1 00:00:00,160 --> 00:00:03,320 Speaker 1: And very happy Thursday too with twelve oh six. In 2 00:00:03,400 --> 00:00:06,960 Speaker 1: the West, It's the John Phillips Show. Mister Randy Weggs 3 00:00:06,960 --> 00:00:11,240 Speaker 1: in Culver City, John, why do we never promote a 4 00:00:11,280 --> 00:00:15,080 Speaker 1: guest ahead of time? Because every time I do that 5 00:00:15,480 --> 00:00:16,280 Speaker 1: they bone us. 6 00:00:17,440 --> 00:00:21,920 Speaker 2: You on Friday were like, hey, next Friday and Tonio 7 00:00:22,040 --> 00:00:23,319 Speaker 2: Viragoso will be here. 8 00:00:23,840 --> 00:00:25,120 Speaker 1: He pushed to next week. 9 00:00:25,600 --> 00:00:29,720 Speaker 2: Yesterday you told everyone that you'd be driving in studio 10 00:00:30,360 --> 00:00:34,519 Speaker 2: to sit down in person with Spencer Pratt, and he 11 00:00:34,600 --> 00:00:35,680 Speaker 2: moved to next week. 12 00:00:36,280 --> 00:00:41,280 Speaker 1: Okay, let me try a trick and see if this works. Hey, everyone, 13 00:00:41,360 --> 00:00:48,280 Speaker 1: your taxes are due on April to fifteenth. Do you 14 00:00:48,320 --> 00:00:50,240 Speaker 1: think that means we get to pay in September? 15 00:00:51,800 --> 00:00:54,480 Speaker 2: We will no longer be promoting any guests on this 16 00:00:54,640 --> 00:00:57,840 Speaker 2: show until they are on the line or in the 17 00:00:57,880 --> 00:01:02,600 Speaker 2: studio because we get boned all the time. 18 00:01:04,040 --> 00:01:09,600 Speaker 1: Well, not as frequent as others, but we'll just leave 19 00:01:09,640 --> 00:01:13,440 Speaker 1: that there. Eight hundred two two two five two two two. 20 00:01:13,520 --> 00:01:16,080 Speaker 1: He is the telephone number one eight hundred two two 21 00:01:16,120 --> 00:01:19,319 Speaker 1: two five to two two two. A new poll that 22 00:01:19,520 --> 00:01:24,720 Speaker 1: was just released has Bay Area Congressman Eric Swalwell now 23 00:01:24,800 --> 00:01:29,600 Speaker 1: in the lead for governor in the latest Berkeley IGS 24 00:01:29,640 --> 00:01:34,000 Speaker 1: poll that was done in collaboration with Inside California Politics. 25 00:01:34,600 --> 00:01:41,480 Speaker 1: Eric Swallwell is the leader at seventeen percent, followed by Hilton, 26 00:01:41,760 --> 00:01:47,600 Speaker 1: followed by Bianco, followed by Stier and Katie Porter, at 27 00:01:47,680 --> 00:01:51,840 Speaker 1: least in this poll is in the single digits in 28 00:01:51,920 --> 00:01:59,800 Speaker 1: fifth place. She is not gonna like that, you know. 29 00:02:00,160 --> 00:02:03,840 Speaker 1: The more I think about this, the more I think 30 00:02:03,880 --> 00:02:07,560 Speaker 1: we have to be real strategic with how we vote, 31 00:02:07,760 --> 00:02:11,119 Speaker 1: because the only way to get an improvement the way 32 00:02:11,160 --> 00:02:16,480 Speaker 1: I see it in Sacramento is with three different scenarios. 33 00:02:17,360 --> 00:02:21,799 Speaker 1: Scenario one is to get both Republicans on the ballot 34 00:02:22,080 --> 00:02:25,880 Speaker 1: to shut the Democrats out of the November election. Then 35 00:02:26,000 --> 00:02:30,000 Speaker 1: we'd get a Republican governor and you would have Republicans 36 00:02:30,000 --> 00:02:33,200 Speaker 1: in charge of the executive branch, Democrats in charge of 37 00:02:33,240 --> 00:02:36,920 Speaker 1: the legislative branch. And at an absolute minimum, we could 38 00:02:36,960 --> 00:02:41,359 Speaker 1: block some of the really bad stuff, hopefully it would 39 00:02:41,440 --> 00:02:45,360 Speaker 1: result in improvement. At a minimum, we could block the 40 00:02:45,440 --> 00:02:49,959 Speaker 1: awful stuff. The other scenario that would be okay is 41 00:02:50,040 --> 00:02:54,000 Speaker 1: if it's Steve Hilton and Matt Mayhon. Matt Mayhan is 42 00:02:54,320 --> 00:02:57,040 Speaker 1: far and away the best Democrat in the race. No 43 00:02:57,080 --> 00:03:02,680 Speaker 1: one's close to him. Scenario is Chad Bianco and Matt 44 00:03:02,680 --> 00:03:10,799 Speaker 1: Mayhon Republican Democrat, Saine Democrat, Saine Republican. The problem as 45 00:03:10,840 --> 00:03:13,880 Speaker 1: I see it right now is that Matt Mayhan has 46 00:03:13,960 --> 00:03:17,600 Speaker 1: yet to gain any traction. This poll has him at 47 00:03:17,840 --> 00:03:21,720 Speaker 1: three percent. I know he has access to a lot 48 00:03:21,720 --> 00:03:25,120 Speaker 1: of Silicon Valley money and he plans on spending it. 49 00:03:25,880 --> 00:03:29,880 Speaker 1: But he better start soon because if he keeps pulling 50 00:03:29,960 --> 00:03:32,440 Speaker 1: in the three percent range, people are gonna forget that 51 00:03:32,520 --> 00:03:37,400 Speaker 1: he exists, which leaves us with the only viable option, 52 00:03:38,200 --> 00:03:43,320 Speaker 1: which is Steve Hilton versus Chad Bianco. Well, here's the 53 00:03:43,400 --> 00:03:48,080 Speaker 1: problem with that. Right now, Steve Hilton has pretty consistently 54 00:03:48,200 --> 00:03:52,160 Speaker 1: pulled away from Chad Bianco as the top performing Republican. 55 00:03:53,680 --> 00:03:56,080 Speaker 1: He shows up to all the debates, he shows up 56 00:03:56,160 --> 00:04:00,000 Speaker 1: to all of his interviews. He puts out an impressive performance, 57 00:04:00,600 --> 00:04:05,000 Speaker 1: and he is being rewarded in the polls. When we 58 00:04:05,200 --> 00:04:09,800 Speaker 1: first booked Chad Bianco on this program, he didn't show 59 00:04:09,920 --> 00:04:16,440 Speaker 1: up and we offered to reschedule him. He rescheduled for 60 00:04:16,520 --> 00:04:18,719 Speaker 1: I think it was a week later we put him on. 61 00:04:18,960 --> 00:04:22,240 Speaker 1: He did find when he was on the show, some 62 00:04:22,279 --> 00:04:24,880 Speaker 1: time goes by. We book him again to come on 63 00:04:24,960 --> 00:04:28,960 Speaker 1: the show. He doesn't show up, we offer him later 64 00:04:29,000 --> 00:04:32,760 Speaker 1: that day. He can't do later that day. He wants 65 00:04:32,800 --> 00:04:35,720 Speaker 1: to book it at some point in the future. And 66 00:04:35,960 --> 00:04:40,160 Speaker 1: apparently they were upset that we mentioned on the air 67 00:04:40,680 --> 00:04:43,240 Speaker 1: that he was booked and didn't show up. What are 68 00:04:43,279 --> 00:04:46,279 Speaker 1: we supposed to do not mention that, especially when we 69 00:04:46,400 --> 00:04:48,600 Speaker 1: promote that a guest is about to be on the air, 70 00:04:49,560 --> 00:04:54,320 Speaker 1: and without getting into the details, it's unbelievably disruptive to 71 00:04:54,440 --> 00:04:57,880 Speaker 1: our operation to book someone and then not have them 72 00:04:57,880 --> 00:04:59,640 Speaker 1: show up. And then they go, well, just put me 73 00:04:59,680 --> 00:05:02,680 Speaker 1: on two day. What does it matter, Well, it matters 74 00:05:02,760 --> 00:05:05,680 Speaker 1: because we put a lot of time and effort into 75 00:05:05,680 --> 00:05:08,320 Speaker 1: trying to get this show together and then you just 76 00:05:08,400 --> 00:05:13,240 Speaker 1: not showing up throws everything in a disarray. But it's 77 00:05:13,279 --> 00:05:17,640 Speaker 1: not a blow to my ego that caused the red 78 00:05:17,680 --> 00:05:21,040 Speaker 1: flag to pop up. When he did that, that let 79 00:05:21,160 --> 00:05:24,760 Speaker 1: me know that that's how they run shop. And then 80 00:05:24,960 --> 00:05:27,479 Speaker 1: we would get emails from people saying, oh, yeah, he 81 00:05:27,560 --> 00:05:30,239 Speaker 1: was supposed to speak to our group and he showed 82 00:05:30,320 --> 00:05:33,480 Speaker 1: up way late, or he didn't show up at all, 83 00:05:34,240 --> 00:05:36,440 Speaker 1: and then the debate start, and then he doesn't show 84 00:05:36,560 --> 00:05:39,200 Speaker 1: up to the first debate because I guess one of 85 00:05:39,200 --> 00:05:43,200 Speaker 1: his kids gave birth to a grandkid and he said 86 00:05:43,240 --> 00:05:44,920 Speaker 1: he wanted to be there for the birth, so he 87 00:05:44,960 --> 00:05:47,560 Speaker 1: didn't show up. Then you see these other forums that 88 00:05:47,640 --> 00:05:52,240 Speaker 1: we discussed on this program, and usually Chad Bianco is 89 00:05:52,279 --> 00:05:56,320 Speaker 1: not participating. He can't be there for one reason or another. Well, 90 00:05:56,720 --> 00:06:00,000 Speaker 1: when you do that enough times, it ends up hurting you. 91 00:06:00,920 --> 00:06:04,680 Speaker 1: And because of that, I believe because the politics they're 92 00:06:04,800 --> 00:06:08,599 Speaker 1: very similar. His politics are very similar to Steve Hilton. 93 00:06:08,800 --> 00:06:11,480 Speaker 1: It's not like one is a Conservative Republican and one's 94 00:06:11,520 --> 00:06:14,920 Speaker 1: a Rockefeller Republican. They're both pretty much the same thing. 95 00:06:15,720 --> 00:06:17,960 Speaker 1: So it's just which personality do you like. Do you 96 00:06:18,000 --> 00:06:19,720 Speaker 1: want an English accent or do you want a guy 97 00:06:19,720 --> 00:06:24,400 Speaker 1: from Riverside County who wears boots. And because Steve Hilton 98 00:06:24,440 --> 00:06:29,200 Speaker 1: is showing up, he's being rewarded in the polls. Now, 99 00:06:29,360 --> 00:06:32,360 Speaker 1: if I were to cast a ballot strictly based on 100 00:06:32,520 --> 00:06:35,440 Speaker 1: who I think is the better performing candidate at this 101 00:06:35,560 --> 00:06:38,560 Speaker 1: point in the race, no question about it. At Steve Hilton, 102 00:06:39,279 --> 00:06:41,559 Speaker 1: and clearly a lot of other people in the state 103 00:06:41,720 --> 00:06:44,680 Speaker 1: are making that same decision, which is why he is 104 00:06:44,760 --> 00:06:50,280 Speaker 1: beating Bianco in most polls. Therefore, I think the strategic 105 00:06:50,400 --> 00:06:53,240 Speaker 1: vote at this point is for those of us who 106 00:06:53,320 --> 00:06:58,919 Speaker 1: are paying attention to vote for Bianco, because if Steve 107 00:06:59,000 --> 00:07:01,120 Speaker 1: Hilton runs away of it, what you're going to end 108 00:07:01,200 --> 00:07:06,359 Speaker 1: up with is Steve Hilton and a Democrat and Bionco. 109 00:07:06,720 --> 00:07:09,840 Speaker 1: His support is going to collapse because Hilton is going 110 00:07:09,920 --> 00:07:13,840 Speaker 1: to poach whatever support Bianco has, and that is going 111 00:07:13,920 --> 00:07:16,960 Speaker 1: to leave Bianco in the single digits, and you're gonna 112 00:07:17,040 --> 00:07:20,240 Speaker 1: end up with a Republican versus a Democrat in November. 113 00:07:21,680 --> 00:07:24,640 Speaker 1: What Republicans should try to do, and I don't know 114 00:07:24,680 --> 00:07:28,720 Speaker 1: how you do this scientifically, is we want our vote 115 00:07:28,760 --> 00:07:33,480 Speaker 1: split fifty to fifty between Bianco and Hilton. If we 116 00:07:33,560 --> 00:07:37,400 Speaker 1: could split our vote fifty to fifty between Bianco and Hilton, 117 00:07:38,080 --> 00:07:43,440 Speaker 1: that is the best case scenario for November, because then 118 00:07:43,520 --> 00:07:46,240 Speaker 1: we have the best shot at getting two Republicans on 119 00:07:46,280 --> 00:07:49,480 Speaker 1: the ballot, assuming that Matt Mayhon stays at three percent. 120 00:07:50,080 --> 00:07:52,240 Speaker 1: If Matt Mayhon stays at three percent, he's not a 121 00:07:52,320 --> 00:07:56,280 Speaker 1: viable option. If he starts to gain some traction and 122 00:07:56,360 --> 00:07:58,880 Speaker 1: he starts to do well, well, then we can look 123 00:07:58,920 --> 00:08:02,680 Speaker 1: at this a little bit differently. But the way I 124 00:08:02,800 --> 00:08:07,200 Speaker 1: see it right now what Republicans who are paying attention 125 00:08:07,360 --> 00:08:11,080 Speaker 1: should do is give their vote to the weaker Republican 126 00:08:11,400 --> 00:08:17,200 Speaker 1: to lift them up, and that right now is Chad Bianco. 127 00:08:17,400 --> 00:08:19,440 Speaker 1: If he's not going to show up to the events 128 00:08:19,440 --> 00:08:20,880 Speaker 1: and he's not going to do the work that he 129 00:08:20,960 --> 00:08:23,520 Speaker 1: needs to do to lift himself up, I guess the 130 00:08:23,560 --> 00:08:27,280 Speaker 1: rest of us have to do that for him. And 131 00:08:27,320 --> 00:08:30,920 Speaker 1: if we give our vote to Chad Bianco, then he'll 132 00:08:30,960 --> 00:08:35,720 Speaker 1: start to pall better in future polls, and then we 133 00:08:35,800 --> 00:08:39,680 Speaker 1: have an opportunity to have two Republicans on the November ballot. 134 00:08:41,160 --> 00:08:44,320 Speaker 1: But the way I see things is as this race 135 00:08:44,440 --> 00:08:48,760 Speaker 1: continues to progress, what you're going to see is Hilton's 136 00:08:48,800 --> 00:08:51,880 Speaker 1: lead over Bianco is going to widen because I don't 137 00:08:51,880 --> 00:08:54,480 Speaker 1: see Hilton changing what he's doing and I don't see 138 00:08:54,480 --> 00:08:57,960 Speaker 1: Bianco changing what he's doing. And if neither one of 139 00:08:58,000 --> 00:09:00,640 Speaker 1: them changes what they're doing, Beyond is going to get 140 00:09:00,640 --> 00:09:04,760 Speaker 1: his clock cleaned. So the rest of us have to 141 00:09:05,040 --> 00:09:09,880 Speaker 1: vote for Bianco at this point to make sure that 142 00:09:09,960 --> 00:09:15,200 Speaker 1: he doesn't get left behind, because this new poll that 143 00:09:15,240 --> 00:09:17,840 Speaker 1: we're about to talk about is a real problem. 144 00:09:18,720 --> 00:09:22,720 Speaker 2: For more on the latest poll in the governor's race, 145 00:09:23,240 --> 00:09:26,400 Speaker 2: here is KTLA. Although I could have also pulled the 146 00:09:26,440 --> 00:09:30,040 Speaker 2: exact same story from cranfur or Fox forty, I picked 147 00:09:30,040 --> 00:09:32,360 Speaker 2: the KTLA one because it also has a mayor's race 148 00:09:32,400 --> 00:09:32,920 Speaker 2: poll in it. 149 00:09:35,160 --> 00:09:38,120 Speaker 3: This morning, there is a new exclusive poll from Inside 150 00:09:38,120 --> 00:09:42,280 Speaker 3: California Politics and Emerson College. It shows Democrat Eric Swalwell 151 00:09:42,520 --> 00:09:45,199 Speaker 3: is gaining momentum in the crowded twenty twenty six race 152 00:09:45,240 --> 00:09:47,360 Speaker 3: for governor and in the race for LA mayor. The 153 00:09:47,440 --> 00:09:50,520 Speaker 3: contest is wide open, one out of every two Angelinos 154 00:09:50,800 --> 00:09:54,880 Speaker 3: still undecided. KTLA's Aton Wallace is live at the state 155 00:09:54,920 --> 00:09:56,600 Speaker 3: Capitol with a closer look at the results. 156 00:09:56,640 --> 00:10:01,600 Speaker 4: Aton, Good morning, Hey Eric, Good morning to you and 157 00:10:01,640 --> 00:10:04,920 Speaker 4: everybody in southern California. And indeed, the analysts I spoke 158 00:10:05,000 --> 00:10:07,280 Speaker 4: to for this report say this is not the news 159 00:10:07,360 --> 00:10:10,480 Speaker 4: the Basque campaign wanted to see. But those analysts also 160 00:10:10,520 --> 00:10:13,160 Speaker 4: make clear there is still time in the race for 161 00:10:13,280 --> 00:10:15,680 Speaker 4: mayor and in the race for governor for candidates to 162 00:10:15,760 --> 00:10:18,440 Speaker 4: reach those key undecided voters. 163 00:10:19,960 --> 00:10:21,920 Speaker 1: Let us start today, Thank you. 164 00:10:22,120 --> 00:10:26,960 Speaker 4: Democrat Eric Swalwell, restore that California dreams and Republicans Steve Hilton. 165 00:10:27,960 --> 00:10:31,000 Speaker 4: As it stands today, those two are in the top 166 00:10:31,080 --> 00:10:34,480 Speaker 4: two in the race for California governor. That is according 167 00:10:34,520 --> 00:10:38,640 Speaker 4: to this exclusive Inside California Politics and Emerson College pool 168 00:10:38,960 --> 00:10:43,800 Speaker 4: surveying one thousand registered California voters. The survey results showing 169 00:10:43,840 --> 00:10:47,760 Speaker 4: Swawell leads with just over seventeen percent, with Hilton behind 170 00:10:47,880 --> 00:10:52,000 Speaker 4: him at just over thirteen percent. Riverside County Sheriff Republican 171 00:10:52,080 --> 00:10:55,040 Speaker 4: Chad Bianco is in third with just over eleven percent, 172 00:10:55,320 --> 00:10:58,560 Speaker 4: and about half a point behind him Democrat Tom. 173 00:10:58,360 --> 00:11:02,520 Speaker 1: Steyer thirty million dollars can buy you a fourth place. 174 00:11:04,280 --> 00:11:08,120 Speaker 1: He's just unlikable and he sounds like super Dave Osborne, 175 00:11:08,120 --> 00:11:09,520 Speaker 1: so we should like him. 176 00:11:10,080 --> 00:11:13,920 Speaker 4: Meantime, Democratic former Orange County congress Member Katie Porter rounds 177 00:11:13,960 --> 00:11:15,719 Speaker 4: out the top five with nearly. 178 00:11:15,600 --> 00:11:20,880 Speaker 2: Really Aton rounds out She's not gonna like that either, 179 00:11:21,160 --> 00:11:24,000 Speaker 2: Get out of my shot. I don't think he meant 180 00:11:24,040 --> 00:11:25,080 Speaker 2: to do that intentionally. 181 00:11:26,720 --> 00:11:27,760 Speaker 1: In my mind, he did. 182 00:11:28,400 --> 00:11:32,240 Speaker 4: Meantime, Democratic former Orange County congress Member Katie Porter rounds 183 00:11:32,240 --> 00:11:35,080 Speaker 4: out the top five with nearly eight and a half percent. 184 00:11:35,640 --> 00:11:39,920 Speaker 1: Oh Katie, how the mighty have fallen? Can you imagine 185 00:11:39,960 --> 00:11:42,280 Speaker 1: what she must be like to travel with right now 186 00:11:42,320 --> 00:11:43,000 Speaker 1: around the state? 187 00:11:44,160 --> 00:11:44,520 Speaker 5: Please? 188 00:11:45,679 --> 00:11:49,240 Speaker 2: I get to imagine she's quite angry most of the time, 189 00:11:49,600 --> 00:11:53,240 Speaker 2: and most of that anger, even though it's about Tom Steyer, 190 00:11:53,440 --> 00:11:55,679 Speaker 2: is probably directed at her staffers. 191 00:11:56,360 --> 00:11:58,839 Speaker 1: Oh, I think it's directed at anyone in her orbit. 192 00:12:00,080 --> 00:12:02,400 Speaker 4: All of the other candidates are pulling at about three 193 00:12:02,440 --> 00:12:03,680 Speaker 4: percent or lower. 194 00:12:04,040 --> 00:12:09,080 Speaker 2: Yeah, mister Peanut three percent, Matt Mayhon three percent. Uh, 195 00:12:09,440 --> 00:12:12,760 Speaker 2: Javier Bakaria, the scrub a dub dub at three percent. 196 00:12:13,320 --> 00:12:16,040 Speaker 2: That pack. Nobody's breaking out. And even though you saw 197 00:12:16,080 --> 00:12:19,680 Speaker 2: that Betty Ye bump at the Democrat National the Democrat 198 00:12:19,760 --> 00:12:23,760 Speaker 2: Convention in California, Betty Ye was at two percent in 199 00:12:23,800 --> 00:12:27,640 Speaker 2: this poll, I think Thurman was at one percent. The 200 00:12:27,679 --> 00:12:31,320 Speaker 2: one caveat I would add is that Matt Mayhan, unlike 201 00:12:31,360 --> 00:12:34,000 Speaker 2: the others, has been able to raise a ton of 202 00:12:34,040 --> 00:12:39,200 Speaker 2: money from Silicon Valley, and sometimes money results in a 203 00:12:39,280 --> 00:12:42,720 Speaker 2: shift in the poll numbers, and sometimes it doesn't. Time 204 00:12:42,760 --> 00:12:45,520 Speaker 2: will tell. There's also a lot of experts that say 205 00:12:45,559 --> 00:12:47,880 Speaker 2: this polling is going to be way different once the 206 00:12:47,960 --> 00:12:51,600 Speaker 2: actual ballot designations are on these polls, because right now 207 00:12:51,640 --> 00:12:54,560 Speaker 2: we don't know what's going to be listed next to 208 00:12:54,640 --> 00:12:57,760 Speaker 2: the person when it says who are you picking for governor? 209 00:12:58,160 --> 00:13:01,280 Speaker 2: Like for Katie Porter, is it going to say former congresswoman. 210 00:13:01,679 --> 00:13:04,080 Speaker 2: Is it going to say U s I professor? Or 211 00:13:04,160 --> 00:13:05,480 Speaker 2: is he gonna say home chef? 212 00:13:07,160 --> 00:13:09,840 Speaker 1: You never know? Well, how about Tony V. Is it 213 00:13:09,880 --> 00:13:12,080 Speaker 1: gonna be former La mayor? Or is it gonna be 214 00:13:12,120 --> 00:13:14,319 Speaker 1: herbal life salesman or. 215 00:13:14,400 --> 00:13:16,600 Speaker 2: Father time and just show a picture of him during 216 00:13:16,600 --> 00:13:19,720 Speaker 2: the COVID days, Peanut Farmer. 217 00:13:19,920 --> 00:13:22,200 Speaker 6: The one thing you can say right now is you'd 218 00:13:22,280 --> 00:13:24,720 Speaker 6: rather be Eric Swalwell than anybody else in this race. 219 00:13:25,400 --> 00:13:28,400 Speaker 1: The first time anyone's ever said that, by the way, 220 00:13:28,840 --> 00:13:32,119 Speaker 1: And I'm gonna jinx this too. Later on in the program, 221 00:13:32,240 --> 00:13:35,520 Speaker 1: we're gonna have the man who's suing Eric Swalwell saying 222 00:13:35,520 --> 00:13:38,800 Speaker 1: that he is not a legal California resident. Tune in 223 00:13:38,840 --> 00:13:41,440 Speaker 1: at two o'clock to see if John just jinx us again. 224 00:13:44,360 --> 00:13:48,079 Speaker 4: Even so, Claremont McKenna College Professor of Government Jack Pitney 225 00:13:48,160 --> 00:13:51,160 Speaker 4: makes clear this race is still an open one, with 226 00:13:51,240 --> 00:13:54,760 Speaker 4: the survey showing nearly twenty five percent of voters are 227 00:13:54,800 --> 00:13:58,880 Speaker 4: still undecided roughly eighty days out from the June second primary. 228 00:13:59,440 --> 00:14:01,640 Speaker 2: I mean, there's still plenty of people who haven't paid 229 00:14:01,800 --> 00:14:03,960 Speaker 2: any attention to this race whatsoever. 230 00:14:04,760 --> 00:14:06,840 Speaker 1: I would say the majority of people. 231 00:14:06,760 --> 00:14:09,959 Speaker 2: Including Gavin who didn't pay any attention to it until 232 00:14:10,040 --> 00:14:12,520 Speaker 2: Rusty Hicks called him and said, dude, you're sucking up 233 00:14:12,559 --> 00:14:13,240 Speaker 2: all the air. 234 00:14:13,040 --> 00:14:15,680 Speaker 1: In the room. Well he's different, he doesn't care. 235 00:14:16,800 --> 00:14:20,000 Speaker 6: This is all far from over. It's early yet, it's March. 236 00:14:20,480 --> 00:14:24,440 Speaker 6: Most Californians aren't political junkies. They're not thinking too hard 237 00:14:24,480 --> 00:14:25,680 Speaker 6: about the governor's race. 238 00:14:25,760 --> 00:14:29,160 Speaker 1: Yet, he says, let's check in with those average California voters. 239 00:14:29,480 --> 00:14:31,960 Speaker 7: No, I don't know enough to give you any good information, 240 00:14:32,200 --> 00:14:33,680 Speaker 7: but good luck finding someone who does. 241 00:14:36,480 --> 00:14:40,040 Speaker 4: He says that's especially true because this race lacks candidates 242 00:14:40,080 --> 00:14:43,280 Speaker 4: with the same amount of name recognition seen in previous 243 00:14:43,320 --> 00:14:44,760 Speaker 4: scubernatorial contests. 244 00:14:45,000 --> 00:14:48,320 Speaker 6: We had an election not that long ago that featured 245 00:14:48,320 --> 00:14:50,560 Speaker 6: the biggest name in the world, Arnold Schwarzenegger. 246 00:14:50,720 --> 00:14:54,160 Speaker 1: Oh those are the days, oh yes, where he was 247 00:14:54,160 --> 00:14:55,360 Speaker 1: blowing up the boxes. 248 00:14:55,720 --> 00:14:58,560 Speaker 2: Well, and he wasn't the only big name at that election. 249 00:14:59,160 --> 00:15:02,360 Speaker 2: Don't forget about Gary Culeman and Mary Carey. 250 00:15:04,320 --> 00:15:06,680 Speaker 6: And it's no disrespect to any of the candidates to 251 00:15:06,720 --> 00:15:08,560 Speaker 6: say you're no Arnold Schwarzenegger. 252 00:15:08,680 --> 00:15:11,760 Speaker 4: It all comes just over a week since California Democratic 253 00:15:11,800 --> 00:15:15,760 Speaker 4: Party Chair Rusty Hicks wrote this open letter urging lower 254 00:15:15,800 --> 00:15:19,800 Speaker 4: pulling Democratic candidates not to run for governor amid concerns 255 00:15:19,840 --> 00:15:23,000 Speaker 4: the crowded field of Democrats could split the vote. 256 00:15:22,680 --> 00:15:24,840 Speaker 1: And the only one that said yes to that was 257 00:15:24,960 --> 00:15:29,000 Speaker 1: Ian Calderon, and he was at less than one percent. 258 00:15:29,320 --> 00:15:32,200 Speaker 1: He threw his zero percent support behind Eric. 259 00:15:32,040 --> 00:15:37,120 Speaker 4: Swalwell, resulting in the top two Republicans, Steve Hilton and 260 00:15:37,200 --> 00:15:40,480 Speaker 4: Chad Bianco, advancing to the November general election. 261 00:15:40,800 --> 00:15:45,920 Speaker 6: Not the likeliest outcome, but it is probable enough so 262 00:15:46,000 --> 00:15:48,360 Speaker 6: that Democrats are a little nervous and they should be. 263 00:15:48,400 --> 00:15:50,800 Speaker 4: In the race for La mayor. The poll find's incumbent 264 00:15:50,840 --> 00:15:53,440 Speaker 4: Mayor Karen Vass leading with nineteen and a half percent. 265 00:15:55,360 --> 00:15:58,920 Speaker 1: That is so pathetic on so many levels. I mean, 266 00:15:58,960 --> 00:15:59,880 Speaker 1: it's not surprise. 267 00:16:01,680 --> 00:16:07,000 Speaker 2: She has been a complete disaster on every single front. 268 00:16:07,560 --> 00:16:11,080 Speaker 2: I can't tell you one success story with the Karen 269 00:16:11,160 --> 00:16:13,000 Speaker 2: Bass administration. 270 00:16:13,360 --> 00:16:16,280 Speaker 4: Not one in the race for La mayor, and for 271 00:16:16,320 --> 00:16:17,000 Speaker 4: the most. 272 00:16:16,760 --> 00:16:22,120 Speaker 2: Part, LA voters are like California voters, but it's exponentially 273 00:16:22,160 --> 00:16:25,840 Speaker 2: more disinterested in what's going on. That being said, it's 274 00:16:25,920 --> 00:16:30,320 Speaker 2: really hard to ignore an entire neighborhood burning down, and 275 00:16:30,360 --> 00:16:30,800 Speaker 2: she did. 276 00:16:31,200 --> 00:16:33,680 Speaker 4: In the race for La mayor, The poll finds incumbent 277 00:16:33,720 --> 00:16:36,280 Speaker 4: Mayor Karen Vass leading with nineteen and a half percent. 278 00:16:36,480 --> 00:16:39,520 Speaker 2: Let's also not forget early in her mayordom when the 279 00:16:39,560 --> 00:16:42,480 Speaker 2: ten Freeway melted and they still never caught that guy, 280 00:16:43,080 --> 00:16:45,560 Speaker 2: and that was on videotape. 281 00:16:45,280 --> 00:16:48,360 Speaker 4: Followed by actor Spencer Pratt at just over ten percent. 282 00:16:48,920 --> 00:16:53,880 Speaker 1: Actor. I don't know if you can call reality show 283 00:16:53,920 --> 00:16:58,720 Speaker 1: stars actors. I mean there is some acting involved, but 284 00:17:00,120 --> 00:17:03,520 Speaker 1: are actor are they part of the union. 285 00:17:03,800 --> 00:17:06,840 Speaker 4: Followed by actor Spencer Pratt at just over ten percent, 286 00:17:07,040 --> 00:17:09,840 Speaker 4: and Los Angeles City Council member Nythia Rahman rounding out 287 00:17:09,880 --> 00:17:11,400 Speaker 4: the top three at just over. 288 00:17:11,359 --> 00:17:16,439 Speaker 1: Nine PERCENTNITHEO, why did you get in this race? Well, 289 00:17:16,600 --> 00:17:19,040 Speaker 1: all she asked to do is leapfrog Spencer Pratt, and 290 00:17:19,040 --> 00:17:22,360 Speaker 1: she's in second place, and then she's in. She's got 291 00:17:22,359 --> 00:17:24,160 Speaker 1: a shot most striking. 292 00:17:24,200 --> 00:17:28,000 Speaker 4: Though more than half of Angelino say they are still undecided. 293 00:17:28,240 --> 00:17:30,440 Speaker 8: This is not what I would want to see if 294 00:17:30,640 --> 00:17:32,440 Speaker 8: I am the incumbent. 295 00:17:32,240 --> 00:17:35,600 Speaker 7: Mayor Bass here twenty percent on the initial ballot. 296 00:17:36,119 --> 00:17:38,199 Speaker 6: This is a referendum on Karen Bass. And if you're 297 00:17:38,240 --> 00:17:41,320 Speaker 6: only polling one hundred twenty percent, you've got a problem. 298 00:17:41,760 --> 00:17:44,800 Speaker 1: Yes, she does a big problem. 299 00:17:44,480 --> 00:17:46,919 Speaker 4: And important to note this poll looked into other matters 300 00:17:46,920 --> 00:17:49,800 Speaker 4: as well, including Governor Gavin Newsom's approval rating and how 301 00:17:49,840 --> 00:17:53,479 Speaker 4: many Californians say the state is headed in the right direction. 302 00:17:53,640 --> 00:17:56,399 Speaker 4: All those results can be found on our website KTLA 303 00:17:56,720 --> 00:17:59,640 Speaker 4: dot com. We're life here at the state capital, Aton Wallace, 304 00:18:00,040 --> 00:18:01,160 Speaker 4: KTLA five News. 305 00:18:01,359 --> 00:18:04,760 Speaker 2: There you go, there's the latest on the California governor's race. 306 00:18:05,080 --> 00:18:08,119 Speaker 2: Eight hundred two two two five two two two is 307 00:18:08,160 --> 00:18:11,400 Speaker 2: the telephone number? What eight hundred two two two five 308 00:18:11,520 --> 00:18:15,200 Speaker 2: two two two. If you'd like to email the show, 309 00:18:15,240 --> 00:18:17,320 Speaker 2: you can do so at Johnny don't like show at 310 00:18:17,320 --> 00:18:21,040 Speaker 2: gmail dot com. That's Johnny Don't Like Show at gmail 311 00:18:21,240 --> 00:18:22,040 Speaker 2: dot com. 312 00:18:22,400 --> 00:18:25,719 Speaker 1: And Randy. You can listen to us on Saturdays on 313 00:18:25,800 --> 00:18:26,880 Speaker 1: KMJ and Fresno. 314 00:18:27,200 --> 00:18:30,760 Speaker 2: You know, Gavin Newsom constantly when he's defending the high 315 00:18:30,760 --> 00:18:32,960 Speaker 2: speed rail, says, well, we need to be building the 316 00:18:33,040 --> 00:18:37,359 Speaker 2: high speed rail because so many Californians ignore the Central Valley. 317 00:18:37,720 --> 00:18:40,720 Speaker 2: They don't pay attention to the Central Valley. Well, we 318 00:18:40,840 --> 00:18:45,879 Speaker 2: spend precious time on this show every single day promoting 319 00:18:45,960 --> 00:18:50,680 Speaker 2: a weekend best of in the Central Valley. So take that, Gavin. 320 00:18:51,000 --> 00:18:54,480 Speaker 2: The fixed California our replay air Saturdays at noon on 321 00:18:54,560 --> 00:18:59,560 Speaker 2: our sister station Kmjanfresno. 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Seven ninety KABC welcomes Gypsy Kings at the 337 00:19:43,359 --> 00:19:46,680 Speaker 2: Canyon at the Oxnar Performing Arts Center on March fifteenth. 338 00:19:46,800 --> 00:19:49,359 Speaker 2: Tickets are on sale now at AXS dot com, but 339 00:19:49,480 --> 00:19:52,120 Speaker 2: right now, colling number nine at one eight eight eight 340 00:19:52,200 --> 00:19:54,360 Speaker 2: seven ninety five two to two two gets a pair 341 00:19:54,400 --> 00:19:57,240 Speaker 2: of tickets to the show tickets furnished by the Canyon 342 00:19:57,400 --> 00:20:00,679 Speaker 2: where music meets the soul good luck dialing. 343 00:20:01,200 --> 00:20:03,480 Speaker 1: Well, not only do we have new polls out on 344 00:20:03,520 --> 00:20:07,760 Speaker 1: the governor's race in the LA Mayor's race, we also 345 00:20:07,840 --> 00:20:09,359 Speaker 1: have one out on the wealth tax. 346 00:20:10,160 --> 00:20:14,040 Speaker 2: Let's listen to what California voters think about the proposed 347 00:20:14,119 --> 00:20:16,560 Speaker 2: wealth tax, which, by the way, has not made the 348 00:20:16,600 --> 00:20:20,160 Speaker 2: ballot yet. It is still in the signature collection phase. 349 00:20:20,280 --> 00:20:24,040 Speaker 2: But let's see what Californians think about it. Here is 350 00:20:24,080 --> 00:20:27,280 Speaker 2: a report from ABC seven in the Bay. 351 00:20:28,040 --> 00:20:31,159 Speaker 9: Are California voters on board with a billionaires tax? A 352 00:20:31,240 --> 00:20:34,600 Speaker 9: new Berkeley Citron Center poll suggests the union backed proposal 353 00:20:34,680 --> 00:20:36,919 Speaker 9: has a slight advantage. 354 00:20:36,359 --> 00:20:37,600 Speaker 10: And the messages are out there. 355 00:20:37,800 --> 00:20:40,960 Speaker 9: About forty one percent of voters strongly feel they'd vote 356 00:20:41,040 --> 00:20:44,440 Speaker 9: yes on a one time five percent tax on billionaire's assets. 357 00:20:44,680 --> 00:20:47,080 Speaker 2: You know what it probably is. And I don't think 358 00:20:47,160 --> 00:20:51,040 Speaker 2: the SEIU Healthcare Union that put this forth ever thought 359 00:20:51,040 --> 00:20:54,040 Speaker 2: about this when this campaign was coming out. How many 360 00:20:54,200 --> 00:20:57,960 Speaker 2: average California voters that don't really pay attention to politics 361 00:20:58,400 --> 00:21:01,320 Speaker 2: keep seeing those Tom Styles ads and are like, I 362 00:21:01,400 --> 00:21:02,919 Speaker 2: want to take his money away? 363 00:21:03,520 --> 00:21:06,320 Speaker 1: Well, I'll tell you you look at what's going on 364 00:21:06,400 --> 00:21:10,000 Speaker 1: in Washington State, where they're doing something similar. You look 365 00:21:10,040 --> 00:21:12,560 Speaker 1: at what the SCIU is trying to do with this 366 00:21:12,600 --> 00:21:16,920 Speaker 1: particular initiative, You look at the policies that Mayor Mom 367 00:21:17,000 --> 00:21:19,920 Speaker 1: Donnie is supporting in New York City. And what you're 368 00:21:19,960 --> 00:21:23,200 Speaker 1: seeing going on right now in real time is you're 369 00:21:23,200 --> 00:21:28,040 Speaker 1: seeing wealth, you're seeing jobs, You're seeing innovation move from 370 00:21:28,080 --> 00:21:31,639 Speaker 1: the Blue states to the Red states. And what's going 371 00:21:31,720 --> 00:21:34,680 Speaker 1: to happen is these idiots aren't going to figure out 372 00:21:34,960 --> 00:21:38,600 Speaker 1: how much damage they're doing until they can't fix it anymore. 373 00:21:39,640 --> 00:21:42,600 Speaker 9: About twenty seven percent feels strong about voting no. 374 00:21:43,200 --> 00:21:45,320 Speaker 2: Maybe the thought is that some of those billionaires were 375 00:21:45,359 --> 00:21:48,320 Speaker 2: moved back after one summer in Florida. 376 00:21:48,480 --> 00:21:52,000 Speaker 1: Well, when you're a billionaire, you can vacation wherever you want. 377 00:21:52,600 --> 00:21:55,560 Speaker 1: Just because your residency is in Florida, as we've learned 378 00:21:55,560 --> 00:21:58,879 Speaker 1: from Eric Swallwell, it doesn't mean you actually have to 379 00:21:58,920 --> 00:22:02,440 Speaker 1: live there. Twenty four you can travel wherever you want. 380 00:22:02,960 --> 00:22:07,040 Speaker 9: About twenty seven percent feels strong about voting no. Overall, 381 00:22:07,280 --> 00:22:10,440 Speaker 9: twenty three percent are not sure in ballot initiatives. 382 00:22:10,440 --> 00:22:13,760 Speaker 10: In California, you really want to start the in the sixties. 383 00:22:13,480 --> 00:22:17,080 Speaker 9: Roger Salazar is a veteran of California ballot measure campaigns. 384 00:22:17,520 --> 00:22:22,480 Speaker 9: He says ballot language, messaging and endorsements are keys to success. 385 00:22:22,880 --> 00:22:27,600 Speaker 1: Also paying homeless people to forge signatures, which makes it 386 00:22:27,680 --> 00:22:31,120 Speaker 1: real easy to make sure your initiative qualifies for the ballot. 387 00:22:31,760 --> 00:22:34,879 Speaker 2: I guarantee if somebody had the time to do a 388 00:22:34,920 --> 00:22:38,800 Speaker 2: deep dive into these signature collections for all those kidney 389 00:22:38,880 --> 00:22:42,239 Speaker 2: bills that we have to vote on every cycle, that 390 00:22:42,400 --> 00:22:46,240 Speaker 2: is homeless people, Because seriously, who's signing those. 391 00:22:46,760 --> 00:22:49,639 Speaker 1: I have literally not met one person who gets worked 392 00:22:49,720 --> 00:22:51,960 Speaker 1: up over the laws governed and kidneys. 393 00:22:52,200 --> 00:22:54,200 Speaker 2: Well, they're not even the laws governing kidneys. They're the 394 00:22:54,280 --> 00:22:57,960 Speaker 2: laws governing the healthcare pay of the workers at the 395 00:22:58,040 --> 00:22:58,960 Speaker 2: kidney centers. 396 00:22:59,200 --> 00:23:00,600 Speaker 1: It's bill. 397 00:23:01,640 --> 00:23:03,600 Speaker 10: Anytime you sort of have raised doubt in a voter's 398 00:23:03,600 --> 00:23:05,040 Speaker 10: mind that they're going to tend to want to vote 399 00:23:05,080 --> 00:23:06,160 Speaker 10: no Salazar. 400 00:23:06,280 --> 00:23:08,960 Speaker 2: By the way, one of the things that was on 401 00:23:09,000 --> 00:23:12,400 Speaker 2: that table trying to be signed by the forge signatures 402 00:23:13,000 --> 00:23:16,800 Speaker 2: was an anti wealth tax measure that's meant to confuse 403 00:23:16,880 --> 00:23:19,520 Speaker 2: the voters that is backed by billionaires. But I guess 404 00:23:19,600 --> 00:23:22,400 Speaker 2: they firmed that they hired is crooked as hell. 405 00:23:25,280 --> 00:23:28,560 Speaker 1: Well, when you're doing business in California, I guess that's 406 00:23:28,560 --> 00:23:29,280 Speaker 1: what you gotta do. 407 00:23:30,160 --> 00:23:33,200 Speaker 9: Salazar is also working with the Golden State Promise pack, 408 00:23:33,600 --> 00:23:36,760 Speaker 9: formed solely to defeat the wealth tax, which if passed, 409 00:23:36,920 --> 00:23:38,959 Speaker 9: would fund California's healthcare system. 410 00:23:39,680 --> 00:23:43,280 Speaker 2: That is the interesting thing about this tax. It's even 411 00:23:43,320 --> 00:23:46,040 Speaker 2: when like Bernie Sanders, who's been campaigning up and down 412 00:23:46,040 --> 00:23:48,000 Speaker 2: the state for it, he's asked, like, do you even 413 00:23:48,119 --> 00:23:50,800 Speaker 2: understand where this goes? Because it's not going into the 414 00:23:50,840 --> 00:23:54,960 Speaker 2: general fund. The majority of the money raised by this tax, 415 00:23:55,000 --> 00:23:57,400 Speaker 2: which is kind of like an asset seizure because it's 416 00:23:57,400 --> 00:24:00,239 Speaker 2: going to tax your theoretical wealth, not the money that 417 00:24:00,560 --> 00:24:02,280 Speaker 2: you have in your bank, but the money that you 418 00:24:02,359 --> 00:24:06,280 Speaker 2: have invested, is that most of it goes towards the 419 00:24:06,320 --> 00:24:08,800 Speaker 2: healthcare union that put this on the balant. 420 00:24:09,720 --> 00:24:13,240 Speaker 1: No, what this is very similar to are the sports 421 00:24:13,320 --> 00:24:17,280 Speaker 1: gaming initiatives that we voted on some years ago, where 422 00:24:17,400 --> 00:24:20,320 Speaker 1: instead of writing a clean bill, if they just wanted 423 00:24:20,320 --> 00:24:22,600 Speaker 1: to jack taxes up so there was more money for 424 00:24:22,640 --> 00:24:27,040 Speaker 1: the general fund, my guess is they would have broader support. 425 00:24:27,240 --> 00:24:29,520 Speaker 1: But because they want the money strictly to go to 426 00:24:29,560 --> 00:24:32,399 Speaker 1: their membership, you're going to lose some people along the 427 00:24:32,440 --> 00:24:34,560 Speaker 1: lines who would otherwise support something like. 428 00:24:34,560 --> 00:24:38,080 Speaker 2: This, And that is why we still don't have legalized 429 00:24:38,080 --> 00:24:41,960 Speaker 2: sports betting in California, and you have Bobby going after 430 00:24:42,080 --> 00:24:46,280 Speaker 2: fantasy sports, Bob Bonta, Well, it's probably why Gavin Newsom 431 00:24:46,359 --> 00:24:49,920 Speaker 2: isn't supporting the wealth tax too. 432 00:24:51,640 --> 00:24:55,760 Speaker 10: It's not ideally written for you for helping the overall budget. 433 00:24:55,840 --> 00:24:57,760 Speaker 8: If you don't have a lot of information about a 434 00:24:57,800 --> 00:24:59,720 Speaker 8: proposition and you're not really sure if it's a good 435 00:24:59,720 --> 00:25:02,840 Speaker 8: idea or not, it can feel safer to vote no. 436 00:25:03,200 --> 00:25:04,840 Speaker 1: Unlikely that is good advice. 437 00:25:05,560 --> 00:25:09,720 Speaker 2: Yes, if you don't know what something does, don't vote 438 00:25:09,800 --> 00:25:10,120 Speaker 2: for it. 439 00:25:11,280 --> 00:25:14,640 Speaker 1: That's how we get in trouble because idiots don't understand 440 00:25:14,640 --> 00:25:17,880 Speaker 1: what they're reading. And by the way, I guess it's 441 00:25:17,920 --> 00:25:21,560 Speaker 1: not entirely the idiot's fault because they purposely write it 442 00:25:21,600 --> 00:25:24,920 Speaker 1: to be deceiving, but they then go ahead and vote yes, 443 00:25:25,080 --> 00:25:26,679 Speaker 1: and then the rest of us have to live with 444 00:25:26,720 --> 00:25:27,840 Speaker 1: those consequences. 445 00:25:28,480 --> 00:25:32,280 Speaker 9: Unlike Prop fifty, which had unified democratic support, the Wealth 446 00:25:32,320 --> 00:25:36,160 Speaker 9: Tax faces opposition from Governor Gavin Newsom and other party leaders. 447 00:25:36,400 --> 00:25:40,000 Speaker 8: As an elected official or a candidate, you might also 448 00:25:40,040 --> 00:25:42,120 Speaker 8: be concerned about, well, who am I going to ask 449 00:25:42,240 --> 00:25:46,680 Speaker 8: for donations next time around if I've annoyed all of 450 00:25:46,720 --> 00:25:48,199 Speaker 8: the billionaires. 451 00:25:51,920 --> 00:25:55,240 Speaker 1: Especially if you're a politician in the Silicon Valley. 452 00:25:56,119 --> 00:26:00,560 Speaker 9: Observers say, political and public support are complicated here. 453 00:26:00,720 --> 00:26:03,760 Speaker 8: On first glance. Maybe they've heard a little bit of 454 00:26:03,800 --> 00:26:07,480 Speaker 8: the pushback against it, the claims that the billionaire tax 455 00:26:07,480 --> 00:26:09,360 Speaker 8: will hurt California. 456 00:26:09,119 --> 00:26:11,880 Speaker 9: Noting it's just too early, it's not. 457 00:26:11,880 --> 00:26:14,840 Speaker 8: Even qualified for the ballot yet, and all of that 458 00:26:14,880 --> 00:26:19,200 Speaker 8: adds up to a little bit of trepidation about overtaxing 459 00:26:19,640 --> 00:26:20,119 Speaker 8: the wealthy. 460 00:26:21,040 --> 00:26:24,119 Speaker 9: So today's numbers are just a snapshot in time. Polling 461 00:26:24,320 --> 00:26:26,840 Speaker 9: hasn't even firmed up for the governor's race yet, and 462 00:26:26,840 --> 00:26:29,720 Speaker 9: that's actually on the ballot with the June primary coming 463 00:26:29,800 --> 00:26:32,680 Speaker 9: up around the corner. So if this wealth tax moves forward, 464 00:26:32,920 --> 00:26:35,880 Speaker 9: expect these numbers to change as the messaging kicks in. 465 00:26:36,200 --> 00:26:38,600 Speaker 2: So it still hasn't qualified for the ballot. I think 466 00:26:38,600 --> 00:26:41,360 Speaker 2: they have till mid April to turn in those signatures. 467 00:26:41,400 --> 00:26:45,520 Speaker 2: But this thing is starting off at fifty one percent 468 00:26:45,560 --> 00:26:50,080 Speaker 2: support according to this poll. So if the election were today, 469 00:26:50,680 --> 00:26:51,880 Speaker 2: this thing could pass. 470 00:26:52,560 --> 00:26:56,320 Speaker 1: And keep in mind Gavin Newsom is opposed to it. 471 00:26:56,960 --> 00:27:01,119 Speaker 1: But the next governor may not be. And the s 472 00:27:01,160 --> 00:27:06,159 Speaker 1: CiU and the CTA, the California Teachers Association, they have 473 00:27:06,280 --> 00:27:10,159 Speaker 1: not picked a horse yet in the gubernatorial race. My 474 00:27:10,359 --> 00:27:14,040 Speaker 1: guess is, and I'm only speaking on behalf of the 475 00:27:14,800 --> 00:27:18,840 Speaker 1: s CiU here, they won't support a candidate who doesn't 476 00:27:18,840 --> 00:27:20,320 Speaker 1: get behind this initiative. 477 00:27:21,000 --> 00:27:24,280 Speaker 2: Well, and Katie Porter might be that candidate, and she 478 00:27:24,440 --> 00:27:27,879 Speaker 2: might do it to specifically take Tom Steyer's money away 479 00:27:27,880 --> 00:27:29,040 Speaker 2: from him. 480 00:27:29,720 --> 00:27:31,160 Speaker 1: Well, she is bitter. 481 00:27:33,640 --> 00:27:36,800 Speaker 2: The one thing that Californians have in common with Katie 482 00:27:36,800 --> 00:27:39,240 Speaker 2: Porter nobody likes Tom Steyer. 483 00:27:39,520 --> 00:27:44,280 Speaker 1: No, that is very true. Eight hundred two two two 484 00:27:44,400 --> 00:27:47,479 Speaker 1: five two two two is the telephone number one eight 485 00:27:47,600 --> 00:27:51,680 Speaker 1: hundred two two two five two two two. If you'd 486 00:27:51,720 --> 00:27:53,560 Speaker 1: like to email the show, you can do so at 487 00:27:53,640 --> 00:27:57,040 Speaker 1: Johnny don't like show at gmail dot com. That's Johnny. 488 00:27:57,080 --> 00:28:00,720 Speaker 1: Don't like show at gmail dot com and be your monitor. 489 00:28:00,760 --> 00:28:02,399 Speaker 1: In the mailbag, Sean. 490 00:28:02,200 --> 00:28:05,120 Speaker 2: Has written in with an email that I don't think 491 00:28:05,160 --> 00:28:09,160 Speaker 2: I can read whatsoever. I can describe it in very 492 00:28:09,280 --> 00:28:10,280 Speaker 2: vague details. 493 00:28:10,359 --> 00:28:11,400 Speaker 1: No you can't. 494 00:28:12,760 --> 00:28:16,720 Speaker 2: All right, I'm not just read it. I'll just play 495 00:28:16,760 --> 00:28:19,000 Speaker 2: this drop and you guys can guess what the email 496 00:28:19,119 --> 00:28:19,520 Speaker 2: was about. 497 00:28:19,840 --> 00:28:23,439 Speaker 1: You can just leave it at that. 498 00:28:26,359 --> 00:28:28,840 Speaker 2: She wasn't even part of the story. But you say 499 00:28:28,880 --> 00:28:31,320 Speaker 2: the word and the bat signal comes out. 500 00:28:32,280 --> 00:28:36,680 Speaker 1: Let's go to Pete and Santa Cruz. Pete, Hello, Hey, 501 00:28:36,720 --> 00:28:37,320 Speaker 1: thanks you guys. 502 00:28:37,359 --> 00:28:39,280 Speaker 11: I listened to you all the time, and thank It's 503 00:28:39,320 --> 00:28:42,360 Speaker 11: an incredible great show. And whether it's cap and trade 504 00:28:42,720 --> 00:28:46,400 Speaker 11: or whether it's just billionaires text. Last week I heard 505 00:28:46,920 --> 00:28:52,360 Speaker 11: a statistic forty million people in California and seventeen million 506 00:28:52,400 --> 00:28:56,600 Speaker 11: pay tex come on and now they want more from 507 00:28:56,640 --> 00:28:59,320 Speaker 11: the people who are being what do you guys say? 508 00:29:00,440 --> 00:29:03,360 Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean people look at the state and they go, oh, 509 00:29:03,440 --> 00:29:06,720 Speaker 1: it's a rich state because there's Beverly Hills in Malibu 510 00:29:06,800 --> 00:29:10,040 Speaker 1: and Los Gatos and Atherton and you know, all of 511 00:29:10,040 --> 00:29:14,040 Speaker 1: these enclaves that have a lot of money. But that's true. 512 00:29:14,600 --> 00:29:18,200 Speaker 1: We also lead the country in poverty. We have more 513 00:29:18,240 --> 00:29:22,560 Speaker 1: poverty in California than in Mississippi or Alabama or West 514 00:29:22,640 --> 00:29:26,000 Speaker 1: Virginia or any of the states that one would associate 515 00:29:26,080 --> 00:29:29,880 Speaker 1: with poverty. And what we have in California is we 516 00:29:29,920 --> 00:29:32,440 Speaker 1: have the haves and we have the have nots. And 517 00:29:32,480 --> 00:29:35,080 Speaker 1: we used to have a robust middle class where people 518 00:29:35,080 --> 00:29:38,120 Speaker 1: could afford to buy homes and raise their kids here 519 00:29:38,480 --> 00:29:41,920 Speaker 1: and run a small business here. And we're pushing all 520 00:29:41,960 --> 00:29:44,760 Speaker 1: of those people out of state. And so what you're 521 00:29:44,840 --> 00:29:47,360 Speaker 1: left with is you're left with the billionaires and you're 522 00:29:47,440 --> 00:29:50,840 Speaker 1: left with the poor people. And now what they're doing 523 00:29:50,920 --> 00:29:54,440 Speaker 1: with things like this wealth confiscation tax is they're trying 524 00:29:54,480 --> 00:29:58,760 Speaker 1: to push the billionaires out. Well, okay, go ahead, push 525 00:29:58,840 --> 00:30:02,320 Speaker 1: them out. Put every rich person in the United States, 526 00:30:02,360 --> 00:30:05,480 Speaker 1: in Florida or Texas. What do you think you're gonna 527 00:30:05,520 --> 00:30:08,960 Speaker 1: be left with. You're gonna be left with people who 528 00:30:09,000 --> 00:30:11,880 Speaker 1: are living in poverty, and then you're gonna have no 529 00:30:11,920 --> 00:30:16,000 Speaker 1: one else to tax. And their attitude is the weather 530 00:30:16,120 --> 00:30:19,320 Speaker 1: is better here that it is in Texas, so we 531 00:30:19,440 --> 00:30:21,560 Speaker 1: can tax you however it is that we want to, 532 00:30:21,880 --> 00:30:25,680 Speaker 1: and you're never actually gonna leave. But the problem is 533 00:30:25,680 --> 00:30:29,000 Speaker 1: is that wealthy people can leave and that doesn't mean 534 00:30:29,040 --> 00:30:31,800 Speaker 1: they have to spend the summer in Austin. It means 535 00:30:31,840 --> 00:30:34,200 Speaker 1: they can get on their private jet and they can 536 00:30:34,240 --> 00:30:37,200 Speaker 1: go to some Caribbean islander, they can go to, I 537 00:30:37,240 --> 00:30:41,480 Speaker 1: don't know, Idaho, wherever they want to go. And the 538 00:30:41,560 --> 00:30:45,480 Speaker 1: people in Sacramento can't wrap their head around that they 539 00:30:45,520 --> 00:30:48,480 Speaker 1: think they have a monopoly on good weather and that 540 00:30:49,160 --> 00:30:52,040 Speaker 1: rich people just have to put up with bad government, 541 00:30:52,520 --> 00:30:53,920 Speaker 1: and that's just not reality. 542 00:30:55,560 --> 00:30:57,920 Speaker 11: Thanks for bringing to the forefront and your show every day. 543 00:30:57,920 --> 00:30:58,640 Speaker 11: I appreciate it. 544 00:30:58,920 --> 00:31:01,640 Speaker 1: Well, thank you for the call. Start. Let's go to 545 00:31:01,720 --> 00:31:02,720 Speaker 1: Dan in West Hills. 546 00:31:02,840 --> 00:31:03,000 Speaker 8: Dan. 547 00:31:03,080 --> 00:31:06,920 Speaker 12: Hello, Hi, John Boy. That segue into what I'm going 548 00:31:07,000 --> 00:31:09,760 Speaker 12: to talk about is absolutely brilliant. I'm trying to help 549 00:31:09,880 --> 00:31:12,800 Speaker 12: Randy out. He's the number one griller in America, and 550 00:31:12,840 --> 00:31:15,200 Speaker 12: he was worried about, you know, the summers in Florida, 551 00:31:15,240 --> 00:31:17,680 Speaker 12: how hot they were, And you said, all billionaires can 552 00:31:17,760 --> 00:31:22,120 Speaker 12: go anywhere. Actually, just about anybody can go to where 553 00:31:22,160 --> 00:31:25,240 Speaker 12: the weather is best in the United States every summer, 554 00:31:25,800 --> 00:31:28,600 Speaker 12: And to be surprised, best summer weather in the United 555 00:31:28,680 --> 00:31:32,960 Speaker 12: States is in Buffalo, New York. That's right, Buffalo, New York. 556 00:31:33,320 --> 00:31:36,160 Speaker 12: They have summers where the temperature does not go over 557 00:31:36,280 --> 00:31:39,720 Speaker 12: ninety degrees even one day, and the rest of the time, 558 00:31:39,920 --> 00:31:43,360 Speaker 12: the days are usually in the seventies or the low eighties. Man, 559 00:31:43,400 --> 00:31:46,920 Speaker 12: it's the place to go. And properties in Buffalo are 560 00:31:47,040 --> 00:31:51,320 Speaker 12: much cheaper than about anywhere you can imagine. So boost Buffalo, 561 00:31:51,680 --> 00:31:52,800 Speaker 12: that's where you need to go. 562 00:31:53,840 --> 00:31:54,760 Speaker 1: How about it, Randy. 563 00:31:55,320 --> 00:31:57,560 Speaker 2: Do you know how fat I would get eating wings 564 00:31:57,600 --> 00:32:00,080 Speaker 2: every day? 565 00:32:00,200 --> 00:32:05,719 Speaker 12: But they're darn good that they are. And you know, 566 00:32:06,280 --> 00:32:08,440 Speaker 12: there are other things you can enjoy in Buffalo too, 567 00:32:08,600 --> 00:32:11,960 Speaker 12: Besides besides the wings, they have some wonderful Polish food 568 00:32:12,200 --> 00:32:14,479 Speaker 12: and they have a Taste of Buffalo event which is 569 00:32:14,640 --> 00:32:18,120 Speaker 12: just magnificent, where they also feature the Buffalo Jills, the 570 00:32:18,200 --> 00:32:21,440 Speaker 12: cheerleaders from the Buffalo Bills team. Oh it's a great afternoon. 571 00:32:22,000 --> 00:32:23,840 Speaker 12: I recommend it, all right. 572 00:32:23,840 --> 00:32:29,080 Speaker 1: Thank you for the call, sir. You sold Brandy. I 573 00:32:29,080 --> 00:32:32,640 Speaker 1: think I'm going to pass all right. Speaking of taxes 574 00:32:32,640 --> 00:32:35,320 Speaker 1: being jacked up all over the state, they're trying to 575 00:32:35,320 --> 00:32:37,000 Speaker 1: do it again in Sacramento. 576 00:32:37,480 --> 00:32:40,320 Speaker 2: In Sacramento, there is an organization that wants to put 577 00:32:40,320 --> 00:32:44,560 Speaker 2: a sales tax hig for safety improvements to the roads, 578 00:32:44,640 --> 00:32:47,400 Speaker 2: which you would think aren't there already taxes that pay 579 00:32:47,440 --> 00:32:50,560 Speaker 2: for that. For more, here's ABC ten in Sacramento. 580 00:32:51,120 --> 00:32:54,760 Speaker 7: A group of Sacramentos is fighting for safer roads. Thanks 581 00:32:54,760 --> 00:32:56,920 Speaker 7: for joining us on Alex Bell. They're doing it in 582 00:32:56,960 --> 00:32:59,600 Speaker 7: the form of a ballot initiative that would raise the 583 00:32:59,640 --> 00:33:01,080 Speaker 7: local sales tax by. 584 00:33:01,120 --> 00:33:01,800 Speaker 1: Half a percent. 585 00:33:01,840 --> 00:33:05,000 Speaker 7: Maybe, sends Mecahobaker. Joins us Now in Studio with more 586 00:33:05,080 --> 00:33:06,920 Speaker 7: on this effort Alex. 587 00:33:07,080 --> 00:33:11,120 Speaker 13: Sacramento ranks worst among the state's fifteen largest cities for 588 00:33:11,240 --> 00:33:14,239 Speaker 13: speed related crashes. That's according to the latest data from 589 00:33:14,320 --> 00:33:17,160 Speaker 13: the California Office of Traffic Safety. A group of Sacramento, 590 00:33:17,160 --> 00:33:17,560 Speaker 13: how do you. 591 00:33:17,520 --> 00:33:20,480 Speaker 1: Get to that statistic? I have no idea. 592 00:33:21,120 --> 00:33:23,640 Speaker 13: A group of Sacramentos wants to do something about it, 593 00:33:23,800 --> 00:33:25,120 Speaker 13: but that takes money. 594 00:33:26,080 --> 00:33:30,760 Speaker 5: It's unacceptable to be the worst sitting in California, which 595 00:33:30,840 --> 00:33:34,920 Speaker 5: is typically worse than other parts of the country because 596 00:33:34,960 --> 00:33:36,040 Speaker 5: we have so many people. 597 00:33:36,320 --> 00:33:36,760 Speaker 1: He's right. 598 00:33:36,800 --> 00:33:39,080 Speaker 2: It could be that Sacramento has the worst drivers in 599 00:33:39,080 --> 00:33:43,120 Speaker 2: the world. And here I thought it was La. But 600 00:33:43,200 --> 00:33:45,360 Speaker 2: traffic is so bad in LA that nobody can go 601 00:33:45,400 --> 00:33:47,400 Speaker 2: over five miles an hour. So how bad of a 602 00:33:47,480 --> 00:33:48,840 Speaker 2: driver can you really have to be? 603 00:33:49,320 --> 00:33:52,520 Speaker 1: Well, it's Sacramento, don't they have both Servante's sisters. 604 00:33:53,280 --> 00:33:56,760 Speaker 13: Steve Cone is co chair of the Safer Sack Streets campaign, 605 00:33:56,760 --> 00:33:59,200 Speaker 13: which submitted the City of Sacramento. 606 00:33:58,680 --> 00:34:02,560 Speaker 2: Safety Wait a second, Wait a second, Wait a second. 607 00:34:02,960 --> 00:34:06,800 Speaker 2: You're telling me the guy who is spearheading a traffic 608 00:34:06,920 --> 00:34:09,280 Speaker 2: safety campaign's name is Cone. 609 00:34:10,840 --> 00:34:12,920 Speaker 1: Sometimes your name is your destiny. 610 00:34:15,600 --> 00:34:19,000 Speaker 13: Steve Cone is co chair of the Safer Sack Streets campaign, 611 00:34:19,080 --> 00:34:22,320 Speaker 13: which submitted the City of Sacramento Safe Streets and Affordable 612 00:34:22,360 --> 00:34:23,880 Speaker 13: Transit Measure of twenty twenty six. 613 00:34:24,200 --> 00:34:31,560 Speaker 1: The co chair is Becky Ballard. Well, how about the 614 00:34:31,600 --> 00:34:34,120 Speaker 1: biggest contributor, Bob Sig Alert. 615 00:34:33,880 --> 00:34:37,080 Speaker 13: To the city Clerk, which has approved it for signature gathering. 616 00:34:37,239 --> 00:34:40,080 Speaker 5: This measure would help fund safety improvements. 617 00:34:40,239 --> 00:34:43,680 Speaker 13: Sacramento sales tax is currently eight point seventy five percent. 618 00:34:43,960 --> 00:34:46,520 Speaker 1: That must be nice. 619 00:34:48,520 --> 00:34:52,319 Speaker 2: We're about to become over ten here in Los Angeles. 620 00:34:53,400 --> 00:34:54,760 Speaker 1: What is it in the Antelope Valley. 621 00:34:55,440 --> 00:34:58,319 Speaker 2: It is the highest in the nation, and I think 622 00:34:58,360 --> 00:35:02,160 Speaker 2: it's going to be over eleven after voters will inevitably 623 00:35:02,200 --> 00:35:04,680 Speaker 2: pass even more sales tax hikes in the county. 624 00:35:05,200 --> 00:35:08,439 Speaker 13: That's below the statewide average across all cities of eight 625 00:35:08,480 --> 00:35:11,680 Speaker 13: point ninety six percent. It was last raised seven years 626 00:35:11,680 --> 00:35:14,520 Speaker 13: ago by a half cent after voters passed an update 627 00:35:14,560 --> 00:35:14,960 Speaker 13: to measure. 628 00:35:15,000 --> 00:35:15,080 Speaker 11: You. 629 00:35:15,360 --> 00:35:18,520 Speaker 13: If the Safer Sack Streets measure qualifies for the ballot 630 00:35:18,560 --> 00:35:22,160 Speaker 13: and passes, Sacramento's sales tax would increase to nine point 631 00:35:22,200 --> 00:35:25,600 Speaker 13: two five percent. About forty percent of cities in California 632 00:35:25,640 --> 00:35:28,680 Speaker 13: already have sales tax rates at or above that level, 633 00:35:28,760 --> 00:35:31,200 Speaker 13: with two cities in La County reaching as high as 634 00:35:31,239 --> 00:35:33,120 Speaker 13: eleven point two five percent. 635 00:35:32,880 --> 00:35:36,520 Speaker 1: Okay is Palmdale and Lancaster. If they actually passed this, 636 00:35:36,640 --> 00:35:38,160 Speaker 1: do you think the roads are going to improve at 637 00:35:38,200 --> 00:35:40,600 Speaker 1: Sacramento or do you think they're just going to fund 638 00:35:40,680 --> 00:35:44,920 Speaker 1: more hospices in the San Fernando Valley and Somali schools 639 00:35:44,920 --> 00:35:48,840 Speaker 1: in Minnesota. That's the thing, you know. 640 00:35:48,920 --> 00:35:51,799 Speaker 2: You look at the sales tax hike for Measure M 641 00:35:51,840 --> 00:35:54,040 Speaker 2: in Los Angeles and they said, hey, if you pass 642 00:35:54,120 --> 00:35:57,359 Speaker 2: this thing in twenty eighteen, we're going to build that 643 00:35:57,480 --> 00:36:01,680 Speaker 2: subway under the Subpulvita Pass. And well they haven't even 644 00:36:01,760 --> 00:36:03,319 Speaker 2: started planning building it yet. 645 00:36:04,040 --> 00:36:06,520 Speaker 1: Nope. And then if you question them on it, they say, well, 646 00:36:06,520 --> 00:36:07,920 Speaker 1: we need more money and more time. 647 00:36:08,239 --> 00:36:11,400 Speaker 13: The state required minimum sales tax in California is seven 648 00:36:11,440 --> 00:36:12,520 Speaker 13: point twenty five percent. 649 00:36:12,800 --> 00:36:16,360 Speaker 5: It's about seventy to seventy five million a year to start, 650 00:36:16,360 --> 00:36:19,400 Speaker 5: and it probably go up if the economy gets better. 651 00:36:19,520 --> 00:36:22,400 Speaker 5: But that's a lot of money just for the city 652 00:36:22,400 --> 00:36:23,040 Speaker 5: of Sacramento. 653 00:36:23,560 --> 00:36:25,680 Speaker 2: As He and the campaign, thus people start doing all 654 00:36:25,719 --> 00:36:26,800 Speaker 2: their shopping in Stockton. 655 00:36:28,120 --> 00:36:28,799 Speaker 1: That's what I'd do. 656 00:36:29,239 --> 00:36:32,279 Speaker 13: As He and the campaign's website explain about half the 657 00:36:32,320 --> 00:36:35,360 Speaker 13: funds will be spent on safer streets like pothole repair, 658 00:36:35,560 --> 00:36:39,200 Speaker 13: sidewalk and bike lane improvements. About half will fund safer 659 00:36:39,360 --> 00:36:40,680 Speaker 13: faster transit. 660 00:36:40,680 --> 00:36:45,279 Speaker 1: That means replacing copper wire for sac RT and then 661 00:36:45,320 --> 00:36:47,600 Speaker 1: replacing it again after it gets stolen. 662 00:36:47,280 --> 00:36:50,759 Speaker 13: It again, ensuring more frequent and reliable bus and light 663 00:36:50,840 --> 00:36:53,920 Speaker 13: rail service within city limits. And the rest will fund 664 00:36:54,040 --> 00:36:58,600 Speaker 13: independent oversight and transit oriented housing infrastructure. The measure says, 665 00:36:58,600 --> 00:36:59,080 Speaker 13: the fun. 666 00:36:59,000 --> 00:37:01,680 Speaker 1: What does that have to do with road safety? Nothing? 667 00:37:02,280 --> 00:37:05,320 Speaker 13: The measure says the funds cannot be used for other purposes, 668 00:37:05,400 --> 00:37:07,719 Speaker 13: but would voters have the appetite to approve a half 669 00:37:07,800 --> 00:37:11,000 Speaker 13: cent sales tax increase? I spoke with John coopoul of 670 00:37:11,040 --> 00:37:14,560 Speaker 13: the Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association. He says he doesn't think so. 671 00:37:14,840 --> 00:37:18,719 Speaker 8: Any discussion of additional taxes in California is going to 672 00:37:18,880 --> 00:37:20,799 Speaker 8: run into some strong headwinds. 673 00:37:21,600 --> 00:37:24,520 Speaker 2: Us and John Coupoula is so fiscally responsible that that 674 00:37:24,600 --> 00:37:26,359 Speaker 2: laptop is about fifty years old. 675 00:37:26,960 --> 00:37:31,759 Speaker 1: Okay, what was this guy's name? Cone? Well, you know 676 00:37:31,800 --> 00:37:33,320 Speaker 1: where he should stick that cone