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Visit Lahtalent dot com 18 00:01:02,560 --> 00:01:06,480 Speaker 1: today coming up later on this hour, LA Corruption and Government. 19 00:01:07,200 --> 00:01:10,240 Speaker 1: The wagons are certainly circularing around the former La City 20 00:01:10,280 --> 00:01:14,759 Speaker 1: Councilman Jose Wheezar, because one of the developers that fed 21 00:01:14,840 --> 00:01:17,679 Speaker 1: him abribe all that's the allegation fed him Abribe, has 22 00:01:17,680 --> 00:01:21,040 Speaker 1: been found guilty along with his company. It's a real 23 00:01:21,160 --> 00:01:24,240 Speaker 1: estate development. We'll talk about all that later on in 24 00:01:24,280 --> 00:01:27,440 Speaker 1: the hour here on the Sean and Ken Show, but 25 00:01:27,560 --> 00:01:29,760 Speaker 1: we start with the story I mentioned earlier this weekend. 26 00:01:30,200 --> 00:01:33,360 Speaker 1: We spent some time on after it happened. In March 27 00:01:33,440 --> 00:01:36,600 Speaker 1: of last year, a thirty one year old man by 28 00:01:36,600 --> 00:01:40,320 Speaker 1: the name of Gabriel the home as Gabe Dunay was 29 00:01:40,680 --> 00:01:43,319 Speaker 1: stabbed to death in his own backyard in the Beverly 30 00:01:43,400 --> 00:01:47,840 Speaker 1: Grill Grove neighborhood of Los Angeles. It was a transient, 31 00:01:48,120 --> 00:01:51,120 Speaker 1: a vagrant that did it, a guy by the name 32 00:01:51,160 --> 00:01:54,840 Speaker 1: of Enoch Connors, who I understand was living out of 33 00:01:54,840 --> 00:01:58,360 Speaker 1: his car in the neighborhood and was already known to 34 00:01:58,480 --> 00:02:01,800 Speaker 1: police and to of course people in this Beverly Grove neighborhood. 35 00:02:02,320 --> 00:02:06,600 Speaker 1: But on this particular day, four times people called nine 36 00:02:06,200 --> 00:02:09,399 Speaker 1: one to report that he was hopping fences and threatening residents. 37 00:02:09,880 --> 00:02:12,840 Speaker 1: And according to this lawsuit, every time the police came, 38 00:02:13,400 --> 00:02:16,560 Speaker 1: they told everyone in the neighborhood, go back into your homes. 39 00:02:16,639 --> 00:02:21,040 Speaker 1: It's okay. It's a wrongful death lawsuit that has been 40 00:02:21,080 --> 00:02:25,800 Speaker 1: filed in federal court against LAPD. We're going to talk 41 00:02:25,800 --> 00:02:28,960 Speaker 1: now to Mark Gregis. His law firm is handling the 42 00:02:29,040 --> 00:02:32,400 Speaker 1: case for the DNA family. Mark, welcome back to the show. 43 00:02:33,480 --> 00:02:36,800 Speaker 1: Thank you. It's good to talk to even. Yeah, you're sold, 44 00:02:37,000 --> 00:02:39,880 Speaker 1: even though you're solow today. Yeah. Well, you know we 45 00:02:39,960 --> 00:02:41,520 Speaker 1: get time off every now and then. We haven't talked 46 00:02:41,520 --> 00:02:43,720 Speaker 1: to you since all the lockdown mess with the businesses 47 00:02:43,720 --> 00:02:48,799 Speaker 1: and the restaurants disrupted. That's true. In fact, since then, 48 00:02:48,840 --> 00:02:50,880 Speaker 1: we've had a little bit of success. And I'll come 49 00:02:50,919 --> 00:02:53,639 Speaker 1: back on another day and talk to you about that. 50 00:02:54,080 --> 00:02:58,000 Speaker 1: All right, that would be great. So now talk about 51 00:02:58,040 --> 00:03:02,760 Speaker 1: this lawsuit against LAPD. It's wrongful death. It's because they're 52 00:03:02,880 --> 00:03:07,400 Speaker 1: stating basically that their actions, the officers actions, amounted to 53 00:03:07,400 --> 00:03:11,560 Speaker 1: what's called a state that created danger. Describe how this 54 00:03:11,600 --> 00:03:16,480 Speaker 1: works legally. Yeah, basically what happened is you You gave 55 00:03:16,560 --> 00:03:19,000 Speaker 1: a pretty good synopsis, if you will. The police had 56 00:03:19,040 --> 00:03:22,520 Speaker 1: been out there I think four times total in total, 57 00:03:23,440 --> 00:03:28,400 Speaker 1: and basically residents including the last woman who called nine 58 00:03:28,480 --> 00:03:32,959 Speaker 1: one one who was about ninety feet away from Gabe's location, 59 00:03:33,520 --> 00:03:36,880 Speaker 1: and the police said, well, they couldn't find him. Well, 60 00:03:37,080 --> 00:03:39,440 Speaker 1: as it turns out in retrospect, the reason they couldn't 61 00:03:39,440 --> 00:03:42,360 Speaker 1: find him, as he was upstairs had broken into Gabe's 62 00:03:42,360 --> 00:03:46,000 Speaker 1: house was had found two knives in the kitchen and 63 00:03:46,360 --> 00:03:50,880 Speaker 1: unfortunately and tragically had stabbed Gabe and then chased him 64 00:03:50,920 --> 00:03:54,960 Speaker 1: into the backyard and finished the job there. If you can, mean, 65 00:03:55,120 --> 00:03:59,160 Speaker 1: just pour it and you know the part of what 66 00:03:59,280 --> 00:04:03,200 Speaker 1: the problem is. And I think, you know, I don't 67 00:04:03,280 --> 00:04:07,240 Speaker 1: like to, you know, pat ourselves on the back, but 68 00:04:07,440 --> 00:04:11,400 Speaker 1: we describe this in great detail the lawsuit and the 69 00:04:11,480 --> 00:04:14,800 Speaker 1: complete failure of the police here, and all of the 70 00:04:14,840 --> 00:04:18,039 Speaker 1: neighbors said that it was spot on in terms of 71 00:04:18,320 --> 00:04:22,240 Speaker 1: the description of how it's just kind of a stop 72 00:04:22,240 --> 00:04:26,120 Speaker 1: and waiver and not do anything. And whether you want 73 00:04:26,160 --> 00:04:29,599 Speaker 1: to attribute it to being under staffed or not being 74 00:04:29,600 --> 00:04:35,400 Speaker 1: trained adequately, I think it's a complete failure of the system. 75 00:04:35,520 --> 00:04:38,680 Speaker 1: I you know, this is not the first time I've 76 00:04:38,800 --> 00:04:43,000 Speaker 1: encountered this with LAPD. I mean you probably covered countless times. 77 00:04:43,000 --> 00:04:46,520 Speaker 1: And I've talked to both sides down in Venice Beach 78 00:04:46,640 --> 00:04:48,760 Speaker 1: and what has gone on down there, and this is 79 00:04:48,800 --> 00:04:52,120 Speaker 1: in Beverly Grove, and people who at once consider this 80 00:04:52,320 --> 00:04:55,640 Speaker 1: a very safe neighborhood now don't want to go outside 81 00:04:55,720 --> 00:04:58,719 Speaker 1: after dark. That encampment over by the sporting goods store 82 00:04:59,279 --> 00:05:03,680 Speaker 1: is is populated with people who are clearly having mental 83 00:05:03,720 --> 00:05:08,840 Speaker 1: health problems and mental health issues. And instead of characterizing 84 00:05:08,880 --> 00:05:11,720 Speaker 1: this as a housing crisis the way most of our 85 00:05:11,760 --> 00:05:15,400 Speaker 1: politicians do, it's clear that we've got a mental health crisis. 86 00:05:15,440 --> 00:05:18,680 Speaker 1: On LAPD isn't saying much, but they're saying, well, you know, 87 00:05:18,680 --> 00:05:21,160 Speaker 1: when we got there, there weren't any neighbors that were 88 00:05:21,160 --> 00:05:24,320 Speaker 1: willing to press a trespassing case against him. We clearly 89 00:05:24,320 --> 00:05:27,160 Speaker 1: can find any witnesses that actually saw him, you know, 90 00:05:27,440 --> 00:05:31,320 Speaker 1: jumping into people's backyards. Is that true? That just sounds 91 00:05:31,360 --> 00:05:34,200 Speaker 1: like from the stories I'm reading that people who called 92 00:05:34,279 --> 00:05:36,120 Speaker 1: nine one one would certainly be there to report what 93 00:05:36,200 --> 00:05:39,960 Speaker 1: they saw. Yeah. I mean, if you believe what's being 94 00:05:40,640 --> 00:05:44,320 Speaker 1: kind of provulgated by the LAPD, you'd have to The 95 00:05:44,440 --> 00:05:47,120 Speaker 1: very first question is if that's the case, why are 96 00:05:47,160 --> 00:05:50,920 Speaker 1: there four separate nine one one calls, all complaining and 97 00:05:51,240 --> 00:05:54,479 Speaker 1: out there, and then people being told that the police 98 00:05:54,480 --> 00:05:58,240 Speaker 1: couldn't do anything when they finally did arrive and that 99 00:05:58,320 --> 00:06:01,560 Speaker 1: it's safe to go back in your house, or wasn't tragically, 100 00:06:01,760 --> 00:06:03,839 Speaker 1: wasn't safe to go back into your house that was 101 00:06:03,960 --> 00:06:06,360 Speaker 1: right back into where the danger was, or ended up 102 00:06:06,360 --> 00:06:09,080 Speaker 1: being his murder. Yeah, I mean some of the description here, 103 00:06:09,440 --> 00:06:13,320 Speaker 1: people saw him ripping off his clothes, screaming, threatening people. 104 00:06:13,480 --> 00:06:15,640 Speaker 1: Couldn't they have least done one of those mental health 105 00:06:15,680 --> 00:06:17,839 Speaker 1: holds to take him away for at least a period 106 00:06:17,839 --> 00:06:20,360 Speaker 1: of time to slow him down. By the way, this 107 00:06:20,680 --> 00:06:23,920 Speaker 1: is exactly what fifty one fifty and fifty two fifty, 108 00:06:24,440 --> 00:06:26,560 Speaker 1: you know, the seventy two hour old and then then 109 00:06:26,600 --> 00:06:30,320 Speaker 1: more extended fifteen day old. This is exactly what they 110 00:06:30,320 --> 00:06:33,360 Speaker 1: were designed to do. There are others who were smarter 111 00:06:33,440 --> 00:06:35,440 Speaker 1: than me who think that you need to amend the 112 00:06:36,320 --> 00:06:40,400 Speaker 1: Atlantaman Petrisac. But I will tell you right now that 113 00:06:40,680 --> 00:06:44,680 Speaker 1: they do have tools at their disposal. They just you know, 114 00:06:44,760 --> 00:06:49,400 Speaker 1: this is not something that that they are adequately trained for, 115 00:06:49,640 --> 00:06:52,360 Speaker 1: and frankly, I don't think that they want to deal 116 00:06:52,400 --> 00:06:56,880 Speaker 1: with it. I mean, it's it's a complete breakdown of 117 00:06:56,920 --> 00:06:59,760 Speaker 1: the system and what ends up happening. I mean, I'll 118 00:06:59,800 --> 00:07:03,159 Speaker 1: get my soapboxing law for our field here, but it 119 00:07:03,320 --> 00:07:06,880 Speaker 1: ends up being characterized as a housing issue, and that's 120 00:07:07,000 --> 00:07:09,880 Speaker 1: not that's not the lion's share of what the issues. 121 00:07:10,200 --> 00:07:13,360 Speaker 1: This isn't. This isn't a you know, you can't just 122 00:07:13,440 --> 00:07:15,800 Speaker 1: say this is a housing Masue is a mental health 123 00:07:15,920 --> 00:07:19,760 Speaker 1: issue first and foremost. Yes, it involves people who are 124 00:07:19,800 --> 00:07:23,000 Speaker 1: on the house, but it also involves people who are 125 00:07:23,040 --> 00:07:28,520 Speaker 1: in serious, seriously mental distress. I'm hoping that if you 126 00:07:28,600 --> 00:07:31,960 Speaker 1: ever get this to you know, civil trial, that you 127 00:07:32,000 --> 00:07:35,680 Speaker 1: can depose people at LAPD and maybe even people in 128 00:07:35,840 --> 00:07:37,760 Speaker 1: LA government because you kind of touched on this a 129 00:07:37,760 --> 00:07:39,920 Speaker 1: few minutes ago that this was kind of the policy 130 00:07:39,920 --> 00:07:42,720 Speaker 1: and has been for years, that it's basically hands off 131 00:07:42,760 --> 00:07:45,600 Speaker 1: with the homeless, even screaming ones who are jumping fences 132 00:07:45,600 --> 00:07:48,200 Speaker 1: and threatening people, just hands off. We're not going to 133 00:07:48,240 --> 00:07:50,239 Speaker 1: be able to do anything because these people are suffering 134 00:07:50,240 --> 00:07:52,880 Speaker 1: from a housing shortage. I would love to hear you 135 00:07:52,960 --> 00:07:56,480 Speaker 1: question people about that kind of policy. That's exactly where 136 00:07:56,480 --> 00:07:58,160 Speaker 1: we want to go. I mean, I've been screaming in 137 00:07:58,240 --> 00:08:01,360 Speaker 1: you know, our office is smack dab in downtown LA. 138 00:08:01,400 --> 00:08:04,520 Speaker 1: It's ironics that the La Times discovering this because the 139 00:08:04,600 --> 00:08:08,640 Speaker 1: Times fled downtown La there in El Segundo, right, and 140 00:08:08,840 --> 00:08:11,280 Speaker 1: you know, and most of the people in downtown are 141 00:08:11,400 --> 00:08:16,120 Speaker 1: fleeing downtown. This is in Beverly Growth, and clearly it's 142 00:08:16,120 --> 00:08:19,560 Speaker 1: going to take a tragedy like this to finally get 143 00:08:19,600 --> 00:08:23,480 Speaker 1: some kind of change because it's easier to just characterize 144 00:08:23,480 --> 00:08:26,800 Speaker 1: and mischaracterize this as a housing issue. This isn't a 145 00:08:26,880 --> 00:08:32,200 Speaker 1: housing issue. The parts of LA that are being terrorized, 146 00:08:32,240 --> 00:08:36,760 Speaker 1: whether it's a dinosaur, Beverly Grows, Downtown LA and are 147 00:08:36,880 --> 00:08:40,280 Speaker 1: What has happened here is what for years was contained 148 00:08:40,400 --> 00:08:44,520 Speaker 1: in one area has now spread like a metastasized all 149 00:08:44,559 --> 00:08:48,360 Speaker 1: over Los Angeles. That's the problem. Yeah, this reminds me. 150 00:08:48,440 --> 00:08:51,520 Speaker 1: I'm reading some of the quotes from LAPD here in 151 00:08:51,600 --> 00:08:53,760 Speaker 1: the story that you're right. The Al Segundo Times, that's 152 00:08:53,760 --> 00:08:56,360 Speaker 1: why we call them the Al Segundo Times wrote about 153 00:08:56,400 --> 00:08:59,080 Speaker 1: this case concerning their response to this. Reminds me of 154 00:08:59,120 --> 00:09:03,240 Speaker 1: the lawn da George Gascone who's under a recall, saying basically, oh, 155 00:09:03,320 --> 00:09:06,120 Speaker 1: we can't predict if somebody's going to be violent. It's 156 00:09:06,160 --> 00:09:07,640 Speaker 1: just one of those things. It's sort of like they 157 00:09:07,679 --> 00:09:11,199 Speaker 1: came and they talked to this homeless guy, and they decided, 158 00:09:11,280 --> 00:09:14,000 Speaker 1: despite what he was doing, hopping fences and threatening people, 159 00:09:14,280 --> 00:09:18,400 Speaker 1: that he's not really violent. He's just he's suffering from 160 00:09:18,440 --> 00:09:20,920 Speaker 1: some mental health issues. And I guess the other part 161 00:09:20,920 --> 00:09:24,480 Speaker 1: of this is maybe they should have used somebody besides 162 00:09:24,559 --> 00:09:27,280 Speaker 1: police officers to come here and deal with this. This 163 00:09:27,360 --> 00:09:29,760 Speaker 1: seems to be their way. They're moving now to take 164 00:09:29,880 --> 00:09:31,880 Speaker 1: LAPD off of these calls when it comes to the 165 00:09:31,920 --> 00:09:37,160 Speaker 1: mentally ill homeless people and send in like mental health workers. Well, 166 00:09:37,200 --> 00:09:40,000 Speaker 1: you know, I just came back from New York last month, 167 00:09:40,080 --> 00:09:42,880 Speaker 1: and the new mayor there has got a kind of 168 00:09:42,880 --> 00:09:46,000 Speaker 1: a strike force where he sends out police, a mental 169 00:09:46,000 --> 00:09:49,480 Speaker 1: health professional, and a social worker. And basically you've got 170 00:09:49,520 --> 00:09:52,200 Speaker 1: three options. You either go to jail, you go to 171 00:09:52,200 --> 00:09:55,760 Speaker 1: the hospital, or you go get a house if you're appropriate. 172 00:09:56,040 --> 00:10:01,480 Speaker 1: So there aren't any excuses, and we just aren't smart enough, 173 00:10:01,480 --> 00:10:05,000 Speaker 1: and we've been as a community. I mean, and I 174 00:10:05,160 --> 00:10:08,240 Speaker 1: lay it at you know, people want to blame gascon 175 00:10:08,360 --> 00:10:11,439 Speaker 1: fully for this. I mean, I can chart the decline 176 00:10:11,480 --> 00:10:14,679 Speaker 1: of the city of la to Mayor Garcetti. I mean, 177 00:10:14,679 --> 00:10:17,640 Speaker 1: he's a pretty simple it's a pretty simple chart. I've 178 00:10:17,640 --> 00:10:20,679 Speaker 1: been in downtown, was born downtown, I went to law 179 00:10:20,720 --> 00:10:25,680 Speaker 1: school Downtown. I've watched downtown deteriorate since he became mayor, 180 00:10:25,800 --> 00:10:28,640 Speaker 1: and you know, he's on his way out the door. 181 00:10:28,800 --> 00:10:33,280 Speaker 1: And if people really want to lay blame somewhere, I 182 00:10:33,280 --> 00:10:36,560 Speaker 1: mean that's where it begins. He sets the tone. He's 183 00:10:36,600 --> 00:10:40,880 Speaker 1: the one who's basically abandoned the city for whatever he's 184 00:10:41,200 --> 00:10:42,800 Speaker 1: wanted to do. And mind you, I was a guy 185 00:10:42,840 --> 00:10:46,400 Speaker 1: who supported him originally, So you know Mia Colpa as 186 00:10:46,400 --> 00:10:49,640 Speaker 1: well well, Mark, our best of the de Nay family. 187 00:10:49,760 --> 00:10:51,880 Speaker 1: They're quoted here as saying they don't know whether or 188 00:10:51,880 --> 00:10:55,040 Speaker 1: not this lawsuit's going to succeed, but nothing's changed since 189 00:10:55,120 --> 00:10:57,160 Speaker 1: the death of Gabe and they want to try to 190 00:10:57,240 --> 00:11:01,120 Speaker 1: make some impact. That's exactly why we took the case. 191 00:11:01,720 --> 00:11:04,440 Speaker 1: All right, Mark Arragos, thanks for talking to me. Thank 192 00:11:04,480 --> 00:11:08,080 Speaker 1: you bye. All right, Mark Arrages, why come a long 193 00:11:08,120 --> 00:11:10,320 Speaker 1: way since the days of Scott Peterson and his appearance 194 00:11:10,320 --> 00:11:13,400 Speaker 1: on our show. But anyway, his firm is handling the 195 00:11:13,440 --> 00:11:16,480 Speaker 1: case of the family of Gabe De Nay was a 196 00:11:16,520 --> 00:11:19,840 Speaker 1: resident of Beverly Grove, stabbed to death in his own 197 00:11:19,880 --> 00:11:23,840 Speaker 1: backyard by a homeless guy who had been threatening the 198 00:11:23,880 --> 00:11:27,360 Speaker 1: neighborhood and residence there. Were four nine one one calls 199 00:11:27,400 --> 00:11:28,959 Speaker 1: the day that Gabe was stabbed to death, and I 200 00:11:29,040 --> 00:11:31,160 Speaker 1: want to go through them when we come back, just 201 00:11:31,240 --> 00:11:35,120 Speaker 1: to show you how extreme this problem is. But as 202 00:11:35,120 --> 00:11:37,640 Speaker 1: soon as I do return right, you have a chance 203 00:11:37,640 --> 00:11:39,960 Speaker 1: at money. We've got another keyword. All you have to 204 00:11:40,000 --> 00:11:42,560 Speaker 1: do is enter the keyword at the website to possibly 205 00:11:42,600 --> 00:11:45,520 Speaker 1: win the money. John and Ken Show on KFI AM 206 00:11:45,600 --> 00:11:48,760 Speaker 1: six forty. All right, so let's talk about this lawsuit 207 00:11:48,800 --> 00:11:52,160 Speaker 1: against LAPD. It's the second one this week I'm talking about. 208 00:11:52,160 --> 00:11:54,720 Speaker 1: We'll have an update on another one coming later. This 209 00:11:54,800 --> 00:11:59,160 Speaker 1: is wrongful death. Back at March twenty ninth last year, 210 00:11:59,280 --> 00:12:00,920 Speaker 1: a man by the name that Gabe an A, just 211 00:12:01,000 --> 00:12:02,840 Speaker 1: thirty one years old, was stabbed to death by a 212 00:12:02,880 --> 00:12:06,360 Speaker 1: homeless man in his own backyard and the Beverly Grove 213 00:12:07,360 --> 00:12:11,600 Speaker 1: neighborhood of Los Angeles. Mark Garrigos, representing the family, was 214 00:12:11,640 --> 00:12:14,400 Speaker 1: just done to talk about the wrongful death lawsuit. It's 215 00:12:14,400 --> 00:12:15,960 Speaker 1: a long shot because you know, there's a lot of 216 00:12:15,960 --> 00:12:21,240 Speaker 1: indemnity when it comes to police response, but I hope 217 00:12:21,240 --> 00:12:22,840 Speaker 1: there's something they can get out of it. And the 218 00:12:22,880 --> 00:12:25,319 Speaker 1: family says, since nothing's changed, that's why we're going to 219 00:12:25,400 --> 00:12:28,360 Speaker 1: do this, and the reason that they filed this suit 220 00:12:28,720 --> 00:12:31,640 Speaker 1: is this series of nine one one calls that were 221 00:12:31,679 --> 00:12:35,120 Speaker 1: made to LAPD the day that Gabe was stabbed to death, 222 00:12:35,440 --> 00:12:37,439 Speaker 1: and I'm going to go through them and it's kind 223 00:12:37,480 --> 00:12:40,280 Speaker 1: of remarkable, although it comes from the lawsuit that they 224 00:12:40,280 --> 00:12:43,160 Speaker 1: also Good Times actually did this story, although they're not 225 00:12:43,240 --> 00:12:46,280 Speaker 1: fans of LAPD, so maybe that explains half of it. 226 00:12:47,920 --> 00:12:50,520 Speaker 1: Somebody in the neighborhood made the first nine one one 227 00:12:50,559 --> 00:12:53,120 Speaker 1: called it about one thirty two pm. This is back 228 00:12:53,160 --> 00:12:57,520 Speaker 1: on March twenty ninth of last year. This vagrant enough Connors, 229 00:12:57,559 --> 00:13:01,080 Speaker 1: climbed over a wall into a man's backyard and scared him, 230 00:13:01,080 --> 00:13:04,480 Speaker 1: scared him, his girlfriend and his girlfriend's mother. So that 231 00:13:04,559 --> 00:13:08,200 Speaker 1: was the first call one thirty two pm. According to 232 00:13:08,240 --> 00:13:11,200 Speaker 1: the lawsuit. The cops show up about a half an 233 00:13:11,200 --> 00:13:15,000 Speaker 1: hour later, They talked to Connors and they release him. 234 00:13:15,600 --> 00:13:18,680 Speaker 1: It responsibly, says the lawsuit. Maybe I'll let the first 235 00:13:18,760 --> 00:13:20,880 Speaker 1: nine one one call go, but they're probably already familiar 236 00:13:20,920 --> 00:13:23,800 Speaker 1: with this guy. Less than an hour later, another man 237 00:13:23,960 --> 00:13:27,920 Speaker 1: with a business in the neighborhood saw Connors disappear through 238 00:13:27,920 --> 00:13:30,959 Speaker 1: a set of bushes into the adjacent property of another 239 00:13:31,000 --> 00:13:35,720 Speaker 1: homeowner then reappear holding a large rock. This business owner 240 00:13:35,800 --> 00:13:38,800 Speaker 1: made the second nine one one call about Connors okay 241 00:13:38,920 --> 00:13:43,319 Speaker 1: twice within an hour. Thirty minutes later, two other residents 242 00:13:43,400 --> 00:13:47,080 Speaker 1: here Connor screaming. One confronts him and tells him to 243 00:13:47,160 --> 00:13:52,360 Speaker 1: leave the property. At three forty five pm, three residents 244 00:13:52,360 --> 00:13:56,440 Speaker 1: saw LAPD cops talking to Connors again, and according to 245 00:13:56,480 --> 00:13:59,360 Speaker 1: the suit, one cop tells one of the residents that yeah, 246 00:13:59,400 --> 00:14:03,160 Speaker 1: he's mentally ill. We'll handle this. You should all go home. 247 00:14:04,320 --> 00:14:09,440 Speaker 1: They release Connors for the second time. At four fifteen pm, 248 00:14:09,600 --> 00:14:13,200 Speaker 1: another neighbor, this one named Claudia Beaten, was told by 249 00:14:13,200 --> 00:14:16,840 Speaker 1: a passing Uber driver that some guy was scaling walls 250 00:14:16,960 --> 00:14:20,880 Speaker 1: jumping fences. She called nine one one as well. A 251 00:14:20,920 --> 00:14:23,680 Speaker 1: dispatcher told her that the police couldn't do anything unless 252 00:14:23,720 --> 00:14:27,280 Speaker 1: Connors was currently in her yard, then sent her over 253 00:14:27,320 --> 00:14:31,040 Speaker 1: to a non emergency line. Soon after, Connors did enter 254 00:14:31,080 --> 00:14:33,880 Speaker 1: her yard, she and her husband yelled loudly at him 255 00:14:33,880 --> 00:14:37,920 Speaker 1: to leave while warning other neighbors. At four thirty five pm, 256 00:14:37,920 --> 00:14:41,880 Speaker 1: the cops arrived for a third time, conduct a brief 257 00:14:41,920 --> 00:14:45,960 Speaker 1: and superficial search for Connors before telling Beaten don't worry. 258 00:14:45,960 --> 00:14:50,240 Speaker 1: The area is secure. We're leaving again five minutes later. 259 00:14:50,280 --> 00:14:53,320 Speaker 1: And this is what Mark Garrios was talking about. The 260 00:14:53,400 --> 00:14:59,120 Speaker 1: last nine one one call, This Connors enters Donay's home 261 00:15:00,080 --> 00:15:02,920 Speaker 1: and he attacked him with a knife. As Dunay tried 262 00:15:02,960 --> 00:15:05,840 Speaker 1: to run from the home. There was a blood trail 263 00:15:05,960 --> 00:15:09,000 Speaker 1: down the stairs, through a hallway and outside, and Connor 264 00:15:09,120 --> 00:15:13,800 Speaker 1: stabbed Dunay repeatedly in the backyard and then leaped defense 265 00:15:13,880 --> 00:15:18,160 Speaker 1: into another yard and disappeared. The roommate cradled mister Dunay 266 00:15:18,200 --> 00:15:20,960 Speaker 1: as he died from his wounds, ten stab wounds more 267 00:15:20,960 --> 00:15:24,760 Speaker 1: than twenty other cuts to his body. I mean, you've 268 00:15:24,800 --> 00:15:27,960 Speaker 1: cut to be kidding me. And the response is going 269 00:15:28,000 --> 00:15:30,320 Speaker 1: to be, well, you know, what can we do? And 270 00:15:30,440 --> 00:15:34,320 Speaker 1: the official police response was nobody wanted to testify that 271 00:15:34,360 --> 00:15:36,520 Speaker 1: they witnessed him trespassing. I mean, you got all these 272 00:15:36,600 --> 00:15:38,360 Speaker 1: nine one one calls and they're talking to people. This 273 00:15:38,400 --> 00:15:42,200 Speaker 1: guy's apparently been in the neighborhood for a while. Not 274 00:15:42,520 --> 00:15:46,720 Speaker 1: all homeless people are mentally ill, and not all mentally 275 00:15:46,720 --> 00:15:49,480 Speaker 1: ill people are violent, But the way this guy was acting, 276 00:15:49,520 --> 00:15:52,000 Speaker 1: at least on this particular day, he should have been 277 00:15:52,040 --> 00:15:55,440 Speaker 1: hauled away under any pretense they could make up. Let 278 00:15:55,440 --> 00:15:57,240 Speaker 1: the acl you come down there and try to get 279 00:15:57,280 --> 00:16:00,520 Speaker 1: him out. Take this guy away for as long as 280 00:16:00,520 --> 00:16:03,240 Speaker 1: you can. So I wish the luck on their lawsuit 281 00:16:03,240 --> 00:16:05,960 Speaker 1: because I believe this policy comes from the top down 282 00:16:06,800 --> 00:16:09,680 Speaker 1: that basically, because this is a housing issue, we have 283 00:16:09,760 --> 00:16:12,120 Speaker 1: to leave these people alone, and particularly emboldened by the 284 00:16:12,120 --> 00:16:17,000 Speaker 1: whole COVID lockdown nonsense, they completely were hands off. All right, 285 00:16:17,000 --> 00:16:19,200 Speaker 1: We got more coming up with the John and Ken Show. 286 00:16:19,240 --> 00:16:23,240 Speaker 1: Oh yeah, Los Angeles City government corruption. Well, yesterday word 287 00:16:23,320 --> 00:16:25,920 Speaker 1: came down that what do you know, a real estate 288 00:16:25,920 --> 00:16:29,600 Speaker 1: developer has been found guilty in a bride case involving 289 00:16:29,640 --> 00:16:34,520 Speaker 1: the former Los Angeles City councilman Jose whuez Are, who's 290 00:16:34,560 --> 00:16:38,200 Speaker 1: expecting his own trial to begin next year. What do 291 00:16:38,240 --> 00:16:42,920 Speaker 1: you know? Corrupt politicians taking bribes. Really a shocker in 292 00:16:42,920 --> 00:16:45,840 Speaker 1: the world of politics. We're going to talk now more 293 00:16:45,880 --> 00:16:49,440 Speaker 1: about it from Daniel Gus the Gus Report. Welcome back 294 00:16:49,440 --> 00:16:53,880 Speaker 1: to the show. Daniel, Hey, Ken, how are you thank 295 00:16:53,920 --> 00:16:57,040 Speaker 1: you for having me back? Yeah, no problem. So this 296 00:16:57,120 --> 00:17:00,360 Speaker 1: involves a developer who's known simply by the name David Lee. 297 00:17:00,440 --> 00:17:04,320 Speaker 1: His name was day Young Lee, and he wanted to 298 00:17:04,359 --> 00:17:07,800 Speaker 1: get I guess, a twenty story tower built in downtown LA. 299 00:17:08,000 --> 00:17:13,359 Speaker 1: But there was something in the way, huh yeah, union opposition, 300 00:17:13,680 --> 00:17:18,360 Speaker 1: politically connected union opposition that had to be taken care 301 00:17:18,400 --> 00:17:21,280 Speaker 1: of one way or the other. And the fixers for 302 00:17:21,520 --> 00:17:24,920 Speaker 1: city hall was one who's a we's Are council member 303 00:17:24,920 --> 00:17:29,000 Speaker 1: at the time of the area in downtown LA. Right. 304 00:17:29,160 --> 00:17:32,479 Speaker 1: So the allegation is that a deal was made if 305 00:17:32,520 --> 00:17:36,200 Speaker 1: money was funneled through middlemen to we's Are, that we's 306 00:17:36,240 --> 00:17:40,359 Speaker 1: Are would help pave the way for the project. Right, 307 00:17:40,560 --> 00:17:44,560 Speaker 1: And there's no honor among thieves when the federal prosecutors 308 00:17:44,560 --> 00:17:48,320 Speaker 1: and the FBI step in and they're the real heroes here, 309 00:17:49,240 --> 00:17:52,280 Speaker 1: So no honor among thieves. It was a guy by 310 00:17:52,400 --> 00:17:56,440 Speaker 1: name of Justin Kim working on behalf of David Lee, 311 00:17:56,560 --> 00:17:59,240 Speaker 1: and a guy by the name of Georgia Sparza working 312 00:17:59,280 --> 00:18:02,200 Speaker 1: on behalf of Jose weez Are, both of whom were 313 00:18:02,359 --> 00:18:05,240 Speaker 1: paid with our tax dollars. And so they were all 314 00:18:05,240 --> 00:18:09,800 Speaker 1: basically playing hot potato with a big box of hundreds 315 00:18:09,840 --> 00:18:14,120 Speaker 1: of one hundred dollars bills, thousands of them apparently. And 316 00:18:14,720 --> 00:18:17,200 Speaker 1: now did the money actually make its way to weez 317 00:18:17,280 --> 00:18:20,880 Speaker 1: Are from his middleman? Did they get proof of that. Well, 318 00:18:20,960 --> 00:18:23,919 Speaker 1: you know, just like rats. Every time a rat passes cheese, 319 00:18:24,000 --> 00:18:27,240 Speaker 1: each rat takes a bite. So I don't know how 320 00:18:27,320 --> 00:18:30,879 Speaker 1: much reached from David Lee to Jose wes Are because 321 00:18:30,920 --> 00:18:34,480 Speaker 1: apparently Justin Kim took a few nibbles, and Georgia Spars 322 00:18:34,480 --> 00:18:37,120 Speaker 1: and took a few nibbles, and who knows who else 323 00:18:37,200 --> 00:18:40,000 Speaker 1: was nibbling at it along the way. So apparently a 324 00:18:40,040 --> 00:18:42,520 Speaker 1: lot of it did reach weis Are, but not what 325 00:18:42,680 --> 00:18:46,000 Speaker 1: was in the box at the beginning of the transfer 326 00:18:46,040 --> 00:18:49,760 Speaker 1: of those hundred dollars bills. Yeah, so the middleman, I 327 00:18:49,760 --> 00:18:52,320 Speaker 1: mean a Spars has played guilty. Ready, that was Wez 328 00:18:52,359 --> 00:18:55,520 Speaker 1: AARs middleman. That's really bad news for him. Did Kim also, 329 00:18:55,640 --> 00:18:57,080 Speaker 1: does he spell have a case coming up or did 330 00:18:57,080 --> 00:19:00,640 Speaker 1: he plead guilty? He's the middleman for the business. According 331 00:19:00,680 --> 00:19:03,240 Speaker 1: to the La Times David Johniser, who's the Ly Times 332 00:19:03,240 --> 00:19:05,639 Speaker 1: point person on this, both Kim and as far As 333 00:19:05,680 --> 00:19:09,360 Speaker 1: are waiting awaiting sentencing, and obviously their sentencing has can 334 00:19:09,400 --> 00:19:11,880 Speaker 1: depend a lot on how good the dirt they have 335 00:19:12,480 --> 00:19:16,040 Speaker 1: is and how how reliable they are as witnesses. But 336 00:19:16,080 --> 00:19:19,040 Speaker 1: they are the middlemen, and the middlemen, you know, why 337 00:19:19,160 --> 00:19:21,959 Speaker 1: why would why would they sacrifice their lives? They're all 338 00:19:22,040 --> 00:19:25,000 Speaker 1: ready in enough trouble. You know, when you're when you 339 00:19:25,119 --> 00:19:27,320 Speaker 1: when you've done yourself a hole, stop digging and try 340 00:19:27,359 --> 00:19:30,640 Speaker 1: to climb out. Yeah, and I suppose, from what I understand, 341 00:19:30,680 --> 00:19:34,000 Speaker 1: the defense for David Lee, the real estate developer who 342 00:19:34,040 --> 00:19:37,240 Speaker 1: paid the five hundred thousand dollars cash bribe, was that 343 00:19:38,680 --> 00:19:41,720 Speaker 1: the middlemen conspired to do this on their own. Is 344 00:19:41,720 --> 00:19:45,840 Speaker 1: that sort of what he was saying? Yeah? Right, what's 345 00:19:45,880 --> 00:19:49,679 Speaker 1: the phrase here, something about well, now he's willing to 346 00:19:49,720 --> 00:19:53,159 Speaker 1: do or saying anything to save himself, according to a 347 00:19:53,200 --> 00:19:57,200 Speaker 1: certain defense attorney. But he's a businessman. He just trusted 348 00:19:57,200 --> 00:20:00,560 Speaker 1: the wrong person, David Lee. So no, no, no, no, 349 00:20:00,560 --> 00:20:03,240 Speaker 1: no, no no, you don't become the CEO of a company 350 00:20:03,400 --> 00:20:06,520 Speaker 1: and then you're the victim of the middleman that isn't 351 00:20:06,560 --> 00:20:09,480 Speaker 1: going to apply. Well, we work for Lee. It's not 352 00:20:09,520 --> 00:20:12,000 Speaker 1: going to work for Weasar either. I don't. I have 353 00:20:12,080 --> 00:20:15,720 Speaker 1: my own theories as to why Wes Are is holding out. Yeah, 354 00:20:15,760 --> 00:20:17,520 Speaker 1: well we'll get to in a moment. But justin Kim, 355 00:20:17,520 --> 00:20:19,120 Speaker 1: I want to talk about. This guy is the political 356 00:20:19,160 --> 00:20:21,680 Speaker 1: fixer and campaign fundraiser, and he picked up the cash 357 00:20:21,720 --> 00:20:23,960 Speaker 1: from Lee and he gave it to this aid to 358 00:20:24,000 --> 00:20:27,840 Speaker 1: Weazar Esparza. So what Lee is telling us, Oh, I 359 00:20:27,880 --> 00:20:29,440 Speaker 1: didn't know he was going to do this? Then what 360 00:20:29,560 --> 00:20:33,240 Speaker 1: did you think the five hundred thousand dollars was? Four? Yeah? 361 00:20:33,280 --> 00:20:36,520 Speaker 1: I think what was? What did they say that that? Uh? 362 00:20:36,800 --> 00:20:41,000 Speaker 1: You know, the differt speculation? I want like the consulting fees, 363 00:20:41,160 --> 00:20:45,280 Speaker 1: like legitimate consulting fees. Come on, come on, you're going 364 00:20:45,320 --> 00:20:48,600 Speaker 1: to tell that to a federal judge. Yeah, we are 365 00:20:48,960 --> 00:20:51,639 Speaker 1: federal judges. Don't look around on that stuff. Do you 366 00:20:51,640 --> 00:20:53,720 Speaker 1: think we are? It's got a plea here because this 367 00:20:53,520 --> 00:20:57,960 Speaker 1: is this is does not look good for this guy. Well, 368 00:20:58,040 --> 00:21:01,320 Speaker 1: here's here's the tragedy about as they weez are. He 369 00:21:01,480 --> 00:21:06,840 Speaker 1: is twenty five years as his wife, Rachelle Riot's weez are. 370 00:21:07,080 --> 00:21:11,200 Speaker 1: They're both twenty five years out of UCLA law school. 371 00:21:11,880 --> 00:21:16,359 Speaker 1: They should be rolling in good, honest, hard earned money. 372 00:21:16,760 --> 00:21:19,760 Speaker 1: He should have been running for mayor this year by now, 373 00:21:20,520 --> 00:21:23,760 Speaker 1: and then governor or whatever. His story. Everything on paper 374 00:21:24,160 --> 00:21:26,040 Speaker 1: said it was going to be this guy is the 375 00:21:26,040 --> 00:21:32,399 Speaker 1: future total immigrants success story. And so what was the 376 00:21:32,480 --> 00:21:35,080 Speaker 1: plan there? I don't know what they were thinking. I 377 00:21:35,119 --> 00:21:38,200 Speaker 1: can't imagine a guy like Weezare, who went to Berkeley, 378 00:21:38,480 --> 00:21:41,959 Speaker 1: who went to Princeton, who went to UCLA Law and 379 00:21:42,200 --> 00:21:45,159 Speaker 1: passed the bar. I can't believe he's smart enough to 380 00:21:45,200 --> 00:21:48,160 Speaker 1: graduate from all three of those schools and dumb enough 381 00:21:48,440 --> 00:21:50,720 Speaker 1: not to play this hand. But his whole life depends 382 00:21:50,720 --> 00:21:53,160 Speaker 1: on his hands in his early fifty then his life 383 00:21:53,160 --> 00:21:56,040 Speaker 1: depends on this if he goes to trial. He's not 384 00:21:56,119 --> 00:22:00,399 Speaker 1: as smart as I think that he is. Let me 385 00:22:00,440 --> 00:22:03,040 Speaker 1: ask you this too. Was this this case or another 386 00:22:03,080 --> 00:22:05,320 Speaker 1: case where we's Are was spotted with the poker chips 387 00:22:05,320 --> 00:22:09,360 Speaker 1: in Vegas? Is that another broad case? Well, I think 388 00:22:09,400 --> 00:22:12,439 Speaker 1: that's the one that's coming up. I believe that's the 389 00:22:12,480 --> 00:22:15,200 Speaker 1: one that's coming up against shen Zen. Now that's a 390 00:22:15,280 --> 00:22:17,680 Speaker 1: story that I wrote about four years ago for City Watch, 391 00:22:17,840 --> 00:22:21,320 Speaker 1: LA and yeah and again. On paper, wes Are is 392 00:22:21,320 --> 00:22:25,960 Speaker 1: this very successful, intelligent, studious guy. But he's playing in 393 00:22:26,000 --> 00:22:32,879 Speaker 1: the high stakes suites of these elegant Vegas casinos and 394 00:22:33,080 --> 00:22:37,240 Speaker 1: whichness billionaire in a room that only billionaires can play 395 00:22:37,280 --> 00:22:40,399 Speaker 1: in or rock stars can play in. And wes Are, 396 00:22:40,440 --> 00:22:42,680 Speaker 1: who makes about two were made about two hundred thousand 397 00:22:42,720 --> 00:22:45,480 Speaker 1: dollars a year, is playing with his five hundred and 398 00:22:45,520 --> 00:22:49,119 Speaker 1: thousand and five thousand dollars chips and thank god for 399 00:22:49,160 --> 00:22:51,960 Speaker 1: the for the security people at the Vegas Hotels said, 400 00:22:52,000 --> 00:22:55,119 Speaker 1: wait a minute, this is what's called a politically exposed person. 401 00:22:55,560 --> 00:22:58,639 Speaker 1: They recognize We's are and they, you know, when the 402 00:22:58,680 --> 00:23:02,880 Speaker 1: billionaire stepped aside, they since to sign a declaration. Weisar's 403 00:23:02,920 --> 00:23:04,800 Speaker 1: an attorney and he knew not to sign it, which 404 00:23:04,840 --> 00:23:08,360 Speaker 1: he said, he's gambling with his own money because the biggest, 405 00:23:08,840 --> 00:23:12,239 Speaker 1: the biggest gambling commission would shut down at casino right 406 00:23:12,280 --> 00:23:15,120 Speaker 1: away if they found out that a high end casino 407 00:23:16,119 --> 00:23:19,120 Speaker 1: was allowing the politically exposed person to bet way more 408 00:23:19,160 --> 00:23:23,960 Speaker 1: than their income would suggest, So you know, so yeah, 409 00:23:24,200 --> 00:23:28,040 Speaker 1: so they're they're playing with money that he clearly didn't 410 00:23:28,080 --> 00:23:31,960 Speaker 1: earn with people who have whose money obviously seemed to 411 00:23:32,000 --> 00:23:34,080 Speaker 1: be so so yeah, I think I think that's the 412 00:23:34,080 --> 00:23:37,480 Speaker 1: one that's coming up next. And I predicted that a 413 00:23:37,480 --> 00:23:40,080 Speaker 1: trial which is coming up soon. I predicted that in 414 00:23:40,119 --> 00:23:44,200 Speaker 1: a City Watch article dated November nineteen, twenty eighteen. Because 415 00:23:44,200 --> 00:23:47,800 Speaker 1: the FBI, you heard about their raid of Weisar's office 416 00:23:47,880 --> 00:23:51,240 Speaker 1: and of Reasour's home, but you haven't heard about this 417 00:23:51,320 --> 00:23:55,320 Speaker 1: other raid that the FBI did in a office building 418 00:23:55,760 --> 00:23:59,760 Speaker 1: about a mile away from City Hall, where I believe 419 00:24:00,000 --> 00:24:02,760 Speaker 1: a theory of what went on there is called concealed occupancy, 420 00:24:03,080 --> 00:24:06,880 Speaker 1: where there's an entity of business or some sort of 421 00:24:07,160 --> 00:24:10,199 Speaker 1: the shell company that appeared to be operating in a 422 00:24:10,359 --> 00:24:14,320 Speaker 1: high rise near downtown La. I went to the building 423 00:24:14,520 --> 00:24:19,560 Speaker 1: very innocuously, and the lobby of this other high rise 424 00:24:19,640 --> 00:24:23,040 Speaker 1: in downtown La doesn't have security at the front desk, 425 00:24:23,600 --> 00:24:27,160 Speaker 1: so because there wasn't, I took a photo of every 426 00:24:27,600 --> 00:24:30,920 Speaker 1: name in the directory, and I wanted to see are 427 00:24:31,000 --> 00:24:35,560 Speaker 1: those suites that are empty actually occupied? And there did 428 00:24:35,600 --> 00:24:41,440 Speaker 1: appear to be some sort of business in suites in 429 00:24:41,480 --> 00:24:44,960 Speaker 1: this high rise near city Hall that wasn't listed on 430 00:24:45,000 --> 00:24:48,359 Speaker 1: the building directory. And I think that's where the next 431 00:24:48,480 --> 00:24:53,199 Speaker 1: trial is coming up against the against Shenzen, whose CEO 432 00:24:53,320 --> 00:24:55,600 Speaker 1: is apparently a fugitive now according to the LA Time. 433 00:24:56,480 --> 00:24:58,320 Speaker 1: All right, Daniel, it's always a pleasure to talk to you. 434 00:24:58,400 --> 00:25:01,400 Speaker 1: Thanks a lot for coming on, Thank you for having 435 00:25:01,440 --> 00:25:04,680 Speaker 1: me anytime, sir. All Right, Daniels, the Gusts report really 436 00:25:04,680 --> 00:25:08,280 Speaker 1: knows LA politics inside and out. We're talking to about 437 00:25:08,280 --> 00:25:11,960 Speaker 1: this former La City Councilman Jose wheez Are who apparently 438 00:25:12,040 --> 00:25:15,240 Speaker 1: didn't think he was making enough money, so he was 439 00:25:15,240 --> 00:25:18,679 Speaker 1: taking bribes and he's got a trial coming up. But 440 00:25:18,720 --> 00:25:21,119 Speaker 1: one of the real estate developers who did bribe him 441 00:25:21,240 --> 00:25:23,480 Speaker 1: has been found guilty. Mark coming up of the John 442 00:25:23,520 --> 00:25:26,000 Speaker 1: and Ken Show here on KFI, Debra Mark, you're a 443 00:25:26,000 --> 00:25:29,199 Speaker 1: resident of the city of Los Angeles. Yes, I am, Well, 444 00:25:29,240 --> 00:25:33,080 Speaker 1: where is the tree you're supposed to plant? Yeah? I 445 00:25:33,119 --> 00:25:36,600 Speaker 1: haven't gotten to that yet. Back in two thousand and six, 446 00:25:36,640 --> 00:25:39,520 Speaker 1: when Tony Vlair was the mayor, there was a plan 447 00:25:39,600 --> 00:25:43,800 Speaker 1: to plant a million trees. We had one of the 448 00:25:43,840 --> 00:25:46,520 Speaker 1: top aids to Tony Volair on the show, although that 449 00:25:46,600 --> 00:25:49,680 Speaker 1: was the Pothole program. Anyway, they came up way short 450 00:25:49,760 --> 00:25:52,160 Speaker 1: a million trees in the city of LA to be planted. 451 00:25:52,400 --> 00:25:55,440 Speaker 1: Come on, let's go. Yeah, according to the Al Sagunto Times, 452 00:25:55,960 --> 00:25:59,440 Speaker 1: by April twenty thirteen, seven years later, they did plant 453 00:25:59,480 --> 00:26:01,480 Speaker 1: a little more four hundred thousand. I remember when we 454 00:26:01,520 --> 00:26:03,000 Speaker 1: did this story, because I don't think we covered it 455 00:26:03,400 --> 00:26:06,040 Speaker 1: for that many years. But they were way short of 456 00:26:06,040 --> 00:26:09,800 Speaker 1: the goal. The goal this time, which was supposed to 457 00:26:09,840 --> 00:26:12,720 Speaker 1: be by the year twenty twenty one. LA's Green New 458 00:26:12,800 --> 00:26:16,480 Speaker 1: Deal and this horrific mayor that Los Angeles has, Eric 459 00:26:16,520 --> 00:26:21,480 Speaker 1: Garcity was to plant ninety thousand trees. So I ask again, 460 00:26:21,560 --> 00:26:25,480 Speaker 1: Deborah Market, did you plant a tree? I didn't plant 461 00:26:25,520 --> 00:26:30,200 Speaker 1: a tree, but I planted flowers and suck you. No, 462 00:26:31,680 --> 00:26:35,200 Speaker 1: the tree is the canopy to protect people from the 463 00:26:35,240 --> 00:26:39,520 Speaker 1: horrific damage of climate change. Trees are tall with lots 464 00:26:39,560 --> 00:26:43,200 Speaker 1: of leafy blockage. Your little flowers aren't going to help, 465 00:26:44,640 --> 00:26:46,800 Speaker 1: so I feel bad for you. So to date we're 466 00:26:46,840 --> 00:26:49,360 Speaker 1: not the only one. Sixty five thousand trees have been planted. 467 00:26:49,680 --> 00:26:53,399 Speaker 1: So it's a year after the goal and there are 468 00:26:53,640 --> 00:27:00,480 Speaker 1: twenty five thousand trees short of the goal and the program. 469 00:27:00,040 --> 00:27:04,200 Speaker 1: And by the way, to get this done, he actually 470 00:27:05,000 --> 00:27:09,760 Speaker 1: appointed a woman. I think we talked about this at 471 00:27:09,760 --> 00:27:13,680 Speaker 1: the time. They contracted with a company called City Plants 472 00:27:14,400 --> 00:27:17,439 Speaker 1: to work with community organizations and nonprofits to get the 473 00:27:17,440 --> 00:27:23,159 Speaker 1: trees planted and cared for, and Garcetti actually appointed a 474 00:27:23,200 --> 00:27:27,000 Speaker 1: woman to be in charge of this tree program. They 475 00:27:27,040 --> 00:27:31,520 Speaker 1: created a Tree Ambassador program last year to find leaders 476 00:27:31,680 --> 00:27:34,840 Speaker 1: in here we are. It's even with the trees. It's 477 00:27:34,840 --> 00:27:41,439 Speaker 1: about equity historically disadvantaged neighborhoods and assist them in planting 478 00:27:41,520 --> 00:27:46,280 Speaker 1: and caring for trees in their community. This began in 479 00:27:46,359 --> 00:27:50,359 Speaker 1: September of last year, and so far they've planted four 480 00:27:50,440 --> 00:27:55,600 Speaker 1: hundred trees. How they're framing this now is that it's 481 00:27:55,640 --> 00:27:59,080 Speaker 1: not so much about hitting ninety thousand trees, but it's 482 00:27:59,119 --> 00:28:03,520 Speaker 1: about planting as many trees as we can in the 483 00:28:03,760 --> 00:28:07,879 Speaker 1: historically disadvantaged neighborhoods that are going to suffer the most 484 00:28:08,560 --> 00:28:11,840 Speaker 1: from the climate. You see, Debra Mark probably lives in 485 00:28:11,880 --> 00:28:17,359 Speaker 1: a leafy, green, abundant suburban neighborhood, but you know, in 486 00:28:17,440 --> 00:28:21,480 Speaker 1: some sections of LA that are all cement, what they'd 487 00:28:21,520 --> 00:28:24,120 Speaker 1: like to do is tear up a portion and stick 488 00:28:24,119 --> 00:28:26,480 Speaker 1: a tree in there. And of course, what we've learned 489 00:28:26,480 --> 00:28:29,479 Speaker 1: over the years in LA is that the tree roots 490 00:28:29,960 --> 00:28:34,280 Speaker 1: eventually expand, tear up the sidewalk and create a hazard 491 00:28:34,280 --> 00:28:36,480 Speaker 1: for anybody trying to get around. I have seen that 492 00:28:36,520 --> 00:28:39,040 Speaker 1: in so many LA neighborhoods, what the tree roots have 493 00:28:39,120 --> 00:28:43,080 Speaker 1: done to the sidewalk. Oh, I've tripped before. Oh it's horrible. 494 00:28:43,120 --> 00:28:45,560 Speaker 1: I couldn't even imagine. Some people ride bicycles over them. 495 00:28:45,560 --> 00:28:49,080 Speaker 1: Surprised they didn't break their necks going into that. So 496 00:28:49,200 --> 00:28:53,840 Speaker 1: they came up with all of this bureaucracy to plant 497 00:28:54,080 --> 00:28:59,080 Speaker 1: trees because of this obsession over climate change. The thing 498 00:28:59,080 --> 00:29:02,640 Speaker 1: I found interesting, and here's how it works. You can 499 00:29:02,720 --> 00:29:06,040 Speaker 1: request a street tree, but you have to plant it 500 00:29:06,080 --> 00:29:10,360 Speaker 1: in the public right away and have to sign a 501 00:29:10,400 --> 00:29:14,120 Speaker 1: commitment to water form promising to care for the tree 502 00:29:14,120 --> 00:29:16,840 Speaker 1: for the first three to five years of life, which 503 00:29:16,920 --> 00:29:20,920 Speaker 1: means a deep watering of ten to fifteen gallons of 504 00:29:20,960 --> 00:29:23,600 Speaker 1: water once a week using a hose or a bucket. 505 00:29:23,640 --> 00:29:28,040 Speaker 1: I thought we're in that. You can't be out there 506 00:29:28,080 --> 00:29:33,200 Speaker 1: water and trees ten to fifteen gallons a week. No way. 507 00:29:34,000 --> 00:29:36,280 Speaker 1: After the three year mark, the trees will become the 508 00:29:36,280 --> 00:29:42,560 Speaker 1: responsibility of something called the Urban Forestry Division. So once 509 00:29:42,600 --> 00:29:46,680 Speaker 1: again playing at the margins. I mean, honestly, this is 510 00:29:46,720 --> 00:29:52,160 Speaker 1: another dopey Eric Garcetti legacy, which actually picked up from 511 00:29:52,200 --> 00:29:56,000 Speaker 1: the previous mayor, Tony Volair about planting trees to save 512 00:29:56,200 --> 00:30:00,080 Speaker 1: La from climate change. Yeah, her name is a forest off. 513 00:30:00,480 --> 00:30:06,720 Speaker 1: That's right. LA's first forest officer is Rachel Malarich, who 514 00:30:06,760 --> 00:30:11,120 Speaker 1: heads the Urban Forestry Division. Oh, I should look up 515 00:30:11,120 --> 00:30:14,640 Speaker 1: what she makes. The city authorized the network of nonprofits 516 00:30:14,640 --> 00:30:18,040 Speaker 1: and then these community ambassadors to aid and encourage residents 517 00:30:18,040 --> 00:30:21,560 Speaker 1: to plant the much needed trees. All Right, when I 518 00:30:21,640 --> 00:30:25,280 Speaker 1: come back, we'll talk about the horror that was discovered 519 00:30:25,640 --> 00:30:30,440 Speaker 1: down in Texas. In San Antonio, forty eight people were 520 00:30:30,440 --> 00:30:32,800 Speaker 1: found dead in the back of a tractor trailer. These 521 00:30:32,800 --> 00:30:36,680 Speaker 1: are migrants getting into the United States. Alex Stone will 522 00:30:36,680 --> 00:30:39,360 Speaker 1: have the latest on the story after the news. KFI 523 00:30:39,600 --> 00:30:41,880 Speaker 1: Am six forty The John and Ken Show, and Deborah 524 00:30:41,920 --> 00:30:44,040 Speaker 1: Mark has the news. 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