. 92 00:06:46,800 --> 00:06:51,120 Speaker 1: And the majority of the eighty nine registered hospices, this 93 00:06:51,279 --> 00:06:55,640 Speaker 1: one building in Van Eyes, seventy of them have at 94 00:06:55,720 --> 00:06:59,240 Speaker 1: least three of those flags. So we should all be 95 00:06:59,320 --> 00:07:04,080 Speaker 1: on the same team here, right Like the state should 96 00:07:04,120 --> 00:07:08,320 Speaker 1: want to be investigating this, and it's great that we 97 00:07:08,480 --> 00:07:13,360 Speaker 1: have journalists from all over, including new influencer journalists looking 98 00:07:13,440 --> 00:07:19,280 Speaker 1: into this. If we're wasting state and federal money, especially 99 00:07:19,400 --> 00:07:23,640 Speaker 1: on criminal fraud, we should know about it and nobody 100 00:07:23,640 --> 00:07:27,960 Speaker 1: should be opposed to that, and so any pushback against 101 00:07:28,000 --> 00:07:31,440 Speaker 1: what's going on here, it's just it's ridiculous. Now, it 102 00:07:31,520 --> 00:07:34,840 Speaker 1: is embarrassing, especially for the people in charge. I mean, 103 00:07:35,360 --> 00:07:38,520 Speaker 1: you want to talk about fraud, How exactly was it 104 00:07:38,560 --> 00:07:42,320 Speaker 1: that the state of California and the federal government let 105 00:07:42,480 --> 00:07:46,880 Speaker 1: thirty billion dollars of unemployment money out the window to 106 00:07:47,160 --> 00:07:53,840 Speaker 1: fraudsters during COVID. We definitely need to post mortem on that. Now. 107 00:07:53,960 --> 00:07:57,480 Speaker 1: The gas tax debate continues in the state in California, 108 00:07:58,040 --> 00:08:01,760 Speaker 1: and yesterday Tony Strickle, the state Senator out of Huntington Beach, 109 00:08:01,840 --> 00:08:05,120 Speaker 1: put forth a proposal, Hey, how about for one year, 110 00:08:05,880 --> 00:08:08,840 Speaker 1: let's suspend the gas tax, Let's suspend the cap and 111 00:08:08,880 --> 00:08:12,200 Speaker 1: trade fees, save a dollar on that gas for everybody. 112 00:08:12,240 --> 00:08:17,600 Speaker 1: And the legislature said, no, we're not doing that. And 113 00:08:17,640 --> 00:08:19,600 Speaker 1: I'll tell you right now why they're not doing that. 114 00:08:20,600 --> 00:08:25,080 Speaker 1: It's because they know that once you do it temporarily, 115 00:08:25,800 --> 00:08:30,280 Speaker 1: you're never putting it back. Can you imagine the sticker 116 00:08:30,360 --> 00:08:34,760 Speaker 1: shock and the outrage of when the temporary rescinding of 117 00:08:34,800 --> 00:08:38,920 Speaker 1: the gas tax went away and gas prices shot up 118 00:08:38,960 --> 00:08:43,880 Speaker 1: sixty seventy cents overnight. That wouldn't look very good now, 119 00:08:43,920 --> 00:08:47,560 Speaker 1: would it Now? I think we don't need the gas 120 00:08:47,559 --> 00:08:52,160 Speaker 1: tax anymore. It's bringing in lower revenue every single year. 121 00:08:52,920 --> 00:08:55,560 Speaker 1: Estimates are it only brings in eight billion dollars a year. 122 00:08:55,600 --> 00:08:57,680 Speaker 1: This state has a budget of three hundred and fifty 123 00:08:57,679 --> 00:09:00,440 Speaker 1: billion dollars. You're telling me we can't fund the roads 124 00:09:00,480 --> 00:09:04,520 Speaker 1: a different way. And when the legislature has asked about this, 125 00:09:04,640 --> 00:09:06,840 Speaker 1: they say no. Don't you understand it funds so many 126 00:09:06,880 --> 00:09:11,920 Speaker 1: other things like transit and housing. And first of all, 127 00:09:13,520 --> 00:09:17,120 Speaker 1: we need to start really looking into why the state, 128 00:09:17,480 --> 00:09:20,160 Speaker 1: why the cities, why the counties. Why are we spending 129 00:09:20,240 --> 00:09:26,000 Speaker 1: money on housing? I mean, shouldn't we have a system where, 130 00:09:27,600 --> 00:09:31,720 Speaker 1: you know, it seems pretty simple. Somebody buys land, they 131 00:09:31,760 --> 00:09:35,439 Speaker 1: build on that land, they sell that house. How why 132 00:09:35,480 --> 00:09:36,520 Speaker 1: are we getting involved? 133 00:09:36,559 --> 00:09:36,640 Speaker 2: Oh? 134 00:09:36,679 --> 00:09:38,520 Speaker 1: Well, we get involved when we want to play the 135 00:09:38,559 --> 00:09:40,959 Speaker 1: lottery system and we want to force them to build 136 00:09:40,960 --> 00:09:44,720 Speaker 1: affordable housing, which is subsidized housing. How much money are 137 00:09:44,760 --> 00:09:47,080 Speaker 1: we spending in our three hundred and fifty billion dollar 138 00:09:47,160 --> 00:09:53,520 Speaker 1: budget on subsidizing housing? It's an interesting question. Influencer kids 139 00:09:53,960 --> 00:09:58,680 Speaker 1: get on that one. Now, it's been pretty darn hot 140 00:09:59,000 --> 00:10:03,920 Speaker 1: in La County most of California this week. It's unseasonable 141 00:10:04,120 --> 00:10:07,160 Speaker 1: for March, but it seems pretty seasonable for this year 142 00:10:07,320 --> 00:10:11,720 Speaker 1: where it has been a really really warm winter. But 143 00:10:13,559 --> 00:10:16,720 Speaker 1: there are people that can handle the heat because they 144 00:10:16,720 --> 00:10:19,760 Speaker 1: have air conditioning, and there are other people that can't 145 00:10:20,040 --> 00:10:23,520 Speaker 1: because they don't have air conditioning. And that is why 146 00:10:23,600 --> 00:10:26,760 Speaker 1: the La County Border Supervisors last year put forth a mandate, 147 00:10:26,800 --> 00:10:29,280 Speaker 1: at least in the unincorporated parts of the county that 148 00:10:29,320 --> 00:10:33,320 Speaker 1: they directly govern, that landlords have to provide ways to 149 00:10:33,400 --> 00:10:37,120 Speaker 1: keep the temperature in a home under eighty two degrees. 150 00:10:38,160 --> 00:10:40,200 Speaker 1: And of course you can't pass on that cost to 151 00:10:40,240 --> 00:10:44,040 Speaker 1: your renter, now can you. Now here's the thing. I 152 00:10:44,080 --> 00:10:48,040 Speaker 1: am torn a little bit on this issue because even 153 00:10:48,080 --> 00:10:51,280 Speaker 1: if you live in a place with no AC first 154 00:10:51,280 --> 00:10:55,080 Speaker 1: of all, you knew that going into it. But you 155 00:10:55,120 --> 00:10:59,440 Speaker 1: can also rectify that. I mean, you can get a 156 00:10:59,480 --> 00:11:03,120 Speaker 1: little wall, you can get a little window unit, you 157 00:11:03,160 --> 00:11:05,880 Speaker 1: can go to there are little air conditioners things that 158 00:11:05,920 --> 00:11:09,760 Speaker 1: you can get at Walmart. That being said, they did 159 00:11:09,840 --> 00:11:14,280 Speaker 1: interview somebody in this story who does not have air 160 00:11:14,280 --> 00:11:17,880 Speaker 1: conditioning and was told by their landlord that you can't 161 00:11:17,920 --> 00:11:20,760 Speaker 1: put in a window unit because they think they're ugly 162 00:11:21,600 --> 00:11:26,319 Speaker 1: in that circumstance. That's not fair, but is the answer 163 00:11:26,400 --> 00:11:29,920 Speaker 1: that everyone has to be mandated. You have to every 164 00:11:29,960 --> 00:11:33,319 Speaker 1: apartment has to come with refrigerators and air conditioners, because 165 00:11:33,360 --> 00:11:35,200 Speaker 1: that is going to raise the cost of rent, and 166 00:11:35,240 --> 00:11:40,800 Speaker 1: it's already so expensive here. Ultimately, if you can't afford 167 00:11:40,800 --> 00:11:44,200 Speaker 1: a place with air conditioning, you need to move somewhere cheaper. 168 00:11:45,400 --> 00:11:49,240 Speaker 1: I mean, so many people do it. I'd love to 169 00:11:49,440 --> 00:11:52,600 Speaker 1: not live in the San Fernando Valley, I really would. 170 00:11:53,000 --> 00:11:56,720 Speaker 1: The valley is boring, and there's so much traffic to 171 00:11:56,880 --> 00:11:59,480 Speaker 1: get to where all the fun stuff is, let alone 172 00:11:59,480 --> 00:12:03,320 Speaker 1: where my is. I'd love to move to where it's 173 00:12:03,440 --> 00:12:06,760 Speaker 1: not ninety nine degrees right now, closer to the beach. 174 00:12:07,559 --> 00:12:10,760 Speaker 1: Even you know I do pretty well, I can't afford that. 175 00:12:11,480 --> 00:12:15,800 Speaker 1: So I can either live somewhere where I can afford 176 00:12:15,840 --> 00:12:19,200 Speaker 1: to live and live a somewhat comfortable life, or I 177 00:12:19,200 --> 00:12:22,120 Speaker 1: can spend all of my money on housing and complain 178 00:12:22,160 --> 00:12:26,720 Speaker 1: about how expensive everything is. It's a choice where nobody's 179 00:12:26,880 --> 00:12:29,520 Speaker 1: forced to live here. There are people who live in 180 00:12:29,559 --> 00:12:33,000 Speaker 1: the Inland Empire every day and they live a little cheaper, 181 00:12:33,480 --> 00:12:35,360 Speaker 1: and yeah, some of them have to commute for a 182 00:12:35,480 --> 00:12:39,079 Speaker 1: very long time. But that is the trade off. I 183 00:12:39,120 --> 00:12:41,560 Speaker 1: don't want to live here, but I also don't want 184 00:12:41,559 --> 00:12:44,840 Speaker 1: to spend more than half of my income on rent. 185 00:12:45,120 --> 00:12:47,719 Speaker 1: So that is why I currently don't live in El 186 00:12:47,800 --> 00:12:52,720 Speaker 1: Segundo or Culver City or Torrents cause I like to 187 00:12:52,760 --> 00:12:57,439 Speaker 1: spend my money on other things travel and food and wine. 188 00:12:57,480 --> 00:13:00,120 Speaker 1: I mean, I'm literally broadcasting in front of a giant 189 00:13:00,120 --> 00:13:04,880 Speaker 1: wine fridge. Now, this story is interesting. The FAA is 190 00:13:04,880 --> 00:13:07,320 Speaker 1: making a whole bunch of changes when it comes to 191 00:13:07,520 --> 00:13:11,000 Speaker 1: helicopter traffic at airports, and they note they actually pointed 192 00:13:11,040 --> 00:13:13,760 Speaker 1: out Bourbank Airport and as an example where there was 193 00:13:13,800 --> 00:13:16,720 Speaker 1: another near miss last month where a helicopter had to 194 00:13:16,720 --> 00:13:18,360 Speaker 1: pull out of the way before it was going to 195 00:13:18,880 --> 00:13:22,439 Speaker 1: come into contact with a little plane. And here's the 196 00:13:22,480 --> 00:13:30,959 Speaker 1: thing that I've just been thinking about recently. Are helicopters 197 00:13:31,000 --> 00:13:40,920 Speaker 1: for camera purposes antiquated? We have news choppers for CBS 198 00:13:41,040 --> 00:13:44,800 Speaker 1: and Fox eleven and NBC four and ABC seven, and 199 00:13:45,520 --> 00:13:48,480 Speaker 1: I don't think KNX says money for a helicopter. KFI 200 00:13:48,600 --> 00:13:51,120 Speaker 1: used to pretend they had a helicopter by making the 201 00:13:51,160 --> 00:13:53,959 Speaker 1: guy who was doing the report sound like they were 202 00:13:54,000 --> 00:13:56,640 Speaker 1: in a helicopter. A lot of radio stations did that. 203 00:13:57,360 --> 00:14:02,640 Speaker 1: But if you're just tracking, you know what the freeway 204 00:14:02,679 --> 00:14:06,240 Speaker 1: shots look like or a high speed chase. Couldn't we 205 00:14:06,280 --> 00:14:09,160 Speaker 1: be doing that with a drone on I metch lower 206 00:14:09,240 --> 00:14:12,439 Speaker 1: level where it doesn't have to now be managed by 207 00:14:12,480 --> 00:14:17,280 Speaker 1: the already incredibly overworked air traffic controllers. So the new 208 00:14:17,360 --> 00:14:21,120 Speaker 1: rule makes it so air traffic controllers have to monitor 209 00:14:21,160 --> 00:14:24,360 Speaker 1: what's going on with helicopters and their proximity to airplanes. 210 00:14:24,360 --> 00:14:26,720 Speaker 1: So this, of course in response to what happened in Washington, 211 00:14:26,800 --> 00:14:30,080 Speaker 1: d C. Last year. What used to happen is the 212 00:14:30,120 --> 00:14:32,840 Speaker 1: helicopters could visually figure out how far the way they 213 00:14:32,880 --> 00:14:35,640 Speaker 1: were from the planes. Now it's all being done by radar. 214 00:14:35,720 --> 00:14:39,440 Speaker 1: But I just think we don't need as many helicopters 215 00:14:39,440 --> 00:14:41,840 Speaker 1: in the sky as we have right now. And I 216 00:14:41,880 --> 00:14:44,240 Speaker 1: think that's true for a lot of things. I think 217 00:14:44,280 --> 00:14:47,600 Speaker 1: that's true for news choppers. I also I've come around 218 00:14:47,640 --> 00:14:51,600 Speaker 1: on laped choppers. There's gotta be ways you can do 219 00:14:51,720 --> 00:14:54,560 Speaker 1: all of they do with their helicopters with drones. Outside 220 00:14:54,600 --> 00:14:57,320 Speaker 1: of swift water rescue. I think you can do a 221 00:14:57,400 --> 00:14:59,840 Speaker 1: lot of this stuff with drones, and it's a heck 222 00:14:59,840 --> 00:15:02,320 Speaker 1: of a lot cheaper, and they can fly a lot lower. 223 00:15:02,360 --> 00:15:05,040 Speaker 1: And then, as I have advocated for, there's got to 224 00:15:05,080 --> 00:15:07,440 Speaker 1: be some kind of device we can attach to the drone. 225 00:15:07,480 --> 00:15:09,920 Speaker 1: They can disable a car so we can end the 226 00:15:10,000 --> 00:15:13,800 Speaker 1: high speed chase before it starts. But I know people 227 00:15:13,880 --> 00:15:16,320 Speaker 1: freak out that the government's going to use that on you, 228 00:15:17,080 --> 00:15:19,560 Speaker 1: or they get upset because that means there's going to 229 00:15:19,600 --> 00:15:24,880 Speaker 1: be no more high speed chases. In Monrovia. The locals 230 00:15:24,920 --> 00:15:28,160 Speaker 1: are very upset because a black bear that's been wandering 231 00:15:28,160 --> 00:15:32,440 Speaker 1: the neighborhood for quite some time, living under houses, grabbing snacks, 232 00:15:32,520 --> 00:15:35,080 Speaker 1: making the local news. Well, it attack someone that was 233 00:15:35,120 --> 00:15:39,160 Speaker 1: walking their dog, and that's not great. It's the second 234 00:15:39,200 --> 00:15:42,560 Speaker 1: attack documented by this mama bear who has two cubs 235 00:15:42,600 --> 00:15:45,560 Speaker 1: that are in the neighborhood. And so fish and wildlife 236 00:15:45,560 --> 00:15:48,560 Speaker 1: trapped the bear and then they killed the bear. And 237 00:15:48,600 --> 00:15:50,400 Speaker 1: the locals didn't like that. They didn't want them to 238 00:15:50,480 --> 00:15:52,840 Speaker 1: kill the bear. They wanted to relocate the bear. And 239 00:15:53,320 --> 00:15:55,520 Speaker 1: I don't know what the best answer is for a bear. 240 00:15:55,560 --> 00:15:59,120 Speaker 1: I mean, it's a bear. Bears are scary. Why don't 241 00:15:59,160 --> 00:16:03,040 Speaker 1: live anywhere nears? There's no bears in the valley. But 242 00:16:03,120 --> 00:16:04,800 Speaker 1: I'll tell you where I have an issue with this. 243 00:16:05,520 --> 00:16:10,920 Speaker 1: It's that Fish and Wildlife traps the bear and kills 244 00:16:10,920 --> 00:16:14,440 Speaker 1: the bear, and you know, orphans off the bear cubs 245 00:16:15,120 --> 00:16:18,680 Speaker 1: because it, you know, it pawt at or it attacked 246 00:16:18,680 --> 00:16:22,520 Speaker 1: a lady. Why can't fish and wildlife do that with 247 00:16:22,560 --> 00:16:25,360 Speaker 1: the coyotes that are killing dogs and cats and attacking 248 00:16:25,400 --> 00:16:27,920 Speaker 1: small kids every single day? Why is that off game? 249 00:16:28,280 --> 00:16:30,880 Speaker 1: But we're allowed to go after the bear. Just make 250 00:16:30,920 --> 00:16:34,360 Speaker 1: it make sense. Bizarre story at the Port of Los 251 00:16:34,360 --> 00:16:38,680 Speaker 1: Angeles where I never thought about this, but you know 252 00:16:38,760 --> 00:16:42,880 Speaker 1: these giant container ships, what happens if they hit really 253 00:16:43,040 --> 00:16:46,680 Speaker 1: rough seas well? A whole bunch of containers get damaged 254 00:16:46,760 --> 00:16:49,840 Speaker 1: or tip over or end up in the ocean. And 255 00:16:49,920 --> 00:16:52,480 Speaker 1: I wonder how much is built into what we pay 256 00:16:52,560 --> 00:16:57,040 Speaker 1: for goods on a daily basis, the spoilage of products 257 00:16:57,080 --> 00:17:02,200 Speaker 1: that are somewhere ten thousand leagues under this seat. And 258 00:17:02,240 --> 00:17:04,840 Speaker 1: of course we got to talk about Caesar Chavez Day. 259 00:17:04,960 --> 00:17:07,399 Speaker 1: Karen Bess didn't want to call it that anymore, the 260 00:17:07,400 --> 00:17:10,400 Speaker 1: state legislature don't want to call it that anymore. He's toxic. 261 00:17:10,480 --> 00:17:14,120 Speaker 1: Now we're gonna call it farm Workers Day. And in fact, 262 00:17:14,280 --> 00:17:17,919 Speaker 1: in the Bay area. The supervisor of San Francisco who 263 00:17:18,040 --> 00:17:22,159 Speaker 1: changed Army Street to Saint Caesar Chavez Street, now she 264 00:17:22,200 --> 00:17:25,120 Speaker 1: wants to change it back. And I got to bring 265 00:17:25,200 --> 00:17:27,000 Speaker 1: up this story before we run out of time. But 266 00:17:28,760 --> 00:17:31,280 Speaker 1: ride share drivers in the Bay Area are very upset 267 00:17:31,440 --> 00:17:36,159 Speaker 1: because they say Weaimo is giving rides to un unaccompanied kids, 268 00:17:36,240 --> 00:17:39,160 Speaker 1: which apparently is a violation of their permit. But what's 269 00:17:39,160 --> 00:17:42,919 Speaker 1: funny about the story is when ABC seven interviewed the 270 00:17:42,960 --> 00:17:45,200 Speaker 1: locals about it, every single one of them had the 271 00:17:45,240 --> 00:17:48,239 Speaker 1: same answer. You know, that's great. I would love if 272 00:17:48,240 --> 00:17:51,000 Speaker 1: Weimo could pick up my kid. I would never trust 273 00:17:51,040 --> 00:17:53,320 Speaker 1: my kid in a lift or Uber, but I would 274 00:17:53,320 --> 00:17:56,320 Speaker 1: with a Weimo. And yes, ninety nine point nine percent 275 00:17:56,320 --> 00:17:59,920 Speaker 1: of lifting uber drivers are great people, but that one 276 00:18:00,119 --> 00:18:01,760 Speaker 1: percent makes it so you don't want to put your 277 00:18:01,800 --> 00:18:05,160 Speaker 1: kid in one. The robot a little different. People seem 278 00:18:05,200 --> 00:18:08,080 Speaker 1: to be very supportive of that, and I'm sorry for 279 00:18:08,160 --> 00:18:10,280 Speaker 1: how many jobs are going to be lost to AI 280 00:18:10,840 --> 00:18:15,040 Speaker 1: through ride share alone. But Waimo's here to stay now 281 00:18:15,080 --> 00:18:16,480 Speaker 1: if they could just figure out how to get them 282 00:18:16,520 --> 00:18:20,719 Speaker 1: to move in that one street in Culver City. San 283 00:18:20,720 --> 00:18:25,040 Speaker 1: Francisco police are getting a fourteen percent raise because well, 284 00:18:25,200 --> 00:18:28,120 Speaker 1: they're trying to recruit officers and they're still a staffing shortage. 285 00:18:28,119 --> 00:18:31,040 Speaker 1: And if you can over time recruit enough officers, you 286 00:18:31,119 --> 00:18:33,840 Speaker 1: can lower the overtime and that would actually save on 287 00:18:33,920 --> 00:18:36,920 Speaker 1: the budget. So you know, the city is getting safer, 288 00:18:36,960 --> 00:18:40,400 Speaker 1: but it's it is difficult to fund these departments, especially 289 00:18:40,400 --> 00:18:42,560 Speaker 1: with the bidding war that's going on left and right 290 00:18:42,600 --> 00:18:45,240 Speaker 1: and cops that don't feel that the mayors have their back. 291 00:18:45,600 --> 00:18:47,960 Speaker 1: I think in San Francisco they think they do, but 292 00:18:48,080 --> 00:18:51,360 Speaker 1: in places like Oakland, LA, they think they don't. Kaiser 293 00:18:51,400 --> 00:18:55,480 Speaker 1: healthcare workers are striking over the over reliance of AI 294 00:18:55,600 --> 00:18:59,359 Speaker 1: at Kaiser, and yeah, that fight's only going to go 295 00:18:59,440 --> 00:19:05,160 Speaker 1: one way. Richmond has voted to overturn their flock camera restrictions, 296 00:19:05,359 --> 00:19:08,960 Speaker 1: bring back the flock cameras because carthefs went all over 297 00:19:09,000 --> 00:19:12,760 Speaker 1: the place, and a restaurant in San Jose and Santana 298 00:19:12,840 --> 00:19:16,600 Speaker 1: Ro has closed to a cockroach infestation. I used to 299 00:19:16,640 --> 00:19:18,800 Speaker 1: work in food service. I know how hard it is 300 00:19:18,840 --> 00:19:22,040 Speaker 1: to maintain those a grades, but oh boy, you gotta 301 00:19:22,080 --> 00:19:25,760 Speaker 1: be real careful there because one of those can get 302 00:19:25,800 --> 00:19:28,600 Speaker 1: a whole bunch of people not wanting to ever patronize 303 00:19:28,600 --> 00:19:32,080 Speaker 1: your establishment. There's a lot more in today's California Report. 304 00:19:32,160 --> 00:19:35,280 Speaker 1: Check it out my statewide report of what's going on today, 305 00:19:35,600 --> 00:19:39,119 Speaker 1: Randy Wangradio dot substack dot com. It's the News Blitz 306 00:19:39,119 --> 00:19:42,639 Speaker 1: with Randy Wang on KABC. There's a lot of talkers 307 00:19:42,640 --> 00:19:46,400 Speaker 1: in Los Angeles, myself included. When we come back, we're 308 00:19:46,400 --> 00:19:49,879 Speaker 1: gonna talk to a doer. The guy behind Clean Ala 309 00:19:50,040 --> 00:19:53,200 Speaker 1: with Me picking up trash one bag at a time 310 00:19:53,240 --> 00:19:56,800 Speaker 1: in La. Wan Nala joins us next on the News 311 00:19:56,840 --> 00:20:00,600 Speaker 1: Blitz with Randy Wang on Talk Radio seven ninety k ABC. 312 00:20:01,040 --> 00:20:03,560 Speaker 1: It is the News Blitz with Randy Wang on Talk 313 00:20:03,640 --> 00:20:07,480 Speaker 1: Radio seven ninety KABC. Make sure to subscribe to my 314 00:20:07,560 --> 00:20:13,280 Speaker 1: substack for the California Report at Randywangradio dot substack dot com. 315 00:20:13,440 --> 00:20:16,840 Speaker 1: Our next guest, I'm gonna call him a hero right now. 316 00:20:17,240 --> 00:20:19,680 Speaker 1: A lot of people talk the walk, talk the talk. 317 00:20:19,840 --> 00:20:24,959 Speaker 1: He walks the walk every single day, not only making 318 00:20:25,040 --> 00:20:29,920 Speaker 1: Los Angeles a better place, but pointing out the incompetency 319 00:20:30,119 --> 00:20:33,600 Speaker 1: and neglect that we get from our elected officials. His 320 00:20:33,760 --> 00:20:38,000 Speaker 1: name is Juananala. You know him as Cleanla with Me 321 00:20:38,160 --> 00:20:40,600 Speaker 1: and you can get him on x at Cleanla with 322 00:20:40,720 --> 00:20:44,800 Speaker 1: Me or his new YouTube channel YouTube dot com slash 323 00:20:44,960 --> 00:20:51,600 Speaker 1: at Cleanla with me Juan Nala. Welcome to the news Blitz. Hello, 324 00:20:51,680 --> 00:20:55,080 Speaker 1: how you doing doing great? One? Why don't we start 325 00:20:55,400 --> 00:20:58,400 Speaker 1: tell everyone who doesn't know anything about you, your story, 326 00:20:58,440 --> 00:21:01,240 Speaker 1: who you are and why you decided to start picking 327 00:21:01,320 --> 00:21:03,879 Speaker 1: up garbage in La. 328 00:21:04,080 --> 00:21:08,920 Speaker 2: So I'm Finala. I'm Acuadorian. I moved from East Coast 329 00:21:09,040 --> 00:21:13,800 Speaker 2: from Virginia about sixteen months ago, and I was surprised 330 00:21:13,840 --> 00:21:16,359 Speaker 2: when I got here. I started driving around and I 331 00:21:16,400 --> 00:21:18,760 Speaker 2: see trash everywhere, and I was kind of shocking me. 332 00:21:18,880 --> 00:21:21,800 Speaker 2: So I was five weeks here in LA and I 333 00:21:21,880 --> 00:21:24,959 Speaker 2: started cleaning our alitious part because I couldn't take trash. 334 00:21:25,520 --> 00:21:31,320 Speaker 2: You know, Virginia, Washington, DC, Maryland is so clean. My hometown, Quinca, 335 00:21:31,440 --> 00:21:34,800 Speaker 2: back in an equatory is so clean. And also my 336 00:21:34,880 --> 00:21:38,439 Speaker 2: wife is so clean. So if i'm dotyhy, I have 337 00:21:38,520 --> 00:21:41,639 Speaker 2: to make sure you know, everything is clean. So that's 338 00:21:41,720 --> 00:21:45,639 Speaker 2: why it is the reason I start cleaning, because I 339 00:21:45,720 --> 00:21:50,119 Speaker 2: cannot take trash. And I was so surprised how dode, 340 00:21:50,280 --> 00:21:54,200 Speaker 2: California is and it's sad. 341 00:21:55,119 --> 00:21:58,639 Speaker 1: It really is, and especially when I'm sure you also 342 00:21:58,760 --> 00:22:02,239 Speaker 1: realized moving here for places like Virginia, how expensive it 343 00:22:02,359 --> 00:22:06,120 Speaker 1: is to live here, and yet we pretty much accept 344 00:22:06,119 --> 00:22:09,320 Speaker 1: the fact that we're living around garbage and filth on 345 00:22:09,359 --> 00:22:11,480 Speaker 1: a daily basis. 346 00:22:12,160 --> 00:22:15,200 Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean, I see that California has the higher 347 00:22:15,240 --> 00:22:19,439 Speaker 2: staxes probably in the country, and you know, a lot 348 00:22:19,520 --> 00:22:22,520 Speaker 2: of a lot of stuff is not getting done and 349 00:22:22,520 --> 00:22:28,080 Speaker 2: and it's sad because people are walking over trash. There 350 00:22:28,119 --> 00:22:30,080 Speaker 2: is a lot of people also living on the streets 351 00:22:30,080 --> 00:22:33,480 Speaker 2: that are making a whole mess in some areas. And 352 00:22:33,560 --> 00:22:37,199 Speaker 2: also people like normal people. I see they're putting the 353 00:22:37,240 --> 00:22:40,680 Speaker 2: window the car, you know, the window and just throwing trash. 354 00:22:40,920 --> 00:22:43,119 Speaker 2: This is not culture. I ask so many people like, 355 00:22:43,320 --> 00:22:46,679 Speaker 2: what's going on? Is a culture? Are you kidding me? 356 00:22:46,920 --> 00:22:49,200 Speaker 2: Are you serious? This is a culture. I don't think 357 00:22:49,240 --> 00:22:53,080 Speaker 2: this is a culture. I think the officials, I think 358 00:22:53,119 --> 00:22:56,240 Speaker 2: the people. Then they have we have to start doing 359 00:22:56,280 --> 00:22:59,560 Speaker 2: better because if we let this go, more and more 360 00:22:59,680 --> 00:23:02,760 Speaker 2: is going to be even Sometimes I went to city 361 00:23:02,800 --> 00:23:05,000 Speaker 2: hall and I told them this is worse than to 362 00:23:05,080 --> 00:23:05,720 Speaker 2: all country. 363 00:23:07,800 --> 00:23:10,560 Speaker 1: I think you're totally right about that. 364 00:23:11,680 --> 00:23:15,719 Speaker 2: Yeah, there is a beautiful land. Los Angeles is a 365 00:23:15,760 --> 00:23:19,880 Speaker 2: beautiful line. Oh my gosh, the weather, the food, there's 366 00:23:19,920 --> 00:23:23,440 Speaker 2: so many culture that we can learn, but we cannot 367 00:23:23,600 --> 00:23:26,960 Speaker 2: let this go. You know, I'm trying to work with officials. 368 00:23:27,000 --> 00:23:29,560 Speaker 2: I'm trying to work everybody, with everybody and not with 369 00:23:29,600 --> 00:23:33,520 Speaker 2: the community, trying to teach more people that this is 370 00:23:33,560 --> 00:23:35,720 Speaker 2: not culture. It cannot be like this anymore. 371 00:23:36,920 --> 00:23:39,719 Speaker 1: Well, and illegal dumping has been a huge problem in 372 00:23:39,760 --> 00:23:43,000 Speaker 1: Los Angeles for a long time, and it doesn't seem 373 00:23:43,040 --> 00:23:45,760 Speaker 1: like there's a lot of enforcement, even when it's fairly 374 00:23:45,920 --> 00:23:48,720 Speaker 1: obvious who's doing some of the illegal dumping. I'll give 375 00:23:48,720 --> 00:23:51,360 Speaker 1: you for a for instance, you go to the produce 376 00:23:51,440 --> 00:23:55,639 Speaker 1: district and on a daily basis, palettes and palettes of 377 00:23:55,800 --> 00:23:58,840 Speaker 1: unsold fruit are just dumped on the side of the street, 378 00:23:58,920 --> 00:24:00,879 Speaker 1: and the city's like fine with it. 379 00:24:02,720 --> 00:24:04,280 Speaker 2: I don't know if they are fine. I don't know 380 00:24:04,280 --> 00:24:07,720 Speaker 2: if they don't know or it's something else. But this 381 00:24:07,840 --> 00:24:10,920 Speaker 2: is sad to say. You know, I'm on Latino, I'm Acadorian, 382 00:24:11,520 --> 00:24:14,240 Speaker 2: and in my Latino I'm trying to tell my Latino 383 00:24:14,280 --> 00:24:16,479 Speaker 2: community this is not a very right way to do it. 384 00:24:16,560 --> 00:24:20,040 Speaker 2: I mean, you know, this is one the lands that 385 00:24:20,320 --> 00:24:23,399 Speaker 2: has a lot of opportunities, but we have to also 386 00:24:23,480 --> 00:24:27,160 Speaker 2: to help this land. Is you know, to keep going 387 00:24:28,240 --> 00:24:30,719 Speaker 2: in the right way, because you know there's a lot 388 00:24:30,760 --> 00:24:34,960 Speaker 2: of illegal dumping, unfortunately for my Latino community because I 389 00:24:35,040 --> 00:24:37,720 Speaker 2: was I was twenty years on contraction business before this. 390 00:24:38,320 --> 00:24:40,640 Speaker 2: So you know, when I see I see a lot 391 00:24:40,640 --> 00:24:42,919 Speaker 2: of contraction business, a lot of food bend. There's a 392 00:24:42,920 --> 00:24:45,480 Speaker 2: lot of tackle benders. They just come in and left there. 393 00:24:45,600 --> 00:24:50,000 Speaker 2: It's like, no, why, you know, we have to we 394 00:24:50,160 --> 00:24:52,480 Speaker 2: have to treat this city better. We have to treat 395 00:24:52,520 --> 00:24:55,760 Speaker 2: this land in better ways. Because when they left right 396 00:24:55,840 --> 00:24:59,359 Speaker 2: on the streets that when it rains, all that trash 397 00:24:59,480 --> 00:25:02,960 Speaker 2: go in the and the drains and then go in 398 00:25:03,000 --> 00:25:05,720 Speaker 2: the river and then end up in the oceans. You know, 399 00:25:05,720 --> 00:25:08,160 Speaker 2: it's not just on the streets. This is a whole mess. 400 00:25:08,200 --> 00:25:11,159 Speaker 2: It's not just on the streets. It's the oceans. The 401 00:25:11,240 --> 00:25:14,720 Speaker 2: river is getting with all this trash, you know, killing fishes, 402 00:25:14,840 --> 00:25:17,399 Speaker 2: killing and birds. You know, there's so many things that 403 00:25:17,440 --> 00:25:19,240 Speaker 2: we have to fix. 404 00:25:21,000 --> 00:25:23,240 Speaker 1: You know, I'm so glad you brought up construction because 405 00:25:23,280 --> 00:25:25,760 Speaker 1: you know, some people hear about, you know, the trash 406 00:25:25,840 --> 00:25:27,760 Speaker 1: that's in LA and the illegal dumping, and they would 407 00:25:27,840 --> 00:25:30,960 Speaker 1: just assume that most of this is the homeless encampments. 408 00:25:30,960 --> 00:25:33,359 Speaker 1: But to your point, you go to a place like 409 00:25:33,400 --> 00:25:38,080 Speaker 1: the SUBPULVT Abasin, and they found so much debris from 410 00:25:38,200 --> 00:25:42,359 Speaker 1: contractors that were bringing you know, leftover building materials, what 411 00:25:42,560 --> 00:25:44,600 Speaker 1: have you. Instead of taking it to the dump, they 412 00:25:44,600 --> 00:25:48,360 Speaker 1: were dumping it in the subpulvit Abasin Wildlife Preserve. And 413 00:25:48,400 --> 00:25:50,040 Speaker 1: one of the things that we found out in a 414 00:25:50,080 --> 00:25:53,400 Speaker 1: city meeting about this with the neighborhood Association and all 415 00:25:53,400 --> 00:25:57,320 Speaker 1: the other players involved is that it is currently cheaper 416 00:25:57,760 --> 00:26:00,639 Speaker 1: to get caught and pay the fine for illa dumping 417 00:26:01,119 --> 00:26:03,600 Speaker 1: then taking a load to the dump. How does that 418 00:26:03,680 --> 00:26:04,240 Speaker 1: make sense. 419 00:26:05,400 --> 00:26:08,680 Speaker 2: I mean, I'm right now, I take the trust to 420 00:26:08,760 --> 00:26:11,840 Speaker 2: the dumper right now at the landfill, so you can. 421 00:26:12,320 --> 00:26:14,800 Speaker 2: You can. You have to pay one hundred and fifteen 422 00:26:14,880 --> 00:26:18,800 Speaker 2: dollars for one pound, that's twenty that's two thousand pounds. 423 00:26:18,840 --> 00:26:22,600 Speaker 2: So I think what happened with the illegal dumping is 424 00:26:22,640 --> 00:26:27,439 Speaker 2: because people, the little contractors are not charging enough money. 425 00:26:27,800 --> 00:26:29,879 Speaker 2: So that's why they don't go and pay, you know, 426 00:26:29,920 --> 00:26:32,199 Speaker 2: they just go and see a hot spot and just 427 00:26:32,320 --> 00:26:36,120 Speaker 2: dump everywhere. But I think, you know, I think the 428 00:26:36,119 --> 00:26:38,359 Speaker 2: city has to come with the plan and said okay, 429 00:26:38,440 --> 00:26:40,439 Speaker 2: with all the illegal dumping, I mean, with all the 430 00:26:40,520 --> 00:26:44,520 Speaker 2: contraction people, we're gonna charge your fifty percent here, so 431 00:26:44,560 --> 00:26:47,159 Speaker 2: then we make you know, we make the city is 432 00:26:47,160 --> 00:26:51,840 Speaker 2: still gonna make money charging the contraction people and also 433 00:26:52,240 --> 00:26:54,439 Speaker 2: not sending the people to do the queen. I mean, 434 00:26:54,480 --> 00:26:57,000 Speaker 2: they're not sending right now what I'm talking about, but 435 00:26:57,160 --> 00:26:59,320 Speaker 2: you know there is many plans that they can do 436 00:26:59,400 --> 00:27:02,919 Speaker 2: it to stab the legal dumping. They have to do 437 00:27:03,040 --> 00:27:05,919 Speaker 2: a break for these people because these people are not 438 00:27:06,359 --> 00:27:08,639 Speaker 2: I know, they're not making enough money. That's why they 439 00:27:08,880 --> 00:27:12,320 Speaker 2: just go and just you know, dump everywhere. When you 440 00:27:12,359 --> 00:27:15,280 Speaker 2: see a hard respet, they just do it. And it's 441 00:27:15,320 --> 00:27:18,800 Speaker 2: sad because I can I can see. I know now 442 00:27:18,920 --> 00:27:21,200 Speaker 2: I learned where it's coming in the trash because I've 443 00:27:21,200 --> 00:27:23,280 Speaker 2: been doing this almost every day. I mean pretty much 444 00:27:23,280 --> 00:27:25,640 Speaker 2: every day and I don't do Sunday, so almost every 445 00:27:25,720 --> 00:27:30,160 Speaker 2: day when I see okay, you know, I can see 446 00:27:30,200 --> 00:27:32,840 Speaker 2: when I go clean spot, I see if it's if 447 00:27:32,880 --> 00:27:35,359 Speaker 2: it's contraction, or if it's a food vendor or if 448 00:27:35,400 --> 00:27:40,080 Speaker 2: it's a food And also another big problem when people 449 00:27:40,119 --> 00:27:44,000 Speaker 2: are moving out for the you know, the complex on 450 00:27:44,080 --> 00:27:46,679 Speaker 2: the building, on apartment buildings, they just bring the stuff 451 00:27:46,680 --> 00:27:49,440 Speaker 2: and just sit it outside. I think the owners they 452 00:27:49,440 --> 00:27:52,680 Speaker 2: have to do better, like okay, if someone is moving out. 453 00:27:52,720 --> 00:27:56,879 Speaker 2: They have to make sure either the owner or the 454 00:27:56,920 --> 00:28:01,480 Speaker 2: people who is moving out make sure they disposal properly. 455 00:28:01,560 --> 00:28:05,320 Speaker 2: You know, it's sad to see these very expensive areas. 456 00:28:05,480 --> 00:28:08,520 Speaker 2: There's so much furniture sitting right in front of the building. 457 00:28:10,200 --> 00:28:13,040 Speaker 1: We're speaking with Juan Nuala, you know him as clean 458 00:28:13,280 --> 00:28:15,240 Speaker 1: La with Me. You can check out all of his 459 00:28:15,359 --> 00:28:19,400 Speaker 1: incredible videos at x clean La with Me, his new 460 00:28:19,440 --> 00:28:23,000 Speaker 1: YouTube channel which is YouTube dot com slash at clean 461 00:28:23,160 --> 00:28:24,720 Speaker 1: La with Me and you can find out how you 462 00:28:24,760 --> 00:28:28,560 Speaker 1: can get involved with him as well. Now, one, what 463 00:28:28,760 --> 00:28:31,479 Speaker 1: has it been like dealing with the city doing what 464 00:28:31,520 --> 00:28:34,160 Speaker 1: you're doing, Like you go to a street, you bag 465 00:28:34,200 --> 00:28:36,560 Speaker 1: everything up. If you call the city, will they pick 466 00:28:36,600 --> 00:28:37,439 Speaker 1: everything up for you? 467 00:28:38,800 --> 00:28:41,760 Speaker 2: So I have so many problems with three one one up. 468 00:28:42,800 --> 00:28:46,120 Speaker 2: You know, when I started doing they had so many problems. 469 00:28:46,160 --> 00:28:48,160 Speaker 2: Then they were not coming to pick it up the 470 00:28:48,200 --> 00:28:50,760 Speaker 2: trash and then the home let's go by and they 471 00:28:50,800 --> 00:28:53,360 Speaker 2: were opening the trash and then the trash us and 472 00:28:53,400 --> 00:28:55,640 Speaker 2: then the trash was coming out everywhere again. So I 473 00:28:55,680 --> 00:28:58,840 Speaker 2: had to go back and you know, reback again and 474 00:28:58,880 --> 00:29:00,920 Speaker 2: try to three one when they can't pick it up. 475 00:29:00,960 --> 00:29:03,800 Speaker 2: And then after months they were doing well, but lately 476 00:29:04,120 --> 00:29:07,960 Speaker 2: on one stuff. They didn't do it, so I think 477 00:29:08,040 --> 00:29:10,320 Speaker 2: there I told them when I went to city hall, 478 00:29:10,400 --> 00:29:12,960 Speaker 2: please fix three one one up because for me it's okay, 479 00:29:13,000 --> 00:29:15,640 Speaker 2: and it has to make easy use, you know, friendly 480 00:29:15,800 --> 00:29:18,840 Speaker 2: used because many people that do not have to use it. 481 00:29:18,880 --> 00:29:21,320 Speaker 2: This up, I not have to use it, but many people, 482 00:29:21,760 --> 00:29:24,400 Speaker 2: many a neighbor, they do not have to use it, 483 00:29:24,480 --> 00:29:26,760 Speaker 2: so they have to do probably English and Spanish. I 484 00:29:26,800 --> 00:29:30,320 Speaker 2: think there's English Spanish, but maybe do some programs that 485 00:29:30,360 --> 00:29:33,080 Speaker 2: they you know, they promote more than three one one app. 486 00:29:34,480 --> 00:29:38,080 Speaker 2: But now I just I decided I got a pickup track, 487 00:29:38,160 --> 00:29:41,240 Speaker 2: a three one fifty track that someone donates this and 488 00:29:41,280 --> 00:29:45,080 Speaker 2: now I'm not using three one one app anymore. But 489 00:29:45,200 --> 00:29:48,800 Speaker 2: the city I'm talking to the city actually today a 490 00:29:48,880 --> 00:29:51,479 Speaker 2: couple hours before that, they're going to send me a 491 00:29:51,600 --> 00:29:54,840 Speaker 2: dumpster for my mingas on every Saturday that I have 492 00:29:54,920 --> 00:29:56,800 Speaker 2: with voluntary They're going to try to send it a 493 00:29:56,880 --> 00:29:59,240 Speaker 2: dancers then we don't have to use a three one 494 00:29:59,280 --> 00:30:01,800 Speaker 2: one app. LA City is going to provide me that, 495 00:30:02,040 --> 00:30:05,280 Speaker 2: so you know, they I think they are realizing that 496 00:30:06,560 --> 00:30:10,320 Speaker 2: I'm doing a lot, you know, without any help from 497 00:30:10,320 --> 00:30:13,680 Speaker 2: the city. But now they're start doing it. So it's 498 00:30:13,760 --> 00:30:16,080 Speaker 2: I think they're gonna we I think I'm gonna have 499 00:30:16,320 --> 00:30:18,720 Speaker 2: a meeting with them to see how else we can 500 00:30:18,800 --> 00:30:21,280 Speaker 2: do this and make LA better. 501 00:30:23,120 --> 00:30:25,800 Speaker 1: I'm really glad to hear that, because it was surprising 502 00:30:25,880 --> 00:30:28,960 Speaker 1: to me that at Karen Vass's State of the City 503 00:30:28,960 --> 00:30:30,800 Speaker 1: address that she gave you a shout out. Dan, Do 504 00:30:30,920 --> 00:30:33,080 Speaker 1: you got quite the applause for all the work that 505 00:30:33,160 --> 00:30:36,520 Speaker 1: you're doing. But at the same time, your work shouldn't 506 00:30:36,560 --> 00:30:39,640 Speaker 1: be necessary if the city was functioning properly. 507 00:30:40,840 --> 00:30:43,800 Speaker 2: Yes, that's what I always said that. You know, it's many, 508 00:30:43,960 --> 00:30:47,080 Speaker 2: it's many things that I've been learning, Like I just 509 00:30:47,200 --> 00:30:51,000 Speaker 2: now you see this, someone give us the city gave 510 00:30:51,080 --> 00:30:54,000 Speaker 2: us like one hundred or sixty million to this nonprofit 511 00:30:54,080 --> 00:30:57,080 Speaker 2: for cleaning, but they don't know what happened with the money, 512 00:30:57,160 --> 00:31:03,480 Speaker 2: and so one hundred six million disappear. You know, things 513 00:31:03,520 --> 00:31:05,360 Speaker 2: like that. They have to fix it. You know, they 514 00:31:05,360 --> 00:31:08,160 Speaker 2: can't just lend the money to any any nonprofit and 515 00:31:08,200 --> 00:31:11,720 Speaker 2: then they disappear the money. You know. So I've been 516 00:31:11,800 --> 00:31:15,800 Speaker 2: trying to talk to them about this, you know, how 517 00:31:15,840 --> 00:31:16,680 Speaker 2: we can fix it. 518 00:31:18,560 --> 00:31:19,280 Speaker 1: Yeah, they did. 519 00:31:19,720 --> 00:31:24,680 Speaker 2: Currently mayor current basin a sharrah, But I think after that, 520 00:31:26,200 --> 00:31:27,200 Speaker 2: I didn't hear anything. 521 00:31:29,520 --> 00:31:33,160 Speaker 1: I'm not surprised, but that's not deterring you. You're still 522 00:31:33,200 --> 00:31:36,719 Speaker 1: going out there every single day. Tell us about your mingas, 523 00:31:36,760 --> 00:31:39,080 Speaker 1: tell us about your weekly cleanups, how that goes on, 524 00:31:39,160 --> 00:31:40,640 Speaker 1: and how people can get involved. 525 00:31:41,600 --> 00:31:45,840 Speaker 2: So I do my every day around eight nine am 526 00:31:45,960 --> 00:31:50,240 Speaker 2: until eleven twelve, and then Monday to Friday, and sometimes 527 00:31:50,240 --> 00:31:53,160 Speaker 2: now people come and also help on the weekdays. But 528 00:31:53,520 --> 00:31:57,080 Speaker 2: and then on Saturday. I call mingas because it's an 529 00:31:57,080 --> 00:32:00,920 Speaker 2: Epadorian native language means community, so that's why I call 530 00:32:01,040 --> 00:32:04,880 Speaker 2: mingas for every Saturday. So I do post like let's say, 531 00:32:04,880 --> 00:32:08,280 Speaker 2: if I see a big, biggest put I film, and 532 00:32:08,360 --> 00:32:11,320 Speaker 2: then I post every Wednesday morning on my social media 533 00:32:11,320 --> 00:32:14,200 Speaker 2: across my social media and then my twelve platforms. I 534 00:32:14,400 --> 00:32:18,120 Speaker 2: post there and I invite people to come on Saturday 535 00:32:18,160 --> 00:32:21,960 Speaker 2: from now nine from nine to eleven, and people just 536 00:32:22,000 --> 00:32:26,880 Speaker 2: show up. Sometimes I had ten twenty thirty. One time 537 00:32:26,880 --> 00:32:29,479 Speaker 2: I have forty people that just come and help, because 538 00:32:29,520 --> 00:32:31,840 Speaker 2: everybody's tying to see trash everywhere. 539 00:32:31,840 --> 00:32:36,000 Speaker 1: You know, it's really it's an incredible thing that you're doing. 540 00:32:36,040 --> 00:32:39,040 Speaker 1: It's a movement that you've started here and it's you know, 541 00:32:39,120 --> 00:32:41,760 Speaker 1: making me want to take more pride in what's going 542 00:32:41,840 --> 00:32:44,160 Speaker 1: on in this city, because there's a lot of people 543 00:32:44,160 --> 00:32:47,080 Speaker 1: that don't respect this land that we're on every single day, 544 00:32:47,120 --> 00:32:50,360 Speaker 1: but you are showing it more respect than anybody. If 545 00:32:50,400 --> 00:32:53,080 Speaker 1: you want to get involved, if you want to donate 546 00:32:53,160 --> 00:32:56,200 Speaker 1: to one's cause, or you want to volunteer, go to 547 00:32:56,240 --> 00:33:00,200 Speaker 1: the website Clean La with Me dot org. All to 548 00:33:00,200 --> 00:33:02,640 Speaker 1: make sure to check out his videos and share them 549 00:33:02,800 --> 00:33:06,360 Speaker 1: because this is exactly the kind of programs the city 550 00:33:06,440 --> 00:33:09,920 Speaker 1: should be funding. X Clean La with Me and the 551 00:33:09,960 --> 00:33:13,960 Speaker 1: new YouTube channel I just subscribed YouTube dot com slash 552 00:33:14,000 --> 00:33:17,920 Speaker 1: at clean La with Me one. Give us your pitch. 553 00:33:18,000 --> 00:33:20,600 Speaker 1: What do you need to you know, make your program 554 00:33:20,640 --> 00:33:23,040 Speaker 1: more successful right now? What do you need from the public? 555 00:33:24,160 --> 00:33:27,680 Speaker 2: So I need more funding because you know, running this 556 00:33:27,880 --> 00:33:31,200 Speaker 2: track is about two hundred dollars a day. You know, 557 00:33:31,240 --> 00:33:34,920 Speaker 2: if I go every day to the landfill more funding. 558 00:33:35,040 --> 00:33:38,360 Speaker 2: I would love to have someone to help me filming, 559 00:33:38,440 --> 00:33:41,160 Speaker 2: because I do this everything by myself. I don't have 560 00:33:41,320 --> 00:33:45,520 Speaker 2: anybody else. I film, I clean, I dump, and then 561 00:33:45,680 --> 00:33:48,479 Speaker 2: when I get home, I do all the editing and 562 00:33:48,560 --> 00:33:50,959 Speaker 2: I put the you know, I'll pull the videos on 563 00:33:50,960 --> 00:33:54,280 Speaker 2: my YouTube. I do everything by myself, and it's a lot, 564 00:33:55,000 --> 00:33:58,800 Speaker 2: believe it is a lot. But you know, I wish 565 00:33:58,840 --> 00:34:01,240 Speaker 2: I can hire someone, you know. So I'm trying to 566 00:34:01,240 --> 00:34:04,800 Speaker 2: see if we can get grants or donation, you know. 567 00:34:06,280 --> 00:34:08,239 Speaker 2: And it's tough for me because I have a one 568 00:34:08,320 --> 00:34:10,880 Speaker 2: year old son that he has a liver problem and 569 00:34:10,920 --> 00:34:13,840 Speaker 2: we've been about two weeks ago, we were eleven days 570 00:34:13,880 --> 00:34:16,719 Speaker 2: in the children hospital. So it is a lot for 571 00:34:16,760 --> 00:34:19,080 Speaker 2: me to do, you know. But I hopefully, you know, 572 00:34:19,160 --> 00:34:22,160 Speaker 2: this is little by little, hopefully we can get more 573 00:34:22,239 --> 00:34:27,040 Speaker 2: people volunteer editing my views. Also, you know, I would 574 00:34:27,080 --> 00:34:29,920 Speaker 2: like to hire someone to help me with the filming. 575 00:34:30,360 --> 00:34:32,600 Speaker 2: Then I don't have to worry about my phone because 576 00:34:32,640 --> 00:34:35,839 Speaker 2: sometimes I got like a really bad area and I'm 577 00:34:35,880 --> 00:34:38,840 Speaker 2: afraid that someone is gonna get my phone and run away. 578 00:34:40,000 --> 00:34:42,080 Speaker 1: I feel you We've had stories like that happened in 579 00:34:42,120 --> 00:34:44,240 Speaker 1: Oakland with people similar to what you're doing. 580 00:34:45,200 --> 00:34:49,359 Speaker 2: Yes, yes, But on my across my platforms, I got 581 00:34:49,360 --> 00:34:51,560 Speaker 2: a link tree that can go to my link tree. 582 00:34:51,560 --> 00:34:54,279 Speaker 2: There's a wish list there is all my platforms there. 583 00:34:54,320 --> 00:34:58,960 Speaker 2: I have a subscribe program there too. There is a 584 00:34:59,000 --> 00:35:03,160 Speaker 2: given circle that can subcribe for monthly, you know, monthly 585 00:35:03,239 --> 00:35:06,080 Speaker 2: a subscribe. So on my link tree is everything all 586 00:35:06,080 --> 00:35:09,719 Speaker 2: the information that can get from there, and all my 587 00:35:09,960 --> 00:35:13,240 Speaker 2: platforms have the link tree link I'm. 588 00:35:13,040 --> 00:35:15,120 Speaker 1: Looking at it right now. Look at his link tree. 589 00:35:15,160 --> 00:35:16,839 Speaker 1: You can find out ways that you can help this 590 00:35:16,960 --> 00:35:21,359 Speaker 1: incredible man continue to do the work he does cleaning La, 591 00:35:22,040 --> 00:35:26,160 Speaker 1: one trash bag at a time, one Nala clean La 592 00:35:26,320 --> 00:35:30,240 Speaker 1: with me. Thank you so much for everything that you're doing, 593 00:35:30,400 --> 00:35:32,800 Speaker 1: and thanks so much for spending some time with us. 594 00:35:33,200 --> 00:35:37,000 Speaker 2: Oh no, thank you so much for this this opportunity 595 00:35:37,040 --> 00:35:40,680 Speaker 2: to share, and hopefully we can get more volunteer. So 596 00:35:40,880 --> 00:35:43,719 Speaker 2: remember this Saturday from nine to eleven go to my 597 00:35:44,920 --> 00:35:47,399 Speaker 2: social media and then you can just come. You don't 598 00:35:47,400 --> 00:35:49,440 Speaker 2: need to bring anything. I have the trash bag, I 599 00:35:49,480 --> 00:35:52,279 Speaker 2: have the gloves, I have everything. So just show up, 600 00:35:52,600 --> 00:35:55,480 Speaker 2: bring a good energy and let's make La shine again. 601 00:35:56,560 --> 00:35:59,279 Speaker 1: I love it onan Nala. Thanks so much for joining us. 602 00:36:01,120 --> 00:36:04,680 Speaker 1: It's the news Blitz with Randy Wang on KABC. If 603 00:36:04,680 --> 00:36:06,520 Speaker 1: you'd like to email us, you could do so at 604 00:36:06,600 --> 00:36:09,839 Speaker 1: Randy Wang Radio at gmail dot com. Uky wrights in. 605 00:36:10,280 --> 00:36:14,640 Speaker 1: How insensitive you to call it illegal dumping, It's undocumented dumping. 606 00:36:15,040 --> 00:36:18,279 Speaker 1: It's the news Blitz with Randy Wang on KABC seven 607 00:36:18,400 --> 00:36:22,480 Speaker 1: ninety KABC welcomes Bonnie Ray to the Hollywood Pantagious Theater 608 00:36:22,600 --> 00:36:25,680 Speaker 1: October twentieth. 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Boy, it's interesting she's doing this press 616 00:36:47,719 --> 00:36:50,800 Speaker 1: tour as everyone found out that some executive at Hulu 617 00:36:50,880 --> 00:36:53,880 Speaker 1: killed the Buffy reboots, so she's getting a lot of 618 00:36:53,920 --> 00:36:56,799 Speaker 1: attention right now. Might be good for Ready or Not two. 619 00:36:56,840 --> 00:37:00,399 Speaker 1: Here I Come. Project Hail Mary, starring Ryan goss I've 620 00:37:00,440 --> 00:37:03,719 Speaker 1: heard great things about this movie. Very retuned to a 621 00:37:03,880 --> 00:37:06,759 Speaker 1: ninety style sci fi action movie, and I love me 622 00:37:06,840 --> 00:37:09,120 Speaker 1: some Ryan Gosling. By the way, if you didn't see 623 00:37:09,160 --> 00:37:11,520 Speaker 1: him on Saturday Night Live a couple weeks ago, check 624 00:37:11,520 --> 00:37:14,520 Speaker 1: out those clips on YouTube. He was incredible. And the 625 00:37:14,560 --> 00:37:19,560 Speaker 1: pop Pout Fish, an animated story starring Nick Offerman. I 626 00:37:19,680 --> 00:37:23,919 Speaker 1: love Nick Offerman Ron Swanson as a Phish. I'm all 627 00:37:23,960 --> 00:37:28,320 Speaker 1: for it. That sounds great. That's what's going on in 628 00:37:28,400 --> 00:37:30,920 Speaker 1: the theaters this weekend. Thank y'all so much for being 629 00:37:30,920 --> 00:37:33,640 Speaker 1: a part of the show, whether it's your emails, telling 630 00:37:33,680 --> 00:37:36,640 Speaker 1: people about it, sharing the show. Get our podcast by 631 00:37:36,640 --> 00:37:40,080 Speaker 1: searching for the KABC News Blitz wherever you get your podcasts. 632 00:37:40,280 --> 00:37:43,080 Speaker 1: It's the News Blitz with Randy Wangun KABC