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We 0:01:18.600 --> 0:01:25.280 start in Oakland, where a big trial is just getting underway, 0:01:26.040 --> 0:01:32.880 the trial of Meta and Mark Zuckerberg. As it sure 0:01:33.040 --> 0:01:39.000 seems that the attorneys generals that have been suing Facebook 0:01:39.240 --> 0:01:44.479 and suing Meta have a pretty strong case that Meta, 0:01:44.560 --> 0:01:51.120 which owns Facebook and WhatsApp and Instagram, have created a 0:01:51.200 --> 0:01:59.640 product that is insanely addictive to children. And what the 0:01:59.720 --> 0:02:03.120 trial will play out was did this was this what 0:02:03.200 --> 0:02:05.200 they intended to do all along? 0:02:05.880 --> 0:02:08.639 Was this just a byproduct? What have you? 0:02:08.639 --> 0:02:11.480 You know, is it their fault that that what endless 0:02:11.480 --> 0:02:17.359 scrolling is addictive? Or did they purposely add features to 0:02:17.520 --> 0:02:20.960 manipulate the growing brains of children to get hooked on 0:02:21.080 --> 0:02:25.040 their platforms? And we're talking about children, We're mostly talking 0:02:25.080 --> 0:02:28.800 about Instagram. You know, there's a lot of these lawsuits 0:02:28.800 --> 0:02:30.679 that have been going on, a lot of these trials 0:02:30.760 --> 0:02:38.240 going on because ultimately, fifteen years after social media really 0:02:38.280 --> 0:02:40.639 started to become a thing, I mean, it's been around 0:02:40.639 --> 0:02:44.839 for twenty you know, Yeah, MySpace was a big thing 0:02:44.960 --> 0:02:47.760 twenty years ago. Is that while to think about then 0:02:47.800 --> 0:02:51.240 you had Facebook and Twitter, and then Instagram and Snapchat 0:02:51.280 --> 0:02:55.400 and TikTok, and it's everything everywhere, all at once. And 0:02:57.120 --> 0:03:00.000 in the last twenty years of social media, I think 0:03:00.000 --> 0:03:02.400 I think we can say while there have been some 0:03:02.600 --> 0:03:05.280 very positive effects, a lot of people have made money, 0:03:05.400 --> 0:03:10.200 you have some people feeling very connected, more connected than 0:03:10.200 --> 0:03:12.799 they've ever been able to feel before, in good ways 0:03:12.840 --> 0:03:15.880 and in bad ways because you have all kinds of 0:03:16.000 --> 0:03:18.959 organization that's going on from different kinds of crazy people. 0:03:18.960 --> 0:03:21.320 Look at the rise of the groups like the in cells, 0:03:21.840 --> 0:03:24.480 and if you don't know what that means, you don't 0:03:24.480 --> 0:03:28.600 want to know. But ultimately, as you look at the 0:03:28.720 --> 0:03:31.280 last twenty years of social media, it sure seems that 0:03:31.360 --> 0:03:37.160 it is a net negative for people's mental health. And 0:03:38.080 --> 0:03:42.000 that's where I think we need to all take a 0:03:42.040 --> 0:03:47.920 step back. As we have this technology at our fingertips, 0:03:47.960 --> 0:03:53.040 we have these instant gratification devices at our fingertips, just constantly, 0:03:53.320 --> 0:03:59.400 endlessly strolling for content that is algorithmically driven to either 0:03:59.600 --> 0:04:03.720 in you or, as we've seen with certain platforms, outrage 0:04:03.760 --> 0:04:06.080 you because that'll get you to watch more and to 0:04:06.200 --> 0:04:10.400 watch longer. Nothing wrong with that. It's a very successful product. 0:04:10.400 --> 0:04:14.640 People are glued to their screens. But is there something 0:04:14.640 --> 0:04:17.640 to be said, if the people that are glued to 0:04:17.680 --> 0:04:22.120 their screens aren't old enough to be making these decisions 0:04:22.520 --> 0:04:28.880 and the addictive behavior is actually stunting their development. So 0:04:29.080 --> 0:04:32.919 we'll see what the outcome of this trial is. I 0:04:32.960 --> 0:04:37.719 think it's very interesting and I think we really might 0:04:37.800 --> 0:04:41.359 need to lean in the direction of what places like 0:04:41.440 --> 0:04:45.680 Australia are doing, like they don't let anyone on the 0:04:45.720 --> 0:04:50.080 platform under sixteen. Is that maybe a start, Maybe this 0:04:50.200 --> 0:04:52.240 is something you just need to police yourself with your 0:04:52.240 --> 0:04:53.000 own household. 0:04:53.000 --> 0:04:54.520 But that's got to be so difficult. 0:04:55.160 --> 0:04:58.280 I mean, every you know, with all these conversations about 0:04:58.320 --> 0:05:02.040 having phones in schools, you got to imagine like every 0:05:02.120 --> 0:05:04.040 parent's got to get a phone to their kid by 0:05:04.040 --> 0:05:06.600 the time there went ten, eleven, twelve, and then you've 0:05:06.600 --> 0:05:09.560 got to have these platforms because everyone else has the platform. 0:05:09.600 --> 0:05:14.479 But we have seen real detrimental effects to what Meta 0:05:14.480 --> 0:05:17.120 has done. You know, you want to just talk about Instagram, 0:05:18.120 --> 0:05:21.120 and Instagram is a very different app now than it 0:05:21.240 --> 0:05:24.159 used to be. But we all know the documented and 0:05:24.200 --> 0:05:28.719 the real documented health effects of having these kinds of 0:05:28.760 --> 0:05:34.920 platforms where you have more cases of you know, people 0:05:35.040 --> 0:05:38.800 whether they're engaging in self harm, people engaging in anorexia, bulimia. 0:05:39.440 --> 0:05:42.560 The vain society that we're in, this kind of just 0:05:42.680 --> 0:05:44.240 exacerbates all of it. 0:05:44.880 --> 0:05:47.840 So we'll see what the trial ends up, what happens, But. 0:05:49.480 --> 0:05:52.320 I think it's time to have the conversation should these 0:05:52.360 --> 0:05:56.200 products be in the hands of children? TikTok as well? 0:05:56.240 --> 0:05:58.240 I know everyone loves the TikTok? How can you get 0:05:58.240 --> 0:05:59.440 the kids off of TikTok? 0:05:59.520 --> 0:06:02.960 But maybe maybe. 0:06:02.680 --> 0:06:05.000 Parents need to just police this on their own, or 0:06:05.040 --> 0:06:09.560 maybe they could use and assist. Just something to think about. 0:06:10.040 --> 0:06:16.480 Another instance where parents could use a hand is the 0:06:16.720 --> 0:06:22.760 regulation that is much needed for e bikes, And there 0:06:22.839 --> 0:06:27.960 is a pretty fascinating development going on in Newport Beach 0:06:28.040 --> 0:06:34.080 right now where yeah, e bikes were banned at the 0:06:34.279 --> 0:06:39.200 Newport Mesa unified school district for elementary school students and 0:06:39.320 --> 0:06:40.400 junior high students. 0:06:40.400 --> 0:06:42.159 You can take them if you're in the high school. 0:06:42.720 --> 0:06:45.760 And one of the things that has happened is more 0:06:45.839 --> 0:06:49.160 kids are now actually riding real bikes. 0:06:49.560 --> 0:06:50.240 And then there's the. 0:06:50.200 --> 0:06:53.719 Occasional sub story of like a parent who has to 0:06:53.760 --> 0:06:56.280 now drop her kid off at school because it's too 0:06:56.360 --> 0:06:58.800 far without the e bike that they're not allowed to use. 0:06:58.839 --> 0:07:04.560 But for the most part, I think e bikes have 0:07:04.960 --> 0:07:07.719 got to be regulated. I don't know why at the 0:07:07.720 --> 0:07:12.120 state level you can only ban them for kids under 0:07:12.160 --> 0:07:17.160 the age of twelve. These things are dangerous. They are motorcycles, 0:07:17.560 --> 0:07:20.360 except people are not treating them like their motorcycles. They're 0:07:20.360 --> 0:07:23.800 not wearing motorcycle jackets, they're not wearing motorcycle helmets. And 0:07:23.880 --> 0:07:26.680 the stories that we've heard of the injuries and the accidents, 0:07:26.680 --> 0:07:31.960 they're just horrifying. And they're multiplying all the time. And 0:07:32.160 --> 0:07:33.240 the state has a. 0:07:33.280 --> 0:07:35.240 Role in this. They actually encourage this. 0:07:35.760 --> 0:07:39.400 The state of California and its infinite wisdom through the 0:07:39.480 --> 0:07:45.400 California Air Resources Board, actually had a voucher program to 0:07:45.560 --> 0:07:49.800 use money from Cap and Trade aka Cap and Invest. 0:07:50.120 --> 0:07:52.520 One of the reasons your gas prices are so high 0:07:53.000 --> 0:07:57.400 is to give vouchers for free e bikes. Because the 0:07:57.520 --> 0:08:02.080 idea was it's gonna take cars off the road. And 0:08:02.160 --> 0:08:06.800 guess what, it did not take cars off the road. 0:08:07.600 --> 0:08:09.960 What happened was you had a bunch of people that 0:08:10.120 --> 0:08:13.400 gave them to their kids as Christmas presents, and then 0:08:13.640 --> 0:08:17.679 all of a sudden, this behavior started to emerge where 0:08:18.400 --> 0:08:21.880 teenagers who already do stupid things felt that they had 0:08:21.920 --> 0:08:25.000 this insane level of freedom to wreak terror. 0:08:26.080 --> 0:08:27.400 It's the mob mentality. 0:08:27.520 --> 0:08:31.480 It's kids going after people, the bumper games, where they're 0:08:31.480 --> 0:08:36.600 literally filming themselves crashing into people. The next is of 0:08:36.720 --> 0:08:41.160 social media plus e bikes, because ultimately everyone does this 0:08:41.240 --> 0:08:43.520 for the stunts, and they do it for the clicks, 0:08:43.520 --> 0:08:45.120 and they do it for the clout what have you. 0:08:45.800 --> 0:08:48.800 The reason there's so much dangerous behavior out there is 0:08:48.840 --> 0:08:52.280 because social media leads an incentive for it, and the 0:08:52.440 --> 0:08:56.800 young developing minds don't know what consequences are, so they 0:08:56.840 --> 0:09:00.800 think it's totally smart to film themselves committing and putting 0:09:00.800 --> 0:09:05.240 them on social media, and for once, I think the platform. 0:09:04.760 --> 0:09:06.160 Should be held responsible. 0:09:06.679 --> 0:09:09.200 You know, it reminds me of an issue that we've 0:09:09.240 --> 0:09:16.960 talked about endlessly on this show, street takeovers. Street takeovers 0:09:17.720 --> 0:09:21.120 are happening at a rapid pace in Los Angeles County, 0:09:21.360 --> 0:09:25.360 and the street takeovers almost inevitably lead to looting cases, 0:09:26.240 --> 0:09:28.520 and there's got to be something to be done about this. 0:09:29.880 --> 0:09:33.920 But one of the reasons why I don't think we 0:09:34.120 --> 0:09:37.240 go after these street takeovers so aggressively is because it's 0:09:37.280 --> 0:09:39.679 mostly teenagers doing this and we don't want to put 0:09:39.679 --> 0:09:41.839 them in juvenile hall, we don't want to put them away. 0:09:42.280 --> 0:09:45.160 But one of the reasons that the teenagers participate, whether 0:09:45.200 --> 0:09:49.600 you're just a spectator or whether you are the person 0:09:49.640 --> 0:09:52.360 doing the stunts, is you're doing it for social media 0:09:52.400 --> 0:09:55.720 and the social media platforms, which already are scoring up 0:09:55.760 --> 0:09:59.400 the mental health and the choices of children, they are 0:09:59.440 --> 0:10:03.840 actually giving them incentive structures. Because this isn't just like 0:10:04.240 --> 0:10:06.800 I'm doing this for fun. This is a career path. 0:10:07.320 --> 0:10:10.160 You can make a living. You can make a lot 0:10:10.200 --> 0:10:12.880 of money in a very quick amount of time through 0:10:12.960 --> 0:10:15.560 these apps, and you might be wondering, how do you 0:10:15.600 --> 0:10:18.080 make money off of this. It's not like you're gonna 0:10:18.080 --> 0:10:21.960 get you know, Quinn shirts to sponsor someone doing a 0:10:22.000 --> 0:10:22.840 street takeover. 0:10:23.080 --> 0:10:25.080 That's not what this is like. 0:10:25.679 --> 0:10:29.840 Do you know what goes on on TikTok and TikTok lives. 0:10:30.280 --> 0:10:33.199 You might think that TikTok is just this fifteen second 0:10:33.320 --> 0:10:36.280 app where someone does a dance and then someone else 0:10:36.320 --> 0:10:36.880 does a dance. 0:10:36.880 --> 0:10:40.880 So there's so much more than that. TikTok Live is. 0:10:42.360 --> 0:10:45.760 I'll tell you right now, I don't find myself interested 0:10:45.800 --> 0:10:49.199 in it at all, but it can be very addictive. 0:10:50.400 --> 0:10:53.120 You literally just go live the same way we go 0:10:53.240 --> 0:10:56.320 live for our noon to three show right here, you know, 0:10:56.360 --> 0:11:01.640 here on KABC, and you but just start like almost 0:11:01.640 --> 0:11:05.120 doing crowd work with whoever's watching you. Some people want 0:11:05.160 --> 0:11:08.319 to just be insulted or berated by the host. Sometimes 0:11:08.400 --> 0:11:12.200 there'll be a back and forth and you as the audience, 0:11:12.240 --> 0:11:15.800 are supposed to send little badges or little metals or 0:11:15.840 --> 0:11:19.560 little emojis, and each one maybe costs you a penny, 0:11:19.880 --> 0:11:23.280 a couple of pennies, and people do that over and 0:11:23.320 --> 0:11:25.640 over and over and over again, and the creator gives 0:11:25.720 --> 0:11:28.200 actual money. And there are children doing this and children 0:11:28.240 --> 0:11:31.400 spending money on this because it's only like five dollars 0:11:31.440 --> 0:11:33.640 get you five hundred credits, and it goes, you know, 0:11:33.920 --> 0:11:37.720 it goes crazy out of control. Think about that incentive 0:11:37.760 --> 0:11:40.360 structure where you can make money and you need to 0:11:40.480 --> 0:11:42.960 get the most amount of attention, and some young people 0:11:43.040 --> 0:11:46.280 are getting that amount of attention by doing things that 0:11:46.320 --> 0:11:51.280 are illegal. And that's why I think we need the 0:11:51.360 --> 0:11:54.240 social media platforms not only to be held accountable, to 0:11:54.320 --> 0:11:58.840 use everyone's most useless term for the mental health of 0:11:58.880 --> 0:12:02.719 young people and how we have definitely exacerbated that problem, 0:12:03.280 --> 0:12:06.360 but also the incentive structure for the kids on the 0:12:06.400 --> 0:12:09.120 e bike, so the kids in the street takeovers to 0:12:09.360 --> 0:12:13.560 find ways to profit from committing crimes. It is something 0:12:13.600 --> 0:12:17.640 that we have to grapple with. And in the age 0:12:17.760 --> 0:12:20.679 of all the surveillance that we talk about, in the 0:12:20.720 --> 0:12:25.440 age of all of the stuff that we talk about 0:12:25.480 --> 0:12:31.280 with AI and how advanced technology is, we can definitely 0:12:32.000 --> 0:12:34.560 find ways to knock this up. You're telling me you 0:12:34.640 --> 0:12:38.760 can't have an algorithm that sees illegal activity and immediately 0:12:38.800 --> 0:12:42.160 shuts down the account on TikTok and Snapchat and Instagram, 0:12:42.720 --> 0:12:46.120 And of course they don't because everyone seems to be 0:12:46.160 --> 0:12:49.360 making money off of this. But I think we have 0:12:49.440 --> 0:12:51.319 to take away that incentive structure. 0:12:52.360 --> 0:12:52.960 I just do. 0:12:53.240 --> 0:12:53.320 So. 0:12:53.920 --> 0:12:58.400 We'll see what happens with the Meta lawsuit and the 0:12:59.120 --> 0:13:02.320 Facebook being on trial. Will Zuckerberg take the stage? That 0:13:02.400 --> 0:13:05.440 usually doesn't go very well when Zuckerberg takes the stand, 0:13:05.480 --> 0:13:11.720 because he's not the most emotionally appealing fella. 0:13:11.760 --> 0:13:13.199 He sure seems like. 0:13:14.840 --> 0:13:19.000 A robot, devoid of all emotion in the worst possible way. 0:13:19.440 --> 0:13:25.200 Does money corrupt you? Well, how come there's no normal billionaires? 0:13:25.280 --> 0:13:28.280 Just something to think about? Doesn't mean I support the 0:13:28.280 --> 0:13:32.000 wealth tax. I'm just saying it's weird that there's almost 0:13:32.040 --> 0:13:37.760 no normal billionaires. They're all super super weird and super 0:13:37.920 --> 0:13:42.040 super freaky. Maybe that amount of money where you start 0:13:42.040 --> 0:13:44.560 deciding that you need to buy up all sorts of 0:13:44.640 --> 0:13:50.080 swaths of kawhi in Hawaii, there's something wrong. 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I actually go there all the time. 0:17:22.960 --> 0:17:26.919 It's great if you're ever going to Pineapple Hill I 0:17:27.040 --> 0:17:30.960 think that their pineapple margarita is excellent and I don't 0:17:30.960 --> 0:17:33.000 even need to special order it like Loagave. 0:17:33.119 --> 0:17:35.520 They do a great job. And the best. 0:17:35.280 --> 0:17:37.840 Sandwich on the menu used to think was the Reuben. 0:17:38.040 --> 0:17:42.000 It's the Club. Their club sandwich is terrific, and then 0:17:42.040 --> 0:17:44.360 you can even get it on gluten free bread. So 0:17:44.400 --> 0:17:46.280 we're going to be at Pineapple Hill from noon to 0:17:46.359 --> 0:17:49.560 three on Friday, September fourth to hang out with our 0:17:49.560 --> 0:17:53.520 friends from the Howard Jarvis Tax Bears Association, including Susan Shelley, 0:17:53.920 --> 0:17:58.000 as we rallied to get people to spread awareness to 0:17:58.080 --> 0:18:01.320 vote yes on Prop forty three. Prop forty three is 0:18:01.359 --> 0:18:05.879 the Local Taxpayer Protection Act. The Save Prop thirteen Act 0:18:06.040 --> 0:18:08.760 made it on the ballot, so we're there to support it. 0:18:09.000 --> 0:18:11.320 You can get signs and all kinds of other swag 0:18:11.359 --> 0:18:13.200 for Prop forty three at the event. 0:18:13.560 --> 0:18:15.480 Hang out with us, have lunch. It's gonna be a 0:18:15.520 --> 0:18:16.080 great day. 0:18:16.600 --> 0:18:21.440 The John Phillips Show Live at Pineapple Hill in Sherman 0:18:21.480 --> 0:18:25.639 Oaks from noon to three, Friday September fourth. How is 0:18:25.880 --> 0:18:30.840 September already gonna be here? It has been a really, 0:18:31.160 --> 0:18:35.119 really really quick summer. It's also been a really hot summer. 0:18:35.119 --> 0:18:37.760 But maybe it's because it's been so busy. I mean, 0:18:37.840 --> 0:18:41.680 I have been working NonStop, relentlessly, launching this video stuff 0:18:41.680 --> 0:18:43.960 that we're doing from noon to three and the podcast 0:18:44.040 --> 0:18:47.280 and everything else. I feel like it was just June 0:18:47.320 --> 0:18:49.880 and now we're already looking at the end of August. 0:18:49.960 --> 0:18:51.640 But I hope you come out. 0:18:51.720 --> 0:18:53.879 It's we haven't done a remote in a little while, 0:18:54.000 --> 0:18:58.080 and we've got another one planned in October at Gladstone's 0:18:58.080 --> 0:19:00.439 in Long Beach with our buddy John sang My. So 0:19:00.480 --> 0:19:03.760 that's very exciting as well. And I am always pushing, 0:19:03.840 --> 0:19:06.800 I'm always trying. I want to make sure, hopefully by 0:19:06.840 --> 0:19:08.959 the end of the year we do one event up 0:19:08.960 --> 0:19:11.760 in the Bay Area to celebrate with all of our 0:19:11.800 --> 0:19:13.879 Bay Area listeners who have been listening to us on 0:19:14.000 --> 0:19:17.040 KSFO over the last year and a half. For me, 0:19:17.119 --> 0:19:18.920 it's any excuse to go up to the Bay Area. 0:19:19.800 --> 0:19:23.679 I love hanging out in San Francisco and actually got 0:19:23.720 --> 0:19:26.680 a little weekend trip planned there in September. We've got 0:19:26.680 --> 0:19:28.760 a lot more to go here on the news Blitz. 0:19:29.080 --> 0:19:29.960 Stick with us. 0:19:30.359 --> 0:19:31.879 If you want to send me an email, you can 0:19:31.920 --> 0:19:34.760 do so at Randy Wang Radio at gmail dot com. 0:19:34.960 --> 0:19:42.760 It's the News Blitz with Randy Wang on KABC. It's 0:19:42.800 --> 0:19:47.000 the News Blitz with Randy Wang on KABC. This is 0:19:47.080 --> 0:19:49.600 your daily rundown of everything that's going on in the 0:19:49.640 --> 0:19:53.720 state of California, Southern California, the Bay Area, Sacramento, San Diego, 0:19:53.760 --> 0:19:56.320 in the Central Valley. I compile a list every single 0:19:56.400 --> 0:19:58.480 day of all the stories that I find interesting that 0:19:58.560 --> 0:20:01.520 you might want to check out at Wang radio dot 0:20:01.560 --> 0:20:05.040 substack dot com. It's my show prep visualized for you 0:20:05.640 --> 0:20:11.360 Randy Wang Radio dot substack dot com. Well, it's been 0:20:11.359 --> 0:20:14.120 a very quick summer for me and maybe for you. 0:20:14.520 --> 0:20:18.159 For the people dealing with the disasters that have gone 0:20:18.160 --> 0:20:21.280 on in Los Angeles County over the last six weeks, 0:20:22.359 --> 0:20:26.240 it's probably been a really slow and awful summer. How 0:20:26.280 --> 0:20:29.560 about we start with the people who are still suffering 0:20:29.720 --> 0:20:34.399 every single day in Boile Heights from the Lineage cold 0:20:34.440 --> 0:20:38.719 storage facility fire that ended up having eighty five million 0:20:38.920 --> 0:20:44.480 pounds of rotting food. Well, Karen Bass's deadline for when 0:20:44.480 --> 0:20:47.040 Lineage was supposed to clean it all up has passed, 0:20:47.280 --> 0:20:49.639 although they're disputing it. Although I don't think they're going 0:20:49.720 --> 0:20:53.120 to make their deadline as well. And even though ninety 0:20:53.160 --> 0:20:56.160 three percent of the food is gone, it still smells 0:20:56.200 --> 0:20:57.240 like hell out there. 0:20:57.880 --> 0:21:01.760 What's going on here? Let's check it out here is NBCLA. 0:21:01.280 --> 0:21:05.080 Is frustration in Boyle Heights tonight, days after an apparent 0:21:05.240 --> 0:21:08.080 miss deadline to clean up the burned out warehouse, and 0:21:08.240 --> 0:21:10.959 immunity members are still dealing with the smell of rotting 0:21:11.000 --> 0:21:13.679 food and the infestation of flies and rats. 0:21:14.000 --> 0:21:15.000 And let's not forget. 0:21:15.280 --> 0:21:17.640 Thanks to reporting from NBC four, we know that those 0:21:17.680 --> 0:21:20.640 flies are disease carrying flies that if they get into 0:21:20.680 --> 0:21:24.159 open wounds can cause all kinds of illnesses. And the 0:21:24.240 --> 0:21:26.720 county and the city weren't the ones to disclose that. 0:21:27.040 --> 0:21:30.760 It was reporting from NBC four getting documents where Karen 0:21:30.840 --> 0:21:33.480 Bass was complaining to Barbara Ferrara about the flies. But 0:21:33.520 --> 0:21:34.959 why didn't they want to tell the public. 0:21:35.320 --> 0:21:37.880 Both Merriw candidates are demanding accountability. 0:21:38.200 --> 0:21:40.600 And hey, that's the name of my podcast. 0:21:41.040 --> 0:21:43.600 BC four is Starshah Phillips is live in Boile Heights 0:21:43.640 --> 0:21:45.480 now with the latest on the situation. 0:21:45.600 --> 0:21:51.200 Darsha, Yeah, Carolyn, two months after that fire ripped through 0:21:51.240 --> 0:21:55.600 lineage cold storage warehouse behind me, we are still smelling 0:21:55.720 --> 0:21:59.320 the stench here we see the bugs and the rats 0:21:59.400 --> 0:22:03.600 because of the eighty five million pounds of food that continues. 0:22:03.960 --> 0:22:06.600 You know, you could argue, would have they not been 0:22:06.640 --> 0:22:09.280 better off if they let everything just burn to the ground. 0:22:09.640 --> 0:22:12.760 For Ron in that warehouse behind me. And even though 0:22:12.760 --> 0:22:16.159 the company says the cleanup is underway, Carolyn, let me 0:22:16.200 --> 0:22:18.960 tell you, this stench here is the worst I've ever 0:22:19.040 --> 0:22:21.560 smelled it. And that is what these community members are 0:22:21.560 --> 0:22:25.240 dealing with. And they say they are frustrated and fed up. 0:22:25.520 --> 0:22:27.679 I mean, is the stench going to be so baked 0:22:27.680 --> 0:22:29.560 in that even if they get rid of all the food, 0:22:29.600 --> 0:22:32.280 it's just going to linger there? How have they not 0:22:32.400 --> 0:22:36.040 just evacuated this whole area. The lack of response from 0:22:36.520 --> 0:22:41.080 the city, the county, the state, and the federal government 0:22:41.119 --> 0:22:45.520 in this environmental disaster shows that nobody cares about these people. 0:22:51.080 --> 0:22:54.920 Dozens and boil heights gathered near the Lineage warehouse, demanding 0:22:55.040 --> 0:22:58.840 action and answers nearly two months after a fire ripped 0:22:58.840 --> 0:23:00.359 through the cold storage company. 0:23:00.680 --> 0:23:03.560 And I have to just reiterate this all the time 0:23:03.600 --> 0:23:05.960 because it's the strangest part of this story. For me, 0:23:07.119 --> 0:23:13.600 It's awful what happened to this neighborhood. It's awful that 0:23:13.720 --> 0:23:17.919 this fire had eighty five thou million pounds of rotting food, 0:23:17.960 --> 0:23:18.520 what have you. 0:23:19.320 --> 0:23:21.240 But it seems to always be. 0:23:21.240 --> 0:23:23.840 Forgotten how the fire started, and it started on the 0:23:23.880 --> 0:23:26.040 solar panel farm that was on top of it, and 0:23:26.080 --> 0:23:28.120 that's part of the reason why it took the LAFD 0:23:28.320 --> 0:23:31.520 over a week to put out this fire. It's just 0:23:31.640 --> 0:23:34.280 kind of strange to me that we all ignore that fact. 0:23:34.400 --> 0:23:38.240 Because while Karen Bass can make big claims about environmental 0:23:38.320 --> 0:23:42.280 racism and how we shouldn't have these big ass warehouses 0:23:42.320 --> 0:23:46.560 in neighborhoods, near schools, what have you, they wouldn't dare 0:23:46.680 --> 0:23:47.720 say that about. 0:23:47.520 --> 0:23:48.600 Solar panel farms. 0:23:48.640 --> 0:23:52.800 One because of the green agenda, but more importantly, because 0:23:52.800 --> 0:23:56.240 there's probably a solar panel farm on the parking lot 0:23:56.280 --> 0:23:58.040 of your kids' school right now. 0:23:58.680 --> 0:23:59.960 But why don't we want. 0:23:59.800 --> 0:24:02.600 To mention that, Why don't we want to talk about 0:24:02.640 --> 0:24:05.919