1 00:00:03,520 --> 00:00:09,959 Speaker 1: Your question real. 2 00:00:10,280 --> 00:00:11,920 Speaker 2: Let's just keep it real, straight shot with no chasing, 3 00:00:12,000 --> 00:00:15,560 Speaker 2: So I'm gonna get a little bit rougher. I'm here 4 00:00:15,600 --> 00:00:18,360 Speaker 2: for it. 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Now, last week, guys, you 17 00:00:59,360 --> 00:01:03,040 Speaker 2: know we talked about like everybody else in the world 18 00:01:03,120 --> 00:01:07,800 Speaker 2: hopefully has made space for California and what is going 19 00:01:07,840 --> 00:01:10,560 Speaker 2: on in California. Everybody knows, or at least if you 20 00:01:10,600 --> 00:01:12,880 Speaker 2: follow me at any time of my work, know the 21 00:01:12,920 --> 00:01:16,880 Speaker 2: love that I have for La and how La has 22 00:01:16,920 --> 00:01:19,959 Speaker 2: played those who will run through a wall for me 23 00:01:20,080 --> 00:01:23,720 Speaker 2: and love me. Some of my greatest defenders and best 24 00:01:23,800 --> 00:01:28,360 Speaker 2: friends have raised me off of LA culture and the 25 00:01:28,720 --> 00:01:31,679 Speaker 2: principles of LA if you will, as far as from 26 00:01:31,720 --> 00:01:34,400 Speaker 2: the streets are concern, so LA is near and dear 27 00:01:34,440 --> 00:01:38,199 Speaker 2: to my heart, and so watching what's happening has one 28 00:01:39,040 --> 00:01:44,279 Speaker 2: has been a lot of anxiety of you know, making 29 00:01:44,280 --> 00:01:46,559 Speaker 2: sure that your family and loved ones is straight. 30 00:01:46,680 --> 00:01:49,040 Speaker 3: I want to be honest. This did not affect the hoods. 31 00:01:49,680 --> 00:01:53,840 Speaker 2: There were some you know, uh, some areas, but for 32 00:01:53,880 --> 00:01:57,680 Speaker 2: the most part, this was not in the heavily populated 33 00:01:57,720 --> 00:01:59,440 Speaker 2: area you know, dense areas where black people live. 34 00:01:59,560 --> 00:02:00,800 Speaker 3: Just gonna go and be honest. 35 00:02:00,840 --> 00:02:07,960 Speaker 2: You know, some some areas it has, but overall it 36 00:02:08,000 --> 00:02:08,880 Speaker 2: has not been. 37 00:02:11,240 --> 00:02:12,720 Speaker 3: Good. I'm just gonna be honest. 38 00:02:12,840 --> 00:02:15,200 Speaker 2: And the folks that I engage with, that I'm in 39 00:02:16,200 --> 00:02:19,560 Speaker 2: relationship with, you know, are in areas in LA that 40 00:02:20,480 --> 00:02:22,640 Speaker 2: is a lot of the forgotten about community and we 41 00:02:22,800 --> 00:02:24,520 Speaker 2: just you don't want to go ahead and be honest 42 00:02:24,560 --> 00:02:26,680 Speaker 2: about it. And now that doesn't mean that I am 43 00:02:26,760 --> 00:02:31,320 Speaker 2: not sympathetic and that I'm not empathizing that people have 44 00:02:31,480 --> 00:02:35,200 Speaker 2: lost it all, you know, even the rich, you know, 45 00:02:35,600 --> 00:02:38,600 Speaker 2: who wants to lose anything. So I'm not saying that 46 00:02:38,639 --> 00:02:42,760 Speaker 2: at all to be sympathetic, you know, to not recognize 47 00:02:42,800 --> 00:02:45,880 Speaker 2: the loss Jade. But it is important though, because if 48 00:02:45,919 --> 00:02:49,280 Speaker 2: you don't know La and you're not familiar with you know, 49 00:02:49,360 --> 00:02:51,520 Speaker 2: what side of town is what or this, and that 50 00:02:51,600 --> 00:02:54,959 Speaker 2: you know, Black effect is obviously a black centered network. 51 00:02:55,720 --> 00:02:58,960 Speaker 2: You know, my work is black centered. Uh So I 52 00:02:59,040 --> 00:03:01,000 Speaker 2: wanted to you know, kind of put that out there. 53 00:03:01,840 --> 00:03:06,600 Speaker 2: And then again, there are some neighborhoods that you know, uh, 54 00:03:06,800 --> 00:03:09,360 Speaker 2: black people obviously have been affected because of effected everybody 55 00:03:09,360 --> 00:03:13,079 Speaker 2: across the you know, across all all nationalities. You've seen 56 00:03:13,160 --> 00:03:15,400 Speaker 2: videos of folks and all of that. But I did 57 00:03:15,520 --> 00:03:17,520 Speaker 2: want to be clear on you know, where we live 58 00:03:18,760 --> 00:03:22,080 Speaker 2: heavily populated, you know, the areas that we're in, and 59 00:03:22,120 --> 00:03:25,760 Speaker 2: particularly in the hoods where I you know, the bottoms 60 00:03:25,760 --> 00:03:27,919 Speaker 2: and those types of places, you know, where I rock 61 00:03:27,960 --> 00:03:31,160 Speaker 2: with my people, those are areas that were not affected. 62 00:03:31,919 --> 00:03:34,440 Speaker 2: And I'm saying that to say, I was just giving 63 00:03:34,480 --> 00:03:38,320 Speaker 2: my personal testimony of you know, trying to reach everybody 64 00:03:38,400 --> 00:03:42,120 Speaker 2: and make sure everybody was straight. And I wasn't able 65 00:03:42,120 --> 00:03:44,240 Speaker 2: to fly out and have to be in Dallas this week, 66 00:03:45,200 --> 00:03:48,840 Speaker 2: Otherwise I would have been in La, but still a 67 00:03:48,880 --> 00:03:52,960 Speaker 2: lot everybody I know still had ashes covering their cars 68 00:03:53,040 --> 00:03:56,240 Speaker 2: and you know, still it's still the smoke was everywhere. 69 00:03:56,400 --> 00:04:00,040 Speaker 2: You smelled it all over La. So people definitely filled it, 70 00:04:00,160 --> 00:04:03,920 Speaker 2: you know. For sure, SPUs mom, you know her car 71 00:04:04,000 --> 00:04:06,600 Speaker 2: is white. It was completely black, you know, So it 72 00:04:06,640 --> 00:04:09,240 Speaker 2: wasn't yours almos closed car like it was. It was. 73 00:04:09,440 --> 00:04:14,760 Speaker 2: Everybody had some experienced it, put it that way. But 74 00:04:14,880 --> 00:04:17,200 Speaker 2: as far as the fires, you know, the fires were 75 00:04:17,240 --> 00:04:20,440 Speaker 2: twenty minutes away, you know, driving distance, those types of things. 76 00:04:21,000 --> 00:04:26,599 Speaker 2: So it's still from just wearing about your loved ones. 77 00:04:27,240 --> 00:04:29,720 Speaker 2: Like for example, when I was telling you know, Spu, 78 00:04:29,880 --> 00:04:31,440 Speaker 2: don't mind me called him out, he was on the 79 00:04:31,560 --> 00:04:33,640 Speaker 2: Uber and I'm like, what are you doing, like you're 80 00:04:33,720 --> 00:04:35,400 Speaker 2: Uber and where he's like, well, it's far a weight. 81 00:04:35,480 --> 00:04:38,280 Speaker 2: I'm like, it doesn't matter how far a weight is, Like, 82 00:04:38,360 --> 00:04:42,160 Speaker 2: why would you put yourself in a situation where you 83 00:04:42,240 --> 00:04:45,800 Speaker 2: don't know anything can change, you know at one moment, 84 00:04:46,360 --> 00:04:50,159 Speaker 2: you know, but Uber was obviously blocking off the areas 85 00:04:50,200 --> 00:04:51,599 Speaker 2: that people did need to go to, But it still 86 00:04:51,680 --> 00:04:56,240 Speaker 2: made me have anxiety about you need to stay your 87 00:04:56,279 --> 00:04:59,400 Speaker 2: ass at home straight up, because that's right, what are 88 00:04:59,440 --> 00:05:03,440 Speaker 2: you doing you know, so those types of things worrying 89 00:05:03,480 --> 00:05:07,840 Speaker 2: about he's a smoker, you know, I'm worrying about what 90 00:05:07,960 --> 00:05:08,680 Speaker 2: you're inhaling. 91 00:05:08,960 --> 00:05:11,200 Speaker 3: You know, what is that going to look like? His mom? 92 00:05:11,360 --> 00:05:13,800 Speaker 2: You know a lot of her church members, you know, 93 00:05:13,920 --> 00:05:17,760 Speaker 2: lost homes, things like that. So a lot of my 94 00:05:17,880 --> 00:05:20,480 Speaker 2: friends out there smoked cigarettes, and I was like, now 95 00:05:20,520 --> 00:05:22,600 Speaker 2: I'm concerned about My mother died of lung cancer. So 96 00:05:22,640 --> 00:05:25,800 Speaker 2: I'm always very much aware of you know, what are 97 00:05:25,880 --> 00:05:28,920 Speaker 2: you inhaling? What are you breathing? You know, there's already 98 00:05:29,000 --> 00:05:31,880 Speaker 2: issue with us smog in LA. You know, it's not 99 00:05:32,040 --> 00:05:37,240 Speaker 2: the cleanest air already. So I'm thinking about, Okay, what's 100 00:05:37,279 --> 00:05:41,640 Speaker 2: gonna happen down the road, you know, with the smoke 101 00:05:41,720 --> 00:05:43,960 Speaker 2: that people in hell, the ashes that people in hell, 102 00:05:44,320 --> 00:05:48,680 Speaker 2: looking at, all of those long term things that people 103 00:05:48,760 --> 00:05:51,720 Speaker 2: may not be looking at in this moment, but it's 104 00:05:51,839 --> 00:05:54,480 Speaker 2: definitely on the horizon. If you did not listen to 105 00:05:54,640 --> 00:05:59,200 Speaker 2: last week's podcasts where I talked about the California Republican takeover, 106 00:05:59,720 --> 00:06:02,040 Speaker 2: please go listen to it. I got a lot of 107 00:06:02,080 --> 00:06:05,479 Speaker 2: good feedback from the guys. I did a live version 108 00:06:05,560 --> 00:06:07,880 Speaker 2: because I wanted people to understand what's about to happen. 109 00:06:08,160 --> 00:06:09,320 Speaker 2: You know, I know they say it ain't the time 110 00:06:09,360 --> 00:06:11,919 Speaker 2: of politics, but it actually is the time politics. Politics 111 00:06:12,040 --> 00:06:15,520 Speaker 2: never stops, and so while you're saying it ain't time 112 00:06:15,600 --> 00:06:19,320 Speaker 2: for politics, they are absolutely playing politics. And we're gonna 113 00:06:19,320 --> 00:06:21,600 Speaker 2: get into that here at the moment. But I wanted 114 00:06:21,640 --> 00:06:24,480 Speaker 2: to kind of lay that foundation out last week on 115 00:06:24,680 --> 00:06:28,080 Speaker 2: what to look for, and basically it's already come to pass. 116 00:06:28,160 --> 00:06:28,800 Speaker 3: Is that right, Jay? 117 00:06:30,320 --> 00:06:36,440 Speaker 4: Definitely it's a real takeover. I mean that's you never did, 118 00:06:36,839 --> 00:06:38,080 Speaker 4: but yes, already happening. 119 00:06:38,520 --> 00:06:42,200 Speaker 2: So break that down for us. Then, because they've had 120 00:06:42,360 --> 00:06:49,240 Speaker 2: some criticism with Governor Newsom soliciting donations, tell us about that. 121 00:06:49,440 --> 00:06:52,560 Speaker 2: And then there was a petition going around to get 122 00:06:52,680 --> 00:06:55,560 Speaker 2: rid of Karen Bass, which again all of these things, guys, 123 00:06:55,600 --> 00:06:57,080 Speaker 2: I want you to go back and listen to the 124 00:06:57,160 --> 00:07:02,200 Speaker 2: podcast where I broke down how you know, anytime there's anything, 125 00:07:02,320 --> 00:07:05,119 Speaker 2: they're always you always have to blame the people in charge. 126 00:07:05,200 --> 00:07:07,960 Speaker 2: That's even whether it's their fault or not. That's expected. 127 00:07:08,560 --> 00:07:12,400 Speaker 2: But in particularly with California because Governor Newsom is what 128 00:07:12,480 --> 00:07:15,160 Speaker 2: they would consider a rising star in the Democrat Party. 129 00:07:15,920 --> 00:07:18,120 Speaker 3: So I named that on last week. How you can 130 00:07:18,160 --> 00:07:19,880 Speaker 3: better believe they are going to be. 131 00:07:19,960 --> 00:07:23,200 Speaker 2: Extra extra on Governor Newsom, So tell us about some 132 00:07:23,320 --> 00:07:25,800 Speaker 2: of the things of what they're saying about him and 133 00:07:26,120 --> 00:07:28,040 Speaker 2: where we are now with these fires. 134 00:07:28,520 --> 00:07:30,560 Speaker 4: Yeah, so now that the fires have been going on 135 00:07:30,880 --> 00:07:34,680 Speaker 4: for just about a week, if not over a week, 136 00:07:35,760 --> 00:07:40,160 Speaker 4: just yeah, he's getting all the backlash right because more 137 00:07:40,200 --> 00:07:44,040 Speaker 4: than one hundred and five thousand residents have been under 138 00:07:44,160 --> 00:07:50,400 Speaker 4: evacuation orders and fires are not completely contained, and so 139 00:07:51,160 --> 00:07:54,920 Speaker 4: at least twenty four deaths have also happened due to 140 00:07:55,000 --> 00:07:58,240 Speaker 4: some of these wildfires. And so with all of these factors, 141 00:07:58,360 --> 00:08:03,280 Speaker 4: Tesla and Marcel, there has been political finger pointing. Now 142 00:08:04,720 --> 00:08:07,560 Speaker 4: Governor Gavin Newsom, who is a Democrat, who's the governor 143 00:08:07,760 --> 00:08:12,520 Speaker 4: of California that we're referring to, he accused Trump and 144 00:08:12,600 --> 00:08:19,280 Speaker 4: Trump's camp of playing politics. So of course the right 145 00:08:19,520 --> 00:08:24,520 Speaker 4: does what they do best, which is fingerpointing and playing politics. Right, 146 00:08:24,560 --> 00:08:28,760 Speaker 4: whether Democrats want to do that or so. California Governor 147 00:08:28,800 --> 00:08:33,520 Speaker 4: Gavin Newsom, he sparked controversy for soliciting donations for wildfire 148 00:08:33,679 --> 00:08:38,599 Speaker 4: victims through his superpack which is called Campaign for Democracy 149 00:08:39,240 --> 00:08:42,839 Speaker 4: and it uses the website called ActBlue. So for folks 150 00:08:42,880 --> 00:08:45,439 Speaker 4: who raise money if you're running for office, made a 151 00:08:45,520 --> 00:08:49,320 Speaker 4: political donation. Most of them if you're within the Democratic 152 00:08:49,360 --> 00:08:54,480 Speaker 4: Party especially, they go through ActBlue. So the Democratic platforming 153 00:08:55,400 --> 00:08:59,760 Speaker 4: fundraising platform was named also in this political finger pointing, 154 00:09:00,320 --> 00:09:04,319 Speaker 4: and Act Blue links users to a donation page for 155 00:09:04,480 --> 00:09:08,439 Speaker 4: the California Fire Foundation, but the funds are processed by 156 00:09:08,520 --> 00:09:11,720 Speaker 4: Act Blue, taking a portion as a processing fee. 157 00:09:12,440 --> 00:09:14,559 Speaker 3: So critics have accused. 158 00:09:14,320 --> 00:09:19,200 Speaker 4: Governor Newsom off exploiting a disaster for political fundraising, pointing 159 00:09:19,240 --> 00:09:22,559 Speaker 4: out that the donations made through his super Packs platform 160 00:09:22,800 --> 00:09:26,160 Speaker 4: could potentially benefit future political campaigns. 161 00:09:28,440 --> 00:09:32,400 Speaker 2: Now, okay, so what, well, I know they gonna find some. 162 00:09:32,880 --> 00:09:37,840 Speaker 2: But I guess, I mean, everybody's donating to get money, 163 00:09:37,920 --> 00:09:40,400 Speaker 2: So what I guess they're saying you need to take 164 00:09:40,440 --> 00:09:42,480 Speaker 2: it out the budget. In California, they don't have no budget. 165 00:09:43,160 --> 00:09:44,240 Speaker 2: So I guess what's the problem. 166 00:09:44,280 --> 00:09:46,439 Speaker 3: They just don't like this. They just picking You think 167 00:09:46,440 --> 00:09:48,800 Speaker 3: they just picking on them? Or what do you think them? 168 00:09:49,080 --> 00:09:49,760 Speaker 3: What's your thoughts? 169 00:09:50,440 --> 00:09:53,640 Speaker 4: So, according to a spokesperson for Governor Newsom, they clarify 170 00:09:53,760 --> 00:09:57,800 Speaker 4: that no donations go to his super Pack directly, and 171 00:09:57,880 --> 00:10:01,040 Speaker 4: they emphasized that he raised four hundred and fifty thousand 172 00:10:01,120 --> 00:10:06,320 Speaker 4: dollars for the Fire Foundation, which supports firefighters and affected residents. 173 00:10:07,040 --> 00:10:10,920 Speaker 4: So critics are still arguing though that Governor Nusom's approach 174 00:10:11,080 --> 00:10:16,320 Speaker 4: raises ethnical questions, especially as Act Blue takes a processing 175 00:10:16,400 --> 00:10:17,439 Speaker 4: fee for the services. 176 00:10:17,679 --> 00:10:19,720 Speaker 3: Well all, I mean every I mean for donations, they 177 00:10:19,760 --> 00:10:20,760 Speaker 3: all do well. I guess they need. 178 00:10:21,480 --> 00:10:23,880 Speaker 2: Like I said, they gonna find something and they might 179 00:10:24,040 --> 00:10:26,720 Speaker 2: say he might be benefiting from this, or you need 180 00:10:26,800 --> 00:10:29,480 Speaker 2: to find another way to do it. But anytime people don't, 181 00:10:29,480 --> 00:10:31,640 Speaker 2: there's always gonna be a donation fee. I mean, I 182 00:10:31,679 --> 00:10:33,840 Speaker 2: don't even understand what they're talking about. I guess don't 183 00:10:33,880 --> 00:10:34,480 Speaker 2: do it through the pack? 184 00:10:34,600 --> 00:10:36,280 Speaker 3: What do a go fund me? I don't know. 185 00:10:36,600 --> 00:10:40,320 Speaker 2: Bottom line is, if you want to donate to this issue, 186 00:10:41,360 --> 00:10:43,439 Speaker 2: you have their They criticize the people donate to the 187 00:10:43,480 --> 00:10:45,559 Speaker 2: Red Cross because even now because they say the Red 188 00:10:45,600 --> 00:10:48,320 Speaker 2: Cross don't spend it like they should or whatever. Bottom 189 00:10:48,360 --> 00:10:50,480 Speaker 2: line is, guys, if you want to donate, donate to 190 00:10:50,559 --> 00:10:53,439 Speaker 2: what you feel comfortable. Nobody's forcing you to donate. It 191 00:10:53,600 --> 00:10:56,079 Speaker 2: is your decision. If you're not comfortable to giving to 192 00:10:56,160 --> 00:10:59,120 Speaker 2: a pack, don't. If you're more comfortable giving into Salvation Army, 193 00:10:59,200 --> 00:11:01,480 Speaker 2: Red Cross do If you're not comfortable giving to them 194 00:11:01,480 --> 00:11:02,480 Speaker 2: at all, and you just want to give it to 195 00:11:02,520 --> 00:11:05,080 Speaker 2: a community organization, a church or something like that. Then't 196 00:11:05,080 --> 00:11:08,560 Speaker 2: do it sitting around and trying to criticize who wants 197 00:11:08,600 --> 00:11:11,120 Speaker 2: to help and not help and all that. Again, this 198 00:11:11,320 --> 00:11:14,360 Speaker 2: is all about politics and anything they can do to 199 00:11:14,400 --> 00:11:16,199 Speaker 2: this credit governor news something. And I'm not saying that 200 00:11:16,280 --> 00:11:18,200 Speaker 2: as a fan of him or caving for him. I'm 201 00:11:18,280 --> 00:11:21,160 Speaker 2: just telling you what it is. He will absolutely be 202 00:11:21,840 --> 00:11:24,760 Speaker 2: blame for everything. Some of that may be justifiable, some 203 00:11:24,960 --> 00:11:29,319 Speaker 2: may be not, some may not be. They're also asking 204 00:11:29,960 --> 00:11:32,880 Speaker 2: that Karen Bass resigned, which is respected. Again, they're always 205 00:11:33,000 --> 00:11:35,079 Speaker 2: even though some people say it's a natural disaster. So 206 00:11:35,160 --> 00:11:36,840 Speaker 2: what do you mean, So tell us a little bit 207 00:11:36,840 --> 00:11:39,559 Speaker 2: about why they think the mayor should get out of 208 00:11:39,600 --> 00:11:40,080 Speaker 2: her posts. 209 00:11:41,240 --> 00:11:44,360 Speaker 4: Yes, well, they're blaming a lot of people who are 210 00:11:44,400 --> 00:11:48,280 Speaker 4: signing this petition, over one hundred thousand people at least, 211 00:11:48,559 --> 00:11:52,559 Speaker 4: to be exact. They're blaming the fact that over twelve thousand, 212 00:11:52,679 --> 00:11:57,680 Speaker 4: three hundred homes burned in these fires, if not more, 213 00:11:57,880 --> 00:12:01,640 Speaker 4: and costs at least twenty six deaths, and that over 214 00:12:01,760 --> 00:12:05,320 Speaker 4: thirty thousand residents have been forced to evacuate with even 215 00:12:05,400 --> 00:12:10,800 Speaker 4: more on evacuation lists. So, yeah, I saw the petition. 216 00:12:11,120 --> 00:12:14,440 Speaker 4: I've looked at some people who signed it in their comments, 217 00:12:14,640 --> 00:12:19,680 Speaker 4: but clearly over one hundred thousand people signed it asking 218 00:12:19,880 --> 00:12:23,200 Speaker 4: her Mayor Karen Bass, who's the mayor of Los Angeles, 219 00:12:23,559 --> 00:12:27,679 Speaker 4: to resign due to her handling of the wildfires devastating 220 00:12:27,720 --> 00:12:33,120 Speaker 4: southern California. The petition criticized Bass for quote gross mismanagement 221 00:12:33,280 --> 00:12:36,760 Speaker 4: end quote, and her absence during the fires. And they 222 00:12:37,040 --> 00:12:39,560 Speaker 4: when they talk about her absence during their wildfires when 223 00:12:39,559 --> 00:12:42,480 Speaker 4: they first started off, she was actually on a planned 224 00:12:42,679 --> 00:12:46,640 Speaker 4: diplomatic trip to Ghana, and they've used that against her 225 00:12:46,720 --> 00:12:51,880 Speaker 4: to say that she was doing diploma diplomatic work abroad 226 00:12:52,400 --> 00:12:56,319 Speaker 4: as opposed to handling her own city. So they're also 227 00:12:56,600 --> 00:13:02,040 Speaker 4: blaming budget cuts and firefighter resources on Mayor Bass. And 228 00:13:02,200 --> 00:13:06,400 Speaker 4: so the Los Angeles Fire Department faced budget cuts in 229 00:13:06,480 --> 00:13:11,040 Speaker 4: the twenty twenty five feastful year, including that seventeen point 230 00:13:11,120 --> 00:13:14,280 Speaker 4: six million dollar reduction, and so that was also referenced 231 00:13:14,720 --> 00:13:17,720 Speaker 4: on the petition. I know we spoke about that previously. 232 00:13:18,800 --> 00:13:24,720 Speaker 4: So there is public outcry for folks from folks who 233 00:13:24,760 --> 00:13:26,920 Speaker 4: are calling on Mayor Best to resign. 234 00:13:28,320 --> 00:13:31,079 Speaker 3: So how many sittingceres. You said it was how many 235 00:13:31,160 --> 00:13:35,000 Speaker 3: what how many sentinceers? You said it was over one 236 00:13:35,080 --> 00:13:40,480 Speaker 3: hundred thousand, and it's from point eight million people. Yes, 237 00:13:41,160 --> 00:13:42,120 Speaker 3: over one hundred thousand. 238 00:13:42,200 --> 00:13:42,440 Speaker 4: And the. 239 00:13:44,000 --> 00:13:46,079 Speaker 3: Petition's only been up. You know, it's been up for 240 00:13:46,080 --> 00:13:46,600 Speaker 3: a few days. 241 00:13:46,640 --> 00:13:46,800 Speaker 1: I know. 242 00:13:46,840 --> 00:13:49,360 Speaker 4: I think in the first day there was like fifty 243 00:13:49,400 --> 00:13:55,040 Speaker 4: thousand signatures or something. So it is definitely picking up speed. 244 00:13:55,240 --> 00:13:57,120 Speaker 4: I also went on change dot com, because you know, 245 00:13:57,160 --> 00:13:59,760 Speaker 4: I like to do research tests. I'm one on change 246 00:13:59,800 --> 00:14:02,720 Speaker 4: dot I just looked for other petitions and there are 247 00:14:02,760 --> 00:14:03,800 Speaker 4: other petitions out there. 248 00:14:03,840 --> 00:14:06,439 Speaker 3: There's more than one petition, so to get her out there. 249 00:14:06,720 --> 00:14:10,959 Speaker 2: Yeah, oh well again, like I said last week, go 250 00:14:11,080 --> 00:14:13,080 Speaker 2: back and listen to the podcast, Republicans have the digital 251 00:14:13,160 --> 00:14:17,440 Speaker 2: discipline they just do. It's still the samele people that starting, 252 00:14:17,600 --> 00:14:21,040 Speaker 2: but they just got they You guys, I mean y'all 253 00:14:21,080 --> 00:14:22,920 Speaker 2: can say, oh you you communing them. No, I'm just 254 00:14:22,960 --> 00:14:26,360 Speaker 2: telling you what it is. I said last week. They're 255 00:14:26,360 --> 00:14:29,920 Speaker 2: gonna throw everything, you know, at these two leaders. They 256 00:14:29,960 --> 00:14:31,720 Speaker 2: didn't want them in any way. They've been trying to 257 00:14:31,720 --> 00:14:34,000 Speaker 2: get Karen Bass out for the moment she got elected. 258 00:14:34,760 --> 00:14:37,520 Speaker 2: I'm not saying anything not justified or not. I'm just 259 00:14:37,600 --> 00:14:40,600 Speaker 2: telling what it is, you know, from the homelessness crisis 260 00:14:40,880 --> 00:14:43,240 Speaker 2: to whatever they didn't want this woman to win. You 261 00:14:43,360 --> 00:14:45,760 Speaker 2: better believe they're getting ready to use this over and 262 00:14:45,920 --> 00:14:50,000 Speaker 2: over and over. I'm not saying Republicans can win off 263 00:14:50,040 --> 00:14:51,680 Speaker 2: of this, but they're definitely gonna give it the old 264 00:14:51,760 --> 00:14:54,000 Speaker 2: College try. So people in my comments of the old 265 00:14:54,000 --> 00:14:55,680 Speaker 2: Republic go don't never win, Okay, think that if you 266 00:14:55,760 --> 00:14:58,040 Speaker 2: want to, just like they thought Roe versus Wade would 267 00:14:58,040 --> 00:15:01,680 Speaker 2: never get over, never get over. Turn slowly, but surely. 268 00:15:01,720 --> 00:15:04,360 Speaker 2: I'm talking about over the next three years, five years, 269 00:15:04,440 --> 00:15:07,680 Speaker 2: ten years, you know, penetrating over and over and over 270 00:15:07,840 --> 00:15:10,160 Speaker 2: and over and so these are one of those things 271 00:15:10,240 --> 00:15:12,640 Speaker 2: that are like, oh, let's kick Democrats while they're down. 272 00:15:13,360 --> 00:15:13,560 Speaker 1: Yep. 273 00:15:14,120 --> 00:15:16,280 Speaker 2: So that's what that's what we're going to see to 274 00:15:16,360 --> 00:15:20,360 Speaker 2: continue to try to hurt the potential candidacy of Governor Newsom. 275 00:15:20,800 --> 00:15:22,760 Speaker 2: In twenty twenty eight, well, speaking of. 276 00:15:22,760 --> 00:15:26,800 Speaker 4: Government, news Governor Newsome and petitions, I also did a 277 00:15:26,880 --> 00:15:30,560 Speaker 4: search for petitions. There are some petitions that are calling 278 00:15:30,600 --> 00:15:34,400 Speaker 4: for the resignation of Governor Gavin Newsom, but not as many, 279 00:15:34,680 --> 00:15:37,880 Speaker 4: with not nearly as many many signatures as the ones 280 00:15:37,920 --> 00:15:42,080 Speaker 4: that I saw calling for the mayor to resign. I 281 00:15:42,200 --> 00:15:43,120 Speaker 4: wanted to name that. 282 00:15:43,680 --> 00:15:45,320 Speaker 2: And well, just like he said, he said, it's a 283 00:15:45,360 --> 00:15:47,200 Speaker 2: local issuamber he threw under the bus, but like, oh, 284 00:15:47,240 --> 00:15:48,720 Speaker 2: it's a local issue, which it is. 285 00:15:49,200 --> 00:15:51,120 Speaker 3: It happened that, so it does follow on her. 286 00:15:53,080 --> 00:15:53,120 Speaker 1: No. 287 00:15:53,520 --> 00:15:58,520 Speaker 3: I also have some research here or receipts that stated that. 288 00:16:00,120 --> 00:16:05,080 Speaker 4: Governor Goosam also diverted funds from fire safety as well, 289 00:16:05,200 --> 00:16:09,240 Speaker 4: and so he is awesome. Let's just be very balanced, 290 00:16:12,040 --> 00:16:15,640 Speaker 4: like folks are perceiving this because he actually I mean, 291 00:16:15,800 --> 00:16:17,880 Speaker 4: he's the governor of the entire state. He's basically like 292 00:16:17,960 --> 00:16:19,840 Speaker 4: the president of the state of California. 293 00:16:19,920 --> 00:16:22,520 Speaker 2: Yeah, he said them people told he said, I ain't 294 00:16:22,520 --> 00:16:24,160 Speaker 2: got nothing to do with it. That's a local issue. 295 00:16:28,720 --> 00:16:29,960 Speaker 3: This is what I don't like, y'all. 296 00:16:30,040 --> 00:16:32,120 Speaker 4: And Marcella Zon, you know, if you've seen these memes, 297 00:16:32,200 --> 00:16:36,560 Speaker 4: like a lot of people are putting up Karen Bass's 298 00:16:36,640 --> 00:16:42,040 Speaker 4: picture next to the fire chief, who is an LGBT woman. 299 00:16:42,040 --> 00:16:45,280 Speaker 4: I think she's the first LGBT fire chief in Los 300 00:16:45,320 --> 00:16:47,880 Speaker 4: Angeles or whatever, and they're saying, this is why we 301 00:16:47,920 --> 00:16:51,040 Speaker 4: don't need DEI like cancel DII programs and then I'm 302 00:16:51,040 --> 00:16:54,720 Speaker 4: seeing other memes and things on social media that are saying, see, 303 00:16:54,760 --> 00:16:57,440 Speaker 4: this is why we don't need to elect black politicians. 304 00:16:57,920 --> 00:17:00,440 Speaker 4: And unfortunately, I'm seeing way too many black folks that 305 00:17:00,520 --> 00:17:04,400 Speaker 4: are that are co signing that message allegedly black because 306 00:17:04,400 --> 00:17:04,800 Speaker 4: we don't know what. 307 00:17:07,760 --> 00:17:08,119 Speaker 3: Pictures. 308 00:17:08,160 --> 00:17:11,680 Speaker 2: But yeah, yeah, but a lot of people didn't like 309 00:17:11,760 --> 00:17:15,960 Speaker 2: Karen Bass just like they didn't like the Chicago mayor. Yep, 310 00:17:16,119 --> 00:17:18,159 Speaker 2: so the female mayor. Some people just don't want to 311 00:17:18,160 --> 00:17:20,560 Speaker 2: see women in the leadership. And that's just the bottom line. 312 00:17:20,760 --> 00:17:24,359 Speaker 2: You know, they walked on water. That's just might say, Telsa, 313 00:17:24,400 --> 00:17:26,960 Speaker 2: you ain't being fair. You don't never criticize the Democrat crisis, 314 00:17:27,040 --> 00:17:27,800 Speaker 2: Democrats all the time. 315 00:17:27,840 --> 00:17:28,399 Speaker 3: That's all I do. 316 00:17:28,600 --> 00:17:31,560 Speaker 2: First y'all said I criticized Democrats too much. Now you 317 00:17:31,600 --> 00:17:33,480 Speaker 2: say I don't give Trump enough credit, don't you know? 318 00:17:33,640 --> 00:17:36,080 Speaker 2: So this is just like people just pick who they 319 00:17:36,240 --> 00:17:37,920 Speaker 2: like and that's just that. And they getan be on 320 00:17:38,000 --> 00:17:40,359 Speaker 2: Karen bass head they've been trying to get out, and 321 00:17:40,440 --> 00:17:42,159 Speaker 2: it is with it. And if it means that she 322 00:17:42,280 --> 00:17:45,040 Speaker 2: loses her post, episulde of it. It happens in politics. 323 00:17:45,119 --> 00:17:47,720 Speaker 2: It takes one bad thing to happen that like what 324 00:17:47,960 --> 00:17:50,719 Speaker 2: in Chicago? Like what, uh, what's the name? 325 00:17:50,800 --> 00:17:50,919 Speaker 4: Who? 326 00:17:50,960 --> 00:17:51,320 Speaker 3: What was up? 327 00:17:51,359 --> 00:17:51,520 Speaker 4: Form? 328 00:17:51,560 --> 00:17:52,800 Speaker 3: A former female mayor? 329 00:17:55,280 --> 00:17:55,600 Speaker 1: You know what? 330 00:17:56,359 --> 00:18:00,600 Speaker 3: Her her face popped up and look it up. We 331 00:18:00,720 --> 00:18:01,600 Speaker 3: got Google right here. 332 00:18:01,880 --> 00:18:03,840 Speaker 4: Yeah, I know, I was gonna I was gonna say 333 00:18:03,960 --> 00:18:08,080 Speaker 4: a name that came to mind, but that wasn't. Yeah 334 00:18:08,119 --> 00:18:11,679 Speaker 4: your life like but yep. So when they elected her, 335 00:18:11,760 --> 00:18:13,400 Speaker 4: they loved to love to, love to, love to love 336 00:18:13,480 --> 00:18:17,320 Speaker 4: to they did things happened, crime up went up, you know, 337 00:18:18,040 --> 00:18:20,240 Speaker 4: got out of control. That's it, you know, that's that's 338 00:18:20,280 --> 00:18:21,920 Speaker 4: how it is. What happens on your watch. 339 00:18:22,400 --> 00:18:26,320 Speaker 2: You're responsible for the unfortunately about sometimes politicians, the good 340 00:18:26,359 --> 00:18:28,680 Speaker 2: things happen on they watch, they don't get credit for that. 341 00:18:28,960 --> 00:18:31,000 Speaker 2: But you're absolutely gonna get credit for all the bad 342 00:18:31,080 --> 00:18:32,760 Speaker 2: things that happened on your watch. That's the nature of 343 00:18:32,800 --> 00:18:33,200 Speaker 2: the beasts. 344 00:18:41,880 --> 00:18:45,600 Speaker 4: I mean, remember they gave a former Atlanta mayor, Keisha 345 00:18:45,720 --> 00:18:49,280 Speaker 4: Lance Bottoms. Right. She was a sweetheart and she was 346 00:18:49,320 --> 00:18:51,560 Speaker 4: well beloved, especially when she first got in. And I 347 00:18:51,720 --> 00:18:55,119 Speaker 4: know that the George Floyd protesting, all of the civil 348 00:18:55,320 --> 00:18:58,920 Speaker 4: unrest and uproar, the uprisings of twenty twenty took place, 349 00:18:59,320 --> 00:18:59,919 Speaker 4: and she got. 350 00:19:00,200 --> 00:19:04,120 Speaker 2: For a lot as well, the same thing. What I'm 351 00:19:04,200 --> 00:19:06,200 Speaker 2: losing my train of thought with what's the name? That 352 00:19:06,320 --> 00:19:08,120 Speaker 2: was the mayor of Maryland during the Freddie Gray? 353 00:19:09,600 --> 00:19:11,960 Speaker 3: Oh yes, yes, what was her name? 354 00:19:12,520 --> 00:19:15,400 Speaker 2: Were just getting all type of names, so much information, 355 00:19:16,320 --> 00:19:18,159 Speaker 2: so much information. We just told a mic it was 356 00:19:18,200 --> 00:19:18,480 Speaker 2: a break. 357 00:19:18,520 --> 00:19:19,199 Speaker 3: She knock it off. 358 00:19:20,840 --> 00:19:24,440 Speaker 2: Remember she was beloved too. They put us out because 359 00:19:24,480 --> 00:19:28,320 Speaker 2: all it take is one thing, you know. And then 360 00:19:28,400 --> 00:19:31,800 Speaker 2: now you're current, your current mayor of Baltimore. I'm gonna 361 00:19:31,800 --> 00:19:33,760 Speaker 2: see how that's gonna land, you know, with the bridge. 362 00:19:34,440 --> 00:19:37,119 Speaker 2: M hmm, let's see how that uh huh. 363 00:19:37,720 --> 00:19:40,800 Speaker 4: Are you referring to Are you referring to Stephanie Rawlings? 364 00:19:42,520 --> 00:19:46,639 Speaker 4: Mm hmmm, yep, yeah. And then the current mayor of 365 00:19:46,720 --> 00:19:51,840 Speaker 4: Baltimore when the bridge fell, even though it was a 366 00:19:51,960 --> 00:19:53,879 Speaker 4: national story and they started talking about it's still a 367 00:19:53,960 --> 00:19:59,000 Speaker 4: local thing, you know, buying the money. Yep, I'm gonna 368 00:19:59,000 --> 00:20:03,880 Speaker 4: see how that's gonna fall with him, well, with the bridge, 369 00:20:04,200 --> 00:20:08,080 Speaker 4: I'm not sure how that's gonna fall. But the homicide 370 00:20:08,160 --> 00:20:12,080 Speaker 4: rate in Baltimore has dropped significantly since he's been in office, 371 00:20:12,160 --> 00:20:14,720 Speaker 4: and people are really praising him for that, where. 372 00:20:14,560 --> 00:20:16,119 Speaker 2: They better do a good job make sure everybody know, 373 00:20:16,440 --> 00:20:18,040 Speaker 2: because if you're a punker, wan't to talk about the 374 00:20:18,160 --> 00:20:21,280 Speaker 2: bridge more than they talking about the good. The negative 375 00:20:21,320 --> 00:20:25,000 Speaker 2: always that way to good, especially if you're sitting back 376 00:20:25,040 --> 00:20:27,240 Speaker 2: with that posture of I don't need to say it, 377 00:20:27,359 --> 00:20:29,080 Speaker 2: don't speak on it. They know what it is. 378 00:20:29,400 --> 00:20:31,640 Speaker 3: No, that's why they get you. Every time. 379 00:20:31,760 --> 00:20:35,199 Speaker 2: They know how to highlight Trump anything he do. They 380 00:20:35,280 --> 00:20:37,160 Speaker 2: make it sound like it's the best thing of Admison's 381 00:20:37,200 --> 00:20:39,280 Speaker 2: splice sized bread. They talk about it over and over 382 00:20:39,280 --> 00:20:41,240 Speaker 2: and over and over and over. No, No, they don't 383 00:20:41,240 --> 00:20:44,840 Speaker 2: care about how arrogant it looked, how not modest it 384 00:20:44,960 --> 00:20:46,880 Speaker 2: don't look just like with Obama. 385 00:20:47,040 --> 00:20:48,440 Speaker 3: We just didn't put our name on it. Where you 386 00:20:48,480 --> 00:20:51,479 Speaker 3: shouldn't put your name on the ship. It ain't no flex. 387 00:20:52,080 --> 00:20:54,399 Speaker 2: Hey, you gotta come explain everybody, Well, it really was you, 388 00:20:54,560 --> 00:20:56,200 Speaker 2: but you didn't put that. We just don't do that 389 00:20:56,280 --> 00:20:59,280 Speaker 2: because it was about the people. No, it's also about politics. 390 00:20:59,280 --> 00:21:01,600 Speaker 2: Should put your name on it, like Governor Kent did 391 00:21:01,640 --> 00:21:08,000 Speaker 2: in Georgia with the Kemp card. So hopefully for his sake, 392 00:21:08,800 --> 00:21:11,479 Speaker 2: they're talking about the homicide rate dropping and giving him 393 00:21:11,520 --> 00:21:14,760 Speaker 2: credit for more than they're talking about that bridge. Because 394 00:21:14,760 --> 00:21:16,320 Speaker 2: I don't live in Baltimore, but I know about that 395 00:21:16,400 --> 00:21:18,840 Speaker 2: bridge story, but I don't know about you. Just informed 396 00:21:18,840 --> 00:21:19,640 Speaker 2: me about the homicide. 397 00:21:19,680 --> 00:21:23,800 Speaker 3: So what that means? Who message getting out further breed? Right? 398 00:21:25,880 --> 00:21:26,679 Speaker 3: That mean the bridge? 399 00:21:27,400 --> 00:21:27,600 Speaker 4: Yeah? 400 00:21:28,040 --> 00:21:33,560 Speaker 2: Negative always travel faster in anything, social media, relationships, drama, whatever. 401 00:21:34,200 --> 00:21:35,159 Speaker 3: That's why you got popular. 402 00:21:35,240 --> 00:21:37,560 Speaker 2: Callus as much as you possibly can, just to even 403 00:21:37,640 --> 00:21:40,440 Speaker 2: keep up, you know, to give yourself a fighting chance. 404 00:21:41,440 --> 00:21:42,520 Speaker 3: Yeah, that's gonna happen. 405 00:21:42,560 --> 00:21:44,000 Speaker 2: What they say to the bid AD ministry, they said 406 00:21:44,040 --> 00:21:46,800 Speaker 2: a lot done was good, positive, but way too late 407 00:21:46,880 --> 00:21:47,480 Speaker 2: to talk about it. 408 00:21:47,600 --> 00:21:49,440 Speaker 3: So yep, too late. 409 00:21:49,760 --> 00:21:51,440 Speaker 2: Now when Trump on your head every day saying you 410 00:21:51,520 --> 00:21:54,440 Speaker 2: the worst thing ever happened to this country, yep, that 411 00:21:54,560 --> 00:21:56,680 Speaker 2: was literally his message, the worst thing ever happened to 412 00:21:56,760 --> 00:21:58,560 Speaker 2: this country if he says an office is gonna be 413 00:21:58,600 --> 00:22:03,560 Speaker 2: World War III. Absolutely, So that's how it works. Guys, 414 00:22:04,680 --> 00:22:07,240 Speaker 2: Quickly before we get out of here, because I know 415 00:22:07,359 --> 00:22:09,040 Speaker 2: you were shocked. I don't want to say shot, but 416 00:22:09,080 --> 00:22:11,119 Speaker 2: I know you're brought to my attention about the prison inmates. 417 00:22:11,720 --> 00:22:13,040 Speaker 2: We talked about it early in the week and I say, 418 00:22:13,080 --> 00:22:13,440 Speaker 2: yees jay. 419 00:22:13,440 --> 00:22:14,000 Speaker 3: They always do that. 420 00:22:14,000 --> 00:22:15,800 Speaker 2: They always bring out the prisons to fight the fire. 421 00:22:15,920 --> 00:22:19,720 Speaker 2: So tell us a little bit about that. Yeah, talk 422 00:22:19,720 --> 00:22:21,200 Speaker 2: about that or something to bothered by that. 423 00:22:21,600 --> 00:22:28,160 Speaker 4: I'm I'm bothered by it because of the health rests 424 00:22:28,280 --> 00:22:31,960 Speaker 4: involved and how little these inmates are being paid. 425 00:22:32,880 --> 00:22:37,200 Speaker 2: They may hold on, let's pause right there, ain't thinking. 426 00:22:38,600 --> 00:22:42,040 Speaker 2: I mean now in the criminal justice reform, like I 427 00:22:42,119 --> 00:22:45,160 Speaker 2: get it. This is yeah, because prison they show their slaves. 428 00:22:45,359 --> 00:22:47,840 Speaker 2: So what you said teen dollars an hour part of 429 00:22:47,880 --> 00:22:53,280 Speaker 2: the union. Okay, let me say this, so y'all know 430 00:22:53,480 --> 00:22:54,920 Speaker 2: Marcelli's is laughing because. 431 00:22:56,400 --> 00:22:58,160 Speaker 3: They don't. They may not follow the show every week, 432 00:22:58,240 --> 00:23:04,080 Speaker 3: but Marcelli's is our union repend, union president, union shop store. 433 00:23:04,280 --> 00:23:07,119 Speaker 2: This is shop store up here right. I wanted to 434 00:23:07,160 --> 00:23:09,600 Speaker 2: make sure I understand where we're going with this conversation. 435 00:23:09,720 --> 00:23:12,399 Speaker 3: So Jay say, I'll come, prisoners here, I come. That's right, 436 00:23:13,800 --> 00:23:18,919 Speaker 3: A lot don't organize everybody. That's still mean. And now 437 00:23:19,000 --> 00:23:21,560 Speaker 3: you know prison reforms my biggest issue. So I'm in 438 00:23:21,600 --> 00:23:23,199 Speaker 3: agreement with you. I just want to hear you make 439 00:23:23,280 --> 00:23:25,720 Speaker 3: the case. Yes, so my how they need to be 440 00:23:25,800 --> 00:23:27,639 Speaker 3: paid twenty five an hour and all that. 441 00:23:28,160 --> 00:23:30,240 Speaker 4: Yes, So at least nine hundred and thirty nine prison 442 00:23:30,359 --> 00:23:34,440 Speaker 4: inmates in California were deployed, they have been deployed to 443 00:23:34,520 --> 00:23:36,960 Speaker 4: fight the wildfires that are that are been happening, and 444 00:23:37,000 --> 00:23:40,080 Speaker 4: we've been talking about, you know, the even the small 445 00:23:40,160 --> 00:23:43,000 Speaker 4: number of casualties that we even know about. Right. But 446 00:23:43,520 --> 00:23:46,639 Speaker 4: my issue with this is I've seen videos with the 447 00:23:46,880 --> 00:23:50,600 Speaker 4: prison inmates going up the mountain fighting the fires, and 448 00:23:50,720 --> 00:23:54,120 Speaker 4: then the actual firefighters just standing way way back. 449 00:23:54,280 --> 00:23:57,119 Speaker 3: So they have our brothers and in these. 450 00:23:57,080 --> 00:24:00,879 Speaker 4: Inmates on the front line, batt on their flame, you know, 451 00:24:01,160 --> 00:24:04,800 Speaker 4: putting their lives at rest. They're being paid between five 452 00:24:04,880 --> 00:24:07,960 Speaker 4: dollars and eighty cents and ten dollars and twenty. 453 00:24:07,720 --> 00:24:08,760 Speaker 3: Four cents per day. 454 00:24:09,359 --> 00:24:13,240 Speaker 4: However, oh well, with an additional one dollar per hour 455 00:24:13,520 --> 00:24:17,440 Speaker 4: from the count from California Fire when working during emergencies, 456 00:24:17,760 --> 00:24:20,200 Speaker 4: and then also when they work a twenty four hour 457 00:24:20,320 --> 00:24:23,119 Speaker 4: shift followed by a small period of rest, they can 458 00:24:23,240 --> 00:24:26,000 Speaker 4: earn twenty six dollars and ninety cents per day or 459 00:24:26,000 --> 00:24:29,240 Speaker 4: putting themselves on the front, right, Yes, and. 460 00:24:29,320 --> 00:24:31,560 Speaker 2: So you break, you know, they're in prison. Now, I 461 00:24:31,680 --> 00:24:34,200 Speaker 2: on a creek with none of this, but I want 462 00:24:34,200 --> 00:24:36,040 Speaker 2: to make sure Marcella's ain't looking at this is like 463 00:24:36,119 --> 00:24:40,080 Speaker 2: a job that they actually apply for. This is actually 464 00:24:40,200 --> 00:24:42,720 Speaker 2: punishment for being in prison, like the chain gang. I 465 00:24:42,840 --> 00:24:45,720 Speaker 2: just want to make sure fight a fire. Agree with 466 00:24:45,800 --> 00:24:48,720 Speaker 2: none of it now, I just I just want to 467 00:24:48,960 --> 00:24:50,520 Speaker 2: make sure our union chairman here know. 468 00:24:51,160 --> 00:24:55,200 Speaker 4: But these are prison inmates definitely that apply for the job, 469 00:24:55,359 --> 00:24:58,640 Speaker 4: and they be ap right, and they deserve break time 470 00:24:58,880 --> 00:25:04,800 Speaker 4: meeting O yeah, break time, y'all. 471 00:25:06,640 --> 00:25:09,680 Speaker 3: I mean, listen, this is like humanitarian issue they need. 472 00:25:10,280 --> 00:25:13,080 Speaker 3: They'll know. I don't agree with none of it. Yeah, nah, 473 00:25:13,160 --> 00:25:15,280 Speaker 3: this is wild. And then also, but this is a 474 00:25:15,359 --> 00:25:17,000 Speaker 3: part of the prison industrial complex. 475 00:25:17,520 --> 00:25:20,360 Speaker 2: Not whether it's not just fighting fires or making Victoria's 476 00:25:20,400 --> 00:25:22,920 Speaker 2: secret or whatever, you know, making two dollars an hour 477 00:25:23,160 --> 00:25:25,520 Speaker 2: or one dollar a day, you know, all of that, 478 00:25:25,760 --> 00:25:29,639 Speaker 2: All of that is the slavery you know at its finest, 479 00:25:29,720 --> 00:25:32,080 Speaker 2: but that but you know their answer is don't go, 480 00:25:32,280 --> 00:25:33,000 Speaker 2: don't do the crime. 481 00:25:33,040 --> 00:25:34,719 Speaker 3: You ain't got to wordever being a slave, because that's 482 00:25:34,760 --> 00:25:38,240 Speaker 3: what prison is for, to be a slave. Definitely argument. 483 00:25:38,960 --> 00:25:41,320 Speaker 4: Yeah, and then we know how you know the president 484 00:25:41,480 --> 00:25:44,960 Speaker 4: in prison industrial complex is set up right how Black 485 00:25:45,040 --> 00:25:48,680 Speaker 4: men are definitely definitely very the most vulnerable when it 486 00:25:48,920 --> 00:25:54,919 Speaker 4: comes to being sentenced and getting harsher penalties et cetera. Now, interestingly, 487 00:25:55,080 --> 00:26:00,920 Speaker 4: right they are, you know, the firefighters, the prison inmates 488 00:26:00,960 --> 00:26:04,520 Speaker 4: who are fighting these fires are not guaranteed you know, 489 00:26:04,880 --> 00:26:07,560 Speaker 4: time off. Sometimes like some of these programs, they will 490 00:26:07,760 --> 00:26:10,080 Speaker 4: shave off a year of their sentence. But even after 491 00:26:10,160 --> 00:26:14,320 Speaker 4: they fight these fires, they're not necessarily guaranteed a job 492 00:26:14,560 --> 00:26:17,520 Speaker 4: or internship or anything with working with any fire department. 493 00:26:18,240 --> 00:26:20,200 Speaker 4: I think it's great training, it's a great it's a 494 00:26:20,240 --> 00:26:22,480 Speaker 4: great they should have at least given the credit for 495 00:26:22,520 --> 00:26:25,280 Speaker 4: the training. I mean, they're for their job, you know, 496 00:26:25,760 --> 00:26:29,080 Speaker 4: maybe a position in the fire department or doing something, 497 00:26:29,200 --> 00:26:31,720 Speaker 4: maybe even joining a volunteer fire department or something. So 498 00:26:31,960 --> 00:26:34,760 Speaker 4: I just it's just the fail on the piece. So 499 00:26:34,840 --> 00:26:36,640 Speaker 4: they you know, getting jobs. 500 00:26:36,640 --> 00:26:39,280 Speaker 2: They're probably, but I think there should be some credit 501 00:26:40,240 --> 00:26:42,320 Speaker 2: for what they've done in one way of the other. 502 00:26:42,640 --> 00:26:46,280 Speaker 2: You know, some type of program and there is screening 503 00:26:46,320 --> 00:26:49,280 Speaker 2: for it, right, so the participants in the program must 504 00:26:49,320 --> 00:26:52,959 Speaker 2: be they must meet physical, mental, and crime related criterias 505 00:26:53,000 --> 00:26:55,400 Speaker 2: to join the program, so they can't have any violent. 506 00:26:56,800 --> 00:26:57,159 Speaker 1: Crimes. 507 00:26:57,600 --> 00:26:57,960 Speaker 3: There you go. 508 00:26:58,080 --> 00:26:59,440 Speaker 2: Then, if it's not about the grind, they should be 509 00:26:59,440 --> 00:27:00,679 Speaker 2: able to get a job when they get out. Then 510 00:27:02,640 --> 00:27:08,080 Speaker 2: at least make that exception. Agreed, Well, folks are talking 511 00:27:08,119 --> 00:27:12,400 Speaker 2: about it. I was building with some folks in Los 512 00:27:12,440 --> 00:27:13,320 Speaker 2: Angeles and a. 513 00:27:13,320 --> 00:27:16,920 Speaker 4: Lot of people know, people who have gone through these 514 00:27:17,240 --> 00:27:19,800 Speaker 4: these fire department programs in the state of California. 515 00:27:20,000 --> 00:27:23,280 Speaker 3: That's very comfort your send it to like, oh yeah, 516 00:27:23,280 --> 00:27:24,080 Speaker 3: they do that all the time. 517 00:27:25,560 --> 00:27:26,920 Speaker 2: That's how they like to do it at this So 518 00:27:27,560 --> 00:27:30,320 Speaker 2: we'll continue to keep prayer, but also not keeping prayer, 519 00:27:30,480 --> 00:27:34,440 Speaker 2: also staying vigilant on what's happening politically, just to be 520 00:27:34,480 --> 00:27:36,280 Speaker 2: able to call things out so you guys can know 521 00:27:36,400 --> 00:27:41,119 Speaker 2: what to expect because this is far from over. You know, 522 00:27:41,400 --> 00:27:43,159 Speaker 2: we keep saying pray for la Yes, we need to 523 00:27:43,160 --> 00:27:44,480 Speaker 2: pray for it, but we also need to be looking 524 00:27:44,520 --> 00:27:48,120 Speaker 2: at politics because just because in California it means nothing, 525 00:27:48,160 --> 00:27:50,160 Speaker 2: it can trickle right on down to you as well. 526 00:27:50,320 --> 00:27:55,560 Speaker 3: So let's pay attention to these state right moves, you know, let's. 527 00:27:55,359 --> 00:27:58,120 Speaker 2: See what folks are doing, Let's see how people nothing 528 00:27:58,160 --> 00:28:01,320 Speaker 2: else to be a cautionary tale, you know, to learn 529 00:28:02,600 --> 00:28:04,880 Speaker 2: so you can understand how state and local politics work. 530 00:28:05,000 --> 00:28:07,840 Speaker 2: So stay on top of it. Just wanted to give 531 00:28:07,840 --> 00:28:10,920 Speaker 2: a quick update on what's going on with California. 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