1 00:00:00,120 --> 00:00:02,440 Speaker 1: One oh two point seven. Kiss f fam. We are 2 00:00:02,440 --> 00:00:05,880 Speaker 1: going to bring in our mayor of Los Angeles, Mayor 3 00:00:06,000 --> 00:00:09,719 Speaker 1: Karen Bass, joining us right now. Mayor Bass, nice to 4 00:00:09,760 --> 00:00:13,080 Speaker 1: have you on. How are you? Thank you? I am 5 00:00:13,200 --> 00:00:16,680 Speaker 1: doing fine and it's nice to be on. Well. Congratulations. 6 00:00:16,680 --> 00:00:20,960 Speaker 1: First of all, thank you very much, appreciate that. Before 7 00:00:20,960 --> 00:00:24,280 Speaker 1: we get to the good stuff. What is the like 8 00:00:24,480 --> 00:00:28,000 Speaker 1: day to day personal cool thing about being the mayor 9 00:00:28,000 --> 00:00:29,560 Speaker 1: of such a big city, in a great city like 10 00:00:29,720 --> 00:00:34,200 Speaker 1: l A. The biggest thing to me is being able 11 00:00:34,240 --> 00:00:38,960 Speaker 1: to immediately make a difference immediately. So yesterday I was 12 00:00:38,960 --> 00:00:42,680 Speaker 1: out walking the streets in Venice and talking to people 13 00:00:42,720 --> 00:00:46,720 Speaker 1: in the tents and being able to say, I actually 14 00:00:46,800 --> 00:00:49,560 Speaker 1: have a room for you. Do you want to come inside? 15 00:00:50,040 --> 00:00:54,040 Speaker 1: And here somebody say yes. So I mean, since you 16 00:00:54,120 --> 00:00:58,160 Speaker 1: bring that up, crime and homelessness are things that everybody's 17 00:00:58,240 --> 00:01:02,160 Speaker 1: been talking about and still talk about. So you talk 18 00:01:02,200 --> 00:01:04,840 Speaker 1: about the tent, you talk about a roof uh, and 19 00:01:05,120 --> 00:01:07,200 Speaker 1: you say it and you tell one person that. So 20 00:01:07,360 --> 00:01:09,920 Speaker 1: what's the difference in how one can say it? You 21 00:01:09,959 --> 00:01:11,400 Speaker 1: can say it, and how you actually get to do 22 00:01:11,440 --> 00:01:14,600 Speaker 1: it and how will you do it? Well? You know what? 23 00:01:15,600 --> 00:01:19,920 Speaker 1: So many things were learned from the pandemic, and interestingly, 24 00:01:20,040 --> 00:01:22,240 Speaker 1: this is an issue I've been trying to address for many, 25 00:01:22,240 --> 00:01:25,240 Speaker 1: many years, and more than two decades ago. We had 26 00:01:25,280 --> 00:01:30,120 Speaker 1: suggested motels, but it took pandemic for the city to say, 27 00:01:30,160 --> 00:01:34,360 Speaker 1: ah ha, motels. So we're capitalizing on the lessons from 28 00:01:34,400 --> 00:01:39,399 Speaker 1: the pandemic getting people housed immediately into motels, while I 29 00:01:39,520 --> 00:01:43,640 Speaker 1: have fast tracked the building of units so they can 30 00:01:43,680 --> 00:01:46,520 Speaker 1: stay in the motel for a few months and then 31 00:01:46,680 --> 00:01:50,680 Speaker 1: move into permanent supportive housing. But you know, key to 32 00:01:50,800 --> 00:01:53,800 Speaker 1: this is addressing why they were on the streets to 33 00:01:53,880 --> 00:01:57,720 Speaker 1: begin with, the mental health, the substance abuse, the variety 34 00:01:57,760 --> 00:02:00,880 Speaker 1: of issues that people face that led to the losing 35 00:02:00,920 --> 00:02:04,480 Speaker 1: housing and being on the street. So fast tracking using motels. 36 00:02:04,560 --> 00:02:07,160 Speaker 1: If you were to say to those of us listening now, 37 00:02:07,320 --> 00:02:10,600 Speaker 1: Mayor of Baths, in two years, here's the difference you 38 00:02:10,639 --> 00:02:13,520 Speaker 1: will see. What would that be. I think that I 39 00:02:13,520 --> 00:02:17,040 Speaker 1: would love to say that there would be no more encampments, 40 00:02:17,040 --> 00:02:20,720 Speaker 1: but I think, speaking conservatively to say that there would 41 00:02:20,720 --> 00:02:25,000 Speaker 1: be a very clear difference in terms of the number 42 00:02:25,080 --> 00:02:27,400 Speaker 1: of encampments. And what I mean by that, of course, 43 00:02:27,680 --> 00:02:30,760 Speaker 1: are the tents on the streets. Because we have to 44 00:02:30,800 --> 00:02:33,680 Speaker 1: get to a point where no one is on the 45 00:02:33,720 --> 00:02:36,720 Speaker 1: street like this. I mean I I always say this 46 00:02:36,800 --> 00:02:39,400 Speaker 1: to young people. I feel bad because there's a generation 47 00:02:39,480 --> 00:02:41,800 Speaker 1: of young folks that grew up thinking that this is 48 00:02:41,840 --> 00:02:44,080 Speaker 1: the way it's always been. And I think you and 49 00:02:44,120 --> 00:02:47,240 Speaker 1: I know that's not the case. It's true. No, it's 50 00:02:47,320 --> 00:02:49,320 Speaker 1: it is true. Mayor Bass with the sound. What is 51 00:02:49,320 --> 00:02:51,720 Speaker 1: Eli the fourth largest economy in the world? What what? 52 00:02:51,720 --> 00:02:55,400 Speaker 1: What is it? Uh? No, kellif the state of kellifist 53 00:02:55,919 --> 00:02:58,440 Speaker 1: but LA has got it. L A's got a ranking globally, 54 00:02:59,240 --> 00:03:00,920 Speaker 1: it does. I did a little more than that. I 55 00:03:00,960 --> 00:03:05,240 Speaker 1: think it might be ninth or ten the city city. 56 00:03:05,320 --> 00:03:08,800 Speaker 1: But just think about this. The population of l A, 57 00:03:08,880 --> 00:03:12,080 Speaker 1: the city is greater than a number of states. And 58 00:03:12,160 --> 00:03:14,880 Speaker 1: just coming off of spending twelve years in Congress, I 59 00:03:14,919 --> 00:03:17,280 Speaker 1: have to tell you that when you have a state 60 00:03:17,320 --> 00:03:20,079 Speaker 1: with six hundred thousand people in it, in Los Angeles 61 00:03:20,080 --> 00:03:22,959 Speaker 1: city is close to four million. And then you look 62 00:03:23,000 --> 00:03:25,680 Speaker 1: at the you know, a state with six hundred thousand 63 00:03:25,680 --> 00:03:30,880 Speaker 1: people has two senators. It's interesting the numbers. It's always 64 00:03:30,919 --> 00:03:34,400 Speaker 1: fascinated me. All right, Mayor Bass, with us now our 65 00:03:34,480 --> 00:03:38,560 Speaker 1: new mayor in Los Angeles. Crime it's a real problem everywhere. 66 00:03:39,200 --> 00:03:42,040 Speaker 1: I've heard what you've said, but tell me the latest. 67 00:03:42,080 --> 00:03:45,320 Speaker 1: Now that you're in office, what's your view on how 68 00:03:45,360 --> 00:03:51,040 Speaker 1: we fix it everywhere? So immediately after the race was declared, 69 00:03:51,080 --> 00:03:53,680 Speaker 1: way before I was even sworn in, I met with 70 00:03:53,720 --> 00:03:57,000 Speaker 1: the chief of police in the top command, and I 71 00:03:57,120 --> 00:04:00,480 Speaker 1: raised with him right away the numbers you how many 72 00:04:00,520 --> 00:04:03,160 Speaker 1: officers do we have? How many officers are we down? 73 00:04:03,640 --> 00:04:06,280 Speaker 1: We clearly need to hire because a lot of people 74 00:04:06,320 --> 00:04:09,640 Speaker 1: have retired or moved on to other things, and how 75 00:04:09,680 --> 00:04:13,720 Speaker 1: we get them hired? But then also how do you 76 00:04:13,760 --> 00:04:17,680 Speaker 1: move officers who are currently doing death duty on the streets. 77 00:04:18,120 --> 00:04:20,960 Speaker 1: And there were certain neighborhoods that as I went to 78 00:04:21,200 --> 00:04:24,680 Speaker 1: in the campaign, that wanted to see an increased police presence, 79 00:04:25,040 --> 00:04:27,840 Speaker 1: and the chief told me that he has already responded 80 00:04:27,880 --> 00:04:30,720 Speaker 1: to that and has increased the police presence that I'll 81 00:04:30,720 --> 00:04:33,719 Speaker 1: give you two examples. One is Ventura Boulevard in in 82 00:04:33,800 --> 00:04:37,520 Speaker 1: Studio City. The other one is melrose Um. You know 83 00:04:37,560 --> 00:04:40,479 Speaker 1: where the shops are. But the other thing that I 84 00:04:40,560 --> 00:04:43,080 Speaker 1: planned to do in the next month or so is 85 00:04:43,120 --> 00:04:47,000 Speaker 1: to begin a process of establishing an office of Community 86 00:04:47,080 --> 00:04:51,200 Speaker 1: Safety that's actually not connected to law enforcement but deals 87 00:04:51,240 --> 00:04:53,279 Speaker 1: with all of the other issues. Because you know what's 88 00:04:53,279 --> 00:04:56,960 Speaker 1: happened over the years, Ryan, is that we just dump 89 00:04:57,000 --> 00:04:59,240 Speaker 1: everything on the police. I mean, the police are supposed 90 00:04:59,279 --> 00:05:03,080 Speaker 1: to be social work because they're supposed to be done psychiatrists. 91 00:05:03,080 --> 00:05:07,599 Speaker 1: Because we don't deal with society's issues. We let things 92 00:05:07,640 --> 00:05:10,120 Speaker 1: fall through the cracks and expect the police department to 93 00:05:10,160 --> 00:05:13,040 Speaker 1: deal with it. So that's why in my second week 94 00:05:13,080 --> 00:05:16,160 Speaker 1: I went over to the county Board of Supervisors and 95 00:05:16,279 --> 00:05:20,039 Speaker 1: told them I I spoke at the board and asked 96 00:05:20,120 --> 00:05:23,520 Speaker 1: them to get involved because they're the service providers and 97 00:05:23,560 --> 00:05:26,279 Speaker 1: instead of pointing fingers at each other, we need to 98 00:05:26,360 --> 00:05:30,200 Speaker 1: lock arms together and say we have these problems. The 99 00:05:30,279 --> 00:05:32,640 Speaker 1: city can deal with part of it, the county can 100 00:05:32,680 --> 00:05:35,080 Speaker 1: deal with other parts. Listen to it together. And I 101 00:05:35,120 --> 00:05:38,279 Speaker 1: do think that they were very interested and excited. I 102 00:05:38,360 --> 00:05:42,440 Speaker 1: know each of the supervisors, and so I'm very optimistic 103 00:05:42,480 --> 00:05:46,359 Speaker 1: that will be able to realign government and get government 104 00:05:46,360 --> 00:05:51,240 Speaker 1: to function a little better. Mayor Bass with us now, Uh, downtown. 105 00:05:51,279 --> 00:05:53,320 Speaker 1: I can see by her the view behind her, which 106 00:05:53,320 --> 00:05:56,240 Speaker 1: is which is artwork, but I know where she is. Uh. 107 00:05:56,279 --> 00:05:59,920 Speaker 1: What do you say to those who think that criminals 108 00:06:00,000 --> 00:06:01,880 Speaker 1: are committing more crime because they just don't feel like 109 00:06:01,880 --> 00:06:04,400 Speaker 1: they're getting that much trouble if they do it well, 110 00:06:04,440 --> 00:06:07,440 Speaker 1: I don't think that it's it's I know people feel 111 00:06:07,480 --> 00:06:11,440 Speaker 1: that way, but because we've had certain reforms here. But 112 00:06:11,520 --> 00:06:14,640 Speaker 1: if you look at just in the state of California alone, 113 00:06:14,720 --> 00:06:17,640 Speaker 1: the most conservative parts of the state that have had 114 00:06:17,720 --> 00:06:22,000 Speaker 1: no reforms have higher crime problems. If you look at 115 00:06:22,080 --> 00:06:24,760 Speaker 1: states that have passed nothing but are still in the 116 00:06:24,839 --> 00:06:29,280 Speaker 1: law and order UH mentality, their crime rates are higher 117 00:06:29,320 --> 00:06:32,760 Speaker 1: than ours. So it's easy to assign an increase in 118 00:06:32,839 --> 00:06:36,200 Speaker 1: crime to that. But I think it's important to look deeper. 119 00:06:36,560 --> 00:06:39,600 Speaker 1: But I also do not pull any punches. When crime happens, 120 00:06:39,640 --> 00:06:42,640 Speaker 1: you gotta deal with it, you know. But I believe 121 00:06:42,720 --> 00:06:48,280 Speaker 1: in stopping the crimes of today, but investing in preventing 122 00:06:48,320 --> 00:06:51,480 Speaker 1: the crimes of tomorrow. That's why one of the last 123 00:06:51,480 --> 00:06:53,960 Speaker 1: things I did in Congress, by the way, working with 124 00:06:54,000 --> 00:06:57,200 Speaker 1: Congressman Tony Carton, is is that we both are bringing 125 00:06:57,240 --> 00:07:00,719 Speaker 1: seven million dollars to Los Angeles to supports some of 126 00:07:00,760 --> 00:07:04,040 Speaker 1: the groups that do the violence prevention work, and many 127 00:07:04,120 --> 00:07:07,159 Speaker 1: of the men and women that do this work were 128 00:07:07,200 --> 00:07:11,840 Speaker 1: formally involved in criminal activity. Our gang activity. They're older, 129 00:07:12,120 --> 00:07:15,760 Speaker 1: they've turned their lives around, they're very remorseful. We've provided 130 00:07:15,760 --> 00:07:19,440 Speaker 1: them training and support, and then they go into communities 131 00:07:19,920 --> 00:07:22,640 Speaker 1: and prevent the crimes of the future. But one thing 132 00:07:22,680 --> 00:07:25,920 Speaker 1: that the chief told me a year ago is that 133 00:07:25,920 --> 00:07:30,160 Speaker 1: when the pandemic shut things down, the crime prevention organizations 134 00:07:30,200 --> 00:07:34,720 Speaker 1: closed too, and rise surprise, we had an uptick in crime. 135 00:07:34,840 --> 00:07:38,320 Speaker 1: So I think we need a better investment in neighborhoods 136 00:07:38,600 --> 00:07:41,040 Speaker 1: to prevent crime in the first place. Stop it today, 137 00:07:41,200 --> 00:07:44,440 Speaker 1: prevented tomorrow. The Mayor of the Great City of Los 138 00:07:44,480 --> 00:07:47,920 Speaker 1: Angeles on with us. Now, Okay, here's what I'm personally 139 00:07:47,920 --> 00:07:51,280 Speaker 1: curious about sleep. So you know, I got to know 140 00:07:51,920 --> 00:07:55,040 Speaker 1: Mayor and Tonio Vieira go so very very well and 141 00:07:55,160 --> 00:07:58,040 Speaker 1: spent a lot of good time with him. And I 142 00:07:58,120 --> 00:08:00,600 Speaker 1: was always curious about sleep because you're kind of always 143 00:08:00,600 --> 00:08:04,440 Speaker 1: on call, Like you can't really you can't really turn 144 00:08:04,520 --> 00:08:06,320 Speaker 1: your phone off, you can't really put it in the 145 00:08:06,320 --> 00:08:10,840 Speaker 1: other room. So how how does that work personally for you? Well, 146 00:08:11,000 --> 00:08:13,920 Speaker 1: so far, so good. And by the way, Mayor vier 147 00:08:14,000 --> 00:08:17,080 Speaker 1: Rags is a dear friend of mine as well, and 148 00:08:17,200 --> 00:08:20,760 Speaker 1: uh and so is our you know, previous mayors obviously 149 00:08:20,800 --> 00:08:24,920 Speaker 1: including Garsetti, but even Mayor Han and Reardon. Um, you know, 150 00:08:25,120 --> 00:08:27,880 Speaker 1: you manage and I'm used to kind of being on 151 00:08:28,040 --> 00:08:31,280 Speaker 1: call all the time, so nothing much changes. But you 152 00:08:31,320 --> 00:08:33,200 Speaker 1: have to discipline and make sure that you take care 153 00:08:33,200 --> 00:08:36,200 Speaker 1: of your health too, and I definitely do that. What 154 00:08:36,280 --> 00:08:39,959 Speaker 1: time do you get to have dinner normally? Um between 155 00:08:40,000 --> 00:08:41,760 Speaker 1: I would say six and eight. I don't like to 156 00:08:41,800 --> 00:08:44,520 Speaker 1: have dinners real late. Do you try and have a 157 00:08:44,520 --> 00:08:47,839 Speaker 1: bedtime or is it no? No, no, no, I do? 158 00:08:48,040 --> 00:08:50,000 Speaker 1: I do. I try to be in bed by about 159 00:08:50,360 --> 00:08:52,439 Speaker 1: ten or eleven, and I'm up at you know, for 160 00:08:52,679 --> 00:08:57,720 Speaker 1: thirty five o'clock. And what's your decompression exercise? Deep decompression 161 00:08:57,800 --> 00:09:04,640 Speaker 1: exercise is bike riding, swimming, reading, That's that's how I decompress. 162 00:09:05,120 --> 00:09:06,760 Speaker 1: That's good, it's important. I mean, did do a good 163 00:09:06,840 --> 00:09:08,640 Speaker 1: job for us. You've got to have that time to 164 00:09:08,960 --> 00:09:12,360 Speaker 1: write ectally exactly. You absolutely do. And you know what 165 00:09:12,400 --> 00:09:17,040 Speaker 1: I mean. I've seen people allow their health to deteriorate. 166 00:09:17,160 --> 00:09:19,480 Speaker 1: And if you're of service to people, you have to 167 00:09:19,520 --> 00:09:21,360 Speaker 1: take care of yourselfs so you can continue to be 168 00:09:21,360 --> 00:09:24,959 Speaker 1: in service. We appreciate you coming on with us, Mayor Bass, 169 00:09:25,000 --> 00:09:27,600 Speaker 1: and good luck to you and hopefully we'll be at 170 00:09:27,600 --> 00:09:29,880 Speaker 1: the top of your list to come back often. Oh 171 00:09:30,040 --> 00:09:32,240 Speaker 1: I would love to come back often, so let's count 172 00:09:32,280 --> 00:09:35,920 Speaker 1: on it, all right. Thank you, math, Thank you Mayor 173 00:09:36,000 --> 00:09:39,199 Speaker 1: Karen Bass there downtown l A. That's a job. Now. 174 00:09:39,200 --> 00:09:41,640 Speaker 1: That is a job, right now, that's a job, real job, 175 00:09:41,720 --> 00:09:46,120 Speaker 1: tough job. Nothing. I was just like, really, it was 176 00:09:46,160 --> 00:09:47,800 Speaker 1: like kind of exciting to see me wave at her 177 00:09:47,800 --> 00:09:50,040 Speaker 1: good violin. You're waving at us to say you want 178 00:09:50,080 --> 00:09:52,240 Speaker 1: to say something. No, no's waving her goodbye. Because I 179 00:09:52,280 --> 00:09:53,640 Speaker 1: was like, oh my gosh, the mayor is gonna wave 180 00:09:53,679 --> 00:09:59,960 Speaker 1: at me. Kiss unholy. It's on l as number one 181 00:10:00,000 --> 00:10:00,839 Speaker 1: on Hit Music Stage.