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As 16 00:00:57,360 --> 00:00:59,720 Speaker 1: of last week, she really only had a few prominent 17 00:00:59,720 --> 00:01:02,880 Speaker 1: appone including Austin Budener, who has now dropped out because 18 00:01:02,920 --> 00:01:06,520 Speaker 1: of a family tragedy. Spencer Pratt announced that he is running. 19 00:01:06,640 --> 00:01:09,520 Speaker 1: Rick Caruso kept saying I might run, I might not run, 20 00:01:09,640 --> 00:01:12,480 Speaker 1: I'm not running, I am running. It was getting really annoying, 21 00:01:13,240 --> 00:01:16,720 Speaker 1: but he is officially officially not running because the filing 22 00:01:16,760 --> 00:01:20,200 Speaker 1: deadlines already behind us. There were rumors that Lindsay Horvath 23 00:01:20,280 --> 00:01:22,959 Speaker 1: was going to run. On Friday night, she put out 24 00:01:23,000 --> 00:01:26,759 Speaker 1: a message on social media being like, nah, I'll still 25 00:01:26,800 --> 00:01:29,600 Speaker 1: run for supervisor instead. I still have work to do 26 00:01:29,720 --> 00:01:33,720 Speaker 1: here at the county. But then Saturday morning there were 27 00:01:33,760 --> 00:01:36,200 Speaker 1: all these rumors that there's going to be one person 28 00:01:36,400 --> 00:01:39,520 Speaker 1: who we haven't even discussed that's going to run, and 29 00:01:39,600 --> 00:01:43,639 Speaker 1: what do you know, Saturday morning, La City Councilwoman NiTi 30 00:01:43,720 --> 00:01:47,080 Speaker 1: O Rahman of the DSA wing of the La City Council. 31 00:01:47,600 --> 00:01:51,080 Speaker 1: She is now running for mayor. She is running against 32 00:01:51,160 --> 00:01:55,960 Speaker 1: Karen Bass, and interestingly enough, she endorsed Karen Bass for 33 00:01:56,040 --> 00:02:00,280 Speaker 1: reelection just a couple of weeks ago. So there there's 34 00:02:00,320 --> 00:02:03,880 Speaker 1: a lot going on here. This race just got a 35 00:02:04,040 --> 00:02:08,600 Speaker 1: lot more interesting because now Karen Bass is going to 36 00:02:08,600 --> 00:02:11,000 Speaker 1: be getting attacks from the right of her and the 37 00:02:11,080 --> 00:02:14,160 Speaker 1: left of her, and I guess there's thirty other candidates 38 00:02:14,200 --> 00:02:20,280 Speaker 1: as well. But I did not expect this. I'm still 39 00:02:20,280 --> 00:02:24,160 Speaker 1: not totally sure why she's running, what her platform is, 40 00:02:24,240 --> 00:02:27,520 Speaker 1: considering that she talks about all the things that are 41 00:02:27,520 --> 00:02:30,240 Speaker 1: currently wrong with the City of Los Angeles. But the 42 00:02:30,240 --> 00:02:32,560 Speaker 1: way the city is governed is we have a strong 43 00:02:32,639 --> 00:02:35,440 Speaker 1: city council and a weak mayor. So as a member 44 00:02:35,480 --> 00:02:37,920 Speaker 1: of the city Council, as the head of the Homelessness 45 00:02:37,919 --> 00:02:40,360 Speaker 1: and Housing Committee, there's a lot of things that she 46 00:02:40,480 --> 00:02:43,920 Speaker 1: can do right now. But she sees blood in the 47 00:02:43,960 --> 00:02:48,200 Speaker 1: water that after action reports scandal in Karen Bass's office 48 00:02:48,240 --> 00:02:52,280 Speaker 1: has made her look really weak. Polling shows that Karen 49 00:02:52,320 --> 00:02:55,120 Speaker 1: Bass in the city of LA only has about thirty 50 00:02:55,120 --> 00:02:58,480 Speaker 1: percent support. So I think she has found a pathway 51 00:02:58,639 --> 00:03:01,280 Speaker 1: that she can win and she can get herself more power. 52 00:03:01,800 --> 00:03:05,840 Speaker 1: She did talk to reporters outside. She wasn't totally prepared 53 00:03:05,880 --> 00:03:09,320 Speaker 1: for all the questions, including she doesn't want to say 54 00:03:09,600 --> 00:03:11,960 Speaker 1: what she said to Karen Bass when she had a 55 00:03:11,960 --> 00:03:14,120 Speaker 1: phone call telling her that she was running for mayor. 56 00:03:14,480 --> 00:03:17,000 Speaker 1: But I'm sure at some point the knives will come out. 57 00:03:17,280 --> 00:03:20,919 Speaker 1: It's already going to start getting ugly as Karen Bass's 58 00:03:20,919 --> 00:03:24,720 Speaker 1: campaign fires back, going after Rahman saying that the last 59 00:03:24,720 --> 00:03:27,799 Speaker 1: thing LA needs is a politician who refuses to clean 60 00:03:27,880 --> 00:03:32,440 Speaker 1: up homeless encampments. So that's interesting. We'll be following that. 61 00:03:32,600 --> 00:03:36,120 Speaker 1: I'm actually right now about a quarter of a way 62 00:03:36,160 --> 00:03:40,040 Speaker 1: through a twenty seven minute interview that just dropped with 63 00:03:40,160 --> 00:03:43,280 Speaker 1: NBC Force Conan Nolan, So I will have that on 64 00:03:43,320 --> 00:03:47,880 Speaker 1: tomorrow's California Report. But trying to figure out what exactly 65 00:03:47,960 --> 00:03:51,000 Speaker 1: the platform is and how she will defend some of 66 00:03:51,040 --> 00:03:54,800 Speaker 1: her past choices, like I don't know, defunding the police. 67 00:03:56,800 --> 00:04:02,440 Speaker 1: Fox eleven has a very interesting undercover and you may 68 00:04:02,480 --> 00:04:06,200 Speaker 1: have seen this headline floating around social media over the weekend, 69 00:04:07,520 --> 00:04:12,680 Speaker 1: coffee shop or strip club. Apparently there's a whole bunch 70 00:04:12,880 --> 00:04:18,480 Speaker 1: of coffee shops in Garden Grove in Orange County where yes, 71 00:04:18,600 --> 00:04:21,599 Speaker 1: they sell coffee, but it's like how a coffee shop 72 00:04:21,600 --> 00:04:24,920 Speaker 1: in Amsterdam is not really a coffee shop, except we're 73 00:04:24,960 --> 00:04:29,400 Speaker 1: not talking about pot here. We're talking about strip clubs 74 00:04:29,440 --> 00:04:32,760 Speaker 1: that are advertised as coffee shops. And while the big 75 00:04:32,839 --> 00:04:37,400 Speaker 1: problem there is that if you are an actual strip club, 76 00:04:37,800 --> 00:04:39,800 Speaker 1: you have to be zoned in a specific place. You 77 00:04:39,839 --> 00:04:42,279 Speaker 1: can't be near schools, you can't be near parks. Well, 78 00:04:43,080 --> 00:04:47,320 Speaker 1: turns out this coffee shop that's also a strip club 79 00:04:47,640 --> 00:04:49,640 Speaker 1: is really close to a school. So they did an 80 00:04:49,760 --> 00:04:54,880 Speaker 1: undercover investigation and looked into that. Now onto the topic 81 00:04:54,920 --> 00:04:58,240 Speaker 1: of homelessness in Los Angeles. This one pug tugs at 82 00:04:58,240 --> 00:05:01,360 Speaker 1: my heart strings. There is a dog park in North 83 00:05:01,400 --> 00:05:04,800 Speaker 1: Hollywood that people really enjoy. I'm not a dog park person. 84 00:05:04,960 --> 00:05:07,039 Speaker 1: My dogs are small and they don't really care about 85 00:05:07,040 --> 00:05:10,479 Speaker 1: other dogs, so not for them, But I like that 86 00:05:10,520 --> 00:05:12,680 Speaker 1: people like dog parks with their big dogs and then 87 00:05:12,720 --> 00:05:14,919 Speaker 1: can run them around. Awfu Leaschwell, what do you know, 88 00:05:15,440 --> 00:05:18,440 Speaker 1: Homeless encampments are popping up near the dog park, and 89 00:05:18,480 --> 00:05:24,560 Speaker 1: that is unacceptable. It included an anecdote that really freaks 90 00:05:24,560 --> 00:05:26,440 Speaker 1: me out. It makes me glad that I live in 91 00:05:26,440 --> 00:05:30,159 Speaker 1: the boring suburbs because every time you hear a story, 92 00:05:30,200 --> 00:05:32,400 Speaker 1: and we've heard it in downtown LA, we've also heard 93 00:05:32,400 --> 00:05:36,000 Speaker 1: it in places like San Diego at Ocean Beach where 94 00:05:36,760 --> 00:05:40,920 Speaker 1: there's some drugs, some drug residue that's just on the street. 95 00:05:41,360 --> 00:05:44,240 Speaker 1: Dog is dog, Dog's gonna eat the drugs. Dog gets 96 00:05:44,240 --> 00:05:47,320 Speaker 1: wildly ill. I don't like that. Now we get a 97 00:05:47,360 --> 00:05:50,360 Speaker 1: couple of fire updates that are interesting coming out of CBSLA. 98 00:05:50,480 --> 00:05:55,160 Speaker 1: One is a homeowner in the Palisades that's rebuilding. They've 99 00:05:55,200 --> 00:05:58,800 Speaker 1: opted to go for steel instead of wood. And the 100 00:05:58,839 --> 00:06:01,760 Speaker 1: thing that I didn't know is apparently these companies now 101 00:06:01,800 --> 00:06:06,240 Speaker 1: that are doing steel frames. It's pretty comparable to how 102 00:06:06,320 --> 00:06:10,120 Speaker 1: much it costs for wood, and obviously that kind of 103 00:06:10,120 --> 00:06:12,520 Speaker 1: frame is gonna hold up a lot better to a fire, 104 00:06:12,640 --> 00:06:17,360 Speaker 1: So that's pretty interesting. But in Alta Dina, we've got 105 00:06:17,400 --> 00:06:20,680 Speaker 1: a family who has been living in an RV since 106 00:06:21,040 --> 00:06:24,040 Speaker 1: their home was It wasn't burnt down, but it's unlivable 107 00:06:24,120 --> 00:06:26,640 Speaker 1: because of the smoke and the soot. And let me guess, 108 00:06:26,640 --> 00:06:29,800 Speaker 1: they're also going through an insurance nightmare, so they're living 109 00:06:29,839 --> 00:06:32,360 Speaker 1: in an RV in front of their property while they 110 00:06:32,400 --> 00:06:36,000 Speaker 1: try to figure out how to rebuild. And this is 111 00:06:36,040 --> 00:06:40,760 Speaker 1: the family that the County of Los Angeles decides to ticket. 112 00:06:41,240 --> 00:06:44,800 Speaker 1: That's right, They've been giving parking tickets to the RV 113 00:06:45,320 --> 00:06:47,680 Speaker 1: of someone who is parking in front of their property 114 00:06:47,760 --> 00:06:51,520 Speaker 1: because they cannot live in their home. That is just 115 00:06:51,600 --> 00:06:56,760 Speaker 1: a little unacceptable considering how many darra like homeless RVs 116 00:06:56,800 --> 00:06:59,599 Speaker 1: are out there in all parts of the county that 117 00:06:59,640 --> 00:07:03,200 Speaker 1: we don't do a damn thing about. But you're ticketing 118 00:07:03,279 --> 00:07:08,040 Speaker 1: this family. It's like the bureaucracy is so bloated and 119 00:07:08,120 --> 00:07:14,040 Speaker 1: so stupid that what are you doing there? That's just unacceptable. Now, 120 00:07:14,120 --> 00:07:15,960 Speaker 1: when it goes to the Bay Area. The biggest story 121 00:07:16,000 --> 00:07:18,680 Speaker 1: going on in the Bay Area is that San Francisco 122 00:07:18,840 --> 00:07:24,520 Speaker 1: Unified is closed. San Francisco Unified is on strike. The teachers' 123 00:07:24,560 --> 00:07:27,760 Speaker 1: union could not come to an agreement with the district 124 00:07:27,880 --> 00:07:30,400 Speaker 1: at the last second, even though Lurie was pushing for 125 00:07:30,440 --> 00:07:34,040 Speaker 1: some kind of deal, so the walkout was today. They're 126 00:07:34,080 --> 00:07:36,520 Speaker 1: currently at the bargaining table, but this is the first 127 00:07:36,600 --> 00:07:42,440 Speaker 1: strike at SF Unified in like nearly fifty years. Anytime 128 00:07:42,680 --> 00:07:45,240 Speaker 1: I see a story on ABC seven in the Bay 129 00:07:45,920 --> 00:07:49,280 Speaker 1: and it's done by Leanne Melendez, They're building a better 130 00:07:49,320 --> 00:07:52,360 Speaker 1: Bay Area reporter. I highlight it, I save it. I 131 00:07:52,440 --> 00:07:55,480 Speaker 1: know I'm going to use it. And she has a 132 00:07:55,520 --> 00:07:59,880 Speaker 1: great piece on this horrific fire that took place in Kalhalla, 133 00:08:00,600 --> 00:08:03,840 Speaker 1: where it spread way faster than you would think an 134 00:08:03,880 --> 00:08:08,160 Speaker 1: apartment fire would because the person's home who was on 135 00:08:08,280 --> 00:08:13,120 Speaker 1: fire was a hoarder, and apparently hoarding has led to 136 00:08:13,160 --> 00:08:15,840 Speaker 1: a lot of fire situations. I'm going to imagine lots 137 00:08:15,880 --> 00:08:18,200 Speaker 1: of newspapers and it's hard to get out of there 138 00:08:18,240 --> 00:08:20,720 Speaker 1: because you're trapped in your own furniture in filth and 139 00:08:22,360 --> 00:08:26,440 Speaker 1: hoarding is a legitimate mental illness, but apparently we're not 140 00:08:26,600 --> 00:08:29,720 Speaker 1: funding the treatment for it, and there is treatment for it, 141 00:08:29,720 --> 00:08:33,480 Speaker 1: it's not just for those TLC shows. And then on 142 00:08:33,600 --> 00:08:36,320 Speaker 1: kpix they have a piece about how we've told you 143 00:08:36,320 --> 00:08:39,120 Speaker 1: about the transit tax hike that they're pitching in the 144 00:08:39,120 --> 00:08:41,400 Speaker 1: Bay Area. There's going to be so many tax increases 145 00:08:41,440 --> 00:08:44,280 Speaker 1: on the twenty twenty six ballot, and in the five 146 00:08:44,320 --> 00:08:47,800 Speaker 1: Bay Area counties. They are proposing a sales tax hike 147 00:08:47,840 --> 00:08:50,440 Speaker 1: of a half cent everywhere outside of San Francisco, and 148 00:08:50,440 --> 00:08:54,160 Speaker 1: then a full scent in San Francisco. Because Bart is broke, 149 00:08:54,400 --> 00:08:57,760 Speaker 1: and Muni is broke, and Coltrain is broke, and VTA 150 00:08:57,880 --> 00:09:00,640 Speaker 1: and AC trends that I could go on and on. Well, 151 00:09:01,200 --> 00:09:04,040 Speaker 1: Bart put out a report kind of like a scare 152 00:09:04,080 --> 00:09:07,280 Speaker 1: tactic saying, Hey, if we don't get this sales tax 153 00:09:07,360 --> 00:09:09,920 Speaker 1: increase and we don't get our bailout, we're going to 154 00:09:09,960 --> 00:09:15,360 Speaker 1: close up to fifteen stations next year, which could be possible. 155 00:09:15,480 --> 00:09:15,640 Speaker 2: But. 156 00:09:17,080 --> 00:09:19,040 Speaker 1: I don't know if the voters are going to go 157 00:09:19,080 --> 00:09:21,640 Speaker 1: for a tax site considering all the money that we're 158 00:09:21,679 --> 00:09:25,079 Speaker 1: already paying, and these taxis are the most regressive taxes 159 00:09:25,120 --> 00:09:27,520 Speaker 1: where it's the poorest among us who are having to 160 00:09:27,559 --> 00:09:30,800 Speaker 1: get hurt the most by this, but we'll see if 161 00:09:30,880 --> 00:09:33,280 Speaker 1: that passes. You've got that you're going to have a 162 00:09:33,280 --> 00:09:36,280 Speaker 1: statewide bond measure to bailout transit. And look, I want 163 00:09:36,280 --> 00:09:39,600 Speaker 1: public transit to be successful. If I was in the 164 00:09:39,640 --> 00:09:42,560 Speaker 1: Bay Area, I would probably use public transit. There's actually 165 00:09:42,600 --> 00:09:45,160 Speaker 1: some good news coming out of bar They've increased their 166 00:09:45,200 --> 00:09:48,160 Speaker 1: revenue by ten million dollars because they have locking faregates. 167 00:09:48,360 --> 00:09:51,480 Speaker 1: Can we do that in La please? Can we? I 168 00:09:51,520 --> 00:09:54,480 Speaker 1: would take public transit in La County. We actually met 169 00:09:54,520 --> 00:09:56,920 Speaker 1: a listener when we were at Long Beach on Friday 170 00:09:57,400 --> 00:10:00,520 Speaker 1: who came down there on the Blue Line and I thought, 171 00:10:00,559 --> 00:10:05,280 Speaker 1: that's great. I would use it if it was convenient 172 00:10:05,360 --> 00:10:08,960 Speaker 1: for me, which it currently is not, because that train 173 00:10:09,040 --> 00:10:13,040 Speaker 1: through the subpulsitive pass is not going to happen anytime soon. 174 00:10:14,240 --> 00:10:17,000 Speaker 1: And if it was safe, and if you've got enough 175 00:10:17,040 --> 00:10:19,320 Speaker 1: people on it, then it's probably going to be safe. 176 00:10:19,320 --> 00:10:23,080 Speaker 1: But making sure that people who don't pay don't get 177 00:10:23,120 --> 00:10:26,920 Speaker 1: on it, big deal, big turnaround crime down on there. 178 00:10:27,280 --> 00:10:29,840 Speaker 1: So at some point is the problem going to solve 179 00:10:29,840 --> 00:10:32,480 Speaker 1: itself where ridership will go up. We'll see, but we'll 180 00:10:32,520 --> 00:10:35,360 Speaker 1: find out if they support that. Another tax that's getting 181 00:10:35,360 --> 00:10:38,040 Speaker 1: a lot of attention, of course, is that billionaire's tax, 182 00:10:38,080 --> 00:10:43,079 Speaker 1: the wealth tax initiative that they are still collecting signatures. 183 00:10:43,080 --> 00:10:45,080 Speaker 1: Who knows if this will actually get on the ballot, 184 00:10:45,120 --> 00:10:51,800 Speaker 1: but apparently somebody organized in San Francisco a billionaire march, 185 00:10:52,280 --> 00:10:55,920 Speaker 1: March for the billionaires, saying that we like you, we 186 00:10:56,040 --> 00:10:58,320 Speaker 1: don't want you to leave. You pay a lot of taxes, 187 00:10:58,360 --> 00:11:00,959 Speaker 1: and pretty much trying to make a public spectacle out 188 00:11:00,960 --> 00:11:03,760 Speaker 1: of the fact that they oppose what is going on 189 00:11:03,840 --> 00:11:06,720 Speaker 1: with that well tax. But we will see if that 190 00:11:06,800 --> 00:11:10,000 Speaker 1: gets enough signatures, and polling has shown that it could 191 00:11:10,080 --> 00:11:13,760 Speaker 1: pass because this is yet again another citizens' initiative where 192 00:11:13,800 --> 00:11:16,439 Speaker 1: they don't need two thirds majority for this tax. They 193 00:11:16,440 --> 00:11:20,200 Speaker 1: can do it with a fifty one percent majority. So 194 00:11:20,400 --> 00:11:23,640 Speaker 1: we'll see if that passes. Now, speaking of taxes, when 195 00:11:23,640 --> 00:11:27,199 Speaker 1: we go to Sacramento News, you can if you get 196 00:11:27,280 --> 00:11:30,600 Speaker 1: enough signatures, you can get anything put on the ballot. 197 00:11:31,559 --> 00:11:34,000 Speaker 1: And I'm interested to see if this one got the 198 00:11:34,040 --> 00:11:38,400 Speaker 1: signatures what people would say. But there's a man out 199 00:11:38,400 --> 00:11:44,080 Speaker 1: of Santa Clara who is putting forth an initiative that, 200 00:11:44,720 --> 00:11:49,719 Speaker 1: if passed by the voters, would end property taxes for 201 00:11:49,800 --> 00:11:53,000 Speaker 1: anyone who's sixty and older. I don't know how they 202 00:11:53,000 --> 00:11:56,360 Speaker 1: came to that number. But if you think about it, 203 00:11:57,080 --> 00:12:00,000 Speaker 1: people that are retired, people that are on Social Security 204 00:12:00,120 --> 00:12:03,080 Speaker 1: or their pension, they're on a fixed income. Even with 205 00:12:03,200 --> 00:12:07,320 Speaker 1: Prop thirteen, which limits how much property taxes can be raised, 206 00:12:07,679 --> 00:12:10,480 Speaker 1: that's still a big bill. And you know, I don't 207 00:12:10,520 --> 00:12:13,120 Speaker 1: probably think about this because I still have a mortgage, 208 00:12:13,160 --> 00:12:15,360 Speaker 1: so it's all, you know, my property tax and my 209 00:12:15,400 --> 00:12:18,600 Speaker 1: home insurance. It's all on an impound account, So I 210 00:12:18,640 --> 00:12:21,400 Speaker 1: don't think about the fact that I get that bill 211 00:12:21,440 --> 00:12:23,520 Speaker 1: twice a year because it comes out of my monthly payment. 212 00:12:23,559 --> 00:12:27,320 Speaker 1: But I get to imagine it is quite frustrating if 213 00:12:27,360 --> 00:12:30,400 Speaker 1: twice a year, after you've already paid off your home, 214 00:12:30,920 --> 00:12:34,640 Speaker 1: you get that bill for five thousand dollars or six 215 00:12:34,720 --> 00:12:36,880 Speaker 1: thousand dollars. Who knows how much it is. It's based 216 00:12:36,920 --> 00:12:38,600 Speaker 1: on you know, when you bought the house, which if 217 00:12:38,600 --> 00:12:41,080 Speaker 1: you bought your house thirty years ago, maybe it's not 218 00:12:41,200 --> 00:12:45,480 Speaker 1: too high. Mine's pretty damn high for this little tiny 219 00:12:45,480 --> 00:12:50,320 Speaker 1: home in the valley. But it it's just why do 220 00:12:50,360 --> 00:12:53,439 Speaker 1: we of all the things that, you know, like we're 221 00:12:53,480 --> 00:12:56,800 Speaker 1: paying taxes on our income, we're paying taxes on our 222 00:12:56,840 --> 00:13:00,520 Speaker 1: consumption through sales taxes, but just owning property. The amount 223 00:13:00,520 --> 00:13:02,880 Speaker 1: of money that we have to pay for that every year, 224 00:13:02,920 --> 00:13:06,240 Speaker 1: and what do we really get for it. Oh, the schools, 225 00:13:06,600 --> 00:13:09,679 Speaker 1: we get the schools. We have great schools, except we don't. 226 00:13:10,480 --> 00:13:14,600 Speaker 1: Now here's an interesting story we've told you about the 227 00:13:14,840 --> 00:13:18,800 Speaker 1: state trying to release a sexual violent predator in Placer 228 00:13:18,880 --> 00:13:23,000 Speaker 1: County in the town of Alta, and the residents don't 229 00:13:23,000 --> 00:13:26,280 Speaker 1: want this. They have figured out a creative way to 230 00:13:26,360 --> 00:13:31,480 Speaker 1: make it impossible for this sexual violent, multiple repeat offender 231 00:13:32,000 --> 00:13:35,080 Speaker 1: to be put in their community. They are going to 232 00:13:35,679 --> 00:13:39,439 Speaker 1: green light and make a park as fast as possible, 233 00:13:40,760 --> 00:13:44,480 Speaker 1: because guess what, you can't live within a thousand feet 234 00:13:44,480 --> 00:13:46,320 Speaker 1: of a park. So if we just build a whole 235 00:13:46,320 --> 00:13:50,559 Speaker 1: bunch more mini parks, well then you're not going to 236 00:13:50,600 --> 00:13:53,959 Speaker 1: have to worry about that one bit. Interesting to see 237 00:13:54,000 --> 00:13:56,880 Speaker 1: where that goes. I don't know where you place these people. 238 00:13:57,480 --> 00:13:59,680 Speaker 1: I don't know how you deem someone like this is safe, 239 00:13:59,720 --> 00:14:01,880 Speaker 1: which they're reevaluating. I don't know if he is. The 240 00:14:01,920 --> 00:14:03,839 Speaker 1: last time they let him out, he committed a more 241 00:14:03,880 --> 00:14:07,600 Speaker 1: horrific acts. I don't know what the answer is. Castration. 242 00:14:07,960 --> 00:14:10,880 Speaker 1: Maybe when we come back. We'll find out what's going 243 00:14:10,920 --> 00:14:15,360 Speaker 1: on in San Diego, including a little bit of capitulation 244 00:14:15,600 --> 00:14:18,599 Speaker 1: when it comes to paid parking at Balboa Park, and 245 00:14:18,679 --> 00:14:22,240 Speaker 1: a whole lot more. As we cover today's California Report, 246 00:14:22,440 --> 00:14:25,560 Speaker 1: you can follow along. You can see all the stories 247 00:14:25,600 --> 00:14:28,520 Speaker 1: that I'm referencing and share them with your friends and family. 248 00:14:28,960 --> 00:14:32,800 Speaker 1: It is the daily update on everything important that's going 249 00:14:32,800 --> 00:14:38,320 Speaker 1: on in California. Randywangradio dot substack dot com, Hit subscribe, 250 00:14:38,520 --> 00:14:41,160 Speaker 1: share it with your friends. It's the News Blitz with 251 00:14:41,280 --> 00:14:45,400 Speaker 1: Randy Wang on Talk Radio seven ninety KABC. It's the 252 00:14:45,400 --> 00:14:49,320 Speaker 1: News Blitz with Randy Wang on KABC. Let's get back 253 00:14:49,360 --> 00:14:55,880 Speaker 1: to today's California Report. We've been covering the massive blowback 254 00:14:56,000 --> 00:14:59,760 Speaker 1: in San Diego against the push to charge for parking 255 00:15:00,040 --> 00:15:05,000 Speaker 1: at Balboa Park, and the outrage has been rampant, from 256 00:15:05,440 --> 00:15:09,400 Speaker 1: park goers to all the mayors of the surrounding cities 257 00:15:09,440 --> 00:15:14,000 Speaker 1: of San Diego, to the museums that are inside, to 258 00:15:14,080 --> 00:15:17,080 Speaker 1: the restaurant. So many people have had to cut hours 259 00:15:17,120 --> 00:15:22,160 Speaker 1: and cut staff because attendance is way down. And Todd Gloria, 260 00:15:22,240 --> 00:15:24,720 Speaker 1: the mayor who came up with this brilliant idea passed 261 00:15:24,720 --> 00:15:26,760 Speaker 1: by the city council because the city is in a 262 00:15:26,840 --> 00:15:31,000 Speaker 1: massive budget deficit, kept saying, well, yeah, there may be 263 00:15:31,080 --> 00:15:33,200 Speaker 1: some a dip in tourism and it might be a 264 00:15:33,200 --> 00:15:35,880 Speaker 1: dip in usage, but we can't just change a policy 265 00:15:35,880 --> 00:15:38,280 Speaker 1: willy nilly. We have to wait this out a while 266 00:15:38,360 --> 00:15:41,800 Speaker 1: and then see what the data shows. Well, it's a 267 00:15:41,800 --> 00:15:46,440 Speaker 1: month later, and now Todd Gloria says, oh, what if 268 00:15:46,480 --> 00:15:49,160 Speaker 1: it's free for locals and some of the parking lots 269 00:15:49,200 --> 00:15:52,760 Speaker 1: maybe and we changed some of the hours. They're scared. 270 00:15:53,600 --> 00:15:58,520 Speaker 1: This is an issue that is galvanizing voters, galvanizing opposition, 271 00:15:59,080 --> 00:16:01,320 Speaker 1: and you have members to the city council that voted 272 00:16:01,360 --> 00:16:04,600 Speaker 1: for this that want to undo it. Keep the pressure 273 00:16:04,960 --> 00:16:09,400 Speaker 1: campaign on. Now. Another issue that's getting quite a bit 274 00:16:09,400 --> 00:16:13,120 Speaker 1: of outrage in California is the proposed study on a 275 00:16:13,160 --> 00:16:16,320 Speaker 1: mileage tax, which apparently the state has been studying for 276 00:16:16,400 --> 00:16:21,160 Speaker 1: the past ten years. Which you think about that, who 277 00:16:21,160 --> 00:16:23,720 Speaker 1: has been getting paid to study this for ten years? 278 00:16:24,040 --> 00:16:27,000 Speaker 1: How much are they making? What consulting firms are getting 279 00:16:27,040 --> 00:16:31,080 Speaker 1: paid just to study this idea. It's like the convention 280 00:16:31,240 --> 00:16:34,360 Speaker 1: Center expansion project that the City of la has been 281 00:16:34,400 --> 00:16:38,200 Speaker 1: talking about for ten years. Consultants were paid millions of 282 00:16:38,240 --> 00:16:42,240 Speaker 1: dollars just to study the idea. So we're trying to 283 00:16:42,240 --> 00:16:45,040 Speaker 1: figure out what happens when the gas tax revenues go 284 00:16:45,120 --> 00:16:48,200 Speaker 1: down because we told everyone to get EVS, Well, they 285 00:16:48,240 --> 00:16:50,240 Speaker 1: got to tax your mileage. The question is when it 286 00:16:50,280 --> 00:16:52,880 Speaker 1: comes to taxing your mileage, how are you going to 287 00:16:53,000 --> 00:16:55,880 Speaker 1: track that You're going to self a test like you 288 00:16:55,960 --> 00:16:59,000 Speaker 1: do with TRIPLEA or are you going to have to 289 00:16:59,040 --> 00:17:01,920 Speaker 1: put some kind of track or in everybody's car. Let's 290 00:17:01,960 --> 00:17:03,800 Speaker 1: just say they're going to be studying this thing for 291 00:17:03,840 --> 00:17:06,480 Speaker 1: a while, but when it goes from studying to implementing, 292 00:17:07,000 --> 00:17:10,240 Speaker 1: people are not going to be too happy. And I 293 00:17:10,320 --> 00:17:13,439 Speaker 1: love this story coming out of San Diego on ABC 294 00:17:13,560 --> 00:17:16,159 Speaker 1: ten News. One of the things that the City of 295 00:17:16,200 --> 00:17:18,959 Speaker 1: San Diego did when they were in a massive budget 296 00:17:19,000 --> 00:17:22,880 Speaker 1: deficit was raised taxes and fees on everything, trash fees, 297 00:17:23,080 --> 00:17:26,760 Speaker 1: water fees, parking not just Balboa Park, but doubling the 298 00:17:26,840 --> 00:17:29,920 Speaker 1: rates at parking meters, which did not double the revenue. 299 00:17:30,400 --> 00:17:34,800 Speaker 1: But another thing that they did was they increased the 300 00:17:34,880 --> 00:17:38,840 Speaker 1: taxes that the City of San Diego has on cannabis, 301 00:17:40,200 --> 00:17:43,119 Speaker 1: making it much more expensive to buy pot in the 302 00:17:43,160 --> 00:17:45,399 Speaker 1: City of San Diego. As opposed to any of the 303 00:17:45,400 --> 00:17:48,840 Speaker 1: other cities in that county. And what do you know, 304 00:17:49,560 --> 00:17:52,600 Speaker 1: the projected revenue that they guessed they would get from 305 00:17:52,600 --> 00:17:57,000 Speaker 1: that tax hike, it's come up quite short. Because we 306 00:17:57,200 --> 00:18:01,479 Speaker 1: have this system and it makes no sense. It is 307 00:18:02,200 --> 00:18:08,120 Speaker 1: very expensive to operate these legal pot stores. The taxes 308 00:18:08,200 --> 00:18:11,720 Speaker 1: make the price of the product very high, which shouldn't 309 00:18:11,720 --> 00:18:13,880 Speaker 1: be a problem. That's what we all were told when 310 00:18:13,880 --> 00:18:17,600 Speaker 1: we illegalize pot, we need to tax and regulate it. Well, 311 00:18:18,080 --> 00:18:21,240 Speaker 1: we're taxing it, but we're not really doing them mode 312 00:18:21,240 --> 00:18:24,720 Speaker 1: regulating because if you want to play ball and you 313 00:18:24,840 --> 00:18:26,720 Speaker 1: want to do it the right way, you're going to 314 00:18:26,760 --> 00:18:30,399 Speaker 1: pay an arm and a leg. Or you can just 315 00:18:30,880 --> 00:18:33,840 Speaker 1: open an illegal pot shop, which apparently is very difficult 316 00:18:33,920 --> 00:18:37,240 Speaker 1: to close in places like Los Angeles. You can skirt 317 00:18:37,359 --> 00:18:40,600 Speaker 1: all of those rules, you don't have to pay the taxes, 318 00:18:40,960 --> 00:18:43,720 Speaker 1: and you can just sell the illegal product because it's 319 00:18:43,760 --> 00:18:47,800 Speaker 1: so hard for us to enforce. It is a wild 320 00:18:47,880 --> 00:18:52,640 Speaker 1: thing to hear, but it's true. The illegal pot market 321 00:18:52,720 --> 00:18:57,200 Speaker 1: has only grown in the state of California since we 322 00:18:57,320 --> 00:19:00,879 Speaker 1: legalized pot. I thought the whole point of legalizing and 323 00:19:00,920 --> 00:19:03,760 Speaker 1: regulating it was Okay, Now you can go after the 324 00:19:03,800 --> 00:19:06,400 Speaker 1: cartels and the drug dealers and everyone putting up these 325 00:19:06,400 --> 00:19:10,480 Speaker 1: massive farms. Nope, we're not doing that. And what do 326 00:19:10,480 --> 00:19:12,760 Speaker 1: you know, there are a lot of consumers who are like, 327 00:19:13,000 --> 00:19:16,600 Speaker 1: screw it, I'll go for the much cheaper pot and 328 00:19:16,720 --> 00:19:18,480 Speaker 1: all the money that they thought they're getting from the 329 00:19:18,480 --> 00:19:21,720 Speaker 1: tax revenue from making it even more expensive, it's not 330 00:19:21,840 --> 00:19:26,200 Speaker 1: paying out. Gambling is a thing people do in California. 331 00:19:26,760 --> 00:19:29,679 Speaker 1: And look at this. Card rooms up and down the 332 00:19:29,680 --> 00:19:32,919 Speaker 1: state of California are looking to sue Rob Bonta after 333 00:19:33,000 --> 00:19:36,720 Speaker 1: he was pitched by the tribal casinos to ban blackjack 334 00:19:36,720 --> 00:19:40,679 Speaker 1: style games at cardouses. Good for them. And finally, in 335 00:19:40,680 --> 00:19:43,159 Speaker 1: today's crime blodder, a jewelry store has had it with 336 00:19:43,320 --> 00:19:46,200 Speaker 1: la after his store got burglarized again. He's going to 337 00:19:46,240 --> 00:19:49,160 Speaker 1: reopen it, maybe in Orange County. And how about this, 338 00:19:49,560 --> 00:19:53,160 Speaker 1: twenty one people were arrested in a South Sacramento retail 339 00:19:53,200 --> 00:19:58,080 Speaker 1: theft crackdown at a dollar tree. Who steals from a 340 00:19:58,160 --> 00:20:01,960 Speaker 1: dollar store? Today's California Report. You can get it at 341 00:20:02,040 --> 00:20:06,879 Speaker 1: randywangradio dot substack dot com. It's the news Blitz with 342 00:20:07,000 --> 00:20:12,479 Speaker 1: Randy Wang on Talk radio seven ninety KABC. It is 343 00:20:12,560 --> 00:20:15,440 Speaker 1: the news Blitz with Randy Wang on Talk Radio seven 344 00:20:15,560 --> 00:20:19,359 Speaker 1: ninety KABC. We're here every single day from five to 345 00:20:19,440 --> 00:20:21,800 Speaker 1: six talking about the local issues that matter to you 346 00:20:21,840 --> 00:20:24,160 Speaker 1: most and taking your phone calls at eight hundred two 347 00:20:24,160 --> 00:20:27,000 Speaker 1: two two five two two two one eight hundred two 348 00:20:27,080 --> 00:20:29,840 Speaker 1: two two five two two two your emails at Randy 349 00:20:29,920 --> 00:20:34,080 Speaker 1: Wangradio at gmail dot com. Search for the KABC News 350 00:20:34,160 --> 00:20:36,800 Speaker 1: Blitz wherever you get your podcasts, and subscribe to the 351 00:20:36,840 --> 00:20:42,160 Speaker 1: California Report by going to Randywangradio dot substack dot com. 352 00:20:42,680 --> 00:20:46,359 Speaker 1: Our next guest wants to completely change the way education 353 00:20:46,720 --> 00:20:50,640 Speaker 1: is done in the state of California. He is Purport. 354 00:20:50,760 --> 00:20:55,360 Speaker 1: He is supporting something called the Children's Educational Opportunity Act, 355 00:20:55,400 --> 00:20:57,840 Speaker 1: and he's here to talk to us about it. I'd 356 00:20:57,880 --> 00:21:02,520 Speaker 1: like to welcome to the News Blitz, Kevin Kevin mcnammy. Kevin, 357 00:21:02,600 --> 00:21:03,399 Speaker 1: Welcome to the show. 358 00:21:04,480 --> 00:21:06,639 Speaker 2: Randy. Good to be on the show. It's mac to me. 359 00:21:06,760 --> 00:21:09,000 Speaker 2: But you can close enough. You get a B plus 360 00:21:09,040 --> 00:21:10,320 Speaker 2: on that one. 361 00:21:10,359 --> 00:21:12,199 Speaker 1: California schools. I don't know what to tell you. 362 00:21:13,880 --> 00:21:16,760 Speaker 2: It's amazing, isn't it. We have some of the most 363 00:21:16,760 --> 00:21:20,240 Speaker 2: money spent in education here in California, and yet we 364 00:21:20,320 --> 00:21:23,439 Speaker 2: have based on our eighty eight percent of our graduates, 365 00:21:24,080 --> 00:21:27,359 Speaker 2: thirty four percent can't read and seventy percent can't do 366 00:21:27,440 --> 00:21:30,560 Speaker 2: basic math, but they're still graduating them. That doesn't make 367 00:21:30,600 --> 00:21:31,040 Speaker 2: sense to me. 368 00:21:32,200 --> 00:21:35,160 Speaker 1: We're spending more and more ever on this state and education, 369 00:21:35,400 --> 00:21:37,800 Speaker 1: and the results are just not panning out. So what 370 00:21:37,920 --> 00:21:39,800 Speaker 1: do you want to do different? How do you want 371 00:21:39,840 --> 00:21:43,480 Speaker 1: to change the education system in California? 372 00:21:43,600 --> 00:21:46,080 Speaker 2: What we have in California is a top down education 373 00:21:46,200 --> 00:21:50,600 Speaker 2: system where the bureaucrats and central planners, the politicians tell 374 00:21:50,880 --> 00:21:53,320 Speaker 2: the teachers what to teach and how to teach it, 375 00:21:54,080 --> 00:21:56,320 Speaker 2: so that way they've got control over the messaging and 376 00:21:56,400 --> 00:21:59,640 Speaker 2: how the kids learn. That works for some kids, obviously, 377 00:21:59,680 --> 00:22:03,400 Speaker 2: but not for all. What the Children's Educational Opportunity Act 378 00:22:03,480 --> 00:22:07,200 Speaker 2: is a bottom up approach to education. Instead of that 379 00:22:07,440 --> 00:22:09,840 Speaker 2: money that we pay in taxes of one hundred and 380 00:22:09,840 --> 00:22:12,840 Speaker 2: thirty seven billion dollars a year going directly to the 381 00:22:12,880 --> 00:22:17,080 Speaker 2: public school, forcing low income and modern income students into 382 00:22:17,080 --> 00:22:18,920 Speaker 2: that public school that may not be a good fit 383 00:22:18,960 --> 00:22:22,159 Speaker 2: for them, Let's work it the other way around. Allow 384 00:22:22,200 --> 00:22:26,040 Speaker 2: the students the option, not the requirement, to set up 385 00:22:26,040 --> 00:22:29,879 Speaker 2: an education savings account. At the state level, the twenty 386 00:22:29,920 --> 00:22:33,280 Speaker 2: five thousand per student that goes to that public school, 387 00:22:33,800 --> 00:22:38,040 Speaker 2: seventeen thousand goes into that child's education savings account. Now 388 00:22:38,040 --> 00:22:41,280 Speaker 2: it opens up all the education options, just like the 389 00:22:41,320 --> 00:22:45,320 Speaker 2: options the students from wealthy families have, including private school, 390 00:22:45,600 --> 00:22:49,600 Speaker 2: faith based school, and homeschool. Now that's to me bottom 391 00:22:49,680 --> 00:22:54,399 Speaker 2: up market driven competition will succeed as compared to what 392 00:22:54,400 --> 00:22:56,080 Speaker 2: we've got now, which is not working. 393 00:22:57,760 --> 00:23:00,879 Speaker 1: So if this were to get the ballot and it 394 00:23:00,920 --> 00:23:04,960 Speaker 1: was voted on, it would create a seventeen thousand dollars 395 00:23:04,960 --> 00:23:07,920 Speaker 1: a year account. And what could parents do with that? 396 00:23:07,960 --> 00:23:12,840 Speaker 1: They could take that to any school they wish. 397 00:23:11,600 --> 00:23:15,959 Speaker 2: Great question. It covers the seventeen thousand per year per student, 398 00:23:16,280 --> 00:23:18,080 Speaker 2: again at the option of the parent who wants to 399 00:23:18,080 --> 00:23:22,320 Speaker 2: set that up for the kid. That would cover tuition, tutors, 400 00:23:22,480 --> 00:23:27,439 Speaker 2: online classes, special needs, of transportation to and from school, 401 00:23:27,440 --> 00:23:31,959 Speaker 2: and school activities, plus many others. Now, the parent directs 402 00:23:32,000 --> 00:23:34,520 Speaker 2: where the money goes, but they never touch it. So 403 00:23:34,560 --> 00:23:36,840 Speaker 2: that way we're assured that the money goes to education 404 00:23:36,960 --> 00:23:39,040 Speaker 2: and not family enrichment, which is a nice way of 405 00:23:39,080 --> 00:23:41,520 Speaker 2: saying we don't want the parents sitting around on vacation 406 00:23:42,040 --> 00:23:45,679 Speaker 2: drawing from the kid's education savans account. So that is 407 00:23:45,760 --> 00:23:47,560 Speaker 2: the direction that we want to go. So if a 408 00:23:47,680 --> 00:23:50,359 Speaker 2: parent's not happy with their let's say they're at a 409 00:23:50,359 --> 00:23:53,040 Speaker 2: private school and they're not doing well, they're not teaching 410 00:23:53,080 --> 00:23:56,000 Speaker 2: what they should. Parent now has the financial means, like 411 00:23:56,040 --> 00:23:58,239 Speaker 2: the wealthy families to move that kid to school B 412 00:23:58,440 --> 00:24:02,040 Speaker 2: or C or D. And the result is competition now 413 00:24:02,119 --> 00:24:06,680 Speaker 2: drives the education model in California, not mandating that the 414 00:24:06,760 --> 00:24:10,399 Speaker 2: kids go to the public school that is failing the student. 415 00:24:11,119 --> 00:24:15,359 Speaker 1: That is a very interesting concept. Has anything like this 416 00:24:15,520 --> 00:24:17,000 Speaker 1: been tried in any other states? 417 00:24:18,359 --> 00:24:22,200 Speaker 2: We have some twenty states approximately that have had school 418 00:24:22,280 --> 00:24:27,000 Speaker 2: choice either as tax credits, vouchers or education savings account. Now, 419 00:24:27,040 --> 00:24:31,520 Speaker 2: remember any unused funds in this education savings account stay 420 00:24:31,560 --> 00:24:34,040 Speaker 2: in that account roll over year after year for future 421 00:24:34,119 --> 00:24:38,639 Speaker 2: education expenses, earning interest. Anything after twelfth grade can be 422 00:24:38,720 --> 00:24:43,159 Speaker 2: used for trade, technical school, community college, university, postgrad and 423 00:24:43,200 --> 00:24:46,760 Speaker 2: then after eighteen that child can transfer summer all to 424 00:24:46,880 --> 00:24:49,800 Speaker 2: another family member's EESA. Just like the wealthy enjoy the 425 00:24:49,800 --> 00:24:52,520 Speaker 2: five to twenty nine plan. This is the low income 426 00:24:52,600 --> 00:24:55,800 Speaker 2: modern income families five twenty nine plan. So this has 427 00:24:55,800 --> 00:24:59,080 Speaker 2: been tried in other states. Study done by ED Choice 428 00:24:59,160 --> 00:25:01,520 Speaker 2: that was released to in fall of twenty twenty four 429 00:25:02,119 --> 00:25:05,160 Speaker 2: showed four things happened in eleven states that have had 430 00:25:05,200 --> 00:25:08,960 Speaker 2: school choice in place for at least five years or more. 431 00:25:09,680 --> 00:25:12,960 Speaker 2: Those eleven states showed the following. One, public school class 432 00:25:12,960 --> 00:25:17,960 Speaker 2: sizes reduced. Second, public school instruction became more personalized to 433 00:25:18,000 --> 00:25:22,359 Speaker 2: the student. Third, test scores for public school students rose, 434 00:25:22,760 --> 00:25:25,600 Speaker 2: it went up, and fourth, it saved the state a 435 00:25:25,640 --> 00:25:29,080 Speaker 2: boatload of money and education because the private schools, faith 436 00:25:29,119 --> 00:25:32,600 Speaker 2: based schools, and homeschools do a better job at about 437 00:25:32,640 --> 00:25:35,040 Speaker 2: half the price of what we're paying to our public schools. 438 00:25:35,280 --> 00:25:37,840 Speaker 2: So I call that, Randy a win win win situation. 439 00:25:39,480 --> 00:25:42,239 Speaker 1: Now, I got to imagine there is some opposition to this, 440 00:25:42,440 --> 00:25:45,760 Speaker 1: probably from the public school world or the teachers' unions. 441 00:25:46,080 --> 00:25:47,360 Speaker 1: What do you have to say about that? 442 00:25:49,760 --> 00:25:51,600 Speaker 2: You bet there's going to be a lot of opposition. 443 00:25:51,960 --> 00:25:53,879 Speaker 2: When I go out and speak it to audiences, I 444 00:25:53,960 --> 00:25:56,320 Speaker 2: usually have a teacher in the audience. Public school teacher 445 00:25:56,359 --> 00:25:58,760 Speaker 2: will say, oh my god, I'm going to lose my job. 446 00:25:59,240 --> 00:26:01,159 Speaker 2: And I tell them, you've told me two things with 447 00:26:01,240 --> 00:26:05,840 Speaker 2: that statement. First statement is you know you're not doing 448 00:26:05,840 --> 00:26:08,600 Speaker 2: a stellar job graduating five data cap is that are 449 00:26:08,600 --> 00:26:12,280 Speaker 2: going to college, graduating and having great careers. You know 450 00:26:12,359 --> 00:26:16,840 Speaker 2: you're failing those students. Second, you know the parents of 451 00:26:16,880 --> 00:26:20,200 Speaker 2: those students aren't happy, because if the students were doing 452 00:26:20,240 --> 00:26:24,560 Speaker 2: well in your public school, if the parents were happy, 453 00:26:25,320 --> 00:26:27,119 Speaker 2: you would say, bring this on. We don't need it 454 00:26:27,160 --> 00:26:29,720 Speaker 2: because we're not going to lose any students. So by 455 00:26:29,760 --> 00:26:33,400 Speaker 2: the teacher saying and the California Teachers Association saying, we're 456 00:26:33,400 --> 00:26:36,520 Speaker 2: going to lose students, well, obviously if the parent and 457 00:26:36,560 --> 00:26:38,720 Speaker 2: the child is not happy, they're going to go elsewhere 458 00:26:38,760 --> 00:26:41,040 Speaker 2: because now they've got the financial means to do so, 459 00:26:41,840 --> 00:26:44,400 Speaker 2: just like the wealthy and Randy, I submit to you, 460 00:26:45,000 --> 00:26:47,760 Speaker 2: this is the civil rights issue of our day. Back 461 00:26:47,800 --> 00:26:52,080 Speaker 2: in the nineteen sixties nineteen fifties, opportunity was based on 462 00:26:52,119 --> 00:26:55,840 Speaker 2: the color of your skin or your race. Today, opportunity 463 00:26:55,920 --> 00:26:58,600 Speaker 2: is based on who's got the financial means to get 464 00:26:58,640 --> 00:27:00,880 Speaker 2: their child to the education and that is the best fit. 465 00:27:01,320 --> 00:27:04,159 Speaker 2: Today's public schools are like walking into a shoe store 466 00:27:04,480 --> 00:27:07,679 Speaker 2: that only sells size nine shoes. It works for some, 467 00:27:08,560 --> 00:27:11,119 Speaker 2: that doesn't work for most. And that's what's being shown 468 00:27:11,200 --> 00:27:14,480 Speaker 2: by the standardized testing that continues to go down year 469 00:27:14,520 --> 00:27:17,439 Speaker 2: after year. Randy, we need to do something to change this. 470 00:27:17,800 --> 00:27:20,440 Speaker 2: I say, we put the parents in charge of their kids' education, 471 00:27:20,880 --> 00:27:24,080 Speaker 2: where they go, what they learn, what books, instead of 472 00:27:24,119 --> 00:27:28,360 Speaker 2: politicians and bureaucrats. That's what the Children's Educational Opportunity Act 473 00:27:28,400 --> 00:27:30,200 Speaker 2: will do well. 474 00:27:30,240 --> 00:27:32,600 Speaker 1: And we all anecdotally have stories of people that we 475 00:27:32,640 --> 00:27:35,600 Speaker 1: know in our lives that went to private schools. Their 476 00:27:35,600 --> 00:27:39,239 Speaker 1: parents had the means, and you just can tell how 477 00:27:39,320 --> 00:27:42,280 Speaker 1: much of a more incredible education they've had and how 478 00:27:42,280 --> 00:27:44,520 Speaker 1: that does set you up for life if you have 479 00:27:44,720 --> 00:27:47,480 Speaker 1: this though, if you have this, you know, seventeen thousand 480 00:27:47,480 --> 00:27:51,760 Speaker 1: dollars savings account for every student in your family. Is 481 00:27:51,800 --> 00:27:53,560 Speaker 1: they're just going to be at that point, like an 482 00:27:53,600 --> 00:27:55,760 Speaker 1: all out rush for so many people to go to 483 00:27:55,840 --> 00:27:58,960 Speaker 1: those private schools. And won't they fill up like almost immediately? 484 00:28:00,240 --> 00:28:03,439 Speaker 2: That is a great question. It's called seat capacity and 485 00:28:03,680 --> 00:28:06,399 Speaker 2: this goes into effect assuming it gets on the ballot 486 00:28:06,400 --> 00:28:08,919 Speaker 2: and pass to November of this year. It'll go in 487 00:28:08,920 --> 00:28:12,240 Speaker 2: effect January one of twenty twenty seven. There are currently 488 00:28:12,320 --> 00:28:15,080 Speaker 2: schools that are open that do have open seats to 489 00:28:15,160 --> 00:28:19,520 Speaker 2: take in those students, but the ability of a school 490 00:28:19,560 --> 00:28:22,480 Speaker 2: to open and those that have been closed because of 491 00:28:22,560 --> 00:28:26,240 Speaker 2: dropping enrollment can reopen, and teachers who have left the 492 00:28:26,240 --> 00:28:31,040 Speaker 2: public school can open micro schools which have six students 493 00:28:31,119 --> 00:28:34,080 Speaker 2: or more, and those are becoming very popular. In the 494 00:28:34,119 --> 00:28:37,800 Speaker 2: other states. We're returning to the one room schoolhouse, and 495 00:28:38,080 --> 00:28:41,120 Speaker 2: as I explained to the teachers, here's an opportunity to 496 00:28:41,160 --> 00:28:43,120 Speaker 2: make one hundred and fifty thousand dollars a year teaching 497 00:28:43,200 --> 00:28:45,840 Speaker 2: what you want and how you want. So instead of 498 00:28:45,840 --> 00:28:49,880 Speaker 2: taking seventeen thousand, you just take ten thousand per kid. 499 00:28:50,400 --> 00:28:53,120 Speaker 2: Have a class of thirty being taught out of your home, 500 00:28:53,520 --> 00:28:58,120 Speaker 2: your garage, an office building, whatever. Take thirty students ten 501 00:28:58,160 --> 00:29:01,160 Speaker 2: thousand dollars each. That's a budget of three hundred thousand dollars. 502 00:29:01,840 --> 00:29:04,440 Speaker 2: Pay yourself one hundred and fifty thousand, which is almost 503 00:29:04,520 --> 00:29:08,320 Speaker 2: double what they're currently getting. Hire two recent graduates from 504 00:29:08,360 --> 00:29:11,640 Speaker 2: teaching college. Pay them each fifty thousand, so that way 505 00:29:12,080 --> 00:29:14,800 Speaker 2: they are your up and coming crop of future teachers 506 00:29:14,800 --> 00:29:17,360 Speaker 2: who get their own classrooms. And then you hire an 507 00:29:17,360 --> 00:29:21,440 Speaker 2: administrator for fifty thousand. For three hundred thousand dollars, you've 508 00:29:21,440 --> 00:29:24,440 Speaker 2: got a ten student to one ratio, which is far 509 00:29:24,520 --> 00:29:26,760 Speaker 2: better than what you get in those forty thousand dollars year. 510 00:29:26,840 --> 00:29:30,800 Speaker 2: Private schools, and keep in mind, Randy, seventeen thousand dollars 511 00:29:30,880 --> 00:29:34,880 Speaker 2: will cover most faith based schools, private schools in California, 512 00:29:35,320 --> 00:29:38,320 Speaker 2: because there's those outliers that are forty thousand, thirty thousand, 513 00:29:38,400 --> 00:29:42,320 Speaker 2: twenty thousand, but the seventeen thousand will go a long 514 00:29:42,400 --> 00:29:45,080 Speaker 2: way to cover private school and faith based school And 515 00:29:45,160 --> 00:29:49,040 Speaker 2: this also covers homeschools so that pfas PSPs and the 516 00:29:49,080 --> 00:29:52,640 Speaker 2: credential teacher model. Now the parents can make it affordable 517 00:29:52,680 --> 00:29:56,440 Speaker 2: to stay home and teach their kid and develop homeschool pods. 518 00:29:56,960 --> 00:30:00,600 Speaker 2: So this is education revolution in my opinion, this is 519 00:30:00,760 --> 00:30:04,160 Speaker 2: revolutionizing the way in which we teach. This one hundred 520 00:30:04,240 --> 00:30:08,120 Speaker 2: year old plus education model, which is an industrial educational model, 521 00:30:08,560 --> 00:30:11,600 Speaker 2: failed us because in the nine eighteen hundreds we had 522 00:30:11,640 --> 00:30:14,760 Speaker 2: the highest literacy rate in the United States. People knew 523 00:30:14,760 --> 00:30:17,400 Speaker 2: how to read. They learned how to read through mom 524 00:30:17,440 --> 00:30:19,160 Speaker 2: and dad teaching them at home as well as the 525 00:30:19,200 --> 00:30:22,200 Speaker 2: one room schoolhouse in the rural farm area where the 526 00:30:22,240 --> 00:30:25,080 Speaker 2: town hired. The teachers made certain they were teaching what 527 00:30:25,120 --> 00:30:27,920 Speaker 2: they were supposed to teach. From four to fifteen years 528 00:30:27,960 --> 00:30:31,480 Speaker 2: of age, that was the age of that schoolhouse. The 529 00:30:31,520 --> 00:30:35,240 Speaker 2: older kids helped the younger ones with their education teacher 530 00:30:36,160 --> 00:30:38,920 Speaker 2: are instructed what was going to be learned and how 531 00:30:38,920 --> 00:30:41,240 Speaker 2: it was going to learn, and we wound up at 532 00:30:41,240 --> 00:30:43,400 Speaker 2: the highest literacy rate in the eighteen hundreds. Time to 533 00:30:43,440 --> 00:30:47,440 Speaker 2: get back to education being local and not mandated by Sacramento. 534 00:30:48,960 --> 00:30:54,200 Speaker 1: The petition it's called the Children's Educational Opportunity Act. So 535 00:30:54,280 --> 00:30:56,040 Speaker 1: what do you need to get this thing on the ballot? 536 00:30:56,120 --> 00:31:00,479 Speaker 2: Kevin? Excellent question, Randy call to action for everyone listening. 537 00:31:00,880 --> 00:31:02,680 Speaker 2: If your kids are in a private school, of faith 538 00:31:02,720 --> 00:31:06,520 Speaker 2: based school, or homeschool, this is for you. We need 539 00:31:06,560 --> 00:31:10,320 Speaker 2: you to go to Educationopportunity dot org, click on the 540 00:31:10,360 --> 00:31:14,320 Speaker 2: button that says download the petition, print, sign and mail 541 00:31:14,360 --> 00:31:16,920 Speaker 2: back the petition to us the addresses on the petition 542 00:31:17,520 --> 00:31:19,640 Speaker 2: view the three minute video that explains how to fill 543 00:31:19,640 --> 00:31:22,600 Speaker 2: it correctly so that way the county clerk can't disallow 544 00:31:22,640 --> 00:31:25,280 Speaker 2: your signature and your vote to get it on the 545 00:31:25,320 --> 00:31:30,880 Speaker 2: ballot in November. Educationopportunity dot Org seventeen thousand dollars per 546 00:31:30,960 --> 00:31:33,840 Speaker 2: year per kid. You wind up with two kids thirty 547 00:31:33,840 --> 00:31:37,000 Speaker 2: four thousand and three kids fifty one thousand, four kids 548 00:31:37,000 --> 00:31:40,800 Speaker 2: sixty eight thousand per year, and any unused money rolls 549 00:31:40,800 --> 00:31:44,200 Speaker 2: over for future education expenses. Randy, these kids could have 550 00:31:44,360 --> 00:31:47,760 Speaker 2: easily over one hundred thousand dollars for trade tech, community college, 551 00:31:47,840 --> 00:31:51,680 Speaker 2: university once they graduate from high school. That goes a 552 00:31:51,720 --> 00:31:57,400 Speaker 2: long way to reduce or eliminate student loan debt. So parents, grandparents, aunts, uncles, 553 00:31:57,760 --> 00:32:00,440 Speaker 2: even those who are thinking about having a family, go 554 00:32:00,480 --> 00:32:05,200 Speaker 2: to Educationopportunity dot org. Print sign and mail back that initiative. 555 00:32:06,160 --> 00:32:12,680 Speaker 1: Education opportunity dot org. That's education opportunity dot org. Kevin macnamaine, 556 00:32:12,720 --> 00:32:14,480 Speaker 1: thank you so much for joining us today. 557 00:32:15,560 --> 00:32:18,880 Speaker 2: Thank you for the opportunity. Best to you all. 558 00:32:18,960 --> 00:32:22,440 Speaker 1: It's the News Blitz with Randy Wang on KABC. It's 559 00:32:22,480 --> 00:32:26,080 Speaker 1: the News Blitz with Randy Wang on KABC. I am 560 00:32:26,160 --> 00:32:30,760 Speaker 1: proud to report that my Super Bowl brisket was a 561 00:32:30,800 --> 00:32:37,240 Speaker 1: big hit. So I got a nine pound wygu brisket 562 00:32:37,280 --> 00:32:39,720 Speaker 1: from First Light Farms out of New Zealand shipped to 563 00:32:39,720 --> 00:32:42,040 Speaker 1: my house in two days. I had in the freezer 564 00:32:42,320 --> 00:32:45,120 Speaker 1: until about Wednesday, where I put it in the fridge 565 00:32:45,160 --> 00:32:48,960 Speaker 1: in a little barbecue pan and let that defrost naturally 566 00:32:49,040 --> 00:32:52,760 Speaker 1: until Friday. Then on Friday I opened it up, trim 567 00:32:52,800 --> 00:32:55,040 Speaker 1: some fat off of it so I could render it 568 00:32:55,040 --> 00:32:58,120 Speaker 1: to be tallow later, and then I salt and peppered 569 00:32:58,160 --> 00:33:01,400 Speaker 1: the heck out of this thing. I let it sit 570 00:33:01,520 --> 00:33:04,840 Speaker 1: in the fridge overnight in that panet in the salt 571 00:33:04,880 --> 00:33:07,920 Speaker 1: and the pepper just absorb into that meat. And then 572 00:33:08,200 --> 00:33:11,040 Speaker 1: on Saturday it was time for the main event. So 573 00:33:11,360 --> 00:33:14,920 Speaker 1: I pulled out my trigger at around five o'clock, made 574 00:33:14,920 --> 00:33:17,000 Speaker 1: sure it was full of pellets, put it at two 575 00:33:17,120 --> 00:33:21,720 Speaker 1: twenty five low, and slow. Threw in my brisket with 576 00:33:21,880 --> 00:33:24,720 Speaker 1: my meter smart thermometer so I could tell what temperature 577 00:33:24,720 --> 00:33:29,840 Speaker 1: the meat was from my phone, set it and forget it. Meanwhile, 578 00:33:29,920 --> 00:33:32,719 Speaker 1: I threw all that fat into my instant pot and 579 00:33:32,760 --> 00:33:35,760 Speaker 1: I made tallow in one hour as opposed to in 580 00:33:35,840 --> 00:33:40,240 Speaker 1: eight hours, and it is fantastic. Tallow went to bed overnight, 581 00:33:40,600 --> 00:33:43,800 Speaker 1: woke up at five am and it was doing really well. 582 00:33:43,840 --> 00:33:46,240 Speaker 1: It didn't really hit a whole lot of stalls around 583 00:33:46,320 --> 00:33:48,600 Speaker 1: like one ninety five. It started to slow down a 584 00:33:48,640 --> 00:33:51,120 Speaker 1: little bit, so at that point I took the brisket 585 00:33:51,160 --> 00:33:53,040 Speaker 1: out and it looked gorgeous, and I put it in 586 00:33:53,120 --> 00:33:56,320 Speaker 1: a foil pan, covered it and then let it cook 587 00:33:56,800 --> 00:33:59,520 Speaker 1: until we got there. It got done around nine forty five, 588 00:33:59,600 --> 00:34:02,760 Speaker 1: which was a little early, considering that the party was 589 00:34:02,760 --> 00:34:06,960 Speaker 1: at two thirty, so I pulled out my covered pan 590 00:34:07,640 --> 00:34:09,720 Speaker 1: and I put it in the oven on keep warm, 591 00:34:10,280 --> 00:34:14,959 Speaker 1: and it held at one sixty for five hours. Brought 592 00:34:15,000 --> 00:34:17,680 Speaker 1: it over to the super Bowl party. We carved it there. 593 00:34:18,440 --> 00:34:21,080 Speaker 1: It was good. There were maybe twenty people at this party. 594 00:34:21,400 --> 00:34:24,480 Speaker 1: That brisket was gone in two hours, and I ate 595 00:34:24,520 --> 00:34:27,120 Speaker 1: a lot of it, probably too much of it, but 596 00:34:27,280 --> 00:34:32,200 Speaker 1: it was perfection. The lean side was just the right consistency. 597 00:34:32,680 --> 00:34:35,520 Speaker 1: The fatty side wasn't too fatty. It was a really 598 00:34:35,640 --> 00:34:39,800 Speaker 1: nice cut. And oh the end pieces, they were special. 599 00:34:40,239 --> 00:34:43,840 Speaker 1: It was like eating jerky. It was great. It was 600 00:34:43,880 --> 00:34:46,040 Speaker 1: a massive feast. According to that's not the only thing 601 00:34:46,080 --> 00:34:48,080 Speaker 1: I ate this party. My buddy who hosted us, he 602 00:34:48,160 --> 00:34:51,000 Speaker 1: made ribs. We had so many people bring different things. 603 00:34:51,239 --> 00:34:54,279 Speaker 1: I brought two wines to pair with the brisket as 604 00:34:54,320 --> 00:34:57,279 Speaker 1: we were up in Carmel. And in Carmel there was 605 00:34:57,320 --> 00:35:00,919 Speaker 1: this winery called Manzoni, and we it ranks something there 606 00:35:00,960 --> 00:35:02,760 Speaker 1: that was like that would be really good with brisket. 607 00:35:02,760 --> 00:35:05,560 Speaker 1: It's a little smoky. I couldn't remember if it was 608 00:35:05,600 --> 00:35:08,720 Speaker 1: the Zinfandel or the Sirah. So we brought them both. 609 00:35:08,960 --> 00:35:10,719 Speaker 1: It was the Sirah, but the Zin was good with 610 00:35:10,760 --> 00:35:15,359 Speaker 1: it too, So success success. I made my Super Bowl 611 00:35:15,440 --> 00:35:17,720 Speaker 1: brisket and now I don't need to have another brisket 612 00:35:17,719 --> 00:35:20,880 Speaker 1: for a very long time. I'm still full. It's the 613 00:35:20,880 --> 00:35:24,080 Speaker 1: News Blitz with Randy Wang on KABC. It's the News 614 00:35:24,120 --> 00:35:28,160 Speaker 1: Blitz with Randy Wang on KABC, And it's time for 615 00:35:28,200 --> 00:35:31,680 Speaker 1: a little meal prep Monday. So on Sundays or when 616 00:35:31,680 --> 00:35:33,799 Speaker 1: my wife and I plan out the meals for the week, 617 00:35:33,840 --> 00:35:35,880 Speaker 1: I go to Trader Joe's in the morning. I supplement 618 00:35:36,040 --> 00:35:39,680 Speaker 1: anything else that I need at Ralph's or Gelson's, and 619 00:35:40,040 --> 00:35:43,000 Speaker 1: we try to make sure that we have like lunches 620 00:35:43,040 --> 00:35:45,879 Speaker 1: figured out for the whole week, because you know, we're 621 00:35:45,880 --> 00:35:49,840 Speaker 1: both working and so we kind of like try to rotate. 622 00:35:49,920 --> 00:35:52,160 Speaker 1: So let's make two or three things, and we look 623 00:35:52,160 --> 00:35:54,800 Speaker 1: at the weather. If it's WoT out, it's gonna be salads. 624 00:35:54,840 --> 00:35:56,920 Speaker 1: If it's cold out, it's gonna be soups. And what 625 00:35:56,960 --> 00:35:59,480 Speaker 1: do you know, the winter weather is finally coming back. 626 00:35:59,520 --> 00:36:02,760 Speaker 1: It's gonna be pretty rainy this week and cold. Today 627 00:36:02,840 --> 00:36:05,640 Speaker 1: was the last hot day. It's gonna be quite chilly. 628 00:36:05,800 --> 00:36:10,160 Speaker 1: So I made chili and I made it great chili. 629 00:36:11,040 --> 00:36:14,520 Speaker 1: I use ninety three to seven lean grass fed beef. 630 00:36:15,520 --> 00:36:23,399 Speaker 1: I use onion, jalapanio, serrano, pinto beans, black beans and 631 00:36:23,440 --> 00:36:31,040 Speaker 1: red beans, tomato sauce, dice tomatoes. It's it's a good one. 632 00:36:31,320 --> 00:36:34,200 Speaker 1: I let that simmer. And I also use homemade broth 633 00:36:34,239 --> 00:36:36,759 Speaker 1: because I make broth about every other week. So I 634 00:36:36,800 --> 00:36:39,200 Speaker 1: had homemade chicken bone broth that I put in there. 635 00:36:39,239 --> 00:36:41,040 Speaker 1: I ran out of beef bone broth or I would 636 00:36:41,040 --> 00:36:43,719 Speaker 1: have used that, but get a little extra protein in there, 637 00:36:43,760 --> 00:36:47,480 Speaker 1: and I let my chili simmer for a very very 638 00:36:47,560 --> 00:36:51,480 Speaker 1: long time. I also will like my spice mixture is 639 00:36:51,880 --> 00:36:54,399 Speaker 1: lots and lots and lots of chili powder, a little 640 00:36:54,440 --> 00:36:58,319 Speaker 1: bit of cayenne, some cumin, salt and pepper, and then 641 00:36:58,920 --> 00:37:02,680 Speaker 1: I will usually star dumping in hot sauce as well. 642 00:37:03,600 --> 00:37:08,319 Speaker 1: I really really really like crystal from New Orleans. It's 643 00:37:08,480 --> 00:37:11,280 Speaker 1: great in chili. So that was one of the things, 644 00:37:11,280 --> 00:37:13,279 Speaker 1: but again we rotate. So the other thing that we 645 00:37:13,320 --> 00:37:15,760 Speaker 1: wanted to make was, and this is one of our favorites, 646 00:37:16,239 --> 00:37:20,359 Speaker 1: green chili chicken enchilada soup. I'm obsessed with this meal. 647 00:37:20,360 --> 00:37:23,319 Speaker 1: It's a take on something that Violet Twitchell it makes, 648 00:37:23,960 --> 00:37:29,839 Speaker 1: but mine uses specifically New Mexico chili sauce. So I'll 649 00:37:29,880 --> 00:37:33,040 Speaker 1: either get a whole chicken and shred it, or this time, 650 00:37:33,160 --> 00:37:35,799 Speaker 1: I took chicken breast and chicken thighs because I don't 651 00:37:35,840 --> 00:37:38,000 Speaker 1: need any more bones right now, and I put them 652 00:37:38,000 --> 00:37:40,480 Speaker 1: in the instapot with two cups of broth, and I 653 00:37:40,560 --> 00:37:43,080 Speaker 1: made my own shredded chicken in about fifteen minutes, so 654 00:37:43,239 --> 00:37:46,600 Speaker 1: that was great. In the meantime, I'm sauteing up onions, 655 00:37:46,719 --> 00:37:53,600 Speaker 1: green bell pepper, jalapeno serrano. Then I add in my 656 00:37:54,400 --> 00:37:58,719 Speaker 1: shed green chili sauce from the shed in Santa Fe, 657 00:37:58,760 --> 00:38:00,960 Speaker 1: New Mexico. They buy you can get it shipped to 658 00:38:01,000 --> 00:38:03,960 Speaker 1: your home. It is Their red is great, They're green 659 00:38:04,040 --> 00:38:05,759 Speaker 1: is great, especially in this. Then I had a whole 660 00:38:05,760 --> 00:38:08,160 Speaker 1: bunch of chicken broth, throw that chicken in, add some 661 00:38:08,200 --> 00:38:12,840 Speaker 1: frozen corn, and then I let that simmer for a 662 00:38:13,520 --> 00:38:16,880 Speaker 1: very long time, and just that one jar of the 663 00:38:16,920 --> 00:38:22,680 Speaker 1: green chili, just that one jar. It's so perfectly spicy. 664 00:38:23,320 --> 00:38:25,640 Speaker 1: Now when we actually eat these for lunch, we like 665 00:38:25,680 --> 00:38:29,719 Speaker 1: to dress both of them up. So for chili to 666 00:38:29,760 --> 00:38:31,759 Speaker 1: add a little creaminess to it, we used to use 667 00:38:31,760 --> 00:38:34,759 Speaker 1: sour cream. Greek yogurt is healthier, more protein, so we 668 00:38:34,800 --> 00:38:38,480 Speaker 1: had greek yogurt. We'll do half an avocado each, so 669 00:38:38,520 --> 00:38:41,360 Speaker 1: you're getting some more healthy fats in there, and then 670 00:38:41,719 --> 00:38:43,799 Speaker 1: if you want to, you can put cheese on it. 671 00:38:43,840 --> 00:38:46,000 Speaker 1: My wife likes to put cheddar cheese on it. I'm 672 00:38:46,000 --> 00:38:48,279 Speaker 1: too lazy when I get home at four o'clock to 673 00:38:48,440 --> 00:38:51,200 Speaker 1: pull out the cheese grater because we are we do 674 00:38:51,239 --> 00:38:54,480 Speaker 1: not do pre shredded cheese. Can't do it, won't do it. 675 00:38:55,040 --> 00:38:57,880 Speaker 1: The enchilada soup very similar. Greek yogurt, make it a 676 00:38:57,920 --> 00:39:01,040 Speaker 1: little creamier. You can add c lantra if you want. 677 00:39:01,719 --> 00:39:05,480 Speaker 1: Avocado's a must. I love having fresh avocado in my soups. 678 00:39:06,040 --> 00:39:08,600 Speaker 1: And then we have jack cheese for that if you're 679 00:39:08,640 --> 00:39:12,360 Speaker 1: so inclined. It is so good. We're going to be 680 00:39:12,360 --> 00:39:16,120 Speaker 1: eating great this week and I am super psyched about it. 681 00:39:16,719 --> 00:39:19,560 Speaker 1: And the other thing that we usually meal prep on 682 00:39:19,600 --> 00:39:21,040 Speaker 1: the weekend, but we were a little busy with the 683 00:39:21,040 --> 00:39:23,320 Speaker 1: Super Bowl party is my wife makes it for Tata 684 00:39:23,360 --> 00:39:26,480 Speaker 1: every week, and her for Tata because she does breakfast. 685 00:39:26,560 --> 00:39:28,719 Speaker 1: I still intermitt and fast. I don't eat breakfast as 686 00:39:28,760 --> 00:39:31,799 Speaker 1: much as I love breakfast food, but she makes her 687 00:39:31,880 --> 00:39:36,080 Speaker 1: own Jimmy Dean style turkey sausage with ground turkey and 688 00:39:36,120 --> 00:39:38,879 Speaker 1: a whole bunch of spices and flavorings. It's my job 689 00:39:38,920 --> 00:39:41,920 Speaker 1: to cook that up. And then she takes white sweet potato, 690 00:39:42,120 --> 00:39:45,840 Speaker 1: onion and spinach saute is all that up. Adds the 691 00:39:45,840 --> 00:39:50,080 Speaker 1: egg in a big pan and cottage cheese because it's 692 00:39:50,080 --> 00:39:52,400 Speaker 1: how we get more protein, and lets that bake in 693 00:39:52,440 --> 00:39:54,520 Speaker 1: the oven at four hundred for like thirty to forty 694 00:39:54,560 --> 00:39:57,440 Speaker 1: five minutes, and that's her lunches, her breakfast throughout the 695 00:39:57,440 --> 00:40:01,360 Speaker 1: whole week. Thank y'all so much for listening to my show. 696 00:40:02,160 --> 00:40:05,000 Speaker 1: We'll see you tomorrow. It's The News Blitz with Randy 697 00:40:05,040 --> 00:40:07,040 Speaker 1: Wang on KA b C.