1 00:00:00,240 --> 00:00:05,440 Speaker 1: Johnny, Yes, sir, you want to introduce the show? All right? 2 00:00:12,440 --> 00:00:17,119 Speaker 1: You know, not having the music sometimes doesn't give me 3 00:00:17,200 --> 00:00:20,159 Speaker 1: a cue when I'm looking at something else, so I 4 00:00:20,239 --> 00:00:21,280 Speaker 1: fall a little behind. 5 00:00:21,720 --> 00:00:23,560 Speaker 2: How many tabs are open on your computer? 6 00:00:23,680 --> 00:00:27,280 Speaker 1: Right now? Stop asking questions. It's that time of day 7 00:00:27,280 --> 00:00:29,280 Speaker 1: where we take a moment and pause and say thanks 8 00:00:29,320 --> 00:00:31,800 Speaker 1: to everyone who's making the world run. Let's start with 9 00:00:31,840 --> 00:00:36,080 Speaker 1: the men and women in the military, police officers, firefighters, doctors, nurses, 10 00:00:36,320 --> 00:00:42,959 Speaker 1: lab technicians, hospital orderlies, small business owners, restauranteurs, truck drivers, 11 00:00:43,240 --> 00:00:46,400 Speaker 1: everyone working at the grocery stores and fast food joints. Wait, 12 00:00:46,440 --> 00:00:50,159 Speaker 1: did I just repeat? You may have Okay, let's move on. 13 00:00:50,600 --> 00:01:55,280 Speaker 3: All right, Today shows off to a great start. 14 00:01:24,760 --> 00:01:26,120 Speaker 4: Changing. 15 00:01:46,160 --> 00:02:15,639 Speaker 5: Time, giving you the day's headlights with the right context. 16 00:02:17,480 --> 00:02:20,440 Speaker 5: It's the John Phillip Show. 17 00:02:21,080 --> 00:02:24,600 Speaker 1: And very happy Taco Tuesday to you at twelve oh 18 00:02:24,639 --> 00:02:28,040 Speaker 1: seven in the West. Although, Randy, if today is Taco 19 00:02:28,160 --> 00:02:32,280 Speaker 1: Tuesday and you get your tacos at Taco Bell, that 20 00:02:32,400 --> 00:02:34,399 Speaker 1: means tomorrow is washroom Wednesday. 21 00:02:35,000 --> 00:02:37,920 Speaker 2: All right, Let's just start off by letting everybody know 22 00:02:38,520 --> 00:02:42,320 Speaker 2: the FDA now says they had a false positive and 23 00:02:42,400 --> 00:02:45,760 Speaker 2: it wasn't the Taco bell lettuce, so everyone can lay 24 00:02:45,800 --> 00:02:47,440 Speaker 2: off the chiloupas for now. 25 00:02:47,800 --> 00:02:49,519 Speaker 1: Are you sure that's not fake news? 26 00:02:50,520 --> 00:02:53,000 Speaker 2: Well, apparently what was fake news was that it was 27 00:02:53,040 --> 00:02:59,240 Speaker 2: the Taco bell lettuce. Mike writes in it looks like 28 00:02:59,280 --> 00:03:01,000 Speaker 2: for John, it's Tequila Tuesday. 29 00:03:02,919 --> 00:03:03,200 Speaker 1: Guys. 30 00:03:03,320 --> 00:03:06,440 Speaker 2: We are broadcasting live on the radio on seven ninety 31 00:03:06,520 --> 00:03:10,880 Speaker 2: KABC and A ten KSFO, but we are also broadcasting 32 00:03:11,080 --> 00:03:15,040 Speaker 2: live on video. You can watch us, including watching when 33 00:03:15,120 --> 00:03:19,040 Speaker 2: John wasn't paying attention to the live open at YouTube 34 00:03:19,080 --> 00:03:24,880 Speaker 2: dot com, slash at Randy Wang Radio YouTube dot com, 35 00:03:24,919 --> 00:03:28,359 Speaker 2: slash at Randy Wang Radio. 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Well, the lead story today involves a 47 00:04:07,200 --> 00:04:10,960 Speaker 1: bunch of squatters who apparently like to light things on 48 00:04:11,040 --> 00:04:16,279 Speaker 1: fire to do with the squatting or maybe the myth 49 00:04:16,360 --> 00:04:19,880 Speaker 1: that they're taking, but whatever the reason, they are firebugs. 50 00:04:21,400 --> 00:04:25,840 Speaker 2: And some of the residents, specifically on Hope Street where 51 00:04:25,880 --> 00:04:29,839 Speaker 2: there is no Hope in downtown LA, have had enough 52 00:04:30,360 --> 00:04:36,479 Speaker 2: of houses in their neighborhoods going up in flames. For 53 00:04:36,600 --> 00:04:39,719 Speaker 2: more on this, we go to a report from Fox 54 00:04:39,760 --> 00:04:44,720 Speaker 2: eleven in Los Angeles and our buddy Matthew Sedor only. 55 00:04:44,480 --> 00:04:47,719 Speaker 6: On Fox eleven tonight. Downtown Los Angeles block has become 56 00:04:47,760 --> 00:04:51,840 Speaker 6: a repeat fire zone. Vacant buildings on South Hope Street 57 00:04:51,880 --> 00:04:55,320 Speaker 6: have caught fire over and over again. Neighbors say they're 58 00:04:55,360 --> 00:04:58,520 Speaker 6: tired of watching the same block burn. Fox Love is 59 00:04:58,560 --> 00:04:59,840 Speaker 6: Matthew Cedar live there? 60 00:05:00,520 --> 00:05:02,359 Speaker 2: You know they might need to get Henry Lee on 61 00:05:02,520 --> 00:05:06,839 Speaker 2: loan from KTVU if this keeps happening. It's happened yet again. 62 00:05:07,800 --> 00:05:10,720 Speaker 1: Okay, so when they conduct an investigation, not that they 63 00:05:10,760 --> 00:05:14,000 Speaker 1: will because it's LA in not Orange County. You know, 64 00:05:14,400 --> 00:05:17,359 Speaker 1: how you can tell who is the bomb that started 65 00:05:17,360 --> 00:05:21,520 Speaker 1: the fire? How just look for people with no eyebrows 66 00:05:23,440 --> 00:05:26,440 Speaker 1: and if they're trying to throw the cops off. Look 67 00:05:26,480 --> 00:05:29,080 Speaker 1: for people with Lucille ball drawn on eyebrows. 68 00:05:32,839 --> 00:05:34,880 Speaker 7: I'steen residents out here are angry. 69 00:05:35,120 --> 00:05:38,200 Speaker 2: Okay, the new chant and I love this. It's pretty original. 70 00:05:38,839 --> 00:05:43,760 Speaker 2: Stop the fires or Fire Harado, which is a reference 71 00:05:43,839 --> 00:05:48,760 Speaker 2: to La City councilwoman and DSA member Isabelle Horado. 72 00:05:49,520 --> 00:05:50,839 Speaker 1: She's totally worthless. 73 00:05:51,920 --> 00:05:55,480 Speaker 2: They don't like her. These people actually miss Kevin dal Leon. 74 00:05:55,800 --> 00:05:57,279 Speaker 8: You're diving head in first. 75 00:05:58,480 --> 00:05:59,960 Speaker 1: I have different drops on this board. 76 00:06:00,279 --> 00:06:02,039 Speaker 7: You can see them out here. They saw reco ab 77 00:06:02,120 --> 00:06:02,680 Speaker 7: an hour ago. 78 00:06:02,720 --> 00:06:05,800 Speaker 9: They're Chensey, Stop the fires or Fires Roto, which is 79 00:06:05,839 --> 00:06:06,560 Speaker 9: the council member. 80 00:06:06,800 --> 00:06:09,200 Speaker 2: But it feels like there's even a dog at the protest, 81 00:06:09,320 --> 00:06:11,040 Speaker 2: not knowing what the hell is going on. 82 00:06:11,440 --> 00:06:13,240 Speaker 1: I like the guy that put the finger right in 83 00:06:13,279 --> 00:06:16,240 Speaker 1: the camera's face like he's the Bacho man Randy Savage. 84 00:06:16,880 --> 00:06:17,560 Speaker 7: A war zone. 85 00:06:17,600 --> 00:06:19,960 Speaker 9: Just take a look at the destruction inside from the 86 00:06:19,960 --> 00:06:21,320 Speaker 9: front to the back of the building. 87 00:06:21,480 --> 00:06:24,359 Speaker 2: A neighbors say, the fukay the radio does not do 88 00:06:24,440 --> 00:06:28,040 Speaker 2: to this story justice. You got to see what this 89 00:06:28,200 --> 00:06:32,000 Speaker 2: abandoned home, burned out home looks like. Pop on the 90 00:06:32,000 --> 00:06:33,839 Speaker 2: feed right now if you're in a safe place to 91 00:06:33,920 --> 00:06:38,919 Speaker 2: do so, because it looks like, john what are we 92 00:06:39,000 --> 00:06:40,000 Speaker 2: looking at right now? 93 00:06:40,360 --> 00:06:42,559 Speaker 1: It looks like something you'd see in a war zone. 94 00:06:43,040 --> 00:06:46,120 Speaker 1: It looks like something in the Ukraine after the Russians 95 00:06:46,160 --> 00:06:46,880 Speaker 1: had bombed it. 96 00:06:48,240 --> 00:06:50,840 Speaker 2: All right, Well, Johnny, many years ago, used to play 97 00:06:50,839 --> 00:06:53,919 Speaker 2: that game Florida or not Florida. Now we're going to 98 00:06:53,920 --> 00:06:55,560 Speaker 2: play La or Gaza. 99 00:06:57,839 --> 00:06:59,360 Speaker 7: Fires keep happening. 100 00:07:00,720 --> 00:07:04,200 Speaker 9: A block of downtown LA that keeps being set on fire, 101 00:07:05,560 --> 00:07:09,680 Speaker 9: Neighbors recording as flames ripped through one vacant building after another. 102 00:07:10,040 --> 00:07:11,120 Speaker 1: My building is about. 103 00:07:10,920 --> 00:07:13,560 Speaker 2: It, And I don't know if you know this. Buildings 104 00:07:13,640 --> 00:07:19,960 Speaker 2: don't just spontaneously combust, especially vacant ones. It's because who 105 00:07:20,040 --> 00:07:21,720 Speaker 2: is living in the buildings, Johnny. 106 00:07:22,480 --> 00:07:25,360 Speaker 1: It's homeless people on math and they know that if 107 00:07:25,360 --> 00:07:27,960 Speaker 1: they light the building on fire, they'll just break into 108 00:07:28,000 --> 00:07:30,400 Speaker 1: another one and go live there until they decide to 109 00:07:30,400 --> 00:07:33,320 Speaker 1: burn that one down to Well, you can't blame them. 110 00:07:33,400 --> 00:07:35,520 Speaker 2: Karen Bass told them they needed to take the meth 111 00:07:35,560 --> 00:07:40,200 Speaker 2: for their protection because I don't think they are doing 112 00:07:40,200 --> 00:07:44,320 Speaker 2: anything like. They don't really care. Yes, that is the 113 00:07:44,360 --> 00:07:48,040 Speaker 2: city of Los Angeles. They do not care. There are 114 00:07:48,160 --> 00:07:52,000 Speaker 2: fires that are burning in this neighborhood every single week. 115 00:07:52,360 --> 00:07:56,080 Speaker 2: And the local electeds do not care. 116 00:07:58,040 --> 00:08:00,000 Speaker 7: Fire took place less than two months ago. 117 00:08:00,200 --> 00:08:03,640 Speaker 9: We first exclusively reported on this problem and concerns from 118 00:08:03,680 --> 00:08:07,680 Speaker 9: nearby residents. Skeep happening. Neighbors worry it's gonna happen again. 119 00:08:08,560 --> 00:08:11,120 Speaker 9: Since then, neighbors say the fires haven't stopped. 120 00:08:11,120 --> 00:08:12,840 Speaker 2: You could tell it was a few months ago, causiedar, 121 00:08:12,880 --> 00:08:13,680 Speaker 2: I've had a jacket on. 122 00:08:14,600 --> 00:08:16,880 Speaker 1: Well, let's go ahead and hope that the bombs don't 123 00:08:16,880 --> 00:08:19,760 Speaker 1: break into a cold storage facility and light that on fire, 124 00:08:19,840 --> 00:08:22,920 Speaker 1: because we know what happens when you do that. Last 125 00:08:22,960 --> 00:08:26,760 Speaker 1: two months, i'd say maybe ten ten fires, Yeah, maybe 126 00:08:26,840 --> 00:08:29,040 Speaker 1: maybe a little bit more, maybe twelve, pretty. 127 00:08:28,760 --> 00:08:34,199 Speaker 2: Id twelve fires in just this one street this year. 128 00:08:34,559 --> 00:08:39,000 Speaker 1: That's insanity, unreal. 129 00:08:39,200 --> 00:08:42,960 Speaker 9: Opening to see this building has burned right here, another one, 130 00:08:43,040 --> 00:08:45,440 Speaker 9: and then right across the street one more. 131 00:08:47,160 --> 00:08:53,960 Speaker 2: Who could live there, Nobody? That's why they're all vacant. Hey, 132 00:08:54,040 --> 00:08:56,000 Speaker 2: by the way, a housing crisis. 133 00:08:56,559 --> 00:09:00,719 Speaker 1: Isn't this the neighborhood where Nitia Ramin really cleaned up? 134 00:09:03,480 --> 00:09:06,480 Speaker 1: Sure looks like it an invasion of addicts and people 135 00:09:06,520 --> 00:09:09,120 Speaker 1: that just break into properties and make it their home. 136 00:09:09,520 --> 00:09:11,840 Speaker 2: I thought it was our un housed neighbors. You know, 137 00:09:11,920 --> 00:09:13,920 Speaker 2: any one of us could become one of these people. 138 00:09:14,360 --> 00:09:18,640 Speaker 2: Just one bad paycheck and then fires erupt. 139 00:09:18,880 --> 00:09:22,079 Speaker 9: Wan gutierres owns a business on the street. Is building 140 00:09:22,200 --> 00:09:25,000 Speaker 9: surrounded by destruction. I mean, how do these fires keep 141 00:09:25,040 --> 00:09:26,240 Speaker 9: happening in the same spot. 142 00:09:26,360 --> 00:09:29,440 Speaker 1: I have no idea. Even though they come signs that 143 00:09:29,480 --> 00:09:32,280 Speaker 1: you're not supposed to go in there. The sad fact 144 00:09:32,400 --> 00:09:32,640 Speaker 1: is that. 145 00:09:32,600 --> 00:09:34,719 Speaker 7: People keep going and they're not enforcing that. 146 00:09:34,760 --> 00:09:36,120 Speaker 1: They're not enforcing anything. 147 00:09:36,480 --> 00:09:38,400 Speaker 2: On Monday or no the city will say, oh, it's 148 00:09:38,440 --> 00:09:40,400 Speaker 2: private property. There's nothing we can do about it. We 149 00:09:40,440 --> 00:09:42,920 Speaker 2: have to go through a nuisance process that takes months 150 00:09:42,920 --> 00:09:44,400 Speaker 2: and months and months. 151 00:09:44,559 --> 00:09:48,120 Speaker 1: Not good enough. Yeah, go to a judge and get 152 00:09:48,160 --> 00:09:51,640 Speaker 1: any eviction order. Well that'll take a year or two. 153 00:09:53,040 --> 00:09:58,319 Speaker 2: Maybe, just maybe our laws are a little too generous 154 00:09:58,679 --> 00:10:01,439 Speaker 2: to the point where squad a can pretend that they're 155 00:10:01,480 --> 00:10:02,840 Speaker 2: tenants and do this. 156 00:10:04,400 --> 00:10:07,480 Speaker 9: Camers found taggers outside one of the damaged properties. 157 00:10:07,600 --> 00:10:09,080 Speaker 7: We're talking to you about the Wait. 158 00:10:08,920 --> 00:10:11,120 Speaker 1: A minute, this man, Wait a minute, Wait a minute. 159 00:10:12,760 --> 00:10:16,560 Speaker 1: I was always told that when taggers were tagging buildings 160 00:10:16,640 --> 00:10:20,520 Speaker 1: that it's teenage boys. That was a fat girl. 161 00:10:21,800 --> 00:10:23,319 Speaker 10: The neighborhood kids, the down ass. 162 00:10:23,400 --> 00:10:25,680 Speaker 1: Kids don't like it. Oh what the hell is she 163 00:10:25,880 --> 00:10:30,199 Speaker 1: doing tagging a building? Rewind the tape. You want to 164 00:10:30,240 --> 00:10:30,960 Speaker 1: see this girl in. 165 00:10:31,040 --> 00:10:35,120 Speaker 2: Action that they're not enforcing anything there she is. 166 00:10:35,840 --> 00:10:37,880 Speaker 1: If she wants to tag something, you know what, she 167 00:10:37,920 --> 00:10:41,280 Speaker 1: should tag that big fat ass of hers because it's 168 00:10:41,320 --> 00:10:42,480 Speaker 1: a huge canvas. 169 00:10:44,200 --> 00:10:47,079 Speaker 2: There's just a little junk in that trunk, Nothing wrong 170 00:10:47,120 --> 00:10:47,439 Speaker 2: with that. 171 00:10:48,000 --> 00:10:50,640 Speaker 1: A little junk in that trunk. What are you talking about? 172 00:10:52,080 --> 00:10:54,240 Speaker 1: That trunk is headed to the dump. There's so much 173 00:10:54,320 --> 00:10:58,960 Speaker 1: junk in it. I'm gonna do you a favor and 174 00:10:59,000 --> 00:11:00,000 Speaker 1: not turn that into a drum. 175 00:11:00,440 --> 00:11:04,079 Speaker 9: Monday, our cameras found taggers outside one of the damaged properties. 176 00:11:04,160 --> 00:11:05,559 Speaker 7: Can we talk to you about the fires? 177 00:11:05,600 --> 00:11:08,920 Speaker 9: And this man leaving from inside while on the roof 178 00:11:09,040 --> 00:11:11,560 Speaker 9: another person seems to be crawling in people. 179 00:11:15,960 --> 00:11:19,199 Speaker 1: Unbelievable. Seriously. 180 00:11:19,320 --> 00:11:23,040 Speaker 2: Somebody posted a comment on one of our stories yesterday 181 00:11:23,080 --> 00:11:26,559 Speaker 2: on YouTube is Oakland the worst run city in California? 182 00:11:26,640 --> 00:11:30,000 Speaker 2: And I said, no, it's Los Angeles. It is definitely 183 00:11:30,080 --> 00:11:32,160 Speaker 2: Los Angeles, you know what, Randy. 184 00:11:32,520 --> 00:11:35,439 Speaker 1: Upon further reflection, maybe I was too hard on that woman, 185 00:11:36,640 --> 00:11:41,240 Speaker 1: and maybe we need to calm down a moment and 186 00:11:41,600 --> 00:11:46,080 Speaker 1: try to look for the best in people. So you 187 00:11:46,080 --> 00:11:48,000 Speaker 1: know what we should do if we ever come across 188 00:11:48,040 --> 00:11:51,240 Speaker 1: that woman, what's that We should set her up on 189 00:11:51,280 --> 00:11:55,440 Speaker 1: a date with Chris Brown. I think those two would 190 00:11:55,520 --> 00:11:59,120 Speaker 1: really hit it off, so to speak, and I think 191 00:11:59,679 --> 00:12:02,120 Speaker 1: he might lead her out of a life of crime. 192 00:12:03,800 --> 00:12:07,640 Speaker 2: Jeff writes in on the YouTube, Johnny don't like that ass. 193 00:12:09,679 --> 00:12:12,640 Speaker 1: Well, if they're going to show her again in this wrap, 194 00:12:12,679 --> 00:12:19,199 Speaker 1: I'm gonna need a bigger screen the building. Have writ 195 00:12:19,280 --> 00:12:22,760 Speaker 1: him to Councilwoman Parado, but as far as I know, 196 00:12:22,920 --> 00:12:24,360 Speaker 1: she hasn't taken any action. 197 00:12:25,360 --> 00:12:27,920 Speaker 2: Neighbors say, the fires keep No, this is equity to 198 00:12:27,960 --> 00:12:29,040 Speaker 2: have your homes burned down. 199 00:12:29,080 --> 00:12:32,520 Speaker 1: This is the DSA way. Oh yeah, and the only 200 00:12:32,600 --> 00:12:35,720 Speaker 1: reason they're lighting the fires is because they're cold in 201 00:12:35,760 --> 00:12:36,640 Speaker 1: the middle of summer. 202 00:12:37,840 --> 00:12:42,240 Speaker 2: That was the excuse that then La County District Attorney 203 00:12:42,360 --> 00:12:47,400 Speaker 2: George Gascon on YouTube used when somebody, an arsonist let 204 00:12:47,440 --> 00:12:50,840 Speaker 2: the Palisades on fire in twenty twenty one. Which fun 205 00:12:50,920 --> 00:12:53,880 Speaker 2: fact that press conference is where this comes from. 206 00:12:53,960 --> 00:12:57,040 Speaker 1: I receive things on both ends Ivan. 207 00:12:56,880 --> 00:13:00,280 Speaker 9: Further down the street, and they worry without action, the 208 00:13:00,360 --> 00:13:01,720 Speaker 9: destruction will continue. 209 00:13:01,840 --> 00:13:04,959 Speaker 1: Biddy. Government needs to do a lot more than they 210 00:13:05,000 --> 00:13:06,319 Speaker 1: seem to be doing right. 211 00:13:06,640 --> 00:13:10,000 Speaker 2: They're doing nothing, so anything would be more than nothing. 212 00:13:10,520 --> 00:13:11,920 Speaker 1: But that's what you voted for. 213 00:13:14,240 --> 00:13:19,600 Speaker 2: Well, it was either Isabelle or Kevin dal leone. 214 00:13:19,200 --> 00:13:21,520 Speaker 1: It is hot as hell or in the primary. 215 00:13:21,640 --> 00:13:24,800 Speaker 2: Remember Wendy Correo before the duy she was running for 216 00:13:24,840 --> 00:13:28,439 Speaker 2: that seat too. Oh yeah, So there weren't a lot 217 00:13:28,480 --> 00:13:31,719 Speaker 2: of good choices, and that's what we'll have in November. 218 00:13:32,160 --> 00:13:34,960 Speaker 2: Not a very good choice. Do you want the communist 219 00:13:35,040 --> 00:13:35,920 Speaker 2: or the socialist? 220 00:13:36,520 --> 00:13:37,680 Speaker 1: I'd pick the drunk girl. 221 00:13:40,520 --> 00:13:43,280 Speaker 9: We did reach out to Counselmember Hrado's office, so far 222 00:13:43,360 --> 00:13:46,040 Speaker 9: are we having her back? Lesson's out here though, definitely 223 00:13:46,160 --> 00:13:48,920 Speaker 9: demanding change. Are you guys have sun tonight? 224 00:13:51,720 --> 00:13:53,840 Speaker 2: I think more people showed up in the middle of 225 00:13:53,840 --> 00:13:54,480 Speaker 2: this report. 226 00:13:55,240 --> 00:13:55,800 Speaker 1: I love it. 227 00:13:56,720 --> 00:14:00,880 Speaker 7: That's definitely. Oh yes, here on downtown Matthew, there parks 228 00:14:00,880 --> 00:14:01,440 Speaker 7: along an. 229 00:14:03,280 --> 00:14:05,320 Speaker 6: Write the scene there downtown Matthew. 230 00:14:05,400 --> 00:14:05,720 Speaker 3: Thank you. 231 00:14:07,000 --> 00:14:07,960 Speaker 1: So there you go. 232 00:14:08,600 --> 00:14:13,520 Speaker 2: Residents in downtown LA on Hope Street can't take it 233 00:14:13,559 --> 00:14:18,040 Speaker 2: anymore because it happens every week. It seems to be 234 00:14:18,720 --> 00:14:24,160 Speaker 2: yet again, another house burning down, another vacant house burning 235 00:14:24,240 --> 00:14:27,400 Speaker 2: down because of squatters. 236 00:14:28,040 --> 00:14:30,640 Speaker 1: And the city of Los Angeles just puts up with it. 237 00:14:31,200 --> 00:14:33,840 Speaker 1: When people call and complain, they say there's nothing they 238 00:14:33,840 --> 00:14:35,840 Speaker 1: can do, or they're right on top of it, and 239 00:14:35,880 --> 00:14:37,880 Speaker 1: it just takes forever to do anything. 240 00:14:39,000 --> 00:14:43,160 Speaker 2: Now, John, we have a request because we referenced his 241 00:14:43,360 --> 00:14:47,360 Speaker 2: name a former La City councilman, former State Senate pro 242 00:14:47,440 --> 00:14:50,560 Speaker 2: tem Kevin de Leone. I think we need to do 243 00:14:50,600 --> 00:14:51,720 Speaker 2: the pledge. 244 00:14:51,920 --> 00:14:55,120 Speaker 1: All right, all rise ben in President. Today is Tuesday, 245 00:14:55,120 --> 00:14:57,320 Speaker 1: in time for the flag salute. Mister Delon, can you 246 00:14:57,360 --> 00:14:59,720 Speaker 1: please lead us in the pledge of allegiance this morning? 247 00:15:00,400 --> 00:15:05,960 Speaker 8: I think your much shaman presence be an honor. I 248 00:15:06,120 --> 00:15:15,479 Speaker 8: pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States America, uninvincible, 249 00:15:16,640 --> 00:15:18,760 Speaker 8: pledge allegiance to the flag of the United. 250 00:15:18,560 --> 00:15:19,520 Speaker 7: States South America. 251 00:15:21,800 --> 00:15:24,920 Speaker 5: Definitely well, which. 252 00:15:24,720 --> 00:15:29,800 Speaker 8: You stands One Nation under God, indivisible with liberty and 253 00:15:30,080 --> 00:15:30,680 Speaker 8: justice for. 254 00:15:30,720 --> 00:15:38,640 Speaker 2: Allatriotic He was the better option. 255 00:15:39,800 --> 00:15:42,360 Speaker 1: All right, Randy, Let's go ahead and get an update 256 00:15:42,400 --> 00:15:45,200 Speaker 1: on Tagger Tower, which is not far from all of 257 00:15:45,240 --> 00:15:49,160 Speaker 1: this chaos in downtown. And I have to say before 258 00:15:49,200 --> 00:15:52,960 Speaker 1: we start this, we can't blame Tagger Tower on the 259 00:15:53,000 --> 00:15:56,240 Speaker 1: woman who was tagging the building in the last rap 260 00:15:56,720 --> 00:16:00,080 Speaker 1: because in order to tag Tagger tower. She would have 261 00:16:00,240 --> 00:16:02,040 Speaker 1: to be able to get up a couple of flights 262 00:16:02,040 --> 00:16:06,480 Speaker 1: of stairs, and I think that rules her out. The 263 00:16:06,520 --> 00:16:08,840 Speaker 1: neighborhood kids, the downass kids, don't like it. 264 00:16:08,880 --> 00:16:11,000 Speaker 2: All right, let's find out what the downass kids are 265 00:16:11,000 --> 00:16:14,920 Speaker 2: doing now, Graffiti Towers might actually get cleaned. Here's Night 266 00:16:15,000 --> 00:16:15,400 Speaker 2: at eleven. 267 00:16:15,440 --> 00:16:18,800 Speaker 6: The massive eyesore in downtown La known as the Graffiti 268 00:16:18,920 --> 00:16:22,000 Speaker 6: Towers is finally on track to being cleaned up. 269 00:16:22,200 --> 00:16:23,080 Speaker 4: CBSLAS. 270 00:16:23,120 --> 00:16:25,560 Speaker 11: I'm editor Mike Rogers is at the desk, and Mike, 271 00:16:25,600 --> 00:16:28,160 Speaker 11: the property has drawn attention for all the wrong reasons. 272 00:16:28,200 --> 00:16:29,280 Speaker 7: But now it's been purchased. 273 00:16:29,520 --> 00:16:31,120 Speaker 12: Yeah, it has been or it's right in the final 274 00:16:31,160 --> 00:16:33,040 Speaker 12: processes of it. What's going on is because this is 275 00:16:33,120 --> 00:16:36,040 Speaker 12: such a mess for so many reasons. The bankruptcy courts 276 00:16:36,080 --> 00:16:38,240 Speaker 12: were involved in all of this, and before the sale 277 00:16:38,240 --> 00:16:41,200 Speaker 12: could go through, the bankruptcy issues had to get settled. 278 00:16:41,200 --> 00:16:43,920 Speaker 12: And today, according to Mark Karen Bass's office, the city 279 00:16:44,040 --> 00:16:48,320 Speaker 12: withdrew its objection to the bankruptcy deal after the proposed 280 00:16:48,360 --> 00:16:50,800 Speaker 12: owner said that they would speed up the timeline and 281 00:16:50,840 --> 00:16:53,320 Speaker 12: do other things to get this property taken care of. 282 00:16:53,360 --> 00:16:55,720 Speaker 2: Now, remember how long after they clean it is it 283 00:16:55,800 --> 00:16:58,800 Speaker 2: going to look like this again, twenty four hours or 284 00:16:58,840 --> 00:17:02,040 Speaker 2: even that, not even that long, Okay, because I was 285 00:17:02,120 --> 00:17:04,840 Speaker 2: tough on her, I need to be fair. There's even 286 00:17:04,880 --> 00:17:07,280 Speaker 2: more evidence that that woman wasn't the one that was 287 00:17:07,320 --> 00:17:08,320 Speaker 2: tagging this building. 288 00:17:11,920 --> 00:17:14,520 Speaker 1: You know, how I know? How do you know? None 289 00:17:14,560 --> 00:17:16,000 Speaker 1: of those words are misspelled. 290 00:17:17,520 --> 00:17:19,840 Speaker 12: I remember this has been empty. It never was actually 291 00:17:19,880 --> 00:17:23,199 Speaker 12: ever finished, but really started having problems around twenty twenty 292 00:17:23,520 --> 00:17:25,840 Speaker 12: when people started breaking into it and grafeeding it almost 293 00:17:25,840 --> 00:17:26,840 Speaker 12: from top to bottom the earth. 294 00:17:26,920 --> 00:17:28,840 Speaker 2: And of course this was a crooked deal from a 295 00:17:28,920 --> 00:17:33,160 Speaker 2: Chinese developer thanks to then La City Council and Jose Whoser. 296 00:17:33,400 --> 00:17:36,840 Speaker 2: You know, this district has had nothing but bad representation 297 00:17:37,359 --> 00:17:39,720 Speaker 2: going all the way back to the Viragosa days. 298 00:17:40,800 --> 00:17:43,880 Speaker 1: And they don't want to clean it up. They don't 299 00:17:43,880 --> 00:17:46,280 Speaker 1: want to bring it up to code, they don't want 300 00:17:46,320 --> 00:17:49,280 Speaker 1: to kick the taggers out. The owners have just walked 301 00:17:49,280 --> 00:17:51,720 Speaker 1: away from it. I guess they're hiding behind the great Wall. 302 00:17:52,840 --> 00:17:55,399 Speaker 12: Three towers involved in what was supposed to be Ocean 303 00:17:55,400 --> 00:17:58,679 Speaker 12: Wide Plaza. It was billed as this major development, but 304 00:17:58,760 --> 00:18:01,560 Speaker 12: that's turned into this where people were tight rope acrossing it. 305 00:18:01,760 --> 00:18:04,000 Speaker 12: They were jumping off of it with parachutes. The whole 306 00:18:04,000 --> 00:18:06,639 Speaker 12: thing is graffiti from top to bottom, massive amounts of 307 00:18:06,720 --> 00:18:09,360 Speaker 12: vandalism inside of it, so much so that the LAPD 308 00:18:09,440 --> 00:18:10,880 Speaker 12: started making arrest And is. 309 00:18:10,800 --> 00:18:13,840 Speaker 2: There any other city in the world that celebrates lawlessness 310 00:18:13,840 --> 00:18:15,399 Speaker 2: the way that Los Angeles does. 311 00:18:16,600 --> 00:18:18,679 Speaker 1: If there is one, I'm unaware of it. 312 00:18:19,440 --> 00:18:22,239 Speaker 12: To build these really fortified fences all the way around it, 313 00:18:22,280 --> 00:18:24,680 Speaker 12: all while the developer just kind of left it there 314 00:18:24,680 --> 00:18:27,359 Speaker 12: and walked away from it. Hop Ultimately, though, as I mentioned, 315 00:18:27,359 --> 00:18:29,760 Speaker 12: it did not have been bankruptcy courts, and now a 316 00:18:29,800 --> 00:18:32,960 Speaker 12: proposed buyer is on the table, and the city today 317 00:18:33,000 --> 00:18:35,960 Speaker 12: withdrew its objections to the bankruptcy deal so that the 318 00:18:36,000 --> 00:18:38,560 Speaker 12: sale could move forward. The sale, by the way, once 319 00:18:38,600 --> 00:18:41,719 Speaker 12: it's completed. Pat Rudabay the mayor's office, says they've got 320 00:18:41,760 --> 00:18:44,560 Speaker 12: a three month timeline to get it cleaned up and 321 00:18:44,600 --> 00:18:46,159 Speaker 12: get construction restarted. 322 00:18:46,359 --> 00:18:47,440 Speaker 1: Yeah, that's not happening. 323 00:18:47,640 --> 00:18:51,840 Speaker 2: Another one of these Cairen Bess timelines that is completely unrealistic, 324 00:18:52,040 --> 00:18:54,240 Speaker 2: like the forty five days to clear out all of 325 00:18:54,280 --> 00:18:57,879 Speaker 2: the garbage. This thing's not getting cleaned up in three months. 326 00:18:57,920 --> 00:18:58,800 Speaker 2: That's not happening. 327 00:18:59,200 --> 00:19:03,359 Speaker 1: Do we know who's buying it? We don't. Great, let's 328 00:19:03,359 --> 00:19:04,960 Speaker 1: hope it happens, Thank you, Mike. 329 00:19:05,640 --> 00:19:08,360 Speaker 2: But I got to imagine it's somebody that sees all 330 00:19:08,359 --> 00:19:11,800 Speaker 2: the potential. I mean, it's perfect real estate. It's right 331 00:19:11,880 --> 00:19:16,480 Speaker 2: next to the former Staples Center, but it is currently 332 00:19:16,520 --> 00:19:19,919 Speaker 2: a tourist attraction for all the wrong reasons. 333 00:19:20,560 --> 00:19:23,520 Speaker 1: Well, the last time it was a foreign investor in 334 00:19:23,640 --> 00:19:28,560 Speaker 1: China that did absolutely no upkeep on the building. Who 335 00:19:28,560 --> 00:19:30,719 Speaker 1: do you think is buying it? Someone from North Korea 336 00:19:30,800 --> 00:19:32,720 Speaker 1: or Cuba? 337 00:19:34,880 --> 00:19:36,359 Speaker 2: What do what kind of a deal they got on 338 00:19:36,400 --> 00:19:36,800 Speaker 2: this thing? 339 00:19:38,680 --> 00:19:42,119 Speaker 1: I hope a good one? Talk about a fixer upper. 340 00:19:42,920 --> 00:19:44,679 Speaker 1: If you'd like to email the show, you can do 341 00:19:44,720 --> 00:19:47,800 Speaker 1: so at Johnny Don't Like Show at gmail dot com. 342 00:19:47,920 --> 00:19:52,240 Speaker 1: That's Johnny Don't Like Show at gmail dot com and Randy. 343 00:19:52,359 --> 00:19:54,520 Speaker 1: You can not only listen to the show on the radio. 344 00:19:54,920 --> 00:19:58,320 Speaker 1: You can watch us. You can participate in the chat, 345 00:19:58,440 --> 00:19:59,600 Speaker 1: and you can click the. 346 00:19:59,640 --> 00:20:03,119 Speaker 2: Like but helps us out with the YouTube algorithms. 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What 372 00:21:26,280 --> 00:21:26,879 Speaker 2: did he say? 373 00:21:27,680 --> 00:21:33,879 Speaker 1: He said Regarding that female tagger, he said that the 374 00:21:33,920 --> 00:21:36,280 Speaker 1: guys that knocked her up think that she's setting a 375 00:21:36,320 --> 00:21:43,160 Speaker 1: horrible example for their kids, all twelve of them, and 376 00:21:43,200 --> 00:21:46,639 Speaker 1: that her name is now Mud at the bus depot 377 00:21:46,680 --> 00:21:49,720 Speaker 1: where they picked her up, and now she's going to 378 00:21:49,800 --> 00:21:53,520 Speaker 1: have to switch bus depots to find a new class. Amen, 379 00:21:54,440 --> 00:21:57,120 Speaker 1: because her name is Mud over there. 380 00:22:00,200 --> 00:22:02,480 Speaker 2: In rare Form Today, make sure you watch all this 381 00:22:02,640 --> 00:22:05,480 Speaker 2: nonsense with us. We're here in Tel three at YouTube 382 00:22:05,520 --> 00:22:09,240 Speaker 2: dot com, slash at Randy Wang Radio or X at 383 00:22:09,359 --> 00:22:13,200 Speaker 2: Johnny Don't like that's what Lewis told me. I love 384 00:22:13,240 --> 00:22:14,920 Speaker 2: that he told you that all the way from DC. 385 00:22:15,680 --> 00:22:19,640 Speaker 1: Well, he pays his phone bill. She doesn't. He does. 386 00:22:23,080 --> 00:22:29,119 Speaker 1: She has one of those Obama phones. Let's move on, 387 00:22:29,240 --> 00:22:33,920 Speaker 1: shall we? All Right, the governor's race here in California 388 00:22:34,160 --> 00:22:38,679 Speaker 1: has been set. It's now a contest between Republican former 389 00:22:38,720 --> 00:22:43,639 Speaker 1: Fox News host Steve Hilton and Democrat former Secretary of 390 00:22:43,680 --> 00:22:48,960 Speaker 1: Health and Human Services Javier Bakaria. Scrub it that guy. 391 00:22:49,840 --> 00:22:52,800 Speaker 1: But when you do the scrub, that's the guy everybody 392 00:22:54,359 --> 00:22:58,280 Speaker 1: and the Paulague now says that he is a heavy 393 00:22:58,320 --> 00:23:00,600 Speaker 1: favorite in this election. 394 00:23:02,320 --> 00:23:05,880 Speaker 2: For more on the latest poll in the California governor's 395 00:23:05,960 --> 00:23:09,680 Speaker 2: race and what it means for the November election. Here 396 00:23:09,800 --> 00:23:13,560 Speaker 2: is a report from ABC ten in Sacramento. 397 00:23:13,160 --> 00:23:15,600 Speaker 13: Back Election Day is just months away and the race 398 00:23:15,640 --> 00:23:19,000 Speaker 13: for governor is starting to take shape. ABC ten State 399 00:23:19,040 --> 00:23:21,480 Speaker 13: Matters political reporter Jenny huh is here now with a 400 00:23:21,480 --> 00:23:23,359 Speaker 13: closer look Chris. 401 00:23:23,359 --> 00:23:27,399 Speaker 10: Political analysts say June's primary could be a preview of November. 402 00:23:27,480 --> 00:23:29,560 Speaker 10: Turnout hit forty one percent in June, one of the 403 00:23:29,640 --> 00:23:33,399 Speaker 10: highest furry California gubernatorial primary, but Sarah left the field 404 00:23:33,440 --> 00:23:34,159 Speaker 10: with twenty April. 405 00:23:34,240 --> 00:23:36,960 Speaker 1: I love that the watershed mark. 406 00:23:37,280 --> 00:23:41,040 Speaker 2: The really shining achievement is that forty one percent of 407 00:23:41,080 --> 00:23:43,159 Speaker 2: people that got a ballot in the mail turned it 408 00:23:43,240 --> 00:23:43,960 Speaker 2: back in. 409 00:23:48,119 --> 00:23:50,919 Speaker 10: Percent of the vote, followed by Hilton when twenty five percent. 410 00:23:51,160 --> 00:23:54,480 Speaker 10: Analysts expect even more voters to turn out this fall. 411 00:23:55,280 --> 00:23:57,520 Speaker 10: In one word, what would you describe the current state 412 00:23:57,560 --> 00:23:58,040 Speaker 10: of the race? 413 00:23:59,560 --> 00:24:01,560 Speaker 14: Predict any. 414 00:24:04,040 --> 00:24:06,760 Speaker 1: By the way, this is Paul Mitchell. He's the guy 415 00:24:06,840 --> 00:24:10,439 Speaker 1: that drew the lines for Proposition thirty. He is a 416 00:24:10,480 --> 00:24:14,040 Speaker 1: Democratic strategist who works for that party. 417 00:24:15,040 --> 00:24:17,760 Speaker 2: He also has some really fun maps and charts on 418 00:24:17,840 --> 00:24:19,960 Speaker 2: his website. Around election season. 419 00:24:19,840 --> 00:24:23,800 Speaker 14: Anybody who's engaged in politics in California will tell you 420 00:24:23,920 --> 00:24:28,800 Speaker 14: that this governor's race is predictably what the pPIC poll showed. 421 00:24:29,040 --> 00:24:32,000 Speaker 11: That latest poll on the California guernatorial race by the 422 00:24:32,040 --> 00:24:36,080 Speaker 11: non partisan Public Policy Institute of California shows Democrat Javier 423 00:24:36,119 --> 00:24:39,920 Speaker 11: Butserah leading Republican Steve Hilton sixty one percent to thirty 424 00:24:39,960 --> 00:24:41,800 Speaker 11: six percent among likely voters. 425 00:24:42,160 --> 00:24:45,159 Speaker 2: That kind of lead, that's a big gap. 426 00:24:46,080 --> 00:24:48,200 Speaker 1: This is why, and I know a lot of people 427 00:24:48,240 --> 00:24:51,439 Speaker 1: were upset at me for doing it. This is why 428 00:24:51,520 --> 00:24:56,600 Speaker 1: in the primary I said Republicans should play for a Democrat. Lookout. 429 00:24:57,680 --> 00:25:02,960 Speaker 1: If Republicans would split their vote evenly between Bianco and Hilton, 430 00:25:03,600 --> 00:25:06,479 Speaker 1: that was the only shot that they had at winning 431 00:25:06,520 --> 00:25:10,240 Speaker 1: the seat. And that's why I recommended doing that. Now, 432 00:25:11,400 --> 00:25:15,320 Speaker 1: it's not over yet, and certainly Besserah has been known 433 00:25:15,359 --> 00:25:19,120 Speaker 1: to step in it from time to time. But right now, 434 00:25:19,640 --> 00:25:23,720 Speaker 1: I would say Hilton is a heavy, heavy, heavy underdog 435 00:25:24,160 --> 00:25:26,200 Speaker 1: and he's going to need a bunch of different things 436 00:25:26,200 --> 00:25:28,520 Speaker 1: to break his way if he's going to win this thing. 437 00:25:29,160 --> 00:25:32,680 Speaker 1: Because we've seen over and over and over again, whether 438 00:25:32,760 --> 00:25:35,200 Speaker 1: it be in the last election when it was Brian 439 00:25:35,320 --> 00:25:38,960 Speaker 1: Dolly who ran against Galvin Newsom before that, it was 440 00:25:39,040 --> 00:25:42,359 Speaker 1: John Cox before that, it was Neil cash Kari running 441 00:25:42,400 --> 00:25:45,480 Speaker 1: against Jerry Brown when he ran for reelection, and then 442 00:25:45,560 --> 00:25:49,240 Speaker 1: Meg Whitman before that, where the Democrats just beat the 443 00:25:49,240 --> 00:25:54,639 Speaker 1: Republican like a drum in these gubernatorial elections. And I 444 00:25:54,920 --> 00:25:57,480 Speaker 1: don't see right now now we just had Hilton on it. 445 00:25:57,600 --> 00:26:01,400 Speaker 1: He said, he hasn't started the campaigning yet. But unless 446 00:26:01,440 --> 00:26:06,680 Speaker 1: something really, really, really dramatic happens that breaks his way, 447 00:26:06,720 --> 00:26:09,320 Speaker 1: this is the likely scenario what you're seeing in these 448 00:26:09,800 --> 00:26:11,040 Speaker 1: poll results right now. 449 00:26:11,600 --> 00:26:14,840 Speaker 2: Well, and what's also not helping for Hilton right now 450 00:26:15,400 --> 00:26:20,600 Speaker 2: is this sore loser strategy from Bianco not endorsing Steve Hilton, 451 00:26:20,720 --> 00:26:22,159 Speaker 2: even though he promised he would. 452 00:26:23,160 --> 00:26:26,879 Speaker 1: You know, it's really bad form for him to do that, 453 00:26:27,119 --> 00:26:31,760 Speaker 1: but I think that his supporters, if these numbers are accurate, 454 00:26:32,280 --> 00:26:36,080 Speaker 1: his supporters have already fallen to Hilton. And if you 455 00:26:36,160 --> 00:26:38,440 Speaker 1: add up the two numbers that both of them got 456 00:26:38,520 --> 00:26:41,440 Speaker 1: in the primary, this is about where they were. 457 00:26:42,680 --> 00:26:47,440 Speaker 13: It is very familiar in statewide races in California. 458 00:26:47,680 --> 00:26:51,159 Speaker 11: California remains a deeply blue state, with Democrats holding a 459 00:26:51,200 --> 00:26:54,520 Speaker 11: nearly two to one advantage over Republicans in voter registration. 460 00:26:54,800 --> 00:26:58,040 Speaker 11: In fact, a Republican hasn't won statewide office since Arnold 461 00:26:58,080 --> 00:26:59,120 Speaker 11: Swarzeneger was GOV. 462 00:26:59,320 --> 00:27:02,240 Speaker 1: Why is that pickure so close up of him? I 463 00:27:02,280 --> 00:27:02,639 Speaker 1: don't know. 464 00:27:04,160 --> 00:27:07,800 Speaker 2: I mean, Arnie's a good looking guy, but I never 465 00:27:07,840 --> 00:27:10,679 Speaker 2: wanted to be this close to his eyebraws. 466 00:27:10,480 --> 00:27:12,520 Speaker 1: Well, and with that white beard, he kind of looks 467 00:27:12,520 --> 00:27:14,760 Speaker 1: like Kenny Rodgers before the plastic surgery. 468 00:27:17,119 --> 00:27:20,440 Speaker 11: The poll also shows voters are largely sticking with their parties. 469 00:27:20,520 --> 00:27:23,440 Speaker 11: Ninety three percent of Democrats back with Sarah, while ninety 470 00:27:23,480 --> 00:27:26,960 Speaker 11: percent of Republican support Hilton. And the primary election results 471 00:27:27,000 --> 00:27:27,720 Speaker 11: showed just. 472 00:27:27,720 --> 00:27:30,919 Speaker 14: That when we go from primary elector to the general electorate, 473 00:27:31,000 --> 00:27:33,360 Speaker 14: we expect one big change and that's turnout. 474 00:27:33,560 --> 00:27:36,720 Speaker 11: Election data expert Paul Mitchell says primary voters are often 475 00:27:36,760 --> 00:27:40,159 Speaker 11: the most partisan and engaged. Now in the general election 476 00:27:40,320 --> 00:27:44,040 Speaker 11: we can expect more independent. Young and Latino voters might. 477 00:27:44,040 --> 00:27:47,200 Speaker 2: Get up to sixty percent of people returning the ballot 478 00:27:47,240 --> 00:27:50,760 Speaker 2: that got mailed to them. 479 00:27:51,000 --> 00:27:53,880 Speaker 1: Ennett's are not so independent anymore. 480 00:27:53,960 --> 00:27:57,439 Speaker 11: Experts no, independence, while not partisan on paper, reflect the 481 00:27:57,440 --> 00:27:58,960 Speaker 11: politics of where they live. 482 00:27:59,080 --> 00:28:02,720 Speaker 2: The people or they don't vote, which turnout is usually 483 00:28:02,840 --> 00:28:06,560 Speaker 2: much lower. Among my people those no party preferencers. 484 00:28:08,040 --> 00:28:12,440 Speaker 11: Bic Pool shows independent voters leaned towards Bassera by nearly double. 485 00:28:12,359 --> 00:28:15,240 Speaker 15: We have these sort of different climates of state politics 486 00:28:15,240 --> 00:28:18,560 Speaker 15: and different flavors even within Republican Party and within the 487 00:28:18,560 --> 00:28:19,479 Speaker 15: Democratic Party. 488 00:28:19,760 --> 00:28:23,280 Speaker 11: Mitchell's new tool breaks down primary results by county. Some 489 00:28:23,359 --> 00:28:26,920 Speaker 11: were expected, Mitchell says, like progressive Bay Area Democrat Tom 490 00:28:26,960 --> 00:28:31,000 Speaker 11: Steyer winning Alameda, Marin, San Francisco, and Santa Barbara counties. 491 00:28:31,080 --> 00:28:36,360 Speaker 2: But yeah, the DSA went all in for billionaire Tom Steyer, 492 00:28:37,119 --> 00:28:41,320 Speaker 2: including Alex Lee of San Jose that specifically was calling 493 00:28:41,320 --> 00:28:45,440 Speaker 2: out Matt Mayhan. It's for being supported by billionaires. It 494 00:28:45,520 --> 00:28:47,840 Speaker 2: was a strange, strange race. 495 00:28:48,920 --> 00:28:51,400 Speaker 1: Wild I'm Tom Steyer. 496 00:28:51,800 --> 00:28:52,920 Speaker 7: I'm about to ride the d. 497 00:28:53,120 --> 00:28:53,720 Speaker 1: Oh We've heard. 498 00:28:54,320 --> 00:28:57,520 Speaker 11: Strategic voting was in play as voters on both sides 499 00:28:57,560 --> 00:28:59,240 Speaker 11: clutched onto their ballots and. 500 00:28:59,240 --> 00:29:03,400 Speaker 14: This hidden canon. It was, oh my gosh, no candidate 501 00:29:03,400 --> 00:29:05,400 Speaker 14: from my party is going to make the runoff. 502 00:29:05,280 --> 00:29:08,120 Speaker 11: And so experts say Democrats to beat it between likely 503 00:29:08,160 --> 00:29:10,960 Speaker 11: advancers BSERA and STA. You're opting for Besera. 504 00:29:11,400 --> 00:29:14,600 Speaker 2: Well, we're forgetting that little chapter where Swallwell was the 505 00:29:14,640 --> 00:29:17,440 Speaker 2: front runner and then he was revealed to be a rapist. 506 00:29:18,040 --> 00:29:21,280 Speaker 1: Oh yes, how could we forget that chapter. 507 00:29:22,200 --> 00:29:25,440 Speaker 11: And Republicans were Hilton rather than Chad bionco. 508 00:29:25,280 --> 00:29:26,440 Speaker 14: Some counties like more. 509 00:29:27,000 --> 00:29:29,440 Speaker 2: You know who's not getting a mention in this entire story, 510 00:29:30,760 --> 00:29:35,680 Speaker 2: Tony V. Well, we knew that, but Katie out of 511 00:29:35,760 --> 00:29:40,080 Speaker 2: my shot. Katie's such an afterthought. Now just live in 512 00:29:40,080 --> 00:29:41,560 Speaker 2: her life and book talk land. 513 00:29:42,080 --> 00:29:43,920 Speaker 1: By the way, did you see that she came out 514 00:29:43,960 --> 00:29:48,240 Speaker 1: today and said she's done with politics for good? Well, yeah, 515 00:29:48,280 --> 00:29:50,680 Speaker 1: well I'll see it when I believe it. But hey, 516 00:29:50,720 --> 00:29:52,040 Speaker 1: at least this way she keeps that. 517 00:29:52,000 --> 00:29:56,240 Speaker 14: Housing conservative central Valley counties where you would have expected. 518 00:29:56,320 --> 00:29:58,440 Speaker 2: I mean, if you think about it, how many more 519 00:29:58,480 --> 00:30:02,600 Speaker 2: statewide races can she lose before people stop giving her money? 520 00:30:05,120 --> 00:30:07,880 Speaker 1: Well that's a very good point. Usually if you lose 521 00:30:07,880 --> 00:30:11,120 Speaker 1: three in a row, that's when you lose your ability 522 00:30:11,160 --> 00:30:14,560 Speaker 1: to raise money. The difference, though, is that she has 523 00:30:14,600 --> 00:30:19,080 Speaker 1: such a wide list of donors because she used to 524 00:30:19,080 --> 00:30:21,960 Speaker 1: go on MSNBC all the time and CNN all the 525 00:30:22,000 --> 00:30:26,080 Speaker 1: time and harangue corporate executives and who were testifying in 526 00:30:26,080 --> 00:30:29,760 Speaker 1: front of Congress, and that got the left all ginned 527 00:30:29,840 --> 00:30:32,400 Speaker 1: up about her, and she had a lot of small 528 00:30:32,480 --> 00:30:36,160 Speaker 1: dollar donors, so if she wants to run again, she 529 00:30:36,320 --> 00:30:39,719 Speaker 1: has the ability to raise the money. It's just does 530 00:30:40,240 --> 00:30:43,360 Speaker 1: she want to put herself through the humiliation of finishing 531 00:30:43,400 --> 00:30:46,440 Speaker 1: with four percent. If it doesn't work out. 532 00:30:46,920 --> 00:30:50,880 Speaker 14: It's Chad Bianca to do better. Hilton ended up winning there. 533 00:30:52,240 --> 00:30:57,160 Speaker 2: Yeah, My opinion is Bianco's performance in the debates cost 534 00:30:57,240 --> 00:30:59,760 Speaker 2: him some votes, including in the Central Valley. 535 00:31:00,560 --> 00:31:04,240 Speaker 10: Could be in response to the ppiic pool. The Basara 536 00:31:04,320 --> 00:31:06,800 Speaker 10: campaign tells us they're keeping their eyes on the price. 537 00:31:07,040 --> 00:31:10,360 Speaker 10: The Hilton campaign pointed to their internal pool, countering the 538 00:31:10,440 --> 00:31:12,920 Speaker 10: race remains highly competitive and wide open. 539 00:31:13,120 --> 00:31:14,760 Speaker 2: Chris, Okay, Jenny, thank you. 540 00:31:16,080 --> 00:31:16,880 Speaker 1: So there you go. 541 00:31:17,160 --> 00:31:23,160 Speaker 2: That is the latest on the California gubernatorial race as 542 00:31:23,200 --> 00:31:26,200 Speaker 2: we go through the long, hot summer and then get 543 00:31:26,240 --> 00:31:29,959 Speaker 2: ready for all the political ads going after the billionaire's text. 544 00:31:30,520 --> 00:31:35,560 Speaker 1: Here's what I don't understand. Why is it that everyone 545 00:31:35,680 --> 00:31:41,600 Speaker 1: involved in that FBI investigation related to the besera dormant 546 00:31:41,720 --> 00:31:47,560 Speaker 1: campaign account. Why is it that they're all cutting deals 547 00:31:47,760 --> 00:31:51,320 Speaker 1: with the Feds where they're going to agree to go 548 00:31:51,360 --> 00:31:55,080 Speaker 1: to prison and they're not dropping the dime on Bisera. 549 00:31:55,880 --> 00:31:59,120 Speaker 1: Because I do not believe that Bessarah did not know 550 00:31:59,240 --> 00:32:02,960 Speaker 1: what was going on. I just don't. I mean, he 551 00:32:03,080 --> 00:32:07,600 Speaker 1: is really dumb. He is dumb, but he's not that dumb. 552 00:32:08,480 --> 00:32:10,920 Speaker 1: Do you realize what kind of brain damage he would 553 00:32:11,000 --> 00:32:13,200 Speaker 1: have to have to not know that he was having 554 00:32:13,200 --> 00:32:14,560 Speaker 1: his money stolen from him? 555 00:32:15,480 --> 00:32:17,560 Speaker 2: But when you do the scrub, well, and it does 556 00:32:17,640 --> 00:32:20,000 Speaker 2: make sense that he would know about it because it 557 00:32:20,040 --> 00:32:22,200 Speaker 2: was his chief of staff that was taking the pay 558 00:32:22,240 --> 00:32:25,160 Speaker 2: cut to go work for him at AHHS. 559 00:32:26,240 --> 00:32:29,360 Speaker 1: And it was Dana Williamson that he wanted to run 560 00:32:29,400 --> 00:32:33,959 Speaker 1: his campaign for governor. Now, even though we know that 561 00:32:34,000 --> 00:32:36,440 Speaker 1: she's a bit of a pill to say the least, 562 00:32:37,240 --> 00:32:39,640 Speaker 1: she would be someone who would be in high demand 563 00:32:39,880 --> 00:32:43,720 Speaker 1: in California for this seat because she was the chief 564 00:32:43,760 --> 00:32:46,800 Speaker 1: of staff for the current governor, and she knows all 565 00:32:46,840 --> 00:32:50,440 Speaker 1: the unions, she knows all the interest groups, she knows 566 00:32:50,480 --> 00:32:53,400 Speaker 1: a lot of the donors, she knows all of the players. 567 00:32:54,040 --> 00:32:59,360 Speaker 1: So theoretically she would be in heavy demand from other candidates. Well, 568 00:32:59,480 --> 00:33:01,840 Speaker 1: why do you think she would just take herself out 569 00:33:01,840 --> 00:33:05,280 Speaker 1: of the mix and wait for you unless there's something 570 00:33:05,280 --> 00:33:05,880 Speaker 1: in it for her. 571 00:33:09,800 --> 00:33:13,160 Speaker 2: Listener twins Mommy for life. I love these usernames, says 572 00:33:13,160 --> 00:33:16,760 Speaker 2: California voters are so depressing voting for a moron because 573 00:33:16,800 --> 00:33:21,120 Speaker 2: he's a Democrat. Dumb is dirt, but sure vote for him. 574 00:33:21,920 --> 00:33:25,680 Speaker 2: Listener Diesel writes in, so you're telling us we're doomed, 575 00:33:28,400 --> 00:33:31,920 Speaker 2: and Matthew writes in, like they say they would vote 576 00:33:31,920 --> 00:33:33,560 Speaker 2: for a ham sandwich if. 577 00:33:33,400 --> 00:33:39,920 Speaker 1: A d was after it. If you're watching us on YouTube, 578 00:33:40,120 --> 00:33:42,440 Speaker 1: please be sure to hit that like button. It helps 579 00:33:42,520 --> 00:33:44,720 Speaker 1: us push the show out in front of as many 580 00:33:44,800 --> 00:33:49,080 Speaker 1: eyeballs as possible. That is the YouTube algorithm. Those are 581 00:33:49,080 --> 00:33:53,080 Speaker 1: the rules of the game. So let's all play. A 582 00:33:53,120 --> 00:33:55,760 Speaker 1: woman in Orange County got run over by an e 583 00:33:55,960 --> 00:33:58,840 Speaker 1: bike and Randy, she is all the way pissed off. 584 00:33:59,400 --> 00:34:02,400 Speaker 2: It is time I'm yet again for our recurring segment 585 00:34:02,520 --> 00:34:06,800 Speaker 2: of Little Bastards for mar Here is ABC seven. 586 00:34:07,120 --> 00:34:09,160 Speaker 14: For the first time, we are hearing from an Orange 587 00:34:09,200 --> 00:34:12,080 Speaker 14: County woman who was seriously injured after being hit by 588 00:34:12,080 --> 00:34:13,600 Speaker 14: a team riding an e motorcycle. 589 00:34:13,880 --> 00:34:16,000 Speaker 12: All the seventy two year old woman can remember is 590 00:34:16,040 --> 00:34:18,880 Speaker 12: waking up in icee you and now she's becoming a 591 00:34:18,880 --> 00:34:22,320 Speaker 12: safety advocate. Orange County reporter Bianca Buano live in Seal 592 00:34:22,400 --> 00:34:22,960 Speaker 12: Beach with. 593 00:34:23,000 --> 00:34:27,920 Speaker 15: More Bionca Mark and Michelle had happened near the intersection 594 00:34:28,000 --> 00:34:30,200 Speaker 15: behind me back in March, and the victim is lucky 595 00:34:30,239 --> 00:34:32,960 Speaker 15: to be alive. You will see that months later, the 596 00:34:33,040 --> 00:34:35,440 Speaker 15: seventy two year old woman is still recovering. 597 00:34:38,120 --> 00:34:40,720 Speaker 2: These are supposed to be some of the safest communities 598 00:34:40,800 --> 00:34:44,960 Speaker 2: in southern California, but because all the parents in Orange 599 00:34:45,000 --> 00:34:47,960 Speaker 2: County are buying their kids the e bikes, now Seal 600 00:34:48,040 --> 00:34:51,240 Speaker 2: Beach isn't safe. 601 00:34:51,640 --> 00:34:54,839 Speaker 15: Stephanie Potter tends to her plans at her Seal Beach home, 602 00:34:55,640 --> 00:34:58,319 Speaker 15: but for the past four months she's the one who 603 00:34:58,360 --> 00:34:59,000 Speaker 15: needed care. 604 00:34:59,239 --> 00:35:03,360 Speaker 4: My josh up quite thick, so my burbidge is a 605 00:35:03,360 --> 00:35:04,719 Speaker 4: little mumbled. 606 00:35:05,200 --> 00:35:09,640 Speaker 2: This poor lady. They knocked her teeth out, They knocked 607 00:35:09,640 --> 00:35:10,520 Speaker 2: her jaw off. 608 00:35:11,440 --> 00:35:13,719 Speaker 15: In March, Potter had met up with friends on Main 609 00:35:13,760 --> 00:35:17,160 Speaker 15: Street as she usually does. Around five thirty. She was 610 00:35:17,239 --> 00:35:20,440 Speaker 15: walking home and the last thing she remembers was entering 611 00:35:20,480 --> 00:35:24,280 Speaker 15: the crosswalk at Ocean Avenue. You remember next just waking 612 00:35:24,360 --> 00:35:27,000 Speaker 15: up in the ICU correct she had been struck by 613 00:35:27,040 --> 00:35:32,120 Speaker 15: a teenager riding an illegal suron emotorcycle. The seventy two 614 00:35:32,200 --> 00:35:34,120 Speaker 15: year old was seriously injured. 615 00:35:34,280 --> 00:35:38,440 Speaker 4: My tivia on my left hand, my nose and my 616 00:35:38,640 --> 00:35:39,920 Speaker 4: jaw broken. 617 00:35:40,160 --> 00:35:42,680 Speaker 15: She stayed in the ICU for two weeks, then a 618 00:35:42,760 --> 00:35:46,759 Speaker 15: rehabilitation facility for four more. During that time, eighty one 619 00:35:46,840 --> 00:35:49,840 Speaker 15: year old Ed Ashman was also struck by a teen 620 00:35:50,040 --> 00:35:54,320 Speaker 15: riding an emotorcycle in Lake Forest. He died from his injuries. 621 00:35:54,760 --> 00:35:59,399 Speaker 2: That's the one that Spitzer is charging the mom with manslaughter. 622 00:35:59,680 --> 00:36:02,399 Speaker 1: Go ahead, because you know what's going to happen here. 623 00:36:02,840 --> 00:36:06,640 Speaker 1: The parents defend their kids' ability to ride the e bikes, 624 00:36:06,800 --> 00:36:09,600 Speaker 1: and they say, oh, it's safe. Oh we're monitoring it. 625 00:36:10,160 --> 00:36:12,640 Speaker 1: Oh we're on top of this, don't worry about it. 626 00:36:13,440 --> 00:36:17,640 Speaker 1: The kids on the e bikes do reckless things. They 627 00:36:17,680 --> 00:36:20,720 Speaker 1: are pedestrians when they want to be pedestrians, their cars 628 00:36:20,760 --> 00:36:23,640 Speaker 1: when they want to be cars. And then people get hurt. 629 00:36:24,080 --> 00:36:26,520 Speaker 1: And then if you go, okay, you told us you 630 00:36:26,560 --> 00:36:29,120 Speaker 1: were on top of it, you told us that everything 631 00:36:29,239 --> 00:36:31,840 Speaker 1: was fine. Now we're going to charge you with murder. 632 00:36:32,360 --> 00:36:34,440 Speaker 1: Then they turn on a dime and they go. But 633 00:36:34,560 --> 00:36:37,480 Speaker 1: they're just kids. They didn't know what they were doing. 634 00:36:39,080 --> 00:36:40,520 Speaker 4: I don't know how I's tharrived. 635 00:36:41,480 --> 00:36:44,160 Speaker 15: Potter was finally able to go home when she could 636 00:36:44,200 --> 00:36:48,480 Speaker 15: speak and swallow independently, now using her voice to advocate 637 00:36:48,520 --> 00:36:52,120 Speaker 15: for e bike and e motorcycle safety and accountability. 638 00:36:52,320 --> 00:36:55,600 Speaker 1: Especially Hey, that's the name of our podcast. A new 639 00:36:55,600 --> 00:36:56,560 Speaker 1: one drops tomorrow. 640 00:36:57,200 --> 00:37:00,720 Speaker 15: Parents who allow their children to use them to punish. 641 00:37:00,840 --> 00:37:03,759 Speaker 4: It's to educate. The people need to understand you. 642 00:37:03,800 --> 00:37:06,640 Speaker 2: No, I think we need to punish. I think there's 643 00:37:06,640 --> 00:37:08,800 Speaker 2: plenty of education out there. It's not working. 644 00:37:10,680 --> 00:37:14,280 Speaker 4: And if you allow your child to travel on a kneelike, 645 00:37:14,480 --> 00:37:16,720 Speaker 4: there's rules and regulations to follow. 646 00:37:17,440 --> 00:37:21,279 Speaker 15: Next month, Potter will have surgery to rebreak and reset 647 00:37:21,360 --> 00:37:24,399 Speaker 15: her job, sharing her story as an example of how 648 00:37:24,440 --> 00:37:28,160 Speaker 15: one purchase and poor decision can change someone's life. 649 00:37:28,280 --> 00:37:32,040 Speaker 4: Because I've been a victim, I want people to be aware. 650 00:37:31,880 --> 00:37:33,359 Speaker 5: And it has. 651 00:37:32,920 --> 00:37:37,320 Speaker 4: To happen now because this is becoming an increasingly large problem. 652 00:37:37,840 --> 00:37:42,400 Speaker 1: So here's another issue. When you're dealing with an elderly 653 00:37:42,480 --> 00:37:45,160 Speaker 1: person in particular, although it can happen to anyone. I 654 00:37:45,200 --> 00:37:51,319 Speaker 1: guess if you hit someone who's in their seventies, eighties, nineties, 655 00:37:52,280 --> 00:37:55,520 Speaker 1: you could take their freedom away. You could take their 656 00:37:55,520 --> 00:38:00,520 Speaker 1: independence away. Something that you might be able to recover 657 00:38:00,600 --> 00:38:04,400 Speaker 1: from if you're younger and bounce back and have a 658 00:38:04,440 --> 00:38:07,640 Speaker 1: normal life, may not be possible for someone like that. 659 00:38:08,840 --> 00:38:13,880 Speaker 1: I think the government can't overreact enough to something like 660 00:38:13,960 --> 00:38:18,600 Speaker 1: this if everyone knows it's dangerous, and everyone knows that 661 00:38:18,640 --> 00:38:21,480 Speaker 1: people can get hurt if you're doing something you shouldn't 662 00:38:21,520 --> 00:38:25,239 Speaker 1: be doing, if you knowingly go out and do that, 663 00:38:25,440 --> 00:38:27,920 Speaker 1: or if you're a parent, you knowingly go out and 664 00:38:27,960 --> 00:38:30,440 Speaker 1: you buy your kid an e bike and they go 665 00:38:30,480 --> 00:38:33,520 Speaker 1: out and they do something like that to an elderly person, 666 00:38:34,080 --> 00:38:35,920 Speaker 1: you should go to prison for a long time. 667 00:38:36,840 --> 00:38:39,799 Speaker 2: Listener D D. Proud writes in I love these user names. 668 00:38:40,040 --> 00:38:43,799 Speaker 2: I'm a former EMS from the private sector. Kids teenagers 669 00:38:43,840 --> 00:38:46,239 Speaker 2: feel they have the right to ride the nightmares on 670 00:38:46,280 --> 00:38:48,800 Speaker 2: the e bikes. They should be made to have a license, 671 00:38:48,840 --> 00:38:51,040 Speaker 2: which is a privilege, not a right. You have to 672 00:38:51,080 --> 00:38:54,279 Speaker 2: have a license to ride a scooter or to ride 673 00:38:54,320 --> 00:38:57,759 Speaker 2: a motorcycle. Why is an e bike any different? And 674 00:38:57,840 --> 00:38:59,560 Speaker 2: why are we allowing twelve year. 675 00:38:59,440 --> 00:39:02,839 Speaker 1: Olds on the There has got to be some explanation 676 00:39:02,960 --> 00:39:05,840 Speaker 1: for that. And maybe it's tied to cap and trade 677 00:39:05,840 --> 00:39:10,200 Speaker 1: in the fact that it's green transportation or whatever that 678 00:39:10,200 --> 00:39:16,560 Speaker 1: they're hesitant to regulate these things. But Sacramento lives to 679 00:39:16,640 --> 00:39:19,560 Speaker 1: regulate us to death. And now you have a new 680 00:39:19,600 --> 00:39:23,000 Speaker 1: product that is popular, and it's causing all kinds of problems, 681 00:39:23,400 --> 00:39:26,520 Speaker 1: and suddenly they can't regulate. It makes no sense. 682 00:39:27,000 --> 00:39:30,799 Speaker 2: In fact, local municipalities like Carlsbad that are trying to 683 00:39:30,880 --> 00:39:33,840 Speaker 2: ban these things, they can only ban them for kids 684 00:39:34,080 --> 00:39:37,000 Speaker 2: under twelve. It is state law that we cannot ban 685 00:39:37,160 --> 00:39:40,400 Speaker 2: them for any kid above the age of twelve. I 686 00:39:40,440 --> 00:39:41,480 Speaker 2: don't know why that is. 687 00:39:41,560 --> 00:39:43,120 Speaker 7: The baraucracy is real. 688 00:39:43,920 --> 00:39:46,080 Speaker 1: All right, We've got two more hours coming up on 689 00:39:46,120 --> 00:39:48,960 Speaker 1: the John Phillips Show That Fix California Hours next. If 690 00:39:48,960 --> 00:39:51,720 Speaker 1: you're watching us live on YouTube, hit that like button.