WEBVTT - Getting Young People Interested In Voting 0:00:00.960 --> 0:00:07.400 Everything the mainstream media left out, delivered just right. 0:00:08.440 --> 0:00:09.900 It's the John Phillips Show. 0:00:10.840 --> 0:00:14.900 It is the John Phillips Show. Johnny's on vacation this week, 0:00:15.000 --> 0:00:17.439 but he's back on Monday, and we're having a good 0:00:17.520 --> 0:00:22.120 old time here at the chat room at johnnydontlike.com. You 0:00:22.140 --> 0:00:25.050 can listen to us on the radio, 790k ABC in 0:00:25.070 --> 0:00:28.430 Southern California, 810k SFO in the Bay Area, but the 0:00:28.570 --> 0:00:31.540 ultimate way to experience this show... is to watch it 0:00:31.680 --> 0:00:35.060 live on video and participate in the chat room. Blast 0:00:35.100 --> 0:00:38.740 away at Baccaria, Bonta, whoever you want to. Hey, that rhymed. 0:00:39.080 --> 0:00:42.909 At johnnydontlike.com. While you're there, make sure to hit the 0:00:42.950 --> 0:00:45.550 like button. We're at over 300 likes on today's show. 0:00:45.659 --> 0:00:48.610 And make sure you're subscribed to the channel. It's completely free. 0:00:49.110 --> 0:00:51.550 And the more we get that, the more YouTube pushes 0:00:51.590 --> 0:00:54.270 us out to new people and more people get this 0:00:54.370 --> 0:01:01.840 message every single day at johnnydontlike.com. We are less than 0:01:01.960 --> 0:01:06.470 two weeks away from the end of election season. And 0:01:06.750 --> 0:01:11.550 as of today, in the state of California, 8% of 0:01:11.630 --> 0:01:16.990 Californians have voted early and sent in their ballot. 92% 0:01:16.990 --> 0:01:20.429 of Californians have yet to fill out the ballot and 0:01:20.550 --> 0:01:24.090 send it in despite it getting mailed to them two 0:01:24.550 --> 0:01:30.959 weeks ago. And if you break down those demographics by age, 0:01:31.760 --> 0:01:36.560 it gets a little worse. Because the elderly out there, 0:01:36.560 --> 0:01:38.080 65 plus, 19% have voted already of that group. 9% 0:01:38.080 --> 0:01:39.960 of people in the 55-64s. 35-49s at 4%. And young people, 0:01:40.020 --> 0:01:45.120 the voters that are always trying to get reached out to, 3% 0:01:56.460 --> 0:02:00.750 of people 18 to 34 have participated so far in 0:02:00.810 --> 0:02:04.550 this election. So what do we do about that? Our 0:02:04.590 --> 0:02:08.169 next guest is the vice chair of the LA County 0:02:08.389 --> 0:02:13.200 Young Republicans. You can get them at LAC underscore YR 0:02:13.360 --> 0:02:15.480 on X, and you can follow her on X at 0:02:15.639 --> 0:02:19.800 Austin Mocker for CA. Ariana Austin Mocker, welcome to the show. 0:02:19.820 --> 0:02:21.960 Thank you so much for having. 0:02:21.700 --> 0:02:22.100 Me, Randy. 0:02:22.820 --> 0:02:26.359 So Ariana, first tell us about your organization and how 0:02:26.440 --> 0:02:30.280 you got into politics and specifically this world. Yeah. 0:02:30.360 --> 0:02:33.780 So the LA County young Republicans is a young professional 0:02:33.840 --> 0:02:37.230 organization for 18 to 40 year olds with a political spin. 0:02:37.770 --> 0:02:43.669 We bring people together for social, uh, professional and political activism. 0:02:44.030 --> 0:02:47.030 So whatever you're looking for, we're trying to bring like-minded 0:02:47.090 --> 0:02:50.950 people together. You don't have to be registered Republican. If 0:02:51.030 --> 0:02:54.890 you're just fed up with the one party rule business 0:02:54.930 --> 0:02:58.010 as usual that we face here in LA County, we 0:02:58.050 --> 0:02:59.890 are welcoming you to come out and join us. 0:03:01.070 --> 0:03:04.880 And what is your organization do to get young people 0:03:04.919 --> 0:03:07.800 to want to do the very simple thing of paying 0:03:07.860 --> 0:03:10.220 attention to what's going on around them and how they 0:03:10.240 --> 0:03:11.140 can change things? 0:03:11.750 --> 0:03:14.900 Definitely. So we start out with the most simple form 0:03:15.020 --> 0:03:18.540 of recruitment, which is social. So we have monthly mixers. 0:03:18.800 --> 0:03:22.400 Our next mixer is actually this Thursday in Pasadena. You 0:03:22.440 --> 0:03:24.840 can find out the details on any of our social 0:03:24.870 --> 0:03:29.990 media platforms at LAC underscore YR. They are free to attend. 0:03:30.130 --> 0:03:33.190 You come out, you get to meet like-minded individuals and 0:03:33.230 --> 0:03:36.430 build a community. I think first and foremost, that's what 0:03:36.470 --> 0:03:40.040 young people are looking for, especially when you live in 0:03:40.080 --> 0:03:42.140 a place like Los Angeles, or you might work in 0:03:42.180 --> 0:03:46.950 an industry where being conservative or being Republican is not popular, 0:03:46.970 --> 0:03:50.490 we provide that place for you. And then once people 0:03:50.530 --> 0:03:54.310 start getting engaged, we then have other avenues for them 0:03:54.430 --> 0:03:57.510 to participate in. We do a lot of professional networking, 0:03:57.850 --> 0:04:02.460 especially with College Republicans, Turning Point, getting people to stay 0:04:02.480 --> 0:04:05.980 in LA County and not flee to other states like 0:04:06.040 --> 0:04:08.420 Texas and Florida. And then we do a lot of 0:04:08.480 --> 0:04:12.000 political activism. Last weekend, we were just door knocking in 0:04:12.040 --> 0:04:16.690 Santa Clarita and the Antelope Valley to protect some incredible 0:04:16.730 --> 0:04:21.289 candidates up there. We do statewide deployments. We provide hotel rooms. 0:04:21.730 --> 0:04:25.710 We provide gas reimbursements, meals. So we make it affordable. 0:04:26.029 --> 0:04:29.170 And all we're asking for is your time. And with that, 0:04:29.230 --> 0:04:34.130 we lean into the messaging that right now, the decisions 0:04:34.210 --> 0:04:37.099 and the votes that you are casting is setting you 0:04:37.260 --> 0:04:39.400 up for the future of what you're going to be 0:04:39.440 --> 0:04:41.580 paying for in the long run. And so we try 0:04:41.600 --> 0:04:44.760 to explain that to people. And there are a lot 0:04:44.800 --> 0:04:47.140 of young people who are fed up and tired and 0:04:47.550 --> 0:04:50.490 looking for a change. And that's what we're trying to 0:04:50.550 --> 0:04:51.130 offer to them. 0:04:52.170 --> 0:04:55.029 In your opinion, when you have these mixers and you 0:04:55.070 --> 0:04:57.909 talk to people, maybe it's people, it's their first time voting, 0:04:57.950 --> 0:05:00.440 their first time paying attention to what's going on. Maybe 0:05:00.480 --> 0:05:02.580 they just got to the age where they can vote. 0:05:03.279 --> 0:05:05.600 What would you say are, for the young people out 0:05:05.660 --> 0:05:08.040 there that go to your events that are in your circles, 0:05:08.420 --> 0:05:11.700 what are the most important issues to them in this election? 0:05:12.380 --> 0:05:15.890 The number one issue, hands down, with Gen Z and 0:05:15.930 --> 0:05:19.789 even millennials is cost of living. Affordability across the board, 0:05:19.830 --> 0:05:23.650 whether we're talking about the paycheck and the taxes being 0:05:23.690 --> 0:05:26.590 taken out, whether we're talking about the cost of rent, 0:05:26.710 --> 0:05:29.390 the cost of utilities, we're talking about the cost of 0:05:29.440 --> 0:05:33.610 groceries and gas. Everybody is struggling. And so for us, 0:05:34.010 --> 0:05:38.350 having those conversations and making sure people understand the difference 0:05:38.450 --> 0:05:42.230 between the federal government and the state government is huge. 0:05:43.110 --> 0:05:45.990 Democrats in California like to blame Trump for what's going 0:05:46.070 --> 0:05:48.950 on here, but it is clear as day, Trump does 0:05:48.990 --> 0:05:53.210 not run California. Democrats run California. Democrats run Los Angeles 0:05:53.250 --> 0:05:56.530 County and Los Angeles City, and they have for 10, 20, 0:05:56.500 --> 0:06:01.810 30 years. And so people who are struggling need to 0:06:02.310 --> 0:06:05.650 understand that difference. And that's the biggest issue that we 0:06:05.710 --> 0:06:07.790 help them start to come to terms with. 0:06:08.510 --> 0:06:12.390 Well, and you talk about affordability gas prices is definitely 0:06:12.470 --> 0:06:14.920 one of the things that everyone thinks about as a, 0:06:14.960 --> 0:06:17.460 you know, in LA County, we're looking at some stations 0:06:17.500 --> 0:06:20.960 where it's $ 7 a gallon and only going up and 0:06:20.980 --> 0:06:23.900 Javier Becerra, one of the candidates running for governor was 0:06:24.100 --> 0:06:27.089 asked about that, asked about, you know, uh, things that 0:06:27.150 --> 0:06:30.310 his opponent, Steve Hilton wants to do, including. getting rid 0:06:30.470 --> 0:06:33.050 of the gas tax and cap and trade where we're 0:06:33.089 --> 0:06:37.419 subsidizing the high speed rail. And his answer was, well, no, 0:06:37.460 --> 0:06:40.479 we can't do that. The reason the gas prices are 0:06:40.500 --> 0:06:42.170 high is because of the war in Iran. And while 0:06:42.210 --> 0:06:45.450 that is true, There's nothing the governor of California can 0:06:45.470 --> 0:06:48.870 do about that. And even besides that, gas prices are 0:06:48.890 --> 0:06:53.070 still $ 2 on average higher here than our neighboring states 0:06:53.150 --> 0:06:56.880 or even places like Hawaii. And that's something that people, 0:06:56.960 --> 0:07:00.960 especially young people, have to stretch and deal with every 0:07:01.080 --> 0:07:01.690 single week. 0:07:03.080 --> 0:07:07.640 Agreed. We have current Republican legislators like Senator Tony Strickland, 0:07:08.000 --> 0:07:12.860 who have asked multiple times for our Democrat legislature and 0:07:12.920 --> 0:07:16.680 for the governor to suspend the gas tax to help 0:07:16.780 --> 0:07:19.220 out the wallets of the people who are paying at 0:07:19.260 --> 0:07:23.400 the pump. And they continuously say no. They don't understand 0:07:23.670 --> 0:07:27.450 that people are commuting, people are driving. In a place 0:07:27.490 --> 0:07:31.110 like Los Angeles, it is not possible to... to survive 0:07:31.190 --> 0:07:35.890 on public transit. So to be able to try to 0:07:35.980 --> 0:07:40.660 defer and blame Trump again and again, you said it perfectly. 0:07:40.800 --> 0:07:45.640 We have $ 2 more expensive gas than Hawaii. The problem 0:07:45.700 --> 0:07:49.710 is not President Trump. The problem is our state legislature 0:07:50.050 --> 0:07:54.950 who is making these decisions and punishing Californians for their choices. 0:07:55.930 --> 0:07:58.490 And of course, Javier Becerra says, well, we can't get 0:07:58.550 --> 0:08:00.490 rid of the gas tax because how do we pay 0:08:00.530 --> 0:08:03.510 for our immaculate roads? One, the roads are not immaculate. 0:08:03.550 --> 0:08:06.270 They're a mess even with the gas tax. And two, 0:08:06.610 --> 0:08:11.670 the gas tax only raises about $ 8 billion. The state's 0:08:11.750 --> 0:08:16.910 budget is $ 350 billion. You're telling me there's nowhere else 0:08:17.010 --> 0:08:19.390 in the state's budget we could find time to close 0:08:19.430 --> 0:08:22.230 down the 405 every other week to pave those lanes? 0:08:23.150 --> 0:08:25.370 I'm pretty sure we could stop putting money to the 0:08:25.410 --> 0:08:29.490 bullet train nowhere and supply funds to fix our roads there. 0:08:30.410 --> 0:08:37.270 Two very different transportation issues. One that Californians need, the 0:08:37.370 --> 0:08:38.330 other we don't need. 0:08:39.429 --> 0:08:43.359 We're speaking with Arianna Ossenmacher. She is the vice chair 0:08:43.480 --> 0:08:47.400 of L.A. County Young Republicans, getting young kids to pay 0:08:47.440 --> 0:08:51.490 attention to what's going on and vote. I got to 0:08:51.530 --> 0:08:54.280 pick your brain on this because it's something that I'm 0:08:54.320 --> 0:08:58.600 dealing with as well. The people in your organization, the 0:08:58.620 --> 0:09:00.620 people that you talk to, the people that go to 0:09:00.660 --> 0:09:04.489 your events, how are they feeling about this L.A. mayor's race? 0:09:05.570 --> 0:09:09.569 You know, it is unfortunate. Had our primary been a 0:09:09.610 --> 0:09:12.390 different scenario and we had Spencer Pratt on the ballot 0:09:12.410 --> 0:09:14.190 this time around, I think it would be clear as 0:09:14.230 --> 0:09:17.380 day for people. But again, we're going back to the 0:09:17.420 --> 0:09:21.540 conversation of one party rule. They've made it legal over 0:09:21.600 --> 0:09:24.700 the last 10 to 15 years for what happened in 0:09:24.760 --> 0:09:28.520 our primary. So we have two bad options. But that 0:09:28.559 --> 0:09:31.220 doesn't mean we stay home. That doesn't mean you skip 0:09:31.280 --> 0:09:33.800 the race and you don't vote for mayor. I think 0:09:33.870 --> 0:09:37.750 it's pretty clear Karen Bass is a bad choice. But 0:09:37.990 --> 0:09:41.420 we know what we're getting with Karen Bass. I personally 0:09:41.500 --> 0:09:44.520 could never bring myself to vote for a DSA candidate 0:09:44.559 --> 0:09:49.780 like Nithya Raman. The jeopardy that we put our city in, 0:09:50.260 --> 0:09:53.809 as well as the lives of Jewish people in L.A., 0:09:54.270 --> 0:09:57.430 is just it's incoherent. And I would never do that. 0:09:57.510 --> 0:10:00.910 And so we are encouraging our members. to vote for 0:10:00.980 --> 0:10:04.360 Karen Bass, encouraging those that feel like they don't have 0:10:04.400 --> 0:10:07.480 a choice to stick with what we know. It is 0:10:07.640 --> 0:10:10.760 an unfortunate choice, but it's better than the alternative. 0:10:11.770 --> 0:10:14.530 What do you think is the draw that so many 0:10:14.730 --> 0:10:19.140 young people are turning to the DSA these days? That 0:10:19.440 --> 0:10:22.060 there is this boost of support among young people for 0:10:22.120 --> 0:10:25.200 somebody like Nithya Raman. Is it a generational thing, or 0:10:25.660 --> 0:10:27.920 what do you think is the draw there? Something that 0:10:27.950 --> 0:10:29.870 I'm sure you're trying to fight against every day. 0:10:29.890 --> 0:10:34.309 To a point, I do think it's ideology. I'm not 0:10:34.330 --> 0:10:36.890 going to speak to Nithya Raman, but to speak to 0:10:36.910 --> 0:10:39.800 what Mom Donnie has done in New York, He makes 0:10:39.880 --> 0:10:46.520 promises as it relates to cost of living, affordability, utilities, groceries. 0:10:46.880 --> 0:10:53.690 He's offering these ideas that sound wonderful, especially for young 0:10:53.750 --> 0:10:57.209 people who have grown up being told if you work hard, 0:10:57.610 --> 0:10:59.790 if you go to school, you're going to be able 0:10:59.830 --> 0:11:02.589 to afford the American dream. And currently that is not 0:11:02.630 --> 0:11:05.890 possible in Los Angeles. I mean, I still have to 0:11:05.970 --> 0:11:08.770 rent here. I'm not able to buy a home. So 0:11:09.350 --> 0:11:16.210 ideas sound great. The disconnect for the DSA is actual application. 0:11:16.710 --> 0:11:20.360 The ideas that they want to apply are not realistic. 0:11:20.660 --> 0:11:25.679 You can't offer free health care, free housing, free groceries 0:11:26.120 --> 0:11:31.020 to all of these people in these large urban areas. 0:11:31.530 --> 0:11:35.510 the money that comes from behind, it's not free. Somebody 0:11:35.550 --> 0:11:37.580 is paying the bill at the end of the day. 0:11:38.050 --> 0:11:42.080 And that ends up being taxpayers, people who work hard 0:11:42.100 --> 0:11:45.670 to actually provide for their families and set themselves up. 0:11:45.780 --> 0:11:48.929 And so I think the idea sounds great to young people. 0:11:48.980 --> 0:11:52.939 They're frustrated. They're angry. They can't afford anything. But what 0:11:52.980 --> 0:11:55.420 we need to do as Republicans and what I think 0:11:55.460 --> 0:11:59.040 Steve Hilton is doing wonderfully and what Spencer Pratt did 0:11:59.160 --> 0:12:03.210 really well was change the messaging, change the narrative, speak 0:12:03.250 --> 0:12:06.630 to the frustrations that people are feeling, and then hit 0:12:06.690 --> 0:12:08.930 home with policy that actually changes that. 0:12:09.770 --> 0:12:11.710 It is one of the things that is wild to me. 0:12:11.809 --> 0:12:15.250 I understand that things get very tribalistic out here and 0:12:16.080 --> 0:12:19.020 you know, what happens nationally, people pay attention to more 0:12:19.059 --> 0:12:21.350 than what's going on locally. But if you just looked 0:12:21.380 --> 0:12:25.470 at these two gubernatorial candidates based on the policies that 0:12:25.510 --> 0:12:27.830 they're putting out there and Hilton has been going up 0:12:27.870 --> 0:12:30.830 and down the state, $ 3 gas, cut your electric bills 0:12:30.890 --> 0:12:32.870 in half. Here's how we can do it. The other 0:12:32.929 --> 0:12:36.569 States can do it. Javier Becerra doesn't really have anything 0:12:36.630 --> 0:12:39.630 like that. And he's still up by 20 points. It 0:12:39.690 --> 0:12:41.170 is just, it is baffling. 0:12:42.240 --> 0:12:45.990 We'll say this. We do live in a voter registration disadvantage. 0:12:46.050 --> 0:12:49.930 So that's the thing to keep in mind. But polling 0:12:50.370 --> 0:12:54.690 isn't all of it. Early voting opens this weekend. And 0:12:54.790 --> 0:13:00.060 as we know, conservatives, Republicans and even independents tend to 0:13:00.120 --> 0:13:03.620 start to vote in person, especially those that are concerned 0:13:03.679 --> 0:13:06.060 about vote by mail and what we've seen over the 0:13:06.120 --> 0:13:09.520 last six years. So my hope is that with early 0:13:09.580 --> 0:13:13.859 voting opening this Saturday, October 24th, people will start going 0:13:13.980 --> 0:13:17.360 out and voting in person. We can't play catch up. 0:13:17.440 --> 0:13:20.420 We need people to show up. We need them to vote. 0:13:20.860 --> 0:13:23.400 If we want to make these races closer, if we 0:13:23.420 --> 0:13:25.420 want to make it competitive, and if we want to 0:13:25.460 --> 0:13:29.660 make Democrats start to actually change their policies and not 0:13:29.710 --> 0:13:32.970 continue on with business as normal, then Republicans need to 0:13:33.050 --> 0:13:37.590 vote higher than 14% or 20% in an election. And 0:13:37.620 --> 0:13:39.870 to that point, young people need to start showing up 0:13:39.929 --> 0:13:42.030 more than the 3% that have voted so far. 0:13:43.410 --> 0:13:46.689 What would you say to people out there? They got 0:13:46.750 --> 0:13:50.890 their ballot and they're not really that excited about filling 0:13:50.910 --> 0:13:53.300 it out. Maybe it's because there's not that many good options. 0:13:53.700 --> 0:13:57.580 Maybe they think the deck is stacked against them in registration. 0:13:57.620 --> 0:14:00.020 There are some people that think that there's something shady 0:14:00.059 --> 0:14:02.570 going on What would you say to the people that 0:14:02.590 --> 0:14:05.550 aren't sure they're going to fill out their ballot this season? 0:14:06.309 --> 0:14:08.969 I would say that that's a huge mistake. I think 0:14:09.090 --> 0:14:12.500 that this is a midterm and we need to prove 0:14:12.510 --> 0:14:13.580 the narrative wrong. 0:14:14.600 --> 0:14:14.780 L.A. 0:14:14.840 --> 0:14:18.800 County GOP, the Republican Party here, has done an amazing 0:14:18.880 --> 0:14:25.500 job providing a custom voter guide. If you go to VoteDifferentLA.com, 0:14:25.870 --> 0:14:29.030 you type in your address and And it spits out 0:14:29.570 --> 0:14:33.750 a voter guide that'll match exactly on your ballot with 0:14:33.930 --> 0:14:39.840 endorsed Republican candidates and recommended Democrat or independent candidates. So 0:14:39.880 --> 0:14:43.320 it's giving you the best option, even in those races 0:14:43.380 --> 0:14:46.600 that you don't feel like you have a good choice in. 0:14:47.260 --> 0:14:51.359 This is backed research. These are thoroughly vetted. And we 0:14:51.420 --> 0:14:53.800 want people to make sure they vote to feel like 0:14:53.820 --> 0:14:56.990 they have an option. I will also say, If you 0:14:57.030 --> 0:14:58.989 want to tell me that your voice doesn't matter or 0:14:59.030 --> 0:15:02.110 your vote doesn't matter, we had a state Senate seat 0:15:02.570 --> 0:15:07.110 that represents over 1 million constituents in California determined by 0:15:07.110 --> 0:15:11.330 12 votes four years ago. That to me tells me 0:15:11.370 --> 0:15:14.360 that my vote matters, that if a race that close 0:15:14.410 --> 0:15:18.220 overseeing that many people can be determined by 12 votes, 0:15:18.620 --> 0:15:20.520 that means that I need to do my due diligence 0:15:20.540 --> 0:15:21.960 and I need to show up and I need to vote. 0:15:22.040 --> 0:15:25.060 And that needs to be the message to everybody. Uh, 0:15:25.360 --> 0:15:27.760 our future is on the ballot right now. And, and 0:15:27.840 --> 0:15:30.860 it requires you to show up and participate. If you 0:15:30.880 --> 0:15:32.880 don't participate, you don't get to complain. 0:15:34.360 --> 0:15:39.080 Ariana Asenmacher, vice chair of the Los Angeles County Young Republicans. 0:15:39.120 --> 0:15:41.500 You can find out all of their monthly events and 0:15:41.520 --> 0:15:44.330 you can join and maybe meet some people. IRL, as 0:15:44.380 --> 0:15:48.570 the kids say, LAC underscore YR. You can follow her 0:15:48.590 --> 0:15:53.150 on X and Asenmacher4CA. Ariana, thank you so much for 0:15:53.210 --> 0:15:54.390 spending some time with us today. 0:15:54.940 --> 0:15:56.700 Thank you, Randy. I hope you have a great day. 0:15:57.460 --> 0:16:00.420 It's Randy Wang here on The John Phillips Show. Johnny's 0:16:00.500 --> 0:16:02.740 on vacation, but we're having a good old time here. 0:16:02.780 --> 0:16:05.750 It's Randy Wang, and we've got the chat room open, 0:16:05.780 --> 0:16:09.170 having a blast at johnnydontlike.com. You never know who's going 0:16:09.190 --> 0:16:10.950 to be in there. Jeff Vaughn popped in for a 0:16:10.950 --> 0:16:13.650 little bit. Somebody just popped in, asked if I would 0:16:13.730 --> 0:16:17.290 sign their PGP shirt, which, boy, that throws me back. 0:16:18.230 --> 0:16:22.170 So for many, many years, back when podcasting was cool 0:16:22.470 --> 0:16:25.320 and just the new kids were doing it, I hosted 0:16:25.360 --> 0:16:27.860 a podcast called The Pretty Good Podcast with my old 0:16:27.900 --> 0:16:31.280 friend Gina Grad, and that's so cool that someone's in 0:16:31.320 --> 0:16:34.359 the chat room that remembers that show because that thing 0:16:34.380 --> 0:16:36.820 went off the air over a decade ago when we 0:16:36.860 --> 0:16:39.480 got too busy to do it because I was working 0:16:39.580 --> 0:16:41.620 all the time over here and she was working on 0:16:41.640 --> 0:16:45.280 the Adam Carolla show. Anyway, that makes me happy. Although 0:16:45.300 --> 0:16:47.470 I'm really glad that I took all those episodes off 0:16:47.510 --> 0:16:49.330 the air because, boy, did I say a lot of 0:16:49.410 --> 0:16:56.550 embarrassing stuff on that show. Also... I'm not sure because 0:16:56.850 --> 0:17:00.050 I don't remember things perfectly because I did a lot 0:17:00.090 --> 0:17:04.630 of smoking pot in those days. But I think that 0:17:04.859 --> 0:17:07.460 I used to have Shang's tick when I hosted that 0:17:07.560 --> 0:17:09.660 show at the ripe old age of 23. Absolutely. 0:17:09.859 --> 0:17:11.159 Absolutely. 0:17:12.840 --> 0:17:15.660 I think I used to respond to things with absolutely 0:17:16.140 --> 0:17:19.780 all the time. So I can't have that anywhere out 0:17:19.820 --> 0:17:25.180 there on the internets. I am so excited. We're 30 0:17:25.180 --> 0:17:28.990 minutes away from the premiere of our latest episode of 0:17:29.030 --> 0:17:34.790 the accountability podcast, accountability, accountability, accountability. And this one has 0:17:34.830 --> 0:17:38.040 been a long time coming. It was our gift to 0:17:38.100 --> 0:17:41.300 you for helping us get to 5,000 subscribers, which is 0:17:41.340 --> 0:17:45.060 wild because now we're almost at 10,000 subscribers. But a 0:17:45.100 --> 0:17:48.620 few weeks ago, John Phillips and I went down to 0:17:48.780 --> 0:17:52.290 Imperial beach at the Southern tip of San Diego County 0:17:52.310 --> 0:17:54.850 and to the Tijuana River Valley. 0:17:54.869 --> 0:17:56.389 You can smell it right here. 0:17:56.570 --> 0:17:59.129 We were joined by our friend Mike Netter, as well 0:17:59.290 --> 0:18:02.070 as some people who are locals in the area, including 0:18:02.090 --> 0:18:05.130 the mayor of Imperial Beach, who are trying to do 0:18:05.230 --> 0:18:08.210 something about the rotting stench that is coming out of 0:18:08.270 --> 0:18:14.560 Tijuana into this beautiful, gorgeous beach town. That very special 0:18:14.650 --> 0:18:21.590 episode of the Accountability Podcast premieres today at 2.59. So 0:18:21.970 --> 0:18:24.070 sign on right now. So you'll be there live and 0:18:24.090 --> 0:18:26.889 can watch it. It'll be a live premiere. So you 0:18:26.910 --> 0:18:29.110 can chat on it as well. 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I want to 0:19:01.680 --> 0:19:06.820 personally invite you to join us next Friday from noon 0:19:06.880 --> 0:19:12.180 to three in San Francisco in Union Square at Johnny 0:19:12.280 --> 0:19:15.590 Foley's Irish Pub. We're going to be broadcasting from there 0:19:15.650 --> 0:19:18.610 as we take over the spot from noon to 3, 0:19:18.609 --> 0:19:20.449 and we'll have a lot of special guests, a lot 0:19:20.490 --> 0:19:22.649 of great Bay Area guests that I don't think I've 0:19:22.690 --> 0:19:25.730 ever even met most of these people in person. And 0:19:25.869 --> 0:19:28.010 we're going to be there with our friend Susan Shelley, 0:19:28.030 --> 0:19:30.580 who I've met in person many times, as we talk 0:19:30.600 --> 0:19:34.619 about Prop 43, the Local Taxpayer Protection Act. Here's what 0:19:34.680 --> 0:19:36.320 we need you to do. First, if you want a 0:19:36.340 --> 0:19:40.379 free yard sign, go to yeson43. com. 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We'd love for you to join us 0:20:59.869 --> 0:21:01.850 while you're there. Make sure to hit the like button. 0:21:01.869 --> 0:21:05.310 We're at over 350 likes on today's show. And make 0:21:05.330 --> 0:21:10.280 sure you subscribe to the channel. We're at over 9,500 subscribers. 0:21:10.520 --> 0:21:14.560 Almost at 10,000. And yes, we have more than John Cobalt. 0:21:14.580 --> 0:21:20.179 So that makes me feel good. JohnnyDon'tLike.com Let's go to 0:21:20.220 --> 0:21:29.570 San Francisco for a completely insane story. San Francisco... has 0:21:29.609 --> 0:21:33.170 had a lot of improvements, but there are certain neighborhoods 0:21:33.250 --> 0:21:38.100 that are still a mess. The Tenderloin, Soma, the Mission. 0:21:39.560 --> 0:21:42.740 And one of the problems that we have in parts 0:21:42.800 --> 0:21:48.149 of San Francisco is open-air drug use. And even though 0:21:48.770 --> 0:21:53.510 that technically still is illegal, we don't have the will 0:21:53.590 --> 0:21:57.640 to actually do something about that. So the San Francisco 0:21:57.700 --> 0:22:02.310 Board of Supervisors has a new idea. Well, if we 0:22:02.369 --> 0:22:07.010 can't stop them from smoking fentanyl and meth, what if 0:22:07.070 --> 0:22:11.370 we banned the butane lighters that they were using to 0:22:11.490 --> 0:22:18.670 smoke the fentanyl and meth? Because the butane lighters that 0:22:18.770 --> 0:22:23.750 the drug users use, well, they have locks on them, 0:22:23.990 --> 0:22:27.190 and then when they pass out, They can start fires. 0:22:30.140 --> 0:22:34.379 For more on this insanity, we go to ABC7 in 0:22:34.400 --> 0:22:39.020 the Bay Area and one of my favorite reporters, Leanne Melendez. 0:22:39.420 --> 0:22:42.109 A growing fire danger on San Francisco streets is prompting 0:22:42.160 --> 0:22:43.410 city leaders to take action. 0:22:43.730 --> 0:22:47.190 Supervisors are considering a ban on the sale of powerful 0:22:47.270 --> 0:22:52.550 butane torches, the locked lighters commonly used by some unhoused residents. ABC7, 0:22:52.570 --> 0:22:52.990 I would. 0:22:53.330 --> 0:22:58.949 Forget banning the drugs... Let's ban the lighters. Which is 0:22:59.030 --> 0:23:01.899 also interesting because aren't we still passing out the pipes? 0:23:02.280 --> 0:23:04.919 I know Lurie says we're not, but they still kind 0:23:04.940 --> 0:23:10.400 of are. That's like giving somebody crab legs and not 0:23:10.440 --> 0:23:11.420 giving them a cruncher. 0:23:12.160 --> 0:23:15.699 Yeah, well, because these lighters have a lock feature, the 0:23:15.740 --> 0:23:20.050 flame stays on continuously. So think about that for a moment. 0:23:20.540 --> 0:23:24.370 because people can pass out after using drugs or simply 0:23:24.570 --> 0:23:28.449 misuse them. San Francisco could be the first city in 0:23:28.510 --> 0:23:31.830 the country to ban not all of them, just the 0:23:31.950 --> 0:23:35.850 cheap plastic lockable ones that, as you will see here, 0:23:36.010 --> 0:23:39.070 are abundant in places like the Tenderloin. 0:23:40.530 --> 0:23:44.470 San Francisco, which earlier this year looked at trying to 0:23:44.550 --> 0:23:49.399 ban Whippets... is now looking to ban butane lighters because 0:23:49.460 --> 0:23:51.810 it'll be a lot harder for the meth heads to 0:23:51.930 --> 0:23:55.090 melt their meth in the county-funded pipe. 0:23:56.750 --> 0:24:00.330 It was just another day in San Francisco's Tenderloin neighborhood 0:24:00.790 --> 0:24:05.150