1 00:00:00,440 --> 00:00:03,520 Speaker 1: And we continue at two five in the afternoon on 2 00:00:03,600 --> 00:00:06,760 Speaker 1: the John Phillips Show, Mister Randy Wangs in Culver City. 3 00:00:06,920 --> 00:00:08,960 Speaker 2: John, There's a lot of things that have been discussed 4 00:00:09,039 --> 00:00:11,280 Speaker 2: on today's show, but if there's one thing you need 5 00:00:11,320 --> 00:00:13,840 Speaker 2: to take away, one thought that you should be thinking 6 00:00:13,840 --> 00:00:15,640 Speaker 2: about all weekend, it's this. 7 00:00:15,840 --> 00:00:18,279 Speaker 3: We're to big ass crisis. 8 00:00:21,560 --> 00:00:27,680 Speaker 1: Tom Steyer, Ladies and gentlemen, who also was a singer 9 00:00:27,720 --> 00:00:28,920 Speaker 1: in the nineties. 10 00:00:31,160 --> 00:00:34,519 Speaker 3: I liked big Asklah. 11 00:00:35,360 --> 00:00:38,080 Speaker 1: Eight hundred two two two five two two two is 12 00:00:38,200 --> 00:00:41,440 Speaker 1: jellphone number one eight hundred two two two five two 13 00:00:41,520 --> 00:00:44,839 Speaker 1: two two. Former Los Angeles mayor and candidate for governor 14 00:00:44,840 --> 00:00:48,400 Speaker 1: Antonio via Gosa joins us later on in the hour. 15 00:00:48,960 --> 00:00:49,839 Speaker 3: Right now, it is. 16 00:00:49,800 --> 00:00:52,120 Speaker 1: Our pleasure to welcome our next guest to the program. 17 00:00:52,440 --> 00:00:55,160 Speaker 1: He is a New York based radio talk show host 18 00:00:55,160 --> 00:00:57,520 Speaker 1: who used to be on these very airwaves right here 19 00:00:57,960 --> 00:01:01,120 Speaker 1: in Los Angeles. He's also the founder of The Guardian 20 00:01:01,160 --> 00:01:03,840 Speaker 1: Angels was a candidate for mayor in New York City. 21 00:01:04,200 --> 00:01:07,360 Speaker 1: You can get him online at Sliwa for NYC dot 22 00:01:07,400 --> 00:01:12,000 Speaker 1: com and follow him on x at Kurtisliwa Curtis Sliwa. 23 00:01:12,240 --> 00:01:17,319 Speaker 4: Welcome, Oh My Hands across America once again, from the 24 00:01:17,400 --> 00:01:20,480 Speaker 4: lunaca of the East Coast and the lunacy of the 25 00:01:20,480 --> 00:01:21,160 Speaker 4: West Coast. 26 00:01:22,080 --> 00:01:25,040 Speaker 1: What's the temperature like over there today, because it is 27 00:01:25,080 --> 00:01:27,800 Speaker 1: a scorcher over here in California this weekend. 28 00:01:29,200 --> 00:01:31,800 Speaker 4: Now, we're just above freezing. So were they in the 29 00:01:31,840 --> 00:01:35,160 Speaker 4: forties and fifties. Uh. I don't think we're ready for 30 00:01:35,200 --> 00:01:37,200 Speaker 4: that kind of weather here yet. But you see, I 31 00:01:37,240 --> 00:01:39,920 Speaker 4: believe in global warming and climate change, and I think 32 00:01:39,920 --> 00:01:43,040 Speaker 4: we've gotten a fair share of that on both coasts 33 00:01:43,720 --> 00:01:44,600 Speaker 4: in the past year. 34 00:01:45,959 --> 00:01:48,720 Speaker 1: I'll say, I'm definitely going to have to bring out 35 00:01:48,720 --> 00:01:53,720 Speaker 1: the SPF fifty this weekend because it's going to be hot. 36 00:01:53,760 --> 00:01:56,640 Speaker 1: I think it's going to be over one hundred degrees so. 37 00:01:57,480 --> 00:02:01,920 Speaker 4: Anyway, one hundred Greece, Yeah. 38 00:02:01,840 --> 00:02:05,360 Speaker 1: Kitty, No, No, it's like one hundred and five right now, 39 00:02:05,400 --> 00:02:06,800 Speaker 1: one hundred and six where I am. 40 00:02:06,840 --> 00:02:11,200 Speaker 3: I'm in Riverside County. Wow. 41 00:02:11,240 --> 00:02:14,960 Speaker 4: I'm telling you, those who disparage people who talk about 42 00:02:14,960 --> 00:02:17,480 Speaker 4: global warming and climate change, I don't know how you 43 00:02:17,520 --> 00:02:20,760 Speaker 4: explain the extreme weather we've had in New York in 44 00:02:20,840 --> 00:02:22,520 Speaker 4: the extreme weather you're having right then. 45 00:02:22,560 --> 00:02:26,680 Speaker 1: Now, all right, I want to get your take on 46 00:02:26,840 --> 00:02:30,760 Speaker 1: this because We have a mayoral election coming up in 47 00:02:30,840 --> 00:02:34,360 Speaker 1: Los Angeles, and I feel like you could be the 48 00:02:34,440 --> 00:02:37,640 Speaker 1: guy that could give some really good advice to Spencer Pratt. 49 00:02:38,320 --> 00:02:43,280 Speaker 1: Spencer Pratt is a candidate who lived in the Pacific Palisades. 50 00:02:43,919 --> 00:02:47,320 Speaker 1: He made television shows with his wife, Heidi. They did 51 00:02:47,400 --> 00:02:51,440 Speaker 1: reality TV. The Hills was the program, and then one 52 00:02:51,520 --> 00:02:54,760 Speaker 1: day his home burns down in the Pacific Palisades fire. 53 00:02:55,600 --> 00:02:59,200 Speaker 1: As we have since learned, that fire that burned down 54 00:02:59,240 --> 00:03:01,919 Speaker 1: his house was a fire that should have been put out. 55 00:03:02,200 --> 00:03:06,080 Speaker 1: The fire department said that the fire was not fully extinguished. 56 00:03:06,440 --> 00:03:08,880 Speaker 1: The city got into a fight with the state. The 57 00:03:08,919 --> 00:03:12,760 Speaker 1: state said, we have jurisdiction, go home. The firefighter said, 58 00:03:12,840 --> 00:03:17,040 Speaker 1: it's not fully extinguished yet. The politicians that run the 59 00:03:17,080 --> 00:03:20,600 Speaker 1: city and the politicians run the state got into a fight, 60 00:03:21,160 --> 00:03:24,119 Speaker 1: and eventually they decided, all right, it's state land. 61 00:03:24,280 --> 00:03:25,200 Speaker 3: We're going to let it be. 62 00:03:25,840 --> 00:03:28,240 Speaker 1: And that was the fire that reignited that took out 63 00:03:28,280 --> 00:03:32,080 Speaker 1: the Pacific Palisades. So the people of the Pacific Palisades 64 00:03:32,080 --> 00:03:36,880 Speaker 1: are understandably very upset. Spencer Pratt is one of those people. 65 00:03:37,200 --> 00:03:40,200 Speaker 1: I think not only did his home burn down, his parents' 66 00:03:40,200 --> 00:03:42,720 Speaker 1: home burned down, The schools, burned down, all of their 67 00:03:42,760 --> 00:03:46,640 Speaker 1: grocery stores burned down. Everything in their community is gone. 68 00:03:47,120 --> 00:03:49,800 Speaker 1: So he's really upset. And the more that he digs 69 00:03:49,840 --> 00:03:52,520 Speaker 1: into it, the more that he realized that the city 70 00:03:52,640 --> 00:03:57,760 Speaker 1: failed him at every opportunity. So now he's running against 71 00:03:57,880 --> 00:04:02,040 Speaker 1: the incumbent mayor, Karen Benn, who once another four years. 72 00:04:02,560 --> 00:04:05,520 Speaker 1: In addition to Karen Bass, we have a socialist candidate 73 00:04:05,640 --> 00:04:08,840 Speaker 1: on the ballot who is a candidate in good standing 74 00:04:08,880 --> 00:04:12,680 Speaker 1: with the Democratic Party, who she affiliates with Nitthia Raman. 75 00:04:13,440 --> 00:04:16,920 Speaker 1: The problem for the power structure in Los Angeles right 76 00:04:16,960 --> 00:04:20,479 Speaker 1: now is that Spencer Pratt is doing much better than 77 00:04:20,520 --> 00:04:23,719 Speaker 1: anyone expected him to do. Right now, he's polling in 78 00:04:23,800 --> 00:04:27,520 Speaker 1: second place, and that poses a massive threat to the 79 00:04:27,520 --> 00:04:30,880 Speaker 1: people that run the city, the power structure at city Hall, 80 00:04:31,320 --> 00:04:36,040 Speaker 1: the unions, many of the stakeholders. He came in studio 81 00:04:36,200 --> 00:04:40,840 Speaker 1: yesterday and sat down for an hour answering questions, and 82 00:04:41,360 --> 00:04:43,360 Speaker 1: I think the worst thing that could have happened to 83 00:04:43,440 --> 00:04:46,560 Speaker 1: him happened to him yesterday, which is that he came 84 00:04:46,640 --> 00:04:49,960 Speaker 1: off as someone who was well read, who has thought 85 00:04:49,960 --> 00:04:51,560 Speaker 1: things through, who. 86 00:04:51,480 --> 00:04:54,880 Speaker 3: Has things he can contribute to make things. 87 00:04:54,640 --> 00:04:59,360 Speaker 1: Better, and certainly looks like a polished candidate, like someone 88 00:04:59,360 --> 00:05:02,440 Speaker 1: who is not to embarrass himself, not going to embarrass 89 00:05:02,480 --> 00:05:05,039 Speaker 1: the people that support him, which makes him look like 90 00:05:05,200 --> 00:05:07,880 Speaker 1: even more of a threat to the power structure in 91 00:05:07,920 --> 00:05:11,160 Speaker 1: the city. And in the last segment, I told him, 92 00:05:11,600 --> 00:05:15,400 Speaker 1: and I was speaking figuratively here, not literally, I told him, 93 00:05:15,920 --> 00:05:18,480 Speaker 1: I hope you're ready for what's coming, because they're going 94 00:05:18,520 --> 00:05:20,640 Speaker 1: to try to kill you. They're going to try to 95 00:05:20,720 --> 00:05:23,360 Speaker 1: kill your reputation. They are going to try to make 96 00:05:23,400 --> 00:05:26,760 Speaker 1: you seem like the worst person on planet Earth. They 97 00:05:26,800 --> 00:05:30,040 Speaker 1: did it to Larry Elder when Larry Elder ran for governor, 98 00:05:30,080 --> 00:05:33,280 Speaker 1: they called him the black face of white supremacy. They 99 00:05:33,320 --> 00:05:35,600 Speaker 1: did it to you when you ran for mayor of 100 00:05:35,640 --> 00:05:37,919 Speaker 1: New York City, called you every name in the book, 101 00:05:37,960 --> 00:05:40,520 Speaker 1: put all kinds of pressure on you to get out 102 00:05:40,520 --> 00:05:42,520 Speaker 1: of the race. And I feel like they're going to 103 00:05:42,600 --> 00:05:44,600 Speaker 1: do it to him next. 104 00:05:45,920 --> 00:05:49,280 Speaker 4: There is no doubt. And I've been following the campaign 105 00:05:50,080 --> 00:05:54,800 Speaker 4: very intentionally because I remember he rose up. He represented 106 00:05:54,839 --> 00:05:58,600 Speaker 4: the interests of all those people who got screwed by government. 107 00:05:59,200 --> 00:06:03,360 Speaker 4: Both your governor who's too busy traveling the world trying 108 00:06:03,360 --> 00:06:06,680 Speaker 4: to become our next president, and your Maya bashed the 109 00:06:06,760 --> 00:06:09,960 Speaker 4: foreign congresswoman who I thought was a radical and a 110 00:06:10,040 --> 00:06:14,039 Speaker 4: liberal until the DSA candidate came along. And now they're 111 00:06:14,600 --> 00:06:17,000 Speaker 4: they're fighting all the way to the left, which is fine, 112 00:06:17,040 --> 00:06:21,320 Speaker 4: which opens up a lane for him. People are angry 113 00:06:21,400 --> 00:06:24,400 Speaker 4: all over this country and they're not necessarily looking at 114 00:06:24,480 --> 00:06:29,080 Speaker 4: your party affiliation. So he has a tremendous opportunity if 115 00:06:29,120 --> 00:06:32,000 Speaker 4: he can remain as you pointed out, cool, come and collected. 116 00:06:32,400 --> 00:06:35,200 Speaker 4: They make questions where you don't have the experience, you know, 117 00:06:35,240 --> 00:06:36,760 Speaker 4: how do we know you're going to be able to 118 00:06:36,800 --> 00:06:38,920 Speaker 4: deal what do you mean to deal with it? There's 119 00:06:38,960 --> 00:06:42,839 Speaker 4: been chaos from all the professional politicians in Sacramento and 120 00:06:42,920 --> 00:06:46,599 Speaker 4: Los Angeles City and Los Angeles County? Could you do 121 00:06:46,680 --> 00:06:47,240 Speaker 4: any worse? 122 00:06:47,800 --> 00:06:48,640 Speaker 5: And he could. 123 00:06:48,440 --> 00:06:53,599 Speaker 4: Actually pull this pull this election out simply because of 124 00:06:53,640 --> 00:06:56,760 Speaker 4: the rage and anger that he has channeled in terms 125 00:06:56,800 --> 00:06:59,159 Speaker 4: of making a difference. And this is what people love. 126 00:06:59,440 --> 00:07:02,720 Speaker 4: They love this is like, oh, man, mister Smith goes 127 00:07:02,760 --> 00:07:06,080 Speaker 4: to Washington. You have a candidate who is starting to 128 00:07:06,160 --> 00:07:07,320 Speaker 4: fit into that mode. 129 00:07:09,640 --> 00:07:11,960 Speaker 1: What is your advice to him when he gets into 130 00:07:12,000 --> 00:07:15,080 Speaker 1: the eye of the storm, Because you can tell now 131 00:07:15,120 --> 00:07:17,960 Speaker 1: that he's palling well he's not at one percent, he's 132 00:07:17,960 --> 00:07:21,040 Speaker 1: not at two percent. He is now a player, and 133 00:07:21,120 --> 00:07:22,880 Speaker 1: the storm is going to come to try to. 134 00:07:22,800 --> 00:07:23,520 Speaker 3: Wipe him out. 135 00:07:23,960 --> 00:07:26,240 Speaker 1: What is your advice to him when he's right in 136 00:07:26,280 --> 00:07:27,680 Speaker 1: the eye of that storm. 137 00:07:28,680 --> 00:07:32,440 Speaker 4: Well, in all the politics, it's negative research. A lot 138 00:07:32,480 --> 00:07:34,720 Speaker 4: of the money that you may donate to the candidate 139 00:07:34,760 --> 00:07:39,200 Speaker 4: of your choice immediately goes to finding out everything this 140 00:07:39,240 --> 00:07:45,200 Speaker 4: guy has done, allegations, issues that may never have been resolved, 141 00:07:45,400 --> 00:07:49,840 Speaker 4: and now with a I and because of the vast 142 00:07:50,160 --> 00:07:54,680 Speaker 4: sort of our quality underbelly of the internet, he cannot overreact. 143 00:07:55,240 --> 00:07:57,640 Speaker 4: So they're going to try to slime him, there's no 144 00:07:57,760 --> 00:08:01,160 Speaker 4: doubt about that. And he's got to be able to 145 00:08:01,200 --> 00:08:05,400 Speaker 4: stay cool, common collected above the prey, because if all 146 00:08:05,400 --> 00:08:07,960 Speaker 4: of a sudden he gets caught up in all of 147 00:08:08,000 --> 00:08:11,720 Speaker 4: that he said, she said kind of thing, he will 148 00:08:11,760 --> 00:08:13,640 Speaker 4: begin to lose a lot of steam and he has 149 00:08:13,800 --> 00:08:15,920 Speaker 4: to consistently say, well, you see, this is what they 150 00:08:15,960 --> 00:08:20,200 Speaker 4: do when you rise up, not based on a political background, 151 00:08:20,600 --> 00:08:23,840 Speaker 4: but out of a concern that people had the government 152 00:08:23,920 --> 00:08:27,640 Speaker 4: had failed them, and now they don't like to sound 153 00:08:27,680 --> 00:08:30,080 Speaker 4: in the message, so they want to destroy the messenger. 154 00:08:30,160 --> 00:08:31,360 Speaker 5: If he use that people could. 155 00:08:31,400 --> 00:08:33,840 Speaker 4: Yeah, you're damn right. That makes a lot of sense, 156 00:08:33,920 --> 00:08:37,840 Speaker 4: because he has become the messenger. They don't like the 157 00:08:37,880 --> 00:08:41,160 Speaker 4: sound of the message, so they want to kill rhetorically 158 00:08:41,600 --> 00:08:42,240 Speaker 4: the messenger. 159 00:08:44,280 --> 00:08:47,360 Speaker 1: In your experience, do you feel that the press gave 160 00:08:47,400 --> 00:08:52,079 Speaker 1: you any professional courtesy because you came from that world? 161 00:08:52,240 --> 00:08:55,000 Speaker 1: You had the top rated morning show for many years, 162 00:08:55,640 --> 00:08:58,600 Speaker 1: top rated AM talk show in all of New York City. 163 00:08:58,640 --> 00:09:02,200 Speaker 1: You dominated the airway, You dominated it as a morning show, 164 00:09:02,240 --> 00:09:05,400 Speaker 1: you dominated it at night. Do you feel that they 165 00:09:05,440 --> 00:09:07,920 Speaker 1: gave you They cut you and he's slack because of that, 166 00:09:08,440 --> 00:09:10,480 Speaker 1: or do you think they just came at you harder. 167 00:09:11,800 --> 00:09:14,240 Speaker 4: No, they came in me harder because here in New 168 00:09:14,320 --> 00:09:16,920 Speaker 4: York City, when you have an R in front of 169 00:09:16,960 --> 00:09:20,240 Speaker 4: your name, they expect you to go into the back 170 00:09:20,360 --> 00:09:23,120 Speaker 4: room and drink the hemlock. You know, do it to 171 00:09:23,200 --> 00:09:26,800 Speaker 4: yourself before we do it to you. You can't escape 172 00:09:26,920 --> 00:09:30,000 Speaker 4: having an R in front of your name. Whereas, I 173 00:09:30,040 --> 00:09:33,679 Speaker 4: think with this guy, the way he's emerged, he doesn't 174 00:09:33,720 --> 00:09:36,160 Speaker 4: have a political background at all. I don't know what 175 00:09:36,240 --> 00:09:38,679 Speaker 4: his party affiliation is, but I don't think people think 176 00:09:38,720 --> 00:09:41,600 Speaker 4: of him as having a party affiliation, Whereas they always 177 00:09:41,640 --> 00:09:46,160 Speaker 4: associated me because my mentor was Rudy Giuliani when he 178 00:09:46,200 --> 00:09:48,040 Speaker 4: was mayor, and a lot of people knew that we 179 00:09:48,080 --> 00:09:51,040 Speaker 4: worked side by side. So in New York City now, 180 00:09:51,520 --> 00:09:55,400 Speaker 4: I mean, let's face it, you're going going gone as 181 00:09:55,400 --> 00:09:59,480 Speaker 4: a Republican, whereas I think this guy his emergence, you know, 182 00:10:00,240 --> 00:10:04,040 Speaker 4: he's not sort of based in a political background, They'll 183 00:10:04,080 --> 00:10:06,440 Speaker 4: have a much better chance of surviving that. But my 184 00:10:06,600 --> 00:10:11,920 Speaker 4: colleagues in the media here despised me, loaths me hated me, 185 00:10:11,960 --> 00:10:14,240 Speaker 4: and I think it was because I was getting a 186 00:10:14,240 --> 00:10:17,320 Speaker 4: lot of attention, and like a lot of people nowadays, 187 00:10:17,400 --> 00:10:20,800 Speaker 4: I sidetracked the mainstream media, you know, just doing what 188 00:10:20,880 --> 00:10:25,320 Speaker 4: you have to do, Instagram, TikTok, you know, Facebook, just 189 00:10:25,440 --> 00:10:28,800 Speaker 4: getting your message out there without having to directly depend 190 00:10:28,840 --> 00:10:31,120 Speaker 4: on them, which you don't have to do, and you 191 00:10:31,160 --> 00:10:34,719 Speaker 4: can really energize a lot of new potential voters who 192 00:10:34,760 --> 00:10:37,160 Speaker 4: are just as angry as most voters are. 193 00:10:38,360 --> 00:10:40,560 Speaker 1: Who do you think was tougher on you, the news 194 00:10:40,640 --> 00:10:43,079 Speaker 1: media or your opponents on the ballot? 195 00:10:45,400 --> 00:10:51,320 Speaker 4: Andrew evilized Cuombo was so nefarious. He's dystopian. He comes 196 00:10:51,320 --> 00:10:56,800 Speaker 4: from an area an era in which you completely attack 197 00:10:57,760 --> 00:11:01,840 Speaker 4: your opponent and you basically, he leaves him in a 198 00:11:02,040 --> 00:11:05,440 Speaker 4: state in which every day when you wake up and 199 00:11:05,440 --> 00:11:08,840 Speaker 4: you come out the door, you're facing an allegation or 200 00:11:08,840 --> 00:11:11,079 Speaker 4: a suggestion with me as you got to drop out, 201 00:11:11,120 --> 00:11:13,360 Speaker 4: you got to drop out, and I will be perfectly 202 00:11:13,440 --> 00:11:14,120 Speaker 4: honest with you. 203 00:11:14,800 --> 00:11:15,319 Speaker 3: In the end. 204 00:11:15,400 --> 00:11:19,000 Speaker 4: In the last month, I had the trifecta detroit of 205 00:11:19,080 --> 00:11:21,920 Speaker 4: the trinity of the most powerful men in the world. 206 00:11:22,000 --> 00:11:22,920 Speaker 3: I'll call them the. 207 00:11:22,840 --> 00:11:26,760 Speaker 4: Masters of the universe. There was President Donald Trump who 208 00:11:27,040 --> 00:11:31,040 Speaker 4: was saying with his tweeting and his social networking and 209 00:11:31,080 --> 00:11:34,960 Speaker 4: his interviews. Vote A vote for Curtis Lee is a 210 00:11:35,040 --> 00:11:38,600 Speaker 4: vote for the socialist Johan Mandami. Vote by Andrew evil 211 00:11:38,640 --> 00:11:42,240 Speaker 4: iis CMO. You don't cross the line, mister president. I'm 212 00:11:42,240 --> 00:11:45,160 Speaker 4: the Republican. I've proven that time and time again. And 213 00:11:45,200 --> 00:11:48,360 Speaker 4: then Elon Musk came in, you know, mister trillionaire, and 214 00:11:48,400 --> 00:11:51,920 Speaker 4: then the other billionaires. They dropped on my head in 215 00:11:52,000 --> 00:11:57,040 Speaker 4: the last month onety million dollars of advertising. There was 216 00:11:57,080 --> 00:12:00,000 Speaker 4: not negative about me. It was just simply that same line. 217 00:12:00,160 --> 00:12:02,760 Speaker 4: They were drumming it into people's heads. A vote for 218 00:12:02,840 --> 00:12:05,719 Speaker 4: Curtis Lee is a vote for Zora Mondami, vote for 219 00:12:05,800 --> 00:12:09,240 Speaker 4: Andrew Commell, even though people felt every time they thought 220 00:12:09,240 --> 00:12:12,080 Speaker 4: of Andrew evilized comal, they had to take a hot shower. 221 00:12:12,120 --> 00:12:13,079 Speaker 5: They were soiled. 222 00:12:13,320 --> 00:12:16,200 Speaker 4: There were the fifteen thousand elderly who died under his 223 00:12:16,360 --> 00:12:19,280 Speaker 4: watch in the lockdown and pandemic that he refused to 224 00:12:19,360 --> 00:12:22,680 Speaker 4: apologize for. And thirteen women who worked for him, who 225 00:12:22,720 --> 00:12:26,680 Speaker 4: worshiped him, who trusted him, who really adored him, including 226 00:12:26,720 --> 00:12:29,679 Speaker 4: a state trooper that he's sexually harassed, and he claimed 227 00:12:29,679 --> 00:12:31,880 Speaker 4: they all made it up. And I would constantly say 228 00:12:31,920 --> 00:12:36,000 Speaker 4: Andrew maybe one, maybe two thirteen and a. 229 00:12:36,080 --> 00:12:38,600 Speaker 3: State trooper Bakers does. 230 00:12:38,920 --> 00:12:42,440 Speaker 4: But again, he thought he was entitled. And that's the 231 00:12:42,520 --> 00:12:47,200 Speaker 4: problem with all the professional politicians. They feel that's my pedigree. 232 00:12:47,360 --> 00:12:50,000 Speaker 4: I'm entitled. Do you know how much money I've given 233 00:12:50,080 --> 00:12:53,559 Speaker 4: up by not going into the private sector and becoming 234 00:12:54,080 --> 00:12:57,000 Speaker 4: And this is what they really are, a self serving 235 00:12:57,200 --> 00:13:00,880 Speaker 4: servant instead of a selfless servant, because you notice they 236 00:13:00,880 --> 00:13:04,400 Speaker 4: all go into politics, maybe with the best of goals, 237 00:13:04,760 --> 00:13:07,080 Speaker 4: maybe they do give up more income than they can 238 00:13:07,160 --> 00:13:11,120 Speaker 4: make in a private sector, but oh boy, sometimes they 239 00:13:11,200 --> 00:13:14,360 Speaker 4: do that shake and make like Nancy Pelosa and I'm 240 00:13:14,400 --> 00:13:16,840 Speaker 4: a billionaire, I'm a bit How the hell did you 241 00:13:17,120 --> 00:13:18,520 Speaker 4: all that money. 242 00:13:18,320 --> 00:13:18,800 Speaker 5: How you were. 243 00:13:22,240 --> 00:13:25,280 Speaker 1: When you look at Karen Bass Now, she's a politician 244 00:13:25,800 --> 00:13:28,880 Speaker 1: that has come from a very safe congressional district, very 245 00:13:29,480 --> 00:13:33,640 Speaker 1: Jerry Mander Democratic district. Before that, she was a member 246 00:13:33,679 --> 00:13:36,400 Speaker 1: of the state legislature in a district that was very 247 00:13:36,440 --> 00:13:40,760 Speaker 1: similar in fact, some of the same geographic area. And 248 00:13:40,800 --> 00:13:44,199 Speaker 1: then she became mayor of Los Angeles. She beat Rick Caruso, 249 00:13:44,320 --> 00:13:47,080 Speaker 1: who was then a Democrat, and a bunch of other 250 00:13:47,160 --> 00:13:51,360 Speaker 1: Democratic politicians at the city and state level. She's never 251 00:13:51,480 --> 00:13:54,040 Speaker 1: had to beat someone to the right of her before 252 00:13:54,200 --> 00:13:56,280 Speaker 1: in a contested race. She's never had to beat a 253 00:13:56,320 --> 00:14:01,840 Speaker 1: Republican before. And in this circumstance, he's palling at nineteen percent, 254 00:14:02,559 --> 00:14:05,640 Speaker 1: and he's palling and I believe eleven or twelve percent 255 00:14:05,800 --> 00:14:10,120 Speaker 1: right now, there's a huge number of undecided. It's been 256 00:14:10,160 --> 00:14:13,200 Speaker 1: a really long time since she's had to run hard. 257 00:14:13,679 --> 00:14:18,400 Speaker 1: She's been anointed, she has won by acclamation. She is 258 00:14:18,440 --> 00:14:22,040 Speaker 1: someone who's always had the crown on her head. What 259 00:14:22,240 --> 00:14:24,840 Speaker 1: type of campaigner do you think she is going to 260 00:14:24,960 --> 00:14:28,880 Speaker 1: be running against him, given the fact that she hasn't 261 00:14:28,920 --> 00:14:30,440 Speaker 1: had to work for it before. 262 00:14:32,040 --> 00:14:34,560 Speaker 4: Oh that we've seen this before, and I think your 263 00:14:34,560 --> 00:14:37,200 Speaker 4: listeners even though they're out there on. 264 00:14:37,000 --> 00:14:37,760 Speaker 3: The West coast. 265 00:14:38,200 --> 00:14:42,680 Speaker 4: Well, remember the ascent of aoc all out crazy Alexandria 266 00:14:42,800 --> 00:14:47,040 Speaker 4: Ocasio Cortes. She was a bartender, but she went out 267 00:14:47,040 --> 00:14:51,320 Speaker 4: there and she hustled the vote against Congressman Joe Crowley. 268 00:14:51,840 --> 00:14:55,960 Speaker 4: He would have been where Hakim Jeffees is today on 269 00:14:56,040 --> 00:14:58,880 Speaker 4: the cusp of becoming the future Speaker of the House 270 00:14:58,920 --> 00:15:02,480 Speaker 4: when the Democrats get the majority, and she whooked them 271 00:15:02,920 --> 00:15:05,880 Speaker 4: because he had never had to run a race before. 272 00:15:05,920 --> 00:15:09,760 Speaker 4: He always had a pathway, a easy pass, and then 273 00:15:09,800 --> 00:15:12,120 Speaker 4: she forced him to have to actually go out there 274 00:15:12,120 --> 00:15:16,960 Speaker 4: and bust his shoes. I don't think Mayo Bass is 275 00:15:17,000 --> 00:15:20,560 Speaker 4: capable of doing that, and I think the DSA candidate 276 00:15:20,680 --> 00:15:23,680 Speaker 4: has already proven that she's spinning her like at top. 277 00:15:23,880 --> 00:15:26,600 Speaker 4: When I think of Karen Bass, I think of em 278 00:15:26,600 --> 00:15:29,720 Speaker 4: and m ice, ice baby, because that's all she keeps 279 00:15:29,720 --> 00:15:33,400 Speaker 4: constantly vilifying ice Ice. And I know, being in the 280 00:15:33,400 --> 00:15:36,840 Speaker 4: big urban area you have with all the massive problems 281 00:15:36,840 --> 00:15:39,680 Speaker 4: that we have in New York City. Although ice has 282 00:15:39,800 --> 00:15:43,200 Speaker 4: been a situation that has to be dealt with because 283 00:15:43,200 --> 00:15:45,920 Speaker 4: of the people's views on it, that's not going to 284 00:15:46,000 --> 00:15:49,200 Speaker 4: propel you to victorate. You're not delivering on your basics. 285 00:15:49,360 --> 00:15:53,680 Speaker 4: You're not providing the water, the sanitation, you're not paving 286 00:15:53,720 --> 00:15:57,480 Speaker 4: the roads, you're not providing better education, You're not doing 287 00:15:57,520 --> 00:16:00,320 Speaker 4: the basic things that people want a mayor to do, 288 00:16:00,480 --> 00:16:02,640 Speaker 4: and they never do. They always want to talk about 289 00:16:02,680 --> 00:16:07,800 Speaker 4: geopolitical issues, Israel, the Middle East, Persian gold, all the 290 00:16:07,880 --> 00:16:11,400 Speaker 4: things that they have absolutely jactedly squat no impact on 291 00:16:11,640 --> 00:16:14,520 Speaker 4: because it distracts from what they should be doing on 292 00:16:14,560 --> 00:16:18,160 Speaker 4: a day to day basis and the corruption that obviously 293 00:16:18,240 --> 00:16:19,680 Speaker 4: she's already been tainted with. 294 00:16:20,760 --> 00:16:23,920 Speaker 1: It seems like Bass and her people want to run 295 00:16:23,920 --> 00:16:27,160 Speaker 1: against Spencer Pratt and not the socialist candidate. They think 296 00:16:27,200 --> 00:16:30,720 Speaker 1: the socialist candidate is the real threat to them, so 297 00:16:30,760 --> 00:16:34,320 Speaker 1: they're trying to position this as a race between Bass 298 00:16:34,400 --> 00:16:37,480 Speaker 1: and Spencer Pratt. And that reminds me of what happened 299 00:16:37,480 --> 00:16:40,680 Speaker 1: in twenty sixteen when Hillary Clinton didn't want to run 300 00:16:40,720 --> 00:16:44,520 Speaker 1: against Jeb She decided Donald Trump would be the easiest 301 00:16:44,560 --> 00:16:47,960 Speaker 1: candidate to be So that's the one that they were promoting, 302 00:16:48,360 --> 00:16:50,840 Speaker 1: and it reminds you to be careful what you wish for. 303 00:16:52,480 --> 00:16:55,880 Speaker 4: And then John, remember she led the fox into the 304 00:16:55,960 --> 00:17:01,200 Speaker 4: chickens poop. Bernie Sanders mayor of Burlington, Vermont, congressman, senator. 305 00:17:01,480 --> 00:17:04,680 Speaker 4: It's never been a Democrat, never till the day he dies, 306 00:17:04,800 --> 00:17:09,440 Speaker 4: they'll never be a registered Democrat, independent Socialist. She let 307 00:17:09,520 --> 00:17:12,120 Speaker 4: him in because she said, I got this in the bag, 308 00:17:12,240 --> 00:17:14,840 Speaker 4: I got this super delegates, but I need to show 309 00:17:14,880 --> 00:17:18,159 Speaker 4: that there's some kind of a competitive Democratic primary, so 310 00:17:18,240 --> 00:17:19,320 Speaker 4: it's not a coronation. 311 00:17:19,840 --> 00:17:21,640 Speaker 3: He won that primary. 312 00:17:21,680 --> 00:17:23,600 Speaker 4: If not for the super delegence, it would have been 313 00:17:23,640 --> 00:17:27,840 Speaker 4: Donald Trump versus Bernie Sanders. And by the way, Bernie 314 00:17:27,880 --> 00:17:31,760 Speaker 4: is the godfather of that movement of AOC of Johann 315 00:17:31,760 --> 00:17:36,640 Speaker 4: Mondami and your DSA candidate. I think the best opportunity 316 00:17:37,119 --> 00:17:40,760 Speaker 4: for the up and comer from the Palisades, the guy 317 00:17:41,040 --> 00:17:44,800 Speaker 4: who basically because of this anger, because of this ODJIT 318 00:17:44,880 --> 00:17:48,800 Speaker 4: that has seized momentum, is to let the DSA candidate 319 00:17:49,160 --> 00:17:52,000 Speaker 4: and Bass fight it out in the gladiator pit, you 320 00:17:52,040 --> 00:17:57,360 Speaker 4: know UFC. Let them just basically slim each other up 321 00:17:57,520 --> 00:17:59,960 Speaker 4: and then take the high road, and people will get 322 00:18:00,160 --> 00:18:02,920 Speaker 4: so upset at what the heel. Bass, the sitting mayor 323 00:18:03,040 --> 00:18:06,040 Speaker 4: versus the DSA candidate, just goes say, hey, this guy 324 00:18:06,080 --> 00:18:09,840 Speaker 4: looks pretty good. He's cool, coming collected, He's not getting 325 00:18:09,880 --> 00:18:13,840 Speaker 4: down into the in the pig, in the pig myer, 326 00:18:14,880 --> 00:18:17,439 Speaker 4: and I think he would have a real opportunity in 327 00:18:17,480 --> 00:18:21,000 Speaker 4: a three person race to actually take this election where 328 00:18:21,040 --> 00:18:23,920 Speaker 4: I'm sure when he first announced he felt he wanted 329 00:18:23,960 --> 00:18:26,919 Speaker 4: to make a difference, but probably he didn't think I 330 00:18:27,000 --> 00:18:29,919 Speaker 4: could win this. But I think as I followed it, 331 00:18:29,960 --> 00:18:31,920 Speaker 4: and I'm following it all the way from New York City, 332 00:18:31,960 --> 00:18:34,520 Speaker 4: he's got momentum and I think he could take this. 333 00:18:36,359 --> 00:18:38,040 Speaker 3: The one and only Curtis Leewa. 334 00:18:38,200 --> 00:18:41,640 Speaker 1: You can get him online at Sliva for NYC dot com. 335 00:18:41,840 --> 00:18:45,320 Speaker 1: You can follow him on exit Curtisliwa, Curtis Sliwa, thanks 336 00:18:45,320 --> 00:18:46,480 Speaker 1: so much for joining us. 337 00:18:46,720 --> 00:18:47,720 Speaker 3: Have a great weekend. 338 00:18:49,080 --> 00:18:52,680 Speaker 4: My hands across America from the lunacy of New York 339 00:18:52,680 --> 00:18:55,280 Speaker 4: City to the lunacy of Los Angeles. 340 00:18:55,800 --> 00:18:56,920 Speaker 3: Curtis Leeva Everyone. 341 00:18:57,560 --> 00:19:00,200 Speaker 1: Eight hundred two two two five two two two is 342 00:19:00,240 --> 00:19:03,440 Speaker 1: the telephone number on eight hundred two two two five 343 00:19:03,520 --> 00:19:05,880 Speaker 1: two two two. 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Not only can you get the podcast on 397 00:22:06,760 --> 00:22:09,280 Speaker 2: those apps, but you can stream the radio station if 398 00:22:09,280 --> 00:22:11,840 Speaker 2: you're in a place where the reception sucks, and you 399 00:22:11,880 --> 00:22:14,080 Speaker 2: can listen to it in places that are outside of 400 00:22:14,080 --> 00:22:17,440 Speaker 2: the reception. But on top of all that, we wanted 401 00:22:17,480 --> 00:22:22,159 Speaker 2: to give you even more. So that's when we said, well, 402 00:22:22,359 --> 00:22:26,680 Speaker 2: we've got southern California covered, We've got northern California to 403 00:22:26,720 --> 00:22:30,080 Speaker 2: come up for air. We've got northern California covered. This 404 00:22:30,119 --> 00:22:34,200 Speaker 2: is my filibuster, thanks Tony. And we wanted to make 405 00:22:34,240 --> 00:22:37,920 Speaker 2: sure we cover this central valley as well, and that's 406 00:22:38,000 --> 00:22:43,640 Speaker 2: why we started doing the Fixed California our replay Saturdays 407 00:22:43,680 --> 00:22:50,359 Speaker 2: at noon on k mjos. KMJ is the big station 408 00:22:50,480 --> 00:22:53,520 Speaker 2: in the central Valley. It is a massive station, covering 409 00:22:53,560 --> 00:22:56,560 Speaker 2: what's going on in Fresno, Kevin, what's going on in Madera, 410 00:22:56,720 --> 00:23:00,320 Speaker 2: and Merced covering what's going on in Bakersfield, And since 411 00:23:00,320 --> 00:23:02,720 Speaker 2: we talk about a lot of that stuff too, we thought, hey, 412 00:23:03,000 --> 00:23:04,600 Speaker 2: why don't we join the lineup by Jay? 413 00:23:04,680 --> 00:23:05,040 Speaker 4: I give. 414 00:23:09,240 --> 00:23:10,880 Speaker 3: I was going to go until he called in. 415 00:23:11,200 --> 00:23:13,760 Speaker 1: I know, I know, but if he says he's going 416 00:23:13,800 --> 00:23:15,639 Speaker 1: to be ten minutes late, he could be twenty. 417 00:23:18,359 --> 00:23:21,960 Speaker 2: It's the fixed California replay Saturdays at noon on KMJ. 418 00:23:22,880 --> 00:23:25,879 Speaker 1: All right, so there is a gubernatorial debate that's coming 419 00:23:26,000 --> 00:23:30,199 Speaker 1: up on March the twenty fourth, and this debate is 420 00:23:30,240 --> 00:23:37,160 Speaker 1: being sponsored by USC ABC seven and Univision, and one 421 00:23:37,160 --> 00:23:39,680 Speaker 1: of the things that they decided to do was exclude 422 00:23:39,720 --> 00:23:42,240 Speaker 1: all the candidates of color who are running for governor, 423 00:23:42,760 --> 00:23:48,000 Speaker 1: including Javier Bessera, Betty Yee, Tony Thurman, and our next guest, 424 00:23:48,080 --> 00:23:52,480 Speaker 1: Antonio Viragosa. They decided, I guess that there would be 425 00:23:52,480 --> 00:23:57,520 Speaker 1: too many people on stage, so why invite everyone. The 426 00:23:57,680 --> 00:24:02,119 Speaker 1: problem is that in normal circumstances, there's a front runner, 427 00:24:02,640 --> 00:24:04,760 Speaker 1: there's someone who you can tell is going to win 428 00:24:05,000 --> 00:24:07,800 Speaker 1: or is likely to win, and then maybe there's a 429 00:24:07,840 --> 00:24:10,960 Speaker 1: second candidate who has a chance to win, and then 430 00:24:11,080 --> 00:24:14,320 Speaker 1: a bunch of candidates who have no shot at all. 431 00:24:14,440 --> 00:24:18,560 Speaker 1: The difference between those elections, and this election is that 432 00:24:18,680 --> 00:24:21,360 Speaker 1: in this election, you have a lot of people who 433 00:24:21,359 --> 00:24:24,199 Speaker 1: are bunched together, but you have no one who's been 434 00:24:24,240 --> 00:24:27,800 Speaker 1: able to break away from the pack. Yet every time 435 00:24:27,840 --> 00:24:30,120 Speaker 1: you see a poll where it looks like someone might 436 00:24:30,200 --> 00:24:35,920 Speaker 1: break away, there's someone nippot at their heels just below them. 437 00:24:36,240 --> 00:24:38,920 Speaker 1: And when that happens, then you look at the next 438 00:24:38,960 --> 00:24:41,080 Speaker 1: poll and you go, oh, wait a minute, they flip flopped, 439 00:24:41,200 --> 00:24:43,479 Speaker 1: or maybe there's someone else that's now in the picture. 440 00:24:44,520 --> 00:24:46,320 Speaker 3: And when you have a dynamic like. 441 00:24:46,240 --> 00:24:49,840 Speaker 1: That, particularly when you're dealing with polling that has a 442 00:24:50,000 --> 00:24:52,720 Speaker 1: margin of air a plus or minus usually of three 443 00:24:52,800 --> 00:24:55,120 Speaker 1: and a half to four and a half percent, you're 444 00:24:55,160 --> 00:24:58,639 Speaker 1: talking about an entire field of candidates who are essentially 445 00:24:59,000 --> 00:25:03,800 Speaker 1: statistically And when you have an entire field of candidates 446 00:25:03,800 --> 00:25:08,199 Speaker 1: who are statistically tied, it's very difficult to say you 447 00:25:08,359 --> 00:25:13,359 Speaker 1: have no chance because you might be within the margin 448 00:25:13,440 --> 00:25:16,240 Speaker 1: of air of the top performing candidate in your party. 449 00:25:17,320 --> 00:25:19,159 Speaker 3: Well, well, that may mean. 450 00:25:19,040 --> 00:25:21,119 Speaker 1: They're ahead of you in that poll, but that doesn't 451 00:25:21,119 --> 00:25:23,560 Speaker 1: mean that you're out of it all right. Joining us 452 00:25:23,680 --> 00:25:25,879 Speaker 1: right now is the former mayor of the City of 453 00:25:25,920 --> 00:25:29,600 Speaker 1: Los Angeles, candidate for governor in the state of California. 454 00:25:29,880 --> 00:25:33,240 Speaker 1: You can get him online at Antonio twenty twenty six 455 00:25:33,359 --> 00:25:36,280 Speaker 1: dot com and you can follow him on x at 456 00:25:36,320 --> 00:25:47,520 Speaker 1: a via re Goosa Mayor Antonio Viragosa, Welcome, Antonio. 457 00:25:48,280 --> 00:25:50,280 Speaker 5: How are you, John Ah. 458 00:25:50,200 --> 00:25:53,720 Speaker 3: Good, mister Mayor, thank you so much for joining us. 459 00:25:53,760 --> 00:25:54,960 Speaker 5: Good to be on the show. 460 00:25:56,040 --> 00:25:59,720 Speaker 1: All right, well, let me start out with the first question, 461 00:26:00,000 --> 00:26:01,720 Speaker 1: why should you be the next governor of the state 462 00:26:01,720 --> 00:26:02,480 Speaker 1: of California. 463 00:26:03,680 --> 00:26:06,199 Speaker 5: You know, there's just a great state. Has given me 464 00:26:06,280 --> 00:26:09,359 Speaker 5: more than I could have ever hoped for growing up 465 00:26:09,400 --> 00:26:12,560 Speaker 5: in the home of where my mother struggled to make 466 00:26:13,080 --> 00:26:16,320 Speaker 5: ends meet and put four kids through college. But it's 467 00:26:16,359 --> 00:26:20,880 Speaker 5: a state with enormous challenges, and I think we need 468 00:26:20,920 --> 00:26:24,240 Speaker 5: a proven problem solver to take on those challenges. And 469 00:26:24,320 --> 00:26:27,840 Speaker 5: the biggest challenge is the challenge of affordability. People just 470 00:26:27,920 --> 00:26:31,639 Speaker 5: can't afford this state. The high cost of rent and 471 00:26:31,720 --> 00:26:37,399 Speaker 5: housing utility cost second highest in the country that have 472 00:26:37,440 --> 00:26:40,240 Speaker 5: gone up sixty percent in the last six years, and 473 00:26:40,280 --> 00:26:43,760 Speaker 5: the highest gas prices the United States of America that 474 00:26:43,800 --> 00:26:47,719 Speaker 5: are going up still higher because of this war in Iran. 475 00:26:50,920 --> 00:26:52,960 Speaker 1: There is a debate that's going to be coming up 476 00:26:53,040 --> 00:26:56,720 Speaker 1: that's going to be hosted by usc ABC seven, and 477 00:26:56,920 --> 00:27:00,159 Speaker 1: you division and you were one of the candidates is 478 00:27:00,200 --> 00:27:03,720 Speaker 1: going to be excluded from this debate, along with Javier Bessera, 479 00:27:03,840 --> 00:27:07,959 Speaker 1: Betty Tony Thurman, all the candidates of color who are 480 00:27:08,040 --> 00:27:12,800 Speaker 1: running for governor. Now, I'll tell you, I am someone 481 00:27:12,840 --> 00:27:15,960 Speaker 1: who believes that you should be on that stage. And 482 00:27:16,200 --> 00:27:18,800 Speaker 1: I believe that for a bunch of different reasons, one 483 00:27:18,840 --> 00:27:21,560 Speaker 1: of which is, when you look at the poll numbers, 484 00:27:21,600 --> 00:27:25,440 Speaker 1: there really is no front runner in this particular race. 485 00:27:25,760 --> 00:27:29,040 Speaker 1: Everyone is kind of bunched together. And when you factor 486 00:27:29,080 --> 00:27:32,520 Speaker 1: in the margin of air, you are in some polls 487 00:27:32,560 --> 00:27:35,200 Speaker 1: within the margin of air of whomever the top performing 488 00:27:35,240 --> 00:27:39,440 Speaker 1: Democrat is. In some polls, you're doing not quite that good. 489 00:27:39,520 --> 00:27:43,800 Speaker 1: But hey, you're all bunched together. Why make the decision now? 490 00:27:44,480 --> 00:27:47,320 Speaker 1: If there's no clear front runner, let everyone go out 491 00:27:47,359 --> 00:27:50,520 Speaker 1: there and make their case and let the voters decide. 492 00:27:51,040 --> 00:27:53,720 Speaker 1: But I also think that there's another reason why you 493 00:27:53,760 --> 00:27:56,520 Speaker 1: should be on that stage. When you look at the 494 00:27:56,560 --> 00:28:00,400 Speaker 1: top polling Democrats in this race, whether it's Katie Order, 495 00:28:00,520 --> 00:28:04,240 Speaker 1: Tom Steyer, Eric Swalwell, none of them are from the 496 00:28:04,240 --> 00:28:07,680 Speaker 1: state of California. I think two of them are from Iowa. 497 00:28:08,000 --> 00:28:11,840 Speaker 1: Tom Steyer, I think is from New York, and they 498 00:28:11,840 --> 00:28:14,160 Speaker 1: don't know how life used to be here. Maybe they've 499 00:28:14,200 --> 00:28:16,480 Speaker 1: been here a while, maybe they haven't. I don't know. 500 00:28:17,119 --> 00:28:21,800 Speaker 1: They don't seem particularly familiar with California subjects. Whenever they're 501 00:28:21,800 --> 00:28:25,199 Speaker 1: asked about a problem that is happening here in California, 502 00:28:25,400 --> 00:28:28,520 Speaker 1: they shift it to something national. They talk about Trump, 503 00:28:28,560 --> 00:28:31,560 Speaker 1: they talk about something going on in Washington, and when 504 00:28:31,560 --> 00:28:34,640 Speaker 1: they try to get pinned down on the details, they 505 00:28:34,640 --> 00:28:37,560 Speaker 1: don't really know much about these state and local issues 506 00:28:37,600 --> 00:28:40,640 Speaker 1: that people like you have been dealing with in Sacramento 507 00:28:40,760 --> 00:28:44,080 Speaker 1: at City Hall for many, many years. And I see 508 00:28:44,120 --> 00:28:48,440 Speaker 1: you on stage with them sometimes and they look like 509 00:28:48,560 --> 00:28:50,960 Speaker 1: the kids that didn't read the book that are trying 510 00:28:51,000 --> 00:28:53,760 Speaker 1: to do the book report, and you look like the 511 00:28:53,880 --> 00:28:56,920 Speaker 1: kid that read the book that has the answers, but 512 00:28:57,000 --> 00:28:59,280 Speaker 1: you seem like you're holding your punches with them. 513 00:29:00,200 --> 00:29:03,640 Speaker 3: And I just believe that you belong on that. 514 00:29:03,560 --> 00:29:06,480 Speaker 1: Stage, as at least for someone who's been here a while, 515 00:29:06,520 --> 00:29:08,719 Speaker 1: who knows how it used to be and how it 516 00:29:08,800 --> 00:29:12,320 Speaker 1: is now and how things have failed. But am I 517 00:29:12,440 --> 00:29:14,520 Speaker 1: seeing something that isn't there? When I see you on 518 00:29:14,600 --> 00:29:17,200 Speaker 1: that stage holding your punch when you know they don't 519 00:29:17,240 --> 00:29:18,760 Speaker 1: know what they're talking about. 520 00:29:20,800 --> 00:29:23,640 Speaker 5: You know, let me just say this. First of all, 521 00:29:24,480 --> 00:29:28,320 Speaker 5: you make a great case for why we ought to 522 00:29:28,360 --> 00:29:31,720 Speaker 5: be included in the debate. But there's one more. You know, 523 00:29:31,760 --> 00:29:35,680 Speaker 5: there's an old maxim and that maxim is you can't 524 00:29:35,800 --> 00:29:38,280 Speaker 5: change the rules in the middle of the game. The 525 00:29:38,400 --> 00:29:43,120 Speaker 5: rules were who's pulled the highest and who's raised the 526 00:29:43,120 --> 00:29:45,760 Speaker 5: most money. I've raised more money than all of them 527 00:29:45,800 --> 00:29:49,120 Speaker 5: except for the billionaire in the race. That's a fact. 528 00:29:50,080 --> 00:29:55,480 Speaker 5: I've also pulled higher than Matt Mayhean. In fact, so 529 00:29:55,720 --> 00:30:01,640 Speaker 5: has Javier Baserra. And so what we've said is we 530 00:30:01,720 --> 00:30:08,400 Speaker 5: need open, transparent rules that you know are fair, and 531 00:30:08,440 --> 00:30:10,880 Speaker 5: that makes sense to most people. On top of the 532 00:30:11,040 --> 00:30:15,160 Speaker 5: arguments you've made, which I think are excellent ones, you know, 533 00:30:15,640 --> 00:30:19,640 Speaker 5: this bait shouldn't go ahead if we're not included. But 534 00:30:19,680 --> 00:30:22,920 Speaker 5: you said something else. You know, the problem with these 535 00:30:23,400 --> 00:30:27,320 Speaker 5: they're not really debates. They're called forums. And they're called 536 00:30:27,360 --> 00:30:30,800 Speaker 5: forums because you only get a minute to answer and 537 00:30:31,480 --> 00:30:35,360 Speaker 5: you can't speak about the other candidates. So when somebody 538 00:30:35,360 --> 00:30:41,960 Speaker 5: says something that's just nonsense, has no merit, They have 539 00:30:42,080 --> 00:30:45,480 Speaker 5: no idea what they're talking about, you can't criticize them 540 00:30:45,880 --> 00:30:50,640 Speaker 5: as then the rules in every single forum, so you 541 00:30:50,720 --> 00:30:54,520 Speaker 5: really can't engage one another. And that's the problem with it, 542 00:30:54,560 --> 00:30:57,040 Speaker 5: which is why I'd much rather be on a radio 543 00:30:57,080 --> 00:31:00,880 Speaker 5: show or a podcast where people get to hear you 544 00:31:01,200 --> 00:31:04,640 Speaker 5: answer questions on your own, you know, without you know, 545 00:31:04,680 --> 00:31:08,720 Speaker 5: a teleprompter or notes, and you know, be able to 546 00:31:08,800 --> 00:31:11,120 Speaker 5: kind of kick the tires and look under the hood. 547 00:31:11,720 --> 00:31:14,360 Speaker 5: And I don't think that's what we've been able to 548 00:31:14,400 --> 00:31:17,320 Speaker 5: do up to now. Every single date is said you 549 00:31:17,400 --> 00:31:21,960 Speaker 5: cannot mention another candidate, so you can't say, for instance, 550 00:31:23,080 --> 00:31:25,160 Speaker 5: so and so you don't know what you're talking about. 551 00:31:25,240 --> 00:31:28,520 Speaker 5: You have no experience. All you do is talk about Trump, 552 00:31:28,880 --> 00:31:32,200 Speaker 5: and you know Trump is a threat toward democraty. I agree. 553 00:31:32,400 --> 00:31:34,800 Speaker 5: But at the end of the day, there are a 554 00:31:34,840 --> 00:31:37,760 Speaker 5: lot of problems in this state that we created, and 555 00:31:37,800 --> 00:31:41,320 Speaker 5: we should take responsibility for them and have a plan 556 00:31:41,680 --> 00:31:42,800 Speaker 5: to fix them. 557 00:31:43,600 --> 00:31:45,120 Speaker 3: You mentioned the cost of living. 558 00:31:45,480 --> 00:31:48,480 Speaker 1: So many of the factors that makes it so expensive 559 00:31:48,520 --> 00:31:51,560 Speaker 1: to live here are based in state and local failures. 560 00:31:52,240 --> 00:31:55,560 Speaker 1: You look, for example, at what's happened to the parks 561 00:31:56,200 --> 00:31:58,719 Speaker 1: where the parks in many cases in the big cities 562 00:31:58,920 --> 00:32:02,720 Speaker 1: La Oakland, San Francisco have been taken over by the homeless, 563 00:32:02,720 --> 00:32:05,560 Speaker 1: by people who are on drugs. People can't take their 564 00:32:05,600 --> 00:32:08,160 Speaker 1: families there, so you need to have a house with 565 00:32:08,200 --> 00:32:11,160 Speaker 1: a backyard so your kids can play there. Well, there's 566 00:32:11,160 --> 00:32:13,800 Speaker 1: an extra cost to that. That's at taxed by a 567 00:32:13,840 --> 00:32:18,240 Speaker 1: different name. The libraries in many cases in the big cities, 568 00:32:18,240 --> 00:32:20,800 Speaker 1: they've been taken over by the homeless. Nobody wants to 569 00:32:20,840 --> 00:32:23,280 Speaker 1: take their kids in an area that's not safe like that, 570 00:32:23,760 --> 00:32:26,520 Speaker 1: so you buy them the books on Amazon. That's a 571 00:32:26,600 --> 00:32:29,960 Speaker 1: cost by a different name. And you can just go 572 00:32:30,080 --> 00:32:33,160 Speaker 1: down the list of how many of these issues that 573 00:32:33,440 --> 00:32:37,040 Speaker 1: cause people to spend more money to live here that 574 00:32:37,160 --> 00:32:40,120 Speaker 1: could be fixed if the state and local government worked 575 00:32:40,200 --> 00:32:41,920 Speaker 1: and did what they were supposed to do. 576 00:32:42,600 --> 00:32:43,880 Speaker 3: But they fail at it. 577 00:32:44,320 --> 00:32:47,120 Speaker 1: And because of that, people just assume the costs on 578 00:32:47,160 --> 00:32:50,160 Speaker 1: their own. And the people in Arizona don't have to 579 00:32:50,200 --> 00:32:52,680 Speaker 1: do that, the people in Nevada don't have to do that. 580 00:32:53,280 --> 00:32:55,680 Speaker 1: But the people of Los Angeles do, the people of 581 00:32:55,760 --> 00:32:59,280 Speaker 1: Oakland do. And I think that in many cases, particularly 582 00:32:59,320 --> 00:33:02,760 Speaker 1: for those Cannons who have focused exclusively on the federal stuff, 583 00:33:03,280 --> 00:33:06,800 Speaker 1: they don't understand that the problems. Many of these problems 584 00:33:06,880 --> 00:33:08,520 Speaker 1: can be fixed here in California. 585 00:33:11,360 --> 00:33:15,760 Speaker 5: You know, in addition to the music to my ears, 586 00:33:15,760 --> 00:33:20,280 Speaker 5: you're absolutely right, John, But in addition some of the 587 00:33:20,360 --> 00:33:23,440 Speaker 5: forums there are candidates to get up that don't believe 588 00:33:24,360 --> 00:33:28,560 Speaker 5: we ought to be able to prohibit encampments as I 589 00:33:28,640 --> 00:33:33,680 Speaker 5: do in parts in front of schools. You know, Look, 590 00:33:33,960 --> 00:33:39,000 Speaker 5: I've said from the beginning, we shouldn't criminalize homeless. We 591 00:33:39,040 --> 00:33:44,200 Speaker 5: should be compassionate, but you know, we shouldn't accept chaos, 592 00:33:44,200 --> 00:33:47,840 Speaker 5: and selling drugs in front of cops is chaos. You know, 593 00:33:48,440 --> 00:33:50,960 Speaker 5: at the end of the day, we've spent twenty four 594 00:33:51,120 --> 00:33:54,360 Speaker 5: billion dollars at the state level alone, not to mention 595 00:33:54,520 --> 00:33:58,680 Speaker 5: what cities and counties spent, and homelessness went up. So 596 00:33:58,800 --> 00:34:02,360 Speaker 5: the people of this state have a right to want 597 00:34:02,360 --> 00:34:06,800 Speaker 5: to know what happened with that money, What works, what doesn't. 598 00:34:07,120 --> 00:34:09,360 Speaker 5: I'm not just going to throw money at the problem. 599 00:34:09,719 --> 00:34:13,200 Speaker 5: I understand that we should invest in what works, but 600 00:34:14,160 --> 00:34:17,359 Speaker 5: throw money it waste money at things that don't, and 601 00:34:17,440 --> 00:34:20,480 Speaker 5: those are That's the difference between someone who's been a 602 00:34:20,560 --> 00:34:24,920 Speaker 5: mayor of the largest city in this state, a city 603 00:34:25,200 --> 00:34:30,080 Speaker 5: larger by the way than San Francisco, San Jose, Oakland, 604 00:34:31,080 --> 00:34:34,839 Speaker 5: and San Diego in the middle of a recession. And 605 00:34:35,000 --> 00:34:36,960 Speaker 5: you know, I don't have to remind you, but I will. 606 00:34:37,520 --> 00:34:39,799 Speaker 5: When I became mayor, Ali was one of the most 607 00:34:39,880 --> 00:34:42,600 Speaker 5: violent big cities in the country. When I left, a 608 00:34:42,880 --> 00:34:46,200 Speaker 5: eight percent drop in violent in crime. We were as 609 00:34:46,280 --> 00:34:47,320 Speaker 5: safe as any city. 610 00:34:47,400 --> 00:34:48,120 Speaker 4: Along with New. 611 00:34:48,080 --> 00:34:52,680 Speaker 5: York schools, one out of three schools were filling. The 612 00:34:52,719 --> 00:34:55,600 Speaker 5: San Fernando Valley was going to secede from the LA 613 00:34:55,760 --> 00:34:58,720 Speaker 5: Unified by the time I look, a sixty percent increase 614 00:34:58,760 --> 00:35:01,279 Speaker 5: in the graduation rate. When I was mayor in the 615 00:35:01,280 --> 00:35:06,200 Speaker 5: middle of a recession, we had about I'm told, about 616 00:35:06,200 --> 00:35:08,640 Speaker 5: twenty five percent of all the cream in the United 617 00:35:11,760 --> 00:35:15,799 Speaker 5: both market rate, workforce, affordable and homeless housing than the 618 00:35:15,840 --> 00:35:18,719 Speaker 5: twelve years before me. At the end of the day, 619 00:35:18,760 --> 00:35:21,520 Speaker 5: we need somebody to actually done this, not somebody that 620 00:35:21,560 --> 00:35:26,920 Speaker 5: gives a great talk or on MSNBC or CNN thinking 621 00:35:26,920 --> 00:35:32,120 Speaker 5: about Trump all day long. Somebody's actually taken these issues 622 00:35:32,160 --> 00:35:37,000 Speaker 5: on and has a record of accomplishment. And look, these 623 00:35:37,040 --> 00:35:41,080 Speaker 5: problems aren't easy to fix. You know, we won't end 624 00:35:41,120 --> 00:35:44,239 Speaker 5: poverty overnight if you elect me or any of the 625 00:35:44,280 --> 00:35:47,440 Speaker 5: rest of them, but we can make progress and I 626 00:35:47,440 --> 00:35:50,920 Speaker 5: think a lot of people who do remember when feel like, 627 00:35:51,560 --> 00:35:55,680 Speaker 5: you know, we had better days, and we need to 628 00:35:55,719 --> 00:35:58,640 Speaker 5: restore luster to that dream, to the California dream. 629 00:36:00,280 --> 00:36:01,239 Speaker 3: Question before you go. 630 00:36:01,320 --> 00:36:06,239 Speaker 1: There was a bombshell report CBS News about fraudulent hospice 631 00:36:06,280 --> 00:36:09,560 Speaker 1: facilities in the San Fernando Valley where there's one building 632 00:36:09,600 --> 00:36:12,359 Speaker 1: where I guess they have a ton of different facilities 633 00:36:12,400 --> 00:36:15,880 Speaker 1: that check all the boxes for fraud and CBS had 634 00:36:15,920 --> 00:36:18,840 Speaker 1: this bombshell report. It went all over the place, and 635 00:36:19,000 --> 00:36:23,160 Speaker 1: in response, the press office for Newsom basically attacked the 636 00:36:23,200 --> 00:36:26,960 Speaker 1: people that we're exposing it and we're mocking them and 637 00:36:27,000 --> 00:36:29,560 Speaker 1: making fun of them. And I thought to myself, as 638 00:36:29,600 --> 00:36:33,720 Speaker 1: a taxpayer here in California, if people are stealing money 639 00:36:33,719 --> 00:36:36,200 Speaker 1: from the taxpayers, if people are stealing money from the 640 00:36:36,280 --> 00:36:39,920 Speaker 1: State of California, which is all of us, why isn't 641 00:36:39,920 --> 00:36:42,600 Speaker 1: there more offense at the people who are taking from us, 642 00:36:42,640 --> 00:36:46,720 Speaker 1: Because that's money that could going to fix our infrastructure, 643 00:36:46,880 --> 00:36:49,799 Speaker 1: that's money that could be going to make sure that 644 00:36:49,840 --> 00:36:53,680 Speaker 1: the State of California's budget is balanced. All of these 645 00:36:53,760 --> 00:36:57,280 Speaker 1: needs that we have. We don't have money for those things. 646 00:36:57,320 --> 00:36:59,880 Speaker 1: If money is stolen from us, and there seems to 647 00:36:59,920 --> 00:37:02,879 Speaker 1: be no offense at the fact that money is being 648 00:37:02,920 --> 00:37:04,360 Speaker 1: taken from the tax payers. 649 00:37:06,480 --> 00:37:11,239 Speaker 6: You know, accountability is in a democratic notion or a 650 00:37:11,280 --> 00:37:15,680 Speaker 6: Republican I think most voters, no matter where they lie 651 00:37:16,120 --> 00:37:19,640 Speaker 6: on the political spectrum, I believe we ought to be accountable. 652 00:37:19,960 --> 00:37:25,160 Speaker 5: And if it's demonstrated with facts that there's fraud waste, 653 00:37:26,000 --> 00:37:28,839 Speaker 5: the answer should be that we're going to fix it, 654 00:37:29,239 --> 00:37:30,879 Speaker 5: We're going to change it, and we're going to hold 655 00:37:30,960 --> 00:37:36,800 Speaker 5: people accountable. That's what we need again in this state, 656 00:37:37,280 --> 00:37:41,120 Speaker 5: William the country. You know, at the end of the day, 657 00:37:41,719 --> 00:37:46,760 Speaker 5: people have a right to make sure that their hard 658 00:37:47,280 --> 00:37:52,720 Speaker 5: earn tax dollars are being spent appropriately. And so to 659 00:37:52,800 --> 00:38:00,360 Speaker 5: criticize someone because they've unveiled or discovered that the frotten 660 00:38:00,400 --> 00:38:03,160 Speaker 5: waste is not what we should be doing. We should 661 00:38:03,200 --> 00:38:06,560 Speaker 5: be fixing it. We should say not under my watch, 662 00:38:07,000 --> 00:38:08,520 Speaker 5: and I'm gonna fix it. 663 00:38:08,920 --> 00:38:11,799 Speaker 3: That's all right, We're gonna have to leave it there. 664 00:38:11,960 --> 00:38:14,520 Speaker 1: Former mayor of Los Angeles candidate for governor in the 665 00:38:14,520 --> 00:38:17,400 Speaker 1: state of California. You can get him online at Antonio 666 00:38:17,400 --> 00:38:20,560 Speaker 1: twenty twenty six dot com. Follow him on exit Avia 667 00:38:20,640 --> 00:38:23,880 Speaker 1: Regosa Mayor Antonio Via Regosa thanks so much. 668 00:38:23,719 --> 00:38:24,440 Speaker 3: For stopping by. 669 00:38:25,600 --> 00:38:26,480 Speaker 5: Thank you John. 670 00:38:27,560 --> 00:38:28,799 Speaker 3: It's the John Phillips Show.