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Speaker 1: We like to say LA's number one hit music station,

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Speaker 1: and we've got LA's Mayor Bass on the line with us.

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Speaker 1: Now it's a celebratory call. Everybody, Mayor Bass, good morning,

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Speaker 1: how you doing?

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Speaker 2: Good morning? I'm doing fine, Ryan, how are you?

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Speaker 3: I'm great.

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Speaker 1: I have to tell you we were almost next to

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Speaker 1: each other and you didn't even note.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, So where was that?

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Speaker 1: We were shooting American Idol auditions at the Barker Hangar

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Speaker 1: in Santa Monica, and about five point thirty six o'clock,

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Speaker 1: roaring helicopters come.

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Speaker 3: To land next door to the hangar. So I thought,

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Speaker 3: one of that, what is going on out there?

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Speaker 1: Well, I walk out and sure enough, it's Marine one

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Speaker 1: with the President of the United States, you, the governor,

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Speaker 1: and a bunch of military people.

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Speaker 2: That's right, that's right. It's really something to see, that,

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Speaker 1: Wow?

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Speaker 3: I mean you sisny Tani, you have no idea.

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Speaker 1: It's it's the it's the helicopter with the president, the

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Speaker 1: decoy helicopter, it's security helicopters. And they roll as one.

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Speaker 1: I mean they roll in like a parade.

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Speaker 2: That's right.

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Speaker 3: And I kept screaming, nobody let me cross the fence.

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Speaker 2: Well, if I had known you were there, I would

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Speaker 2: have found.

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Speaker 3: You just screaming.

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Speaker 1: Anyway, I want to say congratulations your one year anniversary

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Speaker 1: of being the mayor in Ellie's first woman mayor.

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Speaker 2: That's right, thank you, thank you, thank you. It's been

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Speaker 2: an amazing year.

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Speaker 3: We just love this city.

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Speaker 1: What is it that when you look back at the year,

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Speaker 1: you say, Okay, and I have a lot of things,

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Speaker 1: but what are you most proud of after this first year?

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Speaker 2: Well, I am most proud of a couple of things. One,

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Speaker 2: the way we've been able to bring everybody together together

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Speaker 2: across every sector of the government to address our number

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Speaker 2: one crisis. And being able to be at the tenth

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Speaker 2: and getting people off the street and seeing the joy

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Speaker 2: in their face when they know they don't have to

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Speaker 2: sleep in a tent anymore.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, that was a big, big deal coming in and

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Speaker 1: you could you could see that, you know, all over

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Speaker 1: the city. So you've taken good first rides in the

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Speaker 1: homelessness issue here in the city. What and when there's

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Speaker 1: still more work to be done? So what are your

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Speaker 1: next steps in new year?

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Speaker 2: Well, absolutely one, we have expedited the building of housing

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Speaker 2: that I am hoping will come online next year, nine

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Speaker 2: thousand units. We've fast tracked and we're going to continue

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Speaker 2: to push them to make sure that they get built.

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Speaker 2: And then the other thing is is making our city safer,

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Speaker 2: and so we have increased hiring of police officers. We

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Speaker 2: had a thousand recruits come in the next in the

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Speaker 2: last couple of months, and that's more since many many years.

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Speaker 2: So those are two of many things. I'm looking forward

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Speaker 2: to new businesses opening up. We have a lot to do, so,

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Speaker 2: you know, Ryan, I view this year as a foundational year,

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Speaker 2: laying the bases for us to get much more accomplished.

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Speaker 1: In your two in public safety obviously such a major issue,

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Speaker 1: and to hear that many recruits have come online.

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Speaker 3: What made the difference why so many recruits now?

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Speaker 2: Well, one thing is is that we've increased the budget.

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Speaker 2: We've increased salaries, and we put money into retain officers

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Speaker 2: so that they don't leave. You know, what happens is

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Speaker 2: is that these other cities, smaller cities that can pay more,

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Speaker 2: come and poach our officers because they know that LAPD

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Speaker 2: is the best trained, right, we wanted.

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Speaker 3: To train the benefit of the training. Yeah, and they

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Speaker 3: take some more people.

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Speaker 1: What we we do appreciate LAPD and we should acknowledge

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Speaker 1: them right now. Every time I see an LAPD car

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Speaker 1: at like an intersection, may Bass, I want to roll

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Speaker 1: to them, But I'm always afraid they're going to think

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Speaker 3: I don't think.

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Speaker 2: I don't think. I don't think they will. I think

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Speaker 1: If you see an officer today, thank them, say hello

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Speaker 2: I will do that. I will definitely do that.

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Speaker 1: So top two priorities, Mayor Bass, Los Angeles, major economy,

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Speaker 1: major city, so many different cultures and spirits in this city.

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Speaker 1: What are the top two things you focus on in

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Speaker 2: No question, Safety, business, and I have to say homelessness too.

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Speaker 2: I can't just say too. They're all interconnected, m And

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Speaker 2: you know what, and we're intense time now with the

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Speaker 2: war in the Middle East spilling over to an increase

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Speaker 2: That unfortunately is going to have to be a major

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Speaker 1: Yeah, I agree with you. Mayor Karen Vassi are a

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Speaker 1: year I found. We talked to you when you started

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Speaker 1: it to I know I did go buy that fast.

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Speaker 1: There was a lot that happened in this year. You

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Speaker 1: look at the ten and the hurricanes and all the things.

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Speaker 3: Did it go by fast for you?

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Speaker 2: Oh? It certainly did? You know? On most days it

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Speaker 2: goes by so fast. But sometimes it's so intense that

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Speaker 2: this one year feels like two or three.

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Speaker 1: Wow. So all right, just to take it into a

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Speaker 1: happy place for a second.

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Speaker 3: When we have long.

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Speaker 1: Days, we keep a little drawer in our desk of stuff, right,

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Speaker 1: a little snacks. So for example, am I long day drawer?

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Speaker 1: I have set totilla chips, the sea salt one.

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Speaker 3: I have a kombucha, a health aied kombucha which I

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Speaker 3: like strawberry flavor. And I have a big spoon roasters

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Speaker 3: cherry chocolate, hand crafted peanut butter bar, which is like

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Speaker 3: a protein. What's in your long day snack drawer?

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Speaker 2: Almonds and fruit. Those are the two things that are

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Speaker 2: in my long day snack drawer.

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Speaker 3: Toast it.

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Speaker 2: Both actually I like toasted salted and I like raw

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Speaker 2: so always healthy though no junk.

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Speaker 3: Good for you. Yeah, you need that.

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Speaker 1: You need that stamina and energy to run a city

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Speaker 1: like Los Angeles.

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Speaker 3: And what's up for the holidays.

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Speaker 1: Give us a little snapshot of what you're looking forward

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Speaker 1: to for the holidays, Mayor.

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Speaker 2: Bass I'm looking to having time where I slow down,

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Speaker 2: I can focus on reading and family. I'm planning.

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Speaker 3: Do you have a good book to recommend?

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Speaker 2: Uh? You know what, I have a ton of reports.

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Speaker 3: Oh.

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Speaker 2: I will still be working, It's just a different type

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Speaker 3: I was like, oh, you know, no, listen to audible.

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Speaker 1: Mayor Karen Basque, congratulations on this year, and you know

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Speaker 1: we're here. Anytime you need to get the word out

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Speaker 1: on something, please reach out to us.

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Speaker 2: Thank you. I always will and thank you so much

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Speaker 2: for being there, and we will continue to be in

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Speaker 2: touch through next year.

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Speaker 3: Happy holidays, Mary, Christmas, Mare Bath.

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Speaker 2: Thank you same to you.

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Speaker 1: Bye.

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Speaker 3: Fine. Doesn't that make you appreciate how we don't have

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Speaker 3: a serious job. Yeah, I'm doing reports right now.

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Speaker 2: Yeah. Like for her free time on the holidays, I

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Speaker 2: was like ooh, I was like, what's she gonna be reading?

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Speaker 3: I was ready for her to go eat, pray love.

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Speaker 3: Have you heard of it? Yeah? Right, She's like.

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Speaker 1: No, I'm gonna read the report on the Economics of

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Speaker 1: twenty twenty four through twenty twenty seven yis and the

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Speaker 1: planning reports of the city.

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Speaker 2: I mean that gonna be kind of cool.

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Speaker 1: I'd be for us because we don't have to deal

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Speaker 1: but not like she doesn't.

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Speaker 2: I mean I'm curious to see, like what all the

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Speaker 2: cool stuff are gonna put on the sunset strip.

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Speaker 3: You know, it's my kind of planning.

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Speaker 1: Report in a world that's not ours. Would you ever

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Speaker 1: want to be mayor Ciciny.

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Speaker 2: If it was easy?

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Speaker 3: I don't know. Maybe do you hear that's not easy? Tanya? Yeah,

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Speaker 3: I think I would like it sounds cool. You know

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Speaker 3: who I know would say yes you oh cush.

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Speaker 1: No, Patty, Patty Rodriguez would want that, yes, Tubs. I'm thinking,

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Speaker 1: not a good idea for the city.

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Speaker 3: Uh,