WEBVTT - Xavier Becerra's Insane New Energy Proposal 0:00:00.980 --> 0:00:04.760 Some might label us right wing. We say clip our 0:00:04.820 --> 0:00:07.720 wings and just call us right. 0:00:08.800 --> 0:00:10.270 It's the John Phillips Show. 0:00:11.310 --> 0:00:15.090 It is the John Phillips Show. Johnny's on vacation. It's 0:00:15.150 --> 0:00:18.050 Randy Wang here. And you can join us live whether 0:00:18.070 --> 0:00:22.060 you're listening on the radio on 790K ABC in Southern California, 0:00:22.700 --> 0:00:26.270 810K SFO in the Bay Area. hop on the live stream, 0:00:26.329 --> 0:00:28.630 play around in the chat room, and tell me when 0:00:28.730 --> 0:00:31.290 all of a sudden the sound isn't working because somebody 0:00:31.330 --> 0:00:37.290 messed with the board at johnnydontlike.com. That's Johnny with a Y, johnnydontlike.com. 0:00:37.690 --> 0:00:39.930 You can watch us do the show, react to the 0:00:39.990 --> 0:00:43.340 news of the day, and have a ton of fun 0:00:43.530 --> 0:00:45.580 in the chat room as we go after all of 0:00:45.680 --> 0:00:55.680 our local elected officials in California at johnnydontlike.com. Javier Becerra's 0:00:55.740 --> 0:00:59.660 handlers think he's doing so well in this race that 0:00:59.700 --> 0:01:02.360 they let him come out of his hidey hole to 0:01:02.380 --> 0:01:08.670 do a one-on-one interview with ABC 10 in Sacramento. And 0:01:09.350 --> 0:01:15.170 let's just say Javier Becerra's policy proposals are either so 0:01:15.360 --> 0:01:19.000 weird they don't make any sense or they are severely 0:01:19.400 --> 0:01:21.580 lacking in details. 0:01:21.880 --> 0:01:22.369 Scrub it. 0:01:23.150 --> 0:01:26.490 Let's hear what Becerra has to say about the cost 0:01:26.569 --> 0:01:30.470 of housing, the cost of utilities, which is something people 0:01:30.530 --> 0:01:34.110 in Los Angeles are freaking out about right now, and 0:01:34.150 --> 0:01:36.130 the cost of gasoline. 0:01:36.910 --> 0:01:40.450 For more, here is ABC 10 and Alex Bell. 0:01:40.470 --> 0:01:43.300 I'm going to start with housing first. You have said 0:01:43.330 --> 0:01:46.140 that you will declare a housing emergency on day one. 0:01:46.800 --> 0:01:50.000 What would declaring that housing emergency actually do for Californians? 0:01:50.780 --> 0:01:54.200 First, it would locate within the governor's office the team 0:01:54.220 --> 0:01:56.640 that's going to start tackling this right away, working with 0:01:56.680 --> 0:01:57.280 local government. 0:01:57.580 --> 0:02:00.080 Wait, didn't Karen Bass, when she ran for mayor, say 0:02:00.100 --> 0:02:01.480 the first thing I'm going to do is declare a 0:02:01.500 --> 0:02:03.810 state of emergency on homelessness, and then there's going to 0:02:03.830 --> 0:02:04.570 be no homeless? 0:02:06.370 --> 0:02:08.150 Yeah, that doesn't really mean anything. 0:02:09.389 --> 0:02:12.350 With the industry, one, we'll start to look at shot 0:02:12.410 --> 0:02:15.390 clocks so people, the developers, will know how long they 0:02:15.410 --> 0:02:17.970 have to wait to get their permits. We'll try to 0:02:18.030 --> 0:02:21.500 reduce bureaucracy. We've tackled some of CEQA. We'll try to 0:02:21.540 --> 0:02:23.990 do everything we can to not so much deal with 0:02:24.040 --> 0:02:27.649 the substance, the protections that we want for our communities, 0:02:28.070 --> 0:02:31.510 but the process, the things that drive length of time. 0:02:32.270 --> 0:02:35.530 Time is money, so the things that drive costs up because. 0:02:35.340 --> 0:02:36.180 It takes so long. 0:02:36.580 --> 0:02:39.240 We'll try to make it so that that process, that 0:02:39.280 --> 0:02:41.220 bureaucracy is pared down. 0:02:41.639 --> 0:02:42.840 We'll also try to increase. 0:02:42.860 --> 0:02:45.180 So we're not going to kill the bureaucracy, nor are 0:02:45.220 --> 0:02:47.450 we going to get rid of the private right of 0:02:47.590 --> 0:02:50.840 action that allows anybody to sue over anything... when it 0:02:50.900 --> 0:02:53.579 comes to CEQA slowing down and making all kinds of 0:02:53.620 --> 0:02:57.239 building more expensive. But don't you worry, Becerra is going 0:02:57.260 --> 0:02:58.500 to deal with the bureaucracy. 0:02:58.560 --> 0:03:02.810 The bureaucracy is real. Not a whole lot of specifics yet, huh? 0:03:02.820 --> 0:03:03.310 Apply. 0:03:03.690 --> 0:03:05.170 And this is where it's going to be really important 0:03:05.190 --> 0:03:08.210 that folks vote for Prop 1, because Prop 1 gives 0:03:08.270 --> 0:03:11.630 us the resources to get more than 40,000 housing units 0:03:11.710 --> 0:03:12.930 that are actually ready to go. 0:03:13.490 --> 0:03:15.070 Just they need a little bit of financing. 0:03:16.740 --> 0:03:20.459 What exactly does that mean? So prop one is a 0:03:20.540 --> 0:03:24.100 housing bond. And according to Bakari and he's been campaigning 0:03:24.160 --> 0:03:29.260 on this, there's 40,000 homes ready to start production right now, 0:03:30.000 --> 0:03:32.079 but we don't have any money for it. So the 0:03:32.139 --> 0:03:35.770 state is subsidizing it. But what exactly is the taxpayer 0:03:35.810 --> 0:03:38.210 getting out of it? Because you know what? We pay 0:03:38.270 --> 0:03:41.870 for a lot of subsidized housing in the state of California, 0:03:42.030 --> 0:03:44.090 in the County of Los Angeles, in the County of 0:03:44.150 --> 0:03:49.550 San Francisco. And, um, Has it really made the cost 0:03:49.690 --> 0:03:53.250 of buying a home or renting an apartment any cheaper 0:03:53.690 --> 0:03:57.150 except for the people that are being subsidized? You know, 0:03:57.310 --> 0:03:59.950 I watched the craziest video the other day. If we 0:03:59.990 --> 0:04:01.730 have a slow day, maybe I'll play it for you 0:04:01.810 --> 0:04:04.990 on here. But it's this woman, I think her name 0:04:05.070 --> 0:04:09.180 is Yoon Kim, and she did a video on YouTube 0:04:09.560 --> 0:04:15.530 talking about who actually lives in some of these rent 0:04:15.550 --> 0:04:19.930 stabilization buildings in downtown Los Angeles that are being bought 0:04:20.050 --> 0:04:24.270 up by developers who are taking people who live there 0:04:24.370 --> 0:04:27.480 at a low fixed rent because of rent control, giving 0:04:27.510 --> 0:04:32.659 them a big option of giving them like $ 10, 000 to leave. 0:04:32.700 --> 0:04:35.020 So then they can raise that rent. And the thing 0:04:35.040 --> 0:04:36.700 that's funny about it, because I don't think that was 0:04:36.740 --> 0:04:39.900 the point of it, but every single person who lived 0:04:40.100 --> 0:04:43.870 in the rent stabilized building on rampart that was covered 0:04:43.900 --> 0:04:47.770 in this video is was on some kind of government subsidy, 0:04:48.370 --> 0:04:51.950 whether it was some kind of student program, some kind 0:04:52.000 --> 0:04:54.960 of other housing program. The only people that were getting 0:04:55.020 --> 0:04:59.000 these apartments were people that were already on Section 8. 0:04:59.000 --> 0:05:01.560 So if you think about that, we're supposed to have 0:05:01.660 --> 0:05:05.020 rent control to keep the price of the apartments down. 0:05:05.320 --> 0:05:07.990 But the only people getting the rent control units are 0:05:08.010 --> 0:05:11.130 the people that are already on government assistance. And so 0:05:11.190 --> 0:05:14.110 the people buying these buildings know that the government's going 0:05:14.150 --> 0:05:16.450 to pay for two thirds of the rent. So if 0:05:16.470 --> 0:05:18.610 they pay for someone to move out and then they 0:05:18.650 --> 0:05:21.170 jack up the rent, the government will pay for someone 0:05:21.210 --> 0:05:22.090 else to go in there. 0:05:23.220 --> 0:05:25.240 Our system is a mess, everybody. 0:05:25.500 --> 0:05:27.680 Prop 1 will make it possible for us to get 0:05:27.720 --> 0:05:29.620 those shovels in ground. And so we'll do that. 0:05:29.730 --> 0:05:31.610 Then, of course, we want to help people who want 0:05:31.630 --> 0:05:33.950 to get into a home. And for most people who 0:05:33.990 --> 0:05:37.050 are renting, they're essentially paying for the mortgage for the 0:05:37.190 --> 0:05:38.370 owner of the property. 0:05:38.710 --> 0:05:41.090 Why not get to be the owner yourself? The only 0:05:41.110 --> 0:05:43.290 thing separating you from being the owner versus the renter? 0:05:43.890 --> 0:05:44.430 Down payment. 0:05:44.870 --> 0:05:46.250 Well, that's part of it. 0:05:47.660 --> 0:05:49.240 It used to be that the only thing you would 0:05:49.279 --> 0:05:51.940 think about is the down payment, but you also have 0:05:51.960 --> 0:05:56.030 to think about property taxes. And when you buy a 0:05:56.070 --> 0:05:58.490 home at today's rates and you buy a home at 0:05:58.550 --> 0:06:02.950 today's prices, those property taxes get reevaluated and they go 0:06:03.010 --> 0:06:06.390 up quite a bit. Not only that, you have to 0:06:06.440 --> 0:06:10.260 think about the cost of insurance because your mortgage is 0:06:10.320 --> 0:06:13.560 not just the payment. It is the insurance and the 0:06:13.620 --> 0:06:16.000 property taxes, but sure. We're just going to help you 0:06:16.040 --> 0:06:18.920 with the down payment with the mortgage. You already can't 0:06:18.960 --> 0:06:21.349 afford by giving you a second loan just for the 0:06:21.380 --> 0:06:22.110 down payment. 0:06:23.290 --> 0:06:26.030 We'll expand those down payment assistance programs. So you can 0:06:26.089 --> 0:06:28.730 actually buy the place where you live rather than just renting. 0:06:29.550 --> 0:06:33.210 So, so far there's not any real specific plan, except 0:06:33.230 --> 0:06:34.810 we're going to do a little more and all these 0:06:34.850 --> 0:06:37.270 things that we're already doing that don't really work. 0:06:38.740 --> 0:06:39.250 Okay. 0:06:40.330 --> 0:06:42.370 Javier Baccaria, what else you got for us? 0:06:42.430 --> 0:06:43.349 You know, as you just. 0:06:43.230 --> 0:06:45.170 Mentioned, that a lot of your planet does depend on 0:06:45.230 --> 0:06:47.750 speeding up approvals and holding cities accountable. 0:06:47.870 --> 0:06:50.510 Hey, that's the name of our podcast. A new episode 0:06:50.589 --> 0:06:52.410 premieres today at 3. 0:06:52.410 --> 0:06:55.430 Well, how will you make that happen? Because obviously you 0:06:55.450 --> 0:06:57.740 will need the legislature as well as local governments. 0:06:58.180 --> 0:06:59.690 The way I did it when I was attorney general, 0:07:00.220 --> 0:07:02.060 in some cases I had to sue some of the 0:07:02.100 --> 0:07:06.000 local governments. Huntington Beach was refusing to deal with its 0:07:06.040 --> 0:07:07.020 housing element. 0:07:07.960 --> 0:07:08.760 Boy, here we go. 0:07:09.270 --> 0:07:12.270 We're starting off with one of Gavin Newsom's first actions 0:07:12.350 --> 0:07:17.010 as governor when Javier Baccaria was the attorney general. Suing 0:07:17.090 --> 0:07:21.600 Huntington Beach because Huntington Beach, which is pretty much completely 0:07:21.680 --> 0:07:24.840 built out, we need to level all the single-family homes 0:07:24.920 --> 0:07:28.940 and put up apartment buildings full of subsidized housing. That'll 0:07:28.980 --> 0:07:33.080 do it. And they sued Huntington Beach successfully. Has it 0:07:33.180 --> 0:07:35.640 lowered the cost of housing in Huntington Beach? 0:07:36.840 --> 0:07:37.500 It has not. 0:07:38.630 --> 0:07:41.870 Its responsibility to provide housing to its people and to 0:07:41.910 --> 0:07:44.550 be part of the California community. We sued them when 0:07:44.590 --> 0:07:47.550 they decided they were above the law, and we proved 0:07:47.570 --> 0:07:49.690 that they weren't. And we're going to do the same 0:07:49.730 --> 0:07:52.450 thing to make sure that locals work with the state 0:07:52.710 --> 0:07:54.910 to make sure we're producing the housing that we need. 0:07:55.270 --> 0:07:57.530 Where should the line be between local control and the 0:07:57.570 --> 0:07:59.270 state's need to build more housing? 0:08:00.270 --> 0:08:03.300 You always want to give local communities the final call 0:08:03.860 --> 0:08:05.440 but you don't want them to get in the way 0:08:05.680 --> 0:08:09.600 of what is a statewide emergency, a statewide policy. 0:08:09.640 --> 0:08:11.920 So Californians need a place to live. 0:08:13.660 --> 0:08:15.460 We should make it so that every Californian has to 0:08:15.500 --> 0:08:17.520 drive an hour to get to work and an hour 0:08:17.560 --> 0:08:18.200 to get back home. 0:08:18.600 --> 0:08:20.930 And so we have to have policy that coordinates. You 0:08:20.950 --> 0:08:24.730 may live in Rangitukumanga in Southern California, but work in LA. 0:08:24.990 --> 0:08:28.590 That doesn't help you. You may work in Davis in 0:08:28.770 --> 0:08:32.140 Northern California, but live in Sacramento. We have to. 0:08:32.380 --> 0:08:34.479 So you want all the people that enjoy living in 0:08:34.540 --> 0:08:40.060 Rancho Cucamonga to live in downtown LA? People might want 0:08:40.080 --> 0:08:43.329 to live out there by choice. You know, some people 0:08:43.990 --> 0:08:48.530 commute because of cost and some people commute because, well, 0:08:49.210 --> 0:08:53.449 it's not safe to live where you work. You know, 0:08:54.250 --> 0:08:57.069 My family moved from the city of Los Angeles to 0:08:57.130 --> 0:09:05.160 the burgeoning community of Santa Clarita in 1993, partially because 0:09:05.200 --> 0:09:11.330 of what happened in L.A. in 1992. Also, they realized 0:09:11.370 --> 0:09:13.570 they could move up there and put the kids in 0:09:13.690 --> 0:09:16.270 public school, and it would be cheaper than having to 0:09:16.309 --> 0:09:19.330 pay for the private school because, God forbid, let's just 0:09:19.390 --> 0:09:22.890 say if I stayed in L.A. as a 7-year-old and 0:09:22.929 --> 0:09:27.500 went to LAUSD, well, I don't think I'd be doing this. 0:09:28.059 --> 0:09:30.559 Figure out how we can have policies at work. Local 0:09:30.600 --> 0:09:33.280 government must coordinate with the state. But at the end 0:09:33.300 --> 0:09:35.990 of the day, it's where you live is where the 0:09:36.020 --> 0:09:38.690 control should be. We'll try to make that happen, but 0:09:38.730 --> 0:09:44.220 we can't have the local's So you're not above. 0:09:44.260 --> 0:09:46.900 Like you said, even presenting lawsuits to really make sure 0:09:46.940 --> 0:09:48.540 that local communities are held accountable. 0:09:48.760 --> 0:09:49.780 Okay, there it is again. 0:09:50.140 --> 0:09:53.010 Look, we've been doing this for the past eight years. 0:09:53.490 --> 0:09:56.170 Whether it was Becerra and then Bonta after him, we 0:09:56.190 --> 0:09:58.929 have sued communities because they're not building enough housing. They're 0:09:58.970 --> 0:10:01.280 not going for their housing. element and the arena and 0:10:01.320 --> 0:10:04.360 all these stupid things that you hear. And we're doing 0:10:04.480 --> 0:10:07.969 everything we can to accelerate the building. But even in 0:10:08.000 --> 0:10:11.110 the places where everyone has said yes, like San Diego, 0:10:11.870 --> 0:10:15.109 it hasn't lowered the cost of the rents and it 0:10:15.210 --> 0:10:19.460 hasn't lowered the cost of the homes. And that could 0:10:19.480 --> 0:10:21.479 be for a whole lot of reasons. Part of it 0:10:21.600 --> 0:10:23.780 is because what we build is a whole bunch of 0:10:23.840 --> 0:10:27.430 subsidized housing, which means it doesn't actually affect. 0:10:27.190 --> 0:10:29.090 The market rate. But I don't know. 0:10:29.429 --> 0:10:32.209 Maybe there will always be a certain price floor because 0:10:32.250 --> 0:10:35.300 it's very expensive to live here because it's very desirable 0:10:35.400 --> 0:10:36.140 to live here. 0:10:36.770 --> 0:10:38.740 We'll make sure local communities are held accountable. 0:10:38.840 --> 0:10:40.939 But we want to respect local communities. 0:10:41.400 --> 0:10:44.120 And work together. Yes. Let them make the final call 0:10:44.320 --> 0:10:46.460 possible because it's their community. They're going to be there 0:10:46.520 --> 0:10:49.000 all the time. The governor doesn't live in each of 0:10:49.020 --> 0:10:51.420 those communities. So you want those communities to figure it out. 0:10:51.800 --> 0:10:53.020 But they're Californians. 0:10:53.120 --> 0:10:56.590 They may be residents of that local town or city, 0:10:56.970 --> 0:10:59.670 but they're Californians. We as Californians have to have a 0:10:59.710 --> 0:11:01.410 policy that works for all Californians. 0:11:01.630 --> 0:11:02.150 I'm sorry. 0:11:02.210 --> 0:11:05.510 This might be unprofessional for me to say. As a 0:11:05.670 --> 0:11:10.449 professional broadcaster That has been covering Southern California And California 0:11:10.490 --> 0:11:14.849 news and politics For the last 20 years She dumb 0:11:18.170 --> 0:11:21.130 If you were just voting Based on the intelligence of 0:11:21.190 --> 0:11:25.870 the candidates Steve Hilton would win in a landslide But 0:11:25.910 --> 0:11:29.510 of course We're in a tribal era So that's not 0:11:29.570 --> 0:11:31.700 how we vote Let's. 0:11:31.559 --> 0:11:34.239 Talk about utilities. You said that you do want to 0:11:34.280 --> 0:11:35.840 lower electricity bills, of course. 0:11:36.400 --> 0:11:39.200 Now, this is something that is top of mind for everybody, 0:11:39.280 --> 0:11:43.060 whether you're dealing with skyrocketing PG & E bills in 0:11:43.120 --> 0:11:48.130 Northern California, skyrocketing LADWP bills that are going on right 0:11:48.170 --> 0:11:50.190 now in the city of Los Angeles that might be 0:11:50.230 --> 0:11:53.130 the nail in the coffin for L.A. Mayor Karen Bass. 0:11:53.670 --> 0:11:55.850 One of the other aspects of the cost of living 0:11:55.950 --> 0:12:00.199 outside of your mortgage is your utility bill. And there 0:12:00.240 --> 0:12:04.000 are people that right now with the spike in utility 0:12:04.080 --> 0:12:08.320 prices that we saw earlier this month, that it was 0:12:08.460 --> 0:12:11.980 more than their mortgage. And how exactly do you budget 0:12:12.000 --> 0:12:14.490 for that if you're on a fixed income? And what 0:12:14.880 --> 0:12:18.829 I don't understand about the spikes that we see in 0:12:18.910 --> 0:12:23.650 utility prices is haven't we spent the last 20 years 0:12:23.790 --> 0:12:27.950 transitioning to so much green energy, including so much solar 0:12:28.090 --> 0:12:32.270 energy that We have so much that we can actually 0:12:32.670 --> 0:12:34.809 sell it to other. We have to actually convince other 0:12:34.850 --> 0:12:37.390 states to buy it because we produce so much clean, 0:12:37.450 --> 0:12:40.709 green energy. How come the electric bills just keep going 0:12:40.890 --> 0:12:43.929 up and up and up and up and up? A 0:12:43.950 --> 0:12:45.110 little strange, isn't it? 0:12:45.850 --> 0:12:47.490 What's the first thing that you would do as governor 0:12:47.530 --> 0:12:48.470 to actually make that happen? 0:12:49.070 --> 0:12:50.750 Well, we're going to have to tackle any number of 0:12:50.790 --> 0:12:54.210 things when it comes to our electricity, electricity and our 0:12:54.270 --> 0:12:54.890 utility bills. 0:12:55.290 --> 0:12:56.689 But I will tell you, there's two things that we 0:12:56.730 --> 0:12:57.890 have to do almost immediately. 0:12:58.410 --> 0:13:01.330 One is we have to deal with this wildfire liability 0:13:01.370 --> 0:13:05.309 that's upon us. We can't afford to have another situation where, 0:13:05.429 --> 0:13:10.250 whether it's Altadena, Pacific Palisades, the Camp Fire, Paradise, all 0:13:10.290 --> 0:13:13.900 these communities that have suffered the consequences of us not 0:13:14.000 --> 0:13:17.260 having a real clear plan of action in how. 0:13:17.179 --> 0:13:17.780 We deal with this. 0:13:18.260 --> 0:13:20.500 So do you have one? Would you like to illustrate it? 0:13:20.500 --> 0:13:22.640 Or are we just going to talk in generalities? Because 0:13:22.940 --> 0:13:26.500 when he says wildfire liability, what that makes me think 0:13:26.559 --> 0:13:28.500 he says is he's going to pick up where Gavin 0:13:28.520 --> 0:13:31.530 Newsom left off and get the legislature to get over 0:13:31.570 --> 0:13:35.150 the finish line, making sure that SoCal Edison and PG & 0:13:34.490 --> 0:13:38.250 E aren't held responsible when their equipment starts a fire. 0:13:38.390 --> 0:13:40.270 So one, deal with that. 0:13:40.370 --> 0:13:44.410 So we have a structured approach to dealing with emergencies. 0:13:44.790 --> 0:13:48.100 But two, let's start recognizing where we can save money. 0:13:48.690 --> 0:13:50.550 All right, here we go. Are you ready? Open up 0:13:50.590 --> 0:13:53.710 your wallets. Javier Baccaria is about to make it rain 0:13:53.770 --> 0:13:55.230 and save you some cash. 0:13:55.350 --> 0:13:58.429 That's why I proposed a policy that I called my 0:13:58.490 --> 0:13:59.130 power hour. 0:14:01.120 --> 0:14:03.380 The power hour? Oh, boy. 0:14:06.220 --> 0:14:11.040 We today in California produce more electricity than we need 0:14:11.380 --> 0:14:12.480 during certain parts of the day. 0:14:12.880 --> 0:14:13.160 Why? 0:14:13.240 --> 0:14:16.520 Because solar energy now has become so productive for us 0:14:16.900 --> 0:14:21.160 so that during the daylight, We produce more electricity than 0:14:21.200 --> 0:14:24.010 we need, and sometimes the utilities try to sell it. 0:14:24.660 --> 0:14:27.239 They don't get somebody to pay them for it. They 0:14:27.260 --> 0:14:29.400 have to actually sell it to somebody to take it 0:14:29.440 --> 0:14:32.490 from us. Why sell it to some other state? Why 0:14:32.540 --> 0:14:35.790 not leave it here? Let our families who are going 0:14:35.810 --> 0:14:38.290 through a tough time paying their bills have a chance 0:14:38.350 --> 0:14:39.510 to use that electricity. 0:14:40.130 --> 0:14:43.610 I won't charge you a penny. If you use your electricity, let's. 0:14:43.470 --> 0:14:45.550 Say, from 1 to 3 o'clock in the afternoon when 0:14:45.570 --> 0:14:46.970 the sun is really bearing down. 0:14:47.650 --> 0:14:51.560 Wait a second. Isn't that when we're all at work? 0:14:53.360 --> 0:14:54.860 How does this work, Javier? 0:14:56.160 --> 0:14:59.980 So from you're talking about struggling families where both parents 0:15:00.060 --> 0:15:03.060 are probably working and the kids are at school, when 0:15:03.200 --> 0:15:06.620 nobody but the cat is at the house, that's when 0:15:06.680 --> 0:15:09.100 you can turn on all your appliances. 0:15:11.660 --> 0:15:14.320 I'm sorry. I'm a professional. 0:15:14.880 --> 0:15:18.420 I would never demean somebody who's running for public office. 0:15:19.620 --> 0:15:24.220 That being said, she dumb. What is going on here? 0:15:26.820 --> 0:15:27.360 All righty. 0:15:28.660 --> 0:15:30.940 And we're getting a lot of solar energy. It's not 0:15:31.020 --> 0:15:34.160 costing us money to let you use it. I'm giving 0:15:34.180 --> 0:15:38.840 you a chance to charge up all your devices, wash 0:15:38.860 --> 0:15:40.450 your clothes, wash your dishes. 0:15:41.090 --> 0:15:43.370 All right, well, I'm going to have to let my boss, Art, 0:15:43.430 --> 0:15:45.490 know that I have to go home at 1 o'clock 0:15:45.550 --> 0:15:47.490 every day because that's the only time Becerra says I 0:15:47.510 --> 0:15:51.820 can charge my car without getting ripped off. I don't 0:15:51.940 --> 0:15:57.000 know if anyone's going to buy into the power hour. 0:15:57.020 --> 0:16:02.810 It seems like with a lot of Javier Becerra policy proposals, 0:16:03.390 --> 0:16:06.470 they are half-baked at best. 0:16:07.250 --> 0:16:09.410 Do all the things you might otherwise try to do 0:16:09.450 --> 0:16:12.850 late at night. You do it during those two hours, 0:16:13.190 --> 0:16:14.410 we won't charge you a penny for it. 0:16:14.850 --> 0:16:19.320 So you might do your laundry at night. Instead of 0:16:19.340 --> 0:16:22.650 doing your laundry at night, You're going to need to 0:16:23.330 --> 0:16:25.980 take a long lunch so you can go home for 0:16:26.000 --> 0:16:28.640 that power hour to turn on the laundry and turn 0:16:28.720 --> 0:16:29.740 on the dishwasher. 0:16:32.440 --> 0:16:37.000 I'm sorry. This is not a real policy. 0:16:38.920 --> 0:16:41.430 So that's one way to start bringing down the cost. 0:16:41.610 --> 0:16:42.510 I know I can do that. 0:16:43.050 --> 0:16:45.070 We're already seeing that done in other places. It's a 0:16:45.110 --> 0:16:45.870 way to save you money. 0:16:46.150 --> 0:16:48.250 And then we can grow from there other ways to 0:16:48.350 --> 0:16:50.050 keep the cost of utilities down. 0:16:51.120 --> 0:16:53.740 You can charge your phone from 1 to 3 p.m. 0:16:54.060 --> 0:16:56.300 You can watch all the TV you want from 1 0:16:56.300 --> 0:16:57.140 to 3 p.m. 0:16:57.180 --> 0:16:58.560 Hey, wait, that's when this show is on. 0:16:58.840 --> 0:17:01.480 You know what you could do with Javier Becerra's block 0:17:01.540 --> 0:17:05.720 power hour? You can turn on every TV in the house, 0:17:05.810 --> 0:17:08.649 turn them all to YouTube, put them all on the 0:17:08.710 --> 0:17:11.810 John Phillips show, and blast them as loud as possible 0:17:11.869 --> 0:17:17.370 because Javier is paying the bill. Does anybody think this 0:17:17.430 --> 0:17:21.790 is a real idea to save Californians money? Or is 0:17:21.850 --> 0:17:28.760 this nonsense that's not fully thought through from possibly the 0:17:28.859 --> 0:17:32.240 dumbest person that we've ever had run for governor? 0:17:32.540 --> 0:17:33.060 Scrub it. 0:17:34.520 --> 0:17:38.120 When we come back, we'll hear what Javier Baccaria has 0:17:38.160 --> 0:17:41.900 to say about the other thing that makes gasoline so, 0:17:41.980 --> 0:17:43.869 excuse me, I just spoil it. The other thing that 0:17:43.890 --> 0:17:48.130 makes the cost of living so expensive in California, gasoline. 0:17:48.850 --> 0:17:52.439 It's Randy Wang. on the John Phillips show. 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We would love for you to join us. 0:19:17.510 --> 0:19:21.050 We want everyone in the Bay Area to get down there, 0:19:21.390 --> 0:19:23.390 whether you drive, whether you take the BART, you take 0:19:23.430 --> 0:19:26.610 the Muni, take the ferry, take a Waymo, get to 0:19:26.750 --> 0:19:27.210 our event. 0:19:27.270 --> 0:19:28.520 We would love to see you. 0:19:28.540 --> 0:19:32.140 I am bringing 100 of the bumper stickers that were 0:19:32.200 --> 0:19:34.399 given to me at our Long Beach event from one 0:19:34.420 --> 0:19:36.760 of our great listeners. So if you want a free 0:19:36.820 --> 0:19:39.570 bumper sticker of this show, we will have one. We'll 0:19:39.609 --> 0:19:41.629 also be there with our friend Susan Shelley from the 0:19:41.690 --> 0:19:45.980 Howard Jarvis Taxpayer Association talking about Prop 43. If you 0:19:46.000 --> 0:19:49.490 go to yeson43. com, they will send you a free yard sign. Look, 0:19:49.530 --> 0:19:52.180 we only to do our part. 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