1 00:00:00,760 --> 00:00:04,040 Speaker 1: Welcome to the Tutor Dixon Podcast. Today, we are going 2 00:00:04,120 --> 00:00:08,080 Speaker 1: to be covering the wildfires in California. We're obviously all 3 00:00:08,119 --> 00:00:11,720 Speaker 1: watching this devastated. Our prayers go out to all of 4 00:00:11,760 --> 00:00:15,240 Speaker 1: the families who have evacuated. We know so many people 5 00:00:15,240 --> 00:00:19,159 Speaker 1: have lost everything. They have evacuated their homes, some of 6 00:00:19,200 --> 00:00:21,639 Speaker 1: them don't know whether or not their home is there. 7 00:00:22,040 --> 00:00:24,960 Speaker 1: Some of them have lost their community, their schools. It's 8 00:00:25,000 --> 00:00:29,960 Speaker 1: been actually completely shocking as we've seen just cameras going 9 00:00:30,000 --> 00:00:32,840 Speaker 1: down the lake or the beach, the shore right there 10 00:00:32,880 --> 00:00:35,880 Speaker 1: and seeing that there are no houses, there's no structures, 11 00:00:36,120 --> 00:00:40,199 Speaker 1: everything is just rubble. I mean, it's really been a 12 00:00:41,080 --> 00:00:43,640 Speaker 1: It's just such a blow to the entire country. And 13 00:00:43,680 --> 00:00:47,239 Speaker 1: so we wanted to get into not only what is 14 00:00:47,280 --> 00:00:50,239 Speaker 1: happening on the ground there, but what led up to this, 15 00:00:50,520 --> 00:00:54,760 Speaker 1: How did this happen? Was this preventable? What is the future? 16 00:00:54,840 --> 00:00:58,720 Speaker 1: So we are talking today to Jennifer Van Lahar. She's 17 00:00:58,760 --> 00:01:02,280 Speaker 1: the managing editor and an investigative journalist at Red State, 18 00:01:02,680 --> 00:01:05,119 Speaker 1: and we're so glad that we have you here because 19 00:01:05,200 --> 00:01:09,400 Speaker 1: you're also based out there. You're in Ventura, California, a 20 00:01:09,480 --> 00:01:12,240 Speaker 1: Ventura County. Tell us what is it like to be 21 00:01:12,319 --> 00:01:13,440 Speaker 1: out there on the ground right now. 22 00:01:14,560 --> 00:01:15,240 Speaker 2: It's crazy. 23 00:01:15,319 --> 00:01:17,240 Speaker 3: So I live in Seabe Valley, which is where the 24 00:01:17,280 --> 00:01:20,600 Speaker 3: Reagan Library is, and about three quarters of our city 25 00:01:20,640 --> 00:01:22,840 Speaker 3: has had no power for the last two days. 26 00:01:22,920 --> 00:01:24,479 Speaker 2: I've been fortunate and I do. 27 00:01:24,440 --> 00:01:27,000 Speaker 3: Have power, but you know that means the traffic lights 28 00:01:27,040 --> 00:01:29,520 Speaker 3: are out, people are finding the few restaurants that are 29 00:01:29,600 --> 00:01:32,480 Speaker 3: open to eat because at this point a lot of 30 00:01:32,480 --> 00:01:35,839 Speaker 3: the food that would have been in their even their freezers, 31 00:01:36,040 --> 00:01:39,840 Speaker 3: is not usable and so it and we're not even. 32 00:01:39,600 --> 00:01:40,440 Speaker 2: In the midst of it. 33 00:01:40,760 --> 00:01:43,800 Speaker 3: But I did take my oldest son was out visiting 34 00:01:43,880 --> 00:01:45,920 Speaker 3: for Christmas with his family and had to fly out 35 00:01:45,959 --> 00:01:50,160 Speaker 3: of lax yesterday. So driving into LA and as all 36 00:01:50,200 --> 00:01:53,720 Speaker 3: this smoke was covering downtown LA and it was just 37 00:01:54,320 --> 00:01:58,080 Speaker 3: almost apocalyptic then. But then seeing I can't even get 38 00:01:58,080 --> 00:02:00,520 Speaker 3: down to the areas that have been heavily impact and 39 00:02:00,560 --> 00:02:03,360 Speaker 3: seeing all of that is just it's a lot to 40 00:02:03,400 --> 00:02:06,240 Speaker 3: take in emotionally when that's your home, and when that's 41 00:02:06,520 --> 00:02:08,040 Speaker 3: scenes that you would see every day for. 42 00:02:08,040 --> 00:02:09,959 Speaker 2: Your whole life. I've lived here my whole life. 43 00:02:10,960 --> 00:02:13,400 Speaker 1: Just a few months back, I was out there and 44 00:02:13,520 --> 00:02:16,959 Speaker 1: we were driving along the coast there in Malibu, and 45 00:02:17,080 --> 00:02:18,800 Speaker 1: one of the people that was with me sent me 46 00:02:19,080 --> 00:02:23,400 Speaker 1: a tweet that came out earlier today. He's like, this 47 00:02:23,440 --> 00:02:27,120 Speaker 1: is all gone. It's gone. I mean it is shocking 48 00:02:27,160 --> 00:02:32,919 Speaker 1: to think of all these iconic buildings and the museums 49 00:02:32,960 --> 00:02:35,799 Speaker 1: and just the community, I mean communities lost lost. 50 00:02:36,600 --> 00:02:37,000 Speaker 2: Yeah. 51 00:02:37,320 --> 00:02:39,680 Speaker 3: I have a lifelong friend that lives in that area, 52 00:02:39,840 --> 00:02:43,200 Speaker 3: the main area of Palisades, and another friend just through Twitter. 53 00:02:43,240 --> 00:02:44,800 Speaker 2: Both of them lost their homes. 54 00:02:45,480 --> 00:02:47,840 Speaker 3: My friend has lived in her home for twenty years, 55 00:02:47,919 --> 00:02:51,280 Speaker 3: raised her three sons there. The high school that where 56 00:02:51,280 --> 00:02:54,920 Speaker 3: she was the PTA president burned down, and just I 57 00:02:54,960 --> 00:02:57,960 Speaker 3: asked them both, how did I can't even comprehend what 58 00:02:58,040 --> 00:03:01,560 Speaker 3: it's like to just within a matter of your entire city. 59 00:03:01,560 --> 00:03:05,400 Speaker 3: Imagine your whole neighborhood just gone and there's only ashes. 60 00:03:06,440 --> 00:03:09,440 Speaker 1: And I think people are confusing this because they're like, oh, 61 00:03:09,440 --> 00:03:12,880 Speaker 1: these are rich people, they can just rebuild. When you 62 00:03:12,960 --> 00:03:15,400 Speaker 1: have a home, your value is in the fact that 63 00:03:15,480 --> 00:03:17,600 Speaker 1: you have a home. There is a home sitting there. 64 00:03:17,800 --> 00:03:21,880 Speaker 1: If there is no home, the value is suddenly just 65 00:03:22,000 --> 00:03:25,519 Speaker 1: the land and you're wanting to rebuild, so you don't 66 00:03:25,560 --> 00:03:28,000 Speaker 1: have You're not getting the value of your home because 67 00:03:28,000 --> 00:03:31,440 Speaker 1: it's not there anymore. You have lost so much. I mean, 68 00:03:31,480 --> 00:03:33,880 Speaker 1: I think we're all sitting by the phone waiting for 69 00:03:33,919 --> 00:03:36,520 Speaker 1: people to tell us if they're okay, if they lost 70 00:03:36,520 --> 00:03:39,160 Speaker 1: to me. I literally just got a message from my 71 00:03:39,240 --> 00:03:42,040 Speaker 1: sister saying one of her best girlfriends out there in 72 00:03:42,200 --> 00:03:45,720 Speaker 1: LA just found out their entire neighborhood's gone and their 73 00:03:45,760 --> 00:03:49,640 Speaker 1: school is gone. She's little kids. They I mean, imagine 74 00:03:50,160 --> 00:03:51,960 Speaker 1: what is it like to tell your little kids the 75 00:03:51,960 --> 00:03:54,040 Speaker 1: place that you every day's gone? 76 00:03:54,400 --> 00:03:54,680 Speaker 2: Right? 77 00:03:54,760 --> 00:03:58,840 Speaker 3: And even I was just talking with another friend in 78 00:03:58,840 --> 00:04:01,200 Speaker 3: this business who had spoke and a Joel Pollock who's 79 00:04:01,200 --> 00:04:04,720 Speaker 3: at Breitbart and his home, thank god stay is still standing. 80 00:04:05,160 --> 00:04:07,280 Speaker 3: But he said that his and one other home are 81 00:04:07,320 --> 00:04:10,040 Speaker 3: the only ones left in their neighborhood. And they imagine 82 00:04:10,080 --> 00:04:13,280 Speaker 3: taking your kids back where everyone else's house is burned 83 00:04:13,320 --> 00:04:16,359 Speaker 3: down around you. And they've made a big issue today 84 00:04:16,400 --> 00:04:20,000 Speaker 3: about the toxic smoke and about the toxic to touch 85 00:04:20,040 --> 00:04:22,240 Speaker 3: things when you go back into these areas. So, even 86 00:04:22,279 --> 00:04:24,800 Speaker 3: if your house stood, we be able to even move 87 00:04:24,839 --> 00:04:26,880 Speaker 3: back in, will you have to throw out everything that 88 00:04:26,960 --> 00:04:30,719 Speaker 3: you own and make such a good call to the studs, 89 00:04:30,960 --> 00:04:32,480 Speaker 3: you know, how do you live in that is if 90 00:04:32,520 --> 00:04:35,280 Speaker 3: it's going to be environmentally bad for your lungs and 91 00:04:35,520 --> 00:04:35,960 Speaker 3: for your. 92 00:04:35,800 --> 00:04:38,800 Speaker 1: Body, I mean, we wouldn't. That's something I never thought about. 93 00:04:38,839 --> 00:04:40,880 Speaker 1: Think about all the chemicals you have in your house 94 00:04:40,920 --> 00:04:43,040 Speaker 1: that you don't set on fire every day. I mean, 95 00:04:43,279 --> 00:04:46,240 Speaker 1: think about when the buildings came down in nine to eleven, 96 00:04:46,360 --> 00:04:50,800 Speaker 1: all of the cancers and everything from just the not 97 00:04:50,880 --> 00:04:54,080 Speaker 1: just the explosion, but the air that people were breathing after. 98 00:04:54,480 --> 00:04:57,160 Speaker 1: Why would this be really that much different. It has 99 00:04:57,200 --> 00:05:00,400 Speaker 1: to be a somewhat similar situation. Right, you have to 100 00:05:00,480 --> 00:05:03,160 Speaker 1: question how safe for you to even go outside? And 101 00:05:03,240 --> 00:05:06,560 Speaker 1: we're not hearing anything from the government on that. I 102 00:05:06,560 --> 00:05:09,840 Speaker 1: have heard nothing valuable from Gavin Newsom. Now, I mean 103 00:05:10,360 --> 00:05:13,559 Speaker 1: President Biden goes out and says, but the good news 104 00:05:13,640 --> 00:05:16,479 Speaker 1: is I'm a great grandfather. What an insult to the 105 00:05:16,480 --> 00:05:19,200 Speaker 1: American people, and certainly what an insult to the people 106 00:05:19,200 --> 00:05:20,000 Speaker 1: of California. 107 00:05:21,040 --> 00:05:23,080 Speaker 3: Right, And a lot of the DEM leaders are taking 108 00:05:23,120 --> 00:05:27,080 Speaker 3: their playbook. At first, La Mayor Karen Bass didn't say 109 00:05:27,080 --> 00:05:31,400 Speaker 3: anything when she was questioned by reporters when she returned 110 00:05:31,400 --> 00:05:31,880 Speaker 3: from Ghana. 111 00:05:31,960 --> 00:05:34,120 Speaker 2: But then Thursday was vacation. 112 00:05:35,000 --> 00:05:38,360 Speaker 3: No, it was to celebrate the first female vice president 113 00:05:38,440 --> 00:05:40,280 Speaker 3: of Ghana, but. 114 00:05:40,320 --> 00:05:42,799 Speaker 1: She knew before she went that there was a danger 115 00:05:42,880 --> 00:05:43,520 Speaker 1: of this happening. 116 00:05:43,720 --> 00:05:47,320 Speaker 3: Yeah, this was being forecast as of last Saturday Sunday 117 00:05:47,400 --> 00:05:49,919 Speaker 3: and assets were being positioned. I would want to be 118 00:05:49,960 --> 00:05:52,039 Speaker 3: in a command center if I were in her position 119 00:05:52,520 --> 00:05:55,200 Speaker 3: that entire time, watching out for something to happen and 120 00:05:55,240 --> 00:05:58,200 Speaker 3: making sure we divert all resources to it. 121 00:05:58,200 --> 00:06:01,720 Speaker 2: But she didn't. And then Lindsay Horvath. 122 00:06:01,320 --> 00:06:03,560 Speaker 3: Who's one of the LA County Board of Supervisors people 123 00:06:03,640 --> 00:06:06,880 Speaker 3: who covers West Hollywood and some of the areas where 124 00:06:06,880 --> 00:06:11,200 Speaker 3: that sunset fire was on Thursday or Wednesday, she was 125 00:06:11,640 --> 00:06:14,599 Speaker 3: in a press conference Thursday morning talking all about herself 126 00:06:14,680 --> 00:06:17,480 Speaker 3: and about how they were under evacuation warning, which is 127 00:06:17,480 --> 00:06:18,880 Speaker 3: not when you have to go, you go when it's 128 00:06:18,880 --> 00:06:22,640 Speaker 3: in order, and no one cares what she was thinking 129 00:06:22,680 --> 00:06:24,919 Speaker 3: about if she had an evacuation warning. We want to 130 00:06:24,960 --> 00:06:27,880 Speaker 3: know about what you're going to do to hold people accountable, 131 00:06:27,920 --> 00:06:30,480 Speaker 3: to make sure that there's water in fire hydrants in 132 00:06:30,520 --> 00:06:33,320 Speaker 3: the future, and that we can prevent these things right away. 133 00:06:33,640 --> 00:06:36,440 Speaker 1: And I'm just going to say that I know that 134 00:06:36,720 --> 00:06:39,080 Speaker 1: you're saying, well, this was an official visit, but the 135 00:06:39,160 --> 00:06:41,480 Speaker 1: Mayor of La does not have to go to Ghana 136 00:06:41,520 --> 00:06:46,000 Speaker 1: to see that. In my opinion, that was a perk 137 00:06:46,160 --> 00:06:49,719 Speaker 1: and a vacation was and she was bailing on her people, 138 00:06:50,160 --> 00:06:53,599 Speaker 1: certainly in the moment when she understood that there was 139 00:06:53,640 --> 00:06:56,520 Speaker 1: a major threat. But she would have understood it better 140 00:06:56,560 --> 00:06:59,840 Speaker 1: than anybody else because she knows that the water was cut. 141 00:07:00,240 --> 00:07:03,599 Speaker 1: She knows that this could be catastrophic, and she bailed. 142 00:07:03,720 --> 00:07:04,720 Speaker 1: I mean, that's twisted. 143 00:07:05,839 --> 00:07:06,960 Speaker 2: It's completely twisted. 144 00:07:07,000 --> 00:07:09,279 Speaker 3: She was probably looking at it as a way to 145 00:07:09,560 --> 00:07:12,200 Speaker 3: come back and have a picture and a photo op 146 00:07:12,600 --> 00:07:16,840 Speaker 3: and with all of her values on inclusivity and equity 147 00:07:16,920 --> 00:07:17,920 Speaker 3: and all of that jump. 148 00:07:18,480 --> 00:07:22,440 Speaker 1: These are political animals. They are not leaders. That's what 149 00:07:22,680 --> 00:07:25,640 Speaker 1: and this is what I think people across the country 150 00:07:25,680 --> 00:07:28,480 Speaker 1: are saying, Okay, wait a minute, when you start electing 151 00:07:28,520 --> 00:07:30,840 Speaker 1: these folks that are telling you, oh, we're going to 152 00:07:30,880 --> 00:07:33,640 Speaker 1: be kind to immigrants and we're going to take care 153 00:07:33,760 --> 00:07:37,160 Speaker 1: of this community and that community, and it has nothing 154 00:07:37,240 --> 00:07:40,880 Speaker 1: to do with the community that they should be leading 155 00:07:40,960 --> 00:07:45,880 Speaker 1: every single day. Those people don't know. It's they're just 156 00:07:45,920 --> 00:07:48,400 Speaker 1: about politics. They don't know how to lead. It's not 157 00:07:48,520 --> 00:07:53,920 Speaker 1: even to me. It's the people who have been manipulated 158 00:07:54,160 --> 00:07:57,000 Speaker 1: that need to open their eyes and say, these are 159 00:07:57,040 --> 00:08:00,480 Speaker 1: not true leaders. They are not here to make sure 160 00:08:00,520 --> 00:08:02,440 Speaker 1: that we have good roads, to make sure that our 161 00:08:02,480 --> 00:08:05,480 Speaker 1: communities are safe, to make sure that the water is 162 00:08:05,520 --> 00:08:07,560 Speaker 1: there when you need it. I mean, how asinine is 163 00:08:07,560 --> 00:08:13,000 Speaker 1: that now we find out that he's been moving the water. Gosh, 164 00:08:13,120 --> 00:08:16,480 Speaker 1: this is so devastating. This guy should be held criminally 165 00:08:16,560 --> 00:08:20,000 Speaker 1: liable for this. Gavanism should be investigated. 166 00:08:20,920 --> 00:08:24,200 Speaker 3: He should absolutely be investigated on a lot of fronts, but. 167 00:08:24,280 --> 00:08:24,960 Speaker 2: Especially with this. 168 00:08:25,200 --> 00:08:27,480 Speaker 3: And you know, a true leader and what you said 169 00:08:27,520 --> 00:08:30,200 Speaker 3: about these people being political animals instead of leaders, this 170 00:08:30,280 --> 00:08:34,680 Speaker 3: is totally correct because when questioned about the water, Gavin 171 00:08:34,720 --> 00:08:37,600 Speaker 3: Newsom says, oh, well, you know that's the local people's 172 00:08:38,320 --> 00:08:40,560 Speaker 3: problem to figure out how they get the water to 173 00:08:40,640 --> 00:08:45,120 Speaker 3: the fire. Okay, well didn't If something was going great, 174 00:08:45,160 --> 00:08:47,920 Speaker 3: wouldn't he be standing right there taking credit? Yes, he 175 00:08:47,960 --> 00:08:51,679 Speaker 3: would be doing that. So he's not a leader in 176 00:08:51,720 --> 00:08:55,400 Speaker 3: any way. And I think these people overwhelmingly they voted 177 00:08:55,440 --> 00:08:58,719 Speaker 3: for Bass and for Newsom and for Biden within that neighborhood. 178 00:08:58,720 --> 00:09:00,680 Speaker 3: But there are a lot of good Conservas just there 179 00:09:00,760 --> 00:09:03,480 Speaker 3: and a lot of people who are just apathetic. 180 00:09:03,520 --> 00:09:05,800 Speaker 2: They're not apathetic anymore, I'll tell you that much. 181 00:09:06,280 --> 00:09:09,760 Speaker 3: And even if they're Hollywood types, still in Hollywood, you 182 00:09:09,800 --> 00:09:11,480 Speaker 3: still have to have a bottom line. You still have 183 00:09:11,559 --> 00:09:13,720 Speaker 3: to make money, right, So if you're one of these 184 00:09:13,720 --> 00:09:16,480 Speaker 3: Hollywood types, you want things to go right, and when 185 00:09:16,520 --> 00:09:17,520 Speaker 3: they don't, heads roll. 186 00:09:17,760 --> 00:09:21,240 Speaker 1: So now last night I'm seeing it's going toward the 187 00:09:21,320 --> 00:09:25,240 Speaker 1: studios there, it's going toward Hollywood Boulevard, and it's like, well, 188 00:09:25,280 --> 00:09:28,400 Speaker 1: once you lose your place of business, once you lose 189 00:09:28,440 --> 00:09:31,000 Speaker 1: your community, once you lose all of your restaurants and 190 00:09:31,040 --> 00:09:34,880 Speaker 1: your shopping centers and your grocery store, do you then 191 00:09:35,040 --> 00:09:40,040 Speaker 1: stand up and say, Okay, the feel good politics doesn't 192 00:09:40,080 --> 00:09:42,840 Speaker 1: actually make the state go round? And I think that 193 00:09:42,920 --> 00:09:46,040 Speaker 1: there have been some I get that. I get that 194 00:09:46,080 --> 00:09:49,520 Speaker 1: they've been so they've had the heart strings tugged and 195 00:09:49,520 --> 00:09:51,920 Speaker 1: they feel like they're activists and they can speak out. 196 00:09:52,240 --> 00:09:54,200 Speaker 1: But I've seen some people who have stood up and 197 00:09:54,240 --> 00:09:56,000 Speaker 1: been like, you know what, whoops, we made a mistake. 198 00:09:57,080 --> 00:09:57,280 Speaker 2: Right. 199 00:09:57,440 --> 00:10:00,560 Speaker 3: So I can't remember her first name, but David Foster, 200 00:10:00,960 --> 00:10:05,240 Speaker 3: who's a legendary musical producer, his daughter was all over 201 00:10:05,400 --> 00:10:09,400 Speaker 3: Twitter or ex on Wednesday night just saying what the 202 00:10:09,440 --> 00:10:11,959 Speaker 3: heck is happening and had a whole list of grievances 203 00:10:12,440 --> 00:10:14,959 Speaker 3: about how this has been handled and why is it 204 00:10:15,000 --> 00:10:18,120 Speaker 3: that we can't get water, but yet we're you know, 205 00:10:18,520 --> 00:10:20,959 Speaker 3: we're trying to protecting the environment, But then is it 206 00:10:21,080 --> 00:10:23,080 Speaker 3: this a million times worse for the environment? 207 00:10:23,240 --> 00:10:25,520 Speaker 2: What's happening right now? Because of that? 208 00:10:25,679 --> 00:10:28,000 Speaker 3: And so a lot of these people who have been 209 00:10:28,200 --> 00:10:31,760 Speaker 3: Democrat cheerleaders, because of all those feel good policies, are 210 00:10:31,760 --> 00:10:33,360 Speaker 3: going to want to head on a platter, and those 211 00:10:33,360 --> 00:10:35,200 Speaker 3: heads are going to be Gavin Newsom and Karen. 212 00:10:35,400 --> 00:10:38,640 Speaker 1: I've got more coming up with Red States investigative journalist 213 00:10:38,760 --> 00:10:41,000 Speaker 1: Jennifer Van Lah, but first let me tell you more 214 00:10:41,040 --> 00:10:44,120 Speaker 1: about my partners at IFCJ. The new year is a 215 00:10:44,120 --> 00:10:46,840 Speaker 1: time of reflection on the past year and hope for 216 00:10:46,880 --> 00:10:49,560 Speaker 1: the year to come. 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Stay tuned. 233 00:11:45,840 --> 00:11:51,480 Speaker 1: I'll be back with more right after this. I think 234 00:11:51,520 --> 00:11:53,880 Speaker 1: it's time to start looking at these things because I 235 00:11:53,880 --> 00:11:57,640 Speaker 1: think anybody believes that they can go in and just 236 00:11:58,520 --> 00:12:05,160 Speaker 1: run a government without having any foresight or common sense thinking, 237 00:12:05,280 --> 00:12:07,480 Speaker 1: and you have to judge them by this. I mean, 238 00:12:07,520 --> 00:12:10,600 Speaker 1: look at you, look at this situation. We had a 239 00:12:10,600 --> 00:12:14,400 Speaker 1: situation in Michigan just a few years ago where they 240 00:12:14,440 --> 00:12:18,439 Speaker 1: wanted to protect a muscle and there was a dam built. 241 00:12:19,120 --> 00:12:21,800 Speaker 1: The owner of the dam kept saying to the Attorney General, 242 00:12:21,840 --> 00:12:24,200 Speaker 1: We've got to lower the water level so that we 243 00:12:24,240 --> 00:12:27,320 Speaker 1: can repair the dam. If you lower the water level, 244 00:12:27,480 --> 00:12:30,440 Speaker 1: the muscles will all die. These are endangered muscles. We 245 00:12:30,520 --> 00:12:33,720 Speaker 1: can't lower the water level. Well, guess what, the dam broke. 246 00:12:34,040 --> 00:12:37,199 Speaker 1: The water's gone. The muscles are dead. The entire community 247 00:12:37,280 --> 00:12:39,559 Speaker 1: I mean houses were moved blocks from where they were 248 00:12:39,559 --> 00:12:42,520 Speaker 1: and they destroyed. You know, they were ripped apart. I mean, 249 00:12:42,600 --> 00:12:47,200 Speaker 1: water is very destructive as well. This entire community totally 250 00:12:47,240 --> 00:12:52,680 Speaker 1: destroyed because of these crazy like I'm sorry, but can 251 00:12:52,720 --> 00:12:54,880 Speaker 1: you move the muscles? Can you save the muscles some 252 00:12:55,000 --> 00:12:58,600 Speaker 1: other way? Or are is it just do certain creatures 253 00:12:58,720 --> 00:13:01,000 Speaker 1: just run their course and you've got to make sure 254 00:13:01,040 --> 00:13:05,000 Speaker 1: you've protected the human race. I mean, at a certain 255 00:13:05,040 --> 00:13:07,640 Speaker 1: point you have to make that executive decision. And if 256 00:13:07,640 --> 00:13:10,360 Speaker 1: you don't have the right people in office to make 257 00:13:10,400 --> 00:13:13,839 Speaker 1: those executive decisions and game plan things out, I mean 258 00:13:13,880 --> 00:13:17,440 Speaker 1: there's a very obviously hindsight is twenty twenty, but you 259 00:13:17,480 --> 00:13:19,560 Speaker 1: can look at this and say, in the case that 260 00:13:19,600 --> 00:13:22,640 Speaker 1: this dam is not repaired, what actually does happen to 261 00:13:22,720 --> 00:13:25,960 Speaker 1: all the water? What if it does break? I mean, look, 262 00:13:26,040 --> 00:13:28,400 Speaker 1: we had the similar situation with the Flint water crisis. 263 00:13:28,440 --> 00:13:30,960 Speaker 1: We're gonna save money, We're gonna move the water, all 264 00:13:31,000 --> 00:13:33,079 Speaker 1: of a sudden we have lad in all the water. 265 00:13:33,360 --> 00:13:36,240 Speaker 1: At what point do you hold the people accountable? Because 266 00:13:36,240 --> 00:13:39,240 Speaker 1: if I'm a business and I make a part that 267 00:13:39,320 --> 00:13:41,800 Speaker 1: goes out in the field and the machinery breaks and 268 00:13:41,880 --> 00:13:44,400 Speaker 1: kills someone, I'm not accountable. 269 00:13:44,840 --> 00:13:45,520 Speaker 2: Exactly, you know. 270 00:13:45,559 --> 00:13:47,960 Speaker 3: And in the case of that dam, there's probably environmentalists 271 00:13:47,920 --> 00:13:51,480 Speaker 3: who wanted the dam gone because they don't ever want 272 00:13:51,480 --> 00:13:54,240 Speaker 3: to have They just want the three flowing rivers. So 273 00:13:54,800 --> 00:13:58,400 Speaker 3: maybe that was their their motive in making sure that 274 00:13:58,400 --> 00:14:01,120 Speaker 3: that those damn repairs didn't take place. In California, in 275 00:14:01,120 --> 00:14:04,520 Speaker 3: twenty fourteen, voters overwhelmingly passed Prop one, which was a 276 00:14:04,520 --> 00:14:05,720 Speaker 3: water storage project. 277 00:14:06,080 --> 00:14:07,800 Speaker 2: Not one new dam has been built. 278 00:14:08,040 --> 00:14:11,280 Speaker 3: In fact, Gavenusman's made a big deal out of destroying 279 00:14:11,320 --> 00:14:13,679 Speaker 3: some existing dams because of the same thing. We need 280 00:14:13,679 --> 00:14:15,959 Speaker 3: the habitat so that things can strim up so we 281 00:14:16,480 --> 00:14:18,800 Speaker 3: swim upstream. Sorry, can't talk in the midst of all 282 00:14:18,800 --> 00:14:22,440 Speaker 3: of this, but okay, fine, do that, but build some 283 00:14:22,520 --> 00:14:24,400 Speaker 3: other water storage. If you're not going to have a dam, 284 00:14:24,480 --> 00:14:27,680 Speaker 3: have the big holding tank somewhere somewhere where you're pumping 285 00:14:27,680 --> 00:14:30,200 Speaker 3: out water. As when we get the snow pack and 286 00:14:30,280 --> 00:14:33,200 Speaker 3: it starts melting, in the spring where you're diverting it 287 00:14:33,240 --> 00:14:34,840 Speaker 3: to a place where it can be stored for when 288 00:14:34,880 --> 00:14:37,520 Speaker 3: we need it, which is during these fires. And another 289 00:14:37,600 --> 00:14:41,440 Speaker 3: thing with LA that kind of contributed to this. Normally, 290 00:14:41,480 --> 00:14:44,120 Speaker 3: December and January are two of our wettest months in 291 00:14:44,160 --> 00:14:47,280 Speaker 3: the year. We haven't had measurable rainfall in southern California 292 00:14:47,320 --> 00:14:50,640 Speaker 3: since July. So normally our fire season ends in November 293 00:14:50,680 --> 00:14:52,840 Speaker 3: December because we start getting rain and then it's not 294 00:14:53,520 --> 00:14:56,560 Speaker 3: the conditions aren't conducing, but when we haven't had measurable 295 00:14:56,640 --> 00:14:58,960 Speaker 3: rain in six months and then you get eighty mile 296 00:14:59,000 --> 00:15:02,400 Speaker 3: an hour and in my hometown the humidity level was 297 00:15:02,440 --> 00:15:07,240 Speaker 3: one percent yesterday morning. When you get dry conditions like that, 298 00:15:07,360 --> 00:15:10,760 Speaker 3: even if you're dropping retardant and water, some of it 299 00:15:10,840 --> 00:15:12,840 Speaker 3: are a good deal of it is evaporating before it 300 00:15:12,880 --> 00:15:14,680 Speaker 3: gets to where it needs to go. 301 00:15:15,240 --> 00:15:19,560 Speaker 1: And again, where's the investigation, because where was the leadership saying, man, 302 00:15:19,640 --> 00:15:22,040 Speaker 1: these two months, we haven't had the water that we need. 303 00:15:22,080 --> 00:15:24,400 Speaker 1: We need to make sure that we have the reservoir 304 00:15:24,600 --> 00:15:27,240 Speaker 1: backup so that we have the water prepared in case 305 00:15:27,320 --> 00:15:31,720 Speaker 1: this season that comes every year is devastating. These are 306 00:15:31,760 --> 00:15:34,560 Speaker 1: not mysteries. This is not just oh, this happened out 307 00:15:34,600 --> 00:15:37,480 Speaker 1: of nowhere. And then we have an interesting I just 308 00:15:37,520 --> 00:15:42,080 Speaker 1: saw Liz MacDonald was posting that now we are seeing 309 00:15:42,640 --> 00:15:46,520 Speaker 1: the EV vehicles blowing up, that they're getting hot, and 310 00:15:46,600 --> 00:15:49,240 Speaker 1: those fires you can't put out. So it's interesting because 311 00:15:49,960 --> 00:15:52,520 Speaker 1: this is another crazy mandate from the left. I mean 312 00:15:52,920 --> 00:15:55,960 Speaker 1: it has hurt in Michigan significantly because they've moved their 313 00:15:55,960 --> 00:15:59,600 Speaker 1: factories out of Michigan. Gave them it gave them taxpayer 314 00:15:59,760 --> 00:16:03,320 Speaker 1: mind from Michigan to then take their factories and move 315 00:16:03,360 --> 00:16:04,920 Speaker 1: them out to where. And everybody's like, oh, no, that's 316 00:16:04,920 --> 00:16:07,520 Speaker 1: being used in Michigan. I remember when everybody was talking 317 00:16:07,520 --> 00:16:10,800 Speaker 1: about money being fungible. Guess what, our taxpayer dollars have 318 00:16:11,320 --> 00:16:15,160 Speaker 1: helped the automotive industry leave our state. But look we 319 00:16:15,200 --> 00:16:18,400 Speaker 1: see now, look a few months ago, we saw this 320 00:16:18,520 --> 00:16:21,840 Speaker 1: happening in cal or in Florida when the hurricane came 321 00:16:22,040 --> 00:16:24,360 Speaker 1: all of a sudden, we find out that when saltwater 322 00:16:24,440 --> 00:16:28,120 Speaker 1: gets into these batteries, they blow up. Now they're blowing 323 00:16:28,200 --> 00:16:30,600 Speaker 1: up in California. How safe are these vehicles? 324 00:16:31,120 --> 00:16:33,720 Speaker 3: Well, and there were a lot of evs abandoned in 325 00:16:33,760 --> 00:16:36,200 Speaker 3: the Palisades because there's a lot of evs in that 326 00:16:36,320 --> 00:16:38,720 Speaker 3: area because those are people that are very big on 327 00:16:38,880 --> 00:16:43,160 Speaker 3: electric cars, so that is adding to that environmental destruction 328 00:16:43,280 --> 00:16:45,480 Speaker 3: there and with the water knowing that we have this 329 00:16:45,600 --> 00:16:48,440 Speaker 3: coming and we know that in that exact neighborhood on 330 00:16:48,480 --> 00:16:51,760 Speaker 3: the exact street where this started. And I'm looking into 331 00:16:51,800 --> 00:16:53,840 Speaker 3: this more, but it's taking some time to get the records. 332 00:16:54,680 --> 00:16:56,840 Speaker 3: That there was a fire on New Year's Day, so 333 00:16:57,040 --> 00:16:59,120 Speaker 3: just a few days ago, that they believe was set 334 00:16:59,160 --> 00:17:02,600 Speaker 3: by people doing fireworks. There's been numerous what we call 335 00:17:02,640 --> 00:17:06,200 Speaker 3: hobo fires in that area because it's a nicer area 336 00:17:06,240 --> 00:17:09,040 Speaker 3: for the hoboes to camp for the homeless people unhoused, 337 00:17:09,440 --> 00:17:11,800 Speaker 3: because you get the sea breeze and it doesn't get 338 00:17:11,840 --> 00:17:14,920 Speaker 3: as hot as the other areas, but it also gets 339 00:17:14,960 --> 00:17:17,720 Speaker 3: colder at night, so then they start fires to keep warm. 340 00:17:17,800 --> 00:17:20,359 Speaker 3: We believe that's how the Franklin fire down by Pepperdine 341 00:17:20,400 --> 00:17:24,080 Speaker 3: University started just what three weeks ago? I believe it 342 00:17:24,119 --> 00:17:27,680 Speaker 3: was maybe a month. So why weren't water trucks positioned 343 00:17:27,920 --> 00:17:30,439 Speaker 3: out in the palisades out in those areas where we 344 00:17:30,600 --> 00:17:33,960 Speaker 3: know that there's homeless encampments and people routinely start fires 345 00:17:35,359 --> 00:17:38,080 Speaker 3: knowing that these tanks could go dry. So they said 346 00:17:38,119 --> 00:17:40,640 Speaker 3: they had three million gallons of water and three different 347 00:17:41,080 --> 00:17:44,080 Speaker 3: storage tanks around the palisades that all ran dry by 348 00:17:44,160 --> 00:17:46,600 Speaker 3: about ten pm on the first night of the fires, 349 00:17:46,600 --> 00:17:51,040 Speaker 3: which is understandable because it's a massive fire. And then 350 00:17:51,280 --> 00:17:54,720 Speaker 3: the lady from LADWP says, well, then we worked hard 351 00:17:54,720 --> 00:17:56,080 Speaker 3: to get water tanks out there. 352 00:17:56,119 --> 00:17:57,680 Speaker 2: Well why weren't the water tanks there? 353 00:17:58,240 --> 00:18:00,720 Speaker 1: Well, let's go a little bit further. You're there's home 354 00:18:00,800 --> 00:18:04,040 Speaker 1: homeless encampments out there. So I think it was actually 355 00:18:04,240 --> 00:18:07,720 Speaker 1: LA that had a few years ago had a three 356 00:18:07,840 --> 00:18:13,280 Speaker 1: hundred million dollar budget for eliminating homelessness. It was doubled 357 00:18:13,280 --> 00:18:17,040 Speaker 1: to six hundred million dollars. You know what doesn't happen 358 00:18:17,160 --> 00:18:19,760 Speaker 1: when you get six hundred million dollars to solve the problem, 359 00:18:19,920 --> 00:18:22,280 Speaker 1: You never solve the problem, right because no one wants 360 00:18:22,320 --> 00:18:25,080 Speaker 1: to give up the six hundred million dollars. And so 361 00:18:25,240 --> 00:18:29,000 Speaker 1: now you have a massive homelessness problem. You know, I mean, 362 00:18:29,080 --> 00:18:32,320 Speaker 1: think about this, This is why you have government people. 363 00:18:32,640 --> 00:18:35,119 Speaker 1: This is not like, this is not a situation of 364 00:18:35,160 --> 00:18:38,200 Speaker 1: hindsight is twenty twenty. Because you know you have encampments 365 00:18:38,200 --> 00:18:40,280 Speaker 1: out there, you know it's been dry. You know they're 366 00:18:40,320 --> 00:18:43,680 Speaker 1: starting fires. This is where your government protects you. They 367 00:18:43,720 --> 00:18:45,639 Speaker 1: go in and round these folks up. They say, you 368 00:18:45,720 --> 00:18:48,800 Speaker 1: can't be here. I'm sorry, we have safety issues. We're 369 00:18:48,800 --> 00:18:53,480 Speaker 1: talking about the most expensive wildfire fire situation we have 370 00:18:53,560 --> 00:18:57,040 Speaker 1: ever had in the state of California. They're already estimating 371 00:18:57,080 --> 00:19:00,360 Speaker 1: it at over fifty billion dollars in damage. How much 372 00:19:00,359 --> 00:19:04,639 Speaker 1: will it costs to rebuild because of irresponsible leadership? Again, 373 00:19:05,000 --> 00:19:07,879 Speaker 1: not hindsight is twenty twenty. You knew they were making 374 00:19:07,960 --> 00:19:10,520 Speaker 1: they were having fires there, Gavin Knwsome knew they were 375 00:19:10,520 --> 00:19:11,280 Speaker 1: having fires there. 376 00:19:11,359 --> 00:19:11,959 Speaker 2: Yeah. 377 00:19:12,000 --> 00:19:14,520 Speaker 3: What they do is they classify it as a vegetation fire. 378 00:19:14,600 --> 00:19:17,199 Speaker 3: Because a lot of us all watch these apps that 379 00:19:17,280 --> 00:19:19,639 Speaker 3: tell us when the fires start, they classify it as 380 00:19:19,640 --> 00:19:22,320 Speaker 3: a vegetation fire. We all know because we drive around 381 00:19:22,320 --> 00:19:24,879 Speaker 3: and we see where the encampments are. We all go, oh, no, 382 00:19:25,000 --> 00:19:27,959 Speaker 3: that's a legendary area where there's homeless people. And if 383 00:19:28,000 --> 00:19:29,879 Speaker 3: we knew these winds were coming, and we know that 384 00:19:29,920 --> 00:19:32,560 Speaker 3: a lot of these people are camping on state park 385 00:19:32,680 --> 00:19:36,399 Speaker 3: land or adjacent to it, why did we not send 386 00:19:36,400 --> 00:19:39,440 Speaker 3: out the Sheriff's Department or LAPD to clear out these 387 00:19:39,560 --> 00:19:43,800 Speaker 3: environmentally sensitive areas to use the left phrasing. You know 388 00:19:43,880 --> 00:19:46,440 Speaker 3: it's coming, you know they're there, you know there's and 389 00:19:46,480 --> 00:19:48,879 Speaker 3: you probably saw this because you said you drove up PCH. 390 00:19:49,119 --> 00:19:52,280 Speaker 3: You probably saw all of the motor homes along the road. 391 00:19:53,040 --> 00:19:57,040 Speaker 3: And those people have propane takes where they grill, they 392 00:19:57,040 --> 00:20:00,960 Speaker 3: have other things that catch fire and cause ex I 393 00:20:01,000 --> 00:20:04,320 Speaker 3: wouldn't be surprised if those paid played a significant role 394 00:20:04,800 --> 00:20:07,639 Speaker 3: in the destruction up and down PCH. So why do 395 00:20:07,720 --> 00:20:09,800 Speaker 3: we not just get everyone out of there and say, look, 396 00:20:09,840 --> 00:20:13,000 Speaker 3: this is a fire hazard, this is a public safety hazard, 397 00:20:13,040 --> 00:20:14,440 Speaker 3: this is an environmental hazard. 398 00:20:14,640 --> 00:20:15,440 Speaker 2: You have to go. 399 00:20:16,240 --> 00:20:20,160 Speaker 1: I mean, we're watching these houses have been just leveled 400 00:20:20,200 --> 00:20:23,520 Speaker 1: to the ground, and you can see the gas pipes 401 00:20:23,720 --> 00:20:27,920 Speaker 1: down the row, all of them still lit. How has 402 00:20:27,960 --> 00:20:31,480 Speaker 1: no one turned the gas off? Where are the adults 403 00:20:31,560 --> 00:20:35,120 Speaker 1: in the room? And that's what I mean, it's now. 404 00:20:35,160 --> 00:20:37,760 Speaker 1: It can never be forgotten. It cannot be that this 405 00:20:37,840 --> 00:20:41,080 Speaker 1: is Hawaii. And that's my fear. No one talks about 406 00:20:41,080 --> 00:20:44,680 Speaker 1: Hawaii anymore, No one talks about East Palestine like these 407 00:20:44,760 --> 00:20:48,080 Speaker 1: tragedies happen and the rest of the country moves on. No, 408 00:20:48,359 --> 00:20:51,320 Speaker 1: We've got to say, how did this happen? Every single 409 00:20:51,400 --> 00:20:53,960 Speaker 1: day for the rest of the year. Someone should put 410 00:20:54,000 --> 00:20:57,600 Speaker 1: out an article every day about just that. How did 411 00:20:57,600 --> 00:21:00,919 Speaker 1: we end up having pro paying open propane on the 412 00:21:00,920 --> 00:21:03,760 Speaker 1: beach right, How did we end up having nobody turning 413 00:21:03,760 --> 00:21:05,919 Speaker 1: the gas off? How did we end up with this 414 00:21:06,280 --> 00:21:09,920 Speaker 1: massive dollar figure, this massive amount of money, And we're 415 00:21:09,920 --> 00:21:12,679 Speaker 1: not going to hold everybody accountable, No, every day they 416 00:21:12,680 --> 00:21:15,440 Speaker 1: should have to see what they did right. 417 00:21:15,560 --> 00:21:18,520 Speaker 3: And that you bring up a good point about Hawaii 418 00:21:18,800 --> 00:21:22,520 Speaker 3: because a significant number of these people just in the 419 00:21:22,600 --> 00:21:27,040 Speaker 3: last two months lost their homeowner's insurance and so have 420 00:21:27,160 --> 00:21:30,320 Speaker 3: no insurance to rebuild. Because Gavin Newsom would not let 421 00:21:30,359 --> 00:21:33,440 Speaker 3: the companies charge a higher rate which they needed to 422 00:21:33,520 --> 00:21:37,879 Speaker 3: charge because of the risk. Because Gavin Newsom's fire departments, 423 00:21:38,200 --> 00:21:40,600 Speaker 3: cal Fire and all of the city and state and 424 00:21:40,640 --> 00:21:44,280 Speaker 3: local fire departments has not been doing mitigation, They haven't 425 00:21:44,320 --> 00:21:46,800 Speaker 3: been doing brush clearing, they haven't been cutting out fire 426 00:21:46,840 --> 00:21:50,600 Speaker 3: brakes because of the environmentalists and because of the budget cuts. 427 00:21:50,920 --> 00:21:53,359 Speaker 3: Karen Bass cut twenty million dollars, and the word is 428 00:21:53,359 --> 00:21:56,320 Speaker 3: that she wanted to cut even more and the chief 429 00:21:56,320 --> 00:21:58,639 Speaker 3: told her, we don't have anything else to cut, and 430 00:21:58,680 --> 00:21:59,399 Speaker 3: she said. 431 00:21:59,160 --> 00:21:59,560 Speaker 2: Find it. 432 00:22:00,680 --> 00:22:04,600 Speaker 3: So why was all of this happening instead of doing 433 00:22:04,600 --> 00:22:06,719 Speaker 3: what we know is going to protect and we know 434 00:22:07,000 --> 00:22:10,960 Speaker 3: the Indians were here before us and they manage these forests. 435 00:22:11,240 --> 00:22:15,520 Speaker 3: They did control burns, they did brush clearing. It's a 436 00:22:15,600 --> 00:22:18,119 Speaker 3: known science and we're not able to do it because 437 00:22:18,119 --> 00:22:19,720 Speaker 3: of some weird feel good policies. 438 00:22:19,960 --> 00:22:22,280 Speaker 1: Well, gosh, you said the word science. You know how 439 00:22:22,359 --> 00:22:25,080 Speaker 1: much they like science on that side of the aisle. 440 00:22:25,119 --> 00:22:26,160 Speaker 1: They make up their own. 441 00:22:26,000 --> 00:22:29,000 Speaker 3: Stace, love it, but they don't follow actual science. 442 00:22:29,000 --> 00:22:32,679 Speaker 1: Right they exactly. Well, okay, so you just said something 443 00:22:32,720 --> 00:22:36,080 Speaker 1: about the insurance and him not allowing them to increase 444 00:22:36,119 --> 00:22:39,320 Speaker 1: their rates. So this is what happens again when you 445 00:22:39,400 --> 00:22:42,440 Speaker 1: have a political animal. I caused the problem. I make 446 00:22:42,480 --> 00:22:45,240 Speaker 1: it so these companies can't afford this, and then I 447 00:22:45,359 --> 00:22:47,600 Speaker 1: go in and regulate the company and say you can't 448 00:22:47,680 --> 00:22:52,479 Speaker 1: do this, thinking that this is all power, that power 449 00:22:52,600 --> 00:22:54,719 Speaker 1: is unlimited, and that when you are in the position 450 00:22:54,800 --> 00:22:57,640 Speaker 1: of governor, you can do anything and the consequences will 451 00:22:57,680 --> 00:23:00,679 Speaker 1: not come back to hurt you. Well, now, just months 452 00:23:00,720 --> 00:23:05,399 Speaker 1: after this decision, which was so irresponsible because he caused 453 00:23:05,400 --> 00:23:09,000 Speaker 1: the rates to go up, he has cost the everybody 454 00:23:09,000 --> 00:23:14,480 Speaker 1: their livelihood, their life, They're all of their most valuable possessions. 455 00:23:14,560 --> 00:23:18,360 Speaker 1: I mean, they're sentimental possessions. That's the crazy thing about it. 456 00:23:18,600 --> 00:23:21,760 Speaker 1: These are things people will never get back because of 457 00:23:21,840 --> 00:23:24,480 Speaker 1: a selfish political animal. 458 00:23:25,480 --> 00:23:28,120 Speaker 3: And there's a good number of residents in the Palisades. Yes, 459 00:23:28,160 --> 00:23:31,840 Speaker 3: they're celebrities there, but there's also if you drove through 460 00:23:31,840 --> 00:23:34,439 Speaker 3: some of the neighborhoods, what looked like pretty modest homes, 461 00:23:34,800 --> 00:23:36,879 Speaker 3: and there are people who moved out there at the 462 00:23:36,880 --> 00:23:39,280 Speaker 3: time when Ronald and Nancy Reagan lived there in the 463 00:23:39,320 --> 00:23:43,680 Speaker 3: sixties and own their home outright, and that's what they 464 00:23:43,720 --> 00:23:46,000 Speaker 3: worked all their life for and now it's burned down and. 465 00:23:45,960 --> 00:23:47,119 Speaker 2: They have no insurance. 466 00:23:47,760 --> 00:23:50,400 Speaker 3: Yeah, and that's definitely see a Maui situation. 467 00:23:51,000 --> 00:23:53,359 Speaker 1: That's what I keep and that's the fear somebody's going 468 00:23:53,400 --> 00:23:56,240 Speaker 1: to come in and just immediately buy up all their property. 469 00:23:56,240 --> 00:23:59,080 Speaker 1: And that's what they're saying. Don't talk to adjusters, don't 470 00:23:59,119 --> 00:24:01,720 Speaker 1: talk to anybody, right now, give it some time so 471 00:24:01,800 --> 00:24:03,840 Speaker 1: that we can actually see what's going on. Because you've 472 00:24:03,840 --> 00:24:05,760 Speaker 1: got all these vultures that come in and they're like, 473 00:24:06,600 --> 00:24:09,840 Speaker 1: there's nothing you can do. You have a terrible situation. 474 00:24:10,080 --> 00:24:12,280 Speaker 1: You've got no value, you've got no home, you have 475 00:24:12,320 --> 00:24:14,479 Speaker 1: a mortgage. I mean that's the problem, right, If you 476 00:24:14,480 --> 00:24:17,200 Speaker 1: have a mortgage, the mortgage company's not letting you out 477 00:24:17,240 --> 00:24:19,640 Speaker 1: of this right right. 478 00:24:19,960 --> 00:24:21,880 Speaker 2: And then that the rental housing. 479 00:24:22,160 --> 00:24:24,440 Speaker 3: One of my friends who lost his home was saying 480 00:24:24,480 --> 00:24:28,160 Speaker 3: that by the half hour, rental prices for rental homes 481 00:24:28,200 --> 00:24:31,960 Speaker 3: are just skyrocketing all over eling. And if we thought 482 00:24:31,960 --> 00:24:36,159 Speaker 3: we had a housing crisis before, now after not just 483 00:24:36,240 --> 00:24:39,920 Speaker 3: that fire, the fire in Pasadena, Alta, Dina, those are hundreds. 484 00:24:39,680 --> 00:24:41,160 Speaker 2: Or thousands of homes lost too. 485 00:24:42,000 --> 00:24:44,000 Speaker 3: Where are these people going to live while all this 486 00:24:44,160 --> 00:24:46,960 Speaker 3: is still taking place? I have a feeling that we're 487 00:24:46,960 --> 00:24:48,520 Speaker 3: going to lose some of them to other states. That 488 00:24:48,560 --> 00:24:51,720 Speaker 3: maybe the only thing keeping them here was that they 489 00:24:51,720 --> 00:24:53,600 Speaker 3: had this paid off home, or was that they maybe 490 00:24:53,600 --> 00:24:55,760 Speaker 3: they had a good interest rate on their mortgage and 491 00:24:55,800 --> 00:24:57,880 Speaker 3: so they didn't want to go somewhere else right now. 492 00:24:58,440 --> 00:25:00,680 Speaker 3: But after you lose it, then and it's like what's 493 00:25:00,760 --> 00:25:03,200 Speaker 3: keeping you here? So I'm such a great the people 494 00:25:03,280 --> 00:25:04,800 Speaker 3: I would never be good people. 495 00:25:05,600 --> 00:25:08,320 Speaker 1: Yeah, I would never have thought about that. But yeah, 496 00:25:08,359 --> 00:25:11,760 Speaker 1: once you lose everything, I mean, you know when you 497 00:25:11,840 --> 00:25:17,120 Speaker 1: have that those historical rates, whether it's an interest rate 498 00:25:17,320 --> 00:25:19,600 Speaker 1: or you've already paid off your home or whatever it is, 499 00:25:19,920 --> 00:25:23,360 Speaker 1: you had a value there that you've completely lost. Most 500 00:25:23,359 --> 00:25:28,160 Speaker 1: people cannot afford to live in California. That's the crazy reality, right. 501 00:25:28,359 --> 00:25:30,120 Speaker 3: And some of the people, some of my friends who 502 00:25:30,320 --> 00:25:33,159 Speaker 3: did lose homes, their jobs require them to be in 503 00:25:33,160 --> 00:25:35,960 Speaker 3: this area, so they're not going to leave unless maybe 504 00:25:35,960 --> 00:25:39,720 Speaker 3: they can work remote. But it's going to be just 505 00:25:39,800 --> 00:25:43,160 Speaker 3: a big disaster with so many ramifications that we don't 506 00:25:43,240 --> 00:25:46,720 Speaker 3: even know yet. But the main thing is hopefully that 507 00:25:46,840 --> 00:25:49,320 Speaker 3: this will be the change not just for California, but 508 00:25:49,359 --> 00:25:52,640 Speaker 3: for the country of how bad these progressive policies are. 509 00:25:52,640 --> 00:25:54,720 Speaker 3: Like you said, they're in Michigan too. It's not just 510 00:25:54,840 --> 00:25:57,200 Speaker 3: limited to California. 511 00:25:57,240 --> 00:25:59,400 Speaker 2: And just like with ABY. 512 00:25:59,280 --> 00:26:01,040 Speaker 3: Five, I'm not sure you're familiar with that, it was 513 00:26:01,080 --> 00:26:05,560 Speaker 3: an anti independent contracting law here in California, and who 514 00:26:05,720 --> 00:26:07,480 Speaker 3: put out of work was a lot of the creatives, 515 00:26:07,480 --> 00:26:09,800 Speaker 3: and it was during COVID, Well we got a lot 516 00:26:09,840 --> 00:26:13,880 Speaker 3: of that repealed. Because when you tick off the creatives, 517 00:26:13,960 --> 00:26:16,879 Speaker 3: you have a big problem because they have the platform, 518 00:26:17,200 --> 00:26:19,880 Speaker 3: they have the talent to get the information out there 519 00:26:19,880 --> 00:26:22,760 Speaker 3: to people. So now that you've got Hollywood, it's just 520 00:26:22,960 --> 00:26:26,040 Speaker 3: severely impacted by this, how many documentaries are we going 521 00:26:26,119 --> 00:26:27,919 Speaker 3: to see about Gavin Newsom's incompetence. 522 00:26:28,240 --> 00:26:30,200 Speaker 2: They're going to need a sacrificial lamb. 523 00:26:31,320 --> 00:26:34,000 Speaker 3: And I wouldn't be surprised if it ends up being 524 00:26:34,200 --> 00:26:38,440 Speaker 3: some kind of investigation into Gavin Newsom's narcissism and how 525 00:26:38,480 --> 00:26:40,120 Speaker 3: all of this played into it. 526 00:26:40,960 --> 00:26:42,000 Speaker 2: I have a feeling it's coming. 527 00:26:42,320 --> 00:26:45,040 Speaker 1: Let's take a quick commercial break. We'll continue next on 528 00:26:45,080 --> 00:26:51,560 Speaker 1: the Tutor Dixon Podcast. You know, I was thinking about 529 00:26:51,600 --> 00:26:54,359 Speaker 1: what you just said about we don't know the ramifications 530 00:26:54,400 --> 00:26:57,080 Speaker 1: of this man. You go back to COVID and we 531 00:26:57,119 --> 00:27:00,920 Speaker 1: saw so many ramifications of reathing being shut down and 532 00:27:01,000 --> 00:27:03,919 Speaker 1: kids being out of school, and I think, my kids, 533 00:27:04,200 --> 00:27:07,280 Speaker 1: you know, I've got sixth grade, eighth grade, tenth grade, 534 00:27:07,520 --> 00:27:10,640 Speaker 1: and they all went through school in COVID. So all 535 00:27:10,640 --> 00:27:13,440 Speaker 1: of these, all these schools that are burned down, most 536 00:27:13,480 --> 00:27:16,440 Speaker 1: of these kids have already missed school once they've already 537 00:27:16,480 --> 00:27:20,000 Speaker 1: had one major tragedy. And you don't realize how much 538 00:27:20,040 --> 00:27:22,560 Speaker 1: that affects your kids until you hear. One day, my 539 00:27:22,640 --> 00:27:26,080 Speaker 1: daughter was sitting with her cousin and she goes, well, 540 00:27:26,119 --> 00:27:30,239 Speaker 1: remember that was during what did she say? It was 541 00:27:30,240 --> 00:27:33,600 Speaker 1: like during lockdown? Or something, and I'm like, man, they 542 00:27:33,600 --> 00:27:36,679 Speaker 1: actually have a quarantine that was during quarantine, so we 543 00:27:36,720 --> 00:27:38,800 Speaker 1: cann't go anywhere. I was like, they actually have like 544 00:27:38,840 --> 00:27:42,520 Speaker 1: a season of their life that is quarantine where they 545 00:27:42,640 --> 00:27:44,800 Speaker 1: just remember being locked in. Yes. 546 00:27:44,960 --> 00:27:48,880 Speaker 3: Yeah, two years in this area that these kids already lost, yes, 547 00:27:48,920 --> 00:27:51,720 Speaker 3: because of how crazy La was with it. And now 548 00:27:52,560 --> 00:27:54,400 Speaker 3: they'll at least lose the rest of this school year 549 00:27:54,440 --> 00:27:57,119 Speaker 3: with their friends. I mean, who knows how they're going 550 00:27:57,200 --> 00:28:00,000 Speaker 3: to be able to get back in touch. And for kids, 551 00:27:59,840 --> 00:28:03,199 Speaker 3: that's their community, that's where they go for for their 552 00:28:04,119 --> 00:28:07,280 Speaker 3: their feeling of belonging, their consistency. Obviously their family too, 553 00:28:07,320 --> 00:28:08,960 Speaker 3: but you know, you go to school, you have your teacher, 554 00:28:09,000 --> 00:28:11,760 Speaker 3: you have your friends. That routine brings you normalcy. Now 555 00:28:11,800 --> 00:28:13,000 Speaker 3: they do not have that. 556 00:28:13,680 --> 00:28:13,760 Speaker 2: No. 557 00:28:13,880 --> 00:28:16,040 Speaker 1: I remember when my kids, you know, it was like 558 00:28:16,080 --> 00:28:18,240 Speaker 1: they came home and they said it'll be fifteen days 559 00:28:18,280 --> 00:28:20,560 Speaker 1: and I said, no, it won't. Pack when you they 560 00:28:20,640 --> 00:28:23,520 Speaker 1: said tomorrow's our last day, I said, pack up your 561 00:28:23,840 --> 00:28:26,640 Speaker 1: entire locker. You're never going back. And they were like, oh, 562 00:28:26,680 --> 00:28:31,560 Speaker 1: that's crazy. And it was so shocking because you at 563 00:28:31,600 --> 00:28:34,719 Speaker 1: that age, you know, my kids were like first and 564 00:28:35,240 --> 00:28:39,200 Speaker 1: third and fifth grade, and and at those ages, your 565 00:28:39,280 --> 00:28:42,280 Speaker 1: teacher is like a family member. They're part of your life. 566 00:28:42,360 --> 00:28:42,600 Speaker 2: You know. 567 00:28:42,680 --> 00:28:46,320 Speaker 1: It's a critical and they're just ripped away. And I 568 00:28:46,360 --> 00:28:49,560 Speaker 1: think about these poor kids a second time. What will happen? 569 00:28:49,760 --> 00:28:52,840 Speaker 1: They have no school and when will the school be rebuilt? 570 00:28:52,880 --> 00:28:56,719 Speaker 1: How could you possibly rebuild a community that fast. 571 00:28:56,520 --> 00:28:58,800 Speaker 3: And the way that California's laws are, it would take 572 00:28:58,800 --> 00:28:59,400 Speaker 3: a long time. 573 00:29:00,000 --> 00:29:01,120 Speaker 2: One of our Assemblymen, Bill A. 574 00:29:01,200 --> 00:29:05,320 Speaker 3: Saley, has asked for a special session to deal with this, 575 00:29:06,000 --> 00:29:08,760 Speaker 3: and hopefully one of the things would be just bypassing 576 00:29:08,840 --> 00:29:11,800 Speaker 3: all of the normal regulations to be able to get 577 00:29:11,840 --> 00:29:14,320 Speaker 3: these things built. Obviously we want them built with to 578 00:29:14,360 --> 00:29:16,960 Speaker 3: be able to withstand earthquakes and fires, that kind of thing. 579 00:29:17,040 --> 00:29:20,520 Speaker 3: But let's not have delays because we're impacting what lizard 580 00:29:21,000 --> 00:29:25,160 Speaker 3: or what were might be impacted by this building or 581 00:29:25,200 --> 00:29:28,959 Speaker 3: Healthnates community has been there in some fashion over one 582 00:29:29,000 --> 00:29:32,120 Speaker 3: hundred years, but at least sixty or seventy years where 583 00:29:32,160 --> 00:29:34,800 Speaker 3: it's been pretty much as built up as it is now. 584 00:29:35,040 --> 00:29:37,200 Speaker 3: And one woman said they hadn't even been evacuated for 585 00:29:37,280 --> 00:29:40,760 Speaker 3: fire since the seventies in that area, so it's not 586 00:29:40,880 --> 00:29:44,040 Speaker 3: like this was a new building up in the wilderness 587 00:29:44,040 --> 00:29:46,760 Speaker 3: that shouldn't have been there. This was an established community 588 00:29:47,240 --> 00:29:48,600 Speaker 3: that still had no protection. 589 00:29:49,840 --> 00:29:53,080 Speaker 1: I think that we have to get past malicious environmentalism, 590 00:29:53,240 --> 00:29:56,840 Speaker 1: and I think I realized how it started. And it's 591 00:29:56,880 --> 00:30:03,040 Speaker 1: not that I'm totally insensitive to endangered species, but when 592 00:30:03,200 --> 00:30:07,200 Speaker 1: it becomes malicious environmentalism and you can't see it, you've 593 00:30:07,200 --> 00:30:12,440 Speaker 1: become so indoctrinated in we care more about these smell 594 00:30:12,560 --> 00:30:15,680 Speaker 1: than we care about the kids getting to school. Where 595 00:30:15,800 --> 00:30:18,400 Speaker 1: is the voice of reason in California? And we've been 596 00:30:18,480 --> 00:30:21,160 Speaker 1: saying this for so long, So to your point, maybe 597 00:30:21,200 --> 00:30:23,280 Speaker 1: this is a turning point. My gosh, I wish this 598 00:30:23,360 --> 00:30:25,360 Speaker 1: is not how we would see a turning point. And 599 00:30:25,400 --> 00:30:27,680 Speaker 1: I see everybody saying, you know, maybe this is the 600 00:30:27,760 --> 00:30:30,480 Speaker 1: silver lining, and I guess that we have to look 601 00:30:30,520 --> 00:30:37,560 Speaker 1: for something that maybe California begins to return to what 602 00:30:37,680 --> 00:30:40,800 Speaker 1: the rest of the country has been, which is limited government, 603 00:30:40,960 --> 00:30:43,600 Speaker 1: making sure that people can achieve on their own and 604 00:30:43,640 --> 00:30:47,120 Speaker 1: that you have the basics protection, that you're safe in 605 00:30:47,160 --> 00:30:50,080 Speaker 1: your own community, and whether that is safe from criminals 606 00:30:50,320 --> 00:30:54,120 Speaker 1: or safe from fire. This is the moment when we say, okay, 607 00:30:54,160 --> 00:30:55,520 Speaker 1: we got to turn things around. 608 00:30:56,240 --> 00:30:58,200 Speaker 3: Well, and I would say get back to what, not 609 00:30:59,000 --> 00:31:00,520 Speaker 3: just what the rest of the country was, get back 610 00:31:00,560 --> 00:31:03,120 Speaker 3: to what California was when it started. California was where 611 00:31:03,400 --> 00:31:06,600 Speaker 3: the dreamers and adventurers went during the Gold Rush and 612 00:31:06,760 --> 00:31:10,640 Speaker 3: after World War Two. Both my grandfather grandfathers, one was 613 00:31:10,640 --> 00:31:13,640 Speaker 3: from Michigan, one from Indiana. They came out and married 614 00:31:13,680 --> 00:31:18,320 Speaker 3: California girls and started businesses and became successful. And that's 615 00:31:18,320 --> 00:31:21,600 Speaker 3: what California has been. A place where you have limited government, 616 00:31:21,840 --> 00:31:24,440 Speaker 3: a place where you had the freedom to dream and 617 00:31:24,560 --> 00:31:27,800 Speaker 3: achieve and and innovate and be an entrepreneur. I mean, 618 00:31:27,840 --> 00:31:30,640 Speaker 3: we have SpaceX, we have Disneyland, we have Silicon Valley, 619 00:31:30,680 --> 00:31:32,920 Speaker 3: we have all of that stuff. And not to mention 620 00:31:33,040 --> 00:31:37,040 Speaker 3: the ranchers that always respected the land and the farmers 621 00:31:37,720 --> 00:31:40,360 Speaker 3: that came out here. We feed a good portion of 622 00:31:40,400 --> 00:31:44,400 Speaker 3: the world from California. Let's get back to that and 623 00:31:44,480 --> 00:31:47,080 Speaker 3: then you'll see huge success and of California can lead 624 00:31:47,080 --> 00:31:49,000 Speaker 3: the way in that. Then that could be a good 625 00:31:49,000 --> 00:31:51,400 Speaker 3: way that California can lead this world instead of the 626 00:31:51,400 --> 00:31:53,520 Speaker 3: crazy ways we've been leading the world over the last 627 00:31:53,560 --> 00:31:54,280 Speaker 3: few decades. 628 00:31:54,760 --> 00:31:57,840 Speaker 1: Absolutely, the ranchers and the farmers who are the original 629 00:31:57,880 --> 00:32:00,680 Speaker 1: and the true environmentalists and we could learn a lot 630 00:32:00,720 --> 00:32:02,920 Speaker 1: from them. And you just reminded me like when I 631 00:32:03,000 --> 00:32:06,440 Speaker 1: was a kid and you're learning about the gold Rush 632 00:32:06,040 --> 00:32:09,080 Speaker 1: and pioneers and all these people that just took that 633 00:32:09,200 --> 00:32:12,640 Speaker 1: risk to go out to California. That was to me, 634 00:32:12,800 --> 00:32:15,360 Speaker 1: that was what America was. I was like, that's we are. 635 00:32:15,680 --> 00:32:18,560 Speaker 1: We're adventurers like I want to be that person. And 636 00:32:18,640 --> 00:32:22,520 Speaker 1: California was bigger than life. And California is still bigger 637 00:32:22,560 --> 00:32:26,720 Speaker 1: than life. I mean, California. Is this the land of opportunity, 638 00:32:26,800 --> 00:32:30,080 Speaker 1: right and the land of imagination and the land of 639 00:32:30,120 --> 00:32:33,000 Speaker 1: movies and the land of Silicon Valley, as you said, 640 00:32:33,440 --> 00:32:36,120 Speaker 1: And we have to bring that back and we have 641 00:32:36,200 --> 00:32:38,480 Speaker 1: to embrace it. And I just I do hope that 642 00:32:39,000 --> 00:32:40,880 Speaker 1: it goes back to what you were saying, and I 643 00:32:40,880 --> 00:32:43,840 Speaker 1: hope that we can all continue to support California. That's 644 00:32:43,840 --> 00:32:47,320 Speaker 1: why I appreciate you coming on today. But also that's 645 00:32:47,320 --> 00:32:49,520 Speaker 1: why I think it's so important we keep talking about this. 646 00:32:49,920 --> 00:32:53,240 Speaker 1: I know that you probably will as a writer yourself. Yeah, 647 00:32:53,240 --> 00:32:54,560 Speaker 1: but I appreciate you being here. 648 00:32:55,080 --> 00:32:56,120 Speaker 2: Thank you for having me on. 649 00:32:56,760 --> 00:32:59,800 Speaker 1: Absolutely, So I just want everybody to know, Jennifer van 650 00:32:59,840 --> 00:33:02,320 Speaker 1: lah Are, Now where can people find your work. 651 00:33:02,800 --> 00:33:05,920 Speaker 3: At RedState RedState dot com and then I do post 652 00:33:06,000 --> 00:33:08,920 Speaker 3: some of it as threads on x SO at gen 653 00:33:09,040 --> 00:33:09,440 Speaker 3: van Laar. 654 00:33:10,040 --> 00:33:13,440 Speaker 1: Awesome. Thank you so much, Thank you, and thank you 655 00:33:13,520 --> 00:33:16,440 Speaker 1: all for listening to the Tutor Dixon podcast for this 656 00:33:16,520 --> 00:33:19,440 Speaker 1: episode and others. Go to the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, 657 00:33:19,520 --> 00:33:22,120 Speaker 1: or wherever you get your podcasts and join us next time. 658 00:33:22,360 --> 00:33:23,160 Speaker 1: Have a blessed day.