1 00:00:00,760 --> 00:00:02,040 Speaker 1: I am six forty. 2 00:00:02,080 --> 00:00:05,520 Speaker 2: You're listening to the John Cobel podcast on the iHeartRadio app. 3 00:00:06,400 --> 00:00:11,440 Speaker 2: We are on from one until four o'clock and coming 4 00:00:11,520 --> 00:00:16,279 Speaker 2: up at three twenty three to twenty Lee Zeldon, We've 5 00:00:16,320 --> 00:00:19,520 Speaker 2: been promoting it for three o'clock. He's running a little behind. 6 00:00:19,600 --> 00:00:23,959 Speaker 2: He is the head of the Environmental Protection Agency, and 7 00:00:24,079 --> 00:00:28,640 Speaker 2: he is in charge of the federal government's intervention into 8 00:00:28,680 --> 00:00:33,519 Speaker 2: trying to rebuild Altadena and Pacific Palisades because of the 9 00:00:33,560 --> 00:00:38,199 Speaker 2: massive failure of Karen Bass, Gavin Newsom, and the La 10 00:00:38,280 --> 00:00:42,800 Speaker 2: County Supervisor's board, all of them over the last year, 11 00:00:43,360 --> 00:00:50,599 Speaker 2: a massive, massive failure. Hardly anything's been built. And we're 12 00:00:50,600 --> 00:00:54,240 Speaker 2: going to talk to Lee Zeldon about it. Yesterday we 13 00:00:52,560 --> 00:00:57,040 Speaker 2: had we had Kelly Lofflern, head of the Small Business Administration. 14 00:00:57,440 --> 00:01:00,480 Speaker 2: It's terrible what they're doing to the people. 15 00:01:01,600 --> 00:01:02,160 Speaker 1: It's cruel. 16 00:01:03,240 --> 00:01:08,800 Speaker 2: We really have cruel sadists running our city, county, and state. 17 00:01:10,120 --> 00:01:14,040 Speaker 2: And speaking of the guy running our state, The New 18 00:01:14,120 --> 00:01:18,560 Speaker 2: York Times has a commonness named Brett stevens Now. He 19 00:01:18,840 --> 00:01:26,680 Speaker 2: is the one moderate Republican on the Times editorial staff 20 00:01:27,160 --> 00:01:35,360 Speaker 2: writing columns. Although he does he dislikes Trump intensely but 21 00:01:35,440 --> 00:01:37,920 Speaker 2: it is The Times and they put this on their 22 00:01:37,920 --> 00:01:43,959 Speaker 2: front page. Will Newsom be the Democrats next mistake, because 23 00:01:44,000 --> 00:01:46,560 Speaker 2: they've had a lot of mistakes in the past ten 24 00:01:46,640 --> 00:01:53,440 Speaker 2: years running for President Hillary Biden Kamala is Newsome the 25 00:01:53,480 --> 00:02:01,440 Speaker 2: next in that light of duds? And he acknowledged that 26 00:02:01,480 --> 00:02:05,000 Speaker 2: there's a lot of funning of Newsom, such as that absurd, 27 00:02:05,160 --> 00:02:09,720 Speaker 2: ridiculous Vogue magazine profile that was done by let me 28 00:02:09,720 --> 00:02:13,760 Speaker 2: get her name, Maya Singer. She's the one who described 29 00:02:14,160 --> 00:02:21,280 Speaker 2: Newsom is embarrassingly handsome, life energetic, a glimmer of optimism 30 00:02:21,320 --> 00:02:25,880 Speaker 2: in his eye, Kennedy esque, everything to make you gag. 31 00:02:26,800 --> 00:02:29,799 Speaker 2: But he points out that Democrats should be careful whom 32 00:02:29,840 --> 00:02:35,360 Speaker 2: they're crushing on because his governor of California is a 33 00:02:35,400 --> 00:02:40,160 Speaker 2: Republican strategist, perfect foil. And he goes through all the 34 00:02:40,280 --> 00:02:44,440 Speaker 2: massive failures of Gavin Newsom again, and this was put 35 00:02:44,480 --> 00:02:47,799 Speaker 2: on the front of the New York Times. Let's start 36 00:02:47,800 --> 00:02:50,919 Speaker 2: with affordability. Brett Stevens says, well, that's supposed to be 37 00:02:50,960 --> 00:02:55,600 Speaker 2: the Democrat's magic word. US News and World Report ranked 38 00:02:55,680 --> 00:03:03,079 Speaker 2: California dead last in twenty twenty five ability. We are 39 00:03:03,120 --> 00:03:07,480 Speaker 2: the least affordable state in the nation, and the Democrats 40 00:03:07,520 --> 00:03:08,680 Speaker 2: are running full blown on it. 41 00:03:10,760 --> 00:03:12,000 Speaker 1: Why would Gaven Newsom be. 42 00:03:11,919 --> 00:03:19,560 Speaker 2: The guy Poverty, income inequality. California is tied with Louisiana 43 00:03:20,080 --> 00:03:23,960 Speaker 2: from the highest poverty rate when you take into account 44 00:03:24,320 --> 00:03:28,600 Speaker 2: cost of living. One out of six Californians are living 45 00:03:28,600 --> 00:03:34,760 Speaker 2: in poverty here one out of six. Okay, so we 46 00:03:34,880 --> 00:03:42,040 Speaker 2: have the most poverty, we're the least affordable. Along those lines, 47 00:03:42,120 --> 00:03:47,920 Speaker 2: the California's California Legislature has its own analyst office, which 48 00:03:47,920 --> 00:03:51,760 Speaker 2: said that prices for mid tier homes in California are 49 00:03:52,280 --> 00:03:57,040 Speaker 2: more than twice as expensive then a typical mid tier 50 00:03:57,080 --> 00:04:00,800 Speaker 2: home in the United States as a whole, twice as 51 00:04:00,920 --> 00:04:05,360 Speaker 2: expensive seven hundred and fifty five thousand dollars. 52 00:04:06,000 --> 00:04:06,320 Speaker 3: Do you know? 53 00:04:06,360 --> 00:04:10,880 Speaker 2: In sixteen California counties, including Los Angeles, San Diego County, 54 00:04:11,160 --> 00:04:15,520 Speaker 2: San Francisco, Alameda, a six figure salary can be deemed 55 00:04:15,760 --> 00:04:18,799 Speaker 2: low income for a family of three. Can you imagine 56 00:04:18,800 --> 00:04:23,200 Speaker 2: you're making six figures, got a professional job, and according 57 00:04:23,200 --> 00:04:25,440 Speaker 2: to the government, your low income if you live here. 58 00:04:28,480 --> 00:04:36,960 Speaker 2: More newsome accomplishments homelessness. California accounted for almost half of 59 00:04:37,040 --> 00:04:41,920 Speaker 2: all the individuals who experienced chronic homelessness according to a 60 00:04:42,000 --> 00:04:46,120 Speaker 2: twenty twenty four report, forty four percent to be exact. 61 00:04:46,760 --> 00:04:51,000 Speaker 2: That's that is according to the US Department of Housing 62 00:04:51,040 --> 00:04:55,560 Speaker 2: in Urban Development during the Biden administration, we have forty 63 00:04:55,600 --> 00:05:00,280 Speaker 2: four percent basically the street homeless. 64 00:05:01,440 --> 00:05:02,960 Speaker 1: Another accomplishment for Newsom. 65 00:05:04,520 --> 00:05:08,440 Speaker 2: Between April twenty twenty in July twenty twenty five, we've 66 00:05:08,480 --> 00:05:11,719 Speaker 2: had a total net loss of one point three million 67 00:05:11,760 --> 00:05:16,799 Speaker 2: people who move to other states, driven out by housing 68 00:05:16,839 --> 00:05:22,000 Speaker 2: prices that are double the national average, the highest income 69 00:05:22,040 --> 00:05:26,800 Speaker 2: tax rate, the slowest job growth, and you had four 70 00:05:26,880 --> 00:05:30,320 Speaker 2: hundred and forty one businesses relocating their headquarters in the 71 00:05:30,440 --> 00:05:37,520 Speaker 2: last seven years. The National Taxpayers Union Foundation found that 72 00:05:37,600 --> 00:05:42,000 Speaker 2: a Californian leaves the state every minute and forty four seconds, 73 00:05:42,400 --> 00:05:49,760 Speaker 2: the fastest rate in the nation. Education, we are ranked 74 00:05:49,920 --> 00:05:54,560 Speaker 2: thirty eighth in the country, behind Mississippi and Louisiana. We 75 00:05:54,720 --> 00:06:01,760 Speaker 2: have a worse public education system than Mississippi. In Louisiana, 76 00:06:02,200 --> 00:06:06,800 Speaker 2: even though we have doubled per pupil spending in the 77 00:06:06,880 --> 00:06:09,800 Speaker 2: last twelve years one hundred and two percent, it's gone up, 78 00:06:10,240 --> 00:06:13,400 Speaker 2: So we doubled the spending and we're worse than Mississippi. 79 00:06:13,440 --> 00:06:21,440 Speaker 2: In Louisiana. US News and World Report Energy Costs. The 80 00:06:21,560 --> 00:06:25,359 Speaker 2: average retail price for electricity is more than twice the 81 00:06:25,440 --> 00:06:29,160 Speaker 2: national average. And as we told you last hour, with gasoline, 82 00:06:30,160 --> 00:06:34,279 Speaker 2: gasoline here is four thirty nine four to forty a gallon. 83 00:06:35,279 --> 00:06:38,760 Speaker 2: It's two eighty eight average. Rest of the country, it's 84 00:06:38,800 --> 00:06:42,880 Speaker 2: two thirty six. In Oklahoma, we have the highest gas 85 00:06:42,920 --> 00:06:47,039 Speaker 2: tax in the country, and we have so many regulations 86 00:06:47,080 --> 00:06:50,200 Speaker 2: that we just lost the biggest refinery in the state 87 00:06:50,400 --> 00:06:56,320 Speaker 2: in Benetia. Hillero closed it down on Sunday. I'm not 88 00:06:56,400 --> 00:07:00,320 Speaker 2: even done here. But this is Brett Steve in the 89 00:07:00,360 --> 00:07:03,719 Speaker 2: New York Times. And of course I've heard the New 90 00:07:03,800 --> 00:07:08,039 Speaker 2: York Times called the Bible of the left here in 91 00:07:08,080 --> 00:07:11,320 Speaker 2: this country. Well, the high priests at the New York 92 00:07:11,320 --> 00:07:15,480 Speaker 2: Times are giving a signal saying, not this guy. Not 93 00:07:15,640 --> 00:07:21,920 Speaker 2: this guy for president. This guy's destroyed California. Even the 94 00:07:21,960 --> 00:07:26,800 Speaker 2: Democrat establishment is starting to turn on Gavin Newsom because 95 00:07:26,880 --> 00:07:33,160 Speaker 2: he's such an embarrassment. We've got Leez Elden coming up next. 96 00:07:33,240 --> 00:07:35,760 Speaker 2: Leez Elden, the head of the EPA who's in charge 97 00:07:35,760 --> 00:07:39,760 Speaker 2: of investigating the lack of a rebuild here in Altadena 98 00:07:40,120 --> 00:07:42,640 Speaker 2: and in Pacific Palisades. Leezelden is next. 99 00:07:43,480 --> 00:07:47,840 Speaker 4: You're listening to John Cobelt on demand from KFI AM 100 00:07:47,840 --> 00:07:48,360 Speaker 4: six forty. 101 00:07:49,960 --> 00:07:52,480 Speaker 2: We now are going to talk with Leezelden. He is 102 00:07:52,600 --> 00:07:57,200 Speaker 2: the head of the Environmental Protection Agency and Donald Trump 103 00:07:57,240 --> 00:08:01,440 Speaker 2: has named him to be in charge of this federal 104 00:08:01,520 --> 00:08:07,760 Speaker 2: intervention of Altadena and Pacific Palisades. A complete lack of 105 00:08:07,840 --> 00:08:12,680 Speaker 2: rebuilding by the local and state governments led by Karen Bass, 106 00:08:12,800 --> 00:08:16,400 Speaker 2: Gavin Newsom, the LA County Board of Supervisors, and people 107 00:08:16,480 --> 00:08:19,120 Speaker 2: are in terrible shape and there seems to be no 108 00:08:19,320 --> 00:08:22,160 Speaker 2: end in sight to the delays, and they're suffering. 109 00:08:22,240 --> 00:08:23,680 Speaker 1: Lis eld and welcome. How are you? 110 00:08:24,880 --> 00:08:26,360 Speaker 3: Yeah, I know, real well, it's good to be with you. 111 00:08:26,920 --> 00:08:27,800 Speaker 1: This is your. 112 00:08:27,680 --> 00:08:32,600 Speaker 2: Second day during the devastation. I know you came last year, 113 00:08:33,000 --> 00:08:35,760 Speaker 2: you came here right after the fires. Do you see 114 00:08:35,760 --> 00:08:36,720 Speaker 2: any real progress? 115 00:08:40,160 --> 00:08:45,160 Speaker 3: Well, I've seen a lot of progress. Early on, EPA 116 00:08:45,320 --> 00:08:48,079 Speaker 3: was in charge of the hazardous material removal. We got 117 00:08:48,120 --> 00:08:50,200 Speaker 3: that done a less than thirty days, in record time. 118 00:08:50,760 --> 00:08:54,880 Speaker 3: Army Corps came in, they completed their debris removal. SBA 119 00:08:55,000 --> 00:08:58,120 Speaker 3: gave out half of their disaster loans of twenty twenty five, 120 00:08:58,320 --> 00:09:01,559 Speaker 3: just two victims of the Palisades and eating fires. That's 121 00:09:01,600 --> 00:09:05,440 Speaker 3: over three billion dollars. The President from the moment he 122 00:09:05,520 --> 00:09:08,320 Speaker 3: was sworn in was signing executive orders and directing his 123 00:09:08,400 --> 00:09:13,120 Speaker 3: team to help. And fast forward to more recently, after 124 00:09:13,280 --> 00:09:17,360 Speaker 3: hearing directly from people who lost their homes who know 125 00:09:17,520 --> 00:09:21,839 Speaker 3: the President, sharing their stories, the President realizing that there 126 00:09:21,840 --> 00:09:26,240 Speaker 3: were these non federal logjams that still existed, he decided 127 00:09:26,400 --> 00:09:28,120 Speaker 3: enough is enough and he wanted to do everything in 128 00:09:28,120 --> 00:09:30,439 Speaker 3: his power to help break through it. He signed an 129 00:09:30,480 --> 00:09:34,520 Speaker 3: executive order two fridays ago with direction at FEMA and 130 00:09:34,720 --> 00:09:38,600 Speaker 3: SBA to help break through whatever obstacles are there on 131 00:09:38,679 --> 00:09:44,720 Speaker 3: the permitting SBA signed up role last week. I've been 132 00:09:44,760 --> 00:09:49,439 Speaker 3: in LA with the SBA administrative Small Business Administration Administrator, 133 00:09:49,559 --> 00:09:54,000 Speaker 3: Kelly Loffler, and we just want to do whatever we 134 00:09:54,120 --> 00:09:57,040 Speaker 3: possibly can to help break through the stuff, even if 135 00:09:57,080 --> 00:10:04,480 Speaker 3: it is you know, conventional, historical, traditional federal role. Lastly, 136 00:10:04,520 --> 00:10:06,440 Speaker 3: I just want to say I got a lot of 137 00:10:06,440 --> 00:10:10,440 Speaker 3: feedback yesterday of people who are getting burned by their 138 00:10:10,440 --> 00:10:13,680 Speaker 3: insurance companies. Only pisses me off. I was. I was 139 00:10:13,679 --> 00:10:16,640 Speaker 3: a state senator in New York during Sandy. I've been 140 00:10:16,679 --> 00:10:20,439 Speaker 3: through this I was getting flashbacks to my experiences dealing 141 00:10:20,520 --> 00:10:23,160 Speaker 3: with it. Then I was happy to hear yesterday that 142 00:10:23,800 --> 00:10:26,720 Speaker 3: some people are you know, they they've had an easy 143 00:10:26,760 --> 00:10:30,360 Speaker 3: process with their company. They got paid everything they were owed. 144 00:10:30,520 --> 00:10:33,200 Speaker 3: But it really bothered me hearing about these other insurance 145 00:10:33,240 --> 00:10:37,760 Speaker 3: companies dragging policy holders through the mud, taking too long provide, 146 00:10:38,120 --> 00:10:42,079 Speaker 3: requiring too much information, and not providing everything that's owed. 147 00:10:42,640 --> 00:10:46,079 Speaker 3: And this now is going to have the full attention 148 00:10:46,440 --> 00:10:51,120 Speaker 3: of everyone beyond just that policy holder that's getting screwed. 149 00:10:51,200 --> 00:10:54,600 Speaker 3: So I think that any insurance company out there, y'all 150 00:10:54,640 --> 00:10:59,040 Speaker 3: know who you are. If you're responsible for torturing your 151 00:10:59,080 --> 00:11:03,200 Speaker 3: policyholders and allowing them to rebuild, now is the time 152 00:11:03,280 --> 00:11:05,480 Speaker 3: to clean up that mess that you create and pay 153 00:11:05,520 --> 00:11:09,760 Speaker 3: out what you owe. Because man, I am furious at 154 00:11:09,760 --> 00:11:11,600 Speaker 3: what I was hearing yesterday, and I really want to 155 00:11:11,600 --> 00:11:12,240 Speaker 3: help with that too. 156 00:11:13,320 --> 00:11:16,240 Speaker 1: Do you have the power to intervene with these insurance companies? 157 00:11:18,960 --> 00:11:25,760 Speaker 3: The President and yeah, and I and others, we have 158 00:11:25,800 --> 00:11:28,559 Speaker 3: a voice, and I'm gonna go I'm going to talk 159 00:11:28,559 --> 00:11:32,640 Speaker 3: to the President about this specifically in addition to other 160 00:11:32,679 --> 00:11:36,000 Speaker 3: stuff that I experienced. I'm gonna be really candid with 161 00:11:36,080 --> 00:11:38,480 Speaker 3: him and it'll be up to the president to decide 162 00:11:38,520 --> 00:11:43,560 Speaker 3: what his thoughts are on what I do. I do, 163 00:11:43,600 --> 00:11:46,800 Speaker 3: I have the power. Well, yesterday when I finished the roundtable, 164 00:11:46,880 --> 00:11:48,480 Speaker 3: we were talking about it, and I went out to 165 00:11:49,280 --> 00:11:52,040 Speaker 3: the media where they were all waiting. I didn't follow 166 00:11:52,080 --> 00:11:54,480 Speaker 3: any of the notes that my team prepared for me 167 00:11:54,559 --> 00:12:03,280 Speaker 3: to say, and on these insurance, on those insurance and 168 00:12:03,400 --> 00:12:04,800 Speaker 3: raising awareness. 169 00:12:06,200 --> 00:12:10,280 Speaker 2: All right, we're having a connection problem here, Ray, why 170 00:12:10,280 --> 00:12:12,719 Speaker 2: don't we Uh well, hang on, hang on you you 171 00:12:12,840 --> 00:12:15,680 Speaker 2: completely disappeared there for a couples. The last thing I 172 00:12:15,679 --> 00:12:17,800 Speaker 2: heard you say is you're raising awareness. 173 00:12:20,400 --> 00:12:24,600 Speaker 3: Bring awareness. Is that's the very least Yeah. 174 00:12:25,040 --> 00:12:27,079 Speaker 2: Uh, let me let me give you a rundown. What 175 00:12:27,120 --> 00:12:29,760 Speaker 2: I heard from from one of the Altadena residents. Her 176 00:12:30,080 --> 00:12:33,560 Speaker 2: her name is Heavenly Heavenly Hughes, and she was on 177 00:12:33,679 --> 00:12:36,600 Speaker 2: the show recently, and this is what it's like. She says, 178 00:12:36,600 --> 00:12:40,640 Speaker 2: for many many residents, the rental assistance has ended, the 179 00:12:40,679 --> 00:12:43,240 Speaker 2: mortgage deferral has ended. Now they have to make a 180 00:12:43,280 --> 00:12:44,040 Speaker 2: balloon payment. 181 00:12:44,640 --> 00:12:44,840 Speaker 3: Uh. 182 00:12:44,880 --> 00:12:47,720 Speaker 2: The insurance is not paying. If they do pay, their 183 00:12:47,760 --> 00:12:51,520 Speaker 2: policy is canceled. Right after that. There's no permits. So 184 00:12:51,520 --> 00:12:54,040 Speaker 2: the permits are coming up very slowly and now there's 185 00:12:54,080 --> 00:12:58,680 Speaker 2: lots of people facing foreclosures and possible bankruptcies, and she 186 00:12:58,760 --> 00:13:02,160 Speaker 2: says it is a huge problem affecting a lot of people. 187 00:13:04,640 --> 00:13:08,719 Speaker 2: And what, I mean, what can be done? Did these 188 00:13:08,720 --> 00:13:09,880 Speaker 2: people are right on the press I. 189 00:13:10,360 --> 00:13:13,400 Speaker 3: Heard I've heard the same his story. I mean, I 190 00:13:14,040 --> 00:13:16,199 Speaker 3: would I don't just say I think it's true. I'm 191 00:13:16,640 --> 00:13:19,880 Speaker 3: sure it is. And uh, it's a combination of some 192 00:13:19,920 --> 00:13:23,160 Speaker 3: of the worst factors on the the permitting front. When 193 00:13:23,160 --> 00:13:25,360 Speaker 3: I was having the meetings yesterday, I met with Yellow 194 00:13:25,400 --> 00:13:28,960 Speaker 3: County Supervisor Catherine Barger, then met with La Mayor Karen 195 00:13:29,040 --> 00:13:31,880 Speaker 3: Bass when I was meeting with the mayor, and by 196 00:13:31,920 --> 00:13:35,000 Speaker 3: the way, both meetings were really productive and candid, and 197 00:13:35,040 --> 00:13:36,840 Speaker 3: we went to the weeds on a lot and I'm 198 00:13:37,280 --> 00:13:41,320 Speaker 3: grateful that we were able to have that discussion. You know, 199 00:13:41,360 --> 00:13:45,600 Speaker 3: something that caught my eye was that the on the 200 00:13:45,760 --> 00:13:49,720 Speaker 3: La city permits, there are over a thousand permanent applications 201 00:13:50,160 --> 00:13:52,280 Speaker 3: that were submitted to the city that are now back 202 00:13:52,360 --> 00:13:56,680 Speaker 3: with the applicant. I want to figure out why that is. 203 00:13:56,679 --> 00:13:59,360 Speaker 3: Is it something small, is something big? Is somebody getting 204 00:13:59,360 --> 00:14:03,720 Speaker 3: the run around, or you know, whatever their reasons are. 205 00:14:04,040 --> 00:14:05,520 Speaker 3: I want to get to the bottom of the fast 206 00:14:05,600 --> 00:14:07,959 Speaker 3: It just kind of feels like constituent services that used 207 00:14:07,960 --> 00:14:10,480 Speaker 3: to do a lot of myself and just see what 208 00:14:10,520 --> 00:14:14,360 Speaker 3: can be done to help these people because those permits 209 00:14:14,400 --> 00:14:17,200 Speaker 3: need to be granted. Now, the SBA rule that I 210 00:14:17,280 --> 00:14:22,120 Speaker 3: mentioned that that was signed last week by Administrator Lessler, 211 00:14:22,640 --> 00:14:26,880 Speaker 3: that creates a method to self certify and to be 212 00:14:26,920 --> 00:14:30,680 Speaker 3: able to break through local log jams, and that's the 213 00:14:30,800 --> 00:14:34,360 Speaker 3: key initiative on the at the federal level. We just 214 00:14:34,360 --> 00:14:37,560 Speaker 3: talked about the insurance insurance payment piece that is its 215 00:14:37,600 --> 00:14:40,440 Speaker 3: own bucket that we need to break through. The mortgage 216 00:14:40,480 --> 00:14:46,080 Speaker 3: rental assistant payments that are expiring, that's another topic that 217 00:14:46,200 --> 00:14:50,320 Speaker 3: was discussed yesterday, and we just we have to work 218 00:14:50,400 --> 00:14:53,600 Speaker 3: through all of this at once. I mean, I got 219 00:14:53,640 --> 00:14:56,120 Speaker 3: a lot more color and context on a lot of 220 00:14:56,200 --> 00:14:59,040 Speaker 3: different topics I knew were an issue going into yesterday. 221 00:14:59,440 --> 00:15:02,600 Speaker 3: Now coming out of this visit to Los Angeles in 222 00:15:02,680 --> 00:15:05,000 Speaker 3: the coming days, in the next week or so, I'd 223 00:15:05,040 --> 00:15:07,160 Speaker 3: really like to get to the bottom of every way 224 00:15:07,920 --> 00:15:10,240 Speaker 3: that we could just bust through any barriers that are 225 00:15:10,280 --> 00:15:12,240 Speaker 3: in front of us. And I'm happy to help. I 226 00:15:12,320 --> 00:15:13,600 Speaker 3: want to do whatever I can help. 227 00:15:14,000 --> 00:15:16,000 Speaker 2: Yeah, because a lot of people feel I'm sure you've 228 00:15:16,000 --> 00:15:19,600 Speaker 2: heard all the news coverage. We had atrocious preparation by 229 00:15:19,680 --> 00:15:22,040 Speaker 2: the city and the state in advance of the fire 230 00:15:22,560 --> 00:15:27,120 Speaker 2: and wind warnings. Basically, they did allow the palisades to burn. 231 00:15:27,480 --> 00:15:29,720 Speaker 2: A lot of people in Altadena were never notified there 232 00:15:29,760 --> 00:15:31,520 Speaker 2: was a fire, and they burned to death in the 233 00:15:31,520 --> 00:15:36,200 Speaker 2: middle of the night. Now they find that they can't 234 00:15:36,200 --> 00:15:39,640 Speaker 2: get their insurance payments, they can't get the permits, they 235 00:15:39,640 --> 00:15:43,040 Speaker 2: can't rebuild, So now their whole property is going to 236 00:15:43,040 --> 00:15:45,800 Speaker 2: be taken away and it's and they're standing in shock. 237 00:15:45,840 --> 00:15:47,520 Speaker 1: It's like it's been a year of this torture. 238 00:15:47,560 --> 00:15:51,160 Speaker 2: Why is the government here, the city and the county 239 00:15:51,160 --> 00:15:53,960 Speaker 2: and the state doing this to people? There just doesn't 240 00:15:54,000 --> 00:15:57,320 Speaker 2: seem to be an ounce of common sense or empathy. 241 00:15:58,720 --> 00:16:02,320 Speaker 3: Yeah, and the insurance regulations and legislation, the stuff that 242 00:16:02,400 --> 00:16:05,800 Speaker 3: comes from the state level. It's state by states. In 243 00:16:05,880 --> 00:16:09,680 Speaker 3: you need to just California. There are insurance issues, whether 244 00:16:09,720 --> 00:16:13,120 Speaker 3: it's health insurance, whether it's whether it's property insurance. There 245 00:16:13,120 --> 00:16:15,040 Speaker 3: are issues in other parts of the country as well, 246 00:16:15,800 --> 00:16:19,040 Speaker 3: but the state ends up coming out with their own 247 00:16:19,360 --> 00:16:23,880 Speaker 3: regulations and laws that in this case create a market 248 00:16:24,080 --> 00:16:27,960 Speaker 3: that is jamming up these policy holders where you know 249 00:16:28,000 --> 00:16:30,880 Speaker 3: they're losing the coverage that they're getting underpaid. There's not 250 00:16:31,040 --> 00:16:35,560 Speaker 3: enough pressure coming from the state, and there's not fixes 251 00:16:36,120 --> 00:16:40,160 Speaker 3: coming from the state, and that's that's a real problem 252 00:16:40,200 --> 00:16:43,840 Speaker 3: because people need to get paid the money that they're 253 00:16:43,840 --> 00:16:47,080 Speaker 3: owed in order to be able to rebuild SBA has 254 00:16:47,080 --> 00:16:49,720 Speaker 3: played a key role. I mentioned the earlier Ministry Leffler 255 00:16:50,400 --> 00:16:53,240 Speaker 3: was with me. With the amount of funding that they 256 00:16:53,280 --> 00:16:56,920 Speaker 3: are providing. There are a lot of conversations yesterday about 257 00:16:57,600 --> 00:17:01,760 Speaker 3: how to best deploy those funds to maximize help to 258 00:17:01,840 --> 00:17:05,520 Speaker 3: break through these issues that we're talking about here in 259 00:17:05,520 --> 00:17:10,360 Speaker 3: this conversation, and I mean it would be it would 260 00:17:10,440 --> 00:17:13,600 Speaker 3: just be great for everyone at every level, whether you're 261 00:17:13,840 --> 00:17:16,119 Speaker 3: you know, in government, you're out of government, if you 262 00:17:16,200 --> 00:17:21,320 Speaker 3: have any ability whatsoever to help these Americans rebuild their 263 00:17:21,359 --> 00:17:25,840 Speaker 3: lives instantly, like yesterday was the time to jump in. 264 00:17:25,960 --> 00:17:30,879 Speaker 3: Tomorrow is I guess next best. But the delays, it 265 00:17:30,920 --> 00:17:33,720 Speaker 3: can't happen anymore because there's more time goes by. The 266 00:17:33,760 --> 00:17:37,000 Speaker 3: person who has a mortgage to pay while also paying 267 00:17:37,040 --> 00:17:41,080 Speaker 3: rent and being on a fixed income. They had the property, 268 00:17:41,200 --> 00:17:44,959 Speaker 3: but maybe their bank accounts aren't filled with all the 269 00:17:45,000 --> 00:17:47,440 Speaker 3: liquidity that you might see in the net worth of 270 00:17:48,359 --> 00:17:51,480 Speaker 3: the property. There are real people with real struggles, and 271 00:17:51,520 --> 00:17:53,679 Speaker 3: they need help, and that's why the President sent me 272 00:17:53,720 --> 00:17:57,119 Speaker 3: to LA. I'm I'm happy to do whatever I cannot 273 00:17:57,160 --> 00:18:00,359 Speaker 3: just report back to the White House and what we earned, 274 00:18:00,400 --> 00:18:03,280 Speaker 3: but to identify any possible way to further assist. 275 00:18:03,720 --> 00:18:05,480 Speaker 2: I can tell you're bringing a lot of energy and 276 00:18:06,040 --> 00:18:09,439 Speaker 2: analysis to this. Why do you think we haven't been 277 00:18:09,480 --> 00:18:12,760 Speaker 2: getting that for the last year from city, county, and 278 00:18:12,800 --> 00:18:16,080 Speaker 2: state officials. I haven't had a conversation like this with 279 00:18:16,240 --> 00:18:18,960 Speaker 2: any of them, and I haven't seen anyone else have 280 00:18:19,040 --> 00:18:22,520 Speaker 2: this kind of conversation. All most people get as a 281 00:18:22,560 --> 00:18:24,119 Speaker 2: wall of silence and confusion. 282 00:18:26,280 --> 00:18:26,960 Speaker 1: What's wrong with you? 283 00:18:27,040 --> 00:18:31,600 Speaker 3: I mean, listen, I don't exactly know how to answer 284 00:18:31,840 --> 00:18:36,600 Speaker 3: that question. And speaking for others as to why, I 285 00:18:37,080 --> 00:18:42,040 Speaker 3: know why the President sent me to Los Angeles. I 286 00:18:42,080 --> 00:18:46,800 Speaker 3: know why. I have ramped up my team to identify 287 00:18:46,840 --> 00:18:49,320 Speaker 3: every possible way that we can be able to assist. 288 00:18:50,160 --> 00:18:52,439 Speaker 3: But you know, some of the lessons can be found 289 00:18:52,480 --> 00:18:55,679 Speaker 3: in how this ended up happening in the first place. 290 00:18:55,720 --> 00:19:00,720 Speaker 3: I mean, you had your wild fire prevention for management 291 00:19:00,840 --> 00:19:06,640 Speaker 3: practices minimized, depleted that causes an issue, acting as if 292 00:19:06,680 --> 00:19:10,119 Speaker 3: Sanna and A wins was as like new phenomenon that 293 00:19:10,240 --> 00:19:12,399 Speaker 3: started a few years ago, as if it's not one 294 00:19:12,440 --> 00:19:15,439 Speaker 3: hundred years, hundreds of years ago. I know this was 295 00:19:15,520 --> 00:19:21,080 Speaker 3: being dealt with reservoirs that were as that that are necessary. 296 00:19:21,560 --> 00:19:24,280 Speaker 3: The President is focused on the forest management, he's focused 297 00:19:24,320 --> 00:19:27,840 Speaker 3: on the water flow. But I mean, if we were 298 00:19:27,880 --> 00:19:31,719 Speaker 3: to try to find clues as to why, you know, 299 00:19:31,800 --> 00:19:35,000 Speaker 3: anything might not have been done efficiently or smartly in 300 00:19:35,040 --> 00:19:38,399 Speaker 3: the last year, I would look even further back as 301 00:19:38,400 --> 00:19:39,720 Speaker 3: to why this happened in the first place. 302 00:19:40,200 --> 00:19:42,040 Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean, all they had to do was have 303 00:19:42,280 --> 00:19:45,040 Speaker 2: a fire crew at the site of the original January 304 00:19:45,080 --> 00:19:47,959 Speaker 2: first fire, which was still a raging hotspot. If they 305 00:19:48,040 --> 00:19:50,119 Speaker 2: just had a crew putting that out, none of this 306 00:19:50,160 --> 00:19:53,480 Speaker 2: would happen in the Palisades, you know. 307 00:19:53,600 --> 00:19:57,760 Speaker 3: And by the way, and listen my attitude here. I 308 00:19:57,880 --> 00:20:01,520 Speaker 3: want to work with with anybody and everyone on this. 309 00:20:02,400 --> 00:20:06,639 Speaker 3: My message to the county supervisor yesterday morning and her team, 310 00:20:06,680 --> 00:20:10,520 Speaker 3: my message to the mayor and her team, my message 311 00:20:10,560 --> 00:20:15,560 Speaker 3: to the residents. I am willing to the Trump administration 312 00:20:15,720 --> 00:20:18,280 Speaker 3: is willing to work with anyone, and I don't care 313 00:20:18,840 --> 00:20:22,280 Speaker 3: what party, are your politics anything. By the way, I 314 00:20:22,560 --> 00:20:25,080 Speaker 3: served with Karen Bess. We were in the house to 315 00:20:25,119 --> 00:20:27,320 Speaker 3: get a different sides of the aisle, voted differently on 316 00:20:27,359 --> 00:20:30,760 Speaker 3: a whole lot of different things. I just want to 317 00:20:30,760 --> 00:20:35,199 Speaker 3: figure out how to identify whatever the issue is and 318 00:20:35,320 --> 00:20:38,320 Speaker 3: figure out how to bust through it. That's all I 319 00:20:38,400 --> 00:20:42,359 Speaker 3: care about this whole cause, this whole purpose is for 320 00:20:42,480 --> 00:20:45,200 Speaker 3: the person who lost everything, for them to be able 321 00:20:45,200 --> 00:20:48,880 Speaker 3: to rebuild. As I was standing in the palisades yesterday, 322 00:20:49,359 --> 00:20:53,280 Speaker 3: I was looking when I was exactly a year earlier 323 00:20:53,800 --> 00:20:56,399 Speaker 3: where there was no home. Then to think that on 324 00:20:56,520 --> 00:20:59,239 Speaker 3: these properties, as I'm doing a three sixty and I 325 00:20:59,280 --> 00:21:03,639 Speaker 3: see no rebuilding at that site a year later, I 326 00:21:03,680 --> 00:21:07,760 Speaker 3: am so motivated to be able in months, not years, 327 00:21:08,240 --> 00:21:11,119 Speaker 3: in months to be able to stay at that same site, 328 00:21:11,160 --> 00:21:15,320 Speaker 3: to look around and just see new construction all over 329 00:21:15,359 --> 00:21:16,000 Speaker 3: the darn place. 330 00:21:16,880 --> 00:21:19,080 Speaker 2: Well, Leez Elden, thank you for coming on. There's a 331 00:21:19,119 --> 00:21:22,159 Speaker 2: lot of people listening who are hoping and braying and 332 00:21:22,240 --> 00:21:25,879 Speaker 2: wishing you great success. And anytime you want to come 333 00:21:25,920 --> 00:21:29,000 Speaker 2: back on the air and explain what's going on, you're 334 00:21:29,040 --> 00:21:29,639 Speaker 2: welcome to it. 335 00:21:31,160 --> 00:21:33,000 Speaker 3: I appreciate it. It's great to be with you all right. 336 00:21:33,040 --> 00:21:35,760 Speaker 2: That's Lee Selden, who's in charge of now the federal 337 00:21:35,800 --> 00:21:39,640 Speaker 2: intervention into the Fiery Building, Altaden and Palisades. He's head 338 00:21:39,640 --> 00:21:42,040 Speaker 2: of the Environmental Protection Agency. 339 00:21:43,280 --> 00:21:47,920 Speaker 4: You're listening to John Cobels on demand from KFI AM. 340 00:21:47,640 --> 00:21:51,040 Speaker 2: Six forty moistline is eight seven seven Moist eighty six 341 00:21:51,080 --> 00:21:54,080 Speaker 2: eight seven seven Moist eighty six or usually talkback feature 342 00:21:54,400 --> 00:21:55,720 Speaker 2: on the iHeartRadio Apple. 343 00:21:55,760 --> 00:21:58,879 Speaker 1: We just had an extended interview with Lee Zelden. 344 00:21:58,960 --> 00:22:02,640 Speaker 2: He's head of the for Donald Trump and he's been 345 00:22:03,240 --> 00:22:10,680 Speaker 2: assigned to direct the federal intervention here in Los Angeles, 346 00:22:10,680 --> 00:22:14,840 Speaker 2: specifically out the DNA and Pacific Palisades, over the complete 347 00:22:15,800 --> 00:22:20,320 Speaker 2: lack of rebuild that's gone on in both towns. I mean, 348 00:22:20,359 --> 00:22:25,000 Speaker 2: it's it's it's really really dreadful. Obviously, we've gone what's amazing, 349 00:22:25,000 --> 00:22:27,320 Speaker 2: We've we've gone over this again and again and again, 350 00:22:27,400 --> 00:22:29,639 Speaker 2: and there's just absolutely no movement on the part of 351 00:22:30,560 --> 00:22:34,080 Speaker 2: the county government and the Board of Supervisors, Karen Bass 352 00:22:34,280 --> 00:22:39,199 Speaker 2: and and her office, her administration. Gavin Newsom, forget completely. 353 00:22:39,400 --> 00:22:43,359 Speaker 2: He doesn't register at all, he doesn't ever show up here. 354 00:22:44,320 --> 00:22:47,720 Speaker 2: I mean, why don't we have a governor who speaks 355 00:22:47,760 --> 00:22:52,080 Speaker 2: like Lee Zelden did or Kelly Loffler yesterday from the 356 00:22:52,080 --> 00:22:57,280 Speaker 2: Small Business Administration, just go through all the details, identifying 357 00:22:57,320 --> 00:23:03,080 Speaker 2: the issues and what the solutions are. Instead, every time 358 00:23:03,200 --> 00:23:07,280 Speaker 2: Bass speaks, she's telling us everybody how resilient everyone is 359 00:23:07,320 --> 00:23:13,159 Speaker 2: and everything's going well. The only progress was from the 360 00:23:13,200 --> 00:23:16,840 Speaker 2: federal government originally with the Army Corps of Engineers and 361 00:23:16,880 --> 00:23:20,719 Speaker 2: all the agencies FEMA that helped clean up the palisades. 362 00:23:20,760 --> 00:23:22,919 Speaker 2: At first the you know, the debris and and and 363 00:23:22,960 --> 00:23:25,879 Speaker 2: the soil. But after that that was over in a 364 00:23:25,920 --> 00:23:29,600 Speaker 2: couple of months, and then and then nothing. And they 365 00:23:29,640 --> 00:23:31,359 Speaker 2: go and they sit at these meetings and then the 366 00:23:31,400 --> 00:23:39,280 Speaker 2: next ding nothing. We started the show Bye Bye by 367 00:23:39,359 --> 00:23:46,800 Speaker 2: talking about Bass's lame non defense of the accusations in 368 00:23:46,840 --> 00:23:51,639 Speaker 2: the La Times. People in her inner circle are saying that, yeah, 369 00:23:52,359 --> 00:23:58,879 Speaker 2: she interfered and had the after action report rewritten to 370 00:23:59,040 --> 00:24:02,320 Speaker 2: make the city and the La Fire Department looked better. 371 00:24:02,800 --> 00:24:05,520 Speaker 2: She did do it. She's lying out and outside she lied, 372 00:24:07,680 --> 00:24:13,000 Speaker 2: and her response is it's muck raking journalism. Well, the 373 00:24:13,119 --> 00:24:19,840 Speaker 2: muck is the truth. And now she's just going to 374 00:24:20,200 --> 00:24:26,760 Speaker 2: uh blunder on. Now those people are going to testify 375 00:24:26,840 --> 00:24:31,280 Speaker 2: under oath. You know, the plaintiff's attorneys in the Palisades case, 376 00:24:31,320 --> 00:24:36,600 Speaker 2: the attorney's representing the homeowners, They're going to get depositions 377 00:24:37,600 --> 00:24:41,640 Speaker 2: from these people and Basses in her circle. But this 378 00:24:41,720 --> 00:24:43,280 Speaker 2: is what I said at the beginning of the show, 379 00:24:43,320 --> 00:24:47,760 Speaker 2: and I'm going to keep asking this. If Karen Bass 380 00:24:47,800 --> 00:24:52,000 Speaker 2: didn't rewrite or order the rewrite of the after action report, 381 00:24:52,080 --> 00:24:55,160 Speaker 2: then tell us the name of the person who did. 382 00:24:56,880 --> 00:24:59,960 Speaker 2: Karen Bass is not offering the name of the mystery person. 383 00:25:00,880 --> 00:25:03,840 Speaker 2: Ronnie van Aweva, the interim fire chief, is not speaking 384 00:25:03,880 --> 00:25:07,359 Speaker 2: at all. And according to the time story, Bass talked 385 00:25:07,359 --> 00:25:11,159 Speaker 2: to vi in Aweva about the changes, and then you 386 00:25:11,280 --> 00:25:14,959 Speaker 2: have the new stooge. Heimi Moore, the fire chief, who 387 00:25:15,080 --> 00:25:21,399 Speaker 2: yesterday or earlier in the week, said well, if we 388 00:25:21,440 --> 00:25:23,600 Speaker 2: give the names of. 389 00:25:23,600 --> 00:25:28,160 Speaker 1: Who rewrote the report, what are people. 390 00:25:28,040 --> 00:25:30,440 Speaker 2: Going to do with those names. They're just going to 391 00:25:30,520 --> 00:25:34,440 Speaker 2: point fingers and point blame. Yeah, so people can be fired, 392 00:25:35,160 --> 00:25:38,159 Speaker 2: so we know who to sue here, so we know 393 00:25:38,240 --> 00:25:42,560 Speaker 2: who should be chased out of office or forced out 394 00:25:42,560 --> 00:25:46,879 Speaker 2: of their position. Yeah, we have to know that you 395 00:25:46,960 --> 00:25:51,280 Speaker 2: work for us. Jimi Moore and Bass and Viena Wava, they. 396 00:25:51,119 --> 00:25:53,600 Speaker 1: All forgot you work for US. 397 00:25:55,200 --> 00:26:01,800 Speaker 2: Residents in the taxpayers of Los Angeles. Jeremy Patterwer. We've 398 00:26:01,800 --> 00:26:04,400 Speaker 2: had him on the show a number of times. He's 399 00:26:04,440 --> 00:26:08,600 Speaker 2: a toy industry executive and inventor and his house was 400 00:26:08,640 --> 00:26:11,400 Speaker 2: burned out and he was one of the organizers along 401 00:26:11,440 --> 00:26:14,879 Speaker 2: with Spencer Pratt, of the Big rally they had January seventh. 402 00:26:14,880 --> 00:26:21,199 Speaker 2: They let us burn and he posted this online and 403 00:26:21,240 --> 00:26:25,800 Speaker 2: he said, Mayor Karen Bass, obstruction of justice. Our mayor 404 00:26:25,840 --> 00:26:28,920 Speaker 2: erased all the emails from January of twenty twenty five. 405 00:26:29,960 --> 00:26:33,680 Speaker 2: She then changed and withheld details in the Fire department 406 00:26:33,720 --> 00:26:34,679 Speaker 2: after action report. 407 00:26:35,440 --> 00:26:36,120 Speaker 1: She asked for. 408 00:26:36,200 --> 00:26:40,760 Speaker 2: Changes to soften liability and political fallout. This is the 409 00:26:40,880 --> 00:26:45,119 Speaker 2: very definition of obstruction of justice. The very definition obstruction 410 00:26:45,200 --> 00:26:47,760 Speaker 2: of justice is a criminal offense that occurs when someone 411 00:26:47,840 --> 00:26:51,399 Speaker 2: intentionally interferes with the legal process in a way that 412 00:26:51,480 --> 00:26:56,359 Speaker 2: prevents law enforcement, prosecutors, regulators, or courts from carrying out 413 00:26:56,400 --> 00:27:02,760 Speaker 2: their duties. Core elements include a foreseeable proceeding or investigation 414 00:27:04,080 --> 00:27:08,199 Speaker 2: She's done that could be criminal, civil, congressional, regulatory. Another 415 00:27:08,200 --> 00:27:11,600 Speaker 2: core element is intent. The person must knowingly try to 416 00:27:11,600 --> 00:27:15,760 Speaker 2: interfere she did, and number three a natural obstructive act. 417 00:27:16,400 --> 00:27:19,960 Speaker 2: Yes she did. She knew there'd be investigations into the 418 00:27:20,000 --> 00:27:23,840 Speaker 2: fire on all levels. She had intent, and she acted 419 00:27:23,840 --> 00:27:27,680 Speaker 2: out on the intent with an intentional act to erase 420 00:27:27,800 --> 00:27:32,480 Speaker 2: emails and demand and effect changes in the report to 421 00:27:32,520 --> 00:27:40,639 Speaker 2: cover up what happened. She should be taken out in cuss. 422 00:27:42,119 --> 00:27:46,439 Speaker 4: You're listening to John Cobels on demand from KFI AM 423 00:27:46,480 --> 00:27:47,000 Speaker 4: six forty. 424 00:27:47,800 --> 00:27:52,399 Speaker 2: In case you haven't heard. Rick Caruso not running for mayor, 425 00:27:53,000 --> 00:27:57,640 Speaker 2: so said one of his political advisors, Mike Murphy. Austin Butner, 426 00:27:58,320 --> 00:28:00,800 Speaker 2: who worked as the school's cancelor. He worked as a 427 00:28:00,840 --> 00:28:04,119 Speaker 2: deputy in the Viegos administration. He's not running for mayor. 428 00:28:04,560 --> 00:28:08,320 Speaker 2: He suffered a terrible tragedy. His daughter was found last 429 00:28:08,320 --> 00:28:11,040 Speaker 2: month on the side of the road in Palmdale and 430 00:28:11,400 --> 00:28:17,160 Speaker 2: she died. So Caruso and Buttener both out right now. 431 00:28:17,160 --> 00:28:20,920 Speaker 2: It's Bass, Spencer Pratt and other people you don't know. 432 00:28:21,680 --> 00:28:25,479 Speaker 2: So Spencer Pratt is going to looks like, I mean, 433 00:28:25,480 --> 00:28:30,480 Speaker 2: tomorrow's the deadline to enter the race for mayor, and 434 00:28:30,840 --> 00:28:32,879 Speaker 2: at the moment it looks like he's going to have 435 00:28:32,960 --> 00:28:38,520 Speaker 2: to take on Bass by himself. And he is already 436 00:28:38,560 --> 00:28:41,960 Speaker 2: producing a lot of online material, getting right to the 437 00:28:42,000 --> 00:28:45,000 Speaker 2: heart of all her failures. And I just want to 438 00:28:45,040 --> 00:28:49,200 Speaker 2: reiterate with Jeremy Patterer wrote online. She should be charged 439 00:28:49,200 --> 00:28:53,680 Speaker 2: with obstruction of justice for covering up the fire report 440 00:28:53,760 --> 00:28:59,440 Speaker 2: and rewriting it in addition to deleting all her emails 441 00:28:59,520 --> 00:29:04,480 Speaker 2: last year. And if she didn't do it, who did? 442 00:29:05,440 --> 00:29:10,440 Speaker 2: And Uh, Karen Bass knows, and so does Ronnie vin Aweva, 443 00:29:11,080 --> 00:29:16,840 Speaker 2: and so does the current chief Homymore. They know, they 444 00:29:16,840 --> 00:29:22,520 Speaker 2: know it's Bass. Is she gonna are? 445 00:29:22,520 --> 00:29:22,960 Speaker 1: They? Are? 446 00:29:22,960 --> 00:29:25,600 Speaker 2: They so frightened of her that they're going to continue 447 00:29:25,600 --> 00:29:35,120 Speaker 2: to cover up? Here's some more good news. Well, I 448 00:29:35,120 --> 00:29:37,840 Speaker 2: think I told you that JD. Vance is going to 449 00:29:37,920 --> 00:29:42,320 Speaker 2: lead this anti fraud task force against against California because 450 00:29:42,360 --> 00:29:45,720 Speaker 2: of the billions and billions of dollars in fraud. Uh, 451 00:29:47,240 --> 00:29:50,920 Speaker 2: there's apparently an all out, finally, an all out of salts. 452 00:29:50,920 --> 00:29:55,560 Speaker 2: The California has been protected for so many years. But 453 00:29:55,880 --> 00:29:59,440 Speaker 2: all these investigations should have been including the fire investigations, 454 00:30:00,040 --> 00:30:01,800 Speaker 2: should have been done by our attorney general. 455 00:30:03,240 --> 00:30:05,920 Speaker 1: But you talk about a blue wall. 456 00:30:07,960 --> 00:30:11,520 Speaker 2: There's no investigations out of the Governor's office, no investigations 457 00:30:11,560 --> 00:30:14,960 Speaker 2: out of the attorney General's office. No investigations and hearings 458 00:30:15,000 --> 00:30:19,400 Speaker 2: out of the California legislat legislature none. I think you 459 00:30:19,520 --> 00:30:22,840 Speaker 2: have to understand. We've got one hundred and twenty representatives 460 00:30:22,840 --> 00:30:27,600 Speaker 2: in Sacramento, and more than two thirds of over seventy 461 00:30:27,640 --> 00:30:30,320 Speaker 2: percent are Democrats. They're in charge of all the committees, 462 00:30:31,000 --> 00:30:34,800 Speaker 2: all the investigative bodies. They've done no investigating into what 463 00:30:35,160 --> 00:30:40,160 Speaker 2: Karen Bass and Newsome have done to the people here 464 00:30:40,400 --> 00:30:41,719 Speaker 2: in the Palisades now Tadana. 465 00:30:41,800 --> 00:30:42,640 Speaker 1: None. 466 00:30:43,160 --> 00:30:47,880 Speaker 2: Neither has any Democratic congressman or women or senators here. 467 00:30:48,400 --> 00:30:53,200 Speaker 2: Nothing from from Adam Schiff or Alex Padia. 468 00:30:53,360 --> 00:30:53,680 Speaker 1: Nothing. 469 00:30:54,880 --> 00:30:57,440 Speaker 2: We've got all these people from the East coast or 470 00:30:57,480 --> 00:31:00,760 Speaker 2: the Midwest. We've got We've got Rick's got the Senator 471 00:31:00,760 --> 00:31:04,840 Speaker 2: from Florida. He and the Senator from Wisconsin, Ron Johnson, 472 00:31:04,960 --> 00:31:08,600 Speaker 2: they're investigating. On the Senate level. We've got Lee Zelden 473 00:31:09,080 --> 00:31:12,400 Speaker 2: who's from New York, and Kelly Loffler, who's from Georgia. 474 00:31:13,680 --> 00:31:21,080 Speaker 2: They're now handling the federal government's intervention. But everyone you 475 00:31:21,240 --> 00:31:27,200 Speaker 2: vote for on every level, state, county, city, every one 476 00:31:27,240 --> 00:31:30,680 Speaker 2: of them, none of them are interested, none of them helpful, 477 00:31:31,000 --> 00:31:34,720 Speaker 2: none of them investigating. None of them providing any answers, 478 00:31:35,520 --> 00:31:38,000 Speaker 2: none of them making life better for all the people 479 00:31:38,320 --> 00:31:46,200 Speaker 2: who suffered this tragedy caused by government. It's actually astonishing 480 00:31:47,400 --> 00:31:49,880 Speaker 2: that there is no other state in the Union where 481 00:31:49,920 --> 00:31:52,360 Speaker 2: the citizens would put up with this kind of abuse, 482 00:31:53,760 --> 00:31:56,280 Speaker 2: this kind of torture from their own government. It's the 483 00:31:56,280 --> 00:32:01,280 Speaker 2: most fascinating thing in the world. Why Why does everybody 484 00:32:01,280 --> 00:32:08,080 Speaker 2: put up with this? And another day Tomorrow? Conway's coming 485 00:32:08,160 --> 00:32:12,240 Speaker 2: up next with his show, and Michael Kerzer is the 486 00:32:12,280 --> 00:32:15,880 Speaker 2: news live in the KFI twenty four hour newsroom. Hey, 487 00:32:16,240 --> 00:32:18,760 Speaker 2: you've been listening to the John Cobalt Show podcast. 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