1 00:00:00,800 --> 00:00:01,040 Speaker 1: Can't. 2 00:00:01,160 --> 00:00:03,760 Speaker 2: I am six forty. You're listening to the John Cobel 3 00:00:03,880 --> 00:00:07,760 Speaker 2: Podcast on the iHeartRadio app. Ron the radio from one 4 00:00:07,880 --> 00:00:10,720 Speaker 2: until four and then after four o'clock John Cobelt Show 5 00:00:10,720 --> 00:00:13,520 Speaker 2: on demand on the iHeart app, and you could hear 6 00:00:13,640 --> 00:00:15,880 Speaker 2: whatever you missed. We're gonna have Steve Garvey and studio 7 00:00:16,400 --> 00:00:19,319 Speaker 2: after three o'clock. Steve draws a crowd, people come in. 8 00:00:19,400 --> 00:00:21,880 Speaker 2: They all want pictures with him. Even you wanted a 9 00:00:21,920 --> 00:00:22,560 Speaker 2: picture with him. 10 00:00:22,760 --> 00:00:24,000 Speaker 3: I got a picture of him. 11 00:00:24,079 --> 00:00:26,600 Speaker 2: Yes, you probably were not a baseball fan when he 12 00:00:26,640 --> 00:00:27,040 Speaker 2: was playing. 13 00:00:27,120 --> 00:00:29,920 Speaker 4: Actually that's not true. He was my favorite. He and 14 00:00:30,040 --> 00:00:31,400 Speaker 4: Ron say back in the. 15 00:00:31,440 --> 00:00:33,919 Speaker 2: Day, right, yep, Wow, did you tell him that when 16 00:00:33,960 --> 00:00:34,320 Speaker 2: he was here? 17 00:00:34,360 --> 00:00:34,840 Speaker 3: No, I didn't. 18 00:00:34,880 --> 00:00:37,520 Speaker 2: You didn't say he's busy. Now you were my favorite. 19 00:00:37,720 --> 00:00:39,160 Speaker 2: You can tell him today. 20 00:00:39,360 --> 00:00:41,600 Speaker 4: Yeah, you know, well he's a busy guy. He doesn't 21 00:00:42,159 --> 00:00:43,520 Speaker 4: that he was my favorite. 22 00:00:43,600 --> 00:00:46,080 Speaker 2: When he comes in. Okay, you're gonna tell him. I 23 00:00:46,120 --> 00:00:47,040 Speaker 2: am that. Yeah, he was. 24 00:00:47,479 --> 00:00:48,720 Speaker 3: He is more important thing. 25 00:00:48,920 --> 00:00:51,720 Speaker 2: Oh no, no, no, no, nobody gets tired of hearing that. 26 00:00:52,680 --> 00:00:54,640 Speaker 2: We'll be on Instagram live for it too at John 27 00:00:54,680 --> 00:00:57,400 Speaker 2: Cobelt Radio. Excellent. So maybe we could broadcast it on 28 00:00:57,440 --> 00:00:58,200 Speaker 2: its Instagram. 29 00:00:58,280 --> 00:00:59,880 Speaker 3: Yeah, you were my favorite. 30 00:01:00,640 --> 00:01:05,760 Speaker 2: You say just like that in person. Okay, okay, all right, 31 00:01:06,200 --> 00:01:09,240 Speaker 2: we are going to talk out of Daniel Gus. Daniel 32 00:01:09,280 --> 00:01:13,560 Speaker 2: Gus is an independent journalist here in Los Angeles who 33 00:01:13,600 --> 00:01:15,560 Speaker 2: does a lot of the work that virtually no other 34 00:01:15,640 --> 00:01:19,039 Speaker 2: journalist in LA will do. It's shocking. It's true. He 35 00:01:19,120 --> 00:01:21,040 Speaker 2: can't go to the TV stations and find this kind 36 00:01:21,080 --> 00:01:23,440 Speaker 2: of work. He certainly can't go to the Elsagunda Times. 37 00:01:24,400 --> 00:01:27,640 Speaker 2: And we're going to put Daniel on because he has 38 00:01:27,680 --> 00:01:31,800 Speaker 2: a weekly newsletter, weekly column that he writes, and I'm 39 00:01:31,800 --> 00:01:35,160 Speaker 2: on the mailing list and I read it eagerly, and 40 00:01:35,319 --> 00:01:39,600 Speaker 2: he explores the secrets behind the scenes at city Hall 41 00:01:39,680 --> 00:01:42,560 Speaker 2: with the mayor and the city council people and everybody else, 42 00:01:42,920 --> 00:01:47,320 Speaker 2: all those other rats. Daniel, how are you pay? 43 00:01:47,400 --> 00:01:49,800 Speaker 1: John? Thanks for having me back. I just want to 44 00:01:49,840 --> 00:01:53,720 Speaker 1: point out that in nineteen seventy four, Steve Garvey, fifty 45 00:01:53,800 --> 00:01:57,840 Speaker 1: years ago this baseball season, was the National League MVP. Also, 46 00:01:58,360 --> 00:02:01,200 Speaker 1: so some of us remember that, Yes he was, but. 47 00:02:01,520 --> 00:02:03,400 Speaker 2: I mentioned this before I even showed it to him. 48 00:02:03,440 --> 00:02:07,920 Speaker 2: He was my first autograph as a kid. Yeah, let 49 00:02:07,920 --> 00:02:12,680 Speaker 2: me tell you so, you wrote about Nythia Ramen today. 50 00:02:12,840 --> 00:02:16,400 Speaker 2: Nythia Ramen is this terrible, terrible councilwoman who represents the 51 00:02:16,440 --> 00:02:19,760 Speaker 2: district that covers a good chunk of the Valley Sherman 52 00:02:19,800 --> 00:02:25,560 Speaker 2: Oaks and and Sino and Studio City and over the 53 00:02:25,680 --> 00:02:30,959 Speaker 2: hill into Hollywood and into Park Librea, mid City. It's 54 00:02:30,960 --> 00:02:32,720 Speaker 2: a lot of territory and a lot of a lot 55 00:02:32,760 --> 00:02:35,560 Speaker 2: of the worst homeless situations are in her district. And 56 00:02:35,639 --> 00:02:38,440 Speaker 2: it's been now over three years and she's done little 57 00:02:38,440 --> 00:02:41,560 Speaker 2: to nothing, and she's really been obstinate and arrogant about it. 58 00:02:42,000 --> 00:02:47,600 Speaker 2: And she's a member of the Democratic Socialists of America 59 00:02:47,720 --> 00:02:51,600 Speaker 2: the DSSA, and they have three people on the city 60 00:02:51,639 --> 00:02:55,079 Speaker 2: council already, and they also have the city controller. And 61 00:02:55,240 --> 00:02:57,960 Speaker 2: this is how would you describe this organization? I have 62 00:02:58,080 --> 00:03:00,360 Speaker 2: colorful terms for it, but I want to hear how 63 00:03:00,400 --> 00:03:03,440 Speaker 2: you would describe so that people understand what's going on here, 64 00:03:03,440 --> 00:03:06,600 Speaker 2: because this is quite a subversive group that is edging 65 00:03:06,639 --> 00:03:07,960 Speaker 2: its way into city government. 66 00:03:09,320 --> 00:03:12,560 Speaker 1: Well, that's an interesting question, John, because the story that 67 00:03:12,639 --> 00:03:16,680 Speaker 1: I have today on my substack Daniel Gutz substack dot com, 68 00:03:17,240 --> 00:03:19,679 Speaker 1: I recap a lot of the things that have gone 69 00:03:19,919 --> 00:03:25,200 Speaker 1: absurdly wrong in NITHI Rahman's district, of which I'm a constituent, 70 00:03:25,480 --> 00:03:29,600 Speaker 1: but also across the city because of her, because she 71 00:03:29,840 --> 00:03:34,000 Speaker 1: is the chair of the city council committee that oversees 72 00:03:34,040 --> 00:03:39,280 Speaker 1: homelessness and poverty and things of that nature. Now, I 73 00:03:39,360 --> 00:03:41,880 Speaker 1: was looking at the story that I published this morning, 74 00:03:42,120 --> 00:03:44,080 Speaker 1: and I'm going to have them. I'm telling it to 75 00:03:44,120 --> 00:03:46,760 Speaker 1: your audience first. I'm going to have an update tomorrow 76 00:03:47,280 --> 00:03:51,840 Speaker 1: because as I'm reading it, there's something that I noticed 77 00:03:51,880 --> 00:03:55,960 Speaker 1: that jumped off the page at me. A few weeks ago, 78 00:03:56,040 --> 00:04:02,440 Speaker 1: the Democratic Socialists of America Los Angeles branch censured Nythia 79 00:04:02,520 --> 00:04:08,960 Speaker 1: Ramen because she also got the endorsement for reelection from 80 00:04:08,960 --> 00:04:13,400 Speaker 1: a group called the Democrats for Israel. And apparently this 81 00:04:13,520 --> 00:04:18,279 Speaker 1: really pissed off the DSA LA apparently because the DSA 82 00:04:18,320 --> 00:04:21,240 Speaker 1: is a big fan of Hamas or they've refused to 83 00:04:21,240 --> 00:04:25,119 Speaker 1: condemn they've actually celebrated this terrorist attack, the murder, rape, 84 00:04:25,520 --> 00:04:30,719 Speaker 1: torture of Israeli civilians back in October. And what I 85 00:04:30,920 --> 00:04:36,040 Speaker 1: noticed in their censure in the DSALA censure of Nythia 86 00:04:36,120 --> 00:04:43,320 Speaker 1: Ramen is the following quote. Elected officials endorsed by DSALA 87 00:04:43,360 --> 00:04:50,279 Speaker 1: are expected to co govern, expected to co govern with 88 00:04:50,400 --> 00:04:55,920 Speaker 1: the chapter to realize the Democratic Socialist program close quote. 89 00:04:56,200 --> 00:05:01,960 Speaker 1: So apparently, according to dsa LA's own censure of Nithia Ramen, 90 00:05:02,720 --> 00:05:06,920 Speaker 1: if you want their endorsement and they reindorsed her for 91 00:05:07,000 --> 00:05:14,479 Speaker 1: a second term, you must agree to co govern with 92 00:05:14,680 --> 00:05:17,320 Speaker 1: the Democratic Socialists of America. 93 00:05:17,400 --> 00:05:19,520 Speaker 2: So you have to push their agenda and they have 94 00:05:19,680 --> 00:05:23,000 Speaker 2: veto power over any in case you stray. 95 00:05:24,279 --> 00:05:28,360 Speaker 1: Apparently that's that's what their own censure of her says. 96 00:05:28,760 --> 00:05:32,040 Speaker 1: So after I published the story this morning, I said, 97 00:05:32,080 --> 00:05:35,000 Speaker 1: wait a minute, that sounds a lot like it could 98 00:05:35,000 --> 00:05:38,560 Speaker 1: be bribery. Will endorse you, and you must give us 99 00:05:39,320 --> 00:05:45,120 Speaker 1: an equal or near equal part of your power. So 100 00:05:45,320 --> 00:05:51,200 Speaker 1: I started reaching out to Nithia Ramen, to Hugo Soto Martinez, 101 00:05:51,560 --> 00:05:55,479 Speaker 1: to Eunice Hernandez, and also to Kenneth Mahea, whose office 102 00:05:55,520 --> 00:05:59,039 Speaker 1: advised me that he wasn't endorsed by them, but they 103 00:05:59,360 --> 00:06:04,440 Speaker 1: support his candidate's candidate'sc for controller. And I'm going to 104 00:06:04,520 --> 00:06:09,240 Speaker 1: try to find out from the City Attorney's office is 105 00:06:09,680 --> 00:06:16,360 Speaker 1: that promise to co govern a crime because it would 106 00:06:16,400 --> 00:06:19,960 Speaker 1: seem that the oath of office requires them to be 107 00:06:20,320 --> 00:06:23,280 Speaker 1: the official to serve the people's best interests and the 108 00:06:23,360 --> 00:06:28,080 Speaker 1: DSA l A is not in everybody's interest. And by 109 00:06:28,120 --> 00:06:30,080 Speaker 1: the way, I don't blame the d s A l 110 00:06:30,120 --> 00:06:33,560 Speaker 1: A for having that requirement. I mean, yeah, I'd like 111 00:06:33,680 --> 00:06:36,400 Speaker 1: for everybody to let me co govern too. But is 112 00:06:36,440 --> 00:06:40,239 Speaker 1: it legal for a politician to promise to co govern 113 00:06:40,720 --> 00:06:45,680 Speaker 1: co government from from a from a support group before 114 00:06:45,880 --> 00:06:51,480 Speaker 1: co govern. Yes, And that's what they're saying here, Uh 115 00:06:52,120 --> 00:06:52,440 Speaker 1: go ahead. 116 00:06:52,640 --> 00:06:57,080 Speaker 2: DSA is is crazy anti police. I mean, they would 117 00:06:57,120 --> 00:06:59,320 Speaker 2: like to abolish l A p D if they could. 118 00:07:00,400 --> 00:07:02,840 Speaker 1: Oh, I think it's their highest priority. Yeah, I think 119 00:07:02,880 --> 00:07:05,560 Speaker 1: it's their highest priority. And they maybe just to defund 120 00:07:05,600 --> 00:07:07,320 Speaker 1: them to demoralize them. 121 00:07:07,279 --> 00:07:12,920 Speaker 2: Also defund demoralize, Yeah, to disable, to make it inoperative. 122 00:07:14,080 --> 00:07:17,400 Speaker 2: And and this this is the kind of mentality that 123 00:07:17,520 --> 00:07:19,680 Speaker 2: is now crept into much of the City Council, which 124 00:07:19,720 --> 00:07:23,560 Speaker 2: has led to our situation. Gascone has that same philosophy 125 00:07:24,880 --> 00:07:26,280 Speaker 2: right exactly now. 126 00:07:26,400 --> 00:07:30,720 Speaker 1: Niviy Rahman's been on City Council, you know, almost a 127 00:07:30,720 --> 00:07:34,840 Speaker 1: full term longer than Sodo Martinez Hernandez and Mahea in 128 00:07:34,880 --> 00:07:38,400 Speaker 1: the City Controller's office, but she is the first council 129 00:07:38,440 --> 00:07:43,320 Speaker 1: member on City Council to get the reindorsement of the DSA. 130 00:07:43,760 --> 00:07:45,920 Speaker 1: So I am trying to find out and I'll have 131 00:07:46,000 --> 00:07:49,920 Speaker 1: an update tomorrow morning and perhaps also next week on 132 00:07:50,280 --> 00:07:55,440 Speaker 1: whether she agreed to allow DSA to co govern. Now, 133 00:07:55,640 --> 00:07:58,320 Speaker 1: this isn't something where you get the support of the 134 00:07:58,360 --> 00:08:03,160 Speaker 1: Los Angeles Police Protective or the SEIU or the IBEW. 135 00:08:03,920 --> 00:08:08,000 Speaker 1: They require co governing, and I have reached out to 136 00:08:08,200 --> 00:08:13,600 Speaker 1: Ramen and various prosecutorial offices to find out if that's legal. 137 00:08:13,800 --> 00:08:16,840 Speaker 1: I've also reached out, in addition to the City Attorney's office, 138 00:08:17,080 --> 00:08:21,040 Speaker 1: to the City Clerk's office to find out, Hey, isn't 139 00:08:21,160 --> 00:08:26,600 Speaker 1: that a violation of Mithia Robin's oath of office? And 140 00:08:27,040 --> 00:08:28,440 Speaker 1: I'm going to get to the bottom of this, and 141 00:08:28,480 --> 00:08:31,000 Speaker 1: if she refuses to answer, I'm going to start going 142 00:08:31,000 --> 00:08:35,160 Speaker 1: to the meetings and directly ask her about this because 143 00:08:35,160 --> 00:08:38,120 Speaker 1: she is up for another four terms. The city is 144 00:08:38,160 --> 00:08:40,760 Speaker 1: falling apart. And by the way, it's not just council 145 00:08:40,840 --> 00:08:44,560 Speaker 1: district for John, it is the entire city because she 146 00:08:44,840 --> 00:08:51,000 Speaker 1: oversees in the same way jose Wezar oversea oversaw planning 147 00:08:51,040 --> 00:08:55,400 Speaker 1: and land use development corruption for the city. Mithya Raman 148 00:08:55,600 --> 00:09:00,800 Speaker 1: oversees all homeless policy decisions for the city. Being office 149 00:09:00,880 --> 00:09:05,000 Speaker 1: has severe consequences, not just for Council District four, but 150 00:09:05,000 --> 00:09:06,000 Speaker 1: for one through fifteen. 151 00:09:06,080 --> 00:09:08,959 Speaker 2: Do you have a little more time, of course, okay, 152 00:09:08,960 --> 00:09:11,320 Speaker 2: because I want when we come back, I want you 153 00:09:11,400 --> 00:09:14,000 Speaker 2: to tell the story that you outlined in your substack 154 00:09:14,040 --> 00:09:18,160 Speaker 2: piece today about the exploding motor home and Nithia Ramin's 155 00:09:18,200 --> 00:09:22,640 Speaker 2: reaction to it, because the headline of your piece today 156 00:09:22,720 --> 00:09:26,760 Speaker 2: was kaboom. We'll talk more with Daniel gust By the way, 157 00:09:26,840 --> 00:09:31,080 Speaker 2: there's a really good candidate against Nithia Ramen in that 158 00:09:31,160 --> 00:09:35,160 Speaker 2: district and it's Ethan Weaver. Ethan Weaver, and we had 159 00:09:35,240 --> 00:09:37,960 Speaker 2: him on the show yesterday and she's another one of 160 00:09:37,960 --> 00:09:41,679 Speaker 2: these cancers that's destroying Los Angeles to Snythia Ramen. So 161 00:09:41,720 --> 00:09:43,840 Speaker 2: you do have a choice, and it's good choice, and 162 00:09:43,880 --> 00:09:46,319 Speaker 2: it's Ethan Weaver, and if you're in that district, you 163 00:09:46,360 --> 00:09:49,480 Speaker 2: should vote for him. But the case of the exploding 164 00:09:49,600 --> 00:09:50,280 Speaker 2: motor home. 165 00:09:51,160 --> 00:09:55,000 Speaker 5: When we come back, you're listening to John Cobelts on 166 00:09:55,120 --> 00:09:58,040 Speaker 5: demand from KFI AM six forty. 167 00:09:59,240 --> 00:10:04,480 Speaker 2: A moistline for Friday. There's plenty to complain about. Huh, Sure, 168 00:10:04,559 --> 00:10:08,360 Speaker 2: there is plenty to be upset about. Eight seven seven 169 00:10:08,400 --> 00:10:11,240 Speaker 2: Moist eighty six is the number eight seven seven Moist 170 00:10:11,520 --> 00:10:16,120 Speaker 2: eighty six and you could have here your say and 171 00:10:16,400 --> 00:10:20,839 Speaker 2: beyond KFI this Friday afternoon, we're going to continue with 172 00:10:21,160 --> 00:10:25,360 Speaker 2: journalist Daniel Guss. Covers Los Angeles like nobody else and 173 00:10:25,760 --> 00:10:29,880 Speaker 2: you can read his stuff on substack Daniel Gus dot 174 00:10:29,920 --> 00:10:33,800 Speaker 2: substack dot com. And he also has an email newsletter 175 00:10:34,000 --> 00:10:37,280 Speaker 2: that goes out and he gets inside in places that 176 00:10:38,160 --> 00:10:40,400 Speaker 2: no one else bothers to anymore. And we're talking about 177 00:10:40,440 --> 00:10:44,880 Speaker 2: Nthia Rahman and she is the disaster LA City councilman, 178 00:10:45,280 --> 00:10:48,480 Speaker 2: councilwoman from the fourth district, and her district covers much 179 00:10:48,520 --> 00:10:52,079 Speaker 2: of the valley and into Hollywood over the Hill, and 180 00:10:52,800 --> 00:10:58,200 Speaker 2: she has been such she really has embraced homelessness and 181 00:10:59,320 --> 00:11:04,439 Speaker 2: really has been stubborn just refusing to do anything substantive 182 00:11:04,480 --> 00:11:06,800 Speaker 2: about it because she thinks it's wrong for people to 183 00:11:06,880 --> 00:11:09,920 Speaker 2: be trying to clear the homeless out. Let's get Daniel 184 00:11:10,000 --> 00:11:12,840 Speaker 2: on here because you have a really funny story in 185 00:11:12,880 --> 00:11:17,680 Speaker 2: your piece today and let's talk about the exploding motor home. 186 00:11:18,559 --> 00:11:21,040 Speaker 2: I remember when this happened, and you can talk about 187 00:11:21,040 --> 00:11:25,119 Speaker 2: it and Nathia Rahman's response, right. 188 00:11:25,080 --> 00:11:30,800 Speaker 1: So, last year in Sherman Oaks, there's a Gelson's supermarket, 189 00:11:30,840 --> 00:11:35,880 Speaker 1: a little upscale neighborhood, multimillion dollar homes Ventura and Van 190 00:11:35,960 --> 00:11:41,560 Speaker 1: Eys Boulevard, and just like on Sepulvida and Van Eyes, 191 00:11:42,400 --> 00:11:46,680 Speaker 1: there are rows and rows of these decrepit forty fifty 192 00:11:46,760 --> 00:11:51,080 Speaker 1: year old motor homes that are certainly not road safe 193 00:11:51,480 --> 00:11:55,760 Speaker 1: and they're really not suitable even to live in. And 194 00:11:57,000 --> 00:12:01,800 Speaker 1: city council, especially Nathia Rahman, who control goals this, the 195 00:12:01,840 --> 00:12:07,120 Speaker 1: homelessness agenda in Los Angeles, has allowed them to stay 196 00:12:07,240 --> 00:12:09,880 Speaker 1: and you can't park here from two am to six 197 00:12:09,960 --> 00:12:13,560 Speaker 1: am type of rules. But what that really does is 198 00:12:13,760 --> 00:12:17,160 Speaker 1: enable the danger to come to your neighborhood. Now, it 199 00:12:17,200 --> 00:12:20,959 Speaker 1: doesn't matter whether the neighborhood you live in has three 200 00:12:21,080 --> 00:12:25,040 Speaker 1: hundred thousand dollars homes or three million dollar homes. Allowing 201 00:12:25,200 --> 00:12:32,320 Speaker 1: these dangerous vehicles to reside on your street ten and 202 00:12:32,640 --> 00:12:38,839 Speaker 1: has resulted in their tanks exploding. And I don't mean 203 00:12:38,880 --> 00:12:44,040 Speaker 1: cashing fire, I mean exploding as happened a few months 204 00:12:44,080 --> 00:12:49,160 Speaker 1: ago behind Gelson's, adjacent to these multimillion dollar homes, and 205 00:12:49,200 --> 00:12:52,960 Speaker 1: it was caught on video. You could see the yeah, 206 00:12:53,000 --> 00:12:55,320 Speaker 1: you could, you could. You could see the smoke from 207 00:12:55,400 --> 00:12:59,480 Speaker 1: blocks away, and the video clip that I put in 208 00:12:59,559 --> 00:13:02,080 Speaker 1: my spa this morning was captured by a guy by 209 00:13:02,080 --> 00:13:06,920 Speaker 1: the name of Paul Scravano. Now Paul became a national 210 00:13:07,000 --> 00:13:13,920 Speaker 1: figure in this insane Eric Garcetti the homeless industrial complex 211 00:13:14,080 --> 00:13:17,760 Speaker 1: in Los Angeles a year or so ago, when a 212 00:13:17,920 --> 00:13:21,240 Speaker 1: homeless man who has been a menace to the neighborhood 213 00:13:21,280 --> 00:13:26,120 Speaker 1: for years threw a bag of human excrement at him 214 00:13:26,360 --> 00:13:30,880 Speaker 1: and Nithia Rahman. Instead of trying to protect the citizen 215 00:13:31,320 --> 00:13:39,280 Speaker 1: and the business where this crime was videotaped, instead chastised 216 00:13:39,360 --> 00:13:42,760 Speaker 1: Paul Scravano, who has a fantastic little tavern called Blue 217 00:13:42,760 --> 00:13:50,240 Speaker 1: Dog Tavern. Yeah, and he's he's he's been reluctantly thrust 218 00:13:50,280 --> 00:13:53,320 Speaker 1: into the national and local media spotlight because of that. 219 00:13:54,120 --> 00:13:58,520 Speaker 1: And and she said that him showing her Nythia Ramin 220 00:13:58,559 --> 00:14:02,360 Speaker 1: said that Scravano showing her and her staff the video 221 00:14:02,400 --> 00:14:07,280 Speaker 1: of the fecal attack by this homeless guy crossed a boundary. 222 00:14:07,880 --> 00:14:12,520 Speaker 1: And of course people in the neighborhood understand Scrabano's predicament 223 00:14:12,520 --> 00:14:17,520 Speaker 1: because we lived with it every day for years under Garcetti, 224 00:14:17,600 --> 00:14:21,280 Speaker 1: under Ramen, under Bass. And so one day he's in 225 00:14:21,280 --> 00:14:25,480 Speaker 1: the neighborhood because this explosion of this motor home also 226 00:14:25,680 --> 00:14:29,960 Speaker 1: took place in the shadow of another small business called 227 00:14:30,080 --> 00:14:35,560 Speaker 1: Pineapple Hill Tavern, which said he wouldn't allow to have 228 00:14:35,600 --> 00:14:39,760 Speaker 1: an outdoor permit while allowing movies. This is insanity. 229 00:14:39,920 --> 00:14:42,760 Speaker 2: We had the woman on from that restaurant as well. Now, 230 00:14:42,800 --> 00:14:44,720 Speaker 2: this is quite a stretch of Sherman Oaks, and I 231 00:14:44,760 --> 00:14:47,280 Speaker 2: know it really well because for years we lived up 232 00:14:47,280 --> 00:14:49,960 Speaker 2: in the hills and I used to go down the 233 00:14:50,040 --> 00:14:53,040 Speaker 2: hill to do our shopping in Sherman Oaks at that 234 00:14:53,160 --> 00:14:56,000 Speaker 2: Gelson's that you're talking about, and at that strip mall 235 00:14:56,080 --> 00:15:00,000 Speaker 2: where Pineapple Pineapple Hill is the name of the restaurant. Yeah, 236 00:15:00,280 --> 00:15:03,960 Speaker 2: and I've seen all these places. I've gone down there 237 00:15:04,000 --> 00:15:07,280 Speaker 2: for years and years, and it is really taking a 238 00:15:07,320 --> 00:15:12,960 Speaker 2: turn for the worst there. And there's home people everywhere right. 239 00:15:13,040 --> 00:15:15,400 Speaker 1: And these taverns, by the way, they're not in competition 240 00:15:15,480 --> 00:15:19,080 Speaker 1: with each other. These are small family owned businesses. They're 241 00:15:19,160 --> 00:15:23,600 Speaker 1: trying to survive and keep their employees employed and taking 242 00:15:23,600 --> 00:15:25,640 Speaker 1: care of their customers. And they're lucky some months that 243 00:15:25,720 --> 00:15:28,120 Speaker 1: they break even then have twenty bucks in their pocket. 244 00:15:28,520 --> 00:15:31,640 Speaker 1: So Paul is one of these guys like Angela from 245 00:15:31,680 --> 00:15:36,200 Speaker 1: Pineapple Hill who people bring their problems to. And I've 246 00:15:36,240 --> 00:15:39,040 Speaker 1: known both of them for quite a while now, and 247 00:15:39,240 --> 00:15:42,640 Speaker 1: Paul was there and got this video that I put there. 248 00:15:43,000 --> 00:15:47,120 Speaker 1: It was an inferno. It was an inferno between Gelsons, 249 00:15:47,440 --> 00:15:50,280 Speaker 1: not the front of Gelson's, but there's a larger rear 250 00:15:50,440 --> 00:15:54,720 Speaker 1: parking lot and along the street edge of that parking lot. 251 00:15:55,080 --> 00:15:59,800 Speaker 1: This god knows how old the motor home exploded, and 252 00:16:00,040 --> 00:16:02,360 Speaker 1: there were other motor homes. If you look in the 253 00:16:02,400 --> 00:16:05,800 Speaker 1: distance in the last frame, you'll see other old motor 254 00:16:05,800 --> 00:16:09,240 Speaker 1: homes parked there. And it could have had Thankfully it 255 00:16:09,320 --> 00:16:15,760 Speaker 1: didn't a domino effect. And somehow, somehow, nobody was known 256 00:16:15,800 --> 00:16:17,280 Speaker 1: to be killed in this thing. 257 00:16:17,640 --> 00:16:20,320 Speaker 2: You went up to Nitthia Ramen and what was her 258 00:16:20,360 --> 00:16:23,080 Speaker 2: response when you confront her about this? Right? 259 00:16:23,160 --> 00:16:25,760 Speaker 1: So I went to an LA City Council committee meeting. 260 00:16:25,800 --> 00:16:28,560 Speaker 1: That's that's where the that's where the rubber meets the road, 261 00:16:28,600 --> 00:16:30,480 Speaker 1: not the big city council with a with all of 262 00:16:30,520 --> 00:16:33,960 Speaker 1: the non centical spectacles. And so I was at a 263 00:16:33,960 --> 00:16:37,680 Speaker 1: city council committee meeting a few weeks after this thing happened, 264 00:16:37,680 --> 00:16:41,000 Speaker 1: and I said, hey, are you aware that a motor 265 00:16:41,000 --> 00:16:46,040 Speaker 1: home one of several exploded in your neighborhood, and that 266 00:16:46,080 --> 00:16:48,560 Speaker 1: this thing was burned to a crisp. But I'll published 267 00:16:48,600 --> 00:16:52,280 Speaker 1: photos of the result of this explosion tomorrow. And Nithia 268 00:16:52,400 --> 00:16:56,440 Speaker 1: Ramen with Unicus Hernandez and one or two other council members. 269 00:16:57,040 --> 00:16:59,240 Speaker 1: Niffiya Ramen looked at me as if to say, huh, 270 00:16:59,400 --> 00:17:02,560 Speaker 1: like like like like, where where did I misplaced? Where 271 00:17:02,600 --> 00:17:05,119 Speaker 1: did I put my my hair ribbons or my crayons? 272 00:17:05,400 --> 00:17:09,480 Speaker 1: She had not only no interest in knowing what happened 273 00:17:09,880 --> 00:17:12,600 Speaker 1: in this district, which by the way, required a huge 274 00:17:12,680 --> 00:17:18,160 Speaker 1: response from the LA Fire Department. Uh, it literally endangered 275 00:17:18,200 --> 00:17:21,560 Speaker 1: anybody who was within hundreds of feet. She didn't ask 276 00:17:21,680 --> 00:17:26,879 Speaker 1: when it happened, how it happened, Her staff didn't ask 277 00:17:27,040 --> 00:17:30,439 Speaker 1: was anybody hurt or killed? It was literally as if 278 00:17:30,480 --> 00:17:33,600 Speaker 1: you said, I can't find my crayons, where's my where's 279 00:17:33,640 --> 00:17:38,280 Speaker 1: my coffee cup? She was absolutely indifferent. So she either 280 00:17:38,359 --> 00:17:42,080 Speaker 1: didn't know about it or literally didn't care about it. 281 00:17:42,640 --> 00:17:45,440 Speaker 1: And and so these that story and these others have 282 00:17:45,480 --> 00:17:48,320 Speaker 1: been piling up. And now that Ethan Weaver, by the way, 283 00:17:48,400 --> 00:17:52,360 Speaker 1: great interview in your three o'clock hour yesterday with Ethan Weaver. 284 00:17:53,359 --> 00:17:56,560 Speaker 2: He's running against He's running against Nana Ramen And yeah, 285 00:17:56,560 --> 00:17:59,800 Speaker 2: he's a he's a great candidate. And if there's there's 286 00:17:59,800 --> 00:18:03,480 Speaker 2: any God, any justice in the world, Ethan Weaver should 287 00:18:03,560 --> 00:18:09,639 Speaker 2: beat Nithia Rahman. Goodness sakes, And I gotta go Daniel, 288 00:18:09,640 --> 00:18:11,359 Speaker 2: because I'm out of time. I got to do the news, 289 00:18:11,560 --> 00:18:13,439 Speaker 2: all right, So we'll talk again anytime. 290 00:18:13,920 --> 00:18:15,920 Speaker 1: We'll follow up on this will happ an update tomorrow 291 00:18:16,160 --> 00:18:17,399 Speaker 1: is going to be an eye opener. 292 00:18:17,400 --> 00:18:18,080 Speaker 2: Thank you for your time. 293 00:18:18,160 --> 00:18:18,360 Speaker 1: John. 294 00:18:18,480 --> 00:18:23,520 Speaker 5: Okay, you're listening to John Cobels on demand from KFI 295 00:18:23,760 --> 00:18:24,640 Speaker 5: A six forty. 296 00:18:25,320 --> 00:18:27,520 Speaker 2: We're on the radio from one until four. After four 297 00:18:27,560 --> 00:18:30,480 Speaker 2: o'clock John Cobelt Show on demand on the iHeart app 298 00:18:30,520 --> 00:18:33,800 Speaker 2: after three o'clock. Steve Garvey running for Senate as a 299 00:18:33,840 --> 00:18:37,600 Speaker 2: Republican here in California and doing well in the polls, 300 00:18:38,440 --> 00:18:40,760 Speaker 2: solid number two in many polls. We're gonna have Steve 301 00:18:40,800 --> 00:18:44,200 Speaker 2: come in studio and I am putting out the call 302 00:18:44,280 --> 00:18:46,560 Speaker 2: to all the normal people in the world, regardless of 303 00:18:47,000 --> 00:18:53,520 Speaker 2: your politics. Normal people look at Steve Garvey because the 304 00:18:56,680 --> 00:19:02,160 Speaker 2: politicians we have from both parties our chest, so many 305 00:19:02,200 --> 00:19:05,439 Speaker 2: of them are freaks. They really are freaks. They're crazy people, 306 00:19:05,960 --> 00:19:09,280 Speaker 2: and I just am desperate to see people with a 307 00:19:09,400 --> 00:19:12,960 Speaker 2: normal person's sensibility get it to office. I mean, we 308 00:19:13,080 --> 00:19:15,440 Speaker 2: desperately need that throughout the state. We'll talk to Steve 309 00:19:15,480 --> 00:19:19,240 Speaker 2: Garvey coming up this story. I could read to you 310 00:19:19,359 --> 00:19:21,560 Speaker 2: part of it, but you'll think I'm making it up, 311 00:19:22,000 --> 00:19:25,400 Speaker 2: so I thought instead I would play this TV report 312 00:19:25,960 --> 00:19:30,720 Speaker 2: from Fox eleven Chelsea Edwards. Squatters have taken over a 313 00:19:30,760 --> 00:19:38,280 Speaker 2: Hollywood Hills mansion. This home is up for sale and 314 00:19:38,320 --> 00:19:41,760 Speaker 2: it was left unattended to for a few weeks and 315 00:19:41,960 --> 00:19:46,119 Speaker 2: squatters created a fake lease and you'll hear the rest. 316 00:19:47,480 --> 00:19:51,800 Speaker 6: So this wasn't what real estate agent Emily Randall Smith 317 00:19:51,880 --> 00:19:53,959 Speaker 6: was expected when she and her husband checked in on 318 00:19:53,960 --> 00:19:55,680 Speaker 6: one of their listings in the Hollywood Hills. 319 00:19:55,840 --> 00:19:59,720 Speaker 7: There it was like poop and pee everywhere. They had rearranged, 320 00:19:59,760 --> 00:20:02,000 Speaker 7: they had cut all the cords to like all of 321 00:20:02,040 --> 00:20:05,040 Speaker 7: the security systems. They bought a new Wi Fi like 322 00:20:05,080 --> 00:20:07,600 Speaker 7: they were planning to sit there and move there. Basically, 323 00:20:07,960 --> 00:20:08,600 Speaker 7: we're going to get. 324 00:20:08,560 --> 00:20:12,800 Speaker 2: Rid of this stuff. Just put it all here. 325 00:20:13,200 --> 00:20:15,720 Speaker 6: It happened in January when the husband and wife team 326 00:20:15,760 --> 00:20:18,080 Speaker 6: were getting ready to prep the seven bedroom home for 327 00:20:18,160 --> 00:20:18,919 Speaker 6: an open house. 328 00:20:19,119 --> 00:20:21,399 Speaker 7: We walked up to the property and the lock box 329 00:20:21,480 --> 00:20:22,960 Speaker 7: was cut off and I was like, oh, that's kind 330 00:20:22,960 --> 00:20:26,640 Speaker 7: of weird. And there was a mailbox that somebody had 331 00:20:26,800 --> 00:20:28,800 Speaker 7: ordered and they like put it up, and I was like, 332 00:20:28,800 --> 00:20:29,680 Speaker 7: that's also very weird. 333 00:20:29,720 --> 00:20:30,600 Speaker 2: That was not here before. 334 00:20:30,760 --> 00:20:33,200 Speaker 7: My husband walked to the side of the house and 335 00:20:34,320 --> 00:20:36,719 Speaker 7: they had these huge windows and he could see somebody 336 00:20:36,760 --> 00:20:39,800 Speaker 7: laying on the bed in the rooms. 337 00:20:40,040 --> 00:20:42,680 Speaker 6: They quickly called police, who couldn't get the man out 338 00:20:42,680 --> 00:20:45,160 Speaker 6: of the home, so the pair waited until they left, 339 00:20:45,320 --> 00:20:46,520 Speaker 6: then called police again. 340 00:20:46,880 --> 00:20:49,280 Speaker 7: They knocked on the front door, and I guess some 341 00:20:49,440 --> 00:20:52,240 Speaker 7: girl opened it. In the video that I posted, she 342 00:20:52,320 --> 00:20:55,040 Speaker 7: ended up being an only fans bottle. I guess that 343 00:20:55,400 --> 00:20:58,439 Speaker 7: the guy who had broke into the house was like 344 00:20:58,560 --> 00:21:00,800 Speaker 7: running this whole business out of there and like renting 345 00:21:00,800 --> 00:21:02,080 Speaker 7: the rooms out to these girls. 346 00:21:02,320 --> 00:21:05,760 Speaker 6: Smith gives major credit to the LAPD who escorted the woman, 347 00:21:05,920 --> 00:21:11,960 Speaker 6: her dog and everyone's belonging to start property. The Smith's 348 00:21:12,080 --> 00:21:13,600 Speaker 6: left with a mess to clean up. 349 00:21:15,520 --> 00:21:17,600 Speaker 2: I told you it's TV Places for giving me another 350 00:21:17,640 --> 00:21:21,680 Speaker 2: Bikelock wrote to take this one off place it jerk. 351 00:21:22,320 --> 00:21:25,400 Speaker 7: It was really scary, just feeling like somebody had intruded 352 00:21:25,440 --> 00:21:25,800 Speaker 7: your house. 353 00:21:25,800 --> 00:21:27,399 Speaker 2: Obviously it's just a property that we're. 354 00:21:27,280 --> 00:21:30,359 Speaker 7: Selling, but we feel responsible for it, and it's just 355 00:21:30,400 --> 00:21:33,160 Speaker 7: a really eerie feeling to feel that somebody went into 356 00:21:33,240 --> 00:21:36,480 Speaker 7: your property and tried to live there and make it 357 00:21:36,520 --> 00:21:37,160 Speaker 7: their whole kind. 358 00:21:37,200 --> 00:21:39,600 Speaker 6: Apparently had been going on for about two weeks now. 359 00:21:39,680 --> 00:21:42,480 Speaker 6: No one was arrested that night back in January, but 360 00:21:42,520 --> 00:21:44,639 Speaker 6: Smith is saying she really hopes that the person behind 361 00:21:44,680 --> 00:21:47,040 Speaker 6: all of this eventually gets caught. She also has some 362 00:21:47,040 --> 00:21:50,080 Speaker 6: words of advice for anyone who does have an unoccupied property. 363 00:21:50,200 --> 00:21:53,560 Speaker 6: Make sure that the keys, the locks, the security system, 364 00:21:53,560 --> 00:21:56,159 Speaker 6: and the cameras are all working, and have somebody. 365 00:21:55,840 --> 00:21:58,399 Speaker 2: To be able to check in at least regularly. So 366 00:21:58,600 --> 00:22:01,920 Speaker 2: the issue we had the story about it Atlanta last week, 367 00:22:02,000 --> 00:22:06,639 Speaker 2: where there's hundreds and hundreds of squatters inhabiting homes and 368 00:22:06,680 --> 00:22:09,480 Speaker 2: they create fake leases. When the police show up and 369 00:22:09,520 --> 00:22:11,640 Speaker 2: they see the fake lease, they go, well, there's nothing 370 00:22:11,680 --> 00:22:13,720 Speaker 2: we can do. This is a civil matter. You got 371 00:22:13,720 --> 00:22:16,480 Speaker 2: to go to court and prove that the lease is fake. 372 00:22:17,160 --> 00:22:19,800 Speaker 2: And meantime, the creeps stay in and often what they 373 00:22:19,840 --> 00:22:22,560 Speaker 2: do is they rent out the rooms till all sorts 374 00:22:22,600 --> 00:22:26,920 Speaker 2: of lunatics who spend their time drinking and drugging and partying. 375 00:22:27,400 --> 00:22:30,160 Speaker 2: Now in this case, this guy was renting it out 376 00:22:30,240 --> 00:22:34,960 Speaker 2: to young women who perform on OnlyFans, which, if you 377 00:22:35,000 --> 00:22:42,200 Speaker 2: don't know, is they'll perform sex acts. And you, well, 378 00:22:42,200 --> 00:22:44,760 Speaker 2: this would be men who do this as customers will 379 00:22:44,840 --> 00:22:48,640 Speaker 2: then subscribe to OnlyFans and you get to connect and 380 00:22:48,760 --> 00:22:51,320 Speaker 2: watch them do whatever it is they do. And so 381 00:22:51,359 --> 00:22:54,159 Speaker 2: I guess each bedroom had a girl and she was 382 00:22:54,200 --> 00:22:59,720 Speaker 2: putting on her performances. And this is supposed to be 383 00:22:59,800 --> 00:23:02,720 Speaker 2: somebody's house to buy, well somebody, and plus there's somebody 384 00:23:02,720 --> 00:23:07,359 Speaker 2: else who still owns it. If you have a house 385 00:23:07,440 --> 00:23:10,680 Speaker 2: up for sale, you can't leave it alone. You need 386 00:23:10,720 --> 00:23:13,639 Speaker 2: like an armed guard. Twenty four to seven. And of 387 00:23:13,640 --> 00:23:15,679 Speaker 2: course it's it's peep and pooh. Now at first I 388 00:23:15,720 --> 00:23:18,879 Speaker 2: thought it was homeless people dumping the peep in the poop, 389 00:23:19,080 --> 00:23:21,480 Speaker 2: the poop and the pee or the peep in the pooh, 390 00:23:22,160 --> 00:23:24,720 Speaker 2: But in this it was dogs. It was puppies that 391 00:23:24,760 --> 00:23:26,280 Speaker 2: they had, and I don't know what the girl was 392 00:23:26,320 --> 00:23:27,080 Speaker 2: doing with the dog. 393 00:23:27,359 --> 00:23:28,320 Speaker 3: Oh no, don't go. 394 00:23:28,680 --> 00:23:34,040 Speaker 2: That's another only fans channel. This stuff goes on. And uh, 395 00:23:34,520 --> 00:23:38,480 Speaker 2: they put up a fake mailbox that was one of 396 00:23:38,480 --> 00:23:44,320 Speaker 2: the tip offs. So they had they had their own mailbox, 397 00:23:44,480 --> 00:23:51,719 Speaker 2: and this guy's renting and nobody could stop this. It 398 00:23:51,760 --> 00:23:53,920 Speaker 2: goes to a court. And you know, I was talking 399 00:23:53,960 --> 00:23:56,600 Speaker 2: with a couple the other day and about you want 400 00:23:56,640 --> 00:23:58,400 Speaker 2: to rent out a property, and I said, no, don't 401 00:23:58,440 --> 00:24:01,600 Speaker 2: rent out of property. In California, it's virtually impossible to 402 00:24:01,680 --> 00:24:03,600 Speaker 2: kick anybody out if they decide they're not going to 403 00:24:03,640 --> 00:24:06,520 Speaker 2: pay rent. It's gonna be a year. You get squatters 404 00:24:06,680 --> 00:24:09,800 Speaker 2: who come in forget about it. There are no laws 405 00:24:10,200 --> 00:24:12,920 Speaker 2: for property owners. This is this is a communist state. 406 00:24:13,040 --> 00:24:16,040 Speaker 2: This is a communist station here in California, and property 407 00:24:16,080 --> 00:24:17,920 Speaker 2: owners are are spit. 408 00:24:17,760 --> 00:24:21,840 Speaker 4: On and your house would be destroyed. Yeah, I don't 409 00:24:21,840 --> 00:24:25,440 Speaker 4: care what security deposit you take. It's not gonna. 410 00:24:25,160 --> 00:24:27,600 Speaker 3: Eat well what you're gonna have to do to fix your. 411 00:24:27,480 --> 00:24:30,080 Speaker 2: House because it takes weeks or months to get them out, right. 412 00:24:30,280 --> 00:24:32,720 Speaker 2: I mean, you got a bunch of basically hooker girls 413 00:24:33,200 --> 00:24:34,360 Speaker 2: and their dogs. 414 00:24:35,280 --> 00:24:37,480 Speaker 4: We'll leave the dogs out of it. Not their fault 415 00:24:37,520 --> 00:24:38,600 Speaker 4: they got dragged me this. 416 00:24:41,480 --> 00:24:45,240 Speaker 2: If you're watching a girl who has a an only 417 00:24:45,280 --> 00:24:48,600 Speaker 2: fans channel with her dog, ah. 418 00:24:48,480 --> 00:24:53,120 Speaker 4: Yeah, yeah, she may just like having company company sure. 419 00:24:53,640 --> 00:24:58,640 Speaker 2: Yeah. The home is listed on Airbnb and is fully furnished, 420 00:24:59,240 --> 00:25:05,560 Speaker 2: so it's just stand sitting there waiting now we come back. Uh. Well, 421 00:25:05,960 --> 00:25:10,160 Speaker 2: I talked before about how Los Angeles they have Measure HLA, 422 00:25:10,280 --> 00:25:14,080 Speaker 2: which would reduce traffic lanes on all the major boulevards 423 00:25:14,720 --> 00:25:17,680 Speaker 2: to put in bike lanes and other nonsense. I didn't 424 00:25:17,720 --> 00:25:21,520 Speaker 2: know this, but Burbank is considering making Olive Avenue that's 425 00:25:21,560 --> 00:25:27,000 Speaker 2: our road here in front of KFI one lane. 426 00:25:27,200 --> 00:25:29,440 Speaker 3: Oh, it'll take us forever to get out of here. 427 00:25:29,520 --> 00:25:33,120 Speaker 2: Yeah. Have you ever tried, like going down Olive Avenue 428 00:25:33,240 --> 00:25:35,080 Speaker 2: and to take the one on one south? 429 00:25:35,359 --> 00:25:35,719 Speaker 3: Yes? 430 00:25:36,520 --> 00:25:39,040 Speaker 2: Because at times I take it south to go downtown 431 00:25:39,040 --> 00:25:41,560 Speaker 2: to meet my wife or something, and the traffic is 432 00:25:41,600 --> 00:25:43,119 Speaker 2: backed up like two miles. 433 00:25:43,920 --> 00:25:46,160 Speaker 3: John, you need to get your bullhorn and you need 434 00:25:46,200 --> 00:25:48,359 Speaker 3: to go stand out there. They wanted to do that 435 00:25:48,400 --> 00:25:48,920 Speaker 3: doesn't happen. 436 00:25:48,960 --> 00:25:53,480 Speaker 2: They want a bus only lane for metro buses. There's 437 00:25:53,480 --> 00:25:56,679 Speaker 2: nobody on metro buses except homeless people. We have to 438 00:25:56,680 --> 00:25:59,880 Speaker 2: give up a lane for the homeless bus. I'll tell 439 00:25:59,880 --> 00:26:03,440 Speaker 2: you about that when we come back. Burbank City Council, 440 00:26:04,400 --> 00:26:05,560 Speaker 2: you're put on notice here. 441 00:26:05,640 --> 00:26:07,160 Speaker 3: You got to talk to Conway about that. 442 00:26:07,200 --> 00:26:09,000 Speaker 2: Oh, you know, Conway is always doing this raw, raw 443 00:26:09,119 --> 00:26:13,160 Speaker 2: cheerleader thing for Burbank. Yeah, you kids, you can't say 444 00:26:13,200 --> 00:26:18,960 Speaker 2: anything bad about Burbank to Conway. But this look, there's 445 00:26:18,960 --> 00:26:22,600 Speaker 2: a there's a group out on the street called Save 446 00:26:22,680 --> 00:26:25,880 Speaker 2: Olive Avenue. They had big signs the other day and 447 00:26:26,000 --> 00:26:29,320 Speaker 2: signs that said Olive to one lane insane, Save Olive 448 00:26:30,600 --> 00:26:31,920 Speaker 2: mixed flow is a no go. 449 00:26:32,680 --> 00:26:33,000 Speaker 3: Gotcha? 450 00:26:34,160 --> 00:26:34,560 Speaker 1: All right? 451 00:26:35,840 --> 00:26:40,760 Speaker 5: You're listening to John Cobelt on demand from KFI Am sixty. 452 00:26:41,600 --> 00:26:44,960 Speaker 2: Steve Garvey coming in studio right after three o'clock to 453 00:26:45,040 --> 00:26:47,840 Speaker 2: talk about his race. He's running for Senate as a 454 00:26:47,880 --> 00:26:52,280 Speaker 2: Republican here in California, up against three Democrats and others. 455 00:26:53,560 --> 00:26:56,199 Speaker 2: We're going to talk to him in just a few minutes. 456 00:26:57,640 --> 00:27:00,920 Speaker 2: All I have on this story is this petition sheet, 457 00:27:00,960 --> 00:27:05,359 Speaker 2: but it's very concerning. Los Angeles is in danger of 458 00:27:05,440 --> 00:27:09,120 Speaker 2: having a lane removed from all the major boulevards. If 459 00:27:09,200 --> 00:27:13,440 Speaker 2: Measure HLA passes, you have to vote no on it. 460 00:27:13,440 --> 00:27:20,120 Speaker 2: It is a dangerous idea from some tech millionaire who 461 00:27:21,080 --> 00:27:26,240 Speaker 2: is financing these these bicycle groups, and the bicycle groups 462 00:27:26,240 --> 00:27:30,840 Speaker 2: got this on the ballot to remove traffic lanes from 463 00:27:30,840 --> 00:27:34,360 Speaker 2: all the boulevards, replace them with bike lanes or bus 464 00:27:34,520 --> 00:27:37,399 Speaker 2: lanes or curbing right in the middle of the road. 465 00:27:38,200 --> 00:27:40,600 Speaker 2: It's already happened in Santa Monica, and it's a mess, 466 00:27:41,040 --> 00:27:43,560 Speaker 2: and you have to vote no on Measure HLA No. 467 00:27:44,520 --> 00:27:46,320 Speaker 2: We talked about it in detail in the first half 468 00:27:46,359 --> 00:27:49,399 Speaker 2: hour of the show. If you missed it, go listen 469 00:27:49,440 --> 00:27:55,000 Speaker 2: to the podcast later on today John Cobel Show podcast. 470 00:27:56,640 --> 00:28:00,000 Speaker 2: All right, and it's on demand and it's on the iHeart. 471 00:28:00,640 --> 00:28:03,640 Speaker 2: But I get this sheet from the Burbank City Council. 472 00:28:04,280 --> 00:28:07,720 Speaker 2: They're they're considering making Olive Avenue only one lane. Olive 473 00:28:07,760 --> 00:28:11,920 Speaker 2: Avenue is the road that runs right past KFI and 474 00:28:12,000 --> 00:28:17,080 Speaker 2: it can get very trafficking, especially in rush hour. They're 475 00:28:17,080 --> 00:28:19,720 Speaker 2: going to decide whether it's gonna be one lane in 476 00:28:19,760 --> 00:28:23,159 Speaker 2: each direction in order to create a bus only lane 477 00:28:23,600 --> 00:28:28,080 Speaker 2: for the Metro's BRT buses to pass through Burbank. I'm 478 00:28:28,119 --> 00:28:30,760 Speaker 2: not familiar with bus lanes. I find buses to be 479 00:28:31,200 --> 00:28:34,720 Speaker 2: an absurd way to transport around less. I think I've 480 00:28:34,720 --> 00:28:36,439 Speaker 2: ever been Have you ever been in a bus in 481 00:28:36,480 --> 00:28:37,160 Speaker 2: Los Angeles? 482 00:28:37,280 --> 00:28:39,840 Speaker 3: Yes, Well, when I was. 483 00:28:39,800 --> 00:28:41,920 Speaker 4: A teenager, I used to take a bus to the 484 00:28:41,960 --> 00:28:45,640 Speaker 4: beach like every single day during the summer. 485 00:28:45,880 --> 00:28:47,560 Speaker 3: But that was many, many years ago. 486 00:28:47,800 --> 00:28:49,880 Speaker 2: That was before homeless people in drug add Yes, it 487 00:28:49,960 --> 00:28:53,320 Speaker 2: was a good old day. It was the good old days. 488 00:28:53,520 --> 00:28:56,440 Speaker 2: I mean, this place was still crowded, It still had 489 00:28:56,480 --> 00:28:58,560 Speaker 2: you know, eight or nine million people in it. How 490 00:28:58,600 --> 00:29:01,400 Speaker 2: come there were no homeless people in as I don't know. 491 00:29:01,640 --> 00:29:03,680 Speaker 3: I felt pretty safe. 492 00:29:04,600 --> 00:29:10,040 Speaker 2: Yeah. So it says this will increase traffic, yes, increase pollution. Yes. 493 00:29:10,280 --> 00:29:12,800 Speaker 2: See that's the thing. These aren't really environmentalists trying to 494 00:29:14,360 --> 00:29:21,720 Speaker 2: protect against climate change. They're weirdo fanatics. They're like religious zealots. 495 00:29:22,120 --> 00:29:26,760 Speaker 2: Because if you have hundreds of cars stuck in traffic, 496 00:29:26,800 --> 00:29:30,160 Speaker 2: you're gonna get way more pollution. Everybody's sitting there idling, 497 00:29:30,880 --> 00:29:33,440 Speaker 2: And I've seen these these these are road diets, and 498 00:29:33,480 --> 00:29:37,040 Speaker 2: the road diets produced traffic and to Aladdin, extra ten, fifteen, 499 00:29:37,160 --> 00:29:39,960 Speaker 2: twenty minutes to your commute just to get down a 500 00:29:40,000 --> 00:29:43,360 Speaker 2: local roadway. You multiply that by thousands of cars, that's 501 00:29:43,400 --> 00:29:45,920 Speaker 2: a lot more pollution, a lot more traffic. They take 502 00:29:45,920 --> 00:29:49,160 Speaker 2: away parking spots along the side of the road, and 503 00:29:49,200 --> 00:29:52,880 Speaker 2: then people can't get to the local businesses. What did 504 00:29:52,920 --> 00:29:58,080 Speaker 2: we tell you last week. The fire department in la 505 00:29:58,240 --> 00:30:03,080 Speaker 2: is wildly against these as they should be. Hospitals know 506 00:30:03,200 --> 00:30:06,040 Speaker 2: that their ambulances are going to get hung up in traffic. 507 00:30:06,160 --> 00:30:09,040 Speaker 2: Why are they going to do this in Burbank? Uh? 508 00:30:11,920 --> 00:30:16,760 Speaker 2: These protesters are offering this compromise idea called mixed flow, 509 00:30:16,800 --> 00:30:20,400 Speaker 2: which is shared lanes. Why should bus lanes get their 510 00:30:20,520 --> 00:30:23,719 Speaker 2: get their own lane? I mean you've seen what's on buses. 511 00:30:23,880 --> 00:30:28,080 Speaker 2: Why Why would those drug addicts, mental patients, almost people? 512 00:30:28,240 --> 00:30:30,520 Speaker 2: Why do they get the privilege of zipping through traffic 513 00:30:30,520 --> 00:30:33,440 Speaker 2: wore quickly? And then all of us who work for 514 00:30:33,480 --> 00:30:38,160 Speaker 2: a living will pay the taxes here at Burbank? Why 515 00:30:38,240 --> 00:30:40,960 Speaker 2: do we get stuck in traffic? Why do we always 516 00:30:40,960 --> 00:30:45,000 Speaker 2: get penalized for going to work, for showing up every day? 517 00:30:45,200 --> 00:30:48,120 Speaker 2: And then the people who spend the day injecting heroin 518 00:30:48,200 --> 00:30:52,120 Speaker 2: into their veins or snorting myth they get the express lane? Why? 519 00:30:53,360 --> 00:30:56,600 Speaker 2: And who's on the Burbank City Council and why hasn't 520 00:30:56,640 --> 00:30:57,800 Speaker 2: Conway taken care of this? 521 00:30:58,640 --> 00:31:01,680 Speaker 3: Well, you have to have a discussion, and during your cross. 522 00:31:01,280 --> 00:31:05,880 Speaker 2: They're gonna have a rally at city Hall Tuesday, February 523 00:31:05,880 --> 00:31:11,920 Speaker 2: twenty seventh. Wait, is that today. That's today, five fifteen. 524 00:31:12,720 --> 00:31:15,080 Speaker 2: Uh oh, all right, we're gonna get out there at 525 00:31:15,080 --> 00:31:17,320 Speaker 2: five to fifteen. My god, it's the twenty seventh of February, 526 00:31:18,480 --> 00:31:22,160 Speaker 2: the hell and February has an extra day. I'm glad 527 00:31:22,160 --> 00:31:23,240 Speaker 2: you reminded me of that too. 528 00:31:23,880 --> 00:31:26,280 Speaker 3: Fday is March first. 529 00:31:26,760 --> 00:31:29,680 Speaker 2: I don't know how that happened. We're just hurtling towards 530 00:31:29,680 --> 00:31:34,240 Speaker 2: death here. Tuesday February twenty seventh, five point fifteen, that's today. Okay, 531 00:31:34,400 --> 00:31:36,560 Speaker 2: you gotta, you gotta, you gotta join this protest at 532 00:31:36,560 --> 00:31:39,240 Speaker 2: Burbank City Council. They're gonna screw up all of Avenue, which, 533 00:31:39,240 --> 00:31:40,600 Speaker 2: by the way, is going to screw up all the 534 00:31:40,600 --> 00:31:41,520 Speaker 2: other streets as well. 535 00:31:41,720 --> 00:31:43,880 Speaker 3: John, you'll be done, you'll be off the air, so 536 00:31:43,960 --> 00:31:45,320 Speaker 3: you can you can partake. 537 00:31:45,000 --> 00:31:48,080 Speaker 2: In that traffic. Is you have to do that, don't you. 538 00:31:49,720 --> 00:31:51,800 Speaker 3: Well, you're complaining about it. So I think that. 539 00:31:52,400 --> 00:31:54,920 Speaker 2: I'm doing my part. I'm raising awareness here. 540 00:31:55,520 --> 00:31:57,360 Speaker 3: I think you should be out there with your bluehorn. 541 00:31:57,400 --> 00:31:58,959 Speaker 2: You're not going to stay hanging around here for an 542 00:31:59,000 --> 00:32:02,520 Speaker 2: hour And then again Tuesday, March twenty sixth, there is 543 00:32:02,560 --> 00:32:06,680 Speaker 2: another one U. This is uh and they have a 544 00:32:06,720 --> 00:32:13,160 Speaker 2: petition too, so you go look for all this online. 545 00:32:13,600 --> 00:32:15,520 Speaker 2: Why do we have to fight all these wars? Why 546 00:32:15,840 --> 00:32:18,440 Speaker 2: are we always at war with the people who run 547 00:32:18,520 --> 00:32:21,760 Speaker 2: these cities? Why do they hate us so much? Because 548 00:32:21,800 --> 00:32:25,360 Speaker 2: we drive? We drive to go to work. That's how 549 00:32:25,360 --> 00:32:27,720 Speaker 2: you get your tax money that you squander on the homeless. 550 00:32:27,920 --> 00:32:30,600 Speaker 2: We're already doing our part giving you all our tax 551 00:32:30,640 --> 00:32:32,280 Speaker 2: money to squander on the homeless. They don't have to 552 00:32:32,280 --> 00:32:34,680 Speaker 2: get a quick bus ride two. They got nowhere to 553 00:32:34,680 --> 00:32:38,160 Speaker 2: go anyway. When we come back, Steve Garvey is going 554 00:32:38,240 --> 00:32:40,240 Speaker 2: to be here, former Los Angeles Dodger, great who is 555 00:32:40,240 --> 00:32:43,160 Speaker 2: now running a great campaign for US Senate as a 556 00:32:43,200 --> 00:32:46,760 Speaker 2: Republican here in California. Steve's at three thirty now, yes, 557 00:32:47,800 --> 00:32:50,480 Speaker 2: because a sword It was three all right, three thirty fine, 558 00:32:50,680 --> 00:32:53,640 Speaker 2: three thirty Stick around. We got more good. 559 00:32:53,560 --> 00:32:56,600 Speaker 3: Stuff, something even look forward to. 560 00:32:56,880 --> 00:33:00,280 Speaker 2: That's right. You know, people want instant gratification, and we 561 00:33:00,280 --> 00:33:03,200 Speaker 2: don't give you that. We give you delayed gratification. We 562 00:33:03,320 --> 00:33:06,360 Speaker 2: take a little longer to please. Debormark live in the 563 00:33:06,400 --> 00:33:09,200 Speaker 2: CAFI twenty four hour Newsroom. Hey, you've been listening to 564 00:33:09,200 --> 00:33:11,760 Speaker 2: the John Cobalt Show podcast. You can always hear the 565 00:33:11,760 --> 00:33:14,520 Speaker 2: show live on KFI AM six forty from one to 566 00:33:14,600 --> 00:33:17,520 Speaker 2: four pm every Monday through Friday, and of course anytime 567 00:33:17,600 --> 00:33:19,680 Speaker 2: on demand on the iHeartRadio app.