1 00:00:00,160 --> 00:00:03,160 Speaker 1: And we continue at two five in the afternoon on 2 00:00:03,240 --> 00:00:06,480 Speaker 1: the John Phillips Show, Mister Randy Wangs in Culver City. 3 00:00:06,640 --> 00:00:09,640 Speaker 2: John, I almost completely forgot that today is a very 4 00:00:09,680 --> 00:00:13,280 Speaker 2: important day. But thankfully Rick emailed ust at Johnny don't 5 00:00:13,320 --> 00:00:17,520 Speaker 2: like show at gmail dot com. Guys, happy one year 6 00:00:17,640 --> 00:00:21,720 Speaker 2: anniversary of being Live in the Bay Area. I remember 7 00:00:21,760 --> 00:00:25,160 Speaker 2: the first segment Pammy in her podcast. 8 00:00:24,880 --> 00:00:27,120 Speaker 3: She called me a crime boss. 9 00:00:28,080 --> 00:00:29,720 Speaker 1: Has it actually been one year? 10 00:00:30,080 --> 00:00:35,839 Speaker 2: We launched live noon to three on KSFO April first, 11 00:00:36,040 --> 00:00:40,160 Speaker 2: twenty twenty five. It has been a year of being 12 00:00:40,280 --> 00:00:43,120 Speaker 2: live in the Bay and we're so happy. 13 00:00:42,800 --> 00:00:50,600 Speaker 1: That we made it. That is fantastic, Pammy. How do 14 00:00:50,640 --> 00:00:56,040 Speaker 1: you feel about it? Quite frankly, well, we couldn't do 15 00:00:56,120 --> 00:01:01,000 Speaker 1: it without our regulars like Pamela Price, Katie Porter and 16 00:01:01,120 --> 00:01:05,160 Speaker 1: Chang Tao. Absolutely absolutely out of my shop. 17 00:01:05,680 --> 00:01:08,160 Speaker 2: This war really it goes to all of them. This 18 00:01:08,280 --> 00:01:10,960 Speaker 2: show would not be what it is without those women. 19 00:01:12,920 --> 00:01:15,720 Speaker 1: Eight hundred two two two five two two two is 20 00:01:15,840 --> 00:01:18,880 Speaker 1: jelphone number one. Eight hundred two two two five two 21 00:01:18,959 --> 00:01:21,800 Speaker 1: two two. It is our pleasure to welcome our next 22 00:01:21,800 --> 00:01:24,760 Speaker 1: guest to the program. He is a Republican attorney and 23 00:01:24,880 --> 00:01:28,240 Speaker 1: businessman who ran for the United States Senate in twenty 24 00:01:28,280 --> 00:01:32,000 Speaker 1: twenty four and previously ran for Attorney General of the 25 00:01:32,000 --> 00:01:35,080 Speaker 1: state of California. You can get him online at Ericurly 26 00:01:35,200 --> 00:01:38,840 Speaker 1: dot com and follow him on Exit Eric Early, Underscore 27 00:01:38,920 --> 00:01:41,200 Speaker 1: CA Eric Early, Welcome. 28 00:01:42,200 --> 00:01:43,920 Speaker 4: Always great being with you, John. 29 00:01:44,240 --> 00:01:47,680 Speaker 1: Well, thanks so much for stopping vibe. So I've got 30 00:01:47,680 --> 00:01:51,200 Speaker 1: to tell you. We cover the gubernatorial race in this 31 00:01:51,320 --> 00:01:55,840 Speaker 1: state just about every day, and right now it appears 32 00:01:56,080 --> 00:01:59,480 Speaker 1: as if the Republicans are seeing this race one way 33 00:02:00,040 --> 00:02:03,520 Speaker 1: and the Democrats are seeing this race a completely different way. 34 00:02:04,080 --> 00:02:08,079 Speaker 1: And it boggles my mind that Republicans can't get with 35 00:02:08,120 --> 00:02:12,280 Speaker 1: the program. And here's what I mean. Democrats right now 36 00:02:12,360 --> 00:02:15,760 Speaker 1: are freaking out that two Republicans will make the November 37 00:02:15,840 --> 00:02:20,079 Speaker 1: ballot and the Democrats in a deep blue state will 38 00:02:20,080 --> 00:02:24,560 Speaker 1: be locked out of the general election. Republicans that I 39 00:02:24,639 --> 00:02:28,160 Speaker 1: see on social media or talk to seem to be 40 00:02:28,200 --> 00:02:31,000 Speaker 1: of the belief that there's no way that's going to happen. 41 00:02:31,720 --> 00:02:34,799 Speaker 1: And you have the candidates running for governor clawing each 42 00:02:34,840 --> 00:02:39,040 Speaker 1: other's faces off instead of I guess, working together or 43 00:02:39,080 --> 00:02:42,520 Speaker 1: at least having a truce with one another not to 44 00:02:42,560 --> 00:02:45,760 Speaker 1: attack each other. And they're saying that there's going to 45 00:02:45,800 --> 00:02:48,280 Speaker 1: be a Democrat, there's going to be a Republican on 46 00:02:48,320 --> 00:02:51,040 Speaker 1: the November ballot, and that's just the way it is. 47 00:02:51,639 --> 00:02:55,680 Speaker 1: And I think that's awful because if Republican voters can 48 00:02:55,720 --> 00:02:59,800 Speaker 1: get motivated to turn out and under the best case scenario, 49 00:02:59,880 --> 00:03:02,799 Speaker 1: from my point of view, split their vote fifty to 50 00:03:02,880 --> 00:03:06,400 Speaker 1: fifty between the two of them, I think that's probably 51 00:03:06,440 --> 00:03:10,519 Speaker 1: the only shot that Republicans have of picking up that seat. 52 00:03:10,880 --> 00:03:15,000 Speaker 1: If there's any Democrat and any Republican on the November ballot, 53 00:03:15,720 --> 00:03:17,720 Speaker 1: I don't think it's going to be a competitive race, 54 00:03:17,840 --> 00:03:19,680 Speaker 1: and I don't think the Democrats are going to be 55 00:03:19,720 --> 00:03:23,360 Speaker 1: forced to spend any money here. Why aren't the Republicans 56 00:03:23,400 --> 00:03:25,919 Speaker 1: seeing what the Democrats are now worried about? 57 00:03:27,040 --> 00:03:29,600 Speaker 4: Tell you, John, you are preaching to the choir one 58 00:03:29,639 --> 00:03:32,720 Speaker 4: hundred percent. I've been saying very much what you just 59 00:03:32,800 --> 00:03:36,280 Speaker 4: said for several months now. I have not taken a 60 00:03:36,360 --> 00:03:41,839 Speaker 4: position among the two leading Republican candidates in the governor's race. 61 00:03:42,440 --> 00:03:46,800 Speaker 4: I've stayed on the fence. And the main reason is 62 00:03:46,800 --> 00:03:50,080 Speaker 4: is because, like you just said, I firmly believe that 63 00:03:50,160 --> 00:03:53,520 Speaker 4: if we end up with one Republican and then one 64 00:03:53,560 --> 00:03:56,320 Speaker 4: Democrat in the general, and I do believe we'll get 65 00:03:56,360 --> 00:03:59,200 Speaker 4: at least one Republican in there, that there is no 66 00:03:59,280 --> 00:04:03,280 Speaker 4: way that Republican can become governor. But if we end 67 00:04:03,360 --> 00:04:07,200 Speaker 4: up with two Republicans, if that miracle happens in the general, 68 00:04:07,320 --> 00:04:09,280 Speaker 4: well then it's a fade, a compleat. We end up 69 00:04:09,320 --> 00:04:12,480 Speaker 4: with a Republican governor of the state of California, and 70 00:04:12,520 --> 00:04:16,000 Speaker 4: we start turning around this entire mess. So much like 71 00:04:16,040 --> 00:04:19,840 Speaker 4: you were saying, I keep telling everybody, no, just stop 72 00:04:20,440 --> 00:04:24,560 Speaker 4: going after one or both of these are Republican candidates. 73 00:04:25,000 --> 00:04:25,560 Speaker 1: Let them be. 74 00:04:26,400 --> 00:04:29,839 Speaker 4: Let the voting continue the way the polls seem to 75 00:04:30,760 --> 00:04:35,320 Speaker 4: be shaping up here, and we could end up with 76 00:04:35,400 --> 00:04:38,880 Speaker 4: both of those guys in the general election. But for 77 00:04:38,960 --> 00:04:42,520 Speaker 4: whatever reason, there are groups of Republicans going after Bianco. 78 00:04:42,600 --> 00:04:47,560 Speaker 4: There's groups of Republicans going after Hilton. The candidates themselves 79 00:04:48,000 --> 00:04:51,400 Speaker 4: are doing that. Particularly with respect to Hilton, He's been 80 00:04:52,440 --> 00:04:57,280 Speaker 4: really going after Bianco harder than Bianco's been going after him. 81 00:04:57,279 --> 00:05:01,160 Speaker 4: But I was at an event this past Saturday where 82 00:05:01,160 --> 00:05:04,159 Speaker 4: both of them spoke and the other one wasn't in 83 00:05:04,200 --> 00:05:08,160 Speaker 4: the room when one was being talked about. But unfortunately 84 00:05:08,560 --> 00:05:10,280 Speaker 4: they were both taking shots at each other. 85 00:05:11,720 --> 00:05:13,839 Speaker 1: And here's the other thing. I know, people say, well, 86 00:05:13,839 --> 00:05:16,960 Speaker 1: what does it even matter if a Republican gets elected. 87 00:05:17,320 --> 00:05:20,800 Speaker 1: Democrats are still going to control the state legislature. So 88 00:05:20,839 --> 00:05:23,080 Speaker 1: it's not like a Republican is going to get any 89 00:05:23,120 --> 00:05:29,440 Speaker 1: conservative legislation out of Sacramento. But here's the reality. When 90 00:05:29,440 --> 00:05:32,920 Speaker 1: you're the governor, not only do you sign or veto legislation, 91 00:05:33,600 --> 00:05:38,279 Speaker 1: you appoint judges. You appoint people to boards and commissions like, oh, 92 00:05:38,440 --> 00:05:42,080 Speaker 1: I don't know, the Public Utilities Commission. You can appoint 93 00:05:42,120 --> 00:05:45,640 Speaker 1: people to the Coastal Commission. You can appoint people to 94 00:05:45,839 --> 00:05:50,440 Speaker 1: parole boards. And these boards and commissions have more of 95 00:05:50,480 --> 00:05:53,560 Speaker 1: an impact on your life than you think that they do, 96 00:05:53,920 --> 00:05:56,440 Speaker 1: because every time you turn the news on and you 97 00:05:56,480 --> 00:05:59,599 Speaker 1: see some elderly pervert getting let out of prison early 98 00:06:00,080 --> 00:06:03,799 Speaker 1: because the parole board was snookered by their pleas. Guess 99 00:06:03,839 --> 00:06:07,440 Speaker 1: what if you have sane people on those boards, that 100 00:06:07,640 --> 00:06:11,200 Speaker 1: sort of thing isn't going to happen, even if the 101 00:06:11,240 --> 00:06:15,800 Speaker 1: governor signs no legislation coming out of the legislature. Simply 102 00:06:15,880 --> 00:06:19,120 Speaker 1: by being able to put sane judges back in and 103 00:06:19,240 --> 00:06:22,120 Speaker 1: sane people on these boards and commissions, You're going to 104 00:06:22,200 --> 00:06:25,480 Speaker 1: see an improvement coming out of Sacramento almost immediately. 105 00:06:26,360 --> 00:06:30,520 Speaker 4: Oh, agree again. Governor has huge powers in the state 106 00:06:30,560 --> 00:06:34,400 Speaker 4: of California, especially this state which has been dominated one 107 00:06:34,480 --> 00:06:37,800 Speaker 4: party control for almost twenty years. Now we get a 108 00:06:37,800 --> 00:06:42,600 Speaker 4: Republican governor up there, things will start changing immediately. First 109 00:06:42,640 --> 00:06:47,000 Speaker 4: of all, we won't have a Newsom type signing bills 110 00:06:47,000 --> 00:06:50,479 Speaker 4: into law which are as far left and disastrous for 111 00:06:50,520 --> 00:06:53,920 Speaker 4: the state as can be. All the things you said 112 00:06:53,960 --> 00:06:58,080 Speaker 4: with the commissions, the various executive powers that a governor 113 00:06:58,160 --> 00:07:01,360 Speaker 4: has to stop things in their track that are harming 114 00:07:01,400 --> 00:07:04,000 Speaker 4: the state. When it comes to the price of a 115 00:07:04,040 --> 00:07:09,239 Speaker 4: gallon of gas, both of these Republican candidates see clearly 116 00:07:09,279 --> 00:07:11,880 Speaker 4: what needs to be done. We have to completely reverse 117 00:07:12,400 --> 00:07:18,040 Speaker 4: the entire climate change ideology that Gavin Newsom has enforced 118 00:07:18,080 --> 00:07:22,200 Speaker 4: on this state for the for the entirety of his term, 119 00:07:22,600 --> 00:07:26,160 Speaker 4: which has caused one oil refinery after another to flee 120 00:07:26,240 --> 00:07:31,440 Speaker 4: the state, causing us to import gasoline from overseas for 121 00:07:31,560 --> 00:07:34,280 Speaker 4: people to pay for. A governor can have tremendous effect 122 00:07:34,400 --> 00:07:38,760 Speaker 4: on the various taxes on gallons of gas. So it 123 00:07:38,800 --> 00:07:41,040 Speaker 4: would be night and day if we could get a 124 00:07:41,080 --> 00:07:44,320 Speaker 4: Republican in office huge changes to this state. 125 00:07:45,560 --> 00:07:47,760 Speaker 1: I also wouldn't assume that they're going to be a 126 00:07:47,840 --> 00:07:51,240 Speaker 1: one termer for sure, because if they get in and 127 00:07:51,360 --> 00:07:55,600 Speaker 1: life improves for the people of California, I could easily 128 00:07:55,640 --> 00:08:00,640 Speaker 1: see a successful one term governor being re elected hundred percent. 129 00:08:00,680 --> 00:08:02,720 Speaker 4: And you know another thing, and I believe both of 130 00:08:02,760 --> 00:08:08,640 Speaker 4: these guys, either Hilton or Bianco, they would convene. First 131 00:08:08,680 --> 00:08:11,160 Speaker 4: of all, they'd be huge supporters of law enforcement. Right now, 132 00:08:11,200 --> 00:08:13,960 Speaker 4: we have a governor who has no respect whatsoever for 133 00:08:14,040 --> 00:08:17,240 Speaker 4: law enforcement, and that's trickling down throughout the entire state 134 00:08:17,600 --> 00:08:21,640 Speaker 4: and leading to so much of the fear of the citizenry, 135 00:08:21,840 --> 00:08:24,000 Speaker 4: of the criminals, so much of the rise of the 136 00:08:24,040 --> 00:08:29,239 Speaker 4: criminal's culture in the state. That would be a huge deal. Also, 137 00:08:29,320 --> 00:08:33,280 Speaker 4: I believe both of them would bring in business executives, 138 00:08:33,320 --> 00:08:38,160 Speaker 4: business owners, small business owners, large business executives from all 139 00:08:38,200 --> 00:08:40,640 Speaker 4: around the country and all around the state to find 140 00:08:40,640 --> 00:08:43,640 Speaker 4: out what could be done to rescue our business community 141 00:08:44,800 --> 00:08:48,280 Speaker 4: from the killer regulations that have been dropped on them left, 142 00:08:48,320 --> 00:08:50,840 Speaker 4: right and center from these people in power for twenty years. 143 00:08:50,880 --> 00:08:54,640 Speaker 4: So listen, we got to get a Republican up there. 144 00:08:54,679 --> 00:08:57,280 Speaker 4: And that goes back to how you started the conversation, John, 145 00:08:57,720 --> 00:09:01,640 Speaker 4: let's stop taking shots as Republicans, stop taking shots at 146 00:09:01,679 --> 00:09:05,679 Speaker 4: Hilton Bianco. Just go vote, vote, vote, vote for your 147 00:09:05,679 --> 00:09:10,560 Speaker 4: Republican governor candidate, and that miracle could happen two of 148 00:09:10,600 --> 00:09:12,480 Speaker 4: them in the general election. 149 00:09:13,679 --> 00:09:17,079 Speaker 1: The chairman of the California Democratic Party has called on 150 00:09:17,240 --> 00:09:21,240 Speaker 1: low performing candidates in the race to drop out. So far, 151 00:09:21,360 --> 00:09:24,160 Speaker 1: only one has taken them up on his offer, Ian Calderon, 152 00:09:24,559 --> 00:09:27,480 Speaker 1: who is pulling at less than one percent. All of 153 00:09:27,520 --> 00:09:30,400 Speaker 1: the others will be on the ballot and say they're 154 00:09:30,400 --> 00:09:33,280 Speaker 1: not dropping out of the race. Do you see any 155 00:09:33,320 --> 00:09:36,080 Speaker 1: of them dropping out of the race before the ballots 156 00:09:36,120 --> 00:09:37,199 Speaker 1: go out in early May. 157 00:09:38,240 --> 00:09:40,000 Speaker 4: I'll tell you, John, I don't know. The last time 158 00:09:40,000 --> 00:09:42,679 Speaker 4: I spoke to you on your show here you've said 159 00:09:42,720 --> 00:09:48,280 Speaker 4: some great things about how so many of these Democrat 160 00:09:48,400 --> 00:09:53,040 Speaker 4: candidates are so entrenched in where they stand in their careers, 161 00:09:53,080 --> 00:09:55,240 Speaker 4: how if they get out of this race, will they 162 00:09:55,240 --> 00:09:59,240 Speaker 4: ever have a political career after this. They've put in 163 00:09:59,320 --> 00:10:02,000 Speaker 4: so much time i'm an effort in this and they 164 00:10:02,040 --> 00:10:05,600 Speaker 4: still seem to have this this faint hope that they 165 00:10:05,600 --> 00:10:09,600 Speaker 4: can still get ahead. So I don't know whether some 166 00:10:09,640 --> 00:10:11,880 Speaker 4: of those lesser ones will get out. I mean, if 167 00:10:12,200 --> 00:10:15,439 Speaker 4: a brain in his head, for example, and he doesn't unfortunately, 168 00:10:15,760 --> 00:10:19,160 Speaker 4: he would get out of the race. Betty Yee, same thing, 169 00:10:19,600 --> 00:10:21,400 Speaker 4: she would get out of race. Don't know if they 170 00:10:21,400 --> 00:10:24,480 Speaker 4: get out. But I think where you're going to start seeing, 171 00:10:25,120 --> 00:10:28,800 Speaker 4: you know, the Democrats last stand, regardless of whether some 172 00:10:28,920 --> 00:10:31,320 Speaker 4: of these people get out of the race or not, 173 00:10:32,400 --> 00:10:36,360 Speaker 4: will be We're going thee money coming in these these 174 00:10:36,440 --> 00:10:40,720 Speaker 4: far left, these Democrats, they managed to, you know, come 175 00:10:40,800 --> 00:10:44,920 Speaker 4: up with hundreds of millions of dollars for advertising, whether 176 00:10:44,960 --> 00:10:48,400 Speaker 4: it's from their public employees, unions who frankly own the 177 00:10:48,440 --> 00:10:52,439 Speaker 4: Democrat Party in the state of California, to billionaires from 178 00:10:52,480 --> 00:10:55,880 Speaker 4: around the country. Uh. And and then I think what 179 00:10:55,920 --> 00:10:58,320 Speaker 4: we're going to see is somewhere around when the ballots 180 00:10:58,360 --> 00:11:01,440 Speaker 4: start dropping a month before the election or a little 181 00:11:01,440 --> 00:11:04,960 Speaker 4: bit before that, the airwaves are going to start being 182 00:11:05,160 --> 00:11:07,720 Speaker 4: just filled with political ads. Of course we're going to 183 00:11:07,760 --> 00:11:10,000 Speaker 4: see that, but I think a lot of those are 184 00:11:10,080 --> 00:11:13,440 Speaker 4: going to be generated in such a way as to 185 00:11:13,480 --> 00:11:17,440 Speaker 4: cause the focus to be on one or two of 186 00:11:17,480 --> 00:11:22,760 Speaker 4: the Democrat candidates most and that will, for better or 187 00:11:22,760 --> 00:11:26,240 Speaker 4: for worse for the Democrats. I think have an important 188 00:11:27,200 --> 00:11:29,680 Speaker 4: impact for them in the primary election. 189 00:11:30,640 --> 00:11:34,240 Speaker 1: Here's what worries me. I think there's a high likelihood 190 00:11:34,280 --> 00:11:36,840 Speaker 1: that one of the top three Democrats is going to 191 00:11:36,880 --> 00:11:40,920 Speaker 1: collapse because you look at these candidates, they're all problematic. 192 00:11:41,559 --> 00:11:44,760 Speaker 1: Tom Steyer is a guy who has not been vetted yet, 193 00:11:44,840 --> 00:11:47,600 Speaker 1: so who knows what's in his past. And I think 194 00:11:47,640 --> 00:11:51,440 Speaker 1: that there's this sense of a fundamental unfairness about a 195 00:11:51,480 --> 00:11:54,280 Speaker 1: guy who's simply trying to buy a job because he's 196 00:11:54,280 --> 00:11:56,800 Speaker 1: bored and wants to use it as a stepping stone 197 00:11:57,080 --> 00:12:01,640 Speaker 1: to run for president. A second time porter who I 198 00:12:01,800 --> 00:12:05,000 Speaker 1: think you were the one that correctly first called her bipolar, 199 00:12:05,520 --> 00:12:08,640 Speaker 1: where we've seen these videos for he snapping at reporters 200 00:12:08,679 --> 00:12:11,560 Speaker 1: and telling her staffers to get the f out of 201 00:12:11,600 --> 00:12:14,840 Speaker 1: her shot. And when she was asked point blank, could 202 00:12:14,840 --> 00:12:17,400 Speaker 1: you assure us that there won't be any more videos 203 00:12:17,520 --> 00:12:20,280 Speaker 1: like that that drop, she said she couldn't, So I 204 00:12:20,360 --> 00:12:23,560 Speaker 1: assume at some point later in this campaign we're going 205 00:12:23,640 --> 00:12:26,559 Speaker 1: to see more of those kinds of videos coming out 206 00:12:26,600 --> 00:12:30,160 Speaker 1: about her. And then you have Eric Swolwell, who has 207 00:12:30,640 --> 00:12:34,280 Speaker 1: awful judgment, who slept with a Chinese spy and was 208 00:12:34,320 --> 00:12:37,560 Speaker 1: doing god knows what in Washington, d C. While he 209 00:12:37,640 --> 00:12:41,120 Speaker 1: was occupying a safe seat. They're all taking time bombs. 210 00:12:41,600 --> 00:12:44,560 Speaker 1: And if you have two high performing Democrats instead of 211 00:12:44,640 --> 00:12:48,320 Speaker 1: three because one of them collapses, then I think the 212 00:12:48,360 --> 00:12:52,160 Speaker 1: Republicans are in trouble. And I could very easily see 213 00:12:52,160 --> 00:12:53,599 Speaker 1: any of those three collapsing. 214 00:12:54,920 --> 00:12:57,559 Speaker 4: You know, that is a very interesting way to look 215 00:12:57,600 --> 00:13:00,839 Speaker 4: at it, John, that if one of them lapses, then 216 00:13:00,880 --> 00:13:03,719 Speaker 4: that would give them a better chance to get at 217 00:13:03,800 --> 00:13:06,280 Speaker 4: least one of them through the primary. It's a very 218 00:13:06,280 --> 00:13:09,439 Speaker 4: interesting way to look at it. And by the way, again, 219 00:13:09,480 --> 00:13:11,959 Speaker 4: I don't disagree with you. I mean, you know, potatoes 220 00:13:12,040 --> 00:13:16,840 Speaker 4: Porter is a human nightmare. Swalwell is a joke. And 221 00:13:16,920 --> 00:13:18,640 Speaker 4: as you know, there's a move a fit a foot 222 00:13:18,640 --> 00:13:22,520 Speaker 4: in DC to release the Fang Fang files, which are 223 00:13:22,600 --> 00:13:30,080 Speaker 4: the apparent FBI files relating to his serious relationship for 224 00:13:30,360 --> 00:13:34,000 Speaker 4: quite a long time with a Chinese spy Fang Fang, 225 00:13:34,600 --> 00:13:37,320 Speaker 4: And there is the styre thing. Nobody knows them, but 226 00:13:38,440 --> 00:13:41,240 Speaker 4: listen when it comes to styr he's got so much money, 227 00:13:41,600 --> 00:13:43,839 Speaker 4: and he's put so much money he's managed to get, 228 00:13:44,160 --> 00:13:47,040 Speaker 4: you know, get quite a boost because that money. I 229 00:13:47,120 --> 00:13:50,360 Speaker 4: don't know if he's going to fall out, and you know, 230 00:13:50,520 --> 00:13:55,280 Speaker 4: with Swalwell and Katie Porter, it is still an open question. 231 00:13:55,640 --> 00:14:01,679 Speaker 4: But I'll tell you, if the Republicans stick together, they 232 00:14:01,720 --> 00:14:03,719 Speaker 4: still have a great shot at it. But again, as 233 00:14:03,760 --> 00:14:06,040 Speaker 4: I was saying, I think there's going to be hundreds 234 00:14:06,080 --> 00:14:10,439 Speaker 4: of millions coming in from dark forces that are going 235 00:14:10,440 --> 00:14:12,079 Speaker 4: to do whatever they have to do to make sure 236 00:14:12,080 --> 00:14:14,760 Speaker 4: at least one of those Democrats get through, whether they 237 00:14:14,840 --> 00:14:18,240 Speaker 4: run elections as if they are or rather commercials as 238 00:14:18,280 --> 00:14:22,880 Speaker 4: if they are quote unquote supporting I'll just pick a name, Bianco, 239 00:14:23,280 --> 00:14:25,480 Speaker 4: and then they start saying, you know, in these ads, 240 00:14:25,520 --> 00:14:29,200 Speaker 4: they start saying, they say everything that a Republican would 241 00:14:29,240 --> 00:14:31,000 Speaker 4: not want to hear, but they make it sound like 242 00:14:31,440 --> 00:14:33,800 Speaker 4: the ad is being put out there by a Republican 243 00:14:34,400 --> 00:14:38,760 Speaker 4: to cause voters to get away from Bianco and and 244 00:14:38,760 --> 00:14:41,440 Speaker 4: and perhaps support only one of the Republicans. They're known 245 00:14:41,480 --> 00:14:44,840 Speaker 4: to do that. These these dem money brokers and these 246 00:14:45,720 --> 00:14:48,440 Speaker 4: you know, these Ace Smith types, who is you know, 247 00:14:48,560 --> 00:14:53,240 Speaker 4: a cutthroat you know Democrat operative up in the Sacramento 248 00:14:53,320 --> 00:14:56,240 Speaker 4: area of the highest magnitude. I think when we start 249 00:14:56,320 --> 00:14:58,440 Speaker 4: seeing the ads come down is gonna be very interesting. 250 00:14:58,520 --> 00:15:01,120 Speaker 4: But as far as the three of them that you're 251 00:15:01,160 --> 00:15:04,480 Speaker 4: just referring to. Anything's possible. Certainly with respect to Swollwell 252 00:15:04,520 --> 00:15:07,560 Speaker 4: and Porter. We'll see what happens. 253 00:15:08,520 --> 00:15:11,720 Speaker 1: The negative ads really haven't started yet. I assume they're 254 00:15:11,720 --> 00:15:14,120 Speaker 1: going to start just before the ballots go out in 255 00:15:14,120 --> 00:15:17,000 Speaker 1: the mail. Which candidate do you think is going to 256 00:15:17,040 --> 00:15:17,960 Speaker 1: get the nastiest? 257 00:15:22,800 --> 00:15:25,120 Speaker 4: First of all, I think some of the nastiest ads 258 00:15:25,200 --> 00:15:28,440 Speaker 4: are going to come from other sources. They'll come from 259 00:15:28,520 --> 00:15:32,960 Speaker 4: packs that are supposedly not controlled by any candidate. They'll 260 00:15:32,960 --> 00:15:37,000 Speaker 4: come from packs that are funded by the public employees 261 00:15:37,080 --> 00:15:42,280 Speaker 4: unions like the California Teachers Association and maybe the SEIU. 262 00:15:42,480 --> 00:15:44,880 Speaker 4: They'll come from some packs that perhaps we don't even 263 00:15:45,840 --> 00:15:50,320 Speaker 4: know yet. Those will be some of the nastiest, nastiest commercials. 264 00:15:50,320 --> 00:15:54,120 Speaker 4: But the other thing is John, there's only one candidate 265 00:15:54,160 --> 00:15:56,960 Speaker 4: that can really afford to do a high level TV 266 00:15:57,080 --> 00:16:02,400 Speaker 4: advertising campaign in this governor's race. Stop nobody else. None 267 00:16:02,400 --> 00:16:04,760 Speaker 4: of the ones we are talking about have the money 268 00:16:04,800 --> 00:16:10,000 Speaker 4: to do a statewide, really nasty campaign. And I mean, 269 00:16:10,160 --> 00:16:13,920 Speaker 4: of any of them, perhaps Matt Mann Mahan is raising 270 00:16:13,960 --> 00:16:17,520 Speaker 4: the most money from the Democrats. He could probably perhaps 271 00:16:17,560 --> 00:16:20,640 Speaker 4: do some advertising damage, But I think the real damage 272 00:16:20,680 --> 00:16:23,760 Speaker 4: the real nastiness will either come from Styr or it'll 273 00:16:23,800 --> 00:16:26,920 Speaker 4: come from Styro, and also come from those other groups 274 00:16:26,960 --> 00:16:29,080 Speaker 4: I just mentioned, simply because of the amount of money 275 00:16:29,080 --> 00:16:30,160 Speaker 4: that kind of stuff costs. 276 00:16:31,800 --> 00:16:34,320 Speaker 1: And I'll tell you he's already starting to go after 277 00:16:34,400 --> 00:16:38,680 Speaker 1: Swallwell over the residency issue, because Walwell obviously doesn't live 278 00:16:38,680 --> 00:16:41,920 Speaker 1: in California. He's been raising his family in the state 279 00:16:41,960 --> 00:16:44,560 Speaker 1: of Maryland. He's been there for quite some time. He's 280 00:16:44,560 --> 00:16:48,400 Speaker 1: indicated on bank forms that that's his primary residence, and 281 00:16:48,480 --> 00:16:50,920 Speaker 1: Styr was the first one to start going after him 282 00:16:50,920 --> 00:16:53,600 Speaker 1: on that. I would imagine that that will be the 283 00:16:53,640 --> 00:16:56,000 Speaker 1: first attack of many that. 284 00:16:56,040 --> 00:16:58,240 Speaker 4: Makes a ton of sense, and I could totally see 285 00:16:58,240 --> 00:17:01,600 Speaker 4: that happening. And as I just said, there's really only 286 00:17:01,720 --> 00:17:05,440 Speaker 4: Stier that has the money in this particular gubernatorial race, 287 00:17:05,520 --> 00:17:08,040 Speaker 4: where all the under cannonies just when you look at 288 00:17:08,040 --> 00:17:10,320 Speaker 4: what they've raised their they're sort of all hovering, or 289 00:17:10,359 --> 00:17:13,199 Speaker 4: at least the leaders are hovering around the six to 290 00:17:13,280 --> 00:17:18,760 Speaker 4: ten million dollar range, which in a statewide election in California, unfortunately, 291 00:17:18,920 --> 00:17:22,200 Speaker 4: is is not nearly enough to do what it would 292 00:17:22,240 --> 00:17:25,520 Speaker 4: take to knock people off with TV commercials. So it 293 00:17:25,560 --> 00:17:28,160 Speaker 4: would be Styre money, and it would be whoever these 294 00:17:28,200 --> 00:17:32,320 Speaker 4: public employee unions frankly decide they want to keep in 295 00:17:32,320 --> 00:17:33,680 Speaker 4: the race and get out of the race. 296 00:17:34,920 --> 00:17:38,159 Speaker 1: Eric Early, Republican attorney and businessman from right here in 297 00:17:38,200 --> 00:17:41,439 Speaker 1: the state of California. He ran for a US Senate 298 00:17:41,480 --> 00:17:44,600 Speaker 1: in the twenty twenty four primary and for Attorney General 299 00:17:44,600 --> 00:17:47,639 Speaker 1: of California in a prior election. You can get him 300 00:17:47,680 --> 00:17:50,760 Speaker 1: online at Ericurly dot com and you can follow him 301 00:17:50,800 --> 00:17:54,560 Speaker 1: on Exit Eric Early, Underscore CA. Eric Early, thanks so 302 00:17:54,640 --> 00:17:55,520 Speaker 1: much for stopping by. 303 00:17:56,240 --> 00:17:57,240 Speaker 4: Thanks again for having me. 304 00:17:57,320 --> 00:18:01,439 Speaker 1: John eight hundred two two two two two two is 305 00:18:01,480 --> 00:18:05,000 Speaker 1: a telephone number one eight hundred two two two five 306 00:18:05,080 --> 00:18:07,960 Speaker 1: two two two. If you'd like to email the show, 307 00:18:08,000 --> 00:18:10,080 Speaker 1: you can do so at Johnny don't like show at 308 00:18:10,080 --> 00:18:13,720 Speaker 1: gmail dot com. That's Johnny don't like show at gmail 309 00:18:14,000 --> 00:18:17,680 Speaker 1: dot com. And Randy. 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I think her husband wrote it, and she 327 00:19:11,520 --> 00:19:13,760 Speaker 1: was the first one who sang it. I know Reeba 328 00:19:13,880 --> 00:19:16,639 Speaker 1: covered it, Yeah, she did it, but I think Vicky 329 00:19:16,760 --> 00:19:20,600 Speaker 1: was before her. Anyway, It's not just Georgia that has 330 00:19:20,640 --> 00:19:24,000 Speaker 1: the lights turned off, so does the San Fernando Valley. 331 00:19:24,600 --> 00:19:27,959 Speaker 1: Randy's Neck of the Woods. Eight hundred two two two 332 00:19:28,000 --> 00:19:31,440 Speaker 1: five two two two is a telephone number one eight 333 00:19:31,520 --> 00:19:35,560 Speaker 1: hundred two two two five two two two. Well, Randy, 334 00:19:35,640 --> 00:19:38,960 Speaker 1: it appears as if your neighborhood in the San Fernando 335 00:19:39,119 --> 00:19:41,600 Speaker 1: Valley is now without power. 336 00:19:42,000 --> 00:19:46,120 Speaker 2: Because once again people ripped out all the copper wires. 337 00:19:46,160 --> 00:19:49,320 Speaker 2: They're also without internet because they ripped out all the 338 00:19:49,359 --> 00:19:50,320 Speaker 2: fiber optics. 339 00:19:51,600 --> 00:19:53,480 Speaker 1: That's got to make working from home easy. 340 00:19:54,640 --> 00:19:58,359 Speaker 2: Well, this isn't specifically happening in my neighborhood, but yes, 341 00:19:58,440 --> 00:20:00,800 Speaker 2: it's got to be tough for a whole lot of people. 342 00:20:01,440 --> 00:20:04,159 Speaker 2: This is going on in Van Eyes. I live in 343 00:20:04,200 --> 00:20:06,480 Speaker 2: the part of town that used to be called Van Eyes, 344 00:20:06,520 --> 00:20:09,200 Speaker 2: but property values kept going down, so they changed the 345 00:20:09,280 --> 00:20:11,600 Speaker 2: name to Lake Balboa and put a fake lake in 346 00:20:11,640 --> 00:20:21,560 Speaker 2: the park for mar Here is Fox eleven and Matthew Seedorf. 347 00:20:21,920 --> 00:20:25,480 Speaker 3: Newt Tonight thieves are cutting copper wirelines in the dark 348 00:20:25,520 --> 00:20:30,600 Speaker 3: and leaving entire neighborhoods without power, cable TV, and Internet. 349 00:20:30,720 --> 00:20:35,200 Speaker 1: What are they supposed to do? Talk? Just imagine how 350 00:20:35,240 --> 00:20:36,760 Speaker 1: hard it is for the teenagers. 351 00:20:37,400 --> 00:20:40,879 Speaker 3: The damage is costly, and cutting live lines can trigger 352 00:20:40,920 --> 00:20:44,680 Speaker 3: fires and serious injuries. Fox loves Matthew Seedorf his live 353 00:20:44,680 --> 00:20:45,920 Speaker 3: in Van Eys with the latest. 354 00:20:47,800 --> 00:20:49,880 Speaker 5: Well, Christine, A lot of time these crooks go after 355 00:20:50,000 --> 00:20:52,240 Speaker 5: streetwlights like this one. Joe, I will show you. They 356 00:20:52,280 --> 00:20:55,240 Speaker 5: broke in here and knocked out power to this line 357 00:20:55,240 --> 00:20:57,800 Speaker 5: and much of the neighborhood. But this time the crooks 358 00:20:57,840 --> 00:21:01,160 Speaker 5: went after internet cables undergrad and it was all caught 359 00:21:01,200 --> 00:21:07,080 Speaker 5: on camera. Copper Wire crooks strike again, this time around 360 00:21:07,160 --> 00:21:09,840 Speaker 5: three am and van NY's one man wearing a hoodie, 361 00:21:10,000 --> 00:21:11,800 Speaker 5: the other shirtless with a medical mask. 362 00:21:12,600 --> 00:21:17,880 Speaker 2: Shirtless with a medical mask. He knows that they can 363 00:21:17,960 --> 00:21:20,160 Speaker 2: identify his chest tattoos, right. 364 00:21:22,280 --> 00:21:23,840 Speaker 1: It's very concerned about COVID. 365 00:21:24,280 --> 00:21:27,920 Speaker 5: The other shirtless with a medical mask, surgically removing wires. 366 00:21:28,040 --> 00:21:30,000 Speaker 3: It was loud, and then I was like. 367 00:21:30,040 --> 00:21:33,520 Speaker 2: Oh, yeah, these are not quiet crimes. They're also not 368 00:21:33,720 --> 00:21:34,639 Speaker 2: quick crimes. 369 00:21:36,440 --> 00:21:39,560 Speaker 1: No, and it's on video, so it's not like we 370 00:21:39,600 --> 00:21:42,399 Speaker 1: don't know who did it. People have this didn't copper 371 00:21:42,480 --> 00:21:43,800 Speaker 1: because I want these streets. 372 00:21:44,040 --> 00:21:49,200 Speaker 5: Kennis Savantes heard the action and started recording. Her video 373 00:21:49,240 --> 00:21:52,960 Speaker 5: shows the shirtless suspect pulling internet cables from underground while 374 00:21:53,000 --> 00:21:55,320 Speaker 5: his partner stands watch near the getaway car. 375 00:21:55,520 --> 00:21:58,879 Speaker 3: Nan he even took a long black cable tied it 376 00:21:58,920 --> 00:22:02,880 Speaker 3: to his car and we're trying to like really take out. 377 00:22:03,800 --> 00:22:06,879 Speaker 2: They were trying to rip the cables out of the 378 00:22:06,920 --> 00:22:09,200 Speaker 2: ground by attaching them to the car. 379 00:22:11,200 --> 00:22:13,360 Speaker 1: This seems like something out of Loney Tunes. 380 00:22:14,000 --> 00:22:17,200 Speaker 2: You know. It takes a lot of time, a lot 381 00:22:17,200 --> 00:22:19,280 Speaker 2: of money and a lot of effort to build a 382 00:22:19,320 --> 00:22:22,800 Speaker 2: city like Los Angeles, it doesn't take very long to 383 00:22:22,880 --> 00:22:24,240 Speaker 2: completely destroy it. 384 00:22:26,400 --> 00:22:27,520 Speaker 1: As much as he could. 385 00:22:27,720 --> 00:22:30,639 Speaker 5: This section of Vani is plagued by thieves targeting copper 386 00:22:30,680 --> 00:22:34,800 Speaker 5: wire also above ground, block after block ripped wines connecting 387 00:22:34,840 --> 00:22:35,240 Speaker 5: to street. 388 00:22:35,280 --> 00:22:38,159 Speaker 1: Whites left in the dark. The thieves, how do we 389 00:22:38,200 --> 00:22:38,679 Speaker 1: allow this? 390 00:22:38,960 --> 00:22:41,560 Speaker 2: How exactly are we supposed to invite the world to 391 00:22:41,600 --> 00:22:44,120 Speaker 2: come to the World Cup with this kind of nonsense. 392 00:22:44,680 --> 00:22:47,679 Speaker 1: Well, because the mayor's allies on the council don't want 393 00:22:47,720 --> 00:22:49,040 Speaker 1: to criminalize this sort. 394 00:22:48,840 --> 00:22:54,800 Speaker 2: Of behavior, And specifically this council and this council person 395 00:22:55,400 --> 00:22:58,040 Speaker 2: happens to be a Melda. 396 00:22:58,080 --> 00:22:59,960 Speaker 1: Padilla broken windy theory. 397 00:23:00,480 --> 00:23:03,480 Speaker 2: And when a conversation was going on at the La 398 00:23:03,560 --> 00:23:08,000 Speaker 2: City Council about a tax increase to fund street light 399 00:23:08,080 --> 00:23:12,120 Speaker 2: repair and solar lights for the entire city, Ammelda said, 400 00:23:12,520 --> 00:23:14,720 Speaker 2: you know, some neighborhoods want light, but. 401 00:23:14,640 --> 00:23:15,760 Speaker 1: Some neighborhoods don't. 402 00:23:17,040 --> 00:23:22,000 Speaker 2: I remember that, seriously, can we get an IQ test 403 00:23:22,080 --> 00:23:22,960 Speaker 2: for these jobs? 404 00:23:23,160 --> 00:23:26,639 Speaker 1: Street pavements that are cooler? She endorsed bass. 405 00:23:27,080 --> 00:23:28,920 Speaker 5: The thieves didn't seem worried about getting caught. 406 00:23:28,960 --> 00:23:32,480 Speaker 2: Oh no, no, no, they don't seem to care about 407 00:23:32,520 --> 00:23:35,239 Speaker 2: getting caught. And this isn't something you can offload at 408 00:23:35,240 --> 00:23:39,240 Speaker 2: the swap meter, eBay or MacArthur Park. They're taking them 409 00:23:39,240 --> 00:23:44,199 Speaker 2: to license smelters and license junkers, and for some reason 410 00:23:44,240 --> 00:23:46,840 Speaker 2: the city Attorney's office can't go after them. 411 00:23:47,320 --> 00:23:49,919 Speaker 1: Everyone in town knows that the city is looking the 412 00:23:50,000 --> 00:23:50,440 Speaker 1: other way. 413 00:23:51,600 --> 00:23:54,320 Speaker 5: This probably so rampidt right now at and TS crews 414 00:23:54,359 --> 00:23:57,720 Speaker 5: from northern California here trying to restore service. 415 00:23:58,520 --> 00:24:02,920 Speaker 1: Is that happening a lot? Oh yeah, yeah, if you're 416 00:24:03,000 --> 00:24:06,240 Speaker 1: at and T, why even bother now? No, it's just 417 00:24:06,240 --> 00:24:08,800 Speaker 1: going to get stolen again. Now, I know my bill 418 00:24:08,920 --> 00:24:09,800 Speaker 1: is so expensive. 419 00:24:11,400 --> 00:24:15,080 Speaker 5: Across LA, the numbers are staggering. Roughly thirty two thousand 420 00:24:15,080 --> 00:24:19,720 Speaker 5: street wide repair request now active, mostly tied to copper theft. 421 00:24:19,800 --> 00:24:23,080 Speaker 2: And the timeline for most of those repair requests is 422 00:24:23,400 --> 00:24:24,840 Speaker 2: a minimum of a year. 423 00:24:27,600 --> 00:24:30,719 Speaker 1: How is it if you live in that neighborhood and 424 00:24:30,800 --> 00:24:33,479 Speaker 1: you work from home? How do you keep your job? 425 00:24:34,720 --> 00:24:37,880 Speaker 5: Mayor Karen Bass last week approved plans to replace those 426 00:24:37,960 --> 00:24:39,439 Speaker 5: lights with solar ones. 427 00:24:39,680 --> 00:24:42,119 Speaker 2: Oh and you know what she said, And it's so insulting. 428 00:24:42,960 --> 00:24:46,439 Speaker 2: They're going to prioritize the neighborhoods that are going to 429 00:24:46,520 --> 00:24:48,560 Speaker 2: have the World Cup watch parties. 430 00:24:50,119 --> 00:24:52,440 Speaker 1: Oh, you gotta be kidding me, because. 431 00:24:52,200 --> 00:24:55,159 Speaker 2: Of course that's what's important, not the neighborhoods that are 432 00:24:55,200 --> 00:24:57,639 Speaker 2: seeing the biggest spikes in crime. But we want the 433 00:24:57,720 --> 00:25:03,600 Speaker 2: tourists to have this facade that is a safe, functional city, and. 434 00:25:03,520 --> 00:25:06,000 Speaker 1: We're willing to do all of that. We're just not 435 00:25:06,119 --> 00:25:08,520 Speaker 1: willing to put the bad guys in jail. You know. 436 00:25:08,560 --> 00:25:11,000 Speaker 2: We're almost at the point since most of Hollywood's out 437 00:25:11,000 --> 00:25:13,080 Speaker 2: of work. What we should do is do what they 438 00:25:13,080 --> 00:25:15,480 Speaker 2: did at the end of Blazing Saddles. We should have 439 00:25:15,560 --> 00:25:18,199 Speaker 2: this facade of a fake rock ridge for all the 440 00:25:18,280 --> 00:25:21,160 Speaker 2: tourists to come see and it'll just look like LA's 441 00:25:21,200 --> 00:25:21,960 Speaker 2: a nice place. 442 00:25:23,960 --> 00:25:25,520 Speaker 1: Wait, what's the point of stealing that? 443 00:25:26,000 --> 00:25:28,000 Speaker 6: To make money? So they go and sell it, but 444 00:25:28,040 --> 00:25:31,400 Speaker 6: it gets you guys without street lights and Wi fi? 445 00:25:32,080 --> 00:25:35,920 Speaker 1: Oh, bubber. 446 00:25:37,520 --> 00:25:40,359 Speaker 6: La laid back to make money, So they go and 447 00:25:40,400 --> 00:25:42,919 Speaker 6: sell it, but it gets you guys without street lights 448 00:25:43,560 --> 00:25:49,600 Speaker 6: and Wi fi. Oh do you think this is the 449 00:25:49,720 --> 00:25:54,399 Speaker 6: sound of a bass voter, a carusive voter, or a 450 00:25:54,440 --> 00:25:55,040 Speaker 6: non voter. 451 00:25:55,400 --> 00:25:57,560 Speaker 1: Oh ding ding ding. 452 00:25:58,560 --> 00:26:01,399 Speaker 5: Some unaware not worry that the thieves on their block 453 00:26:01,560 --> 00:26:02,399 Speaker 5: haven't been caught. 454 00:26:02,720 --> 00:26:08,080 Speaker 1: I'm so angry. Well, are you angry enough to start 455 00:26:08,160 --> 00:26:10,360 Speaker 1: voting differently or voting at all? 456 00:26:11,560 --> 00:26:13,880 Speaker 5: Well, major portions of the neighborhood are now dark. 457 00:26:13,920 --> 00:26:16,159 Speaker 2: You don't even want to know the percentage of the 458 00:26:16,240 --> 00:26:19,520 Speaker 2: vote in the special election to replace Nurie Martinez that 459 00:26:19,600 --> 00:26:22,479 Speaker 2: sent Ammelde Padia into a two hundred and twenty thousand 460 00:26:22,520 --> 00:26:23,120 Speaker 2: dollars job. 461 00:26:23,200 --> 00:26:25,720 Speaker 1: The neighborhood kids the down ask kids don't like it. 462 00:26:25,720 --> 00:26:28,920 Speaker 1: It was about ten percent. Unreal. 463 00:26:29,520 --> 00:26:32,200 Speaker 5: Well, major portions of the neighborhood are now dark and 464 00:26:32,400 --> 00:26:33,200 Speaker 5: without internet. 465 00:26:33,400 --> 00:26:38,439 Speaker 1: It's annoying, it's frushitting. They make the environment here, I 466 00:26:38,440 --> 00:26:40,760 Speaker 1: mean it's not the prettiest, but they don't make it 467 00:26:40,800 --> 00:26:41,960 Speaker 1: any better for sure. 468 00:26:43,040 --> 00:26:45,720 Speaker 5: She estimates that the crooks were here about fifty minutes, 469 00:26:45,760 --> 00:26:47,880 Speaker 5: while it took police an hour to get here. 470 00:26:50,280 --> 00:26:53,639 Speaker 2: Just nothing in the city works no, and it costs 471 00:26:53,680 --> 00:26:56,760 Speaker 2: a fortune to live here. And it's stories like this 472 00:26:57,160 --> 00:26:59,960 Speaker 2: are why nobody was surprised that the city of La 473 00:27:00,160 --> 00:27:03,800 Speaker 2: and the County of La lost fifty four thousand people 474 00:27:03,880 --> 00:27:05,560 Speaker 2: in population in one year. 475 00:27:06,680 --> 00:27:09,399 Speaker 1: I get it that this is not a crime that 476 00:27:09,480 --> 00:27:13,040 Speaker 1: results in someone dying, but think about the number of 477 00:27:13,119 --> 00:27:16,840 Speaker 1: victims who are impacted by this crime, and the cops 478 00:27:16,920 --> 00:27:18,960 Speaker 1: can't get there in less than an hour. 479 00:27:20,160 --> 00:27:22,840 Speaker 5: She estimates that the crooks were here about fifty minutes, 480 00:27:22,880 --> 00:27:25,800 Speaker 5: while it took police an hour to get here. So far, 481 00:27:25,920 --> 00:27:27,359 Speaker 5: no arrest having made. 482 00:27:27,440 --> 00:27:29,159 Speaker 2: Well, I don't you don't even need to say that 483 00:27:29,240 --> 00:27:30,480 Speaker 2: part of the story, Seedorf. 484 00:27:30,480 --> 00:27:32,920 Speaker 1: We knew well, if it took him an hour to 485 00:27:32,960 --> 00:27:35,880 Speaker 1: get there, they probably already sold the wire by then. 486 00:27:36,400 --> 00:27:39,080 Speaker 5: So far, no arrest having made her lifetime in Van 487 00:27:39,160 --> 00:27:41,720 Speaker 5: ey Is. Matthew Sedor Fox eleven notes. 488 00:27:41,520 --> 00:27:44,240 Speaker 2: Nobody has a good answer, whether it's from the city council, 489 00:27:44,400 --> 00:27:48,040 Speaker 2: the mayor's office, the city attorney, or even the district attorney. 490 00:27:47,600 --> 00:27:49,200 Speaker 1: Who talks tough on this issue. 491 00:27:49,760 --> 00:27:53,160 Speaker 2: Why is it so hard to go after the people 492 00:27:53,359 --> 00:27:54,960 Speaker 2: buying this stuff. 493 00:27:56,560 --> 00:27:56,639 Speaker 7: That? 494 00:27:56,800 --> 00:27:59,040 Speaker 1: I don't know. I know they think it's racist to 495 00:27:59,160 --> 00:28:02,600 Speaker 1: arrest the people who are stealing that. But you're one 496 00:28:02,680 --> 00:28:05,399 Speaker 1: hundred percent correct. If you don't want to do that, 497 00:28:05,720 --> 00:28:10,520 Speaker 1: then fine, go pull the business licenses of the individuals 498 00:28:10,520 --> 00:28:12,400 Speaker 1: and the entities who are buying it from them. 499 00:28:12,680 --> 00:28:15,239 Speaker 2: But they won't do that either, No, just like they 500 00:28:15,240 --> 00:28:18,520 Speaker 2: won't shut down the illegal pot shops. This you know, 501 00:28:18,640 --> 00:28:22,280 Speaker 2: there is all this illegal activity from businesses and they 502 00:28:22,320 --> 00:28:22,920 Speaker 2: don't care. 503 00:28:24,640 --> 00:28:28,040 Speaker 1: Eight hundred two two two five two two two is 504 00:28:28,160 --> 00:28:32,960 Speaker 1: telephone number one. Eight hundred two two two five two to two. Well, 505 00:28:33,040 --> 00:28:35,560 Speaker 1: we've told you that the city of Los Angeles never 506 00:28:35,720 --> 00:28:40,440 Speaker 1: misses an opportunity to disrespect the fire victims. Yet again, 507 00:28:41,120 --> 00:28:43,800 Speaker 1: and Randy, we have yet another example. 508 00:28:44,480 --> 00:28:49,000 Speaker 2: The victims of the Palisades fire that still have empty, 509 00:28:49,560 --> 00:28:53,280 Speaker 2: burned out lots, homes that are not rebuilt, homes that 510 00:28:53,400 --> 00:28:56,440 Speaker 2: still are not livable because of all of the toxic material. 511 00:28:56,920 --> 00:28:59,200 Speaker 2: A lot of them have been storing some of their 512 00:28:59,520 --> 00:29:02,960 Speaker 2: belong inside those big storage containers, you. 513 00:29:02,920 --> 00:29:03,720 Speaker 1: Know, the pods. 514 00:29:04,520 --> 00:29:07,240 Speaker 2: Well, Karen Bess thought it was a good idea to 515 00:29:07,280 --> 00:29:11,840 Speaker 2: send notices to those victims that, hey, you have to 516 00:29:11,880 --> 00:29:14,560 Speaker 2: move your pods because you're blocking the no traffic that's 517 00:29:14,600 --> 00:29:16,440 Speaker 2: on there because nobody lives there anymore. 518 00:29:17,480 --> 00:29:20,880 Speaker 1: It's just unreal that they continue to do this, especially 519 00:29:20,920 --> 00:29:23,400 Speaker 1: after her awful pull numbers have been published. 520 00:29:24,000 --> 00:29:27,520 Speaker 2: This is the same city where they sent notices to 521 00:29:27,640 --> 00:29:30,480 Speaker 2: people at their burned out lots that they have to 522 00:29:30,520 --> 00:29:33,360 Speaker 2: clear their brush or they're gonna get fined again. 523 00:29:33,760 --> 00:29:36,880 Speaker 1: There is no brush. It's a burned out lot. 524 00:29:39,520 --> 00:29:52,040 Speaker 2: For more on this insanity, here is a report from KTLA. 525 00:29:52,280 --> 00:29:55,240 Speaker 7: Now it won some residents in the Pacific Palisades waiting 526 00:29:55,240 --> 00:29:58,960 Speaker 7: for their homes to be rebuilt following last year's devastating wildfires, 527 00:29:59,200 --> 00:30:03,200 Speaker 7: facing a new involving storage containers. Good afternoon, This is 528 00:30:03,200 --> 00:30:06,080 Speaker 7: the KTLA five News at one. I'm Lauren Lister. Those 529 00:30:06,160 --> 00:30:08,240 Speaker 7: that have rented them out and placed them outside their 530 00:30:08,280 --> 00:30:11,160 Speaker 7: homes have now been told the containers must be removed. 531 00:30:11,400 --> 00:30:15,280 Speaker 7: KTLA's Angelie Kakata is live in the Pacific Palisades with details, 532 00:30:15,280 --> 00:30:18,040 Speaker 7: and Angelie, you've got answers from the mayor on this. 533 00:30:20,320 --> 00:30:21,120 Speaker 1: Yeah, that's right, Lauren. 534 00:30:21,200 --> 00:30:23,120 Speaker 8: We just spoke with the mayor this morning. She says, 535 00:30:23,240 --> 00:30:25,520 Speaker 8: as of right now, that notice that was sent out 536 00:30:25,560 --> 00:30:28,400 Speaker 8: here to the community is on pause. 537 00:30:28,840 --> 00:30:30,160 Speaker 1: Why did it go out at all? 538 00:30:30,280 --> 00:30:32,560 Speaker 2: Oh, because you're not paying attention to a damn thing 539 00:30:32,600 --> 00:30:34,920 Speaker 2: that's going on in this mess of a bureaucracy. 540 00:30:35,480 --> 00:30:37,960 Speaker 1: Now, this is what happens when all you do is 541 00:30:38,000 --> 00:30:42,080 Speaker 1: focus on Donald Trump. You don't do the basics of 542 00:30:42,120 --> 00:30:45,560 Speaker 1: your job. She hasn't been doing that the entire time 543 00:30:45,640 --> 00:30:50,360 Speaker 1: she's been there, And again, voters have to change the 544 00:30:50,400 --> 00:30:53,800 Speaker 1: way they vote if they want City Hall to behave differently. 545 00:30:54,360 --> 00:30:57,720 Speaker 1: She's doing what she promised that she would do, and 546 00:30:57,920 --> 00:31:00,000 Speaker 1: as a result, you're getting awful government. 547 00:31:00,760 --> 00:31:01,120 Speaker 3: Pause. 548 00:31:01,160 --> 00:31:03,560 Speaker 8: It's not clear for how long, but this is what 549 00:31:03,600 --> 00:31:06,160 Speaker 8: we're talking about here. As you can see behind me here, 550 00:31:06,280 --> 00:31:10,959 Speaker 8: this is a container like these parked in front of 551 00:31:11,040 --> 00:31:13,680 Speaker 8: homes on city streets. And that's what the city says 552 00:31:13,880 --> 00:31:14,960 Speaker 8: they have an issue with. 553 00:31:15,120 --> 00:31:18,680 Speaker 2: Now yesterday, Why the city doesn't do anything about all 554 00:31:18,720 --> 00:31:21,680 Speaker 2: of the derelict RVs that are on city streets that 555 00:31:21,720 --> 00:31:24,320 Speaker 2: are impeding traffic and blocking parking. 556 00:31:24,520 --> 00:31:27,440 Speaker 1: They probably look at it as a money making opportunity 557 00:31:27,920 --> 00:31:29,920 Speaker 1: because if they know that there's no way for these 558 00:31:29,960 --> 00:31:32,320 Speaker 1: people to get rid of those pods, they have no 559 00:31:32,400 --> 00:31:36,080 Speaker 1: place to put them, then ultimately they're gonna get fined. 560 00:31:36,560 --> 00:31:39,760 Speaker 8: Parked in front of homes on city streets, and that's 561 00:31:39,760 --> 00:31:41,760 Speaker 8: what the city says they have an issue with. 562 00:31:41,920 --> 00:31:42,040 Speaker 1: Now. 563 00:31:42,120 --> 00:31:45,000 Speaker 8: Yesterday, a notice went out to the companies who rent 564 00:31:45,080 --> 00:31:48,000 Speaker 8: out these containers saying they had forty eight hours to 565 00:31:48,080 --> 00:31:50,560 Speaker 8: move them or they would be towed and the owners 566 00:31:50,880 --> 00:31:51,720 Speaker 8: would be charged. 567 00:31:51,760 --> 00:31:57,800 Speaker 1: Okay, Taylor, seriously, that's how the city operates. Again, this 568 00:31:57,800 --> 00:31:59,760 Speaker 1: shouldn't surprise people who pay attention. 569 00:32:00,400 --> 00:32:03,080 Speaker 2: If you live on a street where they haven't towed 570 00:32:03,120 --> 00:32:07,600 Speaker 2: the RVs in years, that's gonna feel even more infuriating. 571 00:32:07,640 --> 00:32:11,160 Speaker 2: How about that video that was shot of the sewer 572 00:32:11,280 --> 00:32:13,960 Speaker 2: lady and what's going on in South la where the 573 00:32:14,040 --> 00:32:17,560 Speaker 2: street sweeper is literally bobbing and weaving around all the 574 00:32:17,640 --> 00:32:21,480 Speaker 2: homeless RVs. The city doesn't do a damn thing about that, 575 00:32:21,960 --> 00:32:24,400 Speaker 2: But they're gonna tow and find all of the people 576 00:32:24,440 --> 00:32:27,280 Speaker 2: that have storage containers in front of their burned out 577 00:32:27,360 --> 00:32:30,360 Speaker 2: lots in a neighborhood where there is no traffic anymore 578 00:32:30,400 --> 00:32:31,760 Speaker 2: because nobody lives there. 579 00:32:32,400 --> 00:32:35,840 Speaker 1: There's one set of rules for taxpayers and homeowners and 580 00:32:35,880 --> 00:32:38,360 Speaker 1: one set of rules for everyone else. 581 00:32:38,520 --> 00:32:40,880 Speaker 8: Would be charged. Okay, Taylor reach out to one of 582 00:32:40,920 --> 00:32:44,040 Speaker 8: those companies. They confirmed with us they received the notice 583 00:32:44,040 --> 00:32:47,560 Speaker 8: for several homes in the area. From there, the news 584 00:32:47,560 --> 00:32:51,400 Speaker 8: this morning trickle down two homeowners. Again, all of this 585 00:32:51,480 --> 00:32:53,680 Speaker 8: comes as people are trying to get their lives back. 586 00:32:53,720 --> 00:32:55,760 Speaker 8: I spoke to one homeowner. 587 00:32:55,280 --> 00:32:57,040 Speaker 2: Just you know, a year and a half later, and 588 00:32:57,080 --> 00:32:59,400 Speaker 2: they're still dealing with this. The city is not helping 589 00:32:59,440 --> 00:33:03,320 Speaker 2: them one the state's not helping them one bit, and 590 00:33:03,400 --> 00:33:03,920 Speaker 2: I don't. 591 00:33:03,760 --> 00:33:06,680 Speaker 1: See this changing anytime soon. This nightmare is going to 592 00:33:06,800 --> 00:33:07,800 Speaker 1: last forever for them. 593 00:33:08,640 --> 00:33:10,560 Speaker 8: One homeowner just a few well, this. 594 00:33:10,600 --> 00:33:18,200 Speaker 2: Is why fifty thousand people left the county. The majority 595 00:33:18,240 --> 00:33:21,120 Speaker 2: of that was the victims of the Palisades and the 596 00:33:21,200 --> 00:33:25,480 Speaker 2: eaten fire. They a lot of people, whether it's temporary 597 00:33:25,720 --> 00:33:29,440 Speaker 2: or maybe it will be permanent, they've relocated outside of 598 00:33:29,600 --> 00:33:31,200 Speaker 2: La County, and for good reason. 599 00:33:33,240 --> 00:33:36,400 Speaker 8: One homeowner just a few minutes ago, she does have 600 00:33:36,480 --> 00:33:38,440 Speaker 8: a pod in front of her home that is on 601 00:33:38,680 --> 00:33:41,000 Speaker 8: a street, but she wants to remain anonymous. She says 602 00:33:41,120 --> 00:33:43,720 Speaker 8: their backyard burned down. They can't go back into their 603 00:33:43,720 --> 00:33:46,480 Speaker 8: house until the chemicals are out. In the meantime, their 604 00:33:46,480 --> 00:33:49,280 Speaker 8: furniture is into one of these containers. She says, the 605 00:33:49,320 --> 00:33:52,960 Speaker 8: news is horrible for morale here, and she has a 606 00:33:52,960 --> 00:33:56,640 Speaker 8: message to the city about the containers so called blocking traffic. 607 00:33:58,600 --> 00:33:59,960 Speaker 1: There's no trafficings to. 608 00:34:01,840 --> 00:34:08,560 Speaker 5: Who's coming. There's nothing to come for unless you're working here, truly, 609 00:34:08,840 --> 00:34:10,520 Speaker 5: unless you're trying to get back in your house. 610 00:34:11,440 --> 00:34:11,680 Speaker 1: Now. 611 00:34:11,760 --> 00:34:13,560 Speaker 2: I know we don't have a lot of perspective on 612 00:34:13,600 --> 00:34:16,200 Speaker 2: how other cities are run, but is Karen Bass the 613 00:34:16,200 --> 00:34:18,479 Speaker 2: worst city in America? At Karen Bass the worst mayor 614 00:34:18,480 --> 00:34:19,640 Speaker 2: in America at this point. 615 00:34:20,400 --> 00:34:23,640 Speaker 1: It's either her, Barbara Lee, or that guy Rex Richardson 616 00:34:23,640 --> 00:34:27,440 Speaker 1: in Long Beach. He's a strong contender too. I'm putting 617 00:34:27,520 --> 00:34:29,080 Speaker 1: Karen Bass on top of all of them. 618 00:34:29,280 --> 00:34:33,040 Speaker 3: If you're feeling down, if you're feeling blue, let's get 619 00:34:33,120 --> 00:34:33,799 Speaker 3: help for you. 620 00:34:34,320 --> 00:34:38,200 Speaker 2: She has been a disaster. It took a lot to 621 00:34:38,280 --> 00:34:42,360 Speaker 2: get me to miss the good old days of Garcetti. 622 00:34:43,080 --> 00:34:47,000 Speaker 1: I receive things on both ends. That's a tough butt now. 623 00:34:47,000 --> 00:34:49,680 Speaker 8: Of course, as we were saying that, notice is a 624 00:34:49,760 --> 00:34:51,920 Speaker 8: pause right now, but it's not clear for how long 625 00:34:51,960 --> 00:34:52,160 Speaker 8: it is. 626 00:34:52,160 --> 00:34:54,799 Speaker 2: It's really interesting too, because you go back. You know, 627 00:34:55,000 --> 00:34:58,080 Speaker 2: LA wasn't that great under via Gosa, but compared to 628 00:34:58,200 --> 00:35:01,160 Speaker 2: what it was after via Gosa. Which is funny because 629 00:35:01,480 --> 00:35:05,600 Speaker 2: as he's running for governor and Tonio Viragosa is constantly 630 00:35:05,680 --> 00:35:09,520 Speaker 2: talking about how much of a mess LA was when 631 00:35:09,560 --> 00:35:11,640 Speaker 2: he got in and how much better it was when 632 00:35:11,719 --> 00:35:14,720 Speaker 2: he got out, and he will, when asked, say that, yes, 633 00:35:14,800 --> 00:35:16,880 Speaker 2: it is way worse now than it was when he 634 00:35:17,040 --> 00:35:21,360 Speaker 2: was mayor. Yet he still endorsed Bass, and Bass endorsed him. 635 00:35:22,000 --> 00:35:24,000 Speaker 1: And if you want to go back, we talked about 636 00:35:24,040 --> 00:35:29,160 Speaker 1: downtown LA being a zombie apocalypse movie. When Richard Reardon 637 00:35:29,360 --> 00:35:33,080 Speaker 1: was mayor of La those eight years, that was as 638 00:35:33,120 --> 00:35:37,239 Speaker 1: good as it gets. When the Disney Concert Hall went 639 00:35:37,320 --> 00:35:41,560 Speaker 1: down there, and Staple Center went down there, and restaurants 640 00:35:41,680 --> 00:35:46,080 Speaker 1: and shops and theaters, and it became a desirable place 641 00:35:46,160 --> 00:35:50,239 Speaker 1: to live and spend your time. It was safe. Other 642 00:35:50,320 --> 00:35:53,440 Speaker 1: parts of Los Angeles that make the blatter on a 643 00:35:53,480 --> 00:35:57,560 Speaker 1: regular basis, believe it or not, when Dick Reardon was mayor, 644 00:35:58,080 --> 00:36:01,440 Speaker 1: they were safe. And then you take the good mayor 645 00:36:01,480 --> 00:36:04,480 Speaker 1: out of the equation and you put people like Karen 646 00:36:04,560 --> 00:36:08,560 Speaker 1: bast In, and it goes to hell fast. When we 647 00:36:08,640 --> 00:36:12,400 Speaker 1: say government matters, this is what we're talking about. And 648 00:36:12,440 --> 00:36:14,760 Speaker 1: you know what Dick Arden didn't do when he was mayor. 649 00:36:15,000 --> 00:36:17,440 Speaker 1: He didn't talk about the president twenty four to seven. 650 00:36:17,960 --> 00:36:21,680 Speaker 1: He talked about Los Angeles. He talked about the local issues, 651 00:36:22,320 --> 00:36:27,000 Speaker 1: and his motivation for running was to make Los Angeles 652 00:36:27,239 --> 00:36:32,799 Speaker 1: work again. And it worked. And it's like we learn 653 00:36:32,880 --> 00:36:36,120 Speaker 1: nothing from that. We decided, all right, well, let's go 654 00:36:36,200 --> 00:36:40,000 Speaker 1: ahead and elect some woman who has come from this legislature, 655 00:36:40,360 --> 00:36:44,040 Speaker 1: who's never run anything before in her life, who is 656 00:36:44,080 --> 00:36:47,480 Speaker 1: going to run solely on federal issues, and let's see 657 00:36:47,480 --> 00:36:50,400 Speaker 1: how that goes. Well, this is how it goes. They 658 00:36:50,440 --> 00:36:52,759 Speaker 1: burned down your house and then they find you constantly. 659 00:36:55,000 --> 00:36:57,759 Speaker 8: Now, of course, as we were saying, that notice is 660 00:36:57,800 --> 00:37:00,080 Speaker 8: a pause right now, but it's not clear for how 661 00:37:00,080 --> 00:37:02,520 Speaker 8: long it will be paused for, which is actually creating 662 00:37:02,719 --> 00:37:06,200 Speaker 8: more confusion here for homeowners, many of them still not 663 00:37:06,320 --> 00:37:08,319 Speaker 8: living in their homes for now. We're putting live in 664 00:37:08,360 --> 00:37:11,000 Speaker 8: Pacific Palisades. Angela Kakadae. Back over to you in Hollywood. 665 00:37:11,239 --> 00:37:13,600 Speaker 2: How many stories have we done in the last year 666 00:37:13,600 --> 00:37:17,160 Speaker 2: and a half of the victims of the most devastating fire, 667 00:37:17,280 --> 00:37:20,799 Speaker 2: a preventable fire. How many times they've been kicked when 668 00:37:20,800 --> 00:37:24,880 Speaker 2: they're down by the city, by the county, over and 669 00:37:25,120 --> 00:37:29,600 Speaker 2: over and over again, for complete nonsense. 670 00:37:31,360 --> 00:37:35,640 Speaker 1: This is what happens. And they are not going to change. 671 00:37:35,760 --> 00:37:39,520 Speaker 1: They're not. If you want the government to behave differently, 672 00:37:39,920 --> 00:37:42,680 Speaker 1: you have to change who's in charge. That's on you, 673 00:37:42,800 --> 00:37:48,080 Speaker 1: voters with the program. What if you change it for Nythia, No, 674 00:37:48,239 --> 00:37:53,200 Speaker 1: don't do that. It can get worse. Don't forget that 675 00:37:53,320 --> 00:37:53,839 Speaker 1: part of it. 676 00:37:54,280 --> 00:37:58,800 Speaker 2: So you're saying, let's say, theoretically, Nithio wins three years 677 00:37:58,800 --> 00:38:00,920 Speaker 2: from now, I'll be talking about how I missed the 678 00:38:00,960 --> 00:38:02,520 Speaker 2: good old days of Karen Bess. 679 00:38:03,040 --> 00:38:07,279 Speaker 1: You probably will. At that point, I won't be living here.