1 00:00:00,800 --> 00:00:02,239 Speaker 1: Can't I am six forty. 2 00:00:02,279 --> 00:00:05,720 Speaker 2: You're listening to the John Cobelt podcast on the iHeartRadio app. 3 00:00:06,760 --> 00:00:07,600 Speaker 1: Welcome to the show. 4 00:00:07,880 --> 00:00:10,360 Speaker 2: We're on today from one until four every day, and 5 00:00:10,400 --> 00:00:13,840 Speaker 2: then after four o'clock we go we become a podcast. 6 00:00:14,280 --> 00:00:18,120 Speaker 2: John Cobelt's Show on demand, also on the iHeart app. 7 00:00:18,480 --> 00:00:20,760 Speaker 2: And we're going to open by talking to an LA 8 00:00:20,800 --> 00:00:23,280 Speaker 2: County Deputy DA. We've had quite a few one lately, 9 00:00:23,360 --> 00:00:27,200 Speaker 2: but this one is not running to replace George Gascone. 10 00:00:27,240 --> 00:00:30,680 Speaker 2: She works for George Gascon as a deputy DA. Her 11 00:00:30,760 --> 00:00:34,640 Speaker 2: name is Tatiana Chahoyan and she was in the news 12 00:00:34,680 --> 00:00:37,960 Speaker 2: this week. She did a TV interview blowing the whistle 13 00:00:38,200 --> 00:00:42,760 Speaker 2: on another absurd Gascone policy. You know all the street 14 00:00:42,760 --> 00:00:46,000 Speaker 2: takeovers that have been plaguing Los Angeles for a long time, now, 15 00:00:46,440 --> 00:00:50,520 Speaker 2: well this might be the reason they keep happening. Gascone 16 00:00:50,560 --> 00:00:54,480 Speaker 2: had told prosecutors not to pursue any charges for street 17 00:00:54,560 --> 00:00:59,040 Speaker 2: racing and street takeovers, reckless driving, all that they're just 18 00:00:59,040 --> 00:01:03,600 Speaker 2: supposed to go to a a driving class. So that 19 00:01:03,840 --> 00:01:06,880 Speaker 2: became a story on Fox eleven News earlier this week, 20 00:01:07,400 --> 00:01:11,240 Speaker 2: and now Tatiana is saying that Gascone i don't know, 21 00:01:11,920 --> 00:01:14,800 Speaker 2: sent over some kind of a goon squad to shut 22 00:01:14,959 --> 00:01:18,959 Speaker 2: Tatiana up, to intimidate her. We're going to talk to 23 00:01:18,959 --> 00:01:22,960 Speaker 2: her now and see what it's about. Tatiana Chohuyan, Welcome 24 00:01:23,400 --> 00:01:24,520 Speaker 2: to the John Cobelt Show. 25 00:01:24,520 --> 00:01:24,880 Speaker 1: How are you? 26 00:01:25,959 --> 00:01:28,520 Speaker 3: Thank you, John, Thanks for having me on. Fine, And 27 00:01:28,800 --> 00:01:31,480 Speaker 3: just to clarify, since this isn't an issue already, I'm 28 00:01:31,520 --> 00:01:33,800 Speaker 3: not speaking on behalf of the DA's office. 29 00:01:34,319 --> 00:01:37,959 Speaker 1: You're speaking as a as a private individual. Correct. 30 00:01:38,160 --> 00:01:41,839 Speaker 2: Well, you blew the whistle earlier this week and said 31 00:01:41,840 --> 00:01:45,959 Speaker 2: that Gascone's policy was not to pursue any serious charges 32 00:01:46,040 --> 00:01:49,960 Speaker 2: against anybody involved in these street racing street takeover situations. 33 00:01:50,000 --> 00:01:53,200 Speaker 1: They're just supposed to go to a class. What happened next, 34 00:01:55,120 --> 00:01:56,040 Speaker 1: So to. 35 00:01:56,320 --> 00:01:58,840 Speaker 3: Clarify again just a little bit. I didn't see it 36 00:01:58,840 --> 00:02:02,520 Speaker 3: was a policy. We received an email encouraging us to 37 00:02:02,640 --> 00:02:05,720 Speaker 3: not file charges, and there were only three categories of 38 00:02:05,760 --> 00:02:09,760 Speaker 3: cases that were mentioned. It was reckless driving, street racing, 39 00:02:10,000 --> 00:02:15,000 Speaker 3: and street takeovers. And just based on the blatant dangerousness 40 00:02:15,040 --> 00:02:18,320 Speaker 3: of this kind of conduct, I decided to speak out 41 00:02:18,360 --> 00:02:22,840 Speaker 3: about it, and after the Fox News interview two days 42 00:02:22,840 --> 00:02:29,440 Speaker 3: ago or three days ago now, yesterday I had Was 43 00:02:29,480 --> 00:02:31,639 Speaker 3: it yesterday or the day before? Again? All the days 44 00:02:31,639 --> 00:02:34,600 Speaker 3: are blurring. But I had two police officers come to 45 00:02:34,639 --> 00:02:38,680 Speaker 3: my home in two separate vehicles and deliver hand deliver 46 00:02:38,840 --> 00:02:45,040 Speaker 3: a letter to me from Gascon's office LAPD officers not 47 00:02:45,240 --> 00:02:48,840 Speaker 3: LAPD officers. So they were DA investigators who are employed 48 00:02:48,840 --> 00:02:52,440 Speaker 3: by the DA's office. They are sworn peace officers. They 49 00:02:52,520 --> 00:02:57,200 Speaker 3: do police works just like regular police officers do. They 50 00:02:57,680 --> 00:03:03,040 Speaker 3: frequently help us in serving subpoenas to victor and interviewing witnesses, 51 00:03:03,320 --> 00:03:04,560 Speaker 3: basically detective work. 52 00:03:04,919 --> 00:03:06,800 Speaker 1: Did they say anything to you or just hand you 53 00:03:06,840 --> 00:03:07,240 Speaker 1: the letter? 54 00:03:09,560 --> 00:03:11,360 Speaker 3: At first when they came to my door, I was 55 00:03:11,480 --> 00:03:14,280 Speaker 3: not at the door, so they left the letter. Then 56 00:03:14,280 --> 00:03:17,359 Speaker 3: they took a picture of the letter. Then they came 57 00:03:17,400 --> 00:03:20,919 Speaker 3: back and got the letter again. It was very shady, 58 00:03:21,040 --> 00:03:25,040 Speaker 3: to say the least. And I did open the door 59 00:03:25,040 --> 00:03:28,040 Speaker 3: when I saw their wife's plate as they were driving away, 60 00:03:28,560 --> 00:03:31,359 Speaker 3: because it was obvious they were law enforcement vehicles, and 61 00:03:31,760 --> 00:03:33,639 Speaker 3: of course I would open the door for law enforcement. 62 00:03:33,680 --> 00:03:35,920 Speaker 3: So I opened the door and they reapproached me and 63 00:03:35,960 --> 00:03:38,280 Speaker 3: they said, Tatiana, we have a letter for you, And 64 00:03:38,320 --> 00:03:39,920 Speaker 3: I said, you know who are you? Who are you 65 00:03:39,960 --> 00:03:43,640 Speaker 3: with and they said Bally Kenny Day's office. 66 00:03:44,080 --> 00:03:46,440 Speaker 1: So you opened the letter and what was the message. 67 00:03:48,880 --> 00:03:53,600 Speaker 3: The message was that I violated policy LAEDA policy and 68 00:03:53,920 --> 00:03:58,240 Speaker 3: made misrepresentations as to what the email encouraging us not 69 00:03:58,320 --> 00:04:02,120 Speaker 3: to file charges was about, which is obviously not true. 70 00:04:03,120 --> 00:04:05,600 Speaker 3: In my piece with Box, I did state that this 71 00:04:05,800 --> 00:04:09,400 Speaker 3: was an encouragement. They were urging us not to file 72 00:04:09,440 --> 00:04:12,920 Speaker 3: these charges. But everyone knows that when your boss encourages 73 00:04:13,000 --> 00:04:15,760 Speaker 3: you to do something, that's the polite way of saying 74 00:04:15,800 --> 00:04:16,200 Speaker 3: do it. 75 00:04:16,680 --> 00:04:23,039 Speaker 2: Right, it affect it's a policy in an unwritten way. Well, 76 00:04:23,120 --> 00:04:26,000 Speaker 2: and so he was upset that you went public with 77 00:04:26,680 --> 00:04:31,880 Speaker 2: this encouragement, correct? Was there any other message in the 78 00:04:31,960 --> 00:04:33,640 Speaker 2: letter or from the two officers. 79 00:04:35,680 --> 00:04:38,080 Speaker 3: They advised me to speak to my head deputy to 80 00:04:38,200 --> 00:04:44,680 Speaker 3: review office policies, and just listed some sections of our 81 00:04:44,800 --> 00:04:48,320 Speaker 3: policy manual that I had allegedly violated. 82 00:04:48,560 --> 00:04:52,960 Speaker 2: Well, is the public not supposed to know about a 83 00:04:52,960 --> 00:04:57,760 Speaker 2: policy that Gascone is encouraging over an issue that a 84 00:04:57,800 --> 00:05:01,159 Speaker 2: lot of people are upset about. I mean this a dangerous, 85 00:05:02,720 --> 00:05:05,880 Speaker 2: dangerous practice, these street takeovers in the street racing, and 86 00:05:06,240 --> 00:05:09,680 Speaker 2: most everyone gets angry when it happens in their neighborhood. 87 00:05:09,760 --> 00:05:12,520 Speaker 2: And they're not supposed to know that the DA doesn't 88 00:05:12,560 --> 00:05:17,520 Speaker 2: want these actions prosecuted in any meaningful way. 89 00:05:17,960 --> 00:05:20,560 Speaker 3: Right this is the exact conduct that results in so 90 00:05:20,640 --> 00:05:23,600 Speaker 3: many innocent people dying, that results in so much tragedy, 91 00:05:23,960 --> 00:05:26,400 Speaker 3: both for the victims and for the people that are 92 00:05:26,440 --> 00:05:29,279 Speaker 3: engaging in this kind of conduct. This is not just 93 00:05:30,120 --> 00:05:35,200 Speaker 3: you know, minimal things we're talking about that don't have consequences. 94 00:05:35,240 --> 00:05:38,760 Speaker 3: These actions have consequences almost on a daily basis here 95 00:05:38,800 --> 00:05:42,000 Speaker 3: in Los Angeles. So that's why I was so appalled 96 00:05:42,000 --> 00:05:48,520 Speaker 3: when I received the encouraging email. And I mean, the 97 00:05:48,520 --> 00:05:51,039 Speaker 3: public needs to know that they are going out into 98 00:05:51,080 --> 00:05:54,200 Speaker 3: a minefield every time they drive their vehicles in LA 99 00:05:54,720 --> 00:05:56,680 Speaker 3: and I thought it was very important for everyone to 100 00:05:56,760 --> 00:06:00,640 Speaker 3: know that, especially given the prevalence of this conduct right now, 101 00:06:01,120 --> 00:06:06,040 Speaker 3: that this is what Gascon is suggesting or encouraging we do. 102 00:06:07,080 --> 00:06:10,840 Speaker 3: And they cited a program that people should attend. And 103 00:06:10,960 --> 00:06:14,120 Speaker 3: the curious part about it, John, was that this program 104 00:06:14,160 --> 00:06:16,720 Speaker 3: was implemented in twenty twenty one. So if he's really 105 00:06:16,760 --> 00:06:19,240 Speaker 3: trying to help people and educate people, why weren't we 106 00:06:19,279 --> 00:06:22,440 Speaker 3: notified about this program in twenty twenty one? Why didn't he. 107 00:06:22,440 --> 00:06:28,360 Speaker 2: Send the program, just my opinion, sounds absurd. The guys 108 00:06:28,360 --> 00:06:31,480 Speaker 2: who do street takeovers in street racing, they're not going 109 00:06:31,520 --> 00:06:33,159 Speaker 2: to care if they have to sit at a desk 110 00:06:33,240 --> 00:06:37,280 Speaker 2: for two hours and get a lecture on safe driving habits, 111 00:06:37,720 --> 00:06:38,840 Speaker 2: They're not going to care. 112 00:06:38,839 --> 00:06:42,039 Speaker 3: Right, right, And when you make no record of this 113 00:06:42,160 --> 00:06:44,760 Speaker 3: kind of conduct, I mean, how do you know in 114 00:06:44,800 --> 00:06:46,960 Speaker 3: the future when something happens, who you're dealing with. 115 00:06:47,200 --> 00:06:52,040 Speaker 1: Oh, so there's no record, the charges are dismissed, the. 116 00:06:52,080 --> 00:06:56,000 Speaker 3: Charges are declined, So the DA's office would decline filing 117 00:06:56,040 --> 00:06:59,120 Speaker 3: a case and refer it to an office hearing, and 118 00:06:59,320 --> 00:07:04,000 Speaker 3: so essentially there is no record of it. There is 119 00:07:04,000 --> 00:07:06,440 Speaker 3: no conviction of it for DMV purposes, there is no 120 00:07:06,520 --> 00:07:09,520 Speaker 3: conviction for purposes of their criminal record, and there's no 121 00:07:09,640 --> 00:07:10,400 Speaker 3: case filing. 122 00:07:11,120 --> 00:07:14,280 Speaker 2: We're on Instagram Live by the Way with Tatiana Chohoya 123 00:07:14,280 --> 00:07:18,600 Speaker 2: and La County Deputy DA who released the news this 124 00:07:18,640 --> 00:07:21,840 Speaker 2: week that George Gascon had sent a letter. I sent 125 00:07:22,080 --> 00:07:25,960 Speaker 2: an email to the Deputy DA das that if you 126 00:07:26,120 --> 00:07:31,840 Speaker 2: have a situation where people are engaged in reckless driving 127 00:07:31,880 --> 00:07:36,000 Speaker 2: and street takeovers in street racing, they're not to be charged. 128 00:07:36,480 --> 00:07:39,960 Speaker 2: There to be sent to a class and then the 129 00:07:40,040 --> 00:07:44,920 Speaker 2: charges are declined. And after releasing this information, she got 130 00:07:44,920 --> 00:07:52,280 Speaker 2: a visit from a couple of DA officers who had 131 00:07:52,320 --> 00:07:54,720 Speaker 2: a letter for her, telling her she was in violation 132 00:07:54,840 --> 00:07:59,120 Speaker 2: by releasing the information. Now, that can't be true, though, 133 00:07:59,240 --> 00:08:05,680 Speaker 2: that that Deputy Das can't tell the public about these directives. 134 00:08:07,440 --> 00:08:09,200 Speaker 1: I mean, we're paying for this all operation. 135 00:08:11,080 --> 00:08:11,280 Speaker 4: Right. 136 00:08:11,800 --> 00:08:13,280 Speaker 3: In the letter he explained that I would have to 137 00:08:13,320 --> 00:08:15,920 Speaker 3: obtain approval first, or mentioned that I was speaking as 138 00:08:15,960 --> 00:08:20,000 Speaker 3: a private person. I did mention that I was speaking 139 00:08:20,040 --> 00:08:22,560 Speaker 3: as a private person. I can't control with the news, 140 00:08:22,640 --> 00:08:25,280 Speaker 3: you know, which clips the news decides to put out there, obviously, 141 00:08:25,680 --> 00:08:28,280 Speaker 3: and I don't think there would be any confusion either 142 00:08:28,320 --> 00:08:31,480 Speaker 3: way about whether I was speaking on George Gascon's behalf 143 00:08:31,600 --> 00:08:35,400 Speaker 3: or not. Clearly not if I'm you know, opposing what 144 00:08:35,440 --> 00:08:37,360 Speaker 3: he's saying and disagreeing with so he. 145 00:08:37,280 --> 00:08:40,880 Speaker 2: Had he has no intention of doing anything that's going 146 00:08:40,920 --> 00:08:44,760 Speaker 2: to prevent the street racing from occurring. I mean, if 147 00:08:44,760 --> 00:08:46,920 Speaker 2: there's no penalty anymore, if they just have to go 148 00:08:46,960 --> 00:08:49,040 Speaker 2: to a class, nothing's going to stop them. They're going 149 00:08:49,080 --> 00:08:51,000 Speaker 2: to get emboldened. We're going to get even more of this. 150 00:08:52,840 --> 00:08:55,559 Speaker 3: Right, and the timing of it all is just so curious. 151 00:08:55,600 --> 00:08:58,000 Speaker 3: We have Rebecca Grossman's trial that just finished, and it 152 00:08:58,080 --> 00:09:00,200 Speaker 3: was you know, the case was submitted to the drew In. 153 00:09:00,280 --> 00:09:04,800 Speaker 3: We get this email encouraging us to not file charges 154 00:09:04,840 --> 00:09:07,480 Speaker 3: in these cases, and right, I. 155 00:09:07,480 --> 00:09:08,480 Speaker 1: Mean, we just had to trial. 156 00:09:08,559 --> 00:09:11,840 Speaker 2: The two boys were killed because supposedly Becca Grossman was 157 00:09:11,880 --> 00:09:13,280 Speaker 2: street racing her boyfriend. 158 00:09:14,559 --> 00:09:16,800 Speaker 1: Right, Oh, that's crazy. 159 00:09:16,880 --> 00:09:19,599 Speaker 3: Victims of this exact kind of conduct, I mean, what 160 00:09:19,679 --> 00:09:22,040 Speaker 3: does this say to Monique Munos's mom? What does this 161 00:09:22,120 --> 00:09:25,800 Speaker 3: stay to the parents of the Pepperdine students that were killed? 162 00:09:25,920 --> 00:09:28,040 Speaker 3: What kind of message are we sending to the public 163 00:09:28,080 --> 00:09:32,199 Speaker 3: about what to expect when you are driving in Los Angeles. 164 00:09:32,240 --> 00:09:36,800 Speaker 2: Didn't LPD have some kind of special task force to 165 00:09:37,800 --> 00:09:41,360 Speaker 2: try to mitigate these street takeovers because there were so 166 00:09:41,440 --> 00:09:44,040 Speaker 2: many of them, especially on Sixth Street? Weren't weren't they 167 00:09:44,040 --> 00:09:45,760 Speaker 2: going out of the way to put together some kind 168 00:09:45,760 --> 00:09:48,760 Speaker 2: of program to curtail this activity. 169 00:09:49,800 --> 00:09:53,599 Speaker 3: Almost every law enforcement agency has established some kind of 170 00:09:53,720 --> 00:09:57,880 Speaker 3: program to stop this. The CHP has obtained grants in 171 00:09:57,960 --> 00:10:00,440 Speaker 3: order to stop this kind of conduct. The LAC Council 172 00:10:00,559 --> 00:10:05,440 Speaker 3: voted twelve to one to establish or determine specific intersections 173 00:10:05,440 --> 00:10:09,040 Speaker 3: and they determine twenty specific locations within Los Angeles County 174 00:10:09,240 --> 00:10:12,800 Speaker 3: that were prone to this kind of conduct and deploy 175 00:10:13,000 --> 00:10:16,200 Speaker 3: task force is to these areas to stop this. And 176 00:10:16,440 --> 00:10:19,840 Speaker 3: regardless of all their efforts, and in spite of all 177 00:10:19,880 --> 00:10:24,800 Speaker 3: their efforts, it seems, George Gascon sends us an email saying, reminder, 178 00:10:24,880 --> 00:10:28,800 Speaker 3: we're encouraging you not to file charges on these cases, right, 179 00:10:28,880 --> 00:10:29,280 Speaker 3: I mean. 180 00:10:29,320 --> 00:10:30,600 Speaker 1: We're just going to get a lot more. 181 00:10:31,120 --> 00:10:35,079 Speaker 3: Always always been an option in our office. They've always 182 00:10:35,080 --> 00:10:37,640 Speaker 3: been an option for misdemeanor offenses that we feel would 183 00:10:37,679 --> 00:10:40,920 Speaker 3: be better handled, you know, informally without charges being pursued. 184 00:10:41,280 --> 00:10:44,439 Speaker 3: But for all these agencies to do so much extra 185 00:10:44,600 --> 00:10:48,040 Speaker 3: work to try to make our county a safer place 186 00:10:48,360 --> 00:10:52,400 Speaker 3: for our kids and families and innocent people driving to 187 00:10:52,520 --> 00:10:55,440 Speaker 3: and from their daily activities, and for him to send 188 00:10:55,480 --> 00:10:58,280 Speaker 3: an email just as all of this is happening saying 189 00:10:58,800 --> 00:11:02,360 Speaker 3: I'm not going to let this happen. You guys can 190 00:11:02,400 --> 00:11:04,560 Speaker 3: try as hard as you want, and I will make 191 00:11:04,600 --> 00:11:06,359 Speaker 3: sure it's not effective. 192 00:11:07,440 --> 00:11:12,080 Speaker 2: Well, not a day goes by where there's not a 193 00:11:12,080 --> 00:11:15,920 Speaker 2: new story of insanity coming out of Gascon's office. Tatiana, 194 00:11:16,000 --> 00:11:17,920 Speaker 2: thank you for coming on with us. 195 00:11:18,480 --> 00:11:19,880 Speaker 3: Thank you for having me, John. 196 00:11:19,800 --> 00:11:24,280 Speaker 2: Okay, Tatiana Chohoya and La County Deputy DA. We'll have 197 00:11:24,640 --> 00:11:28,280 Speaker 2: more on this coming up. What do we got four days? 198 00:11:28,640 --> 00:11:33,360 Speaker 2: Four days until the primary election on March fifth, and 199 00:11:33,440 --> 00:11:34,680 Speaker 2: you know what to do out there. 200 00:11:34,760 --> 00:11:35,640 Speaker 1: We'll discuss this. 201 00:11:36,520 --> 00:11:40,840 Speaker 4: You're listening to John Coebelts on demand from KFI AM 202 00:11:40,880 --> 00:11:41,400 Speaker 4: six forty. 203 00:11:42,840 --> 00:11:46,560 Speaker 2: It's the John cobelt Cho CAFI Am six forty Live 204 00:11:46,559 --> 00:11:50,520 Speaker 2: everywhere in the iHeartRadio app And we just finished talking 205 00:11:50,559 --> 00:11:55,959 Speaker 2: with Tatiana Johyan, the La County Deputy DA, who said 206 00:11:56,679 --> 00:12:02,280 Speaker 2: that gascone is mafia tactics against her. And if you're 207 00:12:02,320 --> 00:12:05,360 Speaker 2: just joining us, we just finished the interview. She made 208 00:12:05,400 --> 00:12:08,160 Speaker 2: the news earlier this week, talking to Channel eleven and 209 00:12:08,280 --> 00:12:14,280 Speaker 2: saying that Gascon sent out a memo encouraging the Deputy 210 00:12:14,360 --> 00:12:19,360 Speaker 2: das not to follow through on real charges against those 211 00:12:19,520 --> 00:12:23,440 Speaker 2: idiots who do street takeovers and street racing and reckless driving. 212 00:12:23,559 --> 00:12:27,439 Speaker 2: And we've all seen this, some of you who had 213 00:12:27,440 --> 00:12:31,360 Speaker 2: it in the neighborhoods. And while all the law enforcement 214 00:12:31,400 --> 00:12:34,800 Speaker 2: agencies are putting together special teams to combat this because 215 00:12:34,840 --> 00:12:37,760 Speaker 2: it really is dangerous, and people do get her and 216 00:12:37,800 --> 00:12:41,520 Speaker 2: people do die, It draws big crowds and things get 217 00:12:41,559 --> 00:12:46,920 Speaker 2: out of control. Gascone doesn't want to prosecute them at all. 218 00:12:49,200 --> 00:12:55,120 Speaker 2: He's told the Deputy Das to decline the charges and 219 00:12:55,320 --> 00:12:58,840 Speaker 2: just send everybody to a class run by mothers against 220 00:12:58,880 --> 00:13:04,160 Speaker 2: drug drivers, and that's it. There would be no record 221 00:13:04,200 --> 00:13:07,440 Speaker 2: of a case being filed, no conviction for the DMV, 222 00:13:08,040 --> 00:13:11,560 Speaker 2: no indication that the person was involved in reckless driving 223 00:13:11,679 --> 00:13:18,040 Speaker 2: or street tagovers or street racing. This is just the 224 00:13:18,120 --> 00:13:23,480 Speaker 2: most first of all, it's unbelievably outrageous for the public safety. 225 00:13:24,840 --> 00:13:28,800 Speaker 2: There is nothing good about street takeovers. All that could 226 00:13:28,800 --> 00:13:34,200 Speaker 2: happen is something bad, and it's like this lowest common 227 00:13:34,240 --> 00:13:39,600 Speaker 2: denominator entertainment for stupid people. And there's always a crowd 228 00:13:39,600 --> 00:13:43,719 Speaker 2: of stupid people willing to stand there and record it. Oh, 229 00:13:43,760 --> 00:13:46,160 Speaker 2: you know, until one of the cars flies out of control, 230 00:13:46,160 --> 00:13:50,600 Speaker 2: and then you get flattened your street pizza and innocent 231 00:13:50,640 --> 00:13:54,840 Speaker 2: people can get hurt. It ties up roads and intersections, 232 00:13:54,840 --> 00:13:57,400 Speaker 2: It ties up traffic, It makes a lot of noise. 233 00:13:57,440 --> 00:13:58,559 Speaker 1: There's nothing good about it. 234 00:13:58,679 --> 00:14:00,560 Speaker 2: And that's what the police are supposed to do, and 235 00:14:00,600 --> 00:14:03,000 Speaker 2: that's what the DA is supposed to do. Is prosecute. 236 00:14:03,360 --> 00:14:06,040 Speaker 2: He refuses to prosecute. So these goons are gonna do 237 00:14:06,080 --> 00:14:08,760 Speaker 2: it more often. They're gonna get more reckless, right because 238 00:14:08,760 --> 00:14:11,200 Speaker 2: they got to keep uping the ante to make it 239 00:14:11,240 --> 00:14:15,000 Speaker 2: more entertaining to all the morons in the streets. Ay 240 00:14:15,120 --> 00:14:18,880 Speaker 2: ya yai. And they do this, you know, very late 241 00:14:18,880 --> 00:14:24,440 Speaker 2: at night, so nobody can sleep, and you don't know 242 00:14:24,480 --> 00:14:26,560 Speaker 2: if one of these cars is going to come flying 243 00:14:26,600 --> 00:14:32,640 Speaker 2: through your living room. Gat's going it's so bad. He 244 00:14:32,840 --> 00:14:37,280 Speaker 2: is so bad and so irresponsible. This is just one 245 00:14:37,280 --> 00:14:39,840 Speaker 2: thing after another here. And what does he do? He 246 00:14:39,880 --> 00:14:43,560 Speaker 2: goes after a Tatiana chihayan and what's some kind of 247 00:14:43,600 --> 00:14:50,240 Speaker 2: goon squad shows up with a letter, a suggestion. Gee, 248 00:14:50,280 --> 00:14:52,840 Speaker 2: wouldn't want to have anything bad happen to you, now, 249 00:14:53,200 --> 00:14:58,160 Speaker 2: would you? The hell is this? It looks like something 250 00:14:58,160 --> 00:15:03,400 Speaker 2: out of the Sopranos. That's not that's not the chief 251 00:15:03,480 --> 00:15:09,120 Speaker 2: law enforcement officer here. He's a district attorney and he's 252 00:15:09,160 --> 00:15:12,600 Speaker 2: scolding a deputy who wants to do her job and 253 00:15:12,640 --> 00:15:15,800 Speaker 2: wants the public to know that Gascone has yet another 254 00:15:15,840 --> 00:15:18,320 Speaker 2: directive that makes this place unsafe. 255 00:15:18,960 --> 00:15:24,120 Speaker 1: That's scary unsafe. He is crazy. 256 00:15:25,960 --> 00:15:28,480 Speaker 2: Yeah, he probably freaked out because she went to Fox 257 00:15:28,560 --> 00:15:32,600 Speaker 2: eleven a week before this primary. And he doesn't need 258 00:15:32,640 --> 00:15:35,560 Speaker 2: any more bad publicity. Well, he's walking around saying, no, 259 00:15:35,640 --> 00:15:38,080 Speaker 2: we're in a better place than we are four years ago. No, 260 00:15:38,560 --> 00:15:45,200 Speaker 2: four years ago street racers were charged. Oh my god, 261 00:15:45,640 --> 00:15:48,480 Speaker 2: there is no bottom of the barrel for him, none. 262 00:15:48,480 --> 00:15:48,880 Speaker 1: What's up. 263 00:15:48,880 --> 00:15:51,040 Speaker 2: Well, look, we've told you what to do. You could 264 00:15:51,120 --> 00:15:53,960 Speaker 2: end this and you could add this quickly. On Tuesday, 265 00:15:54,280 --> 00:15:57,760 Speaker 2: we gave you two choices out of the eleven who 266 00:15:57,800 --> 00:16:00,480 Speaker 2: are running against Gascon, who are favorite It's are and 267 00:16:00,520 --> 00:16:04,080 Speaker 2: that was John hit Tommy and John McKinney. So we 268 00:16:04,560 --> 00:16:09,800 Speaker 2: gave you interviews with eight out of the eleven candidates. 269 00:16:10,880 --> 00:16:13,640 Speaker 2: Two of them are jokes. Two of the three that 270 00:16:13,720 --> 00:16:15,480 Speaker 2: we did not interview our jokes, and one of them 271 00:16:15,520 --> 00:16:18,640 Speaker 2: is Jeff Schemerinsky, who's as bad as Gascon. But the 272 00:16:18,680 --> 00:16:22,080 Speaker 2: other eight we interviewed some of them multiple times, and 273 00:16:22,560 --> 00:16:25,040 Speaker 2: you know, the debates are online some of them. 274 00:16:26,160 --> 00:16:28,600 Speaker 1: So everything, everything's been done to. 275 00:16:28,520 --> 00:16:30,320 Speaker 2: Present you with the information, to give you an idea 276 00:16:30,320 --> 00:16:36,880 Speaker 2: of these guys character, their resume, their their biography, their philosophy, 277 00:16:37,760 --> 00:16:39,200 Speaker 2: the accomplishments they've had. 278 00:16:40,360 --> 00:16:41,240 Speaker 1: So there you go. 279 00:16:41,280 --> 00:16:46,000 Speaker 2: There' John Hatammy and John McKinney. Now, there can't be 280 00:16:46,040 --> 00:16:50,880 Speaker 2: any excuses. You can vote by walking in to your 281 00:16:50,880 --> 00:16:54,200 Speaker 2: local voting precinct, you can vote by mailing an instill 282 00:16:54,680 --> 00:16:57,560 Speaker 2: or you can show up on Tuesday and do it 283 00:16:57,600 --> 00:17:01,320 Speaker 2: and we end Gascone's reign. Remember it's top two goes 284 00:17:01,360 --> 00:17:04,879 Speaker 2: on to November, and which is why we recommended two people, 285 00:17:04,920 --> 00:17:08,560 Speaker 2: even though you could only vote for one. I'd like 286 00:17:08,600 --> 00:17:11,000 Speaker 2: to see those two guys to be the top two. 287 00:17:11,520 --> 00:17:15,080 Speaker 2: They're both they're both excellent, and they both have been 288 00:17:15,160 --> 00:17:21,960 Speaker 2: outspoken in explaining what goes on behind the scenes. And 289 00:17:22,760 --> 00:17:26,280 Speaker 2: Gascon has retaliated against many Deputy DA's for speaking out 290 00:17:26,400 --> 00:17:32,080 Speaker 2: and he's doing it again. Well anyway, Tatiana Johoyne at 291 00:17:32,160 --> 00:17:35,359 Speaker 2: least is looking out for your safety and the safety 292 00:17:35,400 --> 00:17:38,280 Speaker 2: of your family, and Gascon is trying to shut her up. 293 00:17:38,359 --> 00:17:43,000 Speaker 2: I mean, that's just disgusting and disgraceful. Nobody, nobody's saying 294 00:17:43,080 --> 00:17:46,520 Speaker 2: on a reward Gascon with a vote on Tuesday, nobody zero. 295 00:17:46,600 --> 00:17:49,719 Speaker 2: There's no case to make for him. The quicker, the 296 00:17:49,720 --> 00:17:52,120 Speaker 2: better that the tumor is cut out of the out 297 00:17:52,119 --> 00:17:53,760 Speaker 2: of the body, all or more coming up. 298 00:17:54,760 --> 00:17:59,639 Speaker 4: You're listening to John Cobels on demand from KFI AM sixty. 299 00:18:00,359 --> 00:18:02,520 Speaker 2: We're on from one to four after four o'clock John 300 00:18:02,560 --> 00:18:06,439 Speaker 2: Cobelt Show on demand, the podcast on the iHeart app. 301 00:18:07,560 --> 00:18:13,359 Speaker 2: We have our voting guide up on social media and 302 00:18:13,800 --> 00:18:16,400 Speaker 2: also on the website. Go to kf I AM six 303 00:18:16,520 --> 00:18:19,440 Speaker 2: forty dot com and you click on the John Cobelt 304 00:18:19,440 --> 00:18:23,280 Speaker 2: page and you will see it's just about a half 305 00:18:23,280 --> 00:18:27,760 Speaker 2: a dozen selections. The stuff that matters the most, the 306 00:18:27,760 --> 00:18:31,760 Speaker 2: stuff I'm most interested in and that I care about 307 00:18:33,040 --> 00:18:33,320 Speaker 2: and that. 308 00:18:33,320 --> 00:18:34,080 Speaker 1: I know about too. 309 00:18:34,240 --> 00:18:39,120 Speaker 2: Would There's always lots of smaller races, very localized races, 310 00:18:39,440 --> 00:18:42,080 Speaker 2: races for judge and this and that. But you know 311 00:18:42,119 --> 00:18:44,720 Speaker 2: we can't really help you on that. So just to 312 00:18:44,720 --> 00:18:47,200 Speaker 2: give you a quick rundown the ones that we are 313 00:18:47,760 --> 00:18:53,639 Speaker 2: offering a some voting encouragement on Proposition one. 314 00:18:54,760 --> 00:18:58,720 Speaker 1: This is a newsome thing. Vote no. 315 00:19:00,119 --> 00:19:08,280 Speaker 2: It borrows over six billion dollars to combat homelessness. Now 316 00:19:08,640 --> 00:19:10,440 Speaker 2: you know what's going to happen. They'll spend the six 317 00:19:10,480 --> 00:19:13,200 Speaker 2: billion dollars in the homelessness will go up. I don't 318 00:19:13,200 --> 00:19:15,479 Speaker 2: know how many times you have to be scammed by this. 319 00:19:16,800 --> 00:19:20,960 Speaker 2: They scammed us seven years ago in twenty seventeen with 320 00:19:21,240 --> 00:19:27,119 Speaker 2: two propositions. One was H and one was HHH in 321 00:19:27,280 --> 00:19:30,280 Speaker 2: La County. One was for the city, one was for 322 00:19:30,320 --> 00:19:33,800 Speaker 2: the county. It was all wasted money. It was billions 323 00:19:33,840 --> 00:19:36,360 Speaker 2: of dollars over the last seven years. Nothing good came 324 00:19:36,400 --> 00:19:40,600 Speaker 2: of it. We ended up with skyrocketing homelessness race rates. 325 00:19:41,000 --> 00:19:44,920 Speaker 2: So if you borrow this money, it's going to cost 326 00:19:44,960 --> 00:19:47,760 Speaker 2: even more with all the interest. And we have seventy 327 00:19:47,760 --> 00:19:51,520 Speaker 2: three billion dollars for this year's deficit. So you take 328 00:19:51,560 --> 00:19:53,879 Speaker 2: the seventy three billion dollar deficit, now you're going to 329 00:19:53,920 --> 00:19:56,680 Speaker 2: be adding to it. And do you really think they 330 00:19:56,720 --> 00:20:01,600 Speaker 2: claim they're going to build mental health treatment facility. Well, 331 00:20:03,240 --> 00:20:08,480 Speaker 2: they claim that, I'll tell you in twenty fourteen, remember 332 00:20:08,480 --> 00:20:10,960 Speaker 2: when they passed Prop. Forty seven and they weren't going 333 00:20:11,000 --> 00:20:14,040 Speaker 2: to put anybody in jail anymore. They said they were 334 00:20:14,040 --> 00:20:18,840 Speaker 2: going to take the savings from not housing people in 335 00:20:18,880 --> 00:20:23,680 Speaker 2: prison and use it to build a rehabilitation and treatment centers. 336 00:20:24,280 --> 00:20:27,439 Speaker 2: They never did. They lied. And you know what, the 337 00:20:27,520 --> 00:20:32,280 Speaker 2: budget for the prison system is larger than ever even 338 00:20:32,320 --> 00:20:39,240 Speaker 2: though they released half the prisoners. They released half the prisoners, 339 00:20:39,840 --> 00:20:42,040 Speaker 2: and the budget is much larger than it was in 340 00:20:42,080 --> 00:20:46,000 Speaker 2: twenty fourteen, so they lie, they give them money away 341 00:20:46,000 --> 00:20:49,520 Speaker 2: to the prison guards union, among other things. Anyway, Prop 342 00:20:49,560 --> 00:20:53,840 Speaker 2: one is a big no. This was doing really well 343 00:20:53,840 --> 00:20:55,639 Speaker 2: in the polls. It was doing so well it was 344 00:20:55,680 --> 00:20:59,520 Speaker 2: almost not worth talking about. But I think people are 345 00:20:59,800 --> 00:21:02,840 Speaker 2: more learn more paying attention now and they're onto the scam. 346 00:21:03,680 --> 00:21:08,720 Speaker 2: And now Newsom is actually touring the state campaigning for it. 347 00:21:09,600 --> 00:21:12,400 Speaker 2: In the latest poll it was up fifty to thirty eight. 348 00:21:12,400 --> 00:21:16,480 Speaker 2: And you may think that's a pretty good lead, except historically, 349 00:21:19,200 --> 00:21:24,560 Speaker 2: borrowing questions that don't crack fifty percent tend to lose 350 00:21:25,200 --> 00:21:31,000 Speaker 2: because most of the undecided end up voting no. If 351 00:21:31,000 --> 00:21:32,760 Speaker 2: you don't trust it to the point where you don't 352 00:21:32,800 --> 00:21:36,399 Speaker 2: have an opinion, odds are you're not going to vote 353 00:21:36,960 --> 00:21:39,879 Speaker 2: to borrow the money. And it's right at that tipping 354 00:21:39,920 --> 00:21:43,679 Speaker 2: point now. So if you are undecided or unaware of it, 355 00:21:44,560 --> 00:21:47,280 Speaker 2: see I don't you have to go and vote because 356 00:21:47,280 --> 00:21:50,920 Speaker 2: you've got to get rid of Gasco. So while you're there, 357 00:21:51,160 --> 00:21:54,600 Speaker 2: vote no on Prop one. Otherwise we're just pissing away 358 00:21:54,640 --> 00:21:58,359 Speaker 2: six billion dollars of your tax money plus interest. And 359 00:21:59,760 --> 00:22:01,800 Speaker 2: what they auto to is take the billions of dollars 360 00:22:01,840 --> 00:22:08,200 Speaker 2: they have and fire all those fake nonprofits that are 361 00:22:08,240 --> 00:22:12,639 Speaker 2: builking the taxpayer. Start with that before you get more money. 362 00:22:13,520 --> 00:22:16,520 Speaker 2: Then there's Measure HLA and that's just in La City. 363 00:22:16,960 --> 00:22:19,520 Speaker 2: And this is the Roagudia plan. You've got to vote no. 364 00:22:19,800 --> 00:22:23,560 Speaker 2: Oh my god. I was watching TV last night, one 365 00:22:23,560 --> 00:22:28,040 Speaker 2: of the newscasts, and they had a commercial in favor 366 00:22:28,080 --> 00:22:30,440 Speaker 2: of HLA and it claimed that this was going to 367 00:22:30,520 --> 00:22:34,639 Speaker 2: relieve traffic. And they showed video. They say, buses and 368 00:22:36,560 --> 00:22:39,760 Speaker 2: a rescue personnel will be able to travel more freely. 369 00:22:40,040 --> 00:22:43,000 Speaker 2: And it showed by a wide open boulevard and showed 370 00:22:43,000 --> 00:22:45,760 Speaker 2: a bus making a right turn and it had a 371 00:22:45,800 --> 00:22:49,520 Speaker 2: lot of daylight. And I'm thinking, oh my god, what 372 00:22:49,680 --> 00:22:53,520 Speaker 2: a blatant lie. They made it sound like this is 373 00:22:53,600 --> 00:22:59,399 Speaker 2: your future, these wide open boulevards with sparse traffic, buses 374 00:22:59,480 --> 00:23:02,320 Speaker 2: running free. It does the opposite, as we know. It's 375 00:23:02,440 --> 00:23:05,600 Speaker 2: road diets. It's going to create massive traffic. It's going 376 00:23:05,640 --> 00:23:09,000 Speaker 2: to back cars up literally for miles. 377 00:23:10,119 --> 00:23:12,040 Speaker 1: So they are. 378 00:23:13,200 --> 00:23:17,200 Speaker 2: But you know what, the first you're allowed to lie 379 00:23:17,280 --> 00:23:21,520 Speaker 2: in political advertising. If you do a regular commercial advertising, 380 00:23:21,920 --> 00:23:25,920 Speaker 2: there are some strict limits that the Federal Trade Commission has, 381 00:23:26,320 --> 00:23:27,080 Speaker 2: but when it. 382 00:23:27,040 --> 00:23:30,320 Speaker 1: Comes to political advertising, you lie like hell. 383 00:23:31,040 --> 00:23:33,080 Speaker 2: So it's got to be no on Measure HLA. So 384 00:23:33,280 --> 00:23:36,919 Speaker 2: no on prop one, No on Measure HLA, No, no, 385 00:23:36,920 --> 00:23:40,960 Speaker 2: no no. La County DA. We've gone over John Hattammi 386 00:23:41,080 --> 00:23:45,040 Speaker 2: or John McKinney. And again there's other good candidates as well, 387 00:23:45,119 --> 00:23:49,199 Speaker 2: but we want we can't split the vote eleven different ways. 388 00:23:50,359 --> 00:23:53,040 Speaker 2: We can't do this. We got to focus on one 389 00:23:53,119 --> 00:23:57,480 Speaker 2: or two people. And Box gasts going out because he's 390 00:23:57,480 --> 00:24:02,440 Speaker 2: a monster. You her last segment, he's sending a goon 391 00:24:02,560 --> 00:24:06,399 Speaker 2: squad to try to shut up a Deputy DA who's 392 00:24:06,640 --> 00:24:09,399 Speaker 2: criticizing him because we found out that gascon does not 393 00:24:09,480 --> 00:24:14,800 Speaker 2: want to prosecute street takeover criminals or street racing criminals. 394 00:24:15,359 --> 00:24:19,120 Speaker 2: All right, one LA City Council race worth getting into. 395 00:24:19,359 --> 00:24:22,560 Speaker 2: You want to pick Ethan Weaver over Nythia Ramen. And 396 00:24:22,920 --> 00:24:28,080 Speaker 2: Nythia Rahmen is a Communist Democratic Socialist of America, and 397 00:24:28,359 --> 00:24:32,720 Speaker 2: she's crazy. She loves homelessness. All her policies encourage homelessness, 398 00:24:33,800 --> 00:24:36,560 Speaker 2: and she's just terrible. One of the worst city council 399 00:24:36,560 --> 00:24:39,760 Speaker 2: people you'll ever find. And then let's see here. La 400 00:24:39,800 --> 00:24:44,960 Speaker 2: County Supervisor, fourth District alex Viadaeva, former La County Sheriff. 401 00:24:45,160 --> 00:24:48,720 Speaker 2: Good guy over Janis Han, who is about as empty 402 00:24:48,800 --> 00:24:51,439 Speaker 2: a human being as you will ever see. She should 403 00:24:51,440 --> 00:24:55,200 Speaker 2: be a science experiment. Somehow she is able to impersonate 404 00:24:55,480 --> 00:24:57,600 Speaker 2: a human being without having a brain. I don't know 405 00:24:57,600 --> 00:24:58,120 Speaker 2: how she does. 406 00:24:59,560 --> 00:24:59,720 Speaker 1: Now. 407 00:25:00,200 --> 00:25:05,680 Speaker 2: Senate race Steve Garvey obviously, and I was actually surprised 408 00:25:05,680 --> 00:25:08,520 Speaker 2: by this, but I saw the El Segunda Times this 409 00:25:08,600 --> 00:25:13,280 Speaker 2: morning and they are running their own pole along with 410 00:25:13,680 --> 00:25:19,120 Speaker 2: UC Berkeley, and Steve Garvey's in first place. Steve Garvey 411 00:25:20,280 --> 00:25:22,960 Speaker 2: is in first with twenty seven percent of the vote. 412 00:25:23,320 --> 00:25:29,560 Speaker 2: Adam Schiffhead is at twenty five percent, and missus potato 413 00:25:29,600 --> 00:25:33,280 Speaker 2: Head Katie Porter is at nineteen percent. So Garvey up 414 00:25:33,320 --> 00:25:38,760 Speaker 2: twenty seven, Shift twenty twenty five, Porter nineteen, and everybody 415 00:25:38,800 --> 00:25:44,399 Speaker 2: else in single digits. And there's another poll out to 416 00:25:44,640 --> 00:25:48,600 Speaker 2: an Emerson poll which has Shift in the lead twenty 417 00:25:48,640 --> 00:25:51,080 Speaker 2: eight twenty. But Garvey's in second place, so he's either 418 00:25:51,119 --> 00:25:55,480 Speaker 2: in second or first place in today's polls. Porter's in third. 419 00:25:56,119 --> 00:26:02,600 Speaker 2: And you know in the LA Times they couldn't just 420 00:26:02,720 --> 00:26:06,000 Speaker 2: print the polling results. They had to try to explain 421 00:26:06,119 --> 00:26:11,680 Speaker 2: how could Steve Garvey possibly be winning? Well, they said, 422 00:26:11,720 --> 00:26:16,280 Speaker 2: this electorate is going to be older, whiter, and more 423 00:26:16,320 --> 00:26:19,160 Speaker 2: Republican than the state's voter population as a whole. 424 00:26:20,240 --> 00:26:24,919 Speaker 1: Yeah, but you they have to vote when you have 425 00:26:24,960 --> 00:26:25,439 Speaker 1: an election. 426 00:26:25,640 --> 00:26:28,440 Speaker 2: It's not based on the opinions of everybody who lives 427 00:26:28,440 --> 00:26:28,960 Speaker 2: in the state. 428 00:26:29,280 --> 00:26:31,240 Speaker 1: It's based on people who bother to vote. 429 00:26:33,400 --> 00:26:35,639 Speaker 2: If they were gung ho about Oh, I don't know 430 00:26:35,760 --> 00:26:40,439 Speaker 2: Katie Porter, they would vote, but they don't care. Nobody 431 00:26:40,480 --> 00:26:43,399 Speaker 2: apparently is coming to save her. So it doesn't matter 432 00:26:43,440 --> 00:26:45,679 Speaker 2: if the electorate is older and wider. 433 00:26:46,440 --> 00:26:49,120 Speaker 1: What matters is who shows up. You don't show up, 434 00:26:50,000 --> 00:26:50,720 Speaker 1: you don't count. 435 00:26:50,960 --> 00:26:53,199 Speaker 2: It's as if you don't exist, because as far as 436 00:26:53,280 --> 00:26:58,040 Speaker 2: voting is concerned, you don't exist. The composition of the 437 00:26:58,080 --> 00:27:00,879 Speaker 2: turnout works to the advantage of Shift and Garvey and 438 00:27:00,920 --> 00:27:04,960 Speaker 2: to the detriment of Porter, says Mark de Camillo, director 439 00:27:05,160 --> 00:27:08,040 Speaker 2: of the poll, Well, what do you mean the composition 440 00:27:08,080 --> 00:27:11,720 Speaker 2: of the turnout? The candidates determine the composition of the turnout. 441 00:27:12,600 --> 00:27:19,600 Speaker 2: Garvy and Shift inspire people much more than the followers 442 00:27:19,600 --> 00:27:23,879 Speaker 2: of Katie Porter. The turnout does not determine the winner. 443 00:27:24,760 --> 00:27:27,439 Speaker 2: The winner determines the winner. The people who run for 444 00:27:27,560 --> 00:27:31,800 Speaker 2: office determine the vote, not the turnout. The composition of 445 00:27:31,840 --> 00:27:33,920 Speaker 2: the turnout works to the event. What the hell are 446 00:27:33,920 --> 00:27:37,800 Speaker 2: you talking about. People choose not to vote. That's as 447 00:27:37,920 --> 00:27:40,760 Speaker 2: valid a choice as voting. It's like I don't care, 448 00:27:41,200 --> 00:27:45,160 Speaker 2: I don't like anybody enough to go, oh my god. 449 00:27:45,560 --> 00:27:48,000 Speaker 2: It's like they have to apologize it. Then they claim, well, 450 00:27:48,080 --> 00:27:50,840 Speaker 2: you know, Katie Porter is more popular with younger voters, 451 00:27:51,040 --> 00:27:54,639 Speaker 2: so if there were more younger voters, then. 452 00:27:54,560 --> 00:27:55,120 Speaker 1: She would win. 453 00:27:56,240 --> 00:27:59,959 Speaker 2: Yeah, and if elephants had wings, they'd fly. Except the 454 00:28:00,040 --> 00:28:01,680 Speaker 2: unger voters don't come out and vote for it because 455 00:28:01,680 --> 00:28:06,560 Speaker 2: they don't care enough. Not voting means you don't exist. 456 00:28:08,040 --> 00:28:11,840 Speaker 2: Here's another one. Uh. Political data expert Paul Mitchell, another genius. 457 00:28:11,920 --> 00:28:15,200 Speaker 2: The dynamics of low turnout California elections are pretty set 458 00:28:15,240 --> 00:28:19,679 Speaker 2: in stone. Nothing is set in stone. Every election morning, 459 00:28:19,800 --> 00:28:22,200 Speaker 2: people decide what they're going to do. And now there 460 00:28:22,240 --> 00:28:24,560 Speaker 2: isn't even an excuse like well it was raining, it 461 00:28:24,600 --> 00:28:28,560 Speaker 2: was too cold, there was traffic, everybody was sent to ballot. 462 00:28:29,680 --> 00:28:34,280 Speaker 2: Most people probably threw it out. That's a choice set 463 00:28:34,320 --> 00:28:38,400 Speaker 2: in stone. You have a bunch of political hack jobs 464 00:28:38,480 --> 00:28:44,080 Speaker 2: running shift importer. Yeah, there's not much enthusiasm. Have you 465 00:28:44,120 --> 00:28:47,800 Speaker 2: taken a look at those two. Anyway, Steve Garby's in 466 00:28:47,920 --> 00:28:50,560 Speaker 2: first place in the La Times. Paul, who knew? More 467 00:28:50,600 --> 00:28:51,080 Speaker 2: coming up? 468 00:28:52,280 --> 00:28:56,640 Speaker 4: You're listening to John Cobelts on demand from KFI AM 469 00:28:56,680 --> 00:28:57,200 Speaker 4: six forty. 470 00:28:58,040 --> 00:29:01,360 Speaker 2: By the way, the idiot I always love to highlight 471 00:29:01,400 --> 00:29:05,000 Speaker 2: the writers who write this crap in the El Segundo Times. 472 00:29:05,120 --> 00:29:11,240 Speaker 2: And the idiot was Benjamin Orestes, who, apparently the editors 473 00:29:11,240 --> 00:29:15,200 Speaker 2: at the La Times were so appalled that their poll 474 00:29:17,080 --> 00:29:20,600 Speaker 2: has Steve Garvey in first place in the race for 475 00:29:21,960 --> 00:29:26,440 Speaker 2: US Senate. For the primary race, he has twenty seven 476 00:29:26,440 --> 00:29:28,680 Speaker 2: percent of the vote in the poll. Adam Schiff has 477 00:29:28,720 --> 00:29:33,360 Speaker 2: twenty five and so Benjamin Oreskies, this genius went through 478 00:29:33,360 --> 00:29:37,440 Speaker 2: a lengthy explanation, how well, it's a low turnout affair, 479 00:29:37,760 --> 00:29:41,360 Speaker 2: and there's more white people and older people and more 480 00:29:41,400 --> 00:29:47,240 Speaker 2: Republican people, and that's why it happened. Well, it always 481 00:29:47,280 --> 00:29:50,400 Speaker 2: depends on who shows up to vote or who bothers 482 00:29:50,440 --> 00:29:56,920 Speaker 2: to mail it in. Is there something with the other 483 00:29:57,000 --> 00:30:03,880 Speaker 2: demographics that they can't bother to mail it in? It's anyway, 484 00:30:04,200 --> 00:30:08,680 Speaker 2: he's a hack, and I don't you know the The 485 00:30:08,720 --> 00:30:11,920 Speaker 2: El Segunda Times barely covered Steve Garvey for months, most 486 00:30:11,920 --> 00:30:15,360 Speaker 2: of the media didn't cover him for months. They pretended 487 00:30:15,400 --> 00:30:18,600 Speaker 2: that the really the only two candidates that mattered were 488 00:30:18,680 --> 00:30:23,640 Speaker 2: Shift and Katie Porter. And then there's this wacky congressman, 489 00:30:23,800 --> 00:30:28,080 Speaker 2: congresswoman from Oakland, Barbara Lee, and her only claim to 490 00:30:28,120 --> 00:30:30,200 Speaker 2: fame is that she thinks the minimum wage ought to 491 00:30:30,240 --> 00:30:35,120 Speaker 2: be fifty dollars an hour. In the meantime, Steve Garvey 492 00:30:35,240 --> 00:30:37,320 Speaker 2: is acting like a normal person and suddenly he's in 493 00:30:37,360 --> 00:30:37,960 Speaker 2: first place. 494 00:30:38,560 --> 00:30:39,960 Speaker 1: So we have to explain this away. 495 00:30:40,000 --> 00:30:42,400 Speaker 2: If you work at the Elsagunda Times, that can't be 496 00:30:43,880 --> 00:30:46,400 Speaker 2: We didn't cover him, therefore, he's not worthy of being 497 00:30:46,400 --> 00:30:49,880 Speaker 2: in first place. But you know those days are past 498 00:30:49,960 --> 00:30:54,120 Speaker 2: where the el Segunda Times have influence. The La Daily 499 00:30:54,200 --> 00:31:00,800 Speaker 2: News has this story. You know, that's amazing, how the 500 00:31:00,880 --> 00:31:04,920 Speaker 2: decay of the city. We told you before, how gascon 501 00:31:04,960 --> 00:31:11,760 Speaker 2: does not want to prosecute street takeover maniacs, street racer maniacs. 502 00:31:12,600 --> 00:31:15,440 Speaker 2: He doesn't want to wants to send him to a class. Well, 503 00:31:16,040 --> 00:31:21,680 Speaker 2: also we're dealing with the city's gone dark because Karen 504 00:31:21,760 --> 00:31:25,800 Speaker 2: Bass and Gasconne have allowed thieves to steal, oh and 505 00:31:26,680 --> 00:31:33,400 Speaker 2: the LAPD They've allowed these thieves to steal thousands and 506 00:31:33,480 --> 00:31:36,719 Speaker 2: thousands and thousands of dollars worth of copper wire, and 507 00:31:36,760 --> 00:31:40,400 Speaker 2: so a lot of street lights have gone out, and 508 00:31:40,440 --> 00:31:42,680 Speaker 2: the street lights have been vandalized, and much of the 509 00:31:42,720 --> 00:31:48,920 Speaker 2: city is now dark. In fact, the thieves and the 510 00:31:49,000 --> 00:31:54,640 Speaker 2: vandals there's ten times the number of street lights out 511 00:31:54,680 --> 00:31:59,600 Speaker 2: than there were five years ago, ten times because nobody 512 00:31:59,640 --> 00:32:06,560 Speaker 2: gets and nobody gets punished, and Karen Bass doesn't do 513 00:32:06,680 --> 00:32:12,400 Speaker 2: anything to secure the copper wire from being stolen to 514 00:32:12,440 --> 00:32:14,760 Speaker 2: begin with. There's got to be a way to do that. 515 00:32:15,560 --> 00:32:21,040 Speaker 2: There has to be. So what they're now decided to do, 516 00:32:21,080 --> 00:32:24,240 Speaker 2: they're just not gonna They're not gonna light the street 517 00:32:24,280 --> 00:32:28,160 Speaker 2: lamps with copper wire anymore. They're gonna use solar power. 518 00:32:29,680 --> 00:32:34,120 Speaker 2: And somebody got a good political contract. They're gonna install 519 00:32:34,200 --> 00:32:38,520 Speaker 2: five hundred solar street light systems by the end of June, 520 00:32:38,600 --> 00:32:41,080 Speaker 2: another five hundred by the end of June twenty twenty five. 521 00:32:41,960 --> 00:32:43,560 Speaker 2: The thing is, they don't know if it's gonna work. 522 00:32:44,920 --> 00:32:49,720 Speaker 2: It's a pilot program. They're gonna collect data to determine 523 00:32:49,720 --> 00:32:52,720 Speaker 2: whether the lights work and see if the lights will 524 00:32:52,760 --> 00:32:57,120 Speaker 2: remain on for two or three nights, even if even 525 00:32:57,120 --> 00:33:04,760 Speaker 2: if it's cloudy. See, they don't can't you test this 526 00:33:04,880 --> 00:33:08,440 Speaker 2: out before you sign the contract? Don't they test out 527 00:33:08,520 --> 00:33:13,800 Speaker 2: street light systems. They're gonna put them up. They're gonna 528 00:33:13,800 --> 00:33:17,320 Speaker 2: put up a thousand street light systems and then wait 529 00:33:17,360 --> 00:33:21,640 Speaker 2: for a cloudy stretch to see if they work when 530 00:33:21,640 --> 00:33:23,480 Speaker 2: there's been no sun for three days. I am not 531 00:33:23,560 --> 00:33:31,320 Speaker 2: making this up. They don't gascoing WU prosecute these people. 532 00:33:32,640 --> 00:33:34,880 Speaker 2: LAPD doesn't seem to arrest very many of them. And 533 00:33:34,920 --> 00:33:38,880 Speaker 2: if they do gascon prosecute him, that's doesn't spend any 534 00:33:38,880 --> 00:33:41,800 Speaker 2: money to secure the copper wire so it can't be stolen. 535 00:33:43,000 --> 00:33:46,840 Speaker 2: So instead, uh, in the interests of climate change, they're 536 00:33:46,880 --> 00:33:52,040 Speaker 2: gonna put up solar lights and see what happens. They're 537 00:33:52,080 --> 00:33:54,960 Speaker 2: gonna do a pilot program to test if the solar 538 00:33:55,000 --> 00:33:58,240 Speaker 2: how much sun the solar lights need. Wouldn't you go 539 00:33:58,320 --> 00:34:00,600 Speaker 2: to the factory and say, okay, before we buy a 540 00:34:00,760 --> 00:34:05,960 Speaker 2: thousand street light systems, let's see how these things work 541 00:34:06,000 --> 00:34:09,880 Speaker 2: after three days in the dark. There's there's got to 542 00:34:09,920 --> 00:34:12,000 Speaker 2: be some test lights at the factory. 543 00:34:15,239 --> 00:34:16,359 Speaker 1: Unbelievable. 544 00:34:18,000 --> 00:34:20,640 Speaker 2: The solo lights are gonna cost up to five thousand 545 00:34:20,640 --> 00:34:24,719 Speaker 2: dollars per light, which are really expensive. But they're gonna 546 00:34:24,719 --> 00:34:26,880 Speaker 2: save money in the long run with lower energy bills. 547 00:34:28,480 --> 00:34:31,440 Speaker 2: Except our energy bills have shot ever since they switched 548 00:34:31,440 --> 00:34:34,760 Speaker 2: to wind in solar power, our energy bills have skyrocketed. 549 00:34:36,920 --> 00:34:40,759 Speaker 1: Nothing but lies, Nothing makes sense, all right. 550 00:34:40,840 --> 00:34:42,160 Speaker 2: Oh, by the way, we're gonna have Alex we on 551 00:34:42,200 --> 00:34:44,680 Speaker 2: Awavan in about an hour after the three o'clock news, 552 00:34:45,200 --> 00:34:48,240 Speaker 2: so we're gonna talk to him. He's running to replace 553 00:34:49,640 --> 00:34:55,000 Speaker 2: to beat Janis Han. Who's that empty headed La County supervisor? 554 00:34:56,600 --> 00:35:00,719 Speaker 2: Alex we have coming up, and we've got we've got 555 00:35:00,760 --> 00:35:02,560 Speaker 2: a lot more coming up as well. 556 00:35:02,560 --> 00:35:04,839 Speaker 1: Oh, since since thefts have. 557 00:35:04,880 --> 00:35:08,799 Speaker 2: Been a big story, just in the last hour, just 558 00:35:08,800 --> 00:35:10,719 Speaker 2: in the last few minutes, we're going to have a 559 00:35:10,800 --> 00:35:16,840 Speaker 2: story about how they're Steve stealing Chevy camaros. Uh, here's 560 00:35:17,040 --> 00:35:20,400 Speaker 2: here's another situation where Karen Bass and George Gascone have 561 00:35:20,560 --> 00:35:25,200 Speaker 2: failed Los Angeles Chevy Camaro. Thefts have skyrocketed over one 562 00:35:25,360 --> 00:35:30,239 Speaker 2: thousand percent. Everything is getting stolen in Karen Bass's la, 563 00:35:30,920 --> 00:35:33,960 Speaker 2: in George Gascon's la, everything is getting stolen. 564 00:35:34,280 --> 00:35:35,480 Speaker 1: We'll explain when we come back. 565 00:35:35,480 --> 00:35:38,640 Speaker 2: Deborah Mark is off today and we have Sadiewells live 566 00:35:38,680 --> 00:35:40,240 Speaker 2: in the KFI twenty four hour newsroom. 567 00:35:40,280 --> 00:35:43,160 Speaker 1: Hey, you've been listening to the John Cobalt Show podcast. 568 00:35:43,239 --> 00:35:45,440 Speaker 2: You can always hear the show live on KFI A 569 00:35:45,640 --> 00:35:48,200 Speaker 2: M six forty from one to four pm every Monday 570 00:35:48,200 --> 00:35:50,920 Speaker 2: through Friday, and of course, anytime on demand on the 571 00:35:50,960 --> 00:35:52,040 Speaker 2: iHeartRadio app