1 00:00:00,640 --> 00:00:02,040 Speaker 1: Can't. I am six forty. 2 00:00:02,120 --> 00:00:05,560 Speaker 2: You're listening to the John Cobelt Podcast on the iHeartRadio app. 3 00:00:06,400 --> 00:00:06,840 Speaker 1: Every day. 4 00:00:06,880 --> 00:00:09,039 Speaker 2: We do this from one until four o'clock and then 5 00:00:09,080 --> 00:00:12,080 Speaker 2: after four o'clock John Cobelt Show on demand on the 6 00:00:12,119 --> 00:00:14,600 Speaker 2: iHeart app. All right, we're gonna get John Alley on again. 7 00:00:14,880 --> 00:00:19,680 Speaker 2: John Ally a businessman who owns business properties in Santa 8 00:00:19,720 --> 00:00:24,160 Speaker 2: Monica and also in MacArthur Park in near downtown Los Angeles, 9 00:00:24,640 --> 00:00:28,760 Speaker 2: and we had him on last week and we just 10 00:00:28,960 --> 00:00:31,000 Speaker 2: ran out of time. There was a lot more to cover, 11 00:00:31,120 --> 00:00:34,240 Speaker 2: so we've got more time right now, and let's talk 12 00:00:34,280 --> 00:00:34,680 Speaker 2: to John. 13 00:00:37,720 --> 00:00:37,960 Speaker 1: John. 14 00:00:38,000 --> 00:00:41,080 Speaker 3: You there, Hi, John, good to be on. 15 00:00:41,240 --> 00:00:44,320 Speaker 2: Yeah, thanks, thanks for coming back on. We just played 16 00:00:44,800 --> 00:00:49,480 Speaker 2: some of the audio from the video you'd posted, were 17 00:00:49,520 --> 00:00:53,440 Speaker 2: you and LAPD officer were talking to this homeless couple 18 00:00:53,840 --> 00:01:00,440 Speaker 2: who were apparently flown from out of state by a rehabitity. 19 00:01:00,480 --> 00:01:05,320 Speaker 2: They were trafficked and there was a insurance company connected 20 00:01:05,360 --> 00:01:07,839 Speaker 2: to this con. You flesh out some of the details 21 00:01:07,840 --> 00:01:10,720 Speaker 2: here so people understand just what kind of a racket 22 00:01:10,760 --> 00:01:14,440 Speaker 2: is going on here and how these people are being 23 00:01:14,520 --> 00:01:19,120 Speaker 2: trafficked and just left out in the street at the 24 00:01:19,240 --> 00:01:19,560 Speaker 2: end of. 25 00:01:19,520 --> 00:01:26,760 Speaker 3: It, exactly what's happening. We have reac clinics here with 26 00:01:26,880 --> 00:01:32,480 Speaker 3: representatives in three to four other states recruiting people to 27 00:01:32,600 --> 00:01:37,360 Speaker 3: come to LA to their reab clinic here, whether it 28 00:01:37,360 --> 00:01:40,160 Speaker 3: be in Culver City, Fan Eyes, and a lot of 29 00:01:40,160 --> 00:01:43,399 Speaker 3: them still open two, three, four months, maybe a year. 30 00:01:43,760 --> 00:01:47,800 Speaker 3: Then they get shut down because they're found out their insurance. 31 00:01:47,880 --> 00:01:51,200 Speaker 3: They work with the insurance companies, their insurance cuts off 32 00:01:51,640 --> 00:01:55,320 Speaker 3: the funding for this after forty five to sixty days, 33 00:01:55,800 --> 00:02:01,120 Speaker 3: and they're actually driven to MacArthur Park. Is driven. Most 34 00:02:01,160 --> 00:02:04,280 Speaker 3: are driven to MacArthur Park or skid Row. One was 35 00:02:04,360 --> 00:02:07,520 Speaker 3: driven to a Santa Monica park And we're seeing this 36 00:02:07,760 --> 00:02:11,560 Speaker 3: all the time. If you see the words MacArthur Park 37 00:02:12,240 --> 00:02:15,800 Speaker 3: mayor and CD one council member in the last ten years, 38 00:02:16,320 --> 00:02:20,640 Speaker 3: all that means is failure, drugs, cartels, gangs and loss 39 00:02:20,639 --> 00:02:26,240 Speaker 3: of income. In our view, baths and the council member 40 00:02:27,200 --> 00:02:32,160 Speaker 3: of District one, they're community organizers. They've never run a business. 41 00:02:32,720 --> 00:02:38,080 Speaker 3: They've spent twenty seven million to revitalize the park, and 42 00:02:38,120 --> 00:02:43,160 Speaker 3: they treat the transparency as a burden. They've done everything 43 00:02:43,200 --> 00:02:47,600 Speaker 3: but more police presence. So we searched the emails and 44 00:02:48,400 --> 00:02:52,400 Speaker 3: we got hard copy contracts, and we found out something 45 00:02:52,639 --> 00:02:59,520 Speaker 3: very very unusual quietly through its department, the city's Department 46 00:02:59,560 --> 00:03:04,360 Speaker 3: of Disability, they contracted with the Sidewalk Project that's a 47 00:03:04,440 --> 00:03:08,840 Speaker 3: firm using our tax dollars a group small group to 48 00:03:08,919 --> 00:03:15,000 Speaker 3: handout needles, meth pipes, and then unsus Hernandez of CD 49 00:03:15,160 --> 00:03:18,840 Speaker 3: one authorized on our own an additional one hundred and 50 00:03:18,880 --> 00:03:22,280 Speaker 3: sixty thousand dollars to expand it. So they're getting paid 51 00:03:22,320 --> 00:03:25,680 Speaker 3: eighty eight thousand a year on an on exclusive basis, 52 00:03:25,680 --> 00:03:29,120 Speaker 3: which means the city can hire additional nonprofits to do 53 00:03:29,160 --> 00:03:32,720 Speaker 3: the same thing. And they're doing it. There's USC there's 54 00:03:32,800 --> 00:03:41,120 Speaker 3: UCLA Street Team, there's the people concerned. The police officers 55 00:03:41,360 --> 00:03:44,080 Speaker 3: that are doing their jobs as sworn officers in the 56 00:03:44,120 --> 00:03:49,720 Speaker 3: park and the surrounding area don't like it. They describe 57 00:03:49,720 --> 00:03:54,000 Speaker 3: this group as nothing but negative and they have negative 58 00:03:54,000 --> 00:03:56,960 Speaker 3: interactions with them, and they're. 59 00:03:56,800 --> 00:03:59,880 Speaker 2: Handing out The group is handing out needles and met 60 00:04:00,080 --> 00:04:01,920 Speaker 2: pipes in MacArthur Park. 61 00:04:03,160 --> 00:04:05,720 Speaker 3: It's funded by the city. Much of this is funded 62 00:04:06,120 --> 00:04:09,560 Speaker 3: in other areas by the county. In MacArthur Park it's 63 00:04:09,600 --> 00:04:13,240 Speaker 3: funded by the city. And it's a case of ideology 64 00:04:13,480 --> 00:04:17,040 Speaker 3: crashing into a reality. Of crime and death. These people 65 00:04:17,080 --> 00:04:20,360 Speaker 3: are dying on the streets five to sixth a day. 66 00:04:21,040 --> 00:04:28,040 Speaker 3: It's awful. And I found it very strange because when 67 00:04:28,120 --> 00:04:31,200 Speaker 3: I last spoke after the fires, when I last spoke 68 00:04:31,240 --> 00:04:37,200 Speaker 3: to Mayor Bath at the beginning of February, end of January, 69 00:04:38,400 --> 00:04:42,560 Speaker 3: she I asked her if she would come out and 70 00:04:44,120 --> 00:04:48,160 Speaker 3: in opposition to and really forced out the drug dealers, 71 00:04:49,120 --> 00:04:50,880 Speaker 3: got rid of the drug dealers, We get rid of 72 00:04:51,200 --> 00:04:53,279 Speaker 3: a lot of the drug traffic and the drug use. 73 00:04:54,240 --> 00:05:00,560 Speaker 3: She said yes, She said she was totally against needled distribution. 74 00:05:01,560 --> 00:05:06,120 Speaker 3: I said, Mayor, can I quote you on that? She said, yes, 75 00:05:06,200 --> 00:05:13,839 Speaker 3: you can. Then we met again with the city the 76 00:05:13,839 --> 00:05:19,000 Speaker 3: police chief, Jim O'Donnell and her, and then I met 77 00:05:19,520 --> 00:05:23,679 Speaker 3: with Jim O'Donnell in his office and both of them said, 78 00:05:23,680 --> 00:05:28,640 Speaker 3: we're against the program. It's wrong, and we'll speak out 79 00:05:28,680 --> 00:05:32,320 Speaker 3: against it. They've been dead silent about it. So we 80 00:05:32,440 --> 00:05:36,040 Speaker 3: dug through the records in last July, so six months 81 00:05:36,080 --> 00:05:40,800 Speaker 3: prior to this, three conversations we had. We found out 82 00:05:40,800 --> 00:05:48,040 Speaker 3: that they institute this contract with interestingly, the Department of Disabilities, 83 00:05:48,360 --> 00:05:53,440 Speaker 3: So we try to Department of Disability would go unseen 84 00:05:53,600 --> 00:05:57,159 Speaker 3: and unheard of it was approved in a batch of 85 00:05:57,200 --> 00:05:59,800 Speaker 3: items by our La City Council, so. 86 00:06:01,800 --> 00:06:03,400 Speaker 1: They buried it to hide it. 87 00:06:04,000 --> 00:06:09,000 Speaker 2: And after after Jim McDonald, Jim O'Donnell and Karen Bass 88 00:06:09,040 --> 00:06:13,560 Speaker 2: promised you that they were going to stop this. No 89 00:06:13,640 --> 00:06:19,880 Speaker 2: more needles, no more meth pipes. Bass signed contracts. Really 90 00:06:21,560 --> 00:06:24,760 Speaker 2: it's a one year contract with four annual automatic extensions 91 00:06:24,800 --> 00:06:27,200 Speaker 2: to five year contract to hand out these needles and 92 00:06:27,240 --> 00:06:28,200 Speaker 2: met pipes. 93 00:06:29,200 --> 00:06:34,120 Speaker 3: And with regular meetings. But there's no difference. There's been 94 00:06:34,200 --> 00:06:37,400 Speaker 3: no meetings that we know of, and there's no definition 95 00:06:37,480 --> 00:06:42,400 Speaker 3: of what their success is. How do they define success, Well, there. 96 00:06:42,240 --> 00:06:45,000 Speaker 2: Can't How there can't be success If you're giving drug 97 00:06:45,000 --> 00:06:48,080 Speaker 2: addicts needles and met pipes, it means they'll take more 98 00:06:48,160 --> 00:06:49,560 Speaker 2: drugs and then they're gonna die. 99 00:06:49,839 --> 00:06:50,799 Speaker 1: There's no success. 100 00:06:52,160 --> 00:06:55,200 Speaker 3: It's not saying the insiders. One of the insiders at 101 00:06:55,200 --> 00:06:59,160 Speaker 3: city Hall are one of the staff people told us uh, 102 00:07:00,080 --> 00:07:02,640 Speaker 3: that's how this group got introduced to the city and 103 00:07:02,680 --> 00:07:07,640 Speaker 3: to unitsus Hernandez who pushed this hard. The mission statement, 104 00:07:08,279 --> 00:07:12,120 Speaker 3: sidewalk project, they're they're near skid Row, right in the 105 00:07:12,160 --> 00:07:17,120 Speaker 3: midst of skid row. Quote, they're honored to provide syringe 106 00:07:17,160 --> 00:07:23,440 Speaker 3: access services. They aim to empower homeless communities around the world. 107 00:07:23,960 --> 00:07:28,000 Speaker 2: Yeah, empower, it's a it's a great. 108 00:07:27,600 --> 00:07:28,800 Speaker 1: Yeah, right, you know what it is. 109 00:07:29,040 --> 00:07:31,960 Speaker 2: They're all making They're all making a lot of money 110 00:07:32,000 --> 00:07:34,920 Speaker 2: off off the taxes, off the taxpayers. 111 00:07:34,400 --> 00:07:36,320 Speaker 3: All of them, and all all all. 112 00:07:36,200 --> 00:07:39,760 Speaker 2: The silly wealthy donors do. It's just a money making enterprise. 113 00:07:40,080 --> 00:07:42,920 Speaker 2: And they have a mission statement to provide them cover, 114 00:07:43,080 --> 00:07:46,760 Speaker 2: provide them a shield to emotionally manipulate people. There is 115 00:07:46,840 --> 00:07:49,600 Speaker 2: no way handing out free needles and free meth pipes 116 00:07:49,720 --> 00:07:52,480 Speaker 2: gets anyone off drugs. It just means they're going to 117 00:07:52,560 --> 00:07:58,040 Speaker 2: die quicker. It's impossible. It's a total nonsense concept that 118 00:07:58,120 --> 00:08:00,840 Speaker 2: people have bought into because it's empathetic. 119 00:08:01,000 --> 00:08:03,240 Speaker 1: It is not empathetic. It kills people. 120 00:08:04,000 --> 00:08:08,720 Speaker 2: And these people are murderers, these groups, This is organized 121 00:08:09,320 --> 00:08:13,200 Speaker 2: killing of these drug addicts and these mental patients. 122 00:08:15,320 --> 00:08:16,560 Speaker 1: And why. 123 00:08:18,000 --> 00:08:19,480 Speaker 2: I'll let you talk to a second, but I just 124 00:08:19,480 --> 00:08:22,920 Speaker 2: got to get off this off my chest. Best is 125 00:08:22,920 --> 00:08:25,520 Speaker 2: she getting kickbacks on this? Is this is her Nada's 126 00:08:25,520 --> 00:08:29,240 Speaker 2: getting kickbacks. Why would you promote something that clearly kills 127 00:08:29,280 --> 00:08:32,280 Speaker 2: people unless you were getting a cut. 128 00:08:35,360 --> 00:08:36,120 Speaker 1: Go ahead, I'm. 129 00:08:35,960 --> 00:08:42,080 Speaker 3: Sorry, we agree, We agree, and the truth. The light 130 00:08:42,160 --> 00:08:45,079 Speaker 3: will shine on this. It's so much as occurred in 131 00:08:45,120 --> 00:08:50,160 Speaker 3: the last year, just by simple diligence. They go on, 132 00:08:50,920 --> 00:08:55,160 Speaker 3: they define they have a separate category for sex workers 133 00:08:55,400 --> 00:09:01,960 Speaker 3: and survivors. They say sex workers are marginalized people in 134 00:09:02,000 --> 00:09:09,000 Speaker 3: the world. They're criminalized, they're vulnerable creditors. Sex work is 135 00:09:09,120 --> 00:09:13,280 Speaker 3: work and we believe in decriminalization. And that's who we've 136 00:09:13,280 --> 00:09:16,720 Speaker 3: got in MacArthur Park. So how can it get better? 137 00:09:17,240 --> 00:09:18,320 Speaker 3: That's the problem. 138 00:09:18,600 --> 00:09:23,240 Speaker 2: If you legalize it, because decriminalization is a long word 139 00:09:23,280 --> 00:09:26,320 Speaker 2: for legalized. You legalize it in MacArthur Park, they're more 140 00:09:26,440 --> 00:09:30,959 Speaker 2: likely to die. Who's using the prostitutes, criminals and gang 141 00:09:31,000 --> 00:09:34,800 Speaker 2: members and drug addicts in the neighborhood high likelihood. They're 142 00:09:34,880 --> 00:09:37,320 Speaker 2: killing a certain number of prostitutes every year. 143 00:09:38,320 --> 00:09:38,920 Speaker 1: They don't care. 144 00:09:39,000 --> 00:09:41,720 Speaker 3: They're inviting it. Yeah, they've got a thout, They've got 145 00:09:42,200 --> 00:09:46,720 Speaker 3: an outpost in the park that is meant to serve 146 00:09:46,840 --> 00:09:52,040 Speaker 3: a thousand women and gender quote expansive participants. 147 00:09:52,520 --> 00:09:53,640 Speaker 1: Gender expansive. 148 00:09:56,600 --> 00:09:59,280 Speaker 3: You can good luck on identifying that. 149 00:09:59,679 --> 00:10:01,520 Speaker 1: I don't know what that means. I don't want to know. 150 00:10:06,320 --> 00:10:11,200 Speaker 2: These are all fronts, These are money making fronts, and 151 00:10:11,240 --> 00:10:14,680 Speaker 2: it's all nonsense ideology, so that people can make big 152 00:10:14,720 --> 00:10:18,080 Speaker 2: profits on prostitutes and then they die on drug addicts, 153 00:10:18,080 --> 00:10:19,959 Speaker 2: and then they die on the homeless people, and then 154 00:10:20,000 --> 00:10:20,640 Speaker 2: they die. 155 00:10:21,880 --> 00:10:24,439 Speaker 1: There is no other outcome. They'll die eventually. 156 00:10:27,000 --> 00:10:32,160 Speaker 3: We've contacted Andrew Green, who's the executive officer or the 157 00:10:32,200 --> 00:10:36,040 Speaker 3: office that have beenfrastructure for the mayor. Over the weekend, I 158 00:10:36,080 --> 00:10:39,880 Speaker 3: again texted the mayor. I sent her an email asking 159 00:10:39,920 --> 00:10:43,160 Speaker 3: her when did you know about this? Did you know 160 00:10:43,200 --> 00:10:45,800 Speaker 3: about it? Maybe you didn't know about it that she 161 00:10:45,920 --> 00:10:51,079 Speaker 3: should have no response. We reached out to the Disabilities Commission, 162 00:10:51,200 --> 00:10:56,079 Speaker 3: we reached out to Chris Lee from the city, Gina Lombardo, 163 00:10:56,720 --> 00:11:01,560 Speaker 3: Eli Everett. Nothing it to go away, and they want 164 00:11:01,559 --> 00:11:06,000 Speaker 3: this to continue. It's their de facto shelter. So we're 165 00:11:06,320 --> 00:11:09,040 Speaker 3: sick and tired of getting milked every time we turn around. 166 00:11:09,920 --> 00:11:13,040 Speaker 3: We can't even report this on three to one one 167 00:11:13,160 --> 00:11:15,120 Speaker 3: or nine to one one or two to one one. 168 00:11:15,679 --> 00:11:19,600 Speaker 3: So we posted and we're working actually with four other 169 00:11:19,720 --> 00:11:26,560 Speaker 3: cities we've just begun with the highest homeless populations centered 170 00:11:26,559 --> 00:11:29,559 Speaker 3: in their cities. We set up hotlines. We've got a 171 00:11:29,600 --> 00:11:33,120 Speaker 3: hotline for LA so if you don't have time to 172 00:11:33,120 --> 00:11:35,680 Speaker 3: follow a police report or you see something like this. 173 00:11:36,920 --> 00:11:39,640 Speaker 3: I've tried to do it and it's a two hour wait, 174 00:11:40,200 --> 00:11:42,960 Speaker 3: and I've complained after I've waited one hour, and she 175 00:11:43,080 --> 00:11:46,200 Speaker 3: said that the dispatcher has said, hey, you're really lucky. 176 00:11:46,720 --> 00:11:49,640 Speaker 3: The wait is two hours. So we have a number. 177 00:11:50,960 --> 00:11:56,679 Speaker 3: It gives you an incident report, an insurance supplement text transcript, 178 00:11:57,000 --> 00:12:01,680 Speaker 3: and it's all by AI and it can't be changed later, 179 00:12:02,600 --> 00:12:05,120 Speaker 3: which is happening all the time. Before it gets to 180 00:12:05,200 --> 00:12:10,000 Speaker 3: the DA's office, the reports are changed, things are taken out. 181 00:12:10,160 --> 00:12:13,280 Speaker 3: It won't happen this way. So we've developed this number. 182 00:12:14,800 --> 00:12:19,320 Speaker 3: We've sent back. Our group has set back with the 183 00:12:19,320 --> 00:12:24,080 Speaker 3: help of LAPD, the sworn officers dedicated on the ground 184 00:12:24,400 --> 00:12:28,200 Speaker 3: putting up with this nonsense. We've sent back in the 185 00:12:28,280 --> 00:12:33,120 Speaker 3: last four or five months thirty people to over twenty 186 00:12:33,160 --> 00:12:38,480 Speaker 3: seven different states. And the requirement is they can't have 187 00:12:38,520 --> 00:12:40,480 Speaker 3: a court here in coming up, they can't have a 188 00:12:40,480 --> 00:12:43,160 Speaker 3: warrant for their arrest. They want to go home on 189 00:12:43,200 --> 00:12:46,920 Speaker 3: their own, and they have a family member at the 190 00:12:46,960 --> 00:12:51,120 Speaker 3: point of arrival to pick him up. And we've had 191 00:12:51,120 --> 00:12:53,120 Speaker 3: one hundred percent success rate so far. 192 00:12:53,640 --> 00:12:55,360 Speaker 2: Hang on the line, Okay, we got to just do 193 00:12:55,440 --> 00:12:58,320 Speaker 2: some news. We brite back with John Alley. He's a 194 00:12:58,360 --> 00:13:01,479 Speaker 2: business owner, activist Santa Monica and Los Angeles. 195 00:13:02,080 --> 00:13:06,400 Speaker 4: You're listening to John Cobelt on demand from KFI AM 196 00:13:06,440 --> 00:13:06,960 Speaker 4: six forty. 197 00:13:08,440 --> 00:13:11,520 Speaker 2: Can't I am six forty more stimulating talk radio John 198 00:13:11,559 --> 00:13:12,200 Speaker 2: Cobelt Show. 199 00:13:12,240 --> 00:13:14,600 Speaker 1: We continue a few more minutes with John Alli. 200 00:13:14,720 --> 00:13:18,440 Speaker 2: He's the businessman here in Los Angeles and Santa Monica, 201 00:13:18,600 --> 00:13:22,920 Speaker 2: just fighting all the insane policies from these destructive politicians, 202 00:13:23,000 --> 00:13:25,960 Speaker 2: especially when it comes to homelessness and all the crime connected. 203 00:13:27,600 --> 00:13:33,000 Speaker 2: Can I ask you just one more question about this 204 00:13:33,000 --> 00:13:39,200 Speaker 2: this human trafficking issue where these drug rehab facilities are 205 00:13:39,720 --> 00:13:44,040 Speaker 2: flying in drug addicts from out of state and they'll 206 00:13:44,080 --> 00:13:47,320 Speaker 2: stay for a few weeks and insurance covers it and 207 00:13:47,360 --> 00:13:51,439 Speaker 2: then they're kicked off into the street. How does this 208 00:13:51,520 --> 00:13:55,320 Speaker 2: work for the insurance companies because it's costing them money 209 00:13:55,360 --> 00:13:58,360 Speaker 2: to pay for these out of state homeless people who 210 00:13:58,400 --> 00:13:59,679 Speaker 2: suddenly show up here. 211 00:14:01,200 --> 00:14:02,520 Speaker 1: I don't see the susart. 212 00:14:02,920 --> 00:14:09,200 Speaker 3: Yeah, well, the insurance companies have a separate either obligation 213 00:14:10,080 --> 00:14:14,760 Speaker 3: with the drug user and or and they work hand 214 00:14:14,800 --> 00:14:21,120 Speaker 3: in hand with the broker from the nonprofit the drug rehab. 215 00:14:21,680 --> 00:14:24,200 Speaker 3: So they're in it, they know what's going on. There's 216 00:14:24,200 --> 00:14:29,280 Speaker 3: no way that somebody that's a transient addict is going 217 00:14:29,320 --> 00:14:33,080 Speaker 3: to be healed and back to normal in six weeks. 218 00:14:33,080 --> 00:14:37,600 Speaker 3: It just doesn't happen. So they're fine to cover it. 219 00:14:37,840 --> 00:14:41,080 Speaker 3: But because they're going out of state, they pay less 220 00:14:41,240 --> 00:14:44,280 Speaker 3: the insurance companies and it makes sense economically to send 221 00:14:44,320 --> 00:14:45,760 Speaker 3: them Okay for state borders. 222 00:14:46,320 --> 00:14:48,760 Speaker 2: So this is insurance that some of these out of 223 00:14:48,760 --> 00:14:52,320 Speaker 2: state people have, and the insurance companies are supposed to 224 00:14:52,440 --> 00:14:56,400 Speaker 2: cover it, but they come to California because it's going 225 00:14:56,440 --> 00:14:59,560 Speaker 2: to be cheaper for the insurance company. 226 00:15:00,680 --> 00:15:04,000 Speaker 3: The duration of coverage is shorter if they go out 227 00:15:04,040 --> 00:15:04,440 Speaker 3: of state. 228 00:15:04,800 --> 00:15:07,880 Speaker 2: I see, So the insurance companies got to fulfill their 229 00:15:07,880 --> 00:15:13,000 Speaker 2: obligation for a cheaper price, exactly. 230 00:15:13,840 --> 00:15:18,400 Speaker 3: You know, we've we've got the Olympics. We're concerned. Everybody 231 00:15:18,440 --> 00:15:21,800 Speaker 3: is concerned. They're approaching a couple of years. We have 232 00:15:22,240 --> 00:15:26,120 Speaker 3: seven to nine countries around the world that have not 233 00:15:26,240 --> 00:15:29,840 Speaker 3: even set up or least host village homes. In LA. 234 00:15:31,120 --> 00:15:34,320 Speaker 3: The concern is crime and too much of it. Like 235 00:15:34,400 --> 00:15:39,520 Speaker 3: you say, too much of homelessness is going unreported. Much 236 00:15:39,560 --> 00:15:42,320 Speaker 3: of it it's due to deaths, but it's being unreported. 237 00:15:42,960 --> 00:15:47,680 Speaker 3: The same with crime, it's being unreported. The governor just 238 00:15:47,720 --> 00:15:50,720 Speaker 3: turned down a proposal to revamp both nine to one 239 00:15:50,800 --> 00:15:53,600 Speaker 3: one and the three to one one non emergency lines. 240 00:15:54,320 --> 00:15:57,400 Speaker 3: Anyone like we discussed. Anyone who's called these numbers, No, 241 00:15:57,760 --> 00:16:01,280 Speaker 3: they can wait a long long time. And every phone 242 00:16:01,360 --> 00:16:05,160 Speaker 3: user here, anyone holding a phone, is paying more than 243 00:16:05,640 --> 00:16:08,160 Speaker 3: anyone else in any other city in the country for 244 00:16:08,360 --> 00:16:12,440 Speaker 3: nine to one one. So we believe the governor's answer, 245 00:16:12,880 --> 00:16:15,920 Speaker 3: based on people we're talking to in Sacramento, will be 246 00:16:15,960 --> 00:16:20,720 Speaker 3: another law passed or a ballot initiative raising the sales tax, 247 00:16:22,200 --> 00:16:25,840 Speaker 3: probably go to twelve percent. And we've also heard discussion 248 00:16:25,840 --> 00:16:29,160 Speaker 3: of a property parcel tax to be levied on all 249 00:16:29,440 --> 00:16:33,280 Speaker 3: California properties. It's being discussed now in Sacramento. 250 00:16:33,800 --> 00:16:36,680 Speaker 2: They're going to take more money. 251 00:16:36,760 --> 00:16:39,320 Speaker 3: You can't fix stupid, and you shouldn't try to save 252 00:16:39,360 --> 00:16:44,040 Speaker 3: it either. The system we're using can do it today. 253 00:16:44,160 --> 00:16:47,240 Speaker 3: It's so simple, and it would relieve so much from 254 00:16:47,280 --> 00:16:48,760 Speaker 3: the infrastructure. 255 00:16:48,160 --> 00:16:50,880 Speaker 2: They just It was the story last week as they 256 00:16:50,920 --> 00:16:56,040 Speaker 2: blew almost a half a billion dollars seven years working 257 00:16:56,080 --> 00:16:58,840 Speaker 2: on a new nine to one one system, and it 258 00:16:58,920 --> 00:16:59,520 Speaker 2: was a bust. 259 00:17:00,200 --> 00:17:06,080 Speaker 1: The whole thing didn't work. That's the state system. 260 00:17:06,359 --> 00:17:10,560 Speaker 3: Well, locally, it's it's awful. Whether you're calling for to 261 00:17:10,640 --> 00:17:14,719 Speaker 3: report a crime, a street light, trash in the streets, 262 00:17:15,400 --> 00:17:19,840 Speaker 3: it's given a pothole, it's it's it's pretty bad. 263 00:17:21,560 --> 00:17:24,479 Speaker 2: All right, all right, John, thank you for doing all 264 00:17:24,480 --> 00:17:29,120 Speaker 2: the work you do. If there are a lot more 265 00:17:29,119 --> 00:17:30,440 Speaker 2: people like you, we wouldn't be. 266 00:17:30,359 --> 00:17:31,639 Speaker 1: In this in this BIX. 267 00:17:31,680 --> 00:17:34,320 Speaker 2: And I don't know why people don't get involved the 268 00:17:34,320 --> 00:17:34,720 Speaker 2: way you do. 269 00:17:35,440 --> 00:17:36,359 Speaker 1: John Ally, thanks you. 270 00:17:36,320 --> 00:17:39,400 Speaker 3: For anyone Sure, anyone that would like to learn more 271 00:17:39,400 --> 00:17:42,960 Speaker 3: about our work, just follow me on X. It's John 272 00:17:43,400 --> 00:17:44,760 Speaker 3: underscore underscore ALLI. 273 00:17:46,000 --> 00:17:49,000 Speaker 2: All right, John Underscore Underscore Alli A L L E. 274 00:17:49,600 --> 00:17:54,200 Speaker 2: How you John? All right A L L E. All right, 275 00:17:54,320 --> 00:17:58,560 Speaker 2: John Ally there, thanks for coming on when we come back. Now, 276 00:17:58,760 --> 00:18:01,320 Speaker 2: if you were here for the whole half hour, you 277 00:18:01,480 --> 00:18:06,520 Speaker 2: heard him talk about Karen Bass. He has talked to 278 00:18:06,600 --> 00:18:13,280 Speaker 2: Karen Bass repeatedly about not using tax money to pay 279 00:18:13,320 --> 00:18:20,920 Speaker 2: for these programs which which hand out free needles and 280 00:18:21,080 --> 00:18:31,480 Speaker 2: free meth pipes. And Karen Bass agrees, no free needles, no. 281 00:18:28,960 --> 00:18:30,160 Speaker 1: No meth pipes. 282 00:18:30,960 --> 00:18:34,359 Speaker 2: And then Ali discovers a contract that could run five 283 00:18:34,440 --> 00:18:37,960 Speaker 2: years where the city is handing out needles and meth 284 00:18:38,000 --> 00:18:42,119 Speaker 2: pipes through this nonprofit. Well, I'm going to play you 285 00:18:42,160 --> 00:18:46,119 Speaker 2: a report that Channel five's Aaron Myers did. This may 286 00:18:46,200 --> 00:18:49,239 Speaker 2: be the single worst local report I have seen in 287 00:18:49,280 --> 00:18:55,160 Speaker 2: my life, reporting live previewing Karen Bass's reelection campaign kickoff, 288 00:18:55,880 --> 00:18:59,040 Speaker 2: and then after three o'clock we're gonna have Michael Monks 289 00:18:59,080 --> 00:19:03,600 Speaker 2: on to talk about Bass's reelection kickoff. 290 00:19:03,760 --> 00:19:05,760 Speaker 1: But you got to hear the Channel five version. 291 00:19:07,040 --> 00:19:13,320 Speaker 2: I honestly, I I hope you finish eating This is 292 00:19:13,400 --> 00:19:17,280 Speaker 2: the worst journalism I've ever heard. I say that frequently, 293 00:19:17,359 --> 00:19:18,880 Speaker 2: but really, this isn't the Hall of Fame. 294 00:19:19,960 --> 00:19:24,320 Speaker 4: You're listening to John Cobel's on demand from KFI AM 295 00:19:24,320 --> 00:19:24,879 Speaker 4: six forty. 296 00:19:25,560 --> 00:19:28,280 Speaker 2: We're on every day from one until four o'clock, and 297 00:19:28,359 --> 00:19:30,919 Speaker 2: after four o'clock John Cobelt's show on demand on the 298 00:19:30,960 --> 00:19:34,680 Speaker 2: iHeart app. We're gonna have Michael Monks on at three 299 00:19:34,680 --> 00:19:39,679 Speaker 2: o'clock because Karen Bass launched the re election campaign on Saturday. 300 00:19:41,359 --> 00:19:46,280 Speaker 2: But before Michael comes on, because he's rational, at least 301 00:19:46,320 --> 00:19:49,520 Speaker 2: on the aries rational, I've got to play you a 302 00:19:49,560 --> 00:19:54,440 Speaker 2: report by Channel five reporter Aaron Miles Myers. Rather and 303 00:19:54,840 --> 00:19:57,720 Speaker 2: you know we just had the businessman activist John Ally 304 00:19:57,800 --> 00:20:01,479 Speaker 2: on and he talked about how Karen Bass personally promised 305 00:20:01,560 --> 00:20:04,600 Speaker 2: him that she would not approve any contracts that would 306 00:20:04,640 --> 00:20:12,760 Speaker 2: hand out free heroin needles, fentanyl needles, and met pipes, 307 00:20:14,160 --> 00:20:19,000 Speaker 2: and then the city made a deal to do exactly that. 308 00:20:19,880 --> 00:20:23,120 Speaker 2: It's called Sidewalk Project to hand out needles and met 309 00:20:23,160 --> 00:20:26,680 Speaker 2: pipes in MacArthur Park to one year contract with four 310 00:20:27,200 --> 00:20:31,240 Speaker 2: automatic annual extensions, so potentially five years of a contract 311 00:20:31,640 --> 00:20:35,520 Speaker 2: to do exactly what he promised she promised, John Alley 312 00:20:35,600 --> 00:20:38,119 Speaker 2: will not be done. And also Jim McDonald was in 313 00:20:38,160 --> 00:20:40,199 Speaker 2: on that as well. He said he was totally against it. 314 00:20:40,520 --> 00:20:46,680 Speaker 2: I don't understand Jim McDonald how he is not raging 315 00:20:46,800 --> 00:20:52,200 Speaker 2: against met pipes and needles being handed out when all 316 00:20:52,240 --> 00:20:57,639 Speaker 2: they do is kill the addicts and add to the 317 00:20:57,760 --> 00:21:01,840 Speaker 2: extreme disorder going on in MacArthur Park. I don't know 318 00:21:01,840 --> 00:21:03,760 Speaker 2: what's wrong with them. I don't know what's wrong with him. 319 00:21:03,760 --> 00:21:06,520 Speaker 2: I don't know what's wrong with Bass other than there's 320 00:21:06,520 --> 00:21:09,040 Speaker 2: a lot of money in this industry and I really 321 00:21:09,040 --> 00:21:11,080 Speaker 2: don't know who's getting a cut anymore. 322 00:21:11,600 --> 00:21:12,280 Speaker 1: I don't know if. 323 00:21:12,119 --> 00:21:15,000 Speaker 2: Somebody in Bass or Bassis staff are getting a cut 324 00:21:15,480 --> 00:21:18,960 Speaker 2: of the contract they made to hand out needles and 325 00:21:18,960 --> 00:21:23,520 Speaker 2: met pipes. Because that's a terrible, terrible, absurd policy. It's 326 00:21:23,560 --> 00:21:27,120 Speaker 2: been going on for way too long and all does 327 00:21:27,160 --> 00:21:27,879 Speaker 2: is kill people. 328 00:21:28,359 --> 00:21:30,160 Speaker 1: And everybody knows this, it's obvious. 329 00:21:31,440 --> 00:21:35,760 Speaker 2: But considering that, considering the abominable response to the fire, 330 00:21:35,880 --> 00:21:39,640 Speaker 2: I think we've chronicled that very well, the abominable response 331 00:21:39,680 --> 00:21:44,720 Speaker 2: to homelessness, the huge mountains of garbage. Listen to this 332 00:21:44,800 --> 00:21:51,480 Speaker 2: report KTLA Channel five reporter Aaron Myers reporting live previewing 333 00:21:51,680 --> 00:21:53,840 Speaker 2: Bass's re election campaign kickoff. 334 00:21:54,000 --> 00:21:54,800 Speaker 1: Breace yourself. 335 00:21:55,000 --> 00:21:58,040 Speaker 5: There will be several speakers and then Mayor Karen Bass 336 00:21:58,080 --> 00:22:00,640 Speaker 5: will speak as well and talk about what her plans 337 00:22:00,720 --> 00:22:04,200 Speaker 5: are in her campaign and things that are important to her. 338 00:22:04,240 --> 00:22:06,680 Speaker 5: You can see there are a lot of supporters out 339 00:22:06,680 --> 00:22:09,879 Speaker 5: here this morning who are here to listen to what 340 00:22:09,920 --> 00:22:11,439 Speaker 5: she has to say. I want to bring in Kathleen 341 00:22:11,520 --> 00:22:13,840 Speaker 5: Ross and the President and CEO of the Hollywood Partnership 342 00:22:13,840 --> 00:22:16,920 Speaker 5: in Mayra Valdez. She is the President emeritus of San 343 00:22:16,920 --> 00:22:19,640 Speaker 5: Fernando Young Democrats. Now you both came out here talk 344 00:22:19,640 --> 00:22:21,399 Speaker 5: about your support for Mayor Bass. 345 00:22:21,440 --> 00:22:23,520 Speaker 6: First of all, Kat Well, we wanted to come out 346 00:22:23,560 --> 00:22:26,760 Speaker 6: to show up for Mayor Bass, because she's certainly showed 347 00:22:26,840 --> 00:22:29,520 Speaker 6: up for La and so it's important to be here 348 00:22:29,680 --> 00:22:31,160 Speaker 6: and get her campaign going. 349 00:22:31,520 --> 00:22:32,719 Speaker 5: And now I know some of the things that are 350 00:22:32,720 --> 00:22:36,840 Speaker 5: important to her are crime, solving, homelessness, affordability. Mayra, talk 351 00:22:36,880 --> 00:22:39,280 Speaker 5: to me about what that means to you to hear. 352 00:22:39,119 --> 00:22:43,080 Speaker 7: That, Yeah, well, it means that she's working towards all 353 00:22:43,119 --> 00:22:45,480 Speaker 7: the priorities that I really care for and that are 354 00:22:45,520 --> 00:22:49,639 Speaker 7: at the forefront of every Angelina's mind. You know, she 355 00:22:49,760 --> 00:22:52,359 Speaker 7: believes that everybody deserves to live in a community that 356 00:22:52,480 --> 00:22:56,960 Speaker 7: is safe, clean, and that our homeless neighbors are housed, 357 00:22:57,240 --> 00:22:59,120 Speaker 7: and she's working to do all of that as well 358 00:22:59,160 --> 00:23:01,720 Speaker 7: as make the city more affordable living for all young people. 359 00:23:01,880 --> 00:23:02,480 Speaker 1: It stopped. 360 00:23:04,600 --> 00:23:12,160 Speaker 2: I feel like I'm insane or that interview was done 361 00:23:12,640 --> 00:23:19,720 Speaker 2: in an insane asylum. The generic question that Mayor Baths 362 00:23:19,760 --> 00:23:24,800 Speaker 2: is very concerned about, you know, crime and affordability and homelessnes. 363 00:23:26,280 --> 00:23:27,280 Speaker 1: How about. 364 00:23:28,760 --> 00:23:33,720 Speaker 2: Well Mayor Bass lost several billion dollars in homeless money 365 00:23:34,040 --> 00:23:37,560 Speaker 2: and then hired fifteen lawyers to keep her from testifying 366 00:23:37,600 --> 00:23:41,200 Speaker 2: in court about it. How about that, Aaron Myers, that 367 00:23:41,200 --> 00:23:49,359 Speaker 2: would be a fascinating question. How about Karen Bass defunding 368 00:23:49,359 --> 00:23:56,320 Speaker 2: the fire department, disappearing to Ghana while there were a 369 00:23:56,359 --> 00:24:03,840 Speaker 2: week's worth of extreme wind and fire warnings, the fire 370 00:24:03,880 --> 00:24:09,800 Speaker 2: departments in total disarray. It was a shambles. I don't 371 00:24:09,880 --> 00:24:14,320 Speaker 2: understand this. Why ask these weird generic questions? I know 372 00:24:14,400 --> 00:24:17,280 Speaker 2: she's interested. What what are you doing? 373 00:24:17,800 --> 00:24:20,280 Speaker 1: Why did you become a reporter? Why are you on television? 374 00:24:20,560 --> 00:24:22,040 Speaker 1: Why did Channel five hire her? 375 00:24:22,920 --> 00:24:25,880 Speaker 2: CHANLD five used to have a great historic news department, 376 00:24:26,600 --> 00:24:29,280 Speaker 2: the best, the best in the country for local news. 377 00:24:29,520 --> 00:24:33,679 Speaker 2: This is what it is now you get a couple 378 00:24:33,720 --> 00:24:37,960 Speaker 2: of a couple of staffers. I guess for the Bass 379 00:24:38,000 --> 00:24:43,080 Speaker 2: campaign to talk generically about what about Karen Bass's dream 380 00:24:43,240 --> 00:24:46,520 Speaker 2: for La She's been here for three years. It's a 381 00:24:46,560 --> 00:24:51,040 Speaker 2: freaking disaster. Do you believe the amount of garbage? How 382 00:24:51,080 --> 00:24:53,600 Speaker 2: about why does Karen Bass allow so much garbage to 383 00:24:53,600 --> 00:24:54,080 Speaker 2: pile up? 384 00:24:54,160 --> 00:24:59,679 Speaker 1: Why won't she clean it up? I just play some 385 00:24:59,720 --> 00:25:04,320 Speaker 1: more of it, well, play the rest of it. 386 00:25:04,720 --> 00:25:06,600 Speaker 7: And she's working to do all of that as well 387 00:25:06,640 --> 00:25:08,439 Speaker 7: as make the city more affordable to live in for 388 00:25:08,480 --> 00:25:09,200 Speaker 7: all young people. 389 00:25:09,400 --> 00:25:12,000 Speaker 5: And I know she did launch Insights Safe to help 390 00:25:12,080 --> 00:25:15,800 Speaker 5: with homelessness and removing encampments, getting people indoors. Now, the 391 00:25:15,840 --> 00:25:18,240 Speaker 5: one thing she has been facing some criticism on is 392 00:25:18,280 --> 00:25:20,159 Speaker 5: the Palisades fire. How does she get. 393 00:25:20,040 --> 00:25:25,320 Speaker 2: Past the one thing she's been facing is criticism about 394 00:25:25,320 --> 00:25:25,760 Speaker 2: the fire. 395 00:25:26,200 --> 00:25:27,120 Speaker 1: Listen to this part. 396 00:25:30,119 --> 00:25:32,480 Speaker 5: The one thing she has been facing some criticism on 397 00:25:32,600 --> 00:25:34,959 Speaker 5: is the Palisades fire. How does she get past that? 398 00:25:35,200 --> 00:25:37,680 Speaker 5: I know that's been difficult at this point. 399 00:25:38,320 --> 00:25:44,159 Speaker 6: Well, the fire was horrendous. It shook Los Angeles to 400 00:25:44,200 --> 00:25:47,920 Speaker 6: the core. No Leader, I don't know Leader is prepared 401 00:25:47,960 --> 00:25:53,280 Speaker 6: for that. However, in the aftermath and the recovery efforts, 402 00:25:53,520 --> 00:25:56,800 Speaker 6: the team has really stepped up and focused. A lot 403 00:25:56,840 --> 00:25:59,959 Speaker 6: of our family and friends live in the Palisades air 404 00:26:00,280 --> 00:26:05,320 Speaker 6: and were very affected and seeing the movement now despite 405 00:26:05,400 --> 00:26:08,320 Speaker 6: all obstacles, moving forward is promising. 406 00:26:08,400 --> 00:26:09,359 Speaker 1: All right, stop stop? 407 00:26:10,720 --> 00:26:13,520 Speaker 2: Has she been to the Palisades, this lady. Has the 408 00:26:13,600 --> 00:26:20,600 Speaker 2: reporter been to the Palisades? What were they injecting? What 409 00:26:20,680 --> 00:26:25,720 Speaker 2: were they smoking? Seriously, were they on LSD? What kind 410 00:26:25,720 --> 00:26:32,360 Speaker 2: of a delusion are they living? What are they talking about? 411 00:26:33,359 --> 00:26:34,680 Speaker 2: No Leader could have stopped it. 412 00:26:34,960 --> 00:26:35,920 Speaker 1: If we had. 413 00:26:36,480 --> 00:26:39,720 Speaker 2: Fire crews at the scene of the original New Year's 414 00:26:39,760 --> 00:26:44,560 Speaker 2: Day fire, they would have put out the rekindling real fast. 415 00:26:44,840 --> 00:26:48,440 Speaker 2: But Karen Dass had zero meetings after the New Year's 416 00:26:48,480 --> 00:26:50,560 Speaker 2: Day fire to plan for rekindling. 417 00:26:50,720 --> 00:26:51,480 Speaker 1: Zero meetings. 418 00:26:52,680 --> 00:26:56,280 Speaker 2: There were zero firefighters at the scene with zero equipment. 419 00:26:57,440 --> 00:27:01,320 Speaker 2: She and the fire chief met zero times to discuss 420 00:27:01,440 --> 00:27:07,520 Speaker 2: what to do if these strong Santa Ana winds. 421 00:27:08,040 --> 00:27:15,560 Speaker 1: Kicked up? Are we kindling? I'm just I'm just shocked 422 00:27:15,600 --> 00:27:18,520 Speaker 1: at this, absolutely shocked. 423 00:27:18,720 --> 00:27:21,080 Speaker 2: In fact, the fire department got kicked off by the 424 00:27:21,119 --> 00:27:25,520 Speaker 2: state as we told you last week, and the La 425 00:27:25,600 --> 00:27:28,640 Speaker 2: Fire Department went home, rolled up their hoses even though 426 00:27:28,960 --> 00:27:33,080 Speaker 2: the land was still smoldering, because they were trying because 427 00:27:33,080 --> 00:27:35,959 Speaker 2: the state was trying to protect the milk vetch plant. 428 00:27:38,640 --> 00:27:41,960 Speaker 1: This is insane. And does this report. 429 00:27:41,680 --> 00:27:45,520 Speaker 2: Aaron Myers know anything about the State Parks Department and 430 00:27:45,560 --> 00:27:48,120 Speaker 2: the milk vetch plant and the hoses being rolled up 431 00:27:48,200 --> 00:27:52,600 Speaker 2: and the smoldering land. And Karen Pass had no knowledge 432 00:27:52,600 --> 00:27:54,000 Speaker 2: of any of this was going on because she was 433 00:27:54,040 --> 00:27:57,840 Speaker 2: planning to go to Ghana and she and the fire 434 00:27:57,920 --> 00:28:03,119 Speaker 2: chiefs spoke about it exactly zero times times. What do 435 00:28:03,160 --> 00:28:04,919 Speaker 2: you mean no leader could have done anything, Yes, they 436 00:28:04,920 --> 00:28:08,439 Speaker 2: could have had they just had a conversation about putting 437 00:28:08,440 --> 00:28:11,320 Speaker 2: a crew at the hotspot. Then it would have been stopped, 438 00:28:11,320 --> 00:28:15,879 Speaker 2: none of this would have happened. Play some more and then. 439 00:28:15,840 --> 00:28:18,120 Speaker 5: Real quick, Mara, I know there are several candidates who've 440 00:28:18,119 --> 00:28:20,080 Speaker 5: thrown the ring in to be the next mayor. What 441 00:28:20,080 --> 00:28:22,440 Speaker 5: does marabaths have that is going to make her stand 442 00:28:22,480 --> 00:28:23,520 Speaker 5: out in that situation? 443 00:28:23,760 --> 00:28:27,040 Speaker 7: Well, Mary Bass has the experience, having served in Congress, 444 00:28:27,080 --> 00:28:30,600 Speaker 7: having served as mayor these last three years. We think 445 00:28:30,640 --> 00:28:34,439 Speaker 7: it's incredibly important that she gets elected to a second term, 446 00:28:34,520 --> 00:28:37,959 Speaker 7: and she has four additional years to complete the promises 447 00:28:38,640 --> 00:28:41,240 Speaker 7: that she has made, and we're here to help her 448 00:28:41,360 --> 00:28:42,000 Speaker 7: every step. 449 00:28:41,800 --> 00:28:42,080 Speaker 3: Of the way. 450 00:28:42,360 --> 00:28:43,960 Speaker 5: Thank you both for talking to us this morning. We 451 00:28:44,040 --> 00:28:47,880 Speaker 5: really appreciate it. And the election is officially on June second. 452 00:28:47,960 --> 00:28:50,200 Speaker 5: If a runoff is needed that would be November third. 453 00:28:50,240 --> 00:28:52,760 Speaker 5: But you can see here lots of supporters out here 454 00:28:52,800 --> 00:28:53,840 Speaker 5: for Mayor Karen Bass. 455 00:28:56,080 --> 00:28:59,200 Speaker 2: That is the worst news report ever done here in 456 00:28:59,200 --> 00:29:04,200 Speaker 2: Los Angeles. As Aaron Myers kt LA Channel five, I 457 00:29:04,200 --> 00:29:05,480 Speaker 2: don't know what's going on there. 458 00:29:06,640 --> 00:29:08,959 Speaker 1: I just totally flabbergasted. 459 00:29:09,920 --> 00:29:14,400 Speaker 4: You're listening to John Cobels on demand from KFI A six. 460 00:29:15,640 --> 00:29:19,360 Speaker 2: Michael Monks is coming on and he's gonna talk about 461 00:29:20,160 --> 00:29:24,480 Speaker 2: Karen Bass running for re election and the terrorists arrests 462 00:29:25,360 --> 00:29:29,000 Speaker 2: way out in Lucertain Valley today. They were gonna blow 463 00:29:30,200 --> 00:29:33,120 Speaker 2: places up on New Year's Eve here in Los Angeles 464 00:29:34,960 --> 00:29:41,400 Speaker 2: at the Feds busted this ring of terrorists. Turtle Island 465 00:29:41,520 --> 00:29:46,920 Speaker 2: terrorists talk about it coming up. Okay. As you know, 466 00:29:47,360 --> 00:29:53,600 Speaker 2: for many years now, Black Lives Matter has been exposed 467 00:29:53,760 --> 00:29:58,400 Speaker 2: as one of the greatest scams and rackets ever. Now 468 00:29:58,440 --> 00:30:00,720 Speaker 2: for the most part, they're not stealing ten money, but 469 00:30:00,800 --> 00:30:05,720 Speaker 2: they're stealing donations from soft brained people who couldn't see 470 00:30:06,360 --> 00:30:08,480 Speaker 2: that much of this was a massive ripoff. 471 00:30:09,760 --> 00:30:12,080 Speaker 1: But some of these people were caught. 472 00:30:12,200 --> 00:30:15,520 Speaker 2: And the executive director of Black Lives Matter in Oklahoma 473 00:30:15,600 --> 00:30:22,440 Speaker 2: City has been indicted, charged with diverting three million dollars 474 00:30:22,440 --> 00:30:23,520 Speaker 2: in grants. 475 00:30:25,520 --> 00:30:29,080 Speaker 1: What did she do with the money, Well, let's see here. 476 00:30:30,680 --> 00:30:35,320 Speaker 2: Luxury vacations to Jamaica and the Dominican Dominican Republic. She 477 00:30:35,840 --> 00:30:40,280 Speaker 2: spent fifty thousand dollars on groceries and food deliveries. And 478 00:30:40,360 --> 00:30:43,240 Speaker 2: if you take a look at her, I can see 479 00:30:43,280 --> 00:30:46,080 Speaker 2: that I can see fifty grand going to groceries. She 480 00:30:46,920 --> 00:30:50,840 Speaker 2: spent tens of thousands on retail shopping, bought a car 481 00:30:51,440 --> 00:30:59,760 Speaker 2: and bought six properties in Oklahoma City. Six Her name, 482 00:31:01,360 --> 00:31:08,320 Speaker 2: there's several names here, Tashella sherri Amore Dickerson, fifty two 483 00:31:08,440 --> 00:31:15,960 Speaker 2: years old. She was taking money from that was being 484 00:31:16,000 --> 00:31:20,040 Speaker 2: granted to her from the Alliance for Global Justice. It 485 00:31:20,120 --> 00:31:25,480 Speaker 2: was supposed to be for bail, and they raised more 486 00:31:25,520 --> 00:31:32,240 Speaker 2: than five and a half million dollars. She took three 487 00:31:32,280 --> 00:31:36,840 Speaker 2: point one million. She stole the money. According to the FEDS, 488 00:31:37,720 --> 00:31:41,760 Speaker 2: over a five year period from June to twenty twenty 489 00:31:41,840 --> 00:31:46,560 Speaker 2: to October twenty twenty five, she stole over three million dollars. 490 00:31:48,280 --> 00:31:52,000 Speaker 2: She's led the Oklahoma City Black Lives Matter affiliate since 491 00:31:52,040 --> 00:31:53,440 Speaker 2: at least twenty sixteen. 492 00:32:01,640 --> 00:32:02,760 Speaker 1: She finally. 493 00:32:03,840 --> 00:32:07,880 Speaker 2: Spoke publicly about this. She posted a thirteen minute video 494 00:32:07,920 --> 00:32:13,800 Speaker 2: on Facebook. She filmed it in the car while wearing 495 00:32:13,800 --> 00:32:20,920 Speaker 2: an oxygen mask. I cannot make an official comment about 496 00:32:20,920 --> 00:32:24,200 Speaker 2: what transpired today. I am home, I am safe. I 497 00:32:24,240 --> 00:32:28,840 Speaker 2: have confidence in my team. A lot of times people 498 00:32:28,880 --> 00:32:31,120 Speaker 2: come at you with these type of things. It's evidence 499 00:32:31,160 --> 00:32:33,680 Speaker 2: that you are doing the work. That's what I'm standing on. 500 00:32:33,880 --> 00:32:38,280 Speaker 2: It makes no sense just she just rambled on for 501 00:32:38,360 --> 00:32:43,040 Speaker 2: thirteen minutes. Now she's facing twenty years in federal prison 502 00:32:43,280 --> 00:32:46,840 Speaker 2: for each wire fraud count, ten years for each money 503 00:32:46,880 --> 00:32:51,080 Speaker 2: laundering count. Well, there's twenty wire fraud counts and five 504 00:32:51,120 --> 00:33:00,040 Speaker 2: money laundering separate counts, and each money launchering charges a 505 00:33:00,080 --> 00:33:05,840 Speaker 2: quarter of a million dollar fine. So hope, for her sake, 506 00:33:06,160 --> 00:33:09,040 Speaker 2: I got well, hopefully she spent all the money already, 507 00:33:11,080 --> 00:33:13,800 Speaker 2: because they're going to be siphoning it out of her banks. 508 00:33:14,920 --> 00:33:17,800 Speaker 2: She had access to a bank account, a PayPal, a 509 00:33:17,840 --> 00:33:22,240 Speaker 2: cash AFP account, and she'd now the Alliance for Global 510 00:33:22,400 --> 00:33:26,000 Speaker 2: Justice was supplying a lot of this money. She would 511 00:33:26,080 --> 00:33:29,480 Speaker 2: send them fraudulent annual reports on what she did with 512 00:33:29,520 --> 00:33:32,120 Speaker 2: the money. So she didn't write down on the report 513 00:33:32,520 --> 00:33:35,920 Speaker 2: that she bought six properties and fifty thousand dollars worth 514 00:33:35,920 --> 00:33:40,560 Speaker 2: of groceries and traveled to Jamaica. That didn't make the report. 515 00:33:41,800 --> 00:33:48,440 Speaker 2: It is amazing how many criminals were lured out of 516 00:33:48,480 --> 00:33:54,480 Speaker 2: the underworld to start these Black Lives Matter chapters, or 517 00:33:54,520 --> 00:34:00,000 Speaker 2: to get involved in homeless nonprofits, or to get money 518 00:34:00,280 --> 00:34:04,360 Speaker 2: out of the government for high speed rail or unemployment money. 519 00:34:05,240 --> 00:34:09,640 Speaker 2: I mean, there are thousands and thousands of people who 520 00:34:09,800 --> 00:34:12,719 Speaker 2: just wait for well, soon there's a news story they 521 00:34:12,800 --> 00:34:16,160 Speaker 2: learn of an opportunity that the government's handing money out, 522 00:34:16,440 --> 00:34:20,200 Speaker 2: or there's money for nonprofits, there's money for these new 523 00:34:20,280 --> 00:34:24,839 Speaker 2: social causes. She was all over it. Three million dollars. 524 00:34:28,280 --> 00:34:31,880 Speaker 2: That was the scam of all scams. When we come back, 525 00:34:32,320 --> 00:34:38,520 Speaker 2: Michael Monks on Karen Bass announcing her she's running for 526 00:34:38,560 --> 00:34:42,800 Speaker 2: real election. I know Michael will do a better report 527 00:34:42,880 --> 00:34:48,520 Speaker 2: than that. Whatever that Aaron woman did on Channel five, 528 00:34:48,560 --> 00:34:50,960 Speaker 2: what's her name, Aaron Aaron Myers. I can't give her 529 00:34:51,040 --> 00:34:52,520 Speaker 2: enough publicity. 530 00:34:53,600 --> 00:34:54,080 Speaker 1: That's next. 531 00:34:54,160 --> 00:34:56,719 Speaker 2: Virginia de Agstino in for Deborah Mark live on the 532 00:34:56,800 --> 00:34:59,480 Speaker 2: KFI twenty four our newsroun. Hey, you've been listening to 533 00:34:59,480 --> 00:35:01,800 Speaker 2: the John co About the Show podcast. 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