1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:01,440 Speaker 1: All right, We're going to go now to that news 2 00:00:01,440 --> 00:00:06,400 Speaker 1: conference in Orange County. Sherwood sh r WOD with the 3 00:00:06,440 --> 00:00:08,680 Speaker 1: Orange County Fire Authority, and I am an incident commander 4 00:00:08,720 --> 00:00:11,119 Speaker 1: for the coastal incident. Like to start off with a 5 00:00:11,119 --> 00:00:13,760 Speaker 1: couple numbers and updates for you. Currently, we're at two 6 00:00:13,840 --> 00:00:18,000 Speaker 1: hundred acres. We have a fifteen percent containment right now. 7 00:00:18,280 --> 00:00:20,640 Speaker 1: I would like to take the moment to thank all 8 00:00:20,680 --> 00:00:24,439 Speaker 1: of our assisting agencies from La County, Riverside County, San 9 00:00:24,440 --> 00:00:28,320 Speaker 1: Diego County, and especially thank you to CalFire and their resources. 10 00:00:28,600 --> 00:00:31,080 Speaker 1: Without their assistance, we would not have the success that 11 00:00:31,160 --> 00:00:37,479 Speaker 1: we have currently. Talk about damage and destroyed structures. Currently 12 00:00:37,520 --> 00:00:41,879 Speaker 1: we have twenty destroyed structures and eleven damaged and that 13 00:00:41,920 --> 00:00:44,720 Speaker 1: assessment has been completed and we continue to work with 14 00:00:44,760 --> 00:00:48,839 Speaker 1: the city of Leguernagel to handle and address any of 15 00:00:48,880 --> 00:00:54,160 Speaker 1: the impact residents in that community. Talking about our upcoming weather, 16 00:00:54,240 --> 00:00:57,240 Speaker 1: we still had afternoon wins and we expect the weather 17 00:00:57,280 --> 00:00:59,480 Speaker 1: to get hotter and drier over the next two days, 18 00:00:59,600 --> 00:01:01,680 Speaker 1: so I will still continue to challenge all of our 19 00:01:01,680 --> 00:01:06,080 Speaker 1: firefighters in our efforts store containing this fire. Currently, we 20 00:01:06,080 --> 00:01:09,040 Speaker 1: have five hundred and fifty firefighters assigned to the incident. 21 00:01:10,080 --> 00:01:13,120 Speaker 1: We have reported a second injury. I am happy to 22 00:01:13,160 --> 00:01:15,520 Speaker 1: report all of our firefighters that have been injured have 23 00:01:15,640 --> 00:01:19,480 Speaker 1: been assessed at the hospital and have been released for 24 00:01:19,560 --> 00:01:21,559 Speaker 1: the community. We want to take a moment and say 25 00:01:21,600 --> 00:01:24,319 Speaker 1: thank you for all their patients. We will continue to 26 00:01:24,360 --> 00:01:27,240 Speaker 1: work diligently in all of our efforts to not only 27 00:01:27,280 --> 00:01:30,000 Speaker 1: contain the fire, but to address all of those that 28 00:01:30,080 --> 00:01:33,640 Speaker 1: have been impacted with their homes, and we will continue 29 00:01:33,760 --> 00:01:35,520 Speaker 1: with that effort, but we want to thank them for 30 00:01:35,560 --> 00:01:40,160 Speaker 1: their patients and we will continue to work diligently each 31 00:01:40,280 --> 00:01:42,759 Speaker 1: night until what this fire is put at one hundred 32 00:01:42,800 --> 00:01:50,520 Speaker 1: percent containment. Thank you, good evening and Captain Virgil Assuncion. 33 00:01:50,680 --> 00:01:56,080 Speaker 1: Virgil Assuncion as un Cio win and I am the 34 00:01:56,120 --> 00:01:59,880 Speaker 1: chief of for Lagunagel Police Services. First of all, just 35 00:02:00,000 --> 00:02:02,600 Speaker 1: want to reach out to the community and those individuals 36 00:02:02,760 --> 00:02:05,840 Speaker 1: that had been affected by this fire. My heart goes 37 00:02:05,840 --> 00:02:09,600 Speaker 1: out to you. We have approximately nine hundred residents evacuated 38 00:02:09,639 --> 00:02:12,400 Speaker 1: from their homes in Laguna Niguel. We want to thank 39 00:02:12,480 --> 00:02:17,000 Speaker 1: those residents who evacuated quickly that assisted us to get 40 00:02:17,000 --> 00:02:21,000 Speaker 1: our jobs done. We know we've lost some homes. This 41 00:02:21,040 --> 00:02:25,400 Speaker 1: is devastating and has major impacts to our entire community. 42 00:02:25,680 --> 00:02:28,680 Speaker 1: We are here to support you and support the city. 43 00:02:28,880 --> 00:02:33,680 Speaker 1: Evacuation orders remained in place at this time. Updated maps 44 00:02:33,720 --> 00:02:37,440 Speaker 1: of evacuation areas and road closures can be seen at 45 00:02:37,440 --> 00:02:44,000 Speaker 1: ocshriff dot gov backslash Coastal Fire. The question on everyone's 46 00:02:44,040 --> 00:02:48,680 Speaker 1: mind is repopulation. We have received more than one two 47 00:02:48,760 --> 00:02:52,480 Speaker 1: hundred and fifty calls to our hotline. Most are asking 48 00:02:52,560 --> 00:02:56,440 Speaker 1: about when they could go home. It is vital that 49 00:02:56,600 --> 00:02:59,320 Speaker 1: it is safe to repopulate for the residents and for 50 00:02:59,440 --> 00:03:02,600 Speaker 1: our fire personnel that is fighting the fire out there. 51 00:03:03,400 --> 00:03:06,200 Speaker 1: The worst case scenario would be allowing people back into 52 00:03:06,240 --> 00:03:10,040 Speaker 1: their homes then having them to re evacuate. We ask 53 00:03:10,120 --> 00:03:14,560 Speaker 1: for patients from our residents. Information will be shared about 54 00:03:14,600 --> 00:03:19,840 Speaker 1: repopulation on ocshriff dot gov, backslash Coastal Fire and on 55 00:03:19,880 --> 00:03:22,760 Speaker 1: the Twitter page of the Orange County Fire Authority. At 56 00:03:22,760 --> 00:03:27,440 Speaker 1: OC Fire Authority, road closures remain in place. We ask 57 00:03:27,560 --> 00:03:30,760 Speaker 1: anyone who does not have a legitimate reason to be 58 00:03:30,840 --> 00:03:33,840 Speaker 1: in the area to please stay away. Again. Thank you 59 00:03:33,880 --> 00:03:37,360 Speaker 1: to our partner agencies and to the Laguna Neguel community. 60 00:03:37,440 --> 00:03:43,840 Speaker 1: Thank you, thank you very much. For your time and 61 00:03:43,880 --> 00:03:45,880 Speaker 1: for being here at this moment. We're going to open 62 00:03:45,920 --> 00:03:48,760 Speaker 1: it up to a few minutes of questions and after 63 00:03:48,760 --> 00:03:51,160 Speaker 1: that will conclude an advanced thank you for your time 64 00:03:51,160 --> 00:03:53,400 Speaker 1: for being here today for a five o'clock price briefing 65 00:04:00,960 --> 00:04:03,520 Speaker 1: a lot about climate change and the fact but we 66 00:04:03,600 --> 00:04:08,800 Speaker 1: believe that had one what's happened here that the route 67 00:04:09,440 --> 00:04:12,800 Speaker 1: climate change, So I can comment on a few things. 68 00:04:12,840 --> 00:04:16,400 Speaker 1: And so in the firefighting world, some of the things 69 00:04:16,400 --> 00:04:18,839 Speaker 1: that we look at or what impacts or what drives 70 00:04:19,160 --> 00:04:22,119 Speaker 1: a fire is the fuels, the topography, and the weather, 71 00:04:22,560 --> 00:04:24,640 Speaker 1: and when all three of those come into alignment like 72 00:04:24,680 --> 00:04:28,040 Speaker 1: we had yesterday, we have the devastation that we see today. 73 00:04:28,360 --> 00:04:31,520 Speaker 1: So the fuels are extremely dry, as we know where 74 00:04:31,520 --> 00:04:35,080 Speaker 1: the homes are located there off Coronada Point and Vista Montemar. 75 00:04:35,760 --> 00:04:39,080 Speaker 1: They sit directly above some drainages that channel the winds, 76 00:04:39,200 --> 00:04:43,320 Speaker 1: and the winds yesterday were extremely fast, extremely strong, and 77 00:04:43,360 --> 00:04:46,320 Speaker 1: when all three of those components come together, there is 78 00:04:47,200 --> 00:04:50,120 Speaker 1: very little that the firefighting efforts can do. The biggest 79 00:04:50,120 --> 00:04:51,599 Speaker 1: thing that we want to do is get the folks 80 00:04:51,640 --> 00:04:54,359 Speaker 1: out of the way. That's where the evacuations come into place, 81 00:04:55,120 --> 00:04:57,960 Speaker 1: and so that's unfortunately what we had in the situation 82 00:04:58,040 --> 00:05:00,400 Speaker 1: here on the coastal fire. It was really those fields 83 00:05:00,400 --> 00:05:02,479 Speaker 1: being as dry as they were, the strong winds and 84 00:05:02,520 --> 00:05:05,480 Speaker 1: the alignment on the topography, UH, which is what created 85 00:05:05,480 --> 00:05:08,280 Speaker 1: the devastation. We are very fortunate it is not more 86 00:05:08,360 --> 00:05:11,880 Speaker 1: homes and we have no loss of life, which is 87 00:05:11,960 --> 00:05:17,040 Speaker 1: fantastic and in our mind is success. So currently the 88 00:05:17,120 --> 00:05:19,919 Speaker 1: investigators are still working on the cause, so it is 89 00:05:19,960 --> 00:05:22,760 Speaker 1: still undetermined at this time, and they're still working on 90 00:05:22,800 --> 00:05:30,400 Speaker 1: that line down or any power. I don't have a 91 00:05:30,400 --> 00:05:32,920 Speaker 1: comment that investigators are still investigating what are the cause 92 00:05:32,960 --> 00:05:37,680 Speaker 1: of the fire is since yesterday. If you thought containment 93 00:05:37,800 --> 00:05:41,279 Speaker 1: might escalate through the next day, I absolutely I would 94 00:05:41,320 --> 00:05:45,440 Speaker 1: expect the escalation of the containment as the days to come. However, 95 00:05:45,480 --> 00:05:47,480 Speaker 1: we still have a lot of work not only in 96 00:05:47,520 --> 00:05:49,840 Speaker 1: the vegetation side of it, but also throughout the homes 97 00:05:49,839 --> 00:05:59,280 Speaker 1: that have been impacted by this incident. One damage at UH, 98 00:06:00,480 --> 00:06:03,760 Speaker 1: I'm sorry. All of those are residential homes on the 99 00:06:03,760 --> 00:06:06,000 Speaker 1: southernst side of that fire. We have noticed there maybe 100 00:06:06,040 --> 00:06:10,120 Speaker 1: some yellow red I'm covering some area. Do you know 101 00:06:10,279 --> 00:06:13,000 Speaker 1: with that its a possible adition towards do we have 102 00:06:13,120 --> 00:06:14,800 Speaker 1: a idea if this is what you end up looking 103 00:06:14,880 --> 00:06:17,840 Speaker 1: at for the fireman and actually started so not knowing 104 00:06:17,920 --> 00:06:22,560 Speaker 1: exactly the area you're speaking of, being saying the southwest. Um, 105 00:06:22,600 --> 00:06:24,599 Speaker 1: if you do see the fire line tape out there, 106 00:06:25,240 --> 00:06:27,280 Speaker 1: that could be an area of interest. It all also 107 00:06:27,320 --> 00:06:29,360 Speaker 1: could be a hazard on the fire line. I can't 108 00:06:29,360 --> 00:06:34,360 Speaker 1: comment exactly what you're talking to about. How many I'm sorry, 109 00:06:34,360 --> 00:06:39,440 Speaker 1: how many. I don't have exact I don't have exact stations. 110 00:06:39,800 --> 00:06:42,119 Speaker 1: We have five hundred and fifty firefighters on the fire line, 111 00:06:42,160 --> 00:06:44,559 Speaker 1: and as I said, we have resources from La County, 112 00:06:44,640 --> 00:06:47,200 Speaker 1: Riverside County, San Diego County as well as from CalFire 113 00:06:47,839 --> 00:06:51,400 Speaker 1: how fire help with a lot of ear resources last 114 00:06:51,480 --> 00:06:58,719 Speaker 1: night last night. H I would love to say we 115 00:06:58,720 --> 00:07:01,520 Speaker 1: could always use more, but yeah, U absolutely CalFire was 116 00:07:01,600 --> 00:07:04,320 Speaker 1: instrumental and the success we had with this fire. They 117 00:07:04,320 --> 00:07:06,800 Speaker 1: were instrumental and bringing in all the fixed wing as 118 00:07:06,839 --> 00:07:08,960 Speaker 1: well as some of the rotary wing that we saw 119 00:07:09,520 --> 00:07:12,360 Speaker 1: as of last night it was ocfa's helicopter that was 120 00:07:12,480 --> 00:07:19,480 Speaker 1: responding after the sun went down. To gosh, we would 121 00:07:19,480 --> 00:07:23,000 Speaker 1: always love to have more resources. So yes, however, we 122 00:07:23,000 --> 00:07:25,400 Speaker 1: were able to uh, you know, have the success we 123 00:07:25,440 --> 00:07:29,440 Speaker 1: had with the resources we were able to acquire this 124 00:07:29,640 --> 00:07:32,920 Speaker 1: light to fixnesses devastation today a community that you need help. 125 00:07:33,000 --> 00:07:37,520 Speaker 1: We know when the heroes it's tragic. Um fuel for 126 00:07:37,560 --> 00:07:41,840 Speaker 1: the residents to lose a home is I can't imagine. Um. 127 00:07:41,880 --> 00:07:43,840 Speaker 1: You know, we don't really have a season for the 128 00:07:43,840 --> 00:07:46,400 Speaker 1: fire season these days, as you have seen, uh here 129 00:07:46,440 --> 00:07:48,720 Speaker 1: just locally in the county, we've had fires back since 130 00:07:48,720 --> 00:07:51,160 Speaker 1: February and the Emerald fire. We added the Gym fire 131 00:07:51,200 --> 00:07:52,880 Speaker 1: in March, and now here we are with the coastal 132 00:07:52,960 --> 00:07:57,040 Speaker 1: incident here in May. So the fuels are unfortunately are 133 00:07:57,040 --> 00:08:00,640 Speaker 1: extremely dry and uh you know, mother and nature when 134 00:08:00,640 --> 00:08:03,880 Speaker 1: the winds will likely do uh. Like I said, most importantly, 135 00:08:03,880 --> 00:08:06,640 Speaker 1: as we get the residents out of the way and 136 00:08:07,200 --> 00:08:09,720 Speaker 1: make sure that no one gets hurt or tragically lose 137 00:08:09,720 --> 00:08:11,760 Speaker 1: our life. All right, We're gonna pull out of this 138 00:08:11,800 --> 00:08:16,040 Speaker 1: news conference now since most of the important information is done, 139 00:08:16,080 --> 00:08:18,200 Speaker 1: and now we just have every reporter trying to ask 140 00:08:18,200 --> 00:08:21,080 Speaker 1: a question to show their editors and producers that yeah, 141 00:08:21,400 --> 00:08:23,720 Speaker 1: I got my question in. Yeah the first late it 142 00:08:23,760 --> 00:08:29,560 Speaker 1: was about climate change. No, I didn't hear that. Yeah, 143 00:08:29,560 --> 00:08:31,400 Speaker 1: it's the first question. What can you say about the 144 00:08:31,400 --> 00:08:34,280 Speaker 1: effective climate change in this fire. Any first question, how 145 00:08:34,320 --> 00:08:37,480 Speaker 1: about so Cal Edison starting a fire? Yeah, it's yeah. 146 00:08:37,480 --> 00:08:39,319 Speaker 1: A few listeners actually emailed that and says, what do 147 00:08:39,360 --> 00:08:41,320 Speaker 1: you mean climate change? It's so call Edison's wires. It 148 00:08:41,360 --> 00:08:43,800 Speaker 1: came down. That's right, it's not climate change. What they're 149 00:08:43,840 --> 00:08:46,000 Speaker 1: going to say, climate change caused the heavy winds. Yes, 150 00:08:46,320 --> 00:08:48,560 Speaker 1: they're full of crap. And climate change caused the really 151 00:08:48,640 --> 00:08:51,520 Speaker 1: dry brush which is burning like grace. And climate change 152 00:08:51,840 --> 00:08:55,160 Speaker 1: causes everybody's rashes too. I remember a few years ago 153 00:08:55,760 --> 00:08:58,439 Speaker 1: the experts said that they drout, so not part of 154 00:08:58,480 --> 00:09:01,800 Speaker 1: climate change. But they're not. Has disappeared. No, well they're 155 00:09:01,840 --> 00:09:04,600 Speaker 1: still not. It doesn't matter what crazy people say. Nobody's 156 00:09:04,600 --> 00:09:08,280 Speaker 1: printing that anymore. Well, yeah, but I mean those those 157 00:09:08,320 --> 00:09:10,920 Speaker 1: are all crazy progressives that are that are writing these stories. 158 00:09:10,960 --> 00:09:13,840 Speaker 1: In the real world, droughts go on for hundreds of 159 00:09:13,920 --> 00:09:17,280 Speaker 1: years in southern California. Oh you see, that's what I'm saying. 160 00:09:17,400 --> 00:09:20,760 Speaker 1: Most people are ignorant of this stuff. So it's really 161 00:09:20,800 --> 00:09:24,520 Speaker 1: easy for organizations that have a profit motive to manipulate 162 00:09:24,559 --> 00:09:27,640 Speaker 1: the minds of people who are ignorant. And I probably 163 00:09:27,679 --> 00:09:30,120 Speaker 1: should come up with a different word, because ignorant sounds 164 00:09:30,160 --> 00:09:34,199 Speaker 1: you mean and insulting. You're just uninformed. Okay, you don't 165 00:09:34,200 --> 00:09:36,160 Speaker 1: know this stuff, and there's no reason you should know. 166 00:09:36,360 --> 00:09:39,800 Speaker 1: We can't walk around like we have Wikipedia in our 167 00:09:39,800 --> 00:09:43,200 Speaker 1: heads with the history of droughts. But the truth is 168 00:09:43,280 --> 00:09:48,240 Speaker 1: droughts hit California and last for hundreds of years. Our 169 00:09:48,280 --> 00:09:52,640 Speaker 1: civilization doesn't just hasn't lived through that yet, and one 170 00:09:52,720 --> 00:09:55,000 Speaker 1: day we will and this place is going to be 171 00:09:55,160 --> 00:10:00,280 Speaker 1: uninhabitable unless we do something drastic like set up many, 172 00:10:00,280 --> 00:10:03,040 Speaker 1: many desalination plants, which is what they have in the 173 00:10:03,040 --> 00:10:05,200 Speaker 1: Middle East. You know, it's what they have in the 174 00:10:05,320 --> 00:10:07,920 Speaker 1: United Arab Emirates. There's not much rain there either, even 175 00:10:08,040 --> 00:10:10,920 Speaker 1: less than here, so they have desalination plants. That's what 176 00:10:10,960 --> 00:10:13,960 Speaker 1: an intelligent society does. They don't go around guy into 177 00:10:14,080 --> 00:10:18,360 Speaker 1: primate change. It's it's private. Is shut up. Doesn't matter 178 00:10:20,200 --> 00:10:21,880 Speaker 1: all the water or we don't. If we don't have 179 00:10:21,880 --> 00:10:23,679 Speaker 1: the water, we've got to go get it. Yeah, they 180 00:10:23,679 --> 00:10:26,160 Speaker 1: will use anything in any story. There's all attention to 181 00:10:26,240 --> 00:10:28,679 Speaker 1: the issue that they believe is ignored. Yeah, but you 182 00:10:28,720 --> 00:10:30,720 Speaker 1: know what, it's so cal Edison the way it's pgeni 183 00:10:30,840 --> 00:10:34,800 Speaker 1: up in northern California. These companies are irresponsible. They're filled 184 00:10:34,800 --> 00:10:38,000 Speaker 1: with irresponsible executives who couldn't give a rat's ass how 185 00:10:38,040 --> 00:10:40,640 Speaker 1: many how many homes burn as long as it's not theirs, 186 00:10:40,720 --> 00:10:42,960 Speaker 1: If it's somebody else's homes, let me guess they'll they'll 187 00:10:43,000 --> 00:10:45,720 Speaker 1: set out a press release saying the safety of our 188 00:10:45,720 --> 00:10:49,080 Speaker 1: customers is of utmost importance, and we offer thoughts and 189 00:10:49,160 --> 00:10:53,440 Speaker 1: prayers to the families who lost their homes. Yeah, the 190 00:10:53,840 --> 00:10:57,280 Speaker 1: firefighter spoke there, was asked about the cause. They don't 191 00:10:57,320 --> 00:10:59,760 Speaker 1: know that yet. There has been some speculation that's so 192 00:11:00,040 --> 00:11:02,960 Speaker 1: how Edison may be a factor in this, as they 193 00:11:03,040 --> 00:11:07,440 Speaker 1: reported some activity on their lines in the area at 194 00:11:07,480 --> 00:11:09,840 Speaker 1: the exact moment the fire started and the power went 195 00:11:09,840 --> 00:11:12,320 Speaker 1: out in some people's homes. Yeah, so it's some pretty 196 00:11:12,320 --> 00:11:14,400 Speaker 1: good bet with the high winds that something came down 197 00:11:14,440 --> 00:11:18,840 Speaker 1: there or something popped just to recap. Not a lot 198 00:11:18,960 --> 00:11:23,360 Speaker 1: new here, two hundred acres obviously not a big fire, 199 00:11:23,440 --> 00:11:27,040 Speaker 1: but right where it hurts, where these homes were. Fifteen 200 00:11:27,120 --> 00:11:33,880 Speaker 1: percent contained twenty destroyed structures. And one smart reporters said, 201 00:11:34,040 --> 00:11:36,640 Speaker 1: are you referring to people's residences when you say structures? 202 00:11:36,640 --> 00:11:40,840 Speaker 1: And he said yes, eleven damaged. What you injured firefighters? 203 00:11:40,880 --> 00:11:43,400 Speaker 1: They've both been treated and released. So why doesn't mister 204 00:11:43,520 --> 00:11:48,040 Speaker 1: pr speak use the term residences, homes structures? I mean, 205 00:11:48,080 --> 00:11:51,720 Speaker 1: are those outhouses barns? Well? Yeah, remember when these fires 206 00:11:51,720 --> 00:11:54,000 Speaker 1: burn in the more forest the areas, sometimes they are 207 00:11:54,040 --> 00:11:58,400 Speaker 1: just barns and storage huts and things like that. Storage 208 00:11:58,480 --> 00:12:02,319 Speaker 1: arms burn and nine hundred people were evacuated. The evacuation 209 00:12:02,400 --> 00:12:04,200 Speaker 1: orders were still in place. I saw one of the 210 00:12:04,320 --> 00:12:06,560 Speaker 1: term they used as repopulate, and they're not ready to 211 00:12:06,559 --> 00:12:09,920 Speaker 1: do that yet. Repopulate and repopulate let people go back 212 00:12:09,920 --> 00:12:13,160 Speaker 1: into their homes. Boy, they've really made their own little 213 00:12:13,240 --> 00:12:16,920 Speaker 1: jargon language, haven't they. The difference here from some of 214 00:12:16,920 --> 00:12:18,679 Speaker 1: the fires we've seen in it as May this is 215 00:12:18,720 --> 00:12:22,640 Speaker 1: a little unusual is that these were strong coastal winds. 216 00:12:22,640 --> 00:12:26,360 Speaker 1: This was not a Santa Ana event, and the humidity 217 00:12:26,440 --> 00:12:28,560 Speaker 1: was actually kind of high, it was like seventy percent. 218 00:12:29,320 --> 00:12:32,800 Speaker 1: But the coastal winds or however this started just started 219 00:12:32,840 --> 00:12:35,880 Speaker 1: blowing these embers around, and you know, they ended up 220 00:12:35,880 --> 00:12:38,480 Speaker 1: getting into people's homes or around their properties where there 221 00:12:38,480 --> 00:12:41,320 Speaker 1: was vegetation that was really dry. Remember, things might happened 222 00:12:41,320 --> 00:12:43,800 Speaker 1: so quickly to somebody home. Remember the weird fire happened 223 00:12:43,840 --> 00:12:45,719 Speaker 1: in Colorado a year or two ago, I think it 224 00:12:45,760 --> 00:12:49,880 Speaker 1: was around the holidays, No, and hundreds of homes burned. 225 00:12:50,040 --> 00:12:52,560 Speaker 1: Just it seemed like in a matter of minutes, and 226 00:12:53,160 --> 00:12:55,520 Speaker 1: that had extremely high winds and was in the wintertime, 227 00:12:55,640 --> 00:12:58,200 Speaker 1: and just it was it was a fluke. There was 228 00:12:58,240 --> 00:13:02,040 Speaker 1: some ignition point and and the wends, you know, create 229 00:13:03,280 --> 00:13:06,160 Speaker 1: its own storm, like its own crazy weather. It just 230 00:13:06,160 --> 00:13:08,640 Speaker 1: starts blowing embers left and right. They're bound to cling 231 00:13:08,679 --> 00:13:11,280 Speaker 1: onto something that will burn big. And everybody's got vents 232 00:13:11,320 --> 00:13:13,840 Speaker 1: at the top of their home. Oh you know where 233 00:13:13,840 --> 00:13:16,160 Speaker 1: the uh you know where you let out the heat 234 00:13:16,160 --> 00:13:18,280 Speaker 1: in the house, because all the heat rises to the top, 235 00:13:18,360 --> 00:13:23,680 Speaker 1: and that's where the embers get embedded. Yeah, in those 236 00:13:23,800 --> 00:13:26,960 Speaker 1: vents under the eaves. The eaves had that little part 237 00:13:26,960 --> 00:13:30,800 Speaker 1: of the roof that slants off the top. Right. They're 238 00:13:30,840 --> 00:13:33,800 Speaker 1: talking about the big fires that went through Laguna Beach 239 00:13:33,960 --> 00:13:37,280 Speaker 1: nineteen ninety two. You were there, John co Belt Skyline Drive. 240 00:13:37,920 --> 00:13:40,880 Speaker 1: We flew overhead in the helicopter covering those fires. Oh yeah, 241 00:13:40,880 --> 00:13:44,240 Speaker 1: I know, I was thinking about that. They were comparing 242 00:13:44,280 --> 00:13:45,880 Speaker 1: that to this, because that was a lot of homes 243 00:13:45,880 --> 00:13:49,080 Speaker 1: that burned then too, I think even more than burned 244 00:13:49,160 --> 00:13:54,439 Speaker 1: yesterday in Laguna Niguel. But this story was highlighting something 245 00:13:54,480 --> 00:13:58,600 Speaker 1: called an ice plant, which it was. It's a thick 246 00:13:58,840 --> 00:14:01,920 Speaker 1: green and it's some people find it ugly, but apparently 247 00:14:01,960 --> 00:14:05,480 Speaker 1: one house that survived on Skyline Drive and Laguna Beach 248 00:14:05,520 --> 00:14:08,400 Speaker 1: only thirty years ago was surrounded by the ice plants, 249 00:14:08,800 --> 00:14:12,480 Speaker 1: which didn't burn and probably protected the house. They say 250 00:14:12,559 --> 00:14:15,800 Speaker 1: that didn't work yesterday and Laguna Miguel, whoever had the 251 00:14:15,880 --> 00:14:18,559 Speaker 1: ice plants, just everything is a different kind of fire 252 00:14:18,679 --> 00:14:22,640 Speaker 1: that just yeah, yeah, I think this bounced from roof 253 00:14:22,680 --> 00:14:27,840 Speaker 1: to roof because the embers were blown high in the air. Well. 254 00:14:27,880 --> 00:14:31,600 Speaker 1: I'm sorry, this is very exciting, but the Super Bowl champion, 255 00:14:31,720 --> 00:14:34,400 Speaker 1: the Rams, schedule has just been released for the new season. 256 00:14:34,920 --> 00:14:40,160 Speaker 1: Well can you believe any big news. No, They're going 257 00:14:40,240 --> 00:14:42,480 Speaker 1: to open up against the Buffalo Bills, which is intriguing, 258 00:14:42,520 --> 00:14:45,040 Speaker 1: and the Super Bowl Champions traditionally opened up with the 259 00:14:45,080 --> 00:14:47,800 Speaker 1: first game of the year on a Thursday night, so 260 00:14:47,920 --> 00:14:50,080 Speaker 1: we knew the Rams were going to be the home 261 00:14:50,120 --> 00:14:52,200 Speaker 1: team that day. Was just the opponent that people are 262 00:14:52,200 --> 00:14:55,520 Speaker 1: waiting to see who it was, and it's the Buffalo Bills, 263 00:14:55,600 --> 00:14:58,920 Speaker 1: who obviously have a good team. They have really turned 264 00:14:58,920 --> 00:15:01,320 Speaker 1: this into a story yesterday that there are people that 265 00:15:01,400 --> 00:15:04,920 Speaker 1: obsess over this the schedule. I know, you laugh at 266 00:15:04,920 --> 00:15:07,800 Speaker 1: people obsess over the draft. There are people obsess over 267 00:15:07,840 --> 00:15:10,480 Speaker 1: the schedule release. And what the NFL did this year 268 00:15:10,520 --> 00:15:12,840 Speaker 1: is they're passing out like they gave little game information 269 00:15:12,880 --> 00:15:15,520 Speaker 1: over the last two weeks. They threw out one game here, 270 00:15:16,200 --> 00:15:19,440 Speaker 1: here's the international games for you year. Here's one Monday 271 00:15:19,520 --> 00:15:22,280 Speaker 1: night game. Here's a third. It's like, wow, they've really 272 00:15:22,280 --> 00:15:25,520 Speaker 1: turned this into drip drip. Well, there there keep the interest. 273 00:15:25,720 --> 00:15:28,680 Speaker 1: They've gotten really good at being a twelve month league 274 00:15:28,680 --> 00:15:31,680 Speaker 1: where there's always something going on or something you're anticipating. Yeah, 275 00:15:31,680 --> 00:15:34,200 Speaker 1: you're right, it's trades, it's the draft, and then after 276 00:15:34,240 --> 00:15:36,400 Speaker 1: that it's this stuff with the schedule. There's gonna be 277 00:15:36,440 --> 00:15:38,680 Speaker 1: a lull here though, until we get the training camps open. 278 00:15:38,800 --> 00:15:42,640 Speaker 1: So but I'm sure they'll find some way to fill 279 00:15:42,680 --> 00:15:48,120 Speaker 1: that void. But anyway, Yeah, well, let's talk about something 280 00:15:48,160 --> 00:15:52,640 Speaker 1: that is the number one email to the John and 281 00:15:52,720 --> 00:15:55,800 Speaker 1: Ken Show all week? Hands down? What do you think 282 00:15:55,840 --> 00:15:58,800 Speaker 1: it is? John co belt number one email? I don't know. 283 00:15:58,840 --> 00:16:02,640 Speaker 1: I don't get to see the emails a request from 284 00:16:02,720 --> 00:16:07,480 Speaker 1: people the voter guide. Yes, oh my god, Brandon dated folks. 285 00:16:07,760 --> 00:16:10,800 Speaker 1: And you know what the reason is because now for 286 00:16:10,840 --> 00:16:14,880 Speaker 1: the past few elections, everybody's getting a ballot in the mail. Yeah. See, 287 00:16:14,880 --> 00:16:17,280 Speaker 1: that wasn't always the case. People would vote in person, 288 00:16:17,400 --> 00:16:19,320 Speaker 1: and they weren't in a real anti hurry to see 289 00:16:19,360 --> 00:16:22,200 Speaker 1: what John and Ken were recommending for people voting. But 290 00:16:22,360 --> 00:16:25,160 Speaker 1: because this, this huge thing comes in the mail and 291 00:16:25,160 --> 00:16:27,720 Speaker 1: it's a little overwhelming. You probably haven't seen it yet, John, 292 00:16:27,720 --> 00:16:32,520 Speaker 1: because it's sitting unopened in my kitchen table. But it's 293 00:16:32,520 --> 00:16:35,880 Speaker 1: a primary election too. We don't we didn't always do 294 00:16:35,960 --> 00:16:38,040 Speaker 1: a voter guide for a primary election. I think we 295 00:16:38,120 --> 00:16:41,400 Speaker 1: have to. Now, well, this is a matter of life 296 00:16:41,440 --> 00:16:44,320 Speaker 1: and death. The committee put it together, but it's brief 297 00:16:45,440 --> 00:16:50,160 Speaker 1: because you start with US senator. Um. You know there's 298 00:16:50,160 --> 00:16:53,360 Speaker 1: like twenty five people on the ballot. Yeah. Well, because 299 00:16:53,520 --> 00:16:57,880 Speaker 1: this is the subot held by Padilla, who replaced Kamala Harris. 300 00:16:57,880 --> 00:17:01,280 Speaker 1: He was appointed by Newsome. So this is the Alex 301 00:17:01,320 --> 00:17:04,560 Speaker 1: Padilla US Senate seat. This is not Feinstein's seat, although 302 00:17:04,560 --> 00:17:08,520 Speaker 1: it shouldn't right, it's used to be Barbara Boxer's seat. Right, 303 00:17:09,480 --> 00:17:12,840 Speaker 1: So I we didn't pick anybody. We haven't interviewed anybody. 304 00:17:14,320 --> 00:17:17,760 Speaker 1: There's clearly Republicans and Democrats here, or they're mostly are 305 00:17:17,800 --> 00:17:21,760 Speaker 1: Republicans because the Democrats an incumbent. Is there any name 306 00:17:22,160 --> 00:17:28,280 Speaker 1: you recognize? Not really, no, So it's just recognize one 307 00:17:28,280 --> 00:17:30,240 Speaker 1: person that ran for governor, and that's what people do. 308 00:17:30,320 --> 00:17:31,840 Speaker 1: They don't make it for governor. They switch over to 309 00:17:31,920 --> 00:17:35,240 Speaker 1: whatever is available next. But I don't recognize really any 310 00:17:35,280 --> 00:17:39,400 Speaker 1: of these people. Now, so we couldn't pick anybody. But 311 00:17:39,440 --> 00:17:41,960 Speaker 1: you know, you don't like Padilla, don't pick Padia. This 312 00:17:42,040 --> 00:17:48,600 Speaker 1: is again a top two situation, so nobody wins. Somebody 313 00:17:48,600 --> 00:17:50,560 Speaker 1: has to come in second, no matter how few votes 314 00:17:50,600 --> 00:17:55,400 Speaker 1: they get. Oh my god, there's actually more than twenty five. 315 00:17:55,440 --> 00:17:57,200 Speaker 1: The second page is more here, it's like thirty two 316 00:17:57,240 --> 00:18:02,040 Speaker 1: people right for Senator h Then you have your state senate. 317 00:18:02,240 --> 00:18:04,840 Speaker 1: The bars so low, you know, I think all you 318 00:18:04,880 --> 00:18:06,800 Speaker 1: have to do is pay a fee and get a 319 00:18:06,840 --> 00:18:10,639 Speaker 1: nominal amount of signatures on a petition and then you 320 00:18:10,640 --> 00:18:15,080 Speaker 1: could be on the ballot. I mean it doesn't after 321 00:18:15,160 --> 00:18:20,680 Speaker 1: that comes you picking your state senator, your state assembly member. 322 00:18:20,720 --> 00:18:22,240 Speaker 1: Now we can't weigh in on all of those because 323 00:18:22,240 --> 00:18:24,119 Speaker 1: all of your listeners live in all different districts, so 324 00:18:24,200 --> 00:18:26,800 Speaker 1: we're not going to help you there. But if John 325 00:18:26,880 --> 00:18:30,680 Speaker 1: said the other day, right, vote out Democrats, I mean 326 00:18:30,800 --> 00:18:34,760 Speaker 1: vote out the people who've turned California into a disgusting cesspool. 327 00:18:34,920 --> 00:18:38,440 Speaker 1: Whoever's in office, kick them out. You don't need a 328 00:18:39,560 --> 00:18:43,800 Speaker 1: line by line, named by name recognition, you know, recommendation, 329 00:18:43,920 --> 00:18:46,760 Speaker 1: just just oh, that guy's in power, get him out. 330 00:18:47,240 --> 00:18:50,920 Speaker 1: Execute him. God, I mean politically execute him. Then comes 331 00:18:51,000 --> 00:18:53,680 Speaker 1: congress person and mine is Ted Lou I'm not voting 332 00:18:53,720 --> 00:18:58,120 Speaker 1: for him. No. Then comes sheriff. There he is right 333 00:18:58,119 --> 00:19:00,560 Speaker 1: in the middle of the list, Alex Feneueva. That is 334 00:19:00,600 --> 00:19:04,919 Speaker 1: our recommendation. Absolutely. Yeah. A number of these other people 335 00:19:04,960 --> 00:19:07,600 Speaker 1: are being put up by the woke crowd. In case 336 00:19:07,600 --> 00:19:10,800 Speaker 1: you don't remember, alex Via A. Waver ran as a 337 00:19:10,840 --> 00:19:13,720 Speaker 1: Democratic was supported by the Los Angeles County Democratic Party. 338 00:19:14,320 --> 00:19:18,159 Speaker 1: They're very angry over him, which is good. They're not 339 00:19:18,200 --> 00:19:23,119 Speaker 1: supporting him now we are they're not. Then, I know 340 00:19:23,240 --> 00:19:26,639 Speaker 1: about that for turning things upside I mean he pulled 341 00:19:26,640 --> 00:19:29,400 Speaker 1: a fast one on everybody. Yeah. He ran as one 342 00:19:29,480 --> 00:19:34,320 Speaker 1: thing and as governed as another, and that's great. Homelessness 343 00:19:34,320 --> 00:19:36,920 Speaker 1: in crime. He cares about the issues we care about. Yeah, 344 00:19:37,040 --> 00:19:39,720 Speaker 1: that's what matters. No woke stuff comes up with some 345 00:19:39,760 --> 00:19:43,440 Speaker 1: great lines about the woke people the architects of failures. Yeah, 346 00:19:42,960 --> 00:19:45,280 Speaker 1: I know, I'm looking at the Senate race. I don't 347 00:19:45,320 --> 00:19:49,040 Speaker 1: know these people. Oh I now. Then you got to 348 00:19:49,080 --> 00:19:52,960 Speaker 1: all these judges, folks. We can't help you with the judges. Especially, 349 00:19:53,440 --> 00:19:57,080 Speaker 1: your choices will be different than what we have in 350 00:19:57,080 --> 00:20:01,760 Speaker 1: our ballots because it's judges that are county local. And 351 00:20:01,800 --> 00:20:03,720 Speaker 1: then we finally get to the long list for governor. 352 00:20:04,480 --> 00:20:08,360 Speaker 1: The John and Kens Joe has selected Michael Shellenberger and 353 00:20:08,520 --> 00:20:10,720 Speaker 1: this is really different from us because he's no party 354 00:20:10,760 --> 00:20:14,520 Speaker 1: preference and he used to come from the progressive wing. 355 00:20:15,240 --> 00:20:18,360 Speaker 1: But if you follow, Michael Shellenberger was on our show 356 00:20:18,440 --> 00:20:21,800 Speaker 1: yesterday joining the three o'clock hour. He has seen the 357 00:20:21,880 --> 00:20:25,080 Speaker 1: error of their ways, and I would now call him 358 00:20:25,160 --> 00:20:28,760 Speaker 1: very pragmatic kind of trying to find a middle ground 359 00:20:29,840 --> 00:20:33,520 Speaker 1: on these issues like homelessness and crime. Well, actually a 360 00:20:33,520 --> 00:20:37,960 Speaker 1: place where you do what works, which is really the 361 00:20:38,040 --> 00:20:42,600 Speaker 1: only ideology anybody in public life should have. What works 362 00:20:43,040 --> 00:20:46,199 Speaker 1: if you decide that there's an issue that needs the 363 00:20:46,240 --> 00:20:48,800 Speaker 1: government right and that's the first question. Does the government 364 00:20:48,840 --> 00:20:51,879 Speaker 1: need to be involved here? And if it's clear that 365 00:20:51,920 --> 00:20:55,360 Speaker 1: the government has to step in, what are they capable 366 00:20:55,359 --> 00:20:58,760 Speaker 1: of doing that works and works quickly and works for 367 00:20:58,800 --> 00:21:02,280 Speaker 1: a reasonable price. And that's all I'm interested. I am 368 00:21:02,320 --> 00:21:06,359 Speaker 1: not interested in obviously, progressive ideology, but I'm not interested 369 00:21:06,400 --> 00:21:09,720 Speaker 1: in the Republicans conservative ideology. You know, they have their 370 00:21:09,760 --> 00:21:13,040 Speaker 1: insanity too that I'm exhausted by. So all I know 371 00:21:13,320 --> 00:21:16,159 Speaker 1: is this is common sense. You don't have to be 372 00:21:16,320 --> 00:21:20,119 Speaker 1: a research scientist. You don't have to PhD the homeless situation, 373 00:21:20,200 --> 00:21:22,879 Speaker 1: which we didn't have for most of our lives. You 374 00:21:23,000 --> 00:21:25,480 Speaker 1: have to tell them you have to force them into 375 00:21:25,560 --> 00:21:29,520 Speaker 1: a shelter or get treatment or you're out of here. 376 00:21:29,880 --> 00:21:34,240 Speaker 1: That's it, and fund what you have to fund. But 377 00:21:34,440 --> 00:21:37,040 Speaker 1: nothing else is going to work if you don't force them. 378 00:21:37,600 --> 00:21:39,960 Speaker 1: And force is the most important word. And it's a 379 00:21:40,000 --> 00:21:42,600 Speaker 1: word that a lot of these progressives find but that 380 00:21:42,640 --> 00:21:45,720 Speaker 1: makes me uncomfortable. I get triggered when I hear that 381 00:21:45,720 --> 00:21:48,560 Speaker 1: that's an ugly word. I don't know. Oh too bad, 382 00:21:48,920 --> 00:21:50,600 Speaker 1: I'm not here to do. I don't think any of 383 00:21:50,680 --> 00:21:53,440 Speaker 1: us should debate this crap anymore. We've said they've had 384 00:21:53,440 --> 00:21:57,920 Speaker 1: their time five years, it hasn't worked. Failure failure, atomic 385 00:21:57,960 --> 00:22:01,480 Speaker 1: bomb style failure, and one other worth mincing right now, 386 00:22:01,480 --> 00:22:04,439 Speaker 1: Attorney General, we are picking Enbury Shubert. She's also no 387 00:22:04,480 --> 00:22:06,720 Speaker 1: party preference, and we believe she has a very direct 388 00:22:06,720 --> 00:22:10,800 Speaker 1: and pragmatic approach ship pattern. Here this week at Safeway, 389 00:22:10,920 --> 00:22:14,400 Speaker 1: enjoy big savings with the Bogo Sail, where select items 390 00:22:14,400 --> 00:22:17,080 Speaker 1: throughout the store are buy one, get one free. With 391 00:22:17,200 --> 00:22:20,200 Speaker 1: this week's Bogo Sail gets select meets like Signature Farms, 392 00:22:20,280 --> 00:22:23,520 Speaker 1: ninety percent lean ground beef or boneless skinless chicken breasts 393 00:22:23,600 --> 00:22:27,080 Speaker 1: or thighs. Buy one, get one free, plus select fresh 394 00:22:27,080 --> 00:22:30,239 Speaker 1: produce items like one pound containers of sweet strawberries or 395 00:22:30,240 --> 00:22:33,840 Speaker 1: containers of blueberries, or buy one, get one free. 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A lot of 404 00:22:59,480 --> 00:23:03,080 Speaker 1: people are nailing us overwhelmed with everything on this primary ballot. 405 00:23:03,160 --> 00:23:06,399 Speaker 1: A lot of it is judges. There probably are some 406 00:23:06,440 --> 00:23:08,119 Speaker 1: better resources you can go to. I'm not going to 407 00:23:08,240 --> 00:23:10,840 Speaker 1: name them to get guidance on voting for judges, but 408 00:23:12,040 --> 00:23:14,439 Speaker 1: that's not something we cover on a daily basis. Is 409 00:23:14,760 --> 00:23:16,920 Speaker 1: every now and then a judge comes up on the 410 00:23:16,960 --> 00:23:19,920 Speaker 1: show because they made some outrageous decision, or like years 411 00:23:19,920 --> 00:23:23,480 Speaker 1: ago in Orange County they were involved in tracking born boys. Yeah, 412 00:23:23,520 --> 00:23:25,880 Speaker 1: so you know, that's when we get involved. But we 413 00:23:25,960 --> 00:23:28,240 Speaker 1: really overall can't help. You have to do your own 414 00:23:28,600 --> 00:23:34,119 Speaker 1: research on that. Now fascinating thing and calfis playing these ads. 415 00:23:34,920 --> 00:23:37,960 Speaker 1: This is a very unusual thing is going on. It 416 00:23:38,040 --> 00:23:43,680 Speaker 1: appears to be both Newsome and the Attorney General Rob Banta, 417 00:23:43,840 --> 00:23:48,480 Speaker 1: are trying to steer voters into maybe picking an opponent 418 00:23:48,520 --> 00:23:51,359 Speaker 1: they would prefer to meet in November. If you follow 419 00:23:51,359 --> 00:23:55,040 Speaker 1: what I'm saying. There's an ad that runs and it's 420 00:23:55,720 --> 00:24:02,920 Speaker 1: paid for by Rob Banta supporters which to draw attention 421 00:24:02,960 --> 00:24:06,520 Speaker 1: to or maybe maybe ask you to vote for a 422 00:24:06,560 --> 00:24:08,840 Speaker 1: man by the name of Eric Early for Attorney generally 423 00:24:09,119 --> 00:24:11,480 Speaker 1: and here in this it's to promote Eric Early because 424 00:24:11,520 --> 00:24:14,200 Speaker 1: they think Eric Early would be a weaker candidate than 425 00:24:14,560 --> 00:24:19,320 Speaker 1: Anne Marie Schubert. And it's to tie Eric Early into Trump. Yeah, 426 00:24:19,359 --> 00:24:22,680 Speaker 1: they meet Eric Early in November. They love this thing. 427 00:24:23,119 --> 00:24:26,000 Speaker 1: We saw it with the recall with Newsom. Just paint 428 00:24:26,040 --> 00:24:29,159 Speaker 1: all your opponents as Trump people and that'll fire up 429 00:24:29,160 --> 00:24:33,400 Speaker 1: your base. Also, we'll fire up the Trump crowd. See 430 00:24:33,440 --> 00:24:36,480 Speaker 1: the Trump crowd that's not following closely who's running for 431 00:24:36,520 --> 00:24:39,800 Speaker 1: attorney general. And again most people don't, so they want 432 00:24:39,800 --> 00:24:41,920 Speaker 1: to know who to vote for. That's why we put 433 00:24:41,920 --> 00:24:44,160 Speaker 1: out the Johnny Ken voter guit. See we cut through 434 00:24:44,200 --> 00:24:48,000 Speaker 1: all this, so they don't know who Anne Marie Schubert is. 435 00:24:48,040 --> 00:24:51,840 Speaker 1: Amory Schubert's not even running as a Republican well, which 436 00:24:51,920 --> 00:24:55,000 Speaker 1: which one is a Trump guy, and they're worried about her, right, 437 00:24:55,119 --> 00:24:57,400 Speaker 1: so they think if she's number two. This is why 438 00:24:57,400 --> 00:24:59,600 Speaker 1: they're trying to kind of nudge people towards or at 439 00:24:59,640 --> 00:25:02,760 Speaker 1: least recognize the name Eric Early. Now we've had Eric 440 00:25:02,800 --> 00:25:04,359 Speaker 1: on the show. He's not a bad guy, but now 441 00:25:04,400 --> 00:25:07,680 Speaker 1: he's not. Just the politics of this is really incredible, 442 00:25:07,720 --> 00:25:10,080 Speaker 1: and some people say it's the problem with this top 443 00:25:10,119 --> 00:25:13,520 Speaker 1: two primary thing because they're so confident to have so 444 00:25:13,600 --> 00:25:15,760 Speaker 1: much money to spend, they now think, well, maybe we 445 00:25:15,800 --> 00:25:18,160 Speaker 1: can steer people to a selection and to be somebody 446 00:25:18,200 --> 00:25:20,880 Speaker 1: we can be easily in November. And a Trump guy. 447 00:25:20,960 --> 00:25:23,800 Speaker 1: A Trump guy, we love that. All our ants will 448 00:25:23,840 --> 00:25:26,560 Speaker 1: say he's a Trump guy. Yeah, And but it works 449 00:25:26,600 --> 00:25:30,159 Speaker 1: both ways. It fires up the base to vote for 450 00:25:30,200 --> 00:25:33,840 Speaker 1: what they consider the weakest candidate. Correct that that that 451 00:25:34,080 --> 00:25:37,159 Speaker 1: is because that end, that's part of the game. Banta 452 00:25:37,200 --> 00:25:40,320 Speaker 1: could run away with this, but he won't win. There 453 00:25:40,400 --> 00:25:42,480 Speaker 1: is going to be a number two, and I think 454 00:25:42,480 --> 00:25:44,920 Speaker 1: they'd like that number two to be Eric Early. That's 455 00:25:44,960 --> 00:25:48,000 Speaker 1: the idea with those ads. I think about fifteen minutes 456 00:25:48,040 --> 00:25:50,800 Speaker 1: ago on the show, Anne Marie Schubert is dangerous because 457 00:25:50,840 --> 00:25:54,080 Speaker 1: she's not doesn't have the Republican art, she's not attact 458 00:25:54,160 --> 00:25:56,919 Speaker 1: to Trump. She is a current district and she stays 459 00:25:56,960 --> 00:25:59,960 Speaker 1: focused on the real problem with law enforcement and incredible justice. 460 00:26:00,000 --> 00:26:05,240 Speaker 1: And Rob Bonta is intellectually incapacitated, and you know what, 461 00:26:05,480 --> 00:26:07,919 Speaker 1: She's not going to go down the abortion road or 462 00:26:07,920 --> 00:26:09,800 Speaker 1: any of these other side roads. And they want to 463 00:26:09,840 --> 00:26:12,320 Speaker 1: distract you with She's focused on, like the Evils of 464 00:26:12,400 --> 00:26:16,880 Speaker 1: Props forty seven and fifty seven. She's smart, she speaks 465 00:26:16,920 --> 00:26:19,600 Speaker 1: really well and in English, and she has all the 466 00:26:19,600 --> 00:26:21,960 Speaker 1: facts right there. And Rob Bonta is one of these 467 00:26:22,000 --> 00:26:26,080 Speaker 1: newsome jargon spewers who just changes the subject, talks in 468 00:26:26,280 --> 00:26:31,640 Speaker 1: bland generalities, you know, issues, all kinds of progressive plock proclamations, 469 00:26:31,640 --> 00:26:34,960 Speaker 1: whether they're true or not. So yeah, if I was him, 470 00:26:35,080 --> 00:26:37,439 Speaker 1: I would not want to go one on one with 471 00:26:37,440 --> 00:26:40,520 Speaker 1: Anne Marie Shubert for six months. That's that's probably going 472 00:26:40,560 --> 00:26:43,520 Speaker 1: to be very unpleasant at times. She can make inroads. 473 00:26:44,480 --> 00:26:46,760 Speaker 1: I had looked this up. He isn't He is a lawyer, 474 00:26:46,840 --> 00:26:48,399 Speaker 1: Rob Bonta. I didn't even know that because he was 475 00:26:48,440 --> 00:26:50,080 Speaker 1: in the legislature, so I didn't know if he was 476 00:26:50,119 --> 00:26:56,480 Speaker 1: an attorney. But he is. They all are. Well, sometimes 477 00:26:56,760 --> 00:26:58,520 Speaker 1: it doesn't matter. I mean, look, who's the head of 478 00:26:58,560 --> 00:27:02,879 Speaker 1: Health and Human Services? Right, it's that uh Javier Baccaria, 479 00:27:03,119 --> 00:27:05,400 Speaker 1: who really Well, there's bad lawyers, all right, There's guys 480 00:27:05,400 --> 00:27:07,680 Speaker 1: who graduated at the bottom of the class. Like Joe 481 00:27:07,720 --> 00:27:12,280 Speaker 1: Biden was a lawyer, but he graduated seventy six from Syracuse, right, 482 00:27:12,359 --> 00:27:15,280 Speaker 1: So what does that tell you? And he gets fifty. 483 00:27:15,520 --> 00:27:17,760 Speaker 1: You know, everybody's trying to try to kill himself to 484 00:27:17,760 --> 00:27:20,320 Speaker 1: get to Harvard or Yale law school. He goes to Syracuse, 485 00:27:20,359 --> 00:27:23,480 Speaker 1: graduates seventy six. He was a senator for fifty years. 486 00:27:23,480 --> 00:27:29,399 Speaker 1: Now he's president. But you know what, he's a dumb guy. 487 00:27:29,840 --> 00:27:31,760 Speaker 1: He was a dumb guy at Syracuse. He's a dumb 488 00:27:31,800 --> 00:27:35,720 Speaker 1: guy now, but he got there. Apparently the new Samads 489 00:27:35,720 --> 00:27:38,000 Speaker 1: who are trying to steer people towards someone else. We 490 00:27:38,080 --> 00:27:42,080 Speaker 1: did not pick for governors State Senator Brian Dolly. His 491 00:27:42,280 --> 00:27:45,720 Speaker 1: stance on abortion, Yeah, that apparently they would like him 492 00:27:45,720 --> 00:27:48,120 Speaker 1: to do. So. They want to get the anti abortion people, 493 00:27:48,119 --> 00:27:50,400 Speaker 1: the pro the pro life people worked up to make 494 00:27:50,440 --> 00:27:53,159 Speaker 1: Dolly number two. So Newsom controunts him in November. You 495 00:27:53,240 --> 00:27:57,160 Speaker 1: get it. What's left of the blockheads and the Republican 496 00:27:57,200 --> 00:28:00,119 Speaker 1: Party in the state. They've never learned, you know, for 497 00:28:00,200 --> 00:28:03,760 Speaker 1: thirty years. Get out of the social issues game. Get 498 00:28:03,760 --> 00:28:06,399 Speaker 1: out stop at the abortion and the gay rights and 499 00:28:06,440 --> 00:28:08,639 Speaker 1: this and that. Just stop talking about it. But I 500 00:28:08,800 --> 00:28:12,480 Speaker 1: understand this. If Newsom has to face off against Michael Schellenberger, 501 00:28:12,720 --> 00:28:14,640 Speaker 1: this would be a whole new animal for him. Well, 502 00:28:14,720 --> 00:28:17,919 Speaker 1: shellen because Schellenberger is another one. He's not running as 503 00:28:17,920 --> 00:28:19,600 Speaker 1: a Republican or Demo. They don't want him to be 504 00:28:19,720 --> 00:28:24,600 Speaker 1: number two. He's very fluent in progressive issues because he 505 00:28:24,720 --> 00:28:28,480 Speaker 1: used to work out of that realm, and he wants 506 00:28:28,520 --> 00:28:31,200 Speaker 1: to point out all the failures. He wants to discuss 507 00:28:31,280 --> 00:28:34,640 Speaker 1: in detail how it's failed, and it's all the things 508 00:28:34,680 --> 00:28:38,280 Speaker 1: that Knewsom either believes in or pretends to believe in. 509 00:28:38,800 --> 00:28:42,240 Speaker 1: For public consumption. He would be able to debate Newsom 510 00:28:42,400 --> 00:28:44,640 Speaker 1: directly on the same ground. He isn't a K. Newsom 511 00:28:44,640 --> 00:28:48,760 Speaker 1: couldn't distract the conversation with abortion Trump you you you, 512 00:28:49,040 --> 00:28:50,840 Speaker 1: I wouldn't be a factor. I would. I would say 513 00:28:51,240 --> 00:28:56,360 Speaker 1: Schellenberger has at least twice the IQ. Yeah, I know, 514 00:28:56,440 --> 00:28:59,680 Speaker 1: I think Newsom have an IQ. Now Newsom is hovering 515 00:28:59,680 --> 00:29:03,360 Speaker 1: around room temperature for an IQ, and I bet you, 516 00:29:03,360 --> 00:29:06,560 Speaker 1: I bet you Schallenberger's at least one fifty. So again, 517 00:29:06,760 --> 00:29:10,400 Speaker 1: Newsom cannaco one on one with Michael Schllenberger. You can't. 518 00:29:10,440 --> 00:29:13,000 Speaker 1: He's just stupid, all right. Well, you know, every time 519 00:29:13,240 --> 00:29:16,360 Speaker 1: you talk about an issue like homelessness, the other side 520 00:29:16,440 --> 00:29:19,000 Speaker 1: always comes up with, well, we have to have more 521 00:29:19,080 --> 00:29:22,240 Speaker 1: housing that's all it is. It's about building more housing. 522 00:29:22,960 --> 00:29:26,480 Speaker 1: This story is kind of fascinating. In case you haven't noticed, 523 00:29:26,560 --> 00:29:30,800 Speaker 1: a lot of California's single family homes, that's what people like. Yeah, 524 00:29:30,800 --> 00:29:34,040 Speaker 1: they liked the idea of having their own home, maybe 525 00:29:34,040 --> 00:29:37,000 Speaker 1: with a small yard. But they're not in the apartment building. 526 00:29:37,000 --> 00:29:40,640 Speaker 1: They're not in some sort of congregate living situation. We 527 00:29:40,720 --> 00:29:42,560 Speaker 1: have that all over the state. It's probably one of 528 00:29:42,600 --> 00:29:45,800 Speaker 1: the reasons that the housing market's always hot here and 529 00:29:45,960 --> 00:29:48,760 Speaker 1: people like to live in California, even though hundreds of 530 00:29:48,800 --> 00:29:52,400 Speaker 1: thousands are leaving anyway. According to an analysis by the 531 00:29:52,440 --> 00:29:56,800 Speaker 1: Southern California Association of Governments Good Old SKAG, the six 532 00:29:56,920 --> 00:30:01,120 Speaker 1: county Southern California region needs one point three four million 533 00:30:01,200 --> 00:30:04,040 Speaker 1: new homes by the end of the decade. That's an 534 00:30:04,040 --> 00:30:06,280 Speaker 1: average of nearly one hundred and sixty eight thousand homes 535 00:30:06,320 --> 00:30:09,480 Speaker 1: per year, adding enough housing for a population roughly the 536 00:30:09,480 --> 00:30:15,840 Speaker 1: size of Chicago. So they're making local government planners submit 537 00:30:16,920 --> 00:30:20,200 Speaker 1: they're building plans. Where are these new homes going to 538 00:30:20,240 --> 00:30:24,360 Speaker 1: be built? Show us well. The Range County Register did 539 00:30:24,360 --> 00:30:27,959 Speaker 1: a story this week, and it starts with South Pasadena, 540 00:30:28,080 --> 00:30:31,160 Speaker 1: which released a proposed new housing plan, and a guy 541 00:30:31,160 --> 00:30:35,400 Speaker 1: by the name of doctor Josh Albreksson jumped on his scooter. 542 00:30:35,520 --> 00:30:38,040 Speaker 1: That would give you a you know right away. This 543 00:30:38,160 --> 00:30:41,360 Speaker 1: guy's a leaner, he pumped. He put it around town. 544 00:30:42,000 --> 00:30:44,240 Speaker 1: He wanted to see. I mean, he actually dug up 545 00:30:44,240 --> 00:30:47,840 Speaker 1: this South Pasadena proposed housing plan. Who would do that? 546 00:30:48,280 --> 00:30:50,000 Speaker 1: To see where they're going to put these two thousand 547 00:30:50,040 --> 00:30:53,760 Speaker 1: and sixty seven new housing units. Well, he put this 548 00:30:53,800 --> 00:30:59,160 Speaker 1: out on Twitter. He documented twenty seven proposed homesites. He 549 00:30:59,320 --> 00:31:02,480 Speaker 1: thought they have little chance of being redeveloped by the 550 00:31:02,600 --> 00:31:04,960 Speaker 1: end of the decade. In fact, the reference here is 551 00:31:04,960 --> 00:31:10,520 Speaker 1: that it's kind of fake. They included skinny sloping tracks 552 00:31:10,600 --> 00:31:13,120 Speaker 1: where home building would be a challenge. Some of the 553 00:31:13,200 --> 00:31:17,520 Speaker 1: parcels were right up on the Gold Line railroad tracks. Yeah, 554 00:31:17,640 --> 00:31:22,240 Speaker 1: one site is boarded by high voltage power lines. He said, 555 00:31:22,360 --> 00:31:25,040 Speaker 1: there's no chance homes are going to be built in 556 00:31:25,040 --> 00:31:28,880 Speaker 1: this manner as South Pasadena is claiming. Did you see 557 00:31:28,960 --> 00:31:32,200 Speaker 1: him he's a doctor. He looks like such a goof. 558 00:31:32,720 --> 00:31:35,000 Speaker 1: I was standing on the scooter, standing on his scooter. 559 00:31:35,160 --> 00:31:38,680 Speaker 1: I mean, he looks he took this seriously. He wanted 560 00:31:38,680 --> 00:31:40,760 Speaker 1: to go out and see. I don't know if he 561 00:31:40,800 --> 00:31:43,800 Speaker 1: has a home, or he's really worried about where people 562 00:31:43,840 --> 00:31:47,160 Speaker 1: are going to liven man with a medical degree, going 563 00:31:47,160 --> 00:31:53,520 Speaker 1: around on a scooter, examining the lots that the city 564 00:31:53,600 --> 00:31:56,320 Speaker 1: is supposed to build new homes on. It's simple. Wow, 565 00:31:57,280 --> 00:31:59,520 Speaker 1: it's simple. Where you live right now? Do you really 566 00:31:59,560 --> 00:32:02,200 Speaker 1: want more people moving in and more big homes being built? 567 00:32:02,240 --> 00:32:05,280 Speaker 1: The answers no, Why don't nobody wants that? Why do 568 00:32:05,320 --> 00:32:08,000 Speaker 1: we have to have more people living here? I've never 569 00:32:08,080 --> 00:32:14,520 Speaker 1: understood that we're capacity. There's no vacancy there. Really, it's enough. 570 00:32:14,840 --> 00:32:17,720 Speaker 1: I mean they're always screaming like, you know, we don't 571 00:32:17,720 --> 00:32:22,160 Speaker 1: have enough water, we don't have enough electricity, too much traffic. Okay, 572 00:32:22,320 --> 00:32:29,720 Speaker 1: we're full, We're full. What's wrong with that? We got 573 00:32:29,760 --> 00:32:32,640 Speaker 1: we got over what how many people? Over twenty million 574 00:32:32,640 --> 00:32:35,560 Speaker 1: people living in southern California. We came here in nineteen 575 00:32:35,640 --> 00:32:38,400 Speaker 1: ninety two. People were hostile about us coming here. They 576 00:32:38,400 --> 00:32:42,280 Speaker 1: thought we were full. Well, there was actually protested. Actually 577 00:32:43,120 --> 00:32:47,040 Speaker 1: population dropped. Yeah, well, first of all, you don't know 578 00:32:47,080 --> 00:32:49,479 Speaker 1: that it's going to keep going up. But second of all, 579 00:32:49,560 --> 00:32:51,040 Speaker 1: so well, what does it matter? Why does it have 580 00:32:51,080 --> 00:32:53,800 Speaker 1: to be managed? Just let the markets sort these things 581 00:32:53,800 --> 00:32:57,560 Speaker 1: out right now. People are moving to places like but 582 00:32:57,720 --> 00:33:01,040 Speaker 1: being in Some people are squatting on the side walk. No, 583 00:33:01,120 --> 00:33:04,320 Speaker 1: you see, that's what we have to do, no notice. 584 00:33:04,360 --> 00:33:07,080 Speaker 1: I wish it was sorting itself out. But some people 585 00:33:07,160 --> 00:33:09,600 Speaker 1: just say, all right, I can't find a home, I'm 586 00:33:09,600 --> 00:33:11,080 Speaker 1: going to live here in the park. You know, those 587 00:33:11,080 --> 00:33:14,200 Speaker 1: are drug addicts and mental basis. I know, but that's 588 00:33:14,200 --> 00:33:16,400 Speaker 1: the reality. And the other side is painting that as 589 00:33:16,440 --> 00:33:19,000 Speaker 1: the housing ship. The other side, those people are insane. 590 00:33:19,440 --> 00:33:21,760 Speaker 1: All right. You can't argue with insane people. You might 591 00:33:21,800 --> 00:33:24,440 Speaker 1: as well argue with the people in the tents that 592 00:33:24,440 --> 00:33:28,320 Speaker 1: that's crazy, and normal people know that's crazy. Increasingly, every day, 593 00:33:28,360 --> 00:33:31,120 Speaker 1: more and more people realize, Wow, that's crazy. That's never 594 00:33:31,160 --> 00:33:34,040 Speaker 1: going to happen. There's no reason any any city should 595 00:33:34,080 --> 00:33:36,240 Speaker 1: be forced to build. And because you know what comes 596 00:33:36,240 --> 00:33:39,440 Speaker 1: with that is there's lots of traffic, uh, you know, 597 00:33:39,520 --> 00:33:42,920 Speaker 1: parking needs. I don't want any more people living on 598 00:33:42,960 --> 00:33:46,720 Speaker 1: my block. Yeah already, as I've talked about with the 599 00:33:46,800 --> 00:33:49,120 Speaker 1: Senate Bill nine, I don't want like a four story 600 00:33:49,160 --> 00:33:51,280 Speaker 1: apartment building going up next door to me or down 601 00:33:51,360 --> 00:33:54,880 Speaker 1: the street. There's no I mean, there's only so many 602 00:33:54,920 --> 00:33:56,760 Speaker 1: people that fit in a place, and you have to 603 00:33:56,800 --> 00:33:59,880 Speaker 1: wait your turn. Like we moved into our neighborhood. Why, 604 00:34:00,120 --> 00:34:03,520 Speaker 1: somebody died seriously and over the next few years, three 605 00:34:03,560 --> 00:34:05,880 Speaker 1: of our neighbors die. You didn't kill them, did you know, 606 00:34:06,840 --> 00:34:09,120 Speaker 1: I mean maybe you pushed it along a little bit. 607 00:34:09,640 --> 00:34:12,640 Speaker 1: Uh So. Then so in the space of just a 608 00:34:12,680 --> 00:34:19,040 Speaker 1: few years, four lots became available because people died. Wow, 609 00:34:19,360 --> 00:34:21,400 Speaker 1: right right right next door to me, on both sides 610 00:34:21,400 --> 00:34:24,000 Speaker 1: and across the street. And so that's what's what you do. 611 00:34:24,040 --> 00:34:26,359 Speaker 1: You wait your turn, and if there's no vacancy, then 612 00:34:26,440 --> 00:34:29,319 Speaker 1: you go somewhere else, or you squat in the park, 613 00:34:29,360 --> 00:34:30,880 Speaker 1: and if the prices are too high, you go to 614 00:34:30,920 --> 00:34:32,879 Speaker 1: a cheaper neighborhood. In fact, is a homeless guy who's 615 00:34:32,880 --> 00:34:35,080 Speaker 1: planted outside your house waiting for you to die, Well, 616 00:34:35,120 --> 00:34:38,319 Speaker 1: there probably is. You know, there's somebody somebody out there 617 00:34:38,400 --> 00:34:40,839 Speaker 1: right now. You wait long enough, I'll die. You can 618 00:34:41,000 --> 00:34:44,200 Speaker 1: you can buy my lot. Oh wait, your wife still 619 00:34:44,200 --> 00:34:47,000 Speaker 1: has to live there. Well when she goes, because I'm 620 00:34:47,040 --> 00:34:50,600 Speaker 1: definitely I'm definitely going first. Yeah, she's definitely lasting probably 621 00:34:50,640 --> 00:34:54,480 Speaker 1: twenty years longer. Uh conways, here, thank you. What do 622 00:34:54,520 --> 00:34:58,359 Speaker 1: you live in a retirement community where people are dying 623 00:34:58,440 --> 00:35:02,040 Speaker 1: for you. Actually, it was a very old neighborhood and 624 00:35:02,040 --> 00:35:04,600 Speaker 1: it is that right turned over the year. Yeah, we 625 00:35:04,680 --> 00:35:07,239 Speaker 1: moved in said oh wow, people were dying. Do you 626 00:35:07,280 --> 00:35:11,440 Speaker 1: have life insurance? Yeah? You know, you know what that's for, right, 627 00:35:12,239 --> 00:35:14,640 Speaker 1: It's for her. Yeah, So she doesn't have to say yes, 628 00:35:14,719 --> 00:35:19,719 Speaker 1: the first idiot she meets at a bar, she'd be 629 00:35:19,760 --> 00:35:27,359 Speaker 1: a little selective. Probably the bar with money, that's right, right, 630 00:35:27,440 --> 00:35:29,440 Speaker 1: She can you know, date for a while before she 631 00:35:29,520 --> 00:35:33,000 Speaker 1: says let's go all right. Corby Carston's coming on talking 632 00:35:33,000 --> 00:35:36,560 Speaker 1: about that fire last night, the coastal fire they're calling it. 633 00:35:36,640 --> 00:35:39,080 Speaker 1: Then Dean Sharpest post COmON last night. He'll be on 634 00:35:39,200 --> 00:35:44,239 Speaker 1: tonight with us pending another huge fire and that disaster unbelievable. 635 00:35:44,320 --> 00:35:46,560 Speaker 1: You see that photos are unbelievable. What that happened? Oh 636 00:35:46,600 --> 00:35:50,520 Speaker 1: I saw this morning. I saw a ten million dollars house, Yeah, 637 00:35:50,560 --> 00:35:52,920 Speaker 1: ten thousand square feet. It was up for sale. And 638 00:35:52,960 --> 00:35:55,560 Speaker 1: at ten million dollars home in that area is a 639 00:35:55,640 --> 00:35:59,640 Speaker 1: twenty five million dollars home in bel Air you know yeah, right, right, 640 00:35:59,719 --> 00:36:03,000 Speaker 1: that's that's like a cut rate neighborhood. Oh yeah, it's huge. Yeah, 641 00:36:03,160 --> 00:36:05,680 Speaker 1: so that I don't. They didn't know if anybody who's 642 00:36:05,680 --> 00:36:08,400 Speaker 1: living in it. Oh, really, nobody's living in it. They 643 00:36:08,440 --> 00:36:10,560 Speaker 1: weren't sure because it might have been put up for sale. 644 00:36:10,680 --> 00:36:13,239 Speaker 1: Oh yeah, but they didn't know. I saw a house 645 00:36:13,320 --> 00:36:15,600 Speaker 1: in that neighborhood. It was put up for sale eight 646 00:36:15,600 --> 00:36:18,600 Speaker 1: hours before that fire started. Really yeah, it didn't burn down, 647 00:36:18,680 --> 00:36:21,719 Speaker 1: but man oh man, how about that? That's my timing, right, Bob, 648 00:36:24,160 --> 00:36:27,640 Speaker 1: all right? Conways coming up, ding Dong Let's roll. Rale 649 00:36:27,719 --> 00:36:32,680 Speaker 1: Crozer has the god kaos THD to Los Angeles, Orange 650 00:36:32,680 --> 00:36:34,640 Speaker 1: County life everywhere in the iHeart Radio app