1 00:00:00,600 --> 00:00:02,920 Speaker 1: Kf I am six forty. You're listening to the John 2 00:00:02,960 --> 00:00:09,119 Speaker 1: and Ken Show on demand on the iHeartRadio app on 3 00:00:09,160 --> 00:00:10,840 Speaker 1: the radio from money until four and then after four 4 00:00:10,880 --> 00:00:16,520 Speaker 1: o'clock John again on demand on demand and it's podcast 5 00:00:16,680 --> 00:00:18,479 Speaker 1: on the iHeart app and you can listen to what 6 00:00:18,520 --> 00:00:18,920 Speaker 1: you missed. 7 00:00:19,680 --> 00:00:22,280 Speaker 2: Yeah, we'll have money. Another chance at money is coming 8 00:00:22,320 --> 00:00:24,319 Speaker 2: up about fifteen minutes. To find out what the keyword is. 9 00:00:24,320 --> 00:00:27,360 Speaker 2: Follow the instructions you could win the money. Thank god, 10 00:00:27,400 --> 00:00:30,640 Speaker 2: we have Alex Michaelson at Fox. I should follow him 11 00:00:30,680 --> 00:00:34,920 Speaker 2: on Twitter because he tweeted out that Mayor Karen bass 12 00:00:34,960 --> 00:00:37,800 Speaker 2: is leading a delegation of LA City Council members for 13 00:00:37,880 --> 00:00:40,720 Speaker 2: a series of meetings with federal officials in Washington, DC. 14 00:00:41,360 --> 00:00:44,400 Speaker 2: This video provided by the Mayor's office shows them inside 15 00:00:44,400 --> 00:00:46,320 Speaker 2: the White Houses Executive Office building. 16 00:00:46,920 --> 00:00:51,200 Speaker 1: So it's the picture to walk in the hallway. She's 17 00:00:51,200 --> 00:00:53,199 Speaker 1: there to beg for money. By the way, it's not 18 00:00:53,240 --> 00:00:56,240 Speaker 1: exactly a big news story. He apparently tweeted it out 19 00:00:56,240 --> 00:00:58,560 Speaker 1: thought it was important enough that we know that Mayor 20 00:00:58,680 --> 00:01:01,600 Speaker 1: Bascon is in why Washington, DC begging for money. 21 00:01:01,760 --> 00:01:03,960 Speaker 2: But we will be talking about her in thirty minutes. 22 00:01:04,000 --> 00:01:07,440 Speaker 2: We don't usually delve into inside politics. But this one 23 00:01:07,520 --> 00:01:12,040 Speaker 2: might be interesting concerning Mayor Bascon, because we're going to 24 00:01:12,080 --> 00:01:16,120 Speaker 2: be talking to a man who, well until today, was 25 00:01:16,160 --> 00:01:20,800 Speaker 2: a commissioner in the LA Department of Transportation commission. In fact, 26 00:01:21,319 --> 00:01:24,280 Speaker 2: he was president and he just got fired because they'd 27 00:01:24,319 --> 00:01:27,800 Speaker 2: dumped by Mayor Bascon. And there's a couple of things 28 00:01:27,840 --> 00:01:30,400 Speaker 2: that you ought to know about this story. Number one, 29 00:01:30,800 --> 00:01:33,959 Speaker 2: they have just renewed him for another four years, So 30 00:01:34,040 --> 00:01:39,280 Speaker 2: why is he suddenly in a letter dated today being dumped. Well, 31 00:01:39,400 --> 00:01:42,400 Speaker 2: Eric eisenbergl join us after the news at two thirty 32 00:01:42,920 --> 00:01:44,720 Speaker 2: to talk about a couple of things that may have 33 00:01:44,760 --> 00:01:47,680 Speaker 2: been a factor in the decision to tell him. 34 00:01:48,200 --> 00:01:49,160 Speaker 1: We're gonna replace you. 35 00:01:49,600 --> 00:01:52,760 Speaker 2: Say you later, talk about that later on I Right now, though, 36 00:01:52,760 --> 00:01:56,560 Speaker 2: we're going to talk about people fighting back against crime 37 00:01:56,680 --> 00:01:59,720 Speaker 2: in the neighborhood. Often it's a jewelry store lately, or 38 00:01:59,760 --> 00:02:03,800 Speaker 2: it's convenience star. I hope this trend continues. This time 39 00:02:03,880 --> 00:02:06,600 Speaker 2: it was apparently a woman in her own home. Let's 40 00:02:06,600 --> 00:02:10,240 Speaker 2: bring on Blake Trolley KFIE News for details on this story. 41 00:02:10,440 --> 00:02:12,240 Speaker 1: Blake, Hey, what's up guys. 42 00:02:12,280 --> 00:02:15,040 Speaker 3: Yeah, this is a very bizarre story, and I would 43 00:02:15,040 --> 00:02:18,280 Speaker 3: imagine that the official record that we get from police 44 00:02:18,320 --> 00:02:21,359 Speaker 3: could evolve. I've already actually seen it evolve just from 45 00:02:21,400 --> 00:02:25,280 Speaker 3: covering it this morning. But to recap, a woman says 46 00:02:25,360 --> 00:02:27,640 Speaker 3: last night a man had tried to enter her home 47 00:02:27,720 --> 00:02:31,000 Speaker 3: through the back door, and while early reports point to 48 00:02:31,000 --> 00:02:34,240 Speaker 3: this possibly being a robbery or a burglary, it's beginning 49 00:02:34,240 --> 00:02:37,320 Speaker 3: to sound like this may have actually been a homeless person, 50 00:02:37,480 --> 00:02:41,440 Speaker 3: someone deranged, or maybe somebody actually injured the laped says. 51 00:02:41,480 --> 00:02:44,760 Speaker 3: The woman told detectives the intruder was pushing on her 52 00:02:44,800 --> 00:02:47,720 Speaker 3: back door and asking to be let in, apparently telling 53 00:02:47,760 --> 00:02:49,760 Speaker 3: her that somebody had hurt him. The man has been 54 00:02:49,840 --> 00:02:53,080 Speaker 3: described as in his thirties and again told this woman 55 00:02:53,120 --> 00:02:55,200 Speaker 3: that somebody had hurt him and was asking to be 56 00:02:55,400 --> 00:02:57,880 Speaker 3: let into her home. The woman says the guy reached 57 00:02:57,880 --> 00:03:00,000 Speaker 3: into his pocket and that's when she feared for her 58 00:03:00,080 --> 00:03:02,960 Speaker 3: her life and shot him with a shotgun. The man 59 00:03:03,080 --> 00:03:05,480 Speaker 3: was taken to a hospital last night in critical condition. 60 00:03:06,000 --> 00:03:08,359 Speaker 3: We're waiting to hear more from detectives, guys, but I 61 00:03:08,400 --> 00:03:10,600 Speaker 3: want to lay out some facts that could be helpful 62 00:03:10,880 --> 00:03:13,720 Speaker 3: and trying to figure out exactly what happened here. Again, 63 00:03:13,760 --> 00:03:16,280 Speaker 3: we do not have any confirmation as to what happened. 64 00:03:16,280 --> 00:03:19,560 Speaker 3: But an important note here is just where this home is. 65 00:03:19,919 --> 00:03:22,359 Speaker 3: This home is very far up the hill in the 66 00:03:22,400 --> 00:03:25,079 Speaker 3: Hollywood Hills. You can pretty much see the Griffith Observatory 67 00:03:25,160 --> 00:03:28,320 Speaker 3: at eye level from it. I was speaking with neighbors 68 00:03:28,320 --> 00:03:31,239 Speaker 3: about this. Just thinking about it to myself, it would 69 00:03:31,240 --> 00:03:34,680 Speaker 3: seem very unlikely somebody would wind up these roads that 70 00:03:34,840 --> 00:03:36,760 Speaker 3: far up into the hills to rob a house. It 71 00:03:36,760 --> 00:03:40,080 Speaker 3: would be quite the mission back out. Also, this home, 72 00:03:40,120 --> 00:03:43,080 Speaker 3: if you look at it, it backs up to open 73 00:03:43,200 --> 00:03:45,240 Speaker 3: land in Griffith Park. So you kind of have this 74 00:03:45,320 --> 00:03:47,640 Speaker 3: two story home that's built into the side of the hill, 75 00:03:47,880 --> 00:03:49,680 Speaker 3: as a lot of homes are in the Hollywood Hills. 76 00:03:49,880 --> 00:03:52,840 Speaker 3: Above the home, the home has a gazebo, and beyond 77 00:03:52,880 --> 00:03:55,280 Speaker 3: that it's just trees and brush, and then that kind 78 00:03:55,280 --> 00:03:58,560 Speaker 3: of connects to the Greater Griffith Park and there's hiking 79 00:03:58,600 --> 00:04:02,640 Speaker 3: trails back there and just sort of open land. The 80 00:04:02,680 --> 00:04:05,640 Speaker 3: home has a boarded up door on one of its decks. 81 00:04:05,840 --> 00:04:08,360 Speaker 3: I'm told that's from a previous break in attempt. That 82 00:04:08,480 --> 00:04:11,320 Speaker 3: door was kicked in some time ago, and it sounds 83 00:04:11,320 --> 00:04:13,880 Speaker 3: like there may have even been another attempted break in 84 00:04:14,320 --> 00:04:17,120 Speaker 3: on this home, and there's starting to be some speculation 85 00:04:17,279 --> 00:04:19,280 Speaker 3: that it could just be people coming in kind of 86 00:04:19,320 --> 00:04:23,280 Speaker 3: from the open part of Griffith Park down to this property. 87 00:04:23,760 --> 00:04:25,960 Speaker 3: There was some video taken from the scene last night. 88 00:04:27,080 --> 00:04:29,400 Speaker 3: It was appearing to show the homeowner being detained. We're 89 00:04:29,440 --> 00:04:32,680 Speaker 3: told she has not been arrested, but this neighbor says 90 00:04:32,680 --> 00:04:37,400 Speaker 3: she fears the homeowner could face punishment for shooting this person. 91 00:04:37,520 --> 00:04:39,800 Speaker 4: She's experienced this before. People have tried to break into 92 00:04:39,880 --> 00:04:43,000 Speaker 4: her house and here she is, again, an older woman, 93 00:04:43,200 --> 00:04:45,640 Speaker 4: somebody coming in her back door where there's nothing but 94 00:04:45,760 --> 00:04:46,440 Speaker 4: park back there. 95 00:04:46,480 --> 00:04:49,120 Speaker 3: There's that same girl or that same woman that I 96 00:04:49,160 --> 00:04:51,839 Speaker 3: spoke with told me that homeless people in druggies and 97 00:04:51,839 --> 00:04:53,320 Speaker 3: she wasn't the only person to tell me this. By 98 00:04:53,320 --> 00:04:56,880 Speaker 3: the way, have been making their way into this neighborhood. 99 00:04:56,839 --> 00:04:58,240 Speaker 4: I have that poor when you try to go to 100 00:04:58,320 --> 00:05:01,160 Speaker 4: the bathroom at my next door neighbors, I've been chased 101 00:05:01,160 --> 00:05:04,200 Speaker 4: and followed. It's pretty terrifying because of all the encampments 102 00:05:04,480 --> 00:05:06,920 Speaker 4: down in Hollywood and especially on Gowers, they definitely make 103 00:05:06,960 --> 00:05:07,640 Speaker 4: their way up here. 104 00:05:08,040 --> 00:05:10,520 Speaker 3: Gotcha, and you see him wandering in the neighborhood. 105 00:05:10,120 --> 00:05:13,480 Speaker 4: Or yes, I've been followed walking my dog again, they've 106 00:05:13,480 --> 00:05:17,599 Speaker 4: come up my dragway. I've definitely had some very scary experiences. 107 00:05:18,320 --> 00:05:18,520 Speaker 1: Now. 108 00:05:18,600 --> 00:05:22,000 Speaker 3: Last night, before this guy broke in, neighbors are telling 109 00:05:22,000 --> 00:05:24,240 Speaker 3: me that they were hearing him yelling. All right, I 110 00:05:24,240 --> 00:05:26,400 Speaker 3: shouldn't even say before, but when he got to the door, 111 00:05:26,440 --> 00:05:30,040 Speaker 3: apparently it was so loud that him yelling neighbors almost 112 00:05:30,040 --> 00:05:32,440 Speaker 3: I don't know, a quarter mile away, pretty good distance 113 00:05:32,480 --> 00:05:34,479 Speaker 3: where I had the news truck. We're telling me that 114 00:05:34,560 --> 00:05:37,719 Speaker 3: they were coming outside before the shooting, before the shot 115 00:05:37,800 --> 00:05:40,360 Speaker 3: was fired, because the guy was yelling. 116 00:05:40,120 --> 00:05:44,080 Speaker 1: Well, you must have been whacked out on some crazy drug. Yeah. 117 00:05:44,120 --> 00:05:48,960 Speaker 1: You either walk that far from Griffith Park or you're 118 00:05:49,000 --> 00:05:53,080 Speaker 1: living out in the in the woods there as a 119 00:05:53,080 --> 00:05:55,880 Speaker 1: homeless person, or you've walked all the way up from 120 00:05:55,920 --> 00:06:01,159 Speaker 1: down below on Gower. Who does that one of the 121 00:06:01,160 --> 00:06:03,800 Speaker 1: partment you go into a residential area unless you were 122 00:06:03,800 --> 00:06:05,680 Speaker 1: out of your mind on drugs or you were looking 123 00:06:05,720 --> 00:06:06,760 Speaker 1: to steal things. 124 00:06:07,839 --> 00:06:09,599 Speaker 3: Yeah, and it sounds like that's an issue that they're 125 00:06:09,600 --> 00:06:11,680 Speaker 3: dealing with their John. I mean, from what people told me. 126 00:06:11,720 --> 00:06:12,960 Speaker 3: One of the guys I had asked him, I said, 127 00:06:13,000 --> 00:06:15,600 Speaker 3: are more people arming themselves up here? And he goes, 128 00:06:15,680 --> 00:06:18,719 Speaker 3: you know, around here people are not really pro Second Amendment, 129 00:06:18,720 --> 00:06:21,080 Speaker 3: which I thought was kind of an interesting comment. But 130 00:06:21,160 --> 00:06:23,520 Speaker 3: here we have a homeowner that has bought a gun, 131 00:06:23,600 --> 00:06:24,400 Speaker 3: the shotgun. 132 00:06:24,520 --> 00:06:28,200 Speaker 1: There's more people now owning guns who wouldn't admit to 133 00:06:28,240 --> 00:06:32,560 Speaker 1: being pro Second Amendment, because you know, once, once, once 134 00:06:32,600 --> 00:06:36,520 Speaker 1: civilization breaks down and there's no protection from the government 135 00:06:36,520 --> 00:06:38,880 Speaker 1: and the police, it's every man for himself and it 136 00:06:38,880 --> 00:06:41,800 Speaker 1: doesn't matter what your stupid political views are. Bad guy 137 00:06:41,839 --> 00:06:43,479 Speaker 1: comes in, you better have a gun and you better 138 00:06:43,480 --> 00:06:45,119 Speaker 1: smoke them. 139 00:06:45,320 --> 00:06:48,280 Speaker 3: Yeah, a couple couple of notes here, just about what 140 00:06:48,400 --> 00:06:51,600 Speaker 3: I was was able to gather about, you know, the neighborhood, 141 00:06:51,640 --> 00:06:54,920 Speaker 3: and about possibly about the homeowner's identity. I've not confirmed 142 00:06:54,960 --> 00:06:58,600 Speaker 3: the homeowner's identity, but several neighbors told me that this 143 00:06:58,720 --> 00:07:02,440 Speaker 3: woman is Hollywood connected. She's apparently some sort of well 144 00:07:02,480 --> 00:07:05,440 Speaker 3: known costume designer who has worked on a lot of 145 00:07:05,440 --> 00:07:09,080 Speaker 3: major movies. Anybody who's up in this neighborhood obviously has 146 00:07:09,120 --> 00:07:13,120 Speaker 3: accomplished something, right, these homes are pretty expensive. Just down 147 00:07:13,120 --> 00:07:15,960 Speaker 3: the street from the home, there's just a lot of artsy, 148 00:07:16,720 --> 00:07:18,880 Speaker 3: very artsy homes in the area. I think right across 149 00:07:18,960 --> 00:07:20,440 Speaker 3: the street. You just go up a little bit. One 150 00:07:20,480 --> 00:07:24,040 Speaker 3: of the homes as a huge Charlie Chaplin picture in 151 00:07:24,080 --> 00:07:28,680 Speaker 3: the window. So it's a very eclectic neighborhood. And yeah, 152 00:07:28,680 --> 00:07:32,360 Speaker 3: it sounds like they're dealing now with homeless people and 153 00:07:32,600 --> 00:07:34,080 Speaker 3: druggies kind of coming into the neighbors. 154 00:07:34,440 --> 00:07:37,240 Speaker 1: The police aren't going to protect you up there. There's 155 00:07:37,240 --> 00:07:41,240 Speaker 1: no way that gets regular police presence those kind of neighborhoods. Well, 156 00:07:41,280 --> 00:07:43,040 Speaker 1: Pierre tried to break into a home before. 157 00:07:43,640 --> 00:07:43,880 Speaker 4: Wow. 158 00:07:44,520 --> 00:07:46,760 Speaker 3: Yeah, we're hearing of at least two attempted break ins 159 00:07:46,800 --> 00:07:47,920 Speaker 3: and I just want to go to this. I mean, 160 00:07:48,280 --> 00:07:50,880 Speaker 3: it is general sentiment, you know, with the neighbors that 161 00:07:51,360 --> 00:07:53,000 Speaker 3: this really has them shaken up. 162 00:07:53,040 --> 00:07:56,000 Speaker 5: It's scary, it feels it. I think it creates a 163 00:07:56,040 --> 00:07:59,080 Speaker 5: sense of insecurity in the neighborhood, that we're not safe. 164 00:07:59,560 --> 00:08:02,600 Speaker 5: And I think many people are concerned that there's inadequate 165 00:08:02,640 --> 00:08:07,360 Speaker 5: policing throughout the city, perhaps not just here, but throughout 166 00:08:07,360 --> 00:08:11,320 Speaker 5: the city. There's a sense that there is lawlessness here. 167 00:08:11,720 --> 00:08:13,640 Speaker 5: And don't you vote for It's a concern. I think 168 00:08:13,680 --> 00:08:14,920 Speaker 5: it's a real concern, concern. 169 00:08:15,080 --> 00:08:17,800 Speaker 1: It's a concern. Bet you voted for Garon Bass doesn't 170 00:08:17,840 --> 00:08:20,640 Speaker 1: he sound like you voted for Karen Bass. I bet 171 00:08:20,720 --> 00:08:23,080 Speaker 1: you voted for a defund the police councilman. Yeah, yeah, 172 00:08:23,120 --> 00:08:25,480 Speaker 1: bet you voted for Gascon too. It's like you're getting 173 00:08:25,520 --> 00:08:27,400 Speaker 1: what you deserve. Buddy. I shouldn't say that. I don't 174 00:08:27,400 --> 00:08:29,679 Speaker 1: know who he voted for you, but I'm just telling 175 00:08:29,720 --> 00:08:31,640 Speaker 1: you there's a lot of people there. They voted for 176 00:08:31,680 --> 00:08:34,080 Speaker 1: guess going, they voted for Bass, they voted for whatever 177 00:08:34,160 --> 00:08:39,120 Speaker 1: local uh uh dirt bag who doesn't believe in police 178 00:08:39,440 --> 00:08:42,200 Speaker 1: and I don't believe in bail. And you know, I 179 00:08:42,240 --> 00:08:45,080 Speaker 1: want to I want to abolish the prisons. It's like, okay, 180 00:08:45,120 --> 00:08:48,000 Speaker 1: how about it. There, you go enjoy yourself. This is 181 00:08:48,080 --> 00:08:50,520 Speaker 1: life now. Yeah, so oh now you have a loaded gun. 182 00:08:50,600 --> 00:08:54,000 Speaker 1: By you have a loaded gun for sick of it. 183 00:08:54,080 --> 00:08:57,439 Speaker 1: I'm sick of hearing them. All right, Blake, thank you 184 00:08:57,559 --> 00:08:59,880 Speaker 1: very much for that report. All right, guys, thank thank you. 185 00:09:01,280 --> 00:09:05,440 Speaker 2: There he wasn't directed at you, and he collected some 186 00:09:05,480 --> 00:09:07,720 Speaker 2: good sound there that that poor guy was breathless though. 187 00:09:07,559 --> 00:09:11,520 Speaker 1: There at the end, he's like an assistence of lawlessness. 188 00:09:11,840 --> 00:09:16,400 Speaker 1: I'm safe as well. When you dismantle the law infrastructure, 189 00:09:16,440 --> 00:09:17,760 Speaker 1: you get law lessness. 190 00:09:18,600 --> 00:09:20,400 Speaker 2: Now I understand when I saw the story this morning, 191 00:09:20,400 --> 00:09:24,400 Speaker 2: it said, alleged home invasion robber is shot by homeowner. 192 00:09:23,920 --> 00:09:26,559 Speaker 1: And while he was coming from coffee, just a vagrant 193 00:09:26,640 --> 00:09:30,000 Speaker 1: trying to he was just trying to get help, he 194 00:09:30,080 --> 00:09:33,120 Speaker 1: was hungry, or he was in medical need of these 195 00:09:33,600 --> 00:09:39,120 Speaker 1: precious journalistic protocols. Why an alleged home invasion robber, because 196 00:09:39,120 --> 00:09:42,120 Speaker 1: we don't know he might have just wanted tea in crumpets. 197 00:09:43,559 --> 00:09:47,400 Speaker 2: Well, it's saying hello, right sure, all right, when we 198 00:09:47,440 --> 00:09:49,480 Speaker 2: come back, we'll update you on the story that was 199 00:09:49,520 --> 00:09:52,600 Speaker 2: really big on this show, right before the whole Israel 200 00:09:52,640 --> 00:09:55,600 Speaker 2: Hamas thing blew up and that zero bailed in Los 201 00:09:55,640 --> 00:09:56,319 Speaker 2: Angeles County. 202 00:09:56,360 --> 00:09:58,400 Speaker 1: A few things to tell you man. 203 00:09:58,400 --> 00:09:59,920 Speaker 2: After two thirty, we're going to talk to a man 204 00:10:00,120 --> 00:10:04,480 Speaker 2: until today was an LA City commissioner, but not anymore. 205 00:10:04,520 --> 00:10:08,400 Speaker 2: He's been dumped and there's some questions being raised why 206 00:10:08,520 --> 00:10:11,679 Speaker 2: Mayor Bescone let this guy go. He's going to talk 207 00:10:11,720 --> 00:10:13,400 Speaker 2: about a couple of things that could have factored in 208 00:10:13,400 --> 00:10:16,440 Speaker 2: that decision, because he just got renewed for the position 209 00:10:16,600 --> 00:10:18,800 Speaker 2: a few weeks ago. Kind of strange. It's a four 210 00:10:18,880 --> 00:10:21,960 Speaker 2: year position as a commissioner. Johnny ken KFIA Oh, your 211 00:10:22,000 --> 00:10:26,400 Speaker 2: chance at Money's next. KFIAM six forty live everywhere iHeartRadio app. 212 00:10:27,360 --> 00:10:30,800 Speaker 6: You're listening to John and Ken on demand from KFI 213 00:10:30,920 --> 00:10:32,160 Speaker 6: AM six forty. 214 00:10:33,520 --> 00:10:34,360 Speaker 1: Who who Maybe. 215 00:10:34,200 --> 00:10:36,440 Speaker 2: You'll never have to pay your taxes. The IRS has 216 00:10:36,480 --> 00:10:40,160 Speaker 2: once again extended the deadline for Californians to file their 217 00:10:40,200 --> 00:10:43,199 Speaker 2: federal income taxes. It's already moved a couple of times. 218 00:10:43,200 --> 00:10:46,080 Speaker 2: Now it's moving into November. Today was supposed to be 219 00:10:46,080 --> 00:10:49,080 Speaker 2: the day. But the IRS, Oh that was left over 220 00:10:49,160 --> 00:10:51,960 Speaker 2: from the bad storms, right storms. 221 00:10:52,040 --> 00:10:55,080 Speaker 1: Yes, that's right because originally the date was April fifteenth, obviously, 222 00:10:55,120 --> 00:10:57,840 Speaker 1: and they pushed it a few months and then they 223 00:10:57,920 --> 00:10:59,840 Speaker 1: pushed it to October. Now they pushing get to November. 224 00:11:00,000 --> 00:11:03,960 Speaker 1: There's something else. Was there another problem? No, they figure, yeah, 225 00:11:04,080 --> 00:11:07,000 Speaker 1: we don't need the money. What does the matter the 226 00:11:07,000 --> 00:11:08,400 Speaker 1: thirty three trillion in debt. 227 00:11:09,280 --> 00:11:11,480 Speaker 2: Because you know how it works generally is people who 228 00:11:11,480 --> 00:11:13,080 Speaker 2: know they're going to get refunds, they get their taxes 229 00:11:13,160 --> 00:11:13,559 Speaker 2: right in there. 230 00:11:13,600 --> 00:11:17,040 Speaker 1: But people have to pay taxes probably, Yeah, the deadline. 231 00:11:17,040 --> 00:11:19,760 Speaker 1: You know, what I heard today is that we're spending 232 00:11:19,800 --> 00:11:24,439 Speaker 1: more money now interest on the debt every month than 233 00:11:24,640 --> 00:11:31,680 Speaker 1: we're spending on the military. Yes, something like two billions. 234 00:11:31,679 --> 00:11:34,160 Speaker 1: What are we paying this interest to two billion dollars 235 00:11:34,200 --> 00:11:37,640 Speaker 1: a day? The Chinese, whoever it buys a treasury bond, 236 00:11:37,960 --> 00:11:42,000 Speaker 1: A lot of Chinese. I haven't bought a treasury bond. Oh, 237 00:11:42,040 --> 00:11:46,000 Speaker 1: maybe it's in some of my investments directly they're given, uh, 238 00:11:46,040 --> 00:11:48,920 Speaker 1: some treasury bonds. Five percent is the interest now? Yeah, 239 00:11:49,080 --> 00:11:49,760 Speaker 1: this is the thing. 240 00:11:49,840 --> 00:11:53,080 Speaker 2: Now with those interest rates up there, certain investments make 241 00:11:53,120 --> 00:11:54,400 Speaker 2: more sense than they did a few years. 242 00:11:54,440 --> 00:11:56,120 Speaker 1: A nice place to go if the stock market goes 243 00:11:56,160 --> 00:11:56,440 Speaker 1: to hell. 244 00:11:57,280 --> 00:12:00,480 Speaker 2: H One of our big stories in recent has been 245 00:12:00,600 --> 00:12:04,280 Speaker 2: zero bail in Los Angeles County. The quick update on 246 00:12:04,360 --> 00:12:07,199 Speaker 2: the lawsuit that was filed by more than a dozen 247 00:12:07,240 --> 00:12:11,160 Speaker 2: Los Angeles County cities to reverse the policy includes Whittier, Downy, 248 00:12:11,200 --> 00:12:14,920 Speaker 2: Beverly Hills, Arcadia. Is that well, it's been transferred to 249 00:12:14,960 --> 00:12:17,679 Speaker 2: Orange County Superior Court and is still pending. 250 00:12:18,120 --> 00:12:20,120 Speaker 1: Nice. This happened a couple of. 251 00:12:20,080 --> 00:12:22,720 Speaker 2: Weeks ago, zero bail, And of course it started with 252 00:12:22,800 --> 00:12:27,559 Speaker 2: a lawsuit that came before a judge, one judge who 253 00:12:27,720 --> 00:12:31,360 Speaker 2: ruled in favor of the plaintiff about zero bail being 254 00:12:31,400 --> 00:12:31,920 Speaker 2: no good. 255 00:12:31,760 --> 00:12:32,520 Speaker 1: For poor people. 256 00:12:33,280 --> 00:12:36,160 Speaker 2: Apparently law enforcement didn't show up to argue the other side. 257 00:12:36,160 --> 00:12:39,959 Speaker 2: We're talking about the sheriff, the DA, right, and yeah, 258 00:12:40,040 --> 00:12:44,120 Speaker 2: the LP Police Chief Michael Moore, Right. Yeah. So then 259 00:12:44,200 --> 00:12:47,760 Speaker 2: the entire Los Angeles County Superior Court basically said, all right, 260 00:12:47,800 --> 00:12:48,360 Speaker 2: we're going back. 261 00:12:48,360 --> 00:12:50,040 Speaker 1: We're going to zero bail. They did do zero bail 262 00:12:50,120 --> 00:12:54,640 Speaker 1: during the pandemic. And then the puppet Robert Luna comes 263 00:12:54,679 --> 00:12:59,520 Speaker 1: out and denounces the decision, says it's making La unsafe. Well, 264 00:12:59,600 --> 00:13:03,079 Speaker 1: why didn't you show up in court to argue with 265 00:13:03,320 --> 00:13:05,240 Speaker 1: the judge basically said I got no choice. I don't 266 00:13:05,240 --> 00:13:10,840 Speaker 1: have another side. Yeah, so, uh, it was it was judged. 267 00:13:10,880 --> 00:13:15,240 Speaker 1: It was almost like a default. Nobody contested the issue. 268 00:13:15,559 --> 00:13:17,520 Speaker 1: We threw him in the dumpster anyway, the judge. But no, 269 00:13:18,000 --> 00:13:20,240 Speaker 1: I know, but I mean, Luna, this is an example 270 00:13:20,400 --> 00:13:23,440 Speaker 1: of you know, I guess the officials get away with 271 00:13:23,480 --> 00:13:27,119 Speaker 1: this because the public's is largely either stupid or distracted. 272 00:13:27,480 --> 00:13:30,640 Speaker 1: But you could not show up on the day to 273 00:13:30,840 --> 00:13:35,520 Speaker 1: fight this proposal no bail. You're not there before the judge. 274 00:13:35,640 --> 00:13:38,600 Speaker 1: Then the judge says, well, nobody's arguing against it, Okay, 275 00:13:38,640 --> 00:13:41,080 Speaker 1: no bail, And then you come out and say, well, 276 00:13:41,080 --> 00:13:44,040 Speaker 1: what the judge did is endangered the lives of everyone 277 00:13:44,040 --> 00:13:47,760 Speaker 1: in l like as I shut up, Luna, You've been 278 00:13:47,800 --> 00:13:49,480 Speaker 1: exposed well. 279 00:13:49,840 --> 00:13:52,920 Speaker 2: Eric Sadahal, the former vice president of the Association of 280 00:13:52,960 --> 00:13:55,840 Speaker 2: Deputy Das. He is a Deputy DA in La County 281 00:13:55,840 --> 00:13:59,320 Speaker 2: and he's running for the position of District Attorney, made 282 00:13:59,360 --> 00:14:01,720 Speaker 2: a good point in the article we're looking at if 283 00:14:01,720 --> 00:14:04,640 Speaker 2: they arrest someone now it's the equivalent of a parking ticket, 284 00:14:04,840 --> 00:14:09,280 Speaker 2: and with an existing backlog of thirteen thousand felony cases 285 00:14:09,280 --> 00:14:11,120 Speaker 2: and has yet to be filed by the La County 286 00:14:11,160 --> 00:14:15,640 Speaker 2: DA's office, Defendants arrested for quote nonviolent and non serious 287 00:14:15,679 --> 00:14:16,760 Speaker 2: crimes like John's car. 288 00:14:16,760 --> 00:14:22,400 Speaker 1: Theft will probably never appear before Judge thirteen thousand. Last 289 00:14:22,400 --> 00:14:24,600 Speaker 1: time it was mentioned to his ten thousand, just a 290 00:14:24,640 --> 00:14:27,640 Speaker 1: couple of months ago, thirteen thousand. 291 00:14:27,680 --> 00:14:29,400 Speaker 2: When he got Gas going in charge. And it's probably 292 00:14:29,400 --> 00:14:32,880 Speaker 2: on purpose sid gascon mention that in his re election speech. 293 00:14:33,040 --> 00:14:35,240 Speaker 1: That I have thirteen thousand felony cases you get to 294 00:14:35,280 --> 00:14:37,880 Speaker 1: be filed. I did anyone ask him about that? 295 00:14:38,680 --> 00:14:41,520 Speaker 2: Basically, what that means is police have turned over what 296 00:14:41,600 --> 00:14:43,800 Speaker 2: they believe to be a felony case to the DA's 297 00:14:43,840 --> 00:14:45,160 Speaker 2: office and it just sits there. 298 00:14:45,520 --> 00:14:48,680 Speaker 1: I feel like I'm going insane. So he holds he 299 00:14:48,800 --> 00:14:52,400 Speaker 1: holds a kickoff conference, a press conference for his for 300 00:14:52,560 --> 00:14:56,720 Speaker 1: wage theft, Yes, for re election campaign. He goes off 301 00:14:56,760 --> 00:14:59,720 Speaker 1: on a soliloquy for wage theft. Then he talks about 302 00:14:59,760 --> 00:15:03,560 Speaker 1: low crime. Yes, and none of the reporters said, why 303 00:15:03,600 --> 00:15:08,119 Speaker 1: do you have thirteen thousand unprosecuted cases on your desk? Felonies? 304 00:15:08,200 --> 00:15:11,840 Speaker 1: It would be felonies, right, yeah, because to me to 305 00:15:11,880 --> 00:15:14,560 Speaker 1: meet the attention of a of a county district attorney, 306 00:15:14,600 --> 00:15:16,440 Speaker 1: it's got to be a felony. If it's a misdemeanor, 307 00:15:16,440 --> 00:15:19,920 Speaker 1: it would go to the city attorney, right all right. 308 00:15:20,240 --> 00:15:23,000 Speaker 1: And of course the side that loves the new bail 309 00:15:23,080 --> 00:15:26,080 Speaker 1: schedule zero bail is saying, though. 310 00:15:25,880 --> 00:15:30,040 Speaker 2: Well, it's not going to affect any of the crime rates. Yeah, 311 00:15:30,080 --> 00:15:33,080 Speaker 2: And Erik Sadaul brought up a good you know, that's gaslighting. 312 00:15:33,120 --> 00:15:35,800 Speaker 2: It's like they're putting more criminals on the streets. Yeah, 313 00:15:35,840 --> 00:15:37,600 Speaker 2: you're gonna have more CRIDs, aren't you just the way 314 00:15:37,640 --> 00:15:40,760 Speaker 2: it is? Aren't you tired of hearing this? Nothing causes crime? 315 00:15:40,760 --> 00:15:46,200 Speaker 1: Apparently? No, None of the actions they take, dumping prisoners out, 316 00:15:46,600 --> 00:15:50,640 Speaker 1: defunding the police, closing the jails, no more juvenile detention, 317 00:15:51,000 --> 00:15:54,000 Speaker 1: no more magic, is it? None of it leads to crime. 318 00:15:54,400 --> 00:15:57,120 Speaker 1: All the people, all the bad guys released, none of 319 00:15:57,160 --> 00:16:03,640 Speaker 1: them ever do anything bad ever. Again. Wow, that is magic, 320 00:16:03,720 --> 00:16:07,000 Speaker 1: isn't it. The Yolo County DA's office had their own 321 00:16:07,080 --> 00:16:09,400 Speaker 1: study that showed that four hundred and twenty of five 322 00:16:09,480 --> 00:16:12,640 Speaker 1: hundred and ninety five individuals released on zero bail in 323 00:16:12,680 --> 00:16:16,880 Speaker 1: that county were subsequently re arrested, with twenty percent committing 324 00:16:16,880 --> 00:16:19,840 Speaker 1: of violence. Of course, that was their studies. Things they 325 00:16:19,880 --> 00:16:23,560 Speaker 1: went to the pandemic zero bail thing. Most criminals are 326 00:16:23,600 --> 00:16:27,120 Speaker 1: repeat criminals, which is why you do it. If you 327 00:16:27,160 --> 00:16:31,320 Speaker 1: put if you convicted a relatively small number of people, 328 00:16:31,680 --> 00:16:35,160 Speaker 1: crime would drop sharply. That's why it dropped sharply in 329 00:16:35,240 --> 00:16:39,360 Speaker 1: the nineties, because we started putting people away for long 330 00:16:39,400 --> 00:16:42,040 Speaker 1: periods of time who were repeat criminals. That was the 331 00:16:42,080 --> 00:16:45,200 Speaker 1: whole essence of three strikes. 332 00:16:45,840 --> 00:16:48,160 Speaker 2: And the other thing I want to just mention because 333 00:16:48,200 --> 00:16:50,240 Speaker 2: it occurred to me last hour. We're talking about gascon 334 00:16:50,320 --> 00:16:53,200 Speaker 2: and he's arguing with the crime rates, it's almost impossible 335 00:16:53,240 --> 00:16:53,760 Speaker 2: to believe them. 336 00:16:53,800 --> 00:16:53,960 Speaker 1: Now. 337 00:16:54,080 --> 00:16:56,000 Speaker 2: I go back to when Jerry Brown was governor. Remember 338 00:16:56,040 --> 00:16:58,520 Speaker 2: ab one h nine the prisoner dumping bill. Yeah, and 339 00:16:58,560 --> 00:17:00,720 Speaker 2: that was their brilliant way of saying, all right, we're 340 00:17:00,720 --> 00:17:03,160 Speaker 2: going to release these state prisoners and they were felons, 341 00:17:03,240 --> 00:17:05,960 Speaker 2: right back into local jurisdics. So the counties have to 342 00:17:06,000 --> 00:17:08,760 Speaker 2: take care if they commit some other kind of crime, well, 343 00:17:08,840 --> 00:17:10,040 Speaker 2: you take care of it, right. 344 00:17:10,080 --> 00:17:12,159 Speaker 1: We don't want it to count in the state crime statistics. 345 00:17:12,240 --> 00:17:15,080 Speaker 2: Right, you deal with it, do your flash incarceration of 346 00:17:15,119 --> 00:17:16,600 Speaker 2: a crap you have to do. It's gonna have to 347 00:17:16,600 --> 00:17:18,840 Speaker 2: be really serious for us to consider taking the back 348 00:17:18,880 --> 00:17:21,760 Speaker 2: to state prison if they violate their obation or parole. 349 00:17:22,080 --> 00:17:24,480 Speaker 2: That's when I knew. That's the first time I knew, 350 00:17:24,520 --> 00:17:26,280 Speaker 2: all right, they're trying to play with the numbers. 351 00:17:26,320 --> 00:17:31,800 Speaker 1: Now, Yes, there's no honest count anymore of the actual 352 00:17:31,880 --> 00:17:35,480 Speaker 1: number of crimes committed, no honest count, and that was 353 00:17:35,560 --> 00:17:39,240 Speaker 1: by design in twenty eleven, and it's reverberated to this day. 354 00:17:39,440 --> 00:17:42,640 Speaker 1: Nobody knows how many crimes are committed. Those thirteen thousand 355 00:17:43,080 --> 00:17:47,880 Speaker 1: cases on Gascon's desk, those are all crimes, but they're 356 00:17:47,880 --> 00:17:50,240 Speaker 1: not counted as crimes. They might never be. 357 00:17:50,920 --> 00:17:53,399 Speaker 2: And Eric Sadah makes the point that the police maybe 358 00:17:53,440 --> 00:17:56,440 Speaker 2: sometimes don't bother because they know nothing's going to happen. 359 00:17:56,560 --> 00:18:01,080 Speaker 1: Why so Gascone actually holds a press conference saying that 360 00:18:01,200 --> 00:18:04,280 Speaker 1: crimes are down. When he asks thirteen thousand of them 361 00:18:04,400 --> 00:18:09,119 Speaker 1: unprosecuted on his desk, if he prosecuted them, wouldn't that 362 00:18:09,359 --> 00:18:12,520 Speaker 1: jack up the crime right significantly? They go on the books. 363 00:18:12,560 --> 00:18:14,919 Speaker 1: Are's real crimes? All right? 364 00:18:15,240 --> 00:18:16,840 Speaker 2: We got more coming up, but we're going to be 365 00:18:16,880 --> 00:18:20,480 Speaker 2: talking to until today a man who was president of 366 00:18:20,520 --> 00:18:25,120 Speaker 2: the Los Angeles Department of Transportation Commission, and strangely enough, 367 00:18:25,160 --> 00:18:28,600 Speaker 2: he just got renewed four years ago, dismissed today by 368 00:18:28,640 --> 00:18:31,600 Speaker 2: Mayor Bascone, and we're going to talk to him about 369 00:18:31,640 --> 00:18:33,960 Speaker 2: the possible reasons for this. Why would somebody just got 370 00:18:33,960 --> 00:18:36,679 Speaker 2: renewed for a four year term just a couple of 371 00:18:36,680 --> 00:18:41,080 Speaker 2: weeks later be told, see ya, you'll find out, believe me. 372 00:18:41,160 --> 00:18:43,399 Speaker 2: One of the well, both topics, but one is definitely 373 00:18:43,440 --> 00:18:47,040 Speaker 2: relevant to the John and Kenshaw Johnny KENKFI AM six 374 00:18:47,200 --> 00:18:50,280 Speaker 2: forty live everywhere iHeartRadio. Asps OH, I want to point 375 00:18:50,280 --> 00:18:53,400 Speaker 2: out quickly that as of right now, the California Franchise 376 00:18:53,400 --> 00:18:57,439 Speaker 2: Tax Board has not extended the deadline to November like 377 00:18:57,480 --> 00:19:01,080 Speaker 2: the IRS did so, looks like the banker Kellip, the 378 00:19:01,119 --> 00:19:06,840 Speaker 2: federal the IRS day, California another month, but so far, 379 00:19:06,880 --> 00:19:10,200 Speaker 2: the California Franchise Tax Board, the state tax money, they 380 00:19:10,200 --> 00:19:10,719 Speaker 2: didn't do that. 381 00:19:10,760 --> 00:19:15,440 Speaker 1: Why do you need another month? I mean it's October. 382 00:19:15,440 --> 00:19:17,840 Speaker 1: What have you been doing all year? I don't know 383 00:19:17,880 --> 00:19:20,840 Speaker 1: why the delay. I don't know why they extended it again. 384 00:19:20,840 --> 00:19:23,040 Speaker 1: It's strange, all right. 385 00:19:22,920 --> 00:19:25,280 Speaker 2: So this may sound like inside politics, but there could 386 00:19:25,320 --> 00:19:28,080 Speaker 2: be a good reason for talking about this. We're going 387 00:19:28,160 --> 00:19:30,840 Speaker 2: to be talking now to a man until today was 388 00:19:30,960 --> 00:19:33,960 Speaker 2: on the Los Angeles Board of Transportation Commission. He was 389 00:19:34,000 --> 00:19:40,040 Speaker 2: a commissioner. He just had gotten renewed for another four 390 00:19:40,119 --> 00:19:43,240 Speaker 2: years just a few weeks ago. Are we talking about 391 00:19:43,440 --> 00:19:47,359 Speaker 2: some form of retaliation. We actually have a copy of 392 00:19:47,400 --> 00:19:51,480 Speaker 2: the letter from Mayor Bessetti, Mayor Bascon to Eric Eisenberg, 393 00:19:51,520 --> 00:19:54,439 Speaker 2: who's going to be our guest, that this letters to 394 00:19:54,480 --> 00:19:57,520 Speaker 2: inform you I'll be naming a new person your position. 395 00:19:57,240 --> 00:19:57,840 Speaker 1: On the board. 396 00:19:57,840 --> 00:20:00,359 Speaker 2: Therefore, your appointment on the board will end a active 397 00:20:00,400 --> 00:20:01,879 Speaker 2: as of the date on this letter. 398 00:20:01,880 --> 00:20:06,640 Speaker 1: Which is today. And we're going to talk to Eric. 399 00:20:06,680 --> 00:20:10,160 Speaker 2: Now, bring him on the show and find out why 400 00:20:10,200 --> 00:20:12,840 Speaker 2: this suddenly happened, Eric, welcome, How. 401 00:20:12,720 --> 00:20:14,000 Speaker 1: Are you hey? 402 00:20:14,040 --> 00:20:15,600 Speaker 7: I'm doing great. How are you guys doing? 403 00:20:15,680 --> 00:20:18,119 Speaker 1: We're fine. So you know we're just renewed just a 404 00:20:18,160 --> 00:20:20,120 Speaker 1: few weeks ago for another four years. 405 00:20:20,640 --> 00:20:24,800 Speaker 7: Absolutely, Well, what do you think happened? Well, presumably it's 406 00:20:24,840 --> 00:20:28,399 Speaker 7: regarding the Midville development. 407 00:20:28,480 --> 00:20:31,119 Speaker 1: Oh, Midville Peko right, the homeless house mail Pico. 408 00:20:31,800 --> 00:20:36,200 Speaker 7: That property needed to have a sequel exemption in order 409 00:20:36,280 --> 00:20:40,160 Speaker 7: to move forward as a homeless housing village. 410 00:20:40,240 --> 00:20:42,320 Speaker 1: This, yeah, we should explain to people who aren't familiar. 411 00:20:42,359 --> 00:20:45,200 Speaker 1: We've covered it some. But it's the corner of Midvale 412 00:20:45,240 --> 00:20:48,880 Speaker 1: and Katie Roslawski's district, right, and it's right near where 413 00:20:48,880 --> 00:20:50,800 Speaker 1: the West Side Pavilion used to be, and it's a 414 00:20:50,800 --> 00:20:55,639 Speaker 1: residential area and they're setting up a homeless housing project 415 00:20:55,680 --> 00:20:59,159 Speaker 1: that the neighborhood is crazy angry again. It's about thirty 416 00:20:59,200 --> 00:21:01,159 Speaker 1: some odd people are being put in there, and the 417 00:21:01,320 --> 00:21:05,800 Speaker 1: neighborhood has raised concerts, including the audio we played a 418 00:21:05,800 --> 00:21:08,040 Speaker 1: few weeks ago where they booed and yelled recall at 419 00:21:08,119 --> 00:21:11,399 Speaker 1: Mayor bass and Katie Yosloski. Okay, So that brings us 420 00:21:11,480 --> 00:21:11,880 Speaker 1: up to date. 421 00:21:12,720 --> 00:21:15,200 Speaker 7: So what you have is a blot an la doot 422 00:21:15,440 --> 00:21:18,680 Speaker 7: lot that's surrounded on three sides by homes and then 423 00:21:18,720 --> 00:21:21,919 Speaker 7: Piko Boulevard on the front of it. It needed a 424 00:21:22,000 --> 00:21:25,800 Speaker 7: sequel exemption, which is an environmental exemption in order to 425 00:21:25,840 --> 00:21:28,360 Speaker 7: move forward. So this had to come to the Department 426 00:21:28,400 --> 00:21:33,399 Speaker 7: of Transportation to approve that exemption, and myself, I didn't 427 00:21:33,400 --> 00:21:37,280 Speaker 7: feel comfortable approving it. You're talking about thirty little homes 428 00:21:37,720 --> 00:21:41,040 Speaker 7: with sewage lines, with all sorts of things going on, 429 00:21:41,800 --> 00:21:45,639 Speaker 7: and you're asking Department of Transportation commissioners to make a 430 00:21:45,680 --> 00:21:48,040 Speaker 7: decision on that or weigh in one way or the other. 431 00:21:48,400 --> 00:21:50,399 Speaker 7: So all I simply did is said, look, we're not 432 00:21:50,520 --> 00:21:54,000 Speaker 7: qualified for this. We need the Department of Engineering to 433 00:21:54,080 --> 00:21:57,440 Speaker 7: come here and make a presentation to us and explain 434 00:21:57,600 --> 00:22:02,920 Speaker 7: why this project qualifies for an exemption. And we were 435 00:22:02,960 --> 00:22:05,879 Speaker 7: in the process of scheduling another meeting to get the 436 00:22:05,880 --> 00:22:08,960 Speaker 7: Department of Engineering there to come and explain it to us, because, 437 00:22:09,000 --> 00:22:12,080 Speaker 7: as I said, a face value to me, I don't 438 00:22:12,080 --> 00:22:16,400 Speaker 7: see the exemption, but I'm not involved in the nuances 439 00:22:16,440 --> 00:22:20,159 Speaker 7: of the law as far as what does qualify with 440 00:22:20,240 --> 00:22:22,679 Speaker 7: the emergency order and what doesn't. So we were going 441 00:22:22,760 --> 00:22:25,840 Speaker 7: to get this presentation and the next thing I know 442 00:22:25,960 --> 00:22:28,679 Speaker 7: by ticking the can down the road. I received a 443 00:22:28,760 --> 00:22:31,480 Speaker 7: letter this morning releasing me of my duties. 444 00:22:32,720 --> 00:22:36,720 Speaker 2: Now, was there somebody from Karen Vassi's staff who's telling 445 00:22:36,800 --> 00:22:39,520 Speaker 2: you that you shouldn't speak this way or something like that. 446 00:22:41,119 --> 00:22:44,440 Speaker 7: No, no, there's nobody telling us how we should speak. 447 00:22:44,480 --> 00:22:46,960 Speaker 7: I mean, somebody from the mayor's staff did come to 448 00:22:47,000 --> 00:22:50,159 Speaker 7: the meeting and mentioned that the Mayor's strongly in favor 449 00:22:50,200 --> 00:22:53,080 Speaker 7: of this project and urged us to vote in favor 450 00:22:53,119 --> 00:22:56,560 Speaker 7: of it. I realize I'm not just King of the Kingdom. 451 00:22:56,600 --> 00:23:00,840 Speaker 7: We have other commissioners there. They could have overridden and said, hey, 452 00:23:00,960 --> 00:23:03,159 Speaker 7: we want to we want to hear this now, and 453 00:23:03,200 --> 00:23:05,240 Speaker 7: we want to vote for it. Well, no, it was 454 00:23:05,320 --> 00:23:10,080 Speaker 7: unanimous the commission to vote voted on my queue to 455 00:23:10,119 --> 00:23:12,480 Speaker 7: get a presentation from the Department of Engineering. 456 00:23:12,520 --> 00:23:15,959 Speaker 1: This hardly sounds controversial, But there are you, and you 457 00:23:15,960 --> 00:23:17,680 Speaker 1: were you were president of the commission. 458 00:23:18,440 --> 00:23:21,359 Speaker 7: Yes, I've been President of the Commission for most of 459 00:23:21,440 --> 00:23:22,840 Speaker 7: about eight out of ten years. 460 00:23:23,080 --> 00:23:25,959 Speaker 2: Sounds like they chopped your head off then, I guess, yeah, okay, 461 00:23:26,000 --> 00:23:30,040 Speaker 2: But but what I don't understand is all you're doing 462 00:23:30,119 --> 00:23:33,200 Speaker 2: is asking for a presentation because you want to make 463 00:23:33,280 --> 00:23:36,880 Speaker 2: sure that that's going to delay it, though, John, and 464 00:23:36,920 --> 00:23:39,000 Speaker 2: this is an emergency, Well. 465 00:23:39,000 --> 00:23:41,399 Speaker 7: Well, it not only delays it, but it means that 466 00:23:41,440 --> 00:23:44,240 Speaker 7: I'm not willing to rubber stamp it. You know, we 467 00:23:44,320 --> 00:23:47,400 Speaker 7: have a community there, and the community's been at our 468 00:23:47,440 --> 00:23:52,639 Speaker 7: meetings repeatedly, and not only has we have merchants coming 469 00:23:52,880 --> 00:23:55,200 Speaker 7: that rely on the parking, but we also have people 470 00:23:55,240 --> 00:23:58,359 Speaker 7: with young children, we have elderly we have all sorts 471 00:23:58,400 --> 00:24:01,240 Speaker 7: of folks that live in that community. Now, totally aside 472 00:24:01,240 --> 00:24:03,320 Speaker 7: from that, as I said, in my mind, I'm thinking 473 00:24:03,359 --> 00:24:07,639 Speaker 7: about thirty houses with temporary sewer lines and the trash 474 00:24:07,680 --> 00:24:10,639 Speaker 7: associated with that. It seems to me that something like 475 00:24:10,680 --> 00:24:13,960 Speaker 7: that would require an environmental review. And then on the 476 00:24:14,000 --> 00:24:15,840 Speaker 7: other flip side of this, this wasn't going to be 477 00:24:15,880 --> 00:24:18,280 Speaker 7: a three year project. This was a ten year approval. 478 00:24:18,320 --> 00:24:21,040 Speaker 7: They were asking for, oh, ten years. I wasn't going 479 00:24:21,080 --> 00:24:24,080 Speaker 7: to I didn't feel comfortable that I'm qualified to put 480 00:24:24,119 --> 00:24:26,920 Speaker 7: that community in jeopardy for the next ten years without 481 00:24:26,960 --> 00:24:27,880 Speaker 7: having more information. 482 00:24:28,119 --> 00:24:31,119 Speaker 1: Wow, I mean, they really don't care what the public thinks. 483 00:24:31,520 --> 00:24:33,440 Speaker 1: They're just going to bull those those th this through 484 00:24:33,480 --> 00:24:35,960 Speaker 1: and it's going to be ten years and don't even 485 00:24:35,960 --> 00:24:38,320 Speaker 1: tell me talk to you. Usually they care about environmental 486 00:24:38,400 --> 00:24:40,320 Speaker 1: issues to the point where nothing can be built right. 487 00:24:40,400 --> 00:24:42,800 Speaker 1: But in this case, the notice homeless housing. When it 488 00:24:42,800 --> 00:24:45,000 Speaker 1: comes to the homeless, the environmental issues are out the door. 489 00:24:45,000 --> 00:24:48,000 Speaker 1: I mean, look what happened at Biona Wetlands. All the time, I. 490 00:24:47,920 --> 00:24:51,000 Speaker 7: Fully understand that we need housing, we need emergency housing, 491 00:24:51,080 --> 00:24:53,919 Speaker 7: but we have to be sensitive to where we're putting 492 00:24:53,920 --> 00:24:56,360 Speaker 7: our housing and where we're putting temporary housing, and what 493 00:24:56,359 --> 00:24:59,400 Speaker 7: we're calling temporary housing. I don't call a ten year 494 00:24:59,440 --> 00:25:00,760 Speaker 7: project housing. 495 00:25:01,760 --> 00:25:05,439 Speaker 1: Well, usually anything in government, you know, takes quite a 496 00:25:05,480 --> 00:25:09,119 Speaker 1: while to get accomplished, and in part it's because of 497 00:25:09,520 --> 00:25:12,960 Speaker 1: all the meetings and hearings and you know, different waivers 498 00:25:12,960 --> 00:25:17,120 Speaker 1: that you have to get to facilitate these matters, and 499 00:25:18,800 --> 00:25:21,480 Speaker 1: it blocks a lot of projects, whether they're good or bad. 500 00:25:22,240 --> 00:25:25,480 Speaker 1: I'm surprised that they wanted to throw all the roadblocks 501 00:25:25,480 --> 00:25:26,720 Speaker 1: out the window for this thing. 502 00:25:27,880 --> 00:25:32,000 Speaker 7: Yeah, it is surprising, and the bigger the biggest surprise 503 00:25:32,080 --> 00:25:34,520 Speaker 7: about it was the ten year Most of these things, 504 00:25:34,560 --> 00:25:37,359 Speaker 7: the bridge, homes and everything else. They're dealing with an 505 00:25:37,400 --> 00:25:40,600 Speaker 7: emergency housing crisis, a homeless crisis, so they're talking about 506 00:25:40,680 --> 00:25:43,440 Speaker 7: one to three years. This is the first one that's 507 00:25:43,480 --> 00:25:46,760 Speaker 7: come to us for ten years. Now, how do you 508 00:25:46,840 --> 00:25:49,600 Speaker 7: tell a community that you're going to put thirty little 509 00:25:49,600 --> 00:25:53,520 Speaker 7: homes in a residential district primarily, and you're going to 510 00:25:53,560 --> 00:25:57,720 Speaker 7: give them a ten year time frame on this, and 511 00:25:57,800 --> 00:25:59,960 Speaker 7: you're not going to do an environmental survey. I mean, 512 00:26:00,080 --> 00:26:03,119 Speaker 7: what does it really cost to take the time to 513 00:26:03,160 --> 00:26:05,879 Speaker 7: do the environmental survey? And I wasn't even demanding the survey. 514 00:26:06,040 --> 00:26:09,000 Speaker 7: I just wanted information to know that this qualified for 515 00:26:09,040 --> 00:26:09,560 Speaker 7: an exemption. 516 00:26:10,240 --> 00:26:16,000 Speaker 1: Were they also upset with anything else we canna? 517 00:26:16,119 --> 00:26:19,080 Speaker 7: I can't imagine. I mean, if they were upset over 518 00:26:19,160 --> 00:26:22,679 Speaker 7: any of what I've been doing, they wouldn't have renewed 519 00:26:22,720 --> 00:26:23,920 Speaker 7: me less than thirty days. 520 00:26:23,720 --> 00:26:26,840 Speaker 1: Ago for four years, right, yeah, for four more years. 521 00:26:26,840 --> 00:26:28,800 Speaker 7: I mean I got to thank you letter for serving. 522 00:26:28,880 --> 00:26:31,840 Speaker 7: You know, please agree to serve or be on the 523 00:26:31,840 --> 00:26:35,080 Speaker 7: board for another four years. So obviously, prior to the 524 00:26:35,080 --> 00:26:38,200 Speaker 7: Midvale project, they must have enjoyed what I was doing. Obvious, 525 00:26:38,240 --> 00:26:40,359 Speaker 7: they don't give you any reason. They just sent me 526 00:26:40,400 --> 00:26:42,600 Speaker 7: the letter saying that I'm released of my duties as 527 00:26:42,640 --> 00:26:43,720 Speaker 7: of today. 528 00:26:43,240 --> 00:26:48,880 Speaker 1: Nobody calls you quietly and even in advance and says, hey, Eric, 529 00:26:48,920 --> 00:26:51,520 Speaker 1: it's not a good idea to oppose this or delay this. 530 00:26:52,520 --> 00:26:55,399 Speaker 1: You know, Karen bass is crazy about getting this pushed 531 00:26:55,400 --> 00:26:57,640 Speaker 1: through as quickly as possible, So you better stand down. 532 00:26:57,800 --> 00:27:00,440 Speaker 1: Anybody give you a heads up in that way. Nothing 533 00:27:00,520 --> 00:27:02,560 Speaker 1: to listen to them, but I just wondered if they did. 534 00:27:03,440 --> 00:27:06,600 Speaker 7: Nobody gave me a private phone call. But I'm not stupid. 535 00:27:06,720 --> 00:27:09,040 Speaker 7: I knew the mayor was in favor of it. The 536 00:27:09,119 --> 00:27:12,600 Speaker 7: mayor's staff came and spoke and said that the mayor's 537 00:27:12,600 --> 00:27:15,760 Speaker 7: in favor. But I'm sorry. My integrity means more than 538 00:27:15,760 --> 00:27:19,399 Speaker 7: my volunteer position, and they didn't have a duty. I 539 00:27:19,400 --> 00:27:22,240 Speaker 7: have a duty to the people that I'm representing as 540 00:27:22,240 --> 00:27:25,200 Speaker 7: a commissioner. So yeah, it's fun to be a commissioner, 541 00:27:25,200 --> 00:27:26,560 Speaker 7: but it's not that much fun that I'm going to 542 00:27:26,560 --> 00:27:28,240 Speaker 7: sell out my community now. 543 00:27:28,320 --> 00:27:30,760 Speaker 2: They did not remove any other commissioners who voted the 544 00:27:30,760 --> 00:27:31,520 Speaker 2: way you did. 545 00:27:32,760 --> 00:27:34,760 Speaker 7: Not that I know of. I haven't been in communication 546 00:27:34,920 --> 00:27:37,119 Speaker 7: with the other commissioners. Tell you, the truth of my 547 00:27:37,720 --> 00:27:40,600 Speaker 7: phone's been burning up all day. Somehow it's gotten out 548 00:27:40,600 --> 00:27:41,200 Speaker 7: to everybody. 549 00:27:41,320 --> 00:27:45,920 Speaker 1: Well, it's terribly wrong, and this is wrong for that 550 00:27:46,359 --> 00:27:49,399 Speaker 1: very retaliatory. Yeah, people are very angry about this. And 551 00:27:49,440 --> 00:27:52,119 Speaker 1: they and they're right, they're right to be angry about it. 552 00:27:52,200 --> 00:27:55,960 Speaker 1: And you were right to want to have a presentation 553 00:27:56,080 --> 00:27:59,040 Speaker 1: about the environmental waiver. And you are talking about sewage 554 00:27:59,160 --> 00:28:01,800 Speaker 1: because we've seen what happens when they you know, when 555 00:28:01,800 --> 00:28:03,840 Speaker 1: they allow our vs to be parked all over the place, 556 00:28:04,000 --> 00:28:05,760 Speaker 1: what happens to the sewage and what it does to 557 00:28:05,800 --> 00:28:08,480 Speaker 1: the environment. So of course you'd ask about that. That's 558 00:28:08,480 --> 00:28:08,960 Speaker 1: your job. 559 00:28:09,720 --> 00:28:12,160 Speaker 7: And I wasn't kicking the can down. Six months from now, 560 00:28:12,440 --> 00:28:15,520 Speaker 7: the special meeting would be on the eighteenth, so that 561 00:28:15,640 --> 00:28:18,480 Speaker 7: special meeting would be in two days. So somebody wanted 562 00:28:18,560 --> 00:28:21,680 Speaker 7: me gone before the special meeting, right, all right. 563 00:28:21,680 --> 00:28:24,040 Speaker 2: Eric, we appreciate your talking to us today. We're sorry 564 00:28:24,080 --> 00:28:25,159 Speaker 2: about this happening to you. 565 00:28:25,840 --> 00:28:28,240 Speaker 7: Oh, no worries, you know, I mean, no, thank you 566 00:28:28,280 --> 00:28:28,680 Speaker 7: forgetting that. 567 00:28:28,840 --> 00:28:30,840 Speaker 1: I I my. 568 00:28:30,840 --> 00:28:34,000 Speaker 7: Integrity counts more than my volunteer position as the commissioner. 569 00:28:34,440 --> 00:28:37,320 Speaker 1: So all right, well, thank you for going public today. 570 00:28:37,520 --> 00:28:40,800 Speaker 2: Yeah, because people need Eisenberg, who was part of the 571 00:28:40,800 --> 00:28:44,200 Speaker 2: Los Angeles Department Transportation Commission until he got a letter 572 00:28:44,280 --> 00:28:47,760 Speaker 2: today from Karen Bass that he's out, and he thinks 573 00:28:47,800 --> 00:28:50,440 Speaker 2: it has a lot to do with his questioning the 574 00:28:50,480 --> 00:28:54,840 Speaker 2: Midvale Pico homeless housing project in Katie Aroslowski's district, which 575 00:28:54,840 --> 00:28:56,360 Speaker 2: he said, maybe you want to take a closer look 576 00:28:56,360 --> 00:29:00,000 Speaker 2: at the environmental impacts, and that did apparently was too much. 577 00:29:00,080 --> 00:29:01,280 Speaker 1: It looks like for the mayor's office. 578 00:29:01,440 --> 00:29:04,600 Speaker 2: Johnny Ken kf I AM six forty Live everywhere iHeartRadio app. 579 00:29:05,400 --> 00:29:08,760 Speaker 6: You're listening to John and Ken on demand from KFI 580 00:29:08,960 --> 00:29:12,520 Speaker 6: AM six forty. 581 00:29:13,240 --> 00:29:13,400 Speaker 1: Oh. 582 00:29:13,440 --> 00:29:16,160 Speaker 2: Coming up after three o'clock. There's a lot of online 583 00:29:16,240 --> 00:29:19,880 Speaker 2: chatter there could be some attacks even in this country 584 00:29:19,920 --> 00:29:23,280 Speaker 2: coming out of what's going on between Israel and Hamas. 585 00:29:23,720 --> 00:29:26,040 Speaker 2: Alextny ABC News for KFI will come on and talk 586 00:29:26,080 --> 00:29:31,239 Speaker 2: about more details about this and also next hour, Oh 587 00:29:31,360 --> 00:29:33,360 Speaker 2: my god, we'll go back to the Trump administration. But 588 00:29:33,400 --> 00:29:36,160 Speaker 2: the Biden administration has caved and made a deal with 589 00:29:36,240 --> 00:29:38,760 Speaker 2: the families that were quote separated at the border. 590 00:29:39,200 --> 00:29:40,440 Speaker 1: Wait do you hear what a giveaway? 591 00:29:40,480 --> 00:29:44,080 Speaker 2: This is one of the things that annoys me. Not 592 00:29:44,160 --> 00:29:47,480 Speaker 2: a lot, but if you go into a Starbucks or 593 00:29:48,880 --> 00:29:54,360 Speaker 2: a lot of restaurants, food pumpkin is freaking everywhere. 594 00:29:54,400 --> 00:29:55,120 Speaker 1: I hate pumpkin. 595 00:29:55,440 --> 00:29:59,720 Speaker 2: I'm not a big pumpkin pie's okay, But the Washington 596 00:29:59,720 --> 00:30:04,480 Speaker 2: Poe wanted people to know that there is a horrible, 597 00:30:05,240 --> 00:30:10,000 Speaker 2: violent history but behind the tradition of pumpkin spice. 598 00:30:10,360 --> 00:30:14,360 Speaker 1: Pumpkin spice is racist. If you use pumpkin spice in 599 00:30:14,400 --> 00:30:18,360 Speaker 1: any way, any kind of food, any kind of flavoring, seasoning, 600 00:30:19,120 --> 00:30:19,880 Speaker 1: you're a racist. 601 00:30:20,480 --> 00:30:26,680 Speaker 2: The Dutch invaded in sixteen twenty one the Banda Islands, 602 00:30:26,720 --> 00:30:31,760 Speaker 2: located in modern day Indonesia. Thousands were killed, others enslaved, 603 00:30:32,200 --> 00:30:33,960 Speaker 2: many fled to the mountains. 604 00:30:33,520 --> 00:30:35,800 Speaker 1: Were starved out. But what was it for. It was 605 00:30:35,840 --> 00:30:39,760 Speaker 1: to get some nutmeg? Huh the Dutch. Yeah, hey, they 606 00:30:40,240 --> 00:30:46,720 Speaker 1: don't seem like vicious people. The Dutch did their exploring too, Yeah, yeah, 607 00:30:47,080 --> 00:30:50,560 Speaker 1: not like other countries of Europe. But the Dutch company 608 00:30:51,800 --> 00:30:55,880 Speaker 1: behind this was accused of carrying out the first instance 609 00:30:55,920 --> 00:31:00,440 Speaker 1: of corporate genocide for nutmeg. A nutmeg is the key, 610 00:31:00,600 --> 00:31:04,840 Speaker 1: one of the three key spices in pumpkin spice. Nutmeg. 611 00:31:07,520 --> 00:31:10,000 Speaker 2: The professor also told the Washington Most a lot of 612 00:31:10,080 --> 00:31:13,880 Speaker 2: commodities of terrible history, sugar, tobacco, but nutmeg, now used 613 00:31:13,880 --> 00:31:17,840 Speaker 2: in pumpkin spice, has the most compressed terrible history. 614 00:31:18,240 --> 00:31:19,560 Speaker 1: Thousands were killed. 615 00:31:19,800 --> 00:31:22,080 Speaker 2: Thousands were killed, So think about that next time you 616 00:31:22,120 --> 00:31:26,120 Speaker 2: get your little pumpkin spice latte at sixteen to twenty 617 00:31:26,160 --> 00:31:29,280 Speaker 2: one and over four hundred years later. Nay, you want 618 00:31:29,280 --> 00:31:32,040 Speaker 2: to feel guilty four hundred years later The Washington Post 619 00:31:32,080 --> 00:31:34,120 Speaker 2: once you make wants you to make, wants you to 620 00:31:34,160 --> 00:31:37,960 Speaker 2: feel guilty if you put pumpkin spice in your pumpkin pie, 621 00:31:38,480 --> 00:31:39,200 Speaker 2: especially if you. 622 00:31:39,120 --> 00:31:42,440 Speaker 1: Have any Dutch heritage, then you really ought to pause. 623 00:31:42,560 --> 00:31:47,360 Speaker 1: You're pumpkin spice latte racist. Good thing, I'm not Dutch's 624 00:31:47,840 --> 00:31:49,920 Speaker 1: Do you like pumpkin spice in you? I like pumpkin pie. 625 00:31:49,920 --> 00:31:51,680 Speaker 7: I don't like pumpkin spice, like all the drinks and 626 00:31:51,720 --> 00:31:53,080 Speaker 7: stuff now, but I like pumpkin pile. 627 00:31:53,200 --> 00:31:58,800 Speaker 1: Well, we're all racists. The nutmeg was grown through means 628 00:31:58,800 --> 00:32:03,800 Speaker 1: of violence and was famous for clothes. This is part 629 00:32:03,840 --> 00:32:07,720 Speaker 1: of Indonesia and to fight to control the clove trade 630 00:32:07,760 --> 00:32:11,680 Speaker 1: was bloody and dramatic as the battles for nutmeg, and 631 00:32:11,720 --> 00:32:14,440 Speaker 1: then Netherlands and England almost fought over the clothes in 632 00:32:14,480 --> 00:32:17,560 Speaker 1: the early seventeenth century, and then said us, that's the thing. 633 00:32:17,600 --> 00:32:19,960 Speaker 2: Once these explorers went out and they found stuff they'd 634 00:32:19,960 --> 00:32:22,160 Speaker 2: never seen before in Europe, and they realized it's good, 635 00:32:22,160 --> 00:32:24,600 Speaker 2: it could work I guess it did become an ugly. 636 00:32:24,560 --> 00:32:29,400 Speaker 1: Well, yeah, because the British foods were so planned and boring. 637 00:32:29,440 --> 00:32:32,040 Speaker 1: Wait wait, you're telling me there was almost a war 638 00:32:32,120 --> 00:32:37,080 Speaker 1: over nutmeg. Yeah, clothes, this was clothes. Yeah, there was 639 00:32:37,120 --> 00:32:39,680 Speaker 1: a bloody invasion over now Netherlands and England. We're about 640 00:32:39,680 --> 00:32:42,000 Speaker 1: to fight over clothes, which is quite funny to me. 641 00:32:42,200 --> 00:32:44,680 Speaker 2: The cinnamon, mostly found in Sri Lanka was under the 642 00:32:44,720 --> 00:32:48,280 Speaker 2: control of colonizers from the Portuguese, the Dutch, and the British. 643 00:32:48,360 --> 00:32:51,760 Speaker 1: Right look at that. The European explorers wanted to bypass 644 00:32:51,840 --> 00:32:55,920 Speaker 1: the middlemen and create monopolies over the spices. This man 645 00:32:55,960 --> 00:32:57,920 Speaker 1: is a food historian that they talked to. It's a 646 00:32:57,920 --> 00:33:01,000 Speaker 1: good job a food historian. If now listen to this 647 00:33:01,120 --> 00:33:04,120 Speaker 1: food historian, he said. He said, it's true, if we 648 00:33:04,160 --> 00:33:08,000 Speaker 1: didn't consume food that hadn't been touched by slavery and 649 00:33:08,080 --> 00:33:11,360 Speaker 1: indigenous displacement, we wouldn't be eating a lot of food. 650 00:33:12,720 --> 00:33:17,200 Speaker 1: But whatever foods enter pop culture the way pumpkin spice has, 651 00:33:17,360 --> 00:33:19,480 Speaker 1: it's important to acknowledge how it reached us. 652 00:33:20,080 --> 00:33:22,120 Speaker 2: So he says, you're getting stuff from all over the 653 00:33:22,120 --> 00:33:25,560 Speaker 2: world and repackaging it for wealthy consumers without acknowledging the 654 00:33:25,640 --> 00:33:29,280 Speaker 2: history of the ingredients apparently. 655 00:33:30,640 --> 00:33:34,239 Speaker 1: Not happy. Well, you better, you better remember this when 656 00:33:34,280 --> 00:33:38,280 Speaker 1: you eat your pumpkin pie over Thanksgiving and acknowledge all 657 00:33:38,360 --> 00:33:43,760 Speaker 1: the bloodshed over the nutmeg, nutmeg and the cloves, all 658 00:33:43,800 --> 00:33:47,000 Speaker 1: these little spice rack bottled nutmeg. All of course I 659 00:33:47,040 --> 00:33:50,000 Speaker 1: looked at that all those years. I didn't say Mom's 660 00:33:50,080 --> 00:33:54,400 Speaker 1: race side, Mom's racist spice rack. All right, it's coming 661 00:33:54,480 --> 00:33:54,880 Speaker 1: up next. 662 00:33:54,920 --> 00:33:59,800 Speaker 2: We'll talk about what's going on online, chatter, possible attack 663 00:34:00,800 --> 00:34:04,160 Speaker 2: coming out of a whole Israel Hamas thing. Some people 664 00:34:04,160 --> 00:34:06,480 Speaker 2: in the intelligence community are a little bit nervous about 665 00:34:06,480 --> 00:34:09,319 Speaker 2: stuff that could happen. 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