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You 9 00:00:29,640 --> 00:00:32,839 Speaker 1: know how, you probably live in a sty most of 10 00:00:32,880 --> 00:00:35,800 Speaker 1: the time, but then, oh, then you look at your 11 00:00:35,840 --> 00:00:39,159 Speaker 1: calendar you realize, oh, this is when the dinner party's 12 00:00:39,159 --> 00:00:43,120 Speaker 1: supposed to happen. I'm having friends over. So you do 13 00:00:43,280 --> 00:00:46,800 Speaker 1: your best to clean up to make your house look 14 00:00:46,920 --> 00:00:52,000 Speaker 1: presentable because you don't want your friends to know how 15 00:00:52,080 --> 00:00:56,200 Speaker 1: much of a pig you really are. I understand this impulse, 16 00:00:57,240 --> 00:01:01,920 Speaker 1: but it's not necessarily the most honest way to live. 17 00:01:02,880 --> 00:01:03,200 Speaker 2: Now. 18 00:01:03,280 --> 00:01:06,919 Speaker 1: I bring this up because the city of Los Angeles 19 00:01:07,000 --> 00:01:11,200 Speaker 1: is about to do something very similar. See, the city 20 00:01:11,240 --> 00:01:14,480 Speaker 1: of Los Angeles has a lot of big international events 21 00:01:14,520 --> 00:01:18,080 Speaker 1: coming up, including the World Cup. I have to drop 22 00:01:18,120 --> 00:01:21,000 Speaker 1: the D so I sound like Karen Bass, the Super 23 00:01:21,000 --> 00:01:25,560 Speaker 1: Bowl next year, and the twenty twenty eight Olympics, and 24 00:01:25,680 --> 00:01:29,640 Speaker 1: Los Angeles is a garbage pile of a city. It 25 00:01:29,760 --> 00:01:33,440 Speaker 1: is dirty, it is full of homeless people. The traffic 26 00:01:33,560 --> 00:01:35,720 Speaker 1: is terrible. I don't have a lot of good things 27 00:01:35,720 --> 00:01:40,000 Speaker 1: to say about the city of Los Angeles. So now 28 00:01:40,000 --> 00:01:43,240 Speaker 1: that we have our friends coming over from countries like 29 00:01:43,319 --> 00:01:47,640 Speaker 1: Spain and France and Britain and Germany and Mexico and 30 00:01:47,680 --> 00:01:50,040 Speaker 1: Brazil and all the other countries that will be in 31 00:01:50,080 --> 00:01:52,160 Speaker 1: the World Cup, what are we gonna do. 32 00:01:53,120 --> 00:01:53,440 Speaker 2: Well? 33 00:01:53,840 --> 00:01:57,080 Speaker 1: We're going to try to clean up the house, and 34 00:01:57,320 --> 00:01:58,800 Speaker 1: I don't know if we should. 35 00:01:59,520 --> 00:02:00,560 Speaker 2: For two reasons. 36 00:02:00,600 --> 00:02:04,160 Speaker 1: One, we should be honest about who we are when 37 00:02:04,200 --> 00:02:06,880 Speaker 1: we invite the world to see us. We don't want 38 00:02:06,920 --> 00:02:09,680 Speaker 1: to give people the wrong impression of what this city 39 00:02:09,760 --> 00:02:12,440 Speaker 1: is really like. We don't want them to have buyers 40 00:02:12,480 --> 00:02:15,200 Speaker 1: remorse if somebody is so charmed by LA that they 41 00:02:15,320 --> 00:02:18,120 Speaker 1: move here and then to see what life is really like. 42 00:02:18,720 --> 00:02:22,520 Speaker 1: But two, even if we try to sweep all of 43 00:02:22,560 --> 00:02:26,120 Speaker 1: the mess under the rug, I don't necessarily know that 44 00:02:26,160 --> 00:02:30,280 Speaker 1: we can. And that's where I bring you to today's story, 45 00:02:31,520 --> 00:02:35,079 Speaker 1: where the city of Los Angeles has spent money on 46 00:02:35,160 --> 00:02:40,720 Speaker 1: something called graffiti proof IVY. That's supposed to be on 47 00:02:40,800 --> 00:02:44,480 Speaker 1: the sides of freeways and the sides of roads to 48 00:02:44,560 --> 00:02:47,920 Speaker 1: make it look like our roads are very pretty and 49 00:02:48,040 --> 00:02:50,600 Speaker 1: made of a material that you cannot spray paint on 50 00:02:50,680 --> 00:02:54,800 Speaker 1: top of. And I'm here to tell you that the 51 00:02:55,200 --> 00:03:00,560 Speaker 1: graffiti proof ivy that La spent money on to make 52 00:03:00,680 --> 00:03:03,880 Speaker 1: the city look clean got graffiti. 53 00:03:07,320 --> 00:03:07,760 Speaker 3: For more. 54 00:03:08,680 --> 00:03:13,440 Speaker 2: We go to a report from k t LA. 55 00:03:13,720 --> 00:03:16,560 Speaker 4: An effort to beautify La in time for the World Cup, 56 00:03:16,800 --> 00:03:19,240 Speaker 4: Super Bowl, and Olympic Games already tarnished. 57 00:03:22,600 --> 00:03:24,680 Speaker 1: I am really at the point we should just be honest. 58 00:03:25,280 --> 00:03:28,600 Speaker 1: Why is it okay for the city to clean up 59 00:03:28,600 --> 00:03:33,000 Speaker 1: this city for tourists and foreigners, but not okay for 60 00:03:33,080 --> 00:03:35,839 Speaker 1: the city to clean up for the residents that live 61 00:03:35,920 --> 00:03:39,080 Speaker 1: here in pay Texas three hundred and sixty five. 62 00:03:38,960 --> 00:03:39,560 Speaker 2: Days a year. 63 00:03:39,920 --> 00:03:42,839 Speaker 1: Artificial eye, have you ever been to other cities? Other 64 00:03:42,920 --> 00:03:47,800 Speaker 1: cities are clean. Sure, there's the occasional graffiti, you might 65 00:03:47,880 --> 00:03:52,160 Speaker 1: see the occasional homeless person, But nowhere are both of 66 00:03:52,200 --> 00:03:55,720 Speaker 1: those problems more concentrated than Dirty Little La. 67 00:03:56,080 --> 00:03:59,120 Speaker 4: Artificial ivy being put up along a portion of the 68 00:03:59,120 --> 00:04:02,200 Speaker 4: one to one freeway in downtown La to cover graffiti 69 00:04:03,040 --> 00:04:04,680 Speaker 4: has been tagged Katie. 70 00:04:07,360 --> 00:04:09,520 Speaker 2: Look, this is not a problem. You can stop. 71 00:04:09,560 --> 00:04:11,680 Speaker 1: This is like all the money that we're spending to 72 00:04:11,800 --> 00:04:14,800 Speaker 1: clean all the graffiti off the Sixth Street Bridge every week, 73 00:04:15,360 --> 00:04:19,360 Speaker 1: Why what's the point? It's only going to come back 74 00:04:19,720 --> 00:04:22,000 Speaker 1: and in further force, I have had a one to 75 00:04:22,040 --> 00:04:27,360 Speaker 1: eighty on this subject because while I don't like the 76 00:04:27,400 --> 00:04:29,760 Speaker 1: Tagger tower, I'm with the downass. 77 00:04:29,360 --> 00:04:32,120 Speaker 5: Kids, the neighborhood kids, the downass kids don't like it. 78 00:04:32,240 --> 00:04:35,480 Speaker 1: And I don't like the bridge under Second Street, the 79 00:04:35,520 --> 00:04:38,200 Speaker 1: tunnel under Second Street getting tagged every day, And I 80 00:04:38,240 --> 00:04:40,400 Speaker 1: don't like the Sixth Street Bridge getting tagged, and I 81 00:04:40,400 --> 00:04:43,640 Speaker 1: don't like the one on one freeway getting tagged. I'm 82 00:04:43,640 --> 00:04:47,880 Speaker 1: a realist and I'm a pragmatist, and with the current 83 00:04:48,000 --> 00:04:50,880 Speaker 1: people that we have elected in office, not just in 84 00:04:50,920 --> 00:04:54,159 Speaker 1: the city, but the county and the state, nothing's ever 85 00:04:54,200 --> 00:04:56,520 Speaker 1: going to happen to the people that are doing this. 86 00:04:57,200 --> 00:05:01,000 Speaker 1: So it's just going to keep happening. So why, why, 87 00:05:01,200 --> 00:05:04,960 Speaker 1: oh why do we keep acting like Sisyphis and rolling 88 00:05:05,000 --> 00:05:06,240 Speaker 1: that boulder up the hill. 89 00:05:07,160 --> 00:05:08,920 Speaker 2: What's the point? 90 00:05:09,400 --> 00:05:12,359 Speaker 1: Just let this place be the graffiti wasteland it was 91 00:05:12,520 --> 00:05:13,680 Speaker 1: always meant to be. 92 00:05:14,279 --> 00:05:18,480 Speaker 4: Has been tagged. KTLA's Elena Abovian. They're live with the details. Elena, 93 00:05:18,520 --> 00:05:21,800 Speaker 4: Good morning, Frank. 94 00:05:21,600 --> 00:05:23,800 Speaker 6: Good morning. Well, given the timing of all this, it. 95 00:05:23,760 --> 00:05:26,719 Speaker 7: Begs the question, were these taggers trying to mock the 96 00:05:26,800 --> 00:05:29,560 Speaker 7: initiative or is it just taggers being taggers. 97 00:05:29,600 --> 00:05:32,080 Speaker 1: Now I'm going to say it's taggers being taggers, because 98 00:05:32,080 --> 00:05:34,400 Speaker 1: I don't know how well that taggers pay attention to 99 00:05:34,400 --> 00:05:37,640 Speaker 1: the news. But it could also be mocking the city's meek, 100 00:05:37,800 --> 00:05:40,120 Speaker 1: little pathetic efforts to clean. 101 00:05:39,880 --> 00:05:40,640 Speaker 2: Up the garbage. 102 00:05:40,880 --> 00:05:41,880 Speaker 6: Now take a look behind me. 103 00:05:42,120 --> 00:05:45,000 Speaker 1: City of la doesn't just have a graffiti problem, homeless problem, 104 00:05:45,000 --> 00:05:48,720 Speaker 1: and is a massive illegal dumping problem that, by the way, 105 00:05:48,920 --> 00:05:50,839 Speaker 1: some of it's the homeless, A lot of it's not 106 00:05:51,480 --> 00:05:53,560 Speaker 1: a lot of it's businesses that don't want to pay 107 00:05:53,560 --> 00:05:56,840 Speaker 1: the exorbitant fees for the recycla program. Why do you 108 00:05:56,880 --> 00:05:59,520 Speaker 1: think you see all those palettes of fruit in the 109 00:05:59,560 --> 00:06:03,039 Speaker 1: produce district. Those aren't coming from the homeless. We know 110 00:06:03,160 --> 00:06:04,760 Speaker 1: exactly where those are coming from. 111 00:06:05,200 --> 00:06:06,240 Speaker 6: Now take a look behind me. 112 00:06:06,279 --> 00:06:06,479 Speaker 8: Here. 113 00:06:06,520 --> 00:06:08,880 Speaker 7: This is right off the one oh one freeway, right 114 00:06:08,880 --> 00:06:10,840 Speaker 7: by Alameda Street exit, and you can. 115 00:06:10,720 --> 00:06:12,040 Speaker 2: See, oh that's not a good exit. 116 00:06:12,320 --> 00:06:13,119 Speaker 6: See col trends. 117 00:06:13,120 --> 00:06:15,160 Speaker 7: They're out here this morning they're trying to cover it 118 00:06:15,279 --> 00:06:15,679 Speaker 7: up again. 119 00:06:16,040 --> 00:06:19,200 Speaker 1: But we oh, this is Caltrans, Okay, this is the 120 00:06:19,320 --> 00:06:21,960 Speaker 1: state trying to put lipstick on the pig that is 121 00:06:22,040 --> 00:06:26,720 Speaker 1: Los Angeles. This is the state of California that knows 122 00:06:26,760 --> 00:06:29,479 Speaker 1: that the world is about to come here and they're 123 00:06:29,520 --> 00:06:32,800 Speaker 1: about to be quite embarrassed at the second largest city 124 00:06:32,800 --> 00:06:35,840 Speaker 1: in the United States and the largest city in California. 125 00:06:35,920 --> 00:06:36,799 Speaker 2: So what are they doing. 126 00:06:37,200 --> 00:06:40,200 Speaker 1: They're spending money, money that could go towards I don't know, 127 00:06:40,279 --> 00:06:44,760 Speaker 1: clearing encampments off the freeways, or making sure that the 128 00:06:44,880 --> 00:06:48,400 Speaker 1: roads are paved and clean and not bumpy, or. 129 00:06:48,320 --> 00:06:48,760 Speaker 2: I don't know. 130 00:06:49,720 --> 00:06:51,800 Speaker 1: Just let me give you a personal example of something 131 00:06:51,839 --> 00:06:55,120 Speaker 1: Caltrans could do. You know how they're working on this 132 00:06:55,680 --> 00:06:58,520 Speaker 1: three year project to repaint the lines on the four 133 00:06:58,640 --> 00:07:01,120 Speaker 1: h five. Well, one of the reason they need to 134 00:07:01,160 --> 00:07:04,080 Speaker 1: do that is because if you happen to have auto 135 00:07:04,200 --> 00:07:07,640 Speaker 1: drive software like I do. I have Super Crews on 136 00:07:07,680 --> 00:07:11,520 Speaker 1: my Chevy, it doesn't work if the car can't read 137 00:07:11,600 --> 00:07:14,920 Speaker 1: the lane lines. So you click auto drive and five 138 00:07:15,000 --> 00:07:18,200 Speaker 1: seconds later it errs and says can't read the lane lines, 139 00:07:18,240 --> 00:07:21,520 Speaker 1: and then you do that over and over and over again. 140 00:07:21,920 --> 00:07:25,000 Speaker 1: It is a very specific to the four h five problem. 141 00:07:25,040 --> 00:07:27,960 Speaker 1: But it is just one example of how bad condition 142 00:07:28,040 --> 00:07:28,960 Speaker 1: our freeways are. 143 00:07:29,280 --> 00:07:32,000 Speaker 7: But we checked in with Caltrans and this IVY wall 144 00:07:32,040 --> 00:07:34,440 Speaker 7: it was put up on Friday and it really did 145 00:07:34,480 --> 00:07:36,000 Speaker 7: not take even twenty four hours. 146 00:07:36,040 --> 00:07:41,800 Speaker 1: For Okay, how much did we pay for this ivy 147 00:07:43,080 --> 00:07:45,960 Speaker 1: You think you think of the state's budget at three 148 00:07:46,040 --> 00:07:49,560 Speaker 1: hundred and fifty billion dollars, and you think of the 149 00:07:49,680 --> 00:07:53,000 Speaker 1: terms waste, fraud, and abuse. Well, fraud and abuse are 150 00:07:53,200 --> 00:07:56,560 Speaker 1: like what we heard about with the homeless nonprofit that 151 00:07:56,640 --> 00:07:59,680 Speaker 1: was given ramen to the hotel guests in the homeless shelter. 152 00:08:01,120 --> 00:08:06,040 Speaker 1: But waste are programs that have little to no benefit 153 00:08:06,680 --> 00:08:12,120 Speaker 1: or are completely pointless. How much money did these materials cost, 154 00:08:12,560 --> 00:08:16,040 Speaker 1: how many man hours did it take, and how much, 155 00:08:16,080 --> 00:08:19,640 Speaker 1: by the way inconvenience was it to close the lane 156 00:08:19,760 --> 00:08:21,360 Speaker 1: of the one oh one where they started to have 157 00:08:21,400 --> 00:08:22,640 Speaker 1: to paint these things. 158 00:08:22,840 --> 00:08:26,360 Speaker 7: Tigers to come out target this wall and tag over it. 159 00:08:26,440 --> 00:08:28,400 Speaker 7: Now take a look at this video. This is from 160 00:08:28,400 --> 00:08:31,080 Speaker 7: when it happened, and you can see earlier this morning 161 00:08:31,160 --> 00:08:33,600 Speaker 7: Caltrans again trying to mitigate this situation. 162 00:08:34,360 --> 00:08:37,360 Speaker 1: So what for the next six months, We're just going 163 00:08:37,440 --> 00:08:40,800 Speaker 1: to keep putting up IVY and then when it gets tagged, 164 00:08:40,800 --> 00:08:43,000 Speaker 1: we take it down and clean it and put up 165 00:08:43,040 --> 00:08:47,160 Speaker 1: more ivy, eving we're not going to go after the taggers. 166 00:08:47,840 --> 00:08:50,920 Speaker 2: That is well establishment, we don't do that here. 167 00:08:51,280 --> 00:08:53,760 Speaker 5: The neighborhood kids, the downass kids, don't like it. 168 00:08:53,840 --> 00:08:56,199 Speaker 1: The downass kids run this place and they get to 169 00:08:56,240 --> 00:08:58,640 Speaker 1: do whatever they want because certain members of the La 170 00:08:58,720 --> 00:09:02,120 Speaker 1: City Council think it's art. Actually, Karen Bess thinks it's 171 00:09:02,240 --> 00:09:06,160 Speaker 1: art too, and she wants these muralists to paint murals. 172 00:09:06,320 --> 00:09:09,360 Speaker 7: Sometime over the weekend, tigers came out and tagged over 173 00:09:09,400 --> 00:09:12,040 Speaker 7: the graffiti resistant IVY wall, proving the. 174 00:09:12,000 --> 00:09:17,960 Speaker 1: Point it's okay, you want to talk about scams. Who 175 00:09:18,040 --> 00:09:23,280 Speaker 1: is the vendor that came up with this graffiti resistant ivy. 176 00:09:24,240 --> 00:09:27,240 Speaker 1: Something tells me that is some snake oil. 177 00:09:27,640 --> 00:09:29,440 Speaker 6: It's not all that resistance, because. 178 00:09:29,200 --> 00:09:32,280 Speaker 1: Who's buying that except for cities that are trying to 179 00:09:32,320 --> 00:09:34,280 Speaker 1: look good for world events. 180 00:09:34,520 --> 00:09:36,040 Speaker 6: It's not all that resistant. 181 00:09:36,160 --> 00:09:39,200 Speaker 7: The IVY wall was installed over the weekend by Couchrans 182 00:09:39,240 --> 00:09:42,960 Speaker 7: and it's part of Governor Gavin Newsom's billion dollar beautification effort. 183 00:09:43,320 --> 00:09:46,839 Speaker 1: Okay, so of our three hundred and fifty billion dollars, 184 00:09:47,440 --> 00:09:51,320 Speaker 1: each one of those billions is very important, right, Each 185 00:09:51,360 --> 00:09:54,559 Speaker 1: one of those billion dollars can be game changer to 186 00:09:54,640 --> 00:10:00,000 Speaker 1: different departments in different industries. We're spending a billion dollar 187 00:10:00,000 --> 00:10:03,840 Speaker 1: dollars billion with a b S. I heard that right, right, 188 00:10:03,880 --> 00:10:09,360 Speaker 1: A billion billion dollars billion, one billion dollars on putting 189 00:10:09,480 --> 00:10:15,080 Speaker 1: up IVY that is quote graffiti resistant, except it's not. 190 00:10:15,760 --> 00:10:18,559 Speaker 1: And now, because we're going to have to constantly replace it, 191 00:10:19,320 --> 00:10:22,480 Speaker 1: we're going to probably spend two billion and three billion 192 00:10:22,960 --> 00:10:26,280 Speaker 1: and four billion. And this turns into another ongoing program. 193 00:10:26,360 --> 00:10:29,280 Speaker 1: If you wonder why the roads are in such terrible condition, 194 00:10:29,920 --> 00:10:32,360 Speaker 1: it could be that part of the money that's supposed 195 00:10:32,400 --> 00:10:35,000 Speaker 1: to go towards the roads through your gas taxes and 196 00:10:35,080 --> 00:10:40,720 Speaker 1: cap and trade is going towards graffiti resistant IVY that 197 00:10:40,880 --> 00:10:44,120 Speaker 1: is not graffiti resistant to clean things. 198 00:10:43,960 --> 00:10:46,640 Speaker 7: Up by way of picking up trash and removing graffiti. 199 00:10:47,160 --> 00:10:50,280 Speaker 7: Newsome launch the statewide project in twenty twenty one. 200 00:10:50,160 --> 00:10:52,920 Speaker 6: To clean up public spaces across the state. Here in 201 00:10:53,040 --> 00:10:55,280 Speaker 6: La graffiti, of course, is nothing new. 202 00:10:55,000 --> 00:10:57,360 Speaker 1: So this is something we've been paying a billion dollars 203 00:10:57,400 --> 00:11:02,040 Speaker 1: a year for for the past five years. 204 00:11:02,320 --> 00:11:05,319 Speaker 2: Freeways look great, don't they here in La. 205 00:11:05,400 --> 00:11:06,959 Speaker 6: Graffiti of course is nothing new. 206 00:11:07,040 --> 00:11:10,439 Speaker 7: It's everywhere in the city of La annually spends between 207 00:11:10,440 --> 00:11:13,679 Speaker 7: eleven to fifteen million dollars to remove graffiti. 208 00:11:14,360 --> 00:11:17,520 Speaker 1: That's money that could go towards things that I don't 209 00:11:17,559 --> 00:11:21,679 Speaker 1: know can actually work. And we more cops could we 210 00:11:21,760 --> 00:11:26,120 Speaker 1: hire for fifteen million dollars three, it's got to be 211 00:11:26,160 --> 00:11:26,720 Speaker 1: more than that. 212 00:11:27,320 --> 00:11:30,360 Speaker 7: Just last month, La Metro approved an additional ten million 213 00:11:30,400 --> 00:11:33,559 Speaker 7: dollars to clean up graffiti off of buses and train stations. 214 00:11:33,920 --> 00:11:35,800 Speaker 1: You know this is all coming for the money that's 215 00:11:35,800 --> 00:11:38,760 Speaker 1: supposed to build the Subpulveta Pass train. Well, they're not 216 00:11:38,760 --> 00:11:40,880 Speaker 1: gonna have any money for that if they're wasting it 217 00:11:40,920 --> 00:11:45,280 Speaker 1: on cleaning up graffiti over and over and over again. Look, 218 00:11:45,920 --> 00:11:49,160 Speaker 1: I'm at a point where I have given up. We're 219 00:11:49,280 --> 00:11:53,480 Speaker 1: not going to to use a term that the Unisses 220 00:11:53,559 --> 00:11:57,920 Speaker 1: and the Hugos use. We're not going to arrest our 221 00:11:57,960 --> 00:12:00,920 Speaker 1: way out of this problem because there's no political will 222 00:12:01,040 --> 00:12:01,640 Speaker 1: to do so. 223 00:12:01,960 --> 00:12:02,840 Speaker 2: Yeah, clap that up. 224 00:12:05,160 --> 00:12:08,360 Speaker 1: We don't arrest people for a whole bunch of different crimes. 225 00:12:08,840 --> 00:12:12,520 Speaker 1: We definitely don't arrest We don't even cite people for graffiti. 226 00:12:12,760 --> 00:12:16,440 Speaker 1: How many people got actually spent time in jail for 227 00:12:16,640 --> 00:12:19,839 Speaker 1: all the things that happened in the Tagger towers. I'm 228 00:12:19,840 --> 00:12:20,800 Speaker 1: gonna guess nobody. 229 00:12:21,120 --> 00:12:24,080 Speaker 7: Additionally, now there is a big push underway to beautify 230 00:12:24,240 --> 00:12:26,080 Speaker 7: La leading up to the FIFA World Cup. 231 00:12:26,320 --> 00:12:26,520 Speaker 2: Yeah. 232 00:12:26,559 --> 00:12:30,240 Speaker 1: This includes Karen Bess's Shine La campaign, which says I'm 233 00:12:30,240 --> 00:12:33,160 Speaker 1: too incompetent to get the city clean, so I'm going 234 00:12:33,200 --> 00:12:35,320 Speaker 1: to have people volunteer and do it for me. 235 00:12:35,679 --> 00:12:37,880 Speaker 6: The Super Bowl, and of course is Summer Olympics. 236 00:12:37,920 --> 00:12:40,680 Speaker 7: Now these images are making their way on social media, 237 00:12:40,800 --> 00:12:44,959 Speaker 7: sparking a wave of reaction with people questioning how effective 238 00:12:45,000 --> 00:12:48,319 Speaker 7: these cleanup efforts really are or just political optics. 239 00:12:50,120 --> 00:12:52,520 Speaker 1: This is Gavin Newsom to a t Hey, I want 240 00:12:52,559 --> 00:12:54,600 Speaker 1: to make sure La looks pretty for the World Cup. 241 00:12:54,720 --> 00:12:59,160 Speaker 1: So here's a billion dollars. Do whatever you can. Oh, 242 00:12:59,200 --> 00:13:01,160 Speaker 1: it didn't work, there's another billion dollars. 243 00:13:02,720 --> 00:13:05,240 Speaker 9: As I'm looking at this, I'm like, well, I wonder 244 00:13:05,280 --> 00:13:07,280 Speaker 9: what the odds are that these are instantly going to 245 00:13:07,360 --> 00:13:10,679 Speaker 9: be covered with graffiti. And then about eight hours later 246 00:13:11,200 --> 00:13:14,920 Speaker 9: they were covered with graffiti, which is just such a 247 00:13:15,160 --> 00:13:20,679 Speaker 9: perfect example of taxpayer dollars go in and failure comes. 248 00:13:20,360 --> 00:13:22,559 Speaker 2: Out that instead, that's a great line. 249 00:13:22,440 --> 00:13:25,280 Speaker 9: That instead of painting it, which you know, a bucket 250 00:13:25,320 --> 00:13:28,240 Speaker 9: of great paint will cost you about fifty dollars. Now, 251 00:13:28,240 --> 00:13:31,840 Speaker 9: what they're going to do is replace individual sections of 252 00:13:31,880 --> 00:13:35,880 Speaker 9: this ivy every time it gets covered with graffiti, which. 253 00:13:35,679 --> 00:13:39,720 Speaker 1: By the way, great work for Caltrans because they're gonna never, never, never, never, 254 00:13:39,880 --> 00:13:42,840 Speaker 1: never have to replace that over and over again, which. 255 00:13:42,760 --> 00:13:44,880 Speaker 9: Is going to be wildly more expensive. 256 00:13:45,400 --> 00:13:47,959 Speaker 7: Now back out here live you can see Calchranz Cruz. 257 00:13:48,000 --> 00:13:50,200 Speaker 7: They are here, so they're working to cover. 258 00:13:50,040 --> 00:13:50,800 Speaker 6: It up again. 259 00:13:51,200 --> 00:13:53,640 Speaker 7: And we spoke to cal Trenz this morning asking what's 260 00:13:53,679 --> 00:13:56,000 Speaker 7: going to happen long term? What if they just keep 261 00:13:56,320 --> 00:13:59,200 Speaker 7: tagging over the ivy wall While they didn't have an 262 00:13:59,200 --> 00:14:01,240 Speaker 7: answer for that. That is the very latest sum leno. 263 00:14:01,960 --> 00:14:02,560 Speaker 2: There you go. 264 00:14:04,040 --> 00:14:09,439 Speaker 1: Caltrans is spending a billion dollars a year to beautify 265 00:14:09,600 --> 00:14:12,760 Speaker 1: our freeways. In one of the ways that they're doing 266 00:14:12,800 --> 00:14:17,880 Speaker 1: that is putting up graffiti resistant ivy on the side 267 00:14:17,880 --> 00:14:20,560 Speaker 1: of the one oh one in downtown. They put some 268 00:14:20,760 --> 00:14:26,440 Speaker 1: up on Friday. By Saturday, the graffiti resistant ivy got 269 00:14:26,520 --> 00:14:31,520 Speaker 1: tagged because turns out it's not resistant to graffiti. We 270 00:14:31,640 --> 00:14:36,080 Speaker 1: got scammed, we got hoypolloid. This is a mess, but 271 00:14:36,600 --> 00:14:39,880 Speaker 1: it brings me to my greater point. Maybe you agree 272 00:14:39,880 --> 00:14:44,560 Speaker 1: with me, maybe you disagree, but is it time that 273 00:14:44,640 --> 00:14:48,960 Speaker 1: we just be honest with our international friends that are 274 00:14:49,040 --> 00:14:52,960 Speaker 1: coming for these big events. This place is a dump. 275 00:14:53,400 --> 00:14:56,120 Speaker 1: Let's stop pretending that it's not a dump, and the 276 00:14:56,160 --> 00:14:58,200 Speaker 1: people in charge are not going to clean it up. 277 00:14:58,680 --> 00:15:00,680 Speaker 2: So here is my i pitch. 278 00:15:01,680 --> 00:15:04,120 Speaker 1: Because we're in a budget deficit in the city, in 279 00:15:04,160 --> 00:15:07,760 Speaker 1: the county, and in the state, one way we can 280 00:15:07,840 --> 00:15:12,320 Speaker 1: save money is to stop even pretending that we care 281 00:15:12,360 --> 00:15:17,800 Speaker 1: about cleaning up graffiti. Do you think cleaning up graffiti 282 00:15:18,360 --> 00:15:22,880 Speaker 1: is a waste of money in Los Angeles? That's my 283 00:15:23,040 --> 00:15:26,400 Speaker 1: simple question to you. You've got a phone, why don't 284 00:15:26,440 --> 00:15:28,440 Speaker 1: you dial it and call me and tell me what 285 00:15:28,560 --> 00:15:32,920 Speaker 1: you think. Eight hundred two two two five two two 286 00:15:33,000 --> 00:15:37,240 Speaker 1: two one. Eight hundred two two two five two two two, 287 00:15:37,800 --> 00:15:41,640 Speaker 1: Whether it's the Tagger Tower, the Sixth Street Bridge, the 288 00:15:41,760 --> 00:15:45,760 Speaker 1: Second Street Tunnel, or now graffiti resistant Ivy on the 289 00:15:45,800 --> 00:15:48,960 Speaker 1: one to one freeway. As soon as we clean it up, 290 00:15:49,120 --> 00:15:53,600 Speaker 1: it gets spray painted again and again and again. So 291 00:15:53,800 --> 00:15:57,359 Speaker 1: my question to you at eight hundred two two two 292 00:15:57,400 --> 00:16:01,120 Speaker 1: five two two two one, eight hundred two two two 293 00:16:01,160 --> 00:16:05,640 Speaker 1: five two two two is this. Do you think cleaning 294 00:16:05,760 --> 00:16:12,600 Speaker 1: up graffiti in LA is a waste of money? I do. 295 00:16:13,520 --> 00:16:16,320 Speaker 1: I don't think there is any point to it anymore. 296 00:16:16,800 --> 00:16:19,600 Speaker 1: We're never going to arrest the people that are doing this. 297 00:16:19,760 --> 00:16:23,360 Speaker 1: We're not even going to try It is a ticket crime. 298 00:16:23,920 --> 00:16:27,240 Speaker 1: So why do we keep throwing money at a problem 299 00:16:27,280 --> 00:16:31,320 Speaker 1: we are never going to solve. Eight hundred two two 300 00:16:31,480 --> 00:16:35,280 Speaker 1: two five two two two one. Eight hundred two two 301 00:16:35,360 --> 00:16:38,720 Speaker 1: two five two two two. Do you think it is 302 00:16:38,800 --> 00:16:42,480 Speaker 1: a waste of money to be cleaning up graffiti in 303 00:16:42,600 --> 00:16:43,720 Speaker 1: Los Angeles? 304 00:16:44,240 --> 00:16:46,280 Speaker 2: I sure do. How about you? 305 00:16:47,000 --> 00:16:50,720 Speaker 1: Eight hundred two two two five two two two one. 306 00:16:50,760 --> 00:16:54,160 Speaker 1: Eight hundred two two two five two two two Get 307 00:16:54,160 --> 00:16:56,600 Speaker 1: on the line right now. I want to hear what 308 00:16:56,640 --> 00:17:00,000 Speaker 1: you think about this. As cal trends put up graffiti 309 00:17:00,200 --> 00:17:04,640 Speaker 1: resistant IVY that got tagged over in twenty four hours. 310 00:17:04,640 --> 00:17:08,320 Speaker 1: Eight hundred two two two five two two two. It's 311 00:17:08,359 --> 00:17:13,119 Speaker 1: the News Blitz with Randy Wang on Talk radio seven 312 00:17:13,280 --> 00:17:19,320 Speaker 1: ninety KABC. It's the News Blitz with Randy Wang on KABC. 313 00:17:19,600 --> 00:17:22,120 Speaker 1: We're taking your phone calls at eight hundred two two 314 00:17:22,240 --> 00:17:25,160 Speaker 1: two five two two two one. Eight hundred two two 315 00:17:25,200 --> 00:17:28,160 Speaker 1: two five two two two Call me a little jaded. 316 00:17:28,280 --> 00:17:31,480 Speaker 1: But when cal Trans is spending your hard earned dollars 317 00:17:31,520 --> 00:17:34,399 Speaker 1: on putting up graffiti resistant ivy on the one to 318 00:17:34,480 --> 00:17:38,920 Speaker 1: one freeway that immediately gets tagged, I'm starting to think 319 00:17:38,960 --> 00:17:41,239 Speaker 1: it's a complete waste of money to be cleaning up 320 00:17:41,240 --> 00:17:44,520 Speaker 1: graffiti in Los Angeles. We're never going to arrest the 321 00:17:44,560 --> 00:17:47,320 Speaker 1: people that do this, so why do we keep wasting 322 00:17:47,359 --> 00:17:50,679 Speaker 1: money on cleaning it over and over and over again? 323 00:17:51,200 --> 00:17:53,400 Speaker 1: Do you think it's a waste of money to clean 324 00:17:53,440 --> 00:17:56,960 Speaker 1: graffiti in Los Angeles? Eight hundred two two two five 325 00:17:57,040 --> 00:17:59,960 Speaker 1: two two two one, eight hundred two two two five 326 00:18:01,040 --> 00:18:02,840 Speaker 1: it's going to Mern and Metafee Mirn. 327 00:18:02,920 --> 00:18:07,760 Speaker 10: Hello, hey, hello, listen, this is what we we. I'm 328 00:18:07,760 --> 00:18:10,760 Speaker 10: going to put it this way. We women constantly are 329 00:18:10,800 --> 00:18:13,040 Speaker 10: cleaning house, aren't we? More so than the men in 330 00:18:13,080 --> 00:18:15,760 Speaker 10: our lives? But Bunny, is that you've got to make 331 00:18:15,800 --> 00:18:18,840 Speaker 10: the attempt. Our intention is to show this is how 332 00:18:18,880 --> 00:18:21,119 Speaker 10: good the house can look, this is how good our 333 00:18:21,119 --> 00:18:24,479 Speaker 10: neighborhoods can look. Let's try and do it more. But 334 00:18:24,520 --> 00:18:26,720 Speaker 10: we have to just stay after it. You can't just 335 00:18:26,760 --> 00:18:28,960 Speaker 10: give up on it and let it get worse and worse. 336 00:18:29,200 --> 00:18:33,360 Speaker 10: The point is show intention to have nice looking neighborhoods, 337 00:18:33,400 --> 00:18:36,560 Speaker 10: and that give the impression to our youngsters growing up. 338 00:18:36,760 --> 00:18:39,120 Speaker 10: This is how you conduct life when you're an adult. 339 00:18:39,680 --> 00:18:40,440 Speaker 10: Does that make sense? 340 00:18:40,480 --> 00:18:43,080 Speaker 1: Well, right now, what we're showing our youngsters is that 341 00:18:43,200 --> 00:18:46,440 Speaker 1: you can get away with spray painting every single inch. 342 00:18:46,280 --> 00:18:46,919 Speaker 2: Of this city. 343 00:18:48,119 --> 00:18:50,280 Speaker 10: Not it. They aren't getting away with it if we 344 00:18:50,359 --> 00:18:53,640 Speaker 10: all continue to do the cleanup. If we give up 345 00:18:53,640 --> 00:18:56,280 Speaker 10: and not clean it up anymore, then yeah, they win. 346 00:18:57,240 --> 00:19:00,280 Speaker 10: So no, we must continue to be the ad alt 347 00:19:00,760 --> 00:19:03,800 Speaker 10: do the cleanup like adults do, whether it's our home 348 00:19:03,920 --> 00:19:04,760 Speaker 10: or our neighborhoods. 349 00:19:05,119 --> 00:19:08,840 Speaker 1: Gotta keep doing it all righty, thanks for the call, Mirn. 350 00:19:08,960 --> 00:19:10,600 Speaker 2: Appreciate it, she says. 351 00:19:10,720 --> 00:19:14,119 Speaker 1: Yes, Let's keep spending money to clean up this filth, 352 00:19:14,560 --> 00:19:17,280 Speaker 1: even though the downass kids don't like it, and the 353 00:19:17,359 --> 00:19:21,240 Speaker 1: downass kids want us to continue to live in blight. 354 00:19:21,520 --> 00:19:24,000 Speaker 5: The neighborhood kids, the downass kids don't like it. 355 00:19:24,880 --> 00:19:30,480 Speaker 1: So after Caltran's wasted your money putting up graffiti resistant 356 00:19:30,560 --> 00:19:33,720 Speaker 1: ivy on the one to one freeway that immediately got tagged, 357 00:19:34,240 --> 00:19:36,520 Speaker 1: I think it is now a waste of our time 358 00:19:36,680 --> 00:19:39,640 Speaker 1: and money to be even cleaning this up. Why are 359 00:19:39,640 --> 00:19:42,240 Speaker 1: we even fighting this battle. We know we're gonna lose. 360 00:19:42,680 --> 00:19:45,320 Speaker 1: Eight hundred two two two five two two two. Is 361 00:19:45,359 --> 00:19:48,240 Speaker 1: the telephone number one eight hundred two to two two 362 00:19:48,320 --> 00:19:51,239 Speaker 1: five two two two. Do you think it is a 363 00:19:51,440 --> 00:19:55,359 Speaker 1: waste of money to continue to be cleaning up graffiti 364 00:19:55,840 --> 00:19:57,760 Speaker 1: in the city of Los Angeles? 365 00:19:58,119 --> 00:19:58,399 Speaker 11: I do? 366 00:19:58,960 --> 00:20:01,920 Speaker 1: What about you? Eight hundred two two two five two 367 00:20:01,960 --> 00:20:05,000 Speaker 1: two two one. Eight hundred two two two five two 368 00:20:05,119 --> 00:20:08,200 Speaker 1: two two. If you're on hold, stay right there. We've 369 00:20:08,200 --> 00:20:10,760 Speaker 1: got more of your calls coming up. Next, It's the 370 00:20:10,800 --> 00:20:15,800 Speaker 1: News Blitz with Randy Wang on Talk Radio seven ninety KABC. 371 00:20:16,359 --> 00:20:19,000 Speaker 1: It is the News Blitz with Randy Wang on Talk 372 00:20:19,080 --> 00:20:23,160 Speaker 1: Radio seven ninety KABC. We're here every single day from 373 00:20:23,160 --> 00:20:25,800 Speaker 1: five to six talking about the local issues that mattered 374 00:20:25,840 --> 00:20:28,200 Speaker 1: you most and taking your phone calls at eight hundred 375 00:20:28,240 --> 00:20:31,040 Speaker 1: two two two five two two two one, eight hundred 376 00:20:31,080 --> 00:20:33,600 Speaker 1: two two two five two two two, your emails at 377 00:20:33,680 --> 00:20:36,399 Speaker 1: Randy Wang Radio at gmail dot com, and search for 378 00:20:36,400 --> 00:20:40,040 Speaker 1: the KABC News Blitz wherever you get your podcasts. Let's 379 00:20:40,040 --> 00:20:42,160 Speaker 1: go to the phones right now. Eight hundred two two 380 00:20:42,200 --> 00:20:46,320 Speaker 1: two five two two two. The city of Los Angeles 381 00:20:46,359 --> 00:20:48,640 Speaker 1: has a big graffiti problem, and the city of Los 382 00:20:48,680 --> 00:20:51,359 Speaker 1: Angeles is about to invite the world for the World Cup. 383 00:20:51,720 --> 00:20:55,200 Speaker 1: So Cal Trends through Gavin Newsom's one billion dollar grant, 384 00:20:55,480 --> 00:20:58,600 Speaker 1: spent the weekend putting up graffiti resistant ivy on the 385 00:20:58,600 --> 00:21:02,320 Speaker 1: one to one freeway that immediately got tagged by graffiti. 386 00:21:02,880 --> 00:21:05,159 Speaker 2: So I have thrown up my hands. I am saying, 387 00:21:05,440 --> 00:21:06,160 Speaker 2: why do we. 388 00:21:06,200 --> 00:21:09,280 Speaker 1: Even waste money on cleaning up graffiti in Los Angeles? 389 00:21:09,280 --> 00:21:10,080 Speaker 2: But what say you? 390 00:21:10,359 --> 00:21:12,640 Speaker 1: Eight hundred two to two two five two two two. 391 00:21:12,840 --> 00:21:14,600 Speaker 1: Let's start with Steven and Glendale. 392 00:21:14,640 --> 00:21:19,320 Speaker 12: Steven, Hello, yes, hi, Randy, I got some great ideas. 393 00:21:19,440 --> 00:21:23,000 Speaker 12: Maybe we can deter graffiti on the one ten freeway there. 394 00:21:24,200 --> 00:21:25,200 Speaker 2: All right, what did we do? 395 00:21:27,080 --> 00:21:30,520 Speaker 12: The first idea would involve begging a moat, filling it 396 00:21:30,640 --> 00:21:34,879 Speaker 12: with water, and throwing alligators in there alongside of the 397 00:21:34,920 --> 00:21:36,800 Speaker 12: wall so they don't reach the wall. 398 00:21:39,119 --> 00:21:41,640 Speaker 1: Is there any fear of a car accidentally driving into 399 00:21:41,640 --> 00:21:42,080 Speaker 1: that moat? 400 00:21:43,720 --> 00:21:46,399 Speaker 12: Yeah, but you know insurance. It could be upgraded. It 401 00:21:46,480 --> 00:21:50,520 Speaker 12: could become modern relligators and crocodiles. Number two of the idea, 402 00:21:50,600 --> 00:21:53,240 Speaker 12: to be honest, could be dead on arrival because it 403 00:21:53,359 --> 00:21:58,000 Speaker 12: involves a electrical fence and there's a one hundred chance 404 00:21:58,040 --> 00:21:59,360 Speaker 12: the copper is going to be stolen. 405 00:22:01,440 --> 00:22:04,080 Speaker 1: There is one hundred percent chance of that. So yeah, 406 00:22:04,080 --> 00:22:06,480 Speaker 1: we can't have anything that uses copper because then they're 407 00:22:06,520 --> 00:22:08,840 Speaker 1: just gonna steal that before they then tag it up. 408 00:22:10,119 --> 00:22:12,880 Speaker 12: The third idea would be a little logical on empathetic. 409 00:22:13,680 --> 00:22:17,720 Speaker 12: It would involve finally including graffiti in the Olympics, where 410 00:22:17,720 --> 00:22:21,920 Speaker 12: we can see who's who and what what is capable 411 00:22:22,119 --> 00:22:26,680 Speaker 12: these taggers and regards to climate of hierarchy of who 412 00:22:26,760 --> 00:22:29,520 Speaker 12: is the best, who can be the flashiest. That way, 413 00:22:29,520 --> 00:22:30,879 Speaker 12: you didn't have to do it on the freeway. 414 00:22:32,320 --> 00:22:34,879 Speaker 1: Well, there you go. Maybe that's what we do. We 415 00:22:34,920 --> 00:22:37,639 Speaker 1: turn it all into an Olympic sport. I don't know 416 00:22:37,680 --> 00:22:39,800 Speaker 1: how you exactly you would judge it, but then there's 417 00:22:39,840 --> 00:22:42,480 Speaker 1: plenty of categories in the Olympics where I don't understand 418 00:22:42,560 --> 00:22:45,240 Speaker 1: how exactly they're judging. But we go ahead and we 419 00:22:45,520 --> 00:22:48,719 Speaker 1: steer into the skid, as they say, and we celebrate 420 00:22:48,800 --> 00:22:50,480 Speaker 1: how disgusting this city is. 421 00:22:52,200 --> 00:22:54,840 Speaker 12: Cheers. I'll toast that all. 422 00:22:54,800 --> 00:22:57,440 Speaker 2: Right, Steven, thanks so much for the call. Appreciate it. 423 00:22:57,720 --> 00:23:00,240 Speaker 1: Eight hundred two two two five two two two is 424 00:23:00,280 --> 00:23:03,280 Speaker 1: the telephone number do you think cleaning up graffiti in 425 00:23:03,400 --> 00:23:05,879 Speaker 1: La is a waste of money. Let's go to David 426 00:23:05,880 --> 00:23:10,120 Speaker 1: in Santa Clarita. David, Hello, Hey, Randy. 427 00:23:10,760 --> 00:23:13,639 Speaker 13: I appreciate the question. It really struck a nerve with me. 428 00:23:14,040 --> 00:23:16,840 Speaker 13: I just wanted to say, uh, I'm frustrated too. I 429 00:23:16,880 --> 00:23:19,679 Speaker 13: hate to see that money, you know, go to something 430 00:23:19,720 --> 00:23:23,120 Speaker 13: that seems like an ineffective way of going about trying 431 00:23:23,160 --> 00:23:27,159 Speaker 13: to prevent it. However, if anyone's ever traveled abroad, like 432 00:23:27,280 --> 00:23:32,119 Speaker 13: cities like Barcelona, even Paris, many of these cities have 433 00:23:32,280 --> 00:23:34,520 Speaker 13: kind of given up and you can see that they've 434 00:23:34,560 --> 00:23:37,560 Speaker 13: sort of embraced the graffiti. And I don't personally think 435 00:23:37,600 --> 00:23:41,080 Speaker 13: it's pretty. So I think you have to keep trying 436 00:23:41,240 --> 00:23:43,919 Speaker 13: whatever that is. You know, maybe try different methods, but 437 00:23:44,000 --> 00:23:45,720 Speaker 13: you can't give up. You got to hold the line. 438 00:23:46,640 --> 00:23:49,440 Speaker 1: Well, the one thing that we haven't tried that might 439 00:23:49,560 --> 00:23:52,560 Speaker 1: work is if we vote for different people at the 440 00:23:52,560 --> 00:23:55,119 Speaker 1: city council, at the mayor's office. But I don't know 441 00:23:55,119 --> 00:23:56,040 Speaker 1: if we're going to try that. 442 00:23:58,240 --> 00:23:59,439 Speaker 13: Thanks for making much call, Randy. 443 00:24:00,119 --> 00:24:02,199 Speaker 2: Thanks so much for the call. David, appreciate it. 444 00:24:02,440 --> 00:24:04,760 Speaker 1: Eight hundred two to two two five two two two 445 00:24:04,880 --> 00:24:09,160 Speaker 1: is the telephone number. Let's go to Emily in La Palma. 446 00:24:09,200 --> 00:24:18,720 Speaker 2: Emily. Hello Emily, Emily going once, Emily going twice. 447 00:24:19,200 --> 00:24:21,639 Speaker 1: Emily can call us back. Let's go to Claudia in 448 00:24:21,800 --> 00:24:22,680 Speaker 1: La Claudia. 449 00:24:22,720 --> 00:24:25,280 Speaker 2: Hello, Hi Randy. 450 00:24:25,320 --> 00:24:26,840 Speaker 14: First of all, I wanted to say hi to you. 451 00:24:26,960 --> 00:24:29,840 Speaker 14: I met you at the events over at Pineapple Hills, 452 00:24:29,880 --> 00:24:31,359 Speaker 14: the one that was sitting in the back, and you 453 00:24:31,400 --> 00:24:33,320 Speaker 14: said you had a little commercial on KIM and said. 454 00:24:33,200 --> 00:24:37,119 Speaker 1: Hi, Oh, that's wonderful, good to see you. Thanks so 455 00:24:37,200 --> 00:24:38,040 Speaker 1: much for coming out. 456 00:24:39,240 --> 00:24:41,880 Speaker 14: Yes, So I just wanted to mention I actually had 457 00:24:41,920 --> 00:24:44,960 Speaker 14: that issue here where I live in northeast Los Angeles, 458 00:24:44,960 --> 00:24:49,080 Speaker 14: and luckily I was able to work with the senior lead. 459 00:24:49,280 --> 00:24:52,800 Speaker 14: And there was a guy who kept coming around to 460 00:24:53,119 --> 00:24:55,960 Speaker 14: all the houses whatnot excuse me, just a little immediate 461 00:24:56,000 --> 00:25:00,199 Speaker 14: area and he was graffiti, really tall, just graffiti. So 462 00:25:00,680 --> 00:25:02,800 Speaker 14: the senior and elite and I just kind of kept 463 00:25:02,800 --> 00:25:05,480 Speaker 14: in touch and he's like, Claudia, guess what we got him? 464 00:25:05,640 --> 00:25:07,359 Speaker 14: And I was like what, he goes, Yeah, we just 465 00:25:07,440 --> 00:25:10,040 Speaker 14: kind of did like a little operation and just kind 466 00:25:10,040 --> 00:25:12,199 Speaker 14: of waited for him, and sure enough we caught him 467 00:25:12,200 --> 00:25:15,600 Speaker 14: with his having no griff feeding and they were able 468 00:25:15,640 --> 00:25:18,680 Speaker 14: to take him in and book him and everything. But again, 469 00:25:18,720 --> 00:25:21,359 Speaker 14: this was like over five years ago, so you know 470 00:25:21,400 --> 00:25:24,879 Speaker 14: it depends on the station. But again, just keeping that 471 00:25:24,960 --> 00:25:27,640 Speaker 14: communication with your senior leads. You know, they're the ones 472 00:25:27,640 --> 00:25:30,080 Speaker 14: that look out for your area. And he was able 473 00:25:30,119 --> 00:25:33,360 Speaker 14: to get arrested. So like that other lady, he said, 474 00:25:33,359 --> 00:25:35,320 Speaker 14: you know, you have to take responsibility for your own 475 00:25:35,600 --> 00:25:38,040 Speaker 14: area too, So it was really good that they were 476 00:25:38,040 --> 00:25:40,639 Speaker 14: able to give him a ticket and find him and 477 00:25:40,680 --> 00:25:41,880 Speaker 14: he didn't do it after that. 478 00:25:43,200 --> 00:25:46,320 Speaker 1: Well, that is a positive story if I've ever heard one. 479 00:25:46,480 --> 00:25:50,440 Speaker 1: Somebody actually faced consequences for this and it changed their behavior. 480 00:25:50,520 --> 00:25:53,680 Speaker 13: What a concept, Yes, exactly. 481 00:25:54,200 --> 00:25:57,359 Speaker 14: So just giving you guys hope, just have that communication 482 00:25:57,440 --> 00:26:00,280 Speaker 14: with your LAPD or just you know, keeping and I 483 00:26:00,440 --> 00:26:02,760 Speaker 14: sent you like a neighborhood watch. But you know it 484 00:26:02,880 --> 00:26:05,640 Speaker 14: helps because you know, it is good for our community 485 00:26:05,720 --> 00:26:07,400 Speaker 14: and for families and stuff as well. 486 00:26:08,480 --> 00:26:08,720 Speaker 2: Well. 487 00:26:08,800 --> 00:26:11,080 Speaker 1: I really appreciate the call so much, and thanks so 488 00:26:11,160 --> 00:26:13,080 Speaker 1: much for coming out to Pineapple Hill. Maybe we'll see 489 00:26:13,119 --> 00:26:14,560 Speaker 1: in Long Beach in a week and a half. Thanks 490 00:26:14,600 --> 00:26:17,159 Speaker 1: so much for coming. So here's one thing that is 491 00:26:17,200 --> 00:26:20,240 Speaker 1: really important about what Claudia said. And yeah, I'm having 492 00:26:20,240 --> 00:26:22,879 Speaker 1: a little fun with you know how ridiculous it is 493 00:26:22,920 --> 00:26:25,480 Speaker 1: that we spent money on graffiti resistant IVY and it's 494 00:26:25,520 --> 00:26:26,760 Speaker 1: not resistant to graffiti. 495 00:26:27,320 --> 00:26:28,760 Speaker 2: But one of the things that. 496 00:26:28,680 --> 00:26:32,040 Speaker 1: We cannot let up on is even if it is 497 00:26:32,080 --> 00:26:37,320 Speaker 1: something as insignificant as graffiti, you have to report crime. 498 00:26:39,040 --> 00:26:39,240 Speaker 5: One. 499 00:26:39,440 --> 00:26:41,680 Speaker 1: The laped can't do anything if we don't tell them. 500 00:26:41,800 --> 00:26:44,840 Speaker 1: And if we believe that, okay, well the laped can't 501 00:26:44,840 --> 00:26:47,879 Speaker 1: do much because their hands are tied, we still should 502 00:26:47,920 --> 00:26:50,320 Speaker 1: report crime. Because I'm gonna tell you right now what 503 00:26:50,440 --> 00:26:54,399 Speaker 1: happens when we stop reporting crime, the small crimes, the 504 00:26:54,520 --> 00:26:59,000 Speaker 1: quality of life crimes, the vandalisms, the graffitis, the shoplifting. 505 00:26:59,560 --> 00:27:03,760 Speaker 1: When we stop reporting it, then Karen baskets to hold 506 00:27:03,800 --> 00:27:08,600 Speaker 1: press conferences saying crime is down and we cannot have that. 507 00:27:09,440 --> 00:27:14,840 Speaker 1: Let's go to Carrie in Sherman Oaks. Carrie, Hello, Hello. 508 00:27:14,640 --> 00:27:16,639 Speaker 8: Randy, I love your show. Thank you so much for 509 00:27:16,720 --> 00:27:17,440 Speaker 8: taking my call. 510 00:27:18,400 --> 00:27:18,880 Speaker 2: Thank you. 511 00:27:20,840 --> 00:27:24,600 Speaker 8: Well, here's my solution. I believe that Claudia believes we 512 00:27:24,600 --> 00:27:27,399 Speaker 8: should be in touch with our police departments. Some of 513 00:27:27,480 --> 00:27:30,359 Speaker 8: us sit on police Advisory boards with the LAPD and 514 00:27:30,440 --> 00:27:34,439 Speaker 8: they ask people to report things, which I agree. I 515 00:27:34,480 --> 00:27:37,280 Speaker 8: think there are several youth that are being held in 516 00:27:37,880 --> 00:27:42,119 Speaker 8: you in custody, and I think that they're not really understanding. 517 00:27:42,160 --> 00:27:43,800 Speaker 8: They just go in and come out. I think we 518 00:27:43,800 --> 00:27:46,520 Speaker 8: should go back to and when I say chain gang, 519 00:27:46,600 --> 00:27:49,840 Speaker 8: I don't mean harming them, but let them be responsible 520 00:27:49,920 --> 00:27:53,400 Speaker 8: to clean up the graffiti. Let others in the community 521 00:27:53,520 --> 00:27:56,240 Speaker 8: that think about they're going to graffiti end up seeing 522 00:27:56,320 --> 00:27:59,359 Speaker 8: other youths do this and learn that if you do this, 523 00:27:59,400 --> 00:28:01,960 Speaker 8: there are conso cleanses and they will have to clean 524 00:28:02,040 --> 00:28:04,000 Speaker 8: up what they have done, if not in their area, 525 00:28:04,040 --> 00:28:06,440 Speaker 8: in another area, and you just have to have them 526 00:28:06,520 --> 00:28:07,400 Speaker 8: cleaning things up. 527 00:28:08,680 --> 00:28:10,639 Speaker 1: Now, this is something I totally agree with, and I 528 00:28:10,680 --> 00:28:14,240 Speaker 1: think this is true for so many different quality categories 529 00:28:14,280 --> 00:28:17,520 Speaker 1: of crime, not just for our juveniles, but definitely for 530 00:28:17,600 --> 00:28:20,200 Speaker 1: our juveniles and a whole bunch of things. If our 531 00:28:20,280 --> 00:28:23,200 Speaker 1: criminal justice system is so pathetic that you know, people 532 00:28:23,359 --> 00:28:25,439 Speaker 1: get in and out of jail and it doesn't really matter, 533 00:28:25,880 --> 00:28:28,119 Speaker 1: then maybe what it needs to be done is it 534 00:28:28,160 --> 00:28:31,560 Speaker 1: is mandatory community service. When it is if you're the 535 00:28:31,600 --> 00:28:34,600 Speaker 1: one tagging, you have to be the one cleaning it up, 536 00:28:34,960 --> 00:28:36,960 Speaker 1: and we're going to put you on there eight hours 537 00:28:36,960 --> 00:28:39,520 Speaker 1: a day picking up I mean, honestly, for all of 538 00:28:39,520 --> 00:28:42,480 Speaker 1: the petty crime that goes on. If the mandatory punishment 539 00:28:42,520 --> 00:28:44,840 Speaker 1: was you had to pick up trash, this city would 540 00:28:44,840 --> 00:28:46,240 Speaker 1: be immaculate. 541 00:28:47,160 --> 00:28:49,320 Speaker 8: And it won't cost us a whole lot of money 542 00:28:49,360 --> 00:28:53,040 Speaker 8: to have someone supervising those people, and the youth will 543 00:28:53,080 --> 00:28:56,720 Speaker 8: be learning a lesson. And the youth or anyone who 544 00:28:56,760 --> 00:28:59,960 Speaker 8: is wanting to commit a crime, whatever crime it is, 545 00:29:00,960 --> 00:29:04,480 Speaker 8: if it's graffiti, whatever it is, they'll see their consequences 546 00:29:04,520 --> 00:29:07,280 Speaker 8: and hopefully they'll think twice and think, gosh, maybe I 547 00:29:07,320 --> 00:29:10,000 Speaker 8: shouldn't do this. Otherwise, they think there's no reason for 548 00:29:10,040 --> 00:29:12,600 Speaker 8: them to stop doing it because no one stops them. 549 00:29:12,920 --> 00:29:15,160 Speaker 8: No one says it's wrong, no one says it's bad. 550 00:29:15,520 --> 00:29:17,880 Speaker 8: We live in a society where everyone is a winner. 551 00:29:18,160 --> 00:29:20,640 Speaker 8: That's not true. You have to be responsible, you have 552 00:29:20,680 --> 00:29:24,360 Speaker 8: to earn things. And I am not supportive of our 553 00:29:24,400 --> 00:29:28,600 Speaker 8: mayor who does not do a whole lot to support law, 554 00:29:28,680 --> 00:29:31,240 Speaker 8: the law and the police department who don't get enough 555 00:29:31,240 --> 00:29:35,080 Speaker 8: credit and they are overworked and they need our assistance. 556 00:29:35,240 --> 00:29:37,040 Speaker 8: And I believe that we need to put the youth 557 00:29:37,240 --> 00:29:38,920 Speaker 8: back on the streets cleaning up. 558 00:29:40,280 --> 00:29:43,000 Speaker 1: I think you make some really, really really good points. 559 00:29:43,000 --> 00:29:46,080 Speaker 1: Thanks so much for the call, Kerry, appreciate it. Yeah, 560 00:29:46,280 --> 00:29:48,920 Speaker 1: I love that idea. If someone ran on that idea 561 00:29:49,400 --> 00:29:54,240 Speaker 1: on mandatory community service for rule blakers and those community services, 562 00:29:54,320 --> 00:29:57,880 Speaker 1: are you either picking up trash or you are cleaning 563 00:29:57,960 --> 00:30:00,920 Speaker 1: up graffiti. We could really use that in this city. 564 00:30:01,600 --> 00:30:04,280 Speaker 1: Kind of like that gives us more of incentive to 565 00:30:04,280 --> 00:30:07,360 Speaker 1: go out and arrest people if that's the consequence, because 566 00:30:07,400 --> 00:30:10,320 Speaker 1: we're not going through all the nonsense. So you change 567 00:30:10,320 --> 00:30:13,320 Speaker 1: the criminal code, so the low level quality of life crimes, 568 00:30:13,680 --> 00:30:17,560 Speaker 1: these are now mandatory community service. You make a civil 569 00:30:17,600 --> 00:30:21,160 Speaker 1: penalty instead of a criminal penalty. I don't know, it's 570 00:30:21,200 --> 00:30:24,760 Speaker 1: something we're spitballing here. Eight hundred two two two five 571 00:30:24,840 --> 00:30:27,200 Speaker 1: two two two one eight hundred two to two two 572 00:30:27,280 --> 00:30:29,760 Speaker 1: five two two two. Do you think it is a 573 00:30:29,800 --> 00:30:33,840 Speaker 1: waste of money to clean up graffiti in Los Angeles? 574 00:30:34,080 --> 00:30:36,800 Speaker 1: If you're on hold, stay right there. We're going right 575 00:30:36,840 --> 00:30:39,320 Speaker 1: back to the calls. Next, it's the News Blitz with 576 00:30:39,400 --> 00:30:43,160 Speaker 1: Randy Wang on KABC. It's the News Blitz with Randy 577 00:30:43,200 --> 00:30:47,320 Speaker 1: Wang on KABC. Let's get back to the phones. Thanks 578 00:30:47,320 --> 00:30:50,080 Speaker 1: for holding everyone, and let's start with all right Lisa 579 00:30:50,080 --> 00:30:52,320 Speaker 1: and La Palma has called back Lisa, Hello. 580 00:30:54,360 --> 00:30:59,840 Speaker 15: Bye, No, I think it's worth cleaning because when shep 581 00:31:00,440 --> 00:31:04,080 Speaker 15: visited San Francisco a while back, they did a major 582 00:31:04,200 --> 00:31:08,640 Speaker 15: cleanup because of that reason. And my friends, a few 583 00:31:08,640 --> 00:31:11,160 Speaker 15: of them that still live in San Francisco told me, 584 00:31:11,640 --> 00:31:14,120 Speaker 15: as a result of that, they still. 585 00:31:13,880 --> 00:31:15,560 Speaker 16: Have some effects that are positive. 586 00:31:15,600 --> 00:31:18,080 Speaker 15: It's still in other words, you know, maybe it's not 587 00:31:18,200 --> 00:31:21,320 Speaker 15: as perfect as when the President of China came that time, 588 00:31:21,400 --> 00:31:25,000 Speaker 15: but they have kept up some cleanliness in that city. 589 00:31:25,000 --> 00:31:28,200 Speaker 15: It's made somewhat of a comeback. So I think some 590 00:31:28,240 --> 00:31:31,440 Speaker 15: of these big events, you know, they made steer cities 591 00:31:31,560 --> 00:31:34,960 Speaker 15: in certain directions, hopefully for Los Angeles. And the other 592 00:31:35,040 --> 00:31:37,200 Speaker 15: ideas the other callers had were great too. 593 00:31:38,720 --> 00:31:41,480 Speaker 1: I think that's a really, really, really good point. And 594 00:31:41,640 --> 00:31:44,760 Speaker 1: I think you know that the whole blowback from that 595 00:31:44,800 --> 00:31:47,200 Speaker 1: thing was it was a price that the former mayor 596 00:31:47,200 --> 00:31:49,760 Speaker 1: of San Francisco London Breed paid. It's part of why 597 00:31:49,800 --> 00:31:52,520 Speaker 1: there was such a political change up there is people 598 00:31:52,640 --> 00:31:55,640 Speaker 1: want to see the streets clean. I think right now 599 00:31:56,000 --> 00:31:58,520 Speaker 1: the appetite of the voter of Los Angeles is not 600 00:31:58,640 --> 00:32:01,760 Speaker 1: for change, but maybe I'm maybe the events like this, 601 00:32:01,840 --> 00:32:04,120 Speaker 1: if people see it clean and they're like, it should 602 00:32:04,160 --> 00:32:06,080 Speaker 1: be like this three hundred and sixty five days a year, 603 00:32:06,120 --> 00:32:08,840 Speaker 1: because you're right, it will actually be just as big 604 00:32:08,840 --> 00:32:11,720 Speaker 1: of a story. If Los Angeles is clean for the 605 00:32:11,760 --> 00:32:14,400 Speaker 1: Olympics and clean for the World Cup and not clean 606 00:32:14,440 --> 00:32:16,000 Speaker 1: for the rest of the time, it's like, well, why 607 00:32:16,080 --> 00:32:18,640 Speaker 1: can't it always be like this? So that's a really, really, 608 00:32:18,680 --> 00:32:21,200 Speaker 1: really good point. Thanks so much for the call. Appreciate it. 609 00:32:21,520 --> 00:32:26,400 Speaker 1: Let's go to Mike in Redondo. Mike, Hello, Hi, Randy, 610 00:32:26,400 --> 00:32:28,400 Speaker 1: how are you doing great? 611 00:32:29,840 --> 00:32:31,440 Speaker 11: Thank you so much for taking my call. I just 612 00:32:31,520 --> 00:32:34,880 Speaker 11: wanted to piggyback with some other callers said. You know, 613 00:32:34,920 --> 00:32:36,440 Speaker 11: at the end of the day, I really feel like 614 00:32:36,680 --> 00:32:38,400 Speaker 11: if you're not scared of what the. 615 00:32:38,800 --> 00:32:40,280 Speaker 13: What, you're gonna the outcome. 616 00:32:40,520 --> 00:32:41,959 Speaker 11: People are going to do what they're going to do. 617 00:32:42,080 --> 00:32:43,920 Speaker 11: And you know, it's only going to be clean if 618 00:32:43,960 --> 00:32:47,160 Speaker 11: the cops are around and they're enforcing the law. But 619 00:32:47,240 --> 00:32:48,760 Speaker 11: if the law is like, hey, you know what, you're 620 00:32:48,760 --> 00:32:50,360 Speaker 11: going to get a slap on the wrist even though 621 00:32:50,360 --> 00:32:53,440 Speaker 11: you just cause ten thousand dollars with the damage, who's 622 00:32:53,480 --> 00:32:55,560 Speaker 11: going to be scared? What fifteen year old kid is worried? 623 00:32:55,600 --> 00:32:57,640 Speaker 11: They're just going to take you back home and drop 624 00:32:57,680 --> 00:32:59,480 Speaker 11: you off at mom and dad and then the taxpayer 625 00:32:59,480 --> 00:33:01,320 Speaker 11: has to cover and I just kind of wonder to 626 00:33:01,360 --> 00:33:02,720 Speaker 11: know if you think the same way. 627 00:33:03,800 --> 00:33:05,680 Speaker 1: I think that's a big part of it. And I 628 00:33:05,720 --> 00:33:08,000 Speaker 1: think that's one of the problems that we had when 629 00:33:08,040 --> 00:33:10,080 Speaker 1: it comes to all kinds of reforms that we've had 630 00:33:10,080 --> 00:33:13,320 Speaker 1: in our juvenile justice system, because, and let's speak totally 631 00:33:13,320 --> 00:33:15,719 Speaker 1: honest about this, the county doesn't want to put anybody 632 00:33:15,760 --> 00:33:18,600 Speaker 1: in juvie because they're worried about lawsuits. And that is 633 00:33:18,680 --> 00:33:22,040 Speaker 1: why it is pretty much consequence free for the very 634 00:33:22,080 --> 00:33:25,000 Speaker 1: few kids that are bad actors. They get to roll 635 00:33:25,000 --> 00:33:26,760 Speaker 1: the roosts, they get to do whatever they do, and 636 00:33:26,800 --> 00:33:29,720 Speaker 1: there are no consequences for their behavior, and they get 637 00:33:29,760 --> 00:33:32,920 Speaker 1: coapted pretty easily by the gangs who know that if 638 00:33:32,920 --> 00:33:35,720 Speaker 1: the juveniles do all their dirty work, if they get pinched, 639 00:33:35,800 --> 00:33:37,000 Speaker 1: nothing happens to them. 640 00:33:39,440 --> 00:33:41,840 Speaker 11: So why do you think that so many people are 641 00:33:41,920 --> 00:33:45,640 Speaker 11: voting for these soft on crime das and judges, Like, 642 00:33:45,640 --> 00:33:48,040 Speaker 11: how do these people get in? Why would they want 643 00:33:48,080 --> 00:33:50,120 Speaker 11: to like type that up? What is the benefit of 644 00:33:50,160 --> 00:33:51,560 Speaker 11: being loose on crime? 645 00:33:52,880 --> 00:33:54,920 Speaker 1: I think you make a really strong point. I think 646 00:33:54,920 --> 00:33:57,960 Speaker 1: in the last election we saw a definite pushback against that. 647 00:33:58,280 --> 00:34:02,200 Speaker 1: George gascon got kicked out handily. Prop thirty six passed 648 00:34:02,200 --> 00:34:05,080 Speaker 1: by seventy percent, But people need to think deeper about 649 00:34:05,080 --> 00:34:07,760 Speaker 1: It's not just the DA and it wasn't just Prop 650 00:34:07,800 --> 00:34:11,040 Speaker 1: thirty six, but we got to talk about crime being 651 00:34:11,080 --> 00:34:13,080 Speaker 1: an issue when it comes to every member of the 652 00:34:13,160 --> 00:34:16,040 Speaker 1: city Council, every member of the county Board of Supervisors, 653 00:34:16,080 --> 00:34:18,319 Speaker 1: every member of the Assembly, the state Senate. It all 654 00:34:18,360 --> 00:34:20,960 Speaker 1: matters because the only way to change the laws that 655 00:34:21,000 --> 00:34:23,400 Speaker 1: are making it so hard to enforce what's on the 656 00:34:23,440 --> 00:34:26,560 Speaker 1: books are by getting people in Sacramento that have the 657 00:34:26,600 --> 00:34:30,680 Speaker 1: political will to change that so it can happen. But 658 00:34:31,160 --> 00:34:34,160 Speaker 1: we've got to start thinking about a lot more about 659 00:34:34,200 --> 00:34:36,680 Speaker 1: who we're voting for, and that requires paying attention. It 660 00:34:36,680 --> 00:34:40,440 Speaker 1: requires voter participation, which LA is famous for not having. 661 00:34:40,480 --> 00:34:42,880 Speaker 1: Thanks so much for the call, appreciate it. Eight hundred 662 00:34:42,920 --> 00:34:45,000 Speaker 1: two to two two five two two two is the 663 00:34:45,040 --> 00:34:47,839 Speaker 1: telephone number one eight hundred two to two two five 664 00:34:47,920 --> 00:34:50,279 Speaker 1: two two two. If you're on hold, stay right there. 665 00:34:50,400 --> 00:34:52,319 Speaker 1: More of your calls coming up. Next, It's the News 666 00:34:52,400 --> 00:34:56,080 Speaker 1: Blitz with Randy Wang on KABC. It's the News Blitz 667 00:34:56,080 --> 00:34:59,200 Speaker 1: with Randy Wang on KABC. Back to the phones, We go, 668 00:34:59,400 --> 00:35:00,919 Speaker 1: let's go to in Long Beach. 669 00:35:01,040 --> 00:35:01,320 Speaker 2: Tom. 670 00:35:01,360 --> 00:35:07,480 Speaker 3: Hello, Hey, Randy. I've called before on the John Phillips 671 00:35:07,480 --> 00:35:11,239 Speaker 3: Show and spoke to both of you explaining my experience 672 00:35:11,840 --> 00:35:16,480 Speaker 3: of having to uh being a being a graffiti artist 673 00:35:16,560 --> 00:35:19,920 Speaker 3: and having to uh, you know, being caught, having having 674 00:35:19,920 --> 00:35:23,919 Speaker 3: to do fifteen hundred hours of community service, which took 675 00:35:23,920 --> 00:35:26,920 Speaker 3: me over two years to do. But in the meantime 676 00:35:27,560 --> 00:35:29,920 Speaker 3: it actually it did teach me a very good lesson. 677 00:35:30,840 --> 00:35:33,360 Speaker 3: But one of the things that that I did realize 678 00:35:33,480 --> 00:35:36,520 Speaker 3: is that there is a paint. It's it's called ekron, 679 00:35:36,560 --> 00:35:42,000 Speaker 3: I think, and the paint h if you apply it, 680 00:35:42,000 --> 00:35:44,520 Speaker 3: it's made out of old tires, by the way, which 681 00:35:44,560 --> 00:35:46,680 Speaker 3: there's an abundance of old tires out there. 682 00:35:47,280 --> 00:35:48,920 Speaker 12: And but if you. 683 00:35:51,239 --> 00:35:54,360 Speaker 3: If you've painted on the wall, basically if you have 684 00:35:54,440 --> 00:35:57,640 Speaker 3: a system of like sprinklers that even if they painted 685 00:35:57,840 --> 00:36:02,280 Speaker 3: painted graffiti, graffiti just beats up. The paint from graffiti 686 00:36:02,320 --> 00:36:05,440 Speaker 3: beats up and it washes off with water. So a 687 00:36:05,480 --> 00:36:08,719 Speaker 3: sprinkling system would be able to wash it off and 688 00:36:09,239 --> 00:36:13,840 Speaker 3: clean it up and it would be it would constantly 689 00:36:14,360 --> 00:36:18,960 Speaker 3: be clean, even if they did tag it. I think 690 00:36:18,960 --> 00:36:22,640 Speaker 3: the paint's called ekron. They paint battleships with it. The 691 00:36:22,719 --> 00:36:25,960 Speaker 3: only problem is the when you apply it when it's 692 00:36:26,320 --> 00:36:30,920 Speaker 3: before it's dry. It really screws up your mind. You 693 00:36:30,960 --> 00:36:33,680 Speaker 3: have to wear like a spacesuit to apply it and 694 00:36:33,800 --> 00:36:34,319 Speaker 3: spray it on. 695 00:36:35,040 --> 00:36:37,600 Speaker 1: But well, and the people that we have in charge 696 00:36:37,600 --> 00:36:39,920 Speaker 1: would definitely make mistakes with that. Tom, Thank you so 697 00:36:40,000 --> 00:36:41,880 Speaker 1: much for the call. I remember your call. Thanks so 698 00:36:41,960 --> 00:36:44,480 Speaker 1: much for telling us your story. Appreciate it. Let's go 699 00:36:44,480 --> 00:36:45,920 Speaker 1: to Angie and Likewood Angie. 700 00:36:45,960 --> 00:36:50,920 Speaker 17: Hello, Hi, So I was wondering, why are we not 701 00:36:51,080 --> 00:36:54,600 Speaker 17: charging the parents to pay if it's ten thousand dollars 702 00:36:54,640 --> 00:36:59,360 Speaker 17: to you know, fix the graffiti. Why if they're miners 703 00:36:59,360 --> 00:37:02,160 Speaker 17: and they're cop why are we not holding the parents 704 00:37:02,160 --> 00:37:03,400 Speaker 17: accountable for your children? 705 00:37:04,560 --> 00:37:05,840 Speaker 2: Now that I love. 706 00:37:06,120 --> 00:37:09,799 Speaker 1: If your minor is caught causing thousands of dollars of 707 00:37:09,880 --> 00:37:14,440 Speaker 1: damage to the city, you are financially liable forget criminal charges. 708 00:37:14,480 --> 00:37:17,040 Speaker 1: We're going to sue you in court. I think that's 709 00:37:17,040 --> 00:37:19,279 Speaker 1: a fantastic idea Angie. 710 00:37:19,760 --> 00:37:23,680 Speaker 17: Absolutely, we I have a family member from in Arizona 711 00:37:23,840 --> 00:37:27,080 Speaker 17: and that happened to them. Their child went out and 712 00:37:27,120 --> 00:37:29,720 Speaker 17: did a lot of damage. It was on a construction site. 713 00:37:30,239 --> 00:37:33,080 Speaker 17: He was caught, he was put in Juvie for a 714 00:37:33,120 --> 00:37:36,120 Speaker 17: little bit, but then he she got billed for the 715 00:37:36,160 --> 00:37:39,040 Speaker 17: thirty thousand dollars, So. 716 00:37:38,719 --> 00:37:40,760 Speaker 1: I think that's what we do. I think that's great. 717 00:37:40,960 --> 00:37:43,120 Speaker 1: Thanks so much for the call, Angie, appreciate it. Last 718 00:37:43,120 --> 00:37:45,240 Speaker 1: call on this it's going to Angel in Sun Valley. 719 00:37:45,320 --> 00:37:45,680 Speaker 2: Angel. 720 00:37:45,680 --> 00:37:48,279 Speaker 3: Hello, hellove there. 721 00:37:49,360 --> 00:37:50,840 Speaker 18: I like what she had to say. 722 00:37:51,480 --> 00:37:54,560 Speaker 16: I do believe it needs to be a misdemeanor charge. 723 00:37:55,360 --> 00:38:01,680 Speaker 16: And I think the schools are responsible in terms of 724 00:38:01,800 --> 00:38:04,880 Speaker 16: not enough art. So maybe the schools. 725 00:38:04,480 --> 00:38:09,080 Speaker 18: Need to put up a huge board where the graffiti students. 726 00:38:08,600 --> 00:38:12,839 Speaker 16: Can go and graffiti over over under supervision. At least 727 00:38:12,880 --> 00:38:14,239 Speaker 16: get their art work out. 728 00:38:14,960 --> 00:38:17,960 Speaker 18: But it needs to be it needs to be attached 729 00:38:18,000 --> 00:38:23,279 Speaker 18: to transportation because it's it's a real distraction on the 730 00:38:23,320 --> 00:38:25,239 Speaker 18: focus of drivers and it's the same. 731 00:38:25,400 --> 00:38:27,719 Speaker 2: Oh, it totally is. Thank you so much for the call. 732 00:38:27,880 --> 00:38:31,400 Speaker 1: I mean, there are plenty of street signs and freeway 733 00:38:31,440 --> 00:38:34,560 Speaker 1: signs that nobody can read because one the copper lights 734 00:38:34,560 --> 00:38:38,200 Speaker 1: are stolen and the sign is covered in graffiti. I 735 00:38:38,200 --> 00:38:40,680 Speaker 1: guess cal trans will continue to be cyphysifous. 736 00:38:41,040 --> 00:38:45,000 Speaker 2: It's the News Splitz with Randy Wang on KABC