1 00:00:00,600 --> 00:00:02,840 Speaker 1: Can if I am six forty. You're listening to the 2 00:00:02,920 --> 00:00:05,959 Speaker 1: John Cobelt podcast on the iHeartRadio. 3 00:00:05,320 --> 00:00:09,520 Speaker 2: App This is Carlton Myos sitting in today for John Coblt, 4 00:00:10,320 --> 00:00:14,480 Speaker 2: who's off on a wonderful vacation. Some of you may 5 00:00:14,520 --> 00:00:16,840 Speaker 2: know me from my appearances with John and Ken over 6 00:00:16,880 --> 00:00:20,840 Speaker 2: the years. Some may know me from hosting my own 7 00:00:20,920 --> 00:00:24,079 Speaker 2: radio show on the iHeart network for eight years in 8 00:00:24,120 --> 00:00:28,240 Speaker 2: southern California. You may know that I'm now a California 9 00:00:28,480 --> 00:00:31,960 Speaker 2: State Representative in the California State Assembly, representing a district 10 00:00:32,040 --> 00:00:35,720 Speaker 2: in San Diego County, the seventy fifth Assembly District. Or 11 00:00:35,760 --> 00:00:39,360 Speaker 2: you may be familiar with my work at Reform California, 12 00:00:39,920 --> 00:00:45,000 Speaker 2: which is a statewide political movement that I lead, and 13 00:00:45,040 --> 00:00:48,760 Speaker 2: we've been doing this for about the last ten years, 14 00:00:49,360 --> 00:00:52,360 Speaker 2: trying to shine a light on the corruption, the failures 15 00:00:52,360 --> 00:00:55,120 Speaker 2: in California state and local government. Yes, we have had 16 00:00:55,200 --> 00:00:57,840 Speaker 2: our hands full. There's a lot of it, a lot 17 00:00:57,880 --> 00:01:02,120 Speaker 2: to shine a light on. But we're also about solutions, 18 00:01:02,920 --> 00:01:06,760 Speaker 2: not just informing you as to what is wrong in California. 19 00:01:06,760 --> 00:01:09,959 Speaker 2: Because I think we all understand things are pretty bad 20 00:01:10,440 --> 00:01:15,080 Speaker 2: in California and really bad in Los Angeles. And southern California. 21 00:01:15,680 --> 00:01:19,800 Speaker 2: We know things are bad. We need solutions. And then, 22 00:01:19,880 --> 00:01:24,520 Speaker 2: more importantly, our political system is broken. They know things 23 00:01:24,520 --> 00:01:28,560 Speaker 2: are bad. They could easily adopt the common sense solutions 24 00:01:28,560 --> 00:01:35,400 Speaker 2: that seventy percent of California voters residents want, but they don't. 25 00:01:35,800 --> 00:01:40,560 Speaker 2: They don't fix the problems. And that's where you and 26 00:01:40,640 --> 00:01:44,240 Speaker 2: I have to come in. We have to impose reform 27 00:01:44,600 --> 00:01:49,480 Speaker 2: on this broken, corrupt, failing political system from the outside. 28 00:01:49,760 --> 00:01:55,360 Speaker 2: And I know that may seem lofty and even unattainable, 29 00:01:55,680 --> 00:01:59,120 Speaker 2: but let me tell you here and now, it can 30 00:01:59,160 --> 00:02:03,400 Speaker 2: be done. It will be done. You don't have to 31 00:02:03,720 --> 00:02:09,880 Speaker 2: accept the failure here in California. You don't have to 32 00:02:10,040 --> 00:02:12,440 Speaker 2: flee to another state. You don't give up the good 33 00:02:12,440 --> 00:02:14,880 Speaker 2: things about California that we love. I mean, we have 34 00:02:14,960 --> 00:02:17,840 Speaker 2: so many blessings in California. We used to be so 35 00:02:18,000 --> 00:02:22,560 Speaker 2: proud of saying, Hey, I'm from California. People thirty years ago, 36 00:02:22,600 --> 00:02:25,200 Speaker 2: forty years ago, when you traveled the country, traveled the world, 37 00:02:25,240 --> 00:02:28,160 Speaker 2: they used to say ooh ah when they found out 38 00:02:28,200 --> 00:02:31,239 Speaker 2: that you were from California. Now or the butt of 39 00:02:31,360 --> 00:02:34,440 Speaker 2: jokes or that car accident on the side of the 40 00:02:34,520 --> 00:02:38,440 Speaker 2: road that everyone slows down to gawk at. You don't 41 00:02:38,440 --> 00:02:40,800 Speaker 2: need to give up the good things about California because 42 00:02:40,800 --> 00:02:43,760 Speaker 2: we have a broken government. You can stay in fight. 43 00:02:44,480 --> 00:02:46,440 Speaker 2: And so that's what we're going to talk about for 44 00:02:46,560 --> 00:02:51,240 Speaker 2: these next few days that I'm sitting in for John, 45 00:02:52,400 --> 00:02:54,120 Speaker 2: And of course I want to talk about the issues 46 00:02:54,160 --> 00:02:57,520 Speaker 2: and the concerns and questions that you might have. I'm 47 00:02:57,520 --> 00:03:03,079 Speaker 2: going to be lifting the veil on California politics. I'm 48 00:03:03,080 --> 00:03:07,200 Speaker 2: inside the belly of the beast. I've gone inside the 49 00:03:07,240 --> 00:03:14,720 Speaker 2: most corrupt system. Maybe Washington gives a good race on 50 00:03:14,760 --> 00:03:17,000 Speaker 2: this one, a good competition on this one, but no, 51 00:03:17,080 --> 00:03:20,840 Speaker 2: California state government is pretty damn corrupt. There are third 52 00:03:20,880 --> 00:03:23,840 Speaker 2: world nations that are run better than California. So we're 53 00:03:23,840 --> 00:03:27,959 Speaker 2: gonna lift the veil on how things really work, who 54 00:03:28,040 --> 00:03:32,440 Speaker 2: really is in charge of California politics. But also I 55 00:03:32,480 --> 00:03:35,800 Speaker 2: want to not leave you without hope. I want to 56 00:03:35,880 --> 00:03:38,200 Speaker 2: lay out some ways that you can be part of 57 00:03:38,200 --> 00:03:41,360 Speaker 2: the fight to take back the state. Okay, so let 58 00:03:41,440 --> 00:03:45,000 Speaker 2: me start out first. Some of you know that in 59 00:03:45,040 --> 00:03:50,320 Speaker 2: the California State Assembly when I first got here, I 60 00:03:50,360 --> 00:03:55,040 Speaker 2: was assigned to the State Budget Committee to serve on 61 00:03:55,080 --> 00:03:58,320 Speaker 2: the State Budget Committee and when I got assigned on 62 00:03:58,320 --> 00:04:00,320 Speaker 2: the State Budget Committee, I kind of scratched my head 63 00:04:00,320 --> 00:04:04,560 Speaker 2: because I thought, the Democrats, don't they know who they're 64 00:04:04,600 --> 00:04:08,200 Speaker 2: dealing with here. I mean, I've built a reputation across 65 00:04:08,200 --> 00:04:11,040 Speaker 2: the country for the past thirty years as a government 66 00:04:11,120 --> 00:04:16,120 Speaker 2: reform advocate working in a multitude of states, a government 67 00:04:16,200 --> 00:04:22,760 Speaker 2: budgeting expert. Government officials would hire me to come in 68 00:04:22,800 --> 00:04:24,960 Speaker 2: and look at the books, to do a deep dive 69 00:04:25,040 --> 00:04:27,240 Speaker 2: to find out where the bodies were buried. We were 70 00:04:27,400 --> 00:04:33,080 Speaker 2: dozing government before dozing government was even a thing, was 71 00:04:33,160 --> 00:04:35,599 Speaker 2: even like this great popular thing that Elon Musk and 72 00:04:35,600 --> 00:04:37,880 Speaker 2: President Trump have been doing in Washington. So when I 73 00:04:37,880 --> 00:04:39,880 Speaker 2: was assigned to the Budget Committee, I thought, wow, boy, 74 00:04:39,920 --> 00:04:44,600 Speaker 2: this is going to be fun. After two meetings of 75 00:04:44,640 --> 00:04:47,360 Speaker 2: the Budget Committee and what I was able to uncover 76 00:04:47,440 --> 00:04:50,000 Speaker 2: and shine a light on, the Democrats kicked me off. 77 00:04:50,360 --> 00:04:54,120 Speaker 2: So since I can't go to the Budget Committee anymore 78 00:04:55,200 --> 00:05:01,080 Speaker 2: to reveal the failures, the corruption, the wasteful spending, I've 79 00:05:01,120 --> 00:05:04,520 Speaker 2: decided to basically build up a dirt file and share 80 00:05:04,520 --> 00:05:07,200 Speaker 2: it with all of you here Okafi this week. So 81 00:05:07,560 --> 00:05:10,279 Speaker 2: we're going to get into a lot of the findings 82 00:05:10,320 --> 00:05:15,039 Speaker 2: that we've been able to uncover corruption and wasteful spending 83 00:05:15,080 --> 00:05:20,280 Speaker 2: and failed government programs as part of our doge California effort. 84 00:05:20,279 --> 00:05:22,839 Speaker 2: We're going to be revealing that this week. But I 85 00:05:22,839 --> 00:05:26,640 Speaker 2: also want to hear from you. What issue, what topic, 86 00:05:26,800 --> 00:05:29,080 Speaker 2: what problem, what news story do you want me to 87 00:05:29,120 --> 00:05:32,479 Speaker 2: weigh in on? What questions do you have? So check 88 00:05:32,520 --> 00:05:36,840 Speaker 2: out the talkback feature on the iHeartRadio app. Any of 89 00:05:36,920 --> 00:05:40,480 Speaker 2: you with smartphones, you can easily downloadload the iHeartRadio app. 90 00:05:40,480 --> 00:05:46,599 Speaker 2: You can listen to any iHeart show anytime anywhere, but 91 00:05:46,640 --> 00:05:50,000 Speaker 2: you also can talk back to us using the talkback feature. 92 00:05:50,160 --> 00:05:55,560 Speaker 2: So send in your questions, tell me what topics you 93 00:05:55,560 --> 00:05:59,080 Speaker 2: want me to cover this week, and Producer Ray will 94 00:05:59,560 --> 00:06:01,520 Speaker 2: keep me in formed. And you know I'll take as 95 00:06:01,520 --> 00:06:04,800 Speaker 2: many topics and questions as possible in the next four days. 96 00:06:04,839 --> 00:06:06,960 Speaker 2: So let's get get started. I want to start with 97 00:06:07,880 --> 00:06:15,000 Speaker 2: just how corrupt, just how corrupt is state government And 98 00:06:15,640 --> 00:06:18,640 Speaker 2: as bad as you may think it is, I'm here 99 00:06:18,640 --> 00:06:20,599 Speaker 2: to tell you it's a hell of a lot worse. 100 00:06:21,960 --> 00:06:24,239 Speaker 2: And so I want to go through behind the scenes 101 00:06:24,920 --> 00:06:30,480 Speaker 2: what I call the Sacramento Swamp and just how broken 102 00:06:30,520 --> 00:06:34,560 Speaker 2: it is. Because I've always said you can try to 103 00:06:34,600 --> 00:06:39,760 Speaker 2: fix problems in California like homelessness, or crime or broken schools. 104 00:06:40,960 --> 00:06:46,360 Speaker 2: Those problems, though, are not going to get fixed if 105 00:06:46,360 --> 00:06:49,240 Speaker 2: there are very political system. The political system that we 106 00:06:49,279 --> 00:06:55,680 Speaker 2: live under is corrupt tooth to tail. We will not 107 00:06:56,120 --> 00:07:01,560 Speaker 2: be able to fix the problems until we reform the 108 00:07:01,600 --> 00:07:05,880 Speaker 2: corruption in our broken political system. And there are really 109 00:07:06,320 --> 00:07:13,880 Speaker 2: five things that are insanely broken about our system. Number One, 110 00:07:14,240 --> 00:07:19,080 Speaker 2: who actually runs our government? People ask me that all 111 00:07:19,120 --> 00:07:23,120 Speaker 2: the time. Who runs our government? It's not you, the voter, 112 00:07:23,440 --> 00:07:27,000 Speaker 2: It's not the people. Hell, I'll even argue it's not 113 00:07:27,040 --> 00:07:31,679 Speaker 2: even the politicians. Now, the people who run our government 114 00:07:31,760 --> 00:07:37,200 Speaker 2: in California are the people with money. And be very 115 00:07:37,240 --> 00:07:41,480 Speaker 2: clear about it, the labor unions have the most money, 116 00:07:41,520 --> 00:07:47,800 Speaker 2: not corporations. The labor unions in this state, particularly government unions, 117 00:07:48,600 --> 00:07:56,720 Speaker 2: largest being the teachers' unions. The unions have the most money, 118 00:07:57,840 --> 00:08:01,040 Speaker 2: They have the biggest say in politics. What they say 119 00:08:01,160 --> 00:08:05,200 Speaker 2: pretty much goes Oh. Don't get me wrong. Corporations also 120 00:08:05,280 --> 00:08:08,520 Speaker 2: are in on the corruption. The special interests. Do you 121 00:08:08,560 --> 00:08:12,080 Speaker 2: know that in Sacramento, they know that they're in charge. 122 00:08:13,440 --> 00:08:17,440 Speaker 2: They even have created a name for themselves. I have 123 00:08:17,520 --> 00:08:20,760 Speaker 2: a couple choice names that I call them, I can't 124 00:08:20,800 --> 00:08:23,320 Speaker 2: say it on air. Ray producer Ray would be very 125 00:08:23,360 --> 00:08:26,080 Speaker 2: upset with me. I wouldn't be asked back tomorrow. The 126 00:08:26,160 --> 00:08:29,680 Speaker 2: KFI license might get pulled for vulgarity. No no, no no. 127 00:08:30,200 --> 00:08:34,640 Speaker 2: In Sacramento, these these special interests, these labor union bosses, 128 00:08:35,559 --> 00:08:42,319 Speaker 2: these lobbyists, these these special interests corporations, they call themselves quote, 129 00:08:42,400 --> 00:08:48,000 Speaker 2: the third House. They've given themselves a name, the third House. 130 00:08:48,360 --> 00:08:51,959 Speaker 2: And it comes from this in the legislature and the 131 00:08:52,000 --> 00:08:55,040 Speaker 2: state legislature. Well, in our system of government, there's three branches. Right, 132 00:08:55,200 --> 00:08:59,240 Speaker 2: there's the governor, that's the executive. There's the courts that's 133 00:08:59,280 --> 00:09:02,319 Speaker 2: the judicial. There's the legislature, which is supposed to be 134 00:09:02,360 --> 00:09:04,760 Speaker 2: the people's branch. So three branch is a government. But 135 00:09:04,840 --> 00:09:10,880 Speaker 2: within the legislature, the people's branch, there are two houses. 136 00:09:11,400 --> 00:09:14,200 Speaker 2: The first house is the Senate. The second house is 137 00:09:14,240 --> 00:09:18,800 Speaker 2: the Assembly or the House Representatives. You have two houses 138 00:09:18,800 --> 00:09:24,000 Speaker 2: of the legislature. The lobbyists, the labor union bosses, they've 139 00:09:24,040 --> 00:09:28,840 Speaker 2: given themselves a name. They call themselves the third House, 140 00:09:29,880 --> 00:09:32,400 Speaker 2: third House. If you come to Sacramento and you say 141 00:09:32,440 --> 00:09:36,200 Speaker 2: third House, everybody knows who you're talking about. The people 142 00:09:36,200 --> 00:09:41,439 Speaker 2: who call the shots, the people who have the money, 143 00:09:42,480 --> 00:09:46,480 Speaker 2: and up in Sacramento, if you cross the third House, 144 00:09:47,920 --> 00:09:51,800 Speaker 2: if you don't do what they demand, you can be 145 00:09:51,840 --> 00:09:56,920 Speaker 2: in trouble. They'll come after you in the election using 146 00:09:57,240 --> 00:10:06,120 Speaker 2: their independent expenditures and so money that's what controls our 147 00:10:06,120 --> 00:10:08,560 Speaker 2: political system. Now it doesn't have to be that way, 148 00:10:08,920 --> 00:10:12,200 Speaker 2: and that's where reform California, the movement I'm leading, comes in. 149 00:10:12,880 --> 00:10:15,640 Speaker 2: But when you come to Sacramento, if you come up 150 00:10:15,640 --> 00:10:18,240 Speaker 2: to the state Capitol, there are bars and restaurants and 151 00:10:18,280 --> 00:10:24,920 Speaker 2: hotels that surround the Capitol building every night that the 152 00:10:25,000 --> 00:10:30,280 Speaker 2: legislature is in business. When they're in town, there are 153 00:10:30,360 --> 00:10:39,800 Speaker 2: between twenty and thirty fundraising events and other receptions that 154 00:10:39,880 --> 00:10:43,880 Speaker 2: these lobbyists and labor union bosses, these corporations, these special 155 00:10:43,880 --> 00:10:47,800 Speaker 2: interests are hosting. And it's all free booze and free 156 00:10:47,840 --> 00:10:55,960 Speaker 2: wine and free food and everyone's fake. But it's all 157 00:10:56,000 --> 00:10:58,920 Speaker 2: about the money. And these groups not not only give 158 00:10:58,920 --> 00:11:02,120 Speaker 2: money directly to the policy titians, but they then say 159 00:11:02,160 --> 00:11:05,640 Speaker 2: we'll spend money on your behalf as an independent expenditure 160 00:11:05,760 --> 00:11:08,480 Speaker 2: and put you into office, or the threat is take 161 00:11:08,520 --> 00:11:09,840 Speaker 2: you out of office. So the first thing we have 162 00:11:09,880 --> 00:11:13,720 Speaker 2: to deal with is the fact that our campaign finance 163 00:11:13,760 --> 00:11:16,440 Speaker 2: system is completely broken. In Sacramento, we're going to talk 164 00:11:16,480 --> 00:11:21,120 Speaker 2: about four other perversions of our government, why it's broken, 165 00:11:21,160 --> 00:11:24,240 Speaker 2: why it's corrupt, including wait till you hear this. I 166 00:11:24,360 --> 00:11:26,960 Speaker 2: joined John last week to give him a rundown of 167 00:11:26,960 --> 00:11:32,960 Speaker 2: some of these things. The gifts, the free lavish travel, pensions, 168 00:11:33,000 --> 00:11:36,960 Speaker 2: insider trading, special interest jobs, all the perks that the 169 00:11:37,000 --> 00:11:40,520 Speaker 2: politicians give themselves at your expense. That's all coming up 170 00:11:40,640 --> 00:11:42,720 Speaker 2: as Carl Demos sits in for John Cobelt. 171 00:11:43,440 --> 00:11:47,760 Speaker 3: You're listening to John Cobelt on demand from KFI AM 172 00:11:47,760 --> 00:11:48,319 Speaker 3: six forty. 173 00:11:49,800 --> 00:11:51,640 Speaker 2: Coming up in the two o'clock hour, we're going to 174 00:11:51,720 --> 00:11:56,560 Speaker 2: hear from a major Republican candidate for California governor in 175 00:11:56,600 --> 00:11:59,480 Speaker 2: twenty twenty six, Steve Hilton. He kicked off his campaign 176 00:12:00,120 --> 00:12:04,160 Speaker 2: in Huntington Beach today with a massive rally on the beach. 177 00:12:04,520 --> 00:12:07,080 Speaker 2: He'll be joining us, And the question I'm gonna ask 178 00:12:07,200 --> 00:12:09,079 Speaker 2: is the question I think a lot of people are wondering, 179 00:12:11,040 --> 00:12:13,080 Speaker 2: how do you win? How do you win in California? 180 00:12:13,080 --> 00:12:15,959 Speaker 2: And I do believe a Republican candidate can win, And 181 00:12:16,000 --> 00:12:18,600 Speaker 2: I'll tell you why. At two o'clock plus at three o'clock, 182 00:12:19,240 --> 00:12:24,679 Speaker 2: Mexico has been dumping millions of gallons of raw sewage 183 00:12:24,840 --> 00:12:29,959 Speaker 2: on California beaches, contaminating our bays, creating a public health 184 00:12:30,000 --> 00:12:35,160 Speaker 2: and an environmental crisis. EPA administrator Lezelden is in California, 185 00:12:35,240 --> 00:12:38,840 Speaker 2: Southern California today and made a couple big announcements. But 186 00:12:38,880 --> 00:12:40,600 Speaker 2: I don't think it goes far enough. So I'll tell 187 00:12:40,600 --> 00:12:43,120 Speaker 2: you what we have to do to stop the sewage spills. 188 00:12:43,720 --> 00:12:49,000 Speaker 2: What's not even a spill, it's dumping sewage on our beaches, 189 00:12:49,000 --> 00:12:52,079 Speaker 2: in our bays. That's during the three o'clock hour we're 190 00:12:52,120 --> 00:12:56,720 Speaker 2: talking about the corruption up in Sacramento. I went inside 191 00:12:56,760 --> 00:12:59,120 Speaker 2: the belly of the beast. Not only do I chair 192 00:12:59,200 --> 00:13:01,760 Speaker 2: Reform CALIFORNI you which is our political organization on the 193 00:13:01,800 --> 00:13:04,440 Speaker 2: outside trying to create change. I figured, let me get 194 00:13:04,480 --> 00:13:09,040 Speaker 2: behind the curtain, open up the process, expose what's going 195 00:13:09,040 --> 00:13:13,079 Speaker 2: on behind the curtain, and try to agitate from the inside. 196 00:13:13,600 --> 00:13:16,040 Speaker 2: I'm giving you the five reasons why our political system 197 00:13:16,280 --> 00:13:19,559 Speaker 2: is corrupted the core and broken, and why we need 198 00:13:19,600 --> 00:13:22,520 Speaker 2: to fix it. The first reason why is all the money, 199 00:13:23,240 --> 00:13:26,520 Speaker 2: the money that the labor union bosses, the corporations, the 200 00:13:26,600 --> 00:13:33,160 Speaker 2: lobbyists have not just campaign dollars, but it's also the 201 00:13:33,160 --> 00:13:37,920 Speaker 2: money they're spending on lobbyists. So there was a billion 202 00:13:38,000 --> 00:13:41,640 Speaker 2: dollars spent in the last two years, the last cycle, 203 00:13:42,800 --> 00:13:45,840 Speaker 2: because each you know, legislature has a two year term, 204 00:13:46,200 --> 00:13:48,720 Speaker 2: So in the last term, the last two years, a 205 00:13:48,800 --> 00:13:53,560 Speaker 2: billion dollars has been spent lobbying. Five hundred and forty 206 00:13:53,600 --> 00:13:56,720 Speaker 2: million dollars last year alone. There are one hundred and 207 00:13:56,720 --> 00:13:59,960 Speaker 2: twenty members of the state legislature, forty in the Senate 208 00:14:00,520 --> 00:14:05,760 Speaker 2: and eighty in the State Assembly. Combined, they have an 209 00:14:05,760 --> 00:14:09,319 Speaker 2: IQ of about twenty three Between the one hundred and 210 00:14:09,360 --> 00:14:12,800 Speaker 2: twenty members. That billion dollars of spending are you ready 211 00:14:12,800 --> 00:14:16,160 Speaker 2: for this works out to be eight million, three hundred 212 00:14:16,160 --> 00:14:20,800 Speaker 2: and thirty three thousand dollars, So that you know, I 213 00:14:21,800 --> 00:14:23,920 Speaker 2: pulled that number and I said, well, let's divide that 214 00:14:23,960 --> 00:14:26,480 Speaker 2: by the number of legislators. And I'm thinking to myself, 215 00:14:27,680 --> 00:14:30,400 Speaker 2: they're spending eight million dollars trying to influence my vote. Well, 216 00:14:30,600 --> 00:14:34,520 Speaker 2: probably not mine, because basically they know what I have 217 00:14:34,640 --> 00:14:37,240 Speaker 2: said to their lobbying, which is, here's my hand, pick 218 00:14:37,240 --> 00:14:40,240 Speaker 2: a finger. So but a billion dollars is a lot 219 00:14:40,280 --> 00:14:44,120 Speaker 2: of money. Eight million dollars on average per legislator. There 220 00:14:44,200 --> 00:14:48,960 Speaker 2: are over thirty five hundred thirty two hundred and forty 221 00:14:49,000 --> 00:14:54,800 Speaker 2: five registered lobbyists in California that try to lobby the 222 00:14:54,840 --> 00:14:59,960 Speaker 2: state legislature. That is over twenty seven lobbyists per member. 223 00:15:00,600 --> 00:15:03,200 Speaker 2: Can you imagine, So for every member of the legislature, 224 00:15:03,280 --> 00:15:07,400 Speaker 2: there are twenty seven people hired to go and try 225 00:15:07,400 --> 00:15:11,240 Speaker 2: to influence that person's or bully that person's vote. This 226 00:15:11,360 --> 00:15:14,600 Speaker 2: is insane. This is why your voice is not heard. 227 00:15:14,720 --> 00:15:16,800 Speaker 2: And let me tell you right now, with all the 228 00:15:16,880 --> 00:15:19,840 Speaker 2: money and special interest groups and lobbyists up in Sacramento, 229 00:15:21,320 --> 00:15:26,280 Speaker 2: all these politicians here is from this echo chamber. And 230 00:15:26,320 --> 00:15:29,240 Speaker 2: I've told a lot of these folks stop listening to 231 00:15:29,240 --> 00:15:33,120 Speaker 2: what's going on in this building. Don't judge an issue 232 00:15:33,320 --> 00:15:36,240 Speaker 2: or where the public sentiment is by what you hear 233 00:15:36,280 --> 00:15:40,200 Speaker 2: inside this building. Listen to your constituents back home. Frankly, 234 00:15:40,200 --> 00:15:42,960 Speaker 2: the more time you spend back in your district talking 235 00:15:43,000 --> 00:15:48,280 Speaker 2: to real people, not these the ritzy wealthy people, but 236 00:15:48,400 --> 00:15:53,400 Speaker 2: average Joe and Jane, the better off you are. So 237 00:15:53,440 --> 00:15:56,200 Speaker 2: I want to get into these perks. So the second 238 00:15:56,200 --> 00:15:58,320 Speaker 2: reason why our system is completely broken. Is that we 239 00:15:58,360 --> 00:16:03,120 Speaker 2: have self dealing. So they do perks for politicians. The 240 00:16:03,160 --> 00:16:07,560 Speaker 2: first one are gifts. So last year the lobbyists special 241 00:16:07,560 --> 00:16:11,360 Speaker 2: interests gave politicians legally because they've made this legal. This 242 00:16:11,440 --> 00:16:15,000 Speaker 2: is a racket, should be illegal. It's certainly immoral. They've 243 00:16:15,040 --> 00:16:19,480 Speaker 2: given legislators over one point four million dollars in gifts. Again, 244 00:16:19,960 --> 00:16:23,760 Speaker 2: divide that by one hundred and twenty members. That's eleven thousand, 245 00:16:23,840 --> 00:16:27,360 Speaker 2: six hundred and sixty dollars per member of the legislature 246 00:16:27,400 --> 00:16:31,440 Speaker 2: in gifts. Has anyone get in the last year? Has 247 00:16:31,440 --> 00:16:34,840 Speaker 2: someone given you eleven six hundred and sixty dollars in gifts? 248 00:16:35,880 --> 00:16:39,000 Speaker 2: Oh and that's not all. Not only are these direct 249 00:16:39,000 --> 00:16:41,560 Speaker 2: gifts to politicians that they report, there's a bunch of 250 00:16:41,560 --> 00:16:44,680 Speaker 2: gifts they get that they don't report, which is you know, 251 00:16:45,520 --> 00:16:49,840 Speaker 2: not appropriate, not legal. But they take lavish vacations using 252 00:16:49,880 --> 00:16:54,920 Speaker 2: campaign funds. One member flew a bunch of his buddies 253 00:16:55,320 --> 00:16:58,960 Speaker 2: to the Kentucky Derby at a cost of ten grand 254 00:16:59,000 --> 00:17:06,240 Speaker 2: each using campaign money. Another member got sixty thousand dollars 255 00:17:06,280 --> 00:17:11,359 Speaker 2: in entertainment and sporting tickets to like baseball games and 256 00:17:11,720 --> 00:17:14,600 Speaker 2: football games using campaign money. And they say, oh, well, 257 00:17:14,680 --> 00:17:17,200 Speaker 2: I'm doing a campaign fundraiser. No you're not. You're living 258 00:17:17,280 --> 00:17:21,720 Speaker 2: high on the hog Man. You're raising money, and instead 259 00:17:21,720 --> 00:17:24,280 Speaker 2: of using those funds to make change happen at the 260 00:17:24,320 --> 00:17:30,680 Speaker 2: ballot box, you're enriching yourself. You're living the high life. Gifts, 261 00:17:31,200 --> 00:17:37,119 Speaker 2: campaign goodies, luxurious travel and tourism. Coming up. Let me 262 00:17:37,119 --> 00:17:40,240 Speaker 2: tell you about the pensions and the insider trading and 263 00:17:40,720 --> 00:17:45,600 Speaker 2: basically approaching special interests for jobs. How one politician not 264 00:17:45,640 --> 00:17:48,439 Speaker 2: only took over five hundred thousand dollars in gifts but 265 00:17:48,600 --> 00:17:52,280 Speaker 2: is going to retire at age forty seven with a 266 00:17:52,320 --> 00:17:55,000 Speaker 2: massive pension. I'll give you the amount. That's all coming up. 267 00:17:56,119 --> 00:18:02,480 Speaker 3: You're listening to John Cobels on demand from KFI Carl. 268 00:18:02,200 --> 00:18:05,360 Speaker 2: Tobayo sitting in today for John coblt If you want 269 00:18:05,359 --> 00:18:08,760 Speaker 2: to join our movement, our political movement to take back 270 00:18:08,880 --> 00:18:12,160 Speaker 2: California's state and local government from the insanity of these 271 00:18:12,200 --> 00:18:17,040 Speaker 2: corrupt politicians, join us. Go to the website Reform California 272 00:18:17,040 --> 00:18:19,760 Speaker 2: dot org. Reform California dot org sign up at the 273 00:18:19,760 --> 00:18:23,000 Speaker 2: bottom of that website. You will then be tethered into 274 00:18:23,080 --> 00:18:28,720 Speaker 2: our growing statewide movement of just forgotten Californians, angry Californians, 275 00:18:28,760 --> 00:18:31,560 Speaker 2: fed up Californians, whatever you want to consider yourself to 276 00:18:31,640 --> 00:18:33,840 Speaker 2: make change happen in the state, we can take back 277 00:18:33,840 --> 00:18:36,680 Speaker 2: our state. Also, our top priority for twenty twenty six 278 00:18:38,000 --> 00:18:41,240 Speaker 2: is going to be to qualify and pass the California 279 00:18:41,400 --> 00:18:45,800 Speaker 2: Voter ID Initiative to clean up our elections. You can 280 00:18:45,840 --> 00:18:50,800 Speaker 2: sign that initiative online at voter idpetition dot org. That's 281 00:18:50,880 --> 00:18:54,480 Speaker 2: voteridpetition dot org. Continue to let me know what you 282 00:18:54,520 --> 00:18:56,760 Speaker 2: want me to talk about this week. I'm sitting in 283 00:18:56,800 --> 00:18:59,960 Speaker 2: for John COBLT while he's on vacation. Use the top 284 00:19:00,359 --> 00:19:03,320 Speaker 2: feature on the iHeartRadio app. Make your request. What topic 285 00:19:03,400 --> 00:19:05,560 Speaker 2: do you want me to address? What issue? What question 286 00:19:05,640 --> 00:19:09,119 Speaker 2: do you have about how California State local government really works. 287 00:19:09,359 --> 00:19:12,719 Speaker 2: We're lifting the veil this hour on just how corrupt 288 00:19:12,800 --> 00:19:15,639 Speaker 2: things are. I've gone inside the belly the beast as 289 00:19:15,680 --> 00:19:19,200 Speaker 2: a state representative, got elected brand new. I've only been 290 00:19:19,200 --> 00:19:23,200 Speaker 2: on the job a little over one hundred days, and 291 00:19:23,240 --> 00:19:26,520 Speaker 2: by the way, I set really low expectations for this job, 292 00:19:26,600 --> 00:19:29,200 Speaker 2: and I can tell you right now they've not even 293 00:19:29,240 --> 00:19:33,720 Speaker 2: met those low expectations so far. You said a really 294 00:19:33,760 --> 00:19:36,080 Speaker 2: low bar, and they still haven't even gotten that far. 295 00:19:36,359 --> 00:19:38,840 Speaker 2: But we know that. Number One, the system's broken because 296 00:19:38,840 --> 00:19:42,800 Speaker 2: it's dominated by campaign money from the lobbyists and the 297 00:19:42,840 --> 00:19:46,479 Speaker 2: labor unions. They call themselves the third House. They threaten 298 00:19:46,640 --> 00:19:52,679 Speaker 2: legislators on their votes and say you need to do 299 00:19:52,720 --> 00:19:54,639 Speaker 2: this that the other thing where we won't give you money. 300 00:19:55,040 --> 00:19:58,280 Speaker 2: Number Two, the politicians get all these perks. They're living 301 00:19:58,280 --> 00:20:03,359 Speaker 2: the high life. Gifts one point four million in gifts 302 00:20:03,359 --> 00:20:05,480 Speaker 2: that works out to be eleven thousand, six hundred and 303 00:20:05,480 --> 00:20:14,520 Speaker 2: sixty dollars per legislator, lavish campaign travel, on campaign expense, pensions, 304 00:20:14,760 --> 00:20:18,560 Speaker 2: so they vote themselves these lavish pensions. I got one 305 00:20:18,640 --> 00:20:23,760 Speaker 2: guy who's like the Queen of pension politician pension abuse. 306 00:20:24,160 --> 00:20:26,719 Speaker 2: His name is Todd Gloria. He's the mayor of San Diego. 307 00:20:26,800 --> 00:20:31,080 Speaker 2: He's been in politics since two thousand and eight. He's 308 00:20:31,080 --> 00:20:35,359 Speaker 2: going to retire at age forty seven. Age forty seven 309 00:20:36,520 --> 00:20:39,080 Speaker 2: with a pension of one hundred and forty eight thousand 310 00:20:39,119 --> 00:20:42,480 Speaker 2: dollars a year, plus free taxpayer funded healthcare for the 311 00:20:42,520 --> 00:20:44,320 Speaker 2: rest of his life. And by the way, his pension 312 00:20:44,320 --> 00:20:46,800 Speaker 2: of one hundred and forty eight thousand is indexed every 313 00:20:46,800 --> 00:20:53,680 Speaker 2: single year thereafter forty seven years old. And this guy's 314 00:20:53,720 --> 00:20:57,920 Speaker 2: also raked in since two thousand and eight himself more 315 00:20:57,960 --> 00:21:00,520 Speaker 2: than a half a million dollars in gifts. That doesn't 316 00:21:00,520 --> 00:21:07,439 Speaker 2: even count the free campaign funded, lavish exotic vacations that 317 00:21:07,480 --> 00:21:11,120 Speaker 2: he's taking. But a lot of these politicians also enrich 318 00:21:11,200 --> 00:21:16,000 Speaker 2: themselves through insider trading. They get information, they get briefed 319 00:21:16,000 --> 00:21:21,080 Speaker 2: by lobbyists and different business groups about how their businesses 320 00:21:21,119 --> 00:21:24,800 Speaker 2: are doing, the good, the bad, the ugly, And they 321 00:21:24,840 --> 00:21:26,880 Speaker 2: know whether a bill is about to pass because they're 322 00:21:26,920 --> 00:21:30,400 Speaker 2: voting on the legislation, so they are aware of what's 323 00:21:30,440 --> 00:21:33,600 Speaker 2: going to happen good and bad to these companies, and 324 00:21:33,640 --> 00:21:40,240 Speaker 2: so they get that information, they trade stock. Finally, many 325 00:21:40,280 --> 00:21:45,440 Speaker 2: of them are negotiating their exit package. They will during 326 00:21:45,480 --> 00:21:48,400 Speaker 2: the last few years of their term, last few months 327 00:21:48,440 --> 00:21:52,280 Speaker 2: of their term, they will sit down with lobbyists, businesses, 328 00:21:52,600 --> 00:21:55,959 Speaker 2: labor union bosses and start negotiating a job for when 329 00:21:56,000 --> 00:22:00,600 Speaker 2: they leave office. Lorraina Gonzalez, who's been in the Assembly 330 00:22:00,640 --> 00:22:05,639 Speaker 2: for twelve years eleven years really because she quit before 331 00:22:05,720 --> 00:22:09,200 Speaker 2: the end of her term. She was always caring legislation 332 00:22:09,600 --> 00:22:13,000 Speaker 2: for the California Labor Federation all the union bosses would 333 00:22:13,000 --> 00:22:15,160 Speaker 2: go to her office and she would write the bill 334 00:22:15,240 --> 00:22:19,560 Speaker 2: and carry it and promote it and fight for it 335 00:22:19,640 --> 00:22:23,440 Speaker 2: and get it past. She quit before the end of 336 00:22:23,480 --> 00:22:30,040 Speaker 2: her term to take a very lucrative job with the 337 00:22:30,080 --> 00:22:34,800 Speaker 2: California Labor Federation. Imagine that. So, while she's talking to 338 00:22:34,840 --> 00:22:39,320 Speaker 2: them about bills before her committee, while she is introducing 339 00:22:39,400 --> 00:22:43,119 Speaker 2: bills on their behalf, while she is deciding the fate 340 00:22:43,280 --> 00:22:47,679 Speaker 2: on bills that the California Labor Federation considers, you know, 341 00:22:48,440 --> 00:22:53,920 Speaker 2: crucial and important to their interests, she was currying favor 342 00:22:54,680 --> 00:22:59,720 Speaker 2: to get a job perks. They live under a different 343 00:22:59,760 --> 00:23:01,359 Speaker 2: stand than you and I have to live under if 344 00:23:01,359 --> 00:23:03,080 Speaker 2: we would engage in any of this stuff. First of all, 345 00:23:03,119 --> 00:23:05,280 Speaker 2: we don't get any of this. But if we were 346 00:23:05,320 --> 00:23:07,359 Speaker 2: to do any of this sort of bad behavior, we 347 00:23:07,400 --> 00:23:10,560 Speaker 2: would be arrested in most cases for breaking some laws. 348 00:23:10,560 --> 00:23:12,320 Speaker 2: But no, no, no, not not these people. It's another 349 00:23:12,400 --> 00:23:17,640 Speaker 2: day in the swamp of Sacramento where they're serving themselves 350 00:23:17,680 --> 00:23:21,920 Speaker 2: and they're not serving you. So first is the money, 351 00:23:21,960 --> 00:23:24,679 Speaker 2: Second is the perks. Third is there's no transparency, And 352 00:23:24,720 --> 00:23:29,000 Speaker 2: where there's no transparency, there's no accountability. The way they 353 00:23:29,000 --> 00:23:32,359 Speaker 2: get no accountability and no transparency is they need to 354 00:23:32,480 --> 00:23:37,240 Speaker 2: kill bills that are good that the people like without 355 00:23:37,280 --> 00:23:41,680 Speaker 2: their fingerprints on it. And so in the legislature. Here's 356 00:23:41,720 --> 00:23:51,359 Speaker 2: a headline from the California Matters. It's an online newspaper. Quote. 357 00:23:51,400 --> 00:23:55,920 Speaker 2: Power is never having to say no. How California Democrats 358 00:23:56,080 --> 00:23:59,919 Speaker 2: kill bills without even voting against them. How do you 359 00:24:00,119 --> 00:24:03,040 Speaker 2: kill a bill without voting against them? Didn't you learn 360 00:24:03,119 --> 00:24:06,160 Speaker 2: that in I don't know grade school. Besides your personal pronouns, 361 00:24:06,160 --> 00:24:09,720 Speaker 2: you were taught Okay, wait, you weren't taught your personal pronouns. 362 00:24:10,640 --> 00:24:14,480 Speaker 2: Apparently that's what they do today. But anyway, we were 363 00:24:14,480 --> 00:24:19,879 Speaker 2: taught that usually when a bill is introduced, people vote yes, 364 00:24:20,119 --> 00:24:22,919 Speaker 2: people vote no, and if there are enough, if there 365 00:24:22,920 --> 00:24:25,320 Speaker 2: are more yes votes than no votes, the bill passes. 366 00:24:25,400 --> 00:24:29,280 Speaker 2: Right no, no, no, no no no oh. In Sacramento 367 00:24:29,320 --> 00:24:33,440 Speaker 2: they change the rules. You can kill a bill by 368 00:24:33,520 --> 00:24:35,520 Speaker 2: just not voting at all, saying that you were in 369 00:24:35,520 --> 00:24:38,000 Speaker 2: the bathroom or that you were at another committee hearing. 370 00:24:39,920 --> 00:24:42,320 Speaker 2: That way, the public back home doesn't know that you 371 00:24:42,480 --> 00:24:47,399 Speaker 2: just killed a bill that they wanted. You don't have 372 00:24:47,400 --> 00:24:54,919 Speaker 2: to take accountability for stopping something that people want. Another 373 00:24:54,960 --> 00:24:57,960 Speaker 2: way way they get around it is. They introduce bills 374 00:24:58,080 --> 00:25:01,240 Speaker 2: that the public doesn't even know about. They will introduce 375 00:25:01,280 --> 00:25:05,119 Speaker 2: a bill with no language in it, or fluffy language, 376 00:25:05,119 --> 00:25:08,760 Speaker 2: phony language, changing a comma here or there, and then 377 00:25:09,840 --> 00:25:13,879 Speaker 2: they amend it on the floor very quickly, damn the 378 00:25:13,920 --> 00:25:16,000 Speaker 2: real contents of the bill. But the public doesn't know 379 00:25:16,040 --> 00:25:19,840 Speaker 2: what they just did. There's no advance warning. They just 380 00:25:19,880 --> 00:25:22,680 Speaker 2: amend a bill that was a placeholder bill. It's called 381 00:25:22,800 --> 00:25:26,800 Speaker 2: gut and amend, so the public doesn't have transparency into 382 00:25:26,800 --> 00:25:34,240 Speaker 2: what's about to happen. And finally, they delegate their authority 383 00:25:34,720 --> 00:25:40,440 Speaker 2: to unelected bureaucrats. And this is this is the biggest game, 384 00:25:40,840 --> 00:25:46,120 Speaker 2: biggest trick in the book. They're trying to do a 385 00:25:46,160 --> 00:25:50,440 Speaker 2: ban on natural gas appliances in California, and instead of 386 00:25:50,560 --> 00:25:55,120 Speaker 2: the legislature voting to ban your gas stove, to ban 387 00:25:55,280 --> 00:25:59,720 Speaker 2: your gas car, they pass a bill saying the California 388 00:26:00,080 --> 00:26:02,800 Speaker 2: Resources Board has the authority to do all this stuff, 389 00:26:02,920 --> 00:26:07,600 Speaker 2: including banning gas powered cars, gas appliances, your gas water heater. 390 00:26:09,760 --> 00:26:12,840 Speaker 2: Then the politician hears from you saying, what the hell 391 00:26:13,240 --> 00:26:15,840 Speaker 2: I just had to replace my gas water heater with 392 00:26:15,880 --> 00:26:18,200 Speaker 2: an electric one and it doesn't work and it gets cold, 393 00:26:18,240 --> 00:26:20,520 Speaker 2: showers and you know, by golly, how did you let 394 00:26:20,560 --> 00:26:23,439 Speaker 2: this happen? And they say, oh, that wasn't me, that 395 00:26:23,640 --> 00:26:26,960 Speaker 2: was a decision made beyond my control by a California 396 00:26:27,040 --> 00:26:30,200 Speaker 2: state bureaucracy. Oh, I'm so sorry that happened to you. 397 00:26:31,320 --> 00:26:34,360 Speaker 2: All the while, they're the ones behind the whole damn scam, 398 00:26:36,080 --> 00:26:40,280 Speaker 2: and the media falls for this crap. The media doesn't 399 00:26:40,320 --> 00:26:42,399 Speaker 2: show up at the homes of the politicians of the 400 00:26:42,400 --> 00:26:45,479 Speaker 2: big old camera saying why did you delegate to these 401 00:26:45,560 --> 00:26:49,960 Speaker 2: unelected bureaucrats the power to ban gas stoves, gas cars, 402 00:26:51,520 --> 00:26:55,240 Speaker 2: to raise your utility rates, to raise your insurance rates? 403 00:26:55,280 --> 00:26:58,560 Speaker 2: How did you why did you do that? Nope, they 404 00:26:58,600 --> 00:27:01,800 Speaker 2: just say, oh, well, you know, by a California bored today. 405 00:27:01,840 --> 00:27:05,879 Speaker 2: And by golly, the politicians don't know what happened, and 406 00:27:05,920 --> 00:27:09,520 Speaker 2: they say, that's very sad. Make sure you vote for 407 00:27:09,560 --> 00:27:11,640 Speaker 2: them in the next election, because they've got personal pronouns 408 00:27:11,640 --> 00:27:17,719 Speaker 2: on their social media accounts. Absolutely a scam. Own it. 409 00:27:17,800 --> 00:27:20,239 Speaker 2: If you're behind the policy, put your name behind it, 410 00:27:20,680 --> 00:27:23,240 Speaker 2: vote for it, Own it, and stand before the voters 411 00:27:23,240 --> 00:27:27,080 Speaker 2: in the next election. Oh I'm not done. We have 412 00:27:27,119 --> 00:27:28,960 Speaker 2: two more things that are corrupt about this system. And 413 00:27:29,000 --> 00:27:30,399 Speaker 2: of course I need to tell you. I'm not just 414 00:27:30,400 --> 00:27:32,560 Speaker 2: trying to rile you up. I need to tell you 415 00:27:32,640 --> 00:27:34,840 Speaker 2: how we fix it. Oh you didn't think I was 416 00:27:34,880 --> 00:27:38,160 Speaker 2: just going to raise your blood pressure without some relief, right, No, no, no, 417 00:27:38,160 --> 00:27:40,360 Speaker 2: no, no no. I'm giving you the dirt and I'm telling 418 00:27:40,359 --> 00:27:41,320 Speaker 2: you how we're going to clean it up. 419 00:27:42,119 --> 00:27:46,560 Speaker 3: You're listening to John Cobels on demand from KFI AI. 420 00:27:47,720 --> 00:27:50,480 Speaker 2: We're going through the various ways that our California political 421 00:27:50,520 --> 00:27:53,240 Speaker 2: system is completely broken, and coming up at two o'clock, 422 00:27:53,240 --> 00:27:55,000 Speaker 2: I'll tell you how we're going to fix it. Yes, 423 00:27:55,119 --> 00:27:58,000 Speaker 2: there's a solution. You need to be involved in it though. 424 00:27:59,119 --> 00:28:01,400 Speaker 2: Plus we'll be hearing from Steve Hilton. He announced he's 425 00:28:01,440 --> 00:28:05,840 Speaker 2: running for California governor. He's the leading Republican candidate. We 426 00:28:05,880 --> 00:28:10,200 Speaker 2: also have Riverside Sheriff Chad Bianco, also as a leading 427 00:28:10,240 --> 00:28:14,199 Speaker 2: Republican candidate. Lots of stuff to get to. But the 428 00:28:14,240 --> 00:28:19,000 Speaker 2: fourth thing that is broken about Sacramento the political system 429 00:28:19,160 --> 00:28:21,119 Speaker 2: is that they punish people for trying to do the 430 00:28:21,200 --> 00:28:24,120 Speaker 2: right thing. As I mentioned at the beginning of this hour, 431 00:28:25,080 --> 00:28:28,800 Speaker 2: I was appointed to the Budget Committee. I started doge California. 432 00:28:28,840 --> 00:28:31,720 Speaker 2: I started using the Budget Committee to reveal the wasteful 433 00:28:31,760 --> 00:28:36,119 Speaker 2: spending and corruption in the state budget. Boom. The Democrats 434 00:28:36,160 --> 00:28:40,640 Speaker 2: took me off the Budget Committee, and the Republicans sat 435 00:28:40,680 --> 00:28:45,160 Speaker 2: on their hands doing nothing. Seriously, they know I've said, 436 00:28:45,600 --> 00:28:48,640 Speaker 2: I've tried this before, but the Republicans chose not to 437 00:28:48,640 --> 00:28:54,520 Speaker 2: do it. I said, you know, if the Democrats abuse 438 00:28:55,080 --> 00:28:58,160 Speaker 2: their super majority status by punishing one of our members, 439 00:28:58,200 --> 00:29:00,040 Speaker 2: by taking them off of a committee for doing the 440 00:29:00,120 --> 00:29:03,200 Speaker 2: right thing, then none of us Republicans should show up 441 00:29:03,200 --> 00:29:06,520 Speaker 2: to any committee hearings. Don't even give them the appearance 442 00:29:06,560 --> 00:29:10,120 Speaker 2: of bipartisanship. Don't let them use you as window dressing 443 00:29:10,360 --> 00:29:13,800 Speaker 2: if we can't choose which Republicans we're gonna send to 444 00:29:13,800 --> 00:29:15,840 Speaker 2: a committee. I get the fact that they're in the majority. 445 00:29:15,880 --> 00:29:19,120 Speaker 2: They're gonna have more votes. That's called democracy. Okay, I'm 446 00:29:19,120 --> 00:29:22,320 Speaker 2: okay with that. I can do math. They get more 447 00:29:22,400 --> 00:29:24,400 Speaker 2: votes than we do on the committees because they're in 448 00:29:24,400 --> 00:29:27,960 Speaker 2: the majority. But by golly, I'll be damned if I 449 00:29:28,080 --> 00:29:31,320 Speaker 2: let my opponent pick who they get to square off with. 450 00:29:31,400 --> 00:29:33,360 Speaker 2: That's like saying, Hey, we're gonna go and play a 451 00:29:33,520 --> 00:29:36,200 Speaker 2: game of football, but we're gonna be able to choose 452 00:29:36,280 --> 00:29:41,160 Speaker 2: which players take the field. Oh, isn't that nice boy, 453 00:29:41,840 --> 00:29:44,840 Speaker 2: that's a real fair fight. So they remove you from 454 00:29:44,840 --> 00:29:48,000 Speaker 2: committees if you do the right thing. They remove staff 455 00:29:48,000 --> 00:29:50,880 Speaker 2: from your office. They used to move your office. They 456 00:29:50,960 --> 00:29:52,680 Speaker 2: used to put people in the broom closet, which was 457 00:29:52,680 --> 00:29:56,120 Speaker 2: a really small office. Heck, when I showed up in Sacramento, 458 00:29:56,160 --> 00:29:58,360 Speaker 2: I thought they'd put me in an out little porta potty. 459 00:29:59,400 --> 00:30:01,080 Speaker 2: I pulled up in front of the Capitol and there 460 00:30:01,120 --> 00:30:03,960 Speaker 2: was a Porteravoli body. Because they're building a taj Mahal 461 00:30:04,040 --> 00:30:07,400 Speaker 2: building up here in Sacramento, which we'll get to the 462 00:30:07,400 --> 00:30:12,520 Speaker 2: corruption of that boondoggle project, the Capital Annex project. I said, 463 00:30:12,640 --> 00:30:16,000 Speaker 2: I guess that's my office. But they used to kick 464 00:30:16,040 --> 00:30:18,160 Speaker 2: people out of their offices. And then, of course for me, 465 00:30:18,760 --> 00:30:20,960 Speaker 2: they've said, Carl, none of your bills are going to 466 00:30:21,040 --> 00:30:23,600 Speaker 2: be passed. We're gonna kill every one of your bills. 467 00:30:24,440 --> 00:30:28,120 Speaker 2: My view is, look, I'm not sucking up to you 468 00:30:28,760 --> 00:30:31,080 Speaker 2: to get my bills passed, because at the end of 469 00:30:31,120 --> 00:30:33,560 Speaker 2: the day, I'm no fool. You're not going to pass 470 00:30:33,600 --> 00:30:36,080 Speaker 2: any good bills anyway. Take a look at your the 471 00:30:36,160 --> 00:30:39,800 Speaker 2: carnage that you've created as a super majority Democrat Party. 472 00:30:40,800 --> 00:30:43,640 Speaker 2: You've messed up this place. Doesn't look like you have 473 00:30:43,680 --> 00:30:46,080 Speaker 2: any appetite to fix it. So I wouldn't want to 474 00:30:46,080 --> 00:30:48,560 Speaker 2: water down any of my bills to make it more 475 00:30:48,600 --> 00:30:52,760 Speaker 2: palatable to you. So they punish people for doing the 476 00:30:52,800 --> 00:30:59,960 Speaker 2: right thing. The fifth problem, this is a big one. 477 00:31:01,840 --> 00:31:04,600 Speaker 2: We don't have a functioning Republican party. We have a 478 00:31:04,680 --> 00:31:10,440 Speaker 2: one party system in California. The Republican Party itself is broken, 479 00:31:10,480 --> 00:31:13,160 Speaker 2: and yes, I will even say it corrupt the party, 480 00:31:13,320 --> 00:31:17,600 Speaker 2: not the voters. The party in Sacramento. There are some 481 00:31:17,960 --> 00:31:23,160 Speaker 2: Republican staff who collude with Democrats, and so in my 482 00:31:23,240 --> 00:31:27,960 Speaker 2: office doesn't tell Republican staff our play. I don't tell 483 00:31:27,960 --> 00:31:30,960 Speaker 2: them what amendment I'm introducing, what parliamentary procedure I'm going 484 00:31:31,040 --> 00:31:33,720 Speaker 2: to be using. I don't tell them what questions I'm 485 00:31:33,720 --> 00:31:35,640 Speaker 2: going to be bringing up at the committee hearings. I 486 00:31:35,640 --> 00:31:38,720 Speaker 2: don't tell them what sort of expose I have from 487 00:31:38,800 --> 00:31:42,120 Speaker 2: Doge California. I just show up and I let it. 488 00:31:43,160 --> 00:31:47,080 Speaker 2: You know, I dropped the bomb right then and there 489 00:31:47,560 --> 00:31:49,920 Speaker 2: no one sees it coming because I don't want to 490 00:31:49,960 --> 00:31:52,160 Speaker 2: tip off. Because what I've seen happen is that the 491 00:31:52,200 --> 00:31:59,000 Speaker 2: Republican staff are more worried about offending the Democrats. How 492 00:31:59,040 --> 00:32:00,960 Speaker 2: do I work with these pe people If they're upset 493 00:32:01,000 --> 00:32:03,360 Speaker 2: with me, I want them to be upset with you. 494 00:32:03,360 --> 00:32:09,240 Speaker 2: You're called the opposing party. And of course the labor 495 00:32:09,360 --> 00:32:12,600 Speaker 2: unions and the lobbyists dangle money in front and the 496 00:32:12,640 --> 00:32:15,400 Speaker 2: political consultants dangle money in front of the Republican Party 497 00:32:15,440 --> 00:32:17,440 Speaker 2: to keep their lights on and keep their doors open. 498 00:32:18,120 --> 00:32:21,560 Speaker 2: And then the Republican Party backs bad bills like Proposition two. 499 00:32:21,680 --> 00:32:24,960 Speaker 2: In the twenty twenty four election, they backed a bond 500 00:32:25,160 --> 00:32:32,800 Speaker 2: boondoggle billions in borrowing for boondoggle projects. Because the California 501 00:32:32,840 --> 00:32:36,080 Speaker 2: Republican Party was bought off for that endorsement, they went 502 00:32:36,440 --> 00:32:39,400 Speaker 2: with a yes vote on a really bad ballot proposition. 503 00:32:40,960 --> 00:32:43,480 Speaker 2: They betrayed their own members. And this is why people 504 00:32:43,840 --> 00:32:46,480 Speaker 2: across the state of California aren't giving money to the 505 00:32:46,480 --> 00:32:49,240 Speaker 2: Republican Party, nor should they give money to the California 506 00:32:49,280 --> 00:32:51,480 Speaker 2: Republican Party until they clean up their act. Now there's 507 00:32:51,480 --> 00:32:55,880 Speaker 2: a new leader there, and I'm hopeful, and it looks 508 00:32:55,880 --> 00:32:58,400 Speaker 2: like she's taken the first steps to clean things up. 509 00:32:58,400 --> 00:33:02,160 Speaker 2: But I'm not yet gonna say thumbs up until I 510 00:33:02,240 --> 00:33:09,320 Speaker 2: see real change now those are the five broken parts 511 00:33:09,360 --> 00:33:13,760 Speaker 2: of our system. The lobbyists and labor unions run the 512 00:33:13,800 --> 00:33:17,000 Speaker 2: show with their campaign contributions. It's the big special interest 513 00:33:17,320 --> 00:33:20,160 Speaker 2: number two, the perks that the politicians get at your expense. 514 00:33:20,240 --> 00:33:24,560 Speaker 2: Number three, no transparency, no accountability. Number four punishing people 515 00:33:24,560 --> 00:33:26,640 Speaker 2: for doing the right thing. At number five, a broken 516 00:33:26,720 --> 00:33:32,200 Speaker 2: Republican party that's not fighting on principle for you. So 517 00:33:32,240 --> 00:33:35,680 Speaker 2: how do we fix it? Well, we have a plan, 518 00:33:36,400 --> 00:33:38,880 Speaker 2: a five point plan. I'll go through it and tell 519 00:33:38,880 --> 00:33:40,920 Speaker 2: you what you can do, and all of us can 520 00:33:41,000 --> 00:33:43,000 Speaker 2: do our small little part, and it all adds up 521 00:33:43,040 --> 00:33:46,720 Speaker 2: to a big political movement that can't be stopped. But 522 00:33:46,800 --> 00:33:49,480 Speaker 2: it also takes candidates, and we have a good candidate 523 00:33:49,480 --> 00:33:52,120 Speaker 2: for governor coming up in our two o'clock hour, Steve Hilton, 524 00:33:52,840 --> 00:33:55,239 Speaker 2: stick around. We'll go through our five point plan and 525 00:33:55,280 --> 00:33:57,160 Speaker 2: invite you to be part of the fight to take 526 00:33:57,200 --> 00:34:00,440 Speaker 2: back California. Coming up. Carl Tomo sitting in for John 527 00:34:00,480 --> 00:34:04,840 Speaker 2: Cobelt on KFIAM six forty but First News with Deborah 528 00:34:04,840 --> 00:34:07,040 Speaker 2: Mark in the KFI twenty four hour newsroom. 529 00:34:07,120 --> 00:34:10,080 Speaker 1: Hey, you've been listening to the John coblt Show podcast. 530 00:34:10,120 --> 00:34:12,600 Speaker 1: You can always hear the show live on KFI Am 531 00:34:12,640 --> 00:34:15,640 Speaker 1: six forty from one to four pm every Monday through Friday, 532 00:34:15,640 --> 00:34:18,919 Speaker 1: and of course anytime on demand on the iHeartRadio app.