1 00:00:00,600 --> 00:00:00,800 Speaker 1: Can't. 2 00:00:00,960 --> 00:00:03,680 Speaker 2: I am six forty. You're listening to the John Cobelt 3 00:00:03,680 --> 00:00:08,640 Speaker 2: Podcast on the iHeartRadio app. Welcome. We're on every day 4 00:00:08,640 --> 00:00:10,680 Speaker 2: from one until four o'clock and then after four o'clock 5 00:00:10,720 --> 00:00:14,560 Speaker 2: John Cobelt Show on demand on the iHeart app and 6 00:00:15,120 --> 00:00:19,279 Speaker 2: you can hear whatever you miss there, and it's good 7 00:00:19,280 --> 00:00:22,279 Speaker 2: that you're here. We have much to cover. Among the 8 00:00:22,320 --> 00:00:25,440 Speaker 2: things we will be covering after one thirty, Alex Stone 9 00:00:25,560 --> 00:00:31,560 Speaker 2: will be on talk about that terrible death involving John Elway, 10 00:00:31,600 --> 00:00:36,280 Speaker 2: the Super Bowl quarterback for the Broncos, later an executive, 11 00:00:36,600 --> 00:00:40,320 Speaker 2: and he was driving with his agent and business partner, 12 00:00:40,440 --> 00:00:44,800 Speaker 2: Jeff Spurbeck, on a golf cart Saturday. They were at 13 00:00:44,840 --> 00:00:47,959 Speaker 2: the Stagecoach Music Festival, but I guess they were driving 14 00:00:48,200 --> 00:00:52,360 Speaker 2: from an after party and Spurbeck was sitting in the 15 00:00:52,400 --> 00:00:54,680 Speaker 2: back of the golf cart. I don't know what happened, 16 00:00:55,040 --> 00:00:57,760 Speaker 2: but he went flying off the cart and smashed his 17 00:00:57,840 --> 00:01:01,640 Speaker 2: head and he's dead. So Alex, I'll have the latest 18 00:01:01,680 --> 00:01:04,280 Speaker 2: on that. Next hour, We're gonna have the attorney Roger 19 00:01:04,319 --> 00:01:09,399 Speaker 2: Bailey on. He's representing two judges who are suing LATWP. 20 00:01:10,160 --> 00:01:15,120 Speaker 2: They both lost their homes in the Palisades fire, and 21 00:01:15,160 --> 00:01:20,160 Speaker 2: they're blaming lad WP because they could be guilty on 22 00:01:20,200 --> 00:01:25,520 Speaker 2: two fronts, not filling the reservoir and also not de 23 00:01:25,800 --> 00:01:29,440 Speaker 2: energizing the electrical lines, which may have started a second 24 00:01:29,760 --> 00:01:34,160 Speaker 2: fire in the Palisades that day. And are they still 25 00:01:34,200 --> 00:01:37,400 Speaker 2: doing the control burned Yep, they've been doing that since 26 00:01:37,480 --> 00:01:40,840 Speaker 2: last night in the Palisades. I don't know exactly what 27 00:01:40,840 --> 00:01:44,240 Speaker 2: they're doing. Nobody's explaining. But if you didn't hear the 28 00:01:44,240 --> 00:01:48,640 Speaker 2: Palisades might see smoke and flames if you're through tomorrow 29 00:01:48,800 --> 00:01:53,360 Speaker 2: through tomorrow, So you spend like forty eight hours trying 30 00:01:53,360 --> 00:01:55,800 Speaker 2: to figure out what started the fire. And they do 31 00:01:55,840 --> 00:01:58,520 Speaker 2: this by starting another fire. And I really don't understand this, 32 00:01:58,640 --> 00:02:03,120 Speaker 2: and there's nobody to talk to to explain, and then 33 00:02:03,360 --> 00:02:05,279 Speaker 2: three o'clock and I want to talk about this now, 34 00:02:05,920 --> 00:02:08,200 Speaker 2: but Carl Demayo is going to weigh in after three 35 00:02:08,600 --> 00:02:16,280 Speaker 2: on this ridiculous fight in Sacramento over legislation that would 36 00:02:16,320 --> 00:02:21,799 Speaker 2: increase punishment to a felony for anyone who wants to 37 00:02:21,840 --> 00:02:27,520 Speaker 2: buy a sixteen or seventeen year old for sex. Because 38 00:02:27,600 --> 00:02:34,399 Speaker 2: there have been legislators from Democrats, well, Democratic and Republican 39 00:02:34,480 --> 00:02:39,080 Speaker 2: legislators who think that sex trafficking ought to be treated 40 00:02:39,080 --> 00:02:43,239 Speaker 2: harshly felonies for people who want to buy children for sex, 41 00:02:43,440 --> 00:02:45,760 Speaker 2: even up to the age of seventeen. Of course, this 42 00:02:45,880 --> 00:02:50,920 Speaker 2: is very common with all the illegal immigration when they 43 00:02:50,960 --> 00:02:56,240 Speaker 2: bring in underage people from over the border. Very often 44 00:02:57,280 --> 00:03:03,000 Speaker 2: these young people are captured, basically kidnapped and forced into 45 00:03:03,440 --> 00:03:07,919 Speaker 2: sexual slavery. But there always has to be a willing customer, 46 00:03:08,000 --> 00:03:10,359 Speaker 2: you know, somebody who wants to buy the girls or 47 00:03:10,360 --> 00:03:15,880 Speaker 2: the boys, and this legislation would go after the customers 48 00:03:16,320 --> 00:03:20,680 Speaker 2: and make it a felony, an automatic felony. I can't now, 49 00:03:20,760 --> 00:03:22,840 Speaker 2: you know, There's there's a lot of issues where you 50 00:03:22,880 --> 00:03:27,720 Speaker 2: can see how you can approach a problem two different ways, 51 00:03:28,800 --> 00:03:32,800 Speaker 2: but not this one. Honestly, is there a single person 52 00:03:33,360 --> 00:03:39,240 Speaker 2: alive anybody listening who thinks that we shouldn't charge a 53 00:03:39,280 --> 00:03:42,600 Speaker 2: felony to someone who's buying a sixteen year old for sex? 54 00:03:42,840 --> 00:03:47,960 Speaker 2: Is there anybody? Well, apparently there's quite a few, and 55 00:03:48,000 --> 00:03:52,240 Speaker 2: they're all in the legislature. You know. I want to 56 00:03:52,280 --> 00:03:56,240 Speaker 2: find the names of those who are blocking this because 57 00:03:56,320 --> 00:04:00,240 Speaker 2: I'm I wonder what kind of perverts they are? Do 58 00:04:00,320 --> 00:04:03,240 Speaker 2: I think that's legitimate if you publicly stake out a 59 00:04:03,280 --> 00:04:07,520 Speaker 2: position saying that sixteen and seventeen year olds it's it's 60 00:04:07,640 --> 00:04:10,680 Speaker 2: not a bad thing to buy them for sex, and 61 00:04:10,920 --> 00:04:15,760 Speaker 2: and you have the power to block a bill that 62 00:04:15,800 --> 00:04:19,480 Speaker 2: would make it a felony. Boy, you ought to be outed. 63 00:04:20,839 --> 00:04:24,640 Speaker 2: What's going on? Who are you taking home at night? 64 00:04:24,680 --> 00:04:27,880 Speaker 2: I'm serious. I can't imagine. I can't. I don't understand 65 00:04:27,880 --> 00:04:29,960 Speaker 2: how this wasn't a felony already. Had they missed this. 66 00:04:32,640 --> 00:04:38,119 Speaker 2: It's the Assembly Public Safety Committee, which for many years now, 67 00:04:38,200 --> 00:04:46,520 Speaker 2: for decades, has refused to treat criminals at criminals. And 68 00:04:47,000 --> 00:04:53,000 Speaker 2: this bill comes from a Democratic assembly woman named Maggie Krell. 69 00:04:55,560 --> 00:04:59,960 Speaker 2: It would criminalize loitering with the intent to buy sex. 70 00:05:01,600 --> 00:05:03,880 Speaker 2: This is an add on to a bill last year. 71 00:05:03,920 --> 00:05:06,800 Speaker 2: Remember we had a state Senator, Shannon grove On she's 72 00:05:06,839 --> 00:05:12,240 Speaker 2: a Republican, and she had a pretty strong sex trafficking 73 00:05:12,320 --> 00:05:16,560 Speaker 2: bill that was temporarily blocked in the legislature until Newsom 74 00:05:16,680 --> 00:05:19,640 Speaker 2: came in and said, what are you people doing? Of 75 00:05:19,720 --> 00:05:30,080 Speaker 2: course this should pass. Well, it's happening again. There's no 76 00:05:30,400 --> 00:05:36,000 Speaker 2: committee members on the assemblic Public Safety Committee. You know what, Ray, 77 00:05:36,080 --> 00:05:39,000 Speaker 2: if you could, could you print out the Democratic Assembly 78 00:05:39,040 --> 00:05:42,720 Speaker 2: members on the on the Public Safety Committee, because I 79 00:05:43,080 --> 00:05:47,840 Speaker 2: think it's time to highlight their opposition because the bill 80 00:05:47,920 --> 00:05:54,360 Speaker 2: came from another Democrat Assembly. When Tom Lackey is a Republican, 81 00:05:54,440 --> 00:05:57,200 Speaker 2: he says, these are girls, these are people that are 82 00:05:57,279 --> 00:06:00,760 Speaker 2: society should be doing everything they can to So why 83 00:06:00,760 --> 00:06:08,839 Speaker 2: are we protecting the predator? And uh so now Newsome 84 00:06:10,279 --> 00:06:18,359 Speaker 2: is uh, it's getting involved in this. I would suspect 85 00:06:18,480 --> 00:06:25,159 Speaker 2: Newsom has at least a couple of daughters. Is you 86 00:06:25,200 --> 00:06:29,719 Speaker 2: know one of the weirdos is I think is the 87 00:06:29,760 --> 00:06:35,200 Speaker 2: state Senator Scott Wiener. He's uh, he's a weirdo. He's strange. 88 00:06:35,279 --> 00:06:37,880 Speaker 2: You just don't like his name. No, but you know 89 00:06:37,960 --> 00:06:40,560 Speaker 2: he's one of these guys who like has grown into 90 00:06:40,560 --> 00:06:44,320 Speaker 2: his name. Some people are defined by their name. And 91 00:06:44,360 --> 00:06:46,880 Speaker 2: he here it is, okay, I got a list, so 92 00:06:47,000 --> 00:06:50,240 Speaker 2: here here, yeah, Scott Wiener. It's it's always like I 93 00:06:50,480 --> 00:06:55,400 Speaker 2: don't understand there like some kind of weird bill that 94 00:06:55,920 --> 00:07:00,279 Speaker 2: is going to legalize certain sexual situations. Scott. And he's 95 00:07:00,279 --> 00:07:02,240 Speaker 2: already always in the room. He's always in the middle 96 00:07:02,279 --> 00:07:06,040 Speaker 2: of the controversy, like what is this thing? I don't 97 00:07:06,040 --> 00:07:08,480 Speaker 2: think he has kids, so I guess maybe he doesn't 98 00:07:08,520 --> 00:07:13,160 Speaker 2: have sensitivity to this anyway. Let's see Democrats on the 99 00:07:13,200 --> 00:07:16,760 Speaker 2: California State Assembly. All right, we got a Mark Gonzalez here, 100 00:07:17,800 --> 00:07:25,880 Speaker 2: Matt Haney, John Harrabedian, Uh, Stephanie Wynn, James Ramos, doctor 101 00:07:26,080 --> 00:07:31,160 Speaker 2: Leche Sharp, Hyphen Collins. Is that enough names there? 102 00:07:33,080 --> 00:07:33,560 Speaker 1: Uh? 103 00:07:34,000 --> 00:07:38,800 Speaker 2: That's one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, god seven 104 00:07:38,880 --> 00:07:43,520 Speaker 2: Democrats and two Republicans. Nothing like one party rule. When 105 00:07:43,560 --> 00:07:45,600 Speaker 2: you have one party rule, then you could have a 106 00:07:45,600 --> 00:07:50,360 Speaker 2: collection of wirdos on the Public Safety Committee and they're 107 00:07:50,360 --> 00:07:55,440 Speaker 2: going to vote to block They're gonna vote to block 108 00:07:55,640 --> 00:08:01,679 Speaker 2: uh something that uh, They're gonna to block a bill 109 00:08:02,120 --> 00:08:04,840 Speaker 2: that makes it a felony to buy a sixteen year 110 00:08:04,880 --> 00:08:08,600 Speaker 2: old for sex. Now out on which one of them 111 00:08:08,960 --> 00:08:12,200 Speaker 2: is against this? I don't understand what's going on. Must 112 00:08:12,200 --> 00:08:14,040 Speaker 2: be a big deal for Newsom to get involved though. 113 00:08:14,040 --> 00:08:16,280 Speaker 2: This must be a real thing. I'm always looking to 114 00:08:16,280 --> 00:08:18,840 Speaker 2: see as this hype is this distorted? Is this you 115 00:08:18,880 --> 00:08:23,120 Speaker 2: know some kind of you know, some kind of an 116 00:08:23,120 --> 00:08:26,480 Speaker 2: internet meme exaggeration. It's like, no, this is this is 117 00:08:26,520 --> 00:08:30,600 Speaker 2: a real thing. I don't understand anyway, Carl DeMier is 118 00:08:30,640 --> 00:08:33,480 Speaker 2: gonna come on after three o'clock and flesh out more 119 00:08:33,520 --> 00:08:36,440 Speaker 2: of than details, and I will continue investigating this situation. 120 00:08:37,240 --> 00:08:41,600 Speaker 3: You're listening to John Cobelt on demand from KFI AM 121 00:08:41,600 --> 00:08:42,160 Speaker 3: six forty. 122 00:08:43,600 --> 00:08:48,800 Speaker 2: All right, I have some further information, an updated story. 123 00:08:49,679 --> 00:08:52,960 Speaker 2: Not that it makes this any any better for these 124 00:08:53,240 --> 00:09:01,400 Speaker 2: pervert democrats on the California Assembly Public Safety Committee. All right, 125 00:09:01,440 --> 00:09:05,240 Speaker 2: So there's a bill written by Democrat that would make 126 00:09:05,320 --> 00:09:08,480 Speaker 2: it an automatic felony if you buy a sixteen or 127 00:09:08,520 --> 00:09:13,480 Speaker 2: seventeen year old for sex. Anybody against that? I didn't 128 00:09:13,480 --> 00:09:17,280 Speaker 2: think so. Well, the a number of Democrats in the 129 00:09:17,280 --> 00:09:24,320 Speaker 2: Assembly are and they that said that there was there 130 00:09:24,360 --> 00:09:27,079 Speaker 2: was there was there was a bill. Well, let me 131 00:09:27,160 --> 00:09:29,600 Speaker 2: let me just get to get to this here. What 132 00:09:29,679 --> 00:09:33,440 Speaker 2: are the objections by these democrats with the with the 133 00:09:33,440 --> 00:09:43,359 Speaker 2: Assembly Public Safety Committee. The objections are that they're afraid 134 00:09:44,400 --> 00:09:52,680 Speaker 2: that parents who object to interracial or LGBTQ relationships involving 135 00:09:52,720 --> 00:10:03,720 Speaker 2: older teens could prompt them to weaponize this, uh this law. Now, 136 00:10:03,840 --> 00:10:09,720 Speaker 2: I don't really understand that. I don't think the race 137 00:10:10,000 --> 00:10:17,560 Speaker 2: or sexual orientation of the person buying the teenage boy 138 00:10:17,640 --> 00:10:20,880 Speaker 2: or girl is the problem. I don't think it doesn't 139 00:10:20,880 --> 00:10:22,560 Speaker 2: matter what the race is, and it doesn't matter what 140 00:10:22,640 --> 00:10:26,280 Speaker 2: the their sexual orientation is. What matters is they're buying 141 00:10:26,320 --> 00:10:30,320 Speaker 2: a sixteen or seventeen year old for sex on the street. 142 00:10:31,000 --> 00:10:35,839 Speaker 2: Remember what I said, This is loitering. The bill is 143 00:10:35,840 --> 00:10:40,920 Speaker 2: written that it criminalizes loitering for sex purchases. So it's 144 00:10:41,080 --> 00:10:51,440 Speaker 2: people buying teenage hookers, whether they're girls or boys. So 145 00:10:51,520 --> 00:10:55,640 Speaker 2: that that's what's wrong with everybody here, That's what see. 146 00:10:55,679 --> 00:10:57,720 Speaker 2: That's not saying that. This is like, I guess Scott 147 00:10:57,720 --> 00:11:01,160 Speaker 2: Wiener's problem, the state senator. God, what a weirdo he is. 148 00:11:03,640 --> 00:11:08,280 Speaker 2: He said he was floored that they wanted to expand 149 00:11:08,320 --> 00:11:12,480 Speaker 2: a law that they passed last year. Yet because last 150 00:11:12,559 --> 00:11:17,000 Speaker 2: year they wanted to do this and there was a 151 00:11:17,040 --> 00:11:21,880 Speaker 2: carve out for sixteen and seventeen year olds, which means 152 00:11:21,920 --> 00:11:24,440 Speaker 2: it's not a felony at the moment to buy a 153 00:11:24,480 --> 00:11:27,000 Speaker 2: sixteen or seventeen year old for sex on the street. 154 00:11:27,480 --> 00:11:31,360 Speaker 2: An exception was made, and this is an exception that 155 00:11:31,440 --> 00:11:37,760 Speaker 2: Scott Weener approved of. Wanted Why what's the motivation for 156 00:11:37,920 --> 00:11:43,400 Speaker 2: wanting some protection for people who buy sixteen and seventeen 157 00:11:43,440 --> 00:11:47,320 Speaker 2: year olds for sex on the street. Why would you 158 00:11:47,400 --> 00:11:58,319 Speaker 2: be that passionate about it. Wow. The woman who wrote 159 00:11:58,360 --> 00:12:01,840 Speaker 2: this is a former prosecutor. She is a Democrat, Maggie Corrall. 160 00:12:01,960 --> 00:12:05,440 Speaker 2: She says, I thought people would understand it's wrong to 161 00:12:05,480 --> 00:12:08,199 Speaker 2: buy sixteen and seventeen year olds for sex, that it 162 00:12:08,240 --> 00:12:12,080 Speaker 2: should be treated as a felony. Yeah, it is wrong. 163 00:12:12,960 --> 00:12:19,640 Speaker 2: But he apparently Scott Wiener and many other Democrats are angry. 164 00:12:20,679 --> 00:12:25,319 Speaker 2: I don't you know, if we had a real media, 165 00:12:26,040 --> 00:12:33,360 Speaker 2: these people should be chase through the streets because these 166 00:12:34,240 --> 00:12:37,720 Speaker 2: Public Safety Committee members were angry last year that the 167 00:12:37,760 --> 00:12:43,160 Speaker 2: original bill passed, and now they think this is a 168 00:12:43,200 --> 00:12:52,120 Speaker 2: bridge too far. And according to Politico, Democrats are tired 169 00:12:52,240 --> 00:12:58,040 Speaker 2: of getting backed into a corner over sex trafficking, which 170 00:12:58,559 --> 00:13:05,160 Speaker 2: political describes as a GOP pet issue. What do you 171 00:13:05,200 --> 00:13:09,000 Speaker 2: mean it's a pet issue? Isn't this one hundred percent 172 00:13:09,000 --> 00:13:11,640 Speaker 2: agreement that you don't you don't buy teenagers for sex? 173 00:13:12,000 --> 00:13:15,080 Speaker 2: The way this is worded, politicals are real left wing 174 00:13:16,200 --> 00:13:21,520 Speaker 2: whack job news side Holy Jesus, backed into a corner. 175 00:13:21,559 --> 00:13:25,640 Speaker 2: They should be backed into a corner. I bet you 176 00:13:25,800 --> 00:13:28,920 Speaker 2: one hundred percent of the public thought that it's already 177 00:13:28,920 --> 00:13:31,600 Speaker 2: a felony to buy a sixteen year old or a 178 00:13:31,600 --> 00:13:39,040 Speaker 2: seventeen year old for sex. I thought everybody would agree 179 00:13:39,080 --> 00:13:41,280 Speaker 2: that it should be the law, and I'm sure everybody 180 00:13:41,360 --> 00:13:45,280 Speaker 2: thought it already was the law underage people buying them 181 00:13:45,280 --> 00:13:54,959 Speaker 2: for sex. Wow, they're really they're really sick that this 182 00:13:55,080 --> 00:13:59,000 Speaker 2: is This is crazy Land. Why is it about these 183 00:13:59,040 --> 00:14:06,760 Speaker 2: sexual issues? And their supposed excuse doesn't even make doesn't 184 00:14:06,760 --> 00:14:10,320 Speaker 2: make any sense. They're afraid parents upset about interrational or 185 00:14:10,360 --> 00:14:14,960 Speaker 2: gay relationships could prompt them to weaponize solicitational The hell 186 00:14:15,000 --> 00:14:19,960 Speaker 2: are you talking about? We're talking about We're not talking 187 00:14:19,960 --> 00:14:22,840 Speaker 2: about a nineteen year old having a relationship with a 188 00:14:22,880 --> 00:14:28,200 Speaker 2: sixteen year old. We're talking about an adult buying the 189 00:14:28,280 --> 00:14:32,440 Speaker 2: sixteen year old for sex on the street. It says 190 00:14:32,640 --> 00:14:39,040 Speaker 2: loitering with the intent. This is the most amazing thing 191 00:14:39,080 --> 00:14:43,840 Speaker 2: I've read in a long time. Look, you elect perverts 192 00:14:43,880 --> 00:14:46,600 Speaker 2: to the legislature, you're going to get perverted legislation. I 193 00:14:46,600 --> 00:14:50,960 Speaker 2: don't know what else to tell you. And a lot 194 00:14:51,000 --> 00:14:54,240 Speaker 2: of these are guys. We're old with one of all 195 00:14:54,320 --> 00:14:57,640 Speaker 2: these men on the Assembly Public Safety Committee raising all 196 00:14:57,760 --> 00:15:05,120 Speaker 2: kinds of what's with Scott Wiener? Oh it's gross. Go ahead, 197 00:15:05,200 --> 00:15:08,480 Speaker 2: ask everybody you know, do you think sixteen and seven 198 00:15:08,520 --> 00:15:12,400 Speaker 2: year old, seventeen year old should be sold for sold 199 00:15:12,440 --> 00:15:15,640 Speaker 2: for sex on the streets? Should you be able to 200 00:15:15,680 --> 00:15:18,120 Speaker 2: buy them for sex on the streets? Just ask everybody 201 00:15:18,120 --> 00:15:22,040 Speaker 2: you know, you know, even to ask the weirdo at 202 00:15:22,040 --> 00:15:24,320 Speaker 2: the in the back of the back of the office 203 00:15:24,360 --> 00:15:28,200 Speaker 2: in the corridor there hiding in the cubicle watching porn, 204 00:15:28,520 --> 00:15:35,720 Speaker 2: watching teenage porn on his computer. All right, and again, 205 00:15:35,840 --> 00:15:37,680 Speaker 2: Carl Demile is going to be on after three o'clock 206 00:15:37,720 --> 00:15:41,200 Speaker 2: to talk about this. I don't know how that guy 207 00:15:41,440 --> 00:15:46,240 Speaker 2: survives in this climate up there in Sacramento. When we 208 00:15:46,200 --> 00:15:52,680 Speaker 2: were returning Alex Stone from ABC News, John Elway, the 209 00:15:52,720 --> 00:15:56,280 Speaker 2: superstar quarterback, won the Super Bowl twice, became an executive 210 00:15:56,280 --> 00:15:59,520 Speaker 2: with the Broncos. He was driving a golf cart Saturday 211 00:15:59,600 --> 00:16:04,960 Speaker 2: night in Lakinta. They'd gone to the Stagecoach Music Festival 212 00:16:06,080 --> 00:16:08,720 Speaker 2: and he was with his longtime agent and business partner, 213 00:16:08,760 --> 00:16:13,200 Speaker 2: Jeff Spurbeck. Spurbeck was sitting in the golf cart and 214 00:16:13,360 --> 00:16:18,400 Speaker 2: fell and smashed his head and he's dead and Alex 215 00:16:18,440 --> 00:16:19,960 Speaker 2: Stone will have the details on it. 216 00:16:21,040 --> 00:16:25,080 Speaker 3: You're listening to John Cobels on demand from KFI A 217 00:16:25,400 --> 00:16:26,160 Speaker 3: six forty. 218 00:16:26,720 --> 00:16:28,640 Speaker 2: Coming up after two o'clock. We're going to talk to 219 00:16:28,960 --> 00:16:34,280 Speaker 2: attorney Roger Bailey. He's representing two federal judges who lost 220 00:16:34,320 --> 00:16:38,960 Speaker 2: their homes in the Palisades fire. They're suing LAEDWP the judges. 221 00:16:39,800 --> 00:16:43,840 Speaker 2: So that's coming up. Now. How about Alex Stone, ABC News, 222 00:16:44,320 --> 00:16:49,240 Speaker 2: terrible story coming out of Laquinta. John Elway, the famous 223 00:16:49,480 --> 00:16:53,920 Speaker 2: Super Bowl quarterback for the Broncos who later became their executive. 224 00:16:54,640 --> 00:16:57,560 Speaker 2: He was driving a golf cart with his agent and 225 00:16:57,600 --> 00:17:01,880 Speaker 2: business partner on board, Jeff Spurbeck. Something happened and Spurbak 226 00:17:02,960 --> 00:17:05,160 Speaker 2: flew out of the golf cart, smashed his head and 227 00:17:05,440 --> 00:17:09,920 Speaker 2: now he's dead. Let's get Alex on there's some details here, 228 00:17:10,119 --> 00:17:12,760 Speaker 2: hey there, John. Yeah, So earlier today, a couple hours ago, 229 00:17:12,760 --> 00:17:16,120 Speaker 2: we got word that the longtime agent and business partner, 230 00:17:16,160 --> 00:17:18,600 Speaker 2: they had gone into the wine industry together, John Elway 231 00:17:18,600 --> 00:17:22,320 Speaker 2: and Jeff Spurback. That Spurbek died from the injuries that 232 00:17:22,359 --> 00:17:25,800 Speaker 2: he got on Saturday evening. And so, as you mentioned, 233 00:17:25,880 --> 00:17:30,119 Speaker 2: what we know in details aren't real forthcoming from the 234 00:17:30,200 --> 00:17:33,639 Speaker 2: Riverside County Sheriff's office or from cal Fire. So if 235 00:17:33,640 --> 00:17:35,840 Speaker 2: they're listening, we would love to know more. But he 236 00:17:35,920 --> 00:17:38,720 Speaker 2: was apparently riding in the back of a golf cart 237 00:17:38,840 --> 00:17:42,600 Speaker 2: at the Madison Club, which is a super exclusive club 238 00:17:42,640 --> 00:17:46,119 Speaker 2: in La Quita, as the Stage Coach music festival was 239 00:17:46,240 --> 00:17:49,919 Speaker 2: underway and they were either coming or going to or 240 00:17:49,960 --> 00:17:55,240 Speaker 2: from a party related to Stagecoach, and he fell off 241 00:17:55,280 --> 00:17:57,959 Speaker 2: the back. Spurbek did, and TMC is reporting that they 242 00:17:57,960 --> 00:17:59,520 Speaker 2: have a source that he hit his head. The Riverside 243 00:17:59,520 --> 00:18:02,840 Speaker 2: County Sheriff save says that they're investigating, but they won't 244 00:18:02,840 --> 00:18:05,120 Speaker 2: see anything more than that except that they didn't get 245 00:18:05,119 --> 00:18:08,080 Speaker 2: called to it until Monday, and this happened on Saturday, 246 00:18:08,440 --> 00:18:10,479 Speaker 2: so it seems like initially it just seemed like an 247 00:18:10,520 --> 00:18:14,119 Speaker 2: accident and medics came and transported him, and law enforcement 248 00:18:14,160 --> 00:18:17,320 Speaker 2: wasn't notified. But Ali Simon was there and she saw 249 00:18:17,359 --> 00:18:19,640 Speaker 2: the immediate aftermath, and she's telling us now, it was. 250 00:18:19,600 --> 00:18:23,320 Speaker 4: So sad, and our hearts just go out to the families. 251 00:18:23,359 --> 00:18:26,240 Speaker 4: But we were heading out of the community and we 252 00:18:26,359 --> 00:18:30,040 Speaker 4: pulled up and it had to have happened probably one 253 00:18:30,160 --> 00:18:32,640 Speaker 4: minute before us pulling up. 254 00:18:32,920 --> 00:18:34,960 Speaker 2: Yeah, And she says it was clear right away that 255 00:18:35,200 --> 00:18:37,560 Speaker 2: Spurbeck was badly hurt, that there was a lot going on. 256 00:18:37,640 --> 00:18:40,040 Speaker 4: He was unfortunately lying on the ground and there are 257 00:18:40,040 --> 00:18:43,840 Speaker 4: people surrounding him just trying to make sure he was okay, 258 00:18:44,000 --> 00:18:46,440 Speaker 4: and people were on the phone just trying to get 259 00:18:46,440 --> 00:18:48,800 Speaker 4: help there as soon as they possibly could. It was 260 00:18:48,840 --> 00:18:51,560 Speaker 4: so scary. I mean it like it was nothing like 261 00:18:51,640 --> 00:18:55,000 Speaker 4: we've ever seen. You just don't think so skinner going 262 00:18:55,080 --> 00:18:57,600 Speaker 4: to ever witness anything like that. But his wife was 263 00:18:58,320 --> 00:18:59,959 Speaker 4: like hysterical. 264 00:18:59,440 --> 00:19:01,520 Speaker 2: And she said said John Elway was right there. He 265 00:19:01,680 --> 00:19:05,000 Speaker 2: was calling desperately nine one one for help as well 266 00:19:05,040 --> 00:19:05,800 Speaker 2: to get medics there. 267 00:19:05,840 --> 00:19:08,480 Speaker 4: Yeah, he was on the phone trying to call nine 268 00:19:08,480 --> 00:19:10,280 Speaker 4: to one, call any one. 269 00:19:10,640 --> 00:19:13,840 Speaker 2: And John Spurbec reportedly was on life support at the 270 00:19:13,880 --> 00:19:16,680 Speaker 2: only traumas center in the Palm Springs area and then 271 00:19:16,800 --> 00:19:19,399 Speaker 2: he died today. The corner in Riverside County putting his 272 00:19:19,480 --> 00:19:21,560 Speaker 2: time of death at around one o'clock this morning. But 273 00:19:21,920 --> 00:19:24,919 Speaker 2: there's no indication of any wrongdoing. It appears it was 274 00:19:25,440 --> 00:19:29,439 Speaker 2: a bad accident and they are investigating it now because 275 00:19:29,440 --> 00:19:31,800 Speaker 2: it is a fatal accident. But this is going to 276 00:19:31,800 --> 00:19:34,560 Speaker 2: be different being a golf cart on private property at 277 00:19:34,560 --> 00:19:37,280 Speaker 2: a club. You know, you think about even if and 278 00:19:37,320 --> 00:19:39,239 Speaker 2: we don't know if alcohol was involved, but even if 279 00:19:39,280 --> 00:19:42,480 Speaker 2: it was involved, that you go to a golf club 280 00:19:42,600 --> 00:19:45,240 Speaker 2: or on a golf course and there are beer carts 281 00:19:45,240 --> 00:19:47,359 Speaker 2: and you know, so it's the drinking and it's not 282 00:19:47,520 --> 00:19:50,760 Speaker 2: like you're in a vehicle on a major street or 283 00:19:50,800 --> 00:19:52,640 Speaker 2: on a public street at all. But we've reached out 284 00:19:52,680 --> 00:19:57,000 Speaker 2: to Elways, reps, to Spurbeck's company, haven't heard back from 285 00:19:57,000 --> 00:20:00,000 Speaker 2: anybody yet, but seems like it was a tragic accident. 286 00:20:00,040 --> 00:20:02,200 Speaker 2: But they are going to be investigating it and we'll 287 00:20:02,240 --> 00:20:04,119 Speaker 2: see where it goes. But as of right now, it 288 00:20:04,119 --> 00:20:06,840 Speaker 2: doesn't look like anything criminal was done, so we don't 289 00:20:06,840 --> 00:20:11,560 Speaker 2: know what happened. But if if alcohol was involved, i mean, 290 00:20:11,600 --> 00:20:16,800 Speaker 2: do drunken driving laws probably not, yeah, because they're not 291 00:20:16,840 --> 00:20:20,280 Speaker 2: on a public road and they wasn't in a vehicle 292 00:20:20,440 --> 00:20:24,119 Speaker 2: that would be considered a you know, a street legal 293 00:20:24,320 --> 00:20:26,240 Speaker 2: vehicle that would be on a public road. Now I'm 294 00:20:26,240 --> 00:20:28,479 Speaker 2: sure lawyers listening right now are saying, yeah, but you 295 00:20:28,520 --> 00:20:30,480 Speaker 2: could do and you know, and go a number of 296 00:20:30,520 --> 00:20:35,320 Speaker 2: different ways with it. But it just like, and again 297 00:20:35,400 --> 00:20:37,920 Speaker 2: we don't know if alcohol was involved, it wouldn't be 298 00:20:37,960 --> 00:20:40,399 Speaker 2: surprising if it was based on that they were going 299 00:20:40,440 --> 00:20:42,679 Speaker 2: to and from parties and stage coach was going on 300 00:20:42,880 --> 00:20:45,120 Speaker 2: and it may have been something as simple as we've 301 00:20:45,119 --> 00:20:46,880 Speaker 2: all been on the back of a golf cart where 302 00:20:46,920 --> 00:20:50,480 Speaker 2: the driver accelerates. Those things accelerate very rapidly, especially the 303 00:20:50,720 --> 00:20:53,520 Speaker 2: battery operator. I hate sitting on the back of the 304 00:20:53,560 --> 00:20:55,320 Speaker 2: golf Yeah, and you don't know that they're going to accelerate, 305 00:20:55,359 --> 00:20:57,560 Speaker 2: and you kind of lurch forward and he may have 306 00:20:57,600 --> 00:20:59,720 Speaker 2: gone off in that way. Oh, I'm always clinging with 307 00:20:59,760 --> 00:21:03,400 Speaker 2: a f grip on the on the metal bars. Yeah. 308 00:21:03,480 --> 00:21:05,959 Speaker 2: I don't like that feeling at all. All right, Well, 309 00:21:06,040 --> 00:21:10,000 Speaker 2: very good, Alex, thank you for coming on there. Alex Stone, 310 00:21:10,160 --> 00:21:15,879 Speaker 2: ABC News. I want to get into since two o'clock 311 00:21:15,880 --> 00:21:18,920 Speaker 2: we're gonna be talking to Roger Bailey about the judges 312 00:21:18,960 --> 00:21:23,480 Speaker 2: who are suing now uh LEDWP for the Palisades fire. Remember, 313 00:21:23,480 --> 00:21:27,640 Speaker 2: there's there's two aspects to this. There's the the notorious 314 00:21:27,720 --> 00:21:32,679 Speaker 2: infamous empty reservoir and then did power lines start a 315 00:21:32,800 --> 00:21:40,639 Speaker 2: second fire that night because some power poles collapsed and 316 00:21:40,680 --> 00:21:43,879 Speaker 2: the transmission lines fell on dry brush and that may 317 00:21:43,920 --> 00:21:49,560 Speaker 2: have ignited a second big blaze in the evening. And 318 00:21:49,600 --> 00:21:53,719 Speaker 2: there's video that suggests very strongly that that's what happened. 319 00:21:54,320 --> 00:21:57,399 Speaker 2: So laed WP is under a lot of fire, and 320 00:21:57,440 --> 00:22:01,359 Speaker 2: we had a guy on yesterday, we've had on several 321 00:22:01,400 --> 00:22:06,000 Speaker 2: times said help me out with the said Kashani. He's 322 00:22:06,000 --> 00:22:09,119 Speaker 2: an attorney, he lost his house and he's been fighting 323 00:22:09,119 --> 00:22:13,200 Speaker 2: almost by himself against the DWP because they nobody will 324 00:22:13,240 --> 00:22:16,680 Speaker 2: talk about it out loud. There's no accountability at all. 325 00:22:17,000 --> 00:22:20,320 Speaker 2: Everybody's hoping it goes away now. It was Sayid's opinion 326 00:22:20,359 --> 00:22:24,000 Speaker 2: that because DWP's in so much trouble here, the lawyers 327 00:22:24,040 --> 00:22:28,920 Speaker 2: have told everybody to shut up. That's why Genie Kinone 328 00:22:28,960 --> 00:22:33,280 Speaker 2: is the idiot. CEO prattles on about Earth Day at meetings, 329 00:22:33,720 --> 00:22:39,479 Speaker 2: played that clip yesterday and says nothing about the empty 330 00:22:39,520 --> 00:22:42,320 Speaker 2: reservoir or the power lines falling. And the reason the 331 00:22:42,359 --> 00:22:44,520 Speaker 2: power line thing is so important is they should have 332 00:22:44,520 --> 00:22:47,000 Speaker 2: cut off the power. This is twelve hours after the 333 00:22:47,040 --> 00:22:53,720 Speaker 2: original fire and these power lines were still energized. And 334 00:22:53,920 --> 00:22:56,159 Speaker 2: Westside Current has a story that there's more than a 335 00:22:56,240 --> 00:23:04,639 Speaker 2: dozen lawsuits charging DWP with negligence and the resulting judgments 336 00:23:05,440 --> 00:23:09,840 Speaker 2: could cost anywhere from twenty billion to more than one 337 00:23:09,920 --> 00:23:16,760 Speaker 2: hundred billion dollars. And there are some celebrity plaintiffs involved, 338 00:23:16,760 --> 00:23:21,400 Speaker 2: not just the two judges, but there's I guess these 339 00:23:21,400 --> 00:23:23,880 Speaker 2: are reality people. Never maybe you know who these people are. 340 00:23:24,200 --> 00:23:27,679 Speaker 2: I've heard their name, Spencer Pratt and Mighty Montague. What 341 00:23:27,720 --> 00:23:30,120 Speaker 2: do they do for a living? I don't know. What 342 00:23:30,400 --> 00:23:32,119 Speaker 2: do you know what they do? Now? There were reality 343 00:23:32,160 --> 00:23:35,080 Speaker 2: stars in Heidi is a singer. Now she's got she's 344 00:23:35,080 --> 00:23:38,640 Speaker 2: got a song, a song. I could tell you the name. 345 00:23:38,760 --> 00:23:38,960 Speaker 4: Yeah. 346 00:23:39,280 --> 00:23:40,960 Speaker 2: Once, If you do one song, it's a hit, you 347 00:23:41,040 --> 00:23:44,040 Speaker 2: got a career. I don't think it's a hit. I mean, 348 00:23:44,119 --> 00:23:47,960 Speaker 2: I don't know. You're being judgmental. I guess I am. 349 00:23:48,040 --> 00:23:50,919 Speaker 2: You haven't even heard it yet. I haven't. I'm not 350 00:23:51,000 --> 00:23:55,320 Speaker 2: really big on reality shows, reality stars. No, well, they 351 00:23:55,320 --> 00:23:57,240 Speaker 2: were among the first to fly lawsuits. I don't know. 352 00:23:57,280 --> 00:23:59,680 Speaker 2: Maybe it's not going well, maybe the song didn't sell, 353 00:24:00,720 --> 00:24:03,920 Speaker 2: maybe the money they were right in line. Yeah, I 354 00:24:03,920 --> 00:24:08,480 Speaker 2: shouldn't say all these things. That's terribly mean. Let's just 355 00:24:08,560 --> 00:24:13,200 Speaker 2: get in. You are a bad influence. I have made 356 00:24:13,240 --> 00:24:16,560 Speaker 2: you a lot, really have. I don't remember you being 357 00:24:16,720 --> 00:24:19,320 Speaker 2: like this. You were it used to be very sweet. 358 00:24:20,640 --> 00:24:25,600 Speaker 2: So anyway, their complaint alleges gross negligence because of the 359 00:24:25,600 --> 00:24:30,160 Speaker 2: one hundred and seventeen million gallons missing, And then there's 360 00:24:30,200 --> 00:24:36,520 Speaker 2: another lawsuit about the energized LEDWP power line. I guess 361 00:24:36,560 --> 00:24:40,080 Speaker 2: this is now can it has been accepted as a 362 00:24:40,000 --> 00:24:43,960 Speaker 2: as a as a real thing. The second second fire 363 00:24:44,880 --> 00:24:50,520 Speaker 2: after the Palisades Fire started in the morning, and the 364 00:24:50,640 --> 00:24:54,040 Speaker 2: led WP is governed, of course by the city, and 365 00:24:54,119 --> 00:24:57,480 Speaker 2: according to one attorney, Alex Robertson, the city has made 366 00:24:57,520 --> 00:24:59,880 Speaker 2: it clear to us they're going to fight these cases too, 367 00:25:00,160 --> 00:25:05,200 Speaker 2: and Nail that's great. Yeah, you don't expect anybody in 368 00:25:05,240 --> 00:25:09,760 Speaker 2: the Karen Bass administration to accept responsibility for gross incompetence, 369 00:25:09,920 --> 00:25:14,159 Speaker 2: gross negligence and all kinds of stupidity. In fact, you know, 370 00:25:14,200 --> 00:25:18,000 Speaker 2: in the next segment, I want to play for you 371 00:25:18,880 --> 00:25:24,600 Speaker 2: a little clip from Instagram. Rick Caruso posted on Instagram 372 00:25:24,680 --> 00:25:30,040 Speaker 2: yesterday because he's got this nonprofit organization called Steadfast LA 373 00:25:30,800 --> 00:25:36,120 Speaker 2: and the purpose is to get people to rebuild their 374 00:25:36,200 --> 00:25:40,560 Speaker 2: homes much much more quickly than if you slog through 375 00:25:41,000 --> 00:25:45,960 Speaker 2: Bass's bureaucracy. And I want to play you his clip 376 00:25:46,240 --> 00:25:49,439 Speaker 2: and just compare it with Karen Bass coming off the 377 00:25:49,520 --> 00:25:55,280 Speaker 2: airplane after she returned from Africa, and imagine for a 378 00:25:55,359 --> 00:25:59,520 Speaker 2: moment an alternate universe where Rick Caruso or somebody like 379 00:25:59,600 --> 00:26:02,520 Speaker 2: him had been running the city for the last two years. 380 00:26:03,080 --> 00:26:08,920 Speaker 2: I'm telling you this wouldn't have happened the same way. 381 00:26:08,960 --> 00:26:13,040 Speaker 2: It wouldn't have been so disastrous. I guarantee you that 382 00:26:13,080 --> 00:26:19,080 Speaker 2: the UH that the reservoir would be filled just for starters. 383 00:26:22,400 --> 00:26:25,200 Speaker 2: By January twenty twenty five, when the fire broke out, 384 00:26:25,720 --> 00:26:31,720 Speaker 2: many homeowners in the Palisades had lost their insurance. State 385 00:26:31,800 --> 00:26:36,879 Speaker 2: Farm refused to renew seventy percent of its policies in 386 00:26:36,960 --> 00:26:44,000 Speaker 2: that zip code, citing catastrophic exposure. They knew that the 387 00:26:44,040 --> 00:26:48,240 Speaker 2: reservoir was empty, They knew that brush wasn't cleared, They 388 00:26:48,320 --> 00:26:56,240 Speaker 2: knew that the fire department was half defunded. They insurance 389 00:26:56,240 --> 00:27:00,439 Speaker 2: companies doing that pre investigations all the time. Season in 390 00:27:00,520 --> 00:27:07,000 Speaker 2: Los Angeles, Santa Ana wins. They know that's coming sometime, 391 00:27:07,080 --> 00:27:10,919 Speaker 2: it's gonna come. They know the Palisades had not burned 392 00:27:10,960 --> 00:27:16,000 Speaker 2: in a very long time, so they they prepared like 393 00:27:16,080 --> 00:27:22,400 Speaker 2: Caruso prepared and UH got his own miniature fire department. 394 00:27:22,840 --> 00:27:25,720 Speaker 2: And that's why the only thing standing in that neighborhood 395 00:27:26,200 --> 00:27:30,840 Speaker 2: is his shopping center. Because he was prepared. It's not 396 00:27:30,920 --> 00:27:33,200 Speaker 2: because you had the money. It's not that he had 397 00:27:33,200 --> 00:27:36,800 Speaker 2: the money. He was prepared the city has the money too, 398 00:27:40,119 --> 00:27:43,040 Speaker 2: but they blew it all on the homelessness, on the 399 00:27:43,119 --> 00:27:46,040 Speaker 2: vagrants and mental patients. All right, we come back. I'll 400 00:27:46,040 --> 00:27:50,760 Speaker 2: play Rick Caruso what he sounds like and what Karen 401 00:27:50,840 --> 00:27:54,719 Speaker 2: Bass sounded like, and you know, you can just fantasize 402 00:27:54,720 --> 00:27:56,120 Speaker 2: about what if, what could have been. 403 00:27:57,160 --> 00:28:02,040 Speaker 3: You're listening to John Cobels on demand from KFI Am sixty. 404 00:28:03,400 --> 00:28:09,320 Speaker 2: Somebody sent me this on Instagram. Rick Caruso was giving 405 00:28:09,320 --> 00:28:14,680 Speaker 2: an update on how his Steadfast LA nonprofit is doing. 406 00:28:15,680 --> 00:28:19,440 Speaker 2: He is working with a lot of the biggest companies 407 00:28:20,280 --> 00:28:26,920 Speaker 2: and most successful businessmen to get Palisage residents to rebuild 408 00:28:26,920 --> 00:28:30,320 Speaker 2: their homes as quickly as possible. It's kind of the 409 00:28:30,359 --> 00:28:33,840 Speaker 2: opposite of what the city is doing. I wanted to 410 00:28:33,880 --> 00:28:36,280 Speaker 2: play this. It's just a minute, and you'll see what 411 00:28:36,400 --> 00:28:41,800 Speaker 2: the latest initiative is with Steadfast LA. And then I 412 00:28:41,840 --> 00:28:45,760 Speaker 2: want to compare it to Karen Bass coming off the 413 00:28:45,800 --> 00:28:49,040 Speaker 2: plane from Africa. Play cut three. First, let me tell you. 414 00:28:49,040 --> 00:28:51,680 Speaker 5: What isn't working. What isn't working is the amount of 415 00:28:51,720 --> 00:28:54,320 Speaker 5: time it takes to plan check plans so people can 416 00:28:54,440 --> 00:28:56,960 Speaker 5: rebuild their homes or repair them. Let me tell you 417 00:28:57,000 --> 00:29:02,280 Speaker 5: what is working. Public private partnerships. Steadfast LA came up 418 00:29:02,280 --> 00:29:04,200 Speaker 5: with a big idea that we're going to go to 419 00:29:04,240 --> 00:29:07,320 Speaker 5: the best and the brightest in the tech industry develop 420 00:29:07,360 --> 00:29:11,160 Speaker 5: an AI model that will quickly process your plans and 421 00:29:11,240 --> 00:29:14,160 Speaker 5: approve them in the city of Los Angeles and the county. 422 00:29:14,640 --> 00:29:17,600 Speaker 5: That's going to get you in your homes faster and 423 00:29:17,680 --> 00:29:19,680 Speaker 5: a lot less expensive. It's going to save a lot 424 00:29:19,680 --> 00:29:22,240 Speaker 5: of money. I want to give a big shout out 425 00:29:22,320 --> 00:29:26,320 Speaker 5: and thanks to Mike Hopkins of Amazon, to Arkasar who 426 00:29:26,360 --> 00:29:30,520 Speaker 5: came together and created this concredible AI application that we're 427 00:29:30,520 --> 00:29:33,120 Speaker 5: going to be using. And another big shout out to 428 00:29:33,120 --> 00:29:37,680 Speaker 5: Gavin Newsom for his leadership and pushing this along, owning 429 00:29:37,720 --> 00:29:40,520 Speaker 5: it and making sure it gets adopted by the city 430 00:29:40,760 --> 00:29:43,360 Speaker 5: and by the county. And again when you see this, 431 00:29:44,000 --> 00:29:46,560 Speaker 5: it is so cool. But it's right in line what 432 00:29:46,640 --> 00:29:51,120 Speaker 5: steadfast LA does. We're all about getting you back home 433 00:29:51,480 --> 00:29:52,880 Speaker 5: and getting you back home quickly. 434 00:29:53,280 --> 00:29:57,000 Speaker 2: Have a good night. Artificial intelligence, you see that, and 435 00:29:57,040 --> 00:30:01,320 Speaker 2: that's going to get people to have these these plans 436 00:30:02,080 --> 00:30:06,200 Speaker 2: designed and evaluated and through the city hall bureaucracy so 437 00:30:06,280 --> 00:30:11,320 Speaker 2: much quicker. Now you heard how Rick Caruso speaks. You 438 00:30:11,360 --> 00:30:17,000 Speaker 2: hear the intelligence. Compare this to who to whom the 439 00:30:17,040 --> 00:30:20,680 Speaker 2: public actually elected to be Mayor? Karen Bass coming off 440 00:30:20,680 --> 00:30:21,520 Speaker 2: the plane. 441 00:30:22,160 --> 00:30:24,840 Speaker 6: Do you owe citizens and apology for being absent while 442 00:30:24,840 --> 00:30:28,480 Speaker 6: their homes were burning? Do you regret coming the fire 443 00:30:28,520 --> 00:30:30,440 Speaker 6: department budget by millions of dollars? 444 00:30:30,440 --> 00:30:36,640 Speaker 1: Madam Mayor? Have you nothing to say today? 445 00:30:36,880 --> 00:30:39,680 Speaker 6: Have you absolutely nothing to say to the citizens today? 446 00:30:41,360 --> 00:30:44,720 Speaker 6: Elon Mosk says that you're utterly incompetent. Are you considering 447 00:30:44,760 --> 00:30:50,920 Speaker 6: your position, Madam Mayor? Have you absolutely nothing to say 448 00:30:50,960 --> 00:31:00,120 Speaker 6: to the citizens today? You're dealing with this disaster, No 449 00:31:00,200 --> 00:31:05,240 Speaker 6: apology for them. Do you think you should have been 450 00:31:05,480 --> 00:31:07,560 Speaker 6: visiting Ghana while this was unfolding? 451 00:31:07,800 --> 00:31:26,080 Speaker 1: Back home? 452 00:31:36,120 --> 00:31:37,840 Speaker 6: Adam Mayer, let me ask you just again, have you 453 00:31:37,880 --> 00:31:40,600 Speaker 6: anything to say to the citizens today as you returned, 454 00:31:48,000 --> 00:31:50,240 Speaker 6: Madam Mayor, just a few words for the citizens today 455 00:31:50,280 --> 00:31:51,200 Speaker 6: as you return. 456 00:31:51,200 --> 00:32:00,440 Speaker 1: To do you the catastrophe? 457 00:32:02,160 --> 00:32:08,040 Speaker 2: Well, that's what we had, pre Maire, We got that 458 00:32:08,480 --> 00:32:11,520 Speaker 2: we could have had this Pike Carrisso again, compare the two. 459 00:32:12,360 --> 00:32:15,000 Speaker 5: Let me tell you what isn't working. What isn't working 460 00:32:15,080 --> 00:32:17,240 Speaker 5: is the amount of time it takes to plan check 461 00:32:17,280 --> 00:32:20,040 Speaker 5: plans so people can rebuild their homes or repair them. 462 00:32:20,440 --> 00:32:23,640 Speaker 5: Let me tell you what is working public private partnerships. 463 00:32:24,040 --> 00:32:27,680 Speaker 5: Steadfast LA came up with a big idea that we're 464 00:32:27,720 --> 00:32:29,320 Speaker 5: going to go to the best and the brightest in 465 00:32:29,360 --> 00:32:33,200 Speaker 5: the tech industry develop an AI model that will quickly 466 00:32:33,720 --> 00:32:36,240 Speaker 5: process your plans and approve them in the city of 467 00:32:36,240 --> 00:32:39,480 Speaker 5: Los Angeles and the county. That's going to get you 468 00:32:39,520 --> 00:32:42,960 Speaker 5: in your homes faster and a lot less expensive. It's 469 00:32:42,960 --> 00:32:45,080 Speaker 5: going to save a lot of money. I want to 470 00:32:45,120 --> 00:32:48,160 Speaker 5: give a big shout out in thanks to Mike Hopkins 471 00:32:48,160 --> 00:32:52,120 Speaker 5: of Amazon, to Arkasar who came together and created this 472 00:32:52,280 --> 00:32:55,840 Speaker 5: confortible AI application that we're going to be using. And 473 00:32:55,960 --> 00:32:59,000 Speaker 5: another big shout out to Gavin Newsom for his leadership 474 00:32:59,440 --> 00:33:03,120 Speaker 5: and push this along, owning it and making sure it 475 00:33:03,160 --> 00:33:06,120 Speaker 5: gets adopted by the city and by the county. And 476 00:33:06,240 --> 00:33:09,400 Speaker 5: again when you see this, it is so cool. But 477 00:33:09,520 --> 00:33:12,840 Speaker 5: it's right in line with stetfast LA does. We're all 478 00:33:12,880 --> 00:33:16,880 Speaker 5: about getting you back home and getting you back home quickly. 479 00:33:17,280 --> 00:33:18,760 Speaker 2: Have a good night. I don't know who do you 480 00:33:18,760 --> 00:33:23,040 Speaker 2: think should be mere pre Do you think choice a 481 00:33:23,240 --> 00:33:30,280 Speaker 2: choice B? He even got Newsome to help out. That's 482 00:33:30,280 --> 00:33:34,080 Speaker 2: all right. You keep voting the way you're voting. Coming 483 00:33:34,160 --> 00:33:37,240 Speaker 2: up in just a few minutes after Devers. Two o'clock News, 484 00:33:37,600 --> 00:33:39,840 Speaker 2: Roger Bailey. He's an attorney. We've had him on before. 485 00:33:40,720 --> 00:33:45,520 Speaker 2: He's investigating on behalf of his clients the Palisades fire. 486 00:33:46,160 --> 00:33:49,240 Speaker 2: Now there are two judges. He's representing two judges who 487 00:33:49,280 --> 00:33:55,280 Speaker 2: lost their homes and they're suing DWP. Roger Bailey coming 488 00:33:55,360 --> 00:33:57,840 Speaker 2: up next. Hey, you've been listening to the John Cobalt 489 00:33:57,880 --> 00:34:00,240 Speaker 2: Show podcast. 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